idtiii Mm
Ghanctillw Offers ResuoiatioD f w tena
, . .. . . , - ;
si nr n r A n n
Adenauer Cabinet
Divided on Issue
Of Saar Agreement
Arms Decision
Left To France
Bonn, Germany (U.R) Vice
Chancellor Franz Bluecher of
fered his resignation to Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer today
in an open cabinet split over
passage last night of the Paris
arms treaties, a spokesman for
Bluecher announced.
The .West German lower
house (Bundestag) passed the
arms treaties by -resounding
margins and thus put the fu
ture of Germany's promised new
12 division army squarely in
the hands of the temperamental
National Assembly of France.
- Open Rebellion
But a related Franco-German
agreement to put the coal-rich
Saar under international control
divided the nation and precipit
ated an open rebellion in Aden
auer's four party coalition.
Bluecher is leader of the right
wing of the Free Democrats
which voted against' the Saar
agreement. He voted for it him
self, but two other FIP min
isters abstained and one voted
. against it in open rebellion
against Adenauer.
The tension between Aden
auer and the FDP reached a
new high yesterday when FDP
Chairman Thomas Dehler
launched a , bitter personal at
tack against Adenauer and ac
cused him of "lying" on the
Saar question.
Could Bring Crisis
Informed sources said Blue
cher's decision to quit was des
ignated to touch off a show
down inside the FDP and result
in Dehler s ouster as party
chief. But it could touch off a
serious cabinet crisis since Aden
auer threatened to oust from the
government any parties failing
to vote for the Saar pact.
Bluecher, who doubles as min
ister for economic cooperation
and Marshall Plan matters in
the Adenauer cabinet, sent his
resignation in a memorandum to
the Chancellor last night, the
spokesman said.
Adenauer himself had not yet
replied.
Soil Reclamation
Eyed in Lake County
Fort Rock (U.R) A new land
rush, or at least a "pump rush"
appears to be in the making in
the northwestern Lake county
region near here.
; Pumping companies have an
nounced they are planning to
get water for the dry region
from an underground lake. Juice
to pump the water onto the dry
land' will come from a new 191
mile line the Lapine Rural Elec
tric co-operative is building into
the basin with a $1,000,000 loan
from the U.S. government.
Boosters of the project say
the basin can be converted into
a . garden spot ; growing grain,
potatoes and sugar beets.
Dulles in Saigon
To Discuss Defenses
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles arrived here today to at
tempt to strengthen, in talks
with officials . of Communist
threatened South Viet Nam,
Southeast Asia's defenses against
Red aggression.
Dulles arrived . here - by air
from Phnom Penh, the capital of
neighboring Cambodia, where
he discussed with King Noro
dom Sihanook the training of a
55,000-man army for that na
tion's defense.
Dulles, showing the fatigue
and strain of his whirlwind tour
of Southeast Asia was scheduled
to confer here with Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem and other high Viet
Nam and French officials.
Oregon Jr. Chamber
Favors Talent Project
Coos Bay (U.R) Oregon
Jaycees are on record as favor
ing federal completion of the
Talent Irrigation District in
southern Oregon today,
A resolution to Congress was
passed over the week end here
at $he annual spring board meet
ing of Oregon Junior Chambers
of Commerce.
Ira Kaye, vice president of the
U. S. Jaycee group, addressed
the more than 400 persons at
tending the three-day meeting,
which ended yesterday.
Weather
FORECAST Occasional rain
and fusty breeze - tonifht.
Considerable cloudiness with
a few snow flurries Tuesday.
Continued cold. Low tonight
28. High Tuesday 40.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 43
Lowest this morning ...29
Prec.
T 4:30 i.m.
today .-trace
r''"'' ' 4 ''' '
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THE AMERICAN WAY The United States plans to re
turn seven Chinese fishermen to Communist China while
at the same time broadly hinting that Peiping should follow
its example and return 15 imprisoned American flyers to
the U. S. Six of the fishermen, rescued by the U. S Air
Force last May from a reef in the Paracel Islands, are
shown at U. S. airbase in the Philippines where they have
been cared for since rescue. The seventh is still hospital
ized with injury received while stranded.
