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Ladejinsky Named
To Assist FOA in
Viet Nam Program
0 (Security, Loyalty
Found Satisfactory
Washington r U.R Wolf
Ladeiinskv. ousted by the Agri-
oculture Department as a security
( risk, today was appointed to help
with the Foreign Operations Ad
ministration's land reform pro
gram in Viet Nam.
; Foreign Operations Director
" Harold E. Stassen said his agen
cy had reviewed Ladejinsky's
O security file and "found him elig
ible for certification for security
and loyalty.
To Retain Rights
Stassen said he understood La
dejinsky would retain rerem
ployment rights at the Agricul
ture Department while working
o for FOA.
" Furthermore. Stassen said, he
had talked with Agriculture Sec
retary Ezra T. Benson "who ex
pressed satisfaction that his op
portunity for employment m
FOA, will Drobably make good
use Qf his (Ladejinsky's) special
Qualifications."
Ladejinsky's appointment
Jcame after it was disclosed that
0the dispute over his security
status had reached the White
House.
Sought for Three Months -
FOA is known to have been
otrying to hire Ladejinsky for an
important land reform job in
tuth Viet Nam for the past
ree months. But Ladejinsky
fiaid he Knew nothing about tne
appointment except what he has
03seen in the newspapers.
Later FOA spokesman William
Caldwell said "Ladejinsky has
been cleared by FOA for security
and loyalty based on an up to
date review of all available, cur
rent information, including a
full field background investiga-
tion by the FBI." !
Ladejinsky, who met news
3 men and photographers at FOA
headquarters, said "I have been
Q advised that I received the fullest
field clearance from the FBI."
Ladejinsky Grateful
In a 'prepared statement, he
said he is grateful "for the faith
and confidence shown by this
s administration Jn my character,
my abilities, and my loyalty."
Ladejinsky also said, "As to
Mr. Benson, I do not sit in his
0 judgment. I leave this to his fel
low men."
The Russia Q-born agricultural
expert said he does not know
when he will leave for his post
in Viet Nam, but he hopes to
leave before long.
0 He will receive a salary of
($11,800 in his new post, the same
pay ne maae as agricultural at
tache in Tokyo.
Boeing Plane Cracks
High Altitude Record
Seattle, Wash. (U.R) Boe-
Oin2 Airplane Company's 707 jet
' oransPr Prototype has been
flown to higher altitudes than
$ny other transport plane in his-
O tory, the company said today.
Although no figures were re-
0 legged, the firm said the 707
r, rniised "substantially higher
nd at greater speeds" than the
42,000 feet altitude and 550 miles
? per liour previously reported. It
wasojflso reported previously that
the huge jet plane traveled from
here, to Portland, Ore., at an
estimated speed of 636 miles per
hour.
Midwest Blanketed by Fog;
Snow Causes Plane Crashes
Bv UNITES PRESS
O A dismal fog blanket cloaked
the Central Ohio and Mississip
pi river valley today while an
icy snow storm struck in the
Owest.
The western snowstorm caus
ed a four-engine transport to ov
ershoot the runway and crash
at dgden, and a plane flying low
under a heavy overcast crashed
apd killed four persons near An
imas, N.M.
0 Collin Montana
s Elsewhere in the nation, a 200
nrnile wide band of rain and driz-
zle 'stretched from Texas to the
Alleghenies, thunderstorms hit
Oklahoma and Kansas, and tem
peratures dropped'to 10 to 20 de
crees below zero in Montana.
The Midwest fog cut visibility
O to zeo in parts of Northern
Ulinoisnd to one-16tb of a mile
at Indianapolis. Flights were
cancelled at Indianapolis' Weir
Cook municipal airport.
the West a vicious combin
JfflkTRIBUNE
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955
Dog, Clfoy
Hammarskjold Pays
Courtesy Calf on
Red China Leader
Formal Discussion
Due Late Tonight
United Nations, N. Y. U.R)
Secretary-general Dag Hammar
skjold and Red Chinese Premier
Chou :n-lai will meet late to
night for their first formal dis
cussion of the sentencing of 11
American airmen as "spies" by
the Chinese Communist regime,
The first dispatch from the
U.N. party to reach here in al
most 29 . hours said Hammar-
skjold and Chou met for the
first time when the Swedish dip
lomat paid a courtesy call on
Chou shortly after his arrival at
1:45 p.m., Peiping time.
