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Si Reservist Who Objected To Cuba Service Retained San Francisco - (UPB A 25- year-old Army reservist will be permitted to complete his military obligation, although he threatened to defy his com mander in chief. President '. Kennedy. The reservist, Thomas L. Clark, had faced possible dis- charge at an Army administra tive board hearing scheduled :, for Friday. , Clark, who works on a ranch in Napa County, Calif., wrote to his commanding gen- ! eral last October advising him ; that he would refuse to par ticipate in any possible inva- : sion of Cuba. His letter said ; in part: "I want to advise you be fore any possible reserve call up takes place, that I have no intention of obeying such a recall. I take this action in (. protest of our naval blockade . of Cuba, a policy I regard to ; be dangerous, foolish and im moral. "I regard President Kenne dy's decision to be Ill-conceived and irresponsible, prompt ed more by domestic politi cal considerations . than by threats of security to the United States. i "I have no intention of sanc tioning this decision, so please be forewarned that I will ig nore any reserve callup which Involves me." , Clark, who. was on active duty as an enlisted man in Germany from 1998 to 1960, never was recalled to active duty. However,, the adminis trative board hearing was scheduled to decide whether he should be discharged prior to the completion of his re serve obligation next March. Friday's hearing was called off by Lt. Gen. John L. Ryan 'Jr.,- commanding general of the Sixth Army. "It is preferable that Clark be held to the completion of his military obligation, rather than face an administrative board which could recommend his discharge," Ryan said. Clark said he was "delight ed" by the general's decision. Nixon To Cross Into East Berlin " Berlin fllPD Former U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon planned to cross the Berlin Wall today for a first hand look at German com munism. . Nixon, who has drawn crowds of hundreds of people in other Communist cities visited during his current European tour, invited West ern newsmen to accompany him to East Berlin. He said Tuesday that he, his wife, Pat, and his daugh ters, Patricia and Julia, planned to make a three-hour trip "not a guided tour" into the Soviet sector of Ber lin. Nixon said he had no objec tion to showing his passport to Communist guards at East West border control points. . "I've shown by passport to border officers before in East Europe in Budapest and Warsaw and Moscow," Nixon commented. Tuesday Nixon and his wife walked along Berlin's Ber nauerstrasse for several hun dred yards to take a look at the wall. The houses on one side of Bernauerstrasse are in West Berlin, and the houses on the other side are in East Berlin. The Nixons walked along the grim street, peering at the ugly anti-refugee wall, the bricked-up windows and the VOPO (Communist police) guards on the Eastern side. Clergyman Called In Rights Hearing Washington - (DPD - One of four congressional groups holding hearings on President Kennedy s civil ngnis Din can ed for testimony today a prom inent clergyman who recently was arrested for taking part in an anti-segregation dem onstration. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief executive officer of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., was summoned to testify and read a statement on behalf of himself, Roman Catholic and Jewish spokesmen and a member of national religious organizations representing the three major faiths in the United States. At the same time the Sen ate Judiciary committee re called Ally. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy for more question ing on the administration's oitril rlnhu nroDOsals. The Senate Commerce committee and the Senate employment and manpower suocommiure lcn u-heduled hearings on sec tions of the civil rights pro V. V IS- a filk rv feeling HELPFUL Whatever the situation, First National people enjoy being helpful. That's one reason our loan officers enjoy their work so much. There's nothing much more helpful than a supply of money at the right time. And at First National Bank, there's a low-cost loan for every purpose, available quickly and conveniently. At this time of year, you may need money for home improve ments, a new car bargain, a vacation, or any of dozens of other MEDFOJtD MAIL TRIBONE, MEDFORD. OREGON 5 X&V f I., 1 , t- .m iimiiiiiiii it H v" you get about First 4 ? iis)a i 1 1" iM f i i r i uriiii DO .,t c ..oo- . yr iira needs. Remember . . . people at First National Bank of Ore gon enjoy being helpful . . . especially with a helpful supply of money in the form of a First National loan. -. " J - W National Bank FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON SI nil Hilt NtTIONAl UNK OF OIICOM, miTtANB MIMIII MOIMl DEWIII INWUNCI COIIOUTIW M"BamK for over eoo.ooo Oregon people i WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1963 Bi 17 gram. I. 1
