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6 B SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1961 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFOHD, ORE. 'Ultimate iim Cold Wcair' Aire Discussed Soviet Russia Seeks Political, Economic Supremacy Over U.S. (Edltor'i note: The following li the lecond dispatch relating to the sevenm annual -ureal ue rlslons" program of the non nroflL non-oartisan Forelen Pol' lev assoclolUon. The dlipatch ll related to the second discussion tunic: 'Soviet Challence and World Leadership U 1 1 1 m a t e stakes In the Cold war.") By K. C. THALER United Press International London -(UPD- Soviet Russia wants political, military and economic supremacy over the United States and, with it, world leadership. This is the Kremlin's ultl mate goal in the 14-year-old cold war which Josef Stalin started in the aftermath of victory in World War II. Moscow has ever since re mained firmly set on wresting world leadership from the "capitalist" west, or more ex plicitly, from the United States. Whatever the changes which have swept through the Soviet Union both during the grim Stalin era and the event ful years which followed his death, the Kremlin's ultimate goal has never altered, only the tactics have changed. Goes Long Way Russia has gone a long way toward this goal since the days when Hitler's goose-step-ing armies knocked at the gates of Moscow less than 20 years. Today, Soviet Premier Nlki ta Khrushchev boasts that the world balance of power al ready has shifted in favor of the Communist bloc, meaning Russia In the first place. And, confidently, he has predicted that ultimate vic tory Is in sight. In dolnff no hp takes for granted two major develop ments: Russian military su premacy over the United States which world experts say is. not the case. He also banks on Russia being able to overtake the United States economically. The figures Morebver, the self-confident Soviet leader may be over looking the potential danger to Soviet Russia from the fast-growing Red Chinese co lossus at its very doorstep. Gobbles Up Nations The Kremlin, with a steady eye on its target, began its world leadership campaign with a process of territorial expansion during World War II. Its outright or virtual an nexation of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and areas in Fin land and Poland. Romania and northeast Germany rep resented a gain of more than 200,000 square miles in Eu rope and almost 25 million people Subsequently, Soviet politi cal technique-backed by the presence in the heart of Eu rope of powerful Red armies- brought all of Albania, Bulga ria, Romania, Eastern Ger many, Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia under Mos cow's domination. These coun tries, covering some 400,000 square miles with a popula tion of about 87 million non- Russians and national incomes at the time equivalent to about half that of the USSR. were incorporated in the So viet empire by a process of conquest without war." Allied resistance, which cli maxed in the 1948 Berlin air lift to beat Stalin's blockade of the divided city, brought the outright Soviet advance in Europe to a halt. . . Changes Strategy Khrushchev changed the Kremlin strategy but without drastically abandoning the ul timate policy goals. Today he hopes to score ul timate victory over what he terms, "imperialism" by a method of competitive peace ful co-existence. Last year world Commu nism laid down in a "mani festo" at a Moscow meeting of leaders from 87 Communist show that Moscow has a long and arduous way to go before parties the long-term strategy It can hope to catch up,, let I for the overthrow of so-called alone overtake, American eco-1 Western capitalism and im- nomlc growth. . 'perlalism. And earlier this month Khrushchev set out his own blueprint for the bloodless conquest of the West, headed by the United States, as his chief challenger. The blueprint bases itself on the "clear perspective of Communist victory on the worldwide scale" and a claim that the United States has en tered a "phase of its decline." "There is no longer any force in the world capable of barring the road to socialism (communism)," his blueprint adds. Khrushchev pictures the capitalistic world as crisis ridden and tottering, await ing the "coup de grace" which Russia backed by other Com munist countries is determined to administer. Foments Unrest The blueprint reveals a two-pronged strategy to bring about the collapse of the West and Russo - Communist vic tory: a systematic undermin ing of the capitalist nations from within tnrougn propa ganda and "front" alignments, and from without through the fanning and support of anti- Western revoltulonary move ments in Africa, Latin Amer ica and Asia. ; No major war is needed to achieve such victory, Khru shchev has told his party functionaries. An up-to-date clue to Khru shchev's thinking, and proof that the basic