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Medford Attorney Describes Trip;
Interviews Swedish Prime Minister
Impressions of conditions in theCBritish Isles, in the Scandi
navian countries and on the European continent have been re
viewed in an article by O. H. Bengtson, Medford attorney, who re
turned home last weekfrom a business trip abroad. One of the
most interesting episodes of the trip was an interview with Toga
Zrlander, prime minister of Sweden, and the attorney also en
deavored to interest a Swedish firm in establishing a factory in
southern Oregon.
When I first agreed to attend
to certain legal matters in Eng
land and Sweden, I had no idea
that my mission would take me
on such an extended journey.
Although my mother, Anna G.
Bengtson, has made some four
visits to Sweden since she orig
inally became a United States
citizen, nevertheless some 20
years had elapsed since her last
visit, and we determined that I
should plan my business so that
she might accompany me
directly to Sweden, where she
might visit relatives while I
Attended to business.
After flying to New York and
crossing the Atlantic on the
Swedish liner Kungsholm, we
arrived at Stockholm, Sweden,
and then went on to mother's
former home. I left by plane
for Copenhagen, Denmark, and
then on to London, from whence
I journeyed to Exeter and Derby,
England.
Weather Good
When we left New York, the
temperature was some 100 de
grees and from that moment on
until e reached Stockholm we
were just a day to a day and a
alf in advance of the raging
Atlantic storm, so our weather
was perfect at all times.
Traveling conditions were
good in spite of the terrific
amount of tourist travel to
Europe, and the occasional un
happiness of not being able to
obtain hotel reservations
promptly.
. After a day in London, I spent
almost six hours on my feet
standing on a crowded railroad
train which took me to Exeter.
Exeter was one of the cities so
badly blitzed during the war. We
ran intoome difficulty on the
legal affair-1 was handling in
Exeter for the reason that their
office had been blitzed and some
records destroyed. From Exeter
I traveled northerly to Derby,
England, where I attended to the
last business in England. I then
returned to London, where I had
time to see the vast amount of
rebuilding necessitated by the
"blitz.
When I was able to return to
Stockholm to finish my business
and rejoin mother, I found that I
was only an hour or an hour and
a half by plane from Paris, and
since the experience of flying
back by way of Paris would be
rather novel, I therefore took off
for that city.
I had several days in Paris,
Versailles and Mon Desir,. after
which I flew to Amsterdam,
Brussels and Belgium; Hamburg,
Germany, and on back to Copen
hagen, Denmark, and Sweden.
Hamburg Rebuilds
I noticed extensive rebuilding
in Hamburg, a city which re
ceived considerable bombing by
the English Royal Air Force. I
was quite encouraged to observe
that almost everyone in the
aforementioned countries was
working and living reasonably
well. Holland, next to the Scan
dinavian, countries, was the
cleanest country, and appeared
to be the most orderly. The .trip
through the ... Holland canals,
which gives one a birdseye view
of the old city, would indicate
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of the second World war.
Having more time perhaps to
study the cities in the Scandi
navian countries might account
that Holland had recovered
beautifully from the difficulties
for my feeling that these coun
tries were enjoying a higher
standard of living. There are
no slums in Sweden, and old
properties have been demolished
and are being replaced by mod
ern apartments and . dwellings.
Everyone in Sweden at the
age of 64 years receives a pen
sion which is sufficient to take
care of ordinary living and nec
essities. This pension comes to
rich and poor alike, regardless
of need or other employment.
Those who cannot afford medical
and hospitalization may receive
the same irom the state.
Employment is so plentiful
that many pensioners without
other income or funds find
lighter work with which to sup
plement their living, and which
keeps them active and happy.
Some Grumble
In talking with the men of
capital, there is a slight grum
bling that it is very difficult to
earn sufficient money to become
wealthy in Scandinavia, but all
of the employers with whom I
conversed were pleased with the
fact that their employes were
contented and were enjoying a
high standard of living, and that
fact that their employees were
enjoying a reasonable prosperity.
Business in Stockholm re
quired that I contact, the prime
minister, which ordinarily, I was
informed, would take from two
to three weeks to obtain an
appointment for an interview.
By persistence and insistence,
I was able to obtain an interview
with him the first day in Stock
holm, which was scheduled to
last for 10 minutes to 20 minutes.
I found Mr. Toga Erlander,
the prime minister, a most gra
cious person, and after I met
him and we both, determined
that my Swedish was as good, or
better than his English, we con
tinued to converse in Swedish,
and . the visit extended into
almost an hour.
The prime minister was partic
ularly pleased when he learned
that I was returning via the
North Pole route in that he had
been one of the VIPs who had
been taken over the North Pole
by the Scandinavian Airlines
system on its initial flight.
