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JNDAY, APRIL 24, 1955
50th Year .
No. 29
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Morse tfroon High
IFrais at - Dinner -
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B7 ERIC ALLEN JR.
' Mail Tribune City Editor
The fifth Roosevelt Memorial
dinner, the big annual event of
the Democratic party in Jack
son county, last night sounded
like the opening big guns of the
1956 campaign to return Sen,
Wayne Morse to his seat in the
senate.
The senator's name was heard
at least as frequently as that of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and
stirred the crowd of some 350
persons as few other references
during the evening.
Praised by Mitchell
Stephen A. Mitchell, Demo
cratic rational chairman during
the successful Democratic cam
paign of 1954, devoted nearly
half of his talk to extelling
what he called Senator Morse's
honesty in breaking with the
Republicans "w hen his con
science would no longer permit
him to stay in the company he
was in. . .
Mitchell used the example of
Senator Morse in approaching
his main theme that of party
responsibility, and the necessity
to stick with the party of one's
choice, or to "break clean." Hs
castigated men who, he indi
cated, had neglected to observe
a . sense of party responsibility,
including Henry Wallace and
Glenn Taylor, candidates for
president and vice-president of
the Progressive, party, in 11948;
Gov. James Byrnes of South
Carolina; Gov. Allan Shivers of
Texas, and others.
Criticizes President
In the same vein, he criti-
cized President Eisenhower for
"Injecting himself into the Tex
as Democratic primary last sum
mer to help Governor Shivers
win the Democratic nomina
tion."
"A few more years of this
reckless self-seeking default of
party responsibility and we will
have in America more parties
and less stable government than
In France," Mitchell declared.
The former party chieftan
said there are signs that there
is a trend away from the. type
of thing he criticized. He cited
a rerjeal of the Texas cross-filing
law: the control of their own
party by California Democrats,
and the proposal of three new
party responsibility rules which
have been adopted by tne na
tional Democratic advisory com
mittee on rules, and which will
be proposed to the 1956 Demo
cratic convention. These, he in
dicated, , would signal a trend
back toward party responsibil
ity.
Predicts Convention Vote
- "Only this week," Mitchell de
clared, "I have predicted that at
least seven out of 10 of the dele
gates to the next Democratic con
vention would vote against seat-
ing Messrs Byrnes, Shivers, Ken-
non and Morrow if they should
seek to participate as delegates.
It is my personal opinion that the
rank and file of Democratic party
members and leaders will not
make the same mistake twice
with these men," he stated.
Changing a party, honestly
and in good conscience, Mitchell
emphasized, is not the same thing
as trying to remain in it while
seeking differing objectives. And
he said the party is always open
to men and women who seek
honestly to follow its principles,
its program and its policies.
Praises Senators
He paid tribute to such men as
Sen. Charles McNary, Sen. Char
les Norris, Sen. William Borah
, and Sen. Hiram Johnson for
their breadth and foresight, and
compared them with Republicans
of today who "couldn't even find
the Columbia river and cer
tainly not the Snake on a
school boy's map."
Hells Canyon popped up
throughout the evening as a ma
jor issue, and before Mitchell's
talk . the assemblage (which in
cluded a sprinkling of Republi
cans) voted without opposition in
favor of a resolution of support
for Sens. Morse and Richard Neu
berger in their Hells canyon
fight
Chairman MC
State Democratic Chairman
Howard Morgan, Monmouth, was
master of cerenfonies, and in his
opening "keynote" remarks, de-(
In
o-f FOR
clared that the best way in which
to commemorate Franklin Roose
velt is to carry forward the prin
ciples of the party into the elec
tions of 1956, electing Democrats
to office as president, secretary
of state, attorney general, to four
congressional seats, to the legis
lature, and returning Senator
Morse to Washington.
The Democratic party is in the
best shape it has ever been in,
he said, and it "will give its
best": in the fight to come.
Present Program
An hour-and-a-half long pro
gram preceded the "main speak
ers, including introduction of
longtime county party workers
and notables, an invocation by
the Rev. George R. V. Bolster,
songs and a reading, and talks
by Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton and State Sen. (and
Democratic national committee
man) Monroe Sweetland.
A gift of myrtlewood book
ends was presented to Mitchell
by Frank DeSouza, party trea
surer here. .
The evening ' concluded with
the reading of telegrams from a
number of prominent Democrats,
including Sens. Esteff Kefauver,
Paul Douglas and Richard Neu
berger, all of whom had words
of praise for Morse; from Adlai
Stevenson, Ex-President Harry.
