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
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.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)
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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)
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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."
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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)
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