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TWO MTfiFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, September 18, 1955
IPeron Cannot Win in
Long Run, Expert on
Argentina Declares
(Editor's note: Why are there repeated revolts against
President Juan D. Peron of Argentina? How long can he sur
vive them? How does he keep some of the officers of the Ar
gentina Armed Services loyal to him? The following dispatch
answers those and other questions about the civil war now
raging in Argentina. The writer is an expert on Peron and
Argentina. For the last 12 years he has lived in Buenos Aires
where he made his headquarters as United Press vice-presi-
, dent and general manager for South America. He knows
Peron intimately and is widely acquainted among the men
. who surround him. Last week he reported to United Press
world headquarters in New York as vice-president and assist
ant general manager of the U.P.)
By THOMAS R. CURRAN
Copyright, 1955, by the United Press
In the long run President Juan
D. Peron of Argentina cannot
win.
Even if his troops crush the
present rebellion, his power will
continue to decline. Somehow
and tome way in the near future
Peron will cease to be the dic
tator of Argentina.
. Every revolt against him and
there have been a half dozen in
the last four years chips away
some of the foundation of his
power. Eventually the structure
will collapse.
Cause Simple
The underlying cause for the
repeated uprisings against Peron
is simple. The people are tired
of being ruled by a dictator.
They are tired of being spied on.
They are tired of having their
mail opened and their telephones
tapped. They are tired of having
friends and relatives arrested
without being able to find out
where or why they were jailed.
Under Peron Argentina has
become a thorough police state.
There is no free press. Most of
the newspapers and all of the
radio stations long ago were
taken over by the government.
There are no civil liberties. Peo-
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pie are arrested on whim and
held without trial and the peni
tentiaries are packed with po
litical prisoners. Boy students
as young as 14 years are jailed
After the Navy rebellion on
June. 16th, Peron conceded in a
public speech that he had abol
ished democratic liberties but
justified the step by saying that
it was for the good of the people.
Declares State of War
Peron declared a "state of in
ternal war" four years ago after
a revolt against him failed. That
measure was never repealed. It
permitted the president to take
any step against the person or
property of any Argentine citi
zen without being responsible to
the courts. Recent announce
ments of a "state of siege" there
fore, mean nothing and are only
window dressing. Under the
"state of internal war" a pedes
trian picking up a seditious pam
phlet on the sidewalk could be
jailed.
The present army movement
was supposed to coincide with
the revolt on the navy on June
16. The time table was knocked
out, however, because bad
weather delayed the navy bomb
ing planes. While tne navy
bombers were wrecking the gov
ernment house in Buenos Aires
three months ago, reports were
spread that the provinces in
volved in yesterday's uprising
were in rebel hands.
Elected in 1946
Peron was elected in 1946 on
a platform calling for a 20 per
cent wage increase to all work
ers. He won and the 20 per cent
increase was made effective.
As a result, however, production
dropped off because the workers
started looking to him for raises
and advancement. Those work
ers formed the bulk of his sup
porters whom his late wife,
Evita, called "descamisados," or
shirtless ones.
Even their fervor has been
ebbing a little in recent years.
Formerly when Peron drove to
his office from his home the
route was lined with cheering
crowds. Today he sleeps in dif-
Library Junior
Department Has
Busiest Summer
The junior department of the
Medlord Public library has com
pleted the busiest summer in its
history,, it was reported last
week.
A total of 26,755 books were
borrowed from its shelves dur
ing the months of June, July,
and August of 1955, or 4,000
more than during any previous
summer. Not only books of
stories, but biographies and sci
entific works, have been popu
lar, according to Mrs. Nora Mc
Kay, head of the department.
New Hours
Beginning on Sept. 19, with
the opening of school, new
opening hours will be observed.
The junior department will be
closed until noon every morn
ing of the week except Saturday,
when it will open at 10 a.m.
Closing hour each day is at 5:30
p.m., except on Tuesday it will
remain open until 9 p.m.
