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Weather Recommended FORECAST: Partly cloudy with widely scattered show ers mostly over the moun tains, clearing Snnday night. Increasing cloudiness Mon day. High Sunday 60; low Sunday night 34; high Mon day 65. Highest Yesterday 58 Lowest Yesterday 34 To 10 p.m. Saturday 10 inch. Pictures of the 13 little girls who are competing to become Queen of the Pear Blossom Fes tival here April 23 appear on Page 12. together with other local news and pictures. WORD United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, ORF Y, APRIL 10,1955 Price 5c No. 17 Me Ms Parts Mitt Britain, MOM ioftfo" Parties Ulasi Dulles Fir lastiDirD Hdwoirdl Citsd Secretary of Slate Accused of Bowing To McCarthy Croup Mcleod Called Stooge Of Wisconsin Senator Washington U.P.) Republi cans and Democrats Saturday accused Secretary of State John Foster Dulles of "cowardly buckling," "shameless surren der," and "a disgraceful flip- flop" in ousting Edward J. Corsi as state department immigration expediter. ReD. Emmanuel Celler (D- N.Y.) said State Department Se curity Chief Scott McLeod is "the villain in this piece." He called McLeod a "stooge" of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) and charged that Dulles dismissed Corsi "so as not to offend Mc Carthy or to alienate the Mc Carthy crowd in the Republican party." Declines to Comment McLeod refused to comment on Celler's charge. But he told a reporter that "My association with Mr. Corsi has been entire ly pleasant ... he has made a valuable contribution ... to our administration of the refugee re nief 'att. ' Corsi also declined to com ment on Celler's statement. But he told a reporter that he feels he was a victim of the same methods that "the Communists, Nazis and Fascists use to in timidate people and force them into submission. Corsi has been accused by Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee and co-author of the McCarren-Wal- ter Immigration law, of having associated in the past with Com munist Front organizations. Corsi has denied this, and the State Department said Friday that there is no question about his "security" status. Corsi said the real reason for his dismissal was that he had offended Walter and others by fighting for liberalization of the immieration law. He said Dulles told him simply that there is no sense in continuing the contro versy with Walter 'that it didn't do anybody any good." Controversial Figure "I am a controversial figure," said Corsi. "and it is easier to get along without a controver sial figure." Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D TST.Y. said Corsi's dismissal "is a shameless surrender to the op ponents of immigration law re forms ... a capitulation to the apologists for the racial and na tional discrimination built into the McCarren-Walter Act." Here's the way other people saw the ouster: New York State Attorney General Jacob K. Javitz, a Re publican "A setback to enlight ened immigation policy." John Lamula, executive sec retary of the Lower Manhattan Republican Club in New York "A disgraceful flip-flop . . will cost the Republican party many thousands of votes in 1956 and possibly the loss of New York and several doubtful states." Demands Explanation Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen (R- N.j.) Demanded that Dulles give a "full explanation" why he suddenly decided to oust a man whom he described only three months ago as "the best qualified man in America" to handle refugee and immigration problems. Referring to Walter's charges, Frelinghuysen also ask- ed- "Are we witnessing a new McCarthyism from the Demo cratic side?" Rep. Victor L. Anfuso (D N Y ) in a telegram to Dulles "This thing goes beyond parti san politics ... I demand, a com plete explanation." Americans for Democratic Ac- t:on The dismissal of Corsi "marks the Eisenhower admin istration's final repudiation of its promises to liberalize the im migration laws." (Sea story oa Pag 1) , L'm ft RESEMBLING JUNK YARD, thfc Is wreckage of three passenger cars of train that plunged down ravine 17 miles east of Colima City, on Mexico's west coast, sending 13 passengers to death, Injuring 90. Wreck occurred when truck broke away from diesel engine. (International) Seven -Children B)oe As Fire Grazes GHome Tacoma, Wash. (U.R) Seven children died Saturday when fire raced through their home while the mother of six of them was at tending a midnight movie. The children, ranging in age from seven months to 15 years, were asleep when the fire started by defective wiring swept their J. M. Walker Held On Assault Charge Following Stabbing James Millard Walker, 33, member of the Veterans Admin istration domiciliary, Camp White, is held in the city jail on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon in connection with the stabbing of Guy Mar tin, ' 63, another domiciliary member, city