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Speaker Says Chinese Revolution Resulted In Moral Uplifting China has experienced a "tre-1 the two now believe that the Thursday, June 20. 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE a feiMove !o Withdraw .w I From Union Fails 4 endous moral uplifting'' be- cau', of the Communist revolu tion according to Mr. and Mrs. Allyn Rickett. who spoke last night In Medford undT the au spices of the Medford chapter. Oregon United Nations associa tion. The Rickets returned to this country recently after having Q been in Chinca since 1948. Hav ing lived through the revolution and the events which followed, Screening Program For Driver Vision Planned by Group A special committee to con duct driver-vision screening program of orgenizttions and firms has been named by Au brey Lo)er. president of the Medford Safety Council. Member of the committee are C. D. (Swede Larson, Pierce Freight lines: Dr. W. J. Thomp son, Medford optometrist: and Leo Sevc:lc, slate driver's license examiner. The screening program is de signed to disclose only gross visual problem which might directly ffect an individual's safe driving ability, Loper said, and is not to be considered a complete visual examination. Some of the items which will be checked in the program in clude depth perception, distance acuity, field of vision and binocUlarity. Support ef Seciefy r- The committee has received Oie support of the Southern Ore gon Optometric Society to pro vide supervisory optometrists as well as vision screening equip ment for the program, Loper said. Firms or organizations which wish to make the vision-screening program available to em ployees or members should con tact Larsen or Loper prior to June 24 to make arrangements for equipment and personnel. Loper met with the Optomet ry Society recently to make fin al plans for the program. Tentative-arrangements were made with Bausch and Lomb Optical company for the use of several orthorater visual screening de vice!, he said. Members of the SJlfety Council will conduct the program with supervisory assist ance from local optometrists who will contribute time. Dr. Robert Harland, Medford, will conduct a training session for committee members who will handle the project Monday, June 24. Loper spoke at a meeting of the Optometric Society earlier this week, and noted that the aummer safe-driving campaign will contiua throughout the sum mer. It will be combined with a membership drive during the rest of June. Ke said that public support of safety council activ ities is imperative if they are to succeed. Mrs. Humphrey Asks for Interest In Tax Problems A plea to members of the service club aa citizens of Ore gon to take interest in tax prob lems was made to Medford Ki wanians yesterday by Mrs. Louise Humphrey, executive as sistant of Oregon Tax research. She spoke to Kiwanians at Rogue Valley Country club on "Omissions nd Commissions of the 1957 Legislature" Mrs. Humphrey declared that the Oregon tx structure of re lying on tncome anfl business taxes is like holding an olive branch in one hand and a sledge hammer in the other ao far as drawing industry i concerned. She pointed out that a man with capital to invest takes "a second and long look' at Ore gon. Unreliable. Unstable The tax research official spoke of the income tax as un reliable and unstable and said "we have overloaded our tax system and are living danger ously." Mrs. Humphrey main tained that it is wishful think ing to take the position that the income tax is based on ability to pay and there are enough rich people in the state to provide funds for government. The bulk of tax returns in the state are for incomes between $4,000 and S7.000, she reported. The speaker pointed to the people's desire for repeal of the 45 per cent surtax on incomes while on the other hand wanting additional expenditures. Oregon still has the surtax but under a different name, she stated. Seven men were formally in ducted into the Kiwanis club yesterday by Dr. Paul Walker, ut lieutenant governor of this Kiwanis division. They were Arthur Manners. Darrell Miller. Robert Toomey. Elmer Luschen. Art Sevard. Harry Barker and John Nuich. Chinese people a a whole have benefited from the new way of life and the social reforms which it brought. They concede that there are still "many things we do not like." however. Allyn and Adc-le Rickett. who had been students at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, went to China as Fullbright scholars to study and teach in Peking. Ac cording to Rickett's story, it was arranged that he would report hi? observation to United States authorities, since he formerly had been a Navy intelligence of ficer. Not Good Spy Admitting that "I was not a very good spy." Rickett recount ed how he and his wife were both arrested by the Chinese for espionage, were imprisoned and during their terms under went the reform" now being used in that country. The Rickett. who aid they both decided that since the Chi nese knew the truth about their activities it would be stupid to try further lie, at length con fessed to the prison authorities. They described in considerable detail how thev were interro gated and treated, and told of liv:nc! conditions in the prison. Rickett said that during his four year of detention a new prison building was constructed which was a great improvement over the old, and that sanitary conditions were improved. Group Method Describing the group method of reform and indoctrination, the Ricketts said that prisoners are formed into groups of cells and encouraged to carry on long ! A tcruccirm nn prArv nnssihlp subject. Foreigners are mixed with natives and urged to study man a a social being with cer tain responsibilities to other men and to society as a whole. Eventually the truth about such basic social needs and prac tices as standards of living, ra cial prejudices, civil rights, women's rights, economic prac tices, and others emerge, the Ricketts said. The results, the changes in thinking which oc cur, are measured against a "yardstick" drawn up by Com munist leaders, they related. j The Ricketts believe that with ; few exceptions, prisoners of the Chinese communists are success fully "reformed" by this method, although some resist and do not change their way of thinking and their beliefs. Return Home When the Ricketts were re leased and allowed to return home, they said they found that many did not believe they had been well treated and that their descriptions or evaluations of thir experiences are truthful. During a question period. Rickett said he believed that re cent events, such s the Hungar ian uprising, was having a liber alizing effect on the Chinese Communist government. He said Chiang Kai-shek's books and speeches are now available in Communist China: that strikes: are permitted and several are now underway. Rickett believes that this coun try's attitude toward Commu nist China is unrealistic and that we should take a more positive attitude about reaching a settle ment of such chronic problems ; as Formosa. Discuss Imprisonment There was a considerable dis cussion of whether the Chinese treatment of the Ricketts could be termed fair under United States standards, since he had been imprisonei without a hear ing and was not tried until to ward the end of his prison term. Rickett declared that he had a "just imprisonment," since he had actually broken the law by engaging in espionage activities against the Chinese government. Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth Jr.. reported on the recent state OUNA convention held in Med ford. George Rode, president of the chapter, presided. Insect Sting Seen Cause of Woman's Death Miami 'IP! The Dade County Health Department reported to day that the sting of an insect apparently caused the death of a well-known Miami club worn an. Mrs. Lena Blanch Hyden, 56. prominent in Miami garden club activities, died Tuesday four days after an insect stung her right foot. The Health Department said the insect apparently was infect ed with tetanus, which caused the death. COMMUNISTS WIN SUPREME COURT DECISION Seven Los Angeles Communist leaders read a telegram telling of a U. S. Supreme Court decision of acquittal for four of them and retrials for the other three. Left to right, seated: Frank E. Spector Henry bteinberg, Mrs. Rose Chernin Kusnitz, Mrs. Dorothv Healy Connelly and Frank Carl son. Standing are Phillip M. Connelly and Ben Dobbs. Acquitted were Phillip Con nelly, Steinberg, Mrs. Kusnitz and Spector. Ail of them have served nearly a year in prison. 3 3 Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSEY United Press Correspondent 1 Hollywood V William : excitement." H o 1 d e n, movietown's No. 1 j "One has to have some de tourist, is one actor who's made ; gree of junk man in his blood a second pro-! to be willing to litter up his fession of lug-; property," Holdcn confessed to g i n g home day as he led a tour of his pos "souvenirs" sessions. a valuable "Billy Wilder influenced me collection of to begin my collection. I decided antique sculp- the coming appreciation of art lure- will be in figures, not paintings, Holdcn has because modern homes are good chalked up ; settings for sculpture. You can't seven long hang paintings on glass." trips overseas, Holden's collection fills both and just finished his second trip j his home and his dressing room around the world. From these ; office at Paramount Studio. In journeys he's brought back I his home is a 2,500-year-old sculpture, pots, masks and other Egyptian head, a Buddha head art objects, and now ranks from Siam and pottery from an among the top collectors oflcient Greece. At first, he says. Hollywood. his children groaned at his pur- Holden concentrates on an- j chases "but now they are start cicnt sculpture. And while most i 'ng to collect too." other collectors buy their art I His dressing room boasts prim objects at U.S. art galleries. theM'iive sculpture from the South actor brings his home from his 1 Sea Island, an old Korean sun travels, "and that's part of the i dial, pre-Columbian figures from Aline i iosuv Mexico. 150-year-old Japanese puppets and countless other ob jects. During our tour his secretary unpacked his most recent pur chase, 650 B.C. Greek wine jugs They were purchased on his round-the-world trip that began when he went to Ceylon to star in "The Bridge On The River Kwai" for independent producer Sam Spiegel. In fact, on movie locations Holden is off between scenes shopping. While in China for "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing" he bought a Chi nese horse of the Tang dynasty. He picked up Mayan sculpture while acting in "Boots Malonc" in Mexico and the free trip to Japan for "The Bridge Of Toko ri" gave him a chance to buy old fingures of Kabuki dancers. "I buy to satisfy my heart, not as an investment." Holden said. "These things satisfy an artistic exoression for me. and they stir my imagination. I look at them and love over again the beauty of the country they came from." Grants Piss A reported move by members of the Grants Pass Teamsters union to with draw from Medford Local 962 failed Monday night at a Labor Temple meeting here. Only a small percentage of members at tended the lneeting, and those drawal. Official name of the union is International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Ware housemen and Helpers of Am erica. Some members had want ted to withdraw and form a sep arate organization on the grounds that elections have not been conducted properly. The Daily Courier quoted one union membfcr as saying only 25 or 30 members snowed up at the Monday meeting, out of some 200 living in the area. The man expressed doubt that local '. members had been properly no tified of the meeting, i Referring to the question of the legality of past elections the Grants Pass driver was .quoted as sajjing. "I personally didn't know about the last elec ; tion, which I think was held : last December. I didn't vote and i I haven't found anyone who i did, or who even knew about I the election, although I have asked a considerable number of I union drivers." The union member said thai I a committee was appointed Mon- day night to investigate the lo- cal's last election. The commit l tee was authorized to find out ! if members were notified in ac cordance with, union regulations. NO MORE BROWNS New Castle, Ind. 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