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Treaty Sought To
Protect Without
War Commitment
Nationalist China
. Pressed for Assurance
Washington (U.R) The Uni
ted States is attempting to fash
ion a new treaty that will guard
Formosa against a Communist
attack without committing the
United States to war on the Red
held China mainland, American
officials said today. -
Nationalist China also is being
pressed to 'give the United States
some assurances that it will not
engage in any unjustified pro
vocative attacks against the
Communists once the treaty is
signed. '
Complicated by Threats
C The question of a defense pact
has been complicated by 'the con
tinuing Red threats to liberate
ITormosa and counter threats by
Chiang Kai-shek to invade the
mainland. U. S. policy stands be
hind the Nationalists but this
government does not want to
spark a new war in the Far East.
. Experts said the American-Nationalist
negotiations, underway
for a year, are pointed toward
the type of pact signed more
than a year ago by the United
States with the Republic of Ko
rea.
The Korean pact was signed
notwithstanding American fears
that Korean President Syngman
Rhee would make good his
threats to march against North
Korea.
Wouldn't Be Committed
In explaining the Korean
treaty to Congress, Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles pointed
out that the United States would
not be committed to any war of
aggression. He said the treaty's
language provided .that the pact
would not apply' if an armed at
tack were initiated by a country
against "any territory not under
its administrative control ..."
This formula apparently
would be satisfactory to the
United States in any new treaty
with Nationalist China.
Vishinsky's Speech
On Atom Plan Waited
United Nations, N.Y.- (U.R) -Possibility
of East-West agree
ment on putting over President
Eisenhower's "atoms for peace"
clan appeared strong today as
Russia's Andrei ,Y. Vishinsky
took the floor in the U. N. Main
Political Committee.
Vishinsky, after ; conferring
with Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge. Jr., chief United States
delegate, awaited only final in
structions from Moscow before
defining the Soviet position to
the committee.
Lodge told newsmen he
thought "we will have a unani-
mous resolution" on setting up
the Eisenhower plan.
But final agreement was not
tied down as the 60-nation com
mittee met and delegates waited
anxiously for Vishinsky's final
word.
Dixon-Yates Pact Goes
To Securities Commission
Washington (U.R) The con
troversial Dixon - Yates power
contract was submitted to the
Securities and Exchange com
mission today for approval of
proposed f inancing'of the Dixon-
Yates utilities combine. '
Portland (U.R) The annual
meeting of the National Hells
Canyon Association will be held
here Saturday.
Oregon
Again Held .Unconstitutional
The Dalles U.R) Circuit
Judge Malcolm W. Wilkinson to
day ruled Oregon s so - called
anti-picketing law unconstitu
tional. The judge thus rejected a re
quest for an injunction to halt
Retail Clerks union local No.
1565 from picketing the East
Hill Food center here.
7, This is the fourth time an
Oregon trial court has held the
statute passed by the 1953 Legis
lature to be unconstitutional.
Harold Patternson, attorney for
Signs Indicate Soviet Preparing
Defense Pact To Counteract HATO
Editor'! note: The following dispatch has been pasted
by Russian censors.
Moscow (U.R) There were increasing signs
today the Soviet Union was preparing to set up
a defense alliance of East European nations to
counteract NATO.
Diplomatic sources said the Soviet was ex
pected to call a conference of East European
nations here Nov. 29 if the Western Nations re
ject the Kremlin's invitation to an all-Europe
security conference, as expected. '
Communist broadcasts from Prague, Warsaw,
Budapest and Bucharest said the satellite nations
of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and Roma
nia already had agreed to send delegates to the
Soviet proposed conference.
Diplomatic sources speculated the East Euro
Some 250 Delegates
Attending Conclave
Of Farm Federation
An estimated 250 persons from
all parts of Oregon were in Med-
f ord today to attend opening
sessions of the 23rd annual con
vention of the ' Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation. t
Delegates are expected to
Army Officer's
'Brutality' Told
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) An
Army private testified today
that Lt. Charles C. Anderson,
defendant in a "brutality" court
martial, forced him to exercise
until he collapsed and then ord
ered him "buried" with a wood
en cross in his mouth.
ney R. Steele of Lcwndesboro,
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cution witnesses called in the
second day of Anderson's gen
eral court martial at Camp Gor
don, home of the military police
and other major Army training
enterprises.
Cross Examination
' The St. Louis officers defense
counsel continued ta hammer on
cross examination at the angle
that Anderson's apparent brutal
treatment of the men under his
command was for the purpose of
"shaping up his outfit.
