FOUR MEDFORD 'OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. July 20. 195S
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En'u'd in end U'J matfr t
llealer-J (rr-ien uniT Act ol
'The King and I" made a big hit with this depart-
J. : ment when it was produced on the stage m New York :
. Editor . .. -. 1 i .1
r.?s 'and ban irrancisco. In tact, it was maintained men, ,
: that this Rogers and Hammerstein production, mark-;
Vn Ectoi ed in our iudsMnent, the high point in achievement of '
Hungarian Dictator's Fall Seen GOP Plans Prosperity
As Past Week's Top Good News Issue Appeal in '56
To Labor Area Voters
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Correspondent
The week's good and bad
news on the international bal
ance sheet:
of first secretary of the Hungar
ian Communist party, Rakosi
pleaded age. bad health and mis
! takes in policy. His big "mis
j take" was that he was too close-
American soldiers. German re
sentment reached its peak after
two young Germans were killed
in street fights and a 15-year-old
girl was raped by seven Ameri-
The Good
ly identified with Josef Stalin. ! can soldiers. Gen. Henry I.
1 Now that Stalin has been re- ' Hodges, commanding United
- . . , . vTi-iil on i 1 .ow max siann nas oeen re- "vugca, luiimidiiumg u n i i c a
tills laijUlOUS pair m tr.e realm OI modern mUMCai en- i Matyas Rakosi. Hungary's pudiated. Rakosi had to go. Onej States forces in Europe ordered
.i -f;. .;U-.'p copy we here at the Cratenan Wednesday aiternoon among
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nit. imeiiiiiin , uii uic iumu
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an-: S.n-in-. Onir month i -25
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lal Catier nl the ( itv ol Medford
AI'E NOT ONLY liked the movie version, we en-
joyed it in some ways, more than the stage
shows. There is, of course in dramatics as in many oth
er thin irs. no satisfactory substitute for "flesh and
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NEWSPAPER
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tertamment. Linle Stalin, ten victim to tne i of the more sinister Red lead-
This being our opinion we naturally made a special ; .," -TX i er3' h! had been Hungary, die-
. - , -& . " , Comniunist leaderMiip in the , tator for years .The fall of "Po-
nomt of taking in the movie version u nich appeal eel : Sovict satciiito countries of East-; ., HraH a. Hnn.arian railed
orn Europe. Resigning his post , him was greeted jubilantly in
Budapest.
I 2. The Defense Department in
' Washington announced that the
! Far East Command, with head
: quarters in Tokyo, will be abol
1 ished. Adm. Felix B. Stump, Pa
cific commander in chief, will
take over the Far Eastern Com
mand from the Army as part of
his own set-up. A separate
United Nations Command will
be maintained, with headquar
ters in Korea instead of Japan.
The shift was a reflection of re
laxed tension in the Far East. It
was evidence that American
military leaders believe any
danger of war is now remote.
3. The Philippines ratified the
Japanese peace treaty which was
signed by the United States and
other Allied countries in San
Francisco in 1951. The way thus
was cleared for restoration of
normal relations between two
con nines whose cooperation is
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
I suppose it can be said truth
fully enough that every day in
the vear is an anniversary of
blond.'' Rut the fact remains the movies have some something or other. But the day
ap,-r oi jamson iu.". advantages over tne live siatre, ana uie h uuuceis ..
KE-Iiira wrXr'Dn ni-REAu" j of this film were quick to take advantage of them. ing anniversary.
"." '' 'n:c'ixArK,N j There is the creation of authentic background in on the isth day of July 1848
Ad,.".? ";,'PrV,T.;rVV,MT.A-. INC l,.,.,V, .,,.,,1 .oHt,- f , ., M-.mnlc us flVlclitV .delegates from all over the
Idfoth Mud l.-alirv. foi' exanuMe
and extent of atmosphere. Ine stage plays Had tnen ;Imle town flf Seneca Fails, New
colorful and correctlv oriental costumes, proper stage i York, for the first nationwide
i settings and properties of course, but in this film ver- i convention to discuss votes for
sion there was a real chunk of living and breathing sufraoisls Elizabeth cad v
jamonai editorial ' Siam. with the picturesque and jumbled harbor with Stanton, Lucretia Mott, :
lAsTbcrATLON all manner of native craft, the majestic British liner : lar A,,,ij
Flinh! o' Time
O O standing out as it approached the dock with the ex
tremely photogenic teacher trom Lngiand approach
ing her task of teaching the Kings children with con
siderable trepidation, however. Then on land the nar
row crooked streets, of Bangkok, almost as confused
and congested without elephants as the corner of
Broadway and 42nd street would be on a midday aft
ernoon WITH them.
