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H Haviland's Refusal To Prosecute Hit By Rival Candidate Enforcement Inequalities Charged by Walter Nunley District Attorney Paul Hav Hand has not only refused to file complaints against illegal gambling in Jackson county, but has discouraged at least one private citizen from doing so, it was charged in a radio talk last night by Walter Nunley, who is opposing Haviland in seeking the Republican nomination lor DA. Speaking over radio station KMED, Nunley also implied there has been an inequality in enforcement, and indicated that this has resulted fromthe "self indulgence" of "many of our most reputable and respected citizens." Equality "Basic" "The most basic' concept which we have in this country of ours is the concept of equal treatment for all. Yet in this community by our conduct, we have insistently attempted to negate this c o n c e p t," he as serted. Nunley paraphrased with ap proval an article written by Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois in the February issue of The Atlantic Monthly in part as fol lows: "I have heard all the argue ments about how the slot mach ine in the country club is one thing and the slot machine in the corner saloon is another. Of course, there is a difference. But I know that the machine in either place is against the law as it stands on the books; and I know that the citizen who "harmlessly" violates the law in his country club or fraternal lodge is in no position to, and doesn't In fact, insist that his elected officials enforce the law in the corner saloon. And so it is that by this very act of self indulgence, many of our most reputable and respected citizens aterilize their power and their Influence to demand and to get faithful performance by their local officials. Tied Hands, Stopped Mouths "They have tied their own hands and stopped . their own mouths and on this issue they evaporate as a community force. '.'They have placed honest and conscientious law enforcement officials under Intolerable and unwarranted social pressures. They delude themselves into be lieving that they have found a way to maintain their clubs and activities for nothing and they pay, many times over in terms of lax law enforcement .... venal politics and opaque morals." Nunley charged that Haviland has information on slot machine violations, but has not prose cuted. He said: "I have bandied words with our district attorney about whether he can take the. initia tive in enforcing our laws. He knows, I know and you know that' ha can and that he should take such initiative," 2 Gambling Places Open Haviland has been informed by the state attorney general that there were 62 places in Jackson county where the state law banning slot machines, is being violated, Nunley said, add ing, "Mr. Haviland has stated that he prosecuted 14 gambling eases last year ... In view of the fact that the attorney gener al's list contained the names and addresses of 62 violators, is it particularly commendable that there were 14 cases prosecut ed?" Nunley assailed statements by Haviland that he would pros ecute complaints filed by pri vate citizens, and in support of his charge, he had George Good man, 212 Valley View drive, as a guest on the program to tell "what happened to a local citi zen . . . when he shot off his mouth about gambling two years go." Refutes to Prosecute Goodman, operator of a serv ice station and parking lots in Medford. said he called at the DA's office, talked to deputy Bob Dickey in the absence of Republican Presidential Hopefuls Turn Oregon Spotlight on Meeting at Salem BY UNITED PRESS Oregon's political spotlight turned on Salem Friday where two avowed candidates for the Republican presidential nomina tion and supporters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower sought support. Stassen Scheduled Harold E. Stassen. campaign ing in Oregon for the first time since his 1948 primary defeat by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, was to appear at Willam ette university's mock GOP con vention along with two Eisen hower supporters Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon and Sen. Frank Carlson of Kansas. Morse is on the Oregon pri mary ballot as an "unwilling" presidential nomination candi Haviland, and told him he wanted to file several complaints against the slot machine oper ators in the county. He asked that Haviland call him when he returned, which Haviland did not do. He saw Haviland laterGood- j man said. "He came into my parking lot with one of my parking customers, and I told him that I was willing to swear out complaints against a number of the slot machine operators in the county ... I had talked with Dr. Pickett, the man who acti vated the Kefauver committee. He had said to me that any com munity that condoned commer cialized gambling was contrib uting directly or indirectly to the gambling syndicates which are destroying the country. In answer to this, Mr. Haviland went off into a tirade against Senator Kefauver and intimated that he should have stayed home and cleaned up hjs own back yard," . Nunley asked about Havi land's reaction to Goodman's willingness to sign a complaint. Said Not Interested "He wasn't apparently inter ested in having the complaints filed," Goodman answered. "He offered me no encouragement at all, nor protection whatso ever." In answer to a question about what happened when he had spoken out against gambling about two years ago, Goodman said, "Immediately I began to get threatening telephone calls regularly all night long. They continued for about two months or more . . . They threatened to run me out of town. They told me that other people had tried what I was trying and had been cleaned out. They exercised pressure upon people who were doing business with me. They sliced the inside of the front tires on my car and tampered with the steering gear." Nunley asked, "What did you do?" "Brother, 1 didn't do anything. I kept my mouth shut and went about my business. I was scared," Goodman replied. "Why aren't you scared now?" Nunley .asked. ,. He's Scared "Well, I am, but I'm putting my faith in a Power that's big ger than the gambling powers," Goodman said. "I don't suppose you've tried to file a complaint again?" Nun ley asked. "No. but since it has become a political issue they have tried to encourage me to come down and file a complaint," Goodman stated. Earlier in his talk, Nunley hinted that local gambling might be connected with a national syndicate. He said, "I learned that gambling was not small as I had supposed ... I learned that while apparently local in the character of its operation, there is some evidence that it might not be. I learned that the indi cations are that it might well be the Frankenstein monster . , . I learned that it is large enough that the ordinary citizen can be coerced by it. I fear that it is large enough that no one person can do a thing about it. Only an awakened majority of the peo ple in this county can do any thing about it." BULLETINS Cincinnati. Ohio (U.P.) Three railroad unions Friday asked a Federal Court of ap peals to stay execution of a no-strike order and permit lhtm to ask the Supreme Court to declare the govern ment's seiiure of the rail roads unconstitutional. Hammond, Ind. fU.R) The Socony Vacuum Oil com pany Friday filed a $400,000 damage suit in Federal Dis trict Court .against Local 210 of the CIO Oil Workers Union, charging violation of a no strike clause In a contract be tween the refinery and the union. date, and has asked voters to cast their ballots for Eisen hower. The second avowed candidate slated for a Salem appearance was Gov. Earl Warren of Cali fornia, who Interrupted h i stumping tour of the state Thurs day night to fly to Los Angeles for a speech. He was to return to Salem Friday night to speak at a Polk county Republican central committee gathering. Collegians Hear Talks 1 Sen. Carlson will be principal speaker Saturday night at the mock GOP gathering at which Morse will preside. The "nominee" will be named Saturday night. Stassen and Warren both Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 22 Pages DODD CAPTORS SAID WARRELIHG OlfEB PRISONER'S WORTH TO UNITED NATIONS . Ji v1' ' i 'V -v "v BJr t a I lf 4- J5M4 v ,4 A I JSl '- t FIRST FAMILY CELEBRATES PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY-President Truman, celebrating his 68th birthday anniversary, poses in the rose garden ok the Whits House with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret. The President told reporters that he intends to spend the next 10 years having a good time and doing just as he damn pleases." Spring Employment 'Boom' Here, OSES Report Indicates The spring "boom" in seasonal employment arrived during April, the Medford office of the State Employment Service re ported today. Earlier, heavy snows at higher elevations had delayed logging operations longer than last year, but employment rose) rapidly when-the upturn arrived, the re port said. The number of those mak ing unemployment compensation claims declined from 1,240 the last week in March to 645 the last week in April. The trend is expected to continue, land job placements in April wJre more than 100 per cent above March, the service reported. 1 Cites Camp Uncertainty Uncertainty regarding reacti vation of Camp White, with indi cations that construction has been postponed, will make it pos sible for employers better to plan operations, according to the report. . - It added that no shortages in any occupation have occurred, but stenographers, sawyers, edgermen and survey chainmen may be in short supply early in the summer. Outlook for em ployment of youngsters 16 years old or more is good, particularly in orchards during thinning and picking seasons, it was forecast, and "in general, the local out look for employment during the rest of the year is very good." April 30 unemployment was estimated at 1,425, or 26 per cent less than a month ago. Extent of frost damage to the fruit crop cannot yet be judged accurately, the report said, and it is still too early to judge frost effect on labor needs during the harvest season. LAKE O' WOODS ROAD OPEN The tflamath Falls road to Lake O' Woods resort will be open this week-end. The road around the lake will not be open ed till May 23 and the Dead In dian road is still closed, accord ing to Mrs, Tom Neeley, wife of the resort