- . MEDFORD MAIL THIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON SUNDAY. JANUARY 27, 1983 J
ight-Week Great Decisions Program for 1963 to Start on Feb. 3
The "Great Decisions . .
1963" program will start Feb.
3 in hundreds of commu
. nilics throughout the United
States, with more than 300,
. 000 people expected to participate.
People will meet in small
informal groups tu discuss
eight topics concerning for
eign policy issues confronting
the United Stales. Informa
tion on which the discussions
will be based is furnished by
f
the Foreign Policy associa
tion of New York.
More than 5,000 Oregonians
are expected to take part in
the eight-week progmi and
submit opinion ballots each
week following discussion of
lis tnnira. The nnlnion ballots
are forwarded to the associa
tion, tabulated, and forward
ed to the state department in
Washington, D C.
Several groups in the Mcd
ford area will take part in
Eight Program Topics Noted
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
In the complicated and un
easy world of 1963 the Unit
ed States faces grave decisi
ons on subjects as far ranging
as world peace, the future of
the Alliance for Progress, and
depth of the split between
the Soviet Union and Red
China.
In an attempt to bring these
' problems' to the greatest pos
sible public attention, United
Press International has called
on its correspondents around
the globe for an authoritative
series of reports on these cris
is areas.
The dispatches are tied in
with an annual project of the
non-partisan Foreign Policy
association which has set
them forth as the "great de
cisions 1963."
The studies divide the Great
Decisions of 1963 into eight
; questions.
Take Part In Program
Last year, more than 100
, daily newspapers throughout
the United States, plus scores
' of educational and commer-
' cial TV and radio stations as-
sociatcd themselves with the
program.
The eight topics In the
: study this year are
-Common Market: Blue
; print for a New Europe?
-Red China and the USSR:
. How Firm an Alliance?
-Algeria: What Future?
-Spain: End of the Franco
Era?
-India: Is Democracy Work
. ing?
-Laos and Viet Nam: South
east Asia in Danger?
-Alliance for Progress:
New Deal for the Americas?
-Peace: What Problems and
: Prospects?
A forward to the study
notes that "such a program
and such discussions would
be impossible in the Soviet
Union where professional
propagandists dictate the
party line to newspapers,
magazines, film and theatri
cal producers, radio and TV
stations, educators and trade
union centers."
In its study of the Europe
an Common Market, formal
ly called European Economic
Community, the program
notes that there also are
clouds on the horizon. One
of them involves British hopes
of joining the Common Mar
ket. Two questions are in
volved: One is whether Britain
will be willing to agree to
any sort of political union.
. . a second issue is whether
France really wants Britain
in the Common Market at
all. If Britain docs enter, then
France's dream of leadership
may well prove impossible to
realize. . . De Gaulle. . .may
suspect that Britain, with its
special ties to Washington,
will be a 'Trojan horse' of
U.S. influence in the Europe
an union."
the program, loi- which infor
mation kits may be obtained
from Miss Voda Brover, 139
South Keeneway dr., Mcd
ford, or from the county ex
tension office. Miss Brover
is chairman of the Great eci
sions program In Jackson
county.
Kits may also be obtained
by writing to the Oregon
State Council for Great Deci
sions, 8700 SW White court,
Portland 25.
Hal W. Schillz, Myrtle
Creek, publicity chairman for
the Oregon State Council for
Great Decisions, pointed out
tnc program had been en
dorsed by President John F.
Kennedy, former President
Eisenhower, Adlai Stevenson,
Dean Rusk, and other offi
cials. The program str.rted in
Oregon in 1955 with a rela
tively few groups, and has
expanded considerably since
that time.
Historic Institution
The Foreign Policy associa
tion noted that Great Deci
sions has its roots in an his
toric institution: the town
hall meeting where in coloni
al Hays Americans met to dis
cuss a wide range of issues
affecting their welfare, and
frequently to vote on alterna
tive policies.
The association pointed out
that foreign policy should be
everyone's business. "The de
cisions (the citizen's) leaders
make concern him deeply:
they affect his pockctbook
they shape the kind of world
in which he lives; they may
even determine whether there
is to be war or peace," the
association noted.
"At the same tin.c," the
association continued," how
the citizen feels and what he
knows or doesn't know about
his country's foreign policy
concerns his leaders deeply.
Obvious Reason Noted
"One obvious reason is that
if they depart too far from
his views they may be voted
out of office. Less obvious but
not less important, public
opinion has become today, as
never before, a potent foreign
policy factor: whether a peo
ple supports, opposes- or is
divided over its government's
foreign policy may have a
significant impact on the suc
cess of that policy.
"This Is not to imply that
the leaders of a nation should
or must follow prevailing
trends of public opinion. Un
der certain circumstances they
may feel it is In the national
interest to disregard the will,
of the majority, and then it
would be their duty to do so.
But whether they lead their
fellow citizens, walk along
side them, or follow, they
will, in a democracy, always
be sensitive to public opin
ion," the association noted.
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er of five, hailed as a hero for
rescuing his children from a
fire Jan. 9, will be arraigned
Feb. 5 on charges of attempt
ing to murder the youngsters.
William Carrell, 30, was
bound over to Superior Court
Wednesday after a prelimi
nary hearing on five counts
of attempted murder and one
of arson.
After the fire, Carrell told
investigators he set his home
ablaze in an attempt to prove
to his wife she was neglecting
their children. He said he did
not think of the youngsters,
ranging in age from 19 months
to 9 years, until later.
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HITCHHIKER - This feather-
hitchhiker, a pigeon named
: Henry, rides perched atop the
head of Caroline Varcl at St.
; Louis, Mo. The pigeon seems
; to have adopted the Anthony
; J. Varel family when he flew
' Into their yard Jan. 8 and
! allowed himself to be cap-
turcd. Henry pecks at the
: door to be let in and flies or
r hitches a ride to school with
' the Varel children. The Varels
' attempted to turn him loose
but he returned the follow
. ing day, pecking at the door.
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