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10 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Wedneid.y, April 8, 13 Americans Beginning To Display Humility, Prominent Triton Asserts Oregon News Briefs By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent New Brunswick, N.J.JUPD Fop the first time in their na tional history, Americans are beginning to display humility. This new-found virtue was painfully acquired through a series of shattering disappoint ments that destroyed "the il lusion of American omnipo tence." But it may become America's greatest asset in giving the world mature and responsible leadership. That appraisal comes from Prof. Denis W. Brogan of Cam bridge University, a distin guished British political sci entist who has earned a repu tation as "the foreigner who knows America best." Brogan, a short, rotund man with a ruddy complexion and bristling' white eyebrows, speaks with the cultural ac cents of Oxford University, where he was educated. But he also speaks in the idiom and often the slang of Amer ica, which he has visited more than 30 times and about which he has written a dozen sym pathetic, penetrating books. Wit and Wisdom His high-proof blend of wit and wisdom is currently being bestowed upon the students Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Washington-The wife of former Rep. Usher L. Burdick, when she received word from a friend of her husband's that the 80-year-old former lawmaker was in Minnesota and had not disappeared: "You can't imagine my relief hen this man called." Los Angeles-Former President Truman, reporting he was for a good scrap in the next presidential elections and adding: "I hope they nominate a certain fellow from California because he'll be the easiest to lick." Little Rock, Ark.-Gov. Orval Faubus, warning the fed eral government that he would not use his police powers to force any federally .ordered integration of the Little Rock schools: "I don't think the people of the city are in a mood to take lnfegioiion. Wellington, N.Z.-U.S. Undersecretary of State C. Douglas Dillion, reporting that the Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza tion has played a vital role in the free world's defense system: . "Only in the upside-down language of international Com' muniim is SEATO anything but a purely defensive alliance." New Dehl, India-P. N. Menon, Indian press chief, telling newsmen his government's attitude towards news contacts with the refugee Dalai Lama: . "We will not put any undue restrictions on the Dalai Lama. Home movie all tangled up,George? w ,ins v. Jr-iMa rromiroiiirrmiiniBAtinnmMM mi i'niT'i Cheer up! You can find... Motion Picture Equipment Waste Baskets or Theatres . in the Yellow Pages of your phone book. You can shop for brand names, too! They're listed under the general heading of the product or service you want. Whatever you need, you'll find it fast in the.. J YELLOW i c ft e-1 i and faculty of Rutgers uni versity, in the form of a spec ial lecture series endowed by the Johnson & Johnson surg ical supply firm here. To' listen to Brogan, either when he is glaring over the lectern at a spellbound audi ence, or conversing informally over a warm glass of "almost British" beer, is to have the gift sought by the poet Robert Burns, "the power to see our selves as others see us." ' This dispatch and two sub sequent ones will attempt to share with the reader the ex perience of seeing present-day America through the eyes of a friendly and extraordinarily well-informed foreigner. To Brogan; the most strik ing aspect of America today is-its"mood of proud disil lusionment." Americans in the past were the world's greatest optimists. Their nation was "born in the age of progress, baptised in the religion of progress, created and peopled by men and women who be lieved in progress." Their be lief was "our " children will have it better than we." Americans are convinced that, given time and a little help, the rest of the "world would recognize the superiori ty of the American way of life, and would imitate the political and economic institutions that had provided both freedom and abundance here. Thus Americans marched off in World War I to "make the world safe for democracy." And thus, after World War II, they poured out aid with a generosity unmatched in all history, in an effort to secure political freedom and eco nomic progress in other countries. Goals Shattered But these hopes have been shattered by the swift-moving events of recent years. The rise of Russia as a rival center of power and influence; the incredible tendency of many undeveloped nations to look to- Soviet communism rather than- American democracy as a iripdel; the apparent ingrati tude of many free nations which accepted American aid but resisted American leader ship all of these things con tributed to the. new. mood of pessimism. But the chief source of American disillusionment, in Broean's view, was "the dis covery that China had been saved from Japanese imperial ism only to fall under Com munist control." ' Amercia's interest in China had been ."more missionary than economic." but it was deep and genuine." To see it pass under Communist rule was an "embittering and blinding experience" that sent Americans , on : a frantic and hurtful search for treason in their own government as the only possible exception of such a catastrophe. . The Korean War which Brogan calls "a humiliating American defeat" and the shocking news that their na tion, for all of its vast power, was not "omnipotent." "Today the American is be ginning to realize that he can not remake the world accord ing to the American plan, and that he cannot contract out. He sees that the human story is not inevitably a success story, as he always believed, but that it may go wrong. He finds the American people in extricably involved in the common, dangerous and only intermittently hopeful destiny of the human race." Although this grim awaken ing has produced a mood of "real and alarmed pessimism" among Americans, it also had led to something'else,- which Brogan finds far more reas suring. That is humility Modesty has never been accounted an American virtue, but it may be the best Amer ican card today. In the un wonted sense of bewilderment and humility that has befallen the American people in the last year or two, there lies the best hope for a new and more effective kind of - American leadership for the world." The great challenge that faces Americans today, Brogan believes, is learning to adapt their policies to the realities of an unpleasant world ... to settle for limited but attain able goals rather than doing all or nothing for the millen ium. "Can the American people accept limilations on their power of action and power of leadership? Can they learn to settle for less, much less, than their own way? "I don't know the answers. I only have a faith that the American people, with their prodigious energy and their deep if sometimes clouded sense of human responsibility, will adapt themselves to reali ty, and will learn to give the kind of leadership the world deeply wants the leadership of a people; that is willing to learn as well as to teach." 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Mutt Clear Debris Lloyd Russell, a resort op erator at Lake Owyhee, said before a search; of the cave can be made it will be neces sary to clear away the slide ; and shore up the cave en trance. . The party was spurred on by tales of murder and gold. Mrs. Robert Thomas, an In dian woman known as "Mo-1 doc Annie"-who led the party into the region, told of watch ing over a cave when she was ! a child that supposedly was filled with gold left behind when Indians massacred 12 U. S. cavalrymen in 1853. The soldiers were said to have been taking a payroll from i Wyoming to a garrison in Call fornia when they were slaughtered. SALARY MEET SET Salem-dTi-The State Board of Control, the Civil Service commission and the Depart ment of Finance and Admin istration will meet soon to discuss salary ranges for in stitutional personnel. Board of Control members said they believed such a meeting was needed because of variances in recommendations made by the Board's staff and the Civil Service1 commission. The board's classification of some ranges is higher than .that of the commission. HEARING CONTINUED Salem -(LTD -A hearing on application of State Transport company of Corvallis to ac quire the permit of the Wil liam Mayer Truck Service has been continued until May 4, MAN KILLED Halsey, , Ore.-CPD-Floyd H. Gearhart, 31, Siltcoos, was killed Tuesday when struck by a car on Highway 99 about two miles south of here. The coroner's office said said Gearhart had run out of gasoline and had stopped a truck, After talking to the truck driver Gearhart stepped around the truck and was struck by a car driven by John Lee Billings, Eugene, police said. VIRUS CASES HIGH Portland - (LTD - The State Board of Health said today 4195 more cases of respira tory illness were reported in Oregon last week. But it said there was evidence that at least part of the current near record epidemic might be due to some virus other than in fluenza. Viruses not yet iden tified have been isolated from three victims of the outbreak. Dr. Harold Erickson, state health officer, said specimens from all patients proved nega tive for influenza virus. ' MARTIN SEARCH , Portland-ttJPD -Two Multno mah county detectives planned to check out a section of the Columbia Gorge east of here today in an attempt to deter mine if some clothing found and turned over to the sher iff's office Tuesday had any connetcion with the missing Ken Martin family. " Detectives Gene Niece and Walter Graven said if their investigation 1 turned up any thing a large party might can vass the area Thursday. The items of clothing found included a child's green sweat er, a pair of blue pedal