Bulk Of Roosevelt's Personal And Political Papers blade Public
Hvdt Park. N. T.. Mar. 17
One caper showed that two
Roosevelt library, emphasized
that in no case was a document
restricted to protect the memory
of the late president.
"There is no necessity to pro
tect Roosevelt," Kahn said. "He
is dead. There is nothing that
could be said about him now that
could damage him materially or
hurt his feelings or affect his po
litical career, and certainly noth
ing worse than has been printed."
Kahn, one of four men who
spent more than a year catalog
ing the papers to make them
available to qualified research
ers, said he did not believe any
of them would cause "any revo
lutionary upheaval" in modern
historical writing or affect the
fundamentals of the known
Roosevelt story in "any import
ant way."
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow
Jess Larson, head of the General
Services administration, "This
action we are taking is a simple
indication of the faith of democ
racy in truth."
President Truman wrote:
"This huge collection will fur
nish rich source material for an
interpretation of one of the most
momentous periods in American
history. Some other officials of
the period have contributed
their papers to augment this col
lection; I trust that many others
will come forward and add their
brary- Other public figures have
promised their official papers,
but library officials said they
would have to make such an
nouncements themselves.
The 15 per cent of the papers
still restricted will he reviewed
periodically and added to the
open collection as soon as pos
sible. Meanwhile, they may be
made available only with the
permission of the president of
the United States.
None of Mr. Roosevelt's per
tire collection are letters from
ordinary citizens. They range in
the sample group of documents,
from an angry 1036 epistle about
taxes to friendly advice on hof
to make a speech from "A.G.C.,
a democrat" to Governor Roose
velt in 1931. "A.G.C." commend
ed to Mr. Roosevelt's attention
the "kindly and sympathetic
manner" of President Hoover
and New York's Mayor James J.
Walker.
The presidential papers re
main in four general categories,
as received from the White
House, and have not been in
dexed, Kahn said. The largest
section is that containing letters
from "ordinary Toms, Dicks
and Harrys" filed alphabetically
by the name of the sender and
chronologically within the al
(U.R)the bulk of Franklin D.
Roosevelt's personal and politi
cal papers were made public to
day, revealing new sides to his
colorful personality.
The 3,000,000 pages of papers
cover all of Mr. Roosevelt's life
from an announceemnt message
written by his father a few min
utes after his birth to what are
believed to be the last words he
wrote "Let us go forward with
strong and active faith."
It was revealed that like many
another person he attempted
from an announcement message
diary, but never was able to
stick to it.
He also was a frustrated nov
elist, having started an historical
novel about a business tycoon.
But he only finished two pages.
phabetic group.
Every letter received by tha
president is at least noted. An
other similar file contains some
50,000 folders of letters from
persons or organizations known
personally to Mr. Roosevelt. Tha
third section includes corre
spondence concerning the super
vision of government agencies.
The fourth and smallest group
is the confidential file kept by
Mr. Roosevelt's personal secre
tary in his own office. About 55
to 60 per cent of that file was
opened today.
Kahn said that in some cases
material which was highly criti
cal of Mr. Roosevelt was in the
open files, while rebuttal to it re
mained in the restricted files be
cause of its association with per
sons still living.
days before Pearl Harbor Mr.
Roosevelt invited the late Wen
dell Willkie to go to Australia
and New Zealand as his personal
representative but told him the
Japanese situation was "definite
ly serious" and "perhaps the
next four or five days will de
cide" whether "an armed clash"
might develop.
In a letter written in the
spring of 1928, Mr. Roosevelt de
scribed Herbert Hoover, then
candidate for republican presi
dential nomination, as "an old,
personal friend of mine."
About 15 per cent of the presi
dential papers were withheld be
cause they deal with persons still
living and to protect state sec
rets. However, Herbert Kahn,
the director of the Franklin D.
of the 32nd president, was among
the speakers at opening cere
monies of the small stone library
building a few hundred yards
from the Roosevelt Hyde Park
home. Today is the 45th anni
versary of their marriage.
