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MDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON
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By CORDON W. SCHUXTZ
United Pint International
Anchorage, Alaska -IIP&- A
tiny island in a cluster around
Attu at the tip of the Aleutian
chain shelteri an integral part
of the air defense of the North
American continent.
The island is Shemya. It
houses gigantic Air Force ra
dars and other technical eqiup
ment that military authorities
regard as "top secret." It is
one of the closest U. S. mili
tary installations on American
soil to Russia.
Shemya is more than 1,300
miles from the nearest U. S.
Air Force installation In the
Alaskan Air Command at
King Salmon. And It was from
King Salmon that U. S. fight
er planes streaked Into the
sky when a Russian plane
flew over Alaska territory on
March IS. Another Russian
plane the same day flew over
waters regarded "out of
bounds" for Soviet planes. ,
Both Russian planes may
have been scouting Shemya.
The Air Force eays very
little about Shemya. Officials
of the Alaskan Command at
Elmendorf Air Force base are
touchy on the subject. Quer
ies are greeted coldly. '
No Women
There is little on the Island
other than the Air Force sta
tion, Its highly-secret equip
ment, Air Force and Army
personnel and d8 or two.
There are no women.
Although the strategic
mechanisms on Shemya today
are wrapped in military se
crecy, the island has a history
that started 20 years ago in
the bitter Aleutian campaign
of World War II.
Japanese surveyors had
staked the island for a bomber
base. A short distance away
Japanese troops held the is
land of Attu for 11 months
in 'what waa the first enemy
invasion on American soil
since the war of 1812.
In January, 1943, the war
councils on both sides pln
pointed Shemya at strategic.
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WHAT PUBLIC THINKS OF LAWYERS
Almost four out of ten Americans have no legal protection
or service whatsoever. Among us who are users, many think
of lawyers only for the "must" services-accidents, damage
suits, divorce. Few think of a lawyer as the guardian of the
individual's right and at offering services in the areas of
taxes, real estate, business advice. - '
In general reputation, lawyers rate substantially below
most other professions. The person who uses a lawyer actu
ally has a lower opinion of the ethical standard! of the pro
fession than the person who doet not use one.
A majority of lawyers themselves believe they overcharge
us in certain fields-particularly when feet depend on results
(contingent fees) and in personal Injury cases. The public
not only feels the tame way about these feet, but also is
highly dissatisfied with the way most lawyers present bills
for services rendered: ' '
There's a shocking lack of confidence among large num
bers about the possibility of getting a fair trial in the courts,
opinion of traffic courts is abysmally low and the Individual
who has direct knowledge of the court! has lest confidence
in them than the person whose knowledge It restricted to
TV, movies, newspapers, radio. " f' '
Most lawyers think the best way io build a practice
it through extra-practice activities (getting around and :
meeting people), but the fact Is two-thirds of us choose ,
. a 2 'it strictly on the batit ol his general reputation
for capability and honesty. '
Only 35 per cent of us believe lawyers ar honest and
truly dedicated to their profession.
Theso are some of the startling findings of the most com
prehensive, probing study ever undertaken of any profession
-in tills case, the legal profession. The survey was initiated
by the Missouri Bar almost three yean ago, was conducted
among over 5,000 Individuals in the population-balanced
state of Missouri, was financed by the Pren-Hall Foundation,
is released today by Prentice-Hall and will be the basis for
a textbook in the future. '
The legal profession will be pleasod by few of the find
ings. Yet, the very criticism, based on so exhaustive a study,
can make a major contribution to the legal profession s
economic future and to the protection or the public.
The blunt truth Is that for 25 years, the economic posi
tion of the legal profession has been declining in comparison
with other professions.
There has been growing awareness that this has been due
to the fact that millions who should be using legal services
are not doing so and the millions of us who do use lawyers
do not use them to the extent we should. Now this survey
pinpoints the reasons-the public's ignorance of services law
yers perform, distrust of fees and courts, etc.
Of course, the aim of the Missouri Bar-Prentice-Hall study
Is to prod the organized profession Into corrective measures.'
Among its specific recommendations are these:
The Code of Ethics governing the profession must be
clarified and the lawyer educated to the extent to which he
may go in giving up a "complete legal check-up" and to
which he may ethically volunteer advice.
