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I1KRAI.I) AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon finnday, Dreemhrr t, 1S6J
Letters To The Editor
fcdikftial (paqsi
Brain-Storming Sessions
J Klamath County Chamber of Com
tmerce members are biting into a new proj
ect expected to go a long way toward im
'proving business and building a better torn
'munity. Each day a small group of chamber
members are convening. In a manner of
speaking they are having their brains
picked. Or you might call these meetings
brain-storm sessions: getting members to
say what they feel should be the primary
'projects of the organization.
'. Chamber president Jim Stilwell and
. manager George Callison feel these group
gatherings are serving a useful purpose.
Each morning for an hour 10 to a dozen or
more members are breaking up into small
groups. Each is asked to list what he be
lieves should be the chamber's primary proj
ect in its program of work for this year and
those to follow.
It's interesting to note how many good
; ideas are emerging.
; Here's an example of what came out
' of the Thursday morning meeting:
That the chamber should be certain the
new hospital gets the complete backing of
: the community; that the program to build
; it is completed successfully and then oper
ate smoothly after it opens;
That the problem of school district re
: organization be accomplished with a mini
i mum of "acrimony and debate" when the
issue is brought into the community spot
j light again and this will be soon;
THE GLOBAL
; Ity I.F.ON DKNNEN
; Newspaper Knterrlse Analyst
.' UNTIED NATIONS, N.Y.
.' (NEA I According to Moscow's
' Pravda, Premier Khrushchev
decided o call a special meet
ing of Die powerful Communist
Party Central Committee chief
ly to discuss Russia's agricul
tural crisis and "lagging" chem
ical industry.
But the press of Moscow's
Kast European satellites gives
a different view. They indicate
that the chief concern of the
Central Committee will be Soviet-Chinese
relations since Lya
don R. Johnson succeeded John
F. Kennedy as President of
the United States.
This is also the view of U.N.
diplomats.
llin-American Reds, faced
with mass desertions due to the
Russian-Chinese rift, have long
urged Premier Khrushchev In
settle his dispute with Red Chi
na's Mao Tsc-tung.
Culm's Fidel Castro, who, ac
cording to dissident Latin Reds,
keeps his pocket in Russia and
. las heart in China, even hinted
; of a secret meeting where Khru
; shchev and Mao would h u r y
their Marxist-Leninist hatchets.
The meeting never was held,
of course. Rut in the view of
' specialists on communism, the
"peacemakers" in Ihe It e d
camp are increasingly encour
aged and backed by a strong
pro-Chinese group inside the So-
' Viet Central Committee.
THEY
SAY...
This has been an interesting
decade on Ihe I'.S. Supreme
' Court. The years have been
challenging and I hardly need
tell you. tltcy have been con
troversial. However, it is not
Ihe court that has made them
controversial It is the limes in
which we are living.
Chief Jujiliee Karl Warrrn.
I Send your son to Moscow, and
; he will return s an anii-Com-j
munist. Send Inm to Hie Sor
; bonne, nnd he wjll return s a
' Communist.
President Felix llouphnurt
llnlgny ol the Ivory Toast.
Buddhism, Islam and Hindu
Ism are resurgent. They ride on
and . . . strike out in revolt
against a Christ who came to
them resembling loo closely a
European or North American col
onist. Kev. Canon Howard A. John
ana nf New Vork'i Cathedral
of fit. Jnhn Ihe Divine.
That we create an atmosphere which
will create a greater amount of tourism;
That the chamber work toward better
labor relations, and,
That efforts should be expanded to
ward developing Upper Klamath Lake as a
recreational area. Disposal of the Eagle
Ridge area by the Oregon State Game Com
mission for commercial development as a
result of a budget cut was not immediately
endorsed by the chamber people. Those sit
ting in at Thursday's meeting seemed to
agree that rather than auction off the land
for private ownership it would he better
to keep at least part of it intact as a public
recreation area.
The foregoing are just some of the
things being discussed.
One member attending the "brain
storming session" noted that carload after
carload of potatoes are being shipped out
of the county to be processed elsewhere.
He felt the chamber should make a strong
effort toward creating interest in local food
processing plants.
Callison is opening each of these daily
meetings with an appeal to chamber mem
bers to demonstrate a "new spirit of team
work, to conscientiously study the new
things we need and to be a part of a dynamic
program of work." ,
Stilwell urged greater pride in com
munity. "We've got everything here. Let's
start talking about it."
It all makes sense. Getting some action
will he the big job.
VIEW...
What Now In Red Camp?
