Boeing Accused of Trying to
'Influence
Washington (DPD Congres
sional investigators today ac
cused Boeing Airplane com
pany, Seattle, of trying to "in
fluence'' the public and Con
gress in the Bomarc-Nike mis
sile controversy.
Spokesmen for the big de
fense firm countered that
"this Is a free country" and
they intended "to cover every
MAIL TRIBUNE, M4for4, Or.
Thursday, August 6, 19S9
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
DID YOU EVER stop to wonder what makes the tires of an
automobile squeal when you turn a corner, or start or stop
suddenly? It isn't only excessive speed that causes the squeal,
insists A. E. Kimberly, chief
. engineer of an automobile '
make A Other contributing
factors are tread design of
the tires, under inflation,
your car's front end suspen
sion system, wheel align
ment, and the type of road
surface on which you may
be driving. The basic source
of squeal, concludes Kim
berly, is side slip. When the
tire -"slips" sideways over
road surfaces, however lit
tle, the noise is similar to
' that caused by rubbing two
inflated balloons together.
Overhead in the lounge of a swanky country club:. "She doesn't
believe in marrying for money just divorcing for it"
.-..
Sign on a. columnist's desk: "The worst indigestion comes from
having to eat your own words.
1359, by Bennett Cert Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
Balladier Charms Group
With Variety of Songs
Ashland-A gentleman min
strel, with yellow necktie and
' golden voice, .has come to
town.
He is Richard Dyer-Bennet,
whose first appearance yes
terday afternoon charmed a
small but enthusiastic audi-
enec at the Varsity theater
here. -
He was to sing again at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon at the
Varsity, with a final appear
ance scheduled tomorrow.
The world-famous trouba-
dor's songs span the spectrum
of feeling. Some are gay, otn
eri sad. Some whimsical, oth
ers lusty. Many are shaped by
irony. "All tell us of people,
and remind us of ourselves.
Poetry More Vivid '
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poetry all the more vivid for
its directness and seeming
simplicity. Take . these lines
from "The Streets of Laredo,"
the familiar lament of a dying
cowboy which he sang yester
day: "Put bunches of roses all
over my coffin,
Roses to soften the clods
as they fall."
Or in a lighter vein, this
line from an upstate New
York lumberjack's song: r
"When I'm in the money
the Devil's in me."
Binet plans to present a
different program each day.
His songs are in three groups:
those from the British Isles,
those from Europe and those
from America The European
songs he either sings in Eng
lish or paraphrases in English
before singing in another
tongue. '
Skillful Accompaniment
Bennet stands out from the
distended ranks of contempo
rary folk singers both by his
voice, finely tempered by
years of discipline and devel
opment, and by his equally
skillful guitar accompani
ment. He sings with precision and
remarkable clarity. One catch
es every word and nuance of
the song.
Yet, his singing is far from
austere except as the occa
sion demands it. In the sea
clyntey "Haul Away Joe," his
voice yesterday shaped the
notes in crescents- like the
wings of gliding gulls.
And in his delightful encbre
beginning, "Little pigs lie in
the best of straw," he oinked,
grunted and whistled in the
best tradition of barnyard bal
ladry. x x uiii nis optfiii&u guitar,
fashioned two years ago by a
young Puerto Rican craftsman
in New York City, Bennet
summons not only resonant
chords and delicate filigree
but such striking effects as
church bells, in "No, John,
No," and the cavalier rhythms
in "The British Light Dra
goons.' Bids Opened for
The Dalies Dam Work
Portland (UPD Colorado
Fuel & Iron Corp, Portland,
was low of two bidders at
$13,351 for constructing fenc
ing and gates and installing
screening on designated hand
rails and gates at The Dalles
dam, the Portland District
Corps of Engineers said to
day. The government estimate
was $13,092. The work, must
be completed by Sept. 18.
Public, Congress
place we can cover when we
have a story to tell."
The exchange came during
hearings by a House armed
services subcommittee inves
tigating possible influence
peddling by retired .military
officers on defense contracts.
Subcommittee members ob
jected especially to a full-page
n e w s p a p e r advertisement
which appeared here May 27
at the height of a congression
al fight over the merits of the
Stop Me
Guitar Solos
He also introduced his Eu
ropean songs yesterday with
two guitar solos.
, Bennet said after his ap
pearance yesterday that he is
considering a tour of the So
viet Union in the next year
or two. He is managed by Sol
Hurok, the remarkable ' im
presario who has contributed
so much already to U. S.-Sovi-et
cultural exchange through
such presentations in this
country as the Russian Moi
seyev and Bolshoi ballet com
panies. Certainly Richard Dyer
Bennet's appearance in. Ash
land, in conjunction with the
Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val, provides us with an ex-
cetpional opportunity .-E.W.
Celler Says House
Will Approve His
Civil - Rights Bill
Washington - (CPU - Chair
man Emanuel Celler (D-N. Y.)
predicted today that the
House would approve his
House Judiciary Committee's
five-point "moderate" civil
rights bill this year. He made
no forecast about the Senate
Backers of the measure
feared that there, might not
be time to push the bill
through both the House and
Senate before Congress ad
journs, probably within a
month.