It said that a formal meeting
becween Chou and Hammar
skjold was scheduled for "tomor
row afternoon" China time.
That would make the meeting
time late tonight, or in the ear
ly hours of tomorrow, New
York.
Makes Courtesy Call
Details of Hammarskjold's ar
rival in the Red Chinese capital
had been broadcast earlier by
Peiping radio, which did not
mention arrangements for the
formal meeting.
Immediately after his arrival,
Hammarskjold was entertained
at a private lunch by Swedish
Ambassador Hugo Wistrand.
Hammarskjold, a c c ompanied
by members of his party, then
paid a courtesy call on Chou.
The courtesy call was follow
ed by a reception in Hammar-1
skjold s honor given by Chou
m the Palace of the Purple
Light, the reception building of
the Premier's residence.
Members of the Red Chinese
government, chiefs of all the
diplomatic missions in Peiping
and high Chinese dignitaries at
tended the reception.
First Meeting
The courtesy call marked the
first time that Hammarskjold
and Chou ever had met.
Peiping radio disclosed the
red carpet treatment being ac
corded the U.N. official and his
party but made no mention of
the reason for his visit.
"The cocktail party proceed
ed in a friendly atmosphere,"
the broadcast said.
Hatfield Suggests
State Scholarships
Portland (U.R) State Senator-elect
Mark Hatfield believes
Oregon should provide scholar
ships for some worthy students
who are otherwise unable to
attend college.
Hatfield said here yesterday
he will introduce a bill at the
next Legislature which would
give $200 a year for four years
to 10 students, two from each
congressional district and two
from the state at large.
Hatfield, who is dean of stu
dents at Willamette University,
said he was concerned that col
lege is reached by only half of
the high school graduates who
are in the upper 10 per cent
of their classes.
ation of snow and sleet drove
out of the Colorado, Wyoming
and New Mexico mountains in
to the Eastern plains. The storm
continued today and poor visi
bility and iceslicked roads made
driving dangerous north and
south of Denver.
At Ogden, the airport tower
operator said the pilot of a plane
owned by Resort Airlines of Mi
ami may have lost control as he
landed on the icy runway.
Plane Noses Over Hill
The plane, chartered to fly
Air Force supplies from Okla
homa to Utah, nosed over a small
hill at the end of the runway,
but did not burn. None of the
four-man crew was killed, but
one man was hospitalized.
The victims in the Animas
crash were returning from a fa
mily funeral in Texas, to Dur
ate, Calif. They were tentatively
identified as Kenneth Decker,
Mrs. Monroe Decker, and her
two small children.
United
ARRIVES IN INDIA UN Secy. Gen. Dag Hammarskjold
(left) is greeted by Indian Secy. Gen. for External Affairs
R. N. Pillai upon arriving in New Delhi en route to Red
China to try to win freedom for eleven imprisoned Ameri
can Airmen. Hammarskjold discussed his mission with
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. "Whatever the outcome,
it will do some good." Nehru told Hammarsiqoid.
John Snider Elected
President of Council
At First '55
Councilman John Snider was
unanimously elected president
of the Medf ord city council at
a meeting last night. He suc
ceeds Mayor Earl Miller, who
held the post as a councilman.
Former Mayor D. L. Flynn
was named by Miller to a five-
year term on the Medford Water
commission. The position was
Board of Directors
Of Chamber To Meet
The board of directors of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce will hold its first
meeting of 1955 at noon at the
Medford hotel tomorrow, with
the newly elected president John
Pletsch, in charge.
The board will, meet twice
monthly, on the second and
fourth Thursdays, .instead of
monthly, as in the past, accord
ing to Pletsch.
