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16 MAIL TRIBUNE, M4for4, Orogen. Men Jay, January 1, 1'" Truman Cautions on PossobfiDify off Suspicion by AODSes fln UVuiCtoyan Visit; BtecDaredl No Way To Conduct (Business (Continued from Pago On) The first thing these peo ple must understand is that, under our Constitution, there Is only one place where for eign policy is made, and that is in the "White House, and by no one other than the President of the United Stat es himself. He cannot dele gate or share this responsibil ity, nor can others assume it. And until the President of the United States decides what our foreign policy is and says what it is and stays with it, any statements or declarations made by diplo matic tourists serve no use ful purpose in our relations with the Communist world. American Tradition We always wish to be gen erous and agreeable hosts. - This is an American tradition, but let us not deceive our selves about the method of solving our acute diplomatic ills in our relations with the Kremlin. Surely, the visit to this country by Mikoyan, os tensibly as a tourist but in reality in. a mood to negoti ate, is not the way to do offi cial business, diplomatic or otherwise, with the United States. It could arouse suspi cion among our Allies that we are susceptible to unilat eral negotiations with Russia which would be harmful to the cause of the free West. Since leaving the White House, I frequently have been called on by represent tives of foreign governments. More recently, while in Washington to see the open ing of the 86th Congress, a responsible representative of one of our principal Allies came to see me at the request of the head of his govern ment. The purpose of his call was to ten me of his coun try's fears that we in the United States do not have a clear understanding of the dangers confronting his gov ernment and the free nations of the world today. Free to Talk I told him that he was free, of course, to talk to anyone in this country, but for practi cal reasons there was no pur pose in his talking to anyone except, the President of . the United States, and that he should try to see him or his constitutional representative. I would caution some of our well-meaning, sel reap pointed, self-assumed peace makers to be careful lest they forget, in their ardor, that the President makes for eign policy and they may in advertently lend themselves to the propaganda purposes of our adversaries. ' We must face the fact that unless the President of the United States is fully inform ed and is acutely sensitive to all the intplif ations of all that is going on all over the globe, we will be in grave trouble indeed. The President, who has ac cess to sources and types of information available to no one else, should be in a bet ter position to arrive at judg ments to shape our foreign policy. Any suggestions of di vision among ourselves at this time on the aims of our foreign policy can only serve the Communist propagan dists. Fail to Balance Feared With reference to Miko yan's visit, I am less appre? hensive about the rank and file of the people being taken in by Communist maneuvers than I am about some of the financiers and industrialist's who are so easily affected by a prospective source of new business that they fail to bal ance this interest against the national interests and the se curity of the country as a whole. We have had tragic exper iences with this kind of short sightedness and gullibility prior to and during the sec ond world war. I have always favored tour ist exchanges between our two opposing systems in the broadest possible manner. We should encourage teachers, students, artists,, far mers, businessmen, financiers, in dustrialists, members of gov ernment and other represen tative officials and groups to visit Russia and to receive similar groups coming to us from Russia. I am glad, therefore, that so many of our businessmen, writers, journalists and politi cal leaders have travelled to Russia and were accorded important interviews there. Any new information that came out of those interviews was certainly a net gain. But I do feel that in some instances interviews by those who are not journalists have lent themselves unwittingly to maneuvers of the Krem lin to appeal to our people ov er the heads of the govern ment. I thinic that one of our dif ficulties with the Russians in recent years has been our failure to realize that the Communists have been acting on the premise: "When you are selling something, you ask for more than you expect to get." These are the words of Mikoyan in his efforts to explain to us Russia's tough position on Berlin. Where we made our mis take in those years was giv ing the Russians the impres sion that we would yield to bargaining and . trading and that we would be for peace at any price. My experience with the Kremlin taught me very ear ly that to yield an inch in the area of their expansionist aims is fatal. They must un derstand that we are for peace on equitable and reas onable terms and will not yield to their pressure. I know from experience j that it is not enough for us to keep saying that we want peace. The Russians keep cjo ing that, too. We need to make our pur poses and objectives clearly understood at all times so that the Russians cannot mis lead or confuse the world by their professions of peace. Suggestions for Mikoyan - One thing I hope Mikoyan - shrewd observer that he is - will tell the Kremlin is that our free industrial and econ omic society has no reason to emulate Russian state capital ism. As for Russian achieve ment in military science, I hope that Mikoyan, having seen our industrial might and potential - will realize our capabilities to meet any Rus sian challenge in that area -no matter what gross mistak es we have made or what lapses in our leadership have cost us. I would suggest to Miko yan that he also tell his peo ple that while our people are friendly and want peace, they do not frighten easily. Russia knows she has noth ing to fear from us.