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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 196J
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Cold Wear Course Is Altered
By STEWART HENSLEY
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) One
year aeo this week end Soviet
Premier Nikila Khrushchev
peered into the depths of the in
ferno as Secretary ot State
Dean Rusk called it and
drew back in alarm.
He had stood at the brink of
a nuclear war which President
Kennedy was ready to fight be
cause Khrushchev had clandcs
tinely armed Fidel Castro's Cu
ba wilh lone-range nuclear mis.
siles ready to be launched at
the heart of America from
secretly built bases.
What Khrushchev saw won
from him a swift agreement to
withdraw his missiles and dis
mantle his bases. In return he
got from the President a pledge
that Cuba would not be in
vaded a pledge that had
been given many times Betorc
The agreement was reached
In an exchange of messages Be
tween the Kremlin and the
White House during the night of
Oct. 27 and the early morning
hours of Oct. 28.
Week Of Agony
Thus ended the most agoni
7ing week since World War II.
Mankind had trembled in the
half - world between war and
peace while awaiting Khrush
chev's response to the ring of
steel the President had drawn
around Cuba. Kennedy also had
made it clear that the U. a
naval and air quarantine was
only one of more and tougher
steps he was prepared to take,
One year later officials here
and in other Allied capitals are
convinced the Soviet backdown
marked a turning point in the
East-West struggle which may
prove to have permanent ct
fccls. It is still loo early to pin
point Khrushchev's gamble to
achieve "nuclear parity" by es
tablishing missile bases just 90
miles off the U. S. coast as the
high tide of Soviet penetra
tion of the Western Hemisphere.
It is clear, however, that it
drastically altered the course of
the cold war in the year im
mediately following the confron
tation in which the Russian
leader, not the President, back
ed away.
Berlin Dnrinanl
The long-smoldering Berlin Is
sue has remained dormant, wilh
Khrushchev showing no inclina
tion at present to push his
standing demand for eventual
Allied evacuation nf the Rcd-cn-circlcd
Western sector of the
city.
Recent incidents in the Ber
lin access corridor, involving
delays to American and British
military convoys, still are re-
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MISSILE BASES United Nations delegates ed at far left and far right, respectively, are
turn to look at aerial photos of Russian-sup- Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin and U.S.
plied Cuban missile bases during emergency Ambassador Adlai Stevenson. Bottom picture
Security Council session in October, 1962. Seat- shows a Cuban missile assembly facility. (UPI)
garded as minor Russian probes
to test Allied unity rather than
indications the Kremlin plans to
heat up a major new crisis.
On other issues, too, such as
the limited nuclear test ban
treaty, the Soviet leader has
shown an inclination to avoid
rocking the boat while working
to catch up on missile strength,
salve some of his nagging eco
nomic problems, and fight his
ideological feud with Red China.
Allied officials generally
agree wilh the U. S. assessment
of the missile backdown as a
major turning point in the long,
grim struggle with communism.
United Press International
correspondents in London, Par
is, Rome. Madrid, Bonn and
Tokyo, sounding out officials one
year after the Cuban crisis,
found nearly all of them con
vinced that Mr. Kennedy's firm
stand had far-reaching effect.
UPI's chief diplomatic corres
pondent in Europe, Karl Thaler,
said British reaction was that
his tough stand had forced a
change in Soviet strategy be
cause it showed the United
States could not be pushed
around when the chips were
down.
"Kennedy's policy at the time
of the crisis may be responsible
for a turn in the cold war
which has, on the face of de
velopments within the past few
months, shown a marked eas
ing of East West relations,'
Thaler wrote after canvassing
British officials and diplomatic
observers.
"It has also, directly or in
directly, caused a hardening on
both sides in the Moscow-Pek
ing dispute. Red China has ex
ploited Khrushchev's step-down
on the Cuba issue for some of
its sharpest attacks on the
Kremlin's so-called sellout to
the imperialists.
