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
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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.
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