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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1952
No. 1
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MacArthur Asks
For New Leaders
Of Moral Courage
General Speaks to
Mississippi Solons
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' Jackson, Miss. (U.R) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur said Satur
day that "America now stands
at a crossroads' where only
new and strong leadership can
restore the country to a domi
nant position in world affairs.
Portland CU.R) F. E.
Eptoo, campaign leader for
Gen. Douglas MaeArthur's
forces in Oregon, said Sat
urday he was "tickled pink"
ever the general's statement
tin New York thai he would
be subject to draft at the Re
publican national convention.
Epton said his Oregon-for-MacArthur
committee would
consider the statement "a sig
nal to put on the campaign
fuel."
"Down one lies a return to
those immutable principles and
ideals upon which rested our
country's past grandeur," he
said. "Down. the other lies the
arbitrary rule of men leading to
the ultimate loss of constitu
tional liberty."
Speaks to Legislature
' Speaking before a joint ses
sion of the Mississippi legisla
ture, MacArthur attacked the
administration's domestic and
foreign policies. He called for
the emergence of men with
"vision and moral courage" to
restore political morality and
integrity to the government.
MacArthur blamed "irrespon
sibility in leadership" for mov
ing the country "toward a Com
munist state with as dreadful
certainty as though the leaders
of the Kremlin themselves were
charting our course."
1 He said that American fiscal
policy "implements the blue
prints of Marx and Lenin with
unerring accuracy and gives
stark warning that, unless the
American people stem the pres
ent threatening tide, human
liberty will inevitably perish
from our land." , ,
He said administration policy
on pursuit of the Korean War
in preventing use of "our faith
ful ally garrisoned on Formosa"
enforced upon the Korean peo
ple the "dreadful tragedy in
volved in the exclusive use of
their soil as the sole battle
ground."
Student Reporter
Starts Tomorrow
Gunther Barth, of Dusseldorf,
Germany, who is spending a
year in advanced study at the
University of Oregon, will be a
staff member of The Mail
Tribune this week. He is to ar
rive today.
The visitor, a sub-editor on the
Rheinische Post,, a newspaper of
some 250,000 circulation, will
spend the week here to gain
further experience in American
newspaper work, and to become
more familiar with American
people and customs,.
He has been invited to partici
pate in a wide variety of civic
activities during his stay with
. The Mail Tribune, and will be
the author of several newspaper
articles comparing Germany and
America in different aspects.
His week with the newspaper
is sponsored jointly by The Mail
Tribune and the school of jour
nalism of the University of Ore
gon. Nine other foreign journal
ists are making similar visits to
other Oregon newspapers during
the week.
Forecast Tentatively
Slated for Thursday
Roy Rogers, federal meteor
ologist in charge of the annual
frost warnings for Rogue River
valley fruit crops, tentatively
has scheduled his first forecast
broadcast for Thursday, March
27, the county agent's office said
Saturday.
Whether orchard heating is
required on any one night is de
termined by two factors, it was
explained by County Horticul
tural Agent C. B. Cordy tem
perature, and the condition of
the tender young buds of the
fruit trees.
As the buds mature, they are
less able to withstand cold, he
said. At the present time they
would be in no danger unless
the temperature were to get
down as low as 15 degrees above
zero.
GOVERNOR Gov Douglas
McKay, above, will be the speak
er at a dinner meeting Monday
sponsored by the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce. One
of a series of forum" meetings,
the dinner will be open to mem
bers of the chamber, their wives
and guests. Governor McKay's
topic will be "Oregon, Today
and Tomorrow" Dinner will be
served at 7:15 p. m., after a
6:30 p. m. social hour.
Central Point
Mill Operators
Ask Court Order
A complaint requesting a tem
porary court order to restrain
picketing and other practices on
the part of two unions was filed
in circuit court here Friday
by the Southern Oregon Planing
Mill company of Central Point.
The company's employees
have been on strike for about
a month in a dispute involving
the. union seniority status of a
former foreman at the plant.
Hearing Time Set
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
ordered the defendants to ap
pear at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday,
March 25, to show cause why
such an injunction should not
be imposed.
