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Proposed Lean To finance
Green Sanitary District
Cause Of New Controversy
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new chapter it being added to
the short, tempestuous history of
the Green, Sanitary District.
The latest storm has pitted the
district board of directors against
the Committee for Dissolution in
a letter - writing duel over a pro
posed loan from the Federal Hous
ing and Home Finance Agency.
Late last year, the district, ' be
ing unable to secure bidders for
a sale of $355,000 in bonds, request
ed the loan be made by the federal
agency.
Now, the Committee for Dissolu
tion has rebutted with a petition to
I.. R. Durkee, director of North
west Operations in Seattle, asking
that the loan not be approved be
cause it is too costly. The petition
contained the names of 59 people.
Insists On Lean
Following a request for a state
ment on the contentions of the pe
tition. District Chairman Warren
Engdahl sent Durkee a reply,
again insisting the loan should be
granted.
The Committee for dissolution
has also sent letters of protest to
Sens. Richard Neuberger and
Nation's, Local Economy
To Improve, Schmeer Says
"We've had our bad news."
This was the educated pronounce
ment Monday noon as the Cham
ber of Commerce at Roscburg
launched its 1958 forum luncheon
series with a "state of the econ
omy" speech by Harold Schmeer,
manager of the Roseburg branch
of the U.S. National Bank.
He indicated by the statement
that 1958 locally would be "better
than 1957." He said he expected
the national economy as a whole
to show improvement after a late
1957 and early 1958 slack, but he
thinks the upturn will start locally
before it does nationally. "I be
lieve there will be more lumber
Retired Colonel
Gets $250 Fine
A retired Air Force colonel who
pleaded guilty to drunken driving
Monday in district court was hand
ed a hefty fine of $250.
Judge Warren A. Woodruff told
Arthur Clark of Portland that the
large fine was being levied be
cause he was not going to impose
the usual jail term. Clark had been
arrested Sunday by slate police on
Highway 99 at the Garden Valley
interchange.
A $150 fine and ten-day jail sen
tence was meted to David L. Slri
bhng. 19. Box 353, Suthcrlin. on a
similar charge. Stribling pleaded
guilty to drunken driving as
charged by state police.
Chester Welling. 44. 614 NE Clov
er Lane pleaded guilty to being
drunk on a public highway and was
fined $25. His arrest was made by
tale police.
Also serving a sentence for
drunken driving is Enoch A. Clay
horn. 48. Reedsport. who w a 1
brought to the county jail SJtur
nuy. He was sentenced to 30 days
in jail by I. G. Johnson. Reedsport
municipal judge.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Teletype chatter:
A woman in Cantanzaro. Italy is
talking again after being mute
for six years. It all came about
because she got mad. Back in 1951
she and her sister were having
an argument and something the
sister said so infuriated her that
she became speechless.
She remained mute until yester
day, when the same sister got her
so mad that she burst out with a
shout of rage and now she can
talk again.
Hnimmmmm. There's a thought
there.
If we could find a way to get
out talk-spouting politician io
mad that for six years they'd
go without speaking just sawing
wood and saying nothing think
of all the wonderful things we
might accomplish!
Think of the worldwide respect
and admiration we could gain!
Here's another thought:
Not alone in America, hut
throughout tht modern world, the
techniques of disagreement have
reached a high stage of perfection.
If we could learn how to bring to
the same stage of perfection the
tocfimques of REACHING AGRF.F.
MF.NT AND THEN GOING
AHEAD AND DOING THINGS,
how wonderful it would be.
We have to disagree, of course.
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The Weather
Considerable foo tr law cloudi
ness I dir. tonight and Wednes
day. Partial afternoon clearing.
Net much temperature change.
Highest tome, last 14 hours 47
Lc-west temp last 14 hours 34
tOghett temp, any Jan. .. 45
Lowest temp, any Jan.
Procip. last 24 hours - 40
Precip. From Jan. 1 3.05
Pr.f.n from Soot. 1 M 47
O Euu fresst Sent, 1
Suritet tonighf, $:H e m.
..Sunrise tomorrSW, 7:31 a m.
Wayne Morse. Both have replied
they will check into the matter.
Meanwhile. Charles Hall, presi
dent, and Mrs. Grant Cross, sec
retary of the opposition committee,
says thay fe.el certain the loan will
not be made. Mrs. Cross said she
talked to Durkee on the telephone
and he indicated that it was not
the policy of the federal agency to
make loans where opposition is
strong.