Even Poland's Party boss
Wladyslaw Gnmulka, who was
once hailed as a liberal Red,
has now joined Romania's
Gheorghhi-Doj as a strong advo
cate of a Russian-Chinese get
together. According In East Eurocnn
diplomats, Gomulka recently in
structed Poland's envoys in Mos
cow and Peking (o make them
selves available as intermedi
aries between Khrushchev and
Mao.
A complete rift in the ranks
of international communism has
always been (iomulka's great
nightmare. Re is said to he the
man who largely influenced
Khrushchev not to break open
ly with Mao.
The Soviet premier was able
in the past to exploit his fiiend
ly relations with President Ken
nedy as a strong argument
against Mao's revolutionary
brinkmanship. Ciomulka, beset
by his own economic troubles,
had to concede that better rela
tions with the United States
could oMn new economic chan
nels for Ihe "building of social
ism." Hasn't Poland received
millions of dollars in American
aid for more than a decade?
President Tito of Yugoslavia,
Italy's lop Red Palmiro Togli
atli and olher Western Commu
nists continue to back Khrush
chev's policy of peaceful coex
istence. Rut dogmatic Reds like
Gomulka now insist that Presi
dent Kennedy's deatli must in
evitably result in a change in
American foreign policy. Lyn
don It. Johnson, a Texas Demo
BERRY'S WORLD
"It nain't until I learned modeitf that I iwcomt h
greatest:"
crat and a seasoned pragmatic
politician, hardly qualilies as a
"liberal" in their Martfist-I.cn-inist
hook. 1
President Johnson assured
Premier Khrushchev in a spe
cial message that he will carry
on President Kennedy's efforts
to improve relations between
Ihe t inted States and Russia.
He also repeated his assurance
in a personal conversation in
Washington with Kirst Deputy
Premier Anastas Mikoyan,
Khrushchev's friend and per
sonal emissary.
Some specialists on Russia be
lieve that the President's friend
ly gesture will strengthen Khru
shchev's position in the Cen
tral Committee amf may even
postpone the long-awaited show
down between the Kremlin's re
visionists and pro-Chinese dog
m.il ists.
The Soviet premier is appar
ently in no hurry to make
peace with his Chinese rival.
For the preslnl at least he
seems to be more concerned
with East-West trade and Amer
ican economic aid than with
Mao's threats.
Khrushchev is undoubtedly
aware of reports reaching Hril
ain and olher Western govern
ments that Red China's leader
is gravely ill. He hinted as
much recently when, alter say
ing that politicians are limited
by liistory and that only time
will tell whether Man or he was
Ihe bolter revolutionist, he add
ed: "It even seems to me that
litis won't take very long."
Ways To Improve
The following are my sugges
tions on the "Searching inquiry
jwrformcd by a special com
mittee on ways to improve
Klamath County."
1. Budget several thousand
dollars per year to advertise the
recreational facilities and the in
dustrial advantages of Klamath
County in various media I such
as leading newspacrs, maga
zines and TV throughout the en
lire country). 1 am in a position
to meet many people from all
over these United States. These
people, before coming to Klam
ath Falls, had never heard of it
before (even those who came
from as near as Southern Cali
fornia!, ft pays to advertise, the
returns will be ten-fold. I be
lieve that Southern California is
the greatest potential.
2. Raise the wages of indus
trial and commercial employes
to compare with similar wages
of those in areas north and
south of here. According to the
Army-Air Force Wage Board .
survey, the Klamath Falls area
wages arc lower than any other
area in the West Coast states
lymi re pi jy
By MARQUIS CIIII.DS
WASHINGTON With the po
litical landscape shattered by
the events of the past 10 days
the ruin of the old order pre
sents a confusing and uncertain
picture.
The Republican high torn
mand, largely taken over by (he
Goldwater wing of the party,
had planned a campaign attack
ing the Kennedy dynasty. It
would be interesting to know
how many thousands, or hun
dreds of thousands, of those
posters showing the three lock
ing chairs, one for each of the
Kennedy officeholders, had al
ready been printed.
Chairman William Miller of
the Republican National Com
mittee was blasting the Kenne
dy family for permitting such
indignities as the twist in the
White House. In short, every
sign was that it would be made
an intensely personal campaign.
While Gov. Nelson Rockefeller,
the only avowed candidate for
Ihe nomination, was calling
lor n constructive alternative to
Ihe Kennedy policies, his voice
seemed then to be a voice cry
ing in the w ilderness.
But even before the tragedy
conscientious Republicans had
become deeply disturbed by the
growing power of the forces
within their party bent on pur
suing a course from which
there could be no turning hack.
