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MEDFORD OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1955
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Morse, Neuberger
Hope To Add Funds
By A. ROBERT SMITH
f. Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The Eisenhower
administration"1 has decided to
defer construction of the Talent
.division of the Rogue River rec
lamation project at least another
year, : according to an official
"spokesman.
, . Despite reports on Capitol Hill
end in the -Medford area rf, a
possible request for construction
funds being sent' to.. Congress
later this year, the spokesman
-denied, this would be done. .-.
, However, confidence was ex-
pressed in several quarters that
the Budget Bureau would have
V change of heart and .agree to
aend Congress a request for con
atruction money fort the fiscal
year that begins July 1.
$30,000 for Plans
President Eisenhower's bud-
: get which went to Congress last
Monday failed to Include funds
to start construction of the Tal
ent project as 5 authorized by
. Congress last xummer. It con
tained only a $30,000 item to
continue planning the project.
, ;ncuvi bcuiji tire uuinu Ji. iwi-
. .tarnation had included the pro
ject in its original budget re
quests thai' went to the White
House, where- the - project v was
knocked out by the Bureau of
the Budget. - - 4s-
Asked why the project was
not in the president's budget,
Miss Virginia de Pury, 'chief of
Information for the Budget Bur
eau, said: . ' "
Wants Further Review ' ; '
' "Because of the large invest
ment and the high federal sub
sidy, and the fact that total an
nual benefits are ' only slightly
in excess of -costs, the' bureau
decided to defer action on it and
have a further - review ' in con
nection with the '1957 budget
(which will be out one year from
now."
Miss de Pury said she con
sulted the i officials who i": made
the adverse decision concerning
the Talent project, and they said
that with the $30,000 request for
planning funds for fiscal 1955
they hoped to review the project
with more 1 detailed 'cost ; esti
mates in hand.
When told of reports that con
struction funds would be includ-
' ed in a supplemental budget re
quest, - expected to go to : Con
gress later e this year, - she . de
clared: ' . - '.
"As far as the .Bureau of the
Budget is concerned, this project
has been deferred for another
year until the 1957 budget."
. The Budget Bureau ordinarily
has the last word on which pro
jects shall be included and
which are to be rejected, but
Congress has the authority to
add money for. projects not men
tioned in the administration's
budget
Hope To Add Funds .
; Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich
ard - L. Neuberger said ' they
hoped to persuade the Senate to
add construction funds for Tal
ent division when the appropri
ations bills come ud for consid
eration this spring.
: Neuberger recalled the Jack-
'son county celebration last
fall of congressional authoriza
tion of the project, saying: "In
spite of the extravagent cam
paign : promises m a d e to the
-voters of southern Oregon by"
nearly every Republican candi
date, in the election of 1954, the
Talent irrigation and power pro
ject in Jackson county, revives
not one cent in" construction
funds. Both Senator Morse and I
urged Secretary McKay to honor
his party's campaign promises
to southern Oregon, but our plea
has gone ignored.". '. 1
(See Story en Page 2)
London - 4U.R) Soviet Am-
voooa4m Taonh "Malik left Sabir.
day for Moscow qn a summons
from the Kremlin to join the
ether two big three envoys in
1- ,
fiGEsicag Sentenced to
1 5 Ysars m Prison;
tfairta Pleads ffiuilty
Marion Franklin Piening, 50,
of 425 South Grape st., yester
day .was sentenced to 15 years
in the state prison, and was fined
$100, on a charge of manslaugh
ter. The charge grew out of the
April 19, 1949 death of Mrs.
Margaret Ann Cornell.
Sentence was passed by Cir
cuit Judge Orval Millard, who
termed ' Piening "a dangerous
sadist." When ask e d by the
judge if he had any recommend
ation for leniency for Piening,
District Attorney Walter Nunley
said "None at all."