.ledf ird an I Jackson County
!i!.-trv trout ti:e files ol The
Mn;l inn. me 10. 20. 30 and
i(l voar ao.
10 YEARS AGO
July 20. 194S
dt was Saturday)
Carrie Mili.cs. newly installed
noble grand of Olive Rebekah
lodge, announces committee
chairmen.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Thomas
I.Sharkey) Reinking, a city limb
of the law, who broke one of his
own. is out wearing crutches.
A LL THIS added reality ami tone to the story. Then
there was the striking and to us new clarity
and depth of the picture itself, the restraint, true
beauty of the musical interpretation, and the colorful
and exotic settings and costumes all making the
stage productions seem almost drab in comparison.
"The King and I" in fact, is more light opera than
just another "musical." But what it lacks in robust
comedy and whistling tunes, it more than makes up in
depth, stature, tne moving quality oi its story, yum
Martha
McClin- j
on which -
demanded that women in tiie
United States lie civen EQUAL
RIGHTS AS CITIZENS, and the
convention adopted i'.;e resolu
tion the next day.
In 1917. (ill years Liter, the
Susan H. Anthony federal suff
rage amendment was placed be
fore tile house of representa
tives. In UH it both houses of
congress approved the amend
ment and it was si nt to tiie state
legislatures for ratification. Ap
proximately a year later. Ten
nessee became the ofith state to
register approval and in August
of 1920 the Nineteenth Amend
ment (granting suffrage to wom
en became a part of our constitution.
officers and non-commissioned
officers to tighten discipline. He
imposed a midnight curfew on
American soldiers in German
towns.
2. Soviet Russia recalled Va
lerian A. Zorin, its ambassador
to West Germany. It followed up
with an agreement to build up
the East German Communist
regime. The S o v i e t action
amounted to a declaration of
war on German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer. Zorin, as a Soviet
deputy foreign minister, was ex
pected to open a big propaganda
campaign against Adenauer in
an attempt to undermine his au
thority. The issue which caused
a near-break in relations was
German unity. Moscow demands
that Adenauer negotiate on
unity with the East German
Reds. He refuses firmly to do
so.
3. The United States accused
Russia of holding prisoner at
least 10 crew members of two
missing American planes. One of
the aircraft, a Navy Privateer.
was shot down bv the Russians
Washington (CQ) if pros
perity arrives with the Republi
can elephant, won't labor want
the combination to stay? Cer
tainly, say the Republicans, and
that's why the GOP will win in
November.
A short, backward look shows
why the GOP is optimistic.
Just 24 years ago, a Republi
can Presidential candidate bid
for the labor vote with the prom
ise of a chicken in every pot,
a new car in every garage.
One depression and one war
later, the Democrats came up
with their 1944 slogan of 60
million jobs.
Now there are an unprecedent
ed 66.5 million jobs. The factory
worker's standard of living is 15
per cent higher than it was in
1952. A chicken cooks in every
rotisserie or eye-level oven in
the land. There's a flashy car in
every garage.
Claims Reward
And the Republican Adminis
tration, that has coincided with
this record peacetime prosperity,
is claiming its "just reward" at
the polling places in November.
A Congressional Quarterly sur
vey shows Mr. Eisenhower crack-
only 107, mostly in areas where
white collar workers and farm
ers approach or exceed the num
ber of blue collar workers.
The 1954 Congressional elec
tion disclosed a trend to the
Democrats in the biue collar dis
tricts, which may have been sen
sitive to the temporary rise in
unemployment.
Democrats made a net gain of
19 seats in 1954 to win their
232-203 control of the House of
Representatives. Twelve of the
19 wins came from among the
214 districts were more than
half the workers are In blue
collar jobs.
With control of the next Con
dress at stake, Republicans are
trying to beef up their campaign
organization in these labor dis
tricts. Democratic candidates
will continue to get most of the
labor union endorsements, and
Republicans concede the unions
do a big job of registering voters
and providing manpower for
precinct work.
