August 27, 1964 (48 pages)

oe ee Pt A beac j NOLLIGI SSAYDOUd TVANNV HLA VIOL U » Q ) > FIFTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION . The Nugget. ,. Page 7 . August 27, 1964. Page 7. SMALL TOWN : SMALL WORLD cnaaaiaiaial The intensity ‘of the FBBSF society is understandable. These are the men and women who captured the nomination for their hero and for conservatism as they construe it. Nearly two-thirds of the delegates at San Francisco had never attended a national convention before and they had come for just one purpose from which they would not be moved. The striking fact about the new Republican party is that it is so new. Up to 60 percent of the county and state officials in the party have never been through a national election ‘before. Most of them have been oper ating on their own through months and years of intensive effort and they have a lot to learn about a national campaign. The most conspicuous example of a man caught in the gapis Sen. Kenneth Keating of New York, The Conservative party in that state would love to run Clare Boothe Luce even though this might mean the loss of a seat and one of the most articulate and effective Republicans in the capital, Keating is on notice that he must support the national ticket or be opposed by a conservative candidate who will have the support of Senator Goldwater. It almost seems in some areas that the Goldwaterites would rather lose with the right people than win with those they consider the wrong people. This is a curious variation of the "no win” accusation carried into the political field. The zeal of the FBBSF devotees has its comic aspects. In Massachusetts, for example, rumblings of revenge arose after the San Francisco convention on the need to purge the regulars who had stood in Goldwater's path. The Massachusetts delegation under the leadership of Sen, Leverett Saltonstall had been loyal to Henry Cabot Lodge and Lodge's name was an athema to the Goldwaterites. The Republican national committeeman is Frederic C. Dumaine Jr., who is hot for Goldwater with only the doubt that he may be a little too far to the left. The purge threat is said to have come from Lloyd Waring, former state chairman and a prize fund raiser. The idea of cashiering Saltonstall, who is like an artifact out of the noble past, a kind of clipper ship that sails splendidly on, is on the face of it absurd. In lowa Rep. Fred Schwengel, an able member of his party in the House, running for his sixth term, is badgered by the Goldwaterites because he came out for Gov. William Scranton at San Francisco, Moving to close the breach, Dean Burch, new chairman of the G.O.P. national committee, called Schwengel to arrange a meeting with Goldwater at which they would.discuss Schwengel's doubts on issues. Well advertised in Davenport, Lowa, this may silence the FBBSF crowd, Similar instances can be cited in almost every part of the country. Goldwater has wisely named shrewd professionals to certain key posts in the campaign organization, One isF. Clifton White to direct the citizens committee. Another is Wayne Hood, who will have a major share of the organizing job for the national committee. A third is Lou Guyley, directing publicity and advertising. Bliss will be invaluable in meshing the old and the new. These men understand that you cannot wage a war £ OFTEN BRING HY OFeILE WORK HOME WITH UE GA \w ef ODD BODKINS .. AND AFTER DINNER, L FALL ASLEEP AND FORGET TO DO aaa . against the establishment -~ or, at any rate, not all of the establishment -in the middle of a campaign to defeat the Democrats. The "no win” charge may serve as a battle cry against the Johnson Administfation. But it will hardly do as a blueprint for the campaign. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs GOOD CONSERVATION RECORD MADE BY CONGRESS BEFORE CONVENTION ADJOURNMENT The 88th Congress adjourned last week after compiling an outstanding conservation record--possibly the greatest ever. The use of such superlatives is risky, yet it is difficult torecalla single Congress in U. S. history which enacted conservation legislation of greater significance thanthe establishment. of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the National Wilderness Preservation System, plus a hatful of other important measures! Here is how things look for conservation legislation: Land and Water Conservation Fund (H.R. 3846)--This carries out many recommendations of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, and is expected to furnish a tremendous financial "shot~in -the-arm” for outdoor programs on local, state and Federal levels. Unquestionably, this legislation is the most far-reaching and significant in the outdoor recreation and conservation fieldsto be enacted in many years. The Land and Water Conservation Fund would be constituted from monies collected from the sale of surplus Federal lands, from admission and user fees, and from the Federal taxes already imposed upon motorboat fuels. Some $150 to $200 million per year thus will be pumped into state outdoor recreation programs, on a matching basis, and into Federal agencies charged with providing recreation. The Fund would be used to acquire seashores, public recreation areas, wildliferefuges, accesses, natural areas, and, in some situations, to dev elop facilities. Last year, the Congress approved of organic legislation establishing the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation which will administer and, coordinate the program. Wilderness Preservation (S.4)-Under consideration for a decade, provisions now are to be made for the establishment of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Some areas of National Forest will be brought under the System initially, while others--along with suitable areas of National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges--will undergo review by the Congress before they are included. Ultimately, through procedures provided in S,4 some 60 million acres may be brought into the System, These areas, being preserved as near naturally as possible, IT, SO NOW £ SET THE ALARM CLOCK 70 REGULATE MY AAP.THE ALARM GOES OFF, AND Z WAKE UF, ALL READY . 