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Only about half of the first
and second graders in Jackson
county scheduled for Salk anti-
polio shots, are getting them, Dr,
A. E. Merkel, county health offi
cer, said this morning.
Yesterday, the first day for in
oculations through the program
for first and second graders, only
about 50 per cent of the young
sters originally signed up for the
vaccinations appeared, Dr. Mer
kel said.
This morning, when pupils
from five county schools came to
the courthouse to get their in
oculations, the number again was
pnly about half those who were
signed up originally.
Vaccine for 2nd Shots
Because of the heavy cancel
lation rate, the health officer in
dicated that the county already
may have enough vaccine to give
second shots to each youngster
inoculated during the first week.
In Portland, United Press re
ported that administrators
blamed confusion over use of the
revolutionary vaccine for the
withdrawal of parental consent
for the shots.
Originally, about 90 per cent
of the 3,008 first and second
Two More Truck
Firms Picketed
Los Angeles (U.R) The AFL
Tteamsters Union threw picket
lines around two more trucking
firms today as a six-day truck
ers strike virtually tied up all
long hauling throughout the
West. .
Both union and employers'
spokesmen said there was "little
hope" today for reopening nego
tiations which collapsed a week
ago when management refused
to meet demands for an imme
diate 10-cent an hour wage hike
and 8 cent increases the next two
years.
Employers reported pickets
were set up at two more firms
despite the union's contention
the strike was against three -major
companies.
The Progressive Transport
Co., a harbor hauler with two
big yards in Compton, Calif.,
and .the Robertson Truckaways
Inc., an automobile hauler, both
were picketed today.
Senate Sustains
Postal Pay Veto
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate today upheld President Eis
enhower's veto, of a bill which
would have given 500.000 postal
workers an average 8.8. per cent
pay increase.
The vote closely followed
party lines with most Republi
cans voting to sustain the veto
and most Democrats voting to
override. A two-thirds majority
was necessary to override the
veto.
The Vote was 54 for over
riding the veto, and 39 votes
against.
The Senate action killed the
bill and made a House vote on
the veto unnecessary. New legis
lation must be pushed through
Congress now if the postal work
ers are to receive a raise.
Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.)
announced he was ready to in
troduce a new bill, retroactive to
March 1, in line with adminis
tration proposals.
The Carlson bill would raise
postal pay an average of about
8 per cent.
Salem (U.R) Robert C. Gile,
state motor vehicle division su
pervisor under Secretary of
State Earl T. Newbry, is the
new president, of region four of
the American Association of
Motor Vehicle Administrators.
Informed Public Declared
Way To Win
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today said that
an informed public at home tnd
abroad is the "way to win the
war for peace."
He told the 33rd annual con
vention of the National Associa
tion of Radio and Television
Broadcasters that it has "never
been as important as it is today
that the American public is in
formed." Must Know Everything
He said Americans must know
about everything from a propos
ed four power conference to the
Indo-China crisis.
He said information media
from this country should also
help people abroad- understand
America.
The President said if he had
to choose between free commun
ication and some kind of world
government to enforce peace, h
IHIcdK off Mi
ieiirasi tossed
graders in Jackson county eligi
ble to receive vaccinations re
turned parental consent slips. If
the present rate of 50 per cent
withdrawals continues, only
about 1,350 ,or 45 per cent of
those eligible, will receive the
anti-polio inoculations.
Same in Portland
United Press reported that in
five Portland schools selected to
test the public response to the
mass inoculations, cancellation
Council, Budgeters
To Study Methods
To Balance Funds
The Medford city council and
citizens' budget committee will
discuss methods of balancing the
1955-56 budget at a meeting in
the council chambers at 7:30
p.m. today.
The joint meeting was called
because a special election to in
crease the city's tax base by
$65,000 annually could not be
held under the city charter. Such
an election will have to be held
at a general or primary election
City Attorney Frank Farrell
said. The next such election is
in May.
Budget Over Limit
A preliminary general fund
budget of $590,442 was submit
ted by City Manager Robert
Duff last month. The budget was
$31,750 over the amount allow
ed by the 6 per cent limitation
on increases.
The council tonight also will
consider a recommendation from
the planning commission that an
election be held as soon as pos
sible on annexation of areas
south of Medford so revenue
from the annexed sections may
be included in the 1955-56 budg
et.
