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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON :ast Germans Appear Hungry for Western Ideas Conversation (Editor's note: What U it really like behind tha wall, lectriiied tenca and mine planted atrip which separ atet Communist Eait Gar ni a n y from tha Wait? United Pren International's Geneva correspondent, John D Parry, spent two weeks traveling through off the beaten-path East Germany, talking with its people and making comparisons with tha West Germany he knows intimately from his experience as UPI bureau manager in Frankfurt.) By JOHN D. PARRY United Press International The piano player in a Leip zig bar leaned across the key- ' ft . V 411 nit v 4 1 ' ' I . . ....... .AT BUS STOP East German citizens wait . at a bus stop in Karl Marx Square In Leip zig, East Germany. The wording at left on rat:, the building in the background, barely vis ible, freely translated, in: "Germany should blossom not bleed." (UPI) The Modkal Roundup by Smiiitu Uleglitar MtdlHnt Altdlclnt jCksJsV.TaV. Aivarai are planned Sise of American Familial The best discussion I have seen of the size of the average American family is In an article In "Populs 1 1 o n Bulletin" writ ten by Robert Cook, of the Popu 1 a 1 1 o n Reference IJu rcau In Wash ington, D. C. Aa Cook anys, most of our families now Often when a woman marries, sue snys sue is going to have four or even six children, but niter she. bus hHd two or three, and she sees that if these youngsters are to have a college education, she may even have to go out nna take a job In order to help her husband, she may decide to stop chlld-bcnrlng. A while ago R. F. Freed man, P. K. Whelpton and A, A. Campbell made a nation wide survey In which they questioned 2,713 white wives, 18 to 39 years of age. Nearly all of them gave dotallcd In formation as to their preg nancies, their contraceptive practices, and their plans for future child-bearing. Most of the women said they had planned to have three children. Only 7 per cent thought of having six or more. The highest number of children were expected by Roman Catholic college-train cd wives. They wanted nr average of 3.9 children. High school graduate wives oxpoct eel 3.3 children, and grade school wives 3 7 children, Ob viously, the education of the parents and their religion have less to do with the size of the family than some stu dents used to think. The farm er's wife tends to have a 'slightly larger fnmlly than dues her city cousin. Work Important Factor A factor of some Importance Is a mother's having to work outside nf the home. Mothers Use of Computer Of Real Value In Advertising New York -lUPli- Uses of the computer by advertising agen cies today might seem to ex tend Into almost every phase of the work except taking n prospect to lunch The ability of an up-to-date and properly programmed sys tem to absorb and report on vast amount of Information for the benefit of the advertis er and the agency alike, with savings of time and effort, has been noted by many leaders in the Industry. "One of the most challeng ing features of an operation of this kind," said Phillip W. Wenig, president of SRDS- Data, Inc., "is ability to pro gram into your computer op eration all the information needed to satisfy your wants and those nf the client. Demands Real Skill "This p r e p a r a Hon, and keeping the material up to date, demands real skill ani the proper Information to be gin with. But it is worth it." Wcnlg'a company, a subsid iary of Standard Rate & Data Service, Inc., recently inaugu rated an advertising impact measurement service. Wenig said th,it it provides both qual itative and quantitative infor mation to advertisers, On the basis of interviews obtained during monthly stud ies, three readership scores can be obtained on up to 123 L'nniulunt In Msvu clinic PntiMiiir of Msyo cllnte and Trlhunt Syndicate, 1981) V who had worked lor five years - both Catholics and Prolrs tants - expected to have only 2.9 children. The longer a woman works, the fewer chil dren she is likely to have. The average woman stops child-bearing by the time she Is 30. In 1010, middle-aged married white women aver aged 4.8 children each. By 1940 this figure had fallen to 3.0 children, and by 1955 to 2.4 children. Since 1940. col lege graduates have somewhat increased the size of their families. Eighty three per cent of women said they practiced contraception; and 7 per cent more expected to practice it as soon as they had all the children they felt they could feed and educate. Among couples with two children, (19 per cent practiced contracep tion. A number of the few Women who did not practice contraception did not need to because of Infertility (theirs or the husband's). To see how many children an American woman can have if she does not practice contraception, one need only look at the Hut terlles, a deeply religious seel. Among them, the average fam ily consists of nine children. As the geneticists say, It would seem obvious that for the good of the country, the more Intelligent parents and those who can and will see to i advertisements In each of board and spoke in halting English. "Your Dave Brubeck, he is the greatest. Every night I listen to his records on the Voice of America," he said. I suggested he play some thing of Brubeck's, but the piano player shrugged his shoulders. "Ach," he said. "Here we must play at least 60 per cent of our