MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1961
Snail ftattt- 'Great Decisions'
Program Set Feb. 5 Through Mar. 26
Kdttor's note: Manv Nfwcmni
plan lo loin Mils year In the For
eign Policy Association's program
nf stimulating public discussion ol
major world problems. The follow
ing dlspatrlt outlines the nature
and subjects ot this year's pro
tram. During the eight-week period
I'I'I correspondents In various
parts of the world will be con
tributing special dispatches on the
..eight "great decisions" listed by
the FPA.
New York-(UPD-On Feb. 5,
-the non-profit, non-partisan
Foreign Policy Association
.World Affairs Center launches
its seventh annual "Great De
cisions" program designed to
aid Americans toward a bet
ter understanding of events
and problems influencing
their destiny.
"Great Decisions" is a ma
jor community program in
which, during 1960, about
250.000 individuals and more
than 500 pewspapers and ra
dio stations throughout the
United States participated.
Eight Topics Listed
The 1961 study program ex
tends to Feb. 5 through March
26, and ranges through eight
specific discussion topics.
They are:
-Deadlock over Germany
negotiation or trigger to hot
war?
Legislative Briefs
Salem - (UPD-A bill to allow
any candidate to withdraw
from a Presidential primary
in Oregon upon filing written
notice was introduced Monday
in the House of Representatives.
Salem - IUPI1 - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday he
would sign a bill providing for
certificates of conveniences
and necessity for log truckers,
-if the measure were not tied
to other provisions.
.' Salem - IUPII - Sen. Andrew
J. Naterlin (D-Newport) Mon
day attacked a bill that would
require certificates of con
venience and necessity for
new or expanded public utilities.
Salem - IUPII - Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday he has
.asked the University of Ore
gon Medical School hospital
in Portland to take over thor
'acic major survery of state
tuberculosis patients.
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NAMED BY KENNEDY -
President-elect John Kenne
dy has announced the ap
pointment of international
.lawyer George W. Ball, above,
as undersecretary of state for
economic affairs. Ball is the
'third associate of Adlai E. Ste
venson to be named to the
"incoming administration.
'Ball's law firm has offices in
Washington, New York, Paris
and Brussels. He is a long
.time political advisor to Ste
:venson. (UPI Telephoto)
Under the proposal, the
state TB hospital here would
be converted to recuperative
and long-range care only.
Salem tUPU Gov. Mark
Hatfield said Monday his pro
posal to make Feb. 14 .Ore
gon Statehood, a legal holi
day has received only ' half
hearted support" so far in
most quarters.
Salem - IUPD - A memorial
to President-elect John F.
Kennedy and Congress has
been introduced in the Oregon
House and Senate urging an
amended federal medical care
for the aged plan linked to
Social Security.
It was sponsored by Sen.
Vernon Cook (D-Troutdale),
and Rep. ' Ed Benedict (D-Portland).
Salem - IUPD - Labor repre
sentatives argued before the
House Committee on Slate
and Federal affairs Monday in
support of a resolution calling
for a study of the state's pub
lic employees' retirement sys
tem. James T. Marr of Portland,
Oregon AFL-CIO secretary,
said state employees consider
the current program inade
quate. Richard House, representing
the state Firefighters associa
tion, said the program needs
overhauling if it is to catch
up with the times. He said
both pension amounts and
qualifications need changing.
Salem - IUPII - The Senate
Labor and Industries commit
tee was told Monday that the
Oregon unemployment com
pensation fund will probably
make it through 1961 without
fluctuating much. The fund
now stands at about $47 million.
Salem - Wb - The state
superintendent of public in
struction would be appointed
by a nine-member board of
education, Instead of elected,
under a bill introduced in the
House Monday.
The proposal, by the Inter
im Committee on Education,
conflicts with Gov. Mark Hat
field's government reorganiza
tion plan under which the gov
ernor himself would make the
appointment.
-Soviet challenge and world
leadership-ultimate stakes in
the cold war.
-France and Western unity
-DeGaulle's aims in Europe
and Africa.
-Japan-future of an Asian
ally-partnership or competi
tion ahead?
-South Africa and an ex
plosive continent-rise of the
African personality.
-The Americas in jeopardy
-threats to a free Western
hemisphere.
-Arms and survival-strategies
to avert disaster.
-Blueprints for the world
economy-rubles, dollars and
freedom.
Designed for Study Group
The program, praised by
educators, public officials and
individuals, is designed for
group study and debate, lead
ing finally to individual de
cisions based on fact sheets
provided by the foreign pol
icy association and group re
search. The program's continuing
challenge lo Individual think
ing may be observed in the
program completed in 1960.
Study topics included:
"Communist timetable for
1960-what odds?", "Divided
Europe-cooperation and cri
sis," "Cuba's revolution - re
form or fiasco?" and "U.S.
global strategy-what outlook
in 1960?"
A special reproduction of
the Foreign Policy Associa-tion-W
o r 1 d Affairs Centers
headline series for July 20,
1960, sets the stage with two
fundamental questions facing
Americans and a quotation
from a special study prepared
for the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee.
