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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. t.EDFORD. tHK ...UiiiDAV, MARri 16. Uui orld's Spies Gather in "Win. I HLTM-l Jnd nr th fusing facts of the modern world is that peaceful little Switzerland should be one of the busiest focal points of Communist espionage. In the past nine months, Swiss police have announced the cracking of five separate spy rings, all directed from the East. The government has ex pelled diplomats from Russia, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslav ia for spying. Court authori ties are preparing trials for those not covered by diplo matic immunity. Not known is the number of spies who may have escaped or haven't been caught and are stijl bus ily plying their trade. Switzerland always has been a favored ground for in ternational spies. It was so during two World Wars when it was a. safe island in the heart of flaming Europe, and it has been in peacetime. It is easy for spies to hide in the big flood of diplomats and tourists and use the country as an operating base ideally located in the heart of West ern Europe. Two Factors But, Swiss officials say, two factors recently have turned the attention of spies to Switzerland itself, and re sulted in even greater espion age activity: -Swiss industry, with a high-precision tradition that goes back to its first watch makers, recently has made some remarkable and still exact strength and location of Switzerland I thf j t top-secret advances in a field where it has always been up front-in perfecting some of the most highly complicated instruments used in modern warfare. -With the Improvement of NATO'S defenses and early warning lines in Western Eu rope, the Communists have become increasingly interest ed in the "neutral belt" of Switzerland and Austria that cuts across NATO's lines in the center of Europe. From the Czech border in the east to the borders of Bur gundy in the west stretch 500 miles of neutral air space. They seem an inviting chan nel for an airborne sneak at-tack-if the attacker knew the whatever air warning and rie. fense schemes a potential op ponent may have set up. This is why terse and uni in formative goverment commun iques on new arrests have re ferred to "secrets of rocket and radar systems and air sur veillance" which, they said, the spies were after. One of the top Swiss secrets is the electronic Fledermaus guidance and fire direction system for anti-aircraft gun and rocket batteries. It has been developed - and is con stantly being perfected - by the Zurich company Con traves A.G., a subsidiary of the famed Buehrle Arma ments Works in Oerlikon which produced some of the 1 SHIP STRANDED The Liberty ship "Dominator" wallows after running aground in the fog. on a reef 800 yards from shore off Pales Verdes, Calif., (UPI Telephoto) most efficient anti-aircraft equipment of World War II The Fledermaus system has been supplied in considerable quantities to NATO powers. This is why several of the ar rested spies face charges of intelligence activities to the detriment of both Switzerland and foreign powers," as it was phrased in a recent govern ment statement. Peacetime spying in Switzerland is pun ishable by heavy jail terms, whether directed against Switzerland or a foreign power. Another top secret is the Contraves - Oerlikon HSD-58 anti-aircraft rocket reported to have hit targets with great accuracy at 65,000 feet above the ground. The rocket has been tested by NATO on ranges in Sar dinia and if iUwas supplied in sizable quantities to Swiss forces, it could at least partly plug the hole in NATO's shield. Another plug for the hole will be a first group of 100 French-designed mach-2 Mi rage fighters which the gov ernment has proposed be built in Switzerland. On the ground Switzerland can muster a mi litia army of more than 500, 000 men in wartime. Reform Plan Officials say that part of in creased Red espionage activ ity also is centered on the mo bilization plans of the army and a reform plan aimed at modernizing the whole force at an expense of more than $1 billion over the next four years. Security officials ridicule reports published in foreign newspapers that Red agents have an easy time of it spy ing on Switzerland's secrets because this country is so small and peaceful, its citizen soldiers talkative and its au thorities afraid to violate Swiss neutrality principles by getting tough with foreign spies. "The contrary is true," a senior official said. Judging by the pained re actions of Russia and Czecho slovakia (Czechoslovakia. Swiss officials say, is the East bloc country designated under the Warsaw Paci to "take care of Switzerland") to the arrests of their diplomats, and the tough tone employed by the Swiss government in recent protest notes to Moscow and Prague, he appears to be right. nnoiner impressive argu- inciii ia nit: icumi ui sip ar rests made by Swiss police in may tu, i :iuu ouviev dip lomats Nicolay Modine and Boris Frolov arrested as they turned up in Zurich allegedly for a rendezvous with an agent who had promised them plans of Swiss radar installa tions, military organization and rocket bases. Aug. 20, 19(H) - Yugoslav diplomat S. Zlatkovic ex pelled for spying. Oct. 7, llKil) - Soviet diplo mat Vladimir Kourkourine ex pelled for allegedly trying to gather information on the Swiss armaments industry while disguised as a represen tative of an organization book ing Russian movies in western theaters. Jan'. 