Religious Sect Swings Support
To Anti-Red Viet Nam Premier
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
The commander-in-chief of the
Cao Dai religious sect ordered
.his 25,000 Buddhist warriors
.today to join Premier Ngo
Dinh Diem in his battle to re
.tain control of free Viet Nam.
The surprise move by Gen.
.Nguyen Thank Phuong as
sured a victory for the Ameri-
can-backed premier over the
'rebellious Binh Xuyen sect of
former river pirates who rose
"against Diem with a series of
attacks that plunged Indo
china into a brief civil war.
Phuong's move deprived the
rebellious sects of more than
half their armed strength and
Joseph Pulitzer
Dies 10 Days After
Seventieth Birthday
St. Louis U.R) Joseph Pu
litzer, editor and publisher of the
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, died last
night, 10 days after his 70th
birthday anniversary.
The world famous editor,
whose newspaper sponsored the
annual Pulitzer prizes for ex
cellence in the field of journal
ism, had not suffered a long ill
ness. Pulitzer, apparently in excell
ent health except for long failin
eyesight, attended a party honor
ing his birthday March 21.
- Pulitzer died at 11:45 p.m. last
night at Barnes Hospital here.
Death was attributed to a rup
tured blood vessel in the abdo
men. Pulitzer set exacting standards
for Post-Dispatch editors and re
porters. Politically Independent
The newspaper was fearlesly
independent politically. It sup
ported Democrat Adlai Steven
ion in the 1952 presidential cam
paign, but only yesterday came
out in vigorous defense of Presi
dent Eisenhower.
. Pulitzer is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Pulitzer,
his second wife; two sons, Joseph
Pulitzer Jr., vice-president and
associate editor of the Post-Dispatch,
and Michael E. Pulitzer,
a lawyer, Beverly Farms, Mass.,
and two daughters, Mrs. Elwood
R. Quesada, Los Angeles, and
Mrs. Louis Hempelmann, Ro
chester, N. Y. There are eight
young grandchildren.
Military Pay Raise
Bill Waits Signature
Washington -4U.R) Only a
Presidential signature was
needed today for some 2,000,000
military personnel to start draw
ing bigger pay tomorrow.
There was no question that
President Eisenhower would
sign the $745,000,000 annual pay
increase bill whisked through by
the Senate and House Wednes
day. But the big question m
servicemen minds was when.
: If the' President signs the
measure today, the pay increase
will go into effect Friday. If he
iiavs a dav. the servicemen
will have to wait until May 1 for
the increased pay.
The measure contains an aver
age 6.7 per cent pay increase lor
career servicemen.
Washington U.R) The Army
will draft 10,000 men in May,
2,000 more than in April, the De
fense Department announced to
day. The May draft call will bring
to 1,898,430 the total of men
drafted since the Korean War
started.
.'Bad Check Artist'
Warning Given Here
City police warned today that
a bad check artist who has been
working in the Grants Pass area
is believed to be heading for
Medford.
Local authorities have no de
scription of the man, but report
that he is young. His method of
operation is to go into a service
station, wearing an apron and
claiming to be from a nearby
store.
The man then uses the identi
fication with the market to cash
worthless checks. The Josephine
county sheriffs office reports the
trick was used successfully in
Grants Pass on at least two oc
casions. Nationalists Renew
Battle Predictions
Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Chin
ese Nationalist military authori
ties renewed their prediction to
day that fighting will flare in the
Formosa Strait with the coming
of good weather within the next
two weeks.
' At the same time a high
Nationalist source said Red Chi
na would not attack the Matsu
or Quemoy islands if the United
States gave clear indications it
would defend the two island
groups. He said the Reds would
not risk a clash with the United
States at the present time.
cracked the ic-called unified
Nationalist front. Until today
the Cao Dai was allied with
the Binh Xuyen and the.Hoa
Hao religious sect.
Phuong summoned Diem's
representatives to his head
quarters today after an uneasy
night in which government
troops and Binh Xuyen war
lords agreed to a true after
the first round of hostilities
killed 26 persons and
wounded 112.
