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WINTER SCENES like this greeted Douglas County residents Wednesday. Ice has been
formed on this cold deck from the constant sprinkling of the stored logs and the below
freezing temperatures that have plagued the county for several days. The logs are the
Round Prairie Lumber Company's, located south of Dillard. (News-Review Staff Photo)
Negligent Homicide Charges Hit
Drivers Of . Cars In Fata! Mishaps
By LEROY INMAN
News-Review Staff Writer
Two persons involved in separate
accidents which brought deaths to
a total of five persons in Douglas
County last year have been indicted
by the Douglas County Grand Jury
on charges of negligent homicide.
One of Ihem is 17-year-old John
Ravmond Potter of 1117 SE Steph
ens" St., in connection with the ac
cident death of Stephen Grant
Thompson, 8-year-old Green Com
munity boy on Sept. 11.
The other is Wilson LeRoy Cot
trell, 24, of 3316 NE Hughes St.,
whose car was involved in an ac
cident with the car of a Redondo
Beach, Calif., family, winch kill
ed four of the five in the car on
July 3. . .
The indictments were brought
-secretly bv -tho-Grand Jury last
Friday, winding up one of the busi
est sessions in the history of Doug
las County. Eight true bills six
secret indictments and two not true
bills were brought that day.
Secret Indictments Told
The secret indictments against
Potter and Cottrell were made pub
lic alter their arrests. Other secret
indictments made public Wednes
day were against Ira Junior Lancy,
accused of burglary not in a dwell-
Eight Persons Die
In Tenement Fire
LYNN, Mass. (AP) A young
mother, six of her seven children
and her niece died in an early
morning fire today, trapped in
bedrooms of a 2'n-story tenement.
Pirn Chief Walter Carter said
tha blaze started in the rear of
the second floor and spread to the
attic.
Investigators said there was
only one stairway to the attic bed
rooms. Donald Amirault. 29, the father,
saved his voungest child. Dawn
Marie, 5 months, by dropping her
from a second-floor porch into the
arms of a neighbor.
He tried to get back into the
house to rescue others but a snap
locked had closed. .
Dead are: Shirley Amirault, 23;
her. children, .Michael. 8; Shirley,
7; Donna, li; Robert, 4; Kathy,
2; Barbara Jean. 18 months; and
the niece, Paula Hollingsworth
5 months.
Amirault was awakened by the
fire, ran down the attic stairs
with Dawn Marie and rushed to
the porch. He shouted to William
Dutch. 21, a neighbor who caught
the child.
Amirault, unable to help the
rest of his family, aroused the oc
cupants of the first floor, Mr. and
Mis. Robert Nordstrom and their
five children. All escaped injury.
Amirault. Dawn .Mane and
Barbara llollingsworth, Paula's
mother, were taken to Lynn Hos
pital. None was in critical condi
tion. $500 Damage In Blaze
About $500 damage was caused
when a flue fire spread to a wall
in a house occupied by Gene D.
Cohh. The house is located on
SK Tipton Road.
The Roseburg Rural Fire De
partment sent two trucks to the
blaze, which was reported at 3:45
this morning.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Showers end partial clearing to
night. Cloudy with occasional rain
Friday. Warmer tonight.
Highet temp, last ?4 hours 41
Lowest temp, last 24 hours .... 31
Highest temp, any Jan. ('591 65
Lowest temp, any Jan. I'S7)
Precip. last 24 hours T
Precip. from Jan. 1 T
Precip. from Sept. 1 12.80
Deficiency from Sept. 1 1.43
Sunset tonight, 4:52 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 7:45 a.m.
B-r-r-r-r!
ing, and Donald Jack Hulse, ac
cused of contributing to the delin
quency of a minor.
Hulse of Eugene was arraigned
Wednesday. He pleaded innocent
and was released on bail, reduced
by Judge Don Sanders to $1,000.
The case involved a 17-year-old
girl.
Arraignments of those indicted is
scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in
Circuit Court.
The indictment against Cottrell
accuses him specifically with caus
ing the death of Harold K. Peter
son, 46. However, the records show
that Peterson's three children,
Harold Jr., 17, Sharon, 5, and Ann
Ruth, 12, also were killed. Mrs.
