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Butler Huddles
With Truman Over
Democrat Strategy
Chairman May Seek
To Settle Differences
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R)
Paul Butler, the new Democratic
national chairman, huddled with
former President Truman today
,over party strategy for the 1956
' campaign.
Butler, who succeeded Steph
en A. Mitchell as Democratic
chairman only last Saturday,
conferred with Mr. Truman at
a private luncheon.
They were both scheduled to
speak tonight at a Democratic
county victory dinner. Averell
Harriman, Democrat governor
elect of New York, was also on
the program.
Can Learn Many Things
: Butler's only advance com
ment on the meeting was "I'm
sure I can learn numerous things
regarding the conduct of my job
by talking with Truman."
1 The South Bend, Ind., attorney
may also attempt to settle any
differences that might exist be
tween him and Mr. Truman.
Butler had the backing of Mitch
ell and Adlai E. Stevenson for
the party chairmanship, but Mr.
Truman was reported to have
wanted another man.
Truman's Friend
Mr. Truman's opposition to
Butler was said to stem from
Butler's successful drive to un
seat Frank McKinney as Indi
ana's Democratic chairman. Mc
; Kinney, a former national chair
man, is a close friend of Mr.
Truman's.
i -
Although Butler was regarded
as a "Stevenson man" at the
Democrats week end meeting in
New Orleans, La., he made it
clear last night that he does not
regard Stevenson as a shoo-in
for the party's 1956 presidential
Domination.
Butler said in South Bend that
Stevenson will have to let the
American people and the party
know well in advance whether
he wants the nomination and
campaign "vigorously" for it.
Butler said that from "what I
read" Stevenson is the party's
most likely candidate in 1956,
providing he wants the nomina
tion. Butler also repeated his
charges that President Eisen
hower "is not equipped for the
presidency."
Careers Don't Mix
. "I am fully convinced that a
career of 40 years with the en
vironment and discipline of mili
tary life does not equip a man
to cope with the problems of the
presidency, he said.
Republicans, led by national
chairman Leonard Hall, have
charged that Butler's original
statement in New Orleans means
the Democrats are abandoning
campaign promises to cooperate
with the President.
Portland U.R) The city zoo
commission has recommended
that the Oregon Museum of Sci
ence and Industry be allocated
building space at the site of the
new city zoo.
November Employment Here
Said Good; Weather Helps
nnnrf weather during Novem
ber permitted employment to re
main at a good level in Jack
sort county, despite a few sea
sonal layoffs, according to the
Medford office of the State Em
ployment service.
An estimated 1,425 people, in
cluding 275 women, were with
out jobs at the end of the
month, the office said. This is
2 per cent less than at the same
time last year, and 31 per cent
more than the number at the
end of October .
Wealher Good
: Good weather permitted the
lumber industry to operate
throughout the month at a high
Jevel, with no general layoffs,
although a few mills dropped
their night shifts, and one mill
was destroyed by fire, the of
fice's monthly labor bulletin
said.
Building permits reflected a
j era
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954
Camp Mite Man
Killed in Collision
With Logging Truck
A member of " Company 1,
Camp White Domiciliary center,
was killed outright in a vehicle
accident north .of Medford last
night.
State police said , that Law
rence Miles Montgomery, 58, was
the driver of a car which col
lided with a log truck on the
Crater Lake highway at about
5:53 p.m. The car he was driv
ing was demolished.
On Wrong Side
Investigating officers said
Montgomery pulled out onto the
highway from Hunter's tavern
at the Four Corners junction, and
started driving toward the Vet
erans Administration center. His
car was on the wrong side of the
highway, the report said, and
Jackson and Grape
Streets To Become
Thoroughfares
Jackson and Grape sts. will
become through streets, the Med
ford city council decided at last
night's meeting.
The order applies to Jackson
st. from McAndrews rd. to
Barneburg rd., with the excep
tion - of signalized intersections',
and on Grape st. from Stewart
ave. to Jackson st., except for
signalized inters ections and
Fourth and 11th sts., both
through east-west routes.
The action was approved after
recommendation by the traffic
engineering department, based
on the state survey which gave
Jackson st. No. 4 priority and
Grape st. No. 8 in order of im
portance. Hold Up Licenses
The council also accepted the
license committee's recommenda
tion that two new liquor dis
pensing license applications be
held up until the committee can
investigate them.
