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4 -?Kii-i. . ft, a Trifle Medford .'RIBUNE Pace off united fti uil LUMd wire united n full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDh 30, 1955 Price 5c No. 8 indoch n Slows Spreading &s u an Civil Warfare IKE DECRIES Disagrees With Admiral Carney; Plans No Rebuke Peace Not Served By Talk, He Says Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower today criticised speculation about the prospect of war in the Far East. He toolc'this position in com menting on estimates by Adm. Robert B. Carney, chief of naval operations, that an attack on the . island of Matsu by the Red Chi- For background on the deci sions with which President Eisenhower is faced in the field of foreign affairs, par ticularly as regards the ques tions of Formosa, Matsu and Quemoy, see Lyle Wilson's ar ticle on Page 7 of today's Mail Tribune. nese might develop about April 15 with a following attack on Quemoy a month or so later. Von't Rebuke Carney Mr. Eisenhower said he will rot rebuke Carney in person for speculating that the Reds might attack the Matsu Islands about April 15 and Quemoy a month or so later. . But he spoke crisply about any administration aide or of ficial who expresses an opinion which creates difficulty for the administration and for operation of the government. He said such an official does not belong in other words, is not a member of his team. The President's attitude was viewed by some as almost an Invitation to Carney to resign as chief of naval operations. But this apparently was not the case. Gives His Reasons The President made these points: 1. The peace of the world Is not being served by speculating too much concerning such things as Red Chinese war potential in the Straits of Formosa. 2. He warned against saying or doing anything in this coun try that would destroy the mo rale of the Chinese Nationalists. 3. He doubted the possibility f accurately forecasting when and what the Red Chinese will do. He was asked directly whether he disagreed with the proposi tion that there might be an at tack on Matsu from April 15 onward. He replied that anyone making such a prediction must have information not In his pos session. ,Right lo Opinions The President said that his aides and officials of the admin istration have a right to their own opinions, but they do. not have a right to express their opinions if they create difficulty for the administration and oper ation of government. In such an event, he said the aide or official responsible for this difficulty does not belong in other words, such an offending official is not a member of his team. , Mr. Eisenhower's discussion of the Formosa situation blended at times in the news conference with talk about a series of two meetings he began today with . House and Senate leaders of both parties. ; The President insisted that the conferences were not called for a specific special purpose, but to discuss the world situation in general. War Scare Talk Some Democratic congression al leaders hoped the White House talks would give them an opening to tell Mr. Eisenhower they deplored what they called hot and cold talk from the ad ministration about a war scare ' The President, in response to questions, deplored mud slinging on Capitol Hill between highly partisan elements. He went out of his way to ex press his respect and admiration for the manner in which Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) chair man of the Senate Foreign Rela tions Committee, has attempted to preserve a bipartisan ap proach to foreign policy prob lems. As for the defense of Quemoy and Matsu. the President de clined again to say specifically what this country would do, but he said a terrific burden would i est on the Chinese Nationalists on Formosa. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Fatterson yesterday signed a measure which extends from 20 to 25 years the time for Korean veterans to pay state farm and home loans. GROUPS GETTING X-RAYS Shown above is the new chest x-ray equipment at the Sacred Heart hospital in action for the first time last week. Paul McQuat, of the meat department of the Big-Y market, is getting his picture taken. Looking on are Tom Shepard, manager of the Big-Y, and Sister Superior Reine, hospital administrator. Taking the picture is x-ray tech nician G. Meyer. Employees of the Big-Y are the first group of big market workers to get x-rays in a group, and Quality market workers were the first from the smaller stores to take advantage of the program, made possible by the Jackson County Public Health association. Arrangements for group x-rays can be made by telephoning the health office, 2-7159. Public x-ray out-patient clinics are held at Sacred Heart hos pital Thursday afternoons and at Community hospital Wed nesday afternoons. Only charge is $1.75 for film. (Brainerd photo) Left-Wing Can Remain in Party London (U.R) Left-wing Aneuriu Bevan won his fight today to stay within the ranks of the British Labor party. The party's National Execu tive committee decided at a special meeting on his case to accept Bevan's assurances that he would not challenge the party leadership in the future. He .had - been. . charged - with rebelling against the moderate State Officials Ask Building Program Salem (U.R) Members of the State Board of Control want to appear before the legislative ways and means subcommittee on building to