TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. I960
MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
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Drummond Reports
Walter Lippmann li in South America. Roscoe Drummond reportl
from W.nhington In his absence.)
U. N. AND RED CHINA
Washington - An early
necessity of the Kennedy ad
ministration will be to de
velop a new policy on admit
ting Red China to the U.N.
or a new strategy to keep Red
China out.
Already delegates to the
General Assembly are talking
about adjourning the nresent
session to reconvene after the
President-elect takes office.
This means that the China
issue, though temp orarily
shelved asain last month,
may well come up for re
consideration soon.
There are two reasons why
Mr. Kennedy will have to
take a new look at China pol
icy. During the campaign he
gave as his only reason for
opposing Red China's admis
sion the insistence of her lead
ers that war was an inevitable
part of Communist struggle.
Eut last week a high Chinese
Communist spokesman in
Moscow said that the Chinese
Communists are not advocat
ing this view. Does this mean
thai, if Red China begins to
use peaceful words, the new
Administration should alter
U.S. policy?
Secondly, even if Mr. Ken
nedy concludes that his cam
paign statement did not re
flect his full view, is it not
imperative that the U.S. find
a better means of defending
its position?
T REFER to the annual tactic
of keeping Red China off
the U.N. agenda. This tactic
has worked for 14 years. But
last month out of 99 members
our don't-talk-about-it resolu
tion got only 42 positive votes,
34 nays, and 22 abstentions.
The anti-consideration pro
posal won by only eight votes
and I know of no informed
correspondent at the U.N. who
believes that the five votes
needed to change the result
will not be forthcoming soon.
This is why we must de
velop either a new policy or
a new strategy. Ambassador
Lodge, for example, has point
ed out-and I think rightly
that there may well be a num
ber of nations who will op
pose Red China s admission
but who want to debate the
issue.
The fact is that our don't-debate-it
position conceals the
complex problems facing the
U.N. in admitting mainland
China. It is a . tactic which
brings us the least support,
not the maximum support.
TTERE are some of the sub'
slantive questions to be
considered before deciding
whether and how to admit
Red China.
If the question is settled
wholly on the basis of cre
dent ials that is, accepting the
credentials of mainland China
as the country originally put
on the Security Council and
rejecting the credentials of
the Nationalist China dele
gate - then the U.N. is auto
matically expe'ling Formosa.
But if expelling Formosa is
not to be the automatic re
sult of seating Red China,
then the whole transaction of
retaining Formosa in the
General Assembly and admit
ting mainland China to Ihe
U.N., including the Security
Council, will have to be nego
tiated in advance and carried
out in one simultaneous ac
tion. If not, then the U.N. runs
the risk nf putting Red China
on the Security Council and
thus enabling Red China to
veto Formosa's membership.
There are other alterna
tives. The new African na
tions want to be permanently
represented on the Security
Council. So do the Latin
American nations. Shouldn't
India be on the Security
Council in addition to or in
place of Red China? Isn't it
time to re-cast the Security
Council?
AM not advocating that
mainland China should be
admitted to the U.N. But if
we are outvoted, the U.S. cer
tainly does not want to threat
en a walkout of the U.N.
Still another question is
whether Red China will ac
cept the independence of
Formosa as a condition of
U.N. membership. And do
two-thirds of the members of
Ihe U.N. want to admit Red
China by expelling Formosa,
which has a population larger
than some 33 present U.N.
members.
To hold to the past tactic
of trying to keep Red China
off the United Nations' agen
da is to invite defeat for our
resolution because it permits
many nations to appear to
support Red China without
facing up to the problems and
consequences of admitting
Red China.
(c) 1960 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
Freight Train Runs
Wild Through Yards
Philadelphia-(l!PD-An unmanned 84-car freight train load
ed with grain was nudged into motion by the derailment
of another freight Monday night and sped for four miles
through West Philadelphia before it was brought to a halt.
During the 19-minute free-wheeling ride along the Penn
sylvania Railroad's tracks, the heavily laden cars slammed
into a switch engine where the engineer and fireman were
eating their lunch and pushed it along in front.
Engineer Charles Campbell, 55, Camden, N.J., and fire
man John Cooney, 38, Narberth, Pa., stayed with the onrush
ing engine for awhile, then jumped as it picked up speed.
They were treated for minor injuries at Presbyterian hos
pital and released.
The railroad's traffic "nerve center," meanwhile, had
been alerted and was planning an uphill route for the train
which had increased its speed to about 40 miles an hour.
Movement director Frank W. Bartle, Lansadle, Pa.; and
dispatcher Charles Johnson, Philadelphia, ordered control
towers to throw certain switches. The switch throwing
brought the runaway toward the 30th Street Station wherp
it slammed into the switch engine.
At the next switching point, the train was directed south
ward over the four track train line to Washington, then
west onto an uphill branch line where it slowed and then
halted.
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LAKE CHARLES, LA.