If the loan is not granted for
construction of the ,Green sewer,
a grant from the federal govern
ment through the State Sanitary
Authority will also be lost. The
promise of the grant is based on
sale of the bonds. The time allowed
for sale of the bonds was originally
set Dec. 1. Since then, the dead
line was boosted to Jan. 1. A re
quest has now been made from
the district to move the deadline
to March 1.
In the final analysis, Engdahl
contends that facts have been dis
torted by the committee to block
the loan. Mrs. Cross replies that
"Durkee was not fully informed."
Hall adds: "We are asking the
government for a complete inves
ligation."
sales in '58 than in '57," he said.
No Disaster
He made the prediction after
pointing out to the some 75 pres
ent he was "not a crepe hanger,
lt'i foolish to yell disaster when
mere is none, he said.
The featured SDeeeh was an in-
inual event to launch the 1958 for
j urn season. For several years,
senmeer nas oeen. as Be puts it,
"opening a Pandora's box" of pre
diction. Schmeer admitted both the local
and national economy are in a "re
cession" which will continue for
the first few months of 1958. He
related that the gross national pro
duct's rale had fallen by about
billion in the last quarter of 1957,
that the rate of labor efficiency
also dipped and industrial produc
tion and consumer credit fell off
slightly during the final months of
tne year.
Predicts
He predicted an inventory ad
justment downward of about'4 bil
lion dollars in 1958 and a dip In ex-,
ports and imports.
Schmeer called all Uiese indica
tions " rolling adjustment" in tire
economy.
Looking again at the local scene,
he prophesied an increase in new
nouse starts in the nation. He said
it might run to 1,200.000 or more.
Great Decisions
Town Hall Meet
Slated Tonight
A "town hall meeting" will be
held tonight at I at the First
Christian Church in Roseburg in
connection with the "Great Deci
sions. . . '58" program being con
ducted by the County Extension
Office.
Great Decisions is a program
originated through the Foreign
Policy Assn.. a non - profit or
ganization, to bring the foreign
policy issues facing our nation to
the citizens. The program provides
a grass roots opportunity to par
ticipate in the study of key issues.
It lasts eight weeks and concen
trates on eight ma ior topics. The
program is conducted through in
formal discussion groups within
the community.
The "town hall meeting" tonight
is being held to explain the function
of the Great Decisions program
and outline its objectives.
College Man To Speak
Guest speaker at the meeting
this evening will be Karlin M. Capper-Johnson,
director of the curri
culum of international affairs at
Lewis and Clark College. He will
speak on the "Problems of Peace
in l!i:8."
Capper Johnson come here
with an impressive background in
his subject, according to Mrs. Car
ol Dawson. county extension
agent He was educaied at Oxford
Inivcrsity in England, where his
major interest was history. He lat
er studied in this country.
He was a delegate to the League
of Nations conference in 1936 and
more recently was in Prague at
the time of the Communist revolu
tion in Czechoslovakia. He is also
the author of several books on in
ternational affairs.
Two Drain Cirls Placed
On Probation Monday
Two Drain girls. 15 and 16 years
of age. were placed on pronation
Monday in a juvenile court ses
sion for being truant from school.
Circuit Judge lliarles S. Wood
rirh gave a 17-year-old Myrtle
Creek hoy accused of being a peep
ing Tom an opportunity to com-
, pieie nis military service entrance
I testa before completing his case.
' In a dependency hearing, two
children, one and two years of aue.
were taken from their mother and
ordered placed in foster homes.
The moifjcr had been charged wuh
neglect.
HUB CAP STOtlN
Theft of a single hub cap from
his car parked at Roseburg High
School Monday was reported to
Rosebur" police hv Norman l-add.
'11 V. Berdine St He sawi it had
1 been marked With I serisl number.
I Established 1873 10 Poges ROSEBURG, OREGON-TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1958 17-58 PRICE 5c
FPC Denies Snake Sams Applications
Nez Perce Dam
Gets Preference
Of Commission
WASHINGTON I An appli
cation by Pacific Northwest Pow
er' Co. for a license to construct
the Mountain. Sheep and Pleasant
Valley dams on the Snake River
was denied Monday by the Fed
eral Power Commission.
The Fl'C held the project, es
timated to cost 170 million dol
lars, would not be "best adapted"
to a comprehensive plan for the
Snake's development between Ore- i
gon and Idaho. !