Truman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
and Senator Morse.
Bulganin Supports
Top-Level Talks
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Prem
ier Nikolai Bulganin indicated
Saturday night he is ready for
top-level talks with President
Eisenhower and British Prime
Minister Anthony Eden.
' Bulganin, attending a recep
tion for visiting Polish Premier
Josef Cyrankiewicz, was asked
by Western correspondents:
."When will you meet with
President Eisenhower and
Eden?"
The Soviet leader replied:
'Ask Mr. Eisenhower and Mr.
Eden when the date will be. I
have already made my position
clear..'
Bulganin nodded in agree
ment when asked if he meant
that he still takes a "positive
attitude" toward a meeting of
the heads of state of Russia, the
United States and Britain.
But . British diplomatic ob
servers in London said the West
almost certainly will hold out
for a meeting of foreign minis
ters with Russia before embark
ing on a top level meeting.
Klamath Falls (U.R) A 90-
year lease for use of Klamath
Falls airport as a jet interceptor
base has been returned here after
being. signed by government of
ficials. The lease is the official
go-ahead" for reactivation of
the airport as a jet base.
Morse, Neuberger Split Over Echo Park
Provides Conversation Piece for Gallery
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The split be
tween Sen. Wayne Morse and
Richard L. Nuberger on Neu-
berger's fight against Echo Park
dam in the Senate was the con
versation piece of the press gal
lery this past week.
It was not the first time Ore
gon's Democratic senators had
been found on opposite sides
of an issue in this congressional
session, but it was considered
the most dramatic issue, made
so by Neuberger himself. And
Morse let him down, easily but
flatly. . .....
The climax came in the Sen
ate as voting began on the upper
Colorado River reclamation
power projecta $1,600,000,000
authorization for federal . con
struction of dams and irrigation
units , in four Rocky Mountain
states. As a member of the Sen
ate Interior Committee that
heard testimony on . the" b il 1,
Neuberger voted in favor of
sending it to the floor, with one
reservation ;. against the . single
POLICE TO THE RESCUE Policeman John J. Brodley, trying to take off his coat,
dashes into the swollen Merrimack River at Lowell, Mass., to rescue Paul Kish, 14 (right
arrow). Two other policemen (left arrow) are swept downstream after futile efforts to
reach the ooy clinging to submerged limb of tree. The youth fell off a rait in vain
attempt to rescue his dog. The pet was not found.
Estimated 10,000
See Pear Blossom
Festival Parade
The largest parade crowd
Medford police officers can re
member estimated at as high as
10,000 people watched the an
nual Pear Blossom - Festival pa
rade yesterday afternoon. .... ;
Only' a few light sprinkles -of
rain fell not enough to. mar the
fun of the" big crowd nor the
hundreds of people who lined
Main st. to watch them go by.
93 Entries Judged
Long before the scheduled
starting time, 1 p.m., Main st.
was crowded, and by the time
the parade started, about 10
minutes past the hour the slight
delay was caused by the diffi
culty of judging the 93 entries
in the line of march), the spec
tators were two or three deep.
Three floats won $25 grand
sweepstakes awards. They were
those entered by the Medford
Lady Lions, for best design;
Royal Neighbors of America, for
best theme portrayal and orig
inality, and Medford Jaycees,
for best comic float. .
Big Appropriation
For Welfare Okayed
Salem (U.R) A bill appro
priating $31,150,032 for public
welfare was passed by the Ore
gon House Saturday with only
one dissenting vote.
The largest appropriation bill
to reach the floor of the House
this session encountered the ob
jections of Rep. G. D. Gleasfin
of Portland who said it provided
only enough money for "general
starvation."
Salem (U.R) An appropria
tion of $1,576,000 for Oregon
Technical Institute at Klamath
Falls was approved by the Ore
gon ' House Saturday without
argument. .
Echo Park dam that would par
tially . flood . Dinosaur National
Monument on the Utah-Colorado
border.
Going beyond the usual dis
sent, often registered by sen
ators, Neuberger wrote a
lengthy dissenting report in
which he warned that approval
of Echo Park dam would breach
the historic inviolability of the
national park system; and he
suggested this would lead to in
vasions of , C r a t e r Lake and
Olympic parks by-timber, graz
ing or other interests.
