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Hatfield Asks $17 Million
ToEaseStateUnemployment
SALEM (AP) Gov. Mark 0.
' Hatfield said Tuesday he is ask
ing the legislature to make avail
able $17 million immediately to
start construction of. building and
highway projects as a meant of
alleviating unemployment.
He said this construction had
been recommended by him for
(he biennium beginning next July
1. Ha added that since plans are
ready on these projects, the legis
lature should provide for immedi
ate construction.
In this $17 million is included
S7 million for higher education,
SI million for board of control in
stitutions, S4 million for self-liquidating
college dormitories, and $5
million for highways. The high
way money was made available
by the federal government three
$4 Million Asked
For Highway 42
SALEM (AP) Coos Bay should
be th seaside terminus of the
proposed Winnemucca to the Sea
Highway, Rep. Clarence Barton,
D-Coquille, told the House High
ways Committee Tuesday.
Barton testified for a bill to free
$4 million on bonds for improve
ment of Highway 42, the Coos
Bay-Roseburg route.
Barton said Coos Bay is the
only natural deep water harbor
between San Francisco and the
Columbia River, and that an im
proved highway is needed to give
Coos Bay access to the inland val
leys. The 1939 legislature authorized
the $4 million bond issue, provid
ed that amount were matched
with federal funds. But these fed
eral funds were not available, so
the bonds could not be sold.
Barton said the Department of
Planning and Development is anx
ious that the Winnemucca-to-the-Sea
route terminate at an Oregon
port, instead of at Crescent City,
Calif.
Weaver Gets
Housing Post
WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen
ate Banking Committee on an 11-4
vote' today approved Robert C.
Weaver, New York Negro, to be
the government'i housing admin
istrator. The committee acted wunin
wii'nutoa afipr rlnsine Dublic hear
ings on President Kennedy's
choice of the 53-year-old Weaver
for the highest job a Negro has
ever held in the government.
The committee action sends the
nomination on to the Senate where
it could encounter some debate
and opposition. But eventual Sen
ate approval seems certain.
The hearing, 2nd graf 10S-TA9.
The hearing was delayed Tues
day until Kennedy sent word to
Capitol Hill that he had reviewed
Weaver's loyalty file. Weaver later
denied membership in serveral or
ganizations alleged to have Com
munist links.
Hopes of Democratic leaders to
get the nomination through the
Senate this week appear to have
evaporated.
Sen. A. Willis Robertson, D-Va.,
banking chairman and an oppo
nent of the nomination, said he
was sure this would not be pos
sible. The Virginian said he thought
the public testimony might end
this morning, but that he was not
sure when the committee would
vote. Supporters of Weaver are
pressing for quick action, but Rob
ertson said there might be a de
mand for printing of the testimony
before the vote.
Weaver, 53. now is vice chair
man of the New York City Hous
ing and Re-development Board.
He was quizzed all afternoon
about his loyalty, his views on
whether federal housing programs
should be used to enforce resi
dential integration, and his experi
ences in previous housing posts.
But the net result apparently
was to leave the committee line
up unchanged. A substantial ma
jority of the members warmly en
dorsed Weaver, who if confirm
ed will assume the highest post
ever held by a Negro in the exe
cutive branch of the federal gov
ernment. Eisenhowers Arrive
In Southern California
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif.
(AP) Former President and
Jlrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower ar
rived by train today for a vaca
tion on the Southern California
desert.
The Eisenhowers have leased a
home that overlooks the Eldorado
Country Club at Palm Desert, 93
miles east of here.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Partly cloudy with a few show-
n tonight becoming cloudy Thuri-j
day afternoon. Slightly cooler to- i
night, !
Highest temp, last 34 hours . 50
Leweit temp, last 24 hours .... 44
Highest temp, any Feb. ('58) 70
Leweit temp, any Feb. ('St) . 13
Precip. last 14 hours . M
Precip. from Feb. 1 .14
Precip. from Sept. I 15.84
Deficiency from Sept. 1 3.3
Suntet tonight, 5:35 p.m.
Sonrne tomorrow, 7:11 a.m. i
months earlier than normal as an
anti-recession measure.
The higher education projects
include a $2.4 million library at
Oregon State College, $1.7 mil
lion Humanities Building at the
University of Oregon, a $2.3 mil
lion Science Building at Portland
State College, and an $845,000 So
cial Science Building at Southern
Oregon College.
The governor also told his press
conference that "we are not satis
fied but also not discouraged"
about Oregon's unemployment
picture.