Hell's Canyon Hearing
Scheduled June 29
Washington (U.R) A House
Interior Subcommittee will start
a three-day hearing June 29 on
bills to authorize construction of
a high government dam in Hells
Canyon, Chairman Wayne N. As
pinall announced today.
Meanwhile, a Senate Interior
Subcommittee scheduled a meet
ing for June 3 for action on a
similar bill. That subcommittee
completed public hearings on its
measure earlier this month.
Aspinall said the House sub
committee had allotted one day
each to officials of the interior
Department, proponents of the
bill and opponents. He said he
has no indication of the number
of persons who will seek to ap
pear. U.S. National Bank
Plans Ashland Branch
Portland (U.R) E. C. Sam
mons, president of the U.S. Na
tional bank, said today the bank
has received authority from the
comptroller of the currency to
establish a branch bank at Ash
land. Sammons said property has
been acquired on which the
bank plans to build a modern
structure. The new building will
be equipped with drive-up facil
ities and off-street parking.
Ellsworth's Measure
For Dams Approved
Washington (U.R) Rep. Har
ris Ellsworth's bill for construc
tion of Green Peter and Cougar
dams in Oregon won an OK
from a House public works sub
committee yesterday.
War for Peace
would "unhesitatingly choose
free communication."
He said everyone in the radio
and television field should think
of himself as a "crusader" to
help spread understanding of
what goes on! in the world.
The President said that as
long as radio and TV follow
the "normal rules" of decency
and good taste, he saw no rea
son why they could not be used
for the expression of "proper
opinion"' as do the editorial col
umns of newspapers.
Columns Belong to Public
Mr. Eisenhower recalled say
ing about newspapers, "The
news columns belong to the
public and the editorial page
belongs to the paper."
Mr. Eisenhower said this was
"an easy standard to follow"
and suggested that some such
formula be developed by the
broadcasting industry.
of consent slips ran high. At Ab
ernathy, 82 out of 132 eligibles
were given shots. At Arleta, 220
were eligible and 132 took the
shots; Robert Gray, 257 eligible,
157 shots; Portsmouth, 202 eligi
ble, 107 shots; Woodmere, 311 el
igible, 165 shots.
The first inoculation clinic in
Malheur county at Vale had 84
customers out of 244 children
registered. United Press quoted
Health Nurse Edna Ferris as say
ing "it was obvious that parents
had been caught up in the con
fusion injected throughout the
polio inoculation program."
Blame Idaho illnesses
She blamed the proximity of
Idaho, where polio incidence has
been high in recent weeks. Miss
Ferris said the reduced rate of
the shots would leave, enough
vaccine for both first and second
shots in Malheur county.
Some 73,000 students in Ore
gon are eligible for the shots,
with 17,000 of them in Multno
mah county. All vaccine used in
Oregon is from the Parke Davis
laboratories. No cases of polio
have followed its use anywhere
in the nation.
United States Eyes
Yugoslav Relations
Washington (U.R) The United
States appeared today to be tak
ing special pains to bolster U.S.
Yugoslavia relations on the eve
of a visit to top Soviet officials
to Belgrade.
The move is designed to
strengthen Marshal Tito's hand
when he meets later this month
with Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin and Nikita S. Khrush
chev, boss of the Russian Com
munist Party. The United States
doesn't want Yugoslavia falling
for Soviet wooing.
The Yugoslavs already have
assurred the United States they
will not swerve from their past
policy of independence despite
the dramatic decision of the So
viet leaders to end their dispute
with Tito.
Yugoslavia, an ant i-Soviet
Communist nation, has followed
an independent line since 1948
when it broke with Moscow. But
the Russians and the West re
cently have engaged in a tug-of-war
over the Balkan prize.
Edith Green's Bill
Favors Orientals
Washington (U.R) Rep.
Edith Green (D-Ore.) said today
she has introduced legislation to
grant legal residence n this
country to two Orientals.
One bill put before Congress
by Mrs. Green would permit
Yee Loy Foo, Portland, to re
main in the United States as a
legal resident. Though born in
China, he served two years in
the American Army. '
Another bill would permit
Mrs. KorikuKato, 70 - year - old
mother of Hawleh H. Kato,
Gresham, to come to this country
from Japan so that her son may
care for her. She now lives alone
in Hiroshima, Mrs. Green said.