No one had followed the stam
pede of the Goldwateritcs to
lock up the Presidential nomina
tion for their man with greater
apprehension than Sen. Thomas
Kuchel of California. His associ
ates felt that alter the Christ
mas recess, when he could con
sult with his political allies
Barbarians At The
Ity Itltl'CK ItlOSSAT
A lot of people do not like
any effort to find parallels be
tween the decline of tile Roman
Empire and the troubles of
Western civilization today. But
some long viewers keep trying.
They single out the period
from about 200 A ll. on. long
before the empire really had
crumbled and the barbarian in
vaders were at Rome's gates.
It was a lime ol prosperity
for city and empire. Living
wore a high gloss. The second
ol Ihe two great classical civili
zations oflerod a bright facade.
Yet behind it. moral decay
already was far advanced. Cor
ruption was a commonplace.
Standards of conduct bad sunk
perilously low. Most of those
who governed lacked either the
will or the capacity to miose
QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
At what age did Mnrart
begin composing symphonies?
A-AI 8. At 12. he eomosrd
an opera, "La Finta Semplicc."
Q Why dn Ihe Chinese observe
Oct. 10 as Independence Day?
, It commemoraies the anni
versary of the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty in 1911.
Q When was the lirsl erumenl
ral council held?
A In the year 12. at Nicaea.
The last one was held at Home
in IW9-70.
Q What wa Ihe medieval
equivalent nf tralav's labor un.
Ion?
A Associations called guilds.
Q Whal pen-miner ol Ihe
population lives In Ihe slate
here II was born?
A Nationwide, i 5 per cent.
including Washington. Oregon
and California. Believe me this
is a true picture as they are
real thorough with their survey.
Check the civilian personnel of
fice at Kingsley Field for verifi
cation. 3. Lower the prices of fuel
oils and gasoline within one
cent per gallon of Portland
prices. It costs approximately
one-half cent per gallon freight
for oil from Portland to here,
this is according to the SP rail
road dispatcher. People are
aware of this, especially new
comers, tfiis little factor tends
to induce them to move on.
4. Lower price of building ma
terials to compare with those in
Ihe Medford area. It is a known
fact that a person can drive
over to the Medford area with a
truck and haul the materials
hack, saving at least 20 per
cent. A lot of business is lost
by the local building materials
dealers on this account. To ver
ify this check the trucks that
are hauling daily over the
Green Springs. This tends to dis
courage newcomers from set
tling and building in this area.
5. Install adequate street light
WASHINGTON CALLING
Goldwater Drive Halted
back home, he w ould declare for
Governor Rockefeller as a rally
ing point.
Kuchel is unique in several
respects. He is the only Repub
lican to hold a high slate-wide
office. While Richard Nixon was
being defeated for governor in
1962 by 250.000 votes. Kuchel
was re-elected to the Senate by
a majority of 750.000.
In a forthright Senate speech
he spoke out against the ex
tremists and the kooks noisily
infesting the right wing of Cali
fornia's brilliantly colored politi
cal spectrum. That speech and
one that followed helped to ex
plode some of the crude Inyths
about Communist conspirators
propagated by the extremists.
It won national attention and
also letters of such virulence
and violence as to document the
Senator's point.
Kuchel saw those same ele
ments rushing in, under cover
of the Goldwater candidacy. In
take control of the party in Cali
fornia. That was a development
he could not view with detach
ment, since his role as the only
Republican who has had Ihe ap
proval of the voters is directly
at stake.
But the already complex pic
lure was further complicated by
a large and determined figure.
Former Sen. William F. Know
land had made himself the Paul
Revere of the Goldwater move
ment in California. In his zeal
he was making forays around
the country warning that only
Barry could hall Ihe menace of
the New Frontier. While Know
land lost the governorship by a
million votes in 1058, he is still
influential and his Oakland Tri
bune is one of the most power
more than superficial order.
The seeds of destruction had
germinated and were growing.
Rome's greatness bad hist its
power and vigor even as its
surface added sheen. When
the invaders struck, they crush
ed an empty shell.
The Americans and Western
Europe are not Rome. T h c
West's power is immense and
still growing. It too has a bright
facade new buildings, new
products of industry, new leaps
into space and other unknowns
by science.
But this also is something of
a false front, though to a less
er degree than was true in
third-century Rome.
We live in an era where, in
creasingly, crime and corrup
tion not only exist but are wide
ly tolerated. While we comfort
ourselves with llic "only a mi
nority does it" excuse, the nlv
solute number of transgressors
multiplies enormously.
Often- guilt in high public
places is cither not acknowl
edged or not understood by the
guilty. Some men, admitting
guilt, seem to think a proper
rcsponc is to say they wi 1 1
cease misbehaving when others
do.
