Sen. Ctefauver Pledges
FEPC Support in Late
Political Happenings
By UNITED PRESS "I
Latest developments in the
presidential race:
DEMOCRATS .
KefauTr Sen. Estes Kefau
ver said he "believes in fair em
ployment practices" and would
"whole-heartedly" support FEPC
if it is in the Democratic plat
form, but that it is not the "best
approach to a different problem
which varies from state to state."
Stevenson Gov. Adlai . E.
Stevenson of Illinois said that
"while I appreciate deeply the
talk of a write-in campaign on
my behalf" in his state's Tues
day primary, "the fact remains
that I am a candidate for gover
nor and cannot therefore ap
prove a campaign to write in my
name for president."
Harriman Mutual Security
Administrator W, Averell Harri
man, mentioned as a possible
favorite son candidate from New
York, said he isn't seeking the
nomination, but "it would be an
honor for any citizen."
REPUBLICANS
Taft Sen. Robert A. Taft of
Ohio said he is the "sole Repub
lican candidate who is criticiz
ing" the Truman administration
and that "any Democrat elected
would be hampered by its past
record."
Eisenhower Sen. Henry Ca
bot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts
said his talks with Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower in Paris had fea
tured a discussion of pre-conven-tion
strategy, and he would meet
with the general again Monday
Stassen Harold E. Stassen
said he is "not throwing my
strength behind General Eisen
hower. A vote for Stassen is a
vote for Stassen."
Sam Taylor Takes Office
As President of SOCTFA
Sam Taylor, Route 2, Med
ford, Friday was installed as
president of the Southern Ore
gon Conservation and Tree Farm
association for the coming year.
Taylor, who represents Elk Lum
ber company, succeeds Richard
Reynen, Ashland, in the posi
tion. Other new officers of the or
ganization include B. L. Nutting,
Medford, vice - president; Tom
Mehl Jr., Glendale, vice-president;
Mel McGrew, who was
renamed treasurer; and Ed
Pease, Bill Lingaas, Jack Crump,
Bill Hunter and Reynen, mem
bers of the board of directors.
Lewis L. Simpson, Medford, is
secretary-manager of the associ
ation. Highlighting the regular meet
ing was a discussion of methods
of obtaining funds for forest fire
protection in Oregon. Members
and guests outlined such meth
ods as expanding local facilities
through increased cooperation in
all. sections of the state, in
creased state protection to be
paid for through an increased
severance tax and other similar
plans.
Simpson explained to mem
bers of the association that pur
pose of the discussion was not
to reach an immediate conclusion
on the problem but to gather
ideas on the matter before the
next meeting of the state legis
lature. He pointed out that Gov,
Douglas McKay, in a recent talk
before the Keep Oregon Green
state committee, stated that 50
per cent of the state's income is
derived from the lumber indus
try.
Simpson stated that, with this
in mind, the lumber industry
must obtain the rights it de
serves from the state. He warned
however, against abusing these
rights and taking advantage of
lumber s dominant position in
the state.
The round table discussion on
the fire protection and taxation
questions was conducted by Nut-
Xing.
In other business, Claude Da
vis, president of the Southern
Oregon Truckers league and dis
trict governor of Oregon Trans
port Truck Operators, explained
the backgrounds and purposes
of OTTO and urged local lum
bermen to support the organization.
Simpson told members that the
state legislature's interim high
way committee will be in Med
ford May 3. He urged SOCTFA
members to be present at the
committee s hearing in an effort
to find solutions to defects in
highway legislation passed dur
ing the last session.
Stale Auditors
Conduct Hearing
On School Funds
Kennewick U.R Twelve
persons were under subpoena
Saturday to appear at state
auditor's hearing into the finan
cial operations of the Kennewick
school district next Tuesday.
The Benton county sheriffs
office also was expected to serve
four more subpoenas before the
hearing opens. A. E. Hankins of
the auditor's office will preside
over the three-day hearing and
Assistant Attorney General Lyle
Iverson will question witnesses.
Subpoenaed were Harvey Pat
Owens, former school board
member, and Mrs. Owenr. H. A.
Clute, former Kennewick lum
ber company operator; Mrs. Vina
Hudson, present school board
member, and her husband. Ken
E. Hudson, Phil Heffelfinger.
present school board member.
