lite Feels Military lata Girculated. T Oetrimeiit of Seenflrity
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower feels that tech
nical U.S. military information
has been publicly circulated to
the detriment of national secu
rity, the White House said today.
Mr. Eisenhower's views were
disclosed by Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty when ques
tioned about a Defense depart
ment directive which has closed
down the flow of much news
from the Pentagon.
Hagerty refused to discuss the
Defense department directive, as
such, but outlined for reporters
Mr. Eisenhower's views on the
subject.
'"the President has never be
lieved in censorship of legiti
mate news," Hagerty said.
"However, he also has always
believed that there is no reason
to make available to the enemy
technical military secrets which,
by their issuance, could do noth
ing but hurt the interests of the
United States.
"To that extent, and only to
that extent, would he ask that
that sort of information be
withheld from general circula
tion. "He doesn't believe that in
other instances security or secu
rity regulations should be used
to cover up publication of legiti
mate news."
Asked specifically whether
Mr. Eisenhower felt that techni
cal information has been made
available."
Hagerty would not say wheth
er Mr. Eisenhower conveyed his
feelings to Defense Secretary
mation, which should have been
kept secret, has been divulged.
Hagerty said that in outlining
the President's views, there was
"no reprimand intended to any
individual or department."
Wilson's order last week pro
ment of Defense," his directive
said.
There has been some confu-
Wilson's order also has been
linked with Adm. Robert B.
Carney's "background" dinner
briefing recently for some 20 re
porters on the Chinese Commu
nist threat to the Quemoy and
Matsu islands.
After the chief of naval oper
ations was disclosed as 1 tha
source of many dispatches stat
ing that a Red attack was expect
ed against the Matsus in mid
April, Carney said he had not
made such a prediction.
Several reporters who took
notes of the dinner meeting said
that Carney did say an attack
on the Matsus at that time was
anticipated.
Charles E. Wilson, thereby
prompting the strict new direc
tives. Nor would Hagerty cite
any examples in which the White
House believes technical infor
vides that data be cleared
through his office before public
release. Material which is re
leased also must "constitute a
constructive contribution to the
primary mission of the Depart-
rsion also as to whether the di
rective meant that only favor
able information could be giv
en out.
The Defense department an
nounced that Wilson "will be
glad to discuss the new directive
concerned with public informa
tion activities" at his news con
ference next Tuesday. He is un
able to do so this week because
of an illness which kept him at
home. Meanwhile, military pub
lic information officers have
slowed down the answering of,
even routine press inquries.
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Report Favorable on
Irrigation District
Rehabilitation Work
A favorable report on the pro
posal to rehabilitate the irriga
jion systems of the Medford and
.Rogue River Valley Irrigation
districts has been completed by
the bureau of reclamation.
The project was authorized
during the last session of con
gress, and a study was made by
the bureau to prepare the report
for congress on the feasibility of
the plan.
Copies of the report were re
ceived here this week. Harold
Nelson, regional director of the
bureau, said after it is reviewed
in the Denver and Washington
offices, will be used as one of
the documents supporting the
use of funds for rehabilitation
when they are considered by con
gressional committees.
Cost $1,712,000
The entire project would cost
$1,712,000 (at cost levels of last
October) the report estimates.
The benefits are estimated at
$74,000 annually, compared to
annual costs (spread over a 40-
year, non-interest period) of $61,-
000, or a benefit ratio of 1:22
to 1.
The proposal is divided into
six divisions:
The first, at an estimated cost
of $41,500, calls for work on the
Fourmile lake reservoir - and
dam, repairing and improving.
The second, to cost $62,500, is
for work on the Fish lake reser
voir and dam'. ' ' .
The third, costing $306,800, is
for the main canal, shared by the
two districts, between the pick
up point on Little Butte creek
and Bradshaw drop, where
water for the two districts is di
vided. The work on the canal in
cludes a number of new culverts,
flumes and siphons to replace ex
isting structures which no longer
can be depended upon.