Lines between acceptable be
havior and misconduct are fuz
zily drawn. A suburbanite can
see no dilterence between push
ing a friend into a swimming
pool at a party and thousands
o( dollars worth of vicious van
dalism done to an expensive
home.
Morality weakens at all eco
nomic levels, in all parts of this
land. Knowing the burden will
lall on insurance tirms, and be
widely spread in higher premi
ums (or all, juries award fan
tastic sums to the injured in
automobile accidents. But a sur
vey in one city shows juries
seldom impose stiff penalty on
persons who have killed others
in such accidents.
Manners sag along with mor
ing in Klamath Falls. (The
street lighting in this area is
sub standard'. For example:
the two cross walks on South
Sixth Street at Safeway and a
tavern are very poorly illum
inated and marked, constituting
a very dangerous hazard es
pecially during the winter
months. Have heard many com
ments on this from newcomers.
6. Improve recreational areas
at the high lakes such as roads,
lodges and camping facilities.
The county could budget several
thousand dollars per year for
this. This would tend to bring
many more tourists in this area
and encourage them to stay
longer. The word of mouth
works wonders.
7. With the Cod given recrea
tion areas in this vicinity, Klam
ath County could be the leading
resort in these United Stales
with the proper management
and advertisement.
Name Withheld.
No Sympathy
In response In Naomi M.
Bean's letter of Dec. 2. 1963.
ful Republican organs in the
slate.
Kuchel had been shown re
ports of a speech Knowland
made in Mobile, Ala., to a
draft-Goldwater organization. To
say he was dismayed is putting
it mild. To a cheering audience
Knowland was quotedas saying:
"I believe that in your hands
rests the salvation of the na
tion.", He was also applauded when
he said that "every American
citizen has guaranteed rights,
and civil rights are more broad
than racial rights." Predicting a
quick and easy victory for Gold
water at the San Francisco con
vention, Knowland went on to
say, according to the newspaper
reports, that the Senator from
Arizona "will have all 86 dele
gates from California." This
was, of course, a direct chal
lenge to Kuchel.
That statement assumed that
Knowland would determine the
fate of the delegation of the
largest state in the Union. And
that state, according to the reck
oning of the recent past, could
have been the key not only to
Ihe nomination but to the elec
tion. That was the past. The Re
publican party in 1964 cannot
run against the Kennedy dynas
ty. President Johnson will be a
difficult target to fix on, since
be will have been in the office
so short a time before the elec
tion. If the Republican parly has a
hopeful future in the coming
year it rests with men like Sena
tor Kuchel and Governor Rocke
feller. That is to say. with men
who know w hat it takes to win
elections.
Gate
als. Much public behavior to
day finds the individual moving
as if in a magic capsule, indif
ferent to all about him.
A civilization, in its biggest
acts and its smallest, is made
and maintained by men who
care. Relatively, they are a di
minishing number in our life to
day. If we do not lind more of
them, the troublesome "minor
ity" may become a majority
one day. Then Ihe power and
vigor and spirit of this great
civilization would he gravely
menaced.
Almanac
By United Press International
Today is Sunday, Dec. 8. the
.142nd day of 1963 with 23 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The evening stars are Jupiter,
Saturn and Veins.
On this day in history:
In 1776, George Washington
crossed the Delaware River,
near Trenton, N.J., and landed
on Pennsylvania soil.
In 1863. President Ianeoln an
nounced his plan for reconstruc
tion of the South, a plan pro
viding for amnesty to all those
who were part of tlie Confeder
ate rebellion except the highest
leaders.
In 1886. delegates from 25 la
bor unions founded the Amori
can Federation of Labor at Co
lumbus. Ohio.
In 1949. the Chinese National
ist government defeated by the
Communists, moved its head
quarters Item the mainland lo
Formosa.
A thought for the dav Presi
dent Lincoln said: "Truth is
generally the best vindication
against slander."
Lee Oswald was a know n
Communist. He denounced the
I'nited States of America, he
defected to Russia, and you,
N.B., ask how many tears have
fallen and how many prayers
were offered for his soul. I of
fcred none!
My tears are for the veterans
in V.A. hospitals who lost an
arm, a leg, a piece of their
mind and much more. Some w ill
never know the freedom they
fought so hard to get, other
than the confines of a hospital
ward.
My prayers are for the souls
of men who gave their lives for
the free country we live in to
day. These men ' speak of did
nut denounce our country, did
not delect to our enemies as Lee
Oswald did.
Whether or not Lee Oswald is
proven guilty of the assassina
tion, I for one will not mourn a
known Communist.