police said Satur day. The stabbing occurred Friday evening at a Front street tavern. Police reported that Martin, who suffered a deep flesh wound on the left side of his chest, had signed a complaint against Wal ker. The complaint was filed in district court yesterday. Picked in Lineup Police said that they, were called to the tavern about 7:40 p.m. and that .Walker was ar rested as a suspect about 8 p.m. They stated that Martin picked out Walker in a -police line-up yesterday. Medford Ambulance service took Martin to Community hos pital and he was later transfer red to the VA center for treat ment. Martin said in a signed state ment that the stabbing happened in a booth at the tavern, after he had bought the man a beer, police said. New Delhi, India (U.R) The government has decided to al low restricted export of mon keys which are used for polio research in the United States. Test Shot Sends Easter Egg Hunters Off on Early Start Several thousand youngsters got off to an- early start yester day when they swarmed over three areas of Hawthorne park in the annual Medford Kiwanis club Easter egg hunt. Didn't Get Chance Kiwanians said that the hunt was to have started at 9 a.m. sharp, with Master - of - Cere monies Jennings Pierce firing a gun. But Pierce never got to shoot the gun. The blank pistol was brought to the scene by Jack Walker, member of the club. Several minutes before 9 o'clock he fired the pistol, Kiwanians said, to see if it would be loud enough. two story frame house. The cor oner said they apparently died of suffocation, . . Man Questioned After questioning him for sev eral hours authorities released Magnus Asbjornsen, 33, who had been at the movie with Mrs. Jean McCarley, 28, mother of six of the children and sister of the seventh. Mrs. McCarley also was de tained "for her own safekeep ing," Lt. George Hager of Ta coma police said. "We were afraid she might do something rash," Hager said. "She was very distraught." The children were Mrs. Mc Carley's brother, James Eldon Clifton, 15, who was babysitting her six youngsters, Nancy, 12, Thomas, 11, Lucinda, 9, Darell, 8, Susan, 3, and Edward, 7 months. Home for Holiday The Clifton boy had been re leased . , temporarily from the State Reform school to spend the Easter holidays with his sister and her family. Fire Chief Harold Fisk said the youngsters didn't have a chance to flee the flames. Two of the youngsters evidently awakened while the fire was in progress and attempted to seek safety: One girl got as far as a window before she collapsed. The body of a boy was found on the floor. The others were dead in their beds. The Clifton boy, Nancy and Lucinda were trapped in a rear bedroom upstairs. Thomas and Darell were sleeping in an up stairs front bedroom. Susan and Edward were in beds on the lower floor. London (U.R) Prime Minis ter Anthony Eden is exepected to announce the date for the forthcoming national elections in a nationwide radio address next week, informed sources said Sat urday. It was. Boys and girls took the test shot as the real signal and the fun began. It was a race rather than a hunt. Most of the candy eggs, in cellophane bags, were plainly visible on the grass. The young sters dashed to see who could get the most. . Prizes Awarded Three grand prizes, a wagon, a pair of skates and a stamp album, were awarded for find ing special eggs. Names of the prize winners were not obtained. A couple of Boy. Scouts, Jack McQuigg and John Hohensee, added to the color of the occa sion by dressing up as rabbits. Phoenix Sets Vote On Two Proposals For Sewer System Phoenix The Phoenix city cotincil lias-set April 29 as-the tentative date for an election on two proposals which would give the city a tie-in with Med ford sewage disposal facilities through the South Bear Creek sanitary district. $40,000 Bond Issue One of the two proposals would be for a bond issue not to exceed $40,000, with the funds to be used to extend the sewer line from the southern limits of the sanitary district to the Phoenix city limits. The second proposal would give the city council authority to collect assessments for con struction of sanitary sewer fa cilities within the city. The as sessments would come under the Bancroft act, and could be spread over a 10-year period. At the present time, Phoenix is served by septic tanks, and has no sanitary sewer facilities. Date Tentative Frank J. Van Dyke, Phoenix city attorney, said the date for the election is still tentative be cause the bond issue is being studied by bonding attorneys in Portland. -With final approval of the bond issue, a definite date will be set. The decison by the Phoenix city council was prompted, in part, at this time by the fact that the South Bear Creek san itary district soon will start con struction on its sanitary sewer. The district recently approved a $58,000 bond issue for con struction of sewer