The board will discuss polic
ies for the coming year; review
the presenf office lease and the
possibility of a new location;
hear a financial report, and dis
cuss plans for a southern Ore
gon chamber of commerce work
shop for the chambers in Klam
ath Falls, Ashland, Medford,
Grants Pass, and Cave Junc
tion, as well as other matters.
Oregon Celebration
In 1959 Gains Favor
Portland (U.R) J. A.
Mount, chairman of a centennial
committee named by Gov. Paul
Patterson to study plans for a
world's fair in 1959, said today
Oregon should have some kind
of a celebration that year re
gardless of what is done by Hou
ston, Tex. -
"The 1959 date has some sig
nificance for Oregon and ap
parently so far as Texas is con
cerned, 1959 is merely the earl
iest date a world's fair could
be handled there," Mount said.
He said the thinking now was
that a world's fair in Oregon
would be tied in to a centennial
celebration. Money is being rais
ed for a study by the Stanford
Research Institute as to feasibility.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indust
rials 397.24 off 8.93; 20 railroads
142.56 off 3.24; 15 utilities 62.05
off 0.71, and 65 stocks 147.62
off 3.05.
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No. 248
Session
held last year by Stephen Nye,
who filled out the unexpired
term of the late R. B. Thierolf
Sr. y
Flynn is president of the
League of Oregon Cities for
1955, and as such, must hold an
elected or appointive city job.
Other Appointments.
Other appointments were on
the budget committee for three
year terms, Ray Sorenson and
Stan Stark, succeeding Jim Roots
and Bob Rector, whose terms ex
pired. Reappointed to the planning
commission for four-year terms
were Tom Wray and Don Root;
to the civil service commission
for a six-year term, Ward Ham
mond, and to the Medford State
Athletic commission for one year
terms, George Porter, D. W. G.
Bishop, J. F. Fliegel, Jerry Jer
ome, Rudy Sleight and L. C.
Taylor. Appointments to the
library board were withheld
until the next meeting.
Miller named himself, Harold
Frye and Donald Hansen as a
special committee to study the
milk ordinance. Attorney James
Main was named city judge and
Attorney Warren Lesseg, judge
pro tem.
Council Committees
Council committee assign
ments, with chairmen listed first,
are, finance Jack Fitzgerald,
Stanley Jones Jr., Dick Wood
cock and Paul" Meyers; police
Jones, Woodcock, Meyers and
Fitzgerald; streets Frye, Snid
er, Fred E. Robinson and Han
sen; license Meyers,. Hansen,
Jones and Fitzgerald; land
Robinson, Frye, Snider and Han
sen: airport Hansen, Wood
cock, Snider and Frye; fire
Woodcock, Fitzgerald, Meyers
and Robinson; parks Snider,
Frye, Jcnes and Robinson.
Miller proposed several im
mediate projects for the new
council. Included were the off
street parking situation, investi
gation of aid in construction of
a freeway through the city, sur
vey of a proposed 10th street
crossing across Bear creek, con
sideration of storm and sanitary
sewer problems, and annexation
of adjacent areas.
City Manager Robert Duff said
a report on annexation will be
available from the city within
the next two weeks.
(See story on Page 14)
Tokyo (U.R) A fire en
gine, overloaded with 40 per
sons returning from a New
Year's celebration, plunged off a
highway near Kofu City today
killing three firemen and injur
ing 29 others. w
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Thursday except
for valley foe in morning.
Low tonight 25. High Thurs
day 40.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 33
Lowest this Morning 31
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today .04
Benson Supports
Subsidy Payments
To Dairy Farmers
Proposal Resembles
Brannan Farm Plan
Washington (U.R- Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son advised Congress today that
subsidy payments to dairy far
mers would wipe out butter
and cheese surpluses without in
creasing the overall cost of sup
porting dairy prices. v
The direct cost to the taxpay
ers would be higher, Benson
said. But he said consumers, who
also are taxpayers, would save
at least the extra amount of
their taxes in lower dairy pric
es. Benson did not recommend
adoption of the subsidy plan,
which would resemble the con
troversial Brannan farm plan
sponsored by former Agriculture
Secretary Charles F. Brannan
but never approved by congress.
