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95th Year, No. 210
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Eugene, Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1962
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6 Contempt
Convictions
Overturned
WASHINGTON UP) The Supreme Court overturned
Monday the contempt convictions of six persons who
balked at answering questions from congressional com
mittees investigating Communist activities.
The high tribunal, in an opinion by Justice Stewart,
said the convictions had to be set aside because the in
dictments returned by the grand jury against the six
failed to identify the subject under congressional sub
committee inquiry at the time each witness was inter
rogated. Stewart said Congress had expressly provided that
no one could be prosecuted for refusal to answer ques-
Group Files
Waldo Lake
Appeal Notice
Notice of a formal appeal to
the recent decision on a man
agement plan for the Waldo
Lake area has been filed with
the U.S. Forest Service.
The Oregon Cascades Conser
vation Council, through its pres
ident, William Obertcuffcr, of
Eugene, filed the notice late
last week and asked an exten
sion of time (30 days) in which
to file a detailed statement.
The Forest Service recently
announced a new plan of devel
opment of the lake and its basin
located high in the Cascades
north of the Willamette pass.
Earlier Appeal
This plan followed appeals of
an earlier proposal and placed
considerable recreational em
phasis on future use of the
basin and lakeshores.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse, D-Ore.,
'said two weeks ago that the new
plan was inadequate and much
too general.
Oberteuffer Monday said that
the appeal his group is making
will be based on the alleged
failure of the new plan to com
ply fully with the newly-proclaimed
policy for high-mountain
areas.
This high-mountain policy is
also a new action by the gov
ernment. It was announced by
the Secretary of Agriculture, a
higher authority than the For
est Service.
The policy states that groups
of small lakes in the high moun
tains will be placed within
"landscape management areas"
to preserve their scenic charac
ter.
Objections Unanswered
Oberteuffer asserts that some
groups of lakes, especially those
south of Mt. Fuji, were not
placed within such a landscape
management usage in tne w aiao
Lake plan.
He also claimed that the ob
jections of some 18 outdoor
groups to the earlier Waldo
Lake plan were not answered
in the new plan.
The conservationist said that
the appeal the OCCC is making
is not intended to halt construc
tion of a road from the Gold
Lake area to the Waldo Lake
eastern shores.
The road construction could
go forward regardless of the ap
peal, he said, because his group
has no objection to the route or
other construction plans.
To Be Honored
Mature
By MARVIN TIMS
Of the Register-Guard
Robert S. Shelley of Eugene, 85 years young, had a twinkle
in his eye last week as he revealed his dream of "climbing Spen
cer Butte again when he is 102.
Somewhat slowed now by a bad hip, Shelley, who has a
great love for the outdoors because of his third-ofa-century of
service with the U.S. Forest Service, last climbed the butte
"for about the thousandth time" five years ago.
"On this climb my ion got poison oak," he said with a smile.
"I've never been troubled with the stuff because I used to
chew it when I was a youngster. I guess this made me im
mune." The white-haired Eugenean, an avid reader with row on row
nf books and magazines in his study, will be honored by the
f pringfield Board of Realtors Tuesday.
He is being honored lor being a homesteader who has owned
his property longer than any other Emerald Empire resident.
Shelley's homestead, however, is not located in Lane County.
It is near Hood River, but it has been under his continuous
ownership since 1904 a year after he graduated "summa cum
laude" (with the highest praise) from the University of Oregon.
It was Just about a century ago that Congress passed the
Homestead Act. It provided that any person over 21 could
bttin title to 160 acres of public land if he lived on the land
. Hons of congressional mves-
tigators except upon indict
ment by a grand jury.
"This court has never decided
whether the indictment must
identify the subject matter
which was under inquiry at the
time of the defendant's alleged
default or refusal to answer,"
Stewart continued.
He then stated that the court
Monday was holding that the in
dictment must contain such an
averment, and for this reason
the judgments against the six
had to be reversed.
During the congressional hear
ings, none of the six invoked
the Fifth Amendment protec
tion against self-incrimination,
but emphasized First Amend
ment guarantees of freedom of
speech and press.
They also contended the in
vestigators, the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities
and the Senate internal security
subcommittee, exceeded their
authority.
The appeals decided Monday
were by:
Norton Anthony Russell,
an engineer of Yellow Springs,
Ohio, who was sentenced to 30
days and $500 fine.- .
Robert Shelton, a copy edi
tor on the New York Times, six
months and $500 fine.