Medford Canal
The fourth division, at a cost
of $266,600, is for work on the
Medford canal, from Bradshaw
drop to its end north of Jackson
ville, and includes rehabilitation
work and new structures.
' The fifth division, to cost $46,
600, is on the Hopkins canal of
the Rogue River Valley Irriga
tion district, for similar work.
The final division, costing
some $988,000, is for canal lin
ings, spillway structures, farm
bridges and culverts throughout
the system.
The report indicates that
initial phases of the job could
get under way on July 1 of this
year, provided congress ap
proves. Most of the work on the
first five divisions could be com
pleted within a year, and the re
maining work would be stretch
ed over a period of years.
Good Financial Shape
Both districts are in good fi
nancial position, the report
points out. Willingness to repay
costs over a 40-year period has
Television Coverage
Of Atom Blast Planned
New York (U.PJ Two ma
jor telivision networks will tele
vise an atom bomb test later
this month in the interests of
civil defense.
The National Broadcasting
Company and Columbia Broad
casting System announced this
week elaborate plans for Jour
day coverage of an April 26 test
at Yucca Flats, Nev., designed
to demonstrate the effects of a
nuclear blast on an actual town.
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Ezra A. Tudor, 79, father of for
mer Undersecretary of Interior
Ralph A. Tudor, died in a local
hospital Thursday.
Neuberger Charges Northwest Abandoned
By McKay as
Portland (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger, in his first
Oregon speech since he was
elected to the Senate last No
vember, charged today that In
terior Secretary Douglas Mc
Kay is abandoning "his own Pa
cific Northwest region" as far as
power is concerned.
Neuberger told the City Club
here that Republicans label Col
umbia basin power projects a
been indicated by both districts,
it says.
Before work can begin, con
gress must appropriate the funds,
and a repayment contract cover
ing the costs must be executed.
The two districts would make
repayments on the construction
costs in proportion to the bene
fits they derive. Work above
Bradshaw drop would be shared
in the same ratio as ownership
and use of the water is shared,
and each district would be re
sponsible for work within its
boundaries. It works out to a
cost of $334,866 for the Rogue
River district and $1,140,600 for
the Medford district.
Two Men Appear
In Circuit Court;
Three Are Arrested
Two men appeared in circuit
court this morning and three
more were arrested by sheriff's
deputies and city police. Two
other men were taken to Salem
this morning by Sheriff Howard
Gault to start terms in Oregon
state prison..
Appearing in court today were
Paul Ronald Holteen, 22, Wins
ton, Oregon, and Robert Green,
819 North Central avef
Holteen pleaded guilty to a
charge of assault and battery,
and Green was sentenced to two
years in prison on a burglary
charge.
Arrested were Wayne Edward
Ralph, 211 East 12th st., and two
17-year-old Butte Falls boys.
Arraigned
Ralph was arraigned in dis
trict court this morning on a
forgery charge and is being held
under $2,500 bond. The two
Butte Falls youths were arrested
on charges of larceny from a
store.
In a signed statement given
city police, Ralph admitted
forging the name of Hamilton
Hinkle Fox, Box 592, Ashland,
to seven checks ranging from
$25 to $92.50. "I meant to talk
to Mr. Fox about the checks,"
Ralph said, "but I never got
around to it."
The two men taken to the
state prison were Peter Allen
Key, 32, Bakersfield, Calif.,
sentenced to three years on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, and Robert Ed
ward Ross, 22, Eugene, sen
tenced to five years on a charge
of burglarizing the Medford
Greyhound Post House.
Eden Confers on
Strategy of Party
London (U.R) Prime Min
ister Anthony Eden conferred
today with his cabinet chiefs on
Conservative Party strategy in
the forthcoming general elec
tions and possibly on further ef
forts for peace talks with Rus
sia. Eden and his wife were spend
ing their first official week end
at Chequers, the country home
of British prime ministers. They
took with them such guests as
Chancellor R. A. Butler, the No.
