The Bulletin from Bend, Oregon • Page 4

TP WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Republican party is split by Quemoy-Matsu defense Ti a. .1 a these senators have gone to extreme lengths to support the Chiang Kai-shek dynasty. In the final showdown over Quemoy and Matsu in April 1955, however. President Eisenhower sided against the right wing of his own party. Liberals Warn Ike The showdown took place at a significant, off-the-record dinner meeting at the White House attended by the liberal wing of the GOP.

The guests included ex-gov. Tom Dewey of New York, Attorney General Herbert Brownell. Ike's old Army friend. Gen. Lucius Clay, head of Continental Can; Paul WiHmnn former administra AT NURSES' DINNER Convention reports were given by Mrs.

Marguerite Warrick and Miss Lettie Potts, standing, and Mrs. Sophia Hofstetter and Mrs. A. M. Ryman, seated.

1 Hit" J- Jw. a7 Temperatures One every home I SaH THE BEND BULLETIN 4 Saturday, October 22, 1960 An Independent Newspaper Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor 1 Jack McDermott, Advertising Manager Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher Lou M. Meyers, Circulation Manager Loren E.

Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent William A. Yates, Managing Editor Glenn Cushmann, Executive Editor and General Manager Kntared mi Seeona Claia Mailer, Januanr 1S1T, at Uio rail Oltlca at Bend, Oman, under act at March 1, UTS. Published ally except Hundajr and certain holidays or The Bend BalleUn, Inc. I Should, the state stay in mortgage loan Held? If so, who should it cover? FAREWELL PARTY Mrs. Mellie Waller, left, was honored by nurses.

Seated with her from left) are Betty Gale, Redmond, secretary; Orisa Abbott, Redmond, president, and Mrs. Marguerite Warrick, Bend, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Waller will leave soon for California.

By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON In order to fully understand the importance of the Nixon-Kennedy debate over Quemoy-Matsu, you have to know something of what happened behind the scenes when this subject was discussed at various White House and Senate conferences. During the height of the Red Chinese threats on Quemoy-Matsu in March 1955. President Eisen hower complained at a staff conference that he did not want to go to war over two small islands without allies and that he was convinced the United States would have no allien if we tried to defend Quemoy and Matss. Eisenhower said that as allied commander in World War II he knew something about the im portance of having allies, and added that If we defended Formosa alone we would probably have allies: though not if we defended the two little islands so close to China. His statement came just after John Foster Dulles had been In Canada conferring with Foreign Minister Lester Pearson and scared the wits out of the Canadian government by indicating that In case of an attack on Quemoy and Matsu we would use the atom bomb.

He based his statement on the confidential surveys of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who although divided on the importance of the islands, generally agreed that they could not be defended without using the atom bomb. This, it was agreed, might well lead to general war. This discussion inside the White House and the Senate found the Republican party split right down the middle. GOP Isolationists Favor Intervention Paradoxically, the group within the Republican party which demanded a showdown with China was the same isolationist group which wanted to avoid entangling alliances in the past; had. bucked the League of Nations, tried to keep out of the World Court, and favored appeasement of Hitler.

In the case of China, however, they got so steamed up that they forgot their previous isolation. Chief backstage explanation for isolation regarding Europe and intervention regarding China was the China lobby, operated by the Chiang family which threw tremendous amounts of money into Republican campaigns. Chief political operator for the lobby and dispenser of the contributions has been Maj. Louey Kung, son of Dr. H.

H. Kung and nephew of Chiang Kai-shek. The Chinese have been close to Sen. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and contributed to his campaign; also have been strong boosters of Senators Jcnner, McCarthy, Welker, Idaho; Rep. Walter Judd of Minnesota, and various others, including Vice President Nixon.

And some of ett i to To the Editor: Oregon newspaper editors have been referring to the "cluttered" November ballot, with fifteen slate measures confronting the voters. The Committee to Protect Oregon's Credit feels that Measure 13, which would increase the bonding authority of the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs by some $135,000,000. is part of the since a similar measure was overwhelmingly defeated by the voters in 1958. Pressure by certain special Interest groups forced this measure back on the ballot, worded in a manner guaranteed to confuse the Issue and appear to reduce bonding powers, while actually increasing them. The Department ol Veterans' Affairs has been blanketing the state with news releases month after month in support of its demand for additional funds.

Tho Committee to Protect Oregon's Credit does not have the services of a state-sponsored news bureau. Wp tike this method of letting the voters know the other side of tiie story on Measure 13. Although a similar bid for extra millions was soundly defeated in lsrt, the Department of Veterans' Affairs did in fact receive almost as much as it asked for through a chango of assessment ratio in Multnomnh County. An additional W9.000.000 went for veterans loans without the approval of the voters. This boosted the outstanding bond indebtedness for veterans to Now they want still more almost double the above amount The veterans loan program was established after World War II as an emergency measure to help veterans resettle into civilian life.