Peterson suffered fractures of the
pelvis and femur and was hospital
ized until Oct. 10. Cottrell and his
passenger, Jack Thompson, were
also hospitalized with critical injur
ies but ha'.'e since been released.
Negligence Charged
The accident occurred on High
way 99 freeway a mile north of
the NV Garden Valley Blvd. at
4:10 a.m. The indictment accuses
Cottrell with driving while under
the influence of intoxicating liquors
and with gross negligence in the
collision of his car with that of
Peterson, forcing the Peterson car
into the ditch and "inflicting injur
ies on the body of Peterson" from
which injuries "the death of Peter
son ensued on the third day of
July. He is accused of driving in
the wrong lane of traffic.
Cottrell was released on $1,500
bail following his arrest Wednes
day. Potter is accused of causing the
death of young Thompson. His case
was first handled in juvenile court
because of his age, but on petition
of that court, Judge Charles Wood
rich on Dec. 6 signed an order re
manding him to Circuit Court for
further disposition of his case as an
adult.
Car Hits Boy
The accident occurred on Carnes
Road. He is accused of negligence
and driving at a speed greater
than was reasonable and prudent
considering the highway condition,
Cuban Cargoes Hit
By N. Y. Boycott
NEW YORK (AP) Dock work
ers here have begun a boycott of
cargoes arriving from or destined
for Cuba.
William V. Bradley, president of
the International longshoremen's
Association, said the boycott was
the result of a spontaneous deci
sion by the men to refuse to han
dle commercial cargoes for "Com
munist countries.
The first ship hit by the boycott
was the German-flag freighter l.u
ciana, which arrived here from
Havana. The ll.A refused to un
load a shipment of about 200 tons
of tobacco, pineapples and water
melons. Karl J. Smith, vice president
of Amerind Shipping Corp., which
chartered the Luciana for its reg
ular service between New York.
Cuba and Mexico, said American
shippers purchased the fruit he
fore it left Cuba and they will be
the principal losers from the boy
cott. The major part of the. lobac
co shipment was destined to be
transshipped to F.ngland.
He appealed to the longshore
men to hit the boycott in their
own interest.
Yoncalla Council Meets
The first tneetinU of the year
for the Yoncalla City Council was
held 'his week, with all members
of the council and mayor Felix
Latham present.
Mis. Fred Bowman, city record
er, swore in Mayor Latham. Nor
man Stapleman and Don Thomp
son, as councilmcn. Latham ap
pointed Norman Stapleman as
street commissioner and I) n n..
Thompson as polir commis'inn-
cr. reports correspondent Mrs.
George Ldcs.
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and of driving in the left lane of
traffic. According to police reports
he failed to make a turn and his
car bounced back on top of the
Thompson boy.
Arraignments are scheduled Fri
day for William Duncan Hunter,
Anna Lea Baker, Jack Ansuras,
James Franklin Upton, Cottrell,
Richard Slater, Jerry Dale Holmes,
and possibly others, all indicted on
various criminal charges.
Pittsley Wins
Damages Award
Jack L. Pittsley, plaintiff, Wed
nesday was awarded judgment for
a total o $837.02 against detend
jnis Hairy J. Thalinan, Richard
Farr, Lynn H. Andreas and Thai-
man Aircraft Corp., a foreign cor
poration doing business as Thai
man Industries.
The judgment was the verdict of
a trial jury, which awarded the
full amount asked by Pittsley on
three causes of action but re
duced the amount allegedly due
a telephone bill, from $57 to $43.81.
Andreas, admitting certain
amounts were due, hut in lesser
sums than the amounts demanded
by Pittsley, had tendered a total
of $880.21 into court in November
in order to obtain release of an
attachment placed against the
Thalman T-4 Midwing airplane at
the Roseburg airport. The plane
is a model of the one Andreas pro
poses to build in Roseburg, it he
can complete plans for construc
tion of the necessary manufactur
ing facilities, he has stated.
Pittsley, pilot of the plane when
it was flown here last summer,
was present, but none of the de
fendants was on hand. They were
represented by their attorney. The
full sums or S594.28 demanded by
Pittsley as wages, and $87.54 and
$111.39 as expense moneys paid
were allowed. The only discrep
ancy was in the telephone bill, the
jury held.