The commission said a higher!
dam downstream at Nez Perce i
would be superior, and indicated j
it could be built either by pri
vate interests or by the federal '
government. I
"There is nothing in this rec-!
ord." FPC said in its brief 13-!
page opinion, "which convinces us
not be constructed under a license I
issued pursuant to the provisions
the Federal Power Act."
Would Preclude Noi Porco
The two proposed dams would t
preclude construction and opera-!
u" 1 i
The Mountain Sheep-Pleasant
Valley stretch is downstream from
the Hells Canyon site where Idaho
Power Co. has been authorized
(Continued on Page 2 Col. 8)
Chamber Approves
Upping Director
List To 21 Names
Members of the Roseburg
Chamber of Commerce Monday
approved increasing the number of
directors from 12 to 21. and Jan.
28 was set as the last day for mail
ing ballots to the chamber office.
Nine new men will be elected,
and a committee Monday night
nominated 18 men's names for the
ballot.
The Dronosal carried. 54-5. Rea-
sons for asking the increase were plcte statistics are available, the
to give better representation of child-care facilities gave 9.901 days
chamber membership on the board i of care to 77 children from the
and to arouse more membership! county. In the last five years, 305
interest in the activities of the cases have received 37,720 days
chamber. ! of care from the group of services.
The three men receiving the!
highest number of votes will be, New Snowfall Reported
elected to three-year terms. The I n a .
second high three will he elected; ln Oregon $ Mountains
to two years, and the third three .,-. , . .
will be named to one-year terms. . SALEM , Between 2 ajid S
The nominees are ' inches of new snow fell in Ore
Gerald S McCarthy, Archie' gon's mountain passes the High
White. George Luoma. O. J. Feld-wav Commission said Tuesday,
kamp. Ray (). Sims. Dudley Wal-j Tire chains art required at
ton. Rox Roberts. John Brown. iTimberline. They should be car
Toin Clark. Duane E. I.afferty. ned at Government Camp. Warm
Roy Bean, G. A. (Mike I Gibbons', Springs Junction, Ochoco Summit,
Harold Backen Jr.. Jack C. Davis, Willamette Pass, Bly and Austin.
J. W. Savre. C. M. McDermott. '
C. I.. (Chet) Thompson and A. B.
French.
The ballots will be mailed to
chamber members this week, and
should be returned in stamped en
velopes included with the ballots,
according to Harold Reaume, secretary-manager.
J. Petrick Held
For Grand Jury
Leonard John Petrick, 31. ac
cused of burglarizing Winston
Chain Saw Sales & Service, was
ordered held to answer to the grand
jury Monday after a district court
preliminary hearing.
Petrick has been charged with
breaking inio the establishment
Jan. 6 and taking Iwo new chain
saws and a telescope sight for a
rifle. The 'scope was identified dur
ing the hearing by A. M. Ison,
proprietor of the burglarized busi
ness, and bv I.arrv Wright, deputy
sheriff
Wright told of his investigation
of the burglary and said the rifle
sight was one turned over to him
when he took Petrick into custody
at Kelso. W ash , where he had been
arrested
Petrick i being held in the coun
ty jail in lieu nf $2 000 bail set by
Dist. Judge Warren A. Woodruff.
Winston Couple Buys
Myrtle Creek Cleaners
The Myrtle Creek Cleaners has
been purchased by Elmer and Beu
lah Reynolds of Winston. They are
aNo operators of the Winston
Cleaners
The Reynolds purchased the busi
ness m December and look over
operation this month eThey have
been in the cleaning business for
five years in aTinston
John L. Meier Jr.. the former
owner, is re-entering the C.S. f or
est Service, according to M r s
Reynolds lie experts to be sta
tioned at Glide, she 'd
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HAROLD E. SCHMEER
. Oregon Chest appointee
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To Oregon Chest
Board Of Directors
ilarod E Schmeer, long active
in me Litmmnni v riit nA
central Douglas United Fund, has
oeen elected to the board of direc
tors of the Oregon Chest, it was
announced today.
The Central Douola. ti n 1 1 . A
Fund director, made the appoint -
Schmeer. who is Roseburg
branch manager of the U S , Na-
tional Bank, has serveS , il .
ed Fund director and chairman of
its Dudget committee.
The Oregon Chest hi a stale
wide federation of voIu'ptsTy
health, welfare and child care
facilities. It has 16 member agen
cies. Operating as a "stale" package,
the Oregon Chest has 82 members
on its state board, including one
from each of Oregon's 36 counties.
Schmeer- will represent Douglas
County.
