ISA MAIL TRIBUNE, MedforJ, Oregon, Sunday, October 19, 1958
Armed Forces Own Worst
Enemy in Obtaining New Guns
New York (DPI) The U.S.
armed forces are their own
worst enemy when it comes
to obtaining new weapons
from independent sources, it
was charged recently.
Lucian Cary, gun editor
of True magazine, said the
U.S. forces are saddled with
obsolete small arms ' equip
ment while improved
weapons that might cost much
less are not even tested.
In an article in the current
issue, he says the military
has maintained a virtual em
bargo on outside development
that that there is no reward
for private gun inventors in
this country.
He cited the case of two
men to bolster his thesis that
the Pentagon resisted adop
tion of improved weapons to
its own detriment unless they
come from within the mili
tary family.
One is the case of Lt. Col.
George M. Chinn, U.S. Ma
rine recently retired. Chinn, 5
world-renowned authority on
machine-guns, designed a 20
mm aerial cannon. In effect,
it was a disposable weapon.
The 20-mm gun used by the
Air Force as late as the Ko
rean War cost about $1,200.
After a certain number of
rounds were fired, the origi
nal extractor, bolt and barrel
were thrown away and new
ones fitted. Cary said an arms
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company estimated that after
tooling up it could produce
Chinn's gun for S200.
"The complete gun cost
little, if any, more than the
barrel of the Air Force gun
in use or the bolt," he said.
"Chinn's gun could be thrown
away at less loss than re
placing the parts of the gun
now in use."
Never Tested
Yet, he said, it has never
been officially tested, pre
sumably because the military
had spent considerable money
PUC Has Question
Under Advisement
Portland (UPD The state
public utility commission Fri
day had under advisement the
question of whether to per
mit smoking in the three rear
seats of busses in Oregon.
A hearing was held here
Thursday at which pros and
cons of the issue were aired
in a room free of smoke.
The Oregon Bus association
asked for permission to per
mit smoking in the rear of
air-conditioned busses. It said
neighboring states allow it.
Wlliam Niskanen, vice presi
dent and general manager of
Pacific Trailways said it
would be better for business
and less trouble.
Opponents complained that
smoking on busses irritated
them, made their lungs and
noses ache, bothered their si
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on another 20-mm weapon
and did not want to consider
a rival gun.
The other case1 cited by
Cary is that of New York in
ventor Fred Stevents, who
has developed a '.357 Magnum
semi-automatic pistol, which
can be taken apart and reas
sembled without any tool. On
Chinn's advice, Stevents did
not submit the new gun to the
Army because the former
Marine Corps officer told him
that "the military is 30 years
behind the times."
Cary maintains that his
torically American inventors
have had to sell their weapons
abroad. Hiram Maxim, an
American, inventor of the
first successful automatic ma
chine gun, did his work in
England and was knighted.
Benjamin Hotchkiss, born in
Connecticut, went to France
where he set up a factory for
the manufacture of a revolv
ing cannon of his invention
and laid the grounddwork for
development of the Hotchkiss
machine gun of World War I
fame.
Survival Gun Ignored
The only small arm accept
ed from an outside source by.
.the armed forces since Pearl
Harbor, Cary adds, is an Air
Force survival gun developed
by the Armamlite Division of
the Fairchild Engine and Air
plane company, Hagerstown,
Md. He says it is not being
ordered in quantity because
the Air Force previously
loaded up on a heavier, much
inferior gun.
Armalite also has perfected
a seven-pound semi-automatic
rifle, a gun now being pro
duced in Holland and likely
to be sold to foreign coun
tries. "Our Army is not likely to
be interested even though the
Armalite rifle is the first
seven-pound semi-automatic
rifle so far produced," Cary
said.
He added that a repeating
gun designed by David Dar
dick of the Dardick corpora
tion of New York is the most
revolutionary he has seen.
Its cartridges or cartridge
adapters are triangular. It can
be used as a pistol or quick
ly converted into a rifle. It
can shoot .11, .38, or the 9-mm
a m m u n i t ion much used
abroad and recently adopted
by the NATO countries.
Research Project
For Retarded
Children Planned
A cooperative research
project to study the effects of
special training classes for
severelv retarded children
will be conducted in Jackson
countv in the near future, it
was reported Friday.
The announcement was
made by Glen A. Purdom Jr.,
consultant on the education
of mentally retarded children
for the state department of
education. He was in Med
ford Wednesday to confer
with local study groups for
parents of mentally retarded
children and school authori
ties.
The research project is
sponsored by the federal office
of education and is being con
ducted by San Francisco
State college, according to
Dr. Purdom. The experi
mental sample group will
consist of children who at
tend public schools and insti
tutions . in California. The
control group of trainable
children who receive educa
tion in their homes will be
selected in Oregon.
