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Sunday, January 29, 1961
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Vecan find only praise for the
Counf. junior unamDer . of Commerce s dis-
tinguished award program, and are some
what rueful that only a. small group turned
out for the banquet Thursday night.
rru individuals selected were
ervingof the honors they received
id GralapP lor nis dedication and
the educational systems of the area
Favell for masterful job of civic
numbers ways'. . . and Norm Jacob for an
outstanding example of the type of aggressive,
successful farmers that we produce here in
Klamalb County.
However, despite the plaudits well deserved,
there is one point about these award banquets
that we feel inclined to comment about.
It does not seem proper to announce the
names of three persons who are being con
sidered for the honor of each of these awards.
When the award is announced,' it leaves
the other two very worthy candidates stand-
1 Monday night, the first meeting is sched
uled of a group called "Great Decisions."
( This program has been the subject of
some controversy over the past years.
Most of the controversy has stemmed
,from criticism of the type of material pre
sented for discussion, complaints alleging that
it was "slanted" in one direction or another.
, Others critical of the program complained .
because the discussions in the various groups
were controlled or dominated by certain per
sons or certain group thinking.
Start Driving At 1 8? :
(The Bend Bulletin).
We see where the proponents of a higher
minimum driver age are at It again in Salem
. . . and we wish them luck.
Eight representatives introduced r bill
yesterday in the House raising the minimum
age for .drivers, from 16 to 18. .
would be raised from 15 to 17.
Proponents say the bill would reduce ac
cidents, lower insurance .rates for youth, and
reduce juvenile crime.
The group cites statistics which show
that in the 16-18 age bracket one driver in four
has an accident each year. Raising the age
limit, if for no other reason, would probably
. reduce accidents because there would be
fewer drivers getting a chance at each other.
Juvenile crime could conceivably be re-
"duces! too. Most youngsters nowadays who get
into trouble use cars In their endeavors. With
out them, they might slay home and out of
trouble.
" Insurance rales might be lowered, but it
would probably take years of performance
study. They would be lowered only if insur
ance companies found that beginning 18-ycar-old
drivers weie a better risk than beginning
16-year-olds.
The proposed bill has one "out" for 16-18
drivers. It would allow them, if necessity is
proven, to drive to work or school.
This might tend to encourage teenagers
to: 1. take jobs and 2. talk dad into moving
into the country.
Well, it's still a good bill.
, At the threat of losing the few teenage
friends we have, we hope it passes .. . for
bur own safety as well as theirs.
BARBS
I It takes a lot longer to grow old
you go at it In the right way.
Canning season is long over except
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It's easier to live on less when you
can find more things to live for.
High "C" is the key to a lot of an
noyance from the house next door.
Some day some builder is going
make a living room large enough
hold ail of the youngsters toys.
Paying on the installment plan
makes the months seem shorter and
; the years seem longer.
Needed
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ing outside, their service to their community
somewhat tarnished by the fact they ran sec
ond, or third.
It would seem to us a much better policy
simply to leave the selection of such individ
uals a closely guarded secret right to the last.
No names should be selected in advance,
and when that individual chosen steps from
the ranks to be honored, the ranks can close,
and all other individuals will be in line for
consideration come next year.
A person considered this year, but who
was not selected, would be in a awkward posi
tion were he to be considered for the honor
next year.
We realize the move is probably made
this way to try to increase interest in the an
nual banquet, but such award banquets should
have the wholehearted support of the com
munity, and must have such support if they
are to be continued.
Let's all remember that when next year's
distinguished award banquet .comes around.
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Great Decisions
It would appear that in the main these
criticisms have been somewhat justified in
past discussions. A study of some of the early
material of the discussions did reflect a cer
tain amount of "internationalistic" influences.
However, there is an old saw that you only
get out of something what you put in, and it
would seem that these "Great Decision" dis
cussions come under that adage.
James Boyle is chairman of the local
committee arranging for the discussion
groups.
The series of subjects to be discussed are
certainly some of the major areas of foreign
policy that demand our very best, construc
tive thinking.