20, 1 00 1 - Arrest of three Czech agents - two of them carrying diplomat pass ports which the Swiss govern ment said were issed to them merely to cover up their spy activities - in Zurich in a case that is still shrouded in mys tery. Feb. 7, 1961 - Arrest of two Swiss citizens jiccused of spy ing on military production systems and "air surveillance." Last Minute Check Proves Embarrassing Memphis, Tenn. - (Ul'D -Blonde Eastern Air Lines stewardess Rowena Powers peeked into the pilot's cabin and then made a red-faced run for the door she had just closed. "Oh, I'm so sorry," she apologized to the pilot. Miss Powers said she had greeted her passengers as they boai'ried the plane for the Memphis trip from Atlan ta, and then carefully locked the entrance door, leaving the pilot outside, Back Stairs: Books About Kennedys By MERRIMAN SMITH UPI While House Reporter Washington-IUPD-Backstairs at the White House: Three paperback books, I o m e with pictures, and another one on the way about President' Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline, have come out since inauguration, according to "Writers Newsletter." These are in addition to three or more speedy books being done on the Chief Exe cutive himself. Jessyca Russell Gaver, edi tor of the highly authorita tive newsletter about the magazine and book publish ing world, observes about one forthcoming Kennedy vol ume, "How can any book be complete when the poor man hasn't even been in office four months and they're try ing to 'evaluate' him and his work?" Mrs. Gaver should chat with a New York publisher who wants to remain anony mous for the present. He says, "The order against White House household employees writing memoirs is so un necessary. At the rate articles and books are being pub lished about the Kennedys, the market will be glutted and there'll be precious little left to tell by ' the time the President leaves office. Although it's a long way off, this doesn't stop specula tion about what Kennedy will do when he leaves office. One fairly close friend pre dicts that the Chief Executive will edit or publish a major magazine. . s . A reader in St. Louis, Mo., M. O. Klein, writes in with a rumor from his section of the country: That the Presi dent in early March "made a secret trip to New York for a conclave of Catholic hier archy and prelates." "Is this true or false?" asks reader Klein.. False, unless the President found some highly remark able way of eluding his house hold staff, the office staff and the Secret Service. The long est he has been "missing" since the inauguration was a period of three hours recent ly. And then .it turned out that he'd gone to the golf course. This is at least twice he's made brief visits to a country club recently and certainly no one could or should be grudge these brief outings in which he played less than nine holes of golf. But some of his staff members, how- X7 I. I ! BABY ABANDONED - This 10-day-old baby found aban doned in Sunnymrad, Calif., last Friday, is held by Nurse Robbie Armstrong. An intensive search is on for the child s mother The baby was found by a schoolboy in his own kUchen on his return home from school. (UPI Telephoto) ever, wish they had not made such a point prior to the in auguration of insisting that Kennedy would play no golf whatever unless he was away on a vacation. This illustrates a rather curious, situation. White House staff members for years have gotten into trouble on occasion by using such words as "never" or "first." The word "never" is quite dangerous when applied to future actions of a Presi dent because it presumes a consistency beyond the range of most human behavior. And to say that a President has done something for the "first" time presumes an en cyclopediac, finely detailed knowledge of history. A case in point. Several years after World War II, the then President Truman was at Key West, Fla., and took a ride on a German sub marine. The sub submerged several hundred feet with Truman board. Quite human ly, his staff and the accom panying reporters searched their memories and came up with the conclusion that Tru man was the "first" Presi dent to dive in an undersea craft. Stories to this effect were in print around the world when a history-minded copy editor on the New York World-Telegram sent a chill ing inquiry to Key West: Hadn't Teddy Roosevelt' gone for 'a submerged ride on one of the early submarines in Oyster Bay, L.I., while he was President? A race to the Key West li brary and messages to the Navy Department in Wash ington proved the editor was right. From that day forth, the late Charles G. Ross, Tru man's press secretary, avoid ed the word "first" as some thing dangerously explosive. Positions Open In Postal Department Applications are being ac cepted by the U.S. Civil Serv ice for positions as carriers or clerks In the Medford post office, L. B. Nelson, examiner-in-charge, announced today. Starting salary is 52. IB an hour, with increases available to $2.63 an hour. Nelson said no experience i is required and on-ine-joo training Is Included in the position.':. Male citizens, 18 years of age or over, who reside within the delivery area of the Medford post of fice, or arc patrons or em ploves of the office, may ap ply. Application forms are avail able from Nelson at the" post office and must be returned by April 1. Pear Blossom Festival time is coming again ENTER YOUR CHOICE for KING and QUEEN NOW! 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