During his recent trip to Ore
gon, Neuberger announced for
mation of a committee of con
servationists to fight the Echo
Park project. He returned to
Washington I with both barrels
loaded. ':'
As debate on the big bill
opened, Neuberger jumped in
with his amendment to knock
out Echo Park dam but leave
the remainderof ' the bill in
tact. Next day he followed up
with a long verbal blast at the
project and .was challenged by ,
''f
fJeiv Extortion Threat
Reported in Portland
Portland U.R) Harried
police Saturday investigated an
other extortion threat here in
which a telephone caller de
manded $20,000 and menaced by
implication youngsters of f o u r
families Jncludjtog.fypse ,of .Jcw.Q
officials, of the Meier & Frank
Department store. . : .
Mrs. Smith Denies
Part in Slaying;
Victor Wolf Held
Portland (U.R) Mrs. Mar
jorie Smith, 35-year-old widow
of the Portland attorney who
was blown to , bits by a bomb
Thursday night, stuck steadfast
ly to her: denial of any part in
the crime Saturday despite in
tensive questioning by county
detectives.
The attractive brunette was
taken from Rocky Butte jail by
Detective Capt. Howard Kelly
for more questioning yesterday,
but their whereabouts was un
known. Confessed Killer Held
Meanwhile, Victor Lawrence
Wolf, 45, confessed killer, was
being held in the county court
house jail. He told police he and
Mrs. Smith planned the slaying
to collect $20,000 insurance on
her husband, 35-year-old Oliver
Kermit Smith.
. The pair have been charged
with first degree murder by Dist.
Atty. William B. Langley.
Smith was blown to bits Thurs
day night when he stepped on
the starter of his car. following
a "stag" party at the Columbia
Edgewater Country club.
mountain state senators. After
three days of debate the Sen
ate voted down his amendment
52-30 and galloped on to pass
the. bill, 58-23. - ... " i
; Through it all Wayne Morse
sat : silently,1 chatting amiably
with colleagues, sometimes with
Sen. Arthur Watkins (R-Utah),
who pushed as hard as anyone
for the project. Not until after
Neuberger had taken his lick
ing . did - Morse arise to "com
mend" his colleague's efforts
but to state that Neuberger just
didn't have the law on his side
this- time.. Morse said if Neu
berger's argument had had any
merit, he would have supported
it.-' - " ' .
Reportedly, there was more
to it than that, for there was
heavy pressure from pro-Hells
Canyon backers to head off the
Neuberger move in order to
win some mountain state votes
for' Hells Canj-on bill when it
comes up. That is, the argument
was being pressed that it was
more important to court good
will among Republicans such as ,
- . Mrs. Herbert Winfree, wife of
a Portland attorney, said a man
with a low-pitched voice called
her about 5 p.m. Friday' and said
she . was- to have the money by
Monday: The caller said she
would receive additional instruc-
nuns over ine weeit enu.
Children Threatened
By implication, she said,' the
anonymous "caller tnreatened to
harm her three children. Also in
eluded in the threat were the
children of Richard Frank, Jack
Meier and Police Chief Jim Pur-
cell Jr., all of whom live in the
Sylvan school district. Mrs. Win-
free is president of the Sylvan
school PTA.
It was the latest in a series of
threatening calls to persons and
schools in the Northwest since a
week ago Friday when a bomb
exploded in a third floor rest
room of the Meier & Frank De
partment store in what police
said was a $50,000 extortion
plot. Police said they could not
assume the calls were the work
of pranksters.
Started To Get Shaky
Mrs. Winfree said "I thought
the thing was crazy and I told
him this sounded like another
one of those bomb hoaxes." She
said the caller replied "Not with
the Meier, Frank and Purceil
children in your school, it's no
gag." Then, Mrs. Winfree said,
"I started-to get shaky."
Police promptly put the Win
free home under surveilance.
Police also reported that bomb
threatening calls were made to
the Sunset Fuel Company and
the J. J. Newberry- store yester
day. Earlier in the day, Lincoln
high school was evacuated while
authorities hunted a bomb a
caller said had been placed in the
cafeteria. : . 3
Dam Project
of Senate
Watkins of Utah who are recla
mation enthusiasts by backing
Echo Park dam than to satisfy
conservation groups by ' fight
ing what was regarded in ad
vance as a losing cause.'
This caught. the Oregon sena
tors in a heavy cross-wind, since
both are backers of Hells Can
yon and both regard themselves
as champions of conservation.
The directions in which they
separately chose to travel sug
gest their deepest inclinations.