TO CLOSE AIR BASES The closing of
three major air bases was one of the chief
features of a far-reaching Air Force shake
up announced in Washington Monday. The
bases scheduled for closing are Mitchell
AFB, Long Island, N.Y., to be closed by
June, 1961; and Chennault AFB, Lake
Charles, La., and MacDill AFB, Tampa, Fla.,
both to be closed by June, 1962. The Air
Force said it would move Its 63rd Troop
Carrier Wing from Donaldson AFB, Green
ville, S.C., to Hunter AFB, Savannah, Ga.,
by June, 1962, leaving Donaldson as a re
serve base with about 550 instead of 5,000
personnel.
(UPI Tclephoto)
h Force To Junk Bombers,
Close .Bases in Preparation
For Missiles, Space Vehicles
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Columbia Bridge
Financing Topic
Olympia, Wash. - IUPD - Leg
islative Interim Highway
Committees of Oregon and
Washington will meet in Port
land Dec. 12 to discuss fi
nancing of the proposed
bridge over the Columbia
river between Astoria, Ore.,
and Meglcr, Wash.
The two states have not yet
agreed on financing the
bridge.
The Oregon Legislature has
authorized issuance of $24
million In bonds for bridge
construction with provision
that each state pay half. But
Washington's Highways De
partment proposed that Ore
gon pay the entire initial cost
and Washington pay one-
fourth of the bond retirement
cost.
GREATER WEALTH
Dublin - Erie, called th
poorhouse of Europe in 1840,
now has one of the highest
per capita wealths In Its history.
VERTICAL TAKEOFF The Hawker
P-1127 is shown as It takes off vertically.
The single engine plane has two nozzles on
each side of the fuselage that can be turned
downward for vertical or aft for forward
flight. The cable on the left wing is a tele
phone line to the test pilot. The plane was
unveiled at Dunsfold, Surry, England.
(UPI Telephoto)
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
RESIDENTS of a certain community In the midwest
awoke one morning some years ago to find posters
plastered on every billboard, fence, and barn door in sight.
All of them contained a
sinr-ln sentence; HE IS J A AJ'"P
COMING!
Nobody could figure
out who "HE" might be
or who had posted the
signs, but by noon the
town was talking of noth
ing else. A week later to
the day, a second poster
replaced the first one.
This one read, "He will
be here Friday night in
Town Hall at 8 p.m.
sharp. Admission One
Dollar."
By seven p.m., Friday night, the hall was packed to the
rafters. The townsfolk had each forked over a buck for a
ticket to a strange man in the box office who made change
with, great facility but could not be induced to speak a
single word.
At 7:59 p.m., the house lights dimmed, the audience grew
silent, and the curtain rose. On the stage was a third sign.
This one read, HE HAS GONE!
A nervous bank teller fitted this card Into his business wlndowt
1 can't read English. No notes, please."
1960. by Bennett Cert Distributed by Klni Features Syndlett
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GOP Contests Texas
Election Results
Austin, Tex. - IDPU - The Re
publican party formally con
tested the Nov. 8 general elec
tion in Texas today charging
gross error . . . coercion . . .
and conspiracy."
Hardy Hollers, a lawyer
representing the GOP, filed
the contest with Texas Secre
tary of State Zollie Sleakley,
member of the Board of
Election Canvassers.
He said that If the vote
were recounted In Texas, Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
would get the state's 24 elec
toral votes instead of Sen.
John F. Kennedy.
The official canvass gave
Kennedy 1,167,032 votes and
Nixon 1,121,609.
The Republicans complain
ed especially of alleged irre
gularities in Starr and Duval
counties.
Average Veteran Pays
$221 Property Taxes
Sulem-IUPD-The average vet
eran with an Oregon veterans'
farm and home loan paid $221
in properly taxes this year
compared to $194 in 1959 and
$168 in 1958.
Roy V. Bell, auditor for the
State Veterans' Affairs De
partment, said total taxes on
20,236 properties was $4,477
092 this year compared to $3
626,343 a year ago.
Pharmacy Phacfs
From GENE WESTLANO
It's been interesting for us in
pharmacy to watch the truly won
derful results of the new drugs
coming on tha
market in the last
20 years. For in
stance, back in
1939 if you'd been
confined with
pneumonia, it eas
ily could have cost
you somewhere be
tween $250.00 to
over $1,000.00 In medical, hospi-
and drug fees . . . and the ill
ness was often fatal. Penicillin,
sulfonamides and other antibiotics
have sharply reduced fatalities due
to pneumonia and influenza. In
I93S among children one to four
years of age, death occurred on an
average of 112 times in each
100,000 cases. By 1952 this rats
of fatality had been brought down
to only 20 for each 100,000. Tha
cost of the drugs? Only a few
dollars.
First Aid Supplies your present
concern? From band aids to tha
largest rolled bandages, you can
fill your First Aid Kit at McLain's
Drug Centre, here at 8 No. Cen
tral, Medford, Oregon. adv.
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By FRANK JENKINS
On April 1 of this year, ac
cording to the bureau of the
census, the population of the
United States stood at 179,
323,175. At 2 a.m., Pacific Standard
Time, on the morning before
Thanksgiving day, the figure
sharps of the census bureau
tell us, it reached the round
total of 182,000,000.
That's a gain of 2,676,825 in
eight months.
