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Porter Will Test Convictions At Eniwetok Atomic Test Site By CHARLES O. PORTER U. S. Congressman Washington It may be that a first-term Congressman from southwestern Oregon can't do much to change the Administration's nuclear wea pons policies, but I intend to keep trying. Tomorrow at 7 asa. (EST) I board a plane here with a group of observers to fly to the Eniwetok atoll in the Gil bert Islands of the South Pa cific. The trip each way takes two and a half days. I intend to stay three or four days, then return whether or not a bomb has been exploded. Why am I going? I'm not on the Joint Committee on At omic Energy and I'm certain ly no expert in nuclear phys ics or tactics. Here are my reasons: Wants First-Hand Lesson First, I want to learn first hand about these nuclear weapons tests and the men in charge of them, and present for discussion to these men certain convictions of mine. Second, even though I have been and am sharply critical of its policies and methods including its insistence on holdng these tests, the Atom ic Energy commission' wants me to go. , Third, my able friend and respected colleague, Chet Hol ifield of California, Chairman of the Radiation subcommit tee of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, and an ex perienced nuclear test obser ver, assures me that I will learn much of great value to me as a legislator in the at omic age. Fourth, I believe mankind today teeters on the brink of doom thanks to the nuclear weapons inventions and I be lieve that, as a U. S. Repre sentative, I have both the duty and the opportunity to do whatever I can, however little, to help us survive as a free nation in a free world. Chance to Talk to Experts - As I have an opportunity on the way to and at Eniweteok to talk with experts in nu clear weapons, I intend to see how these firmly-held convic tions of mine stand up: (A) We don't need any more or better nuclear war . - - St rf-i -J M 14)' PFTv j N$ v "All This Money Is 0VRS...md More !" "That's right... I'm buying life insurance protection, and saving, too! "Here's what my BMA Preferred 30-Pay Life Plan is doing for us. I'm 25 years old. I just bought a $10,000 30-Pay policy. "I deposit $171.70 a year. In the next 30 years, I'll put in $5,151.00. During all that time, I'll have $10,000 life insurance constantly protecting my family. In 30 years, the cash value of ' my policy will be $5,821.20 which is $670.20 more than my pre mium deposits ... plus $10,000 life insurance protection for my 1 family all those years." How's that for a combined life insurance and savings pro gram? Protection for today. Money for retirement tomorrow. ' See How Little It Takes to Build This Security (Based on $10,000 Contracts) DMA 1 I f J.V JLjfjL Donald C. Allen P. O. Box 1173, Medford, Oregon Homer J. Bringle 204 W. Main Street, Medford, Oregon. Clifford W. Curl-P. O. Box 783, Medford, Oregon Harley D. McMaster-204 W. Main Street, Medford, Oregon. heads for national security be cause we have more than enough now to deter inten tional attack. (B) Why go to a lot of trouble to develop a "clean'' bomb when we have no as surance the Soviets would use such a weapon in war and the concept of a "limited" atomic war is a delusion bas ed on wishful thinking. (C) The 20 megaton bomb, for example, fits easily into our supersonic bombers and has an explosive power equal to all the explosions in World War II, so why be concerned about a smaller bomb, espe cially when we have maxi mum deterrence now? (D) Peacetime uses for at omic explosions, the final rea son for the tests after devel opment of "clean" and small er bombs, should be done un derground to avoid fall - out and should be carried out under international supervis- Seles Tax Killed By Youthful Solons Salem OP) A controversial 2 per cent sales tax bill was killed in the House of Repre sentatives at ' the annual YMCA Youth Legislature here Saturday. A bill abolishing the closed shop in Oregon sailed through both houses unanimously with little discussion. However, the bill was amended to exclude the union shop from being abolished along with the closed shop. Among late bills through the Legislature was one regulating billboards on freeways. They would not be built within 600 feet of freeways so the state would qualify for approxi mately $38 million in addi tional federal aid. The mofe than 200 delegates also turned down a proposal for a vote of the people on capital punishment abolition in Oregon. Gov. Robert D. Holmes ad dressed the closing session. On an average day, some 100,000,000 Americans (12 years old and over) read a daily newspaper. Po&cy Issued Annual Cosh Volue Gain Ow Total At Age Deposit in 30 Years Annual Deposits 25 I $171.70 I T $5,821.20 $670.20 30 194.80 6,402.00 558.00 . 