MEDFORO MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAV. OCTOBER 21, 193
Vietnamese Brace for Reduction in U.S. Aid
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TEACHER UNMASKED On Sept. 9 a new teacher, bespec
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Englewood . High school in Chicago and rapped (or attention.
He was known to school officials, fellow teachers and students
as Alfred George Jack, 28, of East Orange, N.J. He was un
masked this week by the board of education and the Cook
County State Attorney's office as David Wilson Gauss, 30, of
Baltimore, Md., an admitted ex-convict who never went be
yond the sixth grade in school. The school principal refers to
Gauss as "a most excellent English teacher, much above the
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By RAY HERNDON I
SAIGON, South Viet Nam I
(UPI) The Vietnamese govern
ment is bracing itself for a
drastic reduction in American
economic aid, more than half
of which has been suspended
since the end of August,
Reliable sources now say that
Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh
Diem and his powerful brother
and political counselor Ngo
Dinh Nhu are convinced that
the United States will continue
to withhold most of its economic
aid or will sharply reduce the
amount should aid be resumed.
At the same time, it is re
liably reported that the gov
ernment has appointed two of
its Army generals to make a
study of the problems which
would be encountered should
the United States also suspend
its military aid.
To Study Impact
Reliable sources said the two
generals have been named to
head a committee which will
make a study of the impact of
the Vietnamese military of sus
pended American military aid.
Although the United States
has not formally announced
suspension of its aid to Viet
Nam, the economic aid mission
here has effectively halted its
commercial import program
which indirectly provides more
than 70 per cent of South Viet
Nam's military budget.
Faced with the possibility that
the American commercial im
port program may not be re
sumed, qualified sources say
mat tne Vietnamese govern
ment leaders are considering
various economic steps which
would allow them to "go it
alone" should that become
necessary.
Steps Considered
Among the steps that Diem
and Nhu are considering but
have not yet acted upon are
plans to: -
Raise taxes -on certain basic
commodities such as gasoline
as well as luxury taxes on thea
ter admissions, etc.
Ration the sales of imported
commodities, especially items
Viet Nam imports with its
own foreign currency reserves.
Reduce the allowance of
Vietnamese civil servants who
draw extra monthly allotments
depending on their position and
the number of children they
have.
Each of these plans is de
signed directly or indirectly to
reduce expenditures of the
Vietnamese government and
preserve Viet Nam's precious
foreign currency reserves.
Financial circles say that the
first such economy move will
be the raising by more than 200
per cent the taxes on petrol
eum imports and consequently
tne price ot imported gasoline
would double.
Business sources said the
government already has noti
fied the major oil companies
operating in Viet Nam that the
retail price of gasoline will be
changed from approximately 40
U.S. cents per gallon to 80 U.S.
cents.
Shows Displeasure
It is generally believed here
that the United States has sus
pended the major portion of its
economic aid to Viet Nam as a
means of showing its displeas
ure over the Vietnamese gov
ernment's handling of the
Buddhist crisis.
In late August, the Vietnam-.
cse government broke its sol
emn promise to the United
States that it would follow a
conciliatory course of action in
dealing with the Buddhist ques
tion.
Vietnamese government
troops on Aug. 21 stormed
Buddhist pagodas throughout
Viet Nam, arresting thousands
of Buddhist priests and laymen
who led the nearly four-month
politico-religious protest move
ment which threatened to topple
the regime of President Diem.
American Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge is reliably report
ed to view the political situation
in this country as "very ser
ious." Lodge also is known to
have grave doubts whether the
Ngo family government can
muster sufficient popular sup-
Halloween Events
Include Painting
Contest, Dance
As in previous years, t h e
Medford Moose Lodge and the
City of Medford Recreation De
partment in cooperation with
Medford public schools are plan
ning Halloween festivities.
Oct. 31 has again been desig
nated as Youth Honor Day with
participating youth requested to
sign a pledge card, which states
that the signer will not perform
any act harmful to others dur
ing the Halloween season.
