Daily except Sunday Ike Urges Intensive Effort To Cut Budget AUGUSTA, Gn. (UPI) The Wliito House disclosed today thai President Eisenhower has ordered all departments and agencies to make an intensive effort to cut their i960 budgets in lino with his campaign for substantially re duced federal spending. The chief executive has sent a memorandum to each department and agency head, calling on them to "live with" revisions of their budgets for the next fiscal year as sent back to them by budget director Maurice F. Stans. Press Secretary James C. Hag crty said the big Defense Deport ment budget remains to be set tled. Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy and Stans may fly to Augusta next week to talk over the lQliO budget with the vacation ing chief executive. The President's interdepartment al memo was signed and distrib uted Thursday jusl before he flew south for a golfing vacation that will extend through the Thanks giving weekend. Hagerty said the memo in formed the department chiefs that Stans was revising their 1960 budgets and they shortly would re ceive from the budget bureau new and reduced spending plans for the coming fiscal year which begins July 1. i "He requested all department and agency heads to live within those figures received from the budget bureau unless (in their opinion) they thought those fig ures would impair the security and welfare of the United States," Hagerty told reporters, after re ceiving press inquiries about the memoranda. - The press secretary did not want to be drawn into a discussion- of details but he made it plain that the Budget Bureau revisions, in volved widespread reductions in original " budget estimates. The budget bureau customarily pares the i departmental requests, bit Hagerty said the-effort in this di rection this year represented ' "a jnore. intensive .budgct-c u 1 t i n g, drive than usual"' "' ' While Hagerty declined to say so specifically, the Eisenhower ad ministration has been attempting to devise a new budget that will represent an appreciable reduction in expenditures of $79,200,000,000 estimated for the current fiscal year Chamber Group Talks Over Joint Ag Program The agricultural program' of the La Grande-Union County Chamber of Commerce was dis cussed at a Chamber luncheon Thursday. Chamber . President ,-Avcritl Hickox said the purpose of the meeting was to outline activities which the Chamber might under take to increase its agricultural program. Attending the meeting were Hickox, Ray Anderson, Renwick Clark, Don McKinnis, Merle Beck ct, John Sullivan, and Manager Fred Schneiter. Cove Girl Union County Winner In Recorded Speech Contest Huth Elmer, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. Harvey Elmer, Cove, has been named the Union county winner of a tape recorded speech contest, 'I Sneak for Dem ocracy," sMnsored jointly by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the National Broadcasting Com pany. Her speech was based on a per sonal experience through visiting a prisoner, at the Pendleton county jail a number of years ago. The visit made a lasting im Kression on her and the thoughts were used for the subject matter " r"V 'I RUTH ELMER Apparently the Defense Depart ment budget is the key to the economy drive and with unsettled conditions overseas, embodied at present by tho new Berlin crisis the defense budget will bo the last to be completed. The overall budget, a massive document, must be completed sometime late next month in or der to reach government printers in time for submission to Con gress in Januray. , Eisenhower was in his office at the Augusta National Golf Club at 7:45 a.m. today, working on of ficial papers flown to him1 from Washington during the night. He received new reports on the Ber lin situation from the State De partment and his own staff in Washington, but the White House had no new comment. During the morning the Presi dent also -rnt a congratulatory telegram to former Vice President John Nance Garner who is observ ing his 90th birthday today at his home in Uvadle, Tex. Eisenhower planned to play golf later in the day as the tempera ture climbed, again into the seven ties with the skies clear and sun ny. . , A gloomy atmosphere prevailed at the Eisenhower vacation head quarters because of the Berlin 'crisis. In a slteament issued Friday, the vacation White House an nounced this country's "firm in tentions" of staying in West Ber lin despite Russian moves to end the occupation. Eisenhower went to the ' golf course Friday after . conferring with Christian A. Herter, under secretary of state. Herter was standing in for Secretary John Foster Dulles, who also is taking a week end vacation. Mrs. Eisenhower joined the President by train after attend ing a White House luncheon