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anditiafBs SM M DF0RD to Fdm I ticks - Rib U a JS SelFore ; Portland (U.R) The cam paign orators were getting in their final vocal flurries today before going home to await the decision of the voters at tomor row's general election. " The voting will climax one of the bitterest off-year campaigns in Oregon's history with name calling, invective and acrimony chargeable in big chunks to both sides. The most interest has been generated by the hot contest for the U. S. Senate post now held by Sen. Guy Cordon, who i3 run ning for reelection on the Re publican ticket. Democrats Go All Out The Democrats, sensing their first Senate victory in 40 years, have gone all-out to put Richard L. Neuberger in the next Con gress and the battle between the 63-year-old incumbent and the 42-year-old challenger has been a toe-to-toe slugging match. Voters also will elect U. S. representatives, a governor, a labor commissioner, 15 stale sen ators and 60 state representa tives, two Supreme Court jus tices, 17 Circuit Court judges, 14 district attorneys and a state superintendent of public instruc tion, as well as countless county and municipal officials. . Also to be decided are eight measures. Warm Day Promised The weather bureau has prom ised a warm, sunny day for the voting, but Dave O'Hara, state elections registrar, said he didn't expect more than 70 per cent of Oregon's 819,539 voters to cast ballots. At least one new congressman will go to Washington for the next session of Congress. In the third district (Multnomah coun ty). Republican Tom Lawson Mc Call, 41-year-old former gov ernor's secretary and radio com mentator, faces Mrs. Edith Green, 44, in what is expected to be the closest of all the congres sional contests. McCall defeated veteran Congressman Homer Angell in the primary. "N The other congressional races stack up this way: First district, Walter Norblad, Republican incumbent, vs. Don nell Mitchell. Second district, Sam Coon, Republican incumbent, vs. Al Ullman. Fourth district, Harris Ells worth, Republican incumbent, vs. Charles O. Porter. Patterson Vs. Carson In the governor contest, Gov. Paul L. Patterson, Republican, is opposed by Joseph Carson Jr., former mayor of Portland and ex-maritime commissioner. - S. Eugene Allen, 'Republican, Is running against Norman O. Jjilsen for the labor commission er post. The contests for the state leg islature have been overshadowed by the bitter U. S. senatorial fight and the ether top national and state races. Most interest probably will center on the state representative contest in the 24th district (Union and Wallowa counties) where incumbent Dave Baum is running against Harry 1. Wells, and in the 30th dis trict (Klamath county) where Ed ward A. Geary, Dorothy Lowell and Henry Semon are in a three Way battle for two legislative spots. Speaker Candidate 7' The interest in these -aces stems from the fact that both Baum and Geary are announced candidates for speaker -of the House and both are given good chances to win election. Sen. Elmo Smith of John Day, who Bayp he has enough pledges to assure election as Senate presi dent, is a holdover. - Of the eight measures on the Vallot, three are initiatives and five were referred to the people by the Legislature. The initiatives are to establish daylight saving time in all parts of Oregon within- the Pacific time zone, to prohibit commer cial fishing in coastal streams Police Arrest Halloween Termed 'Reasonably Quiet1 One serious offense marred a "reasonably quite" Halloween over the weekend, according to city and state police and the sheriffs office. This was the throwing of beer bottles through at least two large glass windows last night in the downtown Medford area "and attempting to break those at another place, according to police reports. Large windows Tvere broken at Woolworth's store, 39 North Central ave., . and Acme Hardware company, 3 West Sixth st. Bottles were -also thrown at Valentine's lounge, 3 South Riverside ave., .and a window was broken at (the Esquire theater, 416 East : Main st apparently at an earlier Election south of the mouth of the Colum bia river, and to repeal the milk control law. The referendums are to give the Legislature power to fix its members' salaries, to give Leg islature power to subdivide counties for election of state senators and representatives, to establish a general mental hos pital in or near Portland, to make constitutional amendments by initiative more difficult by increasing the percentage of sig natures required, and to amend the constitution to put a six-mill limitation on state property tax. tax.. Six Injured Over Weekend in Valley Automobile Mishap Six people were injured in automobile accidents in Jackson