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WEATHER Fair today and Thursday with thunderstorms in moun tains late Thursday, High bolh days 85-90. Low tonight 45-50. . EsUhlishul 1896 Daily except Sunday LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1958 Price S Cant o sMst . ami Hoffa Denies Any Alleged WASHINGTON (IIP!) Team ster President James R. Iloffa denied in a shouting match with Senate Rackets . investigators to day that he received any part of an alleged $17,500 payoff which Detroit laundry owners made to settle a labor dispute. "1 didn't get it." the conlrover sial Teamster Union boss said, his voice rising o a high pitch. He entered the denial after a healed exchange with Sen; Irving M. Ives (R-N.Y.). Hoffa's lawyer. Udward Bennett Williams, appeal- ' cd lo Chairman John L. McClel lan (D-Ark.i to stop Ives from shouting at Iloffa. A group of laundry owners tes tified Tuesday that they paid $17, fiuo to labor consultant Joseph Monitors Warn Hoffa On Clean-Up WASHINGTON (UPI) Court appointed monitors filed a 204 page report today bluntly warn ing Teamsters Union president James R. Hoffa they will adopt a "get-tough" attitude if he re sists their clean-up demands. The monitors submitted an inch Ihick document ' to summarize their six-months experience over seeing the nation's largest union under orders of Federal Judge F. Dickinson Letts.' Letts appointed the three-man "watchdog" panel in settlement of a legal challenge to Hoffa's elec tion by 13 rank-and-file union members from the New York areav The . compromise allowed ' I he' fcyear-6Id I loffa to take of fice but set up the monitors to see ho ran a-clean union. Filed in Federal Court today the report: Denounced Teamsters record keeping as so slipshod the inter national union does not know the names and addresses of its mem bers. . Asserted inadequate member ship lists could lead to milking of the Teamsters' 39-million-dollar treasury unless new safeguards are erected. Served notice the monitors will seek additional power from the courts if Hoffa tries lo block their reform recommendations. The long-awaited document con tained no sensational neiv evi dence of wrongdoing. Business Education Day Discussion Set Here Tomorrow Members of the Chamber of Commerce education committee will meet tomorrow with a small group of local school officials, to further plans for a Business Edu cation Day this year. Attending the meeting, at noon in the Sacajawea hotel, will be Ron Bailey, U.S. Chamber of Commerce district manager. Committee Chairman Jim Eve son said it is hoped that a local 1:E Day can "be developed, "to create a belter understanding of education and business." ,wmw ?mmm Elr, .tw CLASS OF 1933 LA GRANDE HIGH shown abave are 66 of the 163 members cf the 1933 La Grande Senior High School , class. The members above including 12 more who weren't pres ent when the pictures were taken, held a two-day class reunion at the armorv here over the last weekend. LEFT PICTURE, (left to right) back rw: Marian Nelson Jordan, LG; Dorothy Walker Jordan, Baker; Melva Boll Taylor, Salem; Sylvia Johnson Simon son, Spokane; Clarice Taylor Johnson, LG; Vivian Gallagher Cammon, Fore.t Grove; Virginia Wigglesworth Huggins, Oak Getting Payoff Holtzman 104ft to help them get a contract with a 1 canister's local. 1. Some of the launclrymen said they regarded the payment as a "payoff" to prevent a strike and told the committee they assumed thai part of it went lo Iloffa a I friend of Holtzman. At the outset, of today's hear ing, Williams accused (he com mittee of running a "legislative trial" and complained about the introduction of rumors and hear say in the testimony. Hoffa continued the row as he returned to the witness stand. He clashed with committee members on subjects 'ranging from the Sen ale Labor Reform Bill to the standard of wages in their slates. He conceded that, he intervened in the 1949 laundry negotiations but said he did so only to prevent an unnecessary strike. He said Ihe contract already was the best of its type in the country for the Teamsters, and that he did not believe in strikes "for Ihe glori fication of certain people." This w&s an apparent reference to Is aac Liiwak, head of the local. The committee brought out Tuesday that Hoffa borrowed $10, 000 from Holtzman and an asso ciate, Jack -(Babe) Bushkin, , in 1951 without interest, notes or sec urity. He told the committee he repaid the loans in 1953. Ives and Sen. Sam J. Ervin (D-N.C.) suspected the "human torch" case in Michigan was mak ing some witnesses reluctant to testify in the investigation. Chief committee counsel Robert F Kennedy said the, Kierdorf case wouldv probably come up today when Hoffa returned to the. wit ness.. 