push ers and a red shirt about the size that Ken Martin would wear. The Martins and their three daughters vanished last December after setting out in their station wagon to collect Christmas greenery. JUSTICE BILL PASSES Salem-OJPD-A bill to fix the terms of chief justice of the Oregon Supreme court at six insstead of two years passed the Senate and went to the House Tuesday. BILL ABOLISHES iBOARD Salem-(LTD-A bill to abolish the Board of Control was ap proved by a ways and means subcommittee Tuesday. The measure now goes to the 14 member Ways and . Means committee. Functions of the board would be placed under the governor who would es tablish a department of institutions. COLLEGE BILL APPROVED Salem-(UPD-A bill to create a way for establishing com munity colleges in Oregon was approved by the Senate Education committee Tues day. It now goes to the Ways and Means committee. It would authorize by a vote of the people creation of two year, post-high school educa tional institutions. PROPOSE ARTS AGENCY Washington (LTD Sens. Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) and Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.) have proposed legislation to estab lish a United States Arts Foundation to assist and en courage production of plays, concerts, ballet and other performances. Four Thefts Are Reported in City Four thefts, including the loss of candy - valued at $108.38, were reported to Medford police Monday and Tuesday. The 57 boxes of "Savior's Unusual Candies" were taken between noon Sunday and 3 p.m. Monday from a truck parked at Franklin Storage warehouse, Second and Fir sts., police were told. Roberta Ethelyn' Wolfe, 55 Quince st., told officers that items valued at $342 were taken from her homfc Mon day. The stolen articles in cluded a diamond ring val ued at $200: .22 rifle, $25; portable radio, S39; electric mixer, $35; waffle iron, $25; and an iron, $18. A three-ton chain hoist was reported stolen sometime dur ing the past two weeks from a wash shed at Martin Auto Grooming, 517 South River side ave., police were told. Gerald Lewis, 1003 East Jackson st., reported that a number of wrenches and ra dio knobs were stolen from his auto while it was parked at his residence Monday night. Driver Hauling Insane Persons Found Insane Monza, laly- (LTD -Federico Villa, 45, who for 20 years drove a van carrying inter nees to the local insane asy lum, has been declared insane. Oregon Will Host Secretary Convention Salem-(LTD-Oregon will be host to the national conven tion of secretaries of state Sept. 3-5, Howell Appling, Oregon secretary of state, has announced. A recent survey found that who buy foreign cars already owned at least one auto. SUES FOR DIVORCE Los Angeles - (LTD - Shaik Dastagir, older brother of ac tor Sabu, was charged by his wife in divorce court Monday with throwing a glass pitcher and ash tray in their house. Mrs. Bertha Dastagir, 39, sought $750 monthly support from Dastagir, a furniture store owner. 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Paul Engle, poet and pro fessor of English and director of the Iowa Writer's Work shop at the University of Iowa will offer a two-week lecture and discussion course on contemporary American and British poetry and short ; fiction, June 22 through : July 3. The summer academy, di-: rected.by James B. Hall, as sistant professor of English, wilj consist of four two-week sections on major develop ments since World War II in contemporary literature, mu sic, painting and drama. Ar rangements for guest artists to conduct the drama and paint ing sections are nearing completion. Bomb Discovery ; Scares Londoners London - (UPD - Discovery i Tuesday of a 2.000 - pound; World War II German bomb in central London closed rail traffic across the Thames riv- j er for more than five hours, i An army bomb disposal unit defused the weapon 5 hours and' 15 minutes after it was found and rail traffic return ed to normal shortly before start of the morning commu ter rush hour. The bomb was' found on a building site south of the river between the Festival Hall and Waterloo Station. wmmm FW mumm a mi r Mm lr ear : f EST STOP IN ME ID) IF KID During The Blossom IVM! STARTS Be Sure to Be on Hand (or the Big Fear Blossom Festival Parade 2:3 . . . and we also urge you to notice the i care and planning that goes into these two Big Annual Events, involving Months of Planning and Coordination among the mer chants and organizations as well as citizens. It takes time and lots of energy to accom plish the task. ' ' ' It also takes energy to be a part of a parade, or shop or any other form of play and work . . . that's why most people, young or old, rely on MILK to give them that Extra "Lift" during the day's activities. YOU NEVER OUTGROW YOUR NEED FOR MILK And Don't Forget Medford Crater Lions' Medford Armory Friday, Saturday and Sunday FUN - FROLIC . FISHING! Drink at Least 9 3 Glasses of Milk a Day! lViV;V lcag U6
