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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) My Bay Moscow I was received at the Ministry of Social Welfare with the usual courtesy, and a large number of people, each in charge of a separate activity, sat around the table where we held our interview. There is a difference here in the allocation of responsibilities to various departments of the government. The department of education, for instance, is in charge of things which might well be under medicine in the United States. So it takes a little while to find out where to go to ask permission to see certain things and what information to expect from certain ministers. The Minister of Welfare open- ed my interview with a little speech of welcome and assured me of the Soviets' pleasure in my visit. He said he considered the well-being of the people the most importan t thing in any country, therefore his work was of great interest to him. At all these gatherings, tea is served. There are dishes on the table with fruit, cookies, and, as a rule, boxes of chocolate candy. And for gentlemen and ladies who wish it, there is either vodka or wine. I have been grateful for my self-imposed rule of drinking nothing alcoholic, for it makes it much easier to refuse. If you take something once, they will hardly take "no" for an answer and will fill your glass or plate over and over again. Here again, of course, I will give you a detailed account later of the social welfare program, and as I see examples of work being carried out, I will be able to evaluate the success of the Soviet methods. All government ministers say they are responsible for the for mulation of general policy for the whole U.S.S.R But I gather that, just as our states have a duplication of Federal machin ery, so the various republics here have their own minister of ed ucation and minister of social welfare, with departments under these ministers. While they car ry out the general policies form ulated in Moscow and the main- objectives are the same, they still have to be adjusted to local situations. For instance, I was told that in Tashkent a different language is used, for each republic is per mitted to retain its own lang uage and customs. Teachers and doctors, for instance, who plan to serve in these areas must know the language of their own republic. After I visit other areas, I will have a better idea of how unifi cation of activities is brought about, but I think one way is probably by bringing delegations of people from different parts of the Soviet Union to visit Mos cow on their holidays. We noticed at the theatre the other evening a tremendous del egation of Ukrainians, and in the restaurant of our hotel there is a big table always filled with young Chinese people who evi dently are here as a delegation. I also have seen groups of Bul garians. They all seem to be en joying themselves very much and evidently are invited to all cultural activities as guests of the government. I also visited the Ministry of Health, and here again the heads of , different departments were BATHE YOUR I'JAYfO A SOFTER LOVELIER BEAUTY i.1 FATH OIL fSfe i v KADY-T0 -TRAVEL J&W JmW NEW BEAUTY FORMULA Whritfiil nits SmI wit prescribed uoiit J jfiffJisfcM for see bessiy bath trestuat MOISTURIZE YOUR SKIN... MAKE IT FEEL SOFTER, SMOOTHER - Ine very first time you use Lavender Mist Beauty Bath Oil by Andre Richard . . Individual bath size plastic units tox of 7-41.50 box of 15-43.00 MAIL TRIBUNE By Eleanor Roosevelt (Trade Mark Rerlstered I'.S. Patent Office) present. One woman, for in stance, was in charge of the care of children. As a result of this visit, I hope I have arranged to see certain services in Tash kent in Central Asia. The training of a doctor, here takes six years, and this begins right after his graduation from what they call "Ten - Year School," which is high school. On top of these 16 years, he takes his specialization, so the period of preparation is long, as it is in the United States. We went one evening to Gorki Park, one of the biggest amuse ment parks. We were warned it would not be a good night to go, and at first we thought very few people were there. But when the bell rang, telling everyone to go home, about 1,000 people began to come from every area. It was astonishing how many people were scattered about, en joying various entertainments One of the most popular places for men was a chess hall. Games were going on, and I was inter ested in watching those who played against time. These parks are well laid out, with beautiful flowers and a great variety of entertainment for persons of all ages. Scattered throughout the city are children's parks, and the other day we passed a depart ment store for children