Assisting Mrs. McKay in the
library for younger readers will
be Mrs. - Florence Perkey and
Miss Mary Fredenburg. Miss
Carolyn Mae Clogston, who
during the summer months, has
been assisting in the department
returned to her studies at the
University of Oregon.
Nixon Caricature
Out of Exhibition
San Francisco (U.R) An un
complimentary caricature of
Vice-President Richard M. Nixon
has been removed from exhi
bition by officials of the San
Francisco Art Festival.
The cartoon, captioned "Dick
McSmear," was drawn by Vic
tor Arnautoff, an art instructor
at Stanford University. It pic
tured the vicpresident wearing
a black mask, holding a pumpkin
in one hand and a red-daubed
paint brush in the other.
There were immediate -artistic
rumbles about "censorship" and
"freedom of expression," but J.
D. Zellerback, president of the
Art Commission, said he had the
cartoon removed on the protests
of private citizens.
Zellerbach said that "while I
defined the right of artists to
uninhibited self-expression," he
felt that no public official of any
party should "be the subject of
a caricature displayed at an art
exhibit financed by all the peo
ple. The cartoon was priced at $25.
Police Chief Warns Owners
To Remove Keys from Cars
Parked at Home, On Street
ferent houses; maintains an ir
regular schedule to avoid am
bush and his automobile is pre
ceded by armed police cars.
Medford Police Chief Charles
Champlin has urged residents to
remove keys from automobiles
when they are parked, whether
on private property or public
streets.
Champlin noted that since
Jan. 1, this year, there have
been nine cases of stolen cars in
Medford a relatively small
number compared to thefts in
other cities the size of Medford.
But of the nine stolen, at least
three vehicles had the keys in
them.
Car Badly Damaged
The most recent such case in
volved a car which was taken
from in Iront of a local east side
residence by what Champlin
termed a "joyrider." The for
eign made vehicle was returned
to the same position damaged
badly from being rolled over by
the "joyrider."
Another "joyrider" took a ve
hicle out of a southwest Med
ford residence driveway, drove
it about 100 miles, and returned
it to the driveway the same
night it was taken.
In the northwest section a car
was left parked on the street
with the keys in it. A "joy
rider" utilized it for about three
hours before returning it to the
almost same position.
Champlin noted that keys al
so are left in vehicles on some
local used car lots. Recently a
car was taken from a lot and
recovered in Klamath Falls the
next day.
Locks Important
The police chief stressed im
portance of having ignition lock
ed when keys are removed. He
noted that some name-brand ve
hicles are made with three po
sitions "off," "on," and "lock."
If the ignition is in the "off"
position, the switch may be
turned "on" without use of a
key, but cannot be turned "on;
from the "lock" position with
out a key.
The theft of a car which was
left in the "off" position was re
ported recently. The car was
taken from downtown Medford,
and recovered later the same
day on the east side.
Another case of car theft this
year included one taken from
on South Riverside ave. and two
days later returned to within a
block of where it was taken. The
subject, police said, was left in
the car asleep with the keys
while the owner went into a
business establishment on busi
ness. Take Keys, Return
Juveniles, in another case, re
moved keys from a vehicle on
a used car lot during daylight
hours, and went back during
the night and took the car. The
vehicle was recovered the next
day in Klamath Falls with the
two boys who took it.
A car was stolen from another
downtown parking lot early one
afternoon and returned late the
same afternoon by youths. One
of the youths was given the keys
and permission to , have gaso
line put in the vehicle at a near
by station, according to police
records. The vehicle was gone
about four hours, and a car theft
report filed.
Champlin pointed out that
car thefts cannot be entirely
stopped, but residents might as
sist in decreasing the number
of thefts by removing keys, and
removing other items which
would tempt thefts.
Some Unpreventable
Some cases cannot be pre
vented, he said, like one in
which an Air Force man wired
around the ignition. The car,
which was stolen from a used
car lat, was recovered in Can
yonville. The same person stole
several other vehicles in the
state, and papers are being pre
pared to extradite the Air Force
man from California to face
charges here.