2 man in the government, and
the Marquees of Salisbury, lord
president of the council.
Observers said Eden's mild re
shuffle of the cabinet of former
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill foreshadowed a quick general
election and further efforts for
Western talks with Russia, but
not "at the summit."
Far as Power
"creeping socialism. At tne
same time, he said, the Eisen
hower administration is "promot
ing $1,659,000,000 worth of fed
eral power projects on the Up
per Colorado including Echo
Park dam which would invade
our national park system."
Neuberger yesterday said he
would seek to strike Echo park
dam from the Upper Colorado
bilL
Unemployment
Compensation Plan
Draws Objections
Labor, Industry
Protest Provisions
Salem (U.PJ A new plan
for unemployment compensation
payments was presented to labor
and industry here last night by
the Senate Labor Committee and
drew vehement objections from
both sides.
Labor protested that penalty
provisions, disqualifica tion
clauses and effective dates were
improper and that the amended
bill would work hardships on
seasonal workers who failed to
meet the requirements of the
complex wage formula pro
vided.
Industry objected that the
proposed benefit rate of $35 per
week maximum was too high
and contended that the qualifi
cation provisions would bring so
many people under the com
pensation act that the compensa
tion tuna wowa soon be ex
hausted.
Hospitals Object
The State Nurses Association
and association of hospitals sent
spokesmen to the hearing to
protest inclusion of hospitals in
the act. They claimed that em
ployment is historically stable
in hospitals and that unemploy
ment compensation is rarely
needed.
James G. Swindells, speaking
for the hospitals, said the bill
would force Oregon hospitals to
pay some $400,000 a year into
the fund and wouldresult in an
increased daily hospital rate, of
50 cents.
Senators Ire Aroused
James Marr, executive secre
tary of the Oregon Federation
of Labor, aroused the ire of Sen.
Gene Brown (R-Grants Pass)
when he said he doubted the
committee had been able to be
come fully acquainted with the
unemployment problem in two
months. Marr said amendments
to the bill had been presented
so fast that labor hadn't had a
chance to study them.
Brown replied that the com
mittee knew perfectly well what
it was doing and that the objec
tions of both labor and industry
indicated that its compromise
version of the original bill was
successful. He said the new bill
struck the middle ground be
tween, the opposing viewpoints.
Object To Date
Both Marr and George Brown,
executive secretary of the Ore
gon CIO, objected to making the
benefit increases effective July
1, 1956. Sen. Brown defended
the delay, saying it would give
the compensation fund a chance
to recover some of its lost
ground by taking in higher con
tributions from employers for
six months before the new ben
efits were drawn from it.
Lester Wise, of the Del Monte
Packers, asserted that the bill's
provisions for seasonal workers
would bring more people under
the act than it would eliminate.
Sen. Eugene Allen (R-Portland)
stated flatly, "that statement
simply is not true."
Nineteen Prizes Ready
For Easter Egg Hunt
Nineteen prizes, including one
grand award, will be offered to
finders of lucky eggs tomorrow
when Medford Kiwanis club
holds its annual Easter egg hunt
at Hawthorne park.
The hunt, for children of the
Medford vicinity, will start at 9
a.m. Youngsters ages 1 to 2, " 4
to 6 and 7 to 9 will hunt in sepa
rate areas. There will be three
prizes for girls and three for
boys in each age division.
Seven thousand candy eggs,
individually packaged, will be
hidden for the event.
is Concerned
The Oregon Democrat said that
power can be generated ,cheap
ly and successfully" on the Col
umbia and Snake rivers. He said
the Upper Colorado sites are to
be kept for the government be
cause no utility wants these sites
which may never pay out.
Neuberger also discussed de
clining farm income and attack
ed administration proposals for
aid to education.
p.