Included are applications by
the Holland hotel for a lounge
and the Bohemian club, 10 South
Fir st. License renewals approv
ed were for a beer dispensing li
cense for The Spot, club license
for Loyal Order of the Moose
and package store licenses for
the Rose grocery, Reliable gro
cery and Anderson's Thrift mar
ket. (See story on Page 5)
Salt Lake City U.R) An at
tack on the 34-nation general
agreement on tariffs and trade
and a detailed description of a
successful lamb promotion pro
gram highlighted today's ses
sions of the 90th annual conven
tion of the National Wool Grow
ers association here.
seasonal drop in new building
starts, but the total amount of
construction under way was
said to be good. Orchard prun
ing began during the month,
later than usual because the
lack of freezing weather permit
ted leaves to remain on fruit
trees longer than usual.
Claims Filed
A total of 2,169 unemploy
ment claims were filed during
November, compared to 2,262 in
November, 1953, and 1,262 in
October.
The report said the demand
for skilled workmen in most
lines remains good, and there
is a steady demand for well
qualified office help. No large
layoffs are in prospect, unless
forced by inclement weather, the
report added. Severe storms in
the hills would close down a
number of logging operations,
but until then no large amount
of unemployment is anticipated.
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the driver of the oncoming truck,
James L. E. Webb, 29, Trail,
blinked his lights in an attempt
to attract the other driver's at
tention. The Montgomery car, how
ever, continued in the wrong
lane of traffic, and Webb told
officers he couldn't determine
what the other car was going to
do. ' He swerved to his left to
avoid a collision, just as Mont
gomery swung back into the
right-hand lane. The two ve
hicles crashed into each other
head on.
Other Truck Hit
A Southern Oregon Tallow
company truck driven by Rob
ert Thomas Lindsey, 20, route 1,
box 117E, Eagle Point, was be
hind Montgomery's car, and
when the driver saw that a col
lision appeared certain, he stop
ped his truck. The impact of the
collision threw the car, a 1941
Packard coupe, back into the
front of the second truck.
Neither Webb nor Lindsey was
injured, officers reported.
Montgomery's body is at Conger-Morris
funeral home, and
funeral arrangements are pend
ing. Driver Cited
"In another accident, Glenn
LeVaughn Martin, 22, route 2,
box 208A, Central Point, receiv
ed only minor injuries, officers
said,' although his car -was coh-j
siderably damaged and he was
cited for violation of the basic
rule.
Officers said the accident hap
pened at about 4:50 p.m. Tues
day,-, when Martin was driving
toward Medford from Jackson
ville at a high rate of speed. He
failed to get around a turn in the
road, and the car went into a
three-foot ditch at the right side,
travelled 148 feet, hit a tree and
broke off a portion of it, went
24 feet more, knocked over a
telephone pole, and traveled 10
more feet before coming to rest
on its top.
Petitions Urge Cordon
To Investigate Vote
Portland (U.R) A Portland
real estate broker began circu
lating petitions - today urging
Sen. Guy Cordon (R-Ore.), to
seek an investigation of the re
cent election in ' which Cordon
was unseated by ' Democratic
Richard L. Neuberger.
F. E. Epton, who backed a
MacArthur-f o r-President move
ment in 1952, said he hoped to
get 75,000 names oh the peti
tions. They are addressed to Cor
don and say that because many
rumors about the election have
created doubt, . the people of
Oregon are entitled to know
"positively that the November 2
election was honest and accurate
regardless of who wins."
Cordon last week failed to join
in a move for a recount instituted
by Oregon GOP National Com
mitteeman ess Gard. :
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Alleged Communist
Member Ejected at
Senate Hearing
Ex-FBI Man Called
'Lying Stool Pigeon'
Washington U.R) Capitol
police ejected a Pennsylvania
steel worker from a hearing of
the Senate Investigating sub
committee today when he jump
ed and called a former FBI un
der cover agent a "lying stool
pigeon" and a "smirking Judas."
The steel worker, Paul Ault,
43, had just been described as a
member of the Communist party
in Williamsport, Pa., as late as
1952 and a responsible' party
functionary. The witness who
did so was Herman E. Thomas,
a Communist who reported to
the FBI for 10 years on activi
ties in Eastern Pennsylvania.
McCarthy Absent
"Thomas, you lying stool pig
eon . . .you smirking Judas,"
Ault said as he arose in the rear
of a small crowded hearing
room.'
Sen. Charles E. Potter (R.
Minn.) was presiding in the ab
sence of Sen. Joseph R. McCar
thy (R.-Wis.).
Ault was taken to the corri
dor, where, on the edge of tears,
he was permitted to compose
himself and confer with his at
torney. Then he was returned to
the hearing room where he
claimed his fifth amendment
privilege in refusing to answer
some 17 questions about Com
munist party activities and his
associations with persons iden
tified as party operators.