A key factor in the race
with time is the House Rules
committee, which must give
its nod before the House can
consider the legislation. The
committee is headed by Rep.
Howard K. Smith (D-Va.), a
civil rights foe, and is dom
inated by conservatives.
Celller promised to use a
parliamentary maneuver to
try to pry the measures out
of the rules committee if the
group blocked the bill.
- Other congressional news:
Spending: The House ap
proved a compromise spend
ing bill providing $2,683,029,-
000 for the nation s atomic
energy programs in the cur
rent fiscal year. The bill,
which now goes to the Sen
ate, contains $35,686,000 less
than President .Eisenhower
requested.
Aged: A labor spokesman
told a Senate labor subcom
mittee that if the social se
curity program is not liber
alized, the Kremlin will be
able to make propaganda
gains from "deprivation and
want" suffered by many old
people in this country. Rich
ard T. Leonard, aii assistant
to President Walter Reuther
of the United Auto Workers,
urged approval of a bill to
include hospitall, surgical and
nursing coverage under the
Social Security Act. "
RickOTer: Vice Adm. Hy
man G. Rickover reports to
the Senate-House Atomic
Committee on Russian nuc
lear projects he saw during
his tour of the Soviet Union
with Vice President M.
Nixon. Rickover, who devel
oped the atomic submarine.
will give the appraisal of
two air defense missiles.
", The ad was, given security
clearance by the defense de
partment. Deliberate Effort
Chairman F. Edward- He
bert (D-La.) called the ad "ap
parently a deliberate effort by
Boeing to sell Bomarc."
Boeing officials, including
Senior Vice President Well
wool E. Beall, Personnel Di
rector Fred G.. Huleen and
Public Relations Chief Harold
H. Mansfield,' insisted it was
not that at all.
Mansfield said the adver
tisement, part of a planned
series, was published to offset
a "concerted campaign of mis
information" about the Bo
marc. But he readily conceded
it was designed to encourage
fair consideration for the Boe
ing-manufactured rocket.
"It was to provide informa
tion we felt .was needed so
that the military decision
would be based on knowledge
rather than on- bias," he said
Mansfield said the ad was
cleared with the defense de
partment but only on its "se
curity" aspects. ' -
Rep. Leon H. Gavin (R-Pa.)
said he believed it was pub
lished "to influence the peo
ple and members of Congress"
on the missile controversy.
Mansfield said he couldn't
see why Gavin was "waving
the ad around in front of the
committee" when Nike came
out with a similar ad in the
same newspaper-the Washing
ton Post and Times Herald-
only a week before.
Cites Erroneous Information
Beall told the subcommittee
that many of the most impor
tant defense decisions are not
made by the military. "They
are made in the Congress of
the United States," he said.
To that end, Mansfield add
ed, Boeing wanted to make
sure the public and Congress
had the "proper information."
He said even congressmen
were publicizing "erroneous"
facts about the Bomarc. Nam
ed specifically was Rep. Wil
liam E. Minshall (R-Ohio).
Mansfield said Minshall
made a public statement that
a Momarc defense set-up
would cost "1,000 times as
much as Nike."
"The truth is." Mansfield
said, "Bomarc provides twice
the defense for half the
money. He said pressure
on behalf of the Nike became
so intense it became essential
for Boeing to place the ads.
Most of the troube, he said,
came from "partisans on be
half of the Army."
Russian nuclear energy prog
ress behind closed doors.
Contracts: A House armed
services subcommittee ques
tioned Boeing Airplane com
pany officials on whether
they tried improperly to in
fluence Congress and the
Defense Department' to buy
their Bomarc, anti-aircraft
missile. Rep. Leon .B. Gavin
(R-Pa.), a subcommittee mem
ber, has charged that the
company overstepped the
bound of propriety in urging
government acceptance of" the
Air Force weapon.
Highways: The House Pub
lic Works Committee met in
private to decide what to 'do
about a Ways & Means Com
mittee plan to float a one
billion dollar bond issue and
stretch out construction to
meet the financial crisis fac
ing the interstate superhigh
way system. Some members
felt the public works group
should draft a counter-proposal
for a less drastic con
struction slow-down and a
hike in the federal gasoline
tax of. possiblly one cent a
gallon.
Shady Cove Blaze
Burns Chicken Shed
Shady Cove-Prompt action
by fire fighters Wednesday
afternoon controlled a fire in
a chicken house -and imple
ment shed at Oregon Trails
ranch on Highway 62 about
eight miles from Trail on the
Rogue river. .'
, Flames which destroyed the
chicken house and partially
damaged the sher were extin
guished by state department
of forestry crews before thev
could spread to a large barn
near the highway. Members
of the Shady Cove fire deoart-
ment answered the call, al
though it was outside their
district, and stood by to assist
if necessary.
The ranch is the former Si
erra Manor, which was owned
by Vera Martin. It is present
ly leased by Mr. and Mrs.
George Pearson and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Brooks.
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