Defendants named in the suit
were Local 3030, Lumber and
Sawmill Workers Union, AFL;
the United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America;
Ralph M. Davis, A. E. Jungans,
William E. Kuhlwein and Gene
Tedrick, president recorder, sec
retary and business agent re
spectively of the lumber work
ers union, and Harold McKenzie,
Joe Kulas and S. D. Nelson,
representatives of the carpenters
brotherhood.
The complaint specifically re
quested the court to enjoin the
defendents from:
Prohibitions Asked -
Publishing and declaring that
the plaintiff is unfair to the
defendants unions, from claim
ing that there is a strike at the
plaintiff's mill, from picketing
the plaintiff's premises or roads
and ways leading to the mill,
from obstructing the entrances
and exits to the mill, from per
suading and coercing any of
the plaintiff's employees or for
mer employees from working
for the plaintiff or from return
ing to work, from threatening,
intimidating or placing fear in
employees and from telephoning
the plaintiffs employees, their
wives or members of their fam
ilies and threatening, intimidat
ing or insulting them.
Seattle (U.R) Congressman
Hugh B. Mitchell of Seattle Sat
urday announced lie would seek
the Democratic nomination for
governor -of Washington. .
Spring Storm Dumps Snow
Across Northern Plains
Omaha. Neb. (U.R) The
worst blizzard of the season
swept across the northern plains
Saturday, dumping up to 15
inches of snow-along its path
through six states.
The vicious spring storm, borne
on winds up to 55 miles per
hour, blocked roads and high
ways anew with deep drifts, cut
transportation to a crawl and in
some sections forced snowplows
to give up the battle.
The blizzard,, spawned from
the storm that hit western and
mountain states earlier this week
swept from Kansas through Ne
braska, Iowa, the Dakotas and
Minnesota all the way into Wis
onsin. Farmers feared heavy - live
stock losses. Blocked roads pre
vented them from getting feed to
stranded animals.
State-by-state reports showed
these conditions:
Kansas A 15-inch snowfall
hit Atwood in western Kansas,
and nine inches fell during the
night at other points.
Rail Unions Ask
Industry Income
To Be Impounded
Want Rail Seizure
Declared Illegal
Washington .(U.R) Three
rail unions which pulled a
quickie strike in the midwest
last week asked federal court in
Cleveland Saturday to impound
the industry's $1,660,000,000
profits since August, 1950, as
well as its future income.
The unions also asked the
court to declare that President
Truman's seizure of the rail
roads illegal and in violation ot
the constitutional guarantee
against involuntary servitude.
Mr. Truman seized the na
tion's class one carriers on Aug.
25, 1950, to avert a country
wide strike threatened by the
trainmen s and conductors' un
ions. He invoked an act of 1916
which provides for seizure of
transportation facilities "in time
of war. '
Legal Move Unprecedented
The unprecedented legal move
by the Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Engi
neers and the Order of Railway
Conductors came as their nego
tiations here with the railroads
on wage hikes and rules changes
bogged down again.
The three unions have been
ordered to appear in court in
Cleveland next Friday to show
cause why a temporary restrain
ing order against the three-day
strike should not be made a
permanent injunction.
The move Saturday, in the
form of a counter-claim to the
government's request for a per
manent no-strike order, was the
first time a rail union has indi
cated willingness to challenge
the 1916 act all the way to the
supreme court. :
A spokesman said the move
was designed to keep 4he legal
side of the bitter three-year-old
contract battle alive after the
wage-rules dispute ends.
UN Team Rejects
Red Entry Maps
Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) The
UN rejected at truce talks to
day four or five Communist
maps giving details or ports of
entry to be used when an arm
istice is signed.' .
In another tent at Panmun-
jom, allied delegates told the
Reds they were willing to go
into 'confidential session on
the issue of prisoner exchange
In a 16-minute meeting on
item three-armistice supervision
Col. Don O. Darrow told the
Reds only the map of Slnanju
was acceptable to the UN. The
other four, Darrow said, were
out of date and had discrepan
cies. In the item four tent, dealing
with 'prisoner exchange. Col.