Mr. Roosevelt was the first
American president to leave his
presidential and personal papers
to the nation. Never before have
a president's private files been
opened for publication so soon
after his death. Even the papers
of John and John Quincy Adams
are available today only with the
permission of their descendants.
"In a world where millions
are living under the horrors of
communist torture and terror,"
President Truman said in a mes
sage read at the ceremony by
sonal lamny papers was in tne
papers to this collection in orderj
gift to tne government. Kahn
that we may nave the means lor
a fuller understanding of these
years."
The papers of the late Harry
Hopkins, the late John Winant,
and Henry Morgenthau already
have been deposited with the li
said that no member of the
Roosevelt family had any part
in the selection of the papers to
be opened, nor had any member
asked to have a part.
Kahn estimated that 60 to 65
per cent of the papers in the en
Medford
44th Year 20 Pages
Available Planes
Put Into Service
To Find Lost Boat
Navy Net Tender
Four Days Overdue
Pearl Harbor. T. H., Mar. 17
(U.R) All available search planes
in the mid-Pacific today were
ordered into the hunt for a navy
net tender with 40 men aboard,
mysteriously missing on a voy
age to the atomic proving
grounds.
Rear Adm. Charles H. Mc
Morgris, commander of Pacific
rescue operations, also ordered
three naval vessels into the
search for the U. S. S. Eldei,
which is four days overdue on a
10-day, 2.600-mile trip from Ha
waii to Eniwetok.
To Lay Buoys
The Elder was en route to
Eniwetok to lay navigational
buoys in preparation for the
spring atomic weapons tests.
Nine planes, eight four-en-gined
Privateer patrol bombers
and one utility craft, are all of
the rescue planes which can pres
ently be spared for the operation,
McMorgris said.
Two B-17 "Dumbo" rescue
planes now in Hawaii cannot
be sent into the search, he said,
or the Hawaiian sea frontier
would be left without planes
equipped to parachute a lifeboat.
McMorgris said all military
air transport planes, flying reg
ular trans-Pacific routes, have
been diverted to fly over the
search area. They will not be re
moved from their regular runs,
however, he said.
Vessels Despatched
Surface vessels ordered to the
search area, 700 miles east of
Eniwetok, are the destroyer
tender U. S. S. Piedmont, the
net tender U. S. S. Deliverer and
the LSD Comstock.
Meanwhile, four Privateers,
which left Oahu last night for
Kwajalein, refueled at Johnston
island and continued their flight,
intending to conduct a sweeping
search along the Elder's course.
Aboard one of the planes was
Lt. Cmdr. Clifton B. Davis, a
search specialist, who will take
command of the rescue operation
on his arrival at Kwajalein.
Philadelphia, Mar. 17 (U.R!
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the board of Gimbei Brothers.
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..awtment today after a four
i riay illness.
Radio Highlights
Opening of the Roosevelt
papers at Hyde Park Saturday
afternoon will be the occaiion
for an NBC feature with Mrs.
Roosevelt, Judge Samuel Rose
man and Dr. Waldo Gifford
Ltland speaking and Radio
Commentator W. W. Chaplin
reading excerpts from the let
ters. The feature will be broad
cast here by KMED from
2:30 to 2:45 p. m.
(gMflfo)
Ingrid Planning Return to
Carry On Custody Battle
Hollywood. Mar. 17 U R
Ingrid Bergman will return to
Hollywood to "make the fight of
her life" for custody of her
daughter against charges that
she is "unfit ' to have the child,
her attorney said today.
Determined To Fight
"Ingrid is determined to make
the fight of her life for posses
sion of Pia." Attorney Greg
Bautzer said. "The foremost
thing in her life is the custody
of her child."
Bautzer s disclosure of the
Swedish actress' intentions fol
lowed Dr. Peter Lindstrom'a an
nouncement yesterday that he
intends to file suit for divorce
d demand custody of Pia. the
iruple's 12 year-old daughter.
