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notes From the News By UNITED PRESS Little Rock James T. Karam, close friend of Gov. Orval E. Qfaubus, in buying TV time to answer charges he was a principal (fcgitator of anti-Negro violence at Central High school: "I'm not going to be a patsy for anybody. They (President Eis enhower and Little Rock Mayor Woodrow W. Mann) are desper ate. They are picking on me because I know Faubus." Sa Francises Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, in saying that U.S. space scientists were working to serve science. JVDt lo compete with Russia in the satellite race: "The serving of science, not high score in an outer space bas ketball game has been and still is our country's goal." Ann Arbor, Mich. Sen. William F. Knowland, in proposing (an investigation into the satellite situation: "All of this work on the satellite and missiles didn't start when Mr. Eisenhower took office. We have to go back further than that in any investigation." Chicago Thomas J. Haggerly, defeated by James Hoffa for the Teamsters Union presidency, on his chances of eventually tak ing over union leadership: ". . . We are confident we still will win the war to establish the onesty and integrity of the great teamsters movement." Hollywood Immigration agent Richard Hoy, in reporting that Marlon Brando's wife Anna (Joanne O'Callaghan) Kashfi, has ap plied for permission to remain in the United States as a perma nent resident: "She is eligible for permanent residence and I have no doubt the request will be acted upon favorably very soon." Washington Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in proposing that the nation's capital move to Colorado because Washington is no place lo run a government: "Because of that sentimental feeling we should beautify it and preserve it. But it is not appropriate as a place to do the nation's business." MobilheatJ Distributor "OIL H Let Us Fill Your Tank Now Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP. 2-2111 Court & McAndrews Russians in Lower Echelons Said Afraid To Make Moves on Own New York Everywhere in the Soviet Union, one pattern remains the same: If you want to see everything, you, go to the top. Those in the lower echelons are afraid to make a move on their own. And so it was when Dr. David Gurewitsch, who was traveling with me, asked to see' the Insti tute for Prosthesis. In Tashkent he had seen an artificial hand that impressed him greatly and had talked to the young engin eer who had invented t. He was told there was one like it in Moscow and was most anxious to see it. When Dr. Gurewitsch called the head of the institute in Mos cow, he was told he would have to get permission to visit the institute from the head of the Ministry of Welfare. The min ute he told the Minister of Wel fare, a woman, what he wanted she picked up a telephone and arranged it immediately. Affects Lives of People The Ministry of Welfare vi tally affects the lives of the Russian people. On my first vis it to the ministry the Minister of Welfare was away, but on my last visit I met the minis ter, Madame Muravjeva. I was impressed by the beauty of her face. I was impressed, too, by her administrative capacity and would like to see her visit this country. On my first visit to the min istry, the deputy explained that every district in the Soviet Un ion has its own Social Welfare Department, although the local ities are allowed to adjust to any particuar need that arises. The Moscow ministry employs 330 persons and throughout the country there are 70,000 on the social welfare staff. There is a chief for medical and labor mat ters and one to look after the invalids and aged. And one de partment concerns itself with women with large families and another with personal attention for individuals needing help. Division of Budget The ministry's budget in 1957 was 34 billion rubles, with a principal expenditure of 32 bil lions for pensions and help for large families. Five hundred million rubles are used for the ased and invalids in institutions, 100 million rubles are used for prosthesis, limbs, etc. The bal ance goes for health resorts and materials needed by families. The Soviet Union's social welfare program deals to a great extent with the health of the people. It carries on psychiatric work, but to me this seemed to be the least developed side of medicine. The Soviets make light of mental health problems and insist there is no juvenile delinquency worth mentioning and not much need for studying the mental health of young peo ple. Schools For Handicapped In the Social Welfare depart ment are 51 technical schools for re-education of the handi capped, the blind and the deaf, and these schools find jobs for persons they train. Home serv ices include visiting care for old and sick persons living alone. Many Feared Dead as Floods Sweep Spain Valencia, Spain IIP) An es timated 25 to 50 persons were feared dead today in what were described as the worst floods to sweep Spain in this century. More rain was forecast for to day. Flood waters began receeding slightly from Valencia leaving a heavy blanket of mud, rich top soil washed down from the far ming area surrounding the