The eight subjects to be discussed in this
eight-week series are 1 Deadlock over Ger
many, 2 Soviet challenge and world leader
ship, 3 France and Western unity, 4 Japan,
future of an Asian ally, 5 UN in explosive
Africa, 6 The Americas in jeopardy, 7 Arms
and survival and 8 blueprints for the world
economy.
' Looking over some of the material behind
these subjects, there is no question but that
certain views are expounded, but they are
carefully prepared and it should be remem
bered, open to question in the discussions that
.these courses are designed to stimulate.
Certainly it is incumbent upon every Am
erican to study the problems facing this coun
try, both at home and abroad, and examine
them carefully, studying the truth that lies
behind these problems, coming to separate
individual conclusions, not just lending assent
to an opinion pressured by a group. i
These "Great Decision" courses can be
extremely informative and useful if they arc
employed in the proper manner.
First of all, those who participate in these
discussions must realize that they are entitled
to an opinion, but not entitled to dominate the
thinking of any group or individual.
Secondly, such discussions must be open
forums prepared to intelligently discuss and
probe any ideas and opinions. Only against
such a backdrop can intelligent answers be
obtained or a better understanding gained of
these vital problems.
While not hand-stamping our approval on
these courses, we would urge all persons in- '
tercsted to participate in these "Great Deci
sions" and assert their individual opinions.
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THE LIGHTER SIDE:.
President
Gets Plenty
Free Advice
By DICK WEST
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) t- In his
inaugural address President Ken
nedy told us that "the final suc
cess or failure of our course"
" rests more in our hands than in
his.
Fair enough, I say. Since we're
all in this together, it seems only
right that we cany a part of the
burden and share in the credit
or blame for what happens.
I hope, however, that the new
President will wait at last an
other day or two, before :i M!
us what it is that he wants us to
do. I, for one, need a little mote
time in which to recover from the
. inaugural itself before I pick up
my part of the load.
My hands and feet still haven't
thoroughly thawed out from that
first day on the new frontier,
which seems to follow a line
roughly paralleling the Arctic
Circle.
Weather Added Zest
Kennedy said the weather that
prevailed here during inauguration
would add "zest" to the ceremony
and that it did if "zest" is a
synonym for frostbite and pneu
monia. Besides that, I would 'like to
have a somewhat clearer idea of
what "our course" is before 1
start doing my hit. 1 don't want
to wanderoff in the wrong direc
tion. But as soon as we all warm
up and get our bearings, Kenne
dy can count on plenty of help.
We Americans have never been
niggardly about advising our
President and usually we don't
even have to be solicited.
Solutions to various national
problems already are beginning to
trickle in from some quarters. I
was particularly impressed by the
helpful spirit shown by "Roll
Call." a weekly newspaper circu
lated on Capitol Hill. In its in
auguration edition, "Roll Call"
reviewed the entire panorama of
problems facing Kennedy and of
fered suggestions that went some
thing like this:
Help Reduce Surplus
Farm supplies Persuade drug
stores and lunch counters to put
wheat instead of lettuce on a
sandwich plate. The customers
will push aside the wheat as
they do the lettuce and thus help
reduce the surplus.
Cuba Step up the policy of non
invasion. This will force Castro
to strengthen his defenses. When
the non-invasion policy reaches a
climax, Castro will use up all of
hi, ammunition not resisting it,
and peace and calm will reltnn
to Cuba.
Laos Suspend all aid to Laos
until the I'nited Nations can pub
lish a storecard showing who is
fighting whom. This will give us
at least a 50-50 chance of helping
the right side.
Red China Hold Quemoy and
Matsu at least until alter the next
election. They're lousy islands but
they make good issues. Oppose
the two-China policy. One is trou
ble enough.
Trad Deficit Trade the deficit
with some other country.
Foreign Aid Continue to help
underprivileged countries until
they are prosperous enough to re
fuse to help us.
EDSON IN WASHINGTON
Administration Sets
Red Intent Timetable'
By PETER EDSON
Washington Correspondent -Newspaper
Enterprise Assn.