owner. Portland - (U P.) Sgt. Odell Olson of the Klamath Falls police department is the new president of the Oregon Assoc iation of City Police Officers. spoke before college audiences in Portland Thursday. Stassen. in a talk at Reed college, called for a "people's capitalism" with a minimum of government con trol and a maximum of liberty. Warren, speaking to a Lewis and. Clark gathering. warned that complacency toward trends in government away from consti tutional principles could lead to "the end of constitutional gov ernment. He again criticized seizure of the steel mills. Mac's Firing Criticised . Stassen carried his campaign to Corvallis Thursday night where he criticized the firing of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and said if he were elected he would call upon MacArthur for advice on Korea. 'Future Correct Time Still in Doubt Here; No School Move Seen The future correct time of day in Mod lord was still in some doubt today following the city council's unanimous vote yester day to start daylight saving time Mty 19. Mayor D. L. Flynn is tempo rarily 'withholding his Signature from Jthe,DST resolution, he stat ed tiiis morning. He said he will sign the measure prior to May 19 if no great opposition to the clock change develop before then. The daylight saving time reso lution and an. ordinance chang ing legal city hours to DST were approved unanimously by the council yesterday. Councilman John Snider abstained from vot ing on a measure authorizing the city attorney to prepare the DST resolution and Councilmen Stan ley Jones and Elmer Childers voted no. Questioned Legality Snider stated he was abstain ing because of a question of the legality of a council declaration of daylight time. The same rea son was given for the no vote by Jones. Both voted yes on the sec ond two measures after City At torney Frank Farrel stated that, in his opinion, the declaration would be a legal council action. E. H. Hedrick, Medford super intendent of schools, slated yes terday afternoon following the council action that no change from standard time is planned at the present time. A clock change would involve a change in bus schedules, he stated. Hed rick also pointed out that be cause of the size of the city schools, (he school board must be sure of widespread acceptance of daylight saving time in the com munity before a change is made. Three-Week Period Various individuals and groups report they have contacted school board members, some urging a change and others urg ing that the schools remain on standard .time. . Those desiring that the schools remain on stan dard time point out that, with schools closing June 5, it appears to be unnecessary to make such a widespread change for only a three-week period. The city schools' hesitancy in making a change was reflected by many private businesses. Kogap Lumber company of ficials stated, for example, that any change in mill hours will probably depend on a change in school hours. They pointed out that mill employees, as a group, choose the hours which best suit them, and they would prob ably not favor a change which did not coincide with school hours. Kogap office hours will probably follow what the city does. Officials of Bear Creek Orch ards, where 200 employees signed petitions asking for a change to daylight time, stated that a change in school hours -would also prove beneficial to workers there. Bear Creek em ployees, by their own request, are now working a 7 to 4 shift. Most Will Go Along Although most firm represen MEDFORD, OREGON, tatives mentioned the problem of different school and working hours, they indicated that their companies will probably go along with a change in time. California Oregon Power comp any officials said they will fol low what the city does: Medford Corporation representatives said they will . probably make a change to daylight time. The county court stated yest erday that county offices will definitely remain on standard time, regardless of any city change. County Commissioner L. G. Morthland said that, be cause of legal restrictions, the' county could go on DST only if it were proclaimed by Gov Douglas McKay. Mayor Flynn told the city council yesterday that following a telephone conversation with the governor, it was apparent that McKay will not proclaim DST. Several groups have advoca ted a change to daylight time here for several weeks and can be expected to follow the city change. They include the Retail Merchants association, radio stations KYJC and KMED, and the Medford Really board, whose 45 member firms and 155 em ployees voted this week by a two to one margin in favor of a city-wide time change. Central Point To Study Central Point Mayor Donald Burelson indicated Thursday that his city will consider a dec laration of daylight saving time at a regular meeting of the city council Monday. He snid that a poll of Central Point merchants earlier this year showed a ma jority of them In favor of day light saving time. A "summer working hours" plan similar to that used briefly by Medford merchants was dropped last week by Central Point stores. Blanket Identified As Missing Infant's Russell Graham, father of the infant boy missing since April 22 at Shady Cove, identified the baby blanket which was found on the banks of the Rogue river Sunday as belonging to him, Sheriff Howard Gault said this morning. A neighbor, C. O. Dukes, Box 34. Shady Cove, also identified the blanket, Gault said. It was found up the river from where the drowned body of Mrs. Gra ham was discovered "and' ap parently near the spot ofa en trance to the river by the moth er." A hot water bottle also dis covered with the blanket was not identified by Graham. The sheriff said that he thought the baby's body is now somewhere in the river and asked all sportsmen to be on the lookout for it. I Galcsburg, III. (U.R) Knox college students, holding a mock GOP presidential nominating convention, stampeded to Gov. 