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Jordan Appears Quiet Hut Underneath Lies Economic and Political Troubles Br RUSSELL JONES United Press Correspondent Amman, Jordan OP There's a hundred dollar bill in a money changers window on Feisal Street. It bears the legend that it is issued by the "Magnificent State of Texas" and "Good Only for Bragging Both Private and Public." That phony bill is a good sym bol both of American influence and the unreality in this country of camels and Cadillacs. Outside a store selling niblets, Spam, Tide, Gillette blades and a variety of cocktail snacks, a professional letter writer squats under an umbrella plying his ancient trade. From a graceful minaret a muezzin dalls the faithful to prayers on a Western Electric public address system. Superficially, Jordan has been quiet since the courageous young king put down a palace revolt last Spring by appealing directly to loyal troops. But under the surface, it is far from quiet . Subsidy Necessary Barring an inconceivably rich oil strike, Jordan is and always will be incapable of supporting itself economically. If the annual subsidy of more than $30 million, which the Americans have provided since the British were ousted last year, stopped, the economy would col lapse in a few weeks, according to experts. Efforts are being made which will bring more land under the plow but economists say only a maximum 20 per cent is arable. Between 10 and 15 per cent is l now being tilled. The govern ment also has a scheme to devel op Port Akaba by building roads, and establishing an oil refinery and potash works but none of these plans is likely to diminish the deficit by more than a frac tion. Little Import Control Despite the shaky economy, little effort is made to control imports and the streets swarm ! with the latest models of Ameri can and German cars, and shops are full of luxury goods. The political position is stabil ized, but the king is taking no chances. Crack troops of the famed Arab Legion still enforce martial law, patrolling streets, searching persons entering gov ernment buildings and guarding foreign missions. A full com pany is camped on the grounds of the American Embassy. Despite these precautions there is still occasional violence. Last week dynamite planted in the power station left a good part of Amman without electricity for more thn an hour. The population has tripled during the last ten years, includ ing half a million refugees from Palestine annexed when the late King Abdullah took over the west bank of Jordan. Thus, na tional Jordanians are outnum bered two to one in their own country. The result of this influx is that two thirds of the population is composed of people just as likely to give loyalty to Syria or Egypt as to King Hussein and Jordan. While the young king is genu inely poplar, only the discipline and dependability of the army saved him last Spring. Official s uaderstandably anonymous estimate that the present government led by strong man Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Samir Rifai would get a maximum three per cent vote in a free election. Many People Working To Solve Problem Of What To Do When One's Not Working Wednesday, October 9, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York W I have been reading, in my leisure time, a weighty study of the great com ing problem of what to do with your leisure time. This is no jok ing matter. In coming years, the machines are going to give us free time plenty of it. Already there is growing up a regular profession of recrea tion in which many people are making a life work of doping out what everybody else should do when not working. I have always thought I had this problem solved. I have a knack for loafing and, as a mat ter of history, during one whole year in the great depression of 5UnUlur iiii.. nvmt MOVIES? Look for MOTION PICTURE EQUIPMENT S0UH0 SYSTEMS POPCORN MACHINES in fh9 YEUOVy PAGIS the 1930s there was a remark able flowering of my ability to stare absently into space, like a cow. However, space-staring Is not recommended in the present study. Indeed, the suggestion is thrown out that we may begin working harder in our leisure than we do at work and that job time may become our spare time a concept that already has me dizzy. The study, in the, form of pa pers by numerous experts, oc cupies an entire edition of the bimonthly "a n n a 1 s" of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. In one sec tion, Dr. Margaret Mead, the ethnologist, says that the gen eration which has married since World War II has shifted the balance to the home as the cen ter of existence. Plan at Home The car, the TV set, pets, babies, do-it-yourself are con tributory to home life as play, Dr. Mead says. However, do-it-yourself plus five children "be sides being delightful, is strenu ous, time consuming, backbreak ing ..." Hence: "The job outside the home, if not seen as recreation in the spiritual sense, is becom ing recreation in the physical sense. It is a relief from the ex actions of the close personal life at home, a chance for a little peace and quiet, a quiet smoke, time to collect one's thoughts." Well, isn't that fine? But what I like is a later sentence: "If a man is doing the best he can, getting ud at night with his young babies, taking them off their mother's hands as soon as he gets home, or perhaps , ... 1 v "' - For the Sweetness you Remember! White King Soap Remember the sweet, sun-dried smell of your Mother's freshly-washed sheets? Remember the fluffy softness of her towels the clean, fresh look of her cottons ? She used real soap. White King Soap. That kind of deep-clean, soap-clean wash can be yours too, next washday, with White King. 