Before .passing sentence,
Brainerd Studios
Slates Move Into
Old Bank Building
Brainerd Studio and Camera
shop, located at 40 South Central
ave.for the past 15 years, will
be one of the occupants of .the
location at 120 East 3 Main at.;
the: ord Firet National Bank buil
ding, it 'was announced! Satur
day. V
Remodeling is now under way.
New owner of the building is
Ben Dierks, Grants Pass lumber
man. It is expected that the re
modeling. wiU.be completed by
mid-summer, when"- the . photo
hop will.'move; '
Jewalry Firm Planned
Z Other .occupant of the space,
which' -will ' be - redesigned into
modern store accomodations will
be a branch store of Wiesfield's,
Inc., a chain - jewelry concern
with headquarters in - Seattle,
Wash., according to Dierks. Ben
H. Todd is architect for the buil
ding remodeling.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil ; Brainerd,
operators ' of the photographic
business,' said; plans have been
made for a considerably increas
ed floor space for their opera
tion, wjfh additional lines of
merchandise - and new fixtures
for display. The finishing labor
atory will be designed for great
er efficiency and will be larger
to permit more rapid processing
of customer and studio work.
Increased Quarters. . 4
The portrait studio area will
have the size and dressing room
facilities for large group pictures
and wedding photographs, they
said.-4. , Ai
The entire building will be air
conditioned, and the plant will
be one of the most modern .in
southern Oregon. The Brainerds
will occupy, the western portion
of the building, and Wiesfield's
the eastern side. .-.,..-
The present location of the
photo business has already been
leased, it was reported. -
Phoenix Woman Enters Pica
Of Guilty in Polygamy Case
f A Phoenix woman " yesterday
pleaded guilty in circuit court to
polygamy; charges in . , the first
case - of its kind prosecuted in
Jackson county in many years.
The woman: is Mrs. Odessa Ev
elyn Campbell Mires Davis, 35,
mother of three children. Rec
ords at the courthouse list her
home address as Fifth and F. sts.,
Phoenix. 1 - -
Mrs. Davis was arrested after
one- of her two husbands, George
Davis, Box 116, Talent, brought
a complaint to the district attor
ney. office.- i
She and Davis were married
June 25, 1952, in Roseburg after
she had served as housekeeper
for Davie -foi seven years, ac
cording to District Attorney Walter-Nunley.
Records in the district attorn
ey's office show that Mrs. Davis
and Laurence Eldred Vielbig, 46,
IM1
a visas
Judge Millard turned down a re
quest by Piening's attorneys that
their client be given a psychiat
ric examination In denying the
request, Judge Millard declared
that experts agree there is not
much a state . hospital - can do
for a man "guilty of sadism."
Piening's wife was present in
the courtroom during the entire
proceedings, " which .included a
reading of Piening's statement
of the events which -led up to
the death of Mrs. Cornell. Pien
ing was represented by Attorney
Fred Warden, 31, of route 1,
box 350K, Medford, appeared in
court -yesterday .morning and
pleaded guilty . to manslaughter
charges resulting from the death
of 12-year-old Philip Stephen
Minear, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ro
bert , Mmear, route, 1, box 331,
Medford, in a hunting accident
last year. , -
' The case was continued ' for
pre-sentencing investigation, and
Warden's bail was continued at
$7,500. ; ' " i .
Two other men appeared In
circuit court yesterday. T h e y
were Alexander James Heagle,
36, Cottage Grove, and Charlie
William JBringhv 46. of route 2,
box 245, Grants Pass. ""
Heagle pleaded guilty to char
ges of obtaining money under
false pretenses and the case was
continued - for - s e n t en c 1 n g.
Bjr ingle pleaded guilty to a
charge of concealing stolen prop
erty, - and was. sentenced to 18
months in prison, with the sen
tence suspended for two years.
Sale of Oakdale.
Market Announced;
Terms Undisclosed
Edgar and ' Josephine Link,
owners of the Oakdale market,
yesterday completed sale of the
store and real property to a local
group, according to the attorney
for the new owners.
