MEDFOTiD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6. 1963
Ideas for Improving, Changing Civil Defense System Reviewed
Several Ideas for imorovine
nd changing the nation's
civil defense system were of
fered and discussed at a meet
ing attended by a small group
of citizens Monday noon at
the Medford hotel.
It was noted that the pur
pose and function of civil de
fense is generally misunder
stood by most citizens and
that it needs to be overhauled
and divided into two separate
agencies, one to deal with de
fense against an attack and
the other designed to cope
with natural disasters.
It was also charged that
civil defense gives many citi
zens a false sense of security
and the feeling that the coun
try can be made safe even in
the event of nuclear war.
Crew Out of Presence
The gathering grew out of
1lie presence in the city of
Dr. George Strcssinger, asso
ciate professor of biology at
the University of Oregon, who
spoke Sunday night on nu
clear warfare at a dinner
meeting sponsored by the
Jackson County chapter, Ore
gon United Nations associ
ation. Dr. Stressinger first gave
figures about the effects of a
nuclear attack upon the citi
zens of this nation, stating
that his material came from
con gressional hearings and
other official sources of the
federal government.
Included was the fact that
a nuclear attack sufficient to
prevent this nation from re
taliating would probably re
sult in the death of 40 per
cent of the population in the
affected areas; that the re
maining 60 per cent would
find themselves living in a
greatly changed environment
without access to pure food
and water; that their lives
would be shortened because
of radiation, they would be
more susceptible to disease
and that biological mutations
would be doubled.
Speaks As Citizen
Following his factual talk
as a biologist, Dr. Stressinger
then spoke as a citizen, saying
he believes that the civil de
fense program, particularly
as it regards shelters, is not
realistic and that "the shelter
program pretends to do more
than it actually could."
He said that civil defense
officials speaking at parent
teacher association meetings
in Eugene give the general
impression that the program
can effectively protect citi
zens, and that this is not
borne out by the government's
own figures and publications.
Dr. Stressinger said citi
zens are being led to believe
that nuclear war is "feasible"
that all can be protected from
its effects, that this gives a
false sense of security and as
a result, some urge a belliger
ent attitude on the part of the
government. This all suggests
that the nation is contem
plating attack, he said.
Effective Agreement
"What we need is an effec
tive disarmament agreement,"
Dr. Stressinger said, and some
in the group echoed the state
ment. "Our congress views
with suspicion anything
which docs not benefit us
militarily," he added. The
speaker believes that a lower
ing of missile capacity might
be brought about.
He pointed out that when
China and other nations have
intercontinental ballistic mis
siles, no nation will be able
to tell from where an attack
has come, and against which
nation to retaliate. He pointed
out that military thinking is
a development of past cen
turies, and that military, as
well as civilian leaders, are
not oriented to nuclear warfare.
What we don't realize is
that this is a new kind of war
fare," the biologist stressed.
"No one can win such a war;
everyone would be the loser.
This situation calls for a new
kind of thinking."
Discuss State Expense
The group then turned dis
cussion to the fact that the
state legislature has question
ed the .expense of civilian de
fense and after a time War
ren Lomax, Ashland civilian
defense director, pointed out
that some in the group, and
citizens in general, apparent
ly do not know what civilian
defense seeks to do.
Lomax declared that in
Jackson county, civil defense
is as much, or more, a matter
of planning and training in
what steps to take in case of
disasters such as fire, flood
or wind storms, and not only
a system of defense against
war disasters or shelter plan
ning. D. Stressinger, and others,
agreed in this and the profes
sor said he believed the two
should be separated, should
havo different names, differ
ent leadership and different
budgets. "I agree that we
need a system which trains
the citizenry in what to do
to recover from a natural
disaster but I am greatly op
posed to having this tied up
with a shelter program which
supposedly protects us from
nuclear warfare," the biolo
gist declared.
In the group were Al Brad
ford, city councilman, and
Thad Hatten, county assessor.
Department Heads Named at Oregon
Eugene Appointment of
two department heads, to fill
vacancies created by resigna
tions, has been announced by
Acting Dean Marshall D. Wat
tics of the University of Ore
gon college of liberal arts.
The appointments, of two
professors currently members
of the university faculty, are
subject to approval by the
state board of higher education.
Dr. Frank B. Ebcrsole, asso
ciate professor of philosophy,
will become head of the de
partment of philosophy at the
beginning of spring term,
March 25.
Dr. Richard A. Littman,
professor of psychology, will
take over duties of head of
the department of psychology
Sept. 1.
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Slinson Alleges
'Polities' in New
Airplane Contract
Washington - HIPP - Ren
K. W. (Bill) Stinson (R Wash.)
charged Monday that politics
may have played a part in the
selection of General Dynamics
Corp. to build the new TFX
fighter at its Fort Worth
Tex., plant.
Stinson suggested that the
new plane might better have
been called "the LBJ.
This indirect reference to
Vice President Lyndon B,
Johnson, a Texan, prompted
Rep. Jim Wright (D-Tex.) to
a counter charge.
Proper to Ask
Since the question of po
litical influence had been
raised. Wright said, he
thought it proper to ask Sen
Jlcnrv M. Jackson D-Wa?h
"If he is prepared to deny that
on at least seven different
occasions his office initiated
contacts with top government
officials" in behalf of the
Boeing Co.'s attempt to get
the TFX contract.
Boeing, with headquarters
In Seattle, had proposed to
build the new all-purpose
Diane at its plant in Wichita
Kan. The Pentagon's award of
a $5 8 billion contract to vcn-
rral Dynamics In spite ot
lower bid by Boeing is being
investigated by a Senate sub
committee which resumed
closed hearings today.
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