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Newspaper Page Textmm CITY EDITION CLOUDY (Weather Report, Page 1-B) IANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. 89th Year, No. 103 FOUR SECTIONS 44 PAGES Eugene, Oregon, Wednesday, April 13, 1955 PHONE 5-1551 Price, 5 Cents First Polio Shots Set Monday for Students By JAMES G. WELCH Iff Of The R-flster-Guard ' ' The Salk polio scrum now is being flown from factories in the East and probably will reach Lane County before Monday the day the County Health Department plans to inoculate the first 2,000 children. Dr. M. B. Berryhill Wednesday said a schedule will be announc ed Thursday lor all parts of the county. He said that if the serum ar rives as planned "8.500 to 10,000" first through fourth grade chil dren will be given their first shots within 5 days. OUTLOOK BETTER Berryhill, in charge of the polio serum program for the county, Tuesday attended a con ference in Portland with public health doctors from throughout the region. The physicians wit nessed a closed circuit television broadcast of the findings from V last year s test program. These findings, he said, im prove the picture considerably. Because only 2 rather than 3 as previously thought shots need be given immediately, the available serum will stretch a third further, he said. And also, the first 2 shots may he given if all authorities agree . 2 weeks apart rather than 1, improving the supply picture also. MORE EFFECTIVE The local doctor, a pediatrician : when engaged in his private practice, explained that setting a , measure of the serum's effective ness in terms of percentages is deceptive. It is impossible to know how many of the cases were eased and how much, he ? said. And he said that changes made in the serum now being distribute i ed will make It much more effec tive than last year's inocula tions. showed that some of last year's Batches did not produce as high a level of resistance to the dis- FIRST POLIO (Continued on Page 4-A) Bad Weather Brei iwing After a bad start, the weather man got busy and made up West ern Oregon's snow shortage. Now he's busy seeing to it that there's no scarcity of rain. Normal rain fall for the Eugene area in April is 2.54 inches and -already this month, Mahlon Sweet forecasters report 2.34 inches has been meas ured by their gauges. United Press reports that the last coastal storm was respons ible for 1.5 inches of rain and more bad weather is brewing. By 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, 1.5 inches had fallen at Newport and Salem. 1.44 inches at North Bend. 1.35 inches at Brookings and .96 inches at Portland. I Shipping at the mouth of the i Columbia was hampered by gusts of wind up to 63 miles an hour. At Newport the 205-foot tower of radio Station KNPT blew down and wind smashed the window of a supper club and blew away part of the roof. Small craft warnings were up Wednesday from Newport north. Strong gusts were expected Wed nesday night. Forecasters said a storm waiting off the coast might bring more bad weather this weekend. ' Locally, less rain and cloudi ness were expected Thursday. rfJILSIC EDUCATORS Teachers and students of music my from throughout the northwest were gathering in Eu- gene Wednesday for a 4-day Music Educators' Confer- nnfln T Af A Pa- rkriplinn'rnn nt-n pi rl a. f I RA.(U Cllkv. t V- utll laiicuiauij, piCOIUCUL ui lilt: 1IU1 111 weit division of the conference, talks with Miss Vanette Lawler, national executive ' (AP Wlrephoto) POLIO VICTIM GREETS VACCINE NEWS Mrs. Ken Wakcrhauser, Minneapolis, a polio patient for 2Vi years, smiles happily as she reads of the effectiveness of the Salk polio vaccine. Holding the paper for her is nurse Edna Schrupp. Mrs.- Wakerhauser is in a portable respirator. Danger Seen in Quick End to Segregation WASHINGTON Wl North Carolina told the Supreme Court Wednesday that a "forthwith de cree" abruptly abolishing segre gation in public schools might re sult in that state's abolishing its public schools system. I. Beverly Lake, a North Caro lina assistant attorney general, said the chance. of North Caro lina's mixing the races in schools in the near future "is extremely remote." ' QUESTIONED BY HARLAN Lake made the statement in re ply to a question by Justice Har lan. HarRin had asked whether the state was going ahead and trying to comply with the court's ruling that segregation is uncon stitutional. Lake said he could not say definitely what steps North Caro lina will take but said the state has alternatives, including the closing of the schools. As for making plans for inte gration. Lake said, North Caro lina is in a position of a man who knows there is. a possibility he will be executed within 24 hours. Such a man, he said, is in no 'Position to make plans to re- model his home Lake opened the third day of;show in Eugcne. I INSIDE TODAY West Berlin looking mc new crackdown. Page 2A. Women's News 7-9A Editorials 10A Local News IB Sports 1-4D Comics 4B Theaters 5B Radio. TV 6B Markets 5D Classified 5-9D secretary of the group, and i 1 argument before the court on the issue of how and when to end segregation. He had begun his argument Tuesday, shortly be fore dhe court recessed for the day. TIME NEEDED As had attorneys for Virginia and South Carolina who preceded him. Lake pleaded that time was needed to work out problems locally and to win public