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WDOHS
Flames CSaze Six .Califoraija FactooesWairelJ' 'sis
Homes Threatened
As High Winds Fan
$2,500,000 Blaze
Four Firemen Injured;
Glow Seen for 35 Miles
FuUerton, Calif. (U.R) Fire,
fanned by high winds, swept
through six factories and ware
houses in a two-block area early
today and caused en estimated
$2,500,000 damage.
Four firemen were injured
fighting the flames. In addition
to the six business structures
destroyed, a half dozen private
homes were threatened by the
fire which broke out only a block
from the main Fullerton shop
ping area.
Glow Seen 35 Miles Away
Firemen from eight neighbor
ing communities helped battle
the fire. Its glow was visible
for 35 miles.
The fire broke put shortly be
fore dawn at the American Fruit
Growers' packing plant. Winds
spread the flames quickly. They
jumped to a garment factory,
. from there to a soft water com
pany and then to the Eadington
Citrus Co., which packs "Minute
' Maid" and "Real Gold" orange
juice concentrates. Also hit by
the fire was a cold storage com
pany warehouse.
Area Roped Off
Authorities roped off an eight
block area, which was endanger
ed by falling debris from the
razed buildings.
The injured firemen were
Dave Smith, assistant fire chief
of Fullerton; C. E. Heard, .Santa
Ana; Charles Day, Fullerton, and
James Farrell, state Division of
Forestry.
Temperature Drops
To Two-Year Low
' The Medford vicinity this
morning experienced its cold
est temperature in more than
two years but a warmer, trend
was foreseen for tomorrow.
' The reading at the weather
station at the Medford airport
was 16 degrees above, zero. That
was the coldest since a 15 de
gree temperature on Nov. 28,
1952.
Today's low was reached
around sunrise at a little after
7:30 a.m. Temperature dropped
to 17 between 2:30 and 3:30 p.m.,
rose to 20 around 5:30 a.m. then
dropped again, the weather bur
eau reported.
Slightly warmer temperatures
are foreseen for tonight and
Thursday with a low reading of
22 to 25 predicted. Considerable
high cloudiness forecast for to
night is expected to thicken and
lower tomorrow.
Eisenhower's Former
Math Teacher Dies
. , Norristown, Pa. (U.R) Fun
eral services will be held itomor
row for Mrs. Elinor Seymour
Perry, 80, a former teacher who
taught mathematics to President
Eisenhower in summer school at
Abilene, Kan. .
Mrs. Perry, a native of Chica
go, died at her home in Perkion
menville Saturday.
Boy Admits Burglary While
On Leave From State School
State and city police were
checking today on a Medford
burglary and a larceny on High
way 99 south that occurred over
the week enjd.
A 15-year-old Medford boy ad
mitted to city police yesterday
that he burglarized a residence
at 815 Pine st. of clothing items
Saturday evening.
He said he entered the resi
dence of Ida M. Bryant and took
a small suitcase which he filled
with seven dresses, five blouses
and one small doll, all valued at
not over $25.
Admits Entry
Earlier, the youth, accom
panied by his mother, appeared
. at the police station and admit
ted an illegal entry in the resi
dence at 330 Edwards st., from
which nothing was reported
missing. The mother reported
that the boy was on vacation
from MacLaren Training school
for Boys at Woodburn. .
State rjolice arrested two men
yesterday and booked them in
the county jail on a charge of
larceny. The charge involved
theft of candy from macnines
and tools from the Kogap Lum
ber company early Sunday. The
men, described as transients,
were Luther Clayton Baker, 57,
formerly of Shelby, Mont., and
Frederick Joseph Nettekoven,
43, no address. A specific charge
will be filed against them in dis
trict court later, state police
said.
Plans Investigation
In other criminal matters, Dis
trict Attorney Walter Nunley
Medford
United Press Full Leased Wire
49th Year 12 Pages
McCarthy Presses
Two-Prong Attack
On China Policy
Washington U.R) Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy (R - Wis.)
pressed a two-pronged attack to
day against the administration's
policy toward Red China.
In his first public statement
since breaking with the adminis
tration Dec. 7, McCarthy:
1. Renewed his demand that
U. S. aid to nations which trade
with Red China be. cut off and
said he will do a "lot of public
speaking" to win support on this
point.
2. Called on the administra
tion to give Chiang Kai-shek
a free hand in attacking the
"soft underbelly" of the China
mainland.