The county has had an impor
tant interest in the Oregon Chest,
evidenced by the tact that in
1956, the last year for which corn-
One VA
Second
A cycle of new assignc menls in
the ranks of higher officers st the
veterans Administration Hospital
'here was complete today with the
J announcement of one retirement
and two re-assignments.
Retiring after nearly 28 years
! with the VA, the last nine of them
here is Floyd P. Powell, sssislant
i manager. The retirement will be
I effective Jan. 31.
1 Dr. Otto Schaefer, chief of pro
' fessional services, will become
'new manager of the VA Hospital
(at Danville, HI.
: Walter W. Barker, chief of social
; services, has accepted a similar
post at the VA Hospital at Knox
. ville, Iowa.
! Powell assumed his duties as
' assistant manager here Dec. 12,
11946. He started his career ith
,the VA in July 1930 at North Little
Rock. Ark. During his services, he
was assigned to VA facilities st
Waco. Texas; Danville. III.: Chey
anne, Wyo., and Portland. ind with
the branch office at Seattle.
j Served In World War
He is a World War II veieran,
with duty in France and the occu
pation forces in Germany.
Powell ssid he plans to do some
traveling immediately following
his retirement, but will make Rose
burg his home. He has been ac-
Uive in the Methodist Church, .Ma
sons ami the Shrine
I Dr. Schaefer is ending his sec-
i ond tour of dutv here. Ho will
assume new duties st Danville
i Feb. 23.
! He started with the VA at Palo
i Alto, ,1'alif,. in September 1942 He
came to Roseburg from Pii Alio,
spending four scars ss a staff
phsician before being transferred
Car Liability !
Insurance Rate
To Be Raised
PORTLAND i Automobile
liability insurance rates will go
up an average of 30.5 per cent in
Oregon Wednesday for bodily in
jury policies written by a major
group of companies. The rate for
property damage coverage will
increase by about 10 per cent.
These, increases are effective on
insurance written on passenger
automobiles by companies asso
ciated with the National Bureau
of Casualty Underwriters and the
National Automobile Underwriters
Assn. which write about 75 per
cent of the insurance in Oregon.
Smaller increases will be effec
tive in the cost of insurance
covering collision damage to tiie
driver's car.
Application for the new rales
was made several weeks ago and
Hugh Earle, state insurance com
mission, said that a study by his
staff showed the increase neces
ary to meet rising costs.
Rates to Vary
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rt nf the slat, which i. divided
into six zones
Ins'urance rnmnanies Tuesday
said that for liability coverage of
S5.000 for injury to one person.
u .u.. !:u.V...
IU:UU0 w ,w lne '"""'i
; J ..7 .Tomo
j !h'..ne Vie in metr0Pmtan Port:
Ll."'" $'4,' ,n mcre,s0 ?i
,or. PH1 Pleasure can with
DZrZ"r .Zu tt
The highest rate- is for the un-
married male driver under 25.
Tbat cost will be S230 in metro -
politan Portland for the samel
$5,000 and $10,000 p r o t e c t i o n
bought hv older drivers, or worn-1
en for $74.
r.i ii.kiiii., .
t.,iinn of tin nno and sioo.ou).
;j k i. i
be a common figure, will pay
SPfi ns in Portland instead of the
$74 fee for $5,000 and $10,000
Now Rates Listed
Following are the state's zones,
the old and new rates for S and
10 protection, the new rate for 50
and 100. and the old and new
rate for comprehensive and $100
deductible collision insurance, all w" .'IZ h.it '
applving where there is no male ! 'reed on $1,000 bail,
driver under 25 Brown appeared id district court
Zone 1. - Portland and partJy "1,rlr TtUl'."'
of Multnomah and Clackamas I hrmg on the charge It was jet
counties: $5,000 and $10,000 plus 'or 30 P,m: n ebrI1.3'
$5,000 property riamage.old rate "presented by attorney Robert
856. new rate $74; $50,000 and jMU"',
$100,000 plus $5,000 property dam- Brown was arrested by Roseburg
m nur rata CQA 01
comprenen -
sive' and $100 deductible collision,
old rate $39. new rate $49.
Zone 2 - Suburban Portland in-
eluding parts of Multnomah,
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Officer To Retire,
Takes High Post
FLOYD P. POWELL
. , .ending 8 years' service
to Butler. Pa . then to American
Lake. Wash. He returned to Rose
burg in April 1955 as director of
professional services.
He recently completed a three
month prereptorship in hospital
management, and has been recog
nized for his background and ex
perience bv receiving the aDDOint-
ment and promotion to the 1,729
1 bed maj opsychiatne hospital at
I Danville.
