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SIXTEEN MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunder Mir 1. 1S Decline of Britain, American Leadership Forecast by Speaker A sleady deterioration in the standard of living in Great Brit ain for several years was fore cast Friday night by John Wil liams Hughes, lecturer and a newscaster and analyst for the British Broadcasting corpora tion. He spoke at the Hogue Valley Country club for the Knife and Fork club here. The living standard will go down because Britain is now try ing to live on her own produc tion, in contrast to pre-war years when she could rely largely on her colonial empire. Huches said. Europe Said "Old, Tired" Europe is "old and tired," the speaker asserted, whereas Amer ica is young at heart and color ful. Tired countries lend to be get welfare state economies, which cannot exist without bu reaucracy, he added, and quoted a conversation with a Portlander who said America is lucky in that it is not getting all the gov ernment taxpayers pay for, whereas in England they do. He described the difference between American and British types of government, and said in his opinion the Conservatives won last year's election because they feared the Labor govern ment would retreat from Egypt as it did from Iran, because they considered five years of any gov ernment enough, and because they found that despite socialis tic promises of security, actually there was no security for em ployers and no opportunity for workers. Defends Indie Hughes said Clement Attlee, former Labor prime minister, is admired for his treatment cf India, fulfilling pledges former ly made to her. Hughes also de fended India's Prime Minister Pandit Nehru, and said' he does not get Justice from comments tors or the press. He pointed out India s dangerous position in case of war between Russia and the west, adding that the world should remember that in listen ing to Nehru's speeches. He mentioned many friendly acts by Nehru toward the British gov ernment and toward America, and said the Indians are trying cubtlcy but definitely to show us where they stand in the struggle for freedom. The British have had their "day as imperialists and world powers. Europe is willing to ac cept the fact that this is the warned that any country which achieves world superiority be comes proud and arrogant. He said that Great Britain has gone through that stage, and has been unpopular because of it. He rec ommended that schools in this country should teach a definite policy against imperialism. Asians Distrust America Europeans now acknowledge America as a world leader, but wonder what kind of leadership she will give them, he said. On the other hand, the people of Asia, many of whom have never seen an American but have long memories, remember that in nth er days any kind of aid from any country was a forerunner of domination, he said. They are therefore distrustful of Amrri- cans, and world leadership means a different kind of think ing on the part of Americans, he added. The speaker defended Britain saying that she has redeemed herself by replacing the empire with the British Commonwealth of nations, and he pointed out that while at the beginning of the reign of King George VI, there were 87.000.000 free peo ple in the British empire, by the close of his reign there were 514,000,000 free people in the commonwealth. Socialism "Mistake" Ho feels Unit socialism In Britain is a great mistake, but also feels that the money spent on the experiment, both British and American, has not complete ly been wasted If we have learned the lessons that you can not bring prosperity by discour aging thrift; that one cannot strengthen the weak by weaken ing the strong; that one cannot establish-courage and initiative by taking away independence, and that one cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. In a lighter vein, Hughes begged the people of the United States not to "add to the con fusion" already existing in Eu rope by sending letters and pack ages with such abbreviated re turn addresses as "Ore., Cal., Fla., Mich.," and so on, which, he said, mean absolutely nothing to most Europeans. "More Strings" Advocated During the question and an swer period after his talk, he said he believes Americans could have brought more pressure to bear in Europe than has been done: that our aid to Europe has been fine, but it should have "more strings" attached, and that economic unity should be the basis for future aid. He also said that Britains do not think of their health insur ance as "socialized medicine," but simply as the health plan, which has been in effect in a greater or lesser degree for many years, it was originally Winston Churchill's plan, he said, and the Labor government merely broad ened its scope. The speaker was introduced by the Rev. George R. V. Bolster, president of the club. xmw ..I .11' W IT " Court Rules DPA Amendment Effects Retail Business Washington The emergency court of appeals recently ruled that the Capchart amendment of the defense production act must apply to retailers and others as well as manufacturers. Since the law was passed In August, 1951, the office of price stabilization has denied mer chants price adjustments to which they were entitled under the law, according to the court ruling. The unanimous opinion of the court reversing the OPS stand was handed down by Chief Judge Charles Marin. Gives Price Adjustments The Capchart amendment pro vided for price adjustments to cover increases up to July 26, 1051 In costs of materials, labor and other business expenses. OPS officials denied 28 applica tions for p r i.c e adjustments sought eight months ago by Safe way stores. OPS ruled in Octo ber, 1051 that the law did not apply to retailers. The emergency court ruled that "a judgment will be entered setting aside the (OPS) letter or ders October . . . denying the (Safeway) . . . applications for adjustments and remanding the cause for consideration of the applications on their merits." STANDING INSIDE COMPOUND at Koje Island, Korea,-where Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd was held hostage 78 hours, Chinese Communist prisoner (wearing glasses), who Joined other Inmates In grabbing General, tells story of Incident to fellow Inmate who acts as Interpreter during Interview. (International Soundphoto) 21 Talent Seniors To Get Diplomas Talent Graduation exer cises for the 21 Talent high school seniors will begin at 8 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, the Rev. Lcroy Ncifert giving the in vocation. Graduation exercises this year are to be held in the gymnasium. Marilyn Eagle will give the salutatory address, entitled, "Musings and Welcome." Vale dictorian Joanne Joanis will be next with a speech on "The Challenges of Life." Senior Class President Kenny Reynolds will follow with, "Patterns," a talk to the underclassmen. After the "Cherubim Song" by the high school chorus, Dr. Mc Neal of Southern Oregon Col lege will speak. Jesse Williams will present the seniors with their diplomas, and the benediction will be by Rev. Ncifert. 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