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FrMr, May 14, 1938
JrUIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORL
Family
Council
Myrna F. My husband
won't return I want to mar
ry again.
Mrs. L. F. I am sure he'll
come home someday.
Myrna F. I am a widow; of
24 with a terrible problem.
My husband was reported
missing in action in Korea six
years ago and I have been
given no reason to hope he
will ever return.
I want very much to mar
ry again. I loved my husband,
but-I have been terribly lone
ly. Besides, I have a son and
. I think he should have a
father. A very nice man wants
to marry me and adopt my
son. He can provide us with
a nice home and other com
forts.
My in-laws are very much
opposed to this marriage be
cause' they still have hope my
husband will return. They
have been very good to me
and I don't want to hurt them,
but how long can I go on like
this? I just don't share their
hope.
Mrs. L. F. I just know my
son will come home someday,
I have had many dreams, viv
id as life, that he will walk
right in the front door. How
will Myrna feel then when
she is illegally and immorally
living with another man? How
will she and he both feel when
another man has taken his
place as father to the boy?
We are sympathetic with
Myrna's loneliness and we
have tried to help her by pro
viding her with companion
ship, free time and treats such
as shows and sports events.
We are really shocked that
Myrna should consider a thing
like this. It would kill us to
nave our grandson bear an
other man's name and look
upon him as a father. We
know the man Myrna wants
to marry and he doesn't-come
anywhere near our son.
The Council: There are two
separate problems here a le
gal and a human one.
The Army's "administra
tive finding' of -death, Issued
xafter 12 months, suffices for
insurance purposes, but has
no. bearing on Myrna's mar
ital status. It does not make
her legally free. Her status
depends on the state she is
liviifg in, and she must con
sult its laws. In most cases a
waiting period of several
years is required. Myrna
would also be wise to consult
a clergyman and get the po
sition of her church in this
matter.
If the road to a second mar
riage is clear from a legal
standpoint and if Myrna is
clear about her position from
a moral point of view, she
should deal with her in-laws
' as gently and firmly as pos
sible. She should not let them
play on her feelings in a way
that makes it impossible for
her to create a new life for
herself. -;
Mrs. L- F. 'should recognize
that, while dreams sometimes
do materialize in real life, one
cannot accept them as proph
ecies. They are more likely a
fulfillment of wishes. It is
; cruel to crucify this young
woman's future because of a
; dream. Surely Mrs. L. F. re
: alizes the companionship and
: "treats" she provides , are
mighty poor substitutes for
: life with a husband. .
We do feel, however, out of
deference to the feelings of
: her in-laws and her son,
Myrna should not commit her
self to permitting her'son to
be adopted. It is natural for
the L. F.s to want the boy to
bear his father's name.
v In later years, if the boy
himself wants to be adopted
by his stepfather, the matter
might come up for considera
tion again. But it would be
best to leave the decision up
to him when he understands
the many factors to be consid
ered. (Copyright I9S8.
General Features Corp.)
Nixon's Visit Seen Spark To Set OH Anti-ID.!
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press Correspondent
Washington iff) The ele
ments of an anti-United States
explosion have been building
up in Latin
America for a
long time.
Vice President
Richard M.
art Nixon's visit
was merely
the spark that
ignited them.
A c c o rding
to the best in-
a.ouis Cassels formation
available here, there were two
principal ingredients in the
combustible mixture which
erupted in mob violence
against the Vice President.
One was deliberate instiga
tion by the Communist Party,
which has made substantial
advances in Latin America in
the past two years, and which
now has a disturbing degree
of influence in several key
countries.
The other was widespread
population resentment of U.S
policies, particularly trade
arid foreign aid policies which
many Latin Americans blame
for their current economic
difficulties.
It can be stated authorita
tively that U.S. intelligence
foresaw the likelihood that
these two ingredients would
unite noisily during Nixon's
trip. Warnings to that effect
were weighed, before Nixons
departure, against the possible
good will to be won by the
Vice President's appearance in
eight neighbor nations.
It was not a surprise to in
formed officials here al
though it may have been to
the general U.S. public that
the Communists have enough
Beck's Traffic
Case Postponed
Tulare, Calif. OR A traf
fic violation case involving
former Teamsters Union "boss
Dave Beck Sr., 64, Seattle,
has been delayed until June
4.
Justice Ward G. Rush grant
ed the postponement Wednes-
day when an attorney at
tempted to enter a plea for
; Beck, who is charged with
driving on the wrong side of
the road. Rush said he Wanted
' Beck to appear in person.
Beck was cited April 25 by
a highway patrolman for driv
i ing south in the northbound
! lane of U.S. 99 freeway about
four miles north of Tulare.