In Washineton. meanwhile.
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson, ..
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 17,
HOT
Everyone's Irish Today
To Honor Good St. Pat
Everyone's Irish today.
And rare indeed was the one
who didn't manage to get a bit
of Emerald Isle's color in their
clothing. Many had but a bit
of ribbon in the hair, and
some a sprig of greenery on
the lapel. All in honor of the
good St. Patrick.
But little Ireland covered
the earth today. And even one
whose grandparents came from
Smolensk carefully explained
that the hamlet is a small one
in the south of County Cork.
Outstanding, perhaps, was
Paul Hanlin, deputy United
States marshal here, resplen
dent in a green shirt in honor
of his visiting father. John
Hanlin. one of the few. genu
ine, dyed-in-the-wool natives of
the auld sod in town today.
More Margarine
Expected To Be
Eaten This Year
Washington, Mar. 17 (U.R)
Agriculture department officials
predicted today that Americans
will eat less butter and more
margarine this year than last.
They said this trend will be
come apparent even before fed
eral taxes on oleo are lifted July
1, under the bill signed yester
day by President Truman.
Even with the taxes, margar
ine now has a price advantage
over butter. The government's
butter price support program is
holding retail prices of butter at
a level about 2'4 times higher
than margarine prices. Tradi
tionally, butter has retailed for
only about twice as much as
margarine.
A spokesman for the National
Association of Margarine Manu
facturers said the tax repeal
will increase total margarine
sales, "but how much, nobody
knows." He said that when the
10-cents-a-pound federal tax on
colored oleo goes off July 1, the
price of colored margarine will
drop the full 10 cents.
Sales of yellow margarine in
recent months, even with the
tax, have been breaking all. rec
ords. But this has been offset by
a drpp in sales of uncolored mar
garine on which the federal tax
is one-fourth cent a pound.
Snow Failing Today
At Crater Lake Park
It was snowing at Crater Lake
national park this morning and
seven and a half inches of snow
has fallen in the past 24 hours,
making a total depth of 135
inches. Radio reports from the
park say skiing conditions arc
good.
The road from Annie Springs
to the rim of the lake was
closed this morning but was ex
pected to be open by noon. Oth
er roads are open but chains are
required.
Prineville, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R)
The City of Prineville railroad
is going to switch from steam
to diescl locomotion.
Colo.), said he would oppose the
reentry of Miss Bergman or her
lover, Roberto Rossellini, into
this country.
"Since both of these alien
characters are guilty of moral
turpitude," he said, "they can
not set foot on American soil un
der our immigration laws."
Television Planned
Johnson made his stalements
in a letter to Chairman Wayne
Coy of the federal communica
tion to oppose a "disturbing" ru
mor that Miss Bergman and Ros
sellini planned to appear on
U. S. television networks.
"It would appear from this
story that Rossellini is so anx
ious to pick up American dol
lars that he now plans to use
television to exhibit his "fallen
star' in the American home," he
said.
Bridges Called
Fraud And Faker
San Francisco, Mar. 17 (U.R)
Special Prosecutor F. Joseph
Donohuc ended his summary of
the government case in the
Harry Bridges perjury-conspir
acy trial today by describing the
longshore cmef as a iraud ana
a faker . . . who serves the
whims of the Soviet Union."
Winding up a day and one half
of argument. Donohue drew
character sketches of Bridges and
his two co-defendants as the pro
secution wants the jury to sec
them.
Bridges, he said, is "clever,
egotistical, a dangerous man
with a greed, a lust for power
. , . turning to the communist
party for that power ... a fraud
and a faker, whose devotion to
the union is a mask with which
he serves the whims of the
Soviet Union."
Sieaking of Bridges' co-defend-1
ants, J. R. Robertson and Henry
Schmidt, Donohue said:
"Robertson ... the man who
didn't have sense enough to keep
ouict . . . dull and unimagina
tive, but a pretty good man when
you spell out the line for him . . .
a pretty good rabble rouser."