accept ance ot mixed schools. Lake said that putting Negroes and white pupils together now would bring "turmoil and confu sion from which only our ene mies could derive any satisfaction." Music Educators, Students Register For 4-Day Conference in Eugene The curtain was up Wednesday on the 14th biennial meeting of tne Northwest Music Educatorsjbe closed Thursday and Friday. Conference as the initial troop of Many activities for the public, several thousand music studcntsjsonle free ot charge, others at a and educators besan their hit?i ; i i-:..: i. For four days, about 5.000 top music students and educators from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, uregon, ana Washington schools; will take part in some phase of the biggest music festival and con ference in the county's history. In addition, some of the nation's most outstanding music educators will attend. PUBLIC EVENTS Operating concurrently will be the annual Lane County class-; room teachers' workshop, which i this year has as its theme, "Guid-1 (Rnutsr-Guird photos, wnthir enjnvimi1 "Not everything depends on, had been delayed pending arrival Far East. Although Democrats Lovina Wilson, right, grincipal of Dunn School vfho is ius- if necessary equipment, Newmanljoined in voting a blank check to hospitality chairman for the conference. At right, stu- "'; would like something said. ; President Eisenhower last win dents from Seattle, Bob Sollie and Edson Pederson (with ".Tl iE?hTTrn,! " "!B money,1"' liliy navc .J"0 "neasy v . . . . , t, , tf m Austria and we believe that whatorders. rra stry, mailings and over he noss b Iv that the bass fiddle) register at the central school office. Most :wll) bc aRrecd on npre with Au,.jmctcf seuis. the new station United S.ateTmigm become in sessions of the conference will be held at Eugene High, itria will facilitate that ultimate . will also provide box section scr-ivolved in a war over Ouemov although mosl public events 1 Ike Approves Plan to Share Atom Secrets 13 NATO Nations Would Get Data AUGUSTA, Ga. (W Presi dent Eisenhower Wednesday approved a proposal for shar- ling American atomic secrets, but not actual weapons or production know-how, with the 13 countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The plan must be ratified by each of the NATO nations before going into effect. The plan provides basically for the United States to make avail able to NATO atomic information which this country believes will assist: The development of defense plans. The training of personnel in the employment of and de fense against atomic weapons. The evaluation of the capa bilities of potential enemies in the employment of atomic weap ons. The information taken frdm the "restricted" class of atomic energy secrets would be made available to NATO through chan ncls now provided for exchanging classified military information. The plan is in the form of a draft agreement which was ap proved March 2 by the NATO Council, but not made public: until the White House acted Wednesday. The news was re leased simultaneously in the other 13 NATO countries. The agreement provides speci fically that under its terms there will be no transfer of atomic weapons or special nuclear ma terial. Congress in 1954 authorized the President to cooperate with other nations by exchanging atomic information, but provided that such, cooperation must ex clude any details of how atomic weapons are fabricated or de signed. . Eisenhower sent a letter today to Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-NM), chairman of the Joint House - Senate Atomic Energy Committee, explaining the plan. Copies of the letter also went to each committee member. The President called the plan "a great stride forward in the strengthening of our common de fense." "It is my firm conviction," he wrote Anderson, "that the pro posed agreement will enable the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza tion, consistent with the security and defense of the United States, to evolve more effective defense plans concerning the use of atomic weapons than have hereto fore been achieved." iing the Musical Experiences of Children." All county schools will 7' " , ' '3, i ,p For the public, the conference offers: Host Night at McArthur court at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Some ! 11,500 Eugene Public School andischool chorus, high school honor community music groups will j sing and perform. Seven choral! groups, 3 orchestras, 2 bands, and; a ballet will give a 2-hour per- formance to show the visitors the rxiciu oi limbic acnicvemcnts oi the area. University of Oregon Night! at McArthur Court, 8:30 p.m. I Thursday. The program will feature per- will be at ,McArtJiur Court, I 4 AH fit f MsPvJ (AP Wlrephoto) TO SWIM THE COLORADO RIVER Bill Beer (left) and John Daggett, a pair of Stanford graduates, are trying to be the first to swim 290 miles downstream in the Colorado River between Lees Ferry, Ariz., and Lake Mead in Nevada. All their food and equipment is con tained in waterproof rubber packs which float beside them. The 2 hope to complete the swim, which started Sunday, in about 3 weeks. Committee 3 Sales Tax Bill SALEM Wl The House Taxa tion Committee voted unanimous ly Wednesday to prepare a 3 per cent sales tax bill that prob ably would be referred to the people of Oregon at a special election next fall. ' The