Nationalists Need Action
McCarthy said Chiang's Na
tionalist forces will "wither on
the vine" if they are not allow
ed to see action in assaulting
the mainland. He said such an
attack would have good chance
of success without American
manpower.
"I thought it was wrong un
der the Truman administration
and I think it's still wrong," he
said. "I don't think the change
in administration has changed
the morals of the situation."
Referring to the 11 U.S. air
men jailed by Red China on spy
charges McCarthy said, "The
question is whether we have the
same duty to our uniformed men
as they owe to their country.
If so, we should not be supply
ing the economic sinews of war
to their captors." '
Britain 'Chief Offenders'
McCarthy said that while he
had no statistics at hand," Brit
ain is the "chief offender" in
trading with Red China. He add
ed, however, that . there also
were other "major offenders."
He did not identify them.
McCarthy attributed the al
leged recent increase in ship
ments to Red China to an agree
ment reached with Britain and
France last summer by Foreign
Operations Administrator Har
old E. Stassen. It provided for
the removal of certain goods
from the strategic list.
Effect Being Felt
McCarthy said that while the
agreement had been in operation
for some months, the, "real ef
fect is being felt now Natur
ally, I feel very strongly about
He said the Battle Act, intend
ed to penalize countries which
ship behind the Iron Curtain, is
being administered "veryt very
badly." The act provides for a
cut-off of U.S. aid to such na
tions unless the President deems
a continuation of aid in the na
tional interest.
said today that Lyle Vernon
Doty, 16, of 1125 Maple Park
dr., would not appear today in
court on a charge of assault and
robbery while armed with a
tiangerous weapon. Nunley rer
ported he would investigate the
case further, before continuing
court action. "
The youth was arraigned Fri
day. The charge involves hold
ing up Wallace Stearns, Grants
Pass merchant, and taking his
delivery truck at gunpoint. Doty
is in jail in lieu of $7,500 bail.
On Friday, David E. DeLong,
35, of 227 Meade st., Ashland,
was bound over to the grand
jury on a charge of assault while
armed with a dangerous weapon,
according to ' district court
records. He1 was committed in
lieu of $5,000 bail.
Waived Counsel
DeLong had appeared on
Wednesday and vas given until
Friday to obtain counsel, which
he waived Friday. - He is al
leged to have committed an as
sault on Albert Baker with a
whip while a pistol was in his
( possession. The complaint was
signed by Herbert Hays, acting
Ashland police chief.
Alex James Heagle, 36, Cot
tage Grove, charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses,
was arraigned Friday on the
charge and was given further
time today to consult with an at
torney before further appear
ance. He is alleged to have
cashed a $35 check at the. Tri
angle market, Phoenix, on Dec.
3, without funds in the bank.
Bail on the charge is $1,000.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1954
LITTLE THE WORSE FOR
after "covered wagon" trip
Riggle, who sits with wife.
Formal Opening of
New First National
Building Jan. 10
Formal opening of the new
building for the Medford Branch
of the First National Bank of
Portland has been set for Mon
day, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to
8 p.m., it .was announced today.
The, new . $500,000 building,
now-neafing completion, is lo
cated .on. Alain s.t..-at-Eronti1&t a
half block west of the old bank
building. The new structure is
more than three times the size
of ' the '.' present branch bank
quarters in Medford, and in
corporates modern banking
features. .
Features Listed
These . features include two
drive-in banking windows, a
large parking lot at the rear of
the building, additional tellers
windows, more safe deposit
boxes in a larger cault and mod
ern rift oak fixtures throughout.
Plans for the all-day open
house , include flowers for wo
men visitors, and refreshments'
for all guests. Organ music will
be played from the lobby of the
bank by Mark A. Green, organ
ist at Rogue Valley - Country
club. , .
The new building is of rein
forced concrete construction,
finished in Roman brick veneer
and dark granite. It was con
structed by Reimers and Joli
vette, Portland contractors, and
plans were prepared by Church,
Newberry, and Roehr.
President Sets Date
To Submit Budget
Augusta, Ga. tfJ.R) President
Eisenhower decided today to
submit his new budget to Con
gress Jan. 17.
He will send his report on the
national economy to the House
and Senate Jan. 20. i
As these decisions were made
the President kept close touch
with the' voting today in the
French Camber of Deputies. He
talked by telephone with Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles.