35 224.00 6,971.90 251.90 Let us give you figures for other ages, and tell you how other features accident and health benefits, educational funds, addi tional retirement can be included in your BMA 30-Pay Life Plan. The important thing is to get started now. Call your BMA representative today. Business JV lira's Assurance f M Home Office Union Stertioo Plaza, Kansas City 41, Missouri Call yoor nearest BMA representative ion. (E) Fall-out from these tests, however small and in nocent, and there is a real dispute among scientists about this, is both a trespass on other countries and an as sault on all people, under Anglo-Saxon Common Law doctrines. We have no right to infringe on another's per son and property even a little bit. Accidental War Possible (F) The real danger today is from an accidental or un authorized nuclear explosion triggering the all - out war. Thousands vf nuclear war heads exist, most ready for instant detonation and all in the hands of frail, error-prone human beings such as you and I. It would be extremely dif ficult, in these tense times, to distinguish between an au thorized and an unauthorized nuclear explosion and to de termine the nature of the other nation's alert following such an explosion whether it was defensive or offensive. (G) Stopping the tests is only a first step toward effective disarmament ind real peace. The mutual in spection procedures should be expanded as soon as pos sible to include conversion of nuclear warheads to peace ful uses and to the cut-back of nuclear weapons produc tion. Hard to do? Yes, but a lot easier than rebuilding the world after a "massive ex change" of nuclear warheads! Trust the Soviets? Of course not, but recognize their seif interest in survival. Experts Concerned, Too My companions and hosts on this trip will be military men and scientists. They have had much to do wth out nu clear weapons policies, too much in my opinion. How ever, like me and like you, they are sincerely concerned with their country's welfare in a tense and troubled world. Like me and like you, these men would like to have more assurance that their children will have a chance to grow up and to look "upon nuclear energy as a shining promise for a better life for all instead of a black threat of universal destruction and death. Phone: SP 3-5680 Phone: SP 2-8696 Phone: SP 2-8943 Phone: SP 2-8696 Space Project Priority Hit By Scientist Washington (IPI Space scientist William H. Picker ing charges that giving mili tary space projects priority over civilian development is putting "the cart before the horse." Pickering, director of the Army's jet propulsion labora tory at Berkeley, Calif. said man does not know enough about- space yet for development of military space weapons. "You've got to find out what you're dealing with first," he said to the United Press. "Otherwise you're just guessing." Pickering's statement Fri day came after the House Space Committee heard: Lee A. Dubridge, Presi dent of California Institute of Technology, warned that the "military capture of the moon" by any nation could lead to nuclear war. He urged the internationalization of space for peaceful purposes. Committee members make clear they favored cre ation of a strong ciyilian space agency . with broad powers. House Democratic leader John M. McCormack (D-Mass.), said he favors "as strong a bill and as strong an agency as possible" con sistent with military needs. Pickering openly clashed with military leaders who contend the Pentagon's space development projects must have priority over purely scientific exploration of space. At present, all of the na tion's space programs are un der the direction of the Pentagon's Advanced Re search Projects Agency. How ever, President Eisenhower has proposed creation of a civilian space agency to di rect space programs not pri marily military. Logger Loses Fails To Grow Narragansett, R. L (IP) Failure to grow a peck of johnnycorn each year has cost an Oregon logger ownership of the old homestead farm here. Instead, the 24-acre farm and two and one-half story house became the property of the University of Rhode Island. "That was the interpreeta tion given Friday by the Rhode Island Supreme Court to the will of Harry Knowles of Brooklyn and Narragan sett. Knowles died in 1955 at the age of 75. Knowles stipulated in the will that his nephew, Earl J. Knowles of Rfist, Ore., be required among other things to: ". . . Reside on Homestead farm for not less than three months of each year and grow or have grown at least a peck of Indian maize or Rhode Is land johnnycake corn each year." ' Knowles, 44, has come east Allies To Debate On Attack Threat . United Nations, N. Y. (IP) The Western allies will challenge Russian to debate measures against a surprise Arctic attack in the United Nations Security council next week, informed sources said. The decision was taken by ambassadors of Britain, Can ada and France in, a meeting with U. S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Wash ington Friday, the sources said. . The move marks a change from previous Western insis tence on keeping all disarma ment proposals in a single package. Russia rejected the package last year. It was understood the new proposal would call for the Security Council to set up a study group to discuss mea sures to guard against sur prise attack in the Arctic area alone. The Western powers plan ned to use Russia's own charge that U. -S. . nuclear bombers over the Arctic pose the threat of war as the basis for reopening disarmament discussions in the United Na-jweek reading its daily news tions. ' papers. Open 24 Hours -Every Day SELF SERVICE 516 W. Sixth St. LAUNDRY Urge 50-Lb. Dryers i Agitator Type Washers Berlitz Gets Medals As Language Coach By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent New York OP) How's your Urdu? If you're going to Pakistan, you'd better brush up on it, because that's the national language. On the other hand, if you're going to Africa, a little Zulu, or maybe Afri kaans, would come in handy. Down the Pacific coast of South America, you can get along famously with the na tives if you sidle up to them and babble a bit of Quecha, the old imperial language of the Inca empire. These and a gaudy variety of other languages can be had in the handy package form from an