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.
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