SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday. March 27, 19S5
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REFUSING TO DIE, case of MaJ. Irving M. Peress, promoted, given honorable discharge after
taking refuge behind Fifth Amendment, continues to occupy center of Washington's stage. Far
mer Army Counselor John Adams (right), denies taking part in "conspiracy" to call off hear
ings. Senator McCarthy (R). Wis. (left), defends James N. Juliana (right), against charges jhe
testified falsely about Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker during earlier hearings. (International)
Employee-dDwned Form Formed
To Buy Wood Products Plants
Formation of Western Pro
ducts Corporation, an employee
owned firm, was announced here
last week. It was incorporated
on March 14, and has established
an office at 1016 North River
side. The incorporators announced
that the firm was organized to
purchase and operate one or
more plants for the manufacture
of veneer and plywood, and other
wood products.
One of the proposals which is
being considered is the possibil
ity of purchasing the assets of
the Medford Veneer and Ply
wood Corporation. Officers of
the new company, after organi
zation is complete, plan to con
tact stockholders of the Medford
Veneer firm to see if negotia
tions for such a sale are pos
sible.
' Medford Veneer and Ply
wood's assets include the veneer,
plywood and mouldings produc
tion of the firm, and two wholly
owned subsidiary companies,
Medford Door company and Pa
cific Veneer company, Crescent
City, Calif.
The officers of the cooperative
type organization are Jack E.
Rowbotham, president; Paul JI.
Bodenhamer, vice-president, and
Everette Stokes, treasurer, all of
them now employed at Medford
Veneer, and Bernard A. Fetzer,
secretary.
Fetzer said the corporation
has been organized along the
lines of other cooperative, worker-owned
corporations recently
A Ni choi's Worth of . . .
Comment On This and That
br VfARMAN W. NICHOLS
Unitad Pratt FJtur Writer
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Washington OJ.B A century
ago in the nation's capital hous
ing wasn't much of a problem.
There was plen
ty of ground
where a man
could put side
boards and a
roof, and if he
couldn't afford
that he could
rent a place
cheap.
An advertise
ment in one of
the papers 100
Hainan Nichols years ago this
week mentioned a "very reason
able home for rent." It was on
Missouri ave. between 3rd and
4Vi sts. There were "10 to 12
rooms." There were two parlors
on the first floor, a dining room
and a large kitchen in it, equip
ped with a pump with "excellent
water."
Almost apologetically, it seem
ed, the owner, P. W. Browning,
said that he would have to get
$400 a year for his place.
Business in the two houses of
Congress had simmered down to
little that caught the eyes of
the editors. There were squab
bles, pro and con, on the ques
tion of slavery. Also the Indian
problem came in for consider
able talk.
The postmaster general of the
day published a notice about the
new postal law. The man was a
little disturbed. He said:
"Under the new law, all ma
terials must be prepaid and if
not, after a decent wating pe
riod, things must go to the dead
letter office. Hundreds of thou
sands of letters are mailed with
out any direction whatsoever,
and many more have the wrong
address on the cover!" "v
The postmaster general sug
gested that people ought to take
their letters and packages to the
window of the post office "while
the window is open and they can
get some advice."
Papers had a habit of picking
up items from fellow editors
around the country, and in fact
the world.
There was one item from Bos
ton relating that the paying tell
er of the Merchant's Bank there
had hanged himself in the bank
cellar. "His accounts, so far as is
known," the dispatch said, "were
in order."
A man, also from Boston, who
apparently was in business, got
a letter to the editor in the Wash
ington prints. Same letter in
three papers.
He said:
"I promised to inform you of
the effect of a remedy recom
mended to me. I have taken one
bottle and am now a well man.
I thank you a thousand times.
This preparation is the exclusive
property of the writer."
Then the writer signed his
name.
A correspondent from Key
West, Fla., wrote in to say that
the growth of shrubs, flowers,
and vegetables down thataway
"now is luxuriant, and as far
advanced as in mid-summer back
home. We daily have on our ta
ble, beans, peas, lettuce and cel
ery. The sweet potato flourishes
in our soil, but the Irish potato
does not."