2s serve the functions ot watershed preservation and water production as well as providing opportunities for recreation (including hunting and fishing) and education. Evolution of the “Wilderness Bill", from conception to enactment hasbecomea classic for students of government because it so well illustrates the compromises and refinements, as well as legislative procedures, necessary in the development of many programs. Outdoor Recreation--The 87th Congress was featured by the establishment of the Cape Cod, Padre Island, and Point Reyes National Seashores. The 88th Congress is adding two more: the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri and Fire Island National Seashore in New York. Interior and Insular Affairs Committees in both the Senate and House also established a few mat ional historic sites and considered many other seashores, lakeshores, and recreation areas which may be established in future years. Fish and Wildlife--The bottleneck to an accelerated program for waterfowl wetlands acquisition was being removed by the enactment of $.1363, which provides for a more equitable sharing of revenues from national wildlife refuges. Resolution of a long standing problem of waterfowlvs, agriculture on the Tule Lake -Klamath comples of California and Oregon appeared near with the final passage of S.793, Provision was being made for recognition of waterfowl values in this important area. The Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota is an irrigation project which contains exceptional wildlife values. Water Resources--A program of significant importance in the gathering of useful information was initiated through enactment of the new Water Resources Planning ActS.2. It appeared questionable, however, that either amendments proposed for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S. 649) orS.1111, the Water Resources Planning Act, still might be adopted in the closing days of this Congress, Air Pollution--The First Session of the 88th Congress, which lasted almost all of 1963, resulted in a new "Clean Air Act" (P. L, 88-206). Public Lands--Several important developments occurr= ed with relation to public lands, The establishment of a Public Land Law Review Commission (H.R. 8070) provides fora three-year, comprehensive study of conflicting and overlapping land laws but the 19-membet policy-making body will be dominated by members of the Congress, probably from the West. Important “interim” legislation, effective until the Review Commission reports, provides for the multiple use of public lands (H.R.5159) and the classification and sale of public lands (H.R. 5498). Important progress also has been recorded in invoking greater controls on the use of dangerous chemical poisons. ---Conservation News LETTER TO THE EDITOR FREEWAYS VERSUS TREES To the Editor: The enclosed is self-explanatory. — But will our beautiful Sequoia tree be saved from the state vandals? The state should be responsible for such conservation. But what can they do against the willful misuse of our taxes to build silly, needless free(?)w ays! Very Sincerely, Caroline Argyll A. Hartley Nevada City (Editor's Note--The enclosure referred to above was a story about the recent eight day fight to save a huge redwood tree near Porterville which had been struck by lightning. ) 40 GO TO BED ::. aa2Z22

oe ee Pt A beac j NOLLIGI SSAYDOUd TVANNV HLA VIOL U » Q ) > FIFTH ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION .. The Nugget.. ,. Page 7 . August 27, 1964. Page 7. SMALL TOWN : SMALL WORLD cnaaaiaiaial The intensity ‘of the FBBSF society is understandable. These are the men and women who captured the nomination for their hero and for conservatism as they construe it. Nearly two-thirds of the delegates at San Francisco had never attended a national convention before and they had come for just one purpose from which they would not be moved. The striking fact about the new Republican party is that it is so new. Up to 60 percent of the county and state officials in the party have never been through a national election ‘before. Most of them have been oper ating on their own through months and years of intensive effort and they have a lot to learn about a national campaign. The most conspicuous example of a man caught in the gapis Sen. Kenneth Keating of New York, The Conservative party in that state would love to run Clare Boothe Luce even though this might mean the loss of a seat and one of the most articulate and effective Republicans in the capital, Keating is on notice that he must support the national ticket or be opposed by a conservative candidate who will have the support of Senator Goldwater. It almost seems in some areas that the Goldwaterites would rather lose with the right people than win with those they consider the wrong people. This is a curious variation of the "no win” accusation carried into the political field. The zeal of the FBBSF devotees has its comic aspects. In Massachusetts, for example, rumblings of revenge arose after the San Francisco convention on the need to purge the regulars who had stood in Goldwater's path. The Massachusetts delegation under the leadership of Sen, Leverett Saltonstall had been loyal to Henry Cabot Lodge and Lodge's name was an athema to the Goldwaterites. The Republican national committeeman is Frederic C. Dumaine Jr., who is hot for Goldwater with only the doubt that he may be a little too far to the left. The purge threat is said to have come from Lloyd Waring, former state chairman and a prize fund raiser. The idea of cashiering Saltonstall, who is like an artifact out of the noble past, a kind of clipper ship that sails splendidly on, is on the face of it absurd. In lowa Rep. Fred Schwengel, an able member of his party in the House, running for his sixth term, is badgered by the Goldwaterites because he came out for Gov. William Scranton at San Francisco, Moving to close the breach, Dean Burch, new chairman of the G.O.P. national committee, called Schwengel to arrange a meeting with Goldwater at which they would.discuss Schwengel's doubts on issues. Well advertised in Davenport, Lowa, this may silence the FBBSF crowd, Similar instances can be cited in almost every part of the country. Goldwater has wisely named shrewd professionals to certain key posts in the campaign organization, One isF. Clifton White to direct the citizens committee. Another is Wayne Hood, who will have a major share of the organizing job for the national