;Beck told the officer he had
; missed an access road to a
'restaurant, made a "U" turn
and attempted to drive back.
Date Entended
To File Petitions
The county board of equali
zation has extended the dead
line for petitions until 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20, according to
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing. ,
Keating explained the
board could not receive peti
tions for corrections of assess
ments Friday since the court
house will be closed for the
primary elections.
Approximately 12 petitions
were received when the board
met Monday. Five petitioners
were heard, it was reported,
i "Majority of requests for
review of assessment are from
people who are objecting to
their taxload and not to the
valuation," a spokesman for
the board said. "Valuations
over which the assessor and
equalization board has control
are according to market value
and most assessments comply
with this," he added.
County Assessor Ray Schu
macher said one reason for
the small number of petitions
is that the assessot's office
takes requests during the
whole year for reappraisals.
An explanation is given, then
if the property owner still is
not satisfied a reappraisal is
made.
of a foothold in Latin America !
to stir up considerable mischief.
Communist strength in
South America is now esti
mated at 200,000 card-carry
ing party members, plus about
500,000 active sympathizers
or fellow-travelers.
The most rapid Communist
gains nave been made in Argentina.
Venezuela, where the worst
rioting against Nixon took
place, has 9,000 known Com
munists. A Communist week
ly newspaper published in
Caracas, Tribuna Popular, has
Bids Opened to Take
Down Housing Units
H. H. Hall, Medford, sub
mitted the high bid for demo
lition of four Jackson County
Housing authority units. Bids
were opened Thursday morn
ing, Mark A. Goldy, member
of the authority committee,
announced. ' " .
Three units on Clark st.
and one unit on Jackson, st.
will be torn down by Hall.
Bids on demolition of other
units will be opened during
the summer when the build
ings are vacated.
Residents in the housing'
project were notified early
this year to vacate the build
ings by July 1.
Goldy said there are now
29 families living in the units,
and that vacating the project
is proceeding on an orderly
and satisfactorily basis.
The housing authority plans
to sell part of the land for a
new reserve armory, and to
work with the city for a recre
ational area at the site.
LABOR RETAINS SEAT
London (IP) The British
Labor Party Thursday night
retained its parliamentary
seat from suburban North
Islangton in a three-corner
by-election. Laborite candi
date Gerald Reynolds polled
13,159 votes, more than dou
ble the number received by
the Conservative Party candidate.
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Communist Party has recently
gained both prestige and in
fluence in Venezuela because
of its participation in the four
party "Popular Front" sup
porting the military junta that
ousted dictator Perez Jiminez
last January.
The hard fact is, Latin
Americans don't feel that
Uncle Sam has been doing
very well by them. They are
keenly aware that of all the
billions the United States has
spent on foreign aid since
World War II, only two per
cent has gone to nations in
this hemisphere. And most of
that has been in the form of
repayable, interest-b earing
loans.
An even greater grievance
is the conviction held by many
Latin Americans that U.S.
trade policy is undependable,
short-sighted and often dis
astrous to nations which must
depend for their livelihood on
exports of raw materials.
Clamor for Oil Quotas
Venezuela, for example, re
lies heavily on oil exports.
When U.S. purchases of Ven
ezuelan oil are limited by
"voluntary" quotas as they
Feeling in Latin America
are at present and when do
mestic producers clamor for
even stricter curbs, Venezuel
ans feel that the knife is being
applied to their economic
throat.
Similar examples can be
cited for, every South Ameri
can country.
Chile, which once sold most
of its copper to the United
States, is upset about the ad
ministration's proposal to im
pose a two per cent duty on
copper imports. Chile recent
ly accepted a Russian order
for 18,000 tons of copper a
normal year's output of its
mines.
U.S. purchases of Uruguyan
wool have dropped from $100
million a year to $13 million
a year in the past six years..
Colombia and Brazil are
suffering from a drop in cof
fee prices and smarting from
U.S. refusal to enter into a
stabilization agreement.
Argentina and Uruguay re
sent the absolute ban on ex
ports of then: meat into the
United States a ban which is
officially based on sanitary
reasons.
Peru is distressed about its
declining shipments of lead
and zinc and particularly
about the drive now - under
way in Congress to amend the
U.S. trade law to impose im
port quotas on those metals.
Underlying all of these is a
factor that President Eisen
hower mentioned at his news
conference Wednesday.
,Latin Americans inevitably
feel toward the United States
some of the envy, the instinc
tive dislike, which neighbors
throughout the world harbor
for the richest family in the
block.
These are the feelings, skill
fully exploited by Communist
agitators, that blew up la
Nixon's face. .
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