It has since grown to the point where the state is in Uie mortgage lending business in a big way, favoring a minority group. Our committee is against the continuing growth of the program because tho state needs funds for other projects of benefit to all citl-ions. The college propulntion Is expanding each year, and educational facilities are needed to assure our youth the education these times demand. Highways need to be improved and new roads to be tor of the Marshall Plan, and Sher-1 man Adams. Vice President Nixon was also Dresent.

though in the past he had sided with the China ajuuuj ..5.1. cans. Led by Dewey, the group reminded Ike that he had campaigned on the promise to end war In Korea, that It would be political suicide to present the voters with another Far Eastern war on the eve of the 1956 election. They argued that the right-wing GOP senators and the China lobby, despite their propaganda, were In a minority, that the public would Jbe dead against fighting a war over two remote islands off the China coast The President had been reluctant to get committed for Quemoy and Matsu anyway and this clinched the matter. It was decided that the United States would underv take no commitment to defend the offshore islands; but in order to appease Admiral Radford, the most militant member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, il was further decided to let Chiang Kai-shek's troops remain Inere, and to make ment, That was why, though Dulles announced that the United States has "no commitments and no purpose to defend the islands," the 7th Fleet continued to help Chiang supply the islands.

Later Eisenhower made his position clearer by stating, Oct. 1, 1958, that Quemoy and Matsu "as of themselves" are "not greatly vital to the defense of Formosa," and that as a soldisr he thought Chiang was unwise in putting so many troops there. Vice President Nixon, who participated in ths Dewey dinner at the White House, went along with the sentiment expressed by the liberal GOP leaders, though his association in the past had been with Senator Bridges and other China lobby backers and beneficiaries. In the Initial debate with Senator Kennedy he reverted back to the China lobby's demand for all-out defense of Quemoy and Matsu, and, although modifying it since, his harping on the subject appears to keep him pretty much In the camp of those who first contributed to his campaign to the Senate and have helped him financially In two races since. th Prlifrtr." I built Our forest conservation program needs funds to help guarantee a sustained timber harvest so essential to the economy of the state.

Yet more money is borrowed to finance loans for veterans than for all other state programs combined! If borrowing for veterans Is Increased, it Is doubtful that a ready market at feasible interest rates can be found for Oregon bond issues to finance educational facilities, highways or veterans loans. This has been the sad case In California, where huge veterans loan program and the attendant state borrowing to finance It has raised the cost of all state and local bonds by per cent to per cent, adding millions to the cost of desirable improvements. Our committee recommends a "Yes" vote on Measure 6, which will provide needed educational facilities for the young men and women of Oregon; and "No" on the out-worn emergency Measure 13..: Everett Mitchell. Secretary Portland. Oregon, Oct 20, 1960 RETAINS SPITTING TITLE RALEIGH.

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Euqtne, Ore. money has actually helped them because it has permitted many veterans to buy homes and build equities who couldn't qualify under Other programs. The second time around, the private financial institutions get the business. Another charge is that to grant the state $135 million more in bonding capacity for homes is to play fast and loose with Oregon's credit. This doesn't hold water.

The charge that does hold water is that this program was set up to help veterans. It has been 15 years since World War II ended and seven since the Korean War ended. The argument here is, just how long should the state stay in the business of rehabilitating veterans? We don't know. Seven years should probably be long enough, we'll grant. But there are other angles too.

In the first place, state mortgage money has helped sustain the state's economy. And, the state has made about $6 million on the program. Additionally, private lending companies, if past practice is any indication, couldn't and wouldn't make up the difference. We are Inclined to think that proposition No. 13 should receive a "yes" vote.

Of course, this means that the state will be in the mortgage business to stay. But there are other state and federal agencies In the mortgage loan business and they've been successfully Temperatures during the fi hours ending early today. High Low Precip. Bend 56 32 Astoria 58 56 .84 Baker 58 29 Brookings 60 51 Burns 65 41 K. Falls 66 46 Lakeview 68 41 Medford 61 47 Newport 60 North Bend 62 54 .01 Pendleton 61 44 Portland 60 56 .09 Redmond 68 27 Salem 62 55 The Dalles 65 44 Boise 68 43 Chicago 48 42 Los Angelos 90 63 Miami 89 72 New York 52 42 San Fran 62 51 Seattle 57 53 .13 Since 1944, when Oregon Voters approved it, the state has been in the business of lending money to veterans to buy houses and farms.

The program was limited, however, by a constitutional amendment which fixed the total amount of bonds that could be sold at four per cent of the state's assessed valuation. Now, the limit has been reached. The State Department of Veterans Affairs has loaned about $150 million at four per cent interest. Last summer, the money ran out. The only way that veterans can get loans now Is to wait until money is repaid that has once been loaned out.