Lake o' Woods Road
To Be Open Saturday
Ashland (U.R) The Jack
son county portion of the Dead
Indian road from Ashland to
Lake of the Woods will open this
Saturday, the Jackson county
court said today. Klamath coun
ty will have its portion of the
road cleared of snow by that date
also, the court said.
Crippled Freighter
Towed Into Coos Boy
Coos Bay (U.R) The 175
foot Costa Rican freighter Rican
Star, loaded with 9724 cases of
dynamite, was towed into Coos
Bay yesterday after she reported
she was breaking up in heavy
seas off Cape Blanco, Ore.
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WARRING ON ARMY for refusing to give up soldier accused of assault on 16-year-old girl,
Winthrop, Mass., police set up road block at entrance of Fort Banks, searching every car enter
ing or leaving post. Army officials said they had "no comment" to make on feud. InUrnationail
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United Press Flu
50th Year 20 Pages
Dulles Rejects German Neutrality
Russian Proposal
Brings Objection
From Government
West Germans
Ponder Statement
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles said
today this government rejects
the neutral role proposed for
Germany by Russia.
Dulles said at a news confer
ence that, with President Eisen
hower's approval, he so inform
ed West German Ambassador
Heinz Krekeler last Friday. The
West Germans had wondered
whether an Eisenhower news
conference statement last week
meant the United States might
support neutrality for them.
Role Said Unrealistic
The secretary said Mr. Eisen
hower authorized him to say no
such interpretation should be
put on his remarks. Dulles told
newsmen it would be unrealistic
to impose a neutral role on a na
tion as big as Germany. He also
said:
1. Recent events, including the
proposal for a Big Four heads
of government meeting, bring
"vast new opportunities" if the
West remains united and. strong.
But he added that Soviet tactics
involve "some risks to free na
tions" unless they maintain
their strength and stick togeth
er. Would Be Surprised
-2. He will be surprised if the
Russians actually try to change
Allied terms for the Big Four
meeting. That was his reply to
a Pravda editorial accusing the
United States of making "unrea
sonable demands" about the
place and duration of the heads
of government meeting. The
United States wants to keep it
short and general
3. He expects Big Four For
eign ministers to meet in San
Francisco in June to discuss
plans for the proposed heads
of government meeting. The 10th
anniversary of the United Na
tions is being celebrated in San
Francisco June 20-26.
17 Escape Injury
As Fire Levels Homes
Pendleton (U.R) Seven
teen persons escaped injury to
day when fire destroyed three
small houses in the community
of Reith, about three miles west
of here.
The fire, of undetermined ori
gin, broke out about 5:30 a.m.
The houses were located close
together.
Destroyed were the homes of
Mr. and Mrsr Clarence Ellery
and their four children; Mr. and
Mrs. Vern Williams, and Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Graves, who have
one child. Six guests were at the
Graves home.
Jack Mood's Condition
Declared 'Improved'.
Eugene (U.R) Hospital at
tendants said today the condi
tion of Jack Moad, Medford, a
University of Oregon shot-put
ace, was "improved." Moad was
stricken with polio last week.
Attendants said he may not re-J
quire an iron lung.
Washington U.R) President
Eisenhower will not hold a news
conference this week.
JRD, OREGON,
SHIP OF FUTURE This artist's conception of nuclear-powered "Ship of. Future,"
conceived by Bethlehem Steel Co. engineers, was unvelied at Rockefeller Plaza in
New York during ceremonies marking National Maritime Day. Painting depicts a
sleek, 600-foot American-flag passenger-cargo ship capable of transporting five hun
dred passengers in comfort and safety to farthest reaches of the globe. .
OK of Committee
Expected on Mining
Law Change Bill
A committee of Congress was
expected to act favorably today
on a bill to prevent the fraudu
lent use of mining claims in the
national forests, according to
word received here from Wash
ington.
A subcommittee of the House
interior committee last Friday
approved the bill, which has sup
port from most of the interests
involved in the problem, and full
committee is expected today.
A subcommittee of the House
interior committee last Friday
approved the bill, which has
support from most of the inter
ests involved in the problem,
and full committee is expected
today.
