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EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thunday, October 31, 1937 Truman: Americans Have (Continued from Page 1) This is not the first time this courtry has fallen behind a na tion with aggressive designs con centrating all of its resources on production for conquest. But once aroused, invariably we have overtaken and swiftly sur passed such aggressors. Arro gant dictators never seem to learn the capacity of the Ameri can people to rise to a challenge once their freedom is threaten ed. Khrushchev is today repeat ing that historic mistake of un derestimating and misjudging the spirit and capacity of the American people and other free nations. The Communist boss of Capacity To Rise To Challe hr eaten Highway Death Toll Decreasing Chicago "P Safety experts today predicted American motor ists can save more than 1,000 lives this year if they continue their "encouraging" improve ment in the traffic toll. The National Safety Council reported at least 800 lives al ready have been saved in the first ninth months of the year, climaxed by a nine per cent de crease in traffic fatalities in Sep tember. The September traffic toll was 3,380 as compared with 3,710 for the same month last year. It was the ninth straight time the toll has gone down or remained unchanged in the last 10 months. The highway fatality count for the first nine months of this year was 28,110, a decrease of three per cent over last year's toll of 28,910 for the same per iod. The council termed the cur rent traffic trend in the nation encouraging, and lauded drivers, pedestrians and traffic enforce ment officers for reducing the toll. Instant Iron-on if 7238 Easy! No embroidery. Just the strike of an iron presto! Ta blecloths, place mats, towels sparkle with Christmas colors. Pattern 7258: Twenty wash able iron-ons motifs in a com bination of red and green, lxl to 23,ixii inches, 1-inch border. Send Thirty-five cents (coins) for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168. Old Chelsea Sta tion, New York 11. N.Y. Print plainly NAME. ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers: two FREE patterns, printed in our ALICE BROOKS Needlecraft Book for 1957! Plus a variety of designs to order crochet, knitting, embroidery, huck weaving, toys, dolls, others. Send 25 cents for your copy of this needlecraft book now! Russia is, in fact, doing us a service in his efforts to frighten us. But let us not shut our eyes to the fact that we did let down our guard. The consequence of our mistake could be grave, in deed, unless we quickly remedy the situation. Our survival may be at stake. No Dereliction of Duly No longer can we risk a single moment of complacency, nor the beguiling of our citizens with a Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS London Prof. Anatoli A. Blagonravov, Soviet scientist who at tended the recent conference on rockets and satellites in Wash ington: "In rocket techniques the U.S.A. is not doing badly but it is far behind the U.S.S.R." Washington Walter Reuiher. United Auto Workers president, in saying the American labor movement must root out its corrupt union officials: "We are demanding decency and morality because without them our movement will degenerate and die." a Maebashi, Japan Deputy prosecutor Kakuichi Sugimoto, in charging that Army Specialist William S. Girard deliberately com mitted violence in the firing range death of Mrs. Naka Sakai: "It is adequate to say that there was intention on the part of the accused to commit violence. That is enough to establish the charge of 'inflicting bodily injury leading to death." Chicago Architect Frank Lloyd Wright, commenting on American architecture: "We have inherited our cities from the medieval cities of Europe. Centralization is not essential to our life and is an im pediment to the good life." Chicago Poet Carl Sandburg, in praise of his hometown, Chi cago, and its buildings: "When one tall skyscraper is torn down "To make room for a taller one to go up "Who takes down and puts up those skyscrapers? "Man the little two-legged joker . . . man." HILTS Regular PTA Meeting Held By MRS. M. F. CAVIN Hilts The regular meeting of the Hilts PTA was held Thurs day, Oct. 16, in the cafeteria room of the school house. Short talks on "How Our School Board Functions" were given by Mrs. Audomar De Clerck and Mario Michelon. Two accordion solos and one duet were played by Marcia Cavin and Robert Laustalot, after which a short business meeting was held conducted by President Mrs. Don Ward. Ward. A report on the progress of the County Fair Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. at the club house wj given. The 1957 and 7958 budget, pro posed by the budget and finance committee was adopted. Refreshments were served by hostesses Mrs. Audomar De Clerck and Mrs. Walt Laustalot. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Sief were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Lindner in Mt. Shasta. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayres drove to the Lava Beefs Sunday to do some hunting. Mrs. Goldie Sharp of Susan ville was a recent guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Fremeyer, and children. Mr. and Mrs. Evan Maupin vis ited in town Tuesday on their re turn from Klamath Falls and vicinity. They are on a month's vacation before moving to their new home on the Parker ranch near Callahan. