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Internal Stability of Said To Be Editor' note: This is tha second f three dispatches providing an ap praisal of Russia today by an Amer eiaa correspondent recently return ed to the United States from Russia. By WHITMAN BASSOW UPI Correspondent Moscow belidjve that Russia has now achieved the highest level of internal stability since the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. They point to the booming economy, the rising standard cf living, growing popular sup port for the regime and Nikita Khrushchev's elimination of all organized opposition to his rule. What does this stability meat for the United States? It means that Russia can back up its challenge to Amer ica with impressive economic strength and ideological weap ons which have tremendous appeal fqr millions of "un- , committed" people. Extend More Credit It means the Russians can increase their economic and technical assistance to under developed countries. They will be able to extend more credits, sell more manufactured goods and food, export more tech- : nicians and engineers. And along with all this, export po litical ideas and influence hos- i tile to U.S. interests. It also - means increasing flexibility in foreign policy - that spells trouble for the U.S. The Kremlin is now in . a position to stir up "crises" in the Mideast one week, in the Far East the next, then ' snfft to Berlin-all designed to keep the West off balance and cause dispersal of its political and military strength. But after observing Soviet life at first hand for almost three years, I think there are certain elements, within Rus sia which tend to curb Soviet expansionism. ( Engaged in Vast Projects One of these is a psycholog ical one: the greatest national energy is directed inward, do mestically, not outtward. It is engaged in building vast projects: hydrolectric stations in Siberia, steel mills in the Urals, wheat farms in Ka zakhstan, housing everywhere, The world beyond the fron tiers seems remote to most Russians and their meager knowledge of it filters through the controlled press in small, slanted doses. Russian friends have often told me there is little talk of foreign affairs among the people. Few of them are disposed to carry the blessings of Communism to other countries, especially at the expense of. their own meager gains. This sentiment is reflected in frequent criticism I heard of Soviet foreign aid pro grams. "I don't know why we should send all those tractors and machinery . abroad. ; We need them here in the Uk raine," a collective farmer said in a Kiev market place. Shows Feeling on Aid A student friend demon strated how he felt about So viet aid programs with his belt. He tightened it one notch and said, "Egypt!" Another notch: "Syria!" A third notch: "Afghanistan!" Another development: und er the impact of industrializa tion, ubranization and educa tion, the nature of Soviet society is changing. The semi-literate peasant class is disappearing; a new class, an educated middle class, is emerging. These people, already num bering in the millions, run the factories, the mines, the uni versities and schools, trans port and service industries. They form the vast bureau cracy of the government; they do the research and planning. There ranks are steadily in creasing. - HAVE AN r EXTRA VACATIONS OM THE VAY!E So us NOW even if rou'r going NEXT SPRING! Cane ia tar RB . My Untrttid Eteratere, SEE GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE SP 2-6779 1 111 E. 8th Highest Since 1917 What do these people want from life? Mainly, to do their jobs and enjoy the material benefits to which their elite position in Soviet society entitles them: decent housing, good clothes, automobiles, TV sets and other appliances, leisure and travel, a country home. Slogans for History Books For this new generation, the slogans of the 1917 revolution are just something of the his tory books. Although it re gards the world-wide triumph of Communism as inevitable, it does not seem anxious to go out and fight for it As the new elite acquires more material goods and crea ture comforts, it seems less willing to risk, to sacrifice, for the revolutionary cause. When the' Old Bolsheviks die off, when the generation that came through the years of de privation and sacrifice, of war, famine and purges, has disap pear, it is this elite that will rule Russia. Another imporant factor in Soviet thinking is the gen Steel Producers Take Initial Step For Expected Strike Cleveland, Ohio-DPD-Steel- makers are preparing for a walkout because union and management negotiators are still far apart after six weeks of bargaining. Steel magazine said Mon day that the producers already have taken the initial step by cleaning out raw material pipelines. . . The National Metalworking weekly said steelmakers were to begin banking furnaces "within a few days." Mill Output Drops Production already has start ed to taper off. Mills operated at 92.5 per cent of capacity last week, a drop of 1.5 points. The output was about 2, 619,000 net tons of steel for ingots and castings. , The St. Louis district, which operated at 89 per cent, show ed a 15-point drop, while the biggest gain-5.5 points-was re ported by Cleveland. The magazine said steel makers were hoping for a lab or settlement that wouldn't require higher prices, but since both side were on the