200 Skiers Trapped,
Hig hvays B locked
By Raging
By UNITED PRESS
The Far West's worst blizzard
of the year trapped more than
200 skiers in mountain lodges
today and blocked two trans'
continental highways with
mounting snow drifts.
The storm raged through
much of California, swept across
the Rocky Mountains, and was
still belting parts of Utah and
Nevada today.
Fog Cuts Visibility
Meanwhile, fog covered much
of the nation's eastern half, cut
ting visibility to zero in parts
of the eastern Great Lakes re
gion. The murky weather was
partially blamed for an Illinois
plane crash which killed two
persons and ior at least seven
fatal auto crashes in the Chicago
region alone., - ', ; v , -Uv
In Utah, heavily drifted roads
and a threat of - death-dealing
avalanches made it impossible
for an estimated 215 skiing en
thusiasts to make their way
down from four ski lodges iiigh
in the Wasatch Mountain range.
Danger of Avalanche
Three of the lodges, housing
175 of the skiers, were in the
Alta' region. Forty more skiers
found refuge in a lodge in the
Brighton area, where 30 inches
of new snow was reported. '
Forest Rangers said the ava
lanche danger was so acute
around Alta that road equipment
could not run the risk of trying
to clear the highway. Mean
while, rescue crews temporarily
gave up their flight to reach the
Brighton lodge.
Elsewhere in the storm-batter
ed area, wind whipped drifts
forced the closing of highways
40 and 50. across the Sierra Ne
vadas. The Feather River route,
the only other east-west highway
in the region; was closed to cars
without chains along a 25-mile
stretch.
Serious Traffic Jam
Skiers poured helter-skelter
along these highways as" the
storm hit, causing such a traffic
jam on a 65 mile stretch of
Highway 40 in California that it
Transcontinental
Flight Record Set
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) A Strat
egic Air Command B47 set ; a
new transcontinental bomber
speed record of 641 miles an
hour on a routine training flight
Feb. 25, SAC headquarters here
said today.
The plane started from March
Air Force Base in : California
and covered 2090 statute miles
in three hours; 19 minutes and
35 . seconds. '
- The best previous time was
set by another SAC crew which
averaged ' 622.8 miles per hour
over a similar course in Jan
uary. ' '
-The Stratojet was part of the
301st SAC Bomb Wing stationed
at Barksdale Air Force Base
in Louisiana.
Atomic Explosion
Planned Tuesday
Las Vegas U.R) -The Atomic
Energy Commission said today
at a weather briefing that pres
ent conditions may permit de
tonation of an' atomic device
tomorrow at 5:35 a.m. (PST). :
The commission said, how
ever, that the must postponed
"granddaddy" shot originally
slated to open the test series
will not be fired.
Blizzard
had to be closed so snow-remov
ing equipment could get' through.
In Nevada, meanwhile, the
snow was so deep that three ski
tournaments were cancelled be
cause, roads were blocked.
And in California's Feather
River region the Western Pa
cific's west-bound Western
Zephyr from Chicago was de
layed for . two and a half hours.
The storm did surprisingly lit
tle damage in California even
though it lashed parts ; of the
state with 65 mile per hour
gusts packing driving rain and
snow.
Radio
Reveals Shuffle
it London (lf.R)-Moscow 'HadiOT
tonight announced a new gov
ernment shuffle , in ' the Soviet
Union in which Anastas Mikoyan,
ousted as minister of trade a
month ago, was ; made first
deputy premier. x
Two deputy premiers, M. Z.
Saburov and M. G. Pervukhin,
also were promoted with Mo
koyan to the rank of first deputy
premiers. :- '. .
The promotions , placed them
along with two - existing first
deputies, V. M. Molotov and L.
M. Kaganovich, in a broadened
top-level presidium.
Counting Premier Nikolai Bul
ganin as a part of it, this new
presidium become . a six-man
group, replacing the narrow gov
erning team of Bulganin, Molo
tov and Kaganovich. .
Party secretary Nikita Khrush
chev . still ' is considered . by ob
servers to be the real power
behind the new Russian govern
ment. Prineville Accident
Fatal To Truck Driver
' Prineville (U.R) Ralph
Parrish, 34, a truck driver for
Hudspeth Pine, Inc., was killed
instantly Saturday when his car
went out of control on Lamonta
road, Vi miles northeast of here.
