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Sunday. February 2, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ' -J ! 'l Forttgn Policy Association. Inc. DEALING WITH RUSSIA The above map shows Russia, and briefly shows its poten tial as an industrial and agricultural nation. This week's Great Decisions subject con cerns how the free nations, and especially the United States, can deal with Russia for a lasting peace. The map was prepared by the Foreign Policy association, which also prepares and is one of the sponsors of the eight-week Great Decisions program. Professor Calls for Reevaluating Attitudes Reevaluation of attitudes toward methods of instruc- :ion was suggested by Dr. Floyd Pennington, professor sf chemistry at Southern Ore gon college, at a meeting of Crater Lions club last week. Dr. Pennington spoke on the "Russian Challenge to American Science Education". He told the group that Ameri can colleges and universities re graduating more men and women but Russia is graduat ing more science and engi neering students. The Russia methods of teaching are similar to meth ods used in the United States leveral decades ago, he said. He explained to the group liow Russia uses a rigid course of study and a strict discipline to force students to perform up to their best ability. Should Improve Status America should improve the status of scientists as a first step in , improving sci ence education, he said. He told the group America needs to increase basic research on the state, college and indus trial levels. He also told of oetter facilities needed for classroom teaching of science. Pennington said the Ameri can system of education does not need to educate everyone to the top level but said use should be made of skilled technicians. He also stressed the need for stronger require' ments for science teachers. He said Americans now spend the same amount of money on tobacco and alco holic beverages as on educa tion each year. He noted spending the same money on improving education would have a much better benefit to the country Camp Fire Girls Harizon Club Five Medford Camp Fire girls joined the Rogue River Horizon club at their meeting Thursday. New members, all students at Hedrick Junior High school, are Rebecca Row an, Karen Mayfield, Chriss Prentiss, Linda Morion, and Susan Yoder. Disscussed at the meeting were various service projects and the style show, first pre sented last year, which will be held during June. The girls decided to assist at the gift shop to be located in the new Rogue Valley hospital and to read to patients there. The Rogue River Horizon club includes former mem bers of Camp Fire groups in Medford and Eagle Point. Driver's Action Averts Bad Injuries The action of Walter H. Lar- sen, 725 West 11th st., a Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany truck driver, is credited with avoiding serious injuries in a traffic accident, accord ing to Copco officials and state police. Larsen was driving toward Medford, about one mile north of the Butte Falls inter section of Highway 62, Jan. 10 when he saw an oncoming car go out of control and be gin to spin around on the highway. He turned the truck into a six-foot ditch along the road and stopped. The car out of control, op erated by James Lewis Dun can, route 1, box 644, Eagle Point, struck the ditched truck. The driver and three other youths in the car were saved from possible serious injury by the quick action of the Copco driver, according to company officials. Larsen suffered a wrenched neck and his passenger, Har ry Simons, a bruised arm, in the accident, company offi cials said. State police officers who later investigated the ac cident also said the action saved the teenagers from serious injuries. Use Tribune Want Ads Negotiating Cold War Settlement Among 1st Items (Editor'i note: Thii is the first in a series of eight articles dis cussing topics in this year's Great Decisions programs. Material is furnished by the Foreign Policy association. New York. This week's subject is Can We Deal With Russia?) A bike today, college tomorrow... easier to pay for the Insured Savings and Loan way From the moment he's born he's the most important person on earth, and you want only the best for him. An ideal way of giving a growing child the things he needs is to save regularly at our Insured Savings and Loan Association. You get excellent returns on your money. You'll find friendly help in working out a sensible savings plan. Your savings are safe as can be . . . and insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, an agency of the U. S. Government. Little wonder 20 million modern Americans choose this way of getting the things they want for themselves. 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The White House and other Western capi tals are reluctant to go to the "summit" unless progress can be made first at lower, diplo matic levels. And Secretary General Dag Hammerskjold has urged the statesmen that negotiations on at least one issue disarmament be con tinued in the UN. Barrag. of Letters In a barrage of letters to Western governments, during December and January, So viet Premier Nikolai A. Bul- ganin outlined Russia's sum mit plans. Unlike the 1955 summit conference, which was limited to the "Big Four," the proposed new meeting might include as many as 38 heads of govern ment. All the NATO powers, Rus sia, Communist East Europe Red China and a number of uncommitted Afro-Asian pow ers should be represented, ac cording to Bulganin. He would be willing, however, to discuss "a more restricted" at tendance. Many observers felt that the New Year's flood of Russian mail gave Moscow an edge in the propoganda war. The West could not afford to ignore the proposal and thus appear to be refusing to negotiate at all. Promised Little Nor, on the other hand, did the West want to raise false hopes in the