-We covet nothing she has. All we want from Russia is her coopera tion in assuring the peace of the world. So far, she has steadfastly refused. Well, then, why is Mikoyan here? Perhaps one reason is that Russia is seeking another meeting at the "summit." It would seem to me that Rus sia now finds herself in trou ble in the West and in the East. High Standard Seen In the West, she has seen devastated free Western Eu rope emerge into mighty in dustrial powers with their people enjoying a high and growing standard of living. In dramatic contrast, Rus sia chose to concentrate her resources since the war on building up military power and to apply her scientific skills to military purposes. This she did at the expense of the living standards of her people. Added to 1 her failure at home to meet the needs of her civilian population, she is now confronted by serious economic difficulties in her satellite states. Achievement Night Held For Gold Hill 4-H Club Gold Hill-Four 4-H mem bers in Gold Hill received awards at achievement night held last week at the Gold Hill Grange hall. , Memoers honored were Terry Gail, Marie Jones, Lin da Cornutt, and Leroy Priest. , Terry Gail received the achievement medal in the Na tional 4-H Awards program and also received the out standing sheep trophy pre sented by George Nichols Jr. A third award he received was a Purina award. Marie Jones was presented the American Berkshire tro phy given to the top swine Medford Youths Porter Alternates Washington - (UPD -Rep. Charles , O. Porter (D. - Ore.) has selected three boys from Oregon coastal communities and one from Lyons as nomi nees to the naval, air force, and merchant marine acade mies. 1 His principal nominees are Gary Wallace, North . Bend, for the Air Force Academy; Fred H. Sutherland of Lyons and G. Dennis Vaughan of Coos Bay, for Annapolis; and James S. Lyons, of Langlois, for the merchant marine academy. Among those he recom mended as alternates are Michael W. Travis, Gerald A. Vice, all of Medford, for the Air Force; and Dale D. Fore see, Medford, and Clyde R. Smith Jr., Jaclssonville,. for the Navy. exhibitor at the county fair. The presentation was made by A. T. Lathrop. Marie Jones also received a Purina award. Food Trophy The Larry Schade Food trophy for . outstanding work in all phases of the 4-H foods program was awarded Linda Cornutt and Leroy Priest re ceived the $25 award from Gitzen and Gitzen for his swine project work to apply on the purchase of a gilt for the 1959 club year. Charles McKeen, represent ing the. First National Bank or Oregon, presented 4-H pins and cards in recognition of completion of projects in the 1958 club year. Recipients of the pins and cards were Melvin Smith, ninth year; Terry Gail, sev enth year; Linda Cornutt, Marilee Smith, Earl Bpwen, sixth; Vervia Beman, Bonnie Knapp, fifth; Marie Jones, Dennis Cornutt, Ogden Kel logg, Jim Smith, fourth; and Jenny Lou Thompson, Don Gail, Billy Jones and Jean- ette'King. Second Year Completing their second year in 4-H work were Linda Ramsey, Carolyn White, Joyce Dye, Pamela Freeman, Linda Walker, Gail Lewis, Sharon Wright, Peggy Dye, Carlotta Davis, Peggy Mar tin, Candy Gail, and Leroy Priest. One year of work has been completed by Susan Rosecrans, Nancy Meister, Shirley Kell, Ronda Rose crans, Marlene Wright, Jack ie Dye, ; Charlotte Volmert, Betty Lou Brown, Carolyn Lamb, Charmaine Doherty, Susan Cornutt, Dwight Priest and Tommy Kellogg. . At the same time West Ber lin has become a constant re minder of the startling dif- ierence between free West Berlin and Communist-captive East Berlin. The com parison is odious and annoy ing to the Communists. Mikoyan u n d e rstandablv would like to arrange with us to supply Russia with cer tain goods and materials to help bolster not only the Rus sian economy but that of her satellites. Rumblings From Orient Then there are rumblings from the Orient which are causing me jvremiin to re evaluate its world position. For Red China has made it clear that she has her own program which Russia fears could conflict with her expan sionist aims. The Kremlin now faces her Frankenstein monster in Red China and a race between them to get con trol of the Indian Ocean. mere is unrest now in outer Mongolia and Tibet, and I am informed that this is being fostered deliberately by the Kremlin as a means of checking China's expansion It may be that before long Russia might have reason to seek the help of the West. In the light of all this, let us be sure that we are not maneuvered by Mikoyan and Khrushchev into a position of serving" Russian expansionist purposes Above all, let us never stray from our Allies in the for mulation and carrying out of our foreign policy. Now more than ever we must stay to gether and see this thing through to a peaceful solu tion. We must always stand ready to negotiate and to con fer with the Kremlin, but we can hope for little progress until Russia realizes that peace is a two-way street. Local Electronics Unit Adds 8 Men The Medford Naval Re serve Electronics division 13-5 is now -the largest elec tronics group in the 13th Naval district, it was report ed, with the addition of eight men recently. New members who recent ly returned to the unit from active duty are Ted Silver and La Verne Parks, both nu clear weaponsman third class, from Ashland; and Tom Mer riman, radarman seaman, Medford. (Jtner new memDers are Orlan Stone, radarman third class; Glen Bundy, sonarman second class, and Robert Till man, utilitiesman third class, all Medford. New recruits are Kenneth Rensfield, Ashland, and Ger ald McCollum, Medford. GOOD AND EVIL Carbondale, 111. -4CPD- In mates at Menard State peni tentiary have been offered an extension course in philoso phy by Southern Illinois uni versity. The course is entitled "Ideas of Good And Evil." Sawdust S&H Green Stamps Medford Fuel Go. Tel. SP 2-21 1 1 Court & McAnd. ' Naval Reservist Returns from Cruise Martin Hunt, seaman ap prentice in the Naval Re serve, has returned to Med ford from a 16-day cruise aboard the USS Charles Bran non to Acapulco, Mexico. He is a member of the local Re serve Electronics division 13-5. 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