Advisory Committee
Already, a national labor ad
visory committee, including
many of the top men of the AFL
CIO. is at work with the Demo
cratic National Committee. Re-
ntial to effective Far East-1 over the Baltic Sea on April 8. ! ed a11 but the strongest labor publicans.
conceding the big
ii-ii defense against Communist 1950. Th other, an Air Force I strongholds m his l!)o2 race. He names to the Democrats, are
eseroachnient. The treaty ratifi-' B29. was shot down over the : might win some of these in 1956 looking for county, state and
c ation came after Japan agreed ! Sea of Japan on June 13. 1952. with the help of the prosperity local labor leaders to help get
to pay the Philippines S550 mil- j The United States has received j record.
lion in war reparations. I various reports that the missing CQ's survey figured the per-
I fliers are held prisoner. The ; centage of workers in each of
The Bad i State Department demanded j the 435 Congressional districts
1. Potentially serious strain ! that Russia inform it of "each i employed in blue collar jobs:
WOMEN, of course, had voted
" in v;
20 YEARS AGO
July 20. -193&
C( C
Bui:
tifientoi; to
arious American states
before that time. Wyoming
granted eounl suffracp in irrq
the "words and music" not a thing apart, but an inte- j Colorado followed in 1893. uteri
gral part of the whole harmonizing with the scenes f?" inHne,in,,1.89u: n the Pa"
& , S ., . ,, ,. 0 cific Coast. Washington gave
and clarifying the action. votes to women in 1910, caii-
fornia in 1911 and Oregon in
TJOWEVER, as before stated in our first reviews, so j 1912.
in this film, this chap Yul Brynner is the whole mHE S64.000 question:
show he doesn't so much steal it he IS it. His sup- 1 is politics better
port in this movie is excellent Miss Deborah Kerr is :1,JHAN before women
i almost as good a teacher as the late Gertrude Law-
rr. Red cm repre-; rence and has a lar better voice but we can more
weaving Cer-i readily imagine Shakespeare's famous opus being a
1 1. itt ii ,1 ,1 l t f t nt 1
!R CCC men. ! SUCCeSS WltnOUt namiet, tlian tne ivmg and 1 being At this pregnant moment in
of : a SUCCeSS Without I UI nryiiner. History, tcl like to recommend
Our advice to those who want to see a part taken , c' 'nat, tllc:v e,ve e
t ,c , . '. , . : carciul study to the need for
r .-viLvn mi 1 uul iu riii. 111111 1 more conservatism in
Ryan. Mcdford ;
VOTED?
I wouldn't know. But I hope
. I THINK so.
dev eloped in German-American i American military person who
relations as the result of com-! lias been detained in the Soviet
plaints of criminal violence Union at any time since Jan. 1,
against German civilians by I 1949."
Babson Talks Trends
in Commodity Prices
craftsmen
erators. private household help,
service employees and all la-
By ROGER W. BABSON 1
Babson Park, Mass. The
whole world has been upset eco
nomically and politically by
a A XYWAY-
lg'-i.'T- At t
:ntv Chamber
J M kMM
Commerce roreivt s 3rS7 inquir
ies regarding Medford in June
tabulation .-hows.
30 YEARS AGO
July 20. 1926
(It was Tuesda; j
Fines amounting to S105 as
sessed speeders and other traffic
violators who entered pleas of
guilty in Judge Taylor's court.
From Local and Personal col
umn: Cletus MeCredie. local fed
eral prohibition offierr. return
ed this morning from Portland,
where he had spent several
weeks on official business.
40 YEARS AGO
July 20. 1916
' 11 was Thursda
Agricultural and horticultural
exhibits v ill be displayed at the
Jackson County fair in Medford,
Sept. 13 to 16. D. M. Lowe, man
ager of di.-plays, announces.
when they have the chance. R.W.R.
litical thinking.
our po-
Fooey on "Uniformity"
WHY?
" Well, IN MONEY' MAT
TERS, at least, women are ba
sically more conservative than
men. They handle the household
purse. They make the familv in
come GO AROUND. When" the
Old Man wants to blow too much
A couple of years ago, Oregon's highways were
marked with a white center stripe, rather than the yel
low one that had been in use for Years.
After experience with the white, a majority of ; 5 andnftrTps
wit-gun umeis isn 101 a return to yenow.
Members of the highway commission informally
indicate they prefer yellow.
Oregon's highway engineer says he likes yellow
better.
