Morris Ready To
Back Up Charges
Of Regime 'Fear'
1 Accepts Invitation
To Give Testimony
Washington (U.PJ Newbold
Morris said Wednesday he is
ready to back up his charges that
the Truman administration is
afraid of a "real" corruption In
vestigation. He "willingly" accepted an in
vitation to testify Thursday be
fore a House Judiciary subcom
mittee which is investigating his
angry backstage feud with for
mer Attorney General J. How
ard McGrath. McGrath fired
Morris as government cleanup
chief last Thursday, and was in
turn fired by President Truman.
May Call McGrath
The subcommittee may call
McGrath to the witness stand
later. Chairman Frank L. Chelf,
D-Ky., said subcommittee inves
tigators are now in McGrath's
home state of Rhode Island,
checking on his affairs.
Morris indicated he might
give a preview of his congres
sional testimony in his speech
before a National Press club
luncheon Wednesday.
Wouldn't Need Suppoena
He said he did not prepare a
formal address for the Press club
function because "I wouldn't
want to appear before the na
tion's best newspapermen and
. hand them a press release."
Chelf said Morris would be
subpoenaed if he declined the
subcommittee's "invitation" to
testify.
"They won't need a subpoena
for me," Morris snorted. "I'm a
citizen of the United States and
1 try to help people out."
2 Guard Companies
Undergo Federal
Inspection Here
The annual federal inspection
of National Guard units was in
its second day here today as 6th
Army officers and representa
tives of the state adjutant gen
eral's office in Salem inspected
Headquarters company, 1st bat
talion, 180th infantry, Oregon
National Guard.
The inspection team yesterday
looked over records and person
nel of Company A, Medford's
other National Guard unit.
Members of the team include
Col. Robert C. Harris, senior
Army instructor, Portland; Maj.
Louis F. deLesdernier, assistant
inspector general, 6th Army,
Presidio, San Francisco and Sgt.
John E. Benning, IG section, 6th
Army.
Others Aid
Also aiding the inspection
team are Maj. Olaf I. Carlson,
Army advisor, 1st battalion,
186th infantry; Capt. George
Bennett, Ashland, commanding
officer of Company A; Lt Ken
neth Black, Camp White, com
manding officer of Headquarters
company; Sgt. Alex J. Austin,
National Guard administrative
assistant here, and Master. Sgt.
Henry H. Lind, Army instructor,
1st battalion, 186th infantry.
Items inspected by the team
include records, administration,
regulations, security, funds, phy
sical facilities and training. In
spections are conducted annually
before National Guard units
leave for Ft. Lewis, Wash., for
two weeks of summer training.
The Medford units will leave
for Ft. Lewis June 9.
The inspection here had been
scheduled for an earlier date but
was delayed by the fire which
destroyed a large portion of the
armory last fall.
Prospective Blood
Donors Sought Here
Prospective donors may now
make appointments to give blood
.during the next visit of the
American Red Cross collection
unit in Medford, according to
Mrs. Leston Huntley of the coun
ty Red Cross blood collection
program.
The unit will be at the Elks
temple from 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday,
April 15, and 10 a.m. to 2 pan.,
Wednesday, April 16.
' Appointments -may be made
by telephoning 3-3813 between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Draff Board Inducts
Six County Residents
Six young Jackson county
men have been sent to the in
duction station fh Portland to
enter the armed forces through
the selective service system, it
was reported today by Jackson
county draft board No. 17, Med
ford. They are Donald Campbell
Browne and Donald Lee Harper,
Medford; Alfred Coffman and
Tad V. Gandee, Ashland; Odell
William Sallee, Gold Hill, and
Chan Albert Stokes Jr., Lake
Creek.
Oregon City (U.PJ John Cal
vin Reagen 59, burned to death
Tuesday night. in a fire which
destroyed his two-room shack 14
miles east of here, Coroner Ray
Rilance reported.
f fl'
Marshal Stalin in Mcsccw, In
- - . AwaiAAi
nan (above) says time has ar
rived for peace meeting of world
Statesmen. (International)
Enemy Negotiators
Accused of Raising
'Phony' Russ Issue
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) A
United Nations truce negotiator
has accused the Communists of
raising the "phony" issue of Rus
sia in order to trade it against
the "vital" issue vof building air
fields in North Korea during an
armistice.