facilities with in its limits. The district is con nected to the Medford city san itary sewers, and the city of Medford handles disposal of sew age from the district. Foreign Observers See Atomic Blast Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) A small atomic bomb, believed to be the "trigger" for a hydrogen weapon, was exploded before dawn Saturday with the first for eign allies ever to witness an atomic blast in the United States among the observers. The blast set off at Yucca Flat was seen like a giant flashbulb in four western states. Among the foreign observers was Sir William George Penney, director of Britain's atomic wea pons research project. . He had no immediate comment on the test. The flash of light split the darkness for just one second at 4:30 a. m. (PST). It was seen in Phoenix, Ariz., and Salt Lake City, about 350 miles from the test site and in San Francisco and Los Angeles. , ' France, Reds Plan To Withdraw Troops Prior to Deadline Announce Agreement On Rich Coal Mines Saigon (U.R) France and Communist Vietminh Saturday announced they each will with draw their troops from the other's territory by May 16, or 10 days before the Geneva truce deadline. At the same time, they an nounced an agreement turning the rich French-owned Tonking coal mines over to the Reds in return for 1,000,000 tons of coal in annual installments. Timetable Announced The announcement from Hanoi, the Communist capital, set this timetable for evacuation of French troops from the north and Red troops from the south. April 22 Evacuation begins. April 24 French forces quit Hongay, where the coal mines are located. . May 13 French Union forces leave the port zone of Haiphong. May 16 French forces com plete evacuation of the last bridgehead of Doson near Haip hong and Communist forces com plete evacuation of their last en clave around Quang Ngai in central Vietnam below the 17th parallel. The Geneva agreement set May 26 as the withdrawal dead line. However, the French and Vietminh high commands agreed on the new timetable at a meet ing of the mixed armistice con trol commission which recom mended the speed-up for techni cal reasons, French officials Said. N . i. .j , v:? .-w--.;. They said ".the evacuation of Hanoi showed that more time is needed for a smooth turnover of the various installations and key points. The accord on the coal mines was signed Friday night at the North Vietnam (Communist) ministry of industry and com merce. It completed long nego tiations that began last Dec. 4. It ended 67 years of French ex ploitation of the mines. Date for Observance Changed to May 22 Armed Forces day will be celebrated in Medford on Sun day, May 22, rather than Satur day, May 21, it has been de cided, according to Col. William H. Bartlett, chairman of the Armed Forces day committee here. While the president's and gov ernor's proclamations of the day set aside May 21, the committee felt that more active participa tion in the event, which will include an air show and dis plays of military equipment and training, would be possible on a Sunday. The event will be at the Med ford municipal airport. Committee Goes Half -Way Toward Ending Possibility of By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington .. 1 The House Interior Committee has approved and sent to the House for debate after the Easter vacation legis lation designed to give a measure of protection to national forest land against pseudo - mining claims based on such materials as cinders, common stone and pumice. Assistant Secretary of Interior Orme Lewis estimates that en actment of this bill would elim inate "75 per cent of the prob lem" created by those who file claims under the 1872 mining act, ostensibly for mineral de velopment, but who then log the timber on. the land after they have won title to the land for a nominal filing fee. The bill sent to the House would not modify the old mining law, however. It would simply invalidate all future mining claims if they are based on dis coveries of sand, common stone, gravel, common varieties of pumice and pumicite, and cind ers. Claims based on discoveries of other minerals would continue as heretofore. Private developers could still obtain these materials under the new proposed bill, but - they U.S. Studies Blunt Threat to Formosa Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles con ferred Saturday while U.S. of ficials studied blunt threats by the Chinese Reds that they will attack Formosa. Dulles was not on the White House calling list. But he went in a White House side door and Articles Filed by Local Group Formed To Boost Rainfall Articfes of incorporation for Jackson County Weather, Inc., have been file,d with the Jackson county clerk and the state cor poration commissioner, records revealed Saturday. The corporation is the out growth of the recently formed Jackson County Rain Increase committee, Jack