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LA GRANDE OBSERVER WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight; most sunny Tuesday; nigh Tues day 80-85; low tonight 48-53. 275th Issue 63rd Ytar LA GRANDE, OREGON MONDAY, JULY 13, 1959 Price S Cents Marine Strength Irks Ike Solons Seeking Corps Increase WASHINGTON TPI' Presi dent Eisenhower "has his hackles up" over the Senate Appropria tions Committee's plan to in crease Marine" Corps strength, Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirkscn said today. The increase is part of the $39,- 6Ml.0O0.0O0 defense appropriations bill for the fiscal year which be gan July 1. The Senate opens de bate on the measure today. The bill would provide $346,139, 000 more than the President re quested in his budget and 746 mil lion dollars more than the House voted. With an additional 4.K1 million dollars from revolving funds, it woidd give the Defense Depart ment a 40 billion dollar drawing account. Dirkscn m ill.) said the Presi dent was concerned with the plan to boost the Marine Corps strength from 175.000 men to 200. 000 because such a mandatory floor on forces would involve con tinuing cost increases. - The Republican leader did not say whether administration forces in the Senate would try to over ride the appropriations committee and knock out the proposed in crease. But there was a possibility tliul the Senate would be asked to overrule the committee in the op posite direction and vote an in crease in Army strength. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D-La.) considered offering a proposal for a 900.000-man regular Army in stead of the budgeted 870.0no-man strength. He was unsuccessful with the proposal in the appropri ations committee and its military subcommittee. As approved by the appropria tions committee, the Senate bill would build up both nuclear re taliatory punch and the nation's ability to fight so-called "limited" wars. Girl Unable To Explain Setting Fire ELMIRA. N Y. ITI An at tractive 15-year-old girl was un able today to explain why she deliberately set fire to her home, killing six of her sisters and a bro'.her whom she loved "very dearly," police reported. Psychiatric tests were sched uled for sandy-haired Jane Shu sko. one of 10 children, who ad mitted she threw a lighted ma'ch on some papers in a clothes clos et late Saturday night. The ensu ing fire swept her family's half of a two-story, two-family house in a middle-class neighborhood, resulting in the asphyxiation of her sisters and brother, ranging in age from 2 to 12 years. The girl's mother, Mrs. iillian Shusko, 39, who was sitting on the front porch when the fire broke out. escaped uninjured. A sister, Catherine. 13. rescued the other child. U months, with the assistance of a neighbor. The fa ther, Michael, 41, was at work at a cooperative milk plant where he is a farming machine opera tor. Authorities said the fire swept the home so rapidly that rescue of the seven victims was impos sible. Convicts Seize Mine Foremen PETROS. Tenn. ITI -Prison-ers at the Brushy Mountain State Prison here seized three coal mine foremen today "and were holding them hostage inside a mine shall Warden Frank Llewellyn said 116 prisoners are involved in the trouble at the prison, where con victs mine extensive coal opera lions. Llewellyn said he was not sure why the prisoners were in revolt. The warden identified the host ages as Ben Davis, Earl llensley and Sherby Bunch. The foremen are hired by the prison to work the convicts in the mines. Llewellyn said "we'll find out later" what the prisoners want, lie said they did not make any im mediate demands. The No. 7 mine where the pris oners were holding up is located on lop of a mountain overlooking the prison walls. r i l .L - T,. i j. r , fcvVJ tin nn , Lv - . f fJFs. v. Iff . - : - S mm) AN EXCITING FISHING TRIP Ken Langdon, a junior at Eastern Oregon College, caught his limit of trout on Indian Creek Saturday and finished the day by killing a six foot, 300 pound black bear. "It was the first bear I'd seen outside of a zoo," Ken said. He shot the bear three times with a .22 calibre pistol. The bear chased him across the creek and then reared, up and died a bullet behind his ear. (Observer Photo) Treason Ag ainst SAX FRANCISCO l'PI Trea son charges in the Powell Schuman "germ warfare" case were dismissed today because the government has tailed to obtain Grand Jury indictments. The sedition indictment is still pending. The defendants were John W. Powell. 40, and his wife, Sylvia. 39. San Francisco, and Julian Schuman. New York City, who put out a Communist line magazine. the China Monthly Review, in Shanghai during the Korean War. They were accused of treason in complaints filed Jan. 30 when sedition proceedings against them ended in a mistrial. At that time, furmer U. S. Attorney P.obert Ike's Defense Budget Too Small Demos WASHINGTON it'PH Some Senate Democrats called today for further boosts in President Ei senhower's defense budget. They said it is inadequate to provide se curity. Criticism of the defense program came as the Senate began debate on a bill which already is $340. 