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Newspaper Page Text1 1 ypg 4 Sun., Jan. 18, 1952 Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore., Korean Headlines; Hope Despair Hope Despair Hope Despair! 'Peace!1 Six Months and Three Days Have Gone and Have Led-Nowhere Today it . Is six monthi and three days since the United Na tions and Communist truce dele gates first sat across a table at Kaesong to seek an armistice in the Korean War. During the past half year, a Hood of headlines has revealed bright prospects for peace and then suddenly dashed hopes, as first one side and then the other has rejected proposals for an armistice. It was ca June 26 that Jacob Malik, chief Soviet delegate to the United Nations, stirred the free world with a call for a cease-fire In Korea and a general withdraw al by the belligerents from the 8th Parallel at a time when U.N. forces were pressing relentlessly northward. Agenda Set Up July 25 It took nearly three weeks, be fore the five-man UN delegation and a five-man Communist team started discussion of an armistice agenda on July 10. On July 25, a five-point agenda was agreed upon. The agenda in cluded: 1. Approval of the acenda. 2. Establishment of a buffer lone. 3. Supervision of armistice. 4. Exchange of prisoners. 5. Recommendations to re spective governments. Now, nearly six months later, the negotiators are deadlocked on Points 3 and 4, The headlines after the Initial July 10 meeting said: "Progress Reported at Peace Meeting." Hopes were high. Then the first obstacle arose. The press of the free world was barred from the meetings, and on July 12 General Matthew B. Ridg way, Allied supreme commander, called off the talks because of - this and because armed Chinese guards were present at the Kae song meetings. Stumbling Blocks Arise On July 14, the Reds agreed to let newsmen attend and gave as surrances that the armed guards would be removed. The talks were resumed. On July 19, in the U.N. communique, the words, "no progress," appeared for the first time. This phrase became com mon In succeeding months. The stumbling block was the Communist demand for immediate withdrawal of all "foreign" troops from Korea as soon as the armis tice was signed. From here on, the headlines re ported a virtual impasse, although some points of agreement would be reached. But then other de mands, usually by the Commu nists, would delay proceedings. Some of the headlines, from key dates follow: July 26 Reds, U.N. Agree on Agenda. July 27 Buffer Zone Blocks Armistice. Aug. 2 Talks Stalled, Allies Advance. Aug. 4 Rldgway Calls Off Peace Talks. This was the second time the U.N. suspended the talks, and again it was because of armed Red guards at the peace camp. The Reds said this was "just an . accident," and the talks were re sumed on Aug. 10 with the Reds demanding a cease-fire line at the ; 38th Parallel and the U.N. hold ing out for a battlefrnnt line, which was about 25-30 miles north of the parallel at most points. Aug. 14 Settle or Fight, Rldg way Tells Reds. This was in reference to U.N. insistence that the truce line be t at battlefront. In the next breath i, vie U.N. offered a proposal that a two-man subcommittee from . each side study the buffer zone , question. Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, chief U.N. peace delegate, spurned the 38th Parallel as "dis astrous fo U.N. forces. Aug. 20 Reds Blame U.N. for "Ambush" of Red Troops at Kaesong area. Aug. 23 Reds' Break Off Talks. Rldgway charges "Frameup." Aug. 30 Reds Multiply Charges of Kaesong Violations. Sept. 6 Rldgway Asks New Site for Peace Talks. This was done to get the talks out of Red-held area to neutral ground. The next day the head lines said: "Reds Denounce Rldg way Offer to Shift Talks." Sept. 9 Red Tanks Reported in Kaesong. Sept. 10 Reds Charge Fighter Strafes Kaesong. Sept. 11 U.N. Admits Strafing Kaesong. Sept. 20 Reds Propose Peace Teams Meet at Kaesong. On Sept. 24 liaison teams met at Kaesong and got nowhere. On the 25th, Red officers walked out of the conference. On Oct. 6, Heartbreak Ridge fell to the Allies in the midst of a general U.N. offensive, and the Vishinsky, Reds agreed that liaison teams Assembly, meet at the neutral point of Pan- Allies withdraw to the 38th munjom. Parallel. This of course, came Finally on Oct. 24, the U.N. of- after the Chinese and North Ko- fered to give the Reds 200 square reans had, in effect, agreed that miles of hard-won territory in East Korea if the Reds would give up Kaesong on the western front. The Reds' reply was to demand a truce line 15 miles below the present battle line. Oct. 81 Peace Hopes Climb With New Red Plan. With this headline, the Reds made their first major concession in the talks. They agreed to a buffer zone along their "version of the battle line." The next few days the headlines were optimis tic, wtih the negotiators near agreement on a buffer zone. On Nov. 6 the Reds decided they wanted to call off the fight ing without signing an armistice, but the U.N. rejected this because of