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FRIDAY, JULY 18. 195R HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE 9 A 6 i: evolt Was Born In Bern, Editori Note: The following dis patch by Frank H. Bartholomew, president of United Press Interna tional, is based on a thorough in vestigation of Communist espionage activities in Switzerland. By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW President I'niled Press Internatinnal Copyright, 1958, by LP1 The Iraqi revolt was "born in Bern." Western counter - in telligence agents indicated to day. A sudden increase in the move ment of Communist agents by air from Moscow via Prague to Zurich and on to Bern, and of military and political representa tives of the United Arab Republic was observed and in some in stances secretly recorded in motion pictures made at airports this correspondent was told. Bern, because of the neutral position of Switzerland which is free from all blocs either Com munist or Western, "has been a regular meeting place for the Algerian rebels and their Com munist supporters. Here the Lebanon crisis was hatched, and many of the politi cal action and propaganda plots which are tossed to the surface in the satellite states, Indonesia. Red China and the Middle East. Western intelligence agents have a label for these, "Born in Bern. It is now attached to the Iraqi revolt. Switzerland has clearly become the Lommumst spy center for the Arab world as well as all of Europe. MILLIONS FOR SPIES Bern, the ancient capital, Is again tbe hub ot the wheel as it was in World War II, when Allen C. Dulles, now head of the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, directed American counter intelligence from that city. The Soviet Intelligence opera tions have largely moved from Prague and elsewhere to Bern, his reporter was told by re sponsible observers. Lett behind in Prague, beyond the reach of alert Swiss police, is the elaborate plant and equip ment for manufacturing false passports and credentials. "Although the total is hard to ascertain, there is reason to be lieve that the Communists send out an average of $1,000,000 per week from Switzerland to spies, provocateurs and contraband trad ers for their work in the Western democracies." Henry J. Taylor. United States ambassador to Switzerland, told United Press International. Taylor, a trained investigator from years of experience as a hard - headed journalist and foreign affairs expert, says that this is one of the basic reasons that the Western powers regard Switzerland with its 70 foreign missions from the worlds of Com munism and democracy as "the No. 1 listening post for Europe and the Middle East." FFEE WORLD Zurich, Switzerland'? largest city, and Geneva, seat of many international conferences, have become with Bern the physical contact points for Red agents operating in the Middle East, France, Western Germany, Brit ain, Spain, Portugal and Italy. "Their target is the free world and they load up their ammuni tion in Zurich, Geneva and Bern,' Taylor said. Here the agents come to make reports and to receive orders for future activities and faked creden tials for implementing them. Transfer of currencies from the issue of one nation to that of an other is facilitated, since Switzer land has recognized not only the A'estern powers and Russia but also the latter's satellites includi ng Red China and Bulgaria. The United States recognizes neither of the latter. Both are heavily represented in Bern. A second reason tne transfer oi spy activities was advantageous to the Reds is because ot Switzer land's central location as the hub of a complex of modern rail and airlines fanning out in all direc tions. Zurich's Kloton Airport has one of the heaviest year-round traffic loads in all Europe, with direct daily schedules to Moscow via a chance of airlines in Prague. CAREFUL OF LAWS The secondary route for Soviet exchange, equally fast ana regu lar, is via the Vienna gateway No Russian airline or aircrart is permitted to fly into Switzerland itself, where national feeling ap- BRIAN McPETERS, Big Springs 4-n'er, receives trophy cup which proclaims him grand champion judge of all classes of livestock on 4-H Livestock Judging Day July 13 at Sis kiyou County Fairgrounds. Standing to left of Brian is Tom Hill, second place winner. Charming miss is Nancy Soule, fourth placer. Linda Holmes, third place winner, had to leave early and Is not in picture. Big Springs 4-H Lad Name Champion livestock Judge Machado, Big Springs. Wendy Cassady of Fort Jones won the blue ribbon award as best judge in the swine division; fol lowed' by Sharon Young, Etna; Patty Scala, Montague; Dickie Louie, Big Springs. Of the 15 4-H Clubs from all parts of Siskiyou County which competed in the contest, the Big Springs Club came out with the highest average score; Table Rock was second: Etna, third; and Gre' nada 4-H Club, fourth. Fifty four adults who attended the event also entered in the live stock judging contest, with John MacKinnon of Big Springs emerg ing as the champion adult judge for all classes of livestock. Jack Zediker, Marilyn Waters, both of Big Springs, and W. E. Hinkle of Macdoel, followed in that order. First and second place in adult judging in all classes of livestock were as follows: Beef. Roger Lin ton and James Davidson; dairy, Jack Zediker and Marilyn Waters; sheep. Bernice Machado and Lor raine MacKinnon: swine, Rex Mc Peters and Jeannie Dillman. Master of ceremonies for the day was Butch Brooks, 4-H Club member and 4-H radio news porter of the Grenada club. Beef animals were furnished by Jack Wilson of Edgewood and Rex Mc Peters of Big Springs. Marion Brooks of Montague and Henry Silva of Big Springs provided the dairy animals, and Bob Schantz of Yreka the sheep. Norman Sears of