spot, - neither expected total victory. ' , A possible solution mention ed was concessions by the United Steelworkers on oper ating procedures in 'exchange for a small wage boost. Most Noticeable Damage - Most observers predicted that loss of pay would be the most noticeable strike dam age, unless it lasted more than eight weeks. The steelwork ers, if they walk off July 1, would ' lose $213,000,000 in wages in a four-week strike; $321,000,000 in six weeks, and $43,000,000 in base pay if the walkout lasted eight weeks. The weekly said that a six week work stoppage would do little more than put a dent in industrial production and would hardly affect third quarter gross national produc tion. That's because most steel users have planned inventor ies for a least a six-week strike. ' PHOENIX Visitors Return Home BY LILLIAN KNIGHT Phoenix-Returning to their homes last week.after visiting for a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Tompkins on Coleman Creek rd. were Mrs. Belle Baut, Pauls Valley, Okla. and Mrs., Ernest Tomp kins, Pear Blossom, Calif. Al so recent guests of the Tomp kins .were Mr. and Mrs. Milt on Starkey- and daughter, Di ane, of Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Stan c 1 i f f e returned Wednesday night from Portland where they attended Centennial and Rose festivities. They were ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stringer, Ashland. Tues day evening they were met by Mr.' and Mrs. Wallace Hask ins, Medford, and all attended the Rose Queen's command performance of the Pacific Coast League's baseball game between Portland and Phoe nix, Ariz. The Stancliffes were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth West, Gresham. They al so visited in Boring, Ore. and Damascus, Ore., where they saw the candle made from the wax gathered from Oregon school children throughout the state. They also traveled to Clat skinie where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Barr and family and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Euch son. Miss Sally Stringer, daughter of he Ray Stringers, will visit a week with Bertie Barr, daughter oi the Bill Barrs before she returns home. Russia uine, universal desire tor peace among the people. "When you go back to America, tell everybody how much we want peace," an at tractive woman doctor from Odessa told me. "We suffered so terribly in the last war. We never want another war again." How much does this fear of war and desire for peace influence Soviet policy? More, I believe, than may be gen erally suspected. , Won't Risk Regime The Kremlin is not likely to drive the Russian people into an aggressive war unless it could do so without risking collapse of the regime. And that's something not even Nik ita Khrushchev can be sure of. But if Soviet leaders do not want war with the West, they DO hope to achive the world wide triumph of Communism through other means. And they are relying on Russia's economic and political stabili ty to help them. (Next: Peeks through the Iron Curtaic.) Outside of steel, probably the hardest hit industry would be the railroads. Plants Would Close If there is no settlement by Sept. 1, nearly all of the estimated 501,000 U.S.W. members in the steel industry would be involved, and a large segment of the metal fabricat ing plants would be closed for lack of steel Steel's composite on No. 1 heavy melting steel scrap rose $1 a ton last week to $36.50 This "was the fourth consecu tive weekly advance and lift- red the market to the highest level since March. Sculptress Attends Sfafe Trade Fair Portland-A Japanese sculp tress and doll-maker will dem onstrate both at the Japan ex hibition area in the Centen nial International Trade Fair untii it ends. She is Mrs. Shiori Kawamura, widow of the late well-known sculptor, Gozo Kawamura, and also an artist in her own right. She is in America to present the city of Washington a por trait bust made by her late husband of Yukio Ozaki, long time mayor of Toyko under whose administration 3,000 Japanese cherry - trees were presented the city of Washing ton, D.C., the beginning of the famous Washington cherry blossoms which are -now fa mous -throughout the world for their, fabulous spring blooming. The pearl crown worn by the ; Cherry Blossom Queen annually, also . a gift from Japan to the Capital city fes tival, is a featured exhibit at the Japan Trade Fair show now. Vermont's most famous hero, .Ethan Allen, was born in Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bisse ger and family left , Wednes day to return to their home in Niles, Mich., after visiting with his parents for a week. While here they attended the wedding of his sister, Avis, to Leon Christensen which was held in Lithia park, Ashland, June 14. They also visited Mr. and Mrs. Steve Crippen, Ashland, Bisseger's brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Chris tensen, the former Avis Bisse ger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bisseger, are honey mooning in California. When they return they will make their home in Medford. She is employed by the bureau of land management and he will be with the Jackson County Title company. NO -NO USES New Classes Monday, R0BERTS071 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 40-42 N. Riverside SP 3-4264 Medford, Ore. Record High Bank Deposits Listed Record high June bank de posits were reported by the First