fear that the Reds then would refuse to negotiate the rest of the agenda if there was no battle pressure. The Red team stalled, and on Nov. 9, Soviet Minister Andrei in the U.N. General demanded that the State Hospital Makes Progress (Continued From Page One) tients. But, doctors admit, that figure isn't so good as it looks, be cause of the need for 24-hour su pervision. The number of employ es, of course, varies from day to day. On a typical day recently, there were 13 doctors on the staff. These included Dr. Bates, whose duties are largely administrative, and his assistant, Dr. Dean K. Brooks, who has some adminis trative duties. Another, Dr. Ruth Jens, was in the East learning to operate new equipment which the hospital will use. Thursday there were only 10 full-time doctors on duty, or one doctor for every 300 patients. the hospital is budgeted for 17 doctors, including Dr. Bates. But, Dr. Bates says, he is hesitant about hiring any doctor who comes along. Many times he has found that the hospital's salary sched ule does not attract top men who might otherwise come there to work. Doctors get from $630 to $782 a month. For a skilled surgeon or trained psychiatrist this money is, in a word, "peanuts." So the hos pital has to offer something else. Hospital Is Accredited One of the attractions is cheap living quarters. Doctors can live on the grounds, in state owned houses, for $80 a month. This in cludes furniture, domestic help, and even linen, silver and dishes. Another thing the hospital of fers is a chance to learn. Some doctors stay a few years, learning all they can learn at the place, and then going to better paid jobs. or into lucrative private practice. The hospital is an accredited in stitution for training psychiatrists. The accreditation, controlled by the American Medical Assn., was lost a year ago. The hospital re gained it in August, however, with a regular program for doctor edu cation. Doctors agree that the key people in handling the mentally ill are the 280 "psychiatric aids," or, as they used to be called, "attendants." These men and wo men see the patients every day, deal with them on the wards, and ate, in the patients' minds. the staff of the hospital. An aid gels $193 to $250 a month. For $40 a month he gets room, board, and laundry. This leaves more than $150 a month after major living expenses are met. Several man-and-wife teams work as aids and live on the hos pital grounds. Oregon, with its $193 starting pay, ranks first in the nation on 48-hour week. California, how ever, Is top for a 40-hour week. These figures may be compared with the $85 a month paid in Ok lahoma. Citing the Oklahoma fig ure, one doctor glanced at an other, shuddered, and said, "But look what they get." One of Dr. Bates' chief aims is to build up the morale and training of his aids. Every new aid get a five-day course in deal ing with the mentally ill. Those who stay study further. Since the war, great strides have been made in improving the still inadequate physical plant. Wards are still crowded. There is still no place for the criminal ly insane to go for fresh air and exercise. Old persons in the se nile wards still jostle one another as they move from place to place, In at least one area, beds are squeezed into a place that is sup posed to be "day room. Special Buildings Needed But things are improving. Open' ing of the new "treatment unit1 1949 enabled the hospital to convert the old treatment build ing into a modern medical and surgical unit. New wards have been built, and old wards have been remodeled. Doctors, who once sat almost on one another's laps in the main building, now have offices m a new administration building. A new tuberculosis hos pital for the mentally 111 will be opened, soon. Future Legislatures will be asked for money for more re modeling and for more buildings. Another building in the future and doctors hope it is not ton far in the future would house criminals, sex deviates and de fective delinquents. These persons are now divided between the penitentiary and the state hos pital. Neither institution has proper facilities for them. The Oregon program has a long way to go. It is by no means the worst In the nation, but it is still a long way behind the active im provement program in Minnesota; for example. It will be up to fu- t u r e Legislatures, co-operating with the present and future staffs of the Salem hospital and other mental institutions in the state, to bring the program further from the program old Ned Ward found at Bedlam two and a half cen turies ago. the buffer zone be at the battle line. On Nov. 12, the Reds were ac cused of bad faith. Maj. Gen. H. I. Hodes of the U.N. said, "You (the Reds) don't want a full armistice. Nov. 17 U.N. Accept Truce Offer. The U.N. would approve the buffer zone if the Reds would agree to sign an armistice in 30 days. The teams pin-pointed the buffer zone, and on Nov. 26 the main delegations signed an agree ment on a cease-fire line which was to be effective for 30 days. The next day, proposals were made for supervising the armis tice, but the Reds wouldn't agree to a U.N.