George W. Hickman said the
Allies were willing to consider
confidential discussions on ques
tions of prisoner repatriation. It
was understood the allies were
willing to discuss a news black
out of the talks in order to
speed up negotiations.
Darrow said the UN gave the
Reds "our version of what we
thought port limitations should
be and they promised to give us
their opinion tomorrow.
Nebraska Much of the cen
tral and eastern portions of the
state were isolated. Planes were
grounded, buses halted, trains
delayed and automobile traffic
was all but impossible in many
sections.
Iowa Six foot drifts halted
all bus. runs north and west of
. DesMoines. Greyhound cancelled
all bus runs to Omaha and to
Fort Dodge, la., United Air Lines
and Mid-Continent cancelled all
flights in the storm area.
Governor Marooned
South Dakota Motorists were
warned off the highways. Gov.
Sigurd Anderson was marooned
at Sioux Falls at a meeting of
the South Dakota Press associa
tion. : North Dakota nig h w a y
crews trying to clear roads
choked with snow from previous
storms suffered a new setback
as winds drifted them closed.
Minnesota The southern por
tion of the state was blanketed
with three to six inches of new
snow.
Government Ready
To Give Increases
To Steel Industry
New Formula Subject
To Truman's Approval
Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment is prepared to grant the
steel industry flexible price in
creases designed to avert a na
tionwide steel strike set for
April 8, it was learned Saturday
night.
Authoritative sources said the
plan now is to change the stabili
zation rules to permit each steel
company to get whatever price
boost it needs to meet the pay
raises recommended by the wage
stabilization board and - accept
ed by Philip Murray's 650,000
United Steel workers.
The new formula is still sub
ject to President Truman's ap
proval. Defense Mobilizer
Charles E. Wilson is expected to
fly to Key West, Fla., in the
next few days to submit it per
sonally to the president.
Were To Negotiate Monday
The steel industry and union
were ready to begin negotiations
Monday as requested by wage
stabiliation board Chairman Na
than P. Feinsinger, who asked
that the talks begin "not later
than three days" after the recom
mendations were received by the
parties.
U. S. Steel and Jones and
Laughlin planned to meet the
union in Pittsburgh, Bethlehem
in New York and Inland Steel
in Chicago.
Wilson is known to feel that
steel prices and wages should
be held right where they are,
because increases in so basic an
industry would have explosive
effects throughout the national
economy.
Only Way to Avert Strike
But top officials believe there
is not way of averting a disas
trous steel strike except to rec
ognize that wages cannot be per
mitted to rise without a corre
sponding increase in prices.
They contend that the steel
pay raises recommended by the
wage stabilization board 17V
cents an hour spread over 18
months in - three installments
plus more than 5 cents and 3.5
cents later in "fringe" benefits
violate the spirit if not the
letter of the stabilization regu
lations. If the pay raises are granted,
these . officials say, the steel
companies also should be given
compensating price increases
The steelmakers have warned
they w;ll not pay the wage in
creases unless- they get higher
prices, even .at the risk of a
strike.
1,200 Reds Reported
Killed During Week
Tokyo, Sunday iU.PJ Nearly
1,200 Communists were killed
by UN forces in Korean fighting
during the week ended Friday,
the Eighth Army announced to
day, i
In an "evaluated casualty
list." the report said 1,192 Reds
had been killed. 948 wounded
in action, and 53 taken prison
ers of war. The total "evalu
ated" list of 2,193 compared
with the previous week's estim
ates of 2,023.
. North of Chorwon Saturday a
UN patrol fought a reinforced
Red company for 20 minutes,
then withdrew in favor of a
counterpunch by Allied artil
lery.
The Far East Air Forces an
nounced that American F-8C
Sabre jet. pilots had shot dowo
or damaged 33 Red Mig-15 jets
without combat loss in a week of
blazing action over "Mig Alley"
in northwest Korea.
Dowson Lawyer Asks
Investigation Time
Attorneys for Harry G. Dow
son, 47 South Berkeley way,
named defendant in an assault
and battery case, Friday request
ed time for investigation, and
April 21 was set as date for Dow
son to enter a plea in district
court.