139.000 higher than the adminis tration request and 746 million dol lars more than a House-approved measure. Sen. Stuart Symington fD-Mo.) urged Congress to "force the ad ministration to reorganize its de fenses on the basis of the prog ress incident to this nuclear age. instead of continuing to let them flriit in tradition." Sen. Henry "M. Jackson ID Wash. appealed for- more funds for ballistic missiles, moderniza tion of the Army, antisubmarine facilities, and research and de velopment. The defense appropriation is for the fiscal year that began July I. The bill before the Senate calls for $39.3!M. 339.000. Another Senate Democrat, Den nis M. Chavez iN.M.i, defended the bill as being adequate for cur rent needs. Earlier Senate Republican Lead- STEEL FIRMS BEGIN SHUTTING DOWN MILLS ON STRIKE'S EVE PITTSIIl'HGII (I'PIi The na tion's major steel firms began the complex p occss of closing down furnaces and mills today on the eve of an impending walkout by ")00.0i)0 steel workers. With contract negotiations bro ken off in New York and the con tract extension due to expire at midnight Tuesday, the companies, representing 90 per cent of the na tion's steel production, began the tedious job for the second time in two weeks. Shutdown operations were start ed the week end prior to June 30 T V" tjf I ? " ' i - i r ,ir5 " : U ft - ilt. E r 1 Charges Are Dropped Pair In Germ' Case Schmacke predicted that the treas on case would go on trial within 60 days. is. S. Commissioner Joseph Ka resh dismissed the complaint whe th government failed ta present two eye-witnesses of an overt act of treason in order to establish a probable cause for the complaint, lie noted the complaints were filed five months ago. However, U. S. attorney Lynn Gillard said that an investigation of treason aspects of the case are continuing and will continue, lie pointed out that new treason com plaints could be filed at any fu ture time. Mrs. Doris Brin Walker, defense attorney, said "The reason they Say cr Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois reported that Eisenhower already "has his hackles up" over the addition of funds to increase Ma rine Corps strength, approved by the Senate Appropriations Com mittee. Other congressional news: Medical care: Arthur S. Hem ming, secretary of Health, Educa tion and Welfare, urged rejection of a measure which would provide free medical care for old people through increased social security taxation. Ho said the government should seek instead a way of broadening voluntary medical in surance. The American Medical Association is opposed to the bill, now before House Ways and Means Committee. But the legislation is one of the favorites of organized labor. Money: The President asked Cungress to provide $.1,435,000 to help run several executive depart ments. The supplemental appro priation would go for research in conversion of salt water to fresh water, for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for the Treasury. Inflation: A glimpse into congres sional mailbags showed more vot ers are writing asking action to halt inflation. when the original contract was to expire, but the extension resulted in resumption of production. "Preliminary work, which in cludes the banking of blast fur naces, began over the week end in Pittsburgh."' a U S. Steel Corp spokesman said. "We will begin shutting down coke ovens today Banking of blast furnaces was slated to start today or tonight at U.S. Steel's Tennessee Coal and Iron Division at Birmingham. Ala, and at Republic Steel Corp's. works at Gadsden, Ala. -ji don't have the witnesses is that they just never existed. The rea son is they have committed no crime. It's that simple. The Constitution says treason re quires to .Vj-w' "sse8 to the same overt act. Gillard said pos sible witnesses are scattered all over the world and many are still in Red China. The Department of Justice in Washington has given Gillard no authorization to seek an indict ment, he said. A Grand Jury held over its normal term to consider the Powell-Schuman case was dis missed last month. The Powells and Schuman were indicted originally April 25, 1956. for sedition, after a congressional investigation of the case. Two sen ators had urged treason charges, but the Justice Department chose to prosecute the lesser charge. The sedition case did not come to trial until nearly three years later. During its course, U. S. Judge Louis E. Goodman observed out of hearing of the jury that the government had made a "pri ma facie" (on the facel showing of treason. But news reports of his remarks caused Goodman to declare a mis trial because he feared the jury might have been prejudiced. Five Are Rescued From Ocean Surf GEARHART (CPU Five per sons were rescued from the surf here Sunday in two separate in cidents. Lifeguards Ralph Davis, Port land, and George Crandell, Sea side, performed the rescues. Gearhart Marshal Carsten Sjoli said Miss Vera Spitzer, 20. and Miss Suellen Rice. 18, were pulled more than 100 yards beyond the breakers by the surf before the ruards reached them with tow- lines and a buoy. Neither girl was hurt, but Miss Spitzer had to be revived with first aid. In a later rescue, three persons were pulled from the tide. They were Mr. and Mrs. John Plunkett, Portland, and Jim Sorle, Mis soula, Mont. In the Chicago area, U.S. Steel will start banking its furnaces at midnight tonight at its Gary and South Gary works, which employ a total of about 33,000 workers. Inland Steel planned to begin shutting down its East Chicago and Indiana Harbor works at the same time. Shutting down steel mill dera tions involves a gradual process of emptying or