Purpose Stated
Purpose of the research,
Dr. Purdom stated, is to de
termine the value of super
vised training programs com
pared to home education pro
grams. This study is consid
ered vital to the providing
appropriate services in the
future for mentally retarded
children.
Those parents who would
like to assist with the Jack
son county part of the pro
gram may register. their chil
dren by calling Mrs. Robert
Minear at SPring 3-1277.
Twelve parents are already
interested, Mrs. Minear said.
A meeting for interested par
ents is scheduled for the Jack
son County Tuberculosis and
Health association on the
fourth floor of the Leverett
building at 8 p.m., Friday,
Oct. 24.
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists 6t a Jndje, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers.
Each article Is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does
not give advice; it merely reports on problems that have been dealt
with by responsible agencies and counselors.
Martin F. - I am a failure.
Mr. D. F. - He should join
the Navy.
Martin F. - I am 18 years
old and a complete failure. I
did not graduate with my
class last June. I failed four
subjects.
One of the reasons I failed
was I had just broken up with
my steady girl friend. I dis
covered she was going out on
the sly with one of my best
friends. You can chalk that
up as a double failure.
Everyone seems to have
some ambition, but I have
none. My family wants me to
join the Navy. That's because
they think I'll never be able
to make out at school.
But I may be no better off
in the Navy. I'm not good at
sports or mechanical things.
I don't want to go back to
school and I don't know what
kind of work I can do. You
need a high school diploma
for everything except strong
man jobs and I'm not very
strong.
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Mr. D. F. - We are serious
ly worried about Marty. He
seems to have lost , all his
STONE'S THROW
South Bend, In. '- (UPD-A
stone-age dual cost two men
$18 each in City Court fines.
William Saunders, 19, chal
leaged Walter Murray, 29, in
a dispute over a can of beer
and let Murray choose the
weapons. When police arrived
the two men were hurling
1 rocks at each other.
Committee Named
To Design Flag
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower has named a top-
level committee to design a
new American flag with a
49th star for Alaska.
The President appointed
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles, Defense Secretary
Neil H. McElroy, Treasury
Secretary Robert B. Anderson
and David E. Finley, chair
man of the Commission on
Fine Arts, to the committee.
Congress authorized Alas
ka's statehood in its last ses
sion. Alaskans then voted
overwhelmingly for admission
to the union, in a referendum.
Eisenhower was expected to
issue a proclamation official
ly making Alaska the 49th
state before the end of the
year. "
By law the new flag" with
its 49 stars must be unfurled
next July 4, Independence
Day. But Congress did not
spell out by legislation the
new design or dimensions of
the modified flag. ,
morale. He takes no interest
in anything since his failure
to graduate.
Marty isn't a stupid boy.
He has found the going a little
rough at school, but his teach
ers say his IQ is normal. I
know he tries and makes an
effort to study, but he doesn't
get very good results.
My wife and I feel Marty
would be best off in' the Navy.
Schoolwork just isn't fun for
him. He doesn't seem . ready
for a job yet, either.
We're afraid all of , this is
having a bad effect on his
younger brothers and sisters.
They get very embarrassed
when their friends say things
about Marty's not graduating.
It's not a good situation for
any of us.
The Council: The Navy
might be a helpful solution to
some of Marty's problems-if
he, himself wanted it. If his
parents pressure him into it,
and he feels pessimistic about
the idea, he is likely to be as
troublesome to himself and to
the Navy as he has been be
fore in other areas.
The D.F.'s now seem to
want to unload Marty on the
Navy. He certainly senses this
and it adds to his burden of
guilt and self-hatred. It makes
him think of the Navy as a
place of exile, a form of punishment.
Marty badly needs to enjoy
some success at something,
and should be encouraged to
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a $174 deposit has ballooned
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do anything for which he has
the slightest inclination. He
appears to have a strong feel
ing about the importance of a
high school diploma. He
should, therefore, be en
couraged to get one. If his IQ
is normal he can undoubtedly
do it.
Probably Marty will not
want to go back to school
with a younger age group. But
he should be encouraged to
go to night school or to a
private school which "gives a
little special coaching to stu
dents who have had difficul
ty passing high school finals.
If he s told he must earn the
money to do this, he may
have more incentive to do
well on a job and in the
courses he is paying for out
of his own pocket.
Once he succeeds in one
thing, Marty will begin to
hold up his head and look for
other areas to conquer. The
Navy may be a good possi
bility, but his parents should
avoid pushing him into it.
Their line of action should be
that of helping him find his
own strengths and capabili
ties. These undoubtedly lie be
neath the surface of his ap
parent incompetence.
(Copyright 1958,
General Features Corp.)
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