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Charles worth, president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, says we certainly can't return to the days of Thomas Jefferson, when 94 per cent of Americans lived on farmsteads. The farmer ancl his wife work ed seven days a week, 14 hours a day, but were proud and inter ested in their jobs because they were everything from soil ana lysts to furniture makers, clothes makers, and Indian fighters. Now, short work-time, mo notonous, boring mechanized jobs, and early retirement pose a recreation challenge. He pro poses compulsory teaching of recreational skills in schools (same as literature, history, mathematics), state departments of recreation, and acquiring land now for future recreation. He is pretty bitter about "mass spectation" thousands watching a few professionals, without themselves engaging in any recreation; "Herein dwells a dark threat to American democracy, for if people are trained to sit and watch profes sionals in sports and other rec reation, they will also sit and watch while some ambitious busybodies take their govern ment away from them and op erate it." RED SPY SENTENCED Karlsruhe, Germany (W A 69-year-old widow began a 16 month prison term today as a spy for . the East German Com munists. Mrs. Charlotte Wall-, house near Bonn, was convicted of conducting treasonable rela tions with the Soviet zone in telligence service. She was ac cused of . planting microphones in her guest rooms to collect in formation, and watching West GermanNChancellor Konrad Ad enauer's motorcade go by her window to get data on security precautions. JEWELRY. MAN DIES New York (IF) Carl Rosen berger, 85, founder and chair man of the board of Coro, Inc., manufacturers of costume jew elry, died Monday of a heart attack. Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra, on his team's chances of overtaking the Milwaukee Braves in the World Series: "We've had our backs to the wall before, and we made it." Barcelona. Spain One of the United States' top military scien tists, who declined us of his name, on space travel: "Space is the next major area of competition. If we lose this one, we might as well quit." United Nations Indian Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon, reiterating his nation's demand for a suspension of nuclear tests: "We think that we should take into account' what has hap pened, not in terms of fear, saving of face or national pride, but in view of the fact that we have entered a new planetary epoch." Washington U.S. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney. giving Japanese painted toys a clean bill of health: "There ... is no occasion for special alarm at this time con cerning the allegation that toys of foreign manufacture were es pecially dangerous in this connection." Vienna U.S. Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R.-N.Y.) the first director general of the International Atomic Energy agency: - "The leading posts in the agency will be filled in such a way as to give the broadest possible representation to all the world's major nuclear powers. That, of course, includes the Soviets." Fire Marsha! Conducting Grade School Fire Drills Fire Marshal Truman Nelson Nelson and his assistants hold a meeting with the school prin cipal to find better ways to con duct the fire evacuation pro gram. Checking the school fire drill program is about half com pleted, he said. The average time is about 60 seconds per school, although many students have not had much chance to become familiar with the drills, he added. Nelson said a firemen's hat program oeing conducted in all first grade classes. Insurance agents have sponsored a free hat to each first grader, he said. The hats are given after the instructor gives a short class period on fire safety, Nelson said. Each grade school'student has been given a sheet with home fire hazards listed, he said. Nelson said he hoped that next year, a program would be started in schools during Na tional Fire Prevention Week similar to the grade school traf fic safety talks given each year by city police. A fireman would visit each grade school classroom during the week to explain fire hazards. is conducting a series of fire drills in Medford schools during National Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 7, through 12. Nelson said all drills are with out warning to the school. He arrives and pulls the fire alarm bell and then he and his men, stationed throughout the buil ding, observe the methods and swiftness of evacuation of the building by students and teach ers. When the drill is complete Work of Y Topic Of Speech During Annual Retreat M. E. (Gus) Moore, general secretary of the Salem YMCA, was main speaker at the Med ford YMCA recent retreat. He spoke on the world-wide work of the YMCA and his ex periences while attending the world centennial in Paris two years ago. He also related some of his experiences while visiting the Mexico city YMCA. The - North American YMCA organization is attempting to raise S2 million for developing buildings throughout the world in smaller countries, Moore said. The building program will be discussed at a meeting in the Ashland YMCA Oct. 15. Repre sentatives of the northwest area council of the YMCA will meet at the same time. Fall Planning Fall planning was discussed at committee meetings during the retreat at the Episcopal church conference grounds along the Rogue river last week end. 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