'chain; He said Hoffa. rotlW be' asked how Kierdorf, an ex convict,, got on the Teamsters payroll and what his activities were. Kennedy said the committee also would inquire further into Hoffa's personal finances. Sched uled for questioning along with the Teamsters boss were Herbert Grossberg, a union accountant, and a "mystery witness." Since the committee began look ing into gangster penetration of the labor-management field sever al witnesses have received threats. After this week's reported attack on Kierdorf, who appeared as a witness last year but refused to talk under protection of the Fifth Amendment, the committee be came watchful for signs of intimi dation, overt or implied. i TODAY HACK TO SCHOOL NEXT WEEK REAL ESTATE in Holes Found Sn 'Torch' Victim's Tale PONTIAC, Mich. I UP1 (-Authorities today punched full of holes Teamsters Union official Frank Kierdorf's story of how he was taken for a ride by two men and turned inlo a human torch. The theory gaining ground with investigators was thai Kierdorf may have been a victim of an accident perhaps of his own mak ing. Eighty-five per cent of Kier dorf's body was seared by flames early Monday. His condition today was reported worsening at St. Jo seph Mercy "Hospital. Kierdorf, 56, business agent ol Teamsters Local 332 in Flint, hat1 ' told authorities two men he du! not know took him for a ride poured inflammable fluid on liitr at gunpoint and set liir.i afire They later dumped him on te lawn of the hospital here, he sai l. But a report by Oakland County pathologist Dr. Richard O 1 s e n showed Kjnrdorf had been treated with a iuive for his burns before being taken to the hospital. Olsen reported Kierdorf had been treated with a commercial skin cream around the face, head and neck. Kierdorf dozed throughout the night and the cough he developed Tuesday appeared to grow no worse. Oakland County Prosecutor Fred Ziem said there was evidence some of Kierdorf's clothing had been removed, indicating the vic tim was in friendly hands after being burned. ' Ziem pointed -out other loop holes in Kierdorf's story of his "torch ride." "Kierdorf had told questioners he rolled in the grass to put-out the flames after his at tackers had set him . afire. But there was no evidence of grass or soil clinging to his flesh to. bear the story out-.-. '-- Red Chinese MIG Fighters Pose Threat TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI) The government reported Communist Alig-jet fighters deployed only 22 minules flying time from Presi dent Chiang Kai-Shek's capital to day. All Chinese Nationalist Mili tary forces were ordered on "the highest degree of alert." -The chief of the Nationalist staff made an emergency broadcast to Formosa and the Nationalist-held offshore islands urging all pre cautions against possible air at tacks by the Chinese Communist jets. Defense Ministry spokesman Adm. Liu Hoh-Tu said "All our armed forces have been ordered into the highest degree of alert." The Defense Ministry an nounced Tuesday night that super sonic Mig-17s had moved into the closest possible attacking position lo Formosa since the Nationalists were driven off the China main land in 1949. MEET NOT HELD CAIRO, U.A.R. I UPI I Arrange ments for a meeting between U.S. diplomatic troubleshootcr Robert Murphy and President Gamal Ab del Nasser broke down today. The U.S. Embassy indicated a meeting may not lake place. land Calif.; Dortha McCoury White, LG; Zeloris Weatherspoon Jones, LG; Genevieve Choate Turner, LG; warn Siik Houston, LG; Alma Howard Shepherd, Pendleton; Mary Cook Campbell, San Leandro, Calif.; Eldridg Huffman (teacher), LG; Eva Dougherty Magden, LG; Maye Fisher Stills, Ontario; Etta Sev erns True, Ontario; Homer Case, Alicel; Edwin Alexander, LG; N. C. Thompson, Pendleton; George Wilcox, Gaston. Front row! Adah Singleton, LG; Marell Waite Huntsman, LG; Mer-f win Jordan, Baker; George Danny, Coronado, Calif.; Jack Bates, COP KILLER Wilbert Murray is shown following his capture by police two blocks from where he shot and killed patrolman Rob ert J. Morey, while Morey was arresting him. Murray was cap tured after five-hour manhunt, the mast intensive in San Fran cisco's history. Local Cancer Unit Tops Drive Quota . Union county citizens have con tributed a total of $2,508.53 to the 1958 Cancer Fund drive to dale which is 15 per cent above the goal of $2,212, county cancer officials said yesterday Mrs. Marie Willtins, district chairman for Eastern Oregon of Hie Cancer fund driver-said both "state" and national officials have expressed jtlvrir pis to citizens and fund drive. offi cials for the response to the ap peal for cancer funds." She said that $2,393.53 was do nated in the "neighbor-lo-neigh-ber" packets that went from house to house early this sum pier. Another $115 was contri buted in Memorials, she said. "There are still some packets lo be received," she said, "and undoubtedly the total will be higher when the final report is made in September. The 1958 total is about 10 per cent of that donated in 1857 in Union county, Mrs. Wilkins said Cancer Fund drive leaders all wished to express their thanks to Union County residents for their generous donations. Mrs. Ray Baum ol Union is county chairman. Bob Carey is La Grande chairman. Other local officials who aided in the drive here included Mildred Tiss, Cath erine Hawk, Stella Black, Helen Tucker and Frances Thomas. Scout Troops 113, 114 and 116 distributed the "neighbor -to neighbor packets. CONDITION 'SERIOUS' CANNES, France (UPI I A spokesman at the Broussaillcs Hospital said today movie execu tive Jack Warner had a "fairly comfortable night" but his condi tion was still serious. The 66-year-old president of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., re ceived head and chest injuries Tuesday when his car skidded and crashed head-on into a truck Baker Voters Nix Change In City Government A special city election, July 31, at Baker, defeated the proposal by 169 voles to change to a mayor commissioner form of govern ment. The special election was called due to an error in failing to pub lish notices prior to the primary election last May, Official counting in the special .lnntnn utc- Un 1 dU1 ;inrl Voc I'hifnkfA,. previously' in the -primary, the measure was carried by 205 votes. - Primary Vote Results Are Announced United Press International U.S. Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri and Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Williams swept to impres sive victories in primary elections Tuesday to enhance their party prospects as I960 Democratic presidential candidates. Besides Michigan and Missouri, primaries also were held in Kan sas and West Virginia. In Kansas, Clyde Reed Jr., a Parsons (Kan.) newspaper pub lisher and son of a former gover nor and U.S. senator, captured the Republican gubernatorial nom ination an hour after the polls closed. In West Virginia, where two U.S. Senate seats are up for grabs this year, former Rep. Jennings Randolph and Rep. Robert C. Byrd were the apparent winners for the Democratic senatorial nominations. Incumbent Republican Sens. John D. Hoblitzell Jr., "seeking election to the two-year unexpired term of the late Sen. Matthew Neely, and Chapman Revcrcomb, seeking re-election to a full term, were unopposed for renonnnation. Olympia, Wash.: Carl Amos, Salt Lake City; Dale Rhine Part land; Max Baxter, Seattle; Albert Lilly, LG; Dale Staridley, LG; Fred Beeman, LG. RIGHT PICTURE, (left to right) back row: Howard Lyman, Eu gene; Fern Broomfield Huchinson, LG; Donald Hannefield, Long Biach, Calif.; William Corey, LG; Kenneth Feuerhalm, Joseph; Robert Zweifel, LG; Buford Moore, Nampa, Idaho. Middle row: Danna Kofard Edward, LG; Haiel Crawford Wallsinger, Alicel; Georgia Lea Daniels Powell, Moro, Ore,; Rebah Gray Laird, LG; President Discusses Inflation WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower warned manage men! and labor today that they would be headed for trouble if they did not hold down profits and wage increases to reasonable lev els. He did not say specifically whether he thought, profits and wage increases have already ex ceeded reasonable levels. ' But the President told his news conference the American, people are going to rebel if wages are raised more than justified by in creased productivity and if man agement has profits excessive enough to be robbing the public. He made the statement in an swer to a question about what plans he had to curb inflation in the light of the steel price rise and prospects for large., federal deficits for the next five years. In his first meeting with report ers in five weeks, the President also: Said that his doctors had told him he was in good shape despite the strain of recent months and that he felt good. Coldly brushed aside a ques tion about how he felt justified in keeping on his top aide, Sherman Adams, and two White House women secretaries who had re ceived gifts from textile magnate Bernard Goldfine. He said he was not going to say anything more about that matter. Said he had no plans to make any public pleas for moderation in school integration before the opening of schools this fall. But he said thai ,if he thought of any thing that could'. be effective, he certainly would not hesitate lo do it. Local Youths Arrested By Union Police UNION City police reported late Monday .lhat two La Grande residents had been arrested in Union. Officers said that Pat Ham mond was charged with inlerfer ring witli the duties of an arrest ing police officer. The charge came when Ham mond allegedly used foul langu age while the officer was, arresting a second La Grande resident, Jerry Hudson, on a charge of failure to stop at a stop sign. Hammond forfeited bail and was released. Union police also said that a robbery occurred here on July 29. A carburetor and manifold and $300 worth of tools were stol en on that dote. Total value was estimated at $375. The tools and equipment have recently been recovered in Pasco, Wash., and State police there have charged Mike Crowley and Darrell Woeck, both of Washing ton, with the theft. Union county District Attorney George Anderson Jr. said yester day that the two suspects will be returned to Union County to sland trial. - - - ,j3.irv c,? at Necessary U.S. Will Consider Eventual Summit Talk WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower said today that he will attend the United Nations special assembly meeting on the Middle East if he finds it' neces sary or desirable that he should participate. The President told a news con ference that he believed the as sembly discussion should not be confined to what he called little Lebanon, but should range over a wider section of the Middle East because the causes of the troubles there are so widespread. Eisenhower said the United Slates is still willing to consider an eventual summit meeting with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and oilier big power leaders if proper preparations could be made toward worthwhile accom plishments. He said the United States will start pulling its troops out of Leb anon just as soon as the United Stales and