urge adoption of Its proposed $10,000,000 state building program. Board members expressed fear at a meeting yesterday that the committee would make a single appropriation for the mental hospital in the Portland area and make no provision for what they called "extremely needed projects" at the penitentiary, McLaren school for boys at Woodburn, and Fairview home. "It is time for us to begin knocking at the door of the ways and means committee," Gov. Paul Patterson said. State Treasurer Sig Uhander said "it wasn't a case i taking something out of the hat. We are spending money to bring more people into the state and as the population grows so will the population of our institutions." William Ryan, supervisor of institutions, told the board that the Eastern Oregon State hospi tal at Pendleton had reached its capacity of 1500 patients. Soviets Deny Secrecy Agreement Violated Moscow (U.R) The Soviet Union today denied that Andrei Gromyko violated any secrecy agreement, at the London dis armament conference. Russia said its representatives would continue to make statements- if they so desired. Foreign Ministry press chief Leonid Ilyichev read a prepared statement to a press conference denying flatly that any secrecy agreement had been reached by delegates to the United Nations disarmament sessions. The statement added that Gro myko had reserved the right at the UN subcommittee's first ses sion to make statements to the press such as his March 25 Tass interview which produced a fu ror at the London talks. DOW-JONES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 410.13 off 3.60; 20 railroads 149.22 off 2.114; 15 utilities 63.38 off 0.47 and 65 stocks-152.84 off 1.55. Sales today were about 3, 410.000 shares compared with 2,770,000 share yesterday. V Laborite leadership of former Prime Min ister Clement Attlee over a de cision to support the use of the hydrogen bomb. To Stay in Party Thus, the decision of the Na tional Executive committee will mean that the fiery, 57-year-old Welshman will be retained with in the party's membership. However, for the moment, he will remain excluded from the ranks of the parliamentary La bor group. The party whip was withdrawn from Bevan two weeks ago, leaving him an inde pendent Socialist in action in the House of Commons although still technically a member of the La bor party. The decision of the 28-member National Executive committee was forecast yesterday after Bev an appeared before a special sub committee of the party leader ship and decided to promise good behavior in the future rather than face expulsion. 'Baby Tornado' Hits Ontario, Ore., Briefly Ontario, Ore. U.R) A "baby tornado' 'struck Ontario about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, breaking and cracking windows, toppling trees and a cinder-block wall and starting automobiles to roll ing. The winds, which Hit the main part of the city, reached a velo city estimated unofficially at be tween 80 and 95 miles an hour. The blow lasted only about 15 or 20 seconds. No one was injured. There was no official estimate of damage but city officials said it appeared to be light. The cinder-block wall which was top pled was part of a new construc tion. The brief wind whipped up dust which blackened the skies over Nyssa to the south but no unusually heavy ground wind was reported there. The Ontario airport also escaped the main force of the wind. Portion of No-Picket Law Unconstitutional Salem 4U.R) The State Su preme court today held section 17 of the anti-picketing law passed by the 1953 Legislature to be unconstitutional. That section, considered the key section of the bill, provided that no person could picket an employer unless he was certified or recognized as a bargaining agent. But the high court held that section 16, making it unlawful to intimidate or coerce any em ployee "in selecting or rejecting a labor organization was consti tutional. The court, in an opinion writ ten by Justice Hall S. Lusk, found that section 17 constituted a "prohibition on picketing that was all-embracing, no matter how lawful the objective, and therefore, violated the constitu tion guarantee of freedom of speech." jvl Campbell Wrong in Highway Opinions, President Declares Comptroller Praised As Accountant, Man Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today he thinks his new appointee, Comptroller General Joseph Campbell, is wrong in his criticism of the ad ministration's highway program. Mr. Eisenhower told his news conference that Campbell is a splendid accountant and an hon est man who has a right to his own judgment 'and convictions. But the President said he thinks Campbell is wrong. Campbell, a former member of the Atomic Energy Commission, recently was confirmed by the Senate in the new post to which he was appointed by Mr. Eisen hower. t Campbell expressed doubt Monday that the administration's plan to sell a special $21,000,000, 000 bond issue for the highway program is legal. He testified be fore a Senate subcommittee con sidering the administration's highway proposals. Other news conference devel opments: 1. Mr. Eisenhower said he is aware that the presidential pri maries will be held in New Hampshire next March, but this had nothing to do with his desire to avoid discussing his own po litical plans for 1956 until early next spring. 