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ESwissnoiin) People .Believed; Mot SSeoinig Made. ISeeidy for. Warfare Editor's note: The following dis yttch by Frank H. Bartholomew, S resident of United Press Interna onal, reports on p re Tallin j and contrasting attttndes of Geneva, East Berlin, West Berlin and Mos cow on the German crisis in inter national affairs. The writer visited each cty in sequence. By FRANg H. BARTHOLOMEW President, UPI Moscow - (UPB - The present adamant position of the So viet negotiators in Geneva, the periodic threats of Pre mier Nikitft Khrushchev at Moscow and elsewhere, and the continuously provocative acts of the Communist satel- 6 MAIL TRIBUNE, McaJfonf, Or. Monday, June 8, 1959 lites in China, the Near East and Germany, are in stark contrast with the attitude of the people themselves in Com munism's world capital. Soviet diplomacy and the Soviet people themselves seem to be of dissimilar patterns. In busy Moscow the man in the street talks earnestly of world peace and the desire to be left undisturbed to com plete the nation's seven-year plan for his personal welfare. This theme is so wide-spread and so frequently repeated as to negate any thought of a conspiracy of six million peo ple to hide actual warlike in tent from the foreign visitor. The Russians are an air- The Inquiring Mind This series of articles, en many different subjects, results from work by senior students at the school of journalism at the University of Oregon. Each is a con densed version of a full-length thesis written as partial requirement for graduation at the school. GAMBLING IN NEVADA: NO DICE By Phil Hager Oregonians occasion ally have heard the cry, MT.t' legalize samblingl" This suggestion comes most often from those wno oeuev legalization of gambling would provide a substantial boost to the state's economy, and at the same time bring gambling "out in the open" where it could be better con trolled. ' And when legalized gamb ling is proposed, its sponsors usually mean the casino-type opeation - legalization of "cards and dice," slot ma chines and roulette wheels. Such form of legalized gambling exists in only one state: Nevada. But not even in this sparsely-populated state (267,000) ' where it's supposed to be easy to control the gamblers and where gambling is a major support of the state's econo my, is legalized gambling jus tifiable. Glamor State Nevada is one of the more glamorous states in the union. IiC tourist trade - sparked By gambling - draws millions each year. Its scenic deserts, fuda ranches, resorts and ca fjincsj ars among the west's Jist draws for those who Sfcak Jun and relaxation. I flittering Las Vegas ($lone, 10 million visitors each tak advantage of 12 ma o rsbrt hotels, 245 motels $nt 31 commercial hotels. Bij-nfme- entertainers such as frank Sinatra, Harry Bela Jtmte, Jerry Lewis and dozens of others perform regularly far th casino customers. But the dominant factor, th basic reason for the state's booming tourist industry, is obviously legalized gambling. Gambling in Nevada is firmly entrenched. Although a number of Ne vadans oppose it, there's no serious move afoot to ques tion or attasfc its legality. Not Organized Those who would lead such a movement are not suffic iently organized to get any thing done. Many of those who could help have found themselves obligated po litically or eronomically to the gambling interests. Also, (legalized gambling -thtD heart of Nevada's boom ing tourist industry, which, in : turn, is the heart of the state's economy - is simply too im portant economically to be dropped cold. Tn th fiscal vears from 1949 to 1957, gambling taxes provided over $25 million to the state's general fund - or nearly 30 per ceni ci uie - compared to the next lar gest item (property taxes) which contributed $19 mil- -!.- nknnt 99 npr cent. noil ur But although legalized gambling appears solidly es ' tablished in Nevada, the prob lems it brings with it easily overshadow its benems. 1 Legalized gambling al lows the state and many of its residents to profit at the ex- rt tinman weakness. The government, instead W serving people, is m lowing them to be "conned. By no stretch of the imagi nation can gambling in Neva da be called "fair." The ca sino always has the odds in its favor. There s no sy th. house. You're lick- j uMre vou start: to win consistently, you've got to be unusually lucky. The claim that "men have an inherent right to gamble (which you hear often from gambling advocates) is over ruled by the fact that men do not have the right to make suckers of their fellow men. 2 Legalized gambling links the state wiin racew ii m.mc nf vice. Several casino operators in Nevada have criminal records have been closely as- sociated with known rac keteers. Some live m sudden death. Some, like Bugsy Siegel and Gus Green- baum, have been Kiuea al ready. There's strong evidence to indicate that most of the big-money-making operations are controlled by out-of-state syn dicates (which, of courseware illegal). The state, no matter how diligently it claims to "control" gambling, is not free of the criminal taint that comes with legalized gamb ling. . 