Maj. Gen. William K. Harri
son said the Communists were
trying to trade "nothing for
something." Such a bargain is
"absolutely not acceptable" to
the UN command, he warned.
Trad Hints Recognised
In an extensive press briefing.
Harrison formally recognized for
the first time three Communist
hints for a trade.
The Reds have indicated
through their newsmen and
across the bargaining table that
they would give up trying to
make the Soviet Union one of
the neutral armistice supervisors
if the UN would drop its demand
for a ban on airfield reconstruc
tion during an armistice.
"Absolutely not." Harrison
snapped when asked if the UN
would consider such a trade.
"The USSR is strictly a phony
issue.
Said Bargaining Issue
"I am convinced the issue was
raised only to bargain it against
airfields. Restrictions- on air
fields is really a vital matter in
regard to the stability of an
armistice."
Harrison's statement dampen
ed hopes that a compromise is in
the making on the twin issues
blocking agreement on armistice
supervision.
Man Pleads Guilty;
Writes Bad Checks
'Wayne Myers, 37, of 837 How
ard street, Roseburg, was ar
raigned in court here today and
entered a plea of guilty to
charges of passing worthless
checks. Myers, a disabled veter
an working in southern Oregon
as an insurance salesman, was
arrested Monday in Roseburg by
state police.
In a signed statement given
city police, who returned him
here, Myers stated that at the
present time he has outstanding
bad checks amounting to some
$632.40. The checks include
eight passed in Medford and var
ious others passed in seven other
southern Oregon towns.
. Myers told officers that in
"bad times" he wrote worthless
checks and when his income in
creased he paid them off. A note
book which he carried appeared
to verify this. He said he started
writing the checks in September,
1951, and had about $1,000 out
when he started paying money
back. Myers stated he cut the
total down to about $200 at one
time.
Myers is married and the fa
ther of two children. He said
his wife helped him pay back
money on the bad checks.
Two Medals Awarded
To Navy Man's Widow
' Jacksonville Presentation of
two gold stars in lieu of addi
tional air medals was made Sat
urday" to Mrs. John L. Mitchell,
Jacksonville. Award of the post
humous medals was made by
members of the Naval Reserve
Volunteer Aviation unit com
manded by Lt. Cmdr. Loren E.
Messenger, USNR, Ashland.
Mrs. Mitchell is the widow of
Chief Aviation Ordnanceman
John L. Mitchell, USN, who died
in the Korean theater Dec. 14,
1951.' The, gold stars were pre
sented in recognition of Chief
Mitchell's service with Patrol
Squadron 6 while on aerial re
connaissance during' the period
Oct. 1 to Dec. 29, 1950.
Attending the simple home
ceremony " with Mrs. Mitchell
were her children John, 8, and
twins Carol and DarreL 5.
The citations were forwarded
by V.ice Admiral C. T. Joy, USN,
commander of the Far East na
val forces.
General Suffers
Worst Setback
In Illinois Vote
Stevenson Write-In
Lags Far Behind
Chicago (U.PJ Sen. Robert
A. Taft won his most impressive
victory in the Illinois Republican
presidential primary, and Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered
his worst setback.
The Ohio senator took a com
manding lead at the outset and
made the race a runaway. With
about two thirds of the pre
cincts counted he held a lead of
better than 5 to 1 over Harold
E. Stas&en on the GOP ballot,
with Eisenhower in third place
on write-in votes.
In addition, Taft captured 48
of the 50 delegates up for elec
tion. Ten more will be selected
at the state Republican conven
tion, and Taft seemed sure to
get all of them.
182 Delegates Garnered
On a nationwide basis. Taft
appeared to have garnered 182
delegates to Eisenhower's 83 in
primaries and state conventions
held thus far.
It was Taft's third Midwestern
victory in a week in the torrid
presidential race.
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Ten
nessee, unopposed on the Demo
cratic presidential ballot was
an easy victor. A write-in effort
for Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illi
nois lagged far behind.