Anderson,, who . won battle
stars in Korea, .told newsmen
many American lives were lost
there because soldiers had not
been rigidly disciplined , and
trained before, they went into
battle.
He is charged with 17 counts
of brutal treatment or conduct
unbecoming an officer.
Steele said he lay "buried'
for five or six minutes, alter
which he was freed.
Knox Law Repeal
Initiative Planned
' Portland (U.R) Mel Brown,
ex - brewery representative in
Oregon, said yesterday he in
tends to file his third initiative
seeking repeal of the Knox law.
Brown said he would file the
petition ' in February. , He has
been unsuccessful in two earlier
attempts to repeal the ; state
liquor monopoly and allow sale
of alcoholic beverages in private
establishments.
Brown headed the 1940 initia
tive to repeal the Knox law, and
was defeated by an overwhelm
ing 309,183 to 90,691. His 1944
attempt also was defeated.
Anti-Picketing Law
plaintiffs Paul and Roger Fla-
nan, said no appeal will be made
because a similar trial court de
cision is now before the Oregon
Supreme court.
Judge Wilkinson said he 'was
bound by a 1939 Oregon Su-
Dreme court decision which de
clared unconstitutional an initi
ative measure outlawing picket
ing. The section of the 1953 law
outlawing picketing is unconsti
tutional in the way it is worded,
Judge Wilkinson said.
cover most of the problems fac
ing farmers of the nation- in dis
cussions during the four-day con
clave. '
Preliminary meetings opened
the convention yesterday, and
the first general session opened
at the YMCA this morning with
Barry Brownell, Milwaukie, sec
ond vice-president, in charge.
Later in the morning a full day
of individual department con
ferences began. .
Departmental Meetings
These were devoted to. dairy,
field crops, livestock, fruit and
vegetable discussions, and a
meeting of Farm Bureau women.
Commodity and additional de
partmental conferences were in
progress this afternoon.
A social mixer for all dele
gates and their wives is siched-
at theyMCA..,
The convention s princ
principal
speakers will be heard during
sessions tomorrow, and on Fri
day morning the conclave will
close with a business meeting
and election of new directors,
departmental chairmen and two
new vice-presidents. "
Opening Session
At today s morning session, the
delegates were welcomed to Med-
ford by Don McNeil, manager of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce; who was pinch-hit-
ting" for city officials detained
at a League of Oregon Cities con
vention in. Portland. Salute to
the flag was led by Donn John
son, a member of the Crater
High school chapter of the Fu
ture Farmers of America, and
Dave Blair, president of the
Jackson County Farm Bureau,
also welcomed bureau members,
Officers and the board of di
rectors oi tne federation were
introduced, and county delegates
were seated.
Tomorrow's sessions begin
with a 7 a.m. breakfast and a
10 a.m. general session.
(Additional details on Pages 1
and 2 of Section 2.)
Ike Tells Heed for
Bipartisan Approach
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower told Democratic and
Republican congressional leaders
today it is "essential" to main
tain a bipartisan approach to
foreign policy and national de
fense regardless of which politi
cal party controls Congress. :
The White House said he made
the statement at a two hour and
15 minute conference with legis
lative leaders of both parties.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said in re
sponse to questions that the
meeting was characterized by a
"cooperative ' spirit.
Chicago ; (U.R) Undersec
retary of the Army John Sle-
zak says the Army has reduced
expenditures by more than $3,-
500,000 in the last fiscal year
and still has more weapons than !
it had before.
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable
cloudiness tonight. Mostly
, cloudy with a few showers
- Thursday. Little change In
temperature. Low tonight 40.
Hifh Thursday 56.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 56
Lowest this Morning . 43
S
pean conference would result in some sort of
East European collective security pact formaliz
ing the already : intimate political and military
relations between Russia and the East European
nations.
Trud, official organ of the Trade Union Cen
tral Council, made it clear today that a "defense
alliance" was in the works when it published
an article by S. Vasilev, secretary of the Mos
cow regional, Peace committee, saying:
. "Creation of a narrow military grouping of
several West European states, the chief military
force of which would be a West German army
having revanchist aggressive aims, can cause
creation of a defense alliance' of peace loving
European peoples, to ensure their security."
State's Arguments
On Motion for New
Trial Due Today
District Attorney Walter Nun-
ley -expected to file the state's
brief today on the defense mo
tion for a new trial' for James
Norman Jensen, 25, Larkspur,
Calif., convicted murderer of
Mrs. Fern Hile 1
Nunley said there has been no
ruling as yet by the circuit
court on the motion for a new
trial in the case in which LeRoy
(Bud) Starkey Jr., 20, Eagle
Point, who has been sentenced to
10 years in the state prison.