"Schmidt . . . surly . . . cun
ning . . . cold . . . ruthless . . .
a communist party member who
gave Henry Schrumpf (a gov
ernment witness) his party card
. . . a man who had to hide be-
Scientists Develop
Heaviest Known Atom
Berkeley, Cal., Mar. 17 (U.Ri
Scientists have made another
atom in the laboratory, the heav
iest ever known.
It is element 98, named cali
fornium, named for the state and
the university that produced it.
The researchers who reported
the discovery are Drs. Stanley
G. Thompson, Kenneth Street
Jr., Albert Ghiorso and Glenn
T. Seaborg, all of the University
of California's radiation labora
tory and chemistry department.
Element 98 stands six steps up
the periodic table from uranium,
the most massive atom in nature.
All the atoms, from 93 on, are
man-made.
Californium was made by
bombarding clement 96, one of
the "synthetic" atoms, with 35,
000,000 electron-volt alpha par
ticles (the nuclei of helium
atoms) fired from the univer
sity's 60-inch crockcr cyclotron.
Club Will Celebrate
100th Anniversary
93 Years In Advance
Portland. Or., Mar. 17
The Press club of Oregon an
nounced today that it will cele
brate its 100th anniversary 93
years in advance in view of
the serious world situation.
"The way things are going
with the hydrogen bomb, and
so forth, it doesn't look like
there will be anybody around
In 2043." said Homer Welch,
preiident of the Press club.
The Press club of Oregon
was founded In 1943.
"We will celebrate our cen
tennial while there is still
time," Welch added.
He also added that the cen
tennial will be observed on
Saturday night, April 1.
Military Construction
Measure Is Delayed
Washington. Mar. 17 (U.R)
The house armed services com
mittee today delayed for at least
a week final approval of a pro
posed $665,000,000 military con
struction bill.
.With all but a handful of pro
jects already tentatively approv
ed, the committee bogged down
today in controversy over a $3.
000.000 item for construction of
a 31-mile railroad to connect
marine bases at Cherry Point
and Camp Lejeune, N.C
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hind the skirts of his own daugh
ter and testify as to his truth,
honesty and integrity. Maybe his
wife, whom they didn't call,
could have given a truer pic
ture." Defense Takes Over
Defense Attorney Vincent Hal
linan took the floor at the end
of the prosecution argument, to
launch an estimated five days of
defense summation.
Before his final remarks,
Donohue admitted that two key
government witnesses are "pro
fessionals." Crescent City To
Dedicate Public
Dock Tomorrow
The twice postponed dedica
tion of the new citizens' dock at
the port of Crescent City will be
held this week-end, and a large
number of Rogue valley resi
dents will travel to the northern
California city for the event.
Present plans call for the Ash
land Kilty band to play at the
ceremonies, and delegations
from a number of organizations
will drive or fly to the dedica
tion. Months of Work
The dedication ceremonies are
the culmination of many months
work on the part of the citizens
of Crescent City and Del Norte
county. A public dock, for fish
ing and lumber loading, has
long been needed at the seaport,
but public funds were not avail
able. So residents of the area
decided to do the work them
selves. Judges, businessmen,
contractors, engineers, lumber
men, truck drivers, fishermen
and many others ignored their
regular professions and pitched
in to build the dock.
Some 130 fishing boats oper
ate out of the harbor at the pres
ent time, and lumber mills of the
area have found it difficult to
market their products because of
transportation costs.
It was late last September
that a petition was presented to
the Crescent Harbor commission
asking construction of the dock,
and only shortly thereafter that
the idea of a facility constructed
by volunteer work began to
take shape.
Group From Here
A group of city, chamber of
commerce and press representa
tives will make the trip tomor
row by Southwest airlines at the
invitation of the Del Norte Coun
iy Chamber of Commerce. From
Medford these guests will in
clude Mayor Diamond Flynn,
City Councilman Dwight Hough
ton, Chester Hubbard, president
of the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce; Don Lane, secretary-manager
of the chamber;
Glenn Jackson and A. S. Cum
mins, of the California Oregon
Power company; Paul Rynning,
county engineer: Mel Younger,
L. A. McCormick, and Eric Allen
Jr., city editor of The Mail
Tribune.
