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EIGHT MTOrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Famous Surgeon Wants Just Punishment Meted To Trio Who Chose Life in China; Cites Those Who Mused Brainwashing Grange Editor' Not: Dr. Charle W. Mayo, an altrrnatr V. S. delegate to the eighth Genrral Ambly of th Lnitea Nations, has delivered bold speeches li. the t'.N. attacking the ommiinist brainwashing technique. The famous urzeon of the Mayo Clinic also has pointed with pride to men who re fused to confess to false mmiinit charges despite brutal punishment. In the following. Or. Mavo discusses turncoats who chose to Slav in Com munist China after the Korean war. but now want to come home. Three turncoat will return Julv 29. By DR. CHARLES W. MAYO Written for the United Presi Rochester, Minn. (U.Rf As citizens, our first concern is tha protection of our country. This fact is emphasized particularly when we are at war. In the normal course of war, a certain percentage of individuals in our armed forces have the misfortune of falling into the hands of the enemy. The conduct of those individ uals who become prisoners of war still is a matter of concern to this country. V.'e look with pride on those men who refused to be brainwashed and who re fused to confess to false charges or to turn against their country or their fellow prisoners, despite punishment. Must Not Condone To condone the actions of the men who, for personal favors or protection, disclose valuable in formation or were helpful in any manner to the enemy, or caused the mistreatment or death of a fellow prisoner, to me is un thinkable. The three turncoats returning Mrs. Hobby Expects HEW Department To Be Bigger; To Join News Firm Monday Washington (U.R) Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby believes the big Health, Education and Wel fare department she is leaving will grow even bigger as the years go by. "This department has got a great future. It is only starting," was her farewell prediction in an interview with the United Press Wednesday. Mrs. Hobby, who has headed the department since its found ing in April, 1953, will leave the government Sunday for "public services of a different kind." She will start to work on Monday as president of the Houston Post Publishing Co., taking her ailing husband's place. Marion B. Folsom, now Trea sury undersecretary, will suc ceed her as health, education and welfare secretary. Looking back over her 31 months as head of the depart ment and its predecessor, the Federal Security agency, Mrs. Hobby said: "I think I can be a much bet ter citizen and newspaperwoman from what I've learned." Under her stewardship. Social Security coverage was expand ed, more money provided for hospital construction and voca tional rehabilitation, a state-pa-tional system of educational con ferences established, plans work ed out to distribute polio vac cine and enforcement of pure food and drug laws surveyed. Mrs. Hobby was optimistic that the unfinished business she is leaving behind will be ac complished. Sfce mentioned the administration's proposal for health, school construction and juvenile delinquency prevention programs. Must Be Patient She said she wished they had been approved before she. leaves, but "they will come . . . it's just a question of being pa tient." Her appointment as the first health, education and welfare secretary was the second prece dent the handsome 50-year-old Mrs. Hobby has set in govern ment service. During World War II, she was the first head of the Women's Army Corps. When asked if she would be available for further public service, Mrs. Hobby said: "I would be ready at any time, anywhere, if circumstanc es were such that I could do so." Library Books Go to YMCA Summer Camp Books from the Medford li brary will go along to YMCA summer camp next week, ac cording to Mrs. Nora McKay, children's librarian. Robert L. Jones, YMCA gen eral secretary, has ruled that no comic books may be taken to the Lodge at Diamond lake. Instead, adventure stories, sports stories, and books on science . and out door life will be taken to the camp. "A summer camp should develp healthy minds in healthy bodies", Jones said. The books will be taken to the camp this week end along with a group of 50 campers. July 29 realize they have failed in their duty and they have giv en evidence that they expect to serve time for their deeds. The main question now is how much time each must serve to pay a just debt to those fellow prisoners who suffered because these men disregarded basic moral principles. No doubt, evidence has been accumulated as to the number of American men who have been executed or tortured as a result of their dishonorable conduct. These three men will have to live ' with their consciences the rest of their lives, which will be one form of punishment. While we must be judicious and deal with each individual case, in our temperance we also must be mindful of our heroes, many of them martyrs all by themselves when no one knew whether they were dead or alive. In dealing with those who failed in their missions, who turned against and endangered their country and their fellow prisoners to gain an easier time for themselves, let us remember those heroes who refused to give up, even in the throes of the most torturing types of punish ment. , These three men who are re turning are not heroes. May their punishment be commensu rate with their crimes and mis demeanors and may it come swiftly, surely, fairly and with out fanfare. Tt 1 jnMi ; i r'Ti .li ,g ' Eagle Point Grange Mrs. Lester Wertz, master, opened Eagle Point Grange's regular-session July 19. Bob Bitterling reported that this year promises to be second only to 1948 in production of food, feed and fiber. Jake Brown noted that egg supplies are short and that prices in Oregon are good. Millroy Charley said good local beef is holding steady but cutter cows are somewhat low er. He warned against buying stock outside the valley without having them vaccinated. Cal Lusk called attention to a new law controlling under ground water supplies, effective Aug. 3. Keep all types of aspirin away from children - as many die from over-doses, said Ruth Carroll. She noted that tests are progressing in the use of other strains of viruses in the produc tion of Salk polio vaccine. Ways and means chairman. Leona Watterberg, called at tention to a district garden club luncheon in Eagle Point Sept. 29. Grange ladies have been asked to serve the meal. A communication from the state highway department stated that examination of requested truck lanes will be made and consideration given them in next year's budget. Losers of the attendance con test presented a varied program and served refreshments. The display table held a col lection of unusual potholders made by Mrs. Tom Vestal. Steward Otis Jones closed the meeting. Social Security Law Provisions for Farm Workers Are Listed CANAL ZC CONGRATULATIONS ARE exchanged by Doug J. Hopper (right), 17, Glendale, Cal., newly elected president of Amer ican Legion Boys' Nation and Kenneth R. Jennison, 17, Car thage, Mo., vice president, at Washington, D. C.