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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
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ENTRANCE TO RANCH - This shows
the entrance tn the brown Shasta ranch,
where H. D. (Curley) Brown raised race
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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. Brown bought
the land for cash, then look
payment from the district at
no extra money for the delay.
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nuclear force. Macmillan was
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problems and the Laborites
who might succeed him pro
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cent and the other two coun
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train the crews and get the
force fully operational under
command of the supreme
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