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; " Washington (Special) - Con
greswoman Edith Green
thumped a bulging folder-of
letters, many
.of them bitter
attacks on her
patriotism by
membersof
anti . - commu
' nist societies,
leaned across
' her desk and
issued a dis
sent a n d' a
warning.
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' She said that she disagrees
with liberal Democrats who
think the John Birch Society
should be investigated, for
she believes in freedom of
expression and the right to
. disagree. ', , .
"I don't think any individ
ual," she : said, "or Member
of Congress should set 'him
self up as an anti-communist
expert, and make the deter
mination of what is American
or what -is un-American.", :
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But she is gravely concern
ed about her mounting corre
spondence, some of it scurri
lous and obscene, coming
from individuals at the behest
of super-patriotic organiza
tions, which accuse the Su
preme Court Justices, , the
President, Congressmen, as
well as herself,, of being "com
munists or their dupes."
Currently, her office is re
ceiving ; dozens of letters a
day, urging that Congress im
peach Chief Justice Earl Warren.-
A signed tract which
sometimes accompanies the
letter is anti-Negro. The Su
preme Court school desegre
tion decision is one of the
bases for attacking Warren.
Letters Acknowledged . '
Mrs. Green acknowledges
the letters, with a short state
ment saying she must disagree
with the writer.
"Whenever she receives a
reply, inevitably the writer
hurls the ultimate weapon:
"since the impeachment of
Earl Warren would slow down
the fast progress of the com
munists. . . I am wondering
why . you take this position
unless you are a communist
sympathizer and have much
to hide."
,. She answers: "I consider the
efforts to. smear this great
American and to impeach him
to be ridiculous, contrary to
the intent of the Constitution
and based upon a complete
misunderstanding of the na
ture of our system of govern
ment." She sent the' writer a
Congressional Record reprint
of an article on the John Birch
Society. - . i
Those writers identifiable
as members of the John Birch
Society ' are only a part of
Mrs. Green's worry.'- '
The daily mail brings ad
ditional . letters and tracts
which are printed in southern
California, Oklahoma and
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are signed by Oregonians who
agree with the contents.
Names Heavily Emphasised -
The Impeach Warren, tract
says that the same punish
ment (electric chair) be me'ted
out to Warren and the other
Justices, as was given to the
spies Ethel and Julius Rosen
berg. Jewish names are - al
ways' heavily emphasized:
." Another tract printed'- by
the "Cinema Educational
Guild in. Hollywood (printers
of the Warren tract) says that
the television screens show
programs which "sanctify
Marxism, one-worldism and
desegregation." v -'-
It lists ' over .100 Holly
wood stars as being "Reds"
and suggests that the reader
threaten the sponsors of such
programs with a boycott of
their products. They urge giv
ing the tract to grocers and
dealers ' who also carry the
products. ' i
Sometimes the. racism is
veiled, sometimes it is blatant,
and Mrs. Green sees a danger
in the unreasonableness of the
writers. She warned that no
one Is exempt. Earl Warren
may be, because of his posi
tion, impervious to attack,. but
less well known figures are
not. She said:
.. ... "They . say the- churches,
schools, colleges and universi
ties are all infiltrated by com
munists or dupes.
"They undermine confi
dence; in public officials, and
are doing their best to under
mine our judicial system when
they call members 61 the Su
preme Court communist. It
isn't based on fact, but sim
ply their disagreement on a
position taken by the Court.'
Mrs. Green said that' she
sometimes tries to "educate"
the writer of . such mail. Her
second, and sometimes third,
Eastland Calls for
Court Impeachment
Dallas, Tex.-(UPD-Sen. James
O. Eastland (D-Miss.) Monday
blasted the Supreme Court
and called for impeachment
of all nine justices.
Eastland, head of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, said the
court in recent years has is
sued more pro-Communist de
cisions "than any judicial tri
bunal outside of the Iron Cur
tain." ' ' ;
"I think all-of them ought
to be impeached," the senator
said..' : j
' Eastland refused . to com
ment on the controversial
John Birch Society and point
ed out his committee had a
hearing on that group pend
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Court
replies, although terse, dis
agree with the vengeful writ
er, and make this point:
"Preaching of racial hatred
or to suggest that the Con
gress, - the 1 President, the
Courts, the churches and both
political parties have been
taken over by the communists
does nothing but divide our
people,' and destroys confi
dence in the Democratic way
of life. f
"There is plenty of room for
honest controversy about is
sues, but I do resent it when
people in public life are
labeled 'communist' because
they don't agree with the en
tire ' program of some par
ticular group."
. Mrs. Green plans to make
a speech in Congress' about
this subject within a week
or so. :
Bridge Approved;
Highway 42
Funds Hit Snag
' Salem - (UPD - The Astoria
Megler bridge has received a
stamp of approval from the
Senate, Highways committee
but a bill unfreezing $4 mil
lion for Highway 42 recon
struction hit a temporary
snag: ;:.
Both bills have passed the
House. . ... ,
The bridge bill went to the
Senate floor and action is ex
pected ,within a day or two.
The vote was unanimous, with
five of the . seven members
present. They were Sens. An
thony Yturri (R-Ontario),
chairman; Al Flegel (D-Rose-burg),
R. F. Chapman (D-Coos
Bay), Richard Groener (D-Mil-
waukie), and Loyd Key (D-Milton-Freewater).
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There were no, opposition
witnesses to either bill but a
motion to send the Highway
42 bill to the floor failed 3-2
with Key and Groener voting
no. It takes four votes to send
a Bill out. . f .
Wants Time for Study
Key said the legislature
shouldn't "tell the Highway
commission where it should
build roads."
Groener said he doesn't op
pose the bill but wants to
study it a few more days.