Grenada and Jim Elsea of Montague furnished the swine. Official judges for the event were Clarence Dudley of Gazelle for beef cattle; Bob Schantz, sheep; Glen' Barnes of Etna, swine, and Kenneth Waters of Big Springs the dairy cattle. Barnes and Claude Cassady judged the reasons given by 4-H members on the dairy cow class. Following the event, everyone gathered in the judging pavilion or their picnic lunch, and the program was concluded with the presentation of awards to the win ners. ' Officer Sends Wife Letter West hitelli pears to be solidly anti-Comnxi- mst. Switzerland is the apex of the triangle and equally accessible from all parts of the Arab world, which Itself spreads over a dis tance equal to that from Hawaii to Bermuda. Many Arab capitals are closer to Bern than to each other. "The Communists have operated with a careful eye to the strict Swiss laws against espionage," this reporter was told in Zurich, "even while they secretly abuse the fundamental laws protecting freedom of the individual. "Tha gathering place for agents and principals, and the 'cashier's office' for payments is rotated among the various satellite em bassies and missions in Hern. "Important gatherings of Com munist agents seldom are held in the large embassy of the U.S.S.R. Jgeme Agents Report Pacifists Say They Can' Support Military Force By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International Can Christians conscientiously support the use of military force to resolve international disputes: Pacifists answer that question with a categorical "no'." Most Christian theologians. Catholic and Protestant, answer it with a heav ily qualified "yes." The debate has been going on for centuries. It is always intensi fied by events, like the current Middle East crisis, which force people to think of war as some thing more than an abstract pos sibility. Although pacifists have histori cally been in the minority, they have one great advantage in the ancient debate: Their position Is much more simple, clear-cut and easy to explain. Essentially the pacifist argu ment goes like this: War is totally evil. It is destruc tive of human life, and human values. In this era of nuclear WHITE PLAINS fin (AP) "I weapons particularly, it can never keep thinking it won't be long be-lhave a "good'' outcome. It is the MONTAGUE Brian McPcters, member of the Big Springs 4-11 Club, emerged as the grand cham pion judge of all classes of live stock, at the 11th annual 4-H Live stock Judging Day held at the Sis . kiyou County Fairgrounds on Sun day, July 13, which was attended by 250 '4-H members, parents, leaders and spectators. Runnersup for champion were Tom Hill of Big Springs, Linda Holman of Etna, and Nancy Soule of Little Shasta. Presentation of the trophy cup to McPeters was made by Bob Ban ning of the Scott Valley Booster Club, who had furnished the cup, -stock knives, ribbons, and a flag set as awards for the winners. Cindy Robison of Macdoel was high individual of beef cattle judg ing, with Malm Johnson of Duns- muir, second. Larry Myers of Macdoel and Patty Rich of Etna placed third and fourth. Top judge winner in sheep was Suzy Soule of Little Shasta, Patsy MacKinnon of Big Springs, sec ond; James Brooks, Montague and Tom Hayden, Etna. Top award in dairy cattle judg ing went in the following order: Sandy Holloway, Montague; Shir ley Silva, Big Springs; Nancy Soule, Little Shasta: and Patty Star Recalls Fiendish Tales LOS ANGELES (API A fiend Ish story was recounted in supe rior court. Bdt the murders in volved were merely incidental. A jury yesterday viewed the 1932 Mm "Frankenstein" as evidence in actress Mae Clarke's million- dollar invasion of privacy suit against another actress and a tel evision producer. Miss Clarke, now 48. seeks the damages because she said Ottola Nesmith and Paramount Produc tions. Inc., made her seem a "has been" in a skit based on the origi nal "Frankenstein," in which she starred. fore we go back to the other side This was 1st Lt. Mike Ellis' first letter to his wife since he and eight other American soldiers were captured June 7 when their helicopter made a forced landing in Communist East Germany. Mrs. Ellis received the letter yesterday. This may take a while, Ellis wrote, "but try not to worry We have no idea when we'll get turned over. "We're being treated okay I'm well and healthy, and I hope you aren't lotting this make you sick ... We have received pack ages from .the Red Cross so we're in pretty good shape toilet arti cles, underwear and, most import ant of all, cigarettes. "They also included some pock et books, so you know that made me happy ... "You tell little Mike I was think ing about him on his birth day . . ." Ellis' son Mike was 7 Tuesday. Mrs. Ellis said the Army plans to fly her to Germany to be with her husband whenever he is released. complete antithesis of the spirit of Jesus, who commanded his follow ers to love their enemies, to turn the other cheek when struck, and to return good for evil, At this point, pacifists branch into two schools. The "pure" pac ifist says simply that he will fol low a policy of non-violence, what ever its consequences may be. II the consequences are disaster, he is prepared to accept that as the price of bearing loyal witness to what he conceives to be the teach ings of Christ, The "practical" pacifist argues that non-violence is a workable plan for avoiding the ultimate ca tastrophe of nuclear war. He says that if Christians refuse to bear arms against an enemy, the ene my will be won over by their ex ample of love, and there will be peace. Christians who are non-pacifists agree that aggressive or "preven tive" war cannot be morally justi fied under any circumstances, and that even a defensive war is in herently contrary to Christian teachings. But they