Emotional Outburst ; m;i n -y
His testimony was marked by
one emotional outburst. "Why
are you helping Bethlehem Steel
fire me?" Ault asked. "You can't
save McCarthy."
. Potter ignored the reference
to McCarthy. He told Ault that
in the cold war against Commu
nism, in which "many men have
lost their lives," and "millions
of dollars have been spent," the
American people have the right
to know that employees in the
plants handling defense con
tracts are loyal and not subver
sive. To Relay Testimony
Potter said the committee will
follow the same course it fol
lowed with two Bethlehem
Steel workers who yesterday
claimed the fifth amendment.
Under that procedure the com
mittee is sending transcripts of
the hearings to Bethlehem,
which announced after yester
day's hearings that the pair who
claimed the fifth amendment
had been suspended and were
given notice that they were to
be discharged.
UN Begins Debate
On Prisoner Issue
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
Debate begins in the UN Gen
eral Assembly today on a reso
lution calling for Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold to ne
gotiate the release of American
airmen jailed by Red China in
violation of the Korean truce. ;
The resolution, sponsored by
the United States and 15 UN
allies in the Korean war, "con
demns" the trial and illegal de
tention of the Americans after
the Sept. 25, 1953, deadline for
repatriation of all captured per
sonnel desiring to go home.
U. S. Ambassador Henry Cab
ot Lodge, scheduled to start the
debate, expressed confidence
the 16-nation resolution will be
passed by an overwhelming ma
jority. Students Ask 'Comrade'
Be Stricken From Song
Payette, Idaho U.R) Stu
dents at the Payette, Ida., high
school are petitioning to have
the word "comrade" stricken
from their school song lest they
be accused of sympathizing with
the Communist cause.
The petition which began cir
culating Monday, states that the
action is proposed because ; of
the "present state of affairs in
the world" and to avoid a con
gressional investigation.
MI
President Has No
Plans To Indulge
In Personal Fight
Damage To Party
Aired at Conference
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today that
if Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy and
his followers want to form a new
third party, it is their own busi
ness. Formation of a third party,
he said, would be very difficult.
As for McCarthy's attack on
him yesterday, Mr. Eisenhower
said he has no intention himself
of indulging in personal vituper
ation or quarrels of any kind
with anyone.
McCarthy broke completely
with the President yesterday in
a slashing statement repudiating
his 1952 support' of Mr. Eisen
hower ' and accusing the Presi
dent of a "shrinking "show of
weakness" on the Communist
issue.
Third Parly Talk
McCarthy said later he had no
intention, "at the present time,"
of bolting the GOP and forming
a third party.
The President's weekly meet
ing with reporters today devel
oped largely into a discussion of
the third party prospects and the
possible damage to the GOP
caused by the dispute over the
Senate's "condemnation" of Mc
Carthy last week. .
Mr. Eisenhower said he en
visaged a successful Republican
party founded on a basis of pro
gressive moderation and positive
action rather than destructive
criticism. '
No Decision Made
He said, in response to a hypo
thetical question, that he would
be glad to support a 1956 presi
dential nominee who backed his
own general nhilosonhv of
ernment if he decides, not to
run again.
The President told his news
conference he has made nn Hp.
cision on his bersonal future. w
saia.ne.jwiildot -say whether a
pariy split would make him
more, or less, likely to run again.
He was asked to evaluate the
danger to the GOP caused by
what appeared to be a "declara
tion of war" by McCarthy. Mr.
Eisenhower said first that he
would not set into the field of
personal vituperation.
Defends Civil Rights
The . President upheld the
right of Coneress to inniiirA intn
the legitimate affairs of the exe
cutive branch. But he also cham
pioned the civil rights of individ
uals. He sad he had come to the
defense of individuals whose
public service has been unjustiy
deprecated.
Later in his news conference,
he confirmed that this reference
was to Brie. Gen. Ralnh W.
Zwicker, one of McCarthy's tar
gets. Mr. &isennower said agam
mat zwicker was a fine patriot
with a good record. -
McCarthy : had denounced
Zwicker at a closed one-man ses
sion of his Senate Investigating
Subcommittee last February as
"not fit to wear that uniform."
Referred To Party Chairman
As for the effect of the cen
sure dispute on the party, the
President said he would have to
refer that question to Republi
can National Chairman Leonard
W. Hall.
A reriorter mentioned that
there' is a nrosnert of the py-
treme right wing of the Republi
can party following McCarthy
into a new nartv in 195fi. Mr.