Red Chinese Trade
Delegates in Japan
Tokyo (U.R) The advance
party of a Chinese Communist
trade delegation arrived Satur
day for talks with Japanese in
dustrialists anxious to sell their
wares to Red China's 500,000,000
"customers."
The Red Chinese were invited
by the International Promotion
association and the China Trade
Promotion diet members league.
While the negotiations will nom
inally be private, they have the
endorsement of Prime Minister
Ichiro Hatoyama's government.
Japanese business groups hope
that negotiations with the Reds
will double exports to Red
China in 1955. Japan imported
S46.172.000 worth of goods from
Red China last year while ex
porting only $19,900,000 worth.
However, industrialization
of China, Communist political
and trade restrictions, the UN
strategic goods embargo and
problems of payment have caus
ed Japanese government leaders
to look for only slight expansion
in trade. j
Churchill Planning
Stay in Parliament
Woodford, England (U.R)
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill Saturday told the voters he
has represented in parliament
for more than 30 years that he
hopes to continue to be their
spokesman for some time to
come.
Churchill's speech in his
"home" district neither con
firmed nor denied reports he
plans to retire as Prime Minister
within the next two weeks. He
can continue in parliament as
le-ug as Woodford elects him,
whether as Prime Minister or
merely as a rank-and-file mem
ber. Apart from the passing refer
ence to his hopes of continued
service, the Prime Minister's
speech was devoted to general
comments on political responsi
bility, with an occasional dig at
the Laborite opposition thrown
in.
Carl H. Blair Fined
For Assault, Battery
Carl Hoean Blair. 39. resident
of a local hotel, was fined S25
and assessed $5 costs in district
court Friday on a charge of as
sault and battery. He entered a
plea of guilty, according to a
court report. Blair was accused
of assaulting Wendell Sipes.
Robert Keith Wilburn, 24,
Fresno. Calif., was sentenced to
60 days in jail on a petty larceny
cnarge involving theft of gaso
line from Highcroft orchard,
court records disclosed. He nlead-
ed guilty. The court said that
wiiourn may be paroled after
iu aays lor good cause.
formed on the Pacific coast.
Stck will be sold only to p ersons
willing and qualified to tte em
ployees of the company, h't said,
and added that it is felt tlje suc
cess of such a venture depends
upon as many workers as pos
sible owning shares. No shares
should be owned by thase not
contributing to the success of
the operation through their
work, he said.
Authorized capital of the com
pany is 3,000 shares of stock at
a par value of S100 eaclj, or a
total of $300,000. Shares will
be sold only in units of 15, with
each shareholder limited to one
unit, which will entitle him to
employment preference. T
Application for clearance for
sale of stock has been filfsd with
the security and exchanfe com
mission and with the Oregon
corporation commissions- and
no stock will be sold untitt clear
ance has been given
Since no one not qualified to
work for the comDanv will he
sold stock, the firm will '.require
employment qualification state
ment irom tnose wishmcr to buv
stock. These statements mav hp
obtained and filed at tls com
pany's office.
Such statements are njot com
mitments to purchase stock, and
acceptance is not an offer to
sell nor a solicitation .to pur
chase stock, Fetzer said, and
such sale will be done onljy under
icjsuiauuns Di Ine ami; ana the
corporation commissioner.
Fetzer indicated that a niim
ber of present employees of the
Meatord Veneer and Iplywood
Corporation have shown an in
terest in participating in the new
urm.
Low Income Group
Tax Cut Predicted
By Joseph Mai Jin
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Washington (U.R) 4 House
Republican Leader Joseph W.
Martin Jr.. sairf SatnrHa- if
President Eisenhower is able to
recommend an income jtax cut
next year "low income groups"
will benefit the most. ;
The GOP leader said Mr. Ei
senhower will not propope a cut
unless the budget is balcinced or
'brought close" to oalaijce. Mr.
Eisenhower previously h;Js stated
that as his position.
