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, Established 1896 ; 0 227th Issue 63rd Year LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1959 Sdlons Blast Ike's Latest Appointments In Heated Session WASHINGTON (UPI) Ogden R. Reid joined C. Douglas Dillon on the legislative griddle today at a sharply critical Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. Reid has been nominated as ambassador to Israel; Dillon as under secretary of state. Reid went on the witness stand near the close of a stormy session in which Democratic senators even levelled fire at tneir own chairman, Sen. J. W. Fulbright (Ark.). Unexpected criticism to Dillon broke out when Sen. Rus seu a. Long (D-La.) denounced what he called Dillon' I' absolutely Price 5 Cents Police Report Office Thefts Suspects are being questioned today in connection with the theft of $44 in cash and $22 in checks from the American Red Cross office in the West-Jacobson build ing. Red Cross, o'ficials said the money and checks were in a money bag in the rear of an office desk. Nothing else was bothered In the locked office. The theft occurred between Friday noon and Saturday morning, Red Cross of ficials said today. Police Chief 0. E. Reeve a'so reported that the office of Dr. Robert Stuart, in the Foley build ing, was entered but apparently nothing taken. Reeve said he be lieves the two break and entries were separate incidents. Labor Fared Well In Salem PORTLAND (UPI) The pros ident of the Oregon AFL-CIO Says organized labor fared "pretty well" at the recent session of the Oregon Legislature. J. P. McDonald told the Central Labor Council Monday, night that "in.'spite of what you have read in the' newspapers" from, time to" time, it was a good session." Gains for the worker came in enactment of labor supported Dills in the fields of education, migratory workers, workmen's compensation and civil rights, he saici. Lions Celebrate 30th Birthday Over 80 Lions and their wives from four 'Eastern Oregon clubs attended the 30th anniversary celebration of. the La Grande club' here Saturday night at the Saca- jawca hotel. Dr. Stanley Simons, district governor of the club from Pend leton, presented three La Grande members with 30 year charter Monarch awards at the dinner. The awards went to Jesse Ros cnbaum, Marcus Roesch and Dr. Webster Ross. A 30 year member ship award also went to Lot Snod grass. Lions from Pendleton, Baker and Enterprise attended the af fair. The La Grande' chaDter of Clons, the first in Eastern Ore gon, had originally installed the lirst members of clubs of the three cities. A. L Hahn of Eugene, past In ternational Director of Lions, at tended the meeting and was pre sented a check for his campaign to seek a vice presidency post in Lions International. Bob Chris man, state chairman from Enter prise, also attended the celebra tion. Entertainment was provided by the S-Choirs of the Presbyterian church. President Bob Wilkins rrcsided over the event. fool-hardy" ' admini siration ot the torcign aid pro gram as under-secretary for eco nomic affairs. Threatening to vote against Dil lon, Long told the official "from some of the things you have rep resented to us In previous testi mony "I question your judg ment. Reid faces lengthy questioning about his qualifications under the committee's new policy of rigidly screening all noncareer diplomats, Fulbright was chastised by Sens. Wayne Morse D-Ore.) and Long when he suggested that questions about government sec recy might better wait until Wed nesday when Dillon is to appear in a closed session.- Dillon s nomination had been expected to sail through the com mittee without oppose '. 2nd Long's critical blasts came as a surprise. The 34-year-old Reid. former president and editor of the New York Herald-Tribune, was regard ed as the first "test case" of the committee's new policy of rigidly screening non-career diplomats. mere were no indications thai his appointment would ba reject ed. But several Democratic sena tors made it clear that the State Department and Reid himself would have to make a stromz case ior ine nomination. r:u . . uimm, on uie otner nanj. no- pcared certain of '.winning imjck approval: tike Reid, D1II01 Is In the "non-career" class but he has Dcen confirmed twice previously ior government posts and mrm- bers are familiar with his work. Reid's case took on added sie. nificance because of the recent furor oyer Senate approval of Clare Boothe Luce as ambassador to Brazil and her resignation three days later. He was nomi nated before the Luce row boiled up. Chairman J. William Fulbrieht (D-Ark.), advocate of fewer "no. litical" appointments and more career diplomats, had made it clear he was not gunning for Reid dui ten the New Yorker shmilri be required to justify his nomination. Sen. Wayne L. More (D-Or whose opposition resulted in Mrs. Luce's resignation, said he had an open mind on Reid. Morse said: 1 11 just wait to see the facts uiey ueveiop. . Observer Staffer Wins Top Award From University UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene (Special) Bill Bcbout, member of the La Grande Eve ning Observer editorial staff. has been named 1959 winner of the P. Neil Taylor award. This award goes annually to the senior in the University of Oregon bchool of Journalism writing the best thesis. The award carries a $50 cash prize, Bebout had as his thesis, topic 'Hypnosis, Tool of Medical Srince." Faculty members juJged it the best among 50 submitted by members of the senior class in journalism. Formal r.