The chief executive spent most
of the morning in . conference
with Dr. Gabriel Hauge, his per
sonal economic adviser, and Dr.
Arthur F. Burns, chairman of
the Council of Economic Advis
ers. liny Li pari Islands
Shaken by Earthquake,
- Messina, Sicily . u.R) A
sustained and violent earthquake
rocked the tiny Lipari Islands
off the north coast of Sicily to
day, collapsing , houses and
spreading panic among the pov
erty ridden inhabitants.
First reports said at least 20
islanders - were injured and
scores of. Bouses partially de
stroyed.' '
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York . (U.R) Dow
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 393.88 off 3.27: 20
railroads 143.84 off 0.92; 15 util
ities Bl.37 off 0.14, and 65 stocks
147.03 off .98. Sales today were
about ; 2,970,000 shares ' com
pared with 3,310,000 shares
Thursday.
Qi'
WEAR, these Ohio State fans arrive in Pasadena for Rose Bowl game
from Columbus in. 35-year-old Model T Ford. Driver is C. Malcolm
Passengers are J. Alfred Shuman and Mrs. Shuman. ; (International)
weeK end
Claim Seven Lives
On Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
At least seven persons were
killed in Oregon in highway ac
cidents, during the, Christmas
holiday week end and one died
m a triffic mishap in. southeast
ern. Washington. - ' '
Icy pavements -were blamed.
for six of the Oregon fatalities,
including four persons who died
when their automobile plunged
down a 800-foet canyon in the
Hart : mountain wildlife refuge
in Lake county. . . .
The victims in Oregon's worst
single ' holiday tragedy were
identified by Lake county Cor
oner Leverett Osterman : as
Jerry Barry . Sr., : 59, a Plush
rancher; Mrs. Charlotte Reich
ert, 48, Lakeview; Mrs. Gene
Miller, French Glen, and Mrs.
Miriam Colford, 42, Burns.
Bodies Found r Sunday
The party had left Barry's
ranch .Christmas morning for a
drive which ended when their
car skidded - on - the ice-glazed
road and plunged down the can
yon about 55' miles from Lake-
view. The bodies and the de
molished automobile were not
found until Sunday, aftern6on
by Norman Minnick, an em
ployee of the refuge.
Howard Lionel Magness; 24,
Newberg, died about 3 a.m. Sun
day when his car skidded into
a power pole on- Highway 99-W
about a half mile .west of Six
Corners. The pole , was severed
and service to some customers
in the area was interrupted for
a time.
. Mrs. Grace Evans, 45, Tier
nan, was drowned Christmas
morning when her automobile
skidded off the road and
plunged into the"' Siuslaw river
about 11 miles east of Florence.
Her body was recovered Sun
day. ....
' Clarence A. Eakln, 59, of
Bridgeport, Wash., was drown
ed and his wife injured when
their car skidded ' off the Pa
cific highway clown a 100-foot
bank -and into a drainage ditch
in north Kelso. Mrs. Eakin was
taken to Cowlitz General hos-
Codf Weather Delays
Annex Concrete Work
Freezing weather,. was delay
ing pouring of concrete for the
floors of the new courthouse an;
nex today, according c to ' the
building inspector.
The floor slabs, which are rel
atively thin compared to other
concrete work, cannot be pour
ed in freezing weather because
of cracking danger.
I Steel workers were busy to
day completing stud wall work.
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable high
cloudiness tonight, thickening
and lowering Tuesday; Slight-.
. ly: warmer.-. Low tonight 22-i
25. High Tuesday 42.
- , Temp.
Highest yesterday 39
Lowest this morning 16
NE
-if ed Wire
No. 240
acci
Highways
pital in Longview where at
tendants said she suffered from
shock and a broken arm. The
Eakins formerly lived in Salem.
: A pedestrian, Loren M.. Mor
gan, 68, Portland,, was . .killed
early ChristnwsaySwhehe
Was struck by ahaOTnobile'ih
an area. - yr; '-
Onetime County
Jailer Convicted
Mario J. Martina, a former
Jackson county jailer, has been
convicted of second degree mur
der in the hotel room slaying of
Florence Hopkins, 75, in S a n
Francisco on Sept. 1, Sheriff
Howard Gault has been inform
ed here. "
; Martina was employed as jail
er here for three months ' in
1948. , r-. . ',-,
The sheriff's office here furn
ished handwriting specimens and
other information on Martina's
identity and description. : These
efforts provided the first leads
which resulted in. Martina being
picked up in the case, Gault re
ported. .Gault's . office alsb did
considerable . investigation in
this area - on ,the man's - back
ground, . ; .
