FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Wednesday, January 5, 195S
Two Liquor License
Applications Given
Approval of Council
Two liauor disDensine appli
catiorft for new outlets were rec
ommended for approval last
night by Medford's city council.
The vote was 4 to 3 on each ap
plication. Final approval will rest with
the Oregon Liquor Control com
mission, which recently turned
do-wfl. a liquor application for a
Front st. tavern on the basis that
there are now enough outlets to
serve the area.
The applications were for a
f Class "A" license for the Bohe
a mian club and Class "B" for the
o Holland hotel. The latter would
include dispensing rights, plus
entertainment and dancing.
Voice Objections
Seven councilmen were pres-
ent to vote on the applications.
Two new members, Fred E. Rob
inson and Donald Hansen, op
jjosed lhe applications on the
grounds they had no knowledge
jpf past policy or of the appli
cants involved. Harold Frye also
voted against the applications
for lack of knowledge of OLCC
policy and the recent denial of
an application.
Dick Woodcock told other
members ha believes that unless
the ,city is given more authority
by1 lhe state in issuing the li
censes, the council should seri
ously consider returning the
Recommending prerogative to
the state. Mayor Earl Miller said
Othe p?esent setup at least gives
2) the city0 some power over loca
tions and character of appli
cants. Councilman John Snider
pointed out that some council
men feel the city lacks the facili
ties to make proper investiga
tion of liquor license applicants.
Heorequested that a meeting
with OLCC representatives be
arranged to discuss licensing
tflatters so that a definite policy
can be worked out.
Plans Approved
In other business, the council
adopted plans and specifications
for airporj runway and taxiway
improvements. They call for re
surfacing the main runway for
3,580 feet with two inches of
asphalc-c'oncrete, and taxiway
2-C with three inches of the ma
terial. Runway work would
double the wheel-load "weight
capacity to about 30,000 pounds.
The project will be financed by
city and federal funds, with the
federal government paying $45,
000, or 56 per cent of the total
cost.
City Manager Robert Duff
told the council that he under
stood from representatives of
Fir-Ply, Inc., that the plywood
company has completed negotia
tions with private property
holders in the Camp White area
a for a plant site. The company
had negotiated earlier with the
city, but under the city's stipu
lation that no sale would be
made if a reasonable offer was
made by private parties
Accepts Paving Work
The council accepted street
paving work by 'Warren North
west, Inc., on the following proj
ects: Niantic St., Manzanita to
Edwards sts.; Keene Way, East
wood terrace to Keen dr.; O'
Gara ave., Jasper st. to Alta
ave.; Hamilton st., West 13th
st. to Dakota ave.; Kenyon st.,
Monroe st. to Melrose ave.; Mel
rose ave., Oakdale ave. to South
Holly st.; Monroe st., Whitman
ave. to Kenyon ave.; Bundy st.,
Ashland ave. to Florence ave.;
South Grape st., end of pave
ment to Melrose ave.; alley, be
tween Fifth and sixth sts.; alley,
Old Town, Eighth to Ninth sts.,
and alley, Old Town, Third to
Fourth sts.
Payment of the Kenyon st.
project was ordered levied on
10 assessments at a total cost to
property owners of $7,581.13.
To Buy Right-of-Way
Duff was ordered to proceed
with purchase of a right-of-way
on Columbus ave. from. Einar
Larsen for a through street to
Stewart ave. The purchase
would give the city right to
maKe uoiumDus a tnrougn street
except for two sections which
will be negotiated shortly with
the owners, Duff said.
A hearing was called before
the city planning commission to
change a zone from residence to
industrial on West Clark st.,
from McAndrews rd. to Narri
gan ave. Officials pointed out
that the area involved should
have been industrial to begin
with, and was not made so due
to an error. ' The present zone
makes it impossible for the
Builders Supply firm to expand
their operation because of loca
tion in both zones.
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Chessman Refused
Stay of Execution
By Federal Judge
San Francisco (U.R) Fed
eral Judge Louis E. Goodman,
assailing "nickel in the slot jus
tice," has turned down another
plea for a stay of execution by
convict-author Caryl Chessman.
