Middle
Are Discussed for
(Editor's nole: This is anoth
er is a serias on the "Great
Decisions . . . 1957" program
no being held throughout
the state and country. Today's
discussion centers around the
Middle East, including Presi
dent Eisenhower's ne w pro
posed policy for that area.)-
Until recently, Russia u-!V-n-tioni
have b'C-n entered o
Egypt, which with its arnr d
force of over 100.000 men is the
strongest of the Kiddle Eastern
Etate.5 epar; irorr Turkey and
Iran.
In the past "ar, hoo ver,
Syria hf t.n offered and has
accepted Russian military ind
ecv.;omic siH.
Estimates on ti.-e amount ci'
Radio and television broad
- casts in the "Creal Decisions
.... 1357" program will be at
9 p.m. Sunday on Station
KMED. at 8:13 p.m, Sunday
on station KWIN. Ashland; and
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday on
KBES-TV.
military aid run as low as $56,
000.000 and as high as half a
billion dollars in either case,
more equipment than the 6J.000
man Syrian army can probably
use. According to the military1
editor of the New Vork Times,
Hanson Baldwin, Syria probably
has some- Russian artillery, 120,
tanks, 20.000 rifles, 20,000'sub
machine guns and, during Janu
ary, received 10 Russian MIG
fighter planes. '
Intended Use
Observers are speculating
whether 'shipments of Russian
arms to Egypt and Syria are in
tended for use by local armies
or by Russian "volunteers" of
the future. s
Syria is only 230 ; air emiles
from the Russian border. Its
chief economic importance to the
West is the number of important
oil lines (principally from Iraq)
running through Syrian terri
tory, A French-administered man
date until 194i, Syria has since
undergone five different revolu
tions, most of them instigated by
military cliques. It is currently
believed that 31-year-old Lt. Col.
Abdel Hamid Serraj, chief of
army intelligence and head of
the secret police, has a powerful
pro-Rus.ian influence iji the
Syrian government.
Principal Export
An important econorrCc base
for Syrian political unrest ray
be that, like Egypt, Syria's prin
cipal export crop is coiton. And,
like Egypt, Syria has had diffi
culty selling it? cotton in c re
petition with the L'? S. and othe
cotton-producing countries o- a
shaky world market. 0
Syria's rapidly growing popu
lation now 4,000,000 also suf
fers from "underemployment."
There are more educaied and
trained workers than there are
jobs. French health and educa
tional measures, before 1946,
greatly improved health condi
tions and educational standards?
But the emphasis -was on the
profesisons, law and Vbeul arts.
rather than on farming? 5 engi
neering and other skills Syria
needs to develop. .9
Consequently there is s large.
educated and festless' ciass of
Syrians who appear o bt'strong-
ly nationalistic and vigorously
anti-Western.
Capitalizes on Unrest
Russia capitalizes on 'his un
. 1 . 1: . t : 1
Syrian cotton by encouraging ,
is. ig friendship and economic
assistance.
Syria has been descriDeH d a
country ripe for a Communist
coup from within. The question
thus arises whether Syria might,
under a Communist government,
launch aggression of its own in
the Middle East.
Almost unanimously, U.S. po
litical leaders agree tl at the
United States needs a new ap
proach to the Middle East t pre
vent the spread of Comm-mist
influence. But they differ to
the 'irm this approach snould
take."
President Dw;ght P Eisen
hower, addressing a joint ses
sion of Congress Jan. f . warned
t'..?t if the nations of he Middle
East "were dominated by .ilien
forces hostile to fieecjm. that
would be both a tr lgecy for the
area and for man., other free
nations whose economic liic
woud -e suf jec 10 nea- strang
ulation." "Western Europe v. ruld be
endangti-ed just as though there
had jeen "o Marshall p'nn, no
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion." the president asserted.
Western Europe gets 80 prr cent
of its oil from Arab oil fields.
Serious Jeopardy
"The free nations of A'-ia and
Africa, too. would be placed in
serious jeopardy," Eisenhower
continued. These countries need
both Middle Eastern oil and free
transit through the Suez canal,
through which are shipped
Asia's exports of raw materials
to Europe and its imports of
Western European manufactur
ed goods.