In addition to the nine "found
ed" car thefts, there have been
eight "unfounded" cases report
ed to Medford police. "Unfound
ed" cases include those in which
people forget where they park
their vehicles, and other cases
where there was no actual in
tent to steal.
One of the cases included a
case of mistaken identity in
which a party drove a car iden
tical to one parked next to it in
a parking lot. Keys from one
fit the other, and the party no
ticed no difference in the vehicle.
'Human Fly' Escapee
Held at Fort Lewis
Fort Lewis, Wash U.R) A
24-year-old AWOL soldier who
Friday morning made a daring
"human fly" escape from the
sixth floor city jail at Portland,
Ore., was held for Portland po
lice here Saturday. .
Jerry Keith Fry surrendered
to Army officials here apparently
if! the hope of beating a 180-day
assault and battery term in Port
land. Fort Lewis authorities,
however, said they would turn
Fry over to Portland police. No
extradition procedures would be
necessary.
Fry, a "locked in" trusty,
climbed out , a sixth, floor win
dow, and inched along a narrow
ledge 60-feet above the ground
to a fire escape, down which he
descended before police could be
alerted.
In Portland, police said Fry
faced an additional one-year sen
tence in the county jail for his
escape.
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TO CONDUCT CLASS Dr. S.
Rudisill, pictured above, will
conduct an institute on family
life at 8 p.m. today in the Zion
Lutheran church. He is on an
extended tour of the Pacific
coast, which he started in Sitka
and Juneau, Alaska, in August.
He will visit Washington and
other Oregon and California
points. The institute in the local
church is open to the public and
all those interested persons are
invited.
Plans Complete for
UMC 'Kick-Off at
Medford 'Y' Monday
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Lutherans Observing
Radio and TV Week
The congregations of the Tu
theran church (Missouri synod)
of which St. Peters Lutheran
church, 1020 East Main st., is
a member, are observing Lu
theran radio and television
week, beginning today, accord
ing to the pastor, the Rev. Ken
neth Korby.
This synod is sponsor of the
well-known television program,
This Is the Life," which is now
telecast over 264 stations, and
also the sponsor of the "Luther
an Hour," now broadcast over
1,250 outlets throughout the
world, in 56 different languages.
Mr. Korby left today to con
duct a series of evangelism serv
ices at Redeemer Lutheran
church at Gresham. He is one
of a group of pastors helping to
conduct this series in the larger
Portland area. He expects to re
turn Thursday..
A "kick-ofi" dinner at the
YMCA 6:30 p.m. tomorrow will
formally launch the United Med
ford Crusade for 1955. The din
ner is free and opens the annual
UMC drive scheduled to close
Nov. 7.
After the dinner a torch in the
city park will be lighted to burn
continuously until the crusade's
end.
Second Meeting Planned
Division leaders, section heads,
and solicitors are expected to at
tend, with presidents of boards
and agencies, their officers and
executives invited. Though the
five colonels and co-chairmen of
the Home, Fund drive are invited,
they and the solicitors, not yet
appointed, will have a private
kick-off meeting Oct. 24.
The Rev. George R. V. Bolster
will give the invocation and ben
ediction, and M. M. Huggins will
present the aims and goals of the
campaign. John R. Dellenback
will address the group on "Life
in a Vacuum," and a skit, "Do
Well vs. Mean Well," will be
given.
Contribute Dinner
Ray Sorensen and Tony Manno
are in charge of dinner arrange
ments. Firms contributing the
dinner and decorations include
Blake Moff it and Towne, Zeller
bach Paper company, Snider'
and Jorgensen's dairies, Beck's
and Fluhrer's bakeries, Rogue
Valley Green House and Florists,
and Nescafe Coffee company.
Eight girls from the eighth
grade Tri-Hi-Y will serve.
Goal $109,000
The Crusade is beginning its
third year, shooting for a goal of
$101,000, some $7,000 over last
year's quota. The organization
distributes funds to 24 charity
agencies in the county.
Following the dinner, supplies
for the King Arthur, Lancelot
and Lion Hearted divisions will
be distributed to their section
heads and solicitors.
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