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Newspaper Page Textg 8UWDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1963 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON - Missile Fleet Proposal May Become Design That Never Got Anywhere Br CHARLES W. CORDDRY United Frni International Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Kennedy's proposal for a NATO flotilla of missile ships for European defense may yet stand high in the his tory of grand strategic designs that never got anywhere. As proposed to European allies who would have to pay about 60 per cent of the cost, the armada would consist of 25 warships built to resemble merchant ships and armed with 200 long-range polaris missiles and nuclear war heads. Crews recruited from par' ticipating nations would lose their national identities while serving in a sort of NATO legion, presumably with a dis tinctive banner and uniform. Project Still Alive Officials of the state and defense departments insist to day that this novel project for an internationally owned, manned and operated nuclear force "is still very much alive." Talks are going on sporadically here with sev eral European countricn - al though notably not Britain or an aloof France - and ad ministration men hope for brisker activity once Europe is out of its customary late summer doldrums. But the concept, called MLF for multilateral force, has never seemed to fire the North Atlantic Treaty organi zation with enthusiasm. And in the climate of the nuclear test ban treaty and the pos sibility of more East-West tension-casing negotiations, the light may flicker even lower. Diplomatic observers say that, under present European political conditions, it is like ly to be a long lime before the fate of the proposed MLF is settled. And if it eventually floats it will be with fewer nations represented than the President hoped for and the absentees will include coun tries sorely wanted. Would Raise Question That would raise the ques tion of how successful the MLF could be in achieving broader political control of the nuclear power on which Europe's defense has been based primarily since 1954. At his press conference cm Aug. 1, Mr. Kennedy ac knowledged that there were shortcomings in the MLF pro posal but said thai was true of all proposals. Those who dislike the American idea, he said, should offer one of their own. "We think," he said, "that the multilateral force repre sents the best solution to hold the alliance together ..." Underscores Political Aim The President's observation served to underscore the essentially political aim of the MLF, the quest for a means of assuring European mem bers of NATO a greater voice in control of nuclear power, in selecting targets for nu clear weapons, and in man ning nuclear weapons systems and commanding them. It must be remembered thai right now, as in years past, NATO Europe has very great nuclear strength. The military situation is clear. But with the warheads in American, and to a relatively small ex tent British, custody, the po litical problem goes on. (A prime criticism heard in Brit ain is that MLF would not solve it.) In present circumstances in NATO force serving under supreme headquarters allied powers Europe (SHAPE), nu clear weapons are fully inte grated in the command struc ture - as much so as the small est calibre conventional weap on. These weapons, once re leased by the American Presi dent, and the British Prime Minister in the case of British forces, could be delivered by aircraft, missiles and artillery which are manned by trained troops of most NATO coun tries. Congressional Approval For cooperation in planning and training, the United Stales al present has con gressionally approved agree ments under terms of the Atomic Energy Act with The Netherlands, Belgium, West Germany, Britain, France, Italy, Greece, Canada and Turkey. Forces of those coun tries are training to use nu clear weapons, but the war heads are retained by U.S. custodial units In' peacetime. There arc, for example, two allied tactical air forces, the 2nd and 4th, in Central Europe which double as atomic and conventional forces under SHAPE. The 4th has American, German, French and Canadian units. The 2nd has British, Dutch and Belgium. What has now grown into a many-faceted NATO politi cal problem got its start some years ago when SHAPE, then commanded by Gen. Lauris Norstad, estimated its future needs and handed NATO gov ernments proposals to got the command into a "missile pos ture." The idea was lo modernize the forces by replacing num bers of aircraft with medium range ballistic missiles, as America was gearing to cut back on bombers and build for some sort of NATO-wide up its intercontinental missile nuclear force, forces. The concept of the seaborne Norstad. and now his sue- i multilateral force was horn cesser. Gen. Lyman L. Lem-1 awkwardly in the aftermath nitzer. wanted the command j of the Skybolt missile Furor ,iinnr.rf with wrannns nn last year. President Kennedy more destructive than the air-! and British Prime Minister craft already available but far more certain to survive enemy attack and be able to strike back. But the missile was a fearsome weapon, with special characteristics in the public and governmental mind, and Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, was still urging before congress in mid August the development of the kind of missile that Nor stad first proposed in the late 1950's. France, meanwhile, had de termined to develop her own atomic weapons with the re sult that there were discus sions and proposals, but no more than that, over the years Harold Macmillan met in the Bahamas in December, after America killed