To avoid this situation, the
President proposed a new policy,
las! ProMema, irs Poliow
which has been dubbed the
"Eisenhower doctrine." The pol
icy calls for the President and
Congress to join in announcing
expanded U.S. economic aid,
military aid to Middle Eastern
countries wanting it, snc '.'hi:
rii- oL U.S. troo-is io 'to?
m'jni t military a5Kt:ss;.o.i, ft"
m-ceisary and1 if' Cj.ifr?S &h
I' Ctsd reou" .ts it.
As Preiid-'ni Eis'-Vur-'il- ko
it. United Statei aciims v;c.t&
b "consonant" with U.S. tr-eat"
obligations and the U2C ciiarter.
In esse of military 'action, he
said, our policy would be "sub
ject to the overriding authority
of the United Nations security
council."
Arab reactions to th? Presi
dents plan have been, mixed.
Foreign Minister Charles Malik
of Lebanon hailed the proposal
ai a step to "fill the vaccum of
power" in the Middle East, and
as "serving the causa of peace
and security."
flejects Theory
.Syria, however, rejects thf?
"theory of the pCver vacuum"
and denied there iy any "inter
national Communist ti'ir1'
against the safety and inue5s-f.1v.-ence
of Syria."
After two weegs of mt-iiet-tion,
the Egyptian press took un
the Syrian arguments and aUc
denounced the plan. King Hus
sein of Jordan 8nd the govern
ments of Iran and Iraq expres
sed cautious approval.
The economic side ot trU plan,
rather than the military, raised
thes most favorable comment.
Congressional leaders have
called for a full debate on the
President's request, and the argu
ments for a;d against it are be-
ine heard in both house?) of
C6ngress.
Senators, Congressmen en3
political observers- era weigh
ing Citure U.S. moves in tSe
Middle Fist in terms of theii'
effect on tSe UN, end the V.'e-V
ern alliance, their cot, and re
lationship to other basic fctH
Iems of:he Middle E?;t.
Emergency. Force
These questions ii?clude whem
er strengthening and establish
ment of z permanent UI emerg
ency force is necessary, or
whether independent U.S. ac
tion would weeken the UN; how
far t.ie Unite:! states can go in
eo-oneratin with the V.este.-n
alliance without losing presti-e
in the Arab world, anu vie-'.
versa; how well the American
taxpayer can foot the till i'or
increased econo-nic aid. an6 ao-r-
cn effectives use of aid funds
be injured; and how the pro
grarr will affecj, the &."iic iiiti-'
die East pjohlems of Itj! Suez
canal' and the Arab-Israeli dis
pute. For example, the? ask.
will-J. S. miVtasy aid to ;umaie
Eastern countries merely 5jecCl
up the Arab-Israeli armi rac;'?
Most commentators believe me
President's priposal will be '.im
proved by Concress. Tiiese, lior.y
ever, are some of the issues tl
;.ie raised i i the current debate.
RUSSIA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
."Russia's rulers . have long
sought to dominate the Middle
Fast," President Dwi-ht D. Eis
enhower told Congress Jan. 6.
This was true long iicioFe &e
advent' of Communism. For tifi
turies, even' under the ffsofo,
Russia has been in'ciestod ia e
eastern Meditcrrancjin. Uuasio
and Tur'Key fought 13 wafB to!
control of the DardanetScs
straits, leading from the plaefe
sea to the Mediterranean.
In the years followins vol0
War II, Russia wanted military
bases in the Dardanelles, on ivr
kjsh soU alsf, (lcSian&c4
trusteeship over the former Itali
an colony of Libya (now Jfteje
pendeiit), and applied military
pressure on Iran in an fttiemat
set up a Communist state 5m 4Ssc
northern part ol that csmftiry.
Checked by Pressure
- Each of. these mnuiiieJis araa
checked by the presp-tfre of no Id
opinion, free wJdrt cSSitfte 'ofr
UN .mediation. . r
A new Hussiati osSoReinC.
is now believed, tscgnft in file
spring of 1953, whefs a Ruasian
official jiub!:ca6GB come ejt
wiih praise of the Egyptian revo
lutionary fcovefnmcert aow-beaded
by Ganial .Abdel Sass. Re
fore April, 1905, She gwiee io4
been lasting the Cgyiiion a
gime as "madly ?eoc?imafy,
rorist, anli-d"esftof0lie fe&i
agogic." Shortly ajlp? Q&s fast?
reversal. Russian caiurol 0il
sports missions- xcejc sen to to?