Phuong told Diem's repre
sentatives: '.'The sects should keep out
of politics. Today I and my
26,000 men rally behind Pre
OnternaD GMffiicullfiies
Ore KussSa ESeDieved
Motivation for TaDlks
London (U.R) Diplomatic
sources said today that Russian
internal troubles and the grow
ing solidarity of the west had
led the Kremlin to favor a four
power conference now.
The diplomats discounted talk
of any shift in long-range Soviet
strategy.
They said the Soviet leaders
were preoccupied with a power
struggle among themselves and
were anxious to avoid any ex
ternal trouble until that
struggle is resolved.
Moscow also is anxious to di
vert the attention of their satel
lite nations to the outside world
and away from the fight within
the Kremlin, the sources said.
The Russians, bargaining for
more time, want to broaden the
talks into a global review in
which Communist China can
participate, the d i p 1 o matic
sources said.
FARM PLAN TOLD
London (U.R) Moscow Radio
today announced a plan to shift
thousands of top Communist
Administration Tax
Bill Passed, Signed
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower signed last night a
bill continuing corporation and
excise sales taxes at present
rates for another year.
The House Wednesday, after
noon gave it final congressional
approval and rushed it to the
White House. The bill cancels a
scheduled drop at midnight to
night of taxes on corporation in
come and liquor, beer, ciga
rettes, gasoline and automobiles.
House approval was by a roll
call vote of 366 to 8.
The Senate already had ap
proved, at President Eisen
hower's requet, the one-year ex
tension of the present tax rates
to avert a $2,830,000,000 loss in
revenue.
The House originally voted to
include in the extension ''bill a
Democratic-sponsored proposal
to cut income taxes by $20 per
person. But this was killed by
the Senate and its sponsors
Wednesday weren't in a mood
to fight about it.
The measure extends for the
second time the higher tax rates
imposed on business and sales in
1951 to help pay for the Korean
war. It will keep corporation in
come taxes, scheduled to drop to
47 per cent, pegged at 52 per
cent through March 31, 1956.
Portland (U.R) A possible
strike at the mail order house
of Montgomery Ward and Com
pany in Portland was averted
today by a nation-wide agree
ment between the AFL Team
sters and the firm.
Squirrel-Lovers Outnumber
In Talley of Dick Neuberger's Letters
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Squirrel lovers
ran better than 2-to-l ahead of
President Eisenhower's defend
ers in conveying their reaction
to Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.) after a week's develop
ments in Neuberger's "Save-the-White
House-Squirrels" crusade.
The senator's mailbag of let
ters and telegrams showed that
Americans got hot under the
collar over the issue after Neu
berger touch it off by calling on
Eisenhower to stop the trapping
operation of White House squir
rels that had been kicking up
divots in the president's putting
green some getting burned up
at Neuberger and some at Eisen
hower. A reporter's count of Neuberg
er's mail this week showed 190
correspondents on the side of
Neuberger and the squirrels and
84 on the side of the president
and his golf game.
Neuberger was addressed by
some bitter opponents as "Dear
Squirrely" or simply told "Nuts
to you!" A Cottage Grove con
stituent sent him a cellophane
sack of nuts labeled, "Squirrels
of the World Unite."
But a Portland voter who said
he voted for Eisenhower and
would do so again, declared in
mier Diem. I support him
totally."
The sudden about-face by
the Cao Daists, a mixture of
Buddhism and Christianity,
dealt a blow to Saigon's large
Communist under ground
which had expected the grow
ing war to make free South
Viet Nam fall into Communist
hands without a struggle.
Saigon remained calm.
There were reports of "some
firing" during the night de
spite the truce, but no serious
hostilities were reported. The
French High Command had
warned that the truce might
not be respected.
party members to farms in a
massive attempt to improve the
Soviet's seriously lagging agri
cultural production.
The author of the plan is party
boss Nikita S. Khrushchev.
The Moscow broadcast out
lined the "new look" Soviet
agricultural plan which Krush
chev unveiled yesterday at Voro
nezh in Russia's soil-rich "black
earth" region.
Khrushchev lashed lagging
farm production and served
blunt notice that a' whole new
cadre of leaders was on the way
to run Russia's sprawling col
lective farms.