It further developed that the
prime minister had attended the
same schools as my father, all of
which .caused him to become
more mellow and easy to talk to.
Minister Liked
This prime minister, who was
elected by the masses, is well-
liked by the ordinary citizens,
and is highly respected by man
agement. Upon completing our mission
in Sweden, we journeyed to
Copenhagen and boarded the
Scandinavian Airline System
plane and continued over the
Polar route via Greenland, Win
nipeg, Canada and Los Angeles.
In Los. Angeles, I discovered
that the person I wanted to con
tact was in the Hawaiian Islands,
so I had arranged passage to
Honolulu, where, business com
pleted, I had several day to enjoy
the islands. I was accompanied
on the island trip by Mrs. Beng
tson, who already had booked
passage for herself.
I am still pulling for Medford
and hoping that a Swedish fac
tory for manufacture of screens
used in paper iills might be
established here, in spite of the
firm insisting that" it could be
Rebekahs To Plan
For Homecoming .
Plans for a homecoming and
other fall activities fjrill be dis
cussed by Olive Rebekah lodge
women when they meet Monday,
October 3 at 8 p.m., in the IOOF
building, 221 West Sixth street.
Mrs." Frank Chapman, noble
grand, has requested that all of
ficers arid as many members es
possible attend as other business
of importance to the lodge will
be transacted.
Mrs. J. D. Brummond is re
freshment chairman and mem
bers of her committee are Mrs.
O. S. Walden, Mrs. Homer Vin
zant, Miss Caroline Leaders, Mrs.
Edith Baker and Mrs. Gertrude
Martin.
set up in northern Orejgon or
Washington to eliminate freight
problems.
Visits Importer
While iff) Goteiiberg, I re
ceived a letter from Raymond
Reter asking me to call on an
importer with, whom Mr. Reter
had formerly clone businessPThis
gentleman and his wife yisited
the Reters here in 1947. They
entertained mother and me for a
whole day at the Ope Air hotel
and the Grand hotel. The most
interesting part of this story is
that this gentleman had Mr.
Reter's advertisement in the
international Applegrowers' as
sociation open on his desk when
we called at the office. Mr.
Reter advised me today that he
has just received an order for a
large shipment of pears which is
being readied for shipment now.
Community Ambassadors Organizti
To Rromote Tour, World Undtrstdnditm
Tour,
Br ELIZABETH TOOMEY
United Press Correspondent
. New York (U.R) A week in
Manhattan:
Your next door neighbor may
be going around the world next
year. Missiorft Come back home
and tell the townspeople what
it's really like in 22 countries.
One woman from eachbf the
48 states will get the alignment,
though at this point no one has
any idea who the 48 women will
be. They will be chosen from
letters written by high school
seniors recommencing women in
their own cornmunjties for the
honor.
The project called Commu
nity Ambassadors for World
Understanding, Inc. got its for
mal (launching here this week.
"I got the idea last Novem
ber," explained Mrs. David G.
Huenergardt, ca San Francisco
woman who started getting in
terested in civic matters 25 years
ago with her first volunteer job
Girl Scout leader for her
year-old daughter's troop.
10-
Soon you can buy your kitch
en and build the house around it.
By the end of 195 complete
kitchens, walls, plumbing, light
ing and all,: will be produced by
the Frigidaire Division of Gen
eral Motors. They can be modi
fied to fit various types of homes
and room sizes. The design is
based on the company's kitchen
of tomorrow which has been
shown in scores of cities this
year. . '.
The best way to relieve ten
sion around the house when
there is a crisis in a man's job
is to plan something relaxing
for evenings to take his mind off
his problems, Mrs. Walt Alston,
wife of the manager of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, said as her
husband faced his first World
Series.
Mrs. Alston doesn't question
tttaier. OeMher Mass
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBXJHB m
A business meeting for mem
bers of thf) auxiliary to the
Crater Lake chapter, Veterans of
Foreign j Wars, will be held
Tuesday October 4 at 8 p.m. in
the VFW hall, 42 . North Front
street. Fall activities will be dis
cussed. '
her husband about his baseball
worries., '
. "We just try to keep busy,"
she said. "We either play cards
in the evening or watch TV or
just take a walk. And I try to
serve him light meals when he
is under a strain."
Shopping around . . . two-tone
shoes, combining two leathers or
leather with fabric. Some are
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spindly , heels of leather and
toes of suede. Others are , sporty
tweed-and-c a 1 f , combinations.
New raincoats in .glittering me
tallic fabrics make up for lack
of sunshine on a rainy day. Gold
lame raincoats and velvet rain
coats threaded with gold are
realities.
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