MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OtEGON
FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1982
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Tatterei! Baiitlits Pay Give Red China Excuse To Intervene in Laos
Vientiane-; IUTO -Communist
China may seize on a handful
of Uttered bandits as an ex
cuse to intervene in the trou
bled kingdom of Laos.
. The bandits are former
members, or allies, of the
Nationalist Chinese guerrillas
who were driven out of
Burma a year ago.
: Now, Peiping claims these
remnants are a "component
part of the Laotian rebel
(Royal Government) troops,"
hanging on to a shred of ter
ritory in northwest Laos.
: China "can not remain in
different" to them, the Peip
ing Peoples daily warned on
May 16. .
It charged that America
had involved itself in Laos in
''flagrant collaboration with
.-. . a remnant of the Chiang
Kai-shek brigands to extend
the ' civil war in that coun
try." The Western Powers and
Laos' right wing government
have actually given the for
mer guerrillas a wide berth,
to avoid giving Peiping an
opportunity to make just such
charges.
Excuse Used in Buima
They recall that Red China
used the bandits' presence in
Burma last year as an excuse
for bringing communist troops
Into that country's northern
border region.
. Sources with contacts in
northern Burma claim that
the Chinese never quite got
their foot out of the Burmese
door, and still keep about
4,000 troops in Burma with
the reluctant permission of
the Burmese military govern
ment. " The Nationalist government
evacuated about 9,000 of these
guerrillas from Laos and Thai
land 13 months ago, despite
a request from the Laotian
government to integrate some
of the tough soldiers into the
Royal Laotian army.
" Taipei pointed to the situa
tion in Burma, and told the
Laotians they would merely
Invite Red Chinese intervene
tion . if they put Chinese
troops into Lao uniforms.
' But about 800 fighting men
decided to remain behind on
the borders of Laos, Thailand,
China and Burma.
1008117 Recruited
About half of these hold
outs were locally recruited
Lu tribesmen who had no ties
with Taiwan. The rest were
Chinese who had married lo
cal women and saw a better
future in banditry and opium
running than in returning to
the Nationalist army.
The remnant bands quickly
began causing trouble in all
nearby countries.
- Instead of joining the Lao
tieh army, they fought at
least two skirmishes with it,
according to French and Lao
tian sources, when the regu
lar troops tried to disarm the
Chinese.
-' 'Instead of fighting the com
munists, they raided pro
western Thailand so severely
that Bangkok newspapers re
cently reported the complete
evacuation of two tribal vil
lages to escape the bandits'
-depredations.
Defense Offered for Fee
; The closest the bandits ap
pear to have come to cooper
ating with the Laotian army
was during last week's gov
ernment retreat across north
west .Laos to the Thai border
at Ban Houei Sai.
; -Several bands came for
ward then, reliable sources
lay, and offered to defend the
town-for a fee.
They were turned down
because the Lao army already
had decided to abandon the
city without a fight. The dis
gusted bandits reportedly kill- j
ed one Lao soldier and then
fled into Thailand or the sur
rounding hills.
! This small incident seems
to' be the only foundation for
a Red Chinese claim on May
16 that 2,000 Nationalist guer
rillas are grouped alongside
Xoyal Lao forces around Ban
Houei Sai and in northern
Thailand.
Diplomats Frightened
The Chinese Reds also
claimed that 100 Chinese ir
regulars also fought in de
fense of the Laotian town of
Muong Sing when it was oc
cupied by pro-communist reb
els May 3.
In some ways this charge
Is more frightening to diplo
mats than all the others. It
seems to show that Peiping
is 10 eager to establish the
, presence of the Nationalists
In. Laos that it is willing to
sacrifice the Laotian rebel
claim that Muong Sing was
taken without any fight at
all.
This eagerness is most dis
quieting to officials here. They
wonder whether Red China
Is trying to build the guer
rillas remnants into a stand
ing excuse for future inter
ference in Laos.
Total Food Supply
To Continue Large
During Coming Year
Washington (UPD - Total food
supplies will continue large
in 1962, but there will be
variations in the amount of
different types of food as com
pared to 1961, according to
the Agriculture Department.
A department study showed
that prospective gains in meat
supplies will be small and cur
rent indications point to less
poultry, both chicken and tur
key. Production of milk is ex
pected to be larger in 1962
and little change is expected
for eggs.
Some what smaller supplies
of fresh vegetables and pota
toes are in prospect, but sup.
plies of fats and oils, cereals,
and most other foods will con
tinue plentiful.
On balance, the department
said, retail food prices in 1962
may average only slightly
higher than in 1961.
Pattern To Vary '
Although food consumption
will increase about in line
with population growth in
1962, the pattern of change
among individual foods will
vary rather widely.
