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Area Organizers
Named for Great
Decisions Groups
Area organizers of infor
mal discussion groups as part
of the county and state-wide
"Great Decisions program
starting Feb. 5 have been
named in six Jackson county
communities, according
to John McLoughlin, county
extension agent.
Those named are Mrs. Har
lan Bos worth, Applagatc;
Fred Roy Neel, Ashland; Wil
liam L. Smith, Central Point;
Mrs. Ogden Kellogg, Gold
Hill; Mrs. Donald E. Walters,
Mcdford, and Gerald Gardner,
Prospect.
Mrs. Leon Hoag, chairman
- of the Jackson county Great
Decisions discussion group or'
ganization committee, said she
expects to name organizers
for other areas in the near
future.
Great Decisions is an eight'
week program which will fo
cus attention and provide
background facts on eight key
foreign policy issues. The core
of the community programs,
she noted, will be informal
discussion groups.
275 Participate
Last year in Jackson coun
ty, there were 22 groups with
about 275 persons participat
ing in the program. More are
- expected to participate in the
1961 decisions program,
Mrs. Hoag emphasized that
no special training is neces
sary to organize or partici
pate in the discussion groups.
The primary objective, she
added, is to allow every citi
zen to inform himself and to
express his opinions on for
eign policy to Congress and
the state department.
Special materials developed
by the Foreign Policy asso
ciation provide facts, back
ground and policy alternatives
for discussion groups.
, Interested persons may ob
tain additional information
from their respective area or
ganizers, or from the Jackson
county extension office in the
courthouse.
THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
Reports Indicate More Groups
Will Participate in Program
Carvallis-Thousands of Ore-
gonians will join their friends
and neighbors each week
from Feb. 5 through March
31 to discuss key issues in
American foreign policy un
der the annual nationwide
"Great Decisions" program.
Early reports indicate that
more Oregon Great Decisions
study groups are being form
ed this year than in I960,
when about 6,000 pel sons dis
cussed current topics in more
than 400 groups, according
to cochairman Mrs. Mabel
Mack, assistant director of the
Oregon State college agricul
tural extension service.
The discussion program also
is carried by high school so
cial studies classes. Last year,
about 60 schools throughout
the state participated.
Great Decisions discussion
groups give participants an
opportunity to gain a deeper
understanding of current for
eign affairs. Small, informal
discussion groups are the
heart of the program. Indi
viduals in the groups form
their own opinions on U.S.
foreign policy and fill out
ballots to report their opin
ions to policymakers in Wash
ington, D.C.
In addition to groups form
ed specifically to discuss the
Great Decisions topics, many
ready-made organizations will
talk over the eight topics at
their regular meetings during
the next two months.
Such groups Include church
es and religious groups, civic
organizations, PTA groups,
fraternal organizations, busi
ness, labor, and professional
associations, women's clubs,
military organizations, people
In hospitals, offices, plants
and factories, social groups,
and families.
Discussion topics for the
study of foreign policy in
clude: Deadlock over Ger
many, Soviet Challenge and
World Leadership, France and
Western Unity, Japan-Future
of an Ally, South Africa and
an Explosive Continent, the
Americas in Jeopardy, Arms
and Survival, and Blueprints
for the World Economy.
A set of fact sheets giving
background information on
each topic is prepared by the
Foreign Policy association
(FPA), nonpartisan education
al agency. The fact sheets are
made available to all partici
pants through local county
distribution chairmen.
Special features will be de
veloped by Oregon newspa
pers, television and radio sta
tions to supplement informa
tion in fact sheets.
Anyone interested in ob
taining study materials or
joining small neighborhood
discussion groups should see
the County Great Decision
chairman or local county ex
tension agent.
County Great Decisions
councils currently are being
reactivated throughout the
slate to help organize the 1961
program and make study ma
terials available to discussion
groups. Mrs. Mack explained
that each study group organ
izes and runs itself, but can
look to the county council for
help.