world by partici pating in a conference which promised little in the way of concrete success. Western leaders recalled that, in the 1955 summit meeting, Russia concurred in free, all-German elections to unite that divided country. But the elections have never been held and Germany remains divided. "We must not be un willing," observed Britain's Prime Minister Harold Mac millan, at the NATO confer ence in mid-December, "to enter into discussion, debate and restatement of our posi tion ... to prove . . . that we have done all that honorable men could do to seek for peace." President Dwight D. Eisen hower, too, in his State of the Union message pledged that "we as a nation will always go the extra mile with anyone on earth if it will bring us nearer a genuine peace." Constructive Work But, most Western states men agree, there should be no new meeting at the summit until there has been more constructive work "in the valley." Lester Pearson, Canada's opposition leader and former foreign secretary, called on Dec. 11 for "frank, serious and complete exchange of views, especially between Moscow and Washington, through diplomatic and politi- cal channels." The President answered the Bulganin letters on Jan. 12, taking the position that sum mit conferences "do not au tomatically produce good re sults." Cold war problems, he insisted, ''should be worked on in advance through diplo-j matic channels and by our foreign ministers." Let the top-level meeting be b.eld, he concluded, when he can be j sure it will "hold good hope j of advancing the cause of j peace and justice in tne world." Agree to Possibility Under Soviet pressure in the glare of world public opinion, the West has agreed to the possibility of another summit conference in the in definite future, under prior conditions. The unanswered question is, What prior conditions? How much agreement on what key issues must precede a top- level meeting? Divided Germany, many ob servers believe, is the central unresolved issue of the East West cold war. The nation has remained divided since its de feat and occupation in 1945. Important Member Today West Germany is one of the most important mem bers of NATO, Western Eu rope's major industrial power and the principal U.S. and British military base on the continent. East Germany, under a Communist regime, serves as a base for 22 Soviet divisions. As recently as the Geneva summit conference of 1955 Russia agreed that Germany should be reunited through free, all-German elections. But the current Soviet posi tion is that there can be no reunification that might en danger the Communist politi cal structure of satellite East Germany. Presumably free elections would mean an end to communism. Two plans have recently been offered to break the German log jam. One origi nated (although it is not en tirely new) with George F. Kennan, former U.S. ambassa dor to Moscow. The other ori ginated with Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki. Kennan Proposal The Kennan proposal, of fered on Nov. 24, calls for the withdrawal of both Western and Soviet troops from both parts of Germany. Such a step, according to Kennan, might accomplish several de sirable results geographical separation of the military forces of the "nuclear" pow ers, paving the way to Ger man reunification, creating an opportunity for greater inde pendence in the rest of satel lite Europe. Kennan s suggestion rests on his judgement that the West "exaggerates" the threat of Russian military aggres sion in Europe and 'under estimates the advantages of getting Soviet troops out of East Germany and, if possible, East Europe. Rapacki Plan The Rapacki plan also calls for a "thinning out" of mili tary power in Central Europe. The Polish leader called in early December for a ban on nuclear weapons in East and West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. Soviet Pre mier Nikolai A. Bulganin took up the proposal in his. series of letters to heads of govern ment during December and January. Both the Kennan and Ra packi proposals created wide interest and debate in West ern European- circles. In West Germany Kennan's ideas found a sympathetic hearing, particularly among members of the major opposi tion party, the Social ,Demo crats, who have long enter tained the possibility of a "neutralized" united Germany. Strongly Criticized In the U.S., however, Ken nan was strongly criticized by his two former bosses, Harry S. Truman and former Secre tary of State Dean Acheson. Accusing Kennan of not grasping "the realities of power relationships," Acheson warned that a removal of American forces from the continent would leave Soviet power unopposed in Western and Eastern Europe alike and free to undermine the inde pendence of the free nations of Europe. President ' Eisenhower, meanwhile, reacted scepti cally to the Polish plan in his reply to Premier Bulganin of Jan. 12: " . .' . There cannot be great significance," he wrote, "in denuclearizing a small area when, as you say, 'the range of modern types of weapons does not know any geographical limit . . . Fur thermore, your proposal in Germany is in no way related to the ending of the division GRANDVIEW-LONE PINE Woman Back From Idaho By LILLIAN KNIGHT Grand view-Lone Pine Mrs. M. R. Archibald return ed Jan. 21 from Nampa, Ida. where she visited her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morse. While there she attended revival services being held at the Friends church where the Reverend and Mrs. Clynton Crisman, pastor of the church here, were in charge of the meetings. She was gone about two weeks. . Warren Stearns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stearns, is home afer receiving his dis charge from the Air Force in December, and is now going to school at Southern Oregon college in Ashland. He en rolled Jan. 6. ( A-3C Jan Niehaus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Niehaus