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SECTION D MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY,
, OCTOBER 16, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8
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RINK READY Rogue valley's new skating
rink, the Jackson County Rollarena, located
about 2'4 miles south of Medford on high
way 99, will be open to the public some time
this coming week, according to manager
Merle VanHoosen. The picture above shows
VanHoosen, (left) receiving the keys to the
building from Contractor Meyers Jones, an
associate of Siskiyou Development corp.,
upon completion ot the structure last week.
The skating area, covered with pecan ve
neer, will be the largest in southern Ore
gon, VanHoosen said. Coffee, soft drinks and
sandwiches will be available at the snack
bar and live music for skating will be furn
nished every evening except Sunday, by
Jerry Miller at the organ. On Sundays the
music will be taped, VanHoosen said.
Forest Products
Week Observed
The importance of the lum
ber industry to southern Ore
gon will be highlighted this
week as foresters and woods
1 n dustry organizations ob
serve National Forest Prod
ucts Week.
Local observance is being
coordinated by the Rogue
Valley Hoo-Hoo club with
Ivan Harrington, Ross Lum
ber company, serving as chair
man of the planning commit
tee. Cochairman is Bob Nel
son, Neeley - Nelson Lumber
company.
Special activities are plan
ned in Ashland, Medford, and
Grants Pass, Harrington said.
Representatives of the forest
Industry plan talks before
service organizations during
the week to bring attention to
the economic importanc of
the industry to this area.
National Forest Products
Amendments to Social
Security Law Reviewed
Survivors of individuals
who died before 1940 may
now be entitled to Social Se
curity payments, according to
Edward B. Jacboson, manager
of the Medford Social Secur
ity administration office.
New amendments to the So
cial Security law provide for
payments to the widows, aged
dependant parents, and dis
abled children of workers
who died after March 31,
193B, and before Jan. 1, 1940.
The deceased worker must
have been employed under
Social Security for approxi
mately 18 months in order for
his survivors to receive these
benefits, Jacobson said.
To qualify for benefits a
Week has been proclaimed by
President Eisenhower and has
received the support of Med
ford Mayor John W. Snider.
widow or dependent, mother
of a worker who died before
1940 must be 62 years of age
or over. A dependent father
must be 65 or over. A dis
abled son or daughter must
have a disability so severe
that it keeps him or her from
doing any substantial gainful
work, he added. The disabil
ity also must have begun be
fore the child reached his
18th' birthday.
As with other benefits, no
payment may be made unless
an application is filed, Jacob
son noted. Individuals who
believe they may be entitled
to payments under these new
amendments should contact
the Social Security office in
their area.
The office in Medford Is
located at 1005 East Main St.,
and is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday
Traveler Says Suffering in
China Is Not Now Noticeable
By GREG NOKES
Mail Tribune Staff Writer
Ashland - Robert Cohen
told a Southern Oregon col
lege audience Friday that the
suffering which used to be
evident in pre-Communist
China no longer exists - "at
least on the surface."
Cohen, 30, is the only U.S.
citizen to ever take films inside-Red
China. He showed
these films and narrated their
content before several hun
dred students in the Brill
student center.
Cohen was one of 42 Amer
ican youths who were severe
ly criticized in 1957 by the
U.S. state department for
traveling to China against the
department's wishes.
Attends Festival
Cohen said Friday that the
trip came about when he ven
tured to a 1957 World Youth
Festival in Moscow. He went
to the festival, he said, out of
interest, and to help combat
Communist propaganda di
rected toward representatives
of the "neutral" nations rep
resented there.
Toward the end of the Mos
cow festival, Cohen said, the
Chinese Youth federation in
vited all of the non-Communist
representatives at the fes
tival to a three-week visit in
China. ,
Out of the 180 Americans
at the festival-most of whom
did not represent any particu
lar organization but were
there just out of interest, like
himself - Cohen said 40 of
them indicated they would
like to see Red China.
Returns to Paris
Cohen said, however, that
he decided to be a "patriot
and return to Paris where he
was studying at the Sorbonne.
Out of curiosity though he
said he asked several Moscow
correspondents of the U. S.
press if there was any law
against visiting China.
They replied that there was
not and Irving Levine of NBC
said the company would sup
ply all of the film and equip
ment if Cohen would journey
to China and take films to
show throughout the U.S.
Cohen said he then felt a
greater responsibility to bring
back films for people in the
U.S. to see, than to comply
with the wishes of the state
department.
He decided to go along with
40 other Americans, he said
and they journeyed from
Moscow to Peiping by way of
the Trans-Siberia railroad.
The trip took nine days.
On arrival in Peiping, the
first thing they were required
to do was to list all the places
they wanted to see while in
China. A dilemma arose in
the American delegation over
whether they should visit the
prosperous Manchurian prov
ince or the poorer Canton
province which are 2,000
miles apart. There was not
enough time to see them both.
The Chinese government
then obligingly extended
their stay another three weeks
so that the group could visit
both places, Cohen said.
He said he was able to take
pictures of whatever he saw,
except for the inside of a
Shanghai prison in which
some Americans were jailed.
His films were not censored,
he said, and were not even
developed until after they
reached the U.S.
