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."
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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.
Stockholm HP) Stockholm
police reported today the Rus
sian satellite violated Swedish
law when its strong "beep-beep-beep"
jammed the police radio
frenquency Sunday. Interfering
with the police radio network is
a punishable offense here.
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D. Holmes said Monday that ra
dio and television stations should
not operate in a political vac
uum, but should editorialize on
local, state and national issues.
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