program within the limits set down by the interior ministry. I have already play ed too many western tunes to night. "If I play any more I will be fined 500 marks ($125). I only get 800 marks ($200) a month and I Just can't afford it." The piano player turned back to the keyboard and launched into a tune called "I Found My Sweetheart in the Free German Youth." A Com munist official at a nearby ta ble nodded approvingly. East Germans are hungry for western ideas, and they are hungry for western clothes, food, books - and for just plain conversation. It was obvious to me, after two weeks of travel in East Ger many, that the Communists arc not interested In letting in any of these. An Italian water polo play er was offered $50 for a nylon raincoat not long ago when he came to East Germany for a game. Leipzig's largest state owned department store -there are no private stores any more - hasn't stocked raincoats for six months. A Frenchman recently drove a Jaguar to East Ger many to visit a friend. He parked the car on a Leipzig street and within five minutes was besieged by a curious, three-deep crowd. Police had to disperse the gathering. A cab driver told this cor respondent: "My brother is using an American car as a taxi here. Here he comes." ' He pointed out the window. Sure enough, the brother drove up In an American car - a 1934 Packard with springs creaking and upholstery bulging out of the seats. Western automobiles are seen here when foreigners come to sports events or the Leipzig fair. Occasionally, a Communist party official ob tains one. But an American or British car is a rarity. Non-Communist East Ger mans are eager to talk to westerners to learn what things are like on the other side of the Iron Curtain. But they are ever cautious. A British, married to an East German girl, went to visit her family last year. In an East German bar, he struck up a conversation with a man he had never met. Later, the Briton learned the man had been picked up It that their able children have a college education oiiht to have the largest families. Actually today we Americans permit, and sometimes encour age, a feeble-minded and un wed woman to have a big family. We give her extra money for every child, often a stupid and lllegtlmate child, lhat she bears. Recently, as I discussed this matter with one three mass-circulated consum er magazines which were stud ied. Weuig's organization also has been assembling data on the nation's counties for use in portraying to an advertiser a complete report, for any Keoi;i'aphie area, of two things: The buying habits of the pen ple in the area, and the read- Dennis the Menace - Mia':'- -srir,- Staff Expansion Not Supported Portland JUPli- Oregon does not support an expansion of the staff of the Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee (CB1AC). the organization was told Wednesday. Dan P. Allen, Oregon direc tor of natural resources, said he was expressing the views of the administration of Gov. Mark Hatfield. Allen is a CltlAC member. Roy Schcufele, executive secretary of the CBIAC, said thai if some or the proposed subcommittee work dealing with regional problems Is ac complished his staff would have to be expanded. Federal agencies generally Indicated they would support the expan sion which would be paid for out of pro-rated funds from member agencies. Allen said Oregon did not go along with expansion on grounds It was not warranted SI. Helens, Ore. -HTH- A 22- J In light of past accomplish-year-old woman who pleaded merits and present goals. Idaho guilty to a charge of man-j also did not support the ex slauuhler In 1937 and then ra-! pansion and Washington and raped was being held in the 'Wyoming delayed In a decl Columbia County Jail today. I stun. Shrrlff Spencer L. Younce i Schcufele said It might be said Mrs. Delores Shawver ; possible to expand the coin gave herself up at St. Helens i mlttee without aid from Idaho Tuesday niulit after five years 'and Oregon, of freedom. i The CBIAC discussed sever. Youme said Mrs. Shawver al regional problems. Includ entered the plea to the charge 'ing fisheries, power lines, wa in connection with the fatal ter management, pollution and shooting of her father, Robert i mosquito control, and rccrea- inn, , 1,1111 uin: , , , , i of America's leading experts 1 v" w,n Bnn HO on genetics, much concerned as he Is with the future of our country and our race, I found him distressed over ou Ingness to help half people to have a large family wm'd I Escapee Surrenders Afler Five Years NO THANKS. I CAM STAY DRV ANYTIME!' ! II. Burns, at Rainier In Hl.tH. Mrs. Shawver was IB at the t tmt- of the shouting and her , maiden name was Dorothy La i verne Hums, I ho sheriff said, i YouiK'c said the woman gave j herself up to her eourl-ap-pointid attorney, Oilell Ben nett of St. Helens She esiapo dtroin the Mult ! nomah County juvenile home in Portland while awaiting seiiteiu'ini; Younee said Mrs Shawver probably w ill be sentenced I next Mondav by Circuit JuriVe J. S. Bohannon. lie s.ud the woman did not tell him where she was living and did not reveal why she turned herself in. t Ion. I by Communist police and questioned for a week about 'his conversation with the "western spy." For a country with very lit tle automobile traffic, East Germany is literally crawling with police. In front of Leip zig's main railroad station re cently, only 10 automobiles passed in as many minutes but