2. Farm: The drop in farm prices occurred under rigid 90 per cent price supports, and there is no justification for blaming the administration-backed flexi ble program which doesn't really become effective until 1955 crops are ready for marketing. i. Squirrels: He suggested that reporters interview the squirrels to see whether there is any dis satisfaction over the trapping and deportation of three that had been damaging his practice put ting green on the White House lawn. Visit to Northwest By Reds Suggested Washington U.R) -r- Sen. Richard L. Neuberger has urged that a Russian farm delegation to the United States be allowed to tour the Pacific Northwest where "Democracy operates at the grass-roots." The Oregon Democrats' re quest was made in a letter to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. "In the Pacific Northwest the Russian visitors will see a dam greater than their own vast pow er plant at Dnieperstrov," Neu berger said. He referred to the Grand Coulee. "Oregon is the state of the most Democratic institutions in the country," Neuberger said, "for in Oregon the initiative and referendum were born and are still in widest use." Holland's Lower House Ratifies Paris Treaty The Hague (U.R) Hol land's lower house of Parliament ratified the Paris treaty agree ments to rearm West Germany by an overwhelming majority to day. The treaties were approved by a vote of 71 to 6, with the Com munists the only dissenters. When Holland completes ac tion on the treaties, Belgium, and Luxembourg will be the only nations which must still ratify them. Representatives Continue Marathon Debate Proposed on Milk Salem (U.R) A repeat of yes terday's marathon debate on mills grades began in the House today. House Bill 124 was up for third reading and final passage. Shortly before morning ad journment today Rep. Jean Lewis (D.-Portland) told the House that the injunctive proce dures in the milk bill violate all concepts of American justice. The debate was scheduled to con tinue into the afternoon. The bill would make bacteria counts for grade B milk the same as for grade A and require mechanical bottling and capping equipment for B grade produ cers. Debate on a minority effort to kill the milk measure took up the bulk of yesterday's floor ac tion and resulted in a vote of DONNING Judicial robe with help of aide, Justice John M. Harlan succeeds late Justice Robert Jackson as member of Supreme Court. (International) Famished Convicts Surrender; Three Hostages Unarmed Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Eight famished rebel convicts surren dered today after holding two guards and a fellow prisoner as hostages for 64 hours at the Nebraska penitentiary. The three , hostages emerged unharmed from the isolated, three-story maximum .detention building where the rebels had been holed up. They and their captors had lived for 66V hours on a single loaf of bread and a little sugar. Their last real meal was Sunday breakfast, served an hour and a half before the revolt began. The diehard convicts finally surrendered to the pangs of star vation and the stern demands of Gov. Victor E. Anderson, who took personal command of the prison during the marathon riot and refused to compromise with the rebels. Got Hot Meal The rebels' first condition of surrender was a hot meal, right away. Anderson granted it and the haggard. Ted-eyed convicts hur ried off to eat. But the governor's terms were hard: 15 days for each of the convicts in the prison's "hole," 60 days solitary confinement, and 90 days in segregation. In return, Anderson promised a "fair and impartial" investiga tion of the prisoners' list of grievances. Warren Miller, 43, said the rebels had threatened him and Eugene Swanson, 34, several times with homemade knives. The two guards were also roughed up and got only two spoonsful of sugar each for food yesterday, Miller said. But the guards said they were treated "pretty good" and added "we really feel they (the prison ers) had a bum rap." Clinic for Crippled Children Set Thursday The regular semi-annual clinic for crippled children will be held Thursday in the offices of the Jackson county health de partment in the county court house, according to Dr. A. E. Merkel, county health officer. The clinic is sponsored by the University of Oregon medical school. Approximately 40 individuals through 20 years of age will re ceive examination, diagnosis, and recommendations on ortho pedic problems. All have been notified. Examining orthopedic sur geon for the clinic will be Dr. Ralph Thompson, Medford. He will be aided by a traveling team from the medical school in cluding a social worker, physical therapist, a consultant, and a stenographer. 39 to 19 against a minority re port and in favor of the bill. Rep. Maurine Neuberger (D. Portland) who joined Rep. Elmer Deetz (R.-Canby) in opposing the majority of the Foods and Dair ies committee on the bill, said there actually was little in the measure with which she dis agreed. She said she particularly liked the prohibition against adulteration of milk with water. She added that that was a recog nition that water had been used to "standardize" milk in Ore gon. Principal objection of the two member minority, she said, was to the section requiring mechan ical devices for the filling and capping of grade B milk contain ers. She said she considered the section an attempt to eliminate Salk Vaccine Consent Slips Coming in Well, Dr. Merkel Reports More than 87 per cent of the parents of Medford first and sec ond graders have returned con sent slips which will allow their children to receive Salk anti polio vaccine if the vaccination program is licensed, according to Dr. A. E. Merkel. The consent slips still are coming in, Dr. Merkel noted, asking that all of them te turned in as soon as possible. The coun ty health office must have all the consent slips as soon as pos sible so that the proper amount of vaccine can be ordered. 