which was crowded beyond belief. People were going in and out in long queues, with parents and their children going upstairs on one side, looking at the toys and clothes, and coming down a long staircase on the other side on their way out. We wondered if they ever stopped to buy anything or whether this was just a feast for their eyes. We visited a Moscow medical college and spent nearly five hours with the very obliging and kind director and his staff. The college has 4,000 students and 500 teachers, 100 of whom are professors. In this particular col lege they train doctors for both medical and sanitation services. The staff members are very proud of their institute, which is 200 years old, and they said, It is the best in the Soviet Un ion and, we think, the best in the world." I will write in. more detail about this visit in a future column. One of the most interesting things was the research and ex perimentation being carried on here. I noticed that Dr. David Gurewitsch, one of our party on this trip, also was interested in this. One of the great difficulties at the college seems to be the allo cation of money for reconstruc tion and new construction. I was toldhat 50 million rubles had just been granted for construc tion purposes, i There is a hospital affiliated with the medical college, and we were allowed to see the operat ing rooms and some wards. E.R. (Copyright, 1957, by United Features Syndicate, Inc.) GUN GIVEAWAY Chicago (IP) Thomas Levas seur, charged with armed rob bery, discovered too late there is no rest for the wicked. Levas seur fell asleep in the lobby of the Palmer House hotel only to be awakened by a policeman who saw a gun protruding from his pocket. BATH OIL Condition the ski"' correct dry skin Replace body oils washed sway by sc:? 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Under the second change, some 12,000 widows may become eli gible for death benefits. The new change says the date of her marriage to the veteran will not disqualify a widow for VA bene fits if a child was born of the marriage, or if no child was born, the marriage existed for at least five years. Corn constitutes 30 per cent of U.S. harvested crops. T5 a- DIAL Family-size 11-cubic ft. with full width freezer. Magnetic safety door, removable and adjustable . door shelves. $299-95 value "3 TEN-DAY SPECIAL PRICE ONLY World's most wanted automatic washer 2 wash speeds, 2 spin speeds. Original non-clogging filter cleans and recleans washwater. Regularlv S289. 95-'TEN-DAY SPECIAL PRICE ONLY Similarity Between Codfish, People Claimed Not Coincidence By DELOS SMITH United Press Science Editor New York (IP) Science has found a similarity between peo ple and coHfish which.is no coin cidence. Rath er, it is a fur ther indication that some where way, way back peo ple and cod fish have a common a n cestor. The similar- Delos Smith ity is in how codfish react when they get out of water and how people react when they dive into water. They act almost identically to pre serve their very lives in a life threatening situation. The facts as to codfish are newly discov ered, by three Norwegian scien tists. Blood Closes Off When the codfish is taken from the water he is threatened with oxygen starvation, just as people are when they submerge themselves under water. The codfish reacts by instantly re ducing his need for oxygen. His blood no longer flows through his muscles they're closed off from the circulation. Down goes his heart rate, to half or less of what it is in the water. Since when he is out of water he is threshing around mraisfrrfcjHiV OREGON GENERAL ELECTRIC DEALERS CUT G.E. PRICES FOR 10 -DAY MILLION DOLLAR SALE! i. 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The scientists could only con clude their codfish "very prob ably" have "the same sort of protective mechanisms." They thought the decreased heart rate resulted from the restriction of surface blood flow. In at least some diving mammals the arte rial blood pressure doesn't fall with decreased heart rate which suggests that normal blood flow Cocaine was used in the first spinal anesthesia. T TV SPECIAL! 4 144 On Sale, Tool Table TV . Refrigerator-Freezer Combination Giant Upright Freezer ....... Locations s108 1 oTODmEL APPLIANCE, CO. j Is maintained In he organs not capable of functioning without free oxygen. There was one curious side light. As in seals, a decreased heart rate could be brought about in .codfish "simply by frightening the animals" with out taking them from the water. This the scientists called "a div ing reflex" which, they com mented, "might seem to be an excellent idea for a flying fish but how it could ever benefit a codfish is an evolutionary puzzle." 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