He said he would seek ideas
about how to combat it at a con
ference of labor, business and
farm leaders here Feb. 14.
Hatfield said the Joint Ways
and Means Committee Tuesday
State Highway Engineer W. C.
Williams said that if the bonds
could be sold, the route could be
come a first class highway in the
next four years.
James F. Johnson, Coos Bay
port commissioner, said declining
timber will result in a 60 per cent
drop in shipping from Coos Bay
by 1975. An improved highway, he
said, would help result in ship
ments of other commodities.
Prospects Slim
For UN Action
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (AP)
Lack of Soviet-U.S. agreement
dimmed prospects today for any
decisive U.N. Security Council ac
tion to ease the crisis in the
Congo.
Despite the threat of spreading
civil war in the chaotic new Afri
can nation, it appeared that the
current council debate would
wind up in another deadlock.
The council adjourned Tuesday
night, with its next meetings to
be held either Friday or next
Monday. Members will confer
privately, seeking some solution.
Hope for effective council ac
tion had been stirred by word
that the United States was con
sulting privately with the Soviet
Union and other council members
in an effort to reach agreement
on an over-all U.N. Congo policy.
Adlai E. Stevenson, chief U.S.
delegate, said he was hopeful but
not at all confident about even
tual U.S.-Soviet agreement. He
made the statement after a two
hour private meeting Jlonday
night with Valerian A. Zorin,
head of the Soviet U.N. delega
tion. Zorin commented that he did
not see any indication that the
United States was seriously
changing its position on the Con
go. A spokesman for the Soviet
delegation said the new Kennedy
administration "has not brought a
new approach."
Stevenson in his talks with the
Soviets and other delegates sug
gested a package policy to include
barring of outside interference in
the Congo, neutralizing the Congo
lese army, reconvening of the
Congo Parliament, setting up a
government with a broader basis,
and freeing of political prisoners,
including deposed Premier Pa
trice Lumumba.
Apparently this did not satisfy
the Soviet Union, which has cas
tigated Secretary-General Dag
Hammarskjold for his policies in
the Congo and called for council
condemnation of Belgium as an
aggressor in the Congo. Inclusion
of such demands in any council
resolution would make it unac
ceptable to the Western powers.
Eugene Man Suffers
Severe Facial Cuts -
A Eugene man received severe
facial cuts early this morning when
the vehicle he was driving ran
into a parked truck on SE Steph
ens St. near SE Washington Ave.,
according to Roseburg City Police.
Ivan W. Brown, 40, apparently
had been traveling south in a de
livery station wagon owned by the
Business Equipment Center, Eu
gene, when the accident occurred,
police said.
The collision occurred a few
minute after 1:30 a.m. today, po
lice said.
Cottrell
An attempt to determine lust
what happened in the early hours
of last July 3 when four persons
met death and three others suf
fered serious injury is being made
today in Douglas County Circuit
Court where Wilson I.eftov Cot
trell, 24, of 3326 NE Hughes St.,
is on trial for negligent homicide.
The state, through testimony of
investigating police, is attempting
to prove that Cottrell was driver
of one of the death cars, that he
was intoxicated at the time, and
that he was driving on the wrong
side of Highway 99. The accident
took place about H miles north
of the Garden Valley Blvd. inter
section. The defene is attempting
lo reiuta these claims.
asked him for a copy of the pro
posed lease under which Boeing
Aircraft Co. would use the Board
man, bombing range.
But he said he- can't give the
committee the lease until the
state Land Board passes upon it,
probably next week.
"There still is room for other
companies to get land in the
Boardman area,". .he said. "We
can put together any amount of
land that any company wants."
The governor said he favors
legislative efforts to make high
way bond money available for re
construction of the Coos Bay
Roseburg Highway and construc
tion of the highway bridge across
the Columbia River at Astoria.
Hatfield said he asked Gov.
Rosellini of Washington Monday
to aid in getting Washington to
pay its share of the bridge, and
that he indicated his interest.
He said he favors annual legis
lative sessions, instead of the
present biennial ones, provided
the legislature expands its staff.
"The first problem," be said,
"is for the legislature to get the
research arm that it needs."
Asked if he now favors the plan
of Atty. .Gen. Robert Y. Thornton
to establish a crime prevention
division within his department,
Hatfield replied that he favors the
proposed state police advisory
council. This would consist of ail
state and local police agencies,
and would conduct its own crime
prevention program.
