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HERALD AM) NEWS, Klamath Falls. Oregon Thursday, November 21, 193
Secret Gatherings Keep Public Guessing
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RECORD MADE Dr. George Nicholton, left, local Red
Cross board member, and president of the Klamath
County Medical Society, presented a plaque to Col. Ed
ward Witienburger, right, in recognition of Kingsley
Field's consistent contribution to the Red Cross blood
program since inception of the field. The Air Force offi
cers and men have sponsored visits of the bloodmobile
regularly and reached a record high tn 1963 of 616 pints.
The presentation was made during the November meet
ing of the local Red Cross Board of Directors.
SALEM (UP! -The futility
and danger of attempting to
hold secret meetinf s, or barring
newsmen from policy Missions
of state boards, was graphically
illustrated during the first week
of the special session.
Last Thursday seven legisla
tors had breakfast with eix
members of the Board of High,
er Education at the Marion
Hotel. They held a private dis
cussion of the conflict between
the legislature and higher edu
cation. Everyone involved denied it
was a "secret meeting."
But the fact remains every
one involved seemed mighty em
barrassed when United Press
International discovered what
was going on.
McClellan And Gilpatric
Exchange Harsh Yords
Campus Gets Going Over
SALEM (UPI) The Oregon
: State University campus got a
; going over Tuesday during
'. testimony before the House Tax
Committee.
Chairman Richard Eymann,
D-Marcola. cited the fourth
floor microbiology department
as a crowded fire trap. Rep.
Cornelius Balcson, O - Salem,
said the department also con
tained bacteria that could en
danger the area if they were re
leased through a disaster such
as fire.
Chancellor R. E. Lieuallcn
said the old building had to be
used until construction of Cord
Icy Hall was completed. He said
all possible safety precautions
were being taken.
Batcson questioned wlicther
the new OSU library had an un
necessary $200,000 "patio." Lieu
allcn replied it was a covered
cntranceway, and had made it
possible to cut down on more
expensive inside lobby space by
giving students a protected area
outside.
He said at a little over $13
per square foot, it was "very
inexpensive" compared to other
college libraries.
WASHINGTON 'Iff - Sen.
John L. McClellan, D-Ark.,
bluntly told Deputy Dcfonx Sec
retary Roswcll L. Gilpatric
Wednesday that he should have
disqualified himself in the mul
tibillion dollar TEX warplano
contract award.
Tho leather-voiced chairman
of the Senate investigations sub
committee also told Gilpatric he
was not at all sure there had
not been a conflict of interest
in the matter. He noted Gii
patric's past close legal asso
ciations with General Dynamics
Corp.. winner over Boeing Co
for the big TFX contract.
Gilpatric emphatically denied
any conflict of interest. Some
subcommittee members came to
his defense.
The exchanges occurred as
Gilpatric was questioned for the
third consecutive day about his
roll in the award last Nov. 21
of the estimated $7 billion con
tract to produce 1,700 of tue
supersonic Air Korcc-Navy fight
er planes.
Gilpatric replied that neither
he nor his former New York
law firm of Cravath, Swainc it
Moore had any "economic ad
vantage in this contract."
"I was never an officer, a di
rector, a stockholder in Gener
al Dynamics," he said. "1 nev
er had a financial interest in it,
my firm didn't. I may or may
not go back to the firm. My
past relationships did not in any
sense affect my judgment."
The defense official testified
previously that he expects to re
turn to the law firm soon.
Gilpatric said he retired from
the firm. He said It was not a
leave of absence, and that he
told Defense Secretary Robert
S. McNamara that he would
have to "review my situation"
at the end of two years' Pen
tagon service not quit in two
years.
Gilpatric is said to lie plan
ning to resign the key defense
position at the end of this year
or early next year and there al
ready have been several "good
by" parties for him,
He told the subcommittee
that it is a "reasonable expec
tation I will return to the law
firm" when he leaves, but ad
ded: "There is no commitment,
no agreement. I won't make up
my mind actually until I leave
office."
Gilpatric was a $140,000 - a
year lawyer with the firm be
fore taking over as second in
command of the Defense Department.
The government of Ghana had
the first all-African elected leg
islature with an all-African cabinet.
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Lcs Schwab, Dick Turner, manager, and
his staff justly can be proud of their im
pressive new place of business. We are
proud of the part we had in erecting and
furnishing the facilities of the new tire
center.
BEST WISHES FOR A SUCCESSFUL GRAND
OPENING & CONTINUED GOOD BUSINESS
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SWAN LAKE MOULDING CO.
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ACME CONCRETE
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INSULATION CO.
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KIMES PLUMBING &
HEATING
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B&B RADIO & ELECTRIC
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INC.
428 Spring
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Was it pure coincidence that
the Board of Higher Education
held a special "public" meeting
just four hours after the secret
session broke up?
While the public knows what
went on at the "public" meet
ing, there still is no assurance
that agreements were not work
ed out at the secret conclave.
Then, the following day, mem
bers of the governor's staff, leg
islative leaders, ami attorneys
for Boeing held a meeting.
Newsmen knew they were meet
ing, b u t they were denied ad
mission. Before the meeting broke up,
newsmen knew another crisis
had developed over the Board
man Space Age Industrial Park,
and tliat the governor was sub
mitting a special message to the
legislature.
There appears no logical rea
son for newsmen to have been
barred from the meeting.
Certainly nobody expected to
be able to keep the Boardman
crisis a secret. The problem
had to be laid out so the leg
islature could find an answer.
But because newsmen were
barred, there's the unanswered
question: Is there another, as
yet unannounced, problem with
Boardman?
What the legislature does is
public business. Higher educa
tion gets almost $40 million a
year of taxpayers' money w hat
the board docs is public busi
ness. When legislators and mem
bers of higher education's board
hold meetings, the public has a
right to know what is going on.
When tlicy deliberately hold
secret meetings, the public has
a riht to be disturbed.
When the Boardman deal,
which already has cost nearly a
million dollars, gets into trouble
the public has a right to know
about it.
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