Bond has been posted, the dis
trict attorney's office reported.
The complaint was filed by
Aubrey Y. Cripps, Box 759, Cen
tral Point. It states that the al
leged offense was committed on
March 14 at the Corner club
in Central Point. -
Dulles Ends Relations
With Administration
New York (U.R) John Foster
Dulles, Republican adviser on
foreign policy and architect of
the Japanese peace treaty, sev
ered his connections with the
Democratic administration last
Thursday, when the Senate rati
fied the pact, an unimpeachable
ource said Saturday. : -
11 J'ead i 'MidsoutK
"ON HIS OWN" White House spokesmen said Saturday that
Frank McKinney, national Democratic chairman, standing at left
above, was "entirely on his own" in discussing what President
Truman might do in 1952. McKinney is shown telling reporters
the president would not seek reelection in event of a Korean peace
settlement
Ike Believed Ready
To Start Campaign
Paris (U.R) Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower sought advice
Saturday on what restrictions
might hobble his activities if he
makes his expected return to the
United States in mid-May to
campaign for the Republican
presidential nomination.
Observers here believe he will
ask his American superior for
relief from his Atlantic Pact
command very shortly possibly
within the next twotweeks.
Could Be Home in May
This would .enable Eisenhower
to head home to the political
battlefront between the target
dates of May, 15 and June 1
which have been recommended
by his su porters at home.
It was pointed out, however,
that Eisenhower, in his U. S.
campaigning, would still tech
nically be subject to Army regu
lations which forbid any soldier
from taking an active part in
politics while on active duty.
Five-star generals like Eisen
hower are always technically
"on active duty."
But Eisenhower's supporters
have advised him that they feel
he is quite free, as a soldier, to
discuss "America" and could
even hit hard in his speeches at
such topics as the Korean war
and the Communist threat in
Asia "as reflected on his com
mand over here."
The big question was whether
President Truman and the U. S.
Defense department would go
along with this interpretation of
Eisenhower's supporters or
would slap crippling restrictions
on the general's campaigning.
Restrictions Doubted
(In Washington, sources said a
decision on what restrictions, if
any, would be invoked in event
of campaigns by Eisenhower or
Gen. Douglas MacArthur has
Eisenhower Aide Asks
Foreign Aid Backing
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Alfred M. Gruenther, chief of
staff to Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower, returned Saturday to re
port the defense tide "is flowing
our way" and to urge Congress
to back the administration's
$7,900,000,000 foreign aid pro
gram.
Meanwhile. Sen. John J.
Sparkman (D-Ala.), predicted
Congress will slice $1 billion off
the program but he stressed
that was only his estimate of
Congressional sentiment, not
necessarily his personal stand.
Sparkman, a member of the
Foreign Relations committee,
said he will make up his mind
on the proper size of the pro
gram after hearing all the evi
dence.
Gruenther will give, his and
his chief's view to the Senate
Foreign Relations, committee on
Monday as to why the United
States should continue the heavy
flow of military and economic
aid to the free world.
Key West, Fla. (U.R) The
White House said Saturday that
President Truman will end his
late winter vacation and return
to Washington next Thursday,
March 27. He has been here
since March. 7.. ... ;..
i never been reached if in fact it
has even come under consider
ation.
Defense . department sources
said it was extremely unlikely
that regulations forbidding any
officer on active duty from
making political speeches would
ever be slapped against Eisen
hower or MacArthur.)
44 Persons Dead
In German Crash;
Americans Listed
Frankfurt, Germany (U.R)
A four engined KLM Royal
Dutch airliner crashed and burn
ed in a pine forest on the out
skirts of Frankfurt Saturday,
killing 44 persons, including
three Americans.
Four persons were rescued,
but one later died of injuries
suffered in the crash.
The American dead were iden
tified as:
John Bickford, 27. a profes
sional airline pilot who boarded
the plane in Rome. There was no
address listed for him.
Lt. Col. Edward Angel, Wies
baden, German. Angel's wife's
parents were listed as Mr. and
Mrs E. F. How of Tyrlingham,
Mass.