Samuel Lamanna. school board
clerk and business manager of
the school district. Also sub
poenaed were S. Black, school
superintendent; Dorothy Chel
lis, Black's secretary; Charles B.
Thout. high school instructor; H.
R. Joslin, lumber company oper
ator, and Mrs. Fred Brodbeck.
manager of the high school
cafeteria.
DoGtello Gonvieted
On Contempt Charge
New York U Gambling
kingpin Frank Costello. elleged
co-leader of a New York-Miami
crime axis, was found guilty Fri
day night of contempt of the
United Stales Senate.
The gravel-voiced Costello, re
putedly the greatest wielder of
underworld power since the gov
ernment smashed the empire of
the Sate Al Capooe. faced a maxi
mum sentence of 10 years in
prison and a $10,000 fine.
It would be only the second
prison term for Costello since be
had his first brush with the law
44 years ago at the age of 17. At
that time, an assault and robbery
agaiftst him was dismissed. But
sevtfc years later, in 1913, he
served 10 months in prison for
carrying a concealed weapon.
Costello, natty in a blue suit,
showed no sign of emotion when
a Federal Court Jury held that
he was guilty on all 10 counts
of an indictment charging him
with contempt of Sen. Estes Ke
fauver's crime committee during
its hearings here last year.
Specifically, he was accused of
refusing to answer questions as
to his net worth, his overall in
debtedness and his acquaintance
with New York politicians, in
cluding William O'Dwyer. form
er mayor and now U. S. ambas
sador to Mexico. .
The Jury deliberated six hours.
Kenneth M. S pence, attorney
for the 91-year-old underworld
figure, immediately filed a mo
tion for a mistrial and Judge
Sylvester Ryan set 10 am. Tues
day for a bearing. He continued
CosteUo'i 13.000 baiL
Sanity. April t, 1SSS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Used Car Dealers
To Deduct Additional
2 Per Cent From Prices
Portland (U.R) Used car
dealers must deduct an addi
tional two per cent from list
prices for the quarter which be
gan April 1, Earl Gregg, chief of
the OPS industrial materials sec
tion of the Portland district
price office said Friday.
Dealers last quarter were re
quired to deduct two per cent
from list prices, Gregg said. .
Ashland Vandals Fined $150 by Judge
Ashland The two young
vandals who admitted smashing
113 windows in Ashland's senior
and junior high schools were
each fined $150 and costs, and
given suspended 60-day jail sen
tences in justice court Friday.
The two, Roy D. Wiltse. 18,
and John D. Austin, 19, had ad
mitted the vandalism, and said
that it was done on impulse. The
youths' parents indicated they
will stand the cost of repairs,
estimated at between $700 and
$800.
I SEE
ALDON
Montana Town Residents
Battle Threat of Flood
(Editors' note: United Press
Correspondent Varn Mcla
ryre. a resident of Chinook,
gives a first hand account of
conditions within the ma
rooned northern Montana
city in the flood-ravaged Milk
River valley in the following
dispatch.)
By VERN McINTYRE
United Press Correspondent
Chinook. Mont U.R The
crescent - shaped, six -foot -high'
sandbag bulwark here has been i
given a name "The Walls of I
program.
The honor goes to Mayor
Charles Ivey, who has person
ally led the city's populace in the
fight to stem the flow of the ice
filled Milk river through this
town.
Mayor Hoists Sandbag
The well-liked, six-foot phar
macist has had little sleep this
week, but has not lost a bit of
his good-naturedness. A few min
utes ago. I saw him smiling and
working alongside a 10-year-old
girl. She was helping fill a sand
bag which he then hoisted onto
the dike.
This morning, he turned in at
2 a. m. but was up again at 7
a. m. leading flood-fighting
crews that numbered more than
1.000 at times. Everyone here in
good health has put in time reim
forcing -the walls of Ivey".
Man Has Heart Attack
But one man, John H. Steph
ens, was told to go to bed after
he suffered a heart attack. He
refused and went back to the
dike to direct his crew. He is
the chairman of the board of
county commissioners.
Mrs. Herman Waiseth, an ex
pectant mother, was rushed to
Havre over six miles of flooded
highway in a station wagon
hauled by an Army six-by-six
truck.
I sat in the station wagon
with her. I tried to comfort ber
as water splashed into-our ve
hicle but she was in too much
pain. She was taken to Dea
coness hospital.
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