Soviet goal of triumph over the capitalistic world remains unchanged, was contained in the Soviet leader's Jan. 6 statement to Marxist scholars. In it he stressed: , , 'Communists are- revolu tionaries and it would be a bad thing If they failed to spot new opportunities arising to find new ways and means leading most surely to the realization of their set goals." By whatever means the struKSlo Is fought-by hot war or cold -the stakes are the same: a Communist dominat ed world, or a free world. I - .. V""" : s i v I t- JLi MRS. EARL JOHNSON Heart Sunday Chairman Heart Sunday Chairman Named Mrs. Earl Johnson, 1412 Crown ave., has been named Heart Sunday chairman for the 1061 Jackson County Heart Fund drive, General Chairman Don K. Auxier has announced. Heart Sunday, Feb. 26, is the climax of the month-long drive, at which time several hundred volunteers will cov er the residential areas in a mass door-to-door collection of contributions. As chairman, Mrs. Johnson will appoint area leaders for each section and assist them In setting up their organiza tion. Last year, more than 400 blockworkers were enlisted for Heart Sunday. The 1961 chairman is an active member of Medford Jayceettes, P T A, Welcome Wagon, and we women's -association of Westminster Pres byterian church. Prior to mov ing here in 1959, Mrs. John son lived for iavi years in Ethiopia where Dr. Johnson served as a U.S. Army dental surgeon. With Automatic GflS Water Heating there's always PLENTY of HOT WATER at your house Hot water fatter-for Baths for everyone on wathdayl is,'- M irii iTTeji 1 isismsjiiiiiih A GAS 4-H tiEVs Bunen Dosens - The Buzzen Dozens 4-H club meeting was held at the Evans Valley school recently. The club includes sewing and cooking groups, which dis cussed and planned where the next home meeting was to be held. It was decided to be held at Anita Coulter home, Satur day. Anita Coulter will dem onstrate "How to Make Brownies" for the cooking project. The sewing group will con tinue sewing on what project they are working on. 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At the March club meeting a demonstration on riding equipment will be given by Laura Noble and Dale West. After the meeting, the eve ning was spent In watchlne films taken by club members and a film from the county agents office pertaining to horses. Lauramay Noble, Reporter Dairr-O-Teert The second meeting of the Dairy-O-Teers 4-H club was held at Brion's recently. There were 14 members and three visitors. We had a demonstration of judging by Alice Kuitert and Adrlenne Brion. We also dis- cussed what we were going to ao hi me next meeting. Refreshments were served. Jennie Kuitert, Reporter Relations With Red Bloc Nations First Obstacle, JFK Says (Kditor's note: The following article discusses President Ken nedy's views relating to Commu nism's ambition or world domi nation. It was furnished by the Foreign Policy association World Affairs Center, New York.) U. S. relations with the Communist bloc, according to President Kennedy, are "the first great obstacle" to Amer ica's other business and pur poses in the world. Neither the Soviet Union nor Red China, the President declared in his State of the Union message, "has yielded its ambition for world domi nation." Just three weeks earlier, Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev made these ambi tions clear. He reviewed for a meeting of Soviet theorists the conclusions reached by representatives of eighty-one of the world's eighty -seven Communist parties, who had met secludedly in Moscow during November - December 1960. Communist leaders have . . set our watches so that our mighty armies will keep, in step and march confident ly . . ." toward the goal of raising the Red flag over all the globe, Khrushchev said. The goal will be achieved, Khrushchev boasted, either peacefully and by parliamen tary action, or "If tne ruling classes resist," through vio lence and civil war. Chief Obstacle The United States, Khru shchev implied, is the chief obstacle to Communist world ambitions; it is "the enemy of the peoples of the world." While violence and civil war may be necessary, Khru shchev made it clear that the Communist leaders prefer peaceful surrender of non- Communists. Khrushchev not ed the danger that "small" or "local wars" can "develop into a world thermonuclear rocket war." He also noted, however, that there will be "liberation wars as long as imperialism exists, as long as colonialism exists." "Communists support such just wars fully and without reservation and march in the van of the people fighting for liberation," he declared. Reserves Right In other words, Communist leadership reserves the right to use whatever tools may be necessary to win world domi nation. They hope to avoid nu clear war. They are willing to fight any "local" war which will promote communism. But they prefer to win by "intense economic, political and