The new owners have' organ
ized a : corporation , called Oak-
aaie xaarxet, inc. The stock
holders did not wish their names
to be disclosed at this time, the
attorney said. . v . ;y-
- Although no exact sale price
was revealed, the nttnmpv saiH
'it was the biggest food market
transaction in ; the area during
the past five' yearsl" V ; ';.r-
No j change in , personnel is
planned by the new owners, the
omciai added. , ,
The Links have onerated the
market, ; located at the intersec
tion of Oakdale ave. and "J" st,
for more than: 13 rvears. Thev
plan to now devote their time
to Holdings .in. the eastern Ore
gon area, continuing in the same
type ' of business. .They . will
move from Medford in the near
future, trfe spokesman added.'
a Phoenix mechanic- were mar
ried in a Medford ' church on
Dec; 29 of last year, Nunley said.
County clerk's records for the
same day show an ' application
for a marriage license by Odes
sa Evelyn Campbell Mires, of
Mioenix, with the notation that
she had been divorced.
- Mrs. Davis : -was taken into
custody by the sheriff following
her plea . of guilty, and was lodg
ed in the county jail for about
an hour Saturday morning. She
was then released on $1,000 bond
put up by Davis.
District Attorney Nunley ex
plained to both Davis and Mrs.
Davis . that he was responsible
for her appearance in court for
sentencing after receipt of rec
ords from the FBI. Both smiled
from time to time, and they, ap
peared to be on good terras.
The two then' left the court-
house together.
May Set Stage for
War or Peace With
Communist China
Hardening of U.S.
Policies Predicted
v Washington (U.R) ' Presi
dent' Eisenhower will ask Con
gress at noon Monday to ap
prove a ' definite U.S. defense
line in the Far East ' in .what
may set the stage for, a war-or-peace
showdown , with Red
China. '
"A"; White . House announce
ment Saturday said Mr. Eisen
hower will ' submit a special
message that "will, clarify-. the
purposes ' and application of
United States policy in relation
to the security of Formosa and
ask for the support thereof by
the Congress." " . J
Hardening of Policy
Those sparse words high. fad
ministration officials said, rep
resented a hardening of Ameri
can policy toward the Commu
nists in the face of intensified
encroachment v on Nationalist
China's island territories.
Though doubts ' were voiced
that Mr. Eisenhower will , seek
to - establish 1 publicly in his
message a specific defense line,
several congressmen reported a
"definite" line would be drawn
. Overstepping of that line in
the embattled Formosan area by
Red China would invite retalia
tion by U.S. sea and air forces
in support of Generalissimo Chi
ang Kai-Shek., , .?.,'
Conflicting Reports '
Therewa a welter of con
flicting reports about what the
message would contain, specifi
cally whethetr, it would ;, draw
s defense Derlrneter arftund the
Natiortalistba1nFonmTMt
and . the" nearby Pescadores Ur
lands. r
.The President and Dulles, al
ready, have said . this; country
must defend : Formosa and the
Pescadores. But some informed
administration sources said not
to discount the possibility that
the Nationalist-held islands of
Quemoy and : Matsu would be
included within i the defense
line. ' V
Quemoy is almost within eye
sight of the Red Chinese Port
of Amoy. It is regarded as vital
to the defense of Formosa
Should the Reds attempt an in
vasion. Matsu. is farther north.
A Congressional source said
he did not believe Quemoy and
Matsu would be included in the
defense area, y 3
' It is fairly certain that the
Tachen Islands, some 200 miles
north of Formosa and under at
tack by, Red Chinesei will not
be included. , As one adminis
tration source put 'it: "We
would not spend one -man, one
Chinese Nationalist, one bullet,
to defend a rocky! bunch ef
crags which are of no : import
ance. : d -
Democratic leaders in Con
gress were filled in en the pro
posed draft of the' President's
message. And Undersecretary of
State Walter Robertson, who
handles Far Eastern affairs, con
ferred with .Chinese Nationalist
Foreign Minister George Yeh
and Ambassador . Wellington
Koo at the state department. ; .;
Major Water Shuloff
Scheduled far Monday
" There will be a major water
shutoff for the area north of the
Big Y market and west of Bear
creek Monday from 6 p jn. : to
about midnight, residents have
been reminded by Robert Lee,
assistant Medford water superin
tendent. -; -
The' area involved Includes
the. Midway water district, city
of Central Point and users along
Table Rock rd. The shutoff, is
to allow connection of a new
feeder; pipeline served by the
Medford system.