Another occupant of the car,
Cleo Keanney of Prineville, was
treated for injuries at Prineville
medical clinic.
X Parrish, whose car apparently
skidded on the snowy highway,
was Cook -J county's first traffic
fatality since Oct. 4, 1953.
By A. ROBERT SMITH ,
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington When. "Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) was in
Oregon last week to register as
a ' Democrat; he was called up
short by a constituent who was
dead set against members of
Congress increasing their own
salaries. - '.'v : ;
It happened after Morse and
his party ran out of gas en route
to Eugene and : limped into a
small roadside ) filling station.
Morse tells the story like this:
"The station was one of , those
little family gas stations which
husband and wife operate in
conjunction with a small gro
cery store or a few tourist
cabins. The proprietor, a man in
his sixties, said, "Well, senator,
I see that you are about to: vote
yourself, a nice, big, fat salary
increase." I said, 'That is" very
doubtful. .
Gave Some Reasons '
"Well he said, 'the bill just
passed the House.' I said, Yes,
but it has not passed the Senate
yet. It may be that it will, but
Artillery Aimed
At Every Corner
Of Chiang Bastion
Only Airstrip
No Longer Immune
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Chinese Communists have ringed
Quemoy Island with Soviet-built
artillery of the type that shat
tered the French defenses at Dien
Bien.Phu, military sources said
today.
The artillery can reach "every
corner of the heavily-defended
island outpost with devastating
fire for the first time, the sources
said. They called the threat a
critical one and pointed out
Quemoy's only airstrip had been
"immune" to Red guns in the
past. i
Chiang's Largest Base
Quemoy is Gen. Chiang Kai
shek's largest off-shore island
base. It is about four miles from
the big port of Amoy which it
blocks and at one place is only
2,000 yards across open water
from a Red-held island.
Quemoy, with a peace-time
population of 50,000, is roughly
seven miles across but in the
past the Communists could shell
only about half of it with their
small artillery.
' Now they have been equipped
with Russian 122 millimeter
guns firing from new positions,
the military sources said.
Red Landings Beaten Off
The island, about 140 miles
west of Formosa, is believed to
be garrisoned by 40,000 to 50,
000 crack troops. The garrison
beat off several Communist land
ing attempts soon after the Na
tionalists moved their head
quarters to Formosa.
Chiang summoned members of
the Kuomintang (government rul
ing party) to a full-dress session
Tuesday and it was understood
the critical situation in the For
mosa Strait would be discussed.
The government faced two
major problems the Commu
nist menace to Quemov anH
Matsu and a critical financiasitr
uaiiori on " Formosa itself, with
controls already clamped on
some commodities in an effort to
halt inflation.
Musa Fails To Take
ills From Committee
Salem U.R) Rep. Katherine
Musa (D.-The Dalles) failed to
day in an attempt to take three
bills embodying her tax pro
gram away from the House Tax
ation committee where she said
they had been killed Without
her knowledge.
Mrs. Musa's motion to take
the bills away from the commit
tee and bring them to the floor
for consideration of the full
House was overwhelmingly de
feated, with only four of her
colleagues supporting her ma
neuver; .'; v :
The freshman Wasco county
lawmaker told the House she
considered the Tax" committee's
action unfair to a member of
the House. She said Rep. Loran
L. Stewart (R.-Cottage Grove)
chairman of the Taxation com
mittee, had offered her a hear
ing on the bills but that he had
added the hearing would do no
good since the three bills were
already dead. ' . !
The three bills at issue would
repeal the so-called skyscraper
clause, eliminate the property
tax offset in the corporation ex
cise tax : law and remove the
utility exemption, in the excise
tax law.
fells Voews AgaDDiist
not with my vote.M gave him
some of my reasons why I shall
vote against the increase.
"That gentleman said, 'I want
you to know that in this com
munity the people I have talked
to, and many come through here
during the course of a day, are
very bitter about this proposal.'
He said, 'I don't want to hurt
your feelings, but we think the
Congress as a whole just does
not deserve higher pay."'
Morse said he was inclined
to agree with the man.
