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G Matter of Fact y Ah 3 MIS-RANGE MISSILE Washington The Defense Department leadership, and more particularly the able new Under Secre- t a r y, Reuben Robertson, is showing signs of taking Sov iet progress in the world wea pons race with a real serious ness which is long overdue. The signs are of various rooefih Alo sorts, but all point in the same direction. For example, something like an arm ed truce has at last been arrang ed in the bloody, internecine war that the Army, Navy and Air Force have been waging ov er the so-called mid-range mis This is a guided rocket of ap proximately 1,500-miles range. It is important in itself; and it may prove to be even more import-' ant as a precursor of the true ultimate weapon, the ballistic rocket with true intercontinental range. The Soviets successfully tested rockets of about 1,500 irtfles range considerably more than a year agJ, and are now believed to be producing them in considerable quantities. '. In this country, however, the mid-range missile . has been hopelessly entangled in one of our customary inter-service dis putes. The Air Force maintain ed that a mid-range missile was a mere interim weapon, and that effort should be concentrated on the far more difficult intercon tinental missile. The Army and Navy pointed out, quite correct ly, that one had to walk before one could run, and that building this interim weapon was likely to be an important and maybe an essential step on the road to getting the ultimate weapon. But the Army and Navy want- ad mid-range missiles for their own use; and this at once rais ed the passion-charged issue of roles and missions. So the fight continued until the Pentagon at last began to face the grim fact that the Sov iets now have a substantial lead in missile development. As a re sult of this fact-facing, a mid range missile project is now to ba started, within the larger framework of the Air Force ef fort on long-range missiles. I port, Robertson has been im I pressed by the need that has long been obvious the need to set up an organization com parable to the Manhattan Dis trict project to speed American missile development. It is too much to hope, per haps, that there will be a new Los Alamos laboratory which will preside over, coordinate and urge forward the whole vast job of missile development. But ef forts are on foot to free th work from the dead hand of "chan nels," to centralize the work a little more, and to pool the re search assets of the three armed services much more completely than has been the base in the past. In the same fashion. Under Secretary of Defense Robertson has also tackled the crucial problem of "lead time." It takes this country eight years, or thereabouts, from the decision that a new airplane type is need ed to the actual production of the aircraft. In contrast, the Sov iets took only four years to get their "Bison" long-range jet bomber into quantity produc tion. In other words, Soviet lead time is only half as long as Am erican lead time. In order to lessen this very heavy handicap, certain import ant changes in American pro curement procedures have al ready been made. For example, orders have now been given to jettison the "fly-before-buy" rule for aircraft procurement, which the Republican defense leader ship introduced with sneers of scorn for the wastefullness of their predecessors. Perhaps more important still, Under Secretary Robertson has formed a special committee under his chairman ship to study the fantastically cumbersome and costly process by which this country now t gets new weapons, and to prepare proposals for a root-and-branch reform. OJTHE same unhappy process of fact - facing also seems like ly to produce another kind of progress in the missile field. Un . der Secretary of Defense Rob ertson has, recently returned from a careful tour of inspec tion of all the scattered Ameri can missile projects, research establishments and controlling headquarters. According to re- THE movement, in short, is in the right direction.' Fact-facing is always the essential pre liminary of effective action. Un til last spring, when "Bisons," "Badgers" and "Farmers" ap peared in large numbers in the Moscow skies, the notion that Soviet lead time could be short er than American lead time was always pooh-poohed at the Pen tagon as perfectly ridiculous. . The idea that Soviets were ahead of us in missile develop ment was pooh-poohed until re cently in just the same fashion. In this case, the turning point seems to have been reached with the historic special report pre pared -for the. National Security Council by a group of experts under the chairmanship of the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,. Dr. James Killian. 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Head Out to Sea No estimate was made of the number of animals killed, but Waldport residents said between 50 and 75 seals were living on the island. Surviving members of the colony headed out to sea following the blast. Residents of Waldport, which is largely a commercial and sport fishing town, have com plained to the State Fish Com mission in recent months about the seals, terming them a nuis ance and a destroyer of fish. Police said most Waldport resi dents expressed approval of the bombing, but denied knowledge of who was responsible for it. the Soviets were very far ahead indeed. But while facts are being fac ed; and the movement at the Pentagon is now in the right di rection, one great question re mains. Will the really painful thing be done? Will the resourc es and money be made available, to overtake the Soviets where they have passed us in the race? (Copyright 1955 New York Herald Tribune Inc.) Grange Shady Cove Grange The Shady Cove Grange will hold its regular social Grange meeting Wednesday, Oct. 26. with a potluck dinner at 7 p.m. The officers are requested to attend as a practice will be held preparatory for visitation night at Live Oak Oct. 27. Cards will be placed during the evening. Live Oak Grange The annual booster night was observed at Live Oak Grange Thursday, Oct. 