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MEDFORD. MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1943
NAZIS IN EFFOR
TO BRING SB
IN ALLIED RANKS
Rumored Peace Feelers Ex
tended U.S. and Britain
Seen Propaganda Dodge
Br Harrison Salisbury
United Press Staff Correspondent
London, Oct. 8 U.R) Uncon
firmed reports circulated here
today that Germany was putting
out peace feelers to Great Brit
ain and the United States, and
informed quarters linked the m
mors to a Nazi propaganda caip-
paign designed to widen the
breach between Russia and her
-western allies.
Nazi 'Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels, these
quarters suggested, may be fan
ning these reports as part of a
double-edged drive aimed at
wrecking the forthcoming three
power conference in Moscow or
at least deepening inter-Allied
suspicions and friction.
Red Rumors First
Goebbels' initial move was
the circulation of rumor
throughout central Europe of
Russo-German peace moves, usu
ally based on the theory that
Germany would withdraw her
armies to the 1939 frontiers,
after which hostilities would
cease.
. The parallel reports of
peace bid to Britain and Amer
ica hinted that the Nazis have
.put out their feelers through
neutral Intermediary in a locale
similar to that in which the Ital
ians made their Initial contact
with the Allies.
The Nazi theory apparently is
. an attempt to convince the Al
lies that Germany Is the only
barrier to a wave of Commun
ism across Europe, and that the
moment has arrived for the Al
lies and Germany to join hands
against Moscow.
This is one of the oldest
strings to Goebbels' bow, but its
re-emergence on the eve of the
Moscow conference of British,
American and Russian foreign
office representatives was re
garded as a significant indica
tion of the extreme propaganda
effort the Nazis now are making.
' Nasi Need Peace
There was not the slightest
doubt in Allied quarters that
the Germans at this point of
the war would be delighted to
make peace with either Russia
or the Anglo-American forces.
in the hope of saving something
from the wreckage caused by
Hitler's Intuition.
There also was no doubt here
that the Allies will not listen
to the German feelers, no mat
ter how temptingly they may be
ouerea, unless ine Nazis are
ready to surrender uncondition
ally, which obviously, la not the
cast.
-But In view of the difficulties
Britain, Russia and the United
State have been experiencing
In setting the time and place for
their conference, and in decid
ing upon thir representatives,
the Germans apparently regard
the situation as fertile ground in
which to sow suspicion.
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Montgomery watches through bi
noculars his raliant Eighth
Army battles along the Italian
beach.
POST-WAR PLANS
LET'S TM CRY
New York, Oct. 8 (U.B Col.
Frank U. McCoskle, command
ant of the women's army corps
training center at Fort Des
Moines, la., said today that
when a WAC cries he lets her
cry, when one faints he Ignores
her and "a first-aid squad carts
her away," and that he never
has had to discipline a married
WAC.
Three thousand, six hundred
Callfornlans were killed in
World War I.
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p . m.
University of Oregon, Eugene.
Oct. 6 (Spl) The new state
committee on post-war readjust
ment and development will meet
In the state board of control
rooms at the state capitol Octo
ber 7,i It is announced by the
chairman, Victor P. Morris, dean
of the school of business admin
istration, at University of Ore
gon. This committee for the
study of the problems facing
Oregon was authorized by the
1943 session of the legislature
upon recommendation of Gov
ernor Earl Snell.
Substantial progress has .al
ready been made in analysis of
the post-war problems to be
faced by the' state: of Oregon and
the magnitude of the responsi
bilities which public and private
agencies will face In connection
with the re-employment of tens I
of thousands of men and women
who have been in the armed
services and war industries, Dr.
Morris said. .
The committee Includes A. A.
Lusmann, lumberman, Medford.
DISEASE REPORT
One case of smalpox, 'one of
infantile paralysis and three
cases of trench mouth were list
ed among 15 cases of communi
cable diseases reported to Dr. A.
E. Merkel, director of the Jack
son County Health department
last week. The smallpox case
was an employee of the carnival
which recently played in Med
ford, according to Dr. Merkel's
report.
Other communicable diseases
listed on the report were throe
cases of whooping cough, three
of chlckenpox, one of mumps
and three cases of gonorrhea.
cimnff time for Sunday Too tate
to ClMalt;. 6:30 Saturday afternoon
Pleaw remember.
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and AUXILIARY MEMBERS
MEETING
TON IT E 8 o'Clock
MEDFORD ARMORY
Dinner 6:33
INITIATION FOR AUXILIARY
WILL KEET IN ARMORY
'TILL FURTHER NOTICE
EVERY THURSDAY
PROFIT PLAN
PROVES SUCCESS
70,000 Shipyard Workers
Receive Unlimited Medical
Care for 50 Cents Week
By Mick Bourn
(United Press Correspondent)
Richmond? Cal.. Oct 6. flJ.PJ
The non-profit health plan
which couldn't succeed "because
the doctors won't stand for it"
completed its first year today
at the Henry J. Kaiser ship
yards.
