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Use Atomic Energy
To Correct Mistakes of Nature
Moscow (U.R) A Soviet
magazine said today that if the
whole world were Communist,
atomic energy could be used to
turn the burning wilderness of
the Sahara Desert into a bloom
ing paradise and even warm the
frozen Artie north.
The latest issue of the maga
zine Smyena (New Generation)
said these and many other won
ders that would completely
change the face of vast areas of
the earth could be achieved
through atomic energy. ,
, "But they cannot be carried
out under the conditions of Cap
italism," engineer A. Markin
wrote in an article entitled "The
Atom in the Service of Man."
"The 4 use -of atomic energy
for peaceful purposes will per-
.mit the correcting of many of
nature's mistakes," he said..
For example, he listed as one
"mistake" that could be correct
ed the blowing up of a natural
land barrier called the "Turgai
Gates" to open the way for Si
berian rivers to flow south to
Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
. This project, . which - has been
mentioned before, . is presum
ably scheduled to be carried out
since it is not hindered by "con
ditions of Capitalism." But for
the others, the world will simply
have to wait.
These are some of the literal
ly earth-shaking schemes that
will have to wait for the end of
Capitalism, according to e
article: .-.
Plans for irrigating such
deserts as the Sahara, plans for
construction of a colossal power
plant in the Straits of Gibraltar,
and the building of " a ' super,
high-speed electric railroad line
from London to Paris, Berlin,
Warsaw, Moscow,' Peipirig."
"A still more grandiose proj
ect is the building of a dam in
the Bering Straits. It would be
connected with a series of other
structures that would direct the
warm streams of the Pacific
Ocean to the : Arctic Ocean to
warm the areas beyond the
Arctic Circle.
"The carrying out of this re
markable scheme would be the
equivalent of discovering a
whole new continent and would
increase the wealth of the peo
ples of the world to an un
precedented degree."
Until Mother Nature can be
shown the errors of her ways
and herv "mistakes", corrected
on a world-wide scale, Markin
said, Soviet atomic scientists are
busy with somewhat more mod
est projects.
One of these is the building
of bombs. But the article said
this is only a minor activity.
"The production of atomic
energy in the Soviet Union is
mainly for peaceful, industrial
aims," the article said. "But the
Soviet people are carefully
watching all the maneuvers of
the war-mongers toward a new
war. They won't be frightened
by atom or hydrogen bombs.
"The Soviet armed forces,
standing guard over the security
of our motherland, possess the
latest types of weapons and will
give a crushing rebuff to' all in
vaders," the article . said. ;
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Some Objections
By BILL FORCE
United Press Correspondent '
', Salem (U.R) The proposal
to; issue general obligation bonds
to' finance new buildings for Ore
gon institutions was snagged in
the House Taxation Committee
today j Victim ;. of " sentiment
among some committee members
for a pay-as-you-go building pro
gram. ':
The proposal was one of the
key features of Gov. Paul Patter
son's legislative program. It
would provide the state with
enough money to go ahead with
its construction projects without
dipping into the general fund
where a $45,000,000 deficit al
ready has been forecast.
Could Borrow $10,000,000
Deputy State Treasurer Fred
Paulus told the taxation commit
tee yesterday that the state could
borrow about $10,000,000 very
cheaply and without jeopardiz
ing its credit rating with the bond
buyers. He said it would cost
the taxpayers about one-haH
mill to service the debt at $500,
000 a year aver 20 years.
But . Rep. C. Allen Tom (R
Rufus) said "I can't go for that
not right now, anyway." He
asked for more time to study al
ternative methods and said he
preferred the state to go easy on
such spending, building ' only
those structures it could pay
for out of taxation.
Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land)
replied that "it is pay-as-you-go
that has put us years be
hind , in our institutional build
ing program now." He said pres
sure was building up to "kick
the bond issue bill out of com
mittee." But Tom's opinion pre
vailed and the bill was held in
committee without action either
for or against.
Graph Gains Half-Inch
The bond issue now before the
committee would not finance
higher education buildings, ; Fi
nancing for that program has
still to be tackled.
The taxation committee's huge
graph, denictine the san hetwppn
estimated revenues and expenses
for the next two years,, gained a
half -inch on the credit side today
when the state insurance com
missioner, Robert Taylor, agreed
to up his estimate of income
from taxes on insurance premi
ums and companies by $500,000.
ine committee voted to study
the possibility of increasing
those taxes from two to two-and.
a-quarter per cent.
Tough Attitude Duo
A heavy downDour of new
bills for introduction was ex
pected today in the House as
lawmaKers hurried to beat to
morrow's deadline for introduc
tion . of new legislation. After
unursday, ail new bills will be
screened by the rules commit
tee and chairman William Chad-
wick (R-Salem) has warned that
it will adopt a tough attitude
toward all late-comers.
Soldier Flown To
Bedside of Wife
Portland (U.R) William
K. Haliski, 22-year-old Army
corporal, was taken from a mili
tary transport..: while en. route
from Korea and flown' to the
Portland bedside :of his young
wif e,. who. is in .an iron,, lung
with bulbar' palsy. . - ' :: ; ... . .;
Mrs. Carmen. Elfving, mother
of 20-year-old Mrs.. Haliski, said
the young "woman was . hospi
talized as a result of injuries t&
ceived last March when she was
run over by an -automobile, suf
fering a skull fracture.' - -
Mrs. Elfving said her daugh
ter seemed to show a slight im
provement after talking with
Cpl. Haliski yesterday.