county Saturday night, five of them in a headon collision at the Rock Point bridge overpass on Highway 99 near Gold Hill, ac cording to state police. Taken to Sacred Heart hos pital by Perl ambulance follow ing the headon crash were John Vernon Wheeler, 36, of route 3, box 700, Central Point, driver of one of the cars; three pass engers in the Wheeler car, in cluding his wife, Gertrude, and Third and Hazel sts., Central Point, and Charles Fredericks, Oakland, Ore., driver of the other car. Injuries Listed Wheeler suffered a severely cut lip, and shock and bruises. He was treated and released Saturday night at the hospital. Mrs. Wheeler, who suffered se vere facial cuts, together with shock and loss of blood, is still hospitalized. Raymond Wyant was treated and released, and Lucille Wyant was not hospitalized. Fredericks suffered a severe bruise on his forehead and facial cuts, and is still hospitalized. Police said the accident occur red at about 11:25 p. m. Satur day. The Wheeler car was south bound, and Fredericks was driv ing north. Fredericks was cited for failure to drive on the prop er side of the highway. Both cars were extensively damaged. Child Hit By Car In another accident, seven-year-old Linda Benson, 1915 Hazel st., was struck by a car driven by James Edgar Lillie, 20, of 1174 Court st., Saturday night, according to police.. The girl was one of a group of chil dren who ran across Table Rock rd., while on a "trick or treat" party, police said. She was treat ed for shock and bruises at Sac red Heart hospital and was re leased. Lillie was cited to ap pear in court Saturday. Morse Says GOP Liberalism Dead Seattle (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, (I-Ore.), charged Satur day night that "liberalism in the Republican party is as dead as a dodo." Morse, speaking here before leaders of the Aero-Mechanics Union (AFL), urged voters to "return Congress to the people of the United States by electing a Democratic Congress." The Independent senator, a Republican until 1952, took is sue with President Eisenhower's campaign statements that a cold war with the President. "If there is a cold war," said Morse, "it will be declared by the President." He said Democrats in the pres ent Congress had supported the President far better than had the Republicans on many issues. Morse also slapped at Vice President Richard Nixon's cam paign techniques and the "big smear, big lie technique of re actionary Republicans." 5 After Windows Broken; time the same evening. Police arrested five persons in one car from which the bot tles had been thrown early this morning. Of these Thomas Lee Robertson, 19, of 228 South Cen tral ave., was charged with ma licious destruction of private property, Gene Piazza, deputy district attorney, said. He re ported that Charles LeRoy Heav ilin, 19, 798 Marshall ave., and George Edward Gunter, 19, 807 West Jackson st., were charged with illegal possession of intox icating beverages. The three were to appear in district court this 1 afternoon. With the three at the time of their arrest were the 17-year-old wives of Heavlin and Gunter, United Press Full Uased Wire 49th Year 16 Pages Weatherman Says Skies To Be Clear On Election Day Large Turnout Seen In Jackson County Election campaigns for local, county, and state offices were being wound up today in Jack son county and the weatherman forecasted sunny skies on elec tion day tomorrow with little change in temperature. A large turnout has been pre dicted on the basis of election interest with around 65 per cent or 20,000 of the total registered voters casting their ballots, ac cording to the county clerk. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.- Polling Places Listed The voting places in each of the county's 94 precincts are listed on Page 7 of today's issue of The Mail Tribune. Any question regarding vot ing information should be made to the county clerk's office, which will be open all day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for informa tion purposes. Numbers to call are 2-4410, 2-4460 or 3-3151. Per sons in Medford precincts can also obtain information from the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Except for certain govern ment offices, business will be as usual tomorrow. Allcity offic es, except the police, and fire departments, will be closed, as well as county offices except the clerk's and sheriff's. The state liquor store will be closed, and the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor for on-premises consump tion is banned from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Transportation available Transportation to the polls is being offered by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Calls for this non-partisan ser vice should be made