Earlier Views Changed
. "There was . a time when I
leaned to : the idea of a salary
increase," Morse said. "I have
completely changed my earlier
point of view on this salary in
crease issue. I do not believe any
substantial increase in salary
can be justified at the present
time." ..:''
Instead of backing a pay
boost, Morse urged the Senate
to increase its fixed allowances
for office expenses telegrams,
long-distance calls, air mail
MedfordTribune
United Press Full Leased wire' Ty: united fresa Full leased Wire
49th Year 14 Pages
Western Oregon
Buffeted by Wind
Power Lines Down
Coast Area Spared
Usual Heavy Blow
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon was hit with blustery
winds up to 70 miles an hour
today in a forerunner to What
the weather bureau said was
"one of the strongest storms"
of the season in the Pacific
Northwest.- ; , , , '
The weatherman, . however,
played turnabout,' aiming the
heaviest blows at interior west
ern Oregon, particularly in the
Portland area where high winds
caused widespread power out
ages and a variety of other acci
dents. Along the coast, where
the winter's storms generally hit
the hardest, it was "business as
usual" weather. The gusty
winds were felt" inland as far
east as Ontario.
Shipping on Schedule
Coos . Bay reported stormy
weather with offshore winds
generally 20-40 miles an hour
with gusts up to 50. No damage
vas reported and shipping was
moving on schedule. The situa
tion was much the same at New
port where the Coast Guard re
ported southerly winds 25-30
miles an hour.
It was gusty at Astoria but
the only damage reported was
a brief power outage on Pacific
Power and Light Company's
Knappa-Svensen line early Mon
day. '" f- V .,
In ' Portland, two 57,000-volt
power lines were knocked
out of service temporarily. One
was between Portland and Ore
gon City and the other between
Estacada and the Lents substa
tion. Other Power Failures
A rash of other power fail
ures, especially in the suburban
areas southwest of Portland,
caused much inconvenience to
householders at breakfast time. .
The Portland fire dispatcher
said 28 runs were made within
a four-hour period to investi
gate reports of downed electric
wires. Police were sent hurrying
to several commercial establish
ments where crossed wires or
broken windows set off burglar
alarms.
A 60-foot tree was . uprooted
by heavy winds in northeast
Portland, causing considerable
damage, to the side of a house.
Another felled tree crushed a
car. A huge tent housing the
Portland Boat Show was blown
down.
No Major Accidents
x Although the high winds and
rain made travel . hazardous,
Portland police reported ; no
major accidents and no one was
reported injured.
The weather bureau said the
storm was centered off the
northern British Columbia coast
and was moving southeastward.
It was expected to pass over the
Pacific .Northwest by tomorrow,
bringing more strong winds and
some snow. - .. -. :.
stamps, stenographic salaries. He
said he was forced to dip into
his own pocket to meet such ex
penses as these which now ex
ceeded his allowance. .
Funds Unchecked
i Inasmuch as the salaries and
expenses incurred by each Sen
ate office are held confidential,
reporters have never been able
to check these funds. Whether
they are adequate or not became
a dramatic issue in the 1952
presidential campaign when it
was first disclosed that .Vice
President Nixon (who was then
only the candidate for , that of
fice) had defrayed certain ex
penses as a senator through use
of a special fund set up for him
by California business men.
Nixon explained in a national
TV show that he couldn't meet
all his obligations in - serving
his constituents with the small
fixed allowances given each sen
ator. Morse immediately came; out
with an , itemized accounting
which showed that he had no
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1955
IpDerce
A. C. Pierce, : president . and
founder of Pierce Freight Lines,
Inc., today announced virtual
completion of negotiations which
will transfer stock control in the
pioneer motor freight company
to other southern Oregon inter
ests. - : . - '
To Continue with Firm
Pierce, who has long held the
controlling stock in the com
pany, said that he and his pres
ent associates would continue to
hold substantial financial inter
est in the firm for several years
and that he would continue to
serve the company in an advi
sory capacity for at least a year.
Acquisition of the Pierce stock
is being made by the United De
velopment Corp., of . w h i c h
George P. Davis, Klamath Falls,
is president, and George M. Rob-
Emergency Clause
Ban Removal Given
Comiftee Approval
- The legislative committee of
the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce this morning went on
record in favor of a proposed
amendment to the Oregon state
constitution, having to do with
the so-called "emergency
clause" for legislation., It urged
the legislature to refer the pro
posal to a vote of the people.