Andreas has dropped action for
$10,000 general and $5,000 punitive
damages against Pittsley for de
laying his plans by attaching the
plane. An amended answer to the
complaint ommited any mention of
the damage demands. This super
seded the original answer.
Andreas presently is in Los An
gcles.
New Budget Committee
Set For Glide Schools
A new budget committee for
Glide School District was appoint
ed at the last meeting of the School
Board.
Members of the committee are
Quinton Hughes, Syd Comfort, Ar
nold Hanson, Donald Brown, Bob
Franks, Fred Boyer, and Forrest
1-osee. All have accepted the ap
pointment. The first meeting will
I be held in February,
j Because of the reorganization of
I the school district last year, it was
1 mandatory to appoint a new budg
et committee, reports correspond
ent Jlrs. Arthur Selbv.
Panama's Ambassador
Recalled From Cuba
PANAMA (AP) - Sentiment
I was rising today for a break in
diplomatic relations with Cuba as
Panama called home her ambas
sador in Havana.
Official sources said Amhassa
'dor Alberto Obarrio was return-
ing for mnsultations but refused
further comment.
I Cuban exile charged in a stale-
; ment that Castro sympathizers
jwere planning acls of terrorism
'and street disorders that could
lead lo armed insurrection in
Uome provinces in the interior.
Established 1873 14 Pages
Ue S. Avers
Cuban Charge
'Ridiculous'
UNITED NATIONS N.Y. (AP)
The United States was expected
to insist today that the U.N. Se
curity Council drop without for
mal action Fidel Castro's charge
that the U.S. government plans
to invade Cuba.
The 11-nalion council continues
debate this afternoon on the Cu
ban charge, which the United
States Wednesday called false and
ridiculous. v
The U.S. position dimmed (lie
chances for council approval of
a resolution suommed oy inue
and Ecuador calling on the United
States and Cuba to settle their dif
ferences by peaceful means. Cu
ban Foreign .Minister Raul Roa
also told the council his govern
ment is opposed to any negotia
tions with the Eisenhower admin'
istration.
U.S. officials said their govern'
ment felt the council would be
giving too much importance to the
Cuban charges by adopting a res
olution no matter how mild and
conciliatory.
The Cuban debate opened with a
bitter exchange of accusations be
tween Cuba and the United States
and with unusual tension both in
side the council chamber and out
side U.N. headquarters. The de
bate was accompanied by heck
ling of the speakers by pro-Castro
and anti-Castro demonstrators
and by clashes at the U.N. en
trance. U.S. Ambassador James J.
Wadsworth blasted the Castro re
gime in two speeches, each ac
cusing the Cuban leader of turn
ing Cuba into a center for Com
munist subversion in the Western
Hemisphere.
Wadsworth declared that the
Cuban leaders had isolated their
country from their natural friends
by tneir extreme thirst lor power
and domination and fanatical in
tolerance of any and all dissent."
He charged that Castro had dehh
eralely forced a break in U.S.
Cuban relations by a strategy of
Harassment.
Roa claimed to have evidence
that the United States is planning
an attack within a few days. He
said the U.S. decision to break re
lations with Cuba will "precipitate
the aggression."
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Valerian A. Zonn said Wads
worth's denial of Roa's charges
was not convincing. The denials,
he said, "show how the present ad
ministration has tried to conceal
many of ils dirty actions."
"Preparatory steps are being
taken to carry out open aggres
sion," Zorin said.
Reports Say Reds
Pulling Some Men
. VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) West
ern military sources said today
they have had repoits that Soviet
planes are taking some personnel
out of Xieng Khouang Province on
the plain north of this capital
But it was emphasized it is too
early to say whether the Soviets
are easing up on their airlifts lo
the pro-Communist rebels in Laos
because ot mounting international
opposition.
By these accounts, those being
flown out are technicians, ar
tillerymen and military advisers,
out ineir nationality is in dispute
They have been variously de
scribed as from Communist Norlh
Viet Nam or even the Soviet Un
ion.
The pro-Communist Pathet Lao
and Capt. hong Le s leftist para
troopers are known to have re
ceived Soviet airdrop of supplies
Washington insists Soviet planes
also have dropped substantial
numbers of men from North Vict
Nam.
