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ioftfo" Parties Ulasi Dulles
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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."
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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.