committee members, say ing that Oregon must find a long-range solution to its tax problems, agreed that the income tax increase only would tide the state over the next 2 years. Rep. Loran L. Stewart, Cottage Grove, chairman of the commit tee, appointed a subcommittee to draw up a sales tax measure that would reduce income tax rates and provide school funds on the state and county levels. Members of the subcommittee are Reps. Ed Cardwell, Sweet Home, chairman; Ward Cook, Portland, and Charles A. Tom, Rufus. VOTE AGREED ON . In a poll of the committee, it tentatively agreed that the peo ple next fall should vote on the forming groups from the UO, and is but one part of the university's extensive participation toward making the festival a success. Lane County Night Friday at 8 p.m. in the Eugene High auditorium. Many music groups from the county schools will dis play a cross-section of the music education program in county schools. An all-countv grade band, woodwind and brass choirs, all-county high school honor chorus, an instrument ensemble from the university's music hon oraries, and others will take part. EXHIBIT SLATED The big band jamboree Sat- ""lay, starting with a downtown parade, to be followed by a free Public band concert at Civic Sta- uiuni at 4 p.m. ine parade will start shortly after lunch Many other events are to take place during the conference, in eluding clinics lor students, per formances of all kinds, and train- MLSIC (Continued on Page 4-A) Molotov Sees Treaty Nearer MOSCOW W Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov said Wed-lwill be John Monroe, who is being !i,s own ,Kkcl nn domestic legis nesday he believed tiis current transferred from Ihe superintend . t lation. talks with Austrian Chancellor1 ent's office of the University Sta-I Wilh bills emerging from com Julius Raab would facilitate the tion. William Strilzuk, a main of-'mitlees at a slepped up pace, do conclusion of an Austrian state j fice supervisor, will become the ; mcstic legislation w ill get propor- treaty. This would end the 10-year oc cupation of that country v Rus-jbeon in the postal service for 24 this second half of the 1055 scs sia. the United States, Britain: years. Ision. and France. ; The new station has been occu-! However, debate on foreign Asked whether the talks would pied and ulilized by carriers for 'policy probably will continue to definitely lead lo negotiations inlsome lime, but complete occu-'overshadow domestic issues De signing a treaty, Molotov replied; pancy and service lo the public cause of the fear of war in the objective.' 4 to Prepare sales tax and the income tax in crease. The House voted a 32 per cent income tax boost, but the Senate Taxation Committee indicates it wants to boost it about 50 per cent. Cecil Posey, representing tho Oregon Education Assn., told the House committee Wednesday that a long-range solution must be found if the schools are to be maintained on present standards. He said that almost 20,000 new pupils arc being added each year, and that 25 per cent of the state's population now is in school, Posey said that when the sales tax has been on the ballot before, there wasn't a need for money as there is now. He added that a poll ot mem bers of Parent-Teacher Associa tions shows a 5 to 1 margin in favor of a sales tax. The people have rejected sales tax proposals 5 times. NOT IN FAVOR The only member of Iho com mittee who said he didn't favor a special election on a sales tax was Rep. W-ync Giesy, Monroe. He advocated letting the people initiate it themselves. But Posey said it wouldn't be fair to make the school organiza tions distribute petitions. tardwcll said that If the in come tax is increased now. it 1957 Legislature will be just as short of money as the present Legislature. At that time, the SALES TAX . (Continued on Page 4 A) 3rd Postoffice Opens Doors This Friday r, ihirH nntinffi ...in nn,n iic i u, kii L--i day, April 15, Postmaster Ethan imal message from it Something t. NWmnn nnnnn,.,i u',in. J must have happened suddenly day. Located in a leased building at the corner of 6lh and Taylor Sis., I Those aboard the plane were the new West Side Station will 8 Chinese Communists, 1 repre transact all business of a U.S. isenlative from Communist Vict ; Post Office except postal savings. Newman said 18 carriers will journalists and 7 members of the be transferred from the main ' All-Indian crew. office lo Ihe new station, which j will service the territory from Jefferson SI. west, including lhcPc pVi-7e River Road and Bethel areas. lVC.Cfc.00 LLtllUb Approximately 25,000 people live in this region. Station hours will be from 8 a.m. lo 6 p.m. weekdays, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays with (he lobbv onen from R a m Newman announced that Jntendcnt of the West Side slation iUniversity Station superintendent, Monroe, a career employe, has vice and rent postoffice boxcii U.S. Calls Red Plane Charge 'Preposterous' LONDON (111 The United States denied Wednesday as "preposterous" Communist ine saootage ot an Air India plane that crashed while carry ing Pciping representatives to the Afro-Asian conference in Indonesia. But Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said the crash in the South China Sea "has some very unusual features" and called it "peculiarly painful and distressing" because the plane was carrying 3 