3.006 Eligible There are about 1,000 first and second graders in the Medford public school system, or approx imately one-third of the 3,006 who. are eligible to receive the vaccination in Jackson county. Two schools already have re ported a 100 per cent return of consent slips. They are Apple gate and West Side. Others with top return records are Butte Falls, 94 per cent; Lone Pine, 96 per cent, and Gold Hill, 95 per cent. No report has been re ceived from Ashland. No vaccinations will be given unless the Salk anti-polio vac cine is licensed. Final word on approval of the vaccine is ex pected here on April 12, accord to health department officials. Claim No Cases New York (U.R) The New York World-Telegram and Sun said today that "not one child who received the Salk polio vac cine during last spring's nation wide tests contracted the dread disease." The copyrighted story said "this is the heart of the Francis report, to be released April 12, which evaluates the drug." The story said: Statistically, it would have Local Men on Panel Of Tax Forum Here , . . A panel of local men familiar with tax programs will appear on the tax forum to be held here tomorrow evening. Principal speaker will be State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem, a mem ber of the senate tax committee, who will describe efforts being made by the legislature to solve Oregon's tax problems. In addition, the five local men will discuss questions regarding local taxation, if any should be raised, and in addition will have questions ready to ask Ohmart after his talk. ' : The meeting will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Medford high school auditorium. Jennings Pierce will be the moderator. Panel members will include Bob Root,' former state repre sentative, E. H. Hedrick, super intendent of Medford schools, Postmaster Moore Hamilton, B. L. Nutting, manager of Medford Corporation, and Al.York, of the Carpenters union. Reefs Imposing High Tolls on Berlin Roads Berlin (U.R) The East Ger man Communists imposed exor bitant tolls today on the high ways supplying Berlin. West Berlin officials said the Reds had imposed 1 a cold economic blockade. Berlin city officials said the new highway taxes announced by the Communists raised the toll for an average heavy truck from around $7.50 for a round trip to an average of around $100. The tolls become effective April 1, the seventh anniver sary of the ' first Soviet steps leading to the full land blockade of Berlin in 1948. Grading Bill competitors from the field and argued that milk could be sani tarily handled without expen sive machinery. Rep. Arthur Ireland (R.-Forest Grove) denied that milk plants had ever watered milk. He said if such a practice had ever oc curred in Oregon it was done by the farmers and not the dis tributors. Ireland described HB124 as a health measure and declared that public health was more im portant than the operations of a few small farmers. The House today also turned down the recommendation of a majority of Its State and Fed eral Affairs committee and, in effect, endorsed a measure call ing for the state to deduct Unit ed Fund contributions from the paychecks of state workers. been possible for 84 children to have contracted paralytic polio out of 440,000 had they not re ceived the salk vaccine in the spring of 1954 Fairfax, Va. U.R) A nine-year-old girl was stricken with polio last year, a few months after she was inoculated with the Salk vaccine, Fairfax Coun ty health officials said today. She is reported recovering without suffering from paralysis. Nine Men Jailed In County Tuesday; One is Released Nine people, including a man sought since last September in connection with a Rogue River burglary, were arrested and lodged in the Jackson county jail yesterday. A 10th man, Charles Wesley Eggert, 24, Lawrence, Kansas, was released from jail after fug itive charges against him were dropped. Eggert has been held on an Illinois "John Doe" war rant charging car theft. He was released after it was learned he was not the man for whom the warrant was intended. Charged With Burglary Arrested yesterday by sheriff's deputies was Clifford Quentin Gee, 29, Harlow, Ore. Gee was charged with a burglary com mitted Sept. 8, 1954 at the home of Hartford H. Smith, 122, Rogue River. Gee is being held under $2,500 bail. Three other men already have been sentenced to jail terms in connection with the same case. They were Hubert D. Green, 29, Claremore, Okla., who received a 15-month term in the state pris on Ion a burglary charge, and Mike Thomas Crosland, 39, tran sient, and Leonard Wilson Book er, ,40, transient, who were re leased from the county jail on Oct. 9, 1954, after serving one month of six months terms for receiving stolen property. Green was arrested in Rogue River following the burglary, and the other two men were tak en from a freight train in Med ford by deputy sheriffs and city police. Others Jailed Others arrested yesterday were Robert Harry