The subsidy plan was one of
three possible methods of sup
porting dairy prices discussed by
Benson in a report to Congress
filed in compliance with a pro
vision of the 1954 general farm
law. The others were production
and marketing controls and the
price support program now in
use.
Benson-did not advocate any
of the three. However, he has
been on record in the past as
supporting the existing price
supports. In today's report he
said average farm milk prices
would go up if congress killed
all dairy price props.
The so-called Brannan subsidy
plan, rejected by Congress in
1949 but approved for use on
wool last summer, works like
this:
Federal Subsidy
v The government sets a sup
port rate. The farmer sells his
product for whatever consumers
are wililng to pay. If this is low
er than the support price, the
government makes up the dif
ference with a subsidy check to
the farmer.
Benson said the advantage of
this plan for dairy products
would be that it would allow the
sale of all dairy products in nor
mal commercial markets. ' Also,
prices would be low enough to
discourage competition from for
eign dairy producers, he said.
Britain Pondering
Travel Restrictions
London ' U.R) Britain is
thinking of following the United
States in imposing restrictions
on movements of Russians, au
thoritative diplomatic sources
said today.
Tentative plans at present are
to reduce the 35-mile distance
Soviet diplomats now may travel
from the center of London with
out asking permission of the
British Foreign Office. .
However, the sources said
Britain does not plan restrictions
of the scale imposed by the
United States.
The chief reason for possible
tightening of travel restrictions
here is the Soviet policy toward
British diplomats in the Sovet
Union, the sources said. This was
the reason the United States
gave for its action.
Brazil Express Train
Derailed; Six Killed
Santa De Barra, Brazil U.R)
An express train jumped the
track near here last night, kill
ing six persons and injuring 70,
it was reported today.
The train was passing through
Rio De Janeiro state on the way
from Belo Horizonte to Rio De
Janeiro when it left the rails.
Salem (U.R) Sealed bids on
projects estimated to total $2,
500,000 will be received by the
State Highway Commission in
Portland, Wednesday, Jan. 19.
Road Conditions
Chains were required for
motorists going over the
Greensprings route to Klam
ath Falls this afternoon, state
police reported.
Traffic elsewhere in south
ern Oregon was moving with
out chains, but motorists were
edvised lo carry them in case
of weather changes. Upstate
mountain highways were
snowpaeked with chains re
quired on several of them.
Spots of ice were reported
generally throughout the state,
and icing conditions are ex
pected tomorrow morning. '
Geary Hopes To
Have Committees
At Work Monday
Patterson's Message
Slated in Afternoon
Salem (U.R) Rep. Edward A.
Geary of Klamath Falls, who is
to be speaker of the House in
the. 1955 Legislature, said today
he hopes to nave committees at
work immediately after the
House is organized and members
have heard Gov. Paul L. Patter
son's message, to be delivered
Monday afternoon.
Geary arrived in Salem this
morning, got quickly settled in
his apartment, and came to the
capitol to get to work immed
iately himself.
More Bills Predicted
Like Sen. Elmo E. Smith of
John Day, due to be president
of the Senate, Geary was strug
gling with committee assign
ments and other matters of or
ganization. He predicted there
would be more bills introduced
in the House next Tuesday than
had ever been introduced that
early in any previous session.
"I plan to ask the committee
chairmen to consider all non
controversial bills first, and if
possible report such bills to the
floor for action," he said. "If
this can be done the committees
will be in much better shape to
give major time to the important
legislation."
Length Not Predicted
Rep. Geary would make no
prediction as to the length of
the session. He said he expect
ed the House to "hit the ball
as hard as possible, and to pro
ceed as speedily and orderly
as possible." But "we will
go home only when we get the
job done."
Geary said he had not yet
completed selection of all com
mittees and would spend con
siderable time the rest of this
week completing that task. He
said committee appointments
will be announced at the open
ing session of the House Mon
day morning.