to 3-3936. Mayor D. L. Flynn issued a proclamation today urging all citizens of -Medford to "take ad vantage of their citizenship Jay voting." The proclamation also cited the voting privilege in keeping America "free and strong" and noted the Jaycee effort in encouraging all citi zens in voting. The county clerk's office also gave additional voting informa tion. The only time an elector is eligible to vote outside his pre cinct is if he is out of the coun ty and within the state, and can present a certificate of his elig ibility signed by the clerk in the county in which he is regis tered. He can vote for district, state and national candidates and measures, but losses the right to vote for county and city candidates and measure. Otherwise, to be eligible to vote, the elector must be regis tered in the precinct in which his residence is located. If an elector has moved since Oct. 2 into a new precinct, he must get a certificate of his registra tion from the county clerk to present to the chairman of the election board in the precinct of his new residence. Special Coverage The Mail Tribune will again offer its fast, accurate vote tab ulations tomorrow night through the combined facilities of the newspaper . and radio station KYJC. A special election leased wire will add state and national news to local results which will be broadcast direct from The Mail Tribune news room to lis teners. MEETING ADJOURNED ... The regular Medford city council meeting will be adjourn ed from tomorrow night to Wed nesday at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall, according to Mayor D. L. Flynn. He added that this is the usual custom when a meeting occurs on election day. Robertson, who admitted be ing AWOL from the U.S. Navy at Long Beach, Calif., said in a signed statement that the men had been refused service at Val entine's before the bottle throw ing began, which prompted the act. In other reports, Douglas L. Pickell, 108 Vancourver ave., told city police ' that someone had painted obscene words on a new house under construction at 333 Lynwood ave.; city fire ment reported four hydrants turned on, and Irving Thomas, Colver rd., Talent, told the sher iff's office that a group of boys in a large truck opened bis gate and let some livestock out. Sev eral other minor items were reported, T rBWDsfts Stink Hageiiy Claims Stevenson Charge 'Just Ridiculous' Attack on President Rapped by'Secrefary Washington (U.R) The White House said today it was ridiculous" for Adlai E- Steven son to accuse President Eisen hower of approving Republican campaign material that Steven son said parallels Communist propaganda. James C. Hagerty, Mr. Eisen hower's press secretary, re turned Stevenson's fire as the 20th century's most remarkable off-year election campaign roared to a close. Tomorrow is election day. By tomorrow night the returns will begin to show what success Mr. Eisenhower had in his eleventh hour blitz to pull a GOP victory out of what seemed a few days ago to be probable defeat. Communist Propaganda Democrats have accused the Republicans of resorting to "des perate" mud slinging in the whirlwind windup. SSevenson hung the charge directly on Mr. Eisenhower Saturday night, as serting that the President had condoned statements by GOP speakers, notably Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, that past Dem ocratic administrations achieved prosperity only through war. Stevenson said this had been standard Communist propaganda for years. Called Ridiculous Hagerty, asked by reporters for comment on the Stevenson allegation, called it "just ridic ulous." . Meanwhile, the White House announced that Mr. Eisenhower will hold a news conferece Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. (PST), his first chance to assess the out come- of the election which he has tried so hard to win for the GOP. The massive Republican effort was compressed within the final 10 days of the campaign. It came too late for results if any to be sensed by pollsters and pulse feelers. In fact, James A. Farley, former Democratic national chairman and an old political pro, maintains that events in the final two weeks of a campaign change few if any votes. Aside from this, however, the campaign consensus . has been that the 1954 Democratic tide was sufficient to shift the House and, perhaps, the Senate, to Democratic control when the 84th Congress meets next Janu ary. Eight Fined tor Hunting Violations Eight hunting violations have been considered in district court the past several days, according to court records. In one case, Ralph Chester Stiffler, 27, Grants Pass, pleaded guilty to spotlighting a deer Oct.. 22 and as fined $150 and . $5 costs. The deer was confiscated and delivered to the State Game commission. Another