Alden Whitman, a copy
reader on the New York Times,
six months and $500 fine. The
jail sentence was suspended.
Herman Liveright, former
program director of New Or
leans television station WDSU,
three months and $500 fine.
William A. Price, former
reporter on the New York Daily
News, three months and $500
fine.
John T. Gojack, trade
unionist of Columbus, Ohio, nine
months and $200 fine. Gojack
was formerly general vice presi
dent of the United Electrical
Workers Union. The union was
expelled from the CIO in 1949
on grounds it was Communist
dominated. The court vote in the cases
of Russell, Shelton, Loveright,
Price and Gojack was 5 2.
The vote in the case of Whit
man was 4-2.
Justices Harlan and Clark
wrote dissenting opinions in all
six cases.
Justices . Frankfurter and
White took no part in any of the
cases.
Justice Brennan disqualified
himself in the case of Whitman.
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Business Beat 12B
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Administration
Thousands Hear Medicare
Br ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Kennedy administration, with the President leading
the assault, has carried a plea for its medical care for the
aged program across the nation in an attempt to bring pres
sure to bear on Congress. The American Medical Assn. goes ,
on nationwide television tonight to counter the move.
While President Kennedy addressed 17,500 persons at
New York City's Madison Square Garden Sunday, Vice Presi
dent Lyndon B. Johnson and other administration spokemen
sounded calls for support of medical care for the aged under
Social Security at more than a score of rallies across the coun
try. Many listeners, including some gray-haired prospective
recipients of benefits under the King-Anderson bill, chanted
"We will, we will" when the spokesmen told them to write
their congressmen and urge support for the measure.
Kennedy, whose speech was carried on nationwide tele
vision, predicted that the bill would pass Congress "this year.
Senate to Take Up
Kennedy Farm Bill
Demo Urges Senators to Consider
Proposals Apart From Estes Case
WASHINGTON (UPD Democratic Whin Hubert H.
Humphrey appealed to the Senate Monday to consider
President Kennedy's farm requests without becoming in
volved in the Billie Sol Estes investigation.
He made the plea as the Senate prepared to take up
its version of the President's proposals.
The Minnesota Democrat conceded that the Estes
case probably "will be part of the social environment in
which the farm bill will be discussed." But he reminded
that the Senate was a legis
lative rather than an inves
tigative body.
In discussing the farm bill,
Humphrey told reporters he
thought the administration
might do quite well" in get
ting the Senate to restore some
of its proposals cut out of the
bill in committee.
Closed Hearings '
Noting that the McClellan in
vestigating subcommittee was
starting closed hearings on the
Estes grain-fertilizer scandal to
day, the senator told newsmen:
The best way to investigate
is to investigate in committee
and nut in the Senate. The Mc
Clellan committee is one of the
best in Congress and will be
given all the support possible.
We should separate these two
matters."
First stages of the investiga
tion were held in the office of
Sen. John L. McClellan, D-Ark.,
chairman of the investigating
subcommittee. Among those in
on the session was N. Battle
Hales, who was transferred to
a field post after charging that
the Agriculture Department was
partial to Estes in cotton allot
ment awards.
The subcommittee held a
closed afternoon session to be
gin looking into information on
the case.
Tax Records
Informed sources said the
Senate investigators had quiet
ly arranged to examine the in
come tax files of Estes and oth
ers involved in his dealings with
the government.
They said McClcllan's sub
committee had asked for tax rec
ords of Estes and three former
government officials who lost
their jobs as a result of disclos
ures arising from Estes' grain
and cotton operations. An ex
ecutive order gives the subcom
mittee the right to make use of
tax returns.
S. Shelley
for five years and improved it. Public lands were closed to set
tlement in 1935.
Shelley will receive a special plaque Tuesday as part of the
observance of National Realtor Week by the Springfield real
tors. "In my last year at the university, a doctor said 1 had only
three months to live. He said I was suffering from something
like nervous dispepsia. I remember I had lost considerable
weight, mainly because I was working long hours as well as
going to school taking such courses as civil engineering, me
chanical engineering and science."
Shelley, who resides with his wife at 375 Garden Way, said
wages were exceedingly low in the early 1900s and that he only
had "about a dollar a week for food for a time during my last
year in college."
Because of his health, Shelley decided to take an outdoor
job after graduation. He went to work for the then infant For
est Service with a territory to patrol that spread from the Hood
River valley southward to the McKcnzie Highway.