Taft Holds Lead
Returns from 8.473 of the
state's 9,611 precincts gave Taft
777,271 votes to Stassen's 124,-
755. Eisenhower had 119,131
from 8.324 precincts. Kefauver
got 397,909 votes in 7,267 pre
cincts to Stevenson's 52,697 votes
in 6,336 precincts.
A Taft spokesman at his Illi
nois headquarters said it was
Taft's "most significant victory
to date, overshadowing Wiscov
sin and Nebraska."
"In it, he won the largest
number of delegates he has re
ceived in any primary," the
spokesman said.
Illinois delegates are un
pledged, but a pre-primary poll
showed that 66 of the 91 dele
gate candidates favored Taft,
and it was expected that he
would win most of the 50 delegate-seats
at stake.
Eisenhower's backers had no
immediate comment
A stassen spokesman said that
the former Minnesota governor
got "nearly twice the percentage
of votes predicted for him by
Chicago newspapers.'
Drew Solid Support
Taft drew solid support from
the Illinois GOP organization,
which apparently handcuffed all
opposition. The Einscnhower or
ganization in Illinois did not
issue a formal bid for write-in
support, but sent Gov. John
Lodge of Connecticut on a two
day stumping tour in the gen
eral's behalf.
A darkhorse presidential pos
sibility, Stevenson has not an
nounced that he would accept
the nomination. He'is said to be
President Truman's personal
choice.
Vandals Ransack,
Damage Church Here
Police reported this morning
that vandals broke windows and
ransacked the building early
yesterday at the Full Gospel
church. 608 Western avenue.
Nothing was reported stolen
by the vandals, who ransacked
the church pulpit and a cabinet,
overturned a desk and scattered
papers around the church floor.
Windows were also broken from
a small utility building near the
church.
Entry to the building was gain
ed through a rear window, ac
cording to investigating officers
Council OtC's Names;
Appointments to three city
groups, made by Mayor Dia
mond Flynn, were confirmed by
the city council at a special
meeting at the city hall last
night.
They included: '
William H. Fisher, an engi
neer for the California Oregon
Power company, on the city
planning commission, succeed
ing R. S. Daniels, who resigned.
Chet Hubbard and H. D.
Christensen, as members of the
airport zoning committee. Two
other members will be appoint
ed by the county court, and the
four will select a fifth member.
The committee is set up under
state law to regulate new struc
tures near airports to prevent
air hazards from being con
structed. It works in close co
operation with the state board of
aeronautics.
Te Library Board
. Elwood Uedberf and Jack
CCeffotuiveir
Medford
Cattae
47th Year 18 Pages
Gold Hill Asked
To Give Up Park
For Hew Highway
Survey Puts Road
Through Picnic Spot
Gold Hill The city of Gold
HilL which actively opposed the
plan to reroute Highway 99 so
that it will by-pass the town, is
now -asked to give up one of its
prized possessions, Ben Hur
Lampman park, located across
the river from Gold Hill, in order
to provide the necessary right-of
way for the new highway route.
The request was made at Mon
day night's meeting of the city
council.
W. G. Stuntz. right-of-way
agent for the State Highway de
partment, appeared before the
council and displayed a map
showing the route of the new
four-lane, limited-access stretch
of highway to be built on the
south side of the river across
from Gold Hill.
Park Is Picnic Spot
He showed that in order to
maintain the straight line which
the highway engineers have sur
veyed for the new road, the state
must acquire the park which
was donated to Gold Hill by
Jackson county two years ago.
The park was to have been main
tained as a picnic spot and to
give access to the river for fish
ermen. The right-of-way agent said
that funds allocated for the high
way project would not permit
any possibility of changing the
route to go around the park.
September Start
Stuntz said that bids would
be advertised in June for con
struction of the new highway
section, and it was expected that
the work would start in Septem
ber. The council discussed the mat
ter and several members stated
their objections to the manner
in which the public hearing held
in Gold Hill last winter on the
proposed rerouting of the high
way had been handled, and the
fact that R- H. Baldock. state
highway engineer, would make
no promises about allowing Gold
Hill to have a reasonably close
access road to the new highway
portion.
