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Willi Oregon (Get Hurt by Cross-Fire if Its Congressmen in Washington? By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - Now that the feuding which began in Wash ington, D.C., between Ore- gon's two U.S. i senators has b e c o m e a ibare - faced I r e a 1 i t y in ' Oregon and is no longer being denied by Sen. Wayne I Morse the principal con- K. oM SnUtfc siaerauon la this: Will Oregon get hurt in the continuing cross-fire? Will Morse and Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger cancel one another out or, more impor tantly, cancel out the legisla tive efforts of one another to the detriment of Oregon? Will their differences, which are now plainly personal as well as tactical, so preoccupy them that they will become ineffec tive In the mam work for which they were sent to Con gress? Only the record of the next two years during the forth coming 86th Congress can re veal the answers to these questions. But some advance clues can be evaluated from what has been going on in re cent months when the feud was boiling mightily, while Con Kress was in session, al though not out in the open as It is now. Sentimental Concept The delegations that repre sent the various states in Congress frequently value the creation of an image in the public mind of all "working together" a sort of senti mental concept which is hard ly much below the level of motherhood and country in the heirarchy of good old Am erican values. This is perhaps more true of delegations from less heavily populated states who are outnumbered In the House of Representa tives. Oregon'i five Democrats cherished this concept high ly, so highly that they were loath to abandon (for all to tee) the biweekly breakfast meetings instituted in happier bygone days when everyone was fresh from the new glow of victory over the Old Guard Republicans in Oregon. These breakfast meetings, from all accounts, had degenerated in to an arena for defensive ma neuvering somewhat more than slightly disruptive of the digestion of many who attend ed them. This concept of "working together" is usually based on the elementary notion that if all are harnessed to the same wagon tongue, the load they can pull will be all the great er. It is highly doubtful, how ever, that this sort of crude analogy applies to the legisla tive process here in a mean ingful way, especially in the case of Morse and Neuberger. Separate Areas When members of Congress cooperate best, instead of pulling the same wagon they pull separate wagons. That is, they are assigned to different committees having different spheres of interest; and since it is in the committees that most of the work of Congress is done, each senator applies himself mostly to problems within his own area of compe tence and primary response bility. Neuberger, for example, is taking the lead in conducting hearings on a regional corpor ation power bill that would have a vital bearing on the state, for it is Neuberger who is on the Public Works com mittee which has jurisdiction in this area. Just as it was Neuberger, as chairman of the Indian affairs subcommittee, who did the work of putting the Klamath timber bill through the last session. Morse, on Foreign Rela tions, talks more of interna tional issues than does his colleagues. And he is always involved in ' labor or educa tion legislation because of his seat on the labor committee, Morse, of course, limits him self to the areas of his com mittees perhaps less than any one else in the Senate. He ranges the field far and wide. On no occasion during the last Congress did any evi dence crop out of one senator blocking or seeking to under mine the legislative effort of the other on major legislation affecting Oregon. There were some minor incidents in which differences that block ed legislation might have been avoided had the two senators been on speaking Bowmer Honored in Fraternity Magazine Ashland-'The Founder of a Famous Shakespearean Festi val," is the title of an article by Dr. Dorothy E. Stolp, Southern Oregon college asso ciate professor of speech and drama, in the annual issue of The Playbill, a publication of the Alpha Psi Omega drama tic fraternity, which honors Angus L. 'Bowmer, director and founder. Illustrated by a picture of Professor Bowmer in an after rehearsal talk concerning the college production of "Dan- Eisenhower Starts 10 Days of Rest Washington (CPD President Eisenhower was to fly south today for 10 days of golf and, in the relaxed setting of an exclusive country club, some work on his legislative pro gram for the new Congress. The Chief Executive's fly ing destination today was the Augusta (Ga.) National Golf Club where, weather permit ting, he was expected to be swinging away at his favorite sport by mid-afternoon. Mrs. Eisenhower, not an en thusiastic air traveler, plan ned to go to Georgia tonight by train, joining the President at the club Friday. The First Lady could not leave with her husband because she was en tertaining at lunch for woman delegates to the United Nations. This was the President's 21st trip to Augusta since his 1952 election and his first holiday of any duration since his September stay in New port, R.I. He