He said he was pleased that the
governors of the-three Northwest
stales formed a committee at
Boise, Idaho, Monday to do some
thing about restoring the depleted
Columbia River salmon runs.
Hatfield also said he would
send a representative to Juneau,
Alaska, for the coming meeting
to discuss restoration of Pacific
salmon resources. . .
Rate Hike Asked
At Myrtle Creek
An amended rale for garbage
collection in the Myrtle Creek
area was asked by the South
Umpqua Disposal system Tuesday
night. The city council took it un
der advisement for later deoision,
according to Lorraine Birenbaum,
News-Review correspondent.
The new rates, if approved,
would be $1.50 a month for curb
service, $2 for "carry" service
elsewhere than on the curb. It
also provides for a charge of $1
and 75 cents for additional cans,
depending on weight.
Robert Gordon, Ward 2 council
man, resigned, since he has moved
into Ward 3 in the city.
The city also contracted with
Fred Wilson to sell him surplus
spring water, from city-owned
property, in an untreated state.
Darrell Bowman, water treatment
superintendent, was authorized to
attend a meeting for sewage treat
ment plant operators at Oregon
State College this month.
The council will study a proposal
by Clarence Pruitt, who wants to
log a patch of timber in the water
shed area which belongs to the
city. The legal mechanics of the
proposal poses the current prob
lem. A special meeting will be held
on Feb, 14, and a complete report
will be given at that time on the
water situation in the East Myrtle
Creek area.
In the Myrtle Creek district the
report will include possible meth
ods of laying lines and methods of
payment for the work, according
to city officials.
Otherwise the lengthy meeting
concerned itself largely with the
handling of routine business.
Robertson Named
C. Of C. Director
John Robertson of Robertson's
Shell Service, Oak Ave. and Steph
ens St., has been elected a mem
ber of the Roseburg Chamber of
Commerce board of directors, ac
cording to George Gratke, cham
ber president.
Robertson replaces Paul Barcus
on the board and will serve the
remaining portion of 1961. Barcus
had resigned because of health
and business considerations.
Robertson resides at 202 W. Bow
den St., Roseburg. with his wife.
Grace, and he expressed apprecia
tion for a chance to serve on the
board.
Robertson's service station was
recently written up in a national
Shell gasoline trade magazine for
its swiftness in rebuilding alter the
blast here in 1959.
Stands
District Attorney Averv Thomp
son is prosecuting the case before
Judge Charles S. Woodrich. Carl
Felker is defense attorney.
As the trial resumed at 10
a m. today. State Police Pa
trolman Richard Kent Scott
was called by the state and
cross-examined by the defence
on his findings at the- acci
dent scene. He testified as to
the position of the automobiles,
the finding of the occupani
of the car and their removal to
the hospital. He stated that
there was a strong smell of
liquor in the Thompson's car.
Offered a evidence were a
ix pick of beer and the neck
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New
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WARDS NEW STORE Pictured above is the artist's
sketch of the proposed new Montgomery Ward sroren
which will rise on the recently cleared site at NE Stephens
Board To Decide
Fate Of Courses
The Roseburg School Board is
expected to act on a recommenda
tion to drop trades and industries
courses from the high school cur
riculum at tonight's board meet
ing. The board will meet at 7:30 in
the administration office on W.
Harvard Ave.
The recommendation to drop the
Til course is being made by the
school administration. Asst. Supt.
of Schools Harry Jaeoby pointed
out today there once were 27 full
time Tit courses in Oregon high
schools, but there are now only
two. Those two are in Roseburg
and Klamath Falls.
This is the program which al
lows students to take classes in
the mornings and work at regular
'part-time jobs in the afternoon.
There are presently between JO
and 15 students taking advantage
of this program at Roseburg High.
Wrestling Asked
The board will also hear a rec
ommendation asking for wrestling
to be installed in the district's
two junior high schools. Wrestling,
has been offered to athletes in
the ninth grade during the past
years and now that the ninth grade
class is being shifted into the jun
ior high schools athletic officials
want to make the program avail
able to all junior high students.
Another item on tonight's agenda
will he the appointment of clerks
and judges for the school board
election Feb. 15.
Mexicans To Hear
Of U. S. Troubles
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP)
After two days of listening to
Mexico's troubles, U. S. delegates
to an interparliamentary meeting
here are pointing out that the
United States has problems too.
Mexican senators and deputies
opened the meeting, first such in
history, by reciting their nation's
economic and social woes. They
urged the United States to cut
tariffs, ease trade regulations,
make loans, and help Mexico in
other ways.