National Bank of Ore gon when the statewide bank submitted its June 10 state ment of condition figures in response to a call by the comp troller of the currency.' Deposits of $840,804,145 were reported, which topped the previous mid-year mark of $794,390,100 set June 23, 1958. The current figure rep resents a gain of $6,315,471 over the March 12, 1959, bank call deposit total, which was a new record for that period. Loans for the 79 First Na tional offices amounted to $462,935,447, an increase of $81,346,819 'over year ago and also a new June record. Loans are up $31,812,356 since the March call. The Medford branch of First National reported June 10 deposits of $27,374,895 and loans totalling $14,364,622, according to J. A. Moore, branch manager. On June 23, 1958, deposits were $26,075,- 287 and loans were $11,427, 130. Figures released at the Cen tral Point branch show that on June 10, 1959, deposits at the branch were $2,952,729 and loans were $2,130,123, according to F. C. Ayres, branch manager. Comparable totals for the branch for a year ago show that on that date, deposits were $2,336,694 and loans totaled $,507,131. ACTING Governor Lether Frazar of Louisiana answers newsmen's questions in his pajamas at New Orleans. Governor Long is under hos pital mental observation. Morse Named to Attend Conference Washington - Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) has been ap pointed by the vice president to serve as a member of Unit ed States delegation to Canadian-American Parliamentary conference, to be held in Ot- towa and Montreal from June 25 to June 28. Purpose of conference is to promote better understanding between Canadian Parliament and United States Congress. "-..Ten other Senators will al so attend. They are Homer E. Capehart (Indiana), J. W. Ful- bright (Arkansas), Alexander Wiley (Wisconsin), George D Aiken (Vermont), Hubert Humphrey (Minnesota), Mike Mansfield (Montana), Frank Carlson (Kansas), Frank Church (Idaho), J. Allen Fre- ar, Jr. (Delaware), and Theo dore F. Green (Rhode Island). In commenting on his ap pointment, the senior Senator from Oregon said "Our mu tual problems concerning de fense, foreign policy, and trade make it imperative, in my opinion, that Legislators as well as heads of state in Canada and the United States exchange views periodically so that the historic friendship and trust between our two countries may continue and improve." While in Canada,. Morse will also attend the ceremony of the opemng of the St. Law rence Sseaway at Montreal June 26. ' .You can spend only $100 a year on food and still meet minimum adult nutritional re-quirements-if you don't mind a steady diet of kidney beans, lima beans, peanut butter and little else. . Paper for currency in the United States and 40 other na tions is made by Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass. July 6 "TX . i DM T 6imrBBttd by M BITTER President Eisenhower leaves his office in the White House after making a 'bitter statement to newsmen regarding the Senate's rejection of Lewis L. Strauss as Ike's secretary of commerce. Strauss is the eighth cabinet nominee to be denied confirmation by the Senate in the entire history of the nation, and the action has been interpreted as a stunning rebuff to Eisenhower. In his statement to the press, the President said. "Tho Amer ican people are the losers." ACLU Calls for Federal Legislation To Protect Washington-(DPD-The Amer ican civil liberties union has reversed a long-standing pol icy and called for federal leg islation to protect the rights of rank-and-file union mem bers. The ACLU urged. Congress to include a union "bill of rights" in any labor legisla tion approved this year. , But, declaring that any gov ernment intervention was a "necessary evil," the organ ization recommended moder ate regulation , before "more extensive and drastic controls are imposed." Turned Against Legislation The bill of rights provision written into a Senate-passed labor reform bill now pend ing the House turned organ ized labor against the . legis lation. AFL-CIO and other labor officials charge the pro posals would hamstring union affairs and permit communists and troublemakers to take over. In reversing its seven-year stand agdinst government reg ulation of union internal af fairs, ACLU added that it did not wholly support any of the labor reform proposals now before Congress. v Since 1952, the ACLU posi tion has been that unions were capable of policing themselves. But in its new statement, the ACLU said "self-regulation alone cannot adequately protect the democratic rights of members . within unions." Rights Not Guranieed It said many union constitu tions "failed to guarantee the Washday in Medford In this week's Saturday ' Evening Post you'll read a whirling, spinning, twenty one machine salute to the Big Y Laundromat in Med ford. . You'll see an exciting, two-page photograph of a . group of Medford women chatting, reading, trying to keep their children out , of a'tubful of trouble all while their laundry is get ting washed. You'll read how Ray Niehaus and his wife run the Laundromat six long days a week. Learn how the poor hus band feels who does laun dress duty on a female filled Saturday morning. Read how washday in Medford is keeping alive a custom that goes on all over the world. Don't miss "Social Gath ering" in this week's Post. It's a wonderful week in the Post '. . .' 