February Shift Duo
i Barker will leave Roseburg
r4a)rly in February, and will be on
duty in Knoxville Feb 17 The re
assignment is m the nature of a
promotion, sime the Iowa hospital
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LEO SPARKS
.'. . files for commissioner
Leo Sparks Files
For Commissioner
Of Douglas County
I .L, Sparks. 0Mnd, Monday
I filed for the Republican nomina-
tiln for DougIa County commis-
"isioncr in the
May 16 primaries.
Sparks is the second candidate
to file for the office.
Frank Ashley, incumbent, a Dem
ocrat, already has filed for re-elec
tion.
The Oakland Republican was an
unsuccessful candidate for the
GOP nomination for the office in
w 18a primaries.
bparks, 1 Douglas County real'
1 dent for the past 50 years, is en-
gaged in tanning in tne uaKiana
area. He has belonged to various
farm organizations and presently
jis a memner oi ine receiving
board of the Park School for bx
ceptional Children in Roseburg
and several fraternal groups. He
f'o 1mem.h7 of . 0,9 aJ
'nd School board for nine years
Brown Arrested, Freed
On Posting $1,000 Bail
Donald F. Brown, who was chief
of the Roseburg Police Reserve
until charged with assault and bat-
j ponce on a aisinci cum, anauv
He has been accused by Harold
.Crawford of striking Crawford on
" B,?tn "". '"J m""'ciri1?;
"d the alleged blow reported ly
was struck during an argument
1 at the post office.
DR. OTTO SCHAFFER
... to monoge hospitol
is larger than Rosehuri's.
A resident of Roseburg for I'i
yesrs, Bsrlrer lives on Melrose
Rosd with his wife end four chil
dren. He haa been serving as pub
lic relations chairman for the
Douglas County chapter of the
American Red Cross and has been
active as a member of the Rose
burg School Evaluation Steering
Committee.
The men's successors hsven't
i been Darned
The hospital has a brand new
manager. I)r. John Doenng arriv
I ed here last week from Minnesota
to replace Dr. R. G. St. Pierre.
who was transferred Io a Missouri
hospital managership. 0
House Group
Okays Added
Missile Funds
WASHINGTON i The House
Appropriations Committee voted!
an emergency "time-buvinc" si.-1
410,000,000 fund Tuesday to speed
missile nrofframi anri ati m,ir
punch to the air force' retaliatory howcr at his side, spoke for IS
power. I minutes before about 5,000 enlhu-
This is 40 million more than j slast'c dinera at Chicago's Inlcr
President Eisenhower requested nal'nal Ampitheatre at the
two weeks ago. I start of his sixth year as chief
The addition it all for the army, I executive. His talk carried by
to bolster its missile programs. I Tv and radio to more than a
A last minute revision doubled the
proposed increase by allotting 20
million tor the Pershing Project,
aimed to develop a aolid-fuel suc
cessor to the Army's 200-mile
range Redstone.
Of the total, $1,260,000,000 in
new cash and 150 million is au
thority to transfer funds already
available. The 40 million dollar
increase it in the transfer funds.
Three Atomic Subs
Of the new funds, the Navy is
allotted 350 million dollars in cash,
of which 296 million is for con
struction of three atomic subma-
(Contlnued on Page 2 Col. 4)
High Bail Placed
Against M. Pool
On Vagrancy Count
Unusually high bail of $5,000 was
set for Marlin Lou Pool, 29, 4209
SW Carnes Rd., arrested Monday
on a vagrancy cnarge.
He pleaded guilty to the c
h
the same afternoon in Sutherlin
justice court and was fined $50 and
sentenced to five days in the county
jail.
Pool also was faced with another
charge Monday which brought him
into district court today. He was
charged with trespassing on tha
Wilson property and refusing to
leave wnen ordered to no so.
Pool told Dist. Judge Warren A.
Woodruff he had already pleaded
guilty to the charge in Sutherlin.
Because of this statement coupled
with a guilty plea, the judge or
dered the trespass trial continued
until Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m.
Pool was taken into custody by
Roseburg police and n held in the
Douglas County jail. The complaint
against him was signed by Keener
Wilson, 2746 W. Jay Ave.
Wilson's complaint followed up a
call made to Roseburg police early
Sunday morning from his home, lie
, claimed that Pool was causing a
disturbance after being ordered to
leave the house.
When police arrived, they report
ed finding Pool outside the house.