The questions:
"How can the United States
plan and act with the bold
ness, imagination and flexi
bility toward new factors that
such world leadership demands?
"How can this democracy
mobilize the free minds of its
people through voluntary ef
fort to face the problems of
a changing world and to give
steady support to the hard,
costly and unfamiliar policies
which our country may need
to adopt?"
Chose Leader's Role
Dealing with the decisions
which Americans and their
government must make, the
report to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee said:
During World War II "the
American people accepted the
fact that the United States
must play a leading role in
the post-war world. , .
"The choice for responsible
and continuing participation
in world affairs was one of
the great decisions in the his
tory of our country. From it
came the establishment of the
Unit e d Nations, America's
leading role in the world's
recovery from the destruction
left by the war, and the sense
of purposeful commitment to
the principles of freedom and
justice for which the Amer
ican people fought.
"It soon became apparent,
however, that the new world
order was not going to be
orderly at all; that forces of
tyranny and aggression were
active in a new quarter of
the globe; that many new and
revolutionary forces were
making themselves felt; that
both the American people and
those specifically charged
with the formulation and con
duct of U.S. foreign policy
would have to develop a
greater understanding of the
nature of those forces; and
that new 'great decisions'
would have to be made."
In all portions of the pro
gram, the individual is asked
to form his own opinion
which in turn may be trans
mitted to his senator or rep
resentative in Congress.
Applications Being
Accepted for Local
omes for Students
Applications are now being
accepted from Medford resi
dents desiring to host a for
eign student this fall under
the American Field service
foreign exchange program.
Mrs. R. E. Mencke, local
AFS president, said the dead
line for registering ts early
February.'
As in past years, two stu
dents from abroad are expect
ed lo attend Medford High
school during the 1961-62
school year as seniors, and
reside with local families. Fi
nancial assistance is provided
by the Medford Rotary and
Crater Lions clubs.
During the students' stay
in Medford, they are treated
as a regular member of the
family. The parents have the
same authority over the stu
dents as they have over their
own children, according to
AFS officials. The 16 to 18-
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Traffic Cwif HIhm It Sttt Total 203,331
Salem -IUPD- Convictions for
iolatior oP Or'jon traffic
law lotaod 203.331 in 1960-
an all time high, the Oregon
motor vehicles department
said today.
CONSUL RESIGNS San Francisco Cuban
Consul Rodrigo Parajon, left, hands pass
port over to Theodore L. Rausch, a San
Francisco notary public, after he resigned
last week from his government's diplomatic
service. He resigned because "the Cuba of
today is not the Cuba I dream of a Cuba
of love and not hate." (UPI Telephoto)
Function, Operations of Credit
Bureau Explained for Chamber
year -old students will have
been screened with the co
operation of educators in their
own countries, for personality
as well as intelligence, so as
to be placed properly and ben
efit from their experience.
Made in New York
Although the final choice of
the local host families is made
in the New York AFS office,
the local chapter is responsi
ble for finding and interview
ing prospective families and
submitting suitable applica
tions to New York for approval.
Any Medford family inter
ested in hosting an exchange
student during the 1961-62
school year or wishing more
information is asked to con
tact either of the AFS mem
bers for homes: Mrs. P. G.
Humphreys, Ross lane, SPring
2-6968, or Mrs. Otto Frohn-
mayer, 1656 Spring st., SPring
2-9291.
Exchange students current
ly attending Medford High
are Miss Gillian (Jill) DuCroz,
and Hisayuko (Don) Kondo
from England and Japan, re
spectively. They are residing
with the L. C. McLoughlin
family, 3384 Jacksonville
highway, and with Dr. and
Mrs. Fred C. Lorish and fam
ily, 830 Minnesota St., Medford.
Credit is a necessary and
important part of our life to
day ... It is part of (lie
American heritage , . . like
hotdogs."
These statements were made
Monday by Hugh Rogers,
manager of (he Credit Bureau
of Medford, 223 West Sixth
si. He was speaking at the
Medford Chamber of Com
merce roundtable luncheon on
the function and operations
of the credit bureau.
Rogers . estimated that the
American people owe a total
of $347 billion, which rep
resents all kinds of install
ment loans. This averages out
to about $4,600 owed by every
man, woman and child in the
U. S. today, he said.
Rogers declared that credit
is being over-extended in
many cases, and that many
people are obtaining more
goods on credit than they can
meet the payments for. But,
he said, it is up to business
to control the amount of
credit they will let people
have.
Credit Said Good
Rogers asserted that "it is
a proven fact that a person
will buy more on credit than
he will on cash." He indicated
that credit is good as long
as it doesn't get out of hand.
One of the advantages of
credit, he said, is that it en
ables industry to manufacture
on a volume basis, resulting
in a lower price to the con
sumer.
The primary role of the
credit bureau in the field of
credit, he said, is to control
it. Collecting overdue pay
ments is also a function of
the credit bureau, but it is a
secondary function, according
to Rogers.