'Suckers' Cleaned 3. Legalized gambling al lows the "innocent sucker" to be dragged off the street and cleaned. There seems to be an ele ment in society that "must gamble," and its members normally can find a game somewhere, even if it's il legal. However, the "needs" of this element do not instifv legalization of gambling. The innocent suckers" - those who know little or nothing about gambling, those who are easily enticed into gambling - are the ones who take it on the dun. They may be naive or stu pid, they may be able to take the loss, but they deserve pro tection from those who would take unfair advantage of them. When anyone says "Let's legalize gambling!" Oregon ians should look to Nevada - where legalization obviously is not the answer to an age- old problem. minded people and more re cently Khrushchev has made them rockef-conscious. He has repeatedly stated that the de cisive modern weapon is the rocket. Nevertheless, to all superficial appearances the people are not being prepared for rocket warfare. There are no air raid shelters, no dress rehearsals of the civilian population for atomic war fare, no apparent fear that was is imminent. . Theaters Are Jammed Inversely, popular interest centers on the miles of new jammed, by poorly dressed apartments under construe- people obviously hungry for tion on a scale perhaps not a touch of beauty. equalled anywhere eL:e in the world.: Street work ?oes on day and night. Industries ap pear to be operating to ca pacity. The theaters are fix r&?n ,'fv A ' "5) I i f c. WINNING SAFE DRIVER AWARD of American Trucking Association, Carl C. Crim (left), 44, Okmulgee, Okla who hasn't had accident in 26 years, is congratulated by Vice President Richard M. Nixon in Washington ceremony. Mrs. Crim is in center. Social Security Benefits May Be Valuable Retirement Base ii "r"-7 Eldl By ELMER C. WALZEH UPI Financial Editor New York -(DPD- You may be richer than you think, thanks to social security, says fUJ 'IS a noted mu' tual fund com pany. "If you earn as little as $80.77 a week you are build ing up a big annuity through vour 'JmJ weekly pay ments deduct ed from your pay. Here is the way the firm of Hugh W. Long & Co., spon sors of Diversified Investment Fund, figure it out: "A 65-year-old man would need about $17,700 to buy an annuity that would pay him as much for life as his $116 a month from social security. "A couple, both age 65, would need $28,750 to buy life annuities that would pay $174 a month as long as both lived and $87 a month to the survivor. er Walzer Quotes From the Hews By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Meadville, Pa.-White House Press ; Secretary James C. Hagerty, predicting that an instantaneous worldwide telecast would take place in less than 2Vi years: It could be an important key in unlocking some of the barriers that now limit a free exchange-a broad communica non of ideas-amoag the peoples of the world." East Orange, N.J.-Ciro Bravata, on plans to divorce his wife and marry the woman who bore him quadruplets Sat urday: , , "I always Intended to legalise it. My intentions were hon orable. But how was I supposed to know we'd have quad ruplets? If we'd had twins this wouldn't have happened." Washington-Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. John son, calling for flexibility in this nation's foreign relations: "We -cannot stake our future on one policy or program any more than we can rest our bodies on a one-legged -stool." McRae, Ga.-Mayor George Callihan, on proclaiming a state of emergency after the derailing of two tank cars con taining deadly chlorine gas: "Everyone is staying awake. There's no peace of mind knowing all that poison is wailing there." ROGUE RIVER Seafarers Club Meets By MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE Rogue River - At the last Seafarers' club meeting in the Fellowship hall, Dr. Rob ert P. Bridge opened the meet; ing with prayer. Potluck supper was served at 6:30 after which Rev. D. F. Barnett, retired pastor of the church, gave a talk on old Bibles of which they had a large collection. Some Bibles were over a hundred years old and some were from for eign countries. Two duets were sung by Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Stiehl. C. W. Wick played two cello se lections "Mother Machree" and "The Lost Chord" in hon or of Mothers day and Mrs. Bridge read a selection enti tled "Mother." Recent visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Leyen were old friends of Leyen, Mr. and Mrs. John Van Doorick of British Columbia. Other visitors were Mr. and ' Mrs. Howard Good of New Hart ford, Iowa, relatives of Mrs. Leyen. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Whip ple of Bend were week end visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whipple. Elmer is Jim's nephew. They were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. McGeehee of Grants Pass. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith returned last week from a three weeks trip into Missouri. They . were accompanied by Smith's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith of Longview, Wash. Tom Wilson, who spent a few days at the Sacred Heart hospital last week, where he underwent surgery, is able to be home. Jack Buckle is home also from the Providence hospital in Portland where he under went surgery for a heart condition. .Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thex ton spent Decoration day in Grants Pass, guests of Thex tons' son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Corbell. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Madson recently moved to the B. M. Kerns place on Wards creek. Mr.-and Mrs. Francis (Slim) Hawkins were involved in an accident May 31 while re turning from northern Cali- Phtfne SP 3-4293 DAILY'S U-DRIVE Medtord Airport "In both these cases, they would be using capital. When they died payments would cease and the policies would have no residual value." Is Social Security Enough? If one wanted to have the incomes described from cap ital that' would not be con sumed, the single man would need $34,800 at 4 per cent and the couple would need $52, 200 at the same rate of in terest. Admitting that social secur ity benefits are a valuable foundation for a retirement plan, the Long firm in its pub lication "The Long View," questions if one can retire on social security alone in view of the dollar shrinkage from 100 cents in 1939 -to 48 cents today. An example of additional saving is cited on the basis of investment in the firm's di versified investment fund, a balanced mutual fund. This example is cited here, not as a recommendation to buy the fund, but as a pic ture of gain in a long period of stock market "advance. The firm itself wants that "programs of the type illus trated do not assure a profit or protect against deprecia tion in declining markets." Investment Returns The investment program il lustrated assumes an initial investment by a man 51 years of age of $5,000 on Dec. 1, 1944 in diversified invest ment fund, and $100 a month thereafter - plus reinvest ment of dividends. By Dec. 31, 1958, the monthly investments aggre gated $21,800, including the initial $5,000. Cumulative div idends totaled $16,492. This made a total investment of $38,292. On Dec. 31, 1958, when the investor was 65, the total val ue of the shares he had pur chased with this investment amounted to $57,598. In arriving at this total, al lowance was made for the sales charge of 8 per cent on shares purchased, but no adjustment was made for in come taxes payable by share- fornia. Cars in a line had stopped but a tar coming back of the Hawkins car failed to see the sign and rammed into them, they said. They were bruised and shook p but not seriously injured and their pickup was not damaged. Mrs. Ambre Blayden spent a few clays in Medford last week to be close to the hos pital while her uncle, Tom Wilson, was there.' - lit m a r i , STORES 214 South Riverside Ave Phone SP 2-7119 holders on security profits and dividends reinvested in shares. The firm noted that divi dend income was equal to more than $193 a month in 1958. The investor, it was held, could stop accumulating shares and begin to receive income dividends in cash as secondary retirement income. The retired man and his wife - if both were 65 - would be drawing $174 a month from social security, and $193 a month from the fund - or $84.69 a week. Also they would have capital which on Dec. 31, 1958, amounted to $57,598. This income, of course, could be sweetened by chew ing up some of the capital each year, a normal proced ure for a retired couple. The people are well-fed. An immediate result of the end of rationing is that most of them are too fat. Now the yearning for a few of the finer things of life is manifesting itself, possibly as a substitute for religious wor ship which has been made politically unpopular