committee. A third is Lou Guyley, directing publicity and advertising. Bliss will be invaluable in meshing the old and the new. These men understand that you cannot wage a war £ OFTEN BRING HY OFeILE WORK HOME WITH UE GA \w ef ODD BODKINS ... AND AFTER DINNER, L FALL ASLEEP AND FORGET TO DO aaa . against the establishment -~ or, at any rate, not all of the establishment -in the middle of a campaign to defeat the Democrats. The "no win” charge may serve as a battle cry against the Johnson Administfation. But it will hardly do as a blueprint for the campaign. (Copyright 1964) ---Marquis Childs GOOD CONSERVATION RECORD MADE BY CONGRESS BEFORE CONVENTION ADJOURNMENT The 88th Congress adjourned last week after compiling an outstanding conservation record--possibly the greatest ever. The use of such superlatives is risky, yet it is difficult torecalla single Congress in U. S. history which enacted conservation legislation of greater significance thanthe establishment. of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the National Wilderness Preservation System, plus a hatful of other important measures! Here is how things look for conservation legislation: Land and Water Conservation Fund (H.R. 3846)--This

carries out many recommendations of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, and is expected to furnish a tremendous financial "shot~in -the-arm” for outdoor programs on local, state and Federal levels. Unquestionably, this legislation is the most far-reaching and significant in the outdoor recreation and conservation fieldsto be enacted in many years. The Land and Water Conservation Fund would be constituted from monies collected from the sale of surplus Federal lands, from admission and user fees, and from the Federal taxes already imposed upon motorboat fuels. Some $150 to $200 million per year thus will be pumped into state outdoor recreation programs, on a matching basis, and into Federal agencies charged with providing recreation. The Fund would be used to acquire seashores, public recreation areas, wildliferefuges, accesses, natural areas, and, in some situations, to dev elop facilities. Last year, the Congress approved of organic legislation establishing the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation which will administer and, coordinate the program. Wilderness Preservation (S.4)-Under consideration for a decade, provisions now are to be made for the establishment of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Some areas of National Forest will be brought under the System initially, while others--along with suitable areas of National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges--will undergo review by the Congress before they are included. Ultimately, through procedures provided in S,4 some 60 million acres may be brought into the System, These areas, being preserved as near naturally as possible, IT, SO NOW £ SET THE ALARM CLOCK 70 REGULATE MY AAP.THE ALARM GOES OFF, AND Z WAKE UF, ALL READY .. 2s serve the functions ot watershed preservation and water production as well as providing opportunities for recreation (including hunting and fishing) and education. Evolution of the “Wilderness Bill", from conception to enactment hasbecomea classic for students of government because it so well illustrates the compromises and refinements, as well as legislative procedures, necessary in the development of many programs. Outdoor Recreation--The 87th Congress was featured by the establishment of the Cape Cod, Padre Island, and Point Reyes National Seashores. The 88th Congress is adding two more: the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri and Fire Island National Seashore in New York. Interior and Insular Affairs Committees in both the Senate and House also established a few mat ional historic sites and considered many other seashores, lakeshores, and recreation areas which may be established in future years. Fish and Wildlife--The bottleneck to an accelerated program for waterfowl wetlands acquisition was being removed by the enactment of $.1363, which provides for a more equitable sharing of revenues from national wildlife refuges. Resolution of a long standing problem of waterfowlvs, agriculture on the Tule Lake -Klamath comples of California and Oregon appeared near with the final passage of S.793, Provision was being made for recognition of waterfowl values in this important area. The Garrison Diversion Unit in North Dakota is an irrigation project which contains exceptional wildlife values. Water Resources--A program of significant importance in the gathering of useful information was initiated through enactment of the new Water Resources Planning ActS.2. It appeared questionable, however, that either amendments proposed for the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S. 649) orS.1111, the Water Resources Planning Act, still might be adopted in the closing days of this Congress, Air Pollution--The First Session of the 88th Congress, which lasted almost all of 1963, resulted in a new "Clean Air Act" (P. L, 88-206). Public Lands--Several important developments occurr= ed with relation to public lands, The establishment of a Public Land Law Review Commission (H.R. 8070) provides fora three-year, comprehensive study of conflicting and overlapping land laws but the 19-membet policy-making body will be dominated by members of the Congress, probably from the West. Important “interim” legislation, effective until the Review Commission reports, provides for the multiple use of public lands (H.R.5159) and the classification and sale of public lands (H.R. 5498). Important progress also has been recorded in invoking greater controls on the use of dangerous chemical poisons. ---Conservation News LETTER TO THE EDITOR FREEWAYS VERSUS TREES To the Editor: The enclosed is self-explanatory. — But will our beautiful Sequoia tree be saved from the state vandals? The state should be responsible for such conservation. But what can they do against the willful misuse of our taxes to build silly, needless free(?)w ays! Very Sincerely, Caroline Argyll A. Hartley Nevada City (Editor's Note--The enclosure referred to above was a story about the recent eight day fight to save a huge redwood tree near Porterville which had been struck by lightning. ) 40 GO TO BED ::. aa2Z22