. With virtually every conser
vation grouo in America op
pos2d to Echo Park dam, Neu
berger ran true to the form of
his journalistic efforts of past
years to take the lead against
that project.
With public power and Hells
Canyon dam at the top of his
list for presentation to the vot
ers when he comes up for re
election next fall, r Morse . went
along with the comprehensive
plan for development of the
upper Colorado without drop
ping the controversial Echo Park
site. . . , : ,
HI.S. Waits Chiang DcucDiuidledl;
Semi. (Seorsef avoirs
Red China Premier
Asks Negotiations
On Formosa Crisis
Says Nation Does Not
Want War With U.S.
Bandung, Indonesia (U.R)
Chinese Communist Premier
Chou en-Lai, in a complete re
versal of his position, Saturday
proposed direct negotiations be
tween Red China and the United
States on a settlement of the
Formosa crisis.
In a statement issued at the
29-nation African-Asian confer
ence here, Chou said the Chinese
Communists do not want war
with the United States.
Seeks to Relax Tension
He said he was willing to sit
down ' with American . officials
and discuss the "relaxation of
tension" in the Far East, and par
ticularly in the Formosa area.
The statement was issued by
a Chinese Communist spokesman
following an eight-nation meet
ing bringing together Chou and
representatives of the Philip
pines, Thailand, India, Ceylon,
Pakistan, Burma and Indonesia.
Abroad, Chou's offer was met
with cautious optimism in Lon
don and outright opposition in
Taipei. A Chinese Nationalist
spokesman . said the offer ap
peared to be a ''trick" , designed
to camouflage a Red military
buildup. .,
A Peiping government spokes
man, questioned about the state
ment, said Chou meant "direct
negotiations" between the Unit
ed States and Communist China,
and not a 10-power conference
as proposed by Russia.
, But the spokesman threw a
possible stumbling block In the
way of such a conference when
he said that Nationalist China
should not be represented at the
conference.
Spokesman Questioned :
The spokesman, public rela
tions officers Kang Mao Chao,
was asked whether he thought
Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-
shek should be at any such con
ference.
"I do not . think so no, no,'
he replied.
. It was the first conciliatory
statement made by Chou toward
the United States and he rep
resented a sudden and startling
change of form. ,
The Chinese Communists pre
viously had spurned all efforts
of the United Nations to arrange
a truce in the Formosa Straits.
They had even turned down Rus
sian and Indian efforts to get
them to open . negotiations on
Formosa. , - .
It was not known whether the
Philippines, Thailand or Pakis
tan, U. S. military allies who
were present at the lunch meet-
ing with Chou, would transmit
Chou's offer formally to the
United States. !r
The Chinese Communist pre
mier also advocated an immedi
ate truce in the world arma
ments race.
He called for an agreement
of the big powers on reducing
armed forces., as well as arms,
and a ban on production, stor
age and use of nuclear and other
mass destruction weapons.
Conference sources said Chou
also expressed willingness to
join with British Prime Minister
Anthony Eden in signing a joint
declaration supporting '"prin
ciples of co-existence."
Ed Boehnke Resigns;
State Republican Job
.Portland (U.R) Ed G. Boe
hnke, state Republican chairman
and national committeeman for
Oregon, resigned his state chair
man post Saturday effective May
21. . -
Boehnke, in a letter to the
state central ' committee today,
said "I find that I do not have
the time and energy to continue
as state chairman of the Republi
can party. Therefore, please ac
cept my resignation as of Satur
day, May 21st." v
The committee has been in-
struced to meet on that date to
fill , the vacancy. - : -.. ' .
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CHOU EN-LAI
Proposes Conference
Radford Arrives in
Formosa for Talks;
Fighting Increases
: Taipei (U.R) Fighting
flared in the Formosa Strait
Saturday amid preparations for
t6p-secret""tatkV netween'Gene
alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair
man of the U. S. joint chiefs of
staff. .
A Nationalist communique
said patrol planes heavily dam
aged five 50-ton ' landing craft
and one . gunboat west of the
mainland port of Amoy.
All Planes Return
The Air Force communique
reported heavy anti-aircraft fire
but said all Nationalist planes
returned safely. -The
Nationalist defense min
istry said Red artillery -based
at Amoy fired four rounds at
Tatan Island in the Quemoy
group. The communique said it
was the first Red shelling of the
Nationalist outpost since April
13. . .,. . -
Radford and Assistant Secre
tary of State Walter S. Robert
son arrived in Formosa at 8 p.m.
for important talks with Chiang
on the Formosa problem. In
formants said the Red Chinese
offer to negotiate also would be
examined, but .Nationalist
spokesmen , have made it clear
that Chiang will reject any ne
gotiations on Formosa unless the
Nationalists are represented.