(See story on Page 14)
Snow Covers Many
Areas of Valley
Showers of snow blanketed
the valley in varying depths, this
morning. Only a thin layer cov
ered the immediate - Medford
area but it made streets slip
nerv and driving hazardous
while it lasted. Snow in most
open spots had melted by mid
morning. '
The Medf ord. weather bureau
office at the airport measured
.6 of an inch of snow. Three in
ches of new snowfall was re
Dorted on Siskiyou summit this
morning and depth was two in
ches at Wimer and in the Camp
White area. About .75 of an inch
was the measurement at Jack
sonville, where most of the snow
fell yesterday.
On Sexton mountain summit
to the north total snow depth
today was 6 inches. Amount of
new snow was not listed and
the figure did not apply for
the Highway 99 pass.
Decreasing shower activity
was forecast for today and no
precipitation is anticipated to
night. County Grand Jury
Meeting in Second Day
Jackson county's grand jury
today was in the second day
of its current session, according
to District Attorney Walter Nun
ley. Several criminal matters were
being considered by the panel,
he said. It was expected that
jury would conclude its work
by late this afternoon.
The jury met yesterday mor
ning and afternoon and recon
vened this morning.
Princess Margaret To Leave
For Month-Long Visit To West maies
- t, mi -w- T4.mmm UntrA noon I Tt uHll return wi1
London U.R) Princess Mar-j
garet Rose leaves Britain by air
Jan. 31 to tour the Caribbean,
and advance reports say almost
every calypso composer in the
islands plans to immortalize her
visit in song.
". . . Oh Princess Margaret
she left her land
"With an empty finger on her
left hand ..."
Important Engagement
The month-long visit to the ro
mantic West Indies is the most
important public engagement
the princess has ever undertak
en on her own. Court circles be
lieve it may presage a new and
busier phase of her career as a
member of the royal family.
Ever since she was a debu
tante of 16 or 17 being squired
about by the then Kins Michael
Legislators Join in
Prayer for Guidance
At Opening Session
Washington ; (U.R) The Democrats took over command of
Congress today with a prayer and a pledge to- cooperate with
Republican President Eisenhower in the two crucial years that
lie ahead.
. Harmony was in the air as the 84th Congress convened with
the traditional opening day formalities. No legislative business
was transacted.
Four hours before the Senate and House were gavelled to
order, legislators joined. Mr. Eisenhower and Cabinet members at
the National Presbyterian church and prayed for divine guidance
for the new Congress.
The change of command, from Republican to Democratic, was
the highlight of this opening day. It was the first time since thl
Republican-controlled 80th Congress of 1946-48 that the loliticai
party which controlled the White House was not in power in
Congress. o
Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas took over a familiar job as Speak
er of the House. ,
A 'Republican, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, called the
Senate to order, but it was the Democrats who were in control
with Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas as majority leader and
Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia as new Senate nrecMi
tempore.
County Population
Estimate 64,712;
Up 10.6 Per Cent
Jackson county's new estimat
ed population is approximately
64,712, an increase since 1950
of 10.6 per cent, according to
estimates released this week by
the - Oregon State Board of
Health.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health physician, reported that
the new estimates by the state
reveal an annual increase of
about 1,500 for the county dur
ing the past four years.
58,510 in 1950
The 1950 census showed the
county's population at 58,510.
The last previous estimate by
the state was on July 1, 1953
when the figure was 63,000.
Dr. Merkel said the state's
estimates have been extremely
accurate in past years, varying
less than 2 per cent from the
official census. The state bases
its estimates on vital statistics
and migration checks.
Other counties in the state
showing the heaviest percentage
increases were Curry county,
with 57.6 per cent, Coos, 28.5,
and Douglas, 24.8.
Ashland Council
Rebuffs Mayor
. Ashland A mayor-council
conflict, reminiscent of the
weeks of battling and a recall
election here several years ago,
flared up here last night.
Mayor Richard Neill, who
took office this week for his first
full term as mayor, recommend
ed to the council the appoint
ment of DeArmond Leigh, a for
mer deputy sheriff, as chief of
police. The council, by a major
ity vote, refused to confirm the
appointment.
Herb Hays, who has been act
ing chief since the resignation
of Vern Smith last fall, was one
of the applicants for permanent
appointment, and Police Sgt.