WASHINGTON (NEA) - The .
Kennedy timetable for feeling out
Russian intentions toward the new
administration is set.
Feb. 7 the Geneva Conference
on limitation of nuclear weapons
testing will reconvene. If some
progress is made, it will be a
good sign. If the meeting breaks
up again it will he an indication
that the Russians don't want a
ban; the U.S. may be forced into
resuming tests.
Onf March 7 the U.N. General
Assembly reconvenes in New
York. There is no hint yet wheth
er Khrushchev intends to return
for this session and turn it into
another shoe-pounding affair.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
has told the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee that he favors
international negotiation by diplo
mats instead of by heads of state.
That would preclude Kennedy's
attendance at the U.N. and would
seem tn rule out even Rusk's own
appearance.
At any rate, the current view
is that the U.N. is not the place
for any summit conference such
as Khrushchev has been trying to
promote again.
That would seem to "leave it
to Sieve" meaning new U.S. am
bassador to the U.N. Adlai Ste
vensonto make the first fcclout
of Russian intentions on future
negotiations.
Rusk will get his first chance
tn weigh Russian intentions at the
Southeast Asia Treaty Council
meeting in Bangkok. Thailand, lat
er in March. If the Laos situa
tion is still critical and if the
Russians. Red Chinese and Com
munist Vietnamese are still aid
ing the leftist forces in Laos,
SKATO will have to face up to a
decision on how to meet this
threat.
There will be a similar foreign
ministers' meeting of Central
Treaty Organization powers at An
kara. Turkey, in April. This area
is relatively quiet, offers no im
mediate crisis.
In May, however, the Organiza
tion of American States is sched
uled to hold its postponed meeting
in Quito. Ecuador.
If the Cubans and Lai in-American
Communists want to stir up
trouble as they have at other re
cent hemisphere gatherings, this is
their dish. There have been anti
US. demonstrations in Quito be
cause this country has supported
an arbitration decision on the old
Peru-Ecuador border quarrel. It
would be easy to whip up anti
Vanqui sentiment again if that is
still the communist line.
In May the North Atlantic Trea
ty foreign ministers will meet in
Oslo. Norway. The idea of com
pletely changing the NATO con
cept by giving it nuclear armed
forces of its on is now being stu
died by the NATO Council in Par
is. The issue may he ready for
decision at Oslo. If not. this im
portant question will be deferred
to the NATO December meeting
in Paris.
In the meantime, some solu
tion of the Algerian question is
hoped for. And there w ill be elec
tions in West Germany in Sep
tember, with the chancellorship at
stake. Communist pressures play
an important part in both mat
ters. If the Russians and Red Chi
nese continue their support of the
Algerian nationalists, it will be
the equivalent of Communist op
position to President De Gaulle of
France. And the Russians are con
cerned over close relations be
tween France and Germany, par
ticularly of those between Do
Gaulle and Chancellor Adenauer.
Khrushchev is under pressure
from East German President Wal
ter Ulbricht to force a showdown
on the status of Berlin. The Rus
sians are on something of a spot,
because of the Moscow declara
tion to achieve a settlement of
the Berlin situation by peaceful
means.
Khrushchev must show what we
can do on this before a general
congress of the Communist party
in Moscow in October, the month
after the German elections.
This meeting' was postponed
from a date set for this spring.
Delay has been widely attributed
to a belief that the Russians want-'
ed more time to size up the Ken
nedy administration to determine
how much co-operation there
might be between the two great
powers.
Al
manac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, .Ian. 29, the
2(lth day of the year with 3SR
more in 1961.
The moon is approaching its
full phase.
The evening stars are Venus
and Mars.
On this day in history:
In 1737, Thomas Paine, crusad
er for American freedom, was
born.
In lfliS, William McKinley. 25th
president of the United States,
was born at Niies, Ohio.
In V.M, Edgar Allen Poe's
poem "The Raven" was pub
lished for the lirst time in the
New York Evening Mirror.