7 articles, 4 stories, 2 serials, many cartoons and exciting photographs. Get your copy today wherever magazines are sold! A CURTIS MAGAZINE L I U rights of free speech, assembly and press. Any bill of rights, the ACLU said, should give each member the right to full participation in determining union policies, free and open elections, full accounting of union affairs, the right to criticize officers and policies and form opposi tion groups and full and fair hearings on charges of violat ing union rules. . It warned, however, against making bill of rights provis ions too detailed for fear of limiting, rather than promot ing freedom. HotZifptyM Canada Dry flavors They're money-saving because you get more to drink in every bottle! 12 drinks in every 6 bottle carton! 4 REASONS WHY Canada Dry Flavors are your Best Buy! 1 . Big King-Size bottle serves 2! 2. A flavor to satisfy every taste! 3. Exclusive ingredients give them a sparkling taste! 4. You can trust their quality! ORANGE GRAPE ROOT BEER Quotes From the News ; By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL ' :- Springfield, Mo.-Warden Russel O. Settle of the U.S. Medical Center for'the criminally insane, on rioting inmates who held five guards hostage: "We are in no position to negotiate until we hear some thing from them. They said they'll call us when they are ready to talk." Baton Rouge, La.-Lt. Gov. Lether Frazar, declining to take over as acting governor while Gov. Earl K. Long is be ing held in a mental institution: "I don't know what I'm going to do." Tallahassee, Fla.-The Rev. David H. Brooks, a Negro min ister, applauding the life sentences given four white youths for raping a Negro coed: "But I cannot help thinking of the four Negroes now in the death house of our state prison for raping white women." Washington-Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida reporting that President Eisenhower advised him and eight other governors to stay in a good humor during their trip to Russia: "I told him that if they don't say anything bad about Rob ert E. Lee I won't say anything bad about Lenin." Conference of VA Men In Northwest Held Here A major conference of VA administrative officers in the northwest region was held at the Camp White domiciliary this past week, bearing on the interchange of ideas and dis cussion . of mutual problems. The group included seven registrars at hospitals in Port land, Spokane, American Lake, Seattle, Roseburg, Walla Walla and Vancouver. The meetingat Camp White afforded an 6pportunity to in spect the domiciliary and to learn what type of persons were suited to domiciliary care, Manager Henry C. Her zog stated. It also provided an oppor tunity for the registrars from "the various hospitals to clarify the type of patient that could be admitted at their respective installations. Herzog, Assistant Manager B. I. Paul, Dr. A. S. Ander son, chief medical officer, R. H. Ruffin, domiciliary officer, and L. L. Dover, registrar, participated in the discussion of advantages and domiciliary conditions. The matter of handling forms was presented by Har old Koenig and D. P. David son, of the general service ad ministration, Seattle office. Registrars attending the conference were John W. Horton, Portland; Ernest Mar w - ruimna &. ai ei ww nivfe PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING tin, Spokane; S. A. Zielinski, American - Lake; Floyd R. Jackson, Seattle; Clifford M. Small, Roseburg; Clarence Stirewalt, Walla Walla and Robert D. Holbrook, Vancou ver. ' Guy M. Bair, medical ad ministration officer, represent ed the Portland regional office. Edmund E. Hass Vice-President Rcific Northwest Company Since 1913 SUITE 303, FLUHRER BLDG. ; PHONE SP 3-7319 5 SOUTH CENTRAL AVENUE t r Consult With Mr. Hass on Investment and Retirement Programs Using the Securities of . . . . Utilities Banks Insurance Industrial . Investment Company Shares. Dependable Incomes of 5 to 6 Can Be Obtained Other offices in Portland, Salem, Eugene, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma. Aberdeen, Bellingham, Yakima, Wenatchee and Walla Walla. 4E7flBS t o iCANADAM n DRYWl e 9 V CHERRY HI-SPOT LEMON SODA COMPANY OF MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, Medforo Or. Tuetdiy, June 23, 1959 Klamath Trucker Ordered To Abide Washington-fllPfl-Federal or ders requiring KlamathOFalls trucker Alexander L. Vincz to abide by regulations of thg Interstate Commerce 'commis sion were upheld Monday b9 the U.S. Court of Appeals. 1 Q In separate cases, FedenaJ Judge Gus J. Solomon, Por land and the Oregon SupremS court earlier ruled Vincz and his businesses were ejub- ject to ICC regulation. H sought to avoid federal regu lation while organizing two companies, Pioneer Truc Rentals and Drivers' Service, which together provide truck ing service. The Appeals court ruling stated: "The Interstate Commerce act is designed to regulate $11 person who engage as inter state common or contract car iers for the transportation of property. A subterfuge such as is shown here cannot pre vail." SIR WALTER BUS DRIVER Atlanta (UPD George W. Rigdon, a bus driver, was offi cially commended by the' City Transit System for carrying a waiting woman passenger across a mud puddle so she could get on. z z z z Note to Mom: Canada Dry King Size Flavors are wholesome delicious delectable because they carry theCanada Dry shield of Purity and Quality.