U. S. Senate Majority Leader
Mike Mansfield, D-Mont., railed
a meeting of the 21 other U, S.
senators and representatives at
tending the meeting and urged
them to l.-ike the offensive in a
friendly way.
Mansfield suggested that they
point out that the United States
also has unemployment, a critical
flow of dollars abroad and other
major economic and social prob
lems. Legislators from both nations
stressed the exchange of views
has been completely amicable
and highly successful.
Stops In London
LONDON (AP) Llewellyn
Thompson, U.S. ambassador to
Moscow, spent a 90-minule slop-i
over in London today on his way1
In confer with President Kennedy!
in Washinglnn. '
Trial For Negligent Homicide
of a broken whiskey hollle.
The beer bottles also were
broken.
There were no eye-witnesses to
the accident, in which Harold K.
Peterson, 46, of Redondo Beach,!
Calif., and his three children, Har-i
old Jr, 17, Ruth Ann, 12, and,
Sharon, 5. met their death ;
Mrs. Peterson, who rcporlcdly
was asleep in the back seat of
the car at the time of the icci-j
dent, was seriously injured. So
were Cottrell and Jack Thompson,!
with him in the car. The ear was :
registered to Thompson. Their in-
juries were of a nature that they;
remember nothing of Ihe accident, '
according to defense claims.
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ROSEBURG, OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1961
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Store Officials Here
For Ground-Breaking
Ceremonies At Site
By LEROY INMAN
Business News Dept. Editor
Ground breaking ceremonies to
day marked the start of construc
tion of a new full-line Montgomery
Ward department store in Rose
burg. The formal announcement
was made nationwide today after
months of planning, determination
of a site and acquisition of the
properly.
Klden E. Peterson, Ward's west
ern region general manager;
Frank G. Schmitt, western region
operating manager; and Marvin
K. Yost, district general manager
are in Roseburg today and hcln
ed turn the first shovel of-earth
at the site. The store is to be lo
cated at the lnlcrseclion of NE
Stephens St. and Garden Valley
Blvd., 11 blocks norm or Hose
burg's downtown business district,
Opens In Fall
Several dignitaries of Roseburg
were on hand for the ground-break
ing ceremonies at 11 a.m. Also
present were Ed C. Nolle, local
manager, and otner top store per
sonnel. The new store is scheduled to
open in the fall, according to Pe
terson. The one-level building will
have approximately 65,000 square
Million Jobs Yearly
Is Kennedy's Goal
WASHINGTON (API .Secre
tary of Labor Arthur Goldberg
says a goal of the Kennedy ad
ministration is to create a million
new jobs a year beyond the num
ber necessary to erase current un
emulovmenl. This, he said, will provide jobs
for both older and younger per
sons and offset unemployment cre
ated by automation.
Goldberg said a full economy
will be necessary to achieve this
purpose, and a full economy is
another of the administration's
goals.
"We are going to call upon la
bor, management and the public
to cooperale together with the
government to try to arrive at a
solution of automation and the
other problems that confront us,"
he said.
Goldberg set forth these goals
in a recorded interview today on
the national Hroarlrasling Co
"Today" television program.
Clark Remains
On Critical List
Still listed in critical condition
at Sacred Heart Hospital in Kn
gene is James Edward Clark of
Oakland.
He was taken to the Eugene
hospital after he was involved in
a one-car crash near Riddle about
7 p.m. Friday. Extent of the 46
year-old man s injuries are still
not known.
The Peterson family was on its!
way to Tacoma, Wash., to visit
another daughter who a few days
before had given birth to a baby,
it was brought out in the trial.
Presumably, the Peterson car was
traveling north ami the nlher cari
was traveling south. Testimony is
to the effect that the impart took
place in the east lane of traffic.1
Evidence in the case is all cir-l
rumstantial, and based on find-!
ings of investigators. The Grand
Jury indictment charges Cottrell)
specifically with the death of Pe
terson, who apparently was dead
at the scene. The three children,
along wilh the other injured per
sons, were taken to the hospital,
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St. intersection with Garden Valley Blvd. Ground greak
ing ceremonies were held today and completion date of
early fall was announced.
feet of floor space, including an
outdoor and seasonal sales area.
an attached five-car automobile
service center and warehouse fa
cilities.
Paved parking for approximate
ly 450 cars will be provided on the
five-acre site.