-Communist inspection or to halt a Red military build-up during the armistice. The talks were deadlocked again. The truce subcommittees con tinued to meet and the U.N. of fered to exchange islands held north of the 38th Parallel for per mission to have troop rotation dur ing the armistice, no Red buildup, single armistice commission, and discussion of war prisoners. Dec. 10 Allies Demand Reds Answer POW Proposal. Dec. 11 Reds Want Release of All POW's. The Allies wanted prisoners exchanged on a man-for-man basis and the Reds wanted a wholesale exchange. Dec. 14 Prisoner Exchange Deadlocks Parleys. Dec. 16 Allies Demand Pri soner Lists. Dec. 18 Reds Give Prisoner List. It Includes 3198 Ameri cans. Dec. 26 Red Accounting of U.N. Prisoners Shocks Allies. Dec. 27 Reds Hint 50,000 Pri soners Died of Disease. This was the 30-day deadline date on the buffer zone. The main delegates did not even meet. There had been a 30-day lull on the battlefront. Dec. 31 Truce Teams wind up year still deadlocked. Jan. 3 Vishinsky Asks U.N. (Assembly) to Break Dead lock. Jan. 7 Reds Accused of "Bad Faith." Jan. 9 Reds Insist on Air Buildup. And what of future possibili ties for peace in Korea? Rear Admiral R. E. Libby, after one of the recent truce meetings, had this to say: "The net gain was zero. We are back on Page 1, Paragraph 1. This is where we came in." Search Halted By Pacific Fog SEATTLE, Wash. U.R An air search for the 46 crewmen of the abandoned American freighter Pennsylvania was halted tempo rarily Saturday when fog closed in over the North Pacific. Five surface ships, equipped with radar and powerful search lights, continued to criss-cross the 12,000-mile search area, however. Eleven planes were ordered back to their bases after the Coast Guard cutter Klamath radioed fog had blotted out visi bility for the planes and reduced visibility for the ships to one half mile. The planes had been forced to fly above a 300-foot ceiling and their radar was "ineffective," the (Joast Guard said. The Klamath radioed: "Due to weather conditions, air search for today impracticable. All aircraft in area being returned to base." They included seven Navy P2V Neptunes, two Air Force B-17s and a Coast Guard B-17. The Canadian weather frigate Stonetown radioed that a new gale was blowing from the gulf of Alaska and was expected to hit Saturday night with 40 to 45 mile an hour winds. 10 par- Partial Moon Eclipse Visible Night of Feb. WASHINGTON CU.R) A tial eclipse of the moon will be visible in the United States the night of Feb. 10-11, the National Geographic Society said Saturday. The eclipse will be one of four two of the sun and two of the moon visible somewhere on earth this year, but Americans will see little of the celestical show. Until 1951, Nepal, on Tibet's southern border, had been gov erned by a hereditary prime min ister lor tu years. Lumber Firm Explains Its Plans (Continued From Page One) you?" Lueddeman answered. "Our 1.2 billion feet wouldn't yield enough yearly." Lueddeman pointed out that the agreement would have monopolis tic points, but he believes the permanancy in Oakridge that would result would overweigh the monopoly aspect. Other questions, "Why aren't appraisal prices nearer to what buyers will actually pay? and, Will Pope and Talbot's more effi cient operation be taken into account when the timber is ap praised?" were answered by J. R. Bruckart, supervisor of Willam ette National Forest. "When we appraise our timber, we don't penalize the efficient operator," he said. "We take average logging costs and average milling costs for a basis." No One Pushed Out Pope and Talhot has about one fifth of the West Willamette working circle's total timber. The area is south of Oakridge. Lued deman estimated that the com pany has about a $10 million in vestment in "the sawmill, houses, timber" and other assests there. He insisted that no one will be put out of business, because "no one was interested in the timber," although someone may be later. "If I were a smaller logger in that area, I'd like to see Pope and Talbot tied up and not be able to buy elsewhere," Luedde man declared. One floor speaker questioned whether th lack of public bid ding under the agreement might be against the "public Interest." Bruckart pointed out that the cutting practices and the wood utilization would have to conform to the best in the Northwest, be cause the Forest Service requires these practices in all timber sales. The timber would be appraised like all other Northwest Forest Service timber, and the minimum price that Pope and Talbot would pay would follow the market up or down. The meeting was sponsored by the Western Forests Industries Association. lowans Buy Paper INDEPENDENCE 0J.R) Ralph H. Kletzing has sold the Inde pendence Enterprise, of which he had been editor and publisher since 1938, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva O. Noble of Newell, Iowa. 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