Any withdrawal 1 of Soviet aid
could be merly tactical.
There were no reliable reports
of any military action in the last
48 hours besides skirmishes,
County Court Accepts
Land, Dedicated Street
The Douglas County Court accept
ed a dedicated street and a portion
of deeded land for use in widening
and re aligning. .Ian. 3. a court
spokesman reported today.
The street, Orchard Lane, Is lo
cated wet of Melrose. It begins
at the Cleveland Hill Road and
continues westerly for one mile lo
the Elgarose Road.
The county road office al.'O an
nounced some clearing on right of
way has begun. However, dirt mov
ing will not begin until spring.
Marion County Area's
Flood Losses Heavy
SALEM (API Damage was
nearly 2 million from Thanks
giving Week floods in the An-keny-JeflerMin
area southeast of
here, Karl K. Johnson of the Ma
rion County Agricultural Stabili
zation Committee estimated Fri
day. Hardest hit Kit top soil in mint
fields .lohn-on said there also!
was damage to carrot, sweet corn
and other crops
ROSEBURG, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1961
Cuba In Thinly
For Change In
HAVANA (AP)
The Cuban
Cabinet made a thinly veiled bid
today for a change in U.S. policy
toward Fidel Castro's regime un
der the incoming Kennedy ad
ministration. There was no indi
cation of any change in Castro's
policy toward the United States,
however.
Castro's frantic preparations
against "invasion" from the Unit
ed States extended today to 11a
vanna's seafront Malecon Drive.
Soldiers spent the night building
emplacements. Then militiamen
installed dozens of antiaircraft
guns and medium-caliber field
guns.
The cabinet also authorized the
death penalty for all anti-Castro
terrorists, saboteurs and their ac
complices. Trials are expected
soon for 30 persons accused of
bomb making and arson.
A statement issued alter a long
night cabinet session put the en-
Senate Gets Down
To Usual Routine
WASHINGTON (AP) The Sen-
ale gets down to ordinary business
today, with its usual fight over
limiting filibusters still simmering
on the back burner.
The new Democratic floor lead
er, Sen. Mike Mansneia oi Mon
tana, Wednesday obtained unani
mous consent for an agreement
that senators can introduce bills
and carry on normal routine while
the debate on filibusters continues.
Democrats in the House, in re
cess today, seemed in no hurry to
Portland Ships
Having
TOKYO (AP) Two American
freighters out of Portland, ore.
met trouble today in Asian seas-
one running aground, ine oinei
out of fuel. Neither was in danger.
The 16,000-ton Maxton, carrying
a load of grain for Pakistan, was
taken in low by a U. S. Navy tug
00 miles south of Yokohama after
exhausting its coal supply buck
ing stormy seas.
The 7.251-ton Portland Trader
was slightly damaged on a reef
in the Southern Philippine Sulu
Sea but was reported in no im
mediate danger. The Liberian
tanker Jlarita Monrovia was
standing by, and a tug was ex
pected to reach the stranded ship
Friday.
Agents for the Trader said the
rudder hooked the reef and was
bent. The freighter carries a crew
of 38, mostly from the Portland,
Ore., area.
At Portland, the owners said the
ship left the Columbia River Uec
5.
The officers were identified as:
Caul. Vernon W. Hansen, Port
land; Chief Mate Edward C. Me
Donald. Oregon City. Ore.: Sec
ond .Mate John 11. Coelyn, Port
land: Third .Male Joseph W. Mar
tin, Portland; Chief Engineer
Kred W. Weiscnlluh, Portland
First Assistant Engineer Nestor
). Skniko. Salem, Ore.; hecond
Assistant Engineer Frank W. Mil
ler. Enumclaw, Wash.; Third As
sistanl Engineer John J. Under
wood, Beaverton. Ore.; radio op
erator Truman C. Eherhart, Oak
land, Calif.
Douglas County Court
Appoints New Officers
The Douglas County Court today
announced a list of re-appoint-ments
lo various offices through
out the county.
For four-year terms bs consta
hies, the court renamed C. W. Man
ning, Calapooia district; Wellington
DoLaVergne, Drain district; and
Carl C, Allison, South Douglas dis
tnct.
