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Gtise To Action in CCorean Conflict Proved Acid Test for United Nations Editor's note: Thi is the second in a series ol three on the United Nations. By BRUCE W. MUNN United Press Correspondent Korea brought the acid test for the United Nations and the fledg ling world organization, rising to meet the challenge of aggres sion, avoided the pitfall of inac tion that doomed the League of Nations. June 27, 1950, is the red letter date in the record of the United Nations, now observing its 10th anniversary, for on that date the Security Council voted the military sanctions to fight Com munist aggression in what start ed as a "police action" and be came the bloody Korean war. League Lost Prestige The old League of Nations had been confronted with similar de cisions. And although it did expel Russia in a wrist slapping action for its 1939 invasion of Finland, it stood by helplessly when Mussolini invaded Ethi opia and when Japan seized Manchuria from China. It never recovered its prestige after the Ethiopian invasion and the Mukden incident. , Sixteen countries, plus the Republic of Korea, provided mil itary forces for the first modern example "of collective security against aggression. In all, 42 member countries and four non- members offered support for the Korean effort. The criticism is valid that the Korean war was fought with overwhelming preponderance in manpower and money by the United States and that President Truman acted two hours in ad vance of the Security Council in ordering military aid to South Korea. But the material efforts of the United Nations, by Washington's admission, saved the United States at least two divisions of troops and billions of dollars of expenditures and enabled the Korean conflict to be fought with the moral weight of the civilized world on the U. N. side. Russia, in one of history's classic miscalculations, made it easy for the United Nations to act in Korea. The Russians had walked out o f the Security Coun cil in January, 1950, in protest of the refusal to oust Nationalist China in favor of the Chinese Communists. But most nations and Russia, of course, made no military con tribution to the armed forces that fought in Korea, The Commu nists and the Western powers never have been able to agree on the composition of the -armed force prvided in the charter to maintain international peace and security. There is a Military Staff Com mittee, set up to supervise the armed strength of the United Nations, which meets for five or 10 minutes each month to rotate its chairmen, but which has no power since it has no men. And therein, in the opinion of most observers, lies the out standing failure, or lack of suc cess, of the United Nations. Founded in the closing days of World War II, when Russia and County Polio Chapter Reelects All Officers All officers of the Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis were reelected at the annual meeting of the group, held last night at the Medford hotel. Reelected were Harry Chip man, chairman; Dick Woodcock, vice chairman; Mrs. Moore Ham ilton, secretary, and Mrs. Lewis Ulrich, treasurer. Chipman said that all commit teemen would be reappointed. They are the medical advisory committee, Dr. A. E. Merkel, chairman, Dr. William Miller and Dr. Ralph Thompson; ad visory nurse, Miss Dorothy Col lard, women's activities, Mrs. El wood Hedberg; education, Mrs. Ray Frisbie, and publicity, John Duffy. the Western powers were sweep ing up Hitler's Germany, the United Nations was based on the theory the big powers would con tinue to cooperate closely. It became apparent in the first meetings in London in 1946 that such unanimity did not exist and the situation has worsened to the extent that even the Western powers cannot agree on which is the fifth of the big five Nation alist or Communist China. Even so, the first 10 years of the United Nations look pretty rewarding on balance. Three Medford Boys Win 'Stale' Oflices Corvallis The American Legion's annual Beaver Boys' state convention on the OSC campus has elected three Med ford boys to county offices in voting in the high school work shop on citizenship. Greg Milnes was elected trea surer for "Hawley county," Den nis Patton was elected judge for "Buxon county," and G e r o 1 d Darland was elected judge for "Weatherford county." State primary elections were held yesterday. The installation of the Boy's State governor will be held Friday at the state-house in Salem. ANSCO mm flash JsofPHIU COT. 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Pore Silk. .. 23c CaSKBaHMsHESaBBI I 34 Mail Tribune Carrier Boys Set Sea Fishing Trip Thirty-four Mail Tribune car riers will take a deep-sea fish ing trip from Crescent City Sat urday. The carriers will leave Med ford at 6 p.m. Friday from the Mail Tribune office, and return between 9 and 10 p.m. Satur day. The trip will be maie on a chartered Greyhound bus, and the boys will stay overnight in a Crescent City hotel, where meals also will be furnished. Three fishing boats will take the carriers on morning and af ternoon trips. The Mail Tribune will furnish seasick pills. The boys will be divided into three groups. Warren Lovell and Ronald Anderson will be in charge of the first boat, Paul Zeleznik and Bob Schmidt will have charge of the second, and Keith Harrison and Bob Young will be in charge of the third boat. The fishing trip was chosen over a carrier picnic by vote of the boys. Dale Erickson and Dick Sim- Thursday, June 18, I9SS MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE WOT Mid-Year Conclave Slated Saturday Ashland The Southern Ore gon chapter of the International Council for exceptional children will hold its annual mid-year conference Saturday, June 18, at Southern Oregon college here. Theme for the half-day meet ing will be "The Development of Speech in the. Child." Bill Wensley, consultant in speech correction for the state depart ment of education at Salem will be principal speaker. The con ference will start at 9:30 D.m. Wensley and Dr. Donald Wil son, director of the SOC speech and hearing clinic, will serve as a discussion panel during the concluding noon luncheon at Su sanne Homes hall. Reservations for the luncheon may be made with Dr. Alva Graham, profes sor of education and president of the ICEC chapter. onson of the Mail Tribune cir culation staff are in over-all charge. Portland Council Eyes Pinball Law Portland (U.R) The Port land city council yesterday took steps to quash attempts to by pass the city's anti-pinball ord inance. City Commissioner Stanley Earl requested the drafting of an ordinance to ban all such de vices, whether or not they are coin-operated. Commissioner Or- mond Bean said he would co sponsor the ordinance. The move was in answer to pinball operators' claims that the city law specifically banned only coin-in-the-slot devices, and not machines without the feature. A hearing on the issue is slat ed in Circuit Court Monday. Father's Day June 19, 195 MEDFORD'S FINEST MEN'S STORE MAIN AT CENTRAL 1 nth and Oakdalo Start saving two Ways Shop O a It d a I o for quality - Get valuable Premiums Free with Northern Stamps . See the Display at Oakdalo DOLLAR DAY SPECIALS-Fri.-Sat.-Sun. STANDBY FINE FOODS JUICE FEATURES BLEND 46-Oz. Tin 3H 00 ORANGE 46-Oz. Tin 3ii 00 Grapefruit 46-Oz. Tin 1411 00 APPLE 46-Oz. Tin 3:1 00 GRAPE 46-Oz. 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