MacArfhur's Views
On Russian War
Entry To Be Told
Defense Department
To Expedite Release
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department said today it
will make public "relevant" in
formation concerning Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's views in
February, 1945, on Russian
entry into the war against
Japan.
The department said release
of the material would be made
"expeditiously," but set no
specific date for public dis
closure.
The department said it might
not make full disclosure of of
ficial documents as MacArthur
has insisted should be done.
Would Have Opposed Entry
MacArthur, Southwest Pacific
commander in 1945, has con
tented he would have opposed
Russian entry "at that late date"
if anyone had sought his views
at the time of the Yalta con
ference. '
An Army historian, Louis
Morton, has contended that Mac
Arthur was "thoroughly in
favor" of Russian -participation:
C. Herschel Schooley, De
fense Department ' spokesman,
said that the information "con
ceivably could be a narrative
without complete inclusion of
source documents."
In its formal statement, the
department said:
"In response to requests by
members of Congress and the
press, the Department of De
fense is surveying its files to col
lect papers pertinent to the ques
tion of Russia's entry into the
Pacific war.
Would Confuse Situation
"This survey is being carried
on expeditiously and the in
formation relevant to the sub
ject will be made public.
"The Department of Defense
believes that in the meantime
the release of separate items
connected with Russia's entry
into the Pacific war would con
fuse rather than clarify the
situation." " '
Theda Bara, Silent
Screen Siren, Dies
Hollywood (U.R) Theda Bara,
the silent screen siren who
added cosmetics and the word
"vamp" to the world, lost an 18
month battle to cancer Thurs
day night. She was 64.
After several operations for
the intestinal ailment, the
beauty who caused ministers to
preach against her costumes in
the early '20s, lapsed into a
coma 13 days ago.
She died alone in her room at
California Lutheran Hospital
shortly after a visit from her
husband, former Director
Charles Brabin, and her sister,
Lori Bara. Nurses discovered
her death. ,
Theda Bara, still with the
dark hair and pale face that elec
trified early film fans, had been
a quiet Beverly Hills socialite
since she retired from films in
1927. But at one time she was
such a sensation that her white
powder and mascaraed eyes
started the fad for make-up.
Miss Bara's illness came just
as Hollywood was planning a
major "comeback" for her. Co
lumbia Studio wanted to film
her life story, "The Vamp," next
fall. The actress consented to the
making of the film only after
two years of persuasion.
Red China Ends State
Of War With Germany
Tokyo (U.R) Communist
China has followed Russia in
proclaiming an end to the state
of war with Germany, a Commu
nist broadcast said today.
Te Communist New China
News Agency, in a broadcast
heard here, said the action was
taken by Chinese Communist
Header Mao Tze-tung.
YOU HAVE TO BE NOSY FOX THIS Rolling Easter eggs on the greensward may be
easier but this trio of youngsters find the custom just as much fun on the gently
rolling deck of the American President liner President Wilson as it arrived in San
Francisco from the Orient. Counting noses from left to right: Joel Baldwin of Washing
ton, D. C, Christina Doud of Los Angeles and Tommy Seymour of Albuquerque, N. M.
Vic Milnes Seeks
Gas Dealer Relief
From Evaporation
Salem (U.R) Vic Milnes,
Medford, speaking for the Ore
gon Gasoline Dealers Associa
tion, yesterday asked the House
Highways Committee to excuse
the dealers from paying a tax
on gasoline that evaporated be
fore they could sell it.
Milnes told the committee
that two per cent of the gaso
line in service station storage
tanks either evaporated or was
lost through shrinkage but that
the state tax still had to be paid
on the amount put in the tank
by the dealers.
Based on Purchase
The tax, Milnes said, was
based on the amount of gasoline
the station operators purchased,
not on the amount sold. It cannot
be passed on to the consumer,
he said, and the operators should
be granted relief.