Egypt. Syria aEd t5aBs3i. Trnae
picked up. Ifi 3935-S4 Suoais
bought about 9 psv cent of
Egypt's co'.ton crop: in 5933 Rus
sia contracted -.'of per cent
t.iis fame crop expooS,
Barter Deal ' '
More important, Russia nego-
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ieolsions Program
tinted 4 b?rter deal which pro
vided Egypt with Russian mili
tary equipment in exchange tor
cotton and rice.
'-3i;9 fi-d pi-ewioucl;-; triecj to
ivy &r-;rij ?.n 'VJir; HWtte.
0ii! vs-sr, flo.U i'4 -oSiiJS hv -3o
Js? (tor- Vtv. i?i oJifcP. Sfie
sc4 4SkuS'S 05 i?ms ifiv9lvc4
ru Vie otaa fv?. Kwxiia haa jt
m fvis.lai, iyt aoei -.i-a-rf?o
.f .T.iuo: ftift V
Si.COO.OCO. 'S'ith th arms
c:ynR .nn estimated 1000 Russian
technicians and instructors no
believed to be in Egypt.
In spite of its co-operation with
Russia, however, Egypt severely
restricts Communist party activi
ty tyithin the country.
lliilllil Baghdad Pact Countries Sl '
tllB British ilitary bases' '
FROBLEMS DISCUSSED Trie "Graat Deci
?iono . . . 193?" program thia centers
erounfl tha Middle East problems, including
Hi e:jtioBt EiS'ifiiiorfer's new foreisn ssliitj ia
Safety Council
Traffic Sign Observance
upport your traffic officials
and join in the 'Attack' on traf
fic accidents!"
Trite was fne appeal issued to
&y E? AuuFO-r &0Sr, gresident
oil ihd iSe':jfo;r(S gsfety coancil
in co:ii?.1Gct;,oi'i vii'ih th-5 month's
traffic ooJ'Sty program ,g5on
ir'.'is Cw iSodiord Safety
coijfici?) Qli-s if-Q roEtionpJ Safety
coyf.eil.
Looitf ocjjJainiiS that his or
gnlsotiji io condyctin a con
tinued campaign" to encourage
recognition anS Bbservance of
all trajie signs.
'Sisns o'J E3e,'
"Thcsn tFOfi'i ciiSs are called
'Sitjns "SS LJSfe,' ond observance
of them &p .iotjrist9 and pedes
trians will help Fiiduce accidents
c..fnd thu? aave lives," he said.
"Tiie Signs 6f Life program
is oao Va tha year-long
3acfe tfe At',s& i?e Trafffc
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On the political tide, Russia
openly supported the Arab states
in the dispute vith Isral, vn
though Russia h?d voted in Vie
UlS ia iS? lot 4,h Wettion s
a;D.4i?ig to f.'itiilnt
XiiiiwMt, it "B-.nivliisjS"
wlie tit lonClcV V'. .
MiitAJt to Wit 5ivlomtie
4yntas of fi8 Communist
not 1(5. 'Jfii ic?ini(ju i net much
di'isrnt, some stuiSent3 of the
sres Teel, from Anglo - French
"msnipulations" of these ssme
rivalries in the past. But the r
sults can be disastrous to tha
West, because Russia is a hostile
power.
Encourages
the Attack" program has three
phases improvement of indivi
dual driving and pedestrian be
havior, support fr traffic of
ficials and cooperation with snd
support of local safety organiz
tions. "Strict observance of all traf
fic laws, including those related
to signs, signals and pavemenf
markings, is the basis of srs
driving and walking behavior,"
Loper gaid.
ilirfessrve Center
Changes Location
The Medford air reserve cen
ter, which includes the 9091 Air
Resecve group and 9417 Air Re
servj squadron, rcentty moved
Sfom 'Jie federal building, 33
f5o.?t?i Riverside ave., to 31
Hsit iSsin st.
Trtia fteur quarters have 3.S00
eisuar ftet oS office and claae
room a.c. The air reserve cn
te? it tour offices which douiMe
c 'elsMaSDms, two amSily
hull end two conference-?!?
cjiMrooma.
Stte cjnter changed locaUea
tXteauM of growth in the unit, of-,
iirera said. Strength of ttie,
(fiiadron of Medford men V
ebout
JPsy itiiMng for officers ill
ttrt Tr.i. 1. Pay for norvsem
raissioMd officers haa Ren in
ifct iac l3t Sept:Kotr.