It has provided unlimited
medical and hospital care to 70,
000 shipyard workers for SO
cents a week.
I went through the half-mil
lion dollar hospital, interviewed
the patients, nurses and doctors.
obtained the first year's finan
cial statement and learned three
things:
1. It works, at least during
wartime.
. 2. Why it works.
3. What the patients and
doctors think of it.
Doctors Impersonal
The experiment, described as
challenging the foundations of
medical practice, ha brought a
new relationship between phy
sician and patient: The patient
does not choose his doctor, is as
signed to one of 75; tire doctors
are impersonal, frankly admit
they have no time for "the bed
side manner."
The plan, depression-born 12
years ago in the scorching Mo-
lave desert of California during
Kaiser's work on the 900-mile
Los Angeles aqueduct, has
grown up by necessity of war in
the teeming shipyards.
The year a statement of serv
ices rendered, money collected
and spent, gratitude of patients,
growth of the organization and
its imposing buildings bespeak
the success of the venture,
largest U. S.. pre-paid medical
plan, according to A. L. Brodie,
manager.
Each employe Joining ' volun
tarily pays 50 cents a week from
his paycheck. First year's pay
ments, $1,229,331.52, bought 838
major operations, 4,632 'minor
operations, 47,024 days of hos
pitalization. 73,797 X-rays and
many other services, Including
free medicine.
Medics Mostly Young
Doctors, mostly youna Stan
ford University ipedlcal school
graduates, ao a mase-proaucuon,
assembly-line Job; receive sal
aries of $450 to $1,000 a month,
depending on responsibility and
seniority. ...
Brodie gave the financial as
pect of the plan:
1. Payment in advance over
comes the human frailty of fail
ing to provide for emergencies.
It has been estimated that 40
per cent of Americans never nav
for medical attention: J hey
eitner never get It, or don't par
when they do.
2. Doctors do more work. A
surgeon can ' perform six ap
pendectomies a day, for ex
ample. Private practice value,
$150 each or $900' for a day's
work. This would pay the health
plan doctor's salary for a month,
permitting him to devote the
rest of the month providing free
service.
Prevention Aim
3. Ordinarily, doctors only
make money when somebody
gets sick. Here, a pre-paid mem
ber becomes liability ai soon
as he becomes 111; it takes time
and money to cure him. This
putssa premium on preventive
medicine, attention to minor ail
ments before they become ser
ious. .
4. The organization effects
economies by buying all its own
equipment, does its own X-rays
instead of sending patients to a
private laboratory.
8. Workers demand early at
tention for their ailments instead
of going to a doctor as a last resort.
ALLUMINA PLANT
OUT FOR WEST
Washington, Oct. 0 U.
Charles E. Wilson, executive
vice-chairman of the War Pro
duction Board, has notified con
gressmen from the Pacific norths
west that WPB will not author
ize construction of an alumina
pilot plant in that area, it waj
Wilson is understood to have
based the decision on the premise I
that an adequate supply of alu
mina now exists; that the pro
posed new plant could not get
Into production for three or four
years; and that the manpower
situation In the west Is too tight
to permit any diversion for .
new operation of this kind.
Your
century,
best
..a
investment in
$100 War. Bondl
GIRLS WANTED
, Over the Age of 18
For work in Camp White Exchange
' Cafes. Excellent working condition. -
Experience unnecessary. Good salaries.
PAID VACATIONS
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
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NOTHING is so important to the boys in theArmed
Forces as a letter from home. John Steinbeck,
author, whose articles "SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND"
are appearing in many of the leading newspapers of this
country, expresses it in the following sentence:
"To the G.L's in the field or in barracks or on maneuver ,
letters are nearly the most important things that happen
or don't happen. In five minutes of talk with a soldier -
you know whether he bat heard from home or that letters
v do not come. It is a constant source of conversation, of
worry and of gladness." "
We all have some relative or friend somewhere in the
Armed Forces who would welcome a letter ... a chatty
letter about people and just those simple happenings here
at home
1 . ... '
The Government is using every facility to expedite delivery.
This is only one of the things that we civilians can take
part in . V that pint of blood may save a life . . . that
pound of fat helps sink a sub . . . that rubber you save
may rescue a bombing crewv. . . tha extra bond, a few
more war stamps will help build another plane or ship. ,
Very soon now Christmas will be here with all its happy'
memories, so let's write a letter today and keep on writing
them till Victory is ours.
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