In 1856, Queen Victoria ordered
the first Victoria Cross to be
made from Russian cannon cap
tured in the Crimean War.
In 1861, Kansas became the 34th
stale.
Thought for today: German
philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
said: "Nothing on earlli consumes
a man more quickly than the pas
sion of resentment."
THEY
SAY..
I'm not against Negroes. I think
they're entitled to some of the
same human rights we are.
Louisiana Secretary n( Stale
Wade O. Martin Jr.
If 10.000 Marines had been sent
tn Cuba when confiscation of
American property was on. Cuba
would be a free nation today.
Eddie Rickenbarker.
The United States should begin
acting like a world power and
quit groveling on its knees to in
ferior people and inferior leaders
who like to come to New York.
Sea. Hity floldwater (R-Ari.).
I stopped talking years ago . . .
I couldn't out-talk Groucho and I
found out I could get more laughs
making faces or standing on my
head behind him.
Harpo Marl.
There seems to be a sort of
state-wide reaction building up
against portions of Oregon's traf
fic regulations. One sees frequent
mention in state newspapers about
the situation, and there are more
than a few letters to the editor on
the subject in the various news
papers. The only time I drove on High
way 99 I noticed the frequent
signs pointing out a 70 mile speed
limit. But if some of those driv
ers who passed me weren't doing
more than 90, 'I'll eat my car.
And I guess there is the para
dox. We build superhighways to
get rid of traffic fast, then we
impose speed limits that are not
realistic. And Oregon's 55-mile-per-hour
Basic Rule limit is not
realistic at all. I'm heartily in
agreement w ith the . Basic Rule
thinking which is that at some
times, and under some circum
stances, 10 miles an hour is fast
enough. But 55 mph seems noth
ing more than bait to nab some
drivers w ho go faster than that.
And don't we all?
Again, I'm not arguing with
the law. It's there, and if a
driver is caught exceeding the
speed limit, he's done lor. If
we have laws, we must enforce
them, else we kill all respect.
I'm only sayiog that now might
be a good time to consider rais
ing those limits, if that would
provide part of the answer to
the griping that's going on now,
Charlie Stanton, over in Rose
burg, had something to say about
the situation the other day, when
he opined: "Here in Oregon our
Basic Rule affixes 55 miles per
hour as a dividing line. If we're
going faster that that the offi
cer has a perfect right to accuse
us of violation of the Basic Rule.
Perhaps we weren't in violation.
The law puts the burden of proof
on the driver. But we can be so
charged. We're forced to post bail,
usually at some spot considerably
distant from home. The state
doesn't have to prove we're guil
ty. We have to prove we're inno
cent. To hire an attorney and go
to court would cost us a consid
erable sum. So we forfeit the bail
and the state's coffers are en
riched." That seems to sum up most of
the complaints I've heard of
around here.
As I total up the medical bills
for the year (and for the knowl
edge of good old Uncle Samt I'm
struck with the thought that while
nature might have known what
she was doing, it sometimes looks
as if she deliberately constructed
mankind for the benefit of doc
tors and dentists.
There is already much specula
tion that Vice President Johnson
will he the Democrat candidate
for President in 1968. (Assum
ing lhat Kennedy will be the 1964
candidate). History favors John
son. The vice-presidency paved
World Peace Effort Is
Continuous - Kennedy,
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON (API Presi
dent Kennedy, a student of both
history and the presidency, is
credited with having written a
classic in his inaugural address.
But his real achievement per
haps was that while he managed
to convey a feeling of newness
and a new approach to peace
his words demonstrated his own
sense of continuity with men who
preceded him.
Lest the rest of the world gtt
Ihe notion America is fat and
tired, he said, "The torch has
been passed to a new generation
of Americans."
And indeed it has. to such, a
dcqr-e that American leadership
now is the youngest of any major
power. The leaders of Russia. Red
China, Britain. France and West
Germany are old or aging.
But his use of the word "gen
eration" has a special meaning
for those Americans who weir
alive and listening when President
Franklin D. Roosevelt in the cri
sis of the depression said his gen
eration had a "rendezvous with
destiny."