Events planned include a win
dow painting contest, a Hallo
ween costume parade and a
dance for teen-agers.
The parade will be Saturday,
Oct. 26, at 10 a.m.
Registration Open
Registration for the window
painting contest is open in the
recreation office on the second
floor of Medford City Hall, Fifth
St. and Central Ave. Registra
tion today and Friday will be
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sat
urday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Painting must be completed by
8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 28, so
judging can begin.
Students wishing to partici
pate in the window painting con
test must not be older than 14
years, must sign a pledge card
and be registered for the con
test. Either water color or poster
paint must be used for painting
and entrants are to take the
paint with them to the City Hall
when they register so it may be
approved for use. Each partici
pant will be assigned a space
on a window of Medford store.
The subject should follow the
Halloween or autumn theme.
A number of prizes will be
awarded in two age groups, 11
and under and 12 through 14.
port to win this largely polit-ithe increase of shipping rates
ical war against the Communist on the government owned rail-
Viet Cong.
A vast majority of the Amer
ican civilian officials here feel
that the Vietnamese govern
ment as presently constituted
cannot win the war.
Pressure on Regime
It is widely believed here
now that the United States has
suspended more than half of
its aid to the Viet Nam both to
put pressure on the Ngo family
regime and to demonstrate to
the Vietnamese population and
dissident elements here that the
United States is not irrevocably
tied Xo the present Vietnamese
government.
Another government move to
boost its internal revenues was
way system. According to an
economy department order pub
lished recently the shipping
rates rose by 12.59 per cent
earlier this month.
Meanwhile, the unrest in fi
nancial circles brought about
by the temporary suspension of
American aid has caused the
black market rate of the Viet
namese Piastre (currency unit)
to shoot up in the past few days
to an all time high of 140 pias
tres per United States dollar.
The official rate for the pias
tre is 73 per U.S. dollar, but
there has always been a steady
demand and market for the
piastre which fluctuated be
tween 80 and 90 per dollar.
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF
THERE'S BEEN a lot of grumbling about the time it takes
these days for a game of big-league baseball to be
played, what with jpitchers posing as statues for minutes at
e time, adjusting their
caps, pants, belts, socks,
and what have you, and
managers calling confer
ences at, every turn of a
television camera. The
president of one of the
leagues sent a secret
memo to valued officials
asking for suggestions as
to how play might be
speeded up. The likeliest
suggestion came from one
cynic on the Journal:
"Play only eight innings
instead of nine."
A jet was about to take off for Seattle from Idlewild when a
man rushed up to the gate attendant and demanded, "WD1 there
be time for me to get on that jet and kiss my wife goodbye?"
The attendant answered gravely, That depends, sir, on bow long
you've been married."
Let us give a thought to the farmer in North Dakota who told
cronies around the cracker barrel, "I'm agitated. Two months ago
my wife had quadruplets. Today she tells me we have triplets."
"You're out of your mind," scoffed Old Man Boles. "Can't have
triplets two months after you've had quadruplets."
"Can too," said the worried father. "One of the quadruplets
got lost."
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Japan Schedules
Election Nov. 21
Tokyo (UPI) Prime Minister
Hayato Ikcda has dissolved par
liament and called new elections
for Nov. 21.
Ikcda, whose Liberal Demo
crats won 296 of the 467 lower
house seats in the last elections
three years ago, will stress in
the campaign that Japan will
remain a firm ally of the United
States.
He will also seek voter approv
al of his economic plan, which
foresees doubling of Japan's in
come in the next 10 years and a
consequent rise in the standard
of living.
Ikeda took office in the wake
of anti-American rioting that
forced then President Eisen
hower to cancel his visit here.
He replaced Nobusuke Kishi,
also a Liberal Democrat, who
resigned after pushing through
the controversial U.S. -Japan mil
itary security pact, which set
off the riots.
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20 NEW FALL DOUBLE KNIT
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