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mi Mid if. I! if it If-if 4 IMmm fee talks With Soviet Must Ml Serman Freedom, ; Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower said today that the United States will not agree to hold four power talks with the' Soviet Union until the west German freedom and rearma ment agreements have been put into effect. Th President, in response to a question, said he could not look into the future and foresee when conditions would make such talks possible. He said he could not conceive that a meeting of heads of state wo'uld be worthwhile to begin with. He said it would be neces sary to have talks on the diplo matic level first, and that he did not know what thereafter might follow. Dulles lo Speak The President announced that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will make an important foreign policy address next Mon day night in Chicago. He said Dulles would give quite an ex planation of where this govern ment stands on four power talks and over-all foreign policy, Giving a preview of Dulles' Speech, the President said that until the new accords on west ern Germany are put into effect we will not agree to such a con ference. And, - he . continued, there should be some promise of real fruitfulness for, talks with the East.' -, And thirdly, there must be a proper time for thorough prep aration for an East-West confer ence. The President said there is no virtue in going into any quick conference for the purpose of promoting propaganda. Austrian Peace Treaty I I The President nevertheless re- Pf ated his long held, position ydeath,, the -Kremlin, shuf that whenever this government fled an ,xnP1.;pnoP(, hanf1 Wrt has any reason to believe that anyone really wants to talk about peace, it will talk too. Asked what kind of evidence the United States would want about Communist intentions, the ' President said an Austrian peace treaty would be a mark of real Sincerity that would permit fur ther progress . toward negotia tions on other matters. The Pres ident talked yesterday with Aus trian Chancellor Julius Raab, who is visiting here. - The President emphasized that the free world must remain con stantly on its guard during any period of co-existence with the Communists. . .' World Revolution , - He acknowledged that the Russians lately have been talk ing in softer tones. But he said every study he had ever made about Communism revealed that its underlying and unchanged goal is world revolution, r-, He said it would be the great est error to forget this funda mental doctrine of Communism. He said the Communists assert that it is good tactics to retreat at times in their movement to ward that goal. UMC Donations Reach Per Cent of Goal Donations and collections for the United Medford Crusade now total just about 90 per cent of the $102,000 goal, it was re ported this morning. A total of some $91,000 has been, collected. UMC drive officials said this morning that about 95 per cent of the goal are expected to be collected by regular solicitation, , and the other 5 per cent through special events. A "telethon" conducted here last week raised more than $300 for the UMC and about $265 for the Ashland-Talent Youth Activi ties fund. Foggy Morning Seen Here Again Tomorrow 8 Fog is forecast again for to morrow morning, according to the Medford weather bureau. It is expected to clear later in the day. i v : '" There was general fog in the Rogue valley and north as far as Roseburg this morning, which cleared by late morning. Weather FORECAST: Fogey tonight and Wednesday morning, clearing in afternoon. Low tonight 30 to 33; high Wednesday near 55. ? . Temp.' Highest Yesterday u 6 Lowest this Morning 33 - Ike Says Dulles' foreign policy speech will be made before a meeting of the boys and girls 4-H clubs in Chicago. Went Too Far Earlier, officials had said the United States feels French Pre mier Pierre Mendes-France went too far in suggesting a Big Four peace conference next May. They said that while the United States does not object to an eventual meeting ? of some kind with ; Russiaf U. S. diplo mats were somewhat taken aoacK by tne early date sug gested by the French Premier. (Sea Story on Page 8) , Malik Ordered To Assume Leadership Of Soviet at U N; London (U.R) The Soviet Union today ordered diplomat Jacob Malik to fly to New York tonight and assume leadership of the Soviet delegation at the United Nations. . A spokesman for the Soviet embassy said he did not know whether Malik was r enlacing Andrei Vishinsky, who died yes terday, temporarily or perma nently. ' ' ' . Malik now is serving the Kremlin as its ambassador to the court of St. James. ' : ' ' British Overseas Airways Corp. disclosed that Malik, trav eling with only one aide, had booked passage aboard BOAC Monarch flight BA509. , ; . . Former Delegate fled an experienced hand into the vacancy. .'