'Sari War..-: t . ! tnr va on the tilth ballot Thursday night. May 9, 1952 Force To Be Used To Free Commander Unless Reds Act Captive Unharmed Phone Message Says Pusan, Korea (UP.) Gen. James A. Fleet said Friday night the Communist captors of Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd have started quarreling among them selves over what their prisoner, unharmed, is worth to the United Nations. Van Fleet said that force will be used at an "early date" to free the Koje Island Prison Camp commander if the Com munists do not release him. Dodd, seized on Wednesday by leaders of the 6,000 prisoners, reported by telephone at 7:55 p. m. (3:55 a. m. PST) that he was not harmed and apparently was in no danger. Demands "Unreasonable" Van Fleet stressed that the bulk of the prisoners' demands are "unreasonable, and cannot and will not be granted." Eighth Army officials denied that prison officers were bar gaining for Dodd's life. Dodd, grabbed at the com pound gate Wednesday, was be ing held for the third night. Van Fleet said he was confi dent Dodd would not be harmed during any rescue attempt. His optimism, he said, was based on the telephone messages from Dodd himself. Backing, of Ridgway However, he said, "if nec essary, force will be used to effeot his -release." He had the full backing of Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme U. N. commander, to use whatever means are necessary. "Little more can be said at this time," Vjin Fleet said, "but more details will be forthcom ing." He said a board of investi gation has been appointed to determine the circumstances of Dodd's seizure by his own pris oners. "The Communists are talking with Dodd," Van Fleet said, "and among themselves trying to settle what they can get for Iheir hostage." Army DemolitionTeam Explodes 'Dud' Shell A two-man demolition . team from 6th Army headquarters in San Francisco exploded a "dud" 57 millimeter high explosive shell near the Intersection of Antioch and Beagle roads yes terday, according to representa tives of the sheriff's 'office. The explosion was touched off at about 11:25 Thursday morning. The shell was found by Ed ward "Tom" Tcpper, Shady Cove, deputies said. The army demolition team flew here Thurs day to explode the shell and re turned to the Presidio yesterday afternoon. The demolition team also found four non-explosive 57 millimeter shells during the Hay in the Antelope area. Senate Committee Approves McGranery Washington U.R The Sen ate Judiciary committee Friday approved, on an 8-to-4 vote, the nomination of Federal Judge James P. McGranery to be attor ney general, Sen. Homer Ferguson, R Mich., who identified himself as one of the four voting against confirmation, said he anticipated making a fight against McGran ery when the nomination comes up on the Senate floor. Chairman Pat McCarran. D- Nev., declined to say which mem bers voted against McGranery's confirmation, but It was under stood that, besides Ferguson they were Sens. William E. Jen- ner. Ind., Robert C. Hendrickson, N. and Arthur V. Watkins, Utah, all Republicans. WEATHER roRr.t'AST Fair anil mlM through Saturday. Low to nliht II. mm Saturday 11. Temp. Hlshail yMtardar 1 Lowtit this mornlnt 37 FRJ Tribune Kefauver, Clash on In Demo Campaign Washington (U.P.) Sens. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee and Richard B. Russell of Georgia traded verbal swats Friday over who is spending how much to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Relations between the two Southern candidates have been in creasingly strained since they clashed head-on Tuesday in the Florida Democratic primary, which Russell won. The Georgia senator challenged Kefauver "to "tell the Ameri can people where he is getting all the money he is spending" in his numerous primary campaigns. . Kcfauver's headquarters promptly retorted that the Tennes- scan's campaign committee "has mary campaigns in 11 states than dinner at Atlanta." California May Feel Effects of Strike by Oilmen Denver (UP) Striking ell workers "are madder than ever now and won't go back to work without a settltmtnt," a spokesman for the 90,0000 stiklng employees said Friday- Denver U.R) The 10-day-old strike of 90,000 oil workers Fri day threatened to spread to Cali fornia petroleum aupply base for the Korean war as the gov ernment marked time In its ef forts to end the walkout, The latest In. a series of . large- scale cutbacks restricted deliver ies of aviation gasoline. Contract