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State Civil Defense Head Criticizes Delay in Releasing H Bomb Story S alem — T he U nited S ta te s has lim ousine atom ic w eapons and a m odel-T ato m ic education p ro gram . T he two have com bined to give th e n atio n a bran d of H- bom b fa ta lism th a t could re ta rd th e civil defense p rogram . T h at sta te m e n t w as m ade this w eek by S ta te Civil D efense Di re cto r A rth u r M. S heets, who said th e re le ase of th e H-bom b film ‘'O p eratio n Ivy” should not have been delayed a year. "B ecause of this tim e-lag peo ple m ust get th e ir inform ation second-hand, and th a t is why the pow er of th e H -bom b has been e x a g g e ra te d ,” he said. "W eapons a re g e ttin g larg er, but it is a m a tte r of degree. T he 1952 H- liomb, show n in th e film, had an a re a of to ta l d estru ctio n th ree m iles in radius. It is m isleading to say it erased an island, which could m ean such land m asses as H aw aii o r even E ngland. The is land in th is ease m easured one- q u a r te r m ile. The undersea c r a te r it left in the frag ile coral is a m ile in d iam eter. If it had been an a ir-b u rs t th e s tre tc h of coral m ight still be th e re .” Colonel S h eets said th a t if peo ple a re suddenly to throw up th e ir hands and become excited about la rg e r bombs, w h at accounts for th e official com placency in the p ast ? H e said R ussia has had th e pow er for som e tim e, by using only nom inal ato m ic bombs, to d estro y 10 to 15 m illion A m erican lives ov ern ig h t. T he problem s of atom ic su rv i val did not begin w ith an H-bom b te s t a t E niw etok. They began on a n o th e r island w hen o u r coun tr y used atom ic bom bs in com b at. It is no lo n ger academ ic. A fte r eig h t y ears it is tim e th a t r w e—as a people— fo rg et about 'u n b eliev ab le’ s ta tis tic s and w it less sem antics, and begin concen tra tin g on saving lives. Much can be done to solve civil defense problem s, including dispersal of population, if they a re broken down in to sm all, m anageable ta sk s.” Employment Up In Oregon Woods N early 12.00(1 ad d itio n al w ork- ! ers w ent back to w ork last m onth, d ro p p in g estim ated Oregon uu- ¡em ploym ent to 52,130, a d eclire of 21.329 from th e w in te r’s high ol 73,459, according to re p o rts g ath ered from local ofices of the I S ta te U nem ploym ent C om pensa tion Com m ission. This com pares ¡w ith 39,448 out of jobs April 1, .1953 . The seasonal pickup is m ost pronounced in W e ste rn Oregon, although P o rtla n d ’s im m ediate local office a rea still has 19,800 w ith o u t w ork ag a in st 22,500 in F e b ru a ry . R ep o rts from down- s ta te offices, m ostly in the D oug las fir belt, show a m uch higher p ro.no rt ion re-em ployed. E u ge n c has 3.500 seeking jobs against 5,- $100 tw o m onths ago; Couvallis 600 ag a in st 1,600; Lebanon 1,432 ag a in st 3,050; T illam ook 460 ag ain st 1 400; and Toledo 700 ag ain st 1,500. C laim s for com pensation also 1 have been declining steadily. Last week 32,486 w o rk e rs filed claim s, and local offices estim ated 4,497 o th e rs w ho had ex h a u ste d then- b en efits still w ere w ithout job- alt hough 9,883 insured w orkers have d ra w n th e ir e n tire compen sation fo r th e y e a r ending Ju n e 30. Pathfinder Boys Join in Meet M em bers of th e local S ev en th Day A dventist P a th fin d e r club p artic ip a te d in a tra c k and field day S unday, A pril 11, at R ose j burg. Ten clubs w ere rep resen te d in the m eet, w ith a to tal a tte n d a n c e of 266. Sponsored by the Oregon C onference, th e P a th fin d e r p ro g ra m is co m p arab h ' to th e Bo> Scout o rganization. T h ere are m ore th an 10 clubs and 6(H) m em bers in th e conference. E ’d e r W a lte r I). Blehm w as in ch arg e of the d a y ’s activ ities, w hich included co n tests in com pass w ork, w a te r boiling, knot ty ing. tirst aid. m arching and others. T he P a th fin d e r C lubs present com peted as clobs for highest honors. I he local d u b is d irected b. 1 larry N ew m an and R Ile rb ra n - Brookings-Harbor Pilot I son. Six of its m em lx'rs a tte n d e d the tra c k and field day event, w inning m any points in th e co n test. F or C ity P olice P hone 3193. 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