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www Communist China Calls for Parley On Formosa Crisis Wants Talks on Lines Of Russian Proposal '. London (U.R) Communist China admitted today the For mosa crisis had reached the 'daneerous" stage and called for a ten-nation conference as proposed by Russia to ease the tense inter-national situation. The Chinese request was made in an editorial in the Feiping People's Daily, off Jcial organ of the Peiping regime, and Droaa cast by Red China's New China News Agency. - Follow Nationalist Victory It followed soon after reports of a Nationalist naval victory over a Communist fleet of 14 . vessels, several of them landing rraft with trooDS. in the For mosa Strait near Nanchi, north ernmost Nationalist island out ' nost. ". At the same time Moscow Ra dio broadcast a commentary in the official Communist news Pravda reiectine as ."swindling maneuver" reported British attempts to reacn a cease fire in the Formosa dis pute hv cettine Generalissimo Chiang Kei-shek to withdraw from Quemoy and Matsu isianas Branded Swindle Moscow called the maneuver a "swindle" on grounds the Chi nese Communists had every right not only to the off-shore Islands in dispute tmt oimosa and the' nearby Pescadores as well. . ' - ' ' The Peiping Peoples Daily backed to the hilt the Russian Feb. 4 proposal for a ten-nation . conference sponsored by India, the soviet union ana ouwui held either in Shanghai, or New Delhi before the end of the month. Britain, which has taken an active role in trying to ease the tense situation, rejected the So viet proposal because it barred Nationalist China from a seat at the conference table. "The Soviet proposal for an International conference on the dangerous situatidn in , the TaiwanoriaQsai AOPiL new road for easing tension in the Taiwan area and the Far East," the Chinese Communist editorial said.. ' Welcomes Support "This is a further effort by the Soviet Union to ease tension in the Far East," the editorial said. "The Chinese peoples wel come and support this Soviet proposal." Russia suggested Red China, the United States, Britain, France, the Soviet Union, India, Burma, Indonesia, Pakistan and Ceylon attend the conference. Peiping said the five Asian na tions had a "special interest" in Asian peace. But at the same time Peiping .accused the United States of ' '.'evading responsibility for ag gression" and seeking "to bring life the mvth of "two Chinas' " ; a proposal already rejected by the Taipeh government. Peiping made it clear the conference would have nothing to do with the "traitor Chiang Kai-shek" clique but only the subject of what it called United States "aggression" and "inter ference" in China's internal af fairs.' Senate Lifts Ban On Emergency Clause - Salem CU.R) The Oregon Senate voted today to lift the ban on putting the emergency clause on tax raising measures. There were only seven dissent ing votes, two of them Republi can. . ; The resolution, introduced by Sen. Lee Ohmart (R-Salem), if approved by the House and sign ed by the governor, would be re ferred to the people at the 1956 general election, since it in volves a change in tne states constitution. Should the people pass it, the 1957 Legislature could pass a hew source of reve ; nue act such as the sales tax which would go immediately into effect. Even if it should be referred, it would remain in ef fect at least until the 1958 gen eral election. .. - Sixth Fireman's Body Found in Fire Debris -V Baltimore, Md. (U.R) An other fireman's body was dragged from the rubble of a downtown building last night, bringing the toll in the Fire De partment's worst tragedy to six dead and 21 injured. ' The bodies of five other fire men ' were recovered earlier from the ruins of the Tru-Fit Clothing Co., which was gutted by fire Wednesday night. They were killed when the roof and back wall of the building caved ... 'In on them. MEDFORDfA ..ITRIBTOE united fresa full Luwd wii 1 8 Pages Price 5c Dulles To Hold Diplomatic Talks In Thailand Soon Formosan Crisis, Strategy To Be Aired Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles de parts for the Far East late today for high-level diplomatic talks on the Formosa crisis and Allied defense : strategy in Southeast Asia. Dulles will fly over the Pa cific to Bangkok, Thailand, where he will meet next Wed nesday with diplomats of Brit ain, France, Australia, New Zea land, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Thailand. The meeting was called to get the new eight-nation defense pact against Com munist aggression ready for op eration m any emergency. Opportunity for Talks Diplomats said Dulles also will have opportunities while there to talk behind-the-scenes with British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and other offi cials on new Allied strategy in the China crisis. The diplo matic - military jockeying over Formosa has placed new and heavy strams on American-British relations. . Eden and other British offi cials were