-.. Malik was permanent Soviet delegate to the United Nations before he was dispatched to Lon don after the death of Stalin. He was moved out of the United Nations to mak way for Vishin sky, who had been demoted from foreing minister in the shakeup that followed the ascension to power of the new Soviet regime. Malik's broad, expressionless face and athletic build are famil iar to millions of American tele vision viewers who watched him perform as Soviet top man at the United Nations. . ( Sm Story on Page 5) Polio Patient Moved By Plane to Oakland Mrs. Beverly Jean Clark, who was stricken with polio in Ban gor, Me., on Labor day and had been confined at Eastern Maine General hospital, is now ,' at Highland hospital, Oakland, Calif. : - 'Mr -: - , The respirator patient, 'daugh ter of Mrs. Ruth Daily, Medford, was flqwn by Air Force trans port on Nov. 9 to Oakland from Bangor, where her husband, S- Sgt. Edwin Clark, is stationed with the 49th fighter-interceptor squadron. Two . standby iron lungs were carried in the plane. The Clarks lived in Medford before he entered the Air Force. They have an 11-month-old daughter Linda Diane, for whom Mrs. Daily is now caring. She recently returned from Bangor bringing her granddaughter.' Friends may write Mrs. Clark by addressing their letters to the polio ward at Highland hospital, Oakland. County Court Conducts Water District Hearing A boundary hearing for the proposed Grandview water " dis trict was underway in the coun ty court this morning. Eighteen people, including at torneys Jeanette Marshall and Paul Haviland, appeared at the hearing and discussed the boundaries as proposed and pros and cons for district formation. A petition containing 148 val id , signatures . called ' for . the hearing. An order setting the el ection date on the proposal will be made by the court after ' the boundaries are determined. more man 500 persons are residents of the proposed dis trict, Mrs. Marshall reported." DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.PJ Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 382.74 up 3.27; 20 rail roads 130.36 up 0.39; 15 utilities 60.68 up 0.08; 65 stocks 140.49 up O.Z0. ' "" - : ii - iii I mmm mmm aw-faafara wmmm Main Political Group Unanimously Backs Resolution Committee Rejects Soviet Amendments " United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) The UN Main Political Commit tee voted unanimously today for President Eisenhower's "atoms for peace" program. : Russia joined the Western powers . in the unanimous vote for a resolution setting up the plan, . after the committee had voted down two Spviet amend ments. Arkady Sobolev, deputy chief of the Soviet delegation, took the chair of Andrei Y. Vishinsky whose sudden death yesterday cut short his strenuous efforts to force the Kremlin's views on the committee. ' Five Abstentions One Soviet amendment, ' de feated by a; '43 to 5 vote with five abstentions, would have placed under the Security Coun cil the international atomic en ergy agency proposal to govern the plan's operations. This would have given Russia, and any of the other Big Five pow ers, a veto power over the agency's decisions. . The other Russian amendment defeated by a 36 to 6 vote with 18 abstentions, would have op ened to any country the Inter national Scientific Conference proposed for next summer. This would have opened the way for Communist China to participate in the Eisenhower plan. The measure now goes to the General Assembly for final ap proval. The assembly is expect ed to act on it next wek. Holiday Closures Slated Thursday A few- local offices- will ob-; serve a long - holiday starting Thanksgiving day, a check today disclosed. Several local unions have in dicated that their offices will be closed from Wednesday eve ning until Monday morning. Al yin D. York, president of the Medford Central Labor council, listed them as Teamsters Local 962, Culinary Local 329, Elec trical Workers Local 659, Meat cutters Local 503, and the offices of the Central Labor council. 4- All city, county, state and fed eral offices will ,be closed Thanksgiving day, and chamber of commerce officials indicated that 'the only business firms which will remain open on. the holiday are a few grocery and drug stores Government offices will be open as usual Friday and Saturday morning. . Most schools in the county, in cluding the Medford public schools, will - be closed from Wednesday afternoon until Mon day morning. , Christmas Decoration Project Under Way . f Installation of : street Christmas- decorations in downtown Medford is expected to be com plete by tomorrow, morning, ac cording to Vern Thorpe, city di rector of public works. The decorations, which are provided by the Medford Retail Merchants association, are being installed by city employees. The work was started two days ago. .A problem of obtaining the proper sized lights for the deco rations) which threatened to de lay the project, has been solved and they will be lighted on schedule, according to Don Mc Neil, secretary of the Jackson County ' Chamber of Commerce. New Highway Section Paving Now Completed ,. Paving on the, 9.3 miles ; of new highway between Medford and Blackwell . hill has . been completed, according to W. B. Merrill, resident state highway engineer. Only highway shoulder oiling from Medford to Willow Springs remains to be done, he added. It will be completed next spring. ' The paving' alone cost in ex cess of $1,000,000, plus construc tion of three concrete " over passes. Four lanes of paving is now provided from Medford to Willow Springs. Completion of the project completes the new highway from Ashland to Rock Point bridge, west .of Gold Hill, constructed within the last , two years. , ' h V.,- . Seattle (U.R) A gunman held up the Prudential Mutual Sav ings Bank here 'today and es caped witlv about - S2500, - Medford United Press Full Leased, Wir 49th Year 20 Pages AIR SERVICE STARTS The first load of first class 3 cent mail by air arrived at the Medford. post office yesterday, under an ex perimental program of carrying non-air mail by air on a space available basis. Several city. ; and post office' officials were on hand to greet it. From left are shown Mayor Diamond Flynn; Assistant Postmaster Otto l)eJarnet; Lauded as Humanity's Friend By West Germany Bonn, Germany (U.R) Her bert 3ooyej80,-railed-: byth Bonn government as 'a friend of humanity and a statesman," received the personal thanks of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to day for helping defeated and starving Germany regain its feet in both world wars. ; The former President, who arrived here yesterday for a six day official visit to West Ger many and West Berlin, met with Adenauer , f or . 45 minutes. The chancellor during his recent visit to the United States had invited Mr. Hoover to come, to Germany.; : This was Mr. Hoover's first visit to Germany since 1947 when he master minded a food program that put hungry Ger many on the road to recovery. He did -- the same thing after World War I. . ?' The government's official bul letin greeted Mr. ; Hoover in these words: . The friend of humanity and statesman Herbert Clark Hoov er can look back on a rich life in the service of his country and of mankind. The German people has him to thank for his help in its time of grimmest misery." Sen. Morse's Daughter. Plans December Wedding i Washington (U.R) Sen. and Mrs. Wayne Morse have an nounced the engagement of .their daughter, Nancy, to C. H. Camp bell Jr., of Hartsville, S.C. ; Miss Morse is an instructor at Coker College in Hartsville. She is a graduate of the University of v Oregon.; . The -: wedding is, planned for sometime in Decem ber at the Episcopal' church' in Hartsville. Talent Irrigation District Named in Tvo Damage Suits Two complaints seeking com bined damages of $21,351.40 were iuea yesieraay in ircux. court against the Talent litiga tion district by a property own er and a lessee on Highway 66 at the Green Springs summit. h The complaints allege that the district through its officers acted "carelessly", and "negli gently" when it erected an ex tension on the. Hiatt, reservoir's spillway, which collapsed on May 5 ; flooding the complain ants'" properties. v ; ' f W. R. Mayfield, a lessee, claimed that the flood waters "destroyed" truck garden crops on 934 acres of land, resulting in? $13,734.00 damages. In the other 'complaint, Walter F. Mon roe asked for $7,617 damages that allegedly occurred at the same time to 5.28 acres of land, .agin tftpKfU dlTTaga Mid daW MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1 954 - kagfr mill ... tmf Mendes-France Sees German Agreements As H istoric Step New. York i- (U.R) French 'PrarftWMe day the London and Paris agree ments 'formed the- basis for a historic step toward true West ern European union.' . "The Western European union which we agreed to establish is more than merely a military ar rangement or" a device permit ting a German military contribu tion," he said.., "It creates an organizatiohal nucleus for a Eu rope moving toward unifica tion." : . v - ;: ; i- The French Premier,' speaking before the Foreign Policy asso ciation on the final day of his 10-day tour of the United States and Canada, said the European policy of France is the policy of a united Europe. Firemen Report Toys Coming in Slowly V Medford firemen, who each year collect and repair, toys for distribution to youngsters need ing them at Christmas time, said today that toys are, coming in slowly this year. : 'r:7-y-: All repairable toys, and parts of toys which could be used in reparing others, will . be ' wel come, they iaid. Wheeler f all kinds are particularly . needed.'; - Funds to carry' on this project are raised . each year by Thanks giving day dances sponsored by the 'firemen. Two will' be given this year; a square dance at Camp Corral, near Camp White, and a ballroom dance, at Dream land, on East Main st, near the Bear Creek bridge. . : ' Toys may be taken to - the main fire station, and dance tickets are-also available; there and at the two sub-stations. ' positing 'amounts of debris on his land. Monroe leases a por tion of his larid to Mayfield. ' The complaints' declared that the extension on, the spillway was made of iron pipes, inter laced - with wooden boards, which raised the height of 'the spillway by about : three feet, and caused an additional amount of water to be impounded. Fur ther, that when the spillway col lapsed, it . . sent a great flood of water over" the palintiffs' land. -K.A-W- - v;;v District' officials named in the suit were R. M. Kent, manager and secretary; and directors, Homer Moore, Joe- H. Meyer, and Henry A. Owens.