The 1961 Great Decisions
stale executive committee is
headed up by Mrs. Mack and
Dr. Charles Dean, head of cor
respondence study for the gen
eral extension division, state
Capitol Memo
State Governments
Near Agreement on
Columbia Bridge
mi
Br DOUGLAS GRIPP
Salem - (DPI) - An Oregon
legislator said today Wash
ington and Oregon are "very
close" to a
com promise
on the pro
posed $24 mil
lion Astoria
Megler bridge
over the Co
lumbia river.
State Rep.
William
Holm strom,
nmi.iM nrinn chairman o f
the House Highways Commit
tee, indicated Oregon may
yield on Washington's insis
tence that each stale pay for
its own approach tnslcad of
going S0-S0.
This has been a major
stumbling block because
Washington is cold to the idea
of going half on total cost of
the approaches. The reason is
obvious: Oregon's approach
would cost $1,575,000 and
Washington's $179,000.
Reason for the difference is
a problem of height on the
Oregon side.
The bridge would fill the
only remaining gap In U.S.
Highway 101, which runs
from Mexico to Canada. A
ferry system operates at As
toria but it has been pegged
as inadequate.
Moose Lodge Opens
Membership Contest
The Mcdford Moose lodge
this week started a drive con
test to obtain 40 new mem
bers, lodge officials have an
nounced. The lodge membership has
been divided into two di
visions, with captains named
for each team. Team captains
are Buddy Gilbert and Dale
Willis, both of Mcdford.
When 40 new members are
obtained, lodge officials said,
the captain whose team en
rolls the greatest number of
new members will be pushed
in a wheelbarrow down Main
St., Mcdford, by the captain
of the losing team.
Except for cost of the ap
proaches, Holmslrom said
Orgeon and Washington arc
"pretty much in agreement"
on other issues concerning the
span. A two stale meeting to
further discuss the problems
is scheduled In Portland Sat
urday. Oregon has pushed the
project for years while Wash
ington has been lukewarm.
Holmslrom, Gearharl Demo
crat, predicts Washington will
approve necessary legislation
this year.
The very earliest that con
struction could begin would
be 1062.
The bridge was first con
ceived in 1034 by Astoria area
residents. At that time the
spall could have been built
for only $6 million,
In 1053 the Port of Astoria
launched a new drive and a
$50,000 feasibility survey was
made - with Washington shar
ing half the cost.
Holmslrom pushed a hill In
1957 that provided $250,000
to design and engineer the
project. Washington puld half
of this and the study w,is
made.
In 1059 Holmslrom Intro
duced a bill authorizing Ore
gon to Issue $24 million In
self-liquldiiling bonds to pay
for the bridge.
The hitch was Unit Wash
ington had to pay half of any
bridge cosls over and above
the tolls collected - and for
the first decade or so the
bririec expects to operate in
the red.
The 1059 Washington leuis
lalurc look no action and (he
project was temporarily dead.
If cost of the approaches
was Inker out of the $'M mil
lion. Ilolsliom said Oregon
nrobcbly could bond for a
total of $22 million and still
gel by. Oregon would have
lo pay for Its approacli out of
regular state highway funds.
The Idea Is that when the
bridge Is paid for, Oregon
and Washington would each
own half and equally share
the tolls.
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Stevenson Urged
To Take Dynamic
Leadership in UN
New York -(UPD- The Amerl
can Committee for Africa has
urged new U.N. Ambassador
Adlai E. Stevenson to assume
"dynamic leadership" of anti-
colonialist forces in tne unuea
Nations, starting with un
qualified support for Algerian
independence.
The committee also urged a
"strong" U.S. stand against
Portuguese colonics in Africa
and the white supremacist
policies of the Union of South
Africa, even at the risk of
alienating these western na
tions. Previous Policy Weak
The committee, a private
organization whose members
Include leading legislators,
businessmen and clergy charg
ed that previous American
policy toward such contro
versial issues had been
"wenk" and repulsive to emer
gent African nations in the
United Nations.
"The United States suffered
a disastrous political and
ideological defeat in the 15lh
U.N. General Assembly," said
George M. Houser, the com
mittee's executive director.
"The American vote on crucial
Issues ... is the primary
cause for this loss of pres
tige." The report, a copy of which
was presented to Stevenson,
outlined a voting record which
showed the United States fre
quently bucking heads with
the increasingly powerful
Afro - Asian group In the
world body.