-.nouncemcnt of the award will be made at a facul ty-student dinner here toright. Boards Check School Voting Final voting in county school elections held early last week was canvassed by the Rural School District Board and the Non-High School District board at the court house last night. Complete tabulation of votes for exceeding the six per cent limi tation on the-Rural School District Budget was 614 Yes, 288 No. Carl Webster received 459 votes for the member-at-large post on the Rural School District Board while Charles Reynolds received 424. 1 . Jonn McKlnnis received 180 votes for a Rural School District board post in Zone 3 while Henry Weatherspoon received 159 votes from Zone 1 voters. Both were unopposed. Voters passed the Non-Hieh School District budget, which calls ior tne budget .exceeding the six per cent limitation, by a 84-12 vote. , , Both boards met at the court house to canvass the vote. County Jupervucnden Veda :ouiens su pervised' the'eanvass. At the meeting the Rural School District board elected Bruce Morehcad chairman for the 1960 year which starts July 1. Carlton Loenning was voted vice chairman. The Non-High School District board elected Fred Bccman chair man. The board will be' terminated July 1, 1960. The state legislature voted last year a law which will transfer the functions of the Non High School board to other school agencies. Union Cancer Donations Ahead Of Last Year SPECIAL VFW MEETING A special meeting of Veterans 01 foreign Wars and the county vuiwians council win be held tonight at the VFW hall starting at 8 p.m. Representatives of other veteran's groups are also urged to atted the meeting where tne swimming pool War Memorial will be discussed, Jim Ritchey, chairman of the memorial com mittee, said. WEATHER Fair tottay and tonieht: partly cloudy Wednesday; high both days 70-75; low to night 35-40. Union county donations to the annual Cancer Crusade are run ning 74 per cent ahead of last year, according to a report re ceived by treasurer Vern White of Union from state Headquarters White said $1,067.94 had been received to date compared to $993.38 at this same time last year. Quota for the county this year is $2,234. Mrs. Frankie Baum, county chairman, and Mrs. George Tiss, La Grande chairman of the drive, urged citizens to make their do nations this week. The drive is due to end this weekend. Mrs. Tiss said the "Neighbor to Neighbor" packets in La Grande should be turned into the First National Bank here or mailed to the same bank in Union. The Union bank is the official head quarters for county cancer funds. If flH- ft; v - iw jl -' 4 ' i- Aj - --'- -x -v f i- -f . Rioting Prisoners Give Up Without Harming Hostages CORRECTIONS OFFICIAL 'DEALS' WITH CONVICTS FORT PILLOW, Tenn. (UPI) A 14-hour prison riot end ed without bloodshed shortly after 9 a.m. (p.d.t.) today. Two hostage guards were not harmed. The convicts staged a noisy, window smashing demon stration to back up their demands for "justice." They charg ed that white prisoners were discriminated against and that the food at the prison was no good. State Corrections Commissioner Keith Hampton said he would not press charges against the rioters but would transfer the ringleaders to a max- CONFERENCE AT THE SUMMIT Barrie, a very diplomatic St. Bernard, and Ezekial, a mighty independent burro, be- lieve in working out their problems in a diplomatic manner. Barrie is willing to make a lew concessions and fczekial admits that Barrie is a pretty good fellow to have around. They live on Chris Christiansen's Polar Fur Farm, where they share in the re sponsibilities of keeping things in shape. (Observer Photo by Bill Bebout) RUSSIAN ATTEMPT ,AT SEATING SATELLITES DUMPED BY WEST STRIKES THREATEN OREGON'S SPRING CONSTRUCTION WORK By United Press International Three strikes today hampered spring construction in Oregon and Washington. A meeting in Portland Monday failed to produce agreement to halt a strike of Pile Drivers Union members which has idled an es timated 13 million dollars worth of work, mostly in the Portland area. A tieup of sand and gravel companies in the Willamette val ley, was threatened