It shows up more vividlv in fog. and in drifting
rtt-ll i . I'.lv.- n I .U 1 ..-1 .-. ,-11 r v. It -
ouvjn, aim yjn laiu "'b11 "til uiicuuuiig iitrctuiiyiiis i bite out of the total
reilect tne Yellow better than the white.
f Jl ;
World War II
and its after
math. In the
midst of our
own long post
war boom
only recently
snowing signs
of decline it
is hard to be
lieve there are
Roger w Babson many areas
where serious losses and wide
spread suffering have resulted.
Prices here have been so stable
that we have forgotten the im
portance of commodity market
trends.
For more than 50 years, I
have been keeping tabs on com
modity price sw-ings. The Babson
Organization has been publish
ing a business inventory-commodity
price forecast over this
long period, primarily because
I believe that a knowledge of
month-to-month developments in
the major cash commodity mar
kets will benefit all business
AIHY WAS the change to white made? Because
The "Birth of a Nation" will j "exhaustive tests" indicated it had better visi-
be presented at the Medford I nil it v und hpcMitsip nf "nnifnrmitv " sinpp nt Vipv statps
Page theatre. July 27-29.
tic otiu.' tuii, it.
We think the "exhaustive tests" made by Oregon's
motorists are more conclusive than the ones cited as
reason for the change.
And as for "uniformity," fiddlesticks.
Let's go back to yellow. E. A.
Wbafs the Arcswsr?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Copr I'l.-i, ldltt.rt.il Research
Report
1. The new jet commercial air
liners will cost about S0.fi. SI 6.
S6. S16. or SfiO million each.
and poker parties with the boy
and such-like non-essentials it's
usually the woman of the house ! nlrn- Commodity prices should
who kicks up a disturbance. She j be watched closely, especially
knows how much it's going to I in ,ncse uncertain times,
take to keep the household run- Tne so-called "built-in stabil
ning. and she knows what a gap-i lzers ' f our post-depression
ing hole the non-essentials can I American economy have helped
us forget the basic principle that
Qr, Ir, U : u ! . . oie pi ilc Ol Udell commOQllV IS
bo, in the pinches, she sets her
foot down When Ch u '."""' oeiermmea Dy the sup
foot down, the man of the house
usually sees the light.
ion of the women this hard
2. Sense of balance in humans
is in the brain, pituitary gland,
inner ear. lower intestine or hip
muscles''
Time to Get Going
3
Tiber.
T'D LIKE to call to the atten
ti
knobby fact
The federal government of the
United States (all by itself, not
taking into account the debts of
the states, the cities, the coun
ties, the school districts, etc.)
owes a little better than a quar
ter of a trillion dollars.
That is roughly a debt of about
$1,700 PER PERSON in the
United States. For a census-average
family of four, it's a debt
of about S6.800. It is a debt that
in one way or another will have
to be paid. The money with
which to pay it will have to
The Bureau of Municipal Research reports that
the larger cities of the nation have spent almost half
a billion dollars to provide parking facilities.
I ne atican gets its name. A 1, , U ,.U1. ;,, t,,,i,i .!.; ' come out of the norkets of tho
f:om an early Pope, a hill in i 1 f, . , . , 1 ., . . . people, for there is nowhere
Rome, a New Testament person- authorities. Combined City and private enterprise and else for it to come from,
age. a stream flowing into the ! Other plans, financed fl'Om revenue bonds with income I The politicians laugh off the
pledged from meters and lots, parking districts set up
an archangel'1
4. Th
in l:ai
icn or i
debt, and go on spending and
, n -, a . 01V.HUUIC, t,l.lllti lie! tllUUUUL IU
Plan-., of Abraham are as Separate taxing Units, Sinking IUndS trom meter I repayment. They even advance
Canada. .Toman. Mex- revenue, p-pnerfl oh hp-ation honr s. arm romhinntinns
, - r- -
C,e:;':
area of Rus
sia
of these.
Mr
of tne
Society pf
Je.-t:? are bet'er known as what?
6. About half or somewhat less ,
IN MEDFORD, little has been done except to talk
about it.
If something isn't done soon, the downtown busi-
or more man half the natives of; ness section will suiter an increasing loss oi business;
Hawaii are of Japanese stock? j ax value? wiT gQ down jn thg business area and up
7. President Eisenhower's : 1H the residential area.
far.i; a: Clt ity.-burg contains just
a I:t: less than 20. 120. 200.
fll'l r.r --lOil rroc"
done nothing, it s time to get going. h. A
the fancy theory that a big na
tional debt is a good thing to
have around the house. But
HOUSEWIVES know better.