The 1958 legislature knew that this limit would be reached. So members voted to submit to voters at the 1960 election another constitutional amendment changing the bonding limitation to three per cent of the state's actual cash value. This would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to sell about $135 million in new bonds for veterans loans. The amendment would just about double the bonding capacity for veterans loans. At the same time it would put a cutoff date in the program for World War II veterans in 1980 and Korean AVar veterans In 1988.

Actually, operation of the program by the state has been excellent. The of veterans who have failed to pay off their mortgages can be counted on the fingers of two hands. The program has been a stimulus to all parts of the economy connected 'With home building, even including furniture and appliance dealers. Veterans organizations like it, real estate people like it and labor likes it. Opposition comes mainly from one source.

These are the private financial Institutions who regard the Department of Veterans Affairs as a competitor. Money has been so scarce In In the past few years that this "competitor" feeling can be discounted. And, as a matter-of-fact, some financial Institutions say that this state Party is given for Mrs. Waller A dinner meeting for members of District 14, Oregon Nurses As sociation, Wednesday night at the Pine Tavern, was a farewell party for Mrs. Ralph (Mellie) Waller of Bend.

Mrs. Waller has been a member of the association 27 years. She and her husband are moving soon to California. The nurses presented Mrs. Waller with two oil paintings.

One, by Charles Spring of Bend, is of the Three Sisters. The other, by his sister, Mrs, Helen Murphy, is a Central Oregon scene. Mrs. P. W.

Dilley of the Bend Golden Age Club entertained with a humorous reading. Reports of the nurses' convention held Octob-cc 12-14 in Eugene were given by Mrs. A. M. Ryman and Mrs.

Marguerite Warrick, Bend; Mrs. Sophia Hofstetter and Miss Lettie Potts, Redmond, and Mrs. Clarice Cox. Prineville. Thirty-six members and guests were present.

Sen. Kennedy 3-2 favorite LAS VEGAS. Nev. (UPD-Odds-makers in this desert gambling community today were quoting 3-2 odds on Sen. John F.

Kennedy beating out his Republican rival, Vice President Richard M. Nixon in the presidential race Nov. 8. The odds previously favored Kennedy 6-5. The new odds were announced Friday night READ BULLETIN CLASSIFIEDS HEHT3-TRUCK with private business for Uncertainty marks meet HOT SPRINGS, Va.

(UPI)-A recurring note of uncertainty is running through a meeting of top business leaders here, questioning official forecasts that the economic downturn is over. Many of the approximately 100 corporation presidents and board chairmen attending the session are concerned about "an intangible they call "consumer confidence." The executives are afraid that people are worried enough about the future their jobs, their incomes to put off buying items they can afford. This kind of hesitation leads to the very results the consumers fear because it hurts business. The executives are here for the semi-annual meeting of the Business Advisory Council, a group which advises Commerce Secretary Frederick H. Mueller.

The council's 15-man panel of economists forecast Friday that total business will rise in the last three months of the year but remain unchanged in the first half of 1961. Total output of goods and services the gross national productfell slightly in July, August and September. The economists also predicted that industrial activity would slump further before rebounding in 1961. That would mean additional layoffs of workers in manufacturing and processine industries, even if employment cou-tinues to expand in lower-paid service lines. Bus Depot EV 2-2151 Kyi I i thinking of the State Land FIIA and Small Business suggestion Is that this program reevaluated by the next legislature.

It should take in everyone, veterans. private lending Institutions down hundreds of home and for a variety of reasons It might be that the State could eventually be set up to these turndowns. Integrated nowhere years. We're Board, the Administration. Our be Perhaps not only Actually, turn farm loans every year.

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But their tummies are tender, so they have to spread a sticky trail to crawl over to keep from getting cut. Does progress really move at a snail's pace, meaning three Inches a minutes In the clinch and 23 inches an hour over the long pull? lust about. And there's material for a good analogy there, too. Progress creeps along because it also has to lay its own road to protect its underbelly. And our reactionary friends should take comfort from the fact that the snail doesn't seem to care wherc's he headed, cither.

Most of the laboratory snails kept on slogging along for hours on the treadmill to nowhere. (Salem Capital Progress Is one of the many things, which when slow, travels at a snail's pace, to fall into the cliche trap. So how fast Is slow progress? It averages three inches a minute. We know because researchers at the University of Maryland made a special treadmill to time snails. The average snail moves three Inches a minute.

One souped up young devil streaked along at four inches per minute to set the course record. But this is lightning fast. No snails sus-taincd even three Inches a minute for long. In fact, the best fellow in the long pull was a lean marathoner who pounded 23 inches in one hour. What slows the track stars down Is their soft underbelly.

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