Eisenhower was asked whether
this would kill the Republican
chances of remaining in power
in 195fi
Favors Moderate Course
He answered by pointing out
that since taking office he had
stood for a continuing examina-
ion of the needs of the Ameri
can people and the security of
the nation from the standpoint
of progressive . moderation and
with the purpose of sharing the
great . American productivity
among the greatest number .of
American people.
He said that if there are peo
ple who want to split off from
the GOP for some .secondary
consideration, that would have
to be their " business.
(See story on Page 2)
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy and
not so cold with occasional
showers tonight. Partly
cloudy with a few scattered
showers Thursday. Low to
night 34. Hifh Thursday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 4
Lowest this Morning 27
JUST VISITORS The Shah of Iran and his wife, Queen
Soraya, pose for cameramen on their arrival at New York's
Idlewild Airport. They will visit in New York for a week
and then journey to Washington. Their visit is of a social
and informal nature.
Northwest Truckers
Ordered To Cancel
Part of Rate Boost
Washington (U.R) The In
terstate Commerce Commission
today ordered Pacific Northwest
truckers to cancel approximately
three per cent of an 8V4 per cent
increase in certain interstate
freight rates put into effect in
February, 1953.
The increase applied to trans
portation of various commodi
ties between points in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Montana,
on the one hand and points in
Colorado, on the other. --
It also applied between points
in Idaho, Oregon, Utah, and
Washington, on the one hand,
and' points. .in; Montana; - on 'fhe
other. '
. The ICC noted that rates in
other areas in the Pacific North
west have been increased by
only 5.66 "per cent .during the
same period. ,
TV Used To Inspect
Grand Coulee Spillway
Coulee Dam, Wash. (U.R)
Television was used yesterday
for the first time to inspect the
bottom of the spillway of giant
Coulee dam and Columbia Basin
Project Manager Philip R. Nald
er said the experiment was a
success.
He said future inspections of
the underwater portion of the
dam will be made with TV.
The TV device used, put to
gether by Harold Maiken, in
cluded a camera which was tak
en to the base of the .dam by a
deep sea diver. The diver foc
used the camera on the struc
ture and the picture was con
veyed by cable to engineers atop
the dam. '
Minimum Sugar Beef
Wages Remain Same
Washington (U.R)' The
Agriculture" Department' an
nounced today that minimum
wages of sugar beet workers in
California, Southwestern Ari
zona and Southern Oregon dur
ing 1955 will be the same as'
those in effect this year. . '
Producers must pay minimum
wages set by the department to
qualify for subsidies under 'the
sugar act. The rates will be 70
cents an hour for thinning, hoe
ing, and weeding beets; and . 75
cents an' hour for pulling, top
ping and loading.' Producers
must also furnish workers with
customary housing, garden
plots and similar items. ;
Dixon-Yates Firms Ask
Group Disqualification
Washington U.R) The
Dixon -Yates companies asked
the Securities & Exchange com
mission today to disqualify Ten
nessee and 36 other protesting
groups from participation in fi
nancial hearings on the Dixon
Yates power project. ,
Attorneys for Tennessee and
other opponents of ' the contro
versial plan retorted with an an
nouncement that they will ask
the SEC to dismiss Dixon-Yates'
application for approval of its
financing proposals. - -
"We conclude that the general
increase under investigation, to
the extent that it exceeds 5.66
per cent, is unjust and unreason
able," the ICC said.
The ZVz per cent increase has
been opposed by the Montana
citizens freight rate association,
the Northwest Furniture Manu
facturers Association, the What
com County Wash. Traffic and
Rate Bureau, the Northwest Fish
Traffic Committee and some
other individual shippers and
shipping organizations.
3rimjnal Cases
Heard by Judge
inree criminal cases were
heard by Judge H. K. Hanna in
circuit court tnis morning, ac
cording to District Attorney
Walter Nunley.
Two men received suspended
sentences after pleading guilty
Nov. 13. Lawrence Daniel (Bud)
Scoggins, 23, of 210 Bliss st., was
given a three year suspended
sentence for larceny in a dwell
ing. The charge concerned theft
of a .22 caliber pistol owned by
Theodore F. Wallace, as well as
boots and $6. ..
John Thomas Eggers, 45, gen
eral delivery, Medford, was sen
tenced to two years suspended
for obtaining money under false
pretenses. It Involved a $17
check payable to the Gray Line
cab company
Frank LeRoy Rector, 38, Co
lumbus, O., also appeared today
and pleaded guilty to publishing
a false check. The case was con
tinued for receipt of FBI re
ports. It involved a $50 check
cashed at the Ashland J. C.