believe there are some circumstances in which a willingness to resort to force is the lesser of two evils. Prof. Robert McAfee Brown of Union Theological Seminary puts it this way: Suppose you are walking down the street and see a thug beating up a defenseless man. You know that Christ has commanded you to love your neighbor. But who is your neighbor in this particular situation, and how are you to ex press your love? If you refuse to intervene in the struggle, you tac itly give support to the thug. If you intervene, you have to use force. A distinguished Catholic writer, John Coglev, put the same argu ment In different words. Militar ism is evil, Cogley wrote in the magazine Commonwealth, but Christians must also recognize that American armed might "has kept us from destruction." "What peace we have ts tho bit ter frujt of mutual fear. There fore I could not conscientiously advise the U.S. government to strip itself of nuclear defenses And as long as I want America to maintain these fearful weapons. I must snare the moral burden (of their possible uSe.)" itself. The Kremlin doesn't want o take a chance on an upset or arrest that will dicrelly reflect on the U.S.S.R. BIG AND COSTLY "They plant ilieir atoms in their uiloriKilioii.il conference del- gallons under all kinds of covers. palm them oft as chauffeurs oi the Red ambassador's cars in Hern, which gives them a good run of the country and in other ways rotates their contacts constantly." 1 ins correspondent recalled that in the first atomic bomb testing at Bikini, which was opened to selected prolessional newspaper men from all nations of the world the Russian "journalist" by his own admission turned out to be the commanding officer of the Bu reau of Docks and Yards for the Red navy. The Communist intelligence web centering in Bern is an enormous and expensive operation nd calls tor large-scale measures in coun ter-espionage by all the Western powers, Ambassador Taylor said none ot this intensifying activ ity between the world's major op posing (orces is visible to the na tion's thousands of seasonal tour ists. Yet the cold war is very hot here indeed and much which breaks from tho lour corners of me world has its real start in Bern. Trim young Swiss soldiers everywhere Switzerland's ready army of 604.000 is the largest in western huropc create a feel ing that the nation's tranquillity and neutrality are not to be light ly challenged. None of tho activ ity of spying and counlerspying is allowed to touch Switzerland It self. Tourists throng the lakr excur sion boats, the buses bound for the chalets at snow-line of the many Alpine peaks, take leisurely tea on the terraces of hotels or stroll the streets of tre old cities, unaware of the growing army of secret agents among them. But to Ambassador Taylor it is "growing and relentless prob lem, (or the security of the United states is at stake. Ill Zurich I asked if the supply of fraudulent passports and docu ments trom Prague was a serious menace to the Western nations. My informants said: "They worried us for a while. The counterleits are excellent; of ten only a laboratory test of the paper itself will show it to be imi tation. "We have evolved countermcas ures of our own which are not in effectual. Frequently, for reasons of our own, we permit known or suspected agents to enter Western nations and even expedite the work they are attempting. "Often our own men travel with them. And in such counter-spy op erations are the unsung heroes of the cold war. "The Communist spy control has a great deal of ego. and we are not adverse to helping build it up." ' DANMOORE HOTEL 1217 S.W. Morrison St. Portland, Oregon All Transient Gutiti. All thost who com return. Rata not too high not low. Frto Go rag, TV and Radio's, Reputation for cleanliness. Roiervariont by L.D. Font refunded an roquoit upon arrival. "the best place to shop after all" Python Arrives j In Baltimore Zoo BALTIMORE (AP)-The Balti more Zoo has a new and very long arrival from southwest Asia, where he made his living munching on deer, pigs, chickens and the like. He Is a young reticulated python snake measuring 13Vi feet. So far the python has not made himself at home. "We are having trouble feeding him," said reptile director Frank Groves. He said the onlv solution has been to force-feed the snake once a week, not an easy task. Groves said the python, lust a baby now, will grow to 30 feet. Paws For A Thank You OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Since Sunday, Mrs. C. V. Sbarbaro had heard a cat meowing. Wednesday she located it, 30 feet up a eucalyptus tree. She got the gas and electric company to send a 30-foot ladder.- The cat promptly moved to a limb 50 feet up. She enlisted Gary Taylor, 17, a neighbor. He reached the limb the cat was on, but couldn t get down she called the telephone com pany, which sent a 50-foot ladder A lineman stuffed the cat in a thick paper bag and climbed down the ladder with Gary. The lineman gave the bag with the cat in it to Mrs. Sbarbaro. The cat clawed its way out, bit Mrs. Sbarbaro on the hand, and disappeared. Prosecutor Drops Charges LOS ANGELES (API The dis trict attorney's office has declined to prosecute 20-year-old Barbara Ann Burns for forgery. Miss Burns, daughter of the late comedian Bob Burns, was arrest ed last Friday when a merchant called police over a $55 check she offered. Police said the check bore a fictitious address. Miss Burns told officers she found it easier to cash checks if she gave an address near the place she was shopping. The mat ter was dropped on grounds of in sufficient evidence. Miss Burns is free on appeal of a 90-day jail sentence for narcotics addiction. 6000 lilealiBeaemaag Pa raw, JULY CLEARANCE SALE! 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