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
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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. OP For
105 years, a shingle on an office
in a building on Broad St. adver
tited that the occupant was
"Brown, Attorney at Law."
First it was James, in 1852. Then
his son William. Then William's
sons. William, Paul and James.
The last of the Browns moved to
another state recently. The of
fice was rented to somebody
whose name isn't Brown.
Tornadoes usually move in a
northeasterly direction at 25-40
miles per hour.
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