Administers Blow
"Furthermore, the Kennedy
strategy On British opinion) ad
ministered one of the severest
blows to Russian prestige and
to Khrushchev personally .
observers here ascribe the
change of Khurshchev strategy
to his realization that the United
States means business and will
not be pushed around, that un
less he is careful he might trig
ger the nuclear war he dreads.'
The President's unyielding
stand on Cuba is widely assess
ed as having convinced Khrush
chev that the U.S. pledge to
fight if necessary to stay in Ber
lin was not an empty one.
From Bonn, UPI's chief cor
respondent in Germany, Well
ington Long, reports that Ger
man officials still subscribe to
fromer Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer's earlier statement that
"The Cuban affair favorably in
fluenced the Berlin situation to
the extent that the Russians saw
that Kennedy was after all pre
pared, under certain circum
stances, to act really serious
ly." ' A Drastic Step
German officials believe the
Cuban crisis was a drastic test
for the western world which Mr.
Kennedy met well and without
flinching.
Italian officials, looking back
over the past 12 months, told
UPI reporter they believed
"The Cuban confrontation may
go down as a turning point in
contemporary history." They
said that, in retrospect,' t h e
President s handling of the situ
ation seems even more praise
worthy now than it did then.
Confrontations have been a de
cisive step on the road to peace.
Even in Paris, where the
Charles de Gaulle government
is at odds with the United States
on a number of issues, Mr. Ken
nedy s Cuban decision still is
described by officials as the
most important of the postwar
era.
The Ice of the Cold War Is Breaking Up'
By HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press International I
MOSCOW (UPI) On Oct. 22
of last year, English philosop
her Lord Berlrand Russell grim
ly predicted: "We all may bo
dead In a few days."
Weapons-carrying Soviet ships
were sailing on a collision
course toward Cuba, threaten
ing to plunge tho world into a
nuclear holocaust. It was "eye
ball to eyeball" in the words
of U. S. Secretary of State Dean
Rusk.
Now, an eventful 12 months
Medford Student
En Route to Japan
In College Project
PORTLAND Pamela Miller,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rod
ney B. Miller, 2748 Old Stage
Road, Medford, a freshman at
Lewis and Clark College, is on
her way to Japan for five
months study and travel.
Miss Miller is one of 43 stu
dents who will spend the fall
and winter terms In Japan
Four groups of students, each
group accompanied by a faculty
advisor and a representative of
(he Experiment in International
Living, will spend the two terms
in three countries. The other
countries included in the pro
gram are Mexico and France.
The program In each country
will include a study of the
language of the country, aca
demic studies and projects re
lated to their assigned areas.
Field trips, Riiest speakers, in
terviews wilh local and national
leaders and cultural programs
will be arranged.
The foreign study program is
under the general direction of
Dr. Clifford Hamar, who super
vised the program last fall in
Peru and Chile.
Miss Miller will spend her
home-stay of one month in tho
Kyoto area. Most of her aca
demic work will be done in
Kyoto and Tokyo.
The home visit was arranged
by the Experiment In Interna
tional Living. Prior lo depar
ture the students participated
In an eight-cloy orientation for
college life and study overseas.
They will return lo Lewis and
Clark fn March to resume tlicir
studies for spring term.
later, Moscow Radio hails Presi
dent Kennedy's decision to sell
wheal to the Soviet Union with
the comment, "The ice of the
cold war is breaking up."
11 has been quite a passage
of time.
Desperate Efforts
A year ago this month, the
Kremlin and White House lights
burned night-long as the Presi
dent and Premier Nikita Khru
shchev talked at and to each
oilier by privalo code and pub
lic radio broadcasts in a des
perate effort lo avoid the point
of no return.
Today, the two statesmen
most responsible for the fate nf
the world have a "hot line"
teletype within elbow's reach
for instantaneous communica
tion in any grave emergency.
The President has asked for
and brought about a reassess
ment of American policy to
wards tho Soviet Union, and
Khrushchev has been placed in
the paradoxical position of a
Communist leader defending
American integrity and good
faith to his erstwhile Chinese
comrades.