reported upset by Dulles' new warning to Red China against attacking the Na tionalist-held Quemoy and Mat su Islands off the China coast. Britain has been - promoting a plan to surrender . these islands tp ! the Reds in exchange .iox, a "TFoTmosa "cease fire. Dulles didn't say no to that scheme in his foreign policy address Wed nesday night. But he said it was doubtful that such a surrender would promote peace or freedom. Talks Seen Best Chance Diplomats believe the best chance of solving the Formosa crisis may center on talks through diplomatic channels be tween Washington, London, Moscow, Peiping, New Delhi and other capitals. These talks, if profitable, might form the basis for more formal negotiations either inside or outside of the United Nations. Stale Services Curtailment Asked Salem (U.R) Sen. Gene Brown (R-Grants Pass) ' today urged the Joint Ways and Means Committee to adopt a policy of strict curtailment of state serv ices to avoid the need for tax increases. Sen. Brown said "it is time for the people to realize that they can't have services unless they're willing to pay for them." He said the basic school sup port fund could be reduced. by approximately $20,000,000 by basing it on the number of chil dren between the ages of 6 and 19 instead of on the present 4 tc 20 age group. The Board of Higher Education's budget could be cut by some $3,000,000 and the welfare commission budget by perhaps $12,000,000 by cut ting out some of the present services and programs, Sen. Brown said. Soviet Submarine Base On Albania Coast Told London U.R) The London Daily Telegraph reported today Russia has established a subma rine base on the coast of Albania only 25 miles north of the Greek border. A dispatch from Vienna said three Soviet submarines of small displacement are already report ed stationed at the base of Dri mades "more or less perma nently." v Earthquake Rattles San Diego Windows San Diego U.R) A sharp earthquake rattled windows in the eastern sections of San Diego county today. No damage was reported. Seismologist Fred Robinsin said the quake began at 7:28.15 ajn. (PST) and , lasted only 45 seconds. He estimated the center to be in the El Cajon valley, east of her. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955 Im 0) jLgpJ 4 ATTEMPT TO BLUFF REDS FILS Romanian Charge d'Affdires Emeric Stoffel carries the 8-year-old son of a Romanian legation official to safely after anti-Communist Romanian refugees had driven out the legation staft at Bern, Switzerland. The three anti-Reds defied 100 Swiss troops and police for nearly two days in their desperate bid to force Communist Romania to release five anti CommunisJ . political prisoners held in Red jails. They surrendered after a priest entered the building and talked with them for 15 minutes. Nationalists Sink 21 fied Taipeh, Formosa U.R) The Nationalist . Chinese Navy and Air Force announced today, in an official communique, that 21 vessels of a Red Chinese fleet have been sunk in a furious air- sea battle off Taishan Island, 120 miles northwest of Formosa. The communique said Nation alist planes also attacked the Communist Taishan Island base itself, destroying eight barracks and a tented billeting area, and inflicting "heavy casualties among Communist troops.. It said 1800 Red troops, in tended as reinforcements for the Communist Taishan Island gar rison," went down with their transport vessels in the attack on the Communist fleet. Listed as sunk by the Nation alist combined air-sea arm were: Pineau Asks for Confirmation to Post Paris (U.R) Socialist leader Christian Pineau asked the Na tional Assembly to confirm him today as France's 21st postwar Premier . The 50-year-old Pineau staked his hopes of : ending a 14-dayold government crisis on a pledge to obtain approval of the Paris pacts for West German rearma ment "in the shortest possible time." As he mounted the speakers' stand to face the tense, faction ridden Assembly, Pineau faced strong right wing opposition that made the outcome of his bid to replace the fallen government of ex-Premier Pierre ; Mendes France unpredictable. Pineau, pledged to economic and social reforms as well . as greater freedom for French North African possessions and closer West European coopera tion, was given only a 50-50 chance to win office." Final preparations were being made today for the Heart Fund's community-wide house-to-house collection, which is scheduled for about 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, according to Miss Laura , York, Heart Sunday chairman. ' - Assisting with the drive will be volunteers from Altrusa, Na tional Secretaries association, Medford Parents Extension as sociation, Methodist . Women's club, Wesleyan Service Guild of the Methodist church, Credit Women's Breakfast club, and Delta Kappa Gamma sorority. Kits for the workers were as sembled by - Girl - Scouts - ynfor aiy United China S Five Communist gunboats, eight landing craft and eight armed junks. : - ' In addition," the