The constitution now prohibts
the use , of the emergency clause
on tax legislation. (The emer
gencyjclause . can te, placed, on
all other" legislation' only oy a
two-thirds vote of the legisla
ture.)
Can Be Held Up fc
Without an emergency clause,
which places legislation in ef
fect immediately, any piece of
legislation can be referred to a
vote of the people by a refer
endum petition bearing the sig
natures of some 20,000 or so
voters. In effect, this means that
tax legislation can be (and, in
practice, usually, is) held up for
15 to 18 months until the next
general election. . '
By removal of this ban, the
committee felt the legislature
would be permitted to pass what
ever tax legislation it feels nec
essary, and the tax would go
into effect immediately. It was
pointed out that the people can
still vote on the tax, through
an initiative petition, but that
the state would not suffer from
a lack of revenue in the mean
time. Passes Unanimously;
The motion passed unanimous
ly, ' and members of Jackson
county's, delegation in the legis
lature will be urged to vote, fa
vorably on the proposal to refer
the question to the voters in the
general election of 1956. .'
The committee also voted ; to
oppose a bill which would re
move the existing limit of $20,
000 on damages awarded for the
death of ah individual.
The ' group discussed a num
ber of. other bills, but took no
action on them. '
trouble conducting his office
within the allowance, that" he
was even saving the government
money by not using , them all.
He reported he had not used up
his allowance for clerical help,
for telegrams, long - distance
calls or use of office space in
Oregon.
Fees for Speaking
The senator said he did run
short, however, about $700 per
month paying for such expenses
as printing copies of his speeches
for distribution and taking con
stituents to lunch (average cost:
$4.50 daily). Morse said he made
this up by accepting fees , for
speaking engagements ; around
the country. i
This past week, Morse was
joined by. Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger in trying to stop the con
gressional pay increase and to
compel all federal officials earn
ing over $10,000 annually to
make a public accounting of the
sources of all their income.
After the public accounting pro
posal .was ruled, out. of .order,
the pay bill went through 62-24.
l?ay Dmicirease
FrelgKA Stock
Aonimoaairocedl
erts, Medford attorney, is secre
tary. Names of other stockhold
ers of the development corpora
tion were not disclosed.
Roberts has been a director of
Pierce Freight Lines since it was
incorporated in 1928 and will
continue in this capacity. Davis
was manager of the Lorenz com
pany for many years, and for
the past few years has conduct
ed a business advisory service in
Klamath Falls.
Both Pierce and Davis, spokes
men for the new interests, em
phasized the fact that the stock
transfer will have ' little if any
effect on company operations or
A. C. PIERCE .
Pioneer in Field "
policies- It' was. also pointed out
that control of the firm will re
main in. southern Oregon and
that, personnel will be virtually
unchanged. X; X
. The company's founder, in an
nouncing the transfer, of stock,
said that he has had the pleasure
of seeing the company grow, in
30 years, from a. one-truck oper
ation to one operating . more
than 300 truck and trailer units,
and . was now looking ; forward
to being relieved of his heavy
responsibilities and of having
more time at home and for other
varied interests. . x- :
: Pierce entered the trucking
field in 1924. , One of his early
associates was Leonard Carpen
ter who, according to ; Pierce,
made the . establishment of the
business possible. A few years
later, George M. Roberts, R. W.
Frame and B. E. Harder of Med
ford, and R. R. Condit of Port
land, became financially inter
ested in the firm and played an
active part in making the busi
ness a success.
Holds Permit No. 1
The holder, of . Oregon Public
Utilities commission permit No.
1, the company uses as its trade
mark "Oregon No. 1 Carrier."
As the first motor carrier au
thorized to perform a complete
and unrestricted service in the
transportation of commodities
generally between Portland and
San Francisco, it has played an
important role not only in the
development of trade and com
merce in southern Oregon, but
in the entire . area ; west of , the
Cascade range between its two
terminal cities. . .