Starkey was charged witn as
sault and robbery while armed
with a dangerous weapon.
Other Cases
James Theodore Larsen, 20,
Timber, Ore., today as sentenced
to a term not to exceed one year
in the Oregon penitentiary on a
charge of burglary not m a
dwellingHe pleaded guilty Nov.
6. Involved was the theft of 11
cartons of cigarettes from the
Oakdale market. .
Clark Doyle Freeman, 22,
Oklahoma City, Okla., pleaded
guilty today to a charge of bur-
giary irom ine auy w aiKins
dwelling in the Applegate area
on lNov. iz. sentence wiu De
made after receipt of FBI rec
ords. The theft of a number of
household items was . involved,
Special Education
Meeting Set Tonight
" Mason D. McQuistoh, director
of the state pilot program in
special education, will speak to
day at 8 p.m., at the Phoenix
school gymnasium. The meeting
will be held in connection with
observances for National Re
tarded Children's week. .
Dr. Alva , Graham, president
of the Southern Oregon chapter
of the International Council for
Exceptional Children, will con
duct the session,
The public is invited.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES -
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 379.69 up 0.030; 20 rail
roads 129.3 up 2.22; 15 utilities
60.22 off 0.11; 65 stocks 139.58
up 0.68. . .
HEADS LEAGUE Mayor Dia
mond L. Flynn, Medf ord, above,
has been named president of the
League of Oregon Cities at the
group's . annual convention in
Portland. Other new officers are
Mayor Peter G. Cosovich of As
toria, vice-president, and City
Manager . James O. Convill of
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Corvallis, treasurer.
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US Warns Russia
American Planes
To Be Protected
Steps Planned Unless
Soviet Takes Action
Washington - (U.R) ' The
United States told Russia today
that unless it takes steps to pre
vent any further attacks on U.S.
planes flying in the Japan area
this government will be forced
"to provide the necessary de
fensive protection" for such
planes. , . .
The -warning was contained in
second U.S. note to Moscow
protesting against the shooting
down of a B-29 photographing
plane in the Hakkaido area of
Japan by two Soviet MIG fight
ers on Nov. 7. Ten crew mem
bers of the B-29 parachuted to
safety but the 11th was killed.
Incident Again Protested
"The U.S. government," to
day's note said, "again protests
this latest incident in a long
series of unprovoked Soviet at
tacks on American aircraft on
peaceful missions ...
"The U.S. government, re
quests that ; appropriate disci
plinary measures be taken with
regard ' to those responsible for
this unprovoked attack and that
all other possible steps be taken
to prevent the recurrences of
such incidents which are in fla
grant contradiction of recent
statements byhigh Soviet offic
ials that the Soviet Union seeks
to abate international tension ,
Will Provide Protection
"In the absence of appropriate
action by the government of the
USSR, the U.S. government will
be impelled to provide the nec
essary defensive protection for
U.S. aircraft engaged in these
legitimate and peaceful missions
and full resnonsibility for any
ioonseuijtes- which -nsue will
devolve upon the government of
the USSR."
President ; Eisenhower , told
his news conference last week
that fighter protection would be
given to larger American craft
when they are on' what he called
proper missions m risky areas.
Morgan, Sweetland
Tiff Over Morse
Portland' U.R) State Demo
cratic Chairman Howard Morgan
today took issue with Democratic
National Committeeman Monroe
Sweetland on the subject of In
dependent Senator Wayne Morse.
Sweetland said that : Morse
would have full support of the
Democratic party if he runs for
reelection in 1956 as a Demo
crat, but he-would get no help
if he remained an Independent.-
Morse in a copyrighted inter
view with the magazine U. S.
News and World Report 'said his
present plans were to campaign
in 1956 as an Independent. He
also was quoted as saying Ore
gon Democrats were making a
great fight against the Republi
can machine in Oregon and if
convinced the cause of liberal
ism would be best served by
joining forces with them he
would not hesitate to do it.
Morgan said today that "as
head of my party and as one of
the group to which Sen. Morse
referred, I am positive that no
responsible member of that
group could be thoughtless
enough to confront Sen. Morse
with anything which might be
described as an ultimatum." .
City Officials Due
Back From Convention
The 14 Medford city officials
attending the annual League of
Oregon cities convention in
Portland this week were all ex
pected back this afternoon,- ac
cording to the city superintend
ent's office. ; : t ' " ' "
Several returned ysterday, in
cluding City Supt. Robert Duff
and . Vern Thorpe, director of
public works. .. v ''
Mayor D. L. Fynn was at the
concluding business session this
morning where he was elected
to the office of president of the
state league for 1955. Flynn is
now vice-president of the league.