Re-appointed for one-year library
hoard terms were Portia Schiltz of
Myrtle Creek, and Gordon Carlson
of Roseburg.
Members of the Water Resources
Advisory Committee again named
to serve for one year were Harry
Dayton. Cow Creek district; Rob
ert Kelly, Upper South L'mpqua
district; General Curtis T. Beecher,
Lower Soulh Umpqua district: B.
A. Young, North Umpqua district;
Frnesl Seaton, Elk Creek district;
(i. . Larson, Lower Umpqua dis
trict; and Henry A, Dcnn, Camas
Valley district.
Macmillan Sets Talks
I'flUID un nruiMi mini-
Minister Harold Macmillan will
spend the weekend of Jan. 28
France tor lams wun rresuiem
Charles de Gaulle, authorized
sources announced today.
The two statesmen will make a
general survey of current prob
lems, the sources laid, rclusing
Ho be more pccific.
Hire blame for the U.S. break in
diplomatic relations with Cuba on
the Eisenhower administration.
The outgoing U.S. administration
was also accused of "threatening
with other (aggressions) worse
and much more serious," an ob
vious reference to Cuba's charges
lt American invasion is immin
em.
The statement expressed the
hope that relations would be re
established "when the governors
of the United Slates finally un
derstand that it is possible to main
tain sincere and friendly relations
with the people of Cuba on the
basis of respect for their sover
eign rights, their legitimate inter
ests and their national dignity."
The statement made no specific
mention of President-elect John
F. Kennedy, but the government
radio-TV network throughout
Wednesday had emphasized that
shake up their rules committee
where a conservative coalition of
Republicans and Southern Demo
crats otten lias bottled up bills it
uoesn t like.
Speaker Sam Ravbiirn is report
ed determined lo put an end to
tne roadblock, even if it means
purging Rep. William Colmer. D-
Miss., and replacing him on the
committee with a liberal. But no
showdown is in sight and a com
promise may bo worked out.
Sen. Joseph S. Clark, 1)-Pa., for
mer mayor of Philadelphia, said
he is ready with legislation to cre
ate a new Cabinet post of housing
and urban affairs.
President-elect John F. Kenne
dy 'endorsed the idea' of 'the rieiv
department during the election
campaign.
Republican Senate Leader Ever
ett M. Dirksen of Illinois Wednes
day threw his weight against lib
eral forces that want a change in
the rules to make it easier to halt
a filibuster.
Dirksen said he looks on the
present setup as a weapon' for
minorities, and noted that his par
ty is a minority in the Senate.
Thus he joined forces wilh South
ern Democrats who plan lo light
Tang and claw against any change.
They oflen have used filibusters
to defeat civil rights legislation.
Mansfield disposed of one fami
ly fight by agreeing lo a com
promise on filling future vacancies
on the Democratic Policy and
Steering committees. -
Sen. Albert Gore. D-Tenn., had
demanded that members be elect
ed to these committees hy all
Democratic senators, instead of
appointed by the majority leader.
Mansfield agreed to recommend
appointments to he approved by
the Democratic caucus.
Water Committee
Heads Appointed
Bernard Young of Roseburg,
chairman of the North Umpqua
District of the Douglas County Wa
ter Resources Advisory Commit
lee, today reported appointments
for the coming year for jobs in
his district.
The Nortlt Umpqua District gen
erally covers the river's water
shed and tributary areas.
Named as chairmen of the four
major subcommittees of the dis
trict were Henry Scott of Melrose,
agricultural; Clem Howard of Suth
erlin. industrial: George Stubbert
of Sutherlin, municipal; and J. P.
Amacher of Winchester, recrea
tional. Scott is also assistant chair
man of the dislricl.
Members for each of the sub
committees were also named.
Chairmen of the other districts
of the county havo not yet report
ed appointments,
Powerful U. S.
To Deal With
HONOLULU (API Powerful
elements of the U.S. 7th Fleet
and alerted American bases in the
Western Pacific stood ready to
day to deal with any eventuality
in the developing Laos crisis.
That was the appraisal of In
formed sources who declined to
he quoted. But they said that in
addition to naval units in the
Soulh China Sea, air. Marine and
Army forces wero ready to move
on the Southeast Asian kingdom
from bases in Okinawa, Japan,
Formosa and the Philippines.