Second In Northwest
Peterson said the establishment
of the new store reaffirms the con
fidence Wards has in the Rose
burg area. The fact that this is
the second new store in the Pa
cific Northwest indicates Ihe. con
fidence Ward customers have had
over a good many tfears m Rose
burg. he added.
"The company has been in Rose-
burg at its present location since
1928. With our new store, we will
keep pace with the growth of the
city and Douglas county. We will
make available to our customers
throughout this area a greater se
lection of merchandise, expanded
customer service and greatly im
proved and more convenient shop
ping facilities," Peterson said.
The building will incorporate the
latest concepts in modern depart
ment store design and decor, in
cluding functional display fixtures,
lighting and wide aisles.
Expansion Program
The Roseburg store is the 59th
announced by the company during
Ihe current expansion program.
Of the 59 announced to date, 10
are in the west coast area. The
other store in the Pacific North
west is scheduled to open in the,
fall in the Triangle Shopping Cen
ter, Longview, Wash.
Hilp and Rhodes of San Fran
cisco is the architect and con
tractor for the development.
Harried Motorists
Have To Ride Bus
NEW YORK (AP) "Is this trip
essential?" the overcoated police
man asks.
"Certainly, It's essential," the
motorist replies. "I've got to be
at. . ."
The cop listens, then says;
"Nope, that won't do. You'll
have to go back."
It's a scene repeated thousands
of times each day since Mayor
Robert F. Wagner banned all non
essential auto travel in New York
City as a result of the weekend
snow storm.
1 Motorists in the city are hailed
down by patrolmen. Motorists try
i ing to enter the city are met at
the city line, questioned and most
are turned back.
And never, police say, have they
heard so many ingenious talcs of
woe.
"I'm going to a party Friday
night." a lady said on Ihe George
Washington Bridge coming in
from New Jersey. 'There's only
one New York specialily shop
where I can get fitted. . .
"That's line," the policeman
said. "But try a bus."
and death occurred eilher on the
way or shortly after arrival, it
was brought out.
Arrive At Scene
State Police Patrolman John If.
Pardon, testified tnat he and a
recruit, Kent Scott, received a
call at 4:08 a.m. and arrived at
the scene about 4 30. after lock
ing Ihe Slate Police office.
Olficcr Pardon, the first witness
called after selection of a jury
concluded at 3 p.m. and opening
arguments by the state and de
fense attorneys, testified as to find
ings at the scene, the caring for
the Injured, removal of Ihe dead,
taking of measurements, and mak
ing other checks at the accident
location.
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Castro Regime
Presses Attack
HAVANA (AP)-Fidcl Castro's
regime kept up its bitter anti
clerical campaign Tuesday night
with a charge by Defense Minis
ter Raul Castro that Roman Cath
olic priests are active in bomb
plots against the government.
The prime minister's younger
brother told a crowd of several
thousand roaring students one
priest was caught planting a
bomb at a munitions depot and
another was arrested trying to
join invaders from the Dominican
Republic.
It was one of the strongest at
tacks on the clergy since the
Castros came to power, and once
more the target was Spanish-born
priests, the. majority of the, clergy
in Cuba, llio Castro regime
claims they act on the orders of
Spanish dictator Francisco Fran
co. Despite his charges, Raul left
the impression the Comniumst
dominaled regime plans no imme
diate action against the church.
He called for patience in the face
of "anti-national" activities by
the priests and said the regime
always will insure religious free
dom.
Shortly after the rally, a bomb
explosion was heard in suburban
Miramar. It was the 10th in we
last three nights.
Raul s appearance In Havana
was a surprise in view of reports
Uie government has gathered the
biggest concentration of armed
forces in the nation's history to
attack rebel strongholds in south
central Cuba's mountains..
An estimated 60,000 Castro men
reportedly have scaled off 1,600
to 4,000 insurgents in the Eseam-
bray Mountains of Las' Villas
Province, 185 miles southeast of
Havana. All civilian movement
for 50 miles around the moun
tains has been restricted.
Informed sources said the reb
els are the best armed and en
trenched opposition - the Castros
have met since the overthrow of
dictator rulgencio . Batista and
that a battle, if it comes, could
he one of the bloodiest in Cuban
history.
Riddle Educator
To Seek Doctorate
Alvin E. Barnhart, who has been
in the Riddle school system for
12 years, is resigning at the end
of this school year.
The Riddle Elementary School
principal this week so informed the
School Board. The resignation will
become effective at the end of
this school year. Ho plans to re
turn to Colorado Stale College at
Greeley, Colo., this summer to con
tinue work toward his doctorate,
reports correspondent Erma Best.