communique said, a number of other Red ves sels were damaged - The Nationalists pounded the Communist reinforcement fleet for eight hours, the military an nouncement said. - It was reported that two Na tionalist destroyers took part in the attack, Col. Lu Ta, Nationalist mili tary spokesman, said the land ing craft which were sunk rang ed from 300. to 400 tons dis placement. Carry Reinforcements The spokesman said the Na tionalists intercepted a fleet of 14 Communist gunboats and landing craft v carrying rein forcements from Peikuanshan Islands to the Taishan Islands. The Taishans are 30 miles south of Nanchi and 63 miles north of Matsu Islands. The intercepting Nationalist force opened fire and quickly threw the Communist fleet into confusion, it was claimed. The Communists broke off contact after two hours of fighting but were overtaken by the National ist warships, Lu said. EBuiletii.li Moscow (U.R) Russia to day proposed complete de struction of all existing atomic and hydrogen weapons of all nations. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 411.63 up 1.22; 20 rail roads 146.61 up 0.96; 15 utilities 63.65 up 0.05, and 65 stocks 152.41 up 0.55. Sales today were about 3,660,000 shares, com pared with 3,030,000 shares traded yesterday. MeM WwM the direction of Mrs. Michele Rossi. Mrs. George L. Watson, president of the Business and Professional Women's club, has served ,. as an assistant to . Miss York. "The decision of how much to give rests entirely with the giver," according to Miss York, wha is a past president of Busi-. ness and Professional Women's club, which organized the Med ford campaign. "Inasmuch as the heart diseases comprise the No. 1 health problem, both locally and nationally, we are hopeful that all gifts will be generous and that they will be looked Full JLeaaed Wire 49th Year No. 286 WW PLANE DROP OPENS JEW WEAPON TEST Las Vegas U.R) An atomic bomb dropped from an Air Force bomber exploded over the Nevada Proving Grounds today to mark the opening of the 1955 winter-spring nuclear tests. , The Atomic Energy commission confirmed the air burst went off at noon (PST) over Yucca Flat, 75 miles northeast of this desert gambling city. It was the 32nd nuclear blast in Nevada and the 33rd in the United States. The explosion, apparently of a nuclear weapon in the "small" category, was "heralded here by a small lightning-like flash. Min utes later a rumble was heard as the sound wave arrived. : Within five minutes, the signature of the A-bomb, a towering boiling mushroom cloud, wrote its way vertically 10,000 feet into the sky. An aircraft from the Special Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force. Base, N.M., delivered the postponed first "shot" in the test series, dubbed "Operation Teapot." Troop Maneuvers Cancelled for Air Drop It was the 17th air drop of an A-bomb : over. Nevada, all de livered by crews of the 4925th Test Atomic Group of the Spec ial Weapons Center. Troop maneuvers were can-celled-iior this air drop, which was a substitute. ,f or a bigger, tower explosion, postponed since last Tuesday morning by unfav orable weather that made radia tion fallout a : potential hazard to. ranching and mining com munities near the test site. Soldiers had been scheduled to go into trenches two - and cne-quarter miles from the base of the tower. " V " From Safa Distance ' But the 1100 troops and offi cers, including Marines, Navy and Army personnel, observed today's detonation from' a safe included Lewis L. Strauss, AEC chairman. Approximately 50 aircraft, in cluding the delivery plane, took part in the operation. They sam pled the atomic cloud for radio activity, tracked and charted its course and provided a small plane air-lift support for scien tists. -Weather Jinx Continues Bad weather which plagued the test and forced postpone ments since last Tuesday con tinued a jinx today, causing the air drop set for 7:30 a.m. to be moved back to 10:30 a.m. then to 11:30 a.m., then 11:45, and finally to noon. In opening its tests, scheduled to include detonations of 10 or 11 atomic devices, the AEC em phasized it would take exacting precautions to avoid exposing humans or livestock to a of radioactive particles. ram Medford Woman Hurt In Car-Truck Mishap Mrs. Lana B. Philpott, 43, of 9i7 South Holly st., was report ed in good condition today after suffering injuries to her left leg in a car-truck collision at 6:36 ajn., according to city police and hospital attendants. Police said the injuries were confined to the woman's left leg and that no fractures were found. Mrs. Philpott was driving a station wagon which struck a parked Jorgensen's dairy truck near 635 South Holly St., police said. "- No citations were issued, they added. DR. INSKEEP SELECTED Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson said he had reappoint ed four doctors to the State Board of Health. They are Dr. C. C. Burkes and Dr. O. T. Wherry, Portland; Dr. N. E. Irvine, Lebanon, and Dr. L. Inskeep, Medford. Mve