Portland (U.R) J. W. Cope
land Lumber yards has announc
ed the purchase of the two op
erations of the Eagle Lumber
yards in a $250,000 transaction.
Compromise of
McCarthy Censure
Declared Dimming
Bridges Says One-Third
Ready for .Compromise
Washington (U.R) Two sen
ators, a Democrat and a Repub
lican, said today that Sen.
Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) has
swung Senate sentiment against
any compromise in the proposed
censure of Sen. Joseph R. .Mc
Carthy. , ,
Sen.. A. S. Mike Monroney (D-
Okla.) said Watkins, chairman
of the special Censure Commit
tee, "torpedoed" prospects for
a compromise with his speech
yesterday calling, for a new cen
ure charge against McCarthy. ;
Sen. Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.)
said he feels prospects for a com
promise have dimmed. .
Different Opinions
Thye and Monroney talked
with reporters just before the
Senate resumed debate on a reso
lution to censure McCarthy on
two counts.
Their views conflicted with
that of President Pro Tempore
Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) who told
reporters earlier that he esti
mates one-third of the Senate
now is ready to vote for com
promise.
Bridges based his statement on
discussion that took place in a
secret huddle between Senate
GOP leaders and compromise
advocates.- '
"The censure debate is spread
ing the country far apart we
need unity, ' he said.
Sen. Wallace F. Bennett recog
nized the new behind-the-scenes
compromise moves but said he
still planned to introduce "at the
proper time" .a new charge
against McCarthy. He said he
would introduce the motion in
"defense of the honor" of Sen.
Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah), his
fellow Utahan and chairman of
the special censure committee.
Open -To Compromise Move
Bennett said today, however,
he - may tailor his .. proposed
amendment to the censure reso
lution to fit a compromise form
ula if it is introduced.
"In other words, if the com
promise says . McCarthy should
be 'disapproved' instead of 'cen
sured' I may follow that lan
guage," he said.
Watkins called for the new
censure charge Tuesday because
McCarthy had called him "cow
ardly," branded his committee
the "unwitting handmaiden" of
the Communist party, and re
ferred to the Senate debate as a
"lynching bee."
Plans Store Closures
Chicago U.R) Montgomery
Ward and Co., mail order house
of which Louis A. Wolfson, New
York and Miami financier, seeks
control,' today announced it is
closing "a few" smaller retail
stores at the end of the year.
In response to reports publish
ed here that the firm, now head
ed by Board Chairman Sewell
Avery, planned to close 17 re
tail outlets, a statement was is
sued by John A. Barr, vice, pres
ident and secretary, saying the
exact number to be closed "has
hot been determined.".
Warm Springs Streams
Dragged for Youngster
Madras (U.R) Searchers
today dragged Shitike creek and
the Deschutes river on the Warm
Springs Indian reservation for
the body of a 2Vi-year-old In
dian boy who fell into the creek
yesterday afternoon.
Authorities said James Polk,
son of Mrs. Evelyn D. Polk of
the "'Greenville community on
the reservation, fell into the
creek near where -it flows . into
the Deschutes about 1 p.m. yes
terday. -". -
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McMinnville U.R) Deputy
District Attorney H. W. Devlin
said today a 21-year-old Dayton
man had admitted beating his
four-year-old stepson Monday in
a fit of temper. - , .
.The boy, Richard Lightle, was
in Good Samaritan hospital in
Portland with critical head in
juries and multiple bruises. Hos
pital attendants said the boy
was still unconscious. '
. The - stepfather, Horace Crow
ley, was being held in McMinn
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NOEL AND HERTA FIELD
Couple1 Released After Five Years
London (U.R) Noel Field,
the mysterious American whose
disappearance behind the Iron
Curtain five years ago touched
off a bizarre family vanishing
act, has been freed with his
German-born wife, Herfa, the
Communist Hungarian radio re
ported., !
The U. S. Legation said to
night it was "in contact'" with
the Fields.
The legation said "We . . .
know where they are staying
but cannot disclose the place
where they are at the moment."
"We placed ourselves at their
(the Fields) disposal and now
are waiting whether they want
to see us. They know where we
are' and how gladly we would
visit them." ;
All Budapest newspapers car
ried the bare announcement to
day.
One Unaccounted For
The announcement, if true,
leaves one more member of the
Field family unaccounted for,
She is Mrs. Robert Wallach, who
Action on Liquor
License Delayed
Action on a liquor-by-the-giass
license application by the Bo
hemian club 10 South Fir st.,
was held in abeyance last night
by the Medford council until the
full council and Mayor D. L.