The Credit Bureau of Med
ford is one of approximately
4,000 credit bureaus through
out the U.S., which are group
ed together in an organization
called the Associated Credit
Bureaus of America.
Recognised by Government
These are the only credit
bureaus, Rogers said, and they
are recognized by the fed
eral government as such. He
added that there are many
collection agencies, but said
these are not the same as
credit bureaus.
Some of the more speclfc
functions of the credit bu
reau, according to Rogers, are
to provide credit information;
to supply a credit guide; to
House Education
Committee Studies
State School Funds
IOZIER LANE
ROSS LANE
Salem-IUPIl-The House Com
mittee on Education began its
first close look Monday at a
new plan to distribute state
school funds-and immediately
stubbed its toe over "inequi
ties" in the tiny percentage
applied to school transporta
tion costs.
It was a preview of region
al disputes to come over
school funds.
Rep. Norman Howard (D
Portland) said he thought that
I'ortlanders were "taking
quite a licking" as far as
transportation money goes.
Money Lucking
In most areas of the state,
high school students are trans
ported if they live more than
a mile from school, he said.
But no high school students
living within the Portland
school district are carried,
even though some must travel
I nearly three miles.
George Baldwin, complrol-
j ler and ck'rk of the Portlund
; schools, said the district did
not have enough money to
I match available state' lunds
for an expanded transporta
: tion program.
I Thomas Rigby, secretary of
ilhe Interim committee on Ed
ucation, barely scratched the
surface of that, committee's
(proposal for "equalized flat
grant" distribution of the
state's share of school costs.
Protests Made
Key to the new EFG for
mula would be an increased
recognition of funds available
to schools locally, in an effort
to alleviate the burden for dis
tricts now taxed most heavily
to pay for schools.
Protests already have come
from legislators whose richer
districts would lose state
funds under the new formula.
operate "check flashes; to
provide a pre-collection let
ter service; and to provide a
'colleclonte collection serv
ice.
Credit information consists
of information on a particular
borrower submitted to the
bureau by member firms. It
as complete as the infor
mation supplied the bureau is
complete; and it is a up-to-
date as the information sup
plied the bureau is up-to-date.
235 Member Business
Rogers said the Credit Bu
reau of Medford has appoxi
malely 235 member businesses
in the Medford area. The in
formation on a particular
credit rating is made available
lo a member as quickly as
possible, he said.
A credit guide, called a
'red book" by the local credit
bureau, is sent to member
businesses by the bureau. It
contains information on the
paying habits and financial
conditions of prospective bor
rowers, and also contains a
list of the latest bankruptcies,
Rogers noted.
The "check flash" is a warn
ing starting at the credit bu
reau to alert member business
es of someone who is passing
bad checks in the area. Rogers
said the check flash is orig
inated and authorized by the
police department. ltw. flash
Grange News
Gold Hill Grange
The Gold Hill Grange met
Jan. 5, wilh Master A. A.
Walker in the chair. The
Grange was called to order.
The following committee re
ports were given:
Mane Christenson reported
on the John Deere Farm Ma
chinery show held by Hub
bard Ray company in Medford.
Jerel Jones reported on the
legislative committee and said
that taxes seem to be a puz
zle. He said some parts of the
slate seem to carry more than
their share of taxes, and it
looks like the future is point
ing toward a sales lax.
Grovcr Kellcy reported on
the ways and means commit
tee and reported on the New
Year's dance.
Herman Kamping, insur
ance agent of the Grange,
gave a report on auto insur
ance. He also said a story
about his prize winning po
tatoes at the state fair will
be out In the next issue of the
farm quarterly.
The officers dinner was
planned for Sunday. The
Grange furnished the turkey
and ham wilh mashed pota
toes, dressing gravy. Potluck
dishes were furnished by the
members.
normally takes only minutes
to reach all firms.
The pre-collection letter
service consists of a letter
sent out by the bureau to
prompt "slow payers" into
paying a particular bill. What
it does, Rogers said, is to
bring a "third parly" into the
payment transaction.
On receipt of the letter, he
said, many persons who had
previously been slow in pay
ing a particular bill, now pay
it at once, and in full.
Rogers noted that more
than 98 per cent of the peo
ple who buy on the install
ment plan fully intend lo pay
lor what they ve bought. The
2 per cent or less who do not
intend to pay for their pur
chases, he said, are collection
problems and their accounts
arc assigned for collection.
Provide Collection Service
The Associated Credit Bu
reaus of America provides i
collection service, he said
called the "collcctorile col
lection service." Rogers did
not say what this service was
but he described it as "a hard
hitting series of impacts, tcm
pcrcd to individual circum
stances." He added that the
service is at the. same time de-
signed to protect the business-
customer relationship.
During his talk, Rogers not
only noted that credit Is con
stantly increasing, but also
that a business is no longer
doing a customer a favor by
extending him credit, because
if that business doesn't anoth
er one will. "It is part of the
American heritage, he said.
December convictions alone
were 20,204.
The annual report showed
lhat 2,363 persons were con
victed of driving while intox
icated. In all cases, licenses
of drivers were suspended.
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