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'-m,.. j FIRST OF THE '59ERS After a 4500-mile trip from Michigan, the first of the M'59ers" arrive in Anchorage, Alaska, and are given an enthusiastic reception by crowds of Alaskans. The 18-car caravan contained 35 persons, and acquired plenty of dented fenders on the way. Intellectuals Biggest Obstacle To Subordination in Red China Editor's note: This is the second of three dispatches by a prominent Yugoslav Communist law professor describing his reactions to what he saw and heard in Red China. His dispatches are digested from lengthier report published late last year in a provincial Yugoslav news paper. Br prof, max snuderl (Distributed by UPI) Anyone who dares have a different opinion in China must voluntarily register for physical work. University pro fessors and intellectuals in general must only prove that they are Red in order to be proclaimed experts. The rul ing slogan is: "First, Red, Then Expert." The intellectuals are the biggest obstacle to his com plete subordination of people, to a faster tempo of produc tion. This is why all intellec tuals who are in the least su spect are sent to voluntary physical work, either in vil lages or in the construction of a dam near Peiping or else where. During physical work they are re-educated. Basic Duty xThis action against intellec tuals is possible largely be cause it is held to be a basic duty of every Communist and citizen to denounce anybody suspected of having rightist opinions. "Action against rightist ele ments," the movement "for criticism of bourgeois views," the movement "aimed at rend ering bourgeois views com pletely impossible and at in creasing Party vigilance" these are slogans which com pel everyone to spy on every one else who appears to be against such slogans. Lovely Fern Design 7209 Then an investigation is held. If the investigation is held to show that the suspect ed persons are not firm Marx ists and! need to be re-educated, they are sent to voluntary labor. Such suspect people are dismissed and very often mem bers of their families are also thrown out. None of their neighbors will dare have any contact with them, nor sell them anything, nor pay them wages nor give them help. Suicides Well Known There are instances of moth ers accusing their sons of rightist deviation, and also of hard-core rightists being pub licly executed. Suicides of pro fessors in Hankow and of stud ents Peiping are well known. You may be (called) a rightist if you have a different opin ion from those in the Chinese Marxist catechism and express it. In such cercumstances, one has no alternative if one wishes to remain alive, heal thy and free but to subordi nate oneself to everything and work with all one's strength at what one is asked to do! This is what the regime wants because it is economically im perative! A single man among 600 million has no value at all, but everything must be ac companied by nice outward forms and by typical Chinese smiles. Everything is volun tary, everything is done ac cording to law, there is no violence. Labor Inexhaustible The Chinese regime is fev erishly constructing gigantic industrial and communication facilities. Labor is inexhaust ible, and the financial means are not lacking. We were told that a new factory goes into operation every 40 hours. We saw a new brigde over the Yangtze Kiang near Wu han. All traffic used to cross in boats. A train took three hours. Now it takes three min utes. The bridge was built between September 1955 and September 1957, instead of in the three years and three months originally planned. Near Wuhan, we were shown another big economic development. This is the Wu Je steel combine. It was be gun in 1955 and will not be finished until 1960. It is first phase it will produce 1.5 mil- Add a fresh touch of spring sign set it's beautifully shaped to enhance a chair or buffet. Pattern 7209: crochet di rections for 12 x 16-inch chair back, armrest 8 x 12 in No. 30 cotton. Matching doily Pattern 7044. Send THIRTY-FIVE cents (coins) for this .pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for lst-class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, House hold Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS, PAT TERN NUMBER. Our new 1959 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue has many lovely designs to order: crocheting, knitting, embroid ery, quilts, dolls, weaving. A special gift to keep a child happily occupied a cutout doll and clothes to color. Send 25 cents for your copy of the book.