An open house for VSs Mew
?stre ctnter wiJi So held
leV'r.
-tieo.3fc!
Two-Thif ds of 0 r9n
Cuntios Taking Fart
in 0gisins Program
Corvallk-. T-wo-thirds of Or-
jon counties this repDrtrd
participation in the stite'a .
pnd4 "Greet 2.'acision . . .
lift" p:-os;rsKi i o:-liS 3Mi.
:;?.oi-'tt-.jj oKisV.o. i
.nnoui'.cta!.
Tie iflirit-e' j?ofiri, t.t
ijBfi to buil inoirrnd jiu&lic
opinio, on 'ty 1'oraifn jiDlic?
issues, is going into its stcond
week with informal discussion
groups now meeting in 24 coun
ties. More than 80 Oregon news
paper? and redio and television
Station are participating.
Schools in 20 counties ara study-
that area. Shown above are the countries
which are discussed in today's article, show
ing the relative closeness of Soviet Russia end
U. S. and British bases.
Staff Changes Made
At National Park
Two changes have been nam
ed in the staff t Crater Lake
National park, according to Tom
'iilliams, superintendent.
Jeff Adams, 36, recently of
sfit. McKinley National park,
Alaska, will assume his duties
Viis week at Crater Lake as
maintenance supervisor. The po
3ftion recently was created. The
n-- position is the resvilt of
the expanding needs created by
th Mission 66 program, Mil
ium aid.
A(S.ms will aupprvise mainte
nne of roads, utilities, trails
n5 buildings-. He has also had
p-rrt experience at Yoeemite and
Sequoia National parks. He jc-jn-d
the Mt. McKinlay taff i
matintenance foreman in 1951.
Adams is married and h a
three-yeaf-old daughter. He serv
ed in the Navy from 1943 to
'Sfifiiams also announced that
KFland H. Jones, 39, equip
ment operator at Crater Lie
ince 1952, is leaving his EOt
to go into private business.
Jones is married and has t io
dsughters. He served in ttie
Army from 1942 to 1843. His
rplacement will be annot-juc-yH
later. . .
SUSPEND TKAIS
Dorris, Calif. (U.P.) ?i
Southern Pacific Compsaiy
suspended the -work train -hic'a
operated between Klamath Fell
and Leif , .Calif. Railroad officiel
gave lack of business as reaaoa
for discontinuing tha run.
Shi
W!f!
ing Great Decisions issues.
Pionesrtd in urban canter? oi'
Orjon i,i 1S5S, Gr.sat Decisions
?is aa tjra to othr cities
.fi?oujjfiou's th county-.
Sr'iMt
O;ej;o chfle.efi up ffnot'Ser
"?irV' ytr by making thj;
progrsm voil?,vie to all ;reSs of
the ststa. It is sponsored by Ore
Son State college extension serv
ice in cooperation with 'the For
eign Policy association, general
extension division of the state
system of higher education and
other organizations and agencies.
Mrs. Maud Walker, OSC ex
tension specialist in group de
velopment, said interested per
sons may still join the program
by forming small, informal dis
cussion groups or by joining ex
isting groups. Names of local
chairmen may be obtained from
tha county extension service of
fica. .
Forty -three Oregon newspa
pers, 33 radio stations, and 7 tel
evision stations are now carrying
discussions of the selected eight
foreign policy issues or are join
ing in local promotion of the
series.
Background Material
Background material on issuts
is also available from fact sheets
prepared by the Foreign Policy
association, a Jjon-governmental,
non-profit, educational organiza
tion. Mrs. Walker reported 3,000
sets of fact sheets have been dis
tributed throughout Oregon by
the Institute of International Af
fairs, general extension division,
1620 S.W. Park ave., Portland.
Sources of local supplies, if avail
able, may be obtained through
the county extension of f ice.
Other aids to Great Decisions
discussions include a special set
of motion picture films available
to all counties. Key films on the
eight issues are also being cir
culated amQng counties through
the county extension offices.
Sacramento Boys
Arrested in Ashland
Two Sacramento, Calif., boys,
ages 15 and 16, were arrested
by Ashland police Thursday
night and lodged in thff county
jail in connection with th? thefSi
of a 195d Chevrolet from Sacra
mento, it was reported Fridv..