The state highway department
reported that the relief Milnes
wanted would cost $690,000 per
biennium. Judge F. L. Phipps of
the Association of Oregon Coun
ties protested that the cities and
counties of the state could ill af
ford to lose that much revenue
from their share of gas tax re
ceipts used for road purposes.
The committee took no action
on the bill yesterday.'
Pope Pius Blesses
Easter Pilgrims
Vatican City (U.R) Pope
Pius XII appeared in his Vati
can study window today facing
sunny St. Peter's Square and
blessed thousands of Easter pil
grims who came here from all
over the world to observe Hoiy
Week.
The frail, white-clad Pontiff
made his unscheduled Good Fri
day appearance shortly after
noon to acknowledge the msist-
ant cheers of some 8,000 Romans
and pilgrims who chanted
"Vogliamo il Papa" (We want
the Pope).
Pope Pius, who spent much of
the morning in prayer and medi
tation in the private chapel ad
joining his - bedroom, had not
planned to appear in public on
this saddest day of Christiandom
Good Friday, the day Christ
died on the Cross.
But he finally yielded to the
crowd's insistence.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night. Considerable cloudiness
and cooler Saturday with a
few showers late Saturday.
Low tonight 36. High Satur
day 64.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 13
Lowest this Morning 37
Dirocireosed
Senate Tax
Acts
Favorably on
r Revenue Bill
Ma jo
Salem (U.R) The Senate. Tax
committee headed by Sen. Ru
die Wilhelm (R.-Portland) re
ported out favorably one of the
major parts of the House reve
nue package with slight amend
ments today bills eliminating
utility and skyscraper exemp
tions from the corporation excise
tax.
Amendments agreed upon
would eliminate the two - year
limit which the House put in the
bill bringing utilities under the
corporate excise tax and added
strengthening language, to place
public utility districts under the
tax.
Representatives of the major
utility companies expressed a
preference for the two-year limit
but elimination is not expected
to be a major stumbling block
to enactment of the bill.
True Cash Value OK'd
Corporations which" derive '95
per cent of their income or more
from real property rentals the
skyscraper clause also lose
their exemption from paying
corporate excise taxes under the
House bill approved unanimous
ly by the Senate committee. The
law as it will be sent to the Sen
ate floor remains as it was pass
ed by the House, at a full eight
per cent, although building own
ers urged that their rate be four
per cent.
' Also passed out of the Senate
assessment and taxation com
mittee with a unanimous favor
able recommendation was House
bill 40 which sets up a new defi
nition of "true cash value" on
property for assessment pur
poses. True cash value under the
More Than 5,900 Names
Taken Off Voter List
More than 5,900 names have
been removed from the list of
registered - voters in Jackson
county because of failure to vote
according . to County Clerk
Bereth Hopkins.
The total does not include per
sons who have died. "
All those whose names have
been removed from the list have
been notified and have 90 days
in which to become reinstated
or reregistered.
The task 'of removing the
names from voter lists is con
tinuing and is expected to be
completed rjy May 1.
TRUCK STANDS BY
A pumper truck and a crew
of four men were dispatched to
the municipal airport at noon
today to stand by when a South
west airways plane reported
landing gear trouble, firemen
said. They reported that the
plane landed with out incident.
Group
difinition is the market value.
This measure, the key bill of
the interim tax committees
package! however, was amended
so that the effective date is post
poned until 1961, the date on
which the State Tax commission
expects to have completed its
statewide reappraisal program.
Sen. Phil Lowry
Tagged as 'Best'
Portland Sate Sen. Philip
B. Lowry, Medford, has been
rated the "best newcomer" to
the legislature in an informal
poll of newspapermen covering
the legislature, it was reported
this week.
Tom McCall, veteran radio
news broadcaster and former
candidate, for Congress now
covering the session, told mem
bers of the Oregon Ad club here
that Lowry, 36, now serving his
first term in the legislature, is
considered to be the best "fresh
man" legislator. McCall said the
rating is based on informal dis
cussions among newsmen.