NEHRU SEEKS TALKS
New Delhi, India (U.R)
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Ne
hru said today the international
situation is "growing worse,"
and called for big power talks
to avert a catastrophe.
"We have been hearing for a
long time about such talks," he
said. "Therefore I suggest they
must negotiate at the earliest
possible time."
He said the only alternative to
co-existence was destruction.
"I am interested in the peace
of the world," he said in a ma
jor foreign policy address to
Parliament. "I tell you plainly
we will not go to war whatever
may happen."
Nehru said India could not
escape the consequences of a
war and "therefore I am inter
ested that there must be peace
in the world."
Subject of Meeting
One of a series of meetings on
a metropolitan sanitary district
proposed for this area will be
held at 8 p.m. today in the pub
lic health office in the county
courthouse.
Among those to be present will
be A. D. Harvey, Medford en
gineer who was the originator
of the metropolitan sanitary dis
trict plan. Copies of Senate Bill
434, sponsored by Jackson Coun
ty Senator Philip Lowry, which
would provide for sanitary au
thorities, will be available at
the meeting.
Assault Charge Filed
Against Minister
Oregon City (U.R) A charge
of assault with intent to com
mit rape was on file today
against the the Rev. David
Schulheer, 37, Newberg.
Police said several women had
identified the minister as the
man who several months ago
called at their homes, and after
asking to use the telephone forc
ed some of them to disrobe.
Bail was set at $2500.
favor of squirrels this time. "I
like your spunk," he wrote Neu
berger. An Oregonian from El
gin said, "With you all the way."
Actress June Havoc sent $10
to help "save the squirrels" and
said: "I admire your stand so
much. I wish there were more
people who cared about preserv
ing the beatuies that are left to
us in this world."
A Portland businessman wrote
to inform the freshman senator
that he had become "the laugh
ing stock of all Portland." And
an Albany school teacher said
it was hard enough to impress
her students with the important
work and responsibilities of
members of Congress, without
Neuberger standing up for squir
rels on the Senate floor.
"The squirrel double-cross is
a rotten shame," cried another
voter who backed the senator,
while ano.ther called Neuberger
"one of Oregon's great men"
and pleaded with him to help
stop the slaughter of deer in
Oregon.
A San Diego fence manufac
turer wrote saying he would
send the White House a fence
to enclose Ike's putting green,
but a Portlander suggested "any
fence in that area is just one
more item to straddle."
Sanitary
Medford
united fres
full Leased wire
50th Year 24 Pages
Berlin Aiding
2 Water Resources
Bills Pass House;
Adverse Vote Small
Cigarette Tax Gets
Committee Approval
Salem (U.R) Major re
visions in Oregon's water laws
won approval in the House to
day after Rep. C. Allen Tom (R
Rufus) told members they would
remember their votes on' the
two bills before them as the mile
posts of their legislative careers.
The two water resources bills
attracted only scattered opposi
tion on the floor and one passed
with six dissenting votes and the
other with four .
The water package, which
now goes to the Senate, would
establish a seven - man board
with comprehensive powers over
water uses in the state and
would eliminate the present Wil
lamette River Basin Commis
sion and the Upper Columbia
River Basin Commission.
The proposed board would
take over some of the functions
of all other state boards and
commissions now dealing with
water use problems.
Bills Said Constitutional
Tom predicted the bills would
become a model to other state
governments in attempting to
conserve dwindling water sup
plies and ground water tables.
He promised the board would
function with a small staff, uti
lizing administrative machinery
already available.
Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land)
raised the question of con
stitutionality of some of the
powers that would be granted to
an appointive board but voted
for the bills after Rep. Harvey
De Armond (R - Bend) assured
him attorneys had eliminated all
constitutional questions from the
first draft of the bill.
Rep. Maurine Neuberger (D -Portland),
in explaining her ad
verse votersaid she-was opposed'
to such strong powers for a
state board and that the bill was
so long she had been unable to
become conversant with it.
Cigarette Tax Okd
Salem (U.R) The House
Tax Committee voted 8 to 1 yes
terday recommending passage of
the 3-cent cigarette tax measure
despite the threat of a referen
dum if the legislature should
pass such a bill.