The assessment of American
icauiiiri came am i n "i""i
I issued Wednesday by Adm. Harry
mil). Felt, top U. S. commander
tne racuic
'We are prepared lo accomplish
whatever may be required of us
by higher authorities nf our gov
ernment. Certain precautionary
measures have been taken, these
I include the augmentation of our
i
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PRICE 5c
Veiled Bid
US Policy
Kennedy did not participate ia the
decision to break relations.
Kennedy during the presidential
campaign criticized the Castro re
gime harshly, and the Cuban
prime minister in turn called the
Democratic candidate an "ignor
ant, illiterate, beardless kid."
There had been unconfirmed
reports that cabinet would also
discuss the U.S. Naval base at
Guanlanamu, but the statement
made no mention of it. The Unit
ed States has declared it will hold
and defend the base despite the
diplomatic break, and Castro has
said several times he would get the
base away from the United States
by legal means, not by force.
The United States holds the base
under a treaty it contends can
be scrapped only by agreement
of both countries,
Planes leaving Havana for the
United States were packed with
Americans quitting Cuba, but
many more stayed to take their
chances tinder the regime Eisen
hower called a dictatorship. The
American flag was hauled down
from over the U.S. Embassy, and
most of the embassy staff sailed
for home. i
Charge D'Affaires Daniel M.
Braddock and a 12-man skeleton
staff set about closing the U.S.
Embassy and turning over U.S.
government affairs in Cuba to
Swiss Ambassador Walter Bossi.
Smartly dressed, armed Castro
militiawomen ringed the embassy
Wednesday night as the bulk of
Braddock's staff drove off in two
buses to take the night ferry to
Florida, ending 60 years of U.S.
Cuban diplomatic relations.
The evacuation went off smooth
ly and tha militiawomen were
Wltlldlawn.
While the Americans were pack-
ng their bags to leave, U5 Soviet
ine their bags
tourists were being welcomed at
Havana Airport.
More than GO embassy workers
ioincd by many American civil
ianssailed aboard 'the ferry City
of New Orleans. Banners over the
dock proclaimed "the fatherland
or death" and "death to the in
vaders," but there were only two
minor incidents. ,
Cuban customs officials hold
Braddock up briefly until he got
a special pass to go aboard the
ferry to say goodbye. And 15 pro
Castro voulhs harassed a group of
Cubans who had gathered outside
the embassy in a desperate last
minute effort to get visas lo go
to the United States.
Shattered hopes of 50.000 Cubans
with visa applications pending
were revived by a statement in
Washington indicating tney would
be admitted to tha United States
without visas; The stale depart
ment announcement tooic some of
the sting out of Havana radio
taunts that the U.S. Embassy "has
closed its doors to sellouts and
traitors."
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
called his cabinet Into a special
night session. The government-
controlled press said the ministers
were drafting a decree increasing
(he punishment for bomb terror
ists. Castro has said several times
he would not try to seize the base
on the southeastern tip of Cuba
by force but would get it away
from the United States by legal
means. The United Stales holds
the base under a treaty it con
tends can he scrapped only by
agreement of both countries.
New Population Figures
Released For Roseburg
Figures released today by the
state Census Bureau showed Rose
burg's population as of Jan. 1
stands at 12,495.
This includes the East Rose
burg area, annexed to the city
last fall.
The new population figures show
Roseburg lo be the ninth largest
city in the slate, followed by Bend
in 10th place. Bend has ranked
ninth prior to the East Roseburg
annexation.
Fleet Ready
Laos Crisis
airlift capability In the Western
I Pacific and a re positioning of
some of our mobile fleet force,"
Felt said.
Military sources said Marine el
ements ready to give any needed
assist include the 20,000-man 3rd
Murine Division and the .Marine
Air Wing on Okinawa. The Leath
ernecks are trained in jungle war
fare. Tho closest unit to Laos is the
40jlh Fighter Wing at Clark Air
Force Base in the Philippines. It
is equipped wilh K100 and F102
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force of three carriers, about 30
destroyers, a dozen aubu.ai'ines
and escort and supply vessels.
In Hawaii, a key unit of the
25th lnlantry Division emiiarkid
on "practice mobility exercises'
i Wednesday.