A number of identical bills to
solve the problem have been in
troduced by various members of
congress, among them Rep. Har
ris Ellsworth of this district. He
sponsored similar legislation re
garding bureau of land manage
ment lands in 1948, which was
adopted.
Urges Passage
Ellsworth appeared before the
subcommittee last week urging
passage of the bill, and pointed
out that he has received a large
volume of correspondence favor
ing the 'measure, and none op
posing it.
The bill would give holders
of mining claims subsurface
rights only, except for such tim
ber as may be needed in mining
operations.
It is thought that the measure
would end such claims as have
in the past tied up thousands of
acres of national forest land so
that the forest service cannot
administer them on the same
basis as unclaimed lands, includ
ing timber sales and recreational
uses.
Weather
FORECAST: Clcarinc and colder
tonight with danser of freeze
in colder snots. Fair and
warmer Wednesday. Low to
night 35-37; high Wednesday
64-74, except 60 on coast.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 70
Lowest this Morning 49
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01
United
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1955
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2 Portland Brothers
Get Suspended Terms
For Hit-Run Accident
Two Portland men, held here
since April 29 in connection with
a hit-run accident near Talent,
received suspended prison terms
this morning in circuit court.
They are Claude Richard Day,
23, charged with failure to stop
and render aid at the scene of
an accident, and Jack LeRoy
Day, 18, charged with failure to
stop at the scene of an accident
where bodily injury is involved.
Claude Richard Day received
a suspended five-year sentence,
Truckers To Protest
Jobless Pay Decision
Portland (U.R) The Team
sters union said today that it
would appeal a decision which
denies nonstriking members in
the current trucking tieup the
right to unemployment pay.
Silas P. Gaiser, administrator
of Oregon's unemployment com
pensation law, said workers di
rectly involved benefits whether
it is a 6trike or lockout.
Clyde C. Crosby, international
representative of the union here,
said the union would fight the
decision as soon as one member
is denied compensation.
The Teamsters union in Ore
gon has struck three firms and
37 others have shut down opera
tions on grounds a strike against
one is a strike against all.
Ashland School Vote
Approves J 955 Budget
Ashland A light turnout of
voters yesterday approved, 148
to 44. the 1955-56 budget for Ash
land School District 5.
The total tax levy called for
in the budget is $516,530, of
which S398.530 is for operation
of the schools, and $118,000 for
payments on bonds. The amount
outside the 6 per cent limitation,
requiring' an approving vote of
residents of the district, is $278,
038. The principal reason for in
creases in the budget is for add
ed teachers at the elementary,
junior high and high schools.
Man Suffers Cut Jaw
When Hit by Assailant
William Freeman Scruggs,
814 West 14th st., Medford, suf
fered a cut jaw about 11:20 pm.
yesterday when he was assault
ed by an. unidentified person
prowling around his car which
was parked in front of' 515
South Grape st.
Scruggs told police he saw a
bicycle lying on its side near
the car, and thought the rider
had fallen and was injured. He
told police that when he went
around the car, a man rose from
a crouched position and struck
him in the face, then fled.
Portland (U.R) Marshall N.
Dana, Portland bank official,
has been named chairman of the
recreation subcommittee of the
Columbia Basin Inter-agency
Committee.
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and Jack LeRoy Day received a
suspended three-year term.
Pleaded Guilty
The two men pleaded guilty to
the charges. A motion asking
for an, order permitting them to
withdraw the pleas and to sub
stitute pleas of innocent was de
nied.
The charges were the out
growth of an accident on April
14 in which Mrs. Ruby May
Bartley, 55, Talent, a pedestrian,
was struck by an auto and se
riously injured. She is still hos
pitalized. The Days were arrest
ed in Los Angeles and were ex
tradited here.
Others appearing in circuit
court this morning were Berke
ley Wayne Keller, 33, Box 101,
Trail; Lewis Frederick Davies,
30, Central Point Market rd.,
and Allen Robert Rogers, 30,
Tacoma, Wash.
Keller was placed on three
years probation on a charge of
grand larceny. Davies received
a three-year term in Oregon
state prison on a charge of re
ceiving stolen property. Rogers
was given a three-year term in
state prison on a charge of burg
lary not in a dwelling.
Crews Patching Main
Street; Painting Due
State highway department
crews this week are patching
and repaving Main street. Earlier
this month the department patch
ed and re-paved sections of Cen
tral ave.