Farnsworth, 36, of route 2, box 241; Alfred Joseph Hardy, 35, of route 2, box 241; Robert Edmund Brand so, 38, of 1321 Lociist st.; Betty Mae Cannon, 35, of 1122 Sun set st.; two 'Ashland 14-year-old boys, and two Seattle boys, 16 and 17 years of age. Farnsworth and Hardy were charged with being drunk in a public place. Betty Mae Cannon was charged with being drunk on a public highway. Brandso is being held for Cal ifornia authorities. He was ar rested March 7 on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and was released March 17 on a district court ord er. Brandso was rearrested yes terday by state police. The two Ashland boys'are be ing held on a delinquency charge involving unauthorized use of an automobile. The Seattle teenagers were picked up yesterday by state po lice and are being held as run aways. Commie Leadership Hit by Italian Union Turin, Italy (U.R) Workers of the Flat industrial empire broke the grip of their Commu nist union leadership in a stun ning unset, final election re turns showed today. Non-Communist shop stew ards were elected by a major ity of more than 2 to 1 over the Reds in the gjant auto plant, which employs 58,000 persons and is Italy's greatest industrial enterprise. The Communists have been losing strength steadily in smaller plants elsewhere throughout Italy since U.S. Am bassador Clare Boothe Luce in augurated a policy of "getting tough" with Red-dominated unions last year. Weather FORECAST: ParUy cloudy' and cooler tonight. Mostly cloudy with showers Thurs day. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 50. Bloody Uprising Crushed by Forces Loyal fo Premier 26 Killed, 112 Hurt In Savage Fighting Saigon, Indochina (U.R) The French High command an nounced , tonight that the Viet Nam National army and the forc es of the rebellious Binh Xuyen political- religious sect have agreed to a temporary truce. The French announcement said the truce would hold at least through the night as efforts were made to halt the spreading civil war brought on by the efforts of the Binh Xuyen and two oth er sects to oust American-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem's forces crushed . one bloody uprising in Saigon dur ing the day, but a scattering of new firing broke out at night in suburban Cholon. The French said however, that the truce was only a "tacit" agreement for the night hours and warned that it might not be respected. Savage Fighting Thus far, at least 26 persons have been killed and 112 wound ed in the savage street fighting which erupted during the early hours of the day. ' The French Expeditionary Force, technically neutral in the clash between the forces of Diem and the semi-gangster Binh Xu yen, added to the number of its troops guarding Saigon's Euro pean quarters. Meanwhile, French Commis sioner Gen. Paul Ely paid hur ried calls on Diem and special American envoy Gen. J. Law ton Collins. He also conferred with representatives of the Binh Xuyen and the National army staff. At the same time, Diem's gov ernment was hit by resignations even though it survived the first crisis. The sects called on Chief of State Bao Dai to fire the Premier. City Is Tense The sects have threatened new battles throughout free Viet Nam unless Diem is ousted to head off the spreading civil war. Diem won the first round, but the Binh Xuyen forces which control Saigon's police and its underworld were intact and firmly entrenched in the suburbs of Saigon. The city was tense, expecting further trouble. All three rebellious sects, the Binh Xuyen, the Cao Dai and the Hoa Hao, announced they would begin a complete blockade of the capital tomorrow. Panic was increasing in Saigon, and hoarding began among the 600 000 population. Saigon's large Communist un derground was reported jubil ant, confident that the grave, crisis threatening Diem would hand free South Viet Nam over to the Reds in the near future. Tanks Are Used The fighting in Saigon raged intermittently from midnight un til dawn, when government troops backed by tanks overran riflemen of the Binh Xuyen and drove them back to their strong hold near the twin Chinese city of Cholon. Mortar shells exploded on the lawn of the premier's palace, killing six of the palace guards-, men. Pools of blood lay in the streets of Saigon and its twin Chinese city of Cholon. The rebels reported new government attacks outside Saigon. Formosa Straights Action Reported Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Nationalist Chinese headquart ers announced that its warplanes patrolling off Matsu island sank two Communist schooners, "heavily damaged" three 150 ton gunboats and damaged four schooners today. An Air Force communique said reconnaissance planes sight ed a flotilla of nine Chinese Red gunboats and 30 schooners off the Ming river in Fukien prov ince opposite Formosa. Matsu Island (U.R) The commander of the Nationalist garrison on Matsu island said today the Communists have doubled the number of ground troops opposite Matsu within the past 10 days. ' Colonel Hua, the commander, said the Reds now have enough ships in the area to transport three divisions in an amphibious operation against this National ist outpost. Bend (U.R) Funds of two Bend organizations, local 67 of the International Woodworkers of America and the Skyliners, were being checked by auditors today in an effort to place re sponsibility for reported short ages of an estimated $6,000.