upon as an investment made for self, family and community." Each volunteer worker will call at between 15 and 25 homes in her own neighborhood. Re ceipts will be given those desir ing to have them for income tax deduction purposes. Volunteer workers will seal all contributions in a large en velope, taking it to an area col lection point where it will be picked up by a route collection and taken to U. S. National bank, where it will be deposited by Dwight Houghton, assistant bank manager, who is serving as Heart Fund treasurer. Weather FORECAST: Fair and eeld through Saturday. Low to ; night about 18. High Satur day 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 43 Lowest this Morning 20 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today. Trace TO RUN AGAIN Charles O. Porter, above, Eugene attor- : jiijv ; has.!anri5umced , that. he i will again be a candidate for . congress in .1956. Porter, ' a Democrat, was defeated in the last , election by Rep. Harris ' Ellsworth. Grants Pass Man Held On Charge of Larceny A 23-year-old Grants Pass man was arraigned in district court yesterday on a charge of larceny from a building and was bound over to the grand jury, according to court records. Bond was set at $2,500 on the charge. Larry William Irvin, charged with the crime, waived counsel and . preliminary hearing. He was committed in lieu of bail. The charge involved the theft of $28 from the cash register at the Weter and Olsen service station, 1258 South Riverside ave., on Feb. 14, according to the complaint. Sack of Diamonds Stolen In Daring SF Robbery San Francisco (U.R) Three gunmen staged a daring daylight robbery of a diamond wholesale house today and escaped with a sackful of diamonds, police reported. -' The gems arrived here only yesterday from Isreal and their estimated value ranged from $100,000 to $185,000, police said. The jewels were stolen from the firm of Paul de Vries, Inc., at 185 Post St. Silverton Resident Shot From Ambush Silverton (U.R) A Silverton area resident was shot to death from ambush last night, state police reported. ? " The victim was identified as Erwin Oren Kaser, 49. Neighbors told state officers that Kaser had just driven his car into his driveway at 10:45 p m. when four shots were fired. Palmer Hoyt Sees x Unprecedented Prosperity Portland -r- U.R) E. Palmer Hoyt, editor and publisher of the Denver Post, last night pre dicted an unprecedented pros perity for the. United States, and asserted that each individual has a responsibility in assuring that prosperity. ... ; . Forest Grove (U.R) Glenn Jack, Oregon City attorney, and Robert Hansberger, Portland in dustrialist, have been named as trustees for Pacific University. Chicago (U.R) Harold E. Stassen, foreign operations ad ministrator, said he plans a trip to the major countries of Asia late this month, . ' "'i v , ; SEN. WAYNE MORSE Registers as Democrat Hatfield Calls . . . . . For Democrats To Join Republicans Salem U.R) Sen. Mark Hat field (R.-Salem) today answered Sen. Wayne Morse's switch to the Democratic party with an invitation to Democrats to regis ter in the Republican party. Hatfield, who won both Demo crat and Republican nomina tions to the state legislature in Marion county, said Morse's switch is the signal "for an exo dus from the Democratic party of those who are alert to the tro jan horse which has been wheel ed into their midst by their state's chairman." Democrat Chairman Howard Morgan accompanied Morse to Eugene yesterday when the sen ator's registration was changed. Hatfield . said "the Democrat primary for 1956 was held in Portland Thursday night. Other pre - primary nomination : an nouncements from headquarters may be . expected, in the next few months." . inq New Seen In Morse Switch " By UNITED PRESS ' Gov. Paul Patterson said to day the switch of Sen. Wayne Morse to the Democratic party "did not . add anything to what we already knew.". VHe simply made the formal change," Patterson said. . Philip S.. . Hitchcock, who has been mentioned along with Pat terson as a possible candidate in 1956 to oppose Morse, said "I expect that w will pick a good candidate and beat him. , He said, "If Paul Patterson runs, I will support him. If he doesn't, then it will be wide open. I think he will run, how ever." : Edward Geary, speaker of the House of Representatives, said, "We feel no loss." Elmo Smith, Senate president, said, "they are welcome to him. I regret they haven't had him sooner." Both Geary and Smith are Re publicans. George Tomlinson, ' Portland attorney who heads the Oregon Young Republican Federation, described the switchover as the first evidence of political hon esty the senator has exhibited in two and one-half years." . Meanwhile, in ' . Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard L. Neuber ger. (D-Ore.), applauded Morse's enrollment. He pledged his sup port to Morse in 1956 and pre dicted that Oregon would re elect Morse as a Democrat next year. ' ' . . Lausmann Criticizes 'Lunatic' Drivers ' Redding, Calif. (U.R) A. A. Lausmann of Medford, Ore., criticized yesterday a "lunatic fringe" of logging truck drivers for carelessness on the highways. Lausmann spoke to more than 1,000 delegates to the Sierra- Cascade Logging Conference here. '. "Our industry by its very na ture of having timber, rough ground and steep mountain walls is hazardous, and manage ment, provides the best possible equipment," he . said, "but this won't amount to a hill of beans unless every man who works in the woods does his part." , Four, The Dalles Men Indicted lor Theft Portland (U.R) Four men from The Dalles were indicted by a federal grand jury here yesterday on charges of theft of government property. Accused of i stealing more than $5000 worth of copper wire from The Dalles dam project were Thomas C. Kennon. 26: Henry E. Doyle, 30; Donald Wet more, 29, and James C. Murphy, 30. - 3 4 ' Noth Action Seen Best Way To Advance ism Cause Senator To Seek Reelection in 1956 Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse, who bolted the Repub lican party in 1952, announced last night that he has joined the' Democratic party and will seek; reelection next year as a Democrat.- - - ; : He said in a speech at a cheer ing Multnomah county Demo cratic rally here that he was joining : the Democrats because he believes that is the best way to "advance the cause of liberal ism in American politics.." , Morse had . registered as a Democrat in the afternoon in the Lane county courthouse at Eu gene. ' -" -,-. Count Now 49-47 His official switch to . the Democratic party leaves the Sen ate with 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans. :. "It is because I have become convinced that I can make my best contribution, to a legisla tive program that will best serve the people of Oregon, and the nation, under the banner of the Democratic party that I now an nounce my intention to run for reelection to the Senate in 1956 as a Democrat," he said. Morse ramnaiimoH fni- A41af v Stevenson, 19 5 2 Democratic presidential nominee, after he 1 AAUACU broke with the Republican party. He also voted with Demo crats this year for control of the Senate and sits on the Demo cratic side of the aisle. First Official Word But last night's announce ment was the first official word that he would seek reelection in 1956 as. a Democrat. His an nouncement ended his two-year tenure as the Senate's lone Inde- Outlining his reasons for swiicning party, alignment, wv vire iycxuutittuc rally it "is a great fallacy", to consider pany regularity . . . synomous with party responsibOity." " "The highest order of party re- sponsiDiuty is to be found in the exercise of intellectual hon esty by an elected official," he said. "One of the greatest evils in American politics today is the growing practice on the part of too many politicians to let party officials and economic pressure groups tell them how to vote." : He said he broke from GOP ranks in 1952 because the Re publican "convention platform was a grave disappointment to me and thousands of other lib eral Republicans. " : , j 'Steamroller Charged "It was disheartening to see the victorious Eisenhower forces embrace steamroller tactics to . niich . thrnncrh tl-io nnminaHnn" of Sen. Richard M. Nixon (R Calif .) as vice president, he said. Morse, disclosed that he had been working with others to ad vance the vice-presidential nom ination of Sen. Leverett Salton stall (R.-Mass.). But he said "we were told that Gen. Eisenhower wanted no nominee in competi tion with Nixon." "During the 1952 campaign, Gen. Eisenhower's campaign tac tics were increasingly disap pointing," he said. "His Morn ingside Heights agreement with Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.-O.) in which Taf t's program was em braced, made it clear that ' the Republican ; candidate slogan was 'anything to win.' ' Demos for Businss Morse said the Democratic party has demonstrated that it "is the party of liberalism. Their program is in the best interests of . the independent farmers, small businessmen, working peo ple, white collar and civil serv- He said "it is not true that the Democratic party is against business. To the contrary, its record is in staunch defense of enlightened capitalism manifest ed in private enterprise. ' "In the last campaign," he said, "I supported and cam paigned for the candidates of the Oregon Democratic party because of our common belief in the necessity of a bipartisan program of international coop eration with free nations, and a domestic program for constant expansion of economic opportu nities and strengthening of the competitive private enterprise system. GOP Liberalization Hopeless "It is my considered judgment that I can best contribute to such ' a program by working within the Democratic party,' he said. Earlier at Eugene, Morse told reporters "there is no question that during the last eight years I have tried - to liberalize the Republican party, but the task was hopeless.''