They know that debts have to
be paid. If they aren't paid,
troubles come in gobs sooner or
later. Housewives know that.
fPHE politicians will keep on
spending as long as they keep
getting elected. Thev can be
The problem is getting more urgent each dav. The ' stopped only by defeating them,
city council acknowledges the problem, but so far has j ee eP Stg I? t0
The answers: 1. About SS mil
lion each. 2. Inner ear. 3. One
of the Seven Hills of Rome. 4. Union, Metropolitan Opera in Aareement
Canada (Quecec). 5. Jesuits. 6. j New York (U.R) The Ameri-
Somcwhai less than half. 7. Little ; r.,,oH of i,,ci,t a ..,-,-
, u LA ..AU.dl ll 113U 11HJ I
i the Metropolitan Opera Associa- '
nave accepted a
less than 200.
compro-
Sio.ix FsKs. SD. iUP ; tton
lown.-foix :'ere called it a j mise proposal healing a breech
striUiy-; example of mechanical j that caused the Met to cancel
failure" when the old court-j its 1956-57 season,
house clock "got stuck'' and ! The Guild signed a co'rart
bonged 299 tunes.
ior the season following the so- i Tuesday.
in money matters, women are
realists. Realists are apt to be
conservatives. So I appeal to
the women of our country to give
thought to the need for more
conservatism in our politics and
our governmental affairs.
Moderate conservatism ISN'T
a bad word. It's the GOOD
WORD, as everv woman who
runs a household know
any key artists after cancella- it's high time for the women to
tinn of the season was announced ! rally around the banner of con-
lution of its aispute with the
Met and the association was ex
pected to sign next Monday
morning. The reason for the
delay in signing by officials of
the Met was the need for time
to determine whether they lost
1 servatism.
ply relative to the effective de
mand. A surplus of a commodity
brings lower prices and vice
versa. The many attempts of
governments and individuals to
control prices have all ended
disastrouslv.
Swings in Pricei
Years of study have shown
that commodity prices move in
definite cycles. I have proved
to my own satisfaction that indi
vidual commodity prices, as
well as groups, follow distinct
though not regular periodic
fluctuations. Of course, one must
distinguish clearly between the
major cynical or long swing
movement and the minor or
shorter-swing movement. When
both trends are in the same
direction, the price movement is
accentuated. Otherwise as in
recent years prices tend to
hold fairly steady or to move
in the direction of the stronger
trend. In order to gauge proper
ly the movement of prices, you
must consider both the major
and the minor trends.
Commodity experts who now
follow various commodity mar
kets more closely than I do be
lieve that the major trend in
commodity prices continues up
ward. They forecast a higher
average of commodity prices be
fore this present major cycle ,
has been completed, but they ;
emphasize that interruptions to !
this upward "rend are possible.
Also, they tell me that there
will be individual commodities
which will move contrary to the
underlying trend. Hence it is
absolutely necessary especially .
in these uncertain times to 1
analyze each commodity sepa
rately. I forecast that failure
to do so may prove costly, for
the next minor movement in
I think commodity prices will be down
ward. I forecast it may get un
der way sooner than today seems
possible.
From my readers' mail, I no
tice that there are comparative
ly few questions on commodi
ties. Most people are interested
only in individual securities or
groups of securities. They sim
ply do not realize that supply-
demand trends and prices in
the commodity markets deter
mine, to a considerable extent.
the return thev get on their
stocks.
I never buy stocks without
giving consideration to price
trends in the products made or
heavily used by the company
in which I plan to invest. I rec
ommend this policy to others
and I caution against speculat
ing in the commodity futures
markets. You can make money
fast in commodity futures, but
you can lose it twice as fast:
The fluctuations of the stock
market are great enough; but
commodity prices fluctuate even
more.
Most manufacturers must buy
their raw materials nearly a
year in advance: but they can
usually protect these purchases J
by buying or selling "futures." !
In such cases, however, they
should never be traded in to
"make money" or for specula
tion. Merchants should not bother
with "futures." they are danger
ous. Better stick to the advice
of wholesalers with whom you
have traded for many years. Do
not let any salesman "high pres
sure" you into buying more than
you will need for more than
six months ahead. This is a time
their message to the rank-and-file.
