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Washington Report By WILLIAM S. WHITE William 8. - Whita iwell!" Mos SOTO NOTE Washington - A sour note must be raised amid the chor us of happy hurrahs surround ing President Eisenhower ' s "goodwi 11" trip to 11 na tions scatter ed about the globe. No doubt the general re sponse here has been "gol ly, that's of the outer world seems to approve, too but most of the outer world is not really familiar with the institution of the American Presidency and the curious limitations that go with its vast powers. In plain fact, there are dan gers in t h i s extraordinary journey; More responsible people here than might be supposed are fully aware of it. They do not speak out for fear of being called pessimists or, maybe, "opposed to peace." i I rpHOUGH every American A wants it to go off beauti fully, the public is entitled to know the serious objections to this kind of breathless, jet airliner diplomacy. They are , several. ' 1. The President is breaking , with the spirit and practice of a century and three-quarters. This practice has been that the, Presidency,, the heart and , mind of the whole American . government, is not wisely "put on the road." It has been : felt that such perambulations- would lessen the dignity of the office and thus decrease , its unique influence. All , previous Presidents who have gone abroad have . gone for specific, clearly de finable reasons. Usually they have gone only either in war- . time for Allied talks or in early postwar periods for ur gent Allied peace conferences. It is true that "the world has changed." But it does not automatically follow that the carefully reserved posture so long maintained for the office should now be cast aside for what is vaguely called "good- ' will." 2. Once a President visits one country he will be under, unbearable pressure to visit more and more countries. (Al ready, two stops, have had to be added, in a single day's time, to Mr. Eisenhower's schedule - Spain and Tunisia). It is quite as easy to promote ill will as goodwill when coun try X is honored and country Y is snubbed. . . A CASE can be made for Presidential visits to great powers, like those re cently to Western Europe, for perfectly plain Allied objec tives. It is not easy, however, to make any non-sentimental case " for calls on little coun tries simply b e c a u s e they would like to be called on. 3. Any President's real and irreplaceable place is Washington. This is true un der the Constitution and it is true as a practical matter, The shop simply will not run as well while the boss is away. If it would, there would be less reason to have a boss. 4. Such crowded itineraries as President Eisenhower's - 11 countries in 19 days - are bound to be taxing. This, sure ly, is true of a President who, at. 69, is hapily in excellent health now but has twice been gravely jll in office. More over, it is hard to believe that in such a hurried journey a President can have tjme to reflect usefully on all the problems of his office plus the added problems posed m meeting so many people so quickly. 5. Even though formal dip lomatic "negotiations" are no part ol the President s pur pose, certain "negotiations" will surely take place all the same. For example, foreign dispatches already show Mr. Eisenhower will be expected to mix himself into India's frontier troubles with Red China. One of the main rea sons why our tradition has kept the office of the Presi dency out of such matters is this:. '.. A PRESIDENT calling on another head of state as his personal guest is unlikely, in human nature, to be able to take quite the no-nonsense line of two diplomats meet ing strictly as professional ne gotiators. When you go to a man's Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- REV. VANCE HAVNER says the man who always com promises and never takes a firm stand, sometimes gets it in the neck. He cites as an example the Civil War soldier who figured to play it ' safe by dressing himself in a blue coat and gray pants. He tiptoed cautiously on to the field of battle and got shot from both directions. ' CAMPUS CVTUPS: 1. Lady Shopper: Isn't that mighty expensive for a pil low? Cleric: Well, you see, ma'am, down is up. 2. Wife: I didn't like the looks of your new stenog rapher, so I fired her. - ' Husband: Without giving her a chance? ' Wife: No. Without giving you a chance. 3. Prof: How can you tell whether a goldfish ia male or female? Frosh: Add a half an ounce of suphuric acid to the bowL If he comes floating to the top, he's a male. If she floats to the top, she's a female. ; 1959, hj Bennett Cert Distributed by Kins features Syndicate. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS In a recent issue of the Pendleton East Oregonian, its editor and publisher; J. W. Forrester, Jr., notes that there are two schools of thought on the subject of taxes. He says: "In one camp are those who would place' government serv ices FIRST. They would de termine first the NEEDS of the citizens, and then build a tax program to finance those needs. "The opposing school of thought would first determine the TAX LOAD .'THE CITI ZENS CAN CARRY and then provide services within the anticipated income." LET'S put.it this way: Among our people, one group would have government spend whatever is necessary to give everybody everything he wants. This group has come to be known as the LIBERALS. The other group would first decide wisely, thoughtfully and carefully w h a t gov ernment services are unavoid ably necessary to maintain our economy and then would I levy only what taxes are need ed to accomplish that purpose. This group has come to ' be known as the CONSERVATIVES.- Ami hotriazo le N ot Cleared fo r Use on Fruit Trees, Group Told The pure food and drug ad ministration has not cleared aminotria2ole for use on fruit trees either alone or in com bination of chemicals, County Agent Don Berry told mem bers of the' Eighth Annual Oregon Weed Conference in Medford Friday. The tree fruit experiment station in Wena,tchee, Wash., makes a firm recommendation fci- using ' herbicides around young trees. But with amino triazole out of ,the picture from the food' and drug ad ministration standpoint this recommendation will have to be put aside-for now. If any chemical weed-killers are used in and around trees they should be used only on an experimental basis, Berry" told the conference. This also applies to grass-killers. ' home for the week end he can make it far harder for you to say no to his proposals than would be the case if your agent met his agent in a busi ness office and without social obligations on either side, t (Copyright, 1959, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Cultivation has done a good job - of controlling orchard weeds, Berry said. Weed con trol is also practiced by or chardists to some extent in ditches and along fence rows. Controlling weeds around newly planted trees "when es tablishing a' new orchard is "must," the county, agent pointed out. Weeds choke out little trees and rob them of moisture and nutrition. This may set them back a year or two years before they reach commercial production. Eliminates Rodents . Orchard weed control Is also necessary to eliminate orchard mice which live and work iii the heavy orchard weed growth. These rodents kill and girdle trees. Orchard weed control facilitates orchard operations; especially harvesting. 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