Farm Prices,
Income Due
Consideration
NEW YORK (AP)-The Kenne
dy administration plans to hold a
broad series of conferences with
larm leaders on the pressing ae-
ricultural probiem.
rierre hahnger, press secretary
for President-elect John F. Ken
nedy, told a news conference to
day that a meeting of farm lead
ers and congressmen concerning
the farm issue was only the first
of a series.
No Dcisiont
This indicated today's meeting
in itself vvould bring no decision
on what steps Kennedy might
take to improve farm prices and
income.
Salinger announced also that
Kennedy will hold a conference
today on the state of the national
economy.
Attending will be Dr. Walter
Heller of St. Paul, designated by
Kennedy to be chairman of his
Council of Economic Advisers;
Theodore C. Sorer.son, named spe
cial counsel for the White House;
and Dr. Paul Samuelson, of Mass
achusetts Institute of Technology.
SamiielSOll Will nrpPnt a roiuxl
lie has prepared relating to eco-
uuinic coiiaiiious.
Mteting Arranged
Jvennedy also arranged to meet
with a committee representing
the publishers of Negro news
papers. Salinger said it was possible
that Samuelson's economic report
would be made public lain in ih
day.
The plans for additional farm
conferences were disclosed after
Salinger was asked why organized
livestock groups had not been in
vited to today's meeting. Salinger'
said that they would be included
in a future meeting in which, he.
said, a number of committees'
may be set up to look into prob
lems affecting various auric-iil.'
tural commodities. '
On the question of filling the
post of secretary of the Armv,
Salinger said he expects no an
nouncement until next week and
that nobody has been offered the
ob yet.
Salingtr Mystified
Kennedy's press secretary said
he is "mystified by continued
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hasn't spoken lo any Southerner
about the matter, including Sen.
Richard B. Russell and Rep. Carl
Vinson, ,lhe. rtieor(tia.X)enM)Oi't
who head the Senate and House
Armed Services Committees.
"No pressure has been ap
plied," Salinger said.
"Directly or indirectly?" a ra.
porter asked.
"Directly or indirectlv." Salin.
gcr replied.
in Atlanta, Vandiver announced
lie had asked Kennedy not to con
sider him for the Army post.
The incoming chief executive
summoned heads of nine mninr
farm organizations to meet with
him and Orville L. Freeman, his
secretary of agriculture-designate,
at his newly established pre-inau-gural
headquarters at the Carlylo
Hotel.
Kennedy had said during the
campaign that one of his first acts
as president would be to seek im
provements in farm prices and in
comes.
He has been oulle mum ahont
his farm policies since he won in
an election that saw much of the
Midwestern farm belt go against
him.
Kennedy Hew to New York
Wednesday rom Palm Beach.
Ha., where he had been combin
ing work and relaxation since
Dec. 16.
He expects to hold a series nf
business conferences here today
nd I-ritlav before traveline to
Washington for a meeting Friday
evening with Dean Rusk, chosen
to ne secretary ot state in the
new administration.
In advance of today's session
with the farm leaders. Kennedy
has on his schedule a breakfast
conference with Prof. Richard
Neustadl, Columbia University
government specialist who is oh
leave as an aide to Hie president
elect. In New Job
He also booked a meeting with
Lawrence F, O'Brien, named ear
lier this week to be his special
assistant in charge of job patron
age and liaison with Congress.
O'Brien resigned as Democratic
National Committee organization
director to lake the new job on
the White House staff.
Shortly after arrival late
Wednesday. Kennedy conferred
for two hours with hi secretary
of defense-designate. Robert S.
McNamara. After that session at
the president-elect's hotel suite,
McNamara said tney discussed
potential appointees for defense
department positions, and plans
for the Kennedy regime s military
spending budget.
In response to questions, McNa
mara said he and Kennedy dis
cussed neither the Eisenhower ad
ministration's severance of diplo
matic relations with Cuba nor the
situation in Communist-threatened
Laos. Before the meeting Kennedy
aides had left open the possibility
of both of those matters being on
the agenda. .
Levity Fact Rant
By L. F. Reizenstein
As a special favor to John
Q. Public, it it hoped that
President-Eloct Kennedy will
hav his innumerable appoin
tees lilted in the yellow pagn.
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