ideo logical struggle." According to the Premier, communism's economic sys tem eventually will outpro duce the West and then "even Water Outlook To Be Topic of Event The irrigation water out look for 1961 will be discuss ed at a meeting of the Jackson County Agriculture commit tee at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in the extension office of the courthouse. Walter Hoffbuhr, manager of the Talent Irrigation dis trict, will discuss the amount of water available, and what steps might be taken by farm operators to conserve water. Marketing topics also will be discussed. New York-(UPD-Tlie Ameri can Heart association Friday announced a record $10 mil lion research program for fis cal 1961-62. The budget, larg est in the association's 13-year history, was announced on "Heart Research Day." Howard Bake 'n Stitchers The second meeting of the Howard Bake 'n Stitchers 4-H club was held at our leader's house. We had a quiz on the things we should know about cook ing. Ramona Rausch gave a demonstration on making white sauce which was later served as goldenrod. Our club has two new mem bers, Mnrlnne Hedgpeth and Linda Rosenberger. M r s. Hedgpeth was our visitor. The next meeting will be held Feb. 18 at the home of our leader. Ramona Rausch, I Reporter. , Paint Wi The Wonderful Paints . . . So Easy To Use! j n u ru SS.H GREEN STAMPS, TOOl Medford Paint & Wallpaper Store 6th & Holly Across From P.O. Phone SP 2-9321 the most inveterate skeptics . . . . will make their choice in favor of socialism (i. e: com munism)." The Kennedy administra tion has stated its intention to stop the Communist ad v a n c e. President Kennedy said in his State of the Union message: ". . . our task is to convince them (the Commu nists) that aggression and sub version will not be profitable routes to pursue..." their ends, Peaceful Competition The President has called for "open and peaceful competi tion." He believes that if free dom and communism compete in a peaceful world ". . . for prestige, for markets, for sci entific achievement, even for men's minds . . ." then we could ". . . look to the future with ever increasing confi dence." In his State of the Union ad dress, President Kennedy out lined steps the U.S. must take to meet the challenge. He asked first for a strengthened military force "so powerful as to make any aggression clear ly futile." He has asked the Secretary of Defense to reappraise U.S military system and submit recommendations by the end of February. Meanwhile, he has taken such short-term steps as directing Increase in U.S. airlift capacity, stepping up our Polaris submarine pro gram and accelerating our missile development. Secondly, President Ken nedy asked for a strengthen ing of. our "economic tools. He called for a "new and more effective program" for "eco nomic, educational and social development of other coun tries and continents. Better Policy Coordination Such a program should be undertaken with better policy coordination, more flexibility. commitment to long-term de velopment and attention to education and social justice. It should be understaken with the cooperation of our allies, and greater emphasis will be put on the roll of the recipient nation. He asked also for a closer economic agreement with our European allies and a new alliance for progress with our sister republics of Latin America. Thirdly, the President said that we must improve our dip lomatic and political imple ments. A new attempt is to be made at disarmament. The U.S. will Increase its support of the UN to make this body into more of a peacemaking organization. Explore All Areas And, finally, the Kennedy administration intends to ex plore "all possible areas of cooperation" with the Soviet Union and other countries in the area of science. In demon strating that beneficial rela tions are possible, Kennedy stated, we shall lay the basis for world peace and world law. This, then, is the confron tation that must be resolved. The Communists desire world domination, while the West visualizes a world community of independent nations under These two goals obviously are incompatible. The chal lenge to the U.S. is to achieve one while preventing the oth erand to do so peacefully, if possible. - John A. Carter 133 South Central Medford SP 3-6695 STATE FARM The Careful Driver's (and careful buyer's) Car Insurance Siatt Farm Mutual Aulomobilt Insurance Company Home Office: Bloomington, IU. mil ialM INIUiAHCI Learning to dance is fun at Arthur Murray's 7 A ALL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO STUDIO PARTIES TO GIVE THEM POISE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE - SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER SQOO HALF-HOUR TRIAL LESSON I Yes, learning to dance really is fun at Arthur Murray's because as you learn, you can enjoy practicing at our special studio parties. 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