Stuntz showed the access road
on his map. It is to be located
Just east of where the Old Suae
road Joins 99 highway at the
present time. He said it would
provide better access than the
town now has to the other side
of the river.
Upon being questioned about
the rumor that the Sams Valley
highway is to be joined to 99
highway at a cloverleaf on the
Davis cafe property on Black
well hill, Stuntz stated that he
had telephoned Salem in regard
to that rumor, and had been told
that no such plan was contem
plated. He said that as far as he
knew, the Sams Valley Junction
would remain in Gold Hill where
it is at the present time.
The council took no action on
the request to allow the state to
acquire Ben Hur Lampman park,
but referred the matter to its
"Highway 89'' committee, the
committee which was appointed
last year to work to prevent the
rerouting of the highway to by
pass Gold HilL
Salem JU.R) Gov. Douglas
McKay Wednesday appointed
George Russell of Vale as a
member of the State Livestock
Advisory committee.
Fitzgerald as members of the
city library board. They succeed
Otto Frohnmayer. resigned, and
Mrs. W. E. Lantis, who has
moved from the city. Mrs. Fran
ces Cochran and Mrs. Allen R.
Smith were reappointed.
The council also beard Coun
cilman John Snider discuss the
advisability of amending the
city ordinance which requires
that all dogs within the city
limits, be confined during the
gardening months of April, May,
June and July.
Snider revealed that there are
397 licensed dogs in the city
limits. He contrasted this num
ber with the amount of money
budgeted this year for the en
forcement of the ordinance,
$1,100. Snider also said he ia
checking with veterinarians re
garding the effect confinement
has on dogs, and he cited a re-
cent incident where an ordi-
narily gcntla dog bit two chil
MEDFORD, OREGON;
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141 FLEE BIG SIOUX FLOOD Flood waters of the Big Sioux River inundate Sioux Falls, S. Dn
after the river brake throueh a'dike, forcing some 1400 persons from their homes.
Warning of Hew
Flood Menace Made
In Upper Midwest
Sioux City. I?. (U.R) A
warning of a new flood menace
was issued for the Upper Mid
west where the Misouri. Red
and Big Sioux rivers have driv
en hundreds of persons from
their homes and poured over
thousands of acres of land.
Critical Period Forecast
The Weather Bureau warned
of new flood crests, on. the Mis
sissippi and Its' swollen tribu
taries. The critical period was
expected to arrive late this week
or early next week. The Missis
sippi was expected to go 3 feet
above flood stage at Aitkin,
Minn., by April 14.
While the Mississippi rose, the
Misouri and the Big Sioux broke
through dikes in the Dakotas
and Iowa.
Highest ia 71 Tears
The Misouri was expected to
crest at 22 feet Monday at Sioux
City. Ia.. it highest point in 71
years. Downstream the rushing
waters broke dikes in the Blen-
coe area, flooding thousands of
acres of farmland, and cutting
off highways.
The northern portion of South
Sioux City. Neb., was aban
doned and sealed off by a 3-foot
dike. Authorities hoped to keep
the waters from swamping the
remainder of the city, but the
dike was heavily battered and
not expected to last.
Jap Musicians Snafued;
Play Wrong Selection
TekTO UP. It was Instal
lation night for officers of the
Tokyo post of Veterans of For
eign Wars.
"We will now have the na
tional anthem." said the mas
ter of ceremonies.
The Japanese band obliged
or thought it did.
It played toe "Missouri
Walts."
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LaM this Maraias
Hears Dog Law Dissent
dren when he was tied up. '
Cites "Discrimination"
The councilman also stated he
feels the ordinance discrimi
nates against dogs, and said
that he has been told that cats
are Just as much a hazard to
gardens as are dogs. The ordi
nance should either be fully en
forced, or should be repealed,
he added.
In other business. Snider also
reported that airport committee
conferences with representatives
of the three airlines serving
Medford have resulted in almost
complete agreement about the
design of the new terminal-administration
building, and that
he believes it will be possible to
construct the building on sched
ule this year.