the bomber carried Skybolt on which the Royal Air Force as well as the U.S. Air Force had been depending. Agreement to Sell Out of that conference came (1) agreement to sell Britain Polaris missiles for use in British submarines with Brit ish nuclear warheads, (2) de cision to assign certain nation al nuclear forces, notably the British Bomber Command and some U.S. polaris-missile sub marines, directly to Lemnit- agreemcnt to seek develop- ing Washington talks, on how ment of a NATO multilateral to organize and pay for a nuclear force - what has now multilateral nuclear force, the come tn be called the MLF. participants are the U.S., West Further steps were taken j Germany. Italy, Greece and at NATO's meeting at Ottawa Turkey. The tentative pros in May - to provide Lcmnit- Pect is that, if it should be zcr with a European deputy I organized, the U.S. and West for nuclear Dlannine. increase 1 Germany would contribute 40 the role in nuclear planning of European staff officers at SHAPE and send a SHAPE liaison group to Omaha, Neb., where U.S. strategic targeting is done. Most significantly, Britain's jet bombers have been as signed targets on Lemnitzer's list as have U.S. Polaris sub marines in the Mediterranean, thus integrating them into overall NATO plans. Progress Another Story But progress on the multi lateral force has been another story. French President zer's command and to broad- j charies de Caulle was unin European participation in selection of targets, and (3) One-Time Show Place at Mt. Shasta Still Attraction By J. O. McKINNEY Mail Tribune Correspondent The proverb that a prophet Is not without honor save in his own country was never more completely exploded than that of H. D. (Curley) Brown in the vicinity of his Brown Shasta Ranch. That one-time show place, now sev eral owners removed from Brown, and showing neglect in many ways and lack of production in all, is still an attraction. One reason for this probab ly is that the things done by Brown still are told whenever the name is mentioned. H i s heroics hang like a halo over the place. Neither do they lack proof. Within two years from his ar rival the name of the town nearby was changed from Sis son to Mt. Shasta. The railway station, and even the govern mental post office names were changed from Sisson to Mt. Shasta. The one thing cham pioned by Brown that didn't occur during his lifetime was a road to the top of the moun tain. But his influence is still working. It is there now. Source ef Influence It is cause for wonder where this sort of influence generat ed. Brown's background didn't rate it. He was an ex-Iowa farm boy. An ex-Montana cow poke, an ex-race track man V t h -4 f fv mm III ilill mm j3 i,(,liJVll.:. : Mt- t In b. ENTRANCE TO RANCH - This shows the entrance tn the brown Shasta ranch, where H. D. (Curley) Brown raised race ' - - .fl horses. It has changed hands several times since Brown owned it. and race horse man from sev eral places. But he 'brought with him several millions of dollars. And he knew how to spend it. BIRDING Cly V1 By JOSEPH HICKS The Brown Shasta Ranch was created by the purchase o three small "hillside" ranches that had the needed requisites Brown wanted. These were beauty, and an abundance of water. He shap ed the rest. One thing soon shaped was the terrain around where the front gate to the ranch home is situated. A small creek cir cled across the place. Soon it circled only in memory. Its bed was changed, and labori ously high ground was created In August, there was considerable evidence that the birds were aware of the cool autumn-like weather and were be ginning their fall migration earlier than usual. In the Camp White and Agate rri. area, swallows congre galed on the wires, each swallow spaced a peck distance from its neighbor. This resting on the wiles Is indicative of tem porary stops in the migration flight. The first week in August there were hundreds of Oregon juncos on Mt. Ashland as well as sizeable quantities of both rufous and calliope hummingbirds. I nuticed another imma ture hummingbird with a red spot on its chest, and I am now convinced that this was a young male rufous hummingbird instead ol a female Anna's. Later in August, I saw a female Anna's hummingbird in California and noted a triangular spot on the throat instead of the breast. Migrating birds seen at Lower Klamath Wildlife Refuge on Aug. 1 were BOO Dowitchcrs, western sandpipers, and many avoccts and Wilson's phalaropes. On Aug. 18, there was an adult and two Immature least sandpipers on the upper Rogue river, also apparently in the process of migrating. There have been only a few ducks on Hoover lakes this summer, however on Aug. 15 a large flock of mixed adults and immaturcs were seen. Early In August, it was quite foggy at Harris Beach Park and I saw only a few brown pelicans and scoters on the ocean. On the salal covered hill Just Inland there were Im mature white crowns, song sparrows, wrentis, olive sided flycatchers, and Western wood pi-wees. During this same period, Mrs. T. Conway reports seeing a wandering taller nn the extreme western edge of the large rocks at Harris Beach, She also saw the wandering hitler in this same loca tion earlier in the spring. Mrs. L. Tompkins saw rudy turn stones and surf birds near Yachats also early in August. There were three seldom seen birds Tcpnrtrd in August. My wife and I saw a sora from the firing line road at Klam ath Falls. It was an immature, and amazingly It remained still long enough for me to take a color slide.. Two immature grasshopper sparrows with very short tails were seen by me on a fence near the most western Hoover lake. And a big surprise on Aug. 17 was seeing a road-runner