The supply of red meat in
the second quarter of 1962
probably will average about 3
per cent below the first quart
er and slightly below year-
earlier levels. For the year as
a whole, meat consumption
per capita will be close to
the 1961 rate of 161 pounds
per capita. Meat will be slight
ly higher in price through the
spring and early summer than
in the first part of 1962. In
the second half, beef is ex
pected to be in larger supply
and prices should be lower
than in the first quarter,
Pork prices are not expected
to change much for the next
couple of months, but may
drop in the late summer and
fall.
Broiler production will in
crease in the second quarter,
but not as much as in 1961.
Retail prices are not expected
to drop as sharply in coming
months as they did a year
earlier.
Egg production in the first
three months was limited by
severe weather. Output m
April, May, June will increase
more than seasonally, with
retail prices below the same
quarter of 1961. Egg consump
tion for the year will be close
to the 1961 total.
Drop in Fluid Milk
Total consumption of dairy
products is expected to rise
above 1961, but the rise will
be slightly less than the rise
in population. The indicated
slight decline in per capita
consumption would come
from a drop in fluid milk and
cream. Retail prices of dairy
products may average slight
ly below last year.
Consumption of food fats
and oils will continue the sea
sonal decline through the
summer, but the annual con
sumption rate is expected to
be close to that of last year.
Supplies will be record large.
Export demand will be strong
er than last year. Retail prices
are expected to be relatively
steady throughout the year.
Supplies of fruit, both fresh
and processed, are expected
to be moderately larger this
spring than last.
Fresh vegetable supplies
will be substantially smaller
this spring than last and re
tail prices materially higher.
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Subcommittee Votes Powers For Governor
Salem - ll'PH - A subcommit
tee of the commission revis
ing the Oregon constitution
voted Thursday to give the
governor clear power to fire
anyone he appoints to head a
department in a cabinet sys
tem. This provision is in conjunc
tion with language approved
earlier by the full commis
sion, which sets up machinery
for creation of an Oregon cab
inet system.
There would be a maximum
of 20 executive agencies in
stead of the present hodge
podge of boards and commis
sions. While giving the governor
authority to name cabinet of
ficers, the subcommittee fa
vored ratification of the ap
pointments by a majority of
the state Senate. This is like
the federal government. Such
officers would serve a maxi
mum of four years, and pure
ly at the governor's pleasure.
Merit System
Other state employees would
be hired on a merit system,
like the present civil service.
The subcommittee also rec
ommended that a person be
allowed to run for governor
and the ' legislature at the
same time.
If elected to both, he would
resign one and accept the
other, lhe vote again was
unanimous.
Law professor Hans Lindc,
Eugene, who proposed the
plan, said it would allow po
litical talent in the legislature
to try for governor without
loss of the legislative seat as
a penalty.
There is no prohibition now
in the constitution for run
ning for both offices at the
same time. But the right to
do so isn't spelled out, either.
An understanding public
which rccognii.es that mental
illness is an Illness from
which the patient can recover
and the tmporlar.ie of ade
quate facilities in each com
munity were stressed by a
team from Oregon State hos
pital at the annual meeting
of the Jackson County Mental
Health associ tion this week
at the Rogue Valley hospital.
Dr. Thad Furlong, psychia
trist, said the trend in care
for the mentally ill is toward
decentralization in state hos
pitals and more emphasis on
local facilities.
He said modern treatment
methods at Oregon State hos
pital include use of tranquil
izers and group therapy with
restraint and shock used only
in special cases.
Pilot Program Noted
Dr. Harry Doyle, psychia
trist, noted that a pilot pro
gram is unde way on a unit
system in which patients from
a given area such as Jackson
county would be grouped to
gether for treatment. This will
facilitate working with local
agencies, he staled.
Mrs. Gertrude Stoltenberg,
director of the social service
department said a great many
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people believe patients are
sent lo the Saleri hospital to
stay, but this is not so. They
enter for treatment as in any
hospital, she noted. The read-
mission rate is about one-
third.
Plans for discharge of a
patient begin the day the pa
tient enters the hospital, Mrs.
Nadine Nunn, social service
worker, pointed out. An ef
fort is made immediately to
contact families and agencies
which might help, but many
times patients must remain in
the hospital because there is
no one who will assist.
Moderate Panel Discussion
Dr. A. E. Merkol. Jackson
said it is hoped that under
the new community mental
health clinic act, the Family
and Child Guidance clinic will
be expanded so more people
can be helped and mat it
will eventually become the
Jackson County mental health
clinic.
He pointed out that under
the law a patient cannot be
retained in jail unless there
are no other facilities avail
able. In Jackson county, these
facilities include a m ximum
security room at the Jackson
County Farm Home, three at
Rogue Valley hospital and
one at Ashland Community
hospital.
Proposed programs for fos
ter home care and half-way
houses also were explained by
panel members, who all noted
the lack of facilities, particu
larly nursing homes, for cld-
couniy health officer, modcr- erly patients in southern Ore
aled the panel discussion, and gon.
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of the Ivory Coast
of continued U.S. aid. He
praised the visiting president's
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