According to the Oregonian,
McCall said most newspapermen
rank the best freshmen house
members as Al Loucks, Salem,
Ed Cone, Eugene, George Ann
ala, Hood River, and Jean Lewis,
Portland. '
McCall also was'quoted as say
ing the legislature was one of
the "shortest-winded and least
enchanted with Salem night
life" of any in recent years. He
concluded with an appeal "not
to curse them categorically,"
and, "if you don't like what
they're doing, try it yourselves
sometime." '
Refusal To Rehire Glos
Upheld by Civil Service
Salem (U.R) The Civil Ser
vice Commission last night up
held the ruling of the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission in
refusing to rehire Karl Glos as
OLCC hearings examiner..
No Reflection on Character
The Commission said this was
no reflection on the character of
Glos. But the evidence presented
indicated Glos had "obviously
exercised extremely poor judg
ment in serving as legal counsel
for licensees in matters that
were even remotely connected
with their obtaining licenses,"
the commission said. -,
The commission said that Glos
would be considered for any fur
ther state employment without
prejudice.
Peirinfi)Dft
Theory Advanced
That Commies Will
Gain Superiority
Some GOP Senators
Want Pact Relaxed
Washington 4J.R) The admin
istration is under increasing
pressure to permit the Chinese
Nationalists to bomb Red air
fields being built near the invasion-threatened
offshore is
lands, it was disclosed today.
The argument being used is
that if the Red airfields are not
destroyed, the Communists will
achieve air superiority that will
spell victory in any Formosa
Straits battle;
Argument Advanced
This argument is being ad
vanced both by officials of the
Nationalist government on For
mosa and by Republican sena
tors. It was learned that certain
of these senators have been dis
cussing the question with admin
istration officials within recent
weeks.
The administration, however,
is reluctant to permit the Chi
nese Nationalists to take any
military steps that might pro
voke general war in the Far
East.
, . The administration attitude is
summed up in the "memoran
dum of understanding" signed
between the two governments
last year as part of the U.S.-Chi-nese
Nationalist mutual aid pact.
The agreement specified, in ef
fect, that the Nationalists would
not take any military action
against the mainland without
first consulting with the United
States.
Want Agreement Relaxed
It is this side agreement which
the Chinese Nationalists and
certain GOP senators now want
relaxed.
Chinese Nationalist military
officials have warned that the
Red airfields hold the key on
when the Chinese Reds may at
tempt an invasion of the off
shore islands of Quemoy and
the Matsu group.
The argument being used on
the administration is that if it
wants the Chinese Nationalists
to hold Quemoy and Matsu they
should at least be able to bomb
airfields obviously aimed at in
vasion of the offshore islands.
Murder Suspect Has
Emergency Surgery
Bernice Hampton White, 37,
of 228 Hartley rd., under indict
ment on a first degree murder
charge, was taken to Community
hospital last night for emergency
appendectomy.
Sehriff s deputies' said White
underwnet surgery last night.
Hospital attendants this morn
ing listed his condition as
"good," and said he spent a
"good night."
White is under 24-hour guard
at the hospital. He is charged
with first degree murder in the
death of Eugene Raymond Birk,
32, of 215 Fourth st., Phoenix,
who died at an Ashland hospital
after being struck over the head
with a piece of lumber.
Glos resigned Feb. 17 after
two special investigators of the
governor alleged that Glos had
accepted money from a tavern
owner who sought a liquor-by-the-drink
license.
Glos Denies Allegations
Glos later requested the CiviT
Service hearing in an attempt
to have his resignation with
drawn. He said the circumstances
surrounding the resignation re
flected discredit upon him and
would bar him from state em
ployment in any form for two
years.
The former OLCC hearings
examiner steadfastly denied all
allegations concerning him that
were contained in a report of the
OLCC investigation.