Judge Goodman rejected
Chessman's plea for a stay and
a writ of habeas corpus on the
grounds the transcript of his or
iginal trial was faulty. He ruled
that other courts Tiad . already
decided the issue.
'Round Robin' In Courts
Asserting that Chessman's ap
peal on this question has become
a "round robin" in- the courts,
Judge Goodman asked:
"When does the wheel stop
turning; what must the citizen
think of our nickel-in-the-slot ad
ministration of criminal jus
tice?" Chessman's attorney indicat
ed he still has a couple of more
rounds to go. He said he will ask
the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals for a certificate of pos
sible cause for appeal, and if re
jected there, he will take the
case back to the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Legal Maneuvers
Judge Goodman pointed out
that Chessman's legal maneuv
ers to escape the gas chamber
include one appeal and three
applications for habeas corpus
to the California Supreme court,
five applications for habeas cor
pus to the U. S. District court,
one appeal to the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals and five appli
cations to the U. S.- Supreme
court.
Chessman, whose revealing
autobiography "Cell 2455, Death
Row," won him critical acclaim
throughout the nation, is sched
uled to die in the San Quentin
prison gas chamber Jan.' 14 for
kidnaping.
Nexlt Week tVOairCis Secoondl AGfltweirsaiGy
if Moirse's JKleave-IKl IFiroinrQ Assogweinifts.
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Next week
marks the second anniversary of
an angry decision which today
will deprive
the Republi
can party of
84th Congress
Senate control
and the
accompanying
political fat.
It was on
Jan. 13, 1953,
that the Re
publican Sen-
. ate" leadership
LyleC. Wilson of the 83rd
Congress cast Spn. Wa
of Oregon into what they believe
was tne political darkness. The
vote was 81 to 6, all but one Re
publican and five Democrats be
ing recorded in favor of depriv
ing Morse of his seats on the im
portant Armed Services and La
bor committees.
In the 1952 presidential cam
paign. Morse had announced he
no longer could stand for the
program upon which ReDublican
nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower
was seeking the White House. In
the words of Al Smith, the sen
ator took a walk.
Greater Senatorial Sins
There had been greater sena
torial sins. Senator old Bob La
Follette, a Republican, teamed
up in 1924 with Burton K.
Wheeler, a Democratic senator
from Montana, on a third party
presidential ticket which tri
umphantly carried the state of
Wisconsin and the city of Cleve
land, O. Senator young Bob also
was a bolter. And of courser
many a Republican member of
Congress bolted the Republican
ticket in 1912 to support Roose
velt I.
The late Sen. George H. Moses
of New Hampshire burned the
Lafollettes and associated irregu
lars with a blistering phrase
from the Bible. He called them
"sons of wild jackass,' and that
was that. You must go way back
to the 1870s or 80s to find a Sen
ate precedent for the sentence
passed on Morse for his political
heresy and all the other prece
dents are on the other side.
Morse's Vole is Margin
This story would not be worth
telling but for the fact that
Morse's vote today is the mar
gin by which the Democratic
party will organize the new Sen
ate, elect a president pro tem
pore (a nice job providing a
free automobile and chauffeur)
and establish Democrats in all
committee chairmanships. ,
There are 47 Republicans in
the new Senate. If Morse voted
with the Republicans the ensu
ing tie would be broken In favor
of the GOP by the vote of Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
The senator from Oregon has
been sitting on . the Democratic
side of the chamber since Nov. 8.
Four months after booting him
off two major committees in
1953, the Republicans relented
somewhat and permitted Morse
to join up on the Public Works
and District of Columbia Com
mittees, a couple of dogs, com
pared to the committees he had
been on.
This Republican half-way
measure was an evidence of re
gretful second guessing of the
earlier brusque disposal of the
Morse problem. But it did not
soften the man from Oregon.
Morse is a good hater and a
great believer in himself and
the righteousness of his own
judgments. But neither did the
senator hold it much against the
Democrats that they voted al
most unanimously with Republi
cans to oust him in January,
195, from the Armed Services
and Labor committees.