in Washington. UF Drive Nears $21,000 NjSulq Door-To-Door Plea Nets $300 At a meeting of the campaign committee of the La Grande United Fund yesterday, it was reported that almost $21,000 has been collect ed in the campaign thus far. After reports were heard, Chairman June McManus predicted that $22,000 would be reached within the week, including about. $500 pledged but not yet in the hands of the U-F secretary. Chairman McManus also reported that about $300 had been collected during the recent house-to-house canvass de signed to reach persons who had not yet had an opportunity to give to the U-F this year. Allotment of moneys has been set by the budget committee for 1958, although some adjustments may have to be made at the Janu ary meeting of the United Fund board of directors. Payment of money to the participating agen cies -for the first quarter of 1959 of the script. She portrayed this prisoner as having the ordinay essentials, but missing the most important when she said, "In the prison my friend had all the food ho needed. He was clothed and housed, and had all he needed to live. Yet with all he needed to live, he lacked the essential of life; . liberty. for life begins with liberty." Her script then gave an explan ation about the blessings of lib erty, pointed out its advantages, and how through fair trial even the prisoner could again be free, if innocent, to enjoy the priviledges of liberty. She furth er staled, "There are govern ments In the world under which the people do not have as many freedoms and are not as well taken care of as the prisoners in a democracy." She concluded by saying, "I speak for democracy, the only form of government that puts life into living and I proudly say, democracy is my way of life." Nine contestants, two from i Cove and seven from La Grande, entered tne union county con- Hi test. Judges were Richard Hiatt, ivVlA.. Alt,it4 L'.icnr ..... If l' Fran,i Coke. Jack Piper was i-iitiu muu ui me juuging commit tee and the representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Miss Elmer's script will be en tered in the district contest, and if it becomes a district winner, it will be cnierea in the state finals. . ill .I!. CANDY CANE LANE City street department crews yesterday started Installation of Christmas decorations along Adams Avenue, but the full beauty treatment will not be completed until later next 'week, but in time for the opening of the Christmas season next Fri day. City officials and workers are working in cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce to change Adams avenue to Candy Cane Lane for the festive season. (Observer Photo) Police Hunt State Police and Union County Sheriff H. A. Klinghammer and his deputies are combing1 the woods and back roads and highways south of La Grande in search of a prisoner who' broke out of the county jail last night. Paul Brown, 22, of Union, being held in the county jail on charges of will be made shortly after the next board meeting. Money from this year's campaign will be used to support the Salvation Army, La Grande Youth Activities', hobby night, Little League Baseball, the Red Cross programs in swimming, first aid, and blood bank, the Boy Scout program, the Girl Scout pro gram, and other functions during the 1959 period. Campaign Chairman McManus pointed out that persons wishing to pledge a contribution to the United Fund may do so now and reserve payment until later. Pledge cards are available in the Chamber of Commerce office, in the Sacajawea Hotel. Mrs. McManus said she appre ciated the hard work that people had put into this year's campaign and expressed her appreciation to everyone who had participated in the house-to-house canvass last week. She noted that other towns and cities in the country had also had to work very hard to make U-F quotas this year and declared that she felt that citizens of La Grande had made a heart-warming response to the annual appeal for money to support the local activi ties and the Oregon United Appeal. She also remarked on the fact that some groups and divisions within the United Fund campaign or ganization had collected more this year than in previous years, in dicating outstanding leadership and hard work. Quota for the 1959 campaign this year was set by lhe U-r board at $24,350. Greenwood School Fire Hazard The Greenwood elementary school was described last night as an extreme fire hazard and the State Fire Marshal has report ed that "something must be done immediately" according to a sur vey by the state on the fire hazards in the building and the electrical wiring throughout the structure. A discussion was also held in cur rent school reorganization plans. Reports on the surveys were made during a- Parent Teacher's Association meeting in the