Flynh are present. . , '
Stanley Jones Jr., chairman of
the- license committee, recom
mended that the application be
approved, . and stated that he
didn't, believe the council should
allow applications for certain
outlets and not for others. He ex
pressed his faith in the Oregon
Liquor Control commission in
"pot allowing the area to become
saturated wiiu ouueis., r.
Jones said that both the police
department and license collector
had investigated the applicant
and found nothing to hold up ap
proval, i
(See story on Page 10)
Mendes-France Due
On Goodwill Visit
Washington , (U.R) French
Premier Pierre Mendes-France
comes here today for a four-day
goodwill , visit aimed at dispell
ing American mistrust of his
foreign policy.
He also is expected to seek a
firm American commitment to
help finance French expedition
ary forces in Indochina, discuss
Western relations with the Sov
iet Union and talk over French
colonial problems in Africa.
Mendes-Fr ance.v who has been
visiting Canada, was due here
late today. Because of the, late
arrival, he planned to go direct
ly' to Blair house the govern
ment's' guest home for foreign
dignitaries and postpone his
meeting with President Eisen
hower until Thursday.
confesses 10
ville city jail on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill.
Crowley first told state police
and' Yamhill county sheriffs
deputies that he iound his step
son lying ' unconscious in the
backyard of their Dayton home
Monday morning. Later, how
ever, he told Devlin that he had
"trouble" with the boy and beat
him in a fit of temper. The boy
later fell unconscious while tak
ing a shower, Crowley said.
Crowley said when he was un
as Erika' Glasser was adopted
by Noel Field in 1939. She dis-'
appeared at Tempelhof airport,
in Berlin in 1950 while looking
for Noel and has been reported
in a Soviet prison camp in Si-
beria. . v ' ' . v ' -
Hermann Field, 44, who dis
appeared in Warshaw after tak
ing Herta to Prague, was relea&f
ed last Oct. 25 by Communist
Poland. He is reported still re
cuperating in a sanitarium out
side Warsaw. The Communists
said espionage charges against
him had been dropped. :
Announcement Similar
The announcement of the free
ing of Noel Field, a former U.S.
State department official, wasw
similar. - -
The competent state agencies
of the Popular Hungarian Re
public have been reviewing for
a certain time the case of Noel
H. Field and Herta K. Field,
American citizens under arrest,"
the Budapest Radio said.
It has not been possible to
justify the charge made in the
past against the above mention
ed persons. Therefore, the comp
etent state agencies have an
nounced the case dismissed and
have freed Noel ' H. Field and
Herta K. Field..,
Christian ' RavndaL U.S. min
ister to the Communist country;
told the United Press by tele
phone from his home:
"This is news to me. I have
not had word they were released
or even alive. This apparently
means the Hungarian Foreign
Office has not yet been informed
but probably they will inform
me this morning. Until then I
am afraid I cannot comment."
Mystery Shrouds Story
The full story of the Fields'
disappearance may never be
known. It is a story of charges
of Communist - espionage and
counter-espionage overlaid with
secrecy. It was one of the most '
curious intrigues of the cold war.
The story began in May, 1949,
when Noel Field, 50, member of
a wealthy Quaker family andi
State Department expert on East
ern Europe, left his wife in
Switzerland and went to Prague.
It was the last news the free.,
world heard of him. until today.
' His background was searched.
Such persons as Whittaker
Chambers, a former' Communist,
said. Noel was involved with
Communist groups in Washing
ton. But Communist 'radios in
East Europe denounced him as
an American spy. He was men
tioned in the purge trials of Com
munist leaders in East Europe.'
Daughter Vanishes on Search
Hermann, a Harvard-educated
architect of Cleveland, O., and
Herta, were last heard of in ;
August, 1949. Hermann took her '
to Prague and flew on to War
saw. Both vanished. --
Noel Field's adopted daughter, '
Erika, began a search for her
foster parents. She got as far as
Berlin's Tempelhof Airport She,
too, vanished. Her husband, Rob
ert Wallach, now in Washington, ;
D. C, has1 received letters from
her saying she has been sent to
Siberia. . .-
living Beating
able to revive his stepson, he
drove . the boy ; to. McMinnville :
hospital, stopping off on the way
at a nut processing plant where
his wife works to pick her up.
When it was found Richard
suffered a brain injury, he was '
taken to the Portland hospital.
, Doctors at McMinnville said :
tne ppys Doay .was coverea Dy '
bruises and there was a purplish
discoloration, swelling and
roughened skin around his neck.
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