Ashland guests will Include
Lyndel Newbry. vice-president
of the Ashland Chamber of Com
merce; Bill McGce. chamber
manager,' and City Councilman
Phil Stansbury. representing
Mayor Thomas Williams.
La Grande Quintet To
Oppose Hillsboro In
Consolation Finals
Eugene, Ore., Mar. 17 OJ Pj
La Grande defeated Bend 64 to
58 and Hillsboro swamped Dallas
81 to 27 today In consolation
semi-finals of the 32nd annual
Oregon state class "A" high
school basketball tournament.
La Grande and Hillsboro will
meet tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the
consolation title and fifth place
in the tournament.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night, becoming cloudy with
ruin Satrday. Fresh to itrong
louth winds Saturday morn
ing. Little temperature change.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S3
Lowest thti Morning 41
Prec .to 4:30 A.M. Today ...... .26
Atomic Attack
Survivors Could
Live Normal Lives
Fear Of Radiation
Effects Unnecessary
Washington, Mar. 17 (U.R)
The atomic energy commission
said today that survivors of an
atomic bomb attack can expect
to live a "reasonably normal
life" thereafter without fear of
drastic radiation after-effects.
Dr. Shields Warren, director
of the AEC division of biology
and medicine, said there are two
possible exceptions to this gen
eral rule. He said the survivors
may develop eye cataracts at a
later date and may be more sus
ceptible than before to leukemia.
Warren's statement was made
before the Joint congressional
atomic energy committee. The
legislators arc studying the stale
of the nation's civil defense
against atomic attack.
"With the exception of a cer
tain number of individuals who
will develop cataracts, those sur
viving the acute effects of irra
diation from an atomic explosion
can, on the basis of present
knowledge, expect a reasonably
normal life thereafter," Warren
said.
The commission, appearing be
fore the committee at the first
open session in months, also dis
closed it has developed a new and
cheap geiger counter. It would
help civilians detect dangerous
amounts of radiation after an
A-bomb attack.
Warren based his statements
on studies of the people of Hiro
shima and Nagasaki who suffered
history s first and thus far only
atomic attacks. He said the
cataracts were noted this fall by
Dr. David Cogan, Harvard uni
versity opthalmologist.
"So far there has been no de
tectable increase in the inci
dence of deformities among the
progeny of persons known to
have suffered irradiation at
Nagasaki and Hiroshima," War
ren said.
He added, however, that it is
"possible" there may be "genetic
changes" in the second and third
generations.
t
Madsen Death Trial
Goes To Tribunal
Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 17
(U.R) The murder trial of Mrs.
Yvette Madsen In the shooting
of her air force husband ended
suddenly late today when both
prosecution and defense waived
the right to final arguments.
The three-judge panel which
tried the Brooklyn brunette
without a jury said it will hand
down its verdict at 4:30 p.m.
(8:30 a.m. PST) tomorrow.
Mrs. Madsen, 22, mother of
two small children, wept softly
as the seven-day trial came to
an abrupt end. Prosecution and
defense attorneys announced
that they would make no final
arguments, and were ready to
turn the case over to the
tribunal.
Nine-Year-Old Girl
Thought Polio Victim
A nine-year-old girl, who Is
thought to have poliomyelitis,
was taken to Sacred Heart hos
pital at Eugene this noon by
Conger-Morris ambulance.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer, and the attending
physician said that the girl, a
resident of the Lone Pine dis
trict, had "definite symptoms"
of polio but had no paralysis.
The case first came to the at
tention of the physician yester
day. Dr. Merkel said the girl had
been ill from a cold for about
10 days.
FIREMEN SUMMONED
City firemen were called to
the Francis J. Gibbon home. 517
Hamilton street, late this morn
ing to extinguish i flu fir.