Morse had little choice in the
matter. Unless he signed on with
the Democrats there was no
place for him to go because the
way of a real Independent in the
Senate is very hard, indeed. The
senator has two more years to
serve of his present term. He
plans to run again in 1956, prob
ably as a Democrat. -
Democrats will assign Morse
and others soon to committee as
signments for the new Congress.
The senator figures to improve
his lot considerably.
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Federal Court Asked
To Hear Damage Suit
Portland U.R) Doernbecher
Manufacturing company has ask-1
ed Federal Court to hear a $66,
906 action filed in the death last
October of Frank A. Crafton, 58,
who was run over by a logging
truck in the woods six miles
north of Reedsport. v
Complaint was brought against
the company by the victim's
widow, Estella, and eight-year-old
son, Larry. It was first filed
in Douglas County Circuit Court.
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Order Barring Russian Travel
Puzzles Some American Officials
By UNITED PRESS
Americans were a little puz
zled today over a State Depart
ment order declaring parts of
the country off-limits to Rus
sians. The ban kept Russians out of
some pretty odd places, such as
a South Dakota county which
no longer exists.
It would also force a Soviet
citizen who wanted to sample
some New Orleans night life to
drop into the city by parachute.
Even more puzzling, Civil De
fense officials said, was why
Russians were allowed to wan
der in some highly industrialized
and strategic areas, while vast
stretches of prairie and farm
land were ruled out of bounds.
In Washington, State Depart
ment .officials explained that the
order covering parts of 39 states
and about 27 per cent of the na
tion was framed on a simple
tit-f or-tat basis.
Russia bars Americans from
about 30 per cent of the Soviet,
they said, but allows travel in
such apparently strategic areas
in Stalingrad, Kiev and Khar
kov. Whether the purpose 6f the
State department order was stra
tegic or psychological, most of
ficials in off-limits cities were
willing to go along with it.
There were a few murmurs of
protest, however. .
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of the University of Philadelphia
said "it sounds just a bit child
ish surely there could be no
harm in having a few Russians
visit Philadelphia."
Calls It Far-Felched
At Austin, Tex., Sheriff T. O.
Lang said the idea of the ban
seems "pretty far fetched" and
he couldn't figure out how he
could keep Russians out of ban
ned territory.
"They'd have to be under con
stant surveillance, unless you
just took them at their word on
where they'll go," Lang said.
Some areas greeted the ban
with a tough local pride.
Austin Bacon, Nebraska's dep
uty civil defense director, said
the restrictions on parts of the
Cornhusker state shows that Ne
braska "is not so remote as some
people think."
T. E. Davidson, director of the
Iowa Development commission,
said the banning of six south
east counties demonstrates that
Iowa, "though in the heart of
the continent, is not isolated
from world affairs."
There were other cases where
officials scratched their heads
over how to enforce the order.
Cities OK, Counties Not
The, cities of New Orleans and
San Francisco were both declar
ed in bounds for the Russians,
but the counties covering the id
entical territory were officially
taboo.
Thus, Russians were both al
lowed and forbidden to visit the
cities.
In the case of New Orleans,
officials figured the order ap
plying to the city took prece
dence. But since the surround
ing parishes (counties) were out
of bounds, a Russian would prob
ably have to parachute in.
Then there was the case of
Armstrong county in South Da
kota. It disappeared a year ago
when a neighboring county an
nexed it.
What's more, South Dakotans
couldn't figure why a Commun
ist or any one else would want
to tread the ground of old Arm
strong county. The 525-mile area
is populated by 52 humans and
hordes of cattle, jack rabbits,
coyotes and grouse. "
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Appointed Legislator
Portland U.R) Dr. Wil
liam J. Gallagher, Portland chir
opractor, has been appointed by
Multnomah county commission
ers to fill the vacancy in the
state Legislature caused by the
resignation of Harvey Wells.
- Wells, 75, dean of the Oregon
House and a veteran of 13 ses
sions, announced he was resign
ing because of ill health.
Gallagher was an unsuccess
ful candidate for the Legislature
last year and during the cam
paign said his major legislative
interest was "returning local
government of the people in
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