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MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1161.
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Am erica n Lib erty
Said Threatened by
Electronic Devices
San Francisco - (UFD ; A
builder of electronic ; compu
ter! warm that the most in
idious peril facing American
liberty today, ta the memory
, and storage computer.
Bernard S. Benson told the
Society of Technical Writers
and Publishers,: Americans
. don't realize it, but more and
more information about them
is being stored in some elec-
tronic memory bank.
Benson, president of t h e
Benson-Lehner Corp., Santa
Monica, Calif., predicted-the
day will come when every
scrap of information will be
collected and , fed Into one
' giant machine.
School Records Listed
; "Your, FBI record, your
childhood diseases and the at
titudes of your parents will
be available," he said. At if
that weren't enough, throw
in "your school records, em
ployment records, tax records,
contributions to charity and
even the records of your
charge accounts and credit
. cards." . ..
: With that. Benson added
. the individual's privacy will
be at the 'mercy of ; who or
what controls the machine.
. He pointed out that while
individually each record is
' helpful in maintaining health,
reducing crime, getting work
. and providing other reason
able data, together they form
an almost embarrassing inti-
mate picture of each Amerl-
can. ,;.., , .
Bensoii ;, was- pessimistic
: about the future. He said
; Americans either didn't real
lie, didn't care, or both, that
their hard won privacy was
being stripped from- them
layer by layer.
Like Coming From Ood
In driving home how in
credibly dangerous he thought
computers could be, Benson
aid: ...
"If I ra a k e a statement
; about someone, ' you may or
may not believe It. If I write
it in an article, you'll believe
it more. In a book it becomes
nearly sacrosanct. But if the
statement comes from a com
puter mama mia, its like
coming from God!"
The machines have to be
controlled, but Benson does
not have m u c h hope "be
cause the average slob doesn'
seem to care and it's hard to
convince him mechanical effi
ciency is the' great enemy of
freedom."; ... n-.iytVi-. -
Family
Council
Urban Affairs -
Department Planned
Washington - (DM) - Presi
dent Kennedy was expected to
ask Congress today to set up
a new Cabinet-rank ..Depart
ment of urban Affairs to over
see problems of housing and
transporting Americans.
It was reported, the message
envisions shifting the Housing
and Home Finance 1 Agency
into, the new department. It
would try to solve the need
for mass transportation sys
tems in metropolitan areas.
Kennedy said in his March
0 housing message to Congress
he would recommend' such a
department, in view of the
fact that' "urban and subur
ban areas- now contain the
overwhelming majority of our
population," , , .
Trade A$todation ' ;
Conference) Opens
Portland - UTO - The 48th
general conference of the Pa
cific Northwest Trade associ
ation . opened at the Multno
mah Hotel today.
Gov. Mark Hatfield, Secre
tary of Commerce Luther H.
Hodges, and Gerald W. Frank
are among the speakers on the
two-day program.
Secretary Hodges will give
a luncheon address Tuesday.
: Editor's Note: The ramujr Coun.
cU conllita of a Judge, psycbla-
trltt, three clergymen, newspaper
editor, womin'i editor mid two
writers. Each article la a luminary
of an actual case hlitory. The
Council reports on prohlema that
have been dealt with by responsible
.s"cies ana -counselors.
Mrs. B. D. . The doctor
wants him to get psychiatric
help in a hospital. .
. Hugh N. - I'm afraid if I go
in, I'll never get out.
Mrs.. B. D. - Hugh is my
cousin and, since he has no
one else in the East here, I'm
his next-of-kin.. He's only 38
but he looks and acts as
thouRh his best years are be
hind, .him... In', Jhe past year
he s been going downhill phys
ically and emotionally.
' Six years ago his one big
love affair went snafu. He
buried himself in his job and
withdrew from meeting
people Although he visited
my husband and me frequent
ly, T could never get him to
parties or dances He - lives
alone In a residence club. '
Lately he's been treated by
our doctor for a combination
of symptoms such as insomnia,
high blood pressure, and indi
gestion. Two weeks ago' he
was referred to a psychiatrist
who says he's acutely depress
ed and should be treated in a
hospital for a couple of weks.
After that, he can be helped
by psychoanalysis. .
But Hugh hit the ceiling at
the word "hospital." He says
he'll take a cruise instead and
be okay. - ; :
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Hugh N.-1'm ready to agree
that the root of my aches and
pains may very well be the
heavy blues which I can't
seem to shake oil, But ra
rather try another psychia
trist, one who wouldn't insist
1hat I enter a hospital. Or may
be I can lick this with an
ocean voyage, or a month on
a farm. But my cousin wants
me to check into the hospital
and have it over with. .