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. James Cain of Ashland were week end guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Van De Weghe while their parents were helping to harvest potatoes in the eastern section of the county. Recent week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Caston were Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Rider and Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Rider Jr of Weaverville, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Dettmar left Thursday for Westwood on a business trip. They returned Saturday evening. Callers on Wednesday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayres were Mrs. Verna McCand- less and Mrs. Maxine Barnett of Medford. Mrs. Walter Wealand and Joe Wealand of Upland, Calif., vis ited Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs. Italo Marin. They con tinued on to Central Point to the home of Mrs. Marin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Booth. Mr. and Mrs. Harry De Jar nett of Talent visited friends here Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Studley visited Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ozzie Bernheisel. They live in Idaho and at one time Studley was an employer of Eernheisel's. The 11th birthday of Kenneth Preston was celebrated Oct. 16 by a family dinner at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Preston. Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Walt Lausta lot and sons, Bobby and Tommy, Carolyn Preston, and Maria Michelon. Eleven members of the Hilts Community club met at the home of Mrs. William Wiley Oct. 24. Canasta was played with prizes being awarded to Mrs. Frank Graves, high; Mrs. Ozzie Bernheisel, second high; and Mrs. Frank Ayres, low. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kunkel are moving to Hornbrook for the winter months from their home on North Hungry creek. Mrs. Margaret Weston of Scott Valley is convalescing from a recent illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Maguire, at the Hilts hospital. Mrs. Dorrance Buger and daughter, Carolyn, of Ashland visited friends in Hilts Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilcox and family were dinner guests Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox in Ashland. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Goodwin and girls of Montague were week end guests at the Ozzie Bernheisel home. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gaines, Mrs. Laurine Kent and son, Mark, of Central Point were overnight guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gwinn Saturday night. false sense of security through pronouncements instead of ac tion, nor can we afford derelic tion of duty, passing of the buck and inter - service rivalry and bickering. Our immediate task is to bring into production the long range missile. And we must hasten the launching of an earth satellite. An earth satellite, for our peace ful purposes, would aid scien tists the world over to learn more the shape and the secrets of the space around us. But let us beware of the prospect that, in evil hands, an earth satellite might be employed as a weapon of war. Some of the Soviet prop aganda is already hinting at such a prospect. But we are not going to pro duce long range missiles by di vided authority in any of the existing departments. I found that out during my Administra tion. As soon as I saw that pro gram was lagging due to inter service rivalry, I called in one of the top production engineer ing men of industry and one of the most highly respected in the nation. I placed him in full charge of the missile program responsible only to the President and with instructions to knock heads together wherever it was necessary to break through bot tlenecks. And I assured him that I would back him to the hilt. Encouraging Progress By 1952 this program had made encouraging progress, but with the change of administra tion, the head of this operation was one of the first to be dis missed, although he was of the same political affiliation as the new administration. I can only assume that the reason for his dismissal was the fact that he had been appointed by another president. What happened in the ensuing years represents a sorry chapter in the story of our defense. I wonder what our position would be today if we had followed an irresolute and divided and parti- According to the Bureau of the Census, approximately 40 per cent of America's popula tion will exceed 45 years of age by 1980. san course when we began to harness atomic energy and pro duce an atomic bomb;, when we later launched a crash program to develop the hydrogen bomb, and when we undertook to pro duce the first nuclear submarine. We would have lost precious time, and we would have run the risk of losing the race, first to the Germans and then to the Soviets. But whatever mistakes we have made, time, in my judg ment, is as yet on our side, pro viding we take immediate ac tion. Neither panic nor recrimi nations will avail us anything. What could be bad would be Russia's succeeding in coming between us and our Allies in her grand strategy of divide and conquer. This is why I welcome the resumption of closer collab oration between Great Britain and the United States. I think part of our difficulties in for eign affairs has developed from our failure to understand and cooperate with our friends and Allies in vitally strategic areas. The comingof Prime Minister Macmillan to the United States for the purpose, among other things, of bringing about the pooling of scientific knowledge and facilities between our two nations