cross the freeway about 10 miles north of Hed ding, Calif, t always thought this bird was restricted lo the desert regions of the southwestern United States. Apparently it likes the arid country around Redding. A barn owl has decided to live in one of the trees In the yard of Mr. L. Mcntzcr at 703 West Second St., Medford. The Melzcrs are quite tolerant of their guest, and if this owl lives up to the family reputation, mice In the area should suffer a swift population decline, i Black-crowned night herons have also moved lo some madrone trees near the residence of Mrs. Grlbble who lives on Rogue river ncaT Gold Hill. This is the first report re ceived of these herons choosing madrone trees for their daytime roost. Normally they select large pine trees. They do roost in the daytime, as they hunt at night, and they seem always to choose trees near a home rather than In the forest. To those who live in the country and wish lo attract birds, let me suggest a brush pile close enough tn the resi dence for easy observation. We have such a bird refuge near our cabin on the Rogue. In the winter, It sheliers Juncos, Bewick's wrens, lowhees golden-crowned fox, and white-crowned sparrows. Recently, I noted brown lowhees and a covey nf two adult and nine very small valley quail were sharing the brushy haven al ' night. The Immature quail were so small that this covey must have resulted from a second nesting. I Last 'Cook-Out' Is Held at Domiciliary By JIM GILLAN Mail Tribune Correspondent While Cily - The last of Ihe season's "cook - outs'' al the Veterans Adminislratinn Domiciliary was held last week with the Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary host-j ing the assigned members in manual arts therapy, accord ing to Paul C. Bethel, chief of recreation. II was the last of a series held for the five sections in which the 900 plus disabled veterans reside and two spe cial "cook-outs" - one for the engineering division and this last one. Set In the area developed as a Memorial Park by the VA and contributed to by the various veterans organizations and auxiliaries, with its car-; pel of rich grass and a large, striking fish pond, Ihe social picnics have been popular among the altenning members. Heads-List Mrs. Frances Zundcl. VAVS representative of the VFWA, headed the list of volunteers serving. Her son, Russell Zun dcl, Jr., helped. Other volun teers included Mesdnmes Lil lian Clair, Edith Merit, Helen Lusk, Eleanor Sawyer, Hazel Ramsey, K.va Pittock, Betty Holgate and Winifred Mcr shun. A circular serving building and a built-in, outdoor kitchen arc among the "Gifts for Yanks Who Gave," donated by the American Legion auxil iaries, to the park area develp ment. II is another of the Rogue Valley's ideal settings for Oregon's prized and utilized outdoor living. With Mt. Me Loughlin centering a back drop of Cascade and Siskiyou mountains, the landscaped and well maintained area forms part nf the beauty of the domiciliary grounds and flower gardens now at the height of a cool and gracious summer. Comperes Favorably The park compares favor ably with the widely known and large flower garden isnmr 3.000 blooms) maintained each summer by member Wal ler Odegard, adjacent, to the corridor leading to the ministration building. His garden alone has been adjudged by many visitors as worth a few miles driving just to view. Much of the landscaping and gardening is dune by disabled members with a great amount of guid ance and donations from the volunteer members nf the Oregon Stale Federation of Garden Clubs. Garden club members also decorate the oomiciliary chapel each week throughout the season, sharing the work among Ihe various affiliates in the southern Oregon and northern California environs. where the little stream ran. That was a mark of Harry Daniel, the H. D. (Curley) Brown who created what he wanted. He hired it done, and paid higher wages for having it done than were paid lo other laborers of the community. Selling himself to the peo ple of the neighborhood he had set out to re-create be gan with his presence at the first meeting he attended there. A public meeting was held trying to raise money, for a needed project to the amount of $3,000. In 1921 that represented more money than it docs today. Opinion was di vided whether to buy the needed project, or another that carried much public appeal. There is where newcomer Brown showed his worth. He announced that he was match ing funds with Ihe town he had chosen as his home. Why not gel bolh projects, and here was his check for the extra money. That fund matching plan never varied. Anything that helped the community, espe cially if the name Shasta was included, got his endorsement, and cash. Background Never Left But Brown's background of horse racing never left him, either. The ranch, with its wa ter, its plots for race tracks where horses could be trained, fitted into his past, and made attractive his present. He rais ed good fcorscs, and each one sent out to race carried the prefix Shasta. If it wasn't good, it never was sent. One horse develoocfl here. Shasta Bullet, was considered the champion two-year-old. He may hold the record for that time. It isn't verified today. But Brown built Ihe Arling ton race track at Chicago, like wise the Laurel Oriental, ac cording to O. O. Apperson Sr., a close friend of the Ml. Shas ta race horse man, in Florida, and a big track al Havana. Another of H. -D. (Curley) Brown's monuments in the hearts of his Mt. Shasta ad mirers is the high school build ing erected many years ago. The district wanted a site. It was for sale, but the owner wanted cash. Tax money comes slowly. 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