after Team sters Union pickets appeared at the Corvallis Sand and Grave! Company Monday afternoon. In addition, operating engineers in the Seattle - Tacoma area walked off their jobs, threatening some 200 Washington state proj ects if contractors enforce the policy that "a strike against one is a strike against all." Pile Drivers Union members and employers, represented by Associated General Contractors, met in Portland Monday with a federal mediator but no agree ment was reached. The union members have voted to reject a 53 -cent hourly package wage boost spread over three years. This was accepted by all seg ments of the Carpenters Union except for Pile Drivers locals at Astoria and Portland. An employer statement said it was planned to file a damage suit against the union. Employers con tend that the contract accepted by other locals applies also to the Portland local. Two Teamster pickets ap peared at the Corvallis Sand and Gravel Company Monday after noon. About 30 workers ak, the plant were idled. John Gallagher Jr., manager of the firm, said it appeared there was a possibility other firms in the mid-Willamette valley would be affected. Employers met in Salem Monday night to discuss the situation. Employers and the union have been negotiating since the first of the year with Teamster local 324 with headquarters at Salem. The union seeks a wage increase of 25 cents an hour, three-week va cations Instead of two for em ployes with IS or more years seniority, and other benefits. Work at the SAGE plant at Camp Adair could be affected by a general tieup. The strike in Washington threat ened highway, freeway and heavy construction work in western Washington as well as the Yaki ma, Ellensburg and Wenatchee areas in eastern Washington. The principal issue in dispute was the hiring hall procedure. This also is the main issue in the Pile Drivers strike, GENEVA (UPI) Russia "attempted to railroad Ivo Commu nist satellites, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, Into the Geneva Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference as equals today. But the West swift ly rejected the move. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko demanded seating of the satellites as the conference met for what was to have been its first working session on the Berlin crisis and German unity. inc session opened at the Palais des Nations here shortlv after 30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. o.d.t.) But Gromyko did not wait until the formal get-together to plunge me conterence into another day of chaos and wraneline. Instead, spurning normal dinlo- matic niceties, he had his nress spokesman announce it at a snc- ally summoned news conferee four hours before the Big Four meeting began. The Soviet spokesman announced that Gromyko was demanding ad mission of Czechoslovakia and Po- PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS The La Grande City Planning Commission will hold a meeting at City Hall tonight at 7:30 p.m. Further discussion of Morgan Lake will be' the main item on the agenda. Dr. Roy Skcen is chairman. land as "full ixrid equal members' of the conference. " ' ' The western foreign minister; meeting shortly afterwards in a prc-confercnce strategy session. agreed at once to turn down the bid for the Soviet satellites to be seated as their equals at the par Icy table. Secretary of Stale Christian A. Hcrter, who lunched with Grom yko at the Soviet delegation villa, took the opportunity to tcil him that the West would not buy his latest Soviet maneuver. It came only 24 "hours after a Soviet attempt to get the East German Communists admitted to the conference, also as equals. Russia's newest procedural time bomb was detected shortly after Gromyko backed down on his de mand for full conference status for the East Germans and agreed that East and West Germans should attend as "advisers." He won out on his demand for a round conference table but the West won out by insisting that the Germans occupy separate tables a few inches away from the main conference table. Gromyko aroused fears that the conference would collapse before it even got started. Moscow Radio hailed the deci sion to seat the East Germans as a great triumph for the Commu- Steel Negotiators Meeting To Iron Out Disagreements NEW YORK (UPI) Steel wage negotiators met again today to hear further union arguments for a spread-the-work program in the industry." David J. McDonald, president ana chief negotiator of the United Steel Workers, indicated a sharp decline in unemployment an nounced Monday by the federal government would have no effect on the union's plans for increasing tne number of jobs in the mills. "All I know." McDonald said oeiore entering the meeting, is that there are a number of steel workers out of work." The eight negotiators entered their