sea coast provincial capital. Offic ials said the death toll would not be known until the mud has been removed. Dozen of inland hamlets were cut off by the floods, triggered by more than two days of tor rential rains. Authorities said it might be some time before com munications could be restored and casualties reported. Generalissimo Francisco Fran co ordered help rushed to the flood-stricken areas. An estimated average of 9.78 ounces of dirt are removed from an average home every week of the year. The visiting nurse service is under Social Welfare, and in Tashkent Dr. Gurewitsch and I were anxious to , make the rounds with a visiting nurse, but this somehow proved im possible to arrange. I have a feeling this was because they are aware of their backwardness in housing and do not want visi tors to see the crowded condi tions under which people live. Everyday living conditions for a worker, or even for a profes sional person with a very good salary, do not come up to US standards. Many fairly recently built apartments look as though they are several years old and their entrances and hallways re semble those in some of our slum-clearance projects. Plush entrances are not es sential, but somehow the en trances to many of the Russian apartments seemed unnecessar ily unattractive. I hope, for the sake of the people, that the ov ercrowding soon will be over come. Subject of Tipping I saw an amusing little letter on the subject of tipping in the Soviet Union in the New York Times last week. In an article from Russia, that newspaper's correspondent, James Reston, had given a boost to the theory that there is no tipping in the USSR. But the letter writer, Clifton Daniel, in reply said there are many who do not mind accepting a tip from a capital ist if they think they are not being watched. I think Mr. Daniel is right. In the Soviet Union I was told to take presents for people, since they would not accept money. And I found that when people were under the eye of the In tourist authority, that was en tirely true. Small gifts are quite accep table, of course, but I felt that money would mean more. When the Intourist official knew that I had given money, it was prompt ly returned. But at other times the money was accepted and nothing was said. This was true everywhere I traveled in the Soviet Union. (Copyright. 1957, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc). Tuesday, October 15, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Frenchmen Finding Life Without Whiskey Difficult Situation By ROBERT AHIER United Press Correspondent Paris (IP) Frenchmen have a lot of political and economic problems, but most of them con sider having to live without whiskey among the most . an noying. American detective stores and a general snobbish trend made whiskey, one of the rare alco holic beverages not produced in this country, the fashion after World War II. One could not give a cock tail party, a reception or a din ner without whiskey. Hosts were severely judged by their guests if they produced 50 dif ferent drinks but failed to serve whiskey. But the good old days were ended when young French Fi nance Minister Felix' Gaillard added whiskey to the list of what he calls "non-essential" im ports that France must do with out. Whisky Rebellion? Some people reported the downfall of the government 10 days ago was partly because the whiskey problem, since Nation al Assembly deputies allegedly could not do without it. The first thing guests do now at any French party is to go to the bar and look for a bottle of whiskey. If by chance there is one, the contents have evaporated be fore the host even knows it has been found. Of course, some people are happy about this. Cognac pro ducers immediately announced that their new brand calfed "dry pale," to be drunk with water "fine a l'eau," as the French call it, was much better for the health than whiskey. Cognac growers report their sales already have increased by some 12 per cent in France in the last four months and pre dict it will be still bigger next year. Cognac Limited The only trouble is that the quantity of cognac available is limited and the Ministry of Fi nance is asking producers to export Cognac to bring in need ed foreign currencies. But the suppression of whis key has been really a catas trophe for the numerous "whis key clubs" that have spread all over the country and are es pecially popular in Paris. One of these clubs, the "Scot tish Club," where everything is in the true tradition of old Scot land, is finishing the few bot tles it has managed to hide for the old timers. , Those who are not well-known are given anything from Cognac to Coca-cola and mineral water. Nixon To Address Development Parley San Francisco (IP) Vice President Richard Nixon makes a one-day round trip flight from Washington today to address the International Industrial Devel opment conference. Nixon is the featured speaker of a dinner session to be attend ed by about 500 leading busi ness men, industrialists and gov ernment officials from 60 free nations. The meeting is co-sponsored by Time-Life International and the Stanford Research institute. 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