case, involving the same charge on Oct. 20, was con tinued until Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. for Neale Edgar Shrimpt, 29, Grants Pass, and Bruce Edward Robert son, no address listed. Duane Scott Addington, 17, of 347 Fourth st., Central Point pleaded guilty to a charge of hunting quail during prohibited hours on Oct. 26 and was fined $25 of which $10 was suspended. His gun was returned. In five other cases, fines of $25 each and $5 court costs were levied. Included were Millard Wesley Webb,, 47, of S35 Cherry st., Central Point, shooting from a public highway; Walter Melvin Cogburn, O'Brien, failure to properly tag a deer; Italo J. An dreatta, 2440 South Stage rd., possession of untagged venison; Glenn Brown Rodgers, 1301 Spring st, shooting ; pheasants from a public highway and Har vey W. Robertson, 1955 Gregory rd., shooting from a public high way. Weather FORECAST Contained fair with little temperature change. Low tonight about 39. High Tuesday 68-7. Temp. Hirhrct vesterdav Lowest this morning . MEDFORD, OREGON, Election Preferred Editorial Lists Oregon Candidate With Five Others Messages Substitute In Reply To Stevenson New York (U.R) The New York Times', in an editorial Sun day, expressed a "preference" for six men, four of them in cumbents, including Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon, who are seekiqg election to the U.S. Sen ate in tomorrow's balloting. Three of the men are Repub licans; three are Democrats. ". . . We should like to speak for four incumbent senators: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois, for mer professor, decorated for 'he roic achievement in action,' a wise and liberal Democratic leg islator; Leverett Saltonstall, Re publican of Massachusetts, a sound and conscientious conser vative; John Sherman Cooper, Republican of Kentucky, an in ternationally minded legislator with military and diplomatic ex perience, running against the re vered but elderly Mr. Alben Barkley; and Clinton P. Ander son, Democrat of New .Mexico, who braved Opposition in his own party when secretary of ag riculture to loosen up farm price controls," the editorial said. Neuberger Liked "To these names we would add those of Clifford P. Case, Republican, former New Jersey representatives in Congress, who showed . his courage by a stal wart stand against the excesses of Senator McCarthy of Wiscon sin, and Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon,- a progressive Demo cratic journalist and author, run ning against the incumbent Guy Cordon. "The list of six names happens to include three Democrats and, three Republicans; the candi dates represent quite a spread in the political spectrum as well as in geography, but all six, we think, would represent their states and their country better in the Senate than the gentle men who are opposing them. We think that President Eisenhower might sleep well at night if both houses were made up of men of such character and such ability." The Times said some people might argue that New York City or state should not intervene in the elections in other states. On the other hand, said the news paper, "a senator legislates for all of us, not just for the people of his own state . ..we have a right to express a preference." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York -OJ.R) Dow-Jones final stock average: 30 indus trials 353.96 up 1.82; 20 railroads 118.33 up 0.64; 15 utilities 57.78 off .03 and 65 stocks 129.96 up 0.54. Sales today were about 1.- 790,000 shares, compared with 1,900,000 shares traded Friday. Morse or McKay Seen Certain To Take Result of Cordon-Neuberger Outcome in By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent - Washington Things just won't be the same here in the capital after, the ballots have been counted in Oregon Tuesday night, whether the voters send Guy Cordon or Richard L. Neu berger back here to represent them for the next six years in the Senate. - One of two prominent Ore gonians here who aren't on the ticket at all is going to take a licking and only the election returns can disclose whether it will be Secretary of . Interior Douglas McKay or Sen. Wayne Morse. Race Clearest Test The Oregon senate race is the clearest test yet of who is on top, Morse or McKay, in the contest for public opinion they've been waging here in Washington, D.C., since President Eisenhower put McKay into his cabinet two years ago. Separated only by the length of Pennsylvania ave., a short distance for two such ca pable shouters, the senator and the secretary have been at odds over resource policy Morse be ing the No. 1 critic in Congress of the policies enunciated by MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1954 of by H.Y. RICHARD L. NEUBERGER Democrat