Terminated At Pittsburg, Calif., the CIO Oil Workers International union terminated their contract with the Shell Chemical company. The union declined to say wheth er a strike' was planned, but ad mitted a strike vote had been taken. California had been exempted from the walkout because of the need for petroleum products in Korea which are supplied by the coastal refineries. Deliveries Restricted Deliveries of aviation gasoline were restricted by the govern ment In an order prohibiting de liveries to resellers or civilian consumers who have more than a three-day supply on hand. The walkout of the oil work ers was expected to be turned over to President Truman mo mentarily, and Wage Stabiliza tion Chairman Nathan P. Feln- slnger said he favored obtaining an injunction under the Taft Tartlcy law if the strike "gets much worse." STREET BIDS OPENED Bids by three contractors on 10 Medford street paving proj ects were opened this morning in the city hall. The engineer's estimates on the projects total $102,938.77. The bids, by E. C. Conrad and T. R. Florey, both Medford, and United Contract company, Portland, will be con sidered at the next regular meet ing of the city council. Optimistic Water Forecast Issued by Snow Surveyors "Excellent" or "abundant" lr- pared to the previous all-time rlgation water supplies were forecast today for the summer of 1952. It is one of the most op timistic forecasts ever issued. The forecast, published by the federal-state cooperative snow survey and water forecast serv ice, said there will be "near rec ord or record-breaking stream flows" from "an all-time high of snow cover in many sections." Reservoirs Up "Stored walir in reservoirs has now come up to 112 per cent of average and water has been spilled from 12 out of 24 of the large reservoirs to provide space for lalr inflow," the report said. Several strcamflows, including those in the Rogue river and Into Upper Klamath lake, has broken all records. Average daily flow of the Rogue above Prospect during April was about 2,050 second feet, compared to a previous rec ord of 1,691 second-feet In April, 1943. Tentative inflow figure for April unto Upper Klamath lake was set at 430,000 acre-feet, corn- United Press Full Leased Wire No. 42 Russell Spending spent far less in conducting pri Sen. Russell collected in on Sen. Kefauver's Funds From Small Donations "Money from Sen. Kefauver'a campaign has come almost en tirely in small donations from people of limited means," his headquarters said. ' Kefauver'a headquarters said one of its chief fund-raising de vices was the sale of "Kefauver financier cards" at $1. It also said he would not take contributions from "gamblers, racketeers and other elements of the underworld who have con tributed heavily to political cam paigns in many states." Kefauver Called Master Russell told a National Press club luncheon Thursday that ha had been In public office for 32 years but never before has been charged with "being the candi date of racketeers. ... , .'He also called Kefauver master at assuming tha under dog role." Other political developments: 1. Sen Everett M. Dirksen (R. 111.) who favors Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio for the Republican nomination, said he would not rule out Gen. Dougals MacAr thur as a possible GOP nomlnes. Voice for Businessmen 2. Paul G. Hoffman, one of tha Republican leaders favoring Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower for presi dent, said businessmen will hav "a considerably louder voice in shaping government policies" if Eisenhower is elected. 3. Taft told a news conference at Hartford, Conn., that Presi dent Truman ts still his "favor ite" for the Democratic nomina tion and he has no second choice. Five Sabre-Jet Land At Airport Here Today Five F-86 "Sabre-Jet" fighter planes, the type now being used in Korea, landed at the Medford airport this morning for refuel ing. They were en route from Hamilton Air Force base, Cali fornia, to Portland Air Forca base on a training flight. The planes were on the field here for about an hour. Airport sources indicated that more jets could be expected to stop here on training missions in the near future. The five planes arriving today are the prototypes of the mora modern F-86-D, which are now being used in combat. The older planes are now used largely for training purposes. high or 367,000 acre-feet In March, 1907. Previous April rec ord was 346,000 in 1906. One 29 Oregon snow courses the report, made as of May 1 and the last this year, Indicated that 28 per cent of the record high April 1 snow has melted, with the heaviest melt below 5,000 feet .estimated at 94 per cent. 124 of Averaga Above 3.000 feet, only 15 per cent has melted, and that which remains Is 124 per cent of aver age and 144 per cent of May 1, 1951. State - wide precipitation in April averaged about 60 per cent of normal, varying from 35 to 37 per cent of normal In the Co lumbia river and central Oregon areas, to 80 and 84 per cent of normal in the northeast corner of the state. Southern Oregon had 43 per cent of normal; the Willametta valley had 49 per cent, and ' southeastern and south central Oregon were about 70 and 65 per cent of normal.