-None of them was availabe for comment this morning. The Medford law. firm of Crum and Harbison is represent Jiig tts p-aiatiffi. m . . . .- United Pre Postmaster Moore Hamilton; Dr. Beatrice At cheson, Washington, D.C., of the post office's research department, who accompanied the first load of mail to Medford by United Air lines plane; Miss Mabel Nye and Mrs. Bert Pree, representing the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, and Earl York, superin tendent of mails here. (Brainerd photo) . "By 'united I mean not mere-ly-ited'-lJ3rpposition to- real or potential- dangers, but also united by a permanent communi ty of interests," he said. '.The nations of Western Eu rope, know that they must aban don the dreams of egoism, must strive to pull down the barriers that have divided and weakened them, and must proceed with realism but also with resolution to create that great edifice of unity : in which they can com bine their strength and talents." - He said the London and Paris agreements commandV'the deep support of the French people." In addition, he said, they, have the wide "grass-roots support" of the European people. - The: smaller countries of Eu rope, he said, had no reason to fear harm from the France-German relations established by the agreements. . ' Closa Association Aim "On the contrary, we are firm ly resolved to bring lour t con tinental partners into the closest possible association in insuring the harmonious development of the relations between France and Germany,? he said.'. . ; Mendes-France for- the secohd time in two days called, atten tion to the Soviet proposal that its suggested Nov. 29 All-Euro pean conference be postponed if the Western . European nations will- postpone ratification of the London and Paris agreements. "As we cannot postpone ratifi-l cation we of course cannot agree to the Soviet proposal," he said. "On the other hand we have no wish to interfere with a meet ing by the countries that have accepted the Soviet invitation." Ull I 111 Probe of Sentences :l Washington (U.R)r . Sen. Wayne ; Morse (Ind.-Ore.) said today the United Nations should investigate Red China's decision to imprison Americans as "spies." Morse told newsmen "Tne U. S. government should call on the United Nations -for an immediate investigation of the Red Chinese announcement that they propose to execute . American .nationals on alleged spy. charges." "It is the duty of our govern-' inent," Morse . said, 'to make very clear to the United Nations and Red China that in all our history we have never permitted the violation' of the right's' of American nationals by. any fort eign power, let alone permitted the imprisonment of American nationals by a foreign power without' just cause )c - - Salem (U.l- The State High way Commission will open bids on jobs estimated to cost $2,000,- 000 at its meeting in Portland ramose Tribune fun Leased Win Price 5c No. 211 ... i - Plans Disclosed Proposed Building ' . Would Cost $60,000 Plans for construction of a new building for the Girls Com munity club .were announced here this morning at a meeting of about 35 representatives , of various Medford organizations. Tentative plans call for con struction of a concrete block building, approximately 70 by 94 feet, on the present GCC site. Cost of the proposed building was estimated at between $50, 000 and $60,000, with an addi tional $15,000 . for furnishings and equipment. , v;-.v-. Financing Discussed ' ' Plans for possible financing of the structure were discussed at this morning's meeting. Those brought forward included rais ing all or part of the money through donations, obtaining part of the needed funds through a long term loan, and use of memorial funds for a part, of the building. . ; No decision was reached . on financing, and Mrs. D o 1 p h Phipps, a member of the club's h?ard of directors who a-d as chairman for the meeting, point ed out that the chief purpose of this morning's session was to put the proposed plan before the public However, Mrs. Phipps empha sized that some action must be taken before March, 1955. The fire department has set that deadline' for- correction of "haz ardous conditions, ot condemna tion of the property; for use as living quarters 15 Hazards Some 15 conditions have been listed by the fire marshal as "hazardous," according to Tracy Crum, attorney for the, GCC. Some of these conditions would involve structural changes, com plete rewiring of the building, a revamped heating system and other major projects, Crum said. "These would require spending a lot of money," the attorney declared, adding that it would be money; wasted ' in , an - old building. A : The present GCC building, at 229 North Bartlett st., has been used by the club since 1931, and prior to that time was used by the Young Women's ... Christian association for a similar pur pose, according to Mrs. Phipps. The proposed building would be divided into two sections, one for living quarters, and the oth er for clubroom purposes.; The living quarters would include six bedrooms, with space for 12 girls,' a matron's- quarters, an office, a kitchen for the girls, and a, lounge. The living quar ters would have a separate en trance' from the street . Three Clubrooms '.