The Republican., 1946-01-31
FORUM PROGRAM
ARRANGED AGAIN
BY ROTARY CLUB
International Speakers Sched
uled For Series of Meetings
Here And At GrantSville

Rotary international, through its
Institute of International Under
+ standing, is again giving the local
Rotary Club the opportunity of pre-
centing a series of lectures on inter
national problems by speakers of
wide experience. The four lecturers
will speak on the Wednesday nights
at eight o'clock from February 20
through March 13 in the auditorium
of Oakland High School. The theme
| for the lectures will be "Steps to-
ward World Stability" Following the
addresses there will be forum periods
for members of the audience to ask
questions.
According to Mason Glotfelty.
chairman of the committee in charge
| of the Institute, the program has
been developed during the past three
years to give the people of the COM
munity an opportunity to learn from
informed speakers about the prob
lens which must be met in planning
for lasting peace now that victory
has been won.
! The Institute also will be a study
course in world affairs for the young
people of the community, for in ad-
dition to the evening forums, speak
ers will address the students of the
high school during the day.
A similar program is sheduled at
Grantsville by the Grantsville Ro-
tary club, on Thursday evenings,
from February 21 through March IA
beginning at 8:15.
Mr. P0well-First
Mr. Gordon Powell will be the first
speaker, and his subject will be
international Security in the Pa
cific." Mr.. Powell, who lives in Mel
bourne, Australia, is both an author
and lecturer His latest book is en-
titled Two Steps to Tokyo. He has
travelled extensively through Eu-
rope and Asia and during the war was
a chaplain with the Royal Australian
Air Force in New Guinea and the
| Admiralties.
The second speaker will be Miss
Cleo Dawson of Lexington Kentucky,
! who will speak on "The Constructive
Use of Air Transport" Miss Dawson,
who took to air travel as soon as the
/ carly "crate" would take passengers,
has kept abreast with air travel and is
able to speak from practical expert
ence. Miss Dawson has been educated
at many colleges and universities,
among which is the Sorbonnc in
Paris.
Canadian Speaker
Mr. O. L. Mcpherson will be the
third speaker, and will talk on the
topic Maintaining World Trade and
a High Standard of Living" Mr..
Mcpherson, who comes from Vulcan,
/ Alberta, Canada, is public official
and businessman. Mr.. Mcpherson has
been elected to the Alberta legisla-
ture and has been it's speaker. He
retired from public office and during
the war engaged in the operation of
civilian war activities.
! The last speaker will be Major
! Thorn A. B. DittOn of Fort Collins,
Colorado, who will talk on the sub
.ect of making International Organ
ization Effective" Major Ditton,
who is a newspaper correspondent,
fought in the first World War in
! Europe and then in India, Africa, and
! China. He was a war correspondent
in World War II and had the expert
ence of landing with the Inflated
I Commands at Dieppe. As an Amcri-
can-born soldier of fortune he has
seen active service under five flags.
His wide war experience gives him
! the scope to talk effectively on world
organization.