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Red Cross May Have To Curtail Services To Humanity Unless More Funds Come In wasnmgton (U.R) Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther said Thurs daythe American Red Cross is in "very serious financial trou ble" and may have to curtail its services to suffering humanity. The former NATO European commander, who became presi dent of the Red Cross early this year, told the United Press he has ordered the dismissal of 300 paid employees and a cut of $2,250,000 in the administrative budget of the national organiza tion. Unless the American people contribute more liberally to the Red Cross than they have so far this year, he said, he will be forced to make further budget cuts which will "directly affect" such traditional programs as dis aster relief and aid to service man. Hop Giren Up Gruenther revealed in a two hour exclusive interview that he has given up hope of reach ing the $95 million goal which the Red Cross set for its, 1957 fundraising drive. Although the drive has been in progress for two months instead of the cus tomary one, contributions to date total only $78 million. Red Cross chapters have been urged to "keep trying" through May, but Gruenther conceded that "We ll be lucky to get up to $85 mil lion." Failure of this year's drive to reach its goal is particularly serious, he said, because the dis aster reserve fund which pulled the Red Cross through past years is now exhausted. Outlays for disaster relief have been running far above normal for several years in a row, he said. The past fiscal year, with heavy floods in New England and the West Coast, "really beat our brains out." Complete Record Gen. Gruenther, a small man with piercing eyes and a phe nomenal memory, traced the his tory of the Red Cross financial crisis on a series of huge card board charts, mounted in front of the marble fireplace of his office in Red Cross headquarters. Except for the fact that he was wearing a double-brested blue suit instead of his four-star Army uniform, he might have been conducting a briefing on a mil itary problem. It was evident that Gruenther is no figurehead president of the Red Cross. He has analyzed its problems with the tough-minded realism that made him one of America's most brilliant military commanders. He attributes Red Cross funcW. raising difficulties, in part, to the fact that "competition for philanthropic dollars is vastly greater today than it used to be." "People Just Don't Know But three months of intensive first-hand investigation, includ ing personal visits to Red Cross offices and chapters across the country, have c o n v inced him that the biggest problem is that "people just don't know what the Red Cross is, and what it does." "I am appalled by the miscon ceptions of the Red Cross which I have encountered," he said. One which particularly troub les the general is the belief that the Red Cross is a "swollen bu reaucracy" with hordes of pro- among the full-time staff and fessional do-gooders on its pay roll. The fact that he has just ordered a deep cut in overhead expenses might be taken as evi dence that Gruenther shares this belief. But he emphasized that is not the case. "I did not find a plush or ganization," he said. "I found a highly efficient organ ization, one that compares favor ably with any military outfit. I have been tremendously impr essed with the spirit of d e di c a tion Second Section 8 Pages MedfordMWTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1857 Spider Experiments May Solve Problem Of Schizophrenia Los Angeles (U.R) Spiders are being driven out of their minds at the University of Southern California school of medicine in the hope of saving men's minds. The experiment was originat ed in Switzerland by Dr. Peter N. Witt, and developed at USC tft approach the problem of schizophrenia. Indian spiders were chosen for the" experiment because they always spin their webs in iden tical patterns. The spiders can only be found in two places in the United States Fishermen's Wharf at Monterey, Calif., and the million dollar pier at Atlan tic City. Web With Few Strands Dr. Nicholas A. Bercel, visit ing associate professor of psy chology at USC, said that under the effect of small amounts of serum obtained from the blood of a catatonic schizophrenic pa tient the spiders spin webs just a few strands if they spin at all. Bercel said blood serum from patients with other forms of schizophrenia produce almost invisible . changes in the webs. He said small amounts of lyser gic acid which causes tempo rary mental illness in humans make the spiders spin with fe verish activity. Scientists had a hard