the government of Lebanon feel that there is no longer any danger of indirect ag gression of the type that was being carried on before U.S. troops went into the area. He added that any time the legitimate government of Lebanon askes the United States to pull out, it will leave. In his first news conference since July 2, the President- told 241 newsmen that he had made no specific plans as yet to attend the special assembly session on the Middle East but that if he felt it necessary or desirable to partici pate he would do so. He said that so far, he knew of no general intention on the part of other chiefs of state to attend the session but any delegation could, if it wished, be represented Solh Denies -Resignation; Keeps Post BEIRUT, , Lebanon (UPI) - Premier Sami Solh today ex pressed his determination to re main in office at least until president-elect Gen. Fuad Chehab takes over from President Camille Cha moun Sept. 23. . - Reliable sources had said Solh and his cabinet had tendered oral resignations to Chamoun and that the matter probably would be acted' on today. But Solh de nied the report and said he had every Intention of remaining in of fice until iChehab becomes presi dent. , , . Solh also denied reports that Justice Minister Basheer Al Awar had resigned. While political mancuverings be tween government and opposition forces continued, Beirut enjoyed its sixth consecutive day of quiet, There have been only a few isolated incidents of violence in the countryside and but one bomb ing attuek in Beirut since Chehab was elected by parliament last Thursday. . American troops continued to disembark from a transport which a U.S. spokesman said carried 'the last major reinforcements." The latest arrivals increased the strength of the American forces to 14,300 men and 90 tanks. The Lebanese army totals 9,000 men Verda Feuerhtlm Peterson. Union; Margaret Davy Riser, Sp. kane; Mary Lou Rhea Tuttle, Spokane; Jann French Hiatt, Eugene; Barbara Coolldge Prentice, Medford; Jean McKannon Hassell, Portland; John Larson, Portland; Dennis Millar, LO; Earl Edwards, LG; Lea Clay, Walla Walla; John Towery, Cald well; Wesley Smith, LG. Front row: Wilbur Van BloklanaL Heppner; Charles Erlckson, Eugene; Donald Johnson, Summaf villa; Donald Culp, Salem; David Hiatt, Eugene; Robert Sun. liffa, Pendleton; Gerald Waite; LG; Harold Hilary, LG; Jama Inoarton, LC. by the head of its government. The West had originally pro posed that the heads of govern ment meet at a summit confer ence within the framework of the U.N. Security Council. Khrush chev had originally conditionally accepted this idea hut-iabruptly changed his5 position-and Tuesday called for an emergency meeting of the General Assembly to'cpn sider what he terms U.S. and British "aggression" in the Mjd cast. The President Tuesday night promptly accepted Khrushchev's suggestion but made plain in a statement that this country would insist that the assembly weigh U. S. countercharges of "indirect ag gression" against Lebanon and Jordan. The General Assembly meeting is expected to be called to start next week in New York. Britain announced today that a General Assembly meeting on the Middle East "would be ac ceptable." It was understood that Britain hoped that foreign minis ters rather than heads of govern ment would attend the meeting in New York.' In today's news conference,, the President again bitingly rejected Soviet assertions that the' United States was guilty of aggression 'in the Middle East. He said the rec ord itself would show that the ac-, cusation of aggression fitted Rus sia instead of the United States. The Soviet Union's entire post war history, including its domina tion of East Europe and its sup port of Communist adventures in Korea and Viet Nam in. the'' For East, all show that an accusation of aggression . would be more ac- : ciiralely directed against ' the Kremlin itself, the president said. . The United States would be pje pared to join In some forni of United Nations guarantee of Mid dle East borders, the President said. He hoped that the Soviet Union would do likewise and then live up to the commitment. The President , declined to dis close whether the United States has any overall plan for solving the problems of the turbulent Middle East. He said, however, that the American government was prepared to continue Us ef forts, in agreement with indivi dual countries there, to help them raise their living standards. The President served notice on the Soviet Union that the United States intends at the special as sembly session to demand consid eration of the basic and .under- ; lying causes of continued trouble in that area, which he and Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles previously have blamed on the Russian practice of "indirect ag gression." By this term they mean the incitement to rebellion and in filtration of arms and leaders to lead fights against established governments. . Chinese Communist . Premier Mao Tse-Tung, with whom Khrushchev conferred secretly in Peiping last week, may have had quite a bit to do with getting Khrushchev to back down on hold ing a Mideast summit, conference, to which he originally agreed, Ei senhower said. However, he added that his experts were still analy zing this situation for him. ; .Ill s