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HEADON COLLISION Four men were killed and two others Injured when these two cars collided headoa
near Dublin, Calif. The accident occurred when the two cars pulled Into the middle lane of the three-Ian
highway. A third car overturned avoiding the crash, but no one was Injured.
Horde of Dormant Grasshoppers
Set to Strike In Lakeview Area
By Richard A. Lltfln
United Press Correspondent
Lakeview, Ore., Mar. 17 (U.R)
A vast horde of dormant grass
hoppers, largest of its kind in
the nation, will threaten destruc
tion to a rich agricultural area
when it resumes its relentless
migration this spring, authori
ties said today.. . .
The grasshopper carpet, with
a population of many millions
spaced about 28 per square yard,
Jury Chosen For
Damage Case In
Death Of Girl
A Jury was chosen early yes
terday afternoon to hear the
daughter. Nina Marcella Tanner,
against Dr. Charles Haines In
Judge H. K. Hanna's circuit
court. Tanner seeks a Judgment
of $10,000 against the Ashland
physician for the death of his
dauchlor. Nina Marcella Tnnner.
said to have occurred when she
was struck by Haines' car Sep-:
tcmber 2B, 1848.
Tanner, represented by Attor
neys Ralph E. Moody of Salem
and O. E. Bcngtson, will attempt
to prove that the death of the
18-ycar-old girl was brought
about by the negligence of Dr.
Haines as he was driving through
the Bellvicw community to
wards Ashland on his way home
from a hunting trip in northern
California.
Claims Negligence
William McAllister, counsel
for the defense, said his client
lakes the position that it was the
negligence of the girl that was
responsible for the tragedy.
The jury yesterday was shown
the scene of the accident on
highway 9!) near the point where
It intersects with Tolman creek
road, 500 yards south of the Ash
land city limits.
Counsel for the plaintiff this
morning were calling witnesses
to bolster their allegations,
claiming that Dr. Haines was
driving at an excessive rate of
speed at the time he struck the
girl. The doctor slates that he
was driving at a reasonable
speed from 50 to 55 miles an
hour.
Pioneer Woman, 93,
Passes At Ashland
Ashland, Ore.', Mar. 1 7 (U.R)
Mrs, Mary Frances Welch, 03.
daughter of a pioneer California
family, died yesterday at a con
valescent home here.
Mrs. Welch crossed the plains
In 18(12 at the age of five with
her family in a 100-pcrson wag
on train. The family was among
the first settlers In Yolo and
Mendocino counties In Califor
nia. The family later moved to
Lakeview. Ore., where her fath
er maintained a stage station
where soldiers changed their
horses during the Modoc Indian
wars.
Mrs. Welch Is survived by a
son, Allen T. Welch of Portland,
Ore.; two brothers, N. F. Pntlnn
and C. A. Patton of Ashland,
and a sister, Mrs. T. L. Powell
of Ashland.
lies astride southeastern Oregon
and northwestern Nevada, with
fringes in the northeast corner
of California.
To Move About May I
Voracious and meticulous, the
hoppers will be on the move
again approximately May 1, de
vouring vegetation with the ef
ficiency of a -new vacuum clean
er sucking up loose dirt..
"We expect severe damage
from the grasshoppers through
out the crop season", said Elgin
Cornctt, county extension agent
in Lakeview.
Cornctt said that it the grass
hoppers come out and continue
to move in a northwesterly di
rection as they did last year,
they could easily post a serious
threat to Warner Valley, where
last year there were 30,000
head of cattle, 20,000 acres of
hay and 15.000 acres of grain.
Center of the horde is a point
35 miles east of Lakeview. The
horde itself is 80 miles long and
40 miles wide. The infested area
covers 1.011,840 acres, includ
ing 276.4B0 in Lake county and
458,880 in Harney county, Ore
gon, and 276,480 in Washoe
To Lay Cornerstone
Of Farm Home Today
The Jackson county court to
day was scheduled to place a
sealed copper box Into a granite
cornerstone at the nearly-completed
county farm home near
Talent. The box contains stale
ments from the two county com
missioners, Hobert Lytle and L.