; . Pierce, in announcing the
stock transfer, also revealed
that the company had ordered a
substantial number - of new
trucks and trailers, and that de
livery was expected early in
April. Details will be disclosed
later, he said. ? r x ?
April Draft Call
Slashed To 8000 Men 44
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department today slashed
April draft calls to 8000 men, all
for the Army. xX x , lx
i The April figure compares
with 11,000 for March and Febru
ary, and 23,000 for January.
- The Defense Department said
"this call represents a moderate
decrease from the previous esti
mate because of a greater num
ber of voluntary enlistments into
the Army than had been fore
cast.",: x - - "vix '
DOW-JONES AVERAGES X
" New York (U.R) -Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 411.87 up 2.37; 20 ' rail
roads 149.47 up 1.72; 15 utilities
64.05 up 0.27 and 65 stocks
153.54 up 1.09. Sales today were
about 2,620,000 shares against
2,540,000 shares Friday. -
Price 5c No. 294
i
Slightly To Left
In General Voting
Alliance With West
Confirmed by Ballots
Tokyo (U.R) Japan shifted
slightly to the left in Sunday's
general elections, but confirmed
by a nearly two to one vote its
postwar alliance with the United
States, final official returns -showed
today. X:
Prime Minister Ichiro Hato
yama's Democratic Party, con-'
servative but pledged to seek co-'
existence with all nations includ
ing Red Chona,; won workings
control ; of parliament and the
right to form a new government.
Merger Talk Rejected -
He immediately rejected talk .
of merger or coalition with the "
other conservative bloc, the Lib
eral Party of former Prime Min
ister Shigeru.Yoshida, and said
he would form a xone-party cabi
net.. ' ;--.x ";:xxx
The House of Representatives.
elected, in Sunday's record vote
by more than 37,000,000 Jap
anese 76 per cent of those
eligible will elect the new
prime minister about March 10.
Final unofficial returns gave
the Democrats 186 seats. Liberals
111, Left-Socialists 89, Right So
cialists 67, Labor-Farmers four,
communists two and others six.
Revision Blocked
The Socialists won just enough
seats to block a threatened con
servative move to revise the
"MacArthur" constitution which
bans full-scale rearmament and
makes the emperor a figurehead.
Constitutional amendments re
quire a two-thirds vote in the
'.house, and the Liberals and Dem
ocrats combined fell 15 votes
short of this.
Judges Assigned
To Circuit Court
Two judges have been assign
ed to . Jackson county's circuit
court for the next several da vs.
according to court officials.
Judge E. H. Howell, Canyon
City, i has returned for a 10-day
period, and Judge Pro Tem
Louis E. Starr, Portland, will be
here for six days. .
'It has been tentatively aereed
that Starr will hear an equity
case for Tuesday and Howell
will consider motions and de
murrers how pending before the
court.
Judge H. K. Hanna. regular
magistrate, is still resting at
home after a recent illness.
McKay Says Department
May Soon Pay Own Way
Washington (i.R) Secretary
Douglas McKay told Congress
today the Department of Inter
ior soon 'may pay its own way.
McKay told a Senate Appro
priations Subcommittee the de
partment will pay into the treas
ury an estimated $413,259,000
this , fiscal year. He said last,
year it repaid to the treasury
$344,000,000, or $88,000,000 less
than it cost to . maintain its op
erations. " ' ; 1 ' .
Speeding Mule Riders
May Be Given Break
By State Legislature
Salem (U.R) Are ' you one
of those rare thrill-seekers
who likes to gallop on mule
back at high, speeds, through
rural areas? If so, you will be
heartened by a piece of legis
lation being readied ' for '
scrutiny by the Oregon Legis
lature. . x, . -x .x::
At present , it is unlawful to
ride a mule at speeds in ; ex
cess of six nftles an hou?:
through -unincorporated com
munities of the state.
But this law, and many
others equall y outmoded,
would be corrected under pro
posals being prepared for in
troduction in the assembly this
week by Sen. Gena Brown
(R-Gtants Pass), chairman of
the Legislative Counsel Com
mittee. Brown's resolutions would
set up two interim s, commit
tees with authority to draw up
legislation lo eliminate out
moded and conflicting statutes
and to streamline the military
code. " - -
Japan
Swings