He assertedly told an officer that
Wilson had said he would shoot
him if he came in the house. The
officer reported that when he en
tered he found Wilson holding a
loaded revolver.
The weapon was handed to the
officer who unloaded it, according
to police reports. i
Police stated they had been in
formed by Wilson that Pool had at
one time rented a room in their!
home and had been making fre
quent visits although no longer;
welcome. j
Pool was taken to downtown j
Roseburg Sunday morning by po-
lice who arrested him the follow
ing day on a justice court war-j
rant.
Roseburg Police Start !
Traffic Light Patrol j
Roseburg police this week start-;
ed a patrol of the school cross-1
walk traffic light at lfaynes Av-j
enue snd Stephens Street, accord-:
ing to Police Chief Vernon Mur
doch Jr.
The chief said some drivers have
been failing to observe the "rau-i
tion "message of the flashing;
amber light. He said that during
school hours, the light will turn to
smber. then red, so caution must!
be used by motorists on Stephens, j
The manually operated light is;
operated by a school patrol.
Warnings will he given to some
unheedful motorists, Murdoch said,
with citations to be handed to fla
grant violators.
BULLIT KILLS SHEEP
Orville Montgomery, Box 51. Wil
bur, complained to the sheriff's of
fice Monday that one of his sheep
was killed last week He said he be
lieved the animal had been shot
with a .22 caliber bullet.
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SHIRTS SHOPLIFTED
I Thrpv wool shirte valued at $13 -95
eai"ti were stolen Monday from
Joe Richard's Men's Store, police
; were told hy Theodore II. Ranlett.
He said the shirts were taken by
two youths about IS years of age.
WcDcr.
Security As
Political Issue
President Addresses
Nation At Republican
Dinner Rally Monday
By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH
CHICAGO President Eiscn
nower says America is strong mil
itarily "and will grow ever strong,
er' and that national security
must be barred at a political issue
in this year's congressional elec
tions campaigns.
The President also told a Re
publican $100-a plate dinner rally
and a nationwide TV radio audi
ence last night that United States
defense is markedly stronger than
when he took office five yean ago.
Eisenhower again pledged effec
tive modernization of the defense
set-up to deal more adequately
with the Russian threat in the fu
ture. And he told applauding par
ty faithfuls here that in the mod
ernization program "I intend to
participate personally until the
job is done."
IS Minute Talk
The President, with Mrs. Eisen-
other party fund-raising dinners
around the country kicked off the
"" unve io capture control of
Congress from the Democrats.
The President said the Republi
can s first objective security and
a just peace is not a partisan or
political matter, adding, 'Ameri
cans must never and will never
ici ine issue of security and peace
become a pawn in anyone's politi
cal chess game."
Even as Eisenhower spoke, his
chief aide, Sherman Adams, was
accusing Democrats of "politick
ing with national defense." Adams
also said the Democrats ought to
be called strictly to account by
the American people.
Departs From Tost
Departing from his prepared
text at one point, the President
advised Republicans, independents
and those he termed discerning
Democrats, "Don't pay an atten
tion to the pessimists, those peo-
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Master Of State
Grange Scheduled
Here Three Days
ELMER McCURE
. . . sets county visit
Elmer McClure, Oregon Stale
Grange master, is cheduled in
Duuglas County three days this
week.
He is scheduled to make ad
dresses or take part in ceremnniee
in three Grange functions Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday.
Thursday, he will address mas
ters' meeting at the Evergreen
Grange hall, starting at 8 p.m.
This conference is for all subor
dinate grange masters, county dep
uties and their wives.
Friday evening, McClure will be
the guest of honor again of the
Evergreen Grangers for a pin
ceremony and degree conferral.
He will present silver anniversary
pins to all F.vergreen Grange
members who have memberships
of 25 years or more. Later in the
evening, third and fourth degrees
will be conferred.
The evening will start with a
pollock supper at 6:30 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public.
(in Malurnay, aicllure will at
tend the Pomona Grange meeting
at the Sutherlin IOOF hall. Host
ing is the Fair Oaks Grange.
The meeting will start at 7 p m
with a potluck supper to which all
grangers have been asked to bring
their own service.
Levity Fact Rent
By L. F. Reizenstein
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that ha is giving $4,950,000
i to help India and Nepal build
a highway through t h a a
countries it hardly calculated
I to console the 40-odd women
I who recently failed to get an
! Oregon pledge to straighten
1 Highway 42 between Coquille
land Camai Volley.
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