school last night by Henry Bates and Walter Parker. During the discussion on the building reports it was suggested that because it will take a mini mum of $10,000 to bring the build ing up to state safety standards, according to Mrs. Howard Murphy, it might be advisable to build a new school. Mrs. Murphy, chair Established 1896 LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1958 ' hi- T i J Ckjh i 1.1611... Escapee burglary broke for freedom about 0:30 p.m. yesterday while jailer Jay Conley was putting, another prisoner into a cell with Brown.' Brown was spotted earlier this morning near Ladd Canyon by a motorist who reported to State Po lice - that Brown was apparently attempting to hitch hike,.along Highway 30, .vStata P-olica said .: Brown, wearing a red jacket, levies, bare headed, and has brown bushy hair. Brown weighs about 180 pounds and is five-foot, nine-inches I all. Klinghammer said that Brown has previously served lime in the state penitentiary for assault.' The sheriff added that he did not think the man was armed but considered him dangerous. Effort Being Made To Salvage Timber An all out effort is being made to get the estimated 3 millipn board feet of timber up for sale which blew down during the se-' vere wind storm in this area the night of Nov. 3, spokesmen for the U. S. Forest Service reported to day. The official said the timber Was blown down in the Chcsnimus dis trict of the Wallowa-Whitman na tional forest. Legislative Matters Topic Of Meet Here State Legislators Dwight Hop- Inns add Don McKinnis have -cheduled a day long meeting in La Grande Friday to discuss leg lative matters with Union County residents. . The informal meeting will be in the Sacajawea hotel small par lor. Senator Hopkins and Repre sentative McKinnis will be avail able for discussion and ques tions from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Any persons interested in forthcoming legislation are wcl come to attend the session, the legislators said. man for the building discussion last night, is a member of a spe cial citizen's committee studying La Grande school,conditions. Bates, . reporting on the State Fire Marshal findings, said the stale listed 15 major items which should be corrected to make the structure fire safe for the 280 stu dents. These items included chang ing the furnace room so. Uialjxe could not spread from there, in stalling fire-proof doors where needed, installation of " adequate fire escapes, fixing the building so the center stairwells could be closed off to keep fire from spread ing to other floors, special doors in the kitchen to keep fire from spreading and a number of other major items. Parker's report covered the elec trical inspection which showed that Bedim) - , TWA Hit By Strike; More Seen United Press International Planes of an intercontinental on line were grounded ,by a strike to day and walkout threats against two oilier lines appeared likely to wipe domestic skyways clean of passenger traffic over a broad section of the United States. Trans World Airlines, whose 198 daily flights normally carry about 12.U00 passengers throughout the United States and to and from 23 foreign cities, was grounded by a walkout of 6,700 machinists. The strike began Friday morning, and planes- in the air at deadline time wore allowed to finish their flights." About 19.000 TWA employes were given furloughs without pay. They include some in Europe and in Asia. The machinists have been work ing without a contract since Oct. I, 1957. A company offer was re jected by a 03 per cent majority. Wages and length of contract were two of the prime points qf argu ment. ' At Miami, the Flight Engineers International Association called a strike beginning Monday against Eastern Airlines, and a union spokesman said "we expect to completely shut the airline down." Four Wrecks Reported Here Four car accidents occurred in La Grande and vicinity during the past twenty four hours, state and city police reported this Sley:Aiin,UW.nj3.oWGuSf.EX 2. La Grande, was taken to the w voi-yx hospital by ambulance after re ceiving a broken right arm and head injuries in a car collision six miles east of La Grande on Highway 30. She was making a left turn when a car driven by Charles A. Myers, 1318 .Jackson, La Grande, tried lb pass, accord ing to Slate Police. ; Near Five "Points on Highway HO, George E. Counsell, Route 2, La Grande, had his car parked on the side of the road and it was rammed in the rear by a car driven by Benny J. Roehl, Boise, Idaho. Roehl was issued a cita tion by slate police for violation of the basic rule. La Grande police reported a collision near the corner of K and 3rd streets between cars driven by John Warren Lyell, 2908 2nd, and Larry Lee' Camp bell, Route 1, La Grande. No in