Supported Big 3 To Draft Notes Rejecting Bid by Russia Washington - (U.R) The United States, Britain and France will meet in London shortly to draft formal notes rejecting Rus sia's call for an early Big Four conference on Germany, in formed sources said today. The drafting session may get underway this week with a team of Big Three experts. The aim will be to bar Big Four talks until after the new Allied agree ments on Germany have been ratified;. v. Future Meeting Possible - 7 ,. - It was understood the Big Three will be careful not to rule out a possible future meeting with the Russians after the Ger man agreements have gone into effect and given the Allies a stronger bargaining position. Harold E. Stassen, foreign aid administrator just back from a -4-day tour of Europe, said in an interview, that signing of the agreements has produced a "marked change" in European public opinion. He said he found more "friendliness" and "better understanding" for the United States than in a long time. Atlantic Scanned For Missing Plane New York 4U.R) One of the greatest air-sea rescue missions in . history scoured a 120-mile wide stretch of the Atlantic ocean from here to the Azores today in search of a Navy super constellation presumed to have crashed with 42 persons aboard. Led by aircraft carriers of the U.S. fleet, ships and planes head ed over the turbulent waters from both sides of the Atlantic in the massive search for : the four-engined plane, which listed four women and five children among its 21 passengers and 21 crew members. McKay for the .administration. When Neuberger tackled Cor don this year, he challenged McKay's closest working part ner on Capitol Hill, the men to whom McKay looks to imple ment through legislation the re source policy- recommendation of the administration, such as the "tidelands" oil issue last year and the "partnership" power pol icy that is most current! ' McKay Reports Progress ' And Neuberger said his was a campaign against McKay as much as it was against Cordon, a challenge McKay tossed right back at the Democratic candi date through a series of personal appearances in the state only a few weeks before the election. Reports - have reached McKay now that his statewide radio-TV pitch for Cordon's reelection got the Cordon campaign off - tha ground where it was acknowl edged to have been shackled by dullness and managerial ' fum bling. . . - 'Morse, on the other side of the fence, has stumped the state from Hells Canyon- to the sea for Neuberger, arguing that his election would be the surest re pudiation of the resource devet Neuberger tj Price 5c Dim jyro Times Nixon Denounces NBC for Refusal Of Free Air Time Cooper Supported Over Alben Barkley - Denver (U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Nixon de nounced the National Broadcast ing Company Sunday night for refusing him free time to answer what he termed a "vicious, hys terical, scurrilous" Democratic attack on President Eisenhower. He called on 70 major news outlets today to print what he would have said in his answer to the Democratic attack. The Vice-President sent a mes sage and an accompanying 1,500 word text by telegram to a list of publishers, editors, press associa tions and political writers throughout the country. The GOP National Committee will pay for the telegrams that Vice-President Richard M. Nixon sent to 70 major news outlets, Nixon's press secretary said. In New York, NBC spokesmen said they had no immediate com ment. "We'll wait until we've seen his statement," an official said. . Nixon's message said in part: "The Democratic National Committee and Mr. Stevenson were allotted a half-hour of free time Saturday night by the Na tional Broadcasting Company radio and television networks. I asked NBC to grant equal time for' a reply to Mr. Stevenson. The request was rejected. Therefore, I am delivering to you a conden sation of the statement I would have made on the broadcast." Vicious Attack . In his statement, Nixon said that Adlai Stevenson's nation wide TV and radio speech from New York Saturday night con stituted "one of the most vicious, scurrilous attacks ever rriade by a major political figure on a President of the United States." Nixon write: "In so attacking the man who got u out . of one war, kept us out of others, and helped make the forces of peace and freedom stronger than they have been at any time since World War . n, Mr. Stevenson proved again that 34,000,000 Democrats, Republicans and in dependents were right when they found him unfit to be President in 1952." 