Sports Ballalin r ; ;
Medford high's cagers. hit
' ting full stride in the second.;
half, whipped Klamath Falls
. 70 to 43 here last night. Half
time aargin for the Black Tor- '
nade was 31 to 22. Dave DV.
Olivio, Klamath, led scorars
with 22. Frank. Redox,, Med-,
. ford, got 20. ; , , - ' ,
' Qraier 72, Illinois Valler
Phoenix S4, Eagle Point 33. ;
Oregon' State. 5S, Oregon'
54.'
- Washington State 74V Wash-
a RED RAIDER A Red Chinese plane (arrow), one of a 120-pIane attack, makes its rna t
' past Tachen Island as numerous anti-aircraft bursts can be seen in the . sky. Strong
Chinese Communist invasion; forces aimed a giant pincer at the Jxmib battered Tachen ;
and the Nationalist defenders braced for an assault expected any timev
Committee
rk s ;
''pE
' By PHILIP B. LOWRY
- Oregon Slate Senator .
Salem Very few , bills "have
been considered by either . the
House or Senate for final pas
sage up to this
writing,' al
though a-total
of, 134 .bills
nave -been .introduced.-.
Most of the
time both the
House and
Senate this
sen. lowk .a week has been
occunied with Committee consid
eration of pending, bills. The
really painstaking,, -important
work of the Legislature is ac
complished through the commit
tee system. Of course, bills of
a controversial character of gen
eral interest are , the subject of
individual consideration by ev
ery member of the Legislature
a n d extensive : debate on ;t h e
floor of both houses.. ' ' '' i
After introduction of a bill
in the House or Senate a mea
sure is referred to the appropri
ate committee for study and
recommendation as , 4o .further
action. The House has 22 stand-
ingy committees and the- Senate
20; which are designated accord
ing to the subject matter, of leg
islation considered' by them
Measures requiringan appropri
ation always receive the atten
tion of the ' Ways and Means
Committee as well as any other
committee which .is concerned
with its subject matter other
than appropriation'.-. ;
Chairmen Powerful r ;' ,"
The . chairmen of . committees
occupy a powerful; position and
can greatly ' influence the ' dis
position of a bill. In actual prac
tice,' the committee chairmen
proceed in an exceedingly demo
cratic manner. Mr. Mann is the
only member- of -the Jackson
county delegation to Jiead a com
mittee, although Mr. LittreU, in
his iirst - term; receivecL., an ap
pointment as .. vice-chairman ' of
the Commerce and Utilities Com
mitee of the House. Every com
mittee strives to get at the facts
relating to a proposal, and ' Wel
comes the view of every sincere
individual or organization.. ; v
The loads of' the committees
vary - greatly. .. For instance, the
Joint Ways and Means commit
tee, composed of members from
both the House and the Senate,
is the watchdog of the budget,
and will put in long, arduous
hours. - -
Money Bills Later
The separate Taxation com
mittees of the House and Senate
must learn from Ways and
Means how much money will be
appropriated .before, determin
ing the method of raising that
amount. No doubt the final p
uiiis uccuoie
Weeks
i muni ,ttm y,, ,
Study: op
. .. . - . j m
- d'giltatiPei
propriation bills recommended
by .Ways and " Means rand the
revehue-raising bills from' the
Tax committees will not come
out on the floor until the session
is fairly well along.
After committee deliberation,
a bill favorably considered for
passage will be recommended
back to the entire House or Sen
ate, for enactment . If commit
tee opinion r be divided, ' there
may be .both a majority and a
minority .-report.: Most bills ;not
favorably i regarded by the com
mittee are tabled or indefinitely
postponed, . and ;- in this manner
a . substantial part of, proposed
legislation is sidetracked.