"Often I would take pack horse trips into the wilderness and
not sec a human being for four months. 1 spent much of the
time making surveys and preparing recommendations that led
to future improvements in some of the Forest Servica opera
tions." One of Shelley's close friends in those early days was Gifford
Pinchot, one of the first persons to favor planned conservation
of U. S. forests.
Sponsors Rallies
U.S. Buildup
In Thailand
NearsGoal
BANGKOK, Thailand (UPD
The- United States military
buildup in Thailand nearcd its
5,000-man goal Monday and
American officials expressed
satisfaction with their speedy
deployment to defense post
tions. The last few hundred rein
forcements were flying in from
Hawaii on 13-hour, one -stop
flights.
After a round of weekend in
spections and conferences by
the U.S. commander for South'
cast Asia, Gen. Paul D. Har-
kins, processing of the new men
and materials was functioning
like clockwork.
U. S. Ambassador Kenneth
Todd Young told newsmen Sun
day that American forces will
remain in Thailand so long as
the situation remains confused,
dangerous and a threat to Thai
land's security."
Young indicated that a politi
cal settlement among the three
rival princes of neighboring
Laos would not necessarily
mean U.S. troops would leave
Thailand immediately.
The Thai government is con
cerned about internal subver
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or as the tide comes in, next year." He noted that Britain
adopted similar legislation 30 years ago.
The president of the AMA, Dr. Leonard W. Larson, blasted
the bill and the rallies saying the U.S. Treasury is being looted
"in a massive propaganda blitz designed to pressure Congress"
into enacting the program.
In a statement after the Kennedy speech, Larson said:
"Giant Madison Square Garden rallies cannot conceal this
fact: the King-Anderson bill would force an immediate 17 per
cent payroll tax increase on workers earning $5,200 or more
and their employers."
Larson described the measure as radical and said it would
"give the federal government dangerous power to control
medical practice in hospitals."
The AMA favors the present Kerr-Mills law, which pro
vides for federal assistance to states but leaves administration
of a program of medical care for indigents over 65 to the
states themselves.
Under the King-Anderson measure, Social Security recipi
ents would be eligible for medical aid financed through a
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Sent
Back
Nationalist China to Admit
Refugees From Mainland
TAIPEI, Formosa (UTt The
Nationalist Chinese government
Monday announced it will ac
cept all Chinese Communist ref
ugees who want to come to For
mosa from Hong Kong.
Authorities in the British
crown colony have cracked down
recently on the flow of Illegal
refugees from Red China and
have shipped thousands back.
The formal announcement is
sued by Vice President Chen
Cheng, who is also premier, set
no limit on the number of refu
gees Formosa will accept.
It said the Nationalist Chinese
treasury will "advance and ap
propriate funds required for the
relief and resettlement of those
refugees."
As a more immediate mea
His Outdoor Life
Pinchol, who later was to become governor of Pennsylvania,
served as chief of the U. S. Forest Service from 190S to 1910.
Before the Forest Service was formed, he served as chief of
the Division of Forestry.
"I used to take Mr. Pinchot on hunting and fishing trips
when he visited Oregon. Wo were very good friends."
After Shelley obtained his homestead in 1904, he erected a
10 by 12-foot cabin on the 160-acre lite, but heavy snow caved
in the roof the first winter.
Shelley was also confronted with other homestead problems.
"I tried digging a well and actually went down 36 feet using
just a spade, but I never hit water. Finally, I used a vinegar
barrel to catch drainage from the roof. It worked fine but the
water had a marked flavor."
Shelley climbed numerous mountains during his Forest Scr
ice career and says the beauty of the outdoors has given him
this creed to live by: "Climb, create, comprehend and conse
crate." Shelley, who retired fr 'he Forest Service in 1938 at the
age of 62. then went into the real estate business "so I wouldn't
starve." He retired as a broker in 1950.
A Republican, Shelley has photos of Theodore Roosevelt and
Dwight Eisenhower on his wall. But he said he didn't vote a
straight party ticket. "I alwayi try to vote for the best man."
Asked whether he would vote for President Kennedy, Shel
Icy said: "No. He won't let ui keep our gold coins."
(AP Wlrephoto)
A Hong Kong policeman assists an eld
erly Chinese who is being sent back to
Communist China after an illegal entry
into the British crown colony. The po
liceman is carrying loaves of bread the
immigrant will take with him as he
crosses the border. Nationalist China
announced Monday it will accept refu
gees who are being sent back from over
crowded Hong Kong.
sure, it said the government
will contribute 1,000 tons of rice
to the Hong Kong government
to help feed the refugees who
have been pouring into the Brit
ish crown colony from Com
munist China by the thousands
in recent days.