Recorder Ralph Woodford re
ported to councilmen that a new
mechanical accounting system
is being set up. and will be
ready for operation by July 1- '
Wood Promoirv
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,
Telephone
Break Seen
e ,;
' t ?rwv
C,Tfa IT h
Pickets appeared at both Medford offices of the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company at Sixth and Bartlett streets and
Jackson street and Central avenua at about 12:30 p.m. today,
They were placed there by the Communications Workers of Amer
ica. CIO. in what appeared to be
"hit-and-run" picketing in Oregon.
A. E. Nitcher. Eugene union representative, is in town to or
ganise the pickets, he said, and added that pickets were also as
signed to the Grants Pass telephone company office at the same
time. All are employees of Western Electric company, and no tele
phone company employees are involved. There was one picket at
the Central avenua office and two at the Bartlett street office.
Whether or not telephone company workers will observe the
picket line could not be determined immediately as shifts are not
doe to cnange until later this anernoon.
New York (U.R) Hit-and-run
pickets and work-stopping mass
meetings threatened widespread
disruption of telephone service
in 43 states and the nation's cap
ital Wednesday but Michigan ne
gotiators appeared nearing a
wage agreement which could
lead to a quick strike settlement
across the nation.
To Discuss Issue
Non-striking members of the
Communications Workers of
America CIO were called off
their switchboards and other
jobs in 400 exchanges through
out the country for meetings to
discuss the three-day-old strike
of 68,000 CWA members against
GOP Registration
Lead Increases
The Republican party has in
creased its lead in the number
of voter, in Jackson county from
1,949 to 2,087 over the Demo
crats, it was reported today at
the county clerk's office.
With the registration deadline
only five days away, the total
number of residents registered
to vote in the primary election is
now 29.090, clerks said, compar
ed with 28.591 on April 1, an in
crease of 499 in six days.
The breakdown shows that as
of Monday evening, there were
13.261 Republican voters; 13,174
Democratic voters and 655 with
miscellaneous registrations.
It has been estimated that
there are still some 6,000 to 6,500
residents otherwise eligible to
vote who will be unable to do so
unless they register by April 15,
next Tuesday.
Fire Station Problem
The council also discussed the
problem of securing an adequate
location for the new east side
fire station. The principal diffi
culty, it was brought out, is the
reluctance of east side residents
to have such a station located in
their neighborhood.
This brought the remark from
Councilman Frank Runtz that
west side residents have always
been more cooperative along
these lines than have those on
the east side. A few more possi
ble locations are being checked,
councilmen said.
The council also authorized
the city administration to lease
the recently - acquired Biddle
property north of the airport
for $100 per month. The prop
erty was purchased so that a
new instrument landing system
could be located on it, but the
ILS will not prevent use of the
property for other purposes.
Tribune
Unite pre
-Ful Lease Wire
1952
No. 16
Dispute
Hearing
part of the union's strategy of
the ' Western Electric Co. and
Bell System companies in New
Jersey, Michigan, Ohio and
Northern California.
West Virginia telephone work
ers walked out m nine, cities
over a local dispute.
To Curtail Service
American Telephone and Tele
graph Co. spokesmen acknowl
edged the meetings would cur
tail long distance service but
said they hoped to keep service
on a "pretty good level" with
supervisors on the boards.
Roving picket lines increased
their harassing "surprise" ap
pearances, striking at long lines
exchanges in Detroit, Kansas
City, Cleveland and Cincinnati,
O., early Wednesday and, for the
first time at local exchanges in
St. Louis and nearby Illinois
towns.
Violence Reported '
First "violence" of the strike
was reported from Fairmond, W.
Va., where a woman picket was
arrested for allegedly tearing
the coat of a woman worker who
was attempting to pass through
a picket line.
In Detroit, Walter Schaar,
CWA director for Michigan and
Ohio, said negotiators were
"driving for a settlement today"
in the wage dispute with the
Michigan Bell Telephone Co.
Federal mediation trouble:shoot
ed E. Mervin Sconyers kept the
union and company in round-the-clock
sessions and the union ap
peared ready to accept a $4 to $7
offered weekly wage increase if
the company will "remove the
strings attached to it."
Teacher Resignations
Accepted by Board
The Medford city school
board last night accepted resig
nations from two teachers and
elected three others for the
coming year.