Kennedy made no such hopeful
promise for his generation.
He said in Ihe presidential cam
paign he did no! know what the
1960s would bring "except hard
times in the international
sphere."
Because this is probably a con
viction with him. it explains, why
he said in his inaugural that the
work ahead will not be finished
"in the life of this administration,
nor even perhaps in our lifetime
on this planet."
His words were almost identical
with a man of a generation be
tween him and Roosevelt in
tense Secretary James V. Forres
lal who, looking ahead in 1948,
the way for 10 Presidents. Six
Presidents made it as gen
erals; four as cabinet members;
five as governors, and only one
came directly from the Senate.
Some of us sometimes get the
idea that our bill collectors are
about as tough as they come. Con
sider the methods of bill collect'
ing elsewhere. !n the Hindu meth
od the creditor sits at the debt
or's door, holding In his hand
poison or a dagger. If the debtor'
passed without paying the credi
tor might kill himself, and under
the law, the crime would be on
the debtor's head. The Chinese
solve the problem with a little
more dispatch. The creditor and
his family move in on the debt
or, who pays rather than put up
with the self-invitee) guests.
At the rale we're going, the
"Soaring Sixties" could well de
velop into the "Silent Seven
ties'no people.
A mother and a lively little boy
of about four walked into a doc
tor's waiting room and took every
body's mind off his troubles. The
lad was fascinated by a tiny
baby asleep on her mother's lap,
obviously the first newborn the
child had ever seen. "Can it
talk?" he asked the mother.
"No."
"Can it walk or read?" "
The answers were still "no."
The little boy looked at this
utterly useless infant for a mom
, ent and then a dark suspicion
crossed his mind. "Well," he de
manded to know, "ii it a people
baby?;'
A Quaker's advice to his son
on his wedding day: "When thee
went a-courting I told, thee to
keep thy. eyes open; now tha
thou art married, I tell thee to
keep them half shut."
If there Is anything more ex
asperating than a dog barking
lustily any time after midnight,
I'd like to know what It is.
Well, I see Vhcre the parents
of KUHS students who partici
pate in choir and orchestra are
getting ready to stage a dinner
to raise money to send the kids
to a music festival in Spokane.
This seemingly puts KUHS righ!
in the same category with all
high schools. We spend money
like water to send the football,
basketball and baseball teams all
over the country to participate"
games. But when it comes to
sending a debate team, an orches
tra or a choir group on a trip
that's different. No money for
such goings-on. So the parents and
the community have, to pony up.
I don't say that is not proper.
But if it is, why not adopt the
same attitude towards sports?
And a critic of the new fron
tiers was heard In comment the
othe- day that if our nation's
prosperity continues to accelerate,
we'll soon be able to afford two
national debts.
said: "Not in our lifetime, or in
that of Ihe next generation do I
foresee Ihe time when a stretig
military potential will not. be
needed to back up our diplo
macy." Kennedy did noi get that blunt
in the inaugural speech.
But his views like those of
Presidents Truman and Eisenhow
er before him are the same as
Forrestal's as he showed during
the presidential campaign when
he said: "Peace requires an
American defense posture strong
enough to convince any potential
aggressor that war would be n
mistake. This means we must
have a military force second to
none."
Perhaps the most memorable
phrase Kennedy has uttered since
accepting the Democratic prcsi
riential nomination last summer
was his vision of the "New Fron
tiers" facing America.
Here again he had a direct link
with the past. He was not the
first president to think in terms
of American frontiers.
lust as Kennedy dwelt on the
need for peace, so did Eisenhower
in his second inaugural address
in 1957 when he talked of build
ing a "peace with justice in a
world where moral law prevails."
Kenn.-dy last Friday, calling on
the Communist world to cooperate
in the search lor peace, suggested
creatine: "not a new balance of
power l ut a new world of law."
QUESTIONS
AND , '
ANSWERS
Q-Whal I. the origin of the
word Lent, thf season prerediM
Easier!
A-"Lenton." an old English
word "spring."
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