. .' In the .past," many, bills of
doubtful wisdom .have been : in
troduced by committees . rather
than 'individual members, who
prefer not to be directly identi
fied with the bill. ri The so-called
"trash" "bills are :' introduced
simply Vto - satisfy 'a' constituent
or organization. Such' bills are
a great waste of time -and money.
A real, effort has been made at
this session .to niinimize. this
waste. For instance the' Sen
ate Judiciary committee has a
strict., rule forbidding introduc
tion, of committee bills. On the
other hand, many of the other
committees - will introduce bills
of merit 'in - the interest of the
general" welfare. .
- When a bill is reported back
from committee, it is subject to
general - debate before ' a final
vote.. ; As one would expect, it
is in many instances necessary
to accept the recommendation of
hthe committee because .of lack
of time and failities properly to
ascertain the facts., concerning
a proposed lawl 'This unfortun
ate by-product of the committee
system can be held rto a mini
mum by checking the calendar
the night -before to determine
what bills will be considered for
final passage on the following
day and re-examining such bills.
,' Any Jackson county resident
or organization interested in leg
islation beiflg considered by' a
particular House or Senate com
mittee, or desiring to appear be
fore a. committee, can learn 'the
time and place of House commit
tee hearing from Mr.' Mann or
Mrr Littrell and Senate 'bearing
dates from me. r ' "
Bills introduced since my last
report which are of general
public interest include: . ""
1. A. bill .to establish a com
prehensive health - and sanitary
inspection and permit system
for the slaughter and disposition
of meat products to be used for
human consumption. . The bill
authorizes inspection of all meat
packing plants and slaughter
houses under , the direction of
the Director of Agriculture for
&oee net -covered tf isdsxl
U:tl; Triistseship
Fdr
BySenatDrl'jSiSi
Washington (U.PP Senator
Wayne Morse, uregon xnaepena
ent said. Saturday night that
Formosa should be .brought; un
der United Nations trusteesmp
"as rapidly as possible" , so the
U. ( S. .7th Fleet, may ,be .with
drawn.
,'I think of, it as a great mis
take ' for ' the ' United States . to
take unto itself the full respon-
Washington (U.R) .San.
Wayne Morse,; Oregon Inde
pendent who was enee a -Re-'
' publican, said Saturday night
he may ; disclose- within, two
weeks whether he: will run, as,
a Democrat for re-election in
1956.- ,' ? ' t , -;
sibility of policing the Formosa
area,", he said, "and my position
Is the same as it was . . . on
Korea when, on the floor of the
Senate, I urged a United Nations
mandate over Korea . until elec
tions could - be held, 7 the -. same
as it was last spring, . when I
urged the United Nations trus
teeship over indo-cnina.
5 Morse's comment was made
on the CBS radio program, capi-
tol cloakroom. Tne oroaacasi
was recorded-; before the . an
nouncement i that ' President Eis
enhower will send to Congress
On .Monday a special : message
to clarify ; and outline U. S. for
eign policy . in the Far East
2. A bill providing: that no
State :. -; administrative . agency
shall adopt a rule or regulation
except at a meeting open to the
public and.' that public notice
shall begiven by notifying' the
press, radio and television in the
county in which the meeting is
to be held ' not less than : five
days prior to the date of the
meeting. -, .
3. -A bill designed to enforce
more, strictly tne non-support
laws where county welfare gives
aid to a dependent child.
4.: A bill to place the control
and use of all water resources
of the jtate under a single board
and generally to v permit this
board to do anything to conserve
waters resources of Oregon for
the general welfare.- t ,
5.v A bill designed to conserve
ground water resources to the
same extent as surface water.
6. A bill to increase fire-fight
ing equipment requirements for
loggers' during the closed season.
