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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.
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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
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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.
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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, .
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, ; 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. -
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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.''