Counting on Balanced Budget
The administration apparently
is counting on a balanced budget
in the 12 months starting July 1,
1956, barring "untoward" inter
national incidents.
Secretary of .the Treasury
George M. Humphrey imported
this week that there is a "very
good opportunity" to achieve the
administration's first telanced
budget.
In holding out hope fjor cuts
for low income groups, Martin
said in an interview that he did
not see how the Democrats could
develop a tax issue that would
give them "political advantage"
in tne isoo election campaign.
The Massachusetts Reraiblican
spoke out in the wake of lhe col
lapse of the fight by House
Democrats to cut everybody's in
come taxes next Jan. li. The
House - approved plan, which
would have reduced taxes next
vear S20 for each taxDa-per and
an additional $20 for each de
pendent, was killed Friday in a
Senate-House conference com
mittee. The Senate then promptly
passed, the administration meas
ure to continue corporation and
excise (sales) taxes at current
rates for another year.
In eivine ud the fieht. Demo
crats expressed confidence they
could make taxes a major politi
cal issue next year. They con
tend the ReDublican administra
tion favors a "trickle down" tax
policy in contrast to the. Demo
cratic policy of helping low in
come groups.
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M. C. LININGER & SONS
(Guard PoOot Tells off Debris,
CDS! SDSclk at Scene off Crash
Portland (U.R) A National Guard cap
tain who flew his jet plane over the wreckage
of a Pan-American plane in the Pacific off the
Southern Oregon coast said the aircraft left a
great deal of debris and two oil slicks on the
water.
Alerted by Tower
Capt. W. L. Parks of the 142nd Fighter-Interceptor
group said he was readying for a take
off at the Air Base here when he was alerted by
the airport tower and asked if he could escort a
disabled stratocruiser into Portland.
"I was told the plane had an engine out," he
said. "I was advised to proceed under Air Force
radar control. I was sent southwest and out over
the ocean. It was overcast and I was on instru
ments. Instructed to Search
"They sent me to the last plotted radar echo
from the disabled plane. When I entered the area
on the radioscope where the plane was last seen
they let me down through the overcast with in
structions to search to the south.
"I was cleared for a turn to 180 degrees. As
I started to turn, I saw the two oil streaks on the
water. I then saw another plane, a constellation,
coming up from the south.
Saw Smoke Flare
"I dropped from a 15.000-foot elevation to
10,000 feet and saw what looked like fire com
ing from part of the wreckage. It turned out to
be a smoke flare from a life raft. On determin
ing it was smoke not fire, I continued my let
down and noticed smoke issuing from two large
life rafts tied together."
Capt. Parks said he made one circle over
the wreckage, which consisted of floating debris
and the larger of the two slicks. "By that time
the constellation had started circling. I was run
ning short on fuel."
Flying Boats on Way
"After I found out for sure that Air Force
rescue flying boats were on the way I had to
start back to Portland. By that time I was very
low on fuel. I climbed back up and returned to
the base."
Capt. Parks piloted an F-86 Sabre jet of the
Oregon Air National Guard.
Mrs. T. E. Daniels Is 337th Flight Patient
Mrs. T. E. Daniels, 1'805 East
Main st., yesterday became the
337th patient to be carried by
planes of Mercy Flights, Inc.,
when she was bought home from
Palm Springs, Calif.
She suffered a broken knee
and a leg in a fall while there.
The twin engine ambulance
plane arrived at the Medford
airport at about 10 p.m. yester
day. George Milligan and Cecil
Davis were pilot and co-pilot on
ihe trip.
Child Safety Conference Findings Show
Parents' Responsibility Training Needs
Ashland More than 100
persons attended sessions of the
first Southern Oregon Regional
Child Safety conference held
here all day Friday.
Group discussions, panel
meetings, reports and demon
strations took ud most of the
day, which was climaxed by a
banquet at Susan Homes hall
in the evening, when summar
ies of the days activities were
given.
As the conference ended, most
participants agreed on three con
clusions, as stated by conference
reporters:
1. Parents are responsible for
the safety of their children, both
through protection and training.