Only member to vote against
the bill was Rep. Walter Pear
son of Portland.
R. A. Bradley of the Oregon
Wholesalers Association said
three large retail dealers had
informed him they favored a
ieferendum on any cigarette tax
measure.
The cigarette tax bill is one of
the largest single revenue bills
in the House Tax Committee's
tax package. It is designed to
produce more than $10 million.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow
Jcnes final stock averages: 30
industrials 409.70 off 0.43; 20
railroads 150.32 up 1.10; 15 uti
lities 63.57 up 0.19 and 65 stocks
153.15 up 0.31. Sales today were
up about 2,680,000 shares com
pared with 3.410,000 shares
traded yesterday.
Ike-Lovers
A Lebanon citizen said "I am
sending nuts to you" and another
at Coquille was "sick at heart"
over the whole affair. A Port
land Republican felt the effects
elsewhere, saying: "Morseburg-
ers give me indigestion. Squir
relburgers give me a pain in
the donkey. I like Ike."
From Stayton came a dollar
to help build a squirrel cage
"for some of the two-legged
squirrels around there." And a
Salem cherry grower said "I
think the same as you do." A
Hillsboro resident was "very ap
preciative of the job you are do
ing."
Also on the side of Neuberger
after the ball got rolling was
the Senate Democratic leader
' ship, who urged the Oregon new
comer to pour it on. The senator
got the White House to explain
it had trapped only three squir
rels and wouldn't do it again,
particularly in view of an old
District of Columbia statute
which carries a 30-days in the
workhouse penalty for molesting
squirrels.
"My grandmother used to say,
'Always leave a party while you
still are having fun,' " said Neu
berger with a smile, as he ended
his squirrel crusade while still
evidently ahead.
MEDFORD, Or
ATOMIC SUB'S INTERIOR Shown above is
one of the first pictures released by the De
fense department of the interior of the new
atomic-powered submarine, USS Nautilus,,
which has successfully completed her initial
trials. The picture shows crewmen in the
control room. At left is an Oregon man, Chief
Electrician's Mate Robert R. Dunn, Manzanita.
Salaries Paid DAs
Hearing Subject;
Local Men Attend
District Attorney Walter Nun-
ley and County Judge Rodney
Keating appeared before a sub
committee of the legislative joint
ways and means committee in
Salem yesterday on behalf of
House Bill 132, according to
Nunley.
The proposed measure deals
with compensation of district at
torneys and the number and
compensation of deputy district
attorneys in counties throughout
the' state.
The two Jackson county of
ficials appeared before the sub
committee to request that Jack
son county be given two state
paid deputy district attorneys at
an annual salary of $4,200 each.
The state now provides one dep
uty for Jackson county at a sal
ary of $3,000, while the salary
for a second deputy is paid by
the county.
No increase was requested in
Nunley's salary.
Salem (U.R) A pay raise
for district attorneys was rec
ommended at a hearing conduct
ed by a ways and means salary
subcommittee yesterday.
It was pointed out that at pres
ent district attorneys of some
of the smaller counties are re
ceiving salaries as high as those
in much larger counties.
District attorneys present at
the hearing emphasized popula
tion increases which during the
past few years have brought in
creases in criminal cases and
other activities.
They agreed that any salary
under $4200 a year was inade
quate and would fail to attract
competent attorneys. Two or
three speakers declared they
were opposed to the present sys
tem under which some district
attorneys, mostly in smaller
counties, were compelled to en
gage in some private practice
in order to make a living.
Vacation, Hearing
Draws Congressmen
Washington (U.R) Easter
recess and a Hells Canyon hear
ing will draw most of Oregon's
members of congress west this
weekend.
Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger and Rep. Edith
Green will participate in the
Hells Canyon hearing in Port
land April 6. It is on a bill to
authorize federal construction
of the proposed dam.
Reps. Harris Ellsworth, Wal
ter Norblad and Mrs. Gren
plan to be on hand for atomic
tests at the Las Vegas proving
grounds.
Ellsworth will then come to
Oregon to arrange hearings on
his partnership bill for Cougar
and Green Peter dams. Norblad
will return to Washington. Rep
Sam Coon plans to remain in the
capitol during the recess.
