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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Quotes From the News
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:- 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
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Stirewalt, Walla Walla and
Robert D. Holbrook, Vancou
ver. '
Guy M. Bair, medical ad
ministration officer, represent
ed the Portland regional office.
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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
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