: 7. A biU to abolish the State
Department of Finance created
in. 1991.' The 1931 law was de
signed to streamline state fi
nances and produce the" maxi
mum possible economy.
The Jackson.ctnmty delegation
is far more interested in receiv
ing your viewa while the legis
lation is pending A after It
Formosa
Carriers Aunrnsnt
--
U.S. force; Tachen
Being Evacuated
. Red Subs Reported
In Formosa Straits : 1 .
t TaioeL Formosa. Sunday oj.r
U. S. Vice-Admiral -Alfred
Tride, raced today' aboard ' his
lagship toward a rendezvous off
Formosa with his American 7th
Tleet,, ' newly -reinforced . wfia
ihree ' aircraft: carriers i from
Manila:-
The fleet commander sailed
'n 'the Cruiser Helena suddenly
.ait night from Hong Kong.
Sources- in ...Taipei : reported he
was steaming across Formosa.
Strait to meet his fleet which
is under orders from President
Eisenhower to ,-defend Formosa.
Carrie rs Augment Fleet .,
v The U- S. carriers Essex, Kear
sarge and. Yorktown were or
dered to augment the 7th Fleet
in the wake of the Chinese Com
munist invasion of the Island of
Yikiangshan some 200 miles
north of Formosa; fc- '
' The ' sudden American naval
movements coincided with re
ports- from- well informed
sources the Nationalists had
started the evacuation of threat
ened. Tachen. Island. . ' !-,.
v UB. naval . eourceaenorted
today-the Communists have at
least , three- submarines in the
waters around Tachen where
the, 7th Fleet units are father
ing.1"" - .,
Submarines Keported
Naval authorities here would
not confirm the Teport publicly.
But naval sources said U. S. air
and- surface unis searching for
enemy underseas craft repeated
ly identify .submarines in the
area. - - , . . .
"We. get from two to five
sightings per day,' one source
said. "We know two are ours."
The Chinese Nationalists re
peatedly have reported Red subs
in. the area, and U. S. naval of-
uciais nave estimated there are
as many as 100 .Russian . sub
marines, in the, Far East The
Soviets are said to have given
some" cf these "to1 the Chinese
Reds.- " ' , '"V , "
Naval authorities were re
ported concerned over the pos
sible role r of Communists subs
in i evunti the " Chinese Reds do
not, attoid aside to let American
vessel!! ' evacuate Nationalists
from 'rachen..- - . L
AssemMbs of Cc J
Plan Kediord
The state district council' of
the Assemblies of God -will ,h
held .in Medford at the Medford
Assembly of Crod church, 1108
West Main st, April 28 to 29. it
was - announced Saturday. The
district presbytery of the Oregon
Assemblies of Cod sicked Med.
ford during a recent quarterly;
meeting at Brooks. t - ;
Some 300 to 400 persons,
church delegates and ministers,
ire' expected.- The Oregon district-includes
more than- 1S9
churches. . 1
The morning and - afternoon ;
sessions will be for business, and
the night services will be evan
gelistic. The Rev. R. M. Kigg
general, superintendent of the
Aasemblles of God. Springfield.
Mo., will be the ch ef speaker.
Host pastor-for die convention
will be the Rev. F. Wildon Col-
baugh; of the Medford Assembly -of
God. -The hospitality commit i.
tee includes the Rev. Wm. Turn-
bull, chairman, Jacksonville; the
Rev. Lawrence D. Krause, of the
Bethel Assembly, Medford: the
Hev. Morris Nylander, Talent;
the Rev. Lyman D. Stiles, ZledV
ford; and Rev. E. E. Rails, Four
Corners.
Tht. Sm tUm im 4iry,m Umt
ford has been host for the Ore
Con district council of the As
semblies of God. Last year's con
vention was held in Portland.
Berlin UJ0 The 0. C. -
Army Saturday Jiiled Pvt TT1
Uim A. -Verdine wtUs it in
vestijates whether 1m was cb
rmt rrizt l"ri Cii ct r"ra
L wsa ia CxrL. c'J.Jjv