will remain in Georgia with his wife through the Thanksgiving week end, probably returning to his White House desk by Dec. 1. Glass was first produced in America in 1608. terms, as on Neuberger's bill for a Roseburg historical mu seum which Morse stopped in a surprise move on the Sen ate floor. Perhaps a stronger drive in politics than the desire to "work together" is the compe titive instinct, the compelling force that drives many a sen ator to try to get there "first est with the mostest" for his state and to herald the achievement, quite properly. in a press release which over looks the efforts of all others. This has been a noticeable drive in the offices of Morse and Neuberger, and the prob abilities are that it will be come more so in the coming session. Some observers con tend that a state is usually benefited by having a split delegation for reasons of this competitive drive which seems to impel men to labor beyond the call of duty. While a "split delegation" is custom arily thougnt of as one com posed of members of both par ties, it may apply just as sure ly to the Morse-Neuberger split. Porter's Independence The only close alliance op erating between members of the Oregon delegation in the past year was that of Morse and Rep. Edith Green. Rep Al Ullman seemed closer to the Morse camp than that of Neuberger but was too cau tious to take sides with aban don. Rep. Charles O. Porter maintained his independence of either side, but sought ways of breaching the Morse- Neuberger gap. Because all of these Oregon lawmakers, rank well above the average in intellectual capacity for creative endeav or, none of them are depend ent upon following a leader. But in the last year or two, as they approached the 1958 election, one incentive to "work together" was the com mon desire to reelect Porter and Ullman, both freshman congressmen who would be most vulnerable their first time out in seeking reelection, Now the delegation, having succeeded in this endeavor, looks ahead to 1960, when the big race will be that one for Neuberger's seat, if not to 1962 when Morse will be up again and his opponent might well be Gov.-elect Mark Hat field. Immediate Question Perhaps, -the most - Imme diate political question lead ing into this period is wheth er or not Morse will try to knock off Neuberger openly or maintain a hands-off atti tude. When asked about this last August, Morse was non committal to this reporter. He allowed only that "time will tell." There will, quite probably, be much backstage maneuver ing here in the next year or two within the delegation. But this is the stuff of which political action is made. It remains to be seen whe ther Oregon's interests will be hurt or helped as "together ness" is abandoned with aban don in favor of independent, and often competitive, action. Quotes From the News MAIL TRIBUNE, MaJforJ, Of.. Thursday, Nerember 20. 1JS 11 By United Press International .Hollywood - Linda Christian, former wife of Tyrone Power, is bowing to a request of Power's' widow that she avoid his funeral: "It is difficult to believe that any woman Tyrone would marry would have such an Inhuman streak." 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Its full name is the Security, Insurance and Realty company building, signifying the types of offices it is expected to contain. Ac cording to Medford building department records, it is valued at $44,218. ' Property Sells For Total of $1 Greenville, Miss. -fOPD-Sounds like a bargain when a firm acquires a piece of land 125 feet in length for just a dollar but not in this case. The Greenville City coun cil sold the property to the Delta Commercial Property Development corp. for that amount to clear up any pos sible legal trouble in the fu ture. The reason: Surveyors found that a building owned by Delta infringed on city property. The strip of land is only three-quarters of an inch wide, giving it a total area of less than eight square feet. Josephine Historical Group Has Meeting Cave Junction - Mrs. Earlj Boyd requested her name- be with drawn from the nomina tion for president of the Jose phine County Historical so ciety at the meeting in Kerby Wednesday. 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STREET FLOOR gerous Corners, the article points out that membership in the dramatic fraternity was conferred upon him "for his work as a college and commu nity, director, for his stature as an actor, and for his con tribution to the national thea ter scene by founding Ashland Shakespearean Festiva) withj its high standards of produc tion." Students Pictured Students in the picture with Bowmer are Molly Walker, Medford; Mrs. Robert Lytle, Phoenix; Carolyn Scho en berg, Klamath Falls; and Nancy Oavies, Medford. Appearing in the same is sue is a picture of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" pro duction, also directed by Bow mer, and a short resume of the year's drama activities at Southern Oregon college. Stu dents pictured include Peter Lungreen, Klamath Falls; Isaac McCarley, .Ashland, Orion Hammett, Ashland; and Dale Flowers, Medford. Dick Simonson, SOC student from Medford, was the pho tographer for both pictures. 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