Yturri,. said., the.: measure
would come up again Thurs
day. '
Rep, William Holmstrom
(D-Gearhart), testified in be
half of the bridge. -
' He said there is justifica
tion in Washington paying
34.4 per cent of the bridge s
cost and Oregon 65.6 per cent.
One reason is the boost to
Oregon's economy, through in
creased tourism and trade,
and another is "so we can
get rid of the increasing sub
sidy for our ferry operation."
AND PRODUCTS.
Washington-(UPD - President
Kennedy won a very import
ant diplomatic success in his
talks with British Prime Min
ister Harold Macmillan.
He gained the full confi
dence of the 67-year-old lead
er, who was soundly impress
ed by Kennedy's understand
ing of world problems and his
determination to deal with
them relentlessly and real
istically. British fears that tha 43-
year-old President's adminis
tration might prove "trigger-
happy" in a crisis proved un
founded. Kennedy, for his part, found
that Macmillan, far from suf
fering a case of diplomatic
tired blood, was willing to
have Britain stand up and be
counted when the chips were
down.
Vital To Relations
This mutual confidence Is
vital to British-American re-'
lations, which stand at the
heart of the NATO Alliance
and wider free world coopera
tion.
In addition, the Kennedy
charm laid a warm mantle of
fellowship over the hard core
of diplomatic agreement to
revitalize the western alliance
- an Important factor in this
era of personal diplomacy.
Kennedy now. must try to
win a similar measure of con
fidence from West Germany's
84-year-old Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer, who begins
talks here with the President
next Wednesday, Adenauer, as
usual,, is fearful lest his coun
try's interests be overlooked
in the Anglo-American pre
occupation with wider affairs.
Test Next Month
: The U.S. President's biggest
test on the personal diplomacy
front comes next month when
he journeys to Paris for talks
with President Charles de
Gaulle.
The austere and aloof
French General was much on
the minds of Kennedy and
Macmillan as they wrestled
with the problem of strength
ening the political, economic
a n d '. military cooperation
among the 15 NATO powers.
De Gaulle s refusal to com
mit France to complete coop.
eration in NATO s military ar
rangements strikes at the
heart of the Kennedy-Macmil-
lan plan to tighten up the
Western Alliance. '
The French leader's insist
ence on developing his own
nuclear weapons hampers
British and American efforts
to reach agreement with Rug.
sia on a test ban.
His insistence upon having
a completely equal voice with
Britain and the United States
in global strategy before he
will cooperate in Europe poses
a problem Macmillan and
Kennedy were unable to re
solve. ' -
Same Old Problems
The "crises" Kennedy and
Macmillan dealt with during
their talks here were, with
the exeception ., of Laos, the
the same tired old problems
which London and Washing
ton have, wrestled with for
years,
The important result, in the
opinion of high British and
American officials,, was the
mutual discovery that there
would be no lessening of co
operative efforts to deal with
them.
On Laos, Kennedy and Mac
millan had struck their bar
gain at their "quickie" meet
ing in Key West 10 days be
fore they began the full-dress
meetings here.
The United States, which
previously had insisted on a
pro - western government in
the southeast Asian kingdom,
agreed to accept ' a neutral
coalition if this can be worked
out at an international confer
ence. First, however, there
must be a proven cease fire in
the civil war there in which
Russia is supporting the reb
els. The British, in turn, agreed
that if the Red advance con
tinued in Laos, they would
join the United States in mili
tary action to block it.
Situation Unchanged
This week's meetings did
nothing, to change this situa
tion. Macmillan and Kennedy
merely awaited Russian agree
ment to a "verified" cease
fire, which would set the dip
lomatic machinery in motion.
The Kennedy-Macmfllan de
cision to try to find a way to
give. the other NATO coun
tries more "partnership" in
the control of; U.S. nuclear
weapons power was the ex
pression of a general hope.
Neither yet sees any practical
way to do it.
The determination to get
European members of NATO
to increase their convention
al forces was a reaffirmation
of what the two countries have
been seeking for. years,
On Red China, they agreed
that hitherto successful U.S.
efforts to prevent the United
Nations from even considering
the admission of Peking prob
ably would fail next fall. The
British, if the matter comes to
a vote, will have to vote to ad
mit the Communists. The
United States said it under
stood, but would seek a for
mula to block them. ..,
Work at Legislature
Described
Ashland Luncheon
Ashland-Two Southern Ore
gon college students described
operation and problems of the
state legislature at a meeting
of the Ashland Chamber of
Commerce yesterday."
Dr. Marshall Woodell, SOC
professor of social science, in
troduced Richard Swinney
who worked in the office of
Sen. Lyndel Newbry of Talent,
and William Hampton who
worked for Rep. Robert Dun
can, house speaker. Both stu
dents were in Salem five
days. . ;. .
In describing Duncan's ac
tivities, Hampton said he was
impressed with the work load
the speaker carries.. He ob
served that Duncan spent 12
hours a day in the capitol
building. . ,
Sessions Informal
Hampton - said he was im
pressed with the informality
at legislative sessions. "This
is good because it eases ten
sions which could build up,"
he said. He commented that
legislators have a thorough
understanding of each bill be
ing presented. They ; do an
"amazingly good job consid
ering conditions they work
under, Hampton remarked
He pointed out that they have
no office space and are only
paid $600 annually.
Swinney said legislators
have decided how they will
vote before bills come to the
floor. He said party leaders
are able to get a pretty good
idea of whether a bill will
pass prior to: the actual vote,
However, he did say that oc
casionally a few votes are
changed shortly before the of
ficial vote; 1 ' : ; ' I
Lobbyisii Effective - ' '
Woodell answered ques
tions about lobbying. He was
asked if a small group could
influence legislation without
a lobbyist. Woodell said it
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