2. Accidents are the biggest
single cause of death and disa
bility among children.
3. Education, both of parents
and of children, through all
possible media, is the only hope
of bringing down the death toll.
Dinner Speaker
Dr. Harry F. Dietrich, Bever
ly Hills pediatrician and child
safety authority, was the dinner
speaker, and illustrated his dis
cussion of child safety problems
with slides.
Dr. Dietrich compared the
death rate of children in 1900
(about 2,000 per 1,00,000 popula
tion) with that of today (about
150 per 100,000 population).
This decrease points out sharply,
he said, the influence of medi
cines and drugs, and also brings
accidents to the fore as a lead
ing death cause, for accidental
deaths of children are about the
same now (50 per 100,000 pop
ulation) as they were a half
century ago.
. Accidents cause more chil
dren deaths than the next six
causes combined, he pointed out.
"There is no vaccine against
accidents," he said.
Suggests Plan
He gave what' he said is a
"reasonable plan" to prevent
deaths of children, which par
ents can follow. It has three
points, based on the fact that in
the first six years the problem
changes from one of complete
protection of infants, to one
chiefly of education and train
ing. His three points were:
1. Forethought. Check a
child's abilities and interests,
and devise methods whereby
the child can be protected, and
trained to care for himself.
vital second only in import
ance to feeding the child.
3. Discipline. The child must
know the limits beyond which
he connot go.
A combination of these will
do much to aid parents in pro
tecting their children from ac
cidents, he said, and he suggest
ed that parents keep in mind
the three ways in which chil
dren learn.
The most effective is partici
pation; next is by example, and
finally, the least effective is by
rote, he said.
Discussion Reports
Six discussion groups report
ed their findings at the dinner.
Elliott Becken reported on the
fire safety talks, and recom
mended (1) that fire depart
ments encourage home inspec
tion and that publicity be used
to encourage the reception of
inspectors; (2) that arrangements
be made for widespread show
ing of the film, "Too Young to
Burn;" (3) that first aid classes
be emphasized In schools; (4)
that home construction stan
dards, particularly in fringe
areas, be raised, and (5) that
more complete statistics on fire
deaths would aid in solving the
problem.
Lee Ragsdale reported on
pesticides, recommending that
parents become informed on the
danger, that they keep children
away from the poisonous chemi
cals and keep the pesticides out
of the children's way, that such
be properly labeled as poisons,
and that the use of electric va
porizers for pesticides be dis
continued as hazardous.
Russian Leader
Warns Capitalism
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Mar
shal Kliment Voroshilov said
Saturday that it will be the capi
talist system and not world civ
ilization that will be destroyed
in the event of another World
War.
Voroshilov, who is president
of the Supreme Soviet of the
U.S.S.R. spoke at the final ses
sion of the Russian Federation
Socialist Republic Supreme
Soviet.
"We cannot be intimidated by
(claims) that in the event of a
2. Time. It takes time to do, new World War civilization will
this job, but the necessity is perish," he said.
William Unrath, Roseburg, re
ported on firearms safety, rec
ommending greater training and
education and possibly some
legislation regarding the re
quirement for training before
hunting licenses are issued.
The other reports, on electric
safety by Cleo Kent, on "all
other" home safety problems,
by Mrs. Floyd Barrett, Grants
Psss, and on the role of safety
councils, by Dr. Bill Thompson,
followed similar lines, suggest
ing more adequate training and
education programs at all levels.
j A Tribute To I
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GOLFERS
TODAY is the final day of the
Oregon Open Golf Tournament
here and upon this occasion we
mlsnri t all who nartleinatefl
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... both amateurs and professionals . . . the
gratitude of this community for making It an
outstanding success. We hope our visiting golfers
had a wonderful time, and will come back again
the fine Rogue Valley Country
soon to play
Club's course.
We congratulate members of the Rogue Valley
Country Club for being GOOD HOSTS and mak
ing Oregon's 1955 Open a real success. The peo
ple of the Rogue River Valley are grateful to all .
who had a part in this outstanding sporting
event.
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