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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.