Resignations were accepted
from Miss Nancy Kirkpatrick,
high school vocal music in
structor, and Mrs. Mabel Denny
Grimes, first grade teacher at
Jackson school. Both resigna
tions are effective immediately
and were requested because of
illness. Miss Kirkpatrick has re
turned to her home in Lebanon,
Ore., and Mrs. Grimes to her
home in Pennsylvania.
Three junior high school in
structors elected by the board
included Donald D. Davis, for
mer teacher here who has. been
affiliated with the state rehabil
itation service for the past year,
James King, Portland, who is
now attending Lewis and Clark
college, and Miss Janet Ruther
ford, McMinnville, now attend
ing Oregon State college.
V J
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Companies Appeal
To Federal Courts
To Nullify Move
President Orders
Possession Taken
Washington (U.R) Federal
Judge Alexander Holtsoff
Wednesday refused to issue an
injunction against President
Truman's seizure of the steel
industry.
Washington (U.R) Steel com
panies have appealed to the fed
eral courts to nullify their seiz
ure by the government in the
most controversial federal action
ever taken against private in
dustry. By direction of President Tru
man, Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer at midnight took
nominal possession of the indus
try to prevent a strike by 650,
000 CIO United Steelworkers set
for that hour.
Hearing Ordered
Mr. Truman's action set off
these tvents:
1. Federal Judge Walter M.
Bastion ordered an immediate
hearing on a petition by two big
steel companies for a court order
blocking the seizure.
2. CIO President Philip Mur
ray ordered his steelworkers to
stay on the job, putting off a
strike for the fifth time.
3. Acting Defense Mobilizer
John R. Steelman set un meet
ings with the union and steel
company negotiators at 3 p.m.
Wednesday. Industry spokesmen
saw little hope for an early
agreement
Three Days Needed
4. Industry managers in Pitts
burgh said it would take about
three days to get open hearths,
which had been banked Sunday,
into full operation again. They
said morning shifts Wednesday
would go to work as usual, in
keeping with the President's re
quest to keep production going
for defense.
5. Sawyer sent telegrams to
the presidents, of the 86 basic
steel companies, designating
them as "operating managers"
of their plants and ordering
them to fly the U. S. flag and
post notice of the government
taking possession. He told them
to set up separate books for the
period of government operation,
although profits will revert to
the private owners.
Industry Blamed
Mr. Truman announced his
action in a radio-television
broadcast to the nation Tuesday
night. Blaming the industry for
the deadlock, he said the steel
companies could grant the full
26-cent hourly wage increase
recommended by the wage sta
bilization board and still clear
profits of about $17 a ton on
steel without any price increase.
John C. Gall, attorney for Re
public Steel Corp. and Youngs
town Sheet and Tube Co., the na
tion's third and sixth largest
producers, arrived at Federal
Judge Walter M. Bastion's home
27 minutes after Mr. Truman fin
ished speaking with a request
for an injunction forbidding
Sawyer to implement the sei
zure order.
Violation Contended
Gall, who predicted that other
major steelmakers would join
the case, contended that the
seizure was a violation of the
constitut ional prohibition
against depriving a person of
property without due process of
law.
Gall said the companies fear
ed that Sawyer would order into
effect the wage increases recom
mended by the wage board.
' But Sawyer said he had no
present plans for signing a new
wage contract with the union.
He said he would "await the re
sult" of the new union-manage
ment talks convened by Steel
man "before doing anything
about putting the higher wage
scale into effect
Mr. Truman's order specifi
cally authorized Sawyer to "bar
gain collectively" with the un- m
ion and "prescribe terms and
conditions of employment"
There were indications that the
government may sign a wage in
crease contract with the union
if there is any protracted delay
in reaching a settlement to re
turn the industry to private
hands.
Steelmakers Blasted
Mr. Truman blasted the steel
makers in the most bitter tones
he has used against industry in
seven years in office, accusing
them of being "greedy" and
making "outrageous" price de
mands to offset wage boosts.
He asserted that the compa
nies "have said, in snort, tnat
unleec ihv ran TlAV0 what thpv
want, the steel industry will
shut down."