And that's exactly what I'm
afraid of - that it'll be over
with forever, so far as my
chances are of getting out
are concernedl Once they get
you into those places they
forget about you, and let you
rot. I ought to be able to be
helped' on. the outside, like
others. ;
The psychiatrist said I need
some preliminary condition
ing before he can work with
me, and that this can only be
obtained in a hospital. He
mentioned tranquilizers., and
electro-shock treatment,
But I'm not that sickl . I
don't need the men in the
white coats'. I'm not a psycho,
just a sad sack.
The Council! Hugh Is labor
ing under some old-fashioned
bugaboos about psychiatric
treatment in hospitals, Gone
for the most part are the
"snake-pits" and 'locked
wards. In fact, more and more
of our general hospitals now
ccept psychiatric patients on
the same basis as they do sur
gical .and medical cases.
The oia ana enormous men
tal hospital may soon be an
anachronism. At any rate, no
hew ones are being built. Now-'
adays, a man like Hugh should
be able to sign In at 'a general
hospital in his vicinity. Of 180
large general institutions (over
500 beds), 90 per cent now
admit patients for psychiatric
treatement.' -
To hearten Hugh further,
the emphasis ' is upon 1 short-
term therapy. The doctors are
as eager to get them out, and
on to outpatient care, as he
is to get out himself. The us
ual proceedure Includes a
quick Intensive attack on the
disabling phase of the Illness,
and then discharge and trans
fer to the case-load of a clin
ic : or , private psychiatrist.
The average stay is three' or
four weeks.
It's too bad that the general
public, Hugh and Mrs D. in
cluded, don't know the drastic
shifts in hospital treatment of
mental and emotional disabili
ties. In addition to the relaxa
tions mentioned above there
are "day passes" for keeping a
patient on his job, and "night
passes" to permit him time a,t
home with his family during
the treatment period
. The good word for- Hugh is
that he can go in and out of a
hospital and be treated as mat-ter-of-factly
for mental illness
as for colitis. Even better,
mental illness is one of the
most curable ailments.
Poor Forest Land Management Topic Of OSC Engineer
Forest management of poor
ly cut-over land or poor forest
land was explained Friday at
a meeting of the Southern
Oregon Conservation and
Tree Farm association.
Intensive . forest manage
ment of approximately 11,000
acres of lands owned and
managed by the school of
forestry, Oregon State col
lege, are now .yielding . be
tween 2V4 to 3 million board
feet of lumber annually, and
netted approximately $30,000
after operational costs were
deducted last year. ,
These statistics, were pre
sented , by William Davies,
head of the forest engineer
ing department, Oregon State
college.'
Such management methods
are now being followed by
Elk Lumber company on land
obtained from the California
Oregon Power company in
the Prospect area, . .
Davies has been with OSC
for 15 years, and has served
as forest engineer and man
ager of the school forest lands
for the last two years. ;
. , Largest tract , under his
management is the 6,800 acre
McDonald forest, and the
next largest the Paul Dunn
tract of about 4,000 acres, for
merly part of Camp Adair
near Corvallis. Other, forest
lands include the Blodgett
tract, 2,200 acres, and a 160
acre parcel, on Mary's peak.
. Use priority of the lands
includes education, research
and operational.: Davies said
this requires coordination of
thinning, salvage and- re
forestation operations with
other college uses of lands.
Marvin Rowley, contract
logger who logs the land un
der contract with the school
of forestry, assisted Davies in
discussing a series of slides
depicting forest "conditions
and logging practices. ;
' Davies explained that all
production came from thin
ing or salvage operations es
tablished In a 10-year pro
gram. At the end of this pro
gram a more complete logging
job will be done on the ma
ture stands. He anticipates 6
million board feet of allow
able annual cut- would be pos
sible on a sustained yield
basis. -' : '''' i - -:
''Thinning operations on 20
to 25-year-old stands is on an
experimental basis, the for
estry engineer said. ' It costs
about $100 an acre, and would
not be- economical for a pri
vate: land owner, unless .tim
ber stands - were in' the 35-year-range,
he - added. How
ever, it might be possible to
absorb thinning costs in an
ticipation of increased growth
and yield from the remaining
stand of trees "released," he
pointed out. '3 ' -
Both Davies and Rowley
favor use of crawler tractors
in thinning or salvage opera
tions over horse-logging. This
is contrary to some foresters'
opinions.
' But they defended their
stand on the basis that a trac
tor with blade operated by a
competent man with a con
servation attitude , was more
efficient and economical.
"Very little slash burning
is done," Davies said, "except
in areas where unusual
amounts of slash are encoun
tered and in areas where
slash Is piled and burned,
usually right at the time of
logging, if weather permits."
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