juries resulted; Another accident-at the inter section of Cth street and G ave nue by cars driven by Glenn Al fred Raff, 1712 Walnut street, and Margaret G. Hill, 1107 ' C street, with damage resulting to both vehicles, was reported by city police. Industrial Promotions Stockholders To Meet The fourth annual stockholders meeting of La Grande Industrial promotions, Inc., is scheduled Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Saca jawea ballroom. Meeting notices are being mailed to stockholders by the Chamber, of Commerce. The noti ces include a proxy to be used by members who are unable to personally attend the ' annual meeting. extensive re-wiring is needed in the building, installation of ade quate wall plugs, removal of drop cord lights a total of 40 major items. A survey on the soundness of the structure itself has been advised and is being considered. ' School Principal Loren Blanch- "rd, instructor Jack Rye and Les Keffer, a member of the county reorganization committee spoke on that particular school problem. The three men, using drawings, explained the two main plans now under consideration, wherein under Plan No. 1 the entire county would be considered one school district, and Plan No. 2 where four separate school districts would be formed. The public will vote on one plan next year. The committee has not decided which of the two plans to submit to the public. Softy at iooti , : - r Sn GENE STOCKOFF . . . Wins Trip ' . Local Rancher To Tour U.S. Gene Stockhoff, a Ladd can yon rancher, has been chosen as one of five Oregon Farm Bureau chapter presidents to tour the United States as guests of the federation. ' The group will arrive in Bos ton, Mass, in time to participate in the organization's convention Dee. 10. They will visit Michigan and New York bureau offices and Farm Bureau headquarters in Chicago. The final stop in the tour will be in Washington, D.C. Following their return to Ore Son the five ranchers will meet with Farm Bureau state leaders to . make recommendations as a result of their trip. Gerald Detering, stale bureau president, lias asj.; !j members to consider whether! r not the or ganization should expand into the farm marketing field, tax re search or other, promotional work. The five traveling farmers may have gained some ideas on these proposals, organization of ficials said. For Concert There will be a special guest from Johannesburg, South Africa, at the Grando Rondc Symphony Orchestra concert at 4 p.m. Sun day at the Eastern Oregon Col- lego as a result of concert conduc tor L. Rhodes Lewis. Lewis knew that S. J. Marais Steyn, a free lance writer who likes music, was due in La Grande Sunday night, but his original schedule would have brought .him too late for the concert. Using long distance telephone lines to "track him down," Lewis finally caught the assistant pub lic relations officer for the Trans-, val Chamber of Mines in Denver, last night. Steyn was certain he could change his schedule, but wanted to check. At 1:30 a.m. to day Lewis received word that Steyn could make it here in time for the concert, to hear guest solo ist Wilbur Jensen from Lewis and Clark college and the symphony orchestra. ., Steyn is a member of Parlia ment for Transvaal, South Africa, and is foreign editor of the publi cation "Die Suiderstem." He is traveling under the For eign Leader Exchange program' Tor the U.S. Department of State and is visiting all parts of the Unf iled States. '. . SOIL JUDGING AWARD Mr. and Mrt. Jamei McCrae of Wallowa, canter, and Marlon Wad of Enterprise, right, are thown receiving ,heir oil judging awards at the Oregon Association of Soil Conservation Districts at Baker. George Kltzmillsr of Portland Is shown at left present-. ing the steak knife sets to lhe winners. The Mc- Transfer Could Cause Dispute BERLIN (UPI I Soviet Russia was expected within a matter of hours today to hand control of Western Allied lifelines to Berlin to lhe East German Communists. The transfer could plunge the world into one of its most critical East-West disputes since lhe end of the Berlin blockade. West German Foreign Minister lleinrich von Brent ano flew into Berlin today to confer with West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt on the increasingly grave situation, touched off by Soviet Premier Ni kitn Khrushchev's announcement thai Russia soon would bring Ber lin's occupation status to an end. Cat-and-mouse tactics in Mos cow increased the tension. An East German radio broad cast said the Soviet Union would make its proposals on the "eradi cation of the occupation status of Berlin in Moscow this morning. Western ambassadors sum moned to the Soviet Foreign Of fice fully expected to receive the text of a Russian plan clarifying their Berlin program. West