There aro few contemporary
Police Auction
Set at Airport
The annual Medford police
auction of unclaimed articles
has been scheduled for 10 a m.
Friday, Nov. 1, at the police
storage building at the muni
cipal airport.
Lt. Itollie Pean, head of the
services division, said a total
of 207 items will be sold to the
highest bidder during the auc
tion. Among items listed for sale
are 14 automobiles, ranging
from 1948 to 1955 models, 14
bicycles, two cameras, two golf
clubs, two rolls of barbed wire,
and a case of new levis in men's
sizes.
Lt. Pean said the police de
partment does not guarantee
the condition of any of the
Items, nor does It warranty any
title on the vehicles.
He said, however, that a
certificate of title to any of the
vehicles may be obtained by
making application to the state
department of motor vehicles.
All sales at the auction are
for cash, and all sales must be
considered final. The public is
Invited to attend. Proceeds
from the auction go into the
city's general fund.
historians on either side of the
Iron Curtain who do not regard
the showdown over Cuba as
one of the decisive factors in
the turn of the cold war.
"The first sprouts of interna
tional confidence" was how
Khrushchev characterized the
conclusion of the partial nu
clear test ban last summer ns
he proceeded lo remind the
Chinese that after a nuclear
war "the suvivors will envy
the dead."
rin);is;;inla Victory
The Kremlin made propagan
da capital in the Communist
world bv claiming that what Ihe
West regarded as an ill - con-
ceived missile venture saved
Cuba from invasion. I
Khrushchev was able lo
snatch a propaganda victory
from the jaws of near disaster
to be hailed by all Communist
spokesmen other than Ihe
Chinese as the savior ot
world peace.
Contrary to some opinion
abroad, his stock among the So
viet people has risen and his
position in the Kremlin hier
archy with it.
Opposittm Overcome
Whatever opposition there
may have been in the party pre
sidium to Khrushchev's Cuban
policy, before and after the cri
sis, was easily overcome, lie
was able to embark on a new
been long in the making, but
Ihe Cuban crisis hastened what
appeared to be the inevitable
split of Ihe Communist block. The
bitter recent exchange of Mos
cow - Peking statements has
made clear that the Chinese
have opposed every one of
Khrushchev's efforts at East
West rapprochement.
Prepared To Sign
It has been disclosed that the
Russians were prepared to sign
a partial nuclear test ban more
than a year ago before the
eruption of the Caribbean crisis.
They failed to do so only be
cause they then still felt the
compulsion of honoring Chinese
objections.
They were purged from all
such constraints after the Cuban
showdown when the Chinese ac
cused the Russians of 'betrayal
of revolutionary interests and
submission to American "atom
ic blackmail."
It was not enough for Khrush
chev to remind the Peking com
rades that the American "pa
per tiger" had "nuclear teeth"
and proceed to the apparent
delight of his East - European
allies with his own policy of
clelente.
! Another byproduct of the Cu
ban compromise has been the
rising popular hope that relaxa
tion of tensions may enable the
Soviet leadership to tackle do
mestic problems more easily.
A year ago, it might have
been impossible for the Soviet
Union to buy wheat in the Unit
ed States to alleviate the present
agricultural difficulties.
Now the question of easing
American trade restrictions
against the Soviet Union and
possible normalization of trade
relations is being considered in
Washington.
Climate Improves
As the general international
climate improves there is more
realistic hope that the nuclear
treaty for a partial test ban will
serve to further the reduction
of tensions.
Should the history of last Oc
tober repeat itself, Khrushchev
recently warned, it may not be
possible to save the peace again.
By that he apparently meant
that he expected the United
States to observe what he con
siders a pledge not to invade
Cuba.
But his statement also re
flected a determination on the
Soviet side to avoid brinkman
ship and never again to reach
"eyeball to eyeball" danger.
policy of East-West detente
which led to the first major
post-war agreement since the
Austrian peace treaty of I'.ifiK.