H. A. Bennik, an American
citizen who was born in Rekken,
Holland, and who spent 17 years
as a poultry farmer in the Unit
ed States. His wife and daughter
live in Apeldorn, Holland.
In Rome, Bickford was iden
tified as an American citizen
by the hotel where he was stay
ing. His profession was 'given
as an airplane pilot. His Amer
ican passport said he was born
Feb. 1925, in Portsmouth, Eng
land. KLM officials in Rome iden
tified Angel as an American
Army colonel stationed in Wies
baden, Germany.
Planes From Three States
Start "Operation Haylift
Elko, Nev. (U.R) Navy ' and
Air Force . planes from three
states converged on Elko Satur
day to participate in an "opera
tion haylift" dropping hay and
feed bundles to 600,000 starving
cattle and sheep on snowbound
northeast Nevada rangelands.
Huge transports from Cali
fornia, Washington and Colorado
were rushed here to take feed
to the animals caught in snow
drifts piled up by a series or
winter blizzards.
The . planes took' off from
here in the early afternoon
under clear skies and air force
officials said weather conditions
were "perfect" for -the opera
tion. C47s Lead "Lift
Hamilton Air Force base,
Calif., dispatched two C-47s to
lead the - airlift Four Navy
R5Ds (C-54s) were sent in from
Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, Calif ,
and the 4th Air Rescue Squad
ron ordered one C-82 transport
from Lowry Field, Denver, ana
another C-82 from McChord Air
Arkansas Reports High
List of Storm Fatalities
Little Rock, Ark. !U.R) Killer tornadoes slashed paths of
destruction, across Alabama late Saturday to take four lives and
hike the death toll from storms in the midsouth to at least 201.
President Truman ordered an immediate survey by federal
officials of relief possibilities in the stricken areas.
Funnels of countless twisters left death, destruction and misery
in their debris-littered trails as they marched grimly across
Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky.
Tornadoes accounted for 191 lives in at least 33 towns, while
a flood on the Kentucky-Tennessee border killed 10 others.
It
Mystery Man"
May Be Cited
For Contempt
Washington U.R) Tax scan
dal investigators will ask the
house next week to vote a con
tempt of congress cit-ation
against "mystery man" Henry
W. Grunewald, it was learned
Saturday.
A House ways and means sub
committee will seek the citation
while continuing its investiga
tion of G.'unewald's complicated
activities, pinpointing an alleged
effort to get favorable settlement
of a $5,000,000 tax case in which
Senate Republican Leader Styles
Bridges of New Hampshire also
was supposed to have been inter
ested. Bridges' office said he had no
plans, at present, to testify. '
Adrian DeWind, counsel for
the subcommittee, said the Grun
ewald citation will be ready for
House action by Wednesday or
Thursday.
Won't Discuss Shakedown Ring
It results from Grunewald's
refusal, in two appearances be
fore the subcommittee, to 6ay
whether he knew anything about
an alleged $500,000 tax shake
down ring operating in the cap
ital or to tell anything about his
own activities. - ..
Another corruption investigat
ing group, the House judiciary
subcommittee headed by Rep.
Frank Chelf (D-Ky.), will hear
Attorney General J. Howard
McGrath as a witness on Wednes
day. The questioning of McGrath is
expected to deal only with jus
tice department "administrative
procedures." The subcommittee
wants to study the income tax
returns of McGrath, outsed As
sistant Attorney General T. La
mar Caudle and 18 others, but
has received no reply from the
White House to its request that
the returns be made available.'
House Turns Down
NW Power Infertie
Washington (U.R) A House
appropriations committee for the
third year has thrown out a re
quest for funds for an intertie
between the Bonneville trans
mission system and the Central
Valley system in California.
A request for $1,173,000 for e
line between Baker and La
Grande to connect with the
Idaho Power company system
was also . denied. Bonneville's
share of the rejected tieup with
California was $90,000.
The full $368,000 asked for
the Klamath project in southein
Oregon and northern California
was also approved but a $700,
G00 item for construction of ac
cess roads in Oregon and Cali
fornia grant lands was turned
down."
Force Base. Wash., to help.