Cpl. Haliski was taken off the
Gen. H. M. Patrick off Port An
geles, Wash., by a pilot boat.
He was flown to-Portland by
the Coast Guard.'
Miners' Bodies May
Be Left Entombed
Ravensdale, Wash. (U.R)
The bodies of the four miners
killed in a Saturday cave-in at
the Landsburg mine No. 1 here
probably will be left entombed
in the mine shaft, John H. Mor
ris, president of the Palmer Coal
and Coke Co., said today. ...
"We'll have bulldozers fill up
the hole," - said Morris, whose
company operates the mine.
"Then we probably will go down
into the mine and seal off the
area where the" men are. That
is the only practical way out. I
doubt that we could get to them
no matter how hard we tried."
ENGLISH FIRM LOW
Seattle U.R) - The English
Electric Export and Trading Co.
Ltd., London, was apparent low
bidder for manufacture and in
stallation of six power genera
tors at Chief Joseph dam, the
Corps of Army s Engineers an
nounced yesterday." The British
firm's bid was $5,460,361.
rfei ih snnriBv maastfled ia at
noon Saturday: 10 am. Monday fori
Monday; other daya 5:30' arevioui day.
BIG STICK President Eisen
hower signs congressional
resolution empowering him to
order American forces into
battle, if necessary, to defend
Formosa against Red Chinese
invasion. Looking on are Sen
ator William F. Knowland and
Senator Alexander Wiley.
Heart Association
Opens Fund Drive
The annual Oregon Heart asso
ciation fund drive began yester
day, and will continue through
out the month of February. Ray
mond , R e t e r, Medf ord - fruit
packer and businessman, is Jack
son county, chairman for, the
drive. ? - :. N ;
Volunteer workers will at
tempt to reach everyone in the
community soliciting donations
for the drive, Reter said, and the
drive will culminate in Heart
Sunday late in the month. Those
not contacted may mail dona
tions to "Heart, . care Postmas
ter." Money raised by the campaign
goes largely to research on heart
disease, which has risen to be
the leading cause of death in
America. In 1953, heart ailments
caused nearly twice as, many
deaths in Oregon . as any other
disease. .
PRESIDENT REELECTED
Portland (U.R) Elder" C. A.
Scriven was reelected . president
of : the Seventh Day Ad ventist
North Pacific Union here today.
The union is holding its quad
rennial business session. :
Good Advertising
Requirements Told
Rolarians by Lund
Good advertising must be on
a person-to-persbn basis, project
ing the personality of the ad
vertiserj and must be honest
and sincere. This view .was ex
pressed . by Ru Lund, Portland,
president of the Oregon Adver
tising club, in an address Tues
day before the .Medf ord Rotary
club. . : .
Lund spoke at a luncheon
meeting at the Jackson hotel on
the subject, "More Mileage for
Your Advertising Dollar," em
phasizing the importance of well
planning promotion, in this
rapidly changing world. ,
Habits Changing
Consumer habits . are changing
in this era of new. shopping cen
ters and drive-in banking, the
speaker told Rotarians.'The wor
ker today has increasing leisure
time, which opens new avenues
for , aggressive advertising mer
chants. Wise merchants, lie said,
should approach his promotion
al program with - the - idea of
"what have I got lie wants' and
how can I serve him best?' in
stead of, "How much profit can
I make?" -
Failure to create a store per:
scnality, to build confidence and
establish .an atmosphere of
friendliness, Lund declared, will
be directly reflected in reduced
store sales. The "speaker, urged
businessmen to indulge in self
appraisal and self criticism, with
the objective of improving ad
vertising and selling techniques.
Color Increasing ' ....
Color is becoming increasingly
important in n e w s p a pers and
other media, and color television
will be here before long, Lund
said. It is an interesting fact
that -newspaper readership and
radio listening have grown
since the advent of TV, he point
ed out, and the development of
the radio transistor provides a
new impetus to radio. A minia
ture pocket-size radio receiver
was shown to indicate the new
trends in radio. A brief survey
of 16 Rotarians at the meeting
showed ownership of 51 radio
sets, or a ratio of more than
three sets to a family which, the
speaker pointed out, is average
for the U. S.
James" Dunlevy, - Rotary pro
gram chairman and manager of
radio station KYJC, introduced
the speaker. Ray Johnson, man
ager of KMED, was a guest.
Elects President
Ashland Harry A. Skerry
Jr.," ah Ashland attorney, was
elected president of the Ash
land Chamber of Commerce this
week. He succeeds Arnold Bau
der, who resigned last week for
health, reasons.: .
Skerry .has been -serving as
vice-president ; Elected to suc
ceed him in that post was Phil
Gates, and Harold ' Buck was
named- to fill the vacancy on the
board of directors created by
Bauder's resignation. .
, Skerry - is Ashland's city at
torney and is a past president of
the Oregon Shakespearean Festi
val association.
Britain May Lift
Russian Immunity
London U.R) The British
government announced today it
is considering lifting diplomatic
immunity from Russian Embassy
personnel, here other than the
ambassador. 1 .v-
Simultaneously it was disclos
ed that Britain has taken "spec
ial steps" to tighten ? security
regulations to prevent leaking
of state secrets. The move fol
lowed a recent spy case in which
a known Communist had access
to secret files.
The Marquess of Reading, sec
retary ! of state for foreign af
fairs, said in the House of Lords
that the Russians only recognize
the personal immunity of for
eign mission chiefs. .
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