Pasadena, Calif. (U.R).
Seismographs of California In
stitute of technology recorded
a major earthquake today esti
mated at 7000 miles distance
from here.
Officials at the laboratory said
the quake was timed at 10:35
a.m. PST and had a magnitude
of 7. Direction was not im
mediately known.
(, MARCH 31, 1955
iCrs in Etad 'Cold
Others are Engineman 3c James French,
Aurora, Colo., and Lt. (jg) David Boyd, Santa
Barbara, Calif., at the diving station. Lieuten
ant Boyd passes the word on the general an
nouncing system, while Dunn prepares to vent
one of the special ballast tanks.
(U. S. Navy photo.)
President (Gets EDemo
Support for Dsflands
uessing'
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower picked up some
Democratic support today for the
idea of letting the Communists
guess where we might begin to
fight in the Far East.
He stood a good chance of
getting even more at a White
House lunch with the most pow
erful members of the Senate.
Chairman Walter . F. George
(D- Ga.) of "the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee said Mr.
Senate Committee
OKs German Arms
By UNITED PRESS
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today approved the
West German rearmament agree
ments. The Senate Is scheduled to
take up the pacts tomorrow.
Quick approval is expected.
The committee vote was 94
to 1. The dissenter was Sen.
William Langer (R-ND).
Chairman Walter F. George
(D-Ga.) said he hopes the Senate
will ratify the pacts before start
ing its Easter recess this week
end. He said if action is not com
pleted tomorrow, the Senate will
meet Saturday.
The United States is prepared
to rush arms to build up West
Germany as a bulwark against
Communist aggression in Europe.
Youngster Uninjured
When Hit by Auto
. A four-year-old boy was un
injured, yesterday when he was
struck by a car at the intersec
tion of Sixth and Bartlett sts.,
according to city police.
The child, Stephen Russell
Fowler, 504 Austin st., was hit
by a car operated by Edward
Kriss, 1206 Stewart ave., police
said. , No charges were filed
against the driver. The accident
occurred at about-1:15 p.m.
Ronald J. Martin, 33 Lincoln
st., was the driver of a pickup
truck involved in a one-vehicle
accident on Summit st., between
Clark st. and McAndrews rd.,
at about 1 a.m. today, police said.
No injuries were listed.
Three Persons Jailed
For Liquor Violations
Two men and a woman who
were arrested Tuesday by state
police on charges involving
liquor appeared in district court
yesterday.
All three pleaded guilty to
the charges and were jailed in
lieu of payment of fines.
Alfred Joseph Hardy, 35, of
route 2, box 241, Medford, and
Robert Harry Farnsworth, 36,
of the same address each were
fined $20 and court costs on
charges of being drunk in a pub
lic place.
Betty Mae Cannon Hardy, 36,
of route 2, box 241, Medford,
was fined $15 and cosfe on a
charge of being drunk on a pub
lic highway.
Tribune
united fress Full leased Wire
Price 5c
No. 9
tPoflicies
Eisenhower was right in making
no commitments about the de
fense of Quemoy and Matsu off
the Red China coast.
. "Circumstances may force the
President to make the decision,
but the interests of peace will
not be served by doing it until
the decision is actually necei'
sary," George said.
Vinson Agrees-
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.)
of the House Armed Services
Committee said he was "in com
plete agreement with the superb
manner in which they are handl
ing a most delicate situation in
Asia." Vinson was one of a dozen
House, leaders who attended a
White House lunch with the
President and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles Wednesday.
None of the seven Democrats
at the lunch expressed any criti
cism of the President or his poli
cies. The conferences were set up
in the midst of running Demo
cratic criticism of administration
Far Eastern policy.
Scored Administration
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.)
particularly scored the adminis
tration yesterday. He charged
that powerful forces in the ad
ministration apparently are "so
eager for a war with China that
they are becoming almost impos
sible to resist."
Kefauver told the Senate there
should be more talk of neace,
not war. He said U.S. foreign
policy has degenerated "into rule
by fear. . . Nobody in the State
Department or Pentagon ever
talks of good will or neighborli
ness any more . . . They rattle
their atomic bombs."
