EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thunday, October 31, 1937
Truman: Americans
Have
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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.
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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.
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