Pressure's on West Berlin and
in other cold war areas eased
considerably and the Kremlin
launched its first peace offen
sive since the failure of "The
spirit of Camp David."
The Sino-Soviet conflict had
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Service in State
In time for valley residents
to take advantage of the oppor
tunity tO Wire their Wiclalnr
regarding a tax program for
uregon, me western union has
announced a snpfisl rata nt n
cents for 15 words from any
pome in uregon.
The new personal "opinion"
message service, called "POM,"
was announced by J. J. Tara
berello, manager of the Medford
Western Ilninn nfftrte ae u ......
introduced in the state.
Any one :n Oregon, through
this new service, may call at
the Western Union office, or
telephone, and send a personal
opinion message stating his at
titude on an issue of local,
state, national or general inter
est. The sender's name and ad
dress will be included at no
extra cost.
"We expect the POM volum
rise and fall wilh nuhlix in.
terest in rnntrnvercial teen.
Tamberello said here. "Recent
ly we tested the service intra-
State in four states riurincr s 17.
week period. We think it's a
service me puoiic wants, needs
and will use."
As an added service, all West
ern Union offices have been
equipped with an up-to-date list
of members of the state leoic
lature.
Western Union also offers a
similar 15-word, ss-ent pnur
service to Washington, D. C,
Tamberello said. Senders can
express their views and recom
mendations to the President,
Vice President, Senators and
congressmen in the capital
from anv noint In the (Will.
nental United States.
PET TALK
By M. I. L
PROGRESS AGAINST
CRUELTY
The power of economics and
the ingenuity of textile manu-
taciurers is winning progress in
the long battle against the
cruelties of trapping wild an
imals for their furs.
Manufacturers of women's
garments are quoted in a recent
wall street Journal as reporting
that thousands of women are
turning from furs to simulated
turs when they buy coats, hats,
purses, snoes and parkas. Some
of the biggest coat makers in
the country say that sales of
the fur substitutes are as much
as 200 per cent higher than a
year ago.
The simulated furs, first in
troduced and boosted by the hu
mane movement about 15 years
ago, have been perfected so that
the most famous stylists are
using them and the new fabrics
outwear and outperform most
genuine furs.
Decreased demand for many
types of fur is visibly reducing
trapping. Beaver, fox, musk
rat and other species of an
imals are beneficiaries.
Tho Humane Society of the
United States appeals to women
especially to refrain from buy
ing genuine leopard fur. The
East African Wildlife Society re
ports that leopards are actually
threatened with extinction, chief
ly because of American buying.
A Fox Tale
There is a behind-the-scenes
family argument underway at
tne wmte House, and the Presi
dent has issued an ultimatum to
his wife. He has told her that
if the unfavorable mail oppos
ing her fox-hunting across the
Virginia countryside continues,
she will have to give up hunt
ing. The First Lady says "No."
She won't give up fox-hunting,
so she has taken restrictive
measures to shield her hunting
activities from the public eye.
The First Lady has been flooded
with mail from the people who
Disapprove of killing foxes. The
Animals' Champion, London,
England.
If you have men who will ex
clude any of God's creatures
from the shelter of pity and
compassion, you have men who
will deal likewise with their fel
low men. St. Francis of Assisi.
In one of Nikita Khrushchev's
summit blasts he included some
hateful remarks about cats. He
used to bash them against walls,
he said and in Moscow he even
acted out for welcoming crowds
his approved method of twisting
their tails,
Wilamette Plans
Nov. 9 Homecoming
SALEM An alumni meet
ing, class reunions, football game
and banquet honoring former
longtime Willamette Coach Spec
Kecne will highlight Willamette
University's annual Homecom
ing celebration Saturday, Nov. 9.
The classes of '43, '53 and '58
have scheduled special reunions
and Whitman College will pro
vide opposition for the North
west Conference grid game.
Students will start the festiv
ities Nov. 7 with a 5:30 a.m.
freshmen leaf rake and a bon
fire rally the following night t
present the Homecoming queen.
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