Thomas C. Lynch, district at:
torney for San Francisco county
and city,' notified Gault of the
conviction."" cw-i--
Winnie Said Planning
To Call oil Eisenhower
ll Washington U.R) Uncon
firmed reports circulated in dip
lomatic quarters here today that
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill is ; contemplating a
visit to Washington next month.
A State Department v spokes
man said the; department had
"no information whatever" to
support the report. A
In London, a British govern
ment spokesman also denied
knowledge of any Churchill
plan to visit the United States:1
The report circulated here
said that Churchill, had talked
to President Eisenhower, at Au
gusta, . Ga., ' via transatlantic
telephone, about the possibility
of coming to the White House
in January.
End of Dalles UAL
Slop Recommended
Washington (U.R) Civil
Aeronautics Board Examiner
Thomas L. Wrennr today rec
ommended that United Air Lines
be permitted to drop The Dalles,
Ore., from its schedule. i . V
; United requested this because
it said there were not enough
passengers to and from The
Dalles and little prospect of
more. " i
Wrenn's recommendation auto
matically becomes an order if
not appealed in 10 days.. - -
1 A
dents
370 Dead Counted
In Traffic Mishaps
On Nation's Roads
Death Toll Matches
Pre-Holiday Estimate
By UNITED PRESS '
Traffic accidents during the
Christmas week end brought
death to 380 persons, exceed
ing the prediction of safety
experts and hitting a new
record high v for a two-day
Christmas period, a final
count showed today.
By UNITED PRESS
The number of dead in Christ
mas week end traffic accidents
hit 370 today, exactly matching
the pre-holiday estimate of safe
ty experts.
With reports- of deaths still
coming in, a United Press tabu
lation showed that 370 persons
died in highway crashes during
the period from 6 p. m. Friday to
midnight Sunday. -
Fires Claim 51 -
Fifty-one others died in fires,
two in airplane mishaps and 44
in miscellaneous types of acci
dents to give the nation an over
all total of 467 accidental deaths.
California renorted 35 fatal.
ities in traffic, Texas 31, Illinois
and Pennsylvania 22 apiece,
Ohio 20, Michigan and New
York 19, and Florida and North
Carolina 15 apiece.
- Safety Council President Ned
H. Dearborn said his organiza
tion "got a Christmas , present it
didn't want when, the nation's
drivers and pedestrians proved
the council's pre-holiday esti
mate or. avu tratfic deaths so
tragically accurate." -
Bloody Celebration
'"This is a bloody way to cele
brate a , holidav dedicated in
peace on earth, good will to-
wara men, . ne said.
"We can only hope that the
shock of this toll will result in
greater care,, courtesy and com
mon . sense in : traffic over the
New Year's holiday."
The traffic toll recorded to
day was the worst on record for
a two-day Christmas week end
since the council began keeping
records after : World. War H. .
More. Automobile - .
However. a council spokesman
pointed out that ' the previous
mark v df;..286 was set , in 1948
when : the post-war automobile
fewer cars on highways
and streets. ' .;. . : v-'
- Few parts of the nation had a
white . Christmas, and the gen
erally . mild ' weather -hplrWJ
crowd Jhe. highways with holi
day . travelers. .
Temperatures Frigid:
East of Cascades :
. Portland (U.R) It was cold
in western Oregon last night,
but it was frigid in eastern Ore-
gon. 'y:---.-,-v-
Coldest temperatures of the
season so far were recorded east
of ;the Cascades with Baker lead
ing the iceberg parade with 12
degrees below zero. It was one
below at Burns, 4 above at Klam
ath Falls, 5 at Bend and 7 at
Redmond and Ontario.
-Lows of 10 below zero: were
forecast for tonight in some high
valleys. v
In western Oregon the ther
mometer dropped to 16 above
at Medford, .27 at Eugene and
28 at Salem. It was 32 in down
town Portland. . . ' " ; 'j
Forecasters said the weather
wbuld moderate in western Ore
gon as a new Pacific storm moves
toward the state.