time getting the spider to take the blood serum or chemi cal. The problem was solved with a tuning fork which when struck causes the insects to mis take the vibration for their prey. Fly Placed in Web The prey is a dead fly, inject ed with the blood serum or chemical, placed in the spider's web. Upon hearing the vibration a spider usually comes out of hiding and eats the "doctored" fly. As each spider spins a web the thin strands are numbered and photographed for later re search. Dr. Bercel said the next step of the experiment will be the search fcr a drug that will counJ teract the effect of the serum and enable the spider to return to a normal web-spinning life. He said he hoped that this knowledge eventually would be applied to the treament of mentally-ill humans. Mayflower II Makes Way Toward America London '(U.R) The Pilgrim ship Mayflower II made its way slowly along the sweeping south ern route to America today, hampered by diminishing winds. ' The 90-foot, square-rigged gal leon which has been making five to eight knots on its voyage to Plymouth Rock, Mass., slowed to just two knots Wednesday at a point 170 miles southwest of Madeira. Skipper Alan Villier's mes sage of the reduced speed indi cated that - he had . hit milder breezes moving into the trade winds of the route that will take him toward the West Indies be fore he heads up the east coast of America. . Iffs Eyo"poninq Monflfa at) Offudebalxor i oou't ucuauv look r amvthiw& 1 s '- I but cabs'c.' og 'r'... but. ( is that au. rr costs ? ) Don't let habit-baying blind you In Craftsmanship and exclusive to Studebakar'i greater value! Get features, Studebaker's ahead of the facts on Studebaker. ' cars costing far more! t ' fWCWCOMK NOOOV ELSE OFFERS ) ( iAOIIA O " 0 Studebaker-Packard offers Twin. The more you see, the more you Traction, built-in Supercharger realize there's no buy like Stude- and Luxury-Level Rids. baker. And wait until you get our eye-opening deal! 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I find that many people think of the Red Cross primarily in terms of emergency relief blankets, first aid stations, hot meals for rescue workers and that sort of thing. Actually this is the smallest part of our work in a disaster More than 90 per cent of the funds we spend for relief goes for long-term rehabilitation of the disaster victims repair and rebuilding of homes, repl ace- ment of ruined furniture; week ly allowances tor lood; new clothing; continuing medical care. MOSCOW BOUND Presi dent Eisenhower selected Llewellyn E. Thompson as the new American Ambas sador to Russia. Thompson, now U. S. envoy to Austria, will succeed Charles E. Boh len, who has been reas signed as ambassador to the Philippines. , Holmes Signs Bill To Aid School Driver Class Salem (U.R) Gov. Robert D. Holmes Wednesday signed a bill providing help for high school driver education courses. Money to help cut school costs in the driving courses will come from an additional $1 fee for each driver and chauffeur license is sued by the secretary of state. Collection of the fee will start late this summer. Norblad Would Halve Foreign Aid Budget Washington-tU.R) Rep. Wal ter Norblad (R-Ore.) said Thurs day that President Eisenhower's budget request for foreign aid funds should be cut in half. The President has asked $4 billion to continue the foreign aid program. Norblad said "this program was properly established after World War II, with my support, to aid poverty stricken areas of Europe and prevent their join ing the Communist orbit." "However," he added, "the program has gone on for more than 10 years and seems to be growing rather than diminish ing." The Oregon Republican cited budget items of $5 million for Brazil, $5 million for Siam, more than a million dollars for Mex ico, $3 million for Ethiopia, and $125,000 for oil-rich ezuela. Adenauer Warns on Modern Atomic War Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chancellor" Konrad Adenauer warned Thursday that a modern atomic war would bring "an apocalyptic fate" upon all man kind, including the peoples of the Soviet bloc. Adenauer, speaking at the opening session of the NATO Council of Ministers, delivered this appeal to the Kremlin leaders: "If your concern about the danger of an atomic war is ser ious, then agree to the world wide, effective international control of atomic disarmament proposed by the West." Eugene tU.R) The Oregon Cattlemen's Association and auxiliary will hold their annual convention here May 6 to 8. The nation's 537,682 oil welli turn out 6,807,000 barrels of oil each day an average of 12.6 barrels per well. 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