outfit that is getting ready for an anniversary. Three weeks from Monday, it will be exactly 80 years since grandpa Maximilian Delphinius Berlitz opened his first school in Providence, R. I., and started giving the world the gift of tongues. And on the upcoming four-score Dirtnaay tne celebration m the famous school system bearing his name will be world-wide. Maintain 175 Schools The Berlitz "method," 30 years later, is giving the right word to students in 175 schools scattered over 34 countries. On an average, there are around 125,000 Ber litz students yakking away Officers Halt Search For Oak Grove Boy Oak Grove, Ore. (IP) Sheriff's officers Sunday night halted the search for the body of Steven Phillips, 5, after dragging operations in the Willamette river fail ed to disclose a trace of the lad. The boy has been miss ing since last Tuesday after noon' and was presumed drowned. He had been play ing along the river. Homestead; Johnnycorn to the farm a couple of times since his uncle died. But he never came for more than two months at a time. And he has not grown one kernel of Indian maize. Neither, he admitted, did he pay taxes and insurance or keep the Homestead in re pair, v which were other pro visions in the will. Under the will, failure to comply with the terms would result in the property revert ing to the state and being be quested to the University of Rhode Island. Prisoner Causes Space Problem LaGrange, Ind. (IP) There is a space problem at the LaGrange county jail, all be cause of one prisoner. The prisoner, Robert Park, 33, of Baltimore, is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 580 pounds. Sheriff Myron Walker said his troubles began when Park was arrested Thursday. Park, who is wanted in Madison, Wis., on a bad check charge, offered ho resistance when ar rested on a bus. He didn't have to. Officers had to sweat and strain, however, to squeeze him down the bus aisle and out the door. ....Park was then taken to the county jail where, Walker said, his assigned bunk is straining under the load. The sheriff said he is considering "bedding" his prisoner on tne floor to ease the strain. Servicemen's Rates Under Fire By CAB Washington (IPI The 1 0 per cent discount the airlines give servicemen for official trips came under fire from a Civil Aeronautics board hear ing examiner Friday as 'un justly discriminatory" and il legal. Examiner Edward T. Stod ola advised the CAB to elim inate the discount. It would cost the government an addi tional five million dollars : a year in increased fares. The American public spends 400,000,000 hours a .20c per 8 lb. Washer Load Drying lc Per Minute COIN OPERATED 516 W. Sixth St. Really Hot Water Supplies Available every day at learning a new language. The 80 years have been studded with adventure and big names. Among Berlitz teachers, there has been no less a literary light than James Joyce and no less a revolutionary brain than Leon Trotsky. . Trotsky taught right here in New York back in 1916 un der his real name, Bronstein. One of the earliest memories of Charles Berlitz, grandson of the founder and now a vice president of the organization, is of his uncle Victory Berlitz opening the paper in 1920 and saying: "This Trotsky who's caus ing all the trouble, he looks a lot like Bronstein, our old teacher." Decorated by Royalty Grandpa Berlitz was dec orated by many royal stu dents: King Alfonso XIII of Spain (he studied German), Kaiser Wilhelm II of Ger many (French, naturally), Czar Nicholas of Russia (Ital ian), the Sultan of Morocco (advanced French). Woodrow Wilson studied French but gave no medals. Other students have includ ed the Duke of Windsor (10 years of Spanish), Mrs. Elean or Roosevelt (Spanish), Clare Boothe Luce (a crash program of Italian), and right now, a platoon of chefs from a big American soup company who are going to Italy to study cooking methods. 1958 Ford Fairlane V-8, powered by '58 Mobilgas Special, goes through acceleration test conducted by Motor Trend magazine TO 60 III 10.2 SEG'S WITI118 0OOILGAS SPECIAL f "j" l. 19.7 MILES LATE! London (IP) Puzzled rail officials wondered today howj "a111 IvClUUU Willi Christmas parcels got onto a remote siding last December and stayed there four months. The car was part of a train that left Manchester Dec. 23 It was found recently on a siding at Leeds, after the Post Office paid out hundreds of claims on lost packages. ipiuiiuuuuwuhuliuuu I America knows , I I its bourbon and its favorite is Oli&w tS iSSk J PT I 00 I T-,, flTTT- VV ,aaB- OLDCROW Light, mild 86 proof Old Crow by far outsells any bourbon in the land jMmMMMHHmmfmimiiiiiimniuHnnHmiinmiMMiiMinnnmfminiW THE OLD CROW DISI. CO.. FRANKFORT. KY., DISTR. BY NAT. D!ST. PROD- CO. 1958 Ford Fairlane V-8 and '58 Mobilgas Special are tested in Motulgas Economy Run. PER 6ALWITH '58 f.!0BILGAS SPECIAL MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Hearings Start on Humane Slaughter Bill Washington The Senate committee on agriculture to day begins four days of hear ings on a Humane Slaughter bill. The measure, which would encourage meat pack ing firms to use humane methods of killing meat ani- Oregon, Monday, April 28, 1958 5 Fifty years ago, 15,000,000 newspapers were purchased daily. Today, people buy 58, 000,000 newspapers on an average day. mals, has already been passed by the house. The bill (S-1497) was spon sored by Sen. Richard L. Neu berger (O-Ore.) among others. 3 a Ctvtitky Snuiem BOCRBON WHISKY "mil. KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY YOWRE MILES AHEAD WITH MOBtt