( International) Onetime Resident Of Medford Dies Mrs. Dora Maud Atwell, 79, a former Medford resident, died Sunday at a nursing home in Dallas, Ore. Once a resident of Woodburn, Mrs. Atwell, the former Dora Maud Calvert, -was born near there on March 17, 1876, to John and Harriet Calvert. She first married Martin For bis, a carpenter, and lived in Woodburn until 1919, when the couple moved to Medford. Mr. Forbis died here in 1937. She later married James H. Atwell who died here in 1943. After his death she moved to Salem. She was a member of Leslie Methodist church in Salem and had been a member of Methodist churches in Woodburn and Med ford. She leaves several nieces and nephews, including Miss Neva Woolery of Salem. Funeral serv ices were held Wednesday, with burial in Belle Pasei cemetery near Woodburn. Grandmother Finishes High School Course Spokane, Wash. (U.R) A grandmother of eight who won't tell her age was one of four per sons who graduated from the Spokane continuation high school. Mrs. Minnie A. Nicol, Spo kane, went through the regular four-year high' school course in three years, sometimes attend ing classes with 14-year-old freshmen. She said she plans to continue her education by en rolling in nurses' training. Nudists Would Hamper New Hampshire Economy concord, N.ti. (U.R) Rep. Joseph Ecker, of Manchester, used the following argument in favor of a bill which would ban nudists from New Hampshire: "From an economic point of view. New Hampshire has al ways fostered the textile in dustry which has played an im portant part m the economic life of our state, and it is in cumbent on us to suppress any movements which discourage the use of clothing." (Editor's note: "Will we get social security credits for our work?" is one of the ques tions frequently asked of the Social Security office by those in the agricultural field. W. V., Nusbaum, manager of the Medford br anch office, answers in a series of three articles. The first follows. By W. V. NUSBAUM In farming, earnings can count toward old-age and sur vivors insurance benefits only if you are "employed" or "self employed." By and large, most persons whose living is derived from some kind of agricultural work are now covered by social se curity. While it Is fairly easy to tell whether a person works for himself or is a wage or salary earner, the arrangements under which farming is dene are often more complicated. Conditions Told You are building toward old age and survivors insurance as a self-employed farmer if you work a farm as owner, lessee, or renter and have net earnings of $400 or more in a year. The mere ownership of farm property does not mean that net earnings from the property can be credited to your social se curity account. You must actual ly engage in the farm operation. In cases where you own a farm but rent it out on cash or share crop rental ararngement, your income from that source cannot be counted as credit toward so cial security. The money is con sidered as rent from real estate Can Credit Both If you rent part of your farm lands, but actually operate other parts of them yourself, your in come from that part which you operate will count as earnings from self-employment. If you are a farm operator and also have self -employment earnings from a non-farm enterprise covered by the law, the earnings from both enterprises up to a total of $4,200 a year can be credited for social security. If, in addition to the farm, you also work part of the year for wages, you will get social se curity credit from those earn ings too. In such cases, the wages will count first, and you will report and pay the social security self-employment tax on only enough of your farm earn ings to bring the combined total for the year up to $4,200. Next Share-farming. RABBIT HAZARD Thompsonville, Tenn. (U.R) Neil Tanguay was riding home from work with three fellow employes when a rabbit leaped through their car window and knocked him unconscious. The rabbit was killed instantly. Air Force Tests Cosmic Radiation Fort Frances, Ont. IU.R) The United States Air Force con ducted tests at nearby Interna tional Falls Airport today in a study of cosmic radiation. Stratosphere balloons were re leased in connection with the project at dawn. Major Daid G. Simons, project officer, said the tests were part of a series under the direction, of Dr. Frank McDonald, Univer sity of Iowa physicist working in the American "Skyhook Pro gram." "The purpose of the flights is to study the biological effect of cosmic radiation at very high altitudes," Simons .said. MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP Clinton, N.Y. (U.R) An $18, 000 scholarship fund has been established at Hamilton College for undergraduates preparing medical careers. The fund wai set up with a gift from the Lillia Babbitt Hyde Founda'tion of New York City, and the schol arship will be offered in recog nition of the special needs of undergraduate medical students for financial aid. II 'All I did was promise him li BLUE BELL Potato Chips... 11 fresher in the Double Bag !" NO OTHER COLA J 1 SO LOW IN CALORIfS jT l ff YET TASTES B N A I Wtiiu SO GOOD! , V sy L THIS WEEK SEE THE SHERIFF'S POSSE RODEO AND ROUND UP THESE VALUES AT Fresh Vitamin Bar VINE RIPENED THICK GOLDEN MEATED CANTALOUPE LARGE RED RIPE TOMATOES Pound 1 NEW SHAFTER POTATOES HO 5c 27' Pounds TABLE READY CELERY HEARTS PKG 39' (o)c lb. (6) 25 Simple Simon 9" FRUIT PIES Each Minute Maid 12-oz. LEMON AID Can Kraft's New Italian DRESSING 2 BOTTLES Standby Brand CORN 2-303 cans Derby Potted 5 3y4-oi. j1g)c MEAT 2 Cans U 2 Del Rogue TOMATO JUICE Inspected Meats 19 4 46 0z.$tfQ() u Cans mm WE GIVE NORTHERN PREMIUM STAMPS BEEF ROAST beef liver TILLAMOOK NAM & UEAL PATTIES OR MOCK CHICKEN LEGS CHEDDAR Ik CHEESE lUm 4'M lb. WE GIVE NORTHERN PREMIUM STAMPS