On his. arrival, Robertson said:
"we came nere to taiK to a
good -friend and ally about mu
tual problems." Radford de
clined comment. :
Elk Sells Interest
In Oregon Veneer
George Flanagan, manager of
Elk Lumber company, Saturday
announced the sale of Elk's in
terest in . the Oregon Veneer
company, a recently-organized
firm. ,
The new company was or
ganized by Elk and the Medford
Veneer and Plywood Corp., of
which - Loren Haugen is presi
dent. Announcement of the or
ganization was made several
weeks ago. '
Flanagan said Elk has sold
all its interest in Oregon Veneer
to Medford Veneer and Plywood
Corp.; and-its interest in Med
ford Veneer and Plywood Corp.
to Loren Haugen. ,
Elk . Lumber company no
longer has any interest in or any
connection whatever with any
plywood company or venture at
White City. Neither does the
Elk Lumber company have any
obligation to furnish peeler logs
to any such company or ven
ture," Flanagan's statement said.
He added that Elk still plans
to construct and operate its own
plywood plant on its own pond
at Elk city, just as soon as, pos
sible after completion of a stud
mill now under construction. : ,
IPirarasall
Influential Demo,
State Department,
Differ Over Plan
Communists Challenged
To Produce US Airmen
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Walter F. George. (D-Oa.) said
Saturday night the United
States should accept the offer of
Chinese. Communist leader Chou .
En-lai to negotiate a Far East
ern peace settlement.
The influential chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
committee made his suggestion
only a few hours after the State
Department, h a d rejected any
negotiations with Red China un
less Nationalist China were in
eluded in the talks as "an
equal."
George, in an off-the-cuff
address before the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors, said
that when . Tied China shows a
willingness to talk, "this nation
should be big enough and strong
enough, through its highest of
ficials" to accept.
Would Be First Step '
George said such a conference
might not produce a final solu
tion. But he said it would be at
least a first step which could '
lead to further steps toward
"solution of some of the prob
lems of our times."
: "It is time we are relieving .
some of "tire tie n s i ons ottthtg I
world, if we can,", he said. ' .
; George said he did not know
how mucn sincerity was in the
offer of Chou En-lai. But he felt
the United States has a respon
sibility at least to explore the
matter.
George made no direct refer
ence to participation of Nation
alist China at the proposed talks.
But he did specify that the
United States should know what
its "friends think about the
trouble spots in the Far East; we
should not be unmindful of our
friends."
Calls for Release of Airmen ,
Aside from insisting upon par
ticipation of Nationalist China,
the State Department also chal
lenged Red China to prove the
sincerity of its offer by releas
ing imprisoned American airmen
and by accepting an invitation
from the United Nations Se
curity Council to participate in
discussions to end hostilities in
the Formosa area.
The department's statement
was issued after consultations
with President Eisenhower, who
was at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm. .
The statement was in reply to
Chinese Communist Premier
Chou En-lai's offer to negotiate
directly with the United States
on the Formosa crisis and other
Far Eastern tensions. Chou's :
offer was made in a statement
at the Afro-Asian conference in
Bandung, Indonesia.
George expressed belief that
the Chinese Communists leadr ' .
er's' proposal was prompted by
the pro-Western attitude he
found at the Bandung confer
ence.
Insist on Free China
The State Department made it
clear that Chiang Kai-shek's
representatives would have to
be included.
"In the Formosa region we
have an ally in the free Republic
of China," it said, "and of course
the United States would insist
on Free China participating as
an equal in any discussions con
cerning the area."
The statement said the
United States always welcomes
any efforts, if sincere, to bring
peace to the world." But it sug
gested Red China could take
concrete action ' to provide its
sincerity. ' -
State Salk Vaccine
Allocation Protested '
. Portland (U.R) The Stale
Board of Health said it was
protesting Oregon's allocation
of Salk polio vaccine which it
said was based on only 90 per
cent of eligible children. Dr.
Harold Erickson. state health '
officer, told county health of
ficers by letter that Oregon's
allocation is only 76,140 cubic
centimeters. He said the health
board figured a bare minimum
would require 81,758 cubic
centimeters. There was still
uncertainty as to when the
shipments would arrive. '
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