The Air Force said the planes
would work until dusk running
bay and feed from here to the
starving animals and then would
return to their respective bases
Saturday night.
Planes Standing By
In addition, six C-54s were
standing by at Great Falls, Mont.
Air Force base and "several'
four-engine transports were
waiting at McChord before
starting out with hay from Cali
fornia to Nevada.- .
Tons of hay were piled up on
the runways of Elko airport
when the first planes arrived.
Air Force officials said planes
also were being sent from Hiii
Air Force base at Ogden, Utah,
McClelland Air Force base at
Sacramento, Calif., and possibly
from McChord Air Force base
in Washington.
The plan called for the planes
to drop hayloads to the stranded
livestock throughout the day un
til Sunday and to resume the
work tomorrow if necessary. -
Hundreds were homeless.
101 Dead in Arkansas
A 4:30 p.m. (PST) recount by
states in the disaster belt showed
101 tornado dead in Arkansas,
58 in Tennessee, 13 in Mississip
pi, 15 in Missouri and four in
Alabama.
From the winter White House
at Key West, Fla., President
Truman asked Raymond M.
Foley, adminstrator of the
Housing and Home Finance
agency, to investigate and report
immediately whether the emer
gency disaster act "is applicable
in the present situation."
The chief executive also di
rected Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan to investi
gate the extent of relief needed
in rural areas.
' The wanton winds raged on
into the area of Hartselle, Ala.,
100 miles north of Birmingham
and bludgeoned three small com
munities. Mr. and Mrs. Eugie
Wilson, a Miss Brown, and an
unidentified Negro were killed.
Guided Missile Center Hit
A short time later, another
tornado whipped the area of the
super secret Redstone Arsenal,
guided missile center near
Huntsville 50 miles northeast of
Hartselle. It skipped along a line
of ammunition dumps but did
only minor damage.
Officials said the twister hit
"Line Six," an assembly line for
ammunition, ripping off roofs of
buildings, uprooting machinery
sunken in. concrete and over-
A frame house near the rocket
reservation was demolished, but
no injuries were reported.
Still another Alabama tornado
struck Jemison in the central
part of the state and sent resi
dents scurrying into storm cel
lars they built after the great
1932 cyclone killed 268 in that
area.
Air Force Predicted Storm!
Tinker Air Force base In
Oklahoma which has developed
a tornado forecasting system -announced
that it had predicted
the north Alabama storms in
confidential bulletins to military
installations.
The U. S. Weather bureau at
Atlanta issued a special forecast
saying "there is a possibility"
of other tornados developing
late Saturday in eastern Ala
bama, Georgia and western
South Carolina.
Taft Urged To Stay
In New Jersey Race
Washington (U.R) sen. n.
Alexander Smith (R., N. J.),
urged Sen. Robert A. Taft Sat
urday to stay in the New Jersey
presidential primary and help
"unite" the Republican party
for its battle with the Democrats
in November.
Smith sent a telegram beg-,
ging Taft to reconsider his de
cision to withdraw from a New
Jersey primary contest ' with
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Taft announced Thursday he
was pulling out because Gov.
Alfred E. Driscoll had "broken"
a pledge of neutrality and
joined the Eisenhower camp.
The Ohio senator accused Dris
coll of "political trickery." Dris
coll denied it and said the Taft
campaign has collapsed.
SPORTS BULLETINS
Eugene OJ.R) Lincoln of
Portland won the Oregon
class "A" high school basket
ball tournament here Satur
day night by defeating Can
tral Catholic of Portland. 68
lo 44. "Swede" Halbrook.
towering Lincoln ace, scored
51 points to run his season's
total to 1,035. John Foster col
lected IS for the losers.
An all-time tournament at
tendance record of 61,882 was
set; -
Named to the state all-star
team were Foster, Halbrook,
Bob Altenhofen. Central Cath
olic, who gained the honor for
the third time; Jerry Ross,
Cleveland, and Morris Buck
waiter, La Grande.
r Corvallis (U.R) Santa
Clara scored an astound
ing 56-53 npset victory ever
top-rated' Wyoming tonight in
the finals of the western re
gional NCAA basketball play
offs bar. - - r- - -