banking due to the danger of damaging refractory brick linings. The linings are kept warm to protect them from sharp temperature changes. Steel Wage Negotiators Ice s Plea To Western Powers Won't Negotiate If Russians Insist On 'Time-Bomb' GENEVA UP) The western powers called on Russia today to scrap its Berlin time-bomb once and for all if it wants a summit meeting. Secretary of State Christian A. I let ter told Russia's An drei Gromyko in unequivocal terms that the west will not negotiate under an ultimatum, duress or the continued Written Evidence Wanted BEN EVA (I I'D - Secretary of State Christian A. Herter today challenged the Soviets to confirm in writing that they have with drawn their threat to Berlin. He said such written evidence is the West's price for a summit meet ing. Herter bluntly told Russia's An drei Gromyko at the resumed Big Four talks that any Berlin "truce" must be put down in writing to minimize the danger of subsequent differing interpretations. He warned that mere reliance on so-called facts that speak for themselves would not satisfy the West. Gromyko issued a statement June 28 in Moscow in which he withdrew the Soviet's 18-month ul timatum on Berlin and hinted strongly that the Kremlin would take no unilateral action against the city at the end of an interim agreement. Herter was the chairman and first speaker as the East-West talks resumed after a recess from June 20. Reds Claim Successful Dog Rocket LONDON a'PI The Soviet news agency Tass said today that another dog-carrying rocket was successfully launched and recov ered July 10. Tass said the ballistic rocket weighed 4.840 pounds and carried two dogs. It said the dogs and the equipment were recovered. It was the second such space flight reported by the Russians this month. On July 2, Soviet scientists launched and recovered a "space rocket" carrying two dogs and a rabbit. The United States on May 28 shot two small female monkeys to a height of 300 miles and re recovered them alive after a 1,500 mile journey over the Atlantic. Able, a 7-pound Rhesus monkey, died a few days later while un dergoing an operation for the re moval of an electrode from under its skin. Baker, a 1-pound Spider monkey, is still alive. The report of the latest space flight followed a Russian practice of withholding announcements un til several days after the event. The July 2 launching was not an nounced until July 6. Before the news of the last two flights, the Russians had not an nounced an animal launching for neurly a year. But they indicated that such flights had been made. For example, they said one of the dogs involved in the July 2 space journey was making its third ascent. The Russians also seemed to be timing their space shots to coin cide with international meetings. The Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference resumed in Geneva today. The July fi announcement coin cided with the opening in Moscow of the International Cosmic Ray Conference. TEEN-ACE MARRIAGES MEMPHIS, Tenn. UPI (-County school officials are cracking down on teen-aged motherhood and marriage. They announced Friday that h"nce(orth expectant mothers will be permanently oust ed from high school. In addition, grade transcripts will be withheld from students who marry secretly. USSERY GETS FOUR NEW YORK UPH-Bobby Us sery added four winners to his Belmont Park jockey lead Fri day. Usscry scored with Mr. Ju piter in the fourth. Snow Fight in the featured sixth. Must at o in the seventh and i'ellita in the eighth. threat of a new Berlin crisis. Herter delivered the warning on iM'half of all the western powers as the Big Four Foreign Minis ters Conference resumed after a three week "cooling off" period. Herter. Gromyko und British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd ami French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve tie Murville met at the Palais ties Nations for the second and probably decisive phase of the East-West talks. Ignore Soviet Throats Herter was in the chair for the lath plenary session of the con ference which 0ened here May 11 and bogged down after six weeks of talks. Western officials said Herter delivered a general review of the negotiations up to date. The sources said Gromyko had indicated to (he western delega tions that he did not wish to speak until after hearing what the West had to say. At a ure-conference session few hours earlier, the western for eign ministers agreed to' ignore Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrush chev's most recent warlike threats and listen to what Gromyko had to say in the diplomatic calm of the Geneva council chamber. They took the line that Khrush chev s tough talk to former Gov Averell Harriman of New York was simply shooting from the hip in the power politics game of bluff and counter-bluff. Tough LT.S. Position They also hoped First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov was taking home from the United States to Khrushchev a clearer picture of the real purpose and tough de termination of the United States in the Berlin crisis. The sources said Herter will de mand a "no- nonsense" Berlin truce until 1961 as the rock bot tom for a meeting of the heads of state. - : it oil Ov&v : . , s ' i-'. i V ', '. . v' -iyy.'-w ' , ? V'.r W ' .'