-' The clubroom area would in clude ' a meeting room, dining room and larger meeting room, all of which would be divided by accordion doors, to . allow three small buildings or one or two large meetings to be con ducted, at the same time. In ad dition, ' space is provided for a small kitchen. : i . "We1 feel this is a community project, and should have sup port;:, from every organization before we start' Mrs. Phipps said. She point! out that, for the past 10, years, more than i,000 people a month have'used the building for meetings, ex cept during summer months. Some 45 organizations meet at the GCC, which also handles private parties, dinners; show ers and other similar events,, she said. 'r The GCC also provides living space for approximately 25 working girls, most of them in their teens, each year. A one-J year limn nas oeen set on bw time one girl can ; live at the club. J: .:, , '' i -.. Possibility of . moving . the GCC to another site was dis cussed, but it was pointed out that it is necessary to have a central location, not : only for people attending meetings, but also because most of the girls living at the GCC work down town,' many of them at night. It would be difficult to obtain a location as desirable as - that presently owned by the Girls Community club without spend ing a lot of money, it was Girls Community 13 U. S. Citizens Listed in Repori By Commie Radio Air Force Colonel, Major Said Sentenced London (UP.) Red China an nounced today that it has sen tenced 22 "American spies',', in cluding 13 U.S. citizens, to death . or imprisonment Included among those sen tenced, according to a Chinese Communist radio broadcast mon itored here, were an American Air Force colonel and an Air Force major The broadcast did not imme diately indicate what sentences -had been pronounced on the Americans. It said only that the "spies" were sentenced to death or to prison terms of from four years to life. The nine non-Americans sen-. tenced were described as Chin ese Nationals. : ; ; Convicted by Military Tribunal V "These American spies were convicted by the military tri bunal of the Supreme People's courts of the People's Republic of China today of the crime of -seriously jeopardizing the secur ity of China," the Red broadcast .. said. ; . r .' -sri Vv'J ,';'";' The broadcast said the Ameri cans and the Chinese were in volved in two espionage cases. The broadcast identified the American colonel as John Knox Arnold ' Jr., 41, Washington. D.C. It said he was commanding . officer of the U.S.. 58th Air Sup- -ply and Communications Wing. The Air Force Register lists a Col. John'K. Arnold Jr., whose date of birth corresponds to the red identification. The broadcast said Col. Arn old was the leader of one of two 'American espionage rings." Pennsylvania)! Named The second American identi fied was listed as Maj. William - Hurl Baumer, 32, "of Pennsyl vania, U.S.A." He was described as operations officer of the 101st Strategic Reconnaissance Squad ron, U.S. Far Eastern Air Force and was claimed to have served in the espionage network under Arnold ., -r-.::; , i ... The Air Force Register does " not list an officer of this name. The other espionage case," radio Peiping said, "involved John Thomas Downey (alias Jack Donovan), 24, born in Con necticut, and Richard George Fecteau, 27, born in Massachu setts, U.S.A.. "Both were special agents of the Central Intelligence agency, a U.S. espionage organization," -Peiping radio said. "Downey , and Fecteau work ed with the Atsuki, Japanese es- . pionage organization of the U.S. Central Intelligence agency." . Special Agents Said Dropped The broadcast said tne dHist Air Supply and Communications Wing with which Arnold was connected "was charged with the task' of carrying out espionage activities in the service of the U. S. Central Intelligence agency. . "The functions of the wing are to air drop special agents, into China and the Soviet Union, supply these "agents and keep in communication witn inem, the broadcast said. The Peiping broadcast said the following sentences were im- - -posed:' . ';. v---'. . ; i;v- John Thomas . Downey, 24, (alias Jack Donovan) Connecti cutlife imprisonment. ' ' Richard George Fecteau, 27. Massachusetts 20 years im-, prisonment. Col. John Knox Arnold Jr., 41, Washington, D.C. 10 years. Air Force Maj. William Hurl Baumer, 32, Pennsylvania eight years. r Captain Gats Six Years Air Force Capt. Eugene John Vaadi, 33, New York Six years. .'(- . . ' Elmer Fred Llewellyn five years. V , Wallace Lamar Brown five ' years. ; . John Woodward Buck four years: ' ' Howard William Brown four years. , Steve Edward Kirbe four ; years. -. - . . Harry Martin Benjamin Jr. Four years. - John Walker , Thomason four years. , .-.. - .' Daniel Charis Schmidt four years. - - The eight last named were id- ' entified only as "members of the Vaadi crew." EARLY EDITION . , THURSDAY In order to permit Us em ployees to observe the Thanks giving Day holiday. The Mail Tribune will pub lish a ' noon edition en Thursday, Mot. 25. '' '6 a