Police officers said they ap
proached the boys in an A3.1
land car lot, where they alleged
ly were attempting to siphon
gasoline. According to police,
the boys admitted stealing .the
au 'o in Sacramento and driving
it until the gasoline supply be
came depleted in Ashland.
1
iHer first formal
Such rrwSiosi joiao . . . and so brand-new . . . you feel as if she'd put on womanhood
irith Jker vs la iief -stccret heart these are the years she needs Mother and Dad
Skt ot &U. ji&ns for her, your dreams, can come true if you save for them. And the
mfci, ipt&g jplase to save is your Insured Savings and Loan Association
R' KARase Vy esjurlcneoa, forward-looking people who know your community
s vS . . . .y e&n laake you money "roll up its sleeves" and go to work . . .
s? yeu evinj fsaily grow. Eerftember, too, your savings are insured up to ?10,000 by
Kt. J'trSejal 3,yin$ m4 oafi Ins-urance Corporation. So start
sev V) .ve 5ullr- fries you'll have money ready for the
j yoa -aa4. .e 1 K4llisa avins accounts in the nation'3
Saaurel gTi)s j aa LftB Associations are proof indeed of
Airie' ti-a. i fti ound and sTrowinr way to save.
pfljiigips. ?sa
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Artificial Dentures Needed
By Half the People Over 40
(Editor's note: This is the first in
a series of arUcles furnished by the
American Dental association through
the Southehrn Oreeoa District Den
tal Society discussing dental disease.
The series is beine published ia co
operation with the Society in observ
aace of National Childres s DenUl
Heslth $eek, feeb. 3 through .)
i'esth ire designed to la-t a
lifetime. Yt sbout hall the pop
uItion more than 40 years old
hf, or needs artificial dentures.
In s country -K-ith the finest
dental know-how in the world,
dentil health is scarcely a cand.
date for hoirors since:
AlSiost all persons suffer from
dental disease at some time dur
ing their lives.
Dental decay is the nation's
most prevalent disease.
Twenty-five per cent of U.S.
children ere afflicted at some
time with malocclusion severe
deforming irregularities of the
teeth.
Among adults, the greatest
single cause of loss of teeth is
peridontal disease, so-called py
orrhea. Frontal Attack
The weapons are at hand for
a frontal attack on the major
dental diseases. Dentists assert
that the enormous problem of
dental disease could be cut down
to size if these weapons were put
to use on a wide scale.
The Key lies in prevention.
Prevention against dental dis
ease, beginning at an early age,
dentists agree, is the most prac
tical approach to curtailing the
vaot disea.se toll.
They point out that, except
for some unusual reason, the
right dental health habits, started
early in life, should result in
sound and healthy teeth that will
last a lifetime.
In a message for Children's
Dental Health Week, dentists
set out rchis four-way program
for children as the most effec
tive means for maintaining good
dental health:
Wahlquist Joins
Ashland Tidings-
Ashland A new city editor
has 'oeen announced by the Ash
land Daily Tidings. Taking over
the position is Don Wahlquist,
recently from San Jose, Calif.
Wahlquist is replacing Lloyd
Rogers who has been in charge
of the newsroom since October,
1955. Rogers has accepted a posi
tionfon the Roseburg News Re
viev. . .
The new city editor entered,
journalism as 8 news photog
rapher, for the Salt Lake eTele
gram. After serving in the in
fantry durirg Wrld War II, he
founded and edited the Occupa
tion Chronicle for the Army's
European headquarters.
He was educated at San Jose
State college and at the Univer
sities of Minnesota, Utah and In
diana. 4m$p iiw,afee a difference
iP$sy 2 O per
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41EBF0HD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Toothbrush Use
1. Proper use of the tooth
brush immediately after eating.
2. Emphasis on proper diet,
especially the avoidance of
snacks of sweet foods between
meals.
3. Periodic dental examina
tions to detect and prevent ear
ly cental disease.
i. Water fluoridation to pre
vent about 60 per cent of den
tal decay that might otherwise
occur.
The fact . is that the child's
second teeth are designed to last
a life'ime. Barring exceptional
cases, they can and will last a
lifetime if proper sttention Is
given to tha young child's dental
health from the beginning.
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ccOO0'"
refresh
with
milk!
You never
outgrow
your need
for Milk!
Next time you "take a
break," enjoy a lift with
out a letdown. Make K
cold milk your drink.
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