will go a long way to strengthen our defense efforts against Communist imperialism. Act Needs Amending I am hopeful that Congress will see the wisdom' and the need of agreeing to amend the McMahon Act so that the Presi dent may be empowered to ex change information with the British. Lest we forget, the Bri tish initiated the atomic bomb project and then turned it over to us, thereby helping it im measurably to an earlier success. It was natural for us to want to safeguard the secrets of the atomic bomb, since it was an awesome weapon and a major deterrent against any new des potic military aggressor. The McMahon Act was the statutory expression of the American mood at that time to retain sole custody of the atomic bomb secrets in the United States. Since Britain had been a partner with us in the initia tion of the atomic bomb and a close Ally during two world wars, I, for one, felt that Cana da and Great Britain should be allowed a closer association with us in this field. But for all prac tical purposes at that time Cana da and Britain were in no eco nomic position to manufacture the bomb. Both had reason to ex pect that American possession of the bomb would safeguard their security as well as our own. Prevented Research Benefit In the course of time the Mc Mahon Act served to prevent us from having the benefit of the latest research of Britain and Canada, and Britain felt com pelled on her own to duplicate at great hardship the construction of and experiments with nuclear bombs. I think the time has come to stop fooling ourselves that we know all the answers or can forever maintain a mon opoly of any scientific develop ment. Therefore, within reason able safeguards our security would be served best by coop erating in a two-way exchange of information between the Brit ish and us. Our next important task is to take a hard and realistic look at our total national budget and with particular attention on de fense. In my judgment the defense budget should be determined by the realities of the world con flict we are in, rather than pri marily on the basis of our under standable and proper desire to reduce expenses. Our appropria tions for defense without waste and certainly without dup lication must be based on the grave requirements of our se curity and not on the premise that we are living in a normal world at peace and that we can afford to relax. We should fit our budget to our defense i eeds and not our defense needs to our budget. Powerful Adversary The Sputnik has reminded us again that we are confronted by a resourceful and powerful ad versary. We ought not to be taken in by frequent attempts of the Soviets to throw us off bal ance by talks of peaceful co existence when we see that every move they make is calcu lated to achieve world domina tion. The one indomitable obstacle to their ambition is the military, economic and political strength of the United States and her Free Allies. That is why we need to give security priority over our comforts, seeking to balance the budget through per sonal sacrifices rather than by national weakness. The resources of our nation are immense, and our people, like all free deter mined people, will meet chal lenges that enslaved people under dictatorships never do. I would suggest that the Ad ministration undertake a sweep ing reaDDraisal of its military re- J quirements and pay due regard to our growing neea ior scienti fic research and personnel. We need to attract not only our best scientific minds but to also en courage our best students to higher education and devotion to pure science on which our modern world depends. If this nation gets the proper kind of leadership, it will make all the sacrifices required of it to meet the new challenge to peace as it always has in the past. Like The WARMTH and FRIENDLINESS of MAPLE FURNITURE? Come in and Visit Our Maple Shop COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND Q PHONE MU 5-8771) mil3ULIU?a EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT Our 9th Year in Ashland! FIRST SHOWING of the most magnificent motorcars of our time . . . setting new standards of classic elegance The Lincoln Premiers Coup! THE NEW LINCOLN FOR 1958 . . . now styled and crafted in the Continental tradition Mrs. Fred Hiynes left Tues day for Redding where she will be the guest of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Haynes, and family for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Haynes are moving into their new home in that city. Johnny Fc.ggiato, who is at tending school at Chico State college visited this week end at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Faggiato. Week End Football Broadcasts Over Your Mail Tribune Station vJ7 n 1230 On Your Dial FRIDAY -8 P.M. MEDFORD vs. ASHLAND SATURDAY 1:45 P.M. OREGON vs. STANFORD SUNDAY 1:25 P.M. Chicago Bears vs. Los Angeles Rams You are invited to see the most magnificent Lincolns ever built inspired by the new Continental Mark III, and crafted in the tradition of every Continental ever built. Longer, lower, and more spacious than any Lincolns before them, these cars have the clean, timeless char acter of the Continental in every classic line. Inside, there is an elegance not found in any other motorcar. The engine is new, the transmission is new, the sus pension is new. And for an extra measure of lasting quietness, they are the only cars in their class with single unit body and frame construction. By all means, see these new Lincolns. 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