Penney store.
- The sheriffs office reported
that Alvin Clayton Jared, 24,
Cottage Grove, has been charged
with switching license plates,
and that Rose Elmora Spence,
34, general delivery, Butte Falls.
is being held in the county jail
lor California authorities on a
charge of obtaining money un
der false pretenses. ,
Boise U.R) The Idaho Su
preme court, in a 3 to 2 decision,
has upheld the constitutionality
of the state law prohibiting sale
of intoxicating liquor to Indians:
Coquille Youngster Wants
Wheel Chair for Christmas
. Coquille (U.R) . Eleven-year-old
Charles Smart of Co
quille most of all wants a wheel
chair for Christmas.
, When the boy, victim of a hit-and-run
motorist, . heard the
voice of Santa Claus over radio
station KWRO, he sent this plea
to Santa in care of the station:
Went To Sunday School
"Dearest Santa:
! "I've been a good boy most of
the year. I've went to Sunday
school every Sunday since June,
until on November 15th I got
run over. Someone ran over me
and they didn't stop to see if I
was hurt bad or not. Santa, I
just today got out of the hospital.
I was in it 16 days.
:."Santa, what I'd like to have
All Efforts Said
Taken To Avoid
Identification
Vessels Surprised
By American' Crews
Honolulu (U.R) U. S. Navy
planes and ships have surprised
Communist submarines cruising
in Far Eastern waters with
such careless abandon the subs
were floodlit before they could
make a crash dive.
, Unofficial Navy sources said
although Communist submarines
have every right to use of the
open sea, the foreign vessels did
everything possible to avoid id
entification, "took fast, evasive
action," and apparently operat
ed under full wartime condi
tions. A Navy spokesman said there
was no "official" verification of
these reports except for the fact
that "contacts" with Commun
ist submarines have been made
in the past months.
Cruising on Surface
But eye-witness reports came
from Navy line officers and av
iators who said some of the con
tacts were made by long range
PV2 Neptune patrol bombers
which have surprised Red sub
marines cruising on the surface
at night. Most contacts were
made by underwater sound de
tection.
The sailors said the foreign '
submarines were distribute!
mostly in the East hina' sea,
the sea of Japan and the North
west Pacific tr ' -
"Apparently their radar Isn't
too good," a naval aviator said.
We used to catch them cruis
ing along fat, dumb and happy
at night. When we'd get on top
or them, we'd illuminate the
sub with our landing lights.
Talk about panic ...
Mad Scramble
"In every instance the sub
dived, and we've often wonder
ed if any of the crew failed to
get below in that made scramble
for 'the conning tower hatch."
Surface units of the Pacific
fleet also have made "numer
ous" contacts in Far Eastern
waters, some of them farther
south in the South ' China sea.
The Communists are reported to
have -established a" submarine
base on Hainan Island just off
the south coast of China after
they captured it from the Na
tionalist Chinese in the spring
of 1950.
An American destrover
squadron surprised a Communist
sub in this area recently.
U. S. Warded To
Leave China Alone
Tokyo U.R) Chou En lai,
foreign minister of Communist
China, warned the United States
today that if it "persists in in
terfering in China's internal af
fars, it must take upon itself all
the grave consequences." ; .
Red China's propaganda out
let, Peipjng Radio, broadcasting
a statement by Chou saying
that the mutual security treaty
recently concluded between the
United States and Nationalist
China "is in every sense a
treaty of war and aggression."'
The broadcast, monitored in
Tokyo by United Press, was the
latest and strongest in a series
of threats made against the
United State for strengthening
its alliance with Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek's forces. .
Two days ago Chou said in
another Peiping broadcast that
the United tSates was creating a
serious danger of a new war"
in concluding the pact, and
added the Reds intended to "lib-
erate" Chiang's . Nationalist
stronghold of Formosa. . ,
is a wheel chair if you have any,
as my ankle was mashed and is
in a cast, my left arm is broken,
my right shoulder blade is broke
and my head was busted. It had
ovei40 stitches in it. I can't see
very good as one of the muscles
in my eye is paralyzed.
'Chair Would Be Nice'
"I am 11 years old and in the
5th grade. But I don't guess I
will go to school till next term.
A wheel chair would sure be
nice."
Station Manager Lynn Thomas
said he has assured Charles that
he personally will take the mat
ter up with Santa Claus and see
that the boy gets his wheel chair
on Christmas Day.
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