As for your sentiments as stal
ed in the editorial column. Lee
Oswald would have laughed he-
"Only Thing Changed Around Here Is The
Name On The Door!"
State'Editors Report
Faculty Salaries
fCnrvallis Gazelle Times) '
With higher education budget culling in Ihe limelight, faculty
salaries are a matter of interest not only to those who receive them,
but also lo the general public. Even here in Corvallis we have heard
several non-academic people talk loosely about $20,000 a vear as if
everyone on the staff received payments in that neighborhood. At least
local people should know the truth.
A study of salaries in higher education institutions in the Pacific
Northwest has been compiled by the American Association of Univer
sity Professors for 1962-1963. Here is some of the information with
which they have come up:
The average compensation at Oregon State is $9,081 per
year with the compensation per student at S575. The average com
pensation at the University of Oregon is $9.4(14 with the average com
pensation per student at $396. These salaries are higher than all the
private colleges in Oregon except at Reed where the comparable
figures are $9,723 per year with $1,079 cost per student.
The salaries at Washington University average $10,710 and at
Washington State $10,2.16.
The average compensation per rank at Oregon State, according
to this study, is as follows: Instructor. $5,510: Assistant Professor.
$6,450: Associate Professor, $8,350: Professor, $11,090. These salarics
vary according lo the length of time the particular individual has
been with the stale system.
According to this schedule, salaries at the University of Oregon
average a little higher after the Instructor level. If there is a tend
ency for teachers to remain longer there than at Oregon Slate, this
might account for the difference. At both universities in the state
of Washington, salaries average from one to two thousand dollars
higher than Oregon salaries. Reed's are a little higher at the lower
levels but about the same at higher levels.
We asked IX-an Milosh Popovich at Oregon State if he could
supply any further figures which might be of any interest. He gave
us tlie mean figures in all categories, including Deans. These are as
follows: Instructors (10 months), $6,183; Assistant Professors (10
months) $7,692: Associate Professors 10 months) $9,328: Professors
HO months). $12,042: Deans (12 months) $18,238. Low for the Deans is
$11,520 and high is $21,50(1, This might be where some of this talk about
$20,000 salaries comes in but a man of a Dean's responsibilities cer
tainly deserves a high salary. If the mean salary for Deans is $18,
218 we don't have very many in the highest bracket: we have only 16
Deans when all the vacancies are filled.
We also phoned down to tlie chancellor's office to see if they
could supply us with information on comparable salaries at other in
stitutions. They evidently have some sort of an information exchange,
with other state-owned universities all right, hut it is forbidden hyl
agreement that these institutions be named. The list includes anony-I
mous universities all over tlie country but they don't do much good'
unless you actually know what ones they are talking about. ''
It is interesting to note that among these institutions our salaries
ranked 8ih in 1957 58 but had dropped down lo 14th by 1962-63.
So let's not hear any more local talk alwut $20.ooo salaries at
Oregon State. The mean lor all ranks is $9,075.
He Deserves It j
(Eugene Register Guard) '
Governor Hatfield is entitled to the ptolcition of stale police'.
So is his family. This twaddle about tlie expense of providing
guard for the governor's home is unleeling and unrealistic.
As citizens we dare not target that his home was once fired!
upon. At other times it has been defaced. He and hi family have'
been (lie object of many threatening telephone calls. We cannot ask;
that Ihe man w'c cIioom' to head our state government subject himself'
and his family to this kind of thing unless we are also willing to
olfer them protection.
Also, it is well to remember how he happens lo have this guard
around his home. The Legislature, on June 1. provided for it There
were no dissenting voles. This means that even legislators who per
sonally or politically, do not care for Mark Hatlield, still recognize"
that he's the governor.
VI the nuts in the world don't live in Texas Some live here.;
Whal kind of person can aigue that for the sake of a lew dollars the'
stale withdraw the security diil af3 pave tlie way for tragedy?
cause Communists do not be
lieve in Gud.
Frank A. Huder,
2336 Green Springs Dr.
Being Facetious
At the time I wrote the arti
cle entitled "Bow Technique"
which appeared in a recent is
sue of the "Herald and News,"
it never occurred to me that
several statements which con
tained tlie words "other great
artists" and "my many admir
ers" might be taken seriously
and I hoe that such is not the
case. 1 can assure tbe readers
of this paper that they were not
so intended and tlie last para
graph should have convinced
anyone that I was merely being
facetious. '
Should I have shocked my vio
lin playing friends and lovers of
this noble instrument they have
hut to realize that it is the seri
ous things of life that are more
often subjected to humor as
when we kid our friends, it is
but to emphasize their virtues.
Harry Borel,
505 Alameda.