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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,"
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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.