G. Morthland; a statement from
former Commissioner Arthur
Powell, a copy of the Oregon
Blue Bonk and copies of the
Ashland Tidings,- Central Point
American and Medford Mail
Tribune. No organized ceremony
has been planned.
After numerous delays caused
by bad wciilhcr and strikes in
the steel Industry, work at the
new 52-bcd home Is slill In prog
ress. Plastering is nearly com
pleted and today workmen are
putting up the ceramic tile fac
ing at the entrance of the build
ing. Washington, Mar. 17 U.R1
The senate last night confirmed
the nominations of David McK.
Key as ambassador to Burma
and George A. Garrett as am
bassador to Ireland.
Secret Signal
To Keep Miners From Pits
Canton, 111., Mar. 17 (U.R)
The ousted president of a United
Mine Workers' local charged to
day that John L. Lewis kept
miners on strike during the re
cent coal crisis through a secret
system of signals.
Lloyd 11. Sidencr, 44, charged
that Lewis ducked a contempt of
court citation by publicly order
ing the miners bark to work,
but used a secret signal to keep
them out of the pits.
Sldener, who said he was de
posed as president of Local 7455
because he tried to lead a bark-to-work
movement last month,
has filed an unfair labor practice
charge against the union.
He charsrs that the union as
sessed a $50,000 fine against him,
got him fired from the Buckhcart
county and 148,480 In Humboldt
county, Nevada.
Map Outlines Area
Cornett has received map
from the U. S. bureau of ento
mology, based on surveys taken
last year when the grasshoppers
were moving In a northwesterly
direction six miles a day, strip
ping rangeland of sagebrush and
grass.
The big red palch on the map,
showing the outlines of the in
festation! indicate there may be
a movement this year toward
California. Already there is a
small infestation in Modoc coun
ty, Cal., northeast of Cedarville.
Cornctt and other experts are
uncertain what the locusts will
do to agriculture because these
particular hoppers are believed
to be a new species, named the
Western Range locust. Thus far
they have concentrated in desert
and rangeland.
Funds May Be Too Lata
"If we have a program of con
trol of decent size, we can do
some good," said Cornctt, But
federal entomologists fear that
appropriation of control funds
may come too late to destroy the
hoppers while they are hatching.
A committee headed by Oscar
Klltridgc of Lake county, has
sought control money from the
Oregon slate emergency board.
The board will decide late this
month on an appropriation.
Cornett said a mixture of saw
dust bran and poison, scattered
by machine and hand in the in
fested area about hatching time,
presently is considered the best
control method.
Medford Residence
Damaged By Flames
A bedroom and the roof of
Hie J. W. Miller residence, 1408
South Columbus avenue, were
damaged by fire last night and
the house was also damaged by
water.
Mrs. Miller and forest patrol
men said that the fire apparently
originated from a flue and Mrs.
Miller reported that the blaze be
gan in the bedroom. She stated
she and Miller had been out and
noted smoke when they returned
about 8:30 p.m.
The Millers are residing with
Mrs. Llnnie George. 618 Beatty
street while their home is being
repaired. A forest patrol pump
er was sent to the scene. The
house was insured.
Said Used
coal mine, and threatened to as
sess him $25 a day more than
a day's wage for every day he
works In any mine under con
tract with the UMW.
Sldener said the secret signal
was "The whistle blew one."
He said it was passed down
through the union's "chain of
command" by telephone after
Lewis had sent a telegram to
district and local officers order
ing the strike ended "forthwith."
As a result of the telegram, the
union was cleared of contempt '
charges last month by Federal
Judge Richmond Kcech at Wash
ington. Kcech had issued an in
junction ordering an end to the
strike, and ruled that the gov
ernment (ailed to prove that tha
union was In contempt.