Not an Expert
Cohen said he is not an ex
pert on China. He had never
been there before and was
unable to draw any accurate
comparisons of what China
was like before and after the
Communist takeover.
Neither did he know the
language, he said, and was
unable to really understand
much of what he saw, nor
talk to very many Chinese.
However, Cohen did notice
that the many prostitutes,
beggars and cripples that fill
ed the streets in east China
cities, according to U.S. serv
icemen who were there dur
ing WWII, have almost com
pletely disappeared.
Illustrates Power
If nothing else, he said, the
fact that the government was
able to get these persons off
the streets shows what tre
mendous power they must
have.
The group saw the "Great
Wall of China," Cohen said,
which the Communist gov
ernment is rebuilding. He
said they are doing this for
two reasons: one, to show that
the Communist government
is the government of China,
and two, to show the world
that once more China is a
great power.
Children's Hospital
China, he said, is much "a
contrast between the old and
the new." He said he noticed
that Chinese coolies were re
building the great wall by
largely the same methods as
it was built in the first place
-by hand.
This contrast was also evi
dent in a model children's
hospital, he said. When the
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Communist government first
took over, he said, they de
cided to eliminate the prac
tice of traditional medicine
and adopt nothing but the
most modern practices.
However, they found that
the people still had much
confidence in the traditional
methods, and decided to use
both. In this modern model
hospital, Cohen said, one can
now see the traditional and
modern medical practices go
ing on side by side.
Manchuria, the industrial
capital of China and boasting
perhaps the most modern cit
ies in China, looks about like
mid-19th century1 industrial
America looked, he said. They
have the same smokestacks
and the crowded workers ten
ements surrounding them.
In Port City
In the port city of Daihren,
Manchuria, apparently
good ships are being built
with the help of Russian technicians.
In the interior of Manchu
ria, Chinese locomotives and
trucks are being turned out
for the first time in China
using Chinese steel and Chi
nese labor.
Tlie truck factory, Cohen
said, was completed in 11154,
employs 18,000 persons and
has a production capacity of
300,000 heavy-duty trucks per
year. Each truck has the
Communist symbol stamped
on it, he noted.
While in the locomotive
factory, Cohen said he saw
brand-new heavy machinery
marked "made in Rochester,
New York." This was odd, he
said, because U.S. trade with
Communist China is forbid
den. Asks at Source
When he asked a Chinese
worker how they got this
machinery, he replied that
"there is a store where if you
have enough money you can
buy anything." Cohen said he
apparently meant the "black
market." He also saw a brand-new
Plymouth car in another Chi
nese city. Stamped on the car,
lie said, was a sign saying it
was assembled in Switzer
land. He assumed this also
came from the black-market
The Chinese Communists
have built the first bridges
ever constructed across the
2,000-mile long Yangtze river
in central China, he said. This
was a major accomplishment
because trains no longer have
to be ferried across the river
as they were in pre-bridge
days. The river had served to
cut China in two in times of
inclement weather. ,
Visits Prison
Cohen said he also visited
a Chinese prison which had
many political prisoners,
who had been jailed for pub
licly speaking against Com
munism and Socialism.
He also visited a Chinese
"commune" which is a scries
of villages that have been
combined into one. The only
thing new in this particular
commune, he said, was a bar
ber shop,
Cohen saw the "Sampan
people" who live In little
wooden boats their entire
lives. They were noticeable
around Canton which is said
to be the city that has prog
ressed the least under the
Communist dictatorship.
Working Women
" Canton is the only city, he
said, where he saw women
working "harder" than men
as a rule. Women work right
along side men throughout
China, he said, but the men
usually do the heavier work.
Before the Communist take
o v e r, the Sampan dcodIc.
which number aboue 120,000,
around Canton, were actual
ly forbidden by law to come
ashore. They were eciuiva-
lent to the Indian "untouch
ables." he said.
Some of these people have
lived their whole lives on the
water without ever once put
ting their feet on land. These
people still exist under the
Communist government, he
said, although the government
lias made some efforts to re
locate the Sampan people in
interior China. They have
also provided some schooling
for the children of these peo
ple, he said.
Sees Celebration
At the end of this trip,
Cohen said, he visited Pei
ping again (the capital of
China) and saw the National
Day Parade, celebrating the
Communist takeover in China.
As many as 100,000 work
ers marched in the parade
when he saw it, Cohen said,
and he understands that last
year there were 500,000.
Watching the parade, he
said, were Chinese Commu
nist party boss Mao-Tse-tung
and Hungary's Communist
leader, Janos Kadar.
Cohen concluded his talk
with the statement that the
ancient dragon of China "has
come to life," and "people of
the world will watch as the
Chinese dragon continues its
leap forward."
Bank Deposits Said $20.7 Million
The Medford branch of the
U. S. National Bank of Port
land showed deposits of $20,
770,686 in its Oct. 3 report to
the comptroller of currency,
according to Allan F. Perry,
branch manager.
Loans and discounts on that
date showed a total of $10,
933.494. The total banking system of
the U. S. National bank with
75 banking offices reported
deposits totaling $787,793,077
Oct. 3.
Total loans and discounts
for the statewide system wera
$400,336,721. Total resources
rose from $875,522,126 as ot
the June 15 call, to $883,784,
282 as ot Oct. 3.
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