to a point where attendance at the surviving churches is confined to the older generation and principally to old women. The infrequent new West ern cars on the streets are immediately surrounded by silently admiring throngs. A routine reception at a West ern embassy will draw a crowd across the street equal in number to a major Holly wood premiere, despite the fact that none of the em bassies is in the public direct ories or listings. Slowly some of the better things are coming within view of the -common man. He still usually dresses in an un matched coat, baggy pants and tieless shirt,, and bis wife still occasionally wears a ban dana to the Bolshoi theater, but he does go to work in the cleanest and most beautiful subway system in the world, or on foot down boulevards lined with newly planted and hixurating green trees.. See Better World : People living several to a room in present apartments, or arriving from East Berlin four to a compartment in every train, tell you that the difficulties are less than they were, that they are worth en during because the seven-year-plan will deliver them to a better world. "If," they say, "the warlike capitalistic world does not take matters out - of our hands." It is certain that the people of Moscow have been com pletely sold on the seven-year plan, to the extent that the Khrushchev regime has bet its very existence upon its ability to deliver the goods by the deadline six years hence. Completion of the seven- year plan would become an immediate impossibility in the event of World War IIL Obvious even to the most cas ual observer among the 40,000 tourists in the Soviet Union this year is the fact that fhe people do not want war and have not been emo tionally conditioned for war. An impression gained in talking with Communist boss Walter Ulbricht in East Ger many is that the East German government, while under the complete control of the Krem fin, nevertheless, to the best of its ability keeps the Krem lin under pressure to force a showdown, with arms if nec essary, in Germany. Everything to Lose Russia would appear to have everything to lose and nothing to gain by precipitat ing a war. The same is not true from the standpoint of the East German Communists and their present precarious political situation. Strong indication that the East German government feels it does not have popu lar support and could not sur vive a plebiscite appears in its refusal to consider free elec tions. The feeling in West Germany is that East Berlin at least cannot continuously survive with its gloom-encompassed low living standards and slow recovery immedi ately adjacent to the vigorous, lively and spectacularly suc cessful city of West Berlin. The situation in Commu nisms oriental perimeter is believed, in some Western diplomatic circles here, to be basically different from, the relationship between the Kremlia and East Berlin which it completely controls. The Chinese Communists, like their Caucasian brothers in East Berlin, are regarded as definitely warlike. The added danger to world peace here is believed to lie in the fact that Moscow is not sure of its in fluence over Peiping, and in the fact that face-saving is so important in the Orient that Communist China cannot ac commodate itself to zig-zags in foreign policy such as that involving the recent abortive deadline for Western evacua tion of Berlin. No Warlike Preparation World War III, stemming from a showdown over East Germany, may result from miscalculation or accident. But it seems certain at the moment that it will not result from the wishes of the people themselves in the U.S.S.R. as expressed in the capital city. In perspective, the weight attached by the West to the present unyielding position of the Communist negotiators at Geneva might be regarded as a tribute to a strong case based more upon threat than fact. The warlike threats of the U.S.S.R. which brought the foreign ministers confer ence into being at Geneva seem, as viewed from the in terior of Russia, to have been based oft bluff, insofar as any visible warlike preparation e-f the Soviet people themselves is concerned. West Berlin be lieves that if the conference fails to produce 9ii desired summit meetings, the city will be subject to immediate Com munist harassments. 9omt Western embassies here feel certain, however, that any excursions into brinkmanship permitted East German lead er Walter Ulbricht will be un der tight Kremlin rein and control and not permitted to lead to a military showdowg. m mm LOAN CO. us Bllill "STOP HERE, DEAR, TUE FIDJT KIlQg OD DT LIST IS OOIJI? On so many occasions, money 4tk9f fluG ment. 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