13. Members and friends attended a potluck sup per prior to th booster night meeting. After a brief business session the visitors were invited, to see the; Grange opened with the seating drill of officers and pre sentation of the flag. Lecturer Frank Hall present ed a varied and interesting pro gram, including talks by Past Masters Carl Christenson and Cassie Golding. The Mothersing erS under the direction of Mrs. Carl .Christenson gave a series of musical numbers and a com edy skit entitled "I Like Moun tain Music." They were, accom panied at the piano by Mrs. Ver lie Babcock, who also played for the dancing which followed the program. Pitt Penney presented a comedy skit. Upper Applegate Grange Upper Applegate Grange met for a regular business meeting Oct. 14 in the Ruch school cafe teria. State Deputy Roscoe Roberts and Mrs. Roberts were present. The chaplain reported that she had received a lettef from John Dutton saying that he was much improved. The members were distressed to hear that Clarence Meyer, known among us as "Dock", for merly a member of this Grange, has had a stroke. A letter re ceived from Mrs. Meyer states that he has been ill for some time and it is indefinite as to whether he will be able to work. Changing the location of the Grange hall was .discussed. A resolution was submitted by the resolutions committee favoring acceptance of a plot of land of fered by Harlan Cantrall, and erecting a hall thereupon. It is expected that a. vote will be taken at the Oct. 28 meeting to determine, the location of the new hall. WEATHER By United Press Northern California: Mostly fair today, except ' coastal fog and low clouds. The number of tractors on U.S. farms has more than doubled since 1941. MARKET I 1 202 North Riverside I I I OPEN EVERY J I l NIGHT TIL J . MIDNIGHT come onto such an idea numer ous times in recent d?-s in dif ferent parts of the country. It comes up in conversation with people who are not in politics and I have heard it earnestly discussed by some Republican politicians. The idea is: That early next year Mr. Eisenhower will resign. That Vice President Nixon should take over the "duties and office" of President for the remainder of the term. That this would give the Vice President the opportunity , to show whether andor iow well he could handle the White House with all its authority and prestige behind him. That, on the assumption Mr. Nixon would take good advan tage of the opportunity, he would thus earn the Republican Presidential nomination and, as a result of being in the lime light .of the Presidency, Mr. Nixon would give the Republi cans the best chance of winning next year's election. it isn t going to happen. T HAVE checked on it at the two sources which count and it can be said without qualifi cation: That President Eisenhower is not going to resign. That Vice President Nixon wants no part in any such pro cedure. There are those who suggest that if Mr. Eisenhower feels he' will not be well enough to serve another term, he might feel er be persuaded to feel that he is not well enough to serve the last year of his present term. They suggest that the country ought, to have the services of a full-time President during 1956. They suggest that by giving the Presidency to Mr. Nixon for a year Mr. Eisenhower would al most certainly avert a bitter intra-party contest for the Presi dential nomination and would give Mr. Nixon such a build-up as to enhance tremendously his prospects at the polls next No vember. That fact is that without the Sunday. October 23. 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TVX Vice President's consent in deed despite his known views to the contrary Mr. Nixon's over-eager, wishful - thinking, wishful-planning admirers in southern California are plant ing and nurturing the idea that Mr. Eisenhower would do the country or at least the Repub lican party a great service if he would resign. rpHESE arguments do not ap - peal to President Eisenhow er. There is no provision in the Constitution which authorizes him to pass the Presidency along to someone else if he gets tired of it or tired in it. He knows that the American people want the man they chose for the- Fresidency and nobody else to serve a3 long as he is capable cf serving. He would not con sider using the device of re signing his office for a partisan purpose, that is, to pre-empt the Presidential nomination for a particular candidate or to build up a candidate for election. The President doesn't favor it. The Vice President doesn't favor it. It isn't going to happen. 11R. NIXON knows the best w a y he can advance his own cause is to discharge his Vice Presidential role with breadth of view, care and tact. On the basis of his address to "The New York Herald Tri bune" forum this week, it is evident that no one sees more clearly than Mr. Nixon himself that, now that he is within reach of the Presidency, he must es tablish himself as "the Vice President of all the people" and as a political leader whose first duty is not to "the narrower par tisan interests of his party. Mr. Nixon has cancelled all purely partisan political speech es. And in his "Herald Tribune" forum address it struck me as noteworthy that he turned to the words' of a Democratic President Woodrow Wilson to portray America's leadership in the cause of liberty and peace; in praising Democratic support for a bipartisan foreign policy in the last session of Con gress, he was careful to bring in Sen. Lyndon johnsonoas well as Sen. Walter George. Coyright. 1955, . New York Herald Tribune Inc. Financial Independence does not just happen. It is built over a period of time bit by bit. Your savings or investment account is the place for your fund of the future. ' FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASS'N of Medford 27 North Holly An Institution Dedicated To Those Who Save fifS (Entries Musi Be Postmarked No Laler Than Midnight, October 26) ' J LITTLE DAISY PEPSI-COLA uinJlMS lk W ul U L&S U YOU Can Be (GENE AUYRVS Personal! Guest At The BUG NOV. 1st STOW! GENE AUTRY COLORING CONTEST BOYS! 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