is home on a ten day furlough after completing his basic training at Lackland Air Force base, San Antonio, Tex. He will report to an engineer ing school in Virginia when his leave terminates. Sunday afternoon open house was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Niss. They came from Los Angeles and recently purchased the place near the home of their daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Hend ricks, from Mr; and Mrs. John McKinney. Approximately CO guests signed the guest book during the afternoon. j Sandwiches, cookies, coffee ! and tea were served. M r s. Hendricks and Mrs. Carl j Quackenbush assisted Mrs.; Niss. Mrs. Von Quackenbush poured. with over ten bags of cloth ing to go overseas to needy children. Mrs. H. Chandler Egan left Sunday by plane for Arizona, where she will spend the win ter with her two sons and their families. Carl Quackenbush is replan ting some 60 young pear trees in his orchard that the deer ate off last summer and fall. The Rev. and Mrs. Martin Brown and daughter, Marilyn, of Bridgeview were guests at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Knight, from Thursday through Sat urday of last week. Incorporation Articles Filed By Lumber Co. Salem Tomlin-Webber Lumber company, of Medford filed articles of incorporation with the State department of corporation Friday. The firm listed 600 shares of stock with no par value. The articles were signed by Walter T. Tomiin, R. B. Web ber arid B. K. Blackhurst. Flax fibre is made into lin en, but flax is known commer cially as linseed or flaxseed according to how it is pre pared and marketed. Two Fined in Municipal Court Two men were fined $25 each and four more entered innocent pleas Friday in mu nicipal court on charges of disorderly conduct following a street fight near Sixth and Fir sts. Friday morning. Police said the six men were arrested on a complaint signed by Kenneth Gale Ham ner, 109 West Sixth st., Hol land hotel manager, about 2:27 a.m. Friday. Thomas Lee Robertson, 23, of 431 West 14th st., and John Duane Austin, 24, of 132 North Ivy St., were fined $25 in court after they pleaded guilty. Houghton. Fletcher.' Baker, 25, of 212 Jeanette st., Ralph Leon Hackney, 23, of route 1, box 62, Eaglt Point, Robert Arthur Engel, 26, of post of fice box 33, Shady Cove, and John Melvin Holder, 25, of 208 Third st., entered inno cent pleas 'and trial was set Monday, Feb. 3. Police said Robertson and Austin told them a third man was with them when they left the Holland hotel and started across the street. While en route they saw the other four men in a car and after several words wer exchanged, a fight occurred, police said. TALKING PICTURES Washington (IP) Nation al Gallery of Art visitors can get their aesthetic kicks elec tronically, beginning next week. Gallery director John Walker said for 25 cents art lovers can rent a miniature radio to carry around the gal lery and listen to a continu ous series of broadcasts on tha history of paintings and statuary. The Alaska highway from Fairbanks. Alaska, to Dawson Creek, British Columbia, was opened to tourist travel dur ing the summer of 1948. Dead Line on Classified Ada: 5:30 pjn. for following day, except 10 a.m. for Monday; for Sunday, noon Saturday. for Sickness and Accident Coverage Income Protection . . . non cancellable and guaranteed re newable to age 65 for men ... to age 60 for -women Family and individual Hos pital and Surgical Protection SR (name, addreaa and telephone number) ; See FRED SEARI 18 N. Front St Medford, Ore. Ph. SP X-2270 THE PRUDENTIAL lawiuM Csnnssf at tmtAm rnvmrnl Ufr I II ROME OFFICE Lot Angeles, California Mr. and Mrs. Ray Offord have gone by plane to Chi cago and the central states for a vacation trip and a visit with relatives. They will re turn by way of California. Friday evening dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Quackenbush were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Quacken bush and two children of the Table Rock rd. and Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Quackenbush and two children of Sams valley. Funeral services for Mrs. M. L. Underwood, mother of William Underwood, were held Friday, Jan. 24. Mrs. Archie West is recup erating from a bad case of the flu. Mr. and Mrs. George Moore returned Jan. 24 from San Francisco, where they visited and vacationed for a week. Roy Junge, father of Mrs. Darrel Fariss, underwent sur gery last Saturday at the Os teopathic hospital. His condi tion was reported to be quite serious. Mrs. O. E. Conklin is home and recuperating slowly from surgery she had last month in a Portland hospital. Mrs. Joseph Mayrele is re covering from an attack of the flu. Elizabeth Grace is the name , chosen for the new daughter ' born to Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ord Michaelis Jan. 8, She weighed eight and one quar ter pounds. Michaelis is a mu- j sic instructor at the Lone j Pine school. On Jan. 10, when the Lone Pine junior varsity basketball team met the Hedrick junior high school junior varsity team, Lone Pine won by a large margin. The game was piayea in tne iiedrick gym nasium. Last Friday afternoon, Jan. 17, both the varsity .and the junior varsity teams from Ruch met the Lone Pine boys on the Lone Pine floor. Lone Pine won both games. The varsity score was 19 to 15, the junior varsity score 12 to 5. The Lone Pine school com pleted the "Save the Children federation" clothing drive of that country but would, in fact, tend to perpetuate that division." " To some observers, how ever, the two proposals sug gest that there may be room for negotiation on the 13-year-old German deadlock. But no one has suggested that agree ment will be easy. East Main St. DAIRY-SMITH at Genetiea "Righteousness exhalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any nation.' 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