second day of joint bargain ing talks with neither side show ing any signs of retreating from the positions taken last week in talks between the union and 12 steel companies during separate meetings. The negotiators, four from each side, are racing the clock in an effort to reach a new agreement before the July 1 strike deadline. The solid wall of disagreement that exists between them indicates they face a tedious and growing task. The union has made it plain that in the early sessions it will hammer away at the need for in creasing the job security of steel workers. , An industry spokesman said the four management negotiators have prepared strong .economic argu ments to back up their proposal that employment costs be frozen at present levels for one year. It has been estimated that the union's demands for higher wages, reduced hours of work, and fringe improvements would increase em ployment costs in the industry by approximately 50 cents an hour If granted in full. The cost alone of the union's suggestion of a four-day week every fourth week has been esti mated at 15 cents an hour. Sold! "I sold it without any effort at all, just called in my ad and sold it right off.' says Mrs. Carey. 30 Mite, For Sale 30 Davenport, chair, $40. WO 3-x Call after 5 p.m. Call your ad Simply in today Dial WO 3-3161 La Grande - It's as good as soldi nist world.Nculrnl observers said the hassle put the East German government on the front pages of the world part of the recogni tion sought by Russia. 1 Khrushchev Is Pleattd Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev i appeared pleased. In ' a speech at Kiev Monday he said he was optimistic about chances of the Geneva conference and pre dicted an early summit meeting. "We have prepared everything so our minister of foreign affairs Gromyko would achieve positive results in Geneva," he said. Observers noted the conference was going almost as Communist diplomats predicted in advance I a wrangle over procedure and thon a "major concession", by the Soviets. Observers expected the Soviets to demand "major conces sions" in return but on far more important matters. High American officials said Britain, France and the Unitedd States flatly opposed any Soviet proposal to bring the Poles and Czechs into the conference on a permanent basis. .The West would agree, they said, to consider admitting them temporarily to bo heard on Items which directly concern them. They also would insist that Italy and possibly Belgium and Hol land be given similar hearings. - CANNONBALLS REMOVED DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) Two cannonballs and three shrapnel projectiles have been removed from the children's museum here for detonation. Museum officials learn6d the Civil War relics still contained explosives and were hazardous. imum security prison in wasn vine. "I do not consider what they did here a riot," Hampton said He led 11 manacled convicts downstairs to the prison office. But throughout the night the rioting men screamed to news men that they would kill the guards if their demands were not met. At one point they held guard to a window with a knife at his back. This morning they dangled a noose out a window The rioters were led in the "surrender" procession by ring leaders Leonard Thompson, 20 Minneapolis, Minn., and Johnny Roddy, 20, Jacksboro, Tenn, Prisoners Look Tirtd The prisoners were seated in a waiting room downstairs in the building while newsmen and pho tographers grouped around to ask questions and snap pictures. The prisoners did 'not talk. They ignored all questions. Hampton was asked what h. considered the disturbance was all about. 1 win not elaborate on my statement, "Hampton said. He also said he was not going to take good conduct time away from the 11 "Instigators," Indicating that he had "made a deal" to settle the riot. The prisoners looked subdued, tired and "sheepish." The two guards, Hubert Ney- man, 57, and J.S. Voss. 49. were in good condition. ) New violence 1roke out this morning, shortly after the rim? leaders held a conference with of ficials. The prisoners refused tn dismantle a barricade In .their wrecked upper prison dormitory wnere mey nem mcir hostages. BrtiK out Windows . Does this look like we're weak ening?" one inmate screamed down from a third floor wing. He emphasized what he said by ram ming a piece of hunk steel through a' window, sending glass tinkling to the ground. Others broke out more windows, tore out light fixtures and smashed light bulbs. "Come and get us!" shouted an other convict. Earlier, ringleaders of the riot ing white convicts were told they faced solitary imprisonment for staging the riot. There had been indications the rioting prisoners were weakening , to the state's de mand to surrender until the new destructive outbreak. The prisoners complained of fa voritism