Many Millions! Realized From
Oil Land Leases, Secretary McKay Says
Salem (U.R) The federal
government already has realiz
ed many millions of dollars from
the lease of submerged oil lands
and it stands to realize billions
as it collects royalties and rent
als from the private compan
ies doing the drilling, Secretary
of the Interior Douglas McKay
said today. , . ;
.He told the Salem Chamber of
Commerce .that- the first block
of tracts for drilling off the coast
of Louisiana last October at
tracted bids from most of the
major oil companies and from
several individuals,-, and netted
theV federal - government more
than $121,000,000. A public sale
in November-for a limited num
ber of tracts off Texas netted
another $23,000,000. "
Drilling .Rights
McKay stressed that $144,000,
000 was paid for drilling rights
only Under the' law, the lease
holders will also pay into the
federal treasury ' annual rentals
and royalties for any oil or gas
which they take from the tracts.
The areas leased, McKay, said,
comprise only three per cent of
the area mapped as potentially
oil bearing, "so for drilling
rights' alone the federal govern
ment .will likely; receive,; more
thaa a billion dollars."
The law provides for a royalty
Six-Year-old Gets
No. I Bike License
Six-year-old, Ralph T. Fuget,
914 Loiier lane, was the
"lucky winner" today when
he drew the No. 1 Medford
bicycle license for 1955. -
The annual drawing for thai
first 100 bicycle licence num
bers was held this morning
with youngsters hoping for
the prised numbers of one, 50
or 100, police reported.
- Carole Jane Norwood, 1620
East Jackson sr., drew No. 50
and No. 100 was drawn this;
morning but not picked up yet'
by the small boy. Only about
half of the first 100 numbers
were drawn by 10:30 a.m., of
ficials added.
Police expect at least as
many licenses to be issued in
1955 as last year's 2.108.
Frank J. Newman
Dies; Was Former
District Attorney
Frank J. Newman, 80, of Mer
riman rd., who was Jackson
county district attorney from
1936 through 1940 and a Med
ford resident for 46 years, died
yesterday at a local hospital. Mr.
Newman had been in ill health
for about two years. .
Masonic funeral services will
be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m.
at Perl Funeral home, with the
Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector
of St. Mark's' Episcopal church,
officiating. Interment, - which
will be" private, will be at Siski
you Memorial park. , :
Mr. Newman was born Sept.
1, 1874, in Vernon county, Wis.
He attended Fargo State college,
Fargo, N. D., and was graduated
from the University of Minne
sota school of law in 1902. .
A veteran : of ; the Spanish
American war, " Mr. Newman
served in the Philippine islands.
On Oct. 11, 1902, in Brecken
ridge, Minn., Mr. Newman was
married to. Alta A. Beeson, who
preceded ' him in death three'
years ago.
Mr. Newman was a 32nd de
gree Mason, a past potentate of
Hillah Temple of the Shrine, a
charter member and past president-
of Medford Rotary club;
past commander of the Medford
unit of Spanish American War
Veterans, and a member of the
Trtnt'n nfrnu wjgirf"' in Oregon,
Minnesota, and North Dakota,
and the American Bar associa
tion. -
Survivors.; include four, chil
dren, Mrs.: Dorothy Patterson,
Millbrae, Calif.; Mrs. Ruth Reich
stein, Medford; Mrs. Marion
Alexander, Springfield, Ore. and
D. B. Newman, Grants Pass; a
sister, Mrs. Reed Terdick, Rose
burg; . a brother, Ed Newman,
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; ;', nine
grandchildren, and one great
grandchild: - - :
Neubergers Leave
J Portland (U.R) f United
State Senator-elect Richard L.
Neuberger left Portland yester
day on the City of Portland
streamliner for the first leg of
his' trip to the national .capital.
Following his 42nd birthday
celebration Sunday, Neuberger
went' to the station where rela
tives, friends and supporters saw
him off. ,
Neuberger , said most of his
all-Oregon staff had already, de
parted for Washington. He will
be sworn in as Oregon's new
junior senator January 5.
of one-sixth the value of all oil
produced."
1 "The Geological Survey esti
mates that oil in the submerged
lands amounts to 11,500,000,000
barrels," McKay said At today's
prices, that means a return, of
at least $5,000,000,000. The $6,
000,000,000 which will eventual
ly find its way into the federal
treasury is only a fraction of the
financial benefits that will ac
crue from these lands. "He msn-i
tioned millions in wages and
new machinery among the bene
fits. - . - ' : :;:. .