'Positive' Speech Scheduled ; After issuing his statement on Stevenson's speech, Mr. Nixon said his talk on tonight's Republican-sponsored "Get Out the Vote" show would be more of a "positive" speech. The vice-president will speak tonight for 20 minutes'"on the llth-hour Republican political show to be broadcast and telecast from 6 to 6:30 p. m. (PST). Presi dent Eisenhower will talk on the final 10 minutes of the program from the White House in Wash ington. - opment policies of McKay. - Quite aside from the loss of face that must come to either McKay or Morse as 'a conse quence of the senate race in which they are only subordinate ly yet inextricably involved, certain observations might rea sonably be made about the pros pective tangible political results: Favorable Referendum . - 1. If Cordon is reelected, Mc Kay and the administration will take this as a favorable referen dum on their resource policies and proceed with . more confi dence to go about the job of putting more of them into law despite " continuing charges of "giveaway." In no other state around the country this fall is the resource issue being so clear ly drawn. The administration will then have Cordon back in the Senate to perform the main legislative handiwork upon which their program depends, just as he did with notable suc cess in putting the "tidelands" bill through last year. 2. If Neuberger is elected, Mc Kay will be more than slightly handcuffed in trying to put his policies into law as far as the Pacific Northwest is concerned. United Press Full Leased Wire No. 193 Five Assassinated; Properly Damage Said To Be Heavy Bombings, Incendiary Fires Take Toll "." Algiers, Algeria (U.R) An-" ti-French terrorists struck sud denly in Algeria early today and French authorities said five sol diers and police were assassinat ed. . . More than half a million' dol lars worth of property was dam aged or destroyed in bombings and incendiary fires. An official communique said an officer and two soldiers were assassinated at Kenchela and Batna and two night policemen were shot down in Kabylie. Calm Said Restored Gov: Gen. Roger Leonard an nounced that "measures of pro tection and repression called for by the situation have been im mediately put into effect." An official communique is sued this morning said "perfect calm" has been restored. Police said a link is being sought between the unprece dented and obviously well or ganized outrages and the ter rorism that has plagued the pro tectorates of Tunisia to the east and Morocco to the west. Fires Deliberately Set Authorities reported 30 or more bombings and deliberately set fires during the night. The outbreaks of violence were the first in Algeria. The French have been in pow er in Algeria for more than 100 years and the North African possession is leff&Hv nnri nnliri. cally a part of France. It is di vided into three departments which send members to the French National Assembly, just like any other . department of France. Plane Makes Forced Landing in Field A Navy SNJ6 plane made a forced landing two miles north of the Medford airport at about noon today after losing its fuel pressure in the vicinity of Table Rock, according to airport sources. The plane, on a routine trip from Whidbey Island, Wash., Naval Air station to Medford, landed with its wheels- up. Mi nor damage resulted to the pro pellor and the bottom of the plane. The pilot, Lt. Cmdr. Arthur Avery, Whidbey Island, was not injured. He brought the single engined training plane down in an' open field. There were no houses in the immediate vicin ity, it was reported. Navy personnel from Whid- fbey Island are scheduled to over see removal of -the plane from the . field. It was expected that the craft will be brought to the Medford airport by truck. ' Washington (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson has appointed Milan D. Smith, Pendleton, Ore., to be his execu tive assistant, effective Dec, 1. Licking as Election for he will be without a Senate champion of those policies from the region.' In Cordon's place, Neuberger would become an ar ticulate any oi jviciiay s aenaie foes Sens. Magnuson and Jack son of Washington and Morse who could be counted on to throw a block on any bills such as the John Day dam proposal for building new projects under a private utility-government "partnership" arrangement. Morse Would Be Out 3. If Cordon is returned, there should be a good test of the oft heard observation here at the capital, viz: "A state that will reelect Guy Cordon in '54 won't reelect Wayne Morse in '56." 4. If Neuberger gets the nod, Oregon will lose its reputation here for being a stronghold of western Republicanism, and the new reputation it gains in return should be quite a contrasting one.-' ; " With their campaign efforts behind them, both McKay and Morse are reportedly confident their man will be the victor a condition whose impossibility will be much more than a simple disappointment to one man or the other. -