That message will highlight
prosperity, but also will empha
size the welfare programs
foremen, machine op- j social security and health legis
lation, for instance strategists
think appeal to the workers'
wives. The ladies, who voted in
surprisingly large numbers in
1952, will be wooed assiduously
by both parties.
Democrats concede few votes
will be won with demands for
Taft-Hartley Act repeal and
acknowledge they lack a single-
word issue to match prosperity.
They will argue the workers'
economic gains have not kept
pace with business profits. They
will accuse the Republicans of
operating on a "trickle down"'
theory of economics and of fail
ing to cure the soft spots in the
economy. They hope the cumu
lative effect of these arguments
coupled with traditional pro
Democratic leanings of workers
and top union leader support
will carry them through in No
vember. (Copyright 1956.
Congressional Quarterly)
borers except those who work
on farms or in mines.
Nationally, slightly less than
half the workers fall into this
blue collar category. But there
are 52 Congressional districts
mainly in the big cities where
more than 60 per cent of em
ployed persons are blue collar
workers.
Mr. Eisenhower's 1952 rival
and possible 1956 opponent, Ad
lai E. Stevenson, won two-thirds
of these 52 heavily blue collar
districts. But Stevenson's aver
age margin of victory was about
5 per cent of the vote by no
means an insuperable advantage.
Many Negroes
These pro-Stevenson labor dis
tricts include most of the non
southern districts with the larg
est numbers of Negroes. Tradi
tionally Democratic in political
allegiance, the Negroes will be
subject to Republican appeals
not only on prosperity but on
civil rights.
In 383 districts where the pro
portion of blue collar workers
was below 60 per cent, the Con
gressional Quarterly survey
found Mr. Eisenhower ran far
ahead of the Democratic nom
inee. The President carried 276
such districts. Stevenson won home.
MEOWS FROM THE GRILL
New York '(U.R) William
Harris Jr., wondered what the
strange noises emitting from his
motor could be until he lifted
the hood of his car. He found his
pet cat between the grill and
radiator. Harris had just driven
26 miles from his Tappan, N.Y.,
Editorial Comment
SKY WATCHERS' ANSWER:
'YES'
Four years ago ' when sky
watchers took up their lonely
vigils at thousands of posts they
did not ask how long their serv
ice would be required.
They asked only one thing:
Did their leaders, in the military
and in the government, believe
there was a threat against which
their efforts could mean something?
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to keep inventories in good con- , a)ivpK, volnntr allied tr the
Ground Observer Corps. They
manned filter center staffs.
Now. after four years, volun
teers who watch the skies are
asking the same question again.
Recently, in connection with
Bend's observance of the 4th
skywatch anniversary, B r i g.-
Gen. W. H. Wise of the 37th Air
Division (Defense) gave
answer.
Skywatchers will be needed at
least for another four years. And
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humane problems considered in j Air defense at present cannot
your writing. Had been hoping be made effective solely within
lor just that, one of your good
considerations as we know you
like pets. Jackson county surely
does not want to forget its help
for such a cause. How kind of
the one man whose generosity
will keep the Humane society go
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the military, General Wise said.
The scope and character of the
air defense mission requires the
full participation and coopera
tion of hundreds of thousands of
civilians.
Air defense. General Wise said,
is still the concern of every citi
zen in the United States.
A new threat has loomed for
America in the past year or so.
This is the missile threat. It is
real, but it is a future threat.
"The threat to our security
now and for some time to come
lies in the long range bomber
force for the Sovict Union," Gen
eral Wise said.
It is a powerful force. It
could be used against the United
States tonight, tomorrow or next
year. It is a threat that should
it become a reality, can be
heard and seen.
It is a threat which, if em
ployed in a low level attack, the
GOC could ward off, and pos
sibly save cities and their mil
lions of people.
General Wise has a message
for skywatchers on their anni
versary date:
"It now appears we will need
the I 'he Ground Observer Corps for
at least another four years.
There mey be adjustments either
way, but this is the picture as we
see it now.
"We will account to you regu
larly about these adjustments
based on our best estimates of
the danger, and our continued
progress in facing up to that
danger."
His words definitely answer
the question that is being asked
at the half-way point in the his
tory of Skywatch: Is the service
of the volunteer watchers still
needed?
The answer: "Yes."
Bend Bulletin.
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