Hoffbuhr, pres ident of the new non-profit firm, reported. Ends June 15 Under contract with North American Weather consultants, a project conducted during the winter by California Oregon Power company is being con tinued on an expanded scale, over a larger area. Hoffbuhr said that seeding began on March 10 and will continue through June 15. Purpose of the program is to augment rainfall for the bene fit nf stockmen and dry land areas and to, increase precipita tion in watershed areas' for growers depending on irrigation. The articles were filed by seven directors. They were Hoff buhr, manager of Medford Ir rigation district; Frank Preston, Medford, vice-president, from the Jackson County Stockmen's association; Fred Morlan, Med ford, secretary-treasurer, from Rogue Valley Traffic associa tion; Harold Sexton, Medford, manager of Rogue River Valley Irrigation district; Robert Kent, Ashland, manager of Talent Ir rigation district; Robert Norris, Medford, from the Jackson County Fruit Growers league, and David Lowry, Talent,-president of the traffic association. Work As Individuals Irrigation districts, the traffic association, the stockmen's as sociation and the fruit growers league have not entered into the rain increase project as organi zations but members are parti cipating as individuals. The cor poration was formed to receive funds for the work. . Articles state that the purpose of the firm is to contract for, engage in or conduct programs or activities including but not limited to those involving or re lating tp weather research, ex perimentation or modification. Filing 'Fake' Mine Claims would have to comply with the materials' act of 1947 under which they may gain rights to the materials either by purchase or a fre-use permit from the De partments of Agriculture or In terior. But it would reserve the timber on the land to the gov ernment, in those areas where use of stone, gravel or other ma terials had been approved. A recent example of how the present mining law work's was seen in Willamette National For est between the junction of the north and south Santiam high ways where an extensive out cropping of volcanic cinders had been found. The Forest Service has permitted the cinders to be used by the state highway com mission for road building, and by loggers in the area for access roads into the timber. A Vancouver, Wash., man came upon the scene and filed eight mining claims covering 160 acres which include the cin der deposits and a crushing mill. And he posted "No Trespassing" signs on the property. The For est Service ignored the signs, claiming that this particular area had been withdrawn from min eral entry, though the Vancou ver claimant disputes this. If he is correct and the Forest Service wrong, ha can legally talked with the -President in his office before Mr. Eisenhower left for a quick trip to his Get tysburg, Pa., farm. Works on Foreign Policy After the meeting described by the White House as on "in ternational matters" Dulles re turned to his office to work on foreign policy problems and a speech he plans to deliver Mon day night before a local Catholic order. The speech will not be tele vised or broadcast. It was not known Saturday whether the secretary's remarks would be made public or whether he would talk on the Far Eastern crisis. The non - scheduled White House meeting was held against a backdrop of a very close study being given at the State and De fense Departments of Peiping's sudden resumption : of blunt threats to "liberate" Formosa, and new propaganda attacks on United States "aggression" in the Far East. Ike to Get Briefing Mr. Eisenhower undoubtedly will be brought up to date Mon day on this study. Defense Sec retary Charles E. Wilson and Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair man of the joint Chiefs of Staff, both have appointments on Mon day with the President. Authorities pointed out that the Reds are whipping up For mosa "liberation" feelings again and warned that the "danger in this situation must not be for gotten or overlooked." Talent Sees Chance Of Water Shortage Talent The city of Talent may face a serious water short age during the coming summer months, city officials indicated Friday. The city water supply is pro vided .. by two wells located southwest of Talent. The city has installed a re cently purchased pump on one of the two wells, and officials plan to pump the well dry in an effort to see how quickly it will refill. The results of this test will be used to determine whether the city will allow use of water for irrigation purposes this summer. During the time the well is refilling, water' for the city will be supplied by the second well. fioosf in Unemployment Compensation Voted Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate Saturday voted 21-8 for a minority teport to Doost. un employment compensation to $35 a week instead of $32 which was recommended by a majority of the Senate Labor and Indus tries Committee. Present compensation is $25 a week for 26 weeks. claim the cinder deposit under the 1872 mining law, and after paying a nominal fee of no more than $5 per acre and showing that he has made certain im provements on the property, ob tain ownership of the land and the right to sell the cinders and the timber on the land. The bill now before the House would invalidate all such claims in the future when they are based on materials such as cin ders and gravel. But no action has yet been taken by Congress on legislation to prevent all min ing claimants from obtaining ownership of valuable timber on their mineral tracts. . The Eisenhower administra tion urged enactment of the cinder bill, but it has yet to take a stand on the overall mining question. Bills have been intro duced that would require mining developers to pay the going price for all timber on their claims be yond that which they actually need in development of their mining operation. Assistant Secretary Lewis said he is working on a somewhat dif ferent approach to ' this that would permit multiple-use . of forestland, but no bill has been worked out that has been agree able to both mining and con servation groups. Soviets Call for Speedy Conclusion Of Austrian Treaty Retaliate Against German Rearmament Moscow (U.R) Rusiit moved Saturday to break off mutual aid pacts with Britain and France in retaliation for those countries' approval of West German rearmament. In a twin diplomatic move Russia announced its hopes for speedy conclusion of a peace treaty with Austria. The government disclosed it has asked the Supreme Soviet (Russian parliament) to de nounce the Anglo-Soviet and Franco-Soviet treaties. Envoys Summoned Simultaneously, the govern ment said in a note to the United States, Britain and France that it hopes a treaty with Austria can be concluded in the nearest future." Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov sum moned Moscow envoys of the Western Big Three and inform ed them of the visit here next Monday of Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab to discuss a treaty. In addition to denouncing its treaties with Britain and France, Russia was expected 'to call a new conference of its eastern European allies soon to imple ment a NATO-style alliance threatened earlier if West Ger man rearmament was approved. The request to annual the pacts was addressed by the Coun cil of Ministers to the Supreme Soviet's Presidium, an interim body which acts in the name of the 1,300-member ' parliament when it is not in session. . Action Binding"?: The presidium's actions are binding on the Council of Mini sters (Soviet cabinet), and usual ly are "given formal approval at subsequent sessions of the Su preme Soviet. (In London, the foreign office "deplored" the decision to scrap the treaties, concluded under the threat from the invading Nazi armies. (In Paris, a French govern ment 'spokesman expressed re gret at the Moscow move and said it is unjustified. (There was immediate specu lation in London that the Krem lin, following up threats in the past, will now decline to discuss German reunification at the pro jected four power conference.) Documents Not Signed The Soviet Council of Mini sters did not wait for formal im plementation of the rearmament pacts by all the powers. Hol land's senate has not yet acted and the heads of state of several of the seven NATO powers have not formally signed the ratifi cation documents. A spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said the coun cil acted because the govern ments of Great Britain and France had approved "the Paris agreements remilitarizing West Germany and involving her in military groupings directed against the Soviet Union." A conference to establish a unified Eastern European Mili tary command can be expected in, the near future, informed sources said. Also expected is a formal announcement of an East German army to replace the present peoples police. Young Russ Refugee Returns to Parents Berlin (U.R) Valery Lysi- kov, 17-year-old Russian who fled to the West three weeks ago. went back behind the Iron Cur tain voluntarily Saturday to save his parents from Red reprisals. The teen-aee refugee was hand ed over to his Russian parents at U. S. High Commission head quarters at noon Saturday. He was driven immediately to Com munist East Berlin, accompanied by two Russian soldiers. . Lvsikov. the son of a Soviet air force officer, entered West Berlin March 18 and asked for political asvlum. He said he was fed nn with Communism and wanted to "breathe the free air of the West" His return had been demand-' ed by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov and other high Soviet officials, but U. S. author ities refused to turn him over unless the youth actually wanted to go back to Communism.