toward Negro prisoners. Control For States In Measure WASHINGTON (UPD-A bill de signed to give states more con trol over their internal affairs - N was headed for the House floor today. The House Judiciary Commit- . tec approved the measure by a vote of 17-15. Its opponents said they would fight it vigorously-'C' when it comes before the entire House. f The bill is in two parts one prohibiting federal laws from re placing state laws except tinder certain conditions: the other al lowing states to revive their se dition laws. Congress could make exceptions to the first part, or the courts could rule that the local laws were in irreconcilable conflict with federal legislation. Committee Chairman Emanuel Ccller (D-N.Y.) said he would fight the bill, and asked the ad ministration to line up Republi can opposition to it. The Justice Department has nr. gued that the bill might give state laws precedence over federal' statutes and cause legal confu- - sion.j , Other congressional news- . . .... - Manpower: Ren. Franlr Knwit Kl fire Blowout Cause Of Highway 'Wreck A truck tire blowout resulted in a car-truck accident yesterday at the La Grando east city limits, state police reported this morning. The blowout occurred immedi ately before the accident, causing tne pickup driven by William N. Carter of Union to swerve to one side and sideswipe a car driven by William S. Burnett, also of Union. No one was injured, police said. Carter was traveling cast and Burnett west on Highway 30 at the time of the accident. (D-Conn,) told House military manpower investigators the armed services have assigned ri enlisted men to the White House as chauffeurs and messboys. He said this was typical of manpower waste which is costing the tax payers 250 million dollars a year. Kowalski, a retired Army colonel. spent 33 years in uniform. He placed the cost of servants as signed to senior officers of the various services at 30 to 40 mil lion dollars a year. Prices: Rep. Lester Holtzman (D-N.Y.( introduced a bill to auth orize the President to freeze wae- es and prices for 90 days in an inilation emergency. He said the President should have standby authority to protect consumers, workers, farmers and persons liv ing on fixed income against any runaway inflation. 1 Strauss: Senate GOP 'Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.) nrediet- ed after a White House legisla tive conference that Lewis L. Strauss will be confirmed as sec retary of commerce. He said he is certain the Senate Commerce Committee will give Strauss its approval and the Senate itself will follow suit. , Lunik: A famed spacc scientist scoffed at published statements that the Russian moon rocket Lunik was a "big red lie." Dr. William H. Pickering, director of the Jet Propulsion LuBoratory, told the House Space Committee there is no doubt in his mind that signals picked up last January were from Lunik. True magazine science writer Lloyd Mallan claims Lunik was a propaganda hoax. KEEPING ROOM TO MANEUVER Nikita Predicts An Early Conference At The Summit LONDON (UPI) Nikita S. Khrushchev told the Soviet people that prospects for peace are good enough to think about cutting back Soviet rocket production in the near future, Tass News Agen cy reported today. Tass said the Soviet premier made the comment in a speech at Kiev Monday in which he warned the West on the dangers of war and predicted an early summit conference. Khrushchev claimed the only reason the Russians were spend ing money on arms was because the West was surrounding the Soviet Union with rocket bases. Khrushchev said the Soviet Un ion wns doing everything possible to achieve world peace and that Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko was prepared "to achieve posi tive results" at the foreign minis ters' conference in Geneva. He said that if the foregn min isters' meeting did not prove a great success he expected a sum mit meeting to be "the next step.", He said British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan advocated a summit meeting and President Eisenhower and French President Charles de Gaulle were in gener al agreement. , "Yet all these leaders have ex pressed themselves on this ques tion cautiously because each one of them wishes to keep room to maneuver," he said. "Of course not all the . questions can be solved at a single meeting. We want to solve all the controversial or unsolved problems without war." , Moscow- Radio quoted a Tass News Agency dispatch that de scribed tho seating arrangements worked out at the Geneva meet ing as a "great victory" ior Rus-" sia. It said the West had tried to restrict or eliminate participation in the conference by the German representatives. Tass reported the Soviet Union opposed this and "the attempts to prevent the Germans from taking seats at the . conference table failed." 1 r