Washington (UPI) The Air
Force, gearing itself for the
big shift to missiles and space
vehicles, plans to junk almost
200 of its older jet bombers
and put three major air bases
on the auction block.
The base closing and the
bomber cuts were the chief
features of a far-reaching Air
Force shakeup announced
Monday that will affect units
and facilities in 15 states.
More than 2.000 civilians
were expected to lose their
jobs in the shakeup.
The moves are to be carried
out over the next 19 months
and probably will be followed
quickly by other similar cut
backs in aircraft units.
The Air Force looks for a
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hydrogen,
Or worry how to stop it,
The way we drive.
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very rapid drop-off In the
number of bombers by about
Detective Chief
In Portland Quits
Portland (UPDCapt. O. K.
Robinson, 58, chief of detec
tives in the Portland Police
Department, announced his
retirement Monday afternoon
effective Dec. 31.
Robinson said he has "put
in 35 years and that's enough."
He went to work as a patrol
man in 1926 and has served in
his present capacity since
1957 when he was appointed
detective chief by the late
Police Chief William J. Hil-bruner.
j Robinson said he has no
plans lor the luture asiae
from "resting."
Chief David Johnson said
he was surprised by Robin
son's announcement.
1964 when there will have
been a big buildup in missiles
and satellites. Toward the end
of the 1960s it expects to be
deep in development of
manned spacecraft.
The Air Force said the
moves announced Monday
were made necessary by the
"transition from manned air
craft to a mixed force of mis
siles and manned systems."
The three air bases sched
uled for closing represent an
Air Force Investment of more
than S168 million. They are
Mitchell AFB, Long Island,
N. Y.t to be closed by June
1961, and Chennault AFB,
Lake Charles, La., and Mac
Dill AFB, Tampa, Fla., both
to be closed by June 1962.
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HOW did we get that way?
Well . . . still quoting the
census bureau experts ... it
worked out like this:
During this eight -month
period, there was a birth
every 7'4 seconds and a death
every 20 seconds. An Immi
grant arrived in the United
States every 1V4 minutes. An
emigrant departed every 23
minutes.
Which is to say: In the
U.S.A. people are getting
born about three times as fast
as they are dying.
AND-
f Immigrants are arriving
in the United Slates of Ameri
ca about 15 times as fast as
emigrants are departing.
Tell that to the communist
Big Shots in the Kremlin -who
claim that the United
Slates is a TERRIBLE place
to live.
The figures don't seem to
bear out the communist
claims.
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MORE figures:
The U.S. department of
agriculture reports that 82
million turkeys were avail
able in the U.S.A. this year
for Thanksgiving and Christ
mas. We have now in our
country 182 million people,
plus the new Kennedy baby
and the other new babies that
have been born since 2 a.m.
on the day before Thanksgiv
ing, minus those who have
died at the rate of three every
hour.
That's a little less than half
a turkey for each American
listed by the census bureau -or
nearly two turkeys for each
theoretical American family
of four.
TiELL THAT to the Ruskies.
And -
You might add that a cou
ple of generations ago all our
politicians could think of to
promise the people was two
CHICKENS in every pot.
We've already achieved two
TURKEYS In every pot and
we're looking forward lo the
not too distant day when
F-
That is -
We can keep the
nists out of our hair.
ONE NEIGHBOR
Augusta, Me. -Maine Is the
only one of the states that
adjoins only one other state.
Jackie Kennedy
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Washlngton-ftlPD-Mrs. John
F. Kennedy, recovering rap
idly from the birth of her sec
ond child, is now able to walk
around her room and sees
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr
daily, one of her doctors re
ported today.
Both Mrs. Kennedy and her
6-pound 3-ounce son were re
ported doing fine at George
town University Hospital
where the Kennedy's first son
was born last Friday morning.
However, the infant, although
reported "breathing normally
and eating nicely," still is be
ing kept in an incubator.
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In a light-hearted and informative ad appear
ing in this and other newspapers this week-Pacific
TelephoneNorthwest spoofs some of the
untrue "facta" supposedly believed about Ore
gon by denizens of less enlightened areas. ',' ..
"Other than home town pride," the ad asks,
"why should you care if the rest of the world has
the wrong 'facts about Oregon " ' .
And it goes on to-answer the question. -
We're glad PTN brought un "home town
pride" itself. We have a small complaint to reg
ister, ine. an mentions rortiana, saienv cugene,
Bend.' Pendleton, Corvallis, Ashland, Albany,
Rogue River and Jacksonville, AH other cities
are referred to only as "Trading Posts."
Tsk, Tsk, PTN. Medford is Oregon's fourth
city in size, and its first almost everything else.
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The above editorial appeared in the November 17th issue of the Mail-Tribune. Perhapt
you read it. Our thanks to observant editor Allen for the large praise and the "small com
plaint." Our technical advisor, a grizzled prospector named Gus, advised us that Medford
is the capital of a state called "Jefferson" and seceded from Oregon in 1935. Or was it
1941? Anyway, we're sorry to have seceded you from our ad. Medford is one of our
favorite places and we find the new-state concept as refreshing as your spectacular river
canyons and lush green orchards. Don't change we like you, whatever state you're in.
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