there were 12 policemen in the square to direct the traffic. At Warta, the first station across the border on one of the three rail lines linking East and West Germany, 30 Communist police with sub machlneguns stood about watching the trains, the plat form and even the tracks on the opposite side of the train. Other armed police stood on the station roof watching from above. A large poster in the sta tion proclaims: "Welcome to East Germany." In a Leipzig suburb, a long line of women stood patiently outside a butcher shop. They were reminiscent of similar queues in Europe during World War II. "They say there's going to be veal here today. I got here at 5:30 a.m. to be sure of get ting some," one said. "There hasn't been any for a fort night and we've had to buy stringy beef with our ration coupons. "I'd like some decent meat -for a change," she said.' East Germans are not starving. But meat is rationed and foodstuffs which western ers take for granted are In re markably short supply outside East Berlin. The Communist "showpiece," and a few "for eigners' restaurants,, to which westorn visitors are carefully steered. Two westerners recently visited a working class res taurant outside Leipzig. The proprietor said to them: "But this place Isn't for foreigners." Visits 'Net Encouraged' The restaurateur glanced furtively at his two other cus tomers - old men staring into their beer - and then told the westerners they could come in. Such visits, he said, were "not encouraged." The westerners sat down and ordered a sausage and a roll. "Only half a roll per sau sage and a roll. "Only half a roll per sau sage, said the owner. "Bread is in short supply, you know . I've got 10 rolls here to feed something like 50 cus tomers for the next two days." On the other hand, In the "foreigners' r e s t a u r a nts," waiters carry large, succulent steaks to the customers while Communist functionaries ask: Not bad, the food In our peoples' state, eh?" Bread, potatoes and meat - staples of any German diet - are in short supply. A group of housewives recently fought a pitched battle outside a butcher shop In an East Ger man town because one ac cused another of getting more than her share of rationed meat. In East Germany, the beer is watery by comparison with lhat In the West. If you're well up In the Communist hierarchy, though, you can get pilsen beer from Czecho slovakia. And, of course, It's available at the foreigners' restaurants. Bottles of good Soviet champagne line the shelves of grocery stores and the prices are comparatively reasonable. Vodka is plentiful, too, and the East Germans drink plen ty of It. As an elderly waiter told this correspondent: "It Is the best way of getting drunk quickly and cheaply." Like Funeral Parlor The East German "night bars'' - the wcslern term "nightclub" Is forbidden -are slocked with good quality Communist wine and liquor, but the atmosphere Is like a funeral parlor. Little groups of people sit j hunched over their tables. Some dance In a fashion I which went out of style in the ! West before World War II. ! Everyone speaks quietly, vir tually no one laughs, and when someone enters the room - especially a westerner - all conversation stops, j The streets of East German I towns resemble those of West Germany 14 years ago. The rubble of World War II is I everywhere. An occasion a 1 new apartment house or pub lic building rises incongruous ly from surroundings of drab and dismal 19th century streets. A western visitor told an East German acquaintance thatLeipzig would look better with a coat of paint. "Not much chance of that," said the East German. "You can't buy paint without a gov ernment license." Anyone overheard making even the most innocuous anti Russian remark is jailed for anything up to 10 years. But sometimes the Germans man age to get across the idea they don't care much for the So viets. East Germans use devious means to refer to Russians. When Soviet infantry and tanks appeared in East Ber lin while the wall was going up, an East German remark ed to a western friend: "I see the friends are out in force today." Always As 'FrienJs' Russians are always refer red to as "friends." That's a much bandied word in East ermany. For example, by gov ernment decree, visiting ath letes always are referred to as "sports friends." Recently, when a western athlete drank too much vodka one night, he was told by a Leipzig policeman at 3 a.m.: "If you don't go back to your hotel, I'll run you in, sports friend." FT Tr.. 4 V . 4 - -": A' . . . . i till V SHOPPING 'SPREE' Apparently on a summer-' dress wnne attending ine closing shopping "spree," these young East German sale of an East German, department store in frauleins appear' to be looking for a "nice Leipzig, East Germany. (UPI) n pa iA e4 FIRST FOR QUALITY CHILDREN'S SHOES FROM 21 5 EAST MAIN 14 NORTH CENTRAL PRESEASON DOLL LAY-AWAY ONLY 50c DOWN . AND SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS WILL HOLD THE DOLL OF YOUR CHOICE UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH. MANY MORE EXCITING DOLLS FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE. VISIT MANN'S LOWER FLOOR DOLL LAND SOON . . . DOLLS FROM 1.00 TO 18.98 Charming Bride Doll 3.98 v i Golden Book Doll Lovely Bride Doll 4.98 21" Drink & Wet Doll 5.98 ' J- Stllll Musical Action Doll 3.98 17" Infant Doll 3.98 i v. "t- a 7 K 16" Drink & Wet Doll 3.98 Musical Action Doll 4.98 4 17" Toddler Doll 3.98