Lawyers must recognise that when they criticise an
opposing counsel, a Judge or ury, they are downgrading
thtir entire profession in a client's mind. This criticism
explains why users of lawyers have less respect for the
profession than non-utert.
Lawyers should discuss fees with us at the earliest op
portunity, should itemize their bills in detail. Fee schedules
should be developed and encouraged and an effort should be
made to achieve some degree of uniformity on tees on a
state-wide basis.
The organized Bar should put strong emphasis on im
provement of jury trial and court procedures and Improve
ment of traffic courts should be a prime objective.
Many of this survey's conclusions will defy long-held
assumptions of the legal profession, but, say the authors,
"That has been the purpose: to separate facts from assump
tions so that action programs ran be taken" to Improve prac
tices of and our attitude toward the profession, and thus to
Improve the profession's economic status. . .
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NOSE TO NOSE-Scolt Dunbar, 9. meets Rajah the panther
now to nose at the Baltimore, Md., too, after he won a
contest to name the animal. Although the panther is yet
a baby, it is separated from Scott by glass. ' (UP1) I
It was 1,800 miles from An
chorage in one direction and
the same from Tokyo in the
other.
The time of occupation was
approaching on a collision
course. Then suddenly it was
averted.
See Task Force
A few miles short of their
destination a Japanese Shem
ya task force was discovered
by a U. S. plane flying a
scouting mission. The lone
plane circled the convoy with
out a shot being fired from
either side and observed an
unaccountable about-face.
Apparently the Japanese
wanted their Shemya move to
be a surprise and, when it
was discovered, they w i t h
drew. Meanwhile, the battle for
Attu took place. After nearly
every Japanese soldier was
killed the American forces
were sent to Shemya. '
Battle-weary infantry men
and engineers were to secure
the Island In the event enemy
troops were present. Some
Japanese survey stakes were
found but the Japanese were
not there.
Part of Shcmya's value to
the military Is in its level
topography. There isn't a hill
higher than 500 feet above sea
level. Because of the relative
ly level terrain the island is
called a stationary flattop.
Planes can get on and off in
a variety of foul weather with
out running the risk of smash
ing into unseen mountains.
Develop Base
Using the Japanese survey
stakes as guides Army engi
neers covered the landscape
with buildings and roads for
a modern airbase operation.
Over 1,000 structures went
up, linked by a road net 80
miles long. The island is about
4'; miles square.
Angry seas all but frustrat
ed the best efforts of the
Army engineers to build
docks. Piling was ripped from
the ocean floor in the coves
and inlets and draped helter
skelter around the island. But
the docks had to be replaced
quickly so the island could be
supplied. .
V-J day and peace quickly
eclipsed the importance of
Shemya. The base was man
ned by troops in diminishing
numbers for several years. -
Most military forces had
moved out in 1949 and Shem
ya was used as a refueling
stop by Northwest Orient Air
lines on flights between An
chorage and Tokyo. Shemya's
strategic value was apparent
ly gone.
But the military became in
terested in the old base in a
relatively recent phase of the
cold war.
In 1957, Shemya was re
surveyed for a listening post
and a warning station. The
advent of nuclear-tipped mis
siles spelled renewed signifi
cance under Russia's cold
shoulder.
Army engineers came back
to construct again and in the
following year work was fe
verish. This time steel and
concrete instead of wood was
used to fashion a dock braced
against the enraged Bering
sea when it is whipped into
frenzied whitecaps by 150-mile-an-hour
gales.
Two heavily reinforced ra
dars the size of outdoor movie
screens were erected in po-
diums of concrete. Because of
the winds, the roots of the
antennas were twice the bulk
of the superstructures.
Shemya has made the tran
sition from the air age of
World War II to the space age
in five years. The airplana
still is the workhorse for the
island, however, and heavy
transports roar in daily. They
carry critical materials, much
of which is classified secret.
But they also carry fresh
fruits and vegetables that
can't be raised at Shemya be
cause the temperature ex
tremes range from 17 to 60
below zero.
Despite its supply problems,
Shemya is once again a stra
tegic pinpoint in the web of
America's air defense.
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