Alaska Railroad in Black
McKay said the Alaska rail
road, in the red when the Eisen
hower administration took over,
is now working in the black. He
borrowed Frank .' E.' Balbaugh
from the Southern Pacific. Bal
baugh went to Alaska in the
spring of 1953. In 12 months he
made- changes "which : brought
the line into the black and it
operated at a profit of $750,000
in that period," McKay said.
- McKay said the Bureau Of In
dian affairs has undertaken a
program to bring the opportun
ity for education to all ' Indian
children, including the : Nava-
josV . - : . iv ' .
"When the Eisenhower admin
istration took, office,"- McKay
said, "I found that 14,000 out of
National Assembly.
In Final Hours of
West Europe Debate
Outcome Hinges on
Votes of Confidence ;
Paris (U.R) The French
National Assembly began vot
ing on whether to admit West
'Germany into NATO at 1:30 -p.m.
(PST). It was also a test
vote of confidence in the gov
ernment of "Premier Pierre
Mendes-France.
Paris U.R) Premier Pierre
Mendes - France ; won important
new support today in his all-or-nothing
fight for approval of
German rearmament.
The National Assembly plung
ed into the final hours of its .
agonizing debate over West
European Unity and German re
armament with the outcome'
hinging on three vote of confi
dence in the Mendes-France gov
ernment., :
Mendes-France asked for a
half -hour recess to prepare a
speech answering his opponents.'
When he returned, Mendes-'
France' told the croWded, dead
silent chamber:
"You can still, approve the
ratification, the aim of .which is
to consolidate the Atlantic alli
ance, to prepare for the Europe'
of tomorrow and to affirm the
peace. - -
"If I had believed that final;
negotiations with the Russians
were possible before the ratifi
cation, I would have first tried'
to persuade the English and the
Americans, who think the con
trary, to hold a Big Four - con
ference.' ." " 1
"To hold a four-power confer
ence, it is first necessary that
the three others are agreed to
meet."
Mendes-France made the vote .
on German entry into NATO the
decisive test of the whole ques
tion of German rearmament.
He told the .deputies that they
could not admit Germany to
NATO without later reversing '
their objection of the Western
European Union. - '
The powerful independent
bloc of deputies, with some 145
votes, announced it was urging ,
its members to vote for the Pre
mier, or at least to abstain from ,
voting against him.
Gen. ; Pierre de Nouyille, a
follower of Gen.. . Charles de
Gaulle, announced' that he was
switching his vote from absten
tion to approval. - , ..
He said, however,, it would
not mean "confidence i in the ;
overall policy', of. the govern-
ment" - . . ...
It appeared that the tide was
swinging in favor of the fight
ing "Mr. France." :
Loss of any of the confidence
tests would mean his downfall,
amid the wreckage of chances
for West European unity- and
the .hope for a united front
against Communist aggression. -"
Briefly, the . questions - on
which the confidence , tests were
to be: decided were: k
lr German entry into NATO, .
and a proviso that full details, of
the Franco - German agreement
on the Saar would be spelled out.
in a simultaneous exchange be
tween Paris and Bonn.
2. Mendes - France's demand
for rejection of two amendments
that would put off approval of
German rearmament for at least
a year in the hope for new and
successful negotiations with So T
viet Russia. T
3. A seversal of last Friday's
decision rejecting WEU, the or-,
ganization of unity and contror
which is the heart of the whole '
defense plan. , .
28,000 children of 'school age on .
the Navajo reservation had nev
er attended - school because
school facilities, were lacking
and the teaching staffs were in
adequate." Schools, trailer schools and
dormitories were introduced
both on and off the reservation
and: '
"Ol the 14,000 children of
school age who had never gone
to schools before 1954, we now
have 8276 of them in schooL An
other 500 will be placed in a
school next month and the bal
ance over the next year. At the
end of 1955 every child of school
age on the Navajo reservation
will have a chance to go to
school." . ' ' -
Affirmative Response -
McKay, said the partnership
program is meeting with "affir
mative response." He said the
Pacific Northwest is the proving
ground for "this valuable pro-'
gram." ; ; ' - ,
: "In my judgment, power de
velopment here cannot be sue-'
cessfully' carried forward exclu-"
sively by the federal govern
ment," the . secretary, said. ?Th;
power policy encourages local
interest-to playing an active and
proper part in the development
of the region's water resources."
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