The announcement added that
the Nationalist Chinese govern
ment is "more than willing to
cooperate with the governments
of other countries, with inter
national relief organizations, and
with the Hong Kong authorities
in the work of providing re
lief for these refugees."
Earlier, the secretary general
of the Free China Relief Assn.
said that the Brazilian govern
ment already had expressed will
ingness to accept Chinese farm
ers as immigrants.
Social Security payroll lax increase of one-fourth of one per
cent on employes and employers.
Several thousand persons who could not get into the Gar
den to hear Kennedy's speech sat outside and listened to it
via public address system.
At one point, Kennedy noted that he had paid several
visits in the past two days to his sick father, Joseph P. Ken
nedy, in a rehabilitation institute here.
"He can pay his bills," the President said. "If he couldn't,
I would have to, and I'm not as well off as he is."
The President said at least half the mail he has received
on the bill has been "wholly misinformed" about its provi
sions. He urged that doctors throughout the country write to
him, to Welfare Secretary Ribicoff or the bill's sponsors
Rep. Cecil R. King, D-Calif., and Sen. Clinton P. Anderson,
D-N.M. and get a "concise explanation" of the proposal.
Kennedy said the administration wants the help of doctor
"and gradually wt are getting it."
(See story, Page 5A)
To Spur Economy
President Urges
Increased Output
WASHINGTON Wl President Kennedy said Monday
the problem facing the nation is not how labor and man
agement should divide fruits of production but how to
increase output so everyone
The President was tne lirst speaKer ai me wnue
House conference of national economic issues attended
by several hundred of the nation's leading businessmen,
labor union leaders, ana representatives 01 ine puunc
Kennedy was introduced by Chairman Thomas J.
Watson Jr. of the International Business Machines Co.
The President said the business and labor leaders had
an opportunity at the con-
ference to suggest to the
government how the coun
try can do a better od in
creasing output and eco
nomic crowtn.
Kennedy said the nation is
not reaching its full productive
potential. He said France, Italy,
and Germany are doing a better
job in using their potentialities
and reaching higher economic
growth rates.
Kennedy said many in busi
ness and labor criticize various
aspects of his domestic econom
ic policies as well as foreign
economic problems surh as re
ducing the balance of payments
deficit.
He called on those present to
come up with any suggestions
they think would be better ways
of handling the problems.
The President, speaking with
out a prepared text, said it is
time to differentiate between
myth and reality.
He said some bankers recent
ly told Secretary of the Treas
ury Douglas Dillon they are
afraid of inflation developing in
this country. This Is no problem
at all, Kennedy said, because
there has been very little infla
tion since 1958 and prices re
main steady.
He appealed to labor and
management to look at things
as they are, and not in terms of
party labels or anything else.
In that connection, Kennedy
noted there will be no prcsiden
tial election for two years. He
indicated that now is the time
to pull together for the general
good, forgetting partisanship,
Top members of Kennedy's
Cabinet, along with leading
businessmen and labor officials,
are scheduled to discuss such
broad Issues as collective bar
gaining, economic growth and
wage-price policies, automation
problems, and U.S. foreign trade
problems during the two-day
conference.
ROBfcRT
Plea
will nave more to share.
Large Group
Of Europeans
Flees Algeria
ALGIERS UW Driven by Se
cret Army Organization terror
ism and the fear of Moslem re
prisals, 2,600 Europeans fled
Algeria by plane over the week
end. So great was the demand for
air passage that military author
ities had to add four planes to
12 flights previously scheduled
for Sunday.
In the five days preceding
the weekend, officials said about
2,000 persons departed with no
apparent intention of returning
to terror-plagued Algeria.
A similar rush for ship pass
age was reported along the Al
giers docks, as alarm spread
over increasing slaughter by
killers of the Secret Army Or
ganization and the threat of re
prisals by Moslem commandos.
Lane Library Outcome
Still Being Tallied
Anyone on tenterhooks about
the outcome of the county li
brary election will remain so at
least until Tuesday.
The question of establishing a
county library system received
17,107 "yes" volet and 17,049
no" votes in the unofficial
counting of regular ballots a
difference of 58 in favor of the
library.
There are some 170 absentee
ballots yet to be counted. How
ever, the counting board that
began Monday morning is leav
ing measures Including the
library until last, and the re
sults will not be known until
late Monday or early Tuesday.
S. SHELLEY
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