George Bennett was another.
In the absence of further ac
tion, Hays, will continue as act
ing chief. His and Bennett's ap
plications remain m effect, how
ever.
In another surprise action,
Mayor Neill appointed Ex
Mayor Phil Stansbury as city
judge, succeeding Harold Jor
dan who has held the position
for four years. 1
Portland (U.R) The city
council has approved the pro
posal by Mayor Fred L. Peter
son that the governments of the
city of Portland and Multnomah
county be consolidated into a
single political subdivision.
of Romania, Britons have been
waitin for the princess to
choose , a mate. But the years
have slipped away and the eligi
ble males with them until there
are only three or four possibles
left.
To Assume More Duties
And court circles consider
that as her chances of marriage
minish the princess will devote
herself, until the right man
comes along, to assuming some
of the duties now being carried
out by her sister, Queen Eliza
beth, who wants more timg to
spend with her children.
The princess' trip led to ques
tions' in the House of Commons
about its cost, mainly because
the $5,600,000 royal yacht Brit
tania is being sailed over just to
take her from island to island
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For Sake of Opposing
Johnson has pledged that the
Democrats will follow a policy
of supporting Mr. Eisenhower
when they think he is right and
opposing him when they think
he is wrong. But he said they
are not "going to oppose just
for the sake of opposition."
Nixon administered the oath
to 34 senators, including some3'
old and ' new faces on Capitol
Hill. .
The entire membership of the
House took the oath en bloc from
retiring house clerk Lyle Snad
er, a Republican. There is one
vacancy in the 435-member
House.
The swearing in ceremony
was followed by the formal el
ection of Rayburn as speaker
succeeding Rep. Joseph M. Mar
tin Jr. of Massachusetts and of
George, as Senate president pro
tempore. This put Rayburn and
George, in that 'order, in the
line oi presidential sucressirm
directly behind Nixon.
The real business of the 1955
session begins Thursday when
President Eisenhower goes be
fore a joint session to outline
the Republican administration's
legislative program in hs annual
State of the Union message.
Surface Harmony
On the surface, harmony was
busting out all over between
Democrats and the administra
tion, and among Republicans.
whose Senate ranks were divid
ed by angry quarrels last year.
But there were subsurface
rumblings, too, from" pro-Eisenhower
Republicans seeking a
bigger voice in Senate GOR- pol
icy and from House Democratic'
leaders smarting from 1954 cam
paign attacks which they felt
impugned their patriotism.
Democrats regained control of
Congress in the elections Nov. 2
at the mid-point in Mr. Eisen
hower's term.
In the House, the new lineup
is 231 Democrats, 203 Republi
cans and one vacancy.
In the Senate, Democrats
have a 48 to 47 edge and the
support of Sen. Wayne L. Morse,
the former Oregon Republican
who turned independent in 1952.
Party caucuses Tuesday set up .
the organization, for todays
opening session. The principal
leaders of both parties in both
chambers were reelected with
out contest.
Cardinal Spellman
Arrives in Saigon .
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Francis Cardinal Spellman ar
rived from Hong Kong today
on a visit that could bolster the
government of Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem. He promised suf-'
fering Catholic refugees that
more help is on the way from
the United States.
The New York archbishop told
a cheering crowd at Saigon Cath
edral that he had brought with
him a check for $100,000 to help
the refugees who fled from Com
munist rule in North Viet Nam.
January 31
Tt uHll return without ner
since she is flying both ways in
a stratocmiser chartered for an
entire month and re-outfitted for
only two days of flying. Colonial
Secretary Alan Lennox - Boyd
told Commons the Cost of the
trip would be $84,000 which the
government does not regard as
excessive.
Less Formality Due
The West Indies have done
their best to take some of the
starchy formality out of the lit
tle princess' trip. She will open
fairs, visit hospitals, attend in
numerable functions, but she
also will voyage on a raft down
the Rio Grande in Jamaica, at
tend a fireworks display ? in
Trinidad, be serenaded in An
tigua, have a barbecue supper
in Jamaica, attend a water car
nival in Nassau.
Democrats Not To Opdos
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