"First and perhaps most Im
portant," It said, "was the ab
stention of the United Slates
on the resolution entitled 'dec
laration on the granting of
independence to colonial coun
tries and peoples .
No Opposing Votes
The resolution, a comprom
ise from one originally intro
duced by Hie Soviet Union,
passed the general assembly
Willi a lotal of nine absten
tions but no opposing votes.
The committee cited com
ments from various African
lenders at the United Nations
which generally concluded:
'Americans are good people
. , but I don't like your coun
try's foreign policy."
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system of higher education,
Eugene, cochairmen.
Others on the committee in
clude William R. Campbell,
FPA western regional direc
tor, San Francisco, Calif.;
Gloria Chandler, educational
program director, KGW-TV,
Portland; Prof. Karlin Capper-Johnson,
president of the
United Nations Association of
Oregon, Portland; Eloise Eb
ert, Oregon state library, Sa
lem; Dr. Benjamin L. Sim
mons, director of curriculum
and publications, state depart
ment of education, Salem; the
Rev. George Dick, executive
director, Oregon Council of
Churches, Portland; Mrs.
Dwight Burch, Oregon Con
gress of Parents and Teach
ers, Coos Bay; and E. K. Mac
Coll, president, World Affairs
Council; Portland.
In Oregon, Great Decisions
is sponsored by the OSC co
operative extension service,
the general extension divi
sion, Oregon United Nations
association, state library, state
department of e d u c a t ion,
KGW-TV, The Oregonian, and
other stale organizations.
Deadline Nearsfor
Furnishing Forms
Portland - Jan. 31 is the
deadline for employers in Or
egon to furnish their em
ployees with statements of
Federal income and social se
curity taxes withheld from
their wages during 1960.
The reminder was issued for
the benefit of those employers
who have not already done so,
according to A. G. Erickson,
district director of the Inter
nal Revenue Service for Ore
gon. Most empolyers, he said, al
ready have given their em
ployees copies of the W-2
form, one of which must be
attached to the Federal in
come tax return filed by the
employee reporting income
received during 1960.
RETURNS FROM KOREA
Yreka - MSgt. William I.
Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Robinson, Yreka, re
turned last week from a 13
month tour of duty in Korea.
Sergeant Robinson spent a
few days with his wife and
parents in Yreka. He will be
stationed at Ft. Bragg, N.C.
Kennedy Holds Own With
After-Dinner Jokesters
Washington (UPD President
Kennedy has proved he can
hold his own in the fast
league of after-dinner joke
sters. The new President got a
bigger laugh than comedian
Bob Hope at the annual din
ner of the Alfalfa club, a
Washington social organiza
tion of business and political
leaders.
Kennedy was the honored
guest at the affair at the
Statler Hotel where Clark
Clifford, who served as his
liaison man with the Eisen
hower administration, was
"nominated" for president of
the United States in a mock
convention.
Hope, who served as toast
master and made the principal
RETURNS
Marine Pfc. Larry L. Norcd,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
L. Nored, 125 North Columbus
ave., Mcdford, returned re
cently to the El Toro Marine
Air station, Santa Ana, Calif.,
after two week's of photo and
electronic reconnaissance ma
neuvers at an auxiliary air
station, Yuma, Ariz.
nominating speech, predicted
a great future for Clifford
"filling in divots on the White
IJouse lawn."
. Clifford, in his acceptance
speech, pledged lo fight for
issues up and down the land,
adding: "And when I finish,
my friends, the so-called 'new
frontier' will be back where
it started - in a saloon in Las
Vegas."
But it ' remained for Ken
nedy to top them all. He said
he wanted to give Clifford
-
some advice if he intended to
try for the presidency.
Kennedy's Quip
For example, he said, Clif
ford would have lo accept
criticism as he, himself, had
been criticized for naming his
brother, Robert F. Kennedy,
as attorney general.
"I don't see what is wrong
about giving him a little legal
experience before he goes out
and practices law," Kennedy
quipped, and the crowd
roared.
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