- I NEW CITIZENS Mrs. Doris McClay and Joseph Edenholm (Observer Photo) Resume Talks &??"JD iDII Ur AUVIlC CORDOVA, Tenn. (UPD Jimmy Humphrey!, 12, lec turing to a county 4 H club meeting, displayed charts and lists of poisons to deal in modern, scientific fashion with almost ovary insect pest that bedevils farmers. He added on bit of oldfash ioned advice: "The best way to destroy that old tomato horn worm is just pick him off and stomp him. Navy Men Rebel In Argentina Hl'ENOS AIRES (I'PP-ReM lions naval officers tried to hold the Argentine fleet in Buenos Aires Harbor today to force the resignation of Adm. Ailolfo B Estevez as secretary of the navy but it appeared the move would fail. The new rebellion was part of a series against the government of President Arturo Frondizi by military men who believe he has been too lenient with the followers of former Dictator Juan B. Peron There have been a series of such crises since early slimmer. The frigate Ileroina sailed out of the harhur shortly after a com mand conference aboard the car rier Independence Sunday und it was expected the rest of the fleet would follow this morning. But nearly two hours after the scheduled departure, only two de stroyers and one cruiser of the 25-ship flotilla had left. Tension was heightened by re ports that oflicers at the Mar del Plata and UAhla Blanca bases were supporting the ouster de mand. It was recalled that a navy threat to bombard Buenos Aires forced Peron to flee into exile four years ago. There was no in dication that any such ultimatum had been made by the dissident navul officers. The fleet was assembled in the harbor for Independence Day cel ebrations last Thursday and was scheduled to leave today. The tense situation began Sat urday when eight high-ranking naval officers sent an emissary to Estevez to demand he get out of office. - Heed Tuesday Is Strike Deadline NEW YORK d'PO Steel wage negotiators heeded a last-minute plea by President Eisenhower and agreed to resume their talks today in an effort to sign a contract that would avert a crippling steel strike at midnight Tuesday. The union took the initiative in setting up the meeting after Presi dent Eisenhower said in Wash ington that sufficient time re mained for the negotiators to reach an agreement. Union President David J. Mc Donald emphasized that the union was not extending the contract and said the strike deadline still stands. However, he said be agreed with the President that there is time left to settle the dispute. Eisenhower made his statement through Press Secretary James C. Hagerty after conferring with Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell. "There is opportunity and time for settlement to be, reached before. the strike deadline." Hagerty's an nouncement said. "In the interests of union members, the steel com panies and the public, the Presi dent hopes that the union and the industry will continue to work for a settlement." Says Agreement Possible The White House said the Presi dent did not plan to intervene di rectly in the disute. The statement was his second appeal for re newed negotiations. The first re sulted in a two-week extension in negotiations, ending at midnight Tuesday. Shortly after the President's statement was issued, McDonald sent a telegram to Eisenhower pledging that the union is "pre pared o rmain in contiauoue ses sion" in order to conclude a fair "noninflationary;1 settlement. McDonald said an agreement can be reached before the strike deadline "if the industry meets us halfway.'' "We are going to give it the all American try," McDonald said be ioie entering the bargaining ses sion. McDonald indicated that a con tract extension was possible "if we could make a deal before the deadline." He said the union is ready to en gage in continuous talks up to the strike deadline. Government Stays Out In Washington, Joseph F. Finne gan. director of the Federal Me diation and Conciliation Service said he had "no intention of mov ing at this time." He said he might offer his agency's services if they were needed sometime in thn future. Two Take Oath As Citizens In circuit court this morning, Judge W. F. Brownton heard .Mrs. Doris McClay and Carl Jo seph Edenholm "renounce alt al legiance and fidelity to any for eign prince," as they took their oath of citizenship. Edenholm who is 91, of Swed ish birth, is one of the oldest petitioners for citizenship in the past few years according to Le Roy Schilling, United States Nat uralization Examiner. . Mrs. McClay who has lived in La Grande for 13 years, has three, children. Her son John accom panied her to court. The majority of the hearing consisted of taking and signing the oath where the petitioners al fo promised to "support and de fend the constitution and laws of the United States of Ameri ca." After signing the oath Judge Brownton officially welcomed the new citizens and commended them individually for their inter est and wished them many year of happiness. The new citizens were then di rected to the county clerk's of fice where they were presented with their citizenship papers. UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS LONDON (UPD Soviet sclen tists on the marine exploration ship "Mikhail Lomonosov" have discovered several mountains un der the Atlantic, Radio Moscow reported Friday. The ship ex plored the waters between Iceland and Greenland and then moved south to the latitude of Rio de Ja neiro, the broadcast said. One of the mountain peaks rose 9.643 feet from the ocean floor, it was reported.