Red Chinese delegates to Bandung. All 8 were presumed killed. The Air India Constellation Kashmir Princess crashed Monday into the South China Sea near Borneo with 18 persons aboard. Conflicting. reports safU 3 of 6 persons were rescued, rnree were known to be Indian crew members. The Communist charges were broadcast by Peiping Radio first and rcbroadcast Wednesday by Moscow. They were picked up in Communist papers throughout the world in a major effort to dis credit the United States and win sympathy for the Peiping regime. F.ed China also accused the United States of plotting to over throw the Indonesian government. The British Foreign Office con firmed that its charge d'affaires in Peiping, Humphrey Trcvelyan, received an oral warning from the Reds that there might be trouble and that he transmitted the warning immediately and di rectly to tho Hong Kong authori ties. ADDED PRECAUTIONS The Foreign Office said the au thorities in Hong Kong took "com pronensive additional precau- uons. The Foreign Office said Tre- velyan "warned that the Chinese government feared trouble from the Nationalist Chinese." The Hong Kong government, warned in advance by Peiping that there might be "trouble, said chances of sabotage at the Hong Kong airport were "ex tremely remote." The plane was under extraordinary heavy guard during the entire hour it was there and the loading of baggage and fuel was handled by the Com munists and the Indian crew. No one else went aboard, Hong Kong said, and nothing went aboard that was not checked by the victims themselves. But Peiping ' added to the charges. and called the crash of the plane a major international plot directed against Premier Chou En-lai, who was reported en route to Rangoon, Burma, for meeting with Nehru, Premier U Nu and Egyptian Premier Gonial Abdcl Nasser. U.S. ACCUSED The Red radio also accused the United Stales of trying to "sub vert" the Indonesian government in an effort to wreck the Ban dung conference, the first major international conference the Pci ping government has attended as a full participant. The confer ence begins next week. Nehru's statement of sympathy for the Communist government of China was broadcast by the offi cial government Indian Informa tion Service. "This disaster has some very unusual features," Nehru said in a dispatch monitored in London. n minuics Deiore me aircrau ifcli into the sea we had a nor- isoon after. There must be a full ln'lu'ry ,mn Minh in Indochina, 2 European For Congress WASHINGTON W Congress came back from its Easter recess super-(Wednesday with the Democratic I majority ready to start writing ilionatcly more attention on the J House and Senate floors during! land the Matsu Islands. ; J China's charges it ordered Nash-Hudson Negotiating With Union DETROIT un American Motort Corp., one of the smaller automo bile producers, made it clear Wed nesday as it opened labor contract negotiations on the guaranteed annual wage that it hopes to break the industry's "pattern", settlement tradition this year. Edward L. , Cushman, Ameri can's director of industrial rela tions, said his company wants to negotiate a new contract with the CIO United Auto Workers Union tailored to the company's particu lar needs rather than accept what may be negotiated with General Motors or Ford, DIFFERENT PROBLEMS Cushman reiterated points ha made recently in an address at the University of Illinois that "the problems at American Mo tors differ so substantially that different approaches must be ex plored." . Cushman's company, formed last year through a merger ot Nash and Hudson motor compa nies, is the first of the inde pendent auto producers to begin negotiations with tho UAW. Because ot me merger, Ameri can has several labor contracts. The first is due to expire May .11, the same day the General Motors agreement with the union will rim nut ! HOPES FOR PATTERN The UAW Is expected to con centrate on Ford and General Motors in hopes that, as in the past, an agreement with either one could be mado an industry "pattern" that other auto firms would later accept. This is what has happened in the industry's bargaining for many years. UAW President Walter Reuther has said he expects to press the union's guaranteed annual wage plan in all companies, big and small, employing the UAW's H4 million members. This includes auto parts and aircraft plants where the UAW holds bargaining rights. Lane to Get Third Judge SALEM fov-Three bills to give additional circuit judges to Mult nomah, Lane and Douglas coun ties received approval in the Ore gon Legislature Wednesday. The House passed and sent to the Senate 2 measures to increase the number of judges in Multno mah County from 9 to 13, and in Lane County from 2 to 3." Douglas County, which now has 1 Judge, would get 2 under a bill approved by the Senate and sent to the House. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE PUljthnrsh oon ono ino 17 0 Brooklyn . . ono 001 50x 6 11 0 Stirkont, Klin (8t and Atwell; Er itklne and Campanella. AMERICAN LEAfit'E Ronton at Baltimore postponed wet grounds and cold. IMAGINE THIS This ad ran only one day because the first party who came to the house bought all three items! 1 PAIR of Kngll.h brosuei, 7'i. 2 mc hny'- Navy blue tultfc, lie 14, S3 each. IN Chirnelton.. Sell your "don't wants" through Inexpensive Register-Guard Classi fied Ads. Just Phone 515-51.