Backs Outer Space Studv Group JL UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (UPI) The West morged ahead today with plans to create an 18-nation outer space study group, includ ing three Communist members, despite the- possibility of a Soviet boycott, - . ,' ,i..The. United States niid- toother sponsors i of a Western traft res olution on' iduter space prepared to publish the names of the coun tries they hope will join in the first international effort to con trol man's probes above the at mosphere. Informed sources said the West planned to included Russia and two other Communist notions on the list even though the Kremlin turned down Western suggestions on the' list for a previously-proposed 11-powcr study group. . Russia had proposed that the Soviet Union and three other Communist countries be included in the' il-nation preparatory com mission. The West considered this to bo disproportionate representa tion for the Soviet bloc, which in cludes only nine of the UN's 81 members. . The proposed membership, sent home Friday night for approval of governments concerned, was: The United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, France, Canada and Australia as the countries most' knowledgeable in the space field;-Belgium, Italy and Sweden for Western Europe; Czechoslo vakia and Poland for Ea.ilcrn Europe; Argentina, Brazil and Mexico for Latin America; and India, Iran, Japan and the United Arab Republic for the Afro-Asian group. ,-Jk. WEATHER I Mostly high clouds today and tonight. Partly cloudy Sunday. High both days 50-. 55. Low tonight 32-38. ' Price 5 Centi ! Critical Of Control ; However, the ambassadors re ceived only notes dealing with Soviet relations with their own countries. ! Western officials in Moscow be lieved lhe abrogation of four power agreements on Berlin would be announced early next week, perhaps Monday. The United Stales, Britain and France now maintain an esti mated 7,500 troops in West Ber lin under terms of the Potsdam Agreement, which the Communists say is no longer valid. Their sup plies depend on land and air cor ridors through the heart of Com munist East Germany. The West has insisted that, re gardless of any one-sided action by Moscow, the occupational sta tus of Berlin must continue and that the West will insist on its right of entry into the isolated city. On his arrival here today, Bren tano reilereated that "I do believe that the Berlin position will .be maintained, although of course the situation is serious." ' He was scheduled to leave Ber lin Sunday for the West German city of Darmstadt to- vote in the Hession State elections, returning from there to Bonn. .- , Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev has declared that a Soviet note on "the status of Berlin" can be expected soon, and a Communist commission has already been' set up here to work out: details of fV,-. surrender of Soviet controls tpihe local Reds. .. . V '. It had been expected that con trol of the lifelines of' isolated West Berlin might be transferred to Red Germany's satellite re gime within a matter of lidurs, but it now appears that no change is likely until next week at-earliest. ' Although the Communjsts havo . nrnmiuul.-"thfit"l.hftwi1kdl Kaf tin i iiiuiieuiuic jiiieriereuce wiin wee.l German traffic, they could 'clamp a total blockade on West. Berlin at any time. , . . ; ; They have even hinted that they may try to block the airlanes that kept West Berlin alive through the Soviet blockade, despite warn ings from the West that, any fit tempt to do so might: touch' off World War III. . f ; iy; Sources at the ".vacation White House" In Augusta, Ga., declared Friday that the United States has "firm intentions" of preserving West Berlin's integrity despite the new Red threat. : ;.- -.. t Similar firmness is expected from Britain and France. . t- ' Khrushchev has promised, tK,at Russia will not attempt' to ' drive the Western allies out of the" city by force, but he simultaneously pledged the full support of the Communist world to the Reds'.lii Germany if they become the .tar get of any "aggressive act." .-y The specific aim of the Commu nists appears to be to try to force Western recognition of -thev East German puppet regime.-Captured U.S. servicemen have been heM as hostages in post efforts to' ach ieve the same goal. I : O In the current situation, ; the Communists are expected to .de mand recognition of . the East German regime as the price for allied use of th,e highway rail roads and perhaps airplanes linking Berlin with the West.- " Craes also received a $75 cash award, as atat champion judging team.. Wade won' second place in Individual man's judging competition. McCrae was elected vice president of .the, As sociation and state board chairman for this