Norblad Asks Overhaul
Of Income Tax Forms
Washington (U.R) Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.) today urged
a complete overhaul of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau's "com
plicated" personal income tax
forms.
Norblad told the bureau that
"a major program of simplifica
tion" would benefit both the tax
payers, who must fill out the
forms, and the government,
which would "very probably"
derive greater revenue.
Importance of
Cited; Forum
A large turnout is hoped for
at tonight's public tax forum at
the Medford high school auditor
ium, according to Elwood Hed
berg, of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce forum
committee.
"With Oregon facing a multi
million dollar deficit, the prob
lem of taxation is one of vital
importance to all residents of
the state," Hedberg said.
Both state and local taxes are
to be discussed at tonight's
forum, " which will start about
8 p.m.
Principal speaker will be
State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem,
who will describe efforts being
made by the legislature to solve
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday. Possibility
ot a few light showers late
tonight or early Friday. Low
about 35. High Friday near 60.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 52
Lowest this Morning 34
Blockade'
Prohibitory Taxes
Threaten Supplies
To Isolated City
Allies Seek Ways
To Counter Action
Berlin (U.R) The West Ber
lin city government authorized
loans of $250,000 today to truck
ers to keep supply trucks rolling
to isolated Berlin despite a Com
munist "cold blockade" threaten
ing the city's lifelines.
In retaliation for prohibitory ,
taxes imposed by the Reds on
trucks supplying West Berlin,
the West German government
broke off trade talks with the
East Germans this morning.
New Communist taxes on Beiy
lin's truckers who supply nearly
half the city's food go into effect
at midnight tonight, seventh an
niversary of the start of the crip
pling Soviet blockade of 1948.
Trucks Said Vital
The city's Executive Council,
or Senate, voted a grant of $250,-
000 as a "temporary measure
after the West Berlin mayor said
the city's 850 truckers must get
through "no matter what the
cost."
But it is only enough to pay
the Communists exorbitant tolls
for two weeks.
The action came as Allied
High Commission officials met
West German officials in Bonn
in a search for urgent measures
to smash or circumvent the "cold
blockade."
Senior Western Allied High
Commission officials met at the
West German capital in Bonn to
decide what action to take to
combat the $15-million-a-year
tolls demanded by the Commu
nists for trucks supplying food
to West Berlin.
May Draft Protest
It was reported they might
draft a stiff protest note to the
Russians charging them with
violating the 1949 four - power
agreement guaranteeing free
access to this cold war battle
ground 110 miles inside East
Germany.
The West Berlin Executive
Council, or Senate, met in an
emergency session to discuss the
highway situation. Council
members already had appealed
to the Western Big Three for
measures to ease the economic
blockade.
February Traffic Toll
Lowest Since 1950
Chicago (U.R) The nation
in February scored the lowest
traffic death toll for any month
since 1950, the National Safety
Council said today.
The toll was 2270, seven per
cent lower than for February,
1954. It was the lowest toll
since February, 1950, when
2258 deaths were recorded.
The toll for the first two
months of 1955 was 5170, three
per cent below the total for the
safe period last year, the coun
cil said.
The council said that among
states showing decreases in the
toll for the first two months of
1955, as against the first two
months of 1954 were: Arizona,
21 per cent, and Oregon, 20 per
cent.
The council said 307 cities had
records of no fatalities for Jan
uary and February, the largest
of which was Seattle.
(BuDletSn
Detroit (U.R) Seven-year-old
Barbara Gaca. who
disappeared a week ago while
walking to school, was found
dead today in a field in neigh
boring Oakland county, state
police reported.
Tax Problem
Set Tonight
Oregon s tax problems. Ohmart
is a member of the state senate
tax committee.
The problems of taxation on a
local level will be discussed by
five county residents who have
been named to serve on a panel
for the forum.
They are Bob Root, Jackson
county orchardist and former
state representative; Al York, of
the Carpenters union; E. H. Hed
rick, Medford superintendent of
schools; L. B. Nutting, manager
of Medford Corporation, and
Moore Hamilton, Medford post
master. Moderator will be Jennings
Pierce.