The hoard accepted the resigna
tion, and, in other action, offered
three year contracts, rencgotiable
yearly, to Riddle Supt. Kenneth A.
Stuart and high school Principal
Donald E. Brown.
ltit fftsfiriprl lliut f'nltrAll un nl
must in the middle of the front
seat, nearest the steering wheel,
and that Thompson was to his
right. Both were pinned in t h e
car. He testified also to seeing bot
tles in the car and that there was
a strong smell of alcohol in the
car when he arrived.
Ihe defense attorney, in his
opening arguments and also in
long questioning of jurors, said it
would be admitted that Cottrell
had been drinking during the eve
ning. But he made a strong point
to determine whether the jurors
would keep an open mind on this
until it had been proved or dis
proved that drinking contributed
lo the accident,
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Conclusions
Not Reached
On Missiles
WASHINGTON (AP)-President
Kennedy taid today he sincerely
believes America's ability to
maintain its position In the world
will be severely tested in the next
four years.
That was his reply to a news
conference question as to whether
he has been painting the U.S. pic
ture blacker than it is "for shock
purposes."
And Kennedy insisted his ad- :
ministration has not yet reached
any firm conclusion as to the rela
tive position of this country and
Russia in missile strength.
Strong In Missiles
There were published reports
the last two days that Pentagon
officials believe the so-called
"missile gap" versus Russia did
not exist in short, that this coun
try was as strong in missiles as
the Soviets.
The New York Herald Tribune)
said today the stories to this ef
fect were based on a background
briefing held by Secretary of De
fense Robert S. JIcNaina'ra.
Kennedy said he had talked
with ilcNamara and other de
fense officials, and that the sec
retary "stated that no study had
been concluded in the Defense
Department which would lead to
any conclusion at this time as to
whether there is a missile gap or -not."
Preliminary Study
The President added that it is
hoped a preliminary study could
be completed by Feb. 20. He said
he hopes this country is "com
pletely secure" as to the missile
situation, but the answer is not
jet. clear.
Republicans in Congress had
chortled over the reports that
there was no genuine missile gap.
Some of them had suggested
that perhaps other "gaps" which
Kennedy professed to see' didn't
really exist.
11 was against this background
(hat a newsman asked whether
Kennedy had been seeking to use
"shock tactics."
This third presidential news
conference for Kennedy, unlike
the two earlier ones, was not tele
vised. It drew 297 newsmen to the
State Department Auditorium and
brought questions ranging over a
wide field.
Among the subjects touched on
in announcements and questions
and answers:
Prime Minister John F, Diefen
haker of Canada is cdming to
Washington Feb. 20 to discuss
matters of mutual interest.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk is
making a study of policy in rela
tion to the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and will have advi
sory help from Dean Acheson,
secretary of state in the Truman
administration, among others.
The Welfare Department is set
ting up a child health center to
deal with the special health prob
lems of children.
JFK Will Speak
For Integration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi
dent Kennedy pledged today that
he will use the "moral authority
or position of Influence of the
presidency" in school desegrega
tion situations.
The President at his news con
ference said students should be
permitted to attend schools in ac
cordance with court decisions. .
The statements were made in
response to a request for com
ment on a boycott by white stu
dents of schools in New Or
leans, ordered desegregated three
months ago by a federal court. A
reporter said there appears to be
an organized campaign of intim
idation which has kept most white
children out of these schools.
Kennedy replied that he will
speak out about the New Orleans
situation "at such time as X
think it ii most useful and effec
tive." He said he will attempt to use
the "moral authority or position
of influence of the presidency in
New Orleans and in other places."
Pressed for a more specific
statement, Kennedy said:
"As far as New Orleans goes
it is my position that all students
should be given the opportunity
to attend public schools regardless
of their race, and that is in ac
cordance wilh the Constitution."
Kennedy said it Is his opinion
that the people of the country be
lieve as he does about this
matter.
Kennedy said he feels efforts to
provide "a more harmonious aqui
escence with the court decision"
in New Orleans should wait until
the administration has concluded
an analysis of the situation there.
Levity Fact Rant
By L F. Reizenstein
President Kennedy recom
mends a $10 monthly in
crease for retirees now re
ceiving only $33 month in
social security. Such a gen-
trout hoist or 33 cents a day
should enable the ' recipients
to enjoy an txtra slab of
I cheese or dried beef flanked
iby a brace of soda crackers.
JFK certainly doesn't believe
'in half-way assistance measures.
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