- J i v TESTIFYING before Senate rackets committee, George M. Seedman, Los Angeles vending machine operator,, said he paid $10,000 to Mickey Cohen to stay neu tral in business row. 4 CLUB NEWS Medford Livestock The March 19 meeting of the South West Medford Live stock club was called to order by Larry Sorum at the home of the Beckers., We all sang "America." We discussed getting 50 to 100 trees (for free) to plant in the woods. We tentatively decided to take 50 trees and plant them in the forest. Larry Sorum announced that the "forest rangers would provide equipment and an experience straw boss." We also decided to have a combination rabbit - poultry prefair, fun day and barbecue. We tentatively plan to have a field man up to judge. It will be held at Rode's April 18. The next meeting will" be held at Leon' April 16. Carol Leon Reporter. T-Bones The Talent T-Bones had a meeting this month at Terry Welburn's home. During the meeting we learned how to .make rope halters. Dick Minshall was a visitor at the meeting and hopes to become a member of the club. After the meeting the mem bers played in the barn. Re freshments were served. David Doolen, -Reporter. Russia Asks Pact On Non-Aggression Moscow - (UPD - The Soviet Union has appealed again for a non-aggression pact be tween NATO" and the Warsaw Pact nations and said it was ready to discuss the "disen gagement of Eastern and Western troops from middle Europe. The official Tass news agency issued the statement in connection with the Wash ing meeting Tuesday and Wednesday of the NATO for eign ministers and the tenth anniversary meeting of the NATO council immediately afterward. 1 The statement said the Russians were ready to take part in disengagement discus sions "or the establishment of a zone of limited contingents and armaments and inspection." A new pistol employs a tri angular plastic cartridge. HERTZ . TRUCK RENTAL Available at HOPKINS RICHFIELD SERVICE MeAndrews at Court Phone SP 3-9068 Mm Operating Budget For Phoenix School District Approved Phoenix A school district operating budget of $390,950 was approved during a recent meeting of the Phoenix school and budget boards. The pro posed budget is $22,708 more than the 1958-59 budget, or an increase of about 6 per cent. The largest increase, about $18,000, includes the salaries of four additional teachers. Two will be hired in the pri mary grades and one each in the eighth grade and high school. Also.included are the teacher increments and other salary increases for school personnel. Additional Funds Additional funds were bud geted for road improvements, including the road in front of the high school and an ac cess road to it and funds for shop and vocational agricul ture equipment along with slight increases for textbooks and school supplies. Provision has been made also for building and some re modeling at the high school to provide three additional rooms for use of the eighth grade at an estimated cost of $20,000. These rooms are nec essary for the growing num ber of lower grade pupils, ac cording to Ernest James, Phoe nix school superintendent. Additional land is needed for more playground area, James said, since additional building cannot be done on the present grade school site without purchasing additional playground area. Local Amount The amount to be raised locally by taxation is esti mated only slightly more than the current figure of $290762 since no money must be con tributed toward county equal ization next year, James ex plained. The current 1958-59 figure of $290,762 includes the bond interest and principal. "Should additional state financial aid for schools now being considered in the leg islature be approved, some re duction in the overall millage being levied in the school dis trict this year could result for next year," the superintendent said, "if the assessed valua tion in the district remains the same." Siam's "Order of the White Elephant" dates to 1861. ARRIVING in Baghdad after quitting anti-Communist pact, Iraq's Premier 'Abdul Kafim Kassem is greeted by thousands of supporters. Man Reports Dog Bothering His Sheep Dan Mix, 2542 Walden pi., told Medford police Monday morning that a do3 that had bothered his sheep at that lo cation previously was there again. The investigating pa trolman said the dog ran away upon his arrival. Police said Mix reported the dog had bitten several of his sheep recently. Chris Hagler, Jackson county dog control officer, was also summoned. Italy To Get American Missiles Washington - (CPD - The United States and Italy have signed an agreement to equip Italian forces with American intermediate range missiles, the State department has an nounced. Nuclear warheads for the missiles will remain under U. S. control and custody in accordance with U. S. law, State Department Press Of ficer Lincoln White said. Italy thus became the first nation on the European con tinent to sign an agreement to get U. S. intermediate range missiles. A similar agreement was concluded with Britain last year. Negotiations for one with Turkey have been reported. MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Tuesday, March 31, 1959 7 Uruguay is the smallest South American republic. It has an area of 72,153 square miles. The Strategic Air Com mand's B-52 Stratofortress weighs as much as 120 automobiles. A working model of the "Astron," an apparatus for producing the controlled fu sion of hydrogen at a tempera ture of about one hundred mil lion degrees, is planned. 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