Medford Public Works Direc
tor Vernon Thorpe said city
crews would paint crosswalks
on Central ave. soon, and con
tinue re-painting other cross
walks throughout the city white
to conform with a recent change
by the state highway depart
ment. The department is chang
ing from yellow to white paint
highway center lines to conform
with surrounding states.
Jobless Compensation
Bill Signed by Patterson
Salem (U.R) Although it
contains features which Gov.
Paul L. Patterson said "are ob
jectionable to me," he today sign
ed Senate bill 465 making
changes in the ' unemployment
compensation - bills before the
1955 Legislature. It was one on
which Hojjse and. Senate did not
get together until the closing
minutes of session. ,
Gov. Patterson said that the
worst of the features objection
able to him was in his opinion
"the provision for forfeiture of
eight weeks of a claimant's bene
fits in the event that he shall be
discharged for cause, quit with
out cause, or shall refuse to take
suitable work.
"The great difficulty with this
provision is the impossibility of
clearly determining when these
conditions exist, and injustices
are bound to occur. A great ma-
jority of cases are of such nature
that it is impossible to determine
Pravda Editorial
Intensifies Drive
For Neutral Nation
Grave Consequences
Hinted in Warning
Rome U.R) Soviet Russia
intensified its drive to establish
a "neutral" Italy by warning to
day that "grave consequences"
may follow if the United States
carries out plans to .base Ameri
can soldiers here.
The Soviet Communist party
newspaper Pravda fired an edi
torial broadside against the ha
rassed government of Premier
Mario Scelba and Moscow radio
beamed it abroad in the growing
campaign to "keep the Yanks
out" of Italy.
There were reports American
troops would be shifted to the
north of Italy from Austria
when four-power occupation of
that country ends.
Premier Firm
Despite the bitter Communis
tic propaganda blasts, the hard
pressed Red-busting Premier
was reported sticking firmly to
his position that Italy must con
tinue to march as a North At
lantic Treaty Organization allv
of the West.
The Communist campaign was
an open attempt to extend be
hind the NATO front lines the
"neutrality" Austria accepted in
exchange for freedom from mili
tary occupation, informed poli
tical quarters said.
Linked With Belgrade Visit
They linked it with this
week's visit to Belgrade by a So
viet delegation and predicted the
high Russian leaders would try
to lure Marshal Tito into a neu
tralist buffer zone between West
ern Europe and the Soviet satel
lites. It was also linked with Rus
sia's attempts to make German
neutrality the price of its unifi
cation. Pravda cited "press reports"
that the American tr.oop shift
was being planned and- said,
"There can hp nn HniiVit that
such a measure would increase
the danger of Italy's involve
ment in military adventures
fraught with grave conse
quences." Attack Reprinted
Communist newspapers here
carried the Moscow dispatches
on the Pravda attack. Non- Com
munist newspapers front-paged
stories of a $50,000,000 loan
signed over to Italy yesterday
by U. S. Ambassador Clare
Boothe Luce.
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Moscow turned on the heat as
the Chember of Deputies met to
consider a rightist motion of no
confidence in the government of
the pro-American Premier. Indi
cations were the vote would be
postponed until after important
regional elections in Sicily
June 5.
Sfeelworkers Strike
At Kaiser Plant
Spokane (U.R) CIO steel
workers walked off the job at
Kaiser Aluminum company's
Mead reduction works early to
day in a dispute involving the
firing of three union members.
The workers, members of lo
cal 329, struck shortly after mid
night and left only enough em
ployees at the plant to keep the
potlines hot. About 1800 work
ers are .involved. Picket lines
were set up. '
-A union bulletin said the
strike was sanctioned by the in
ternational. Austin Smith, inter
national appeals representative,
said the firing constituted a vi
olation of the work contract.
The company said the three
men referred to had been given
a suspension prior to their dis
charge last Friday ,for refusing
to do work which was included
in their regular job duties.
with any degree of certainty the
true facts," he said.
"I believe, further, that if a
man leaves his " work without
cause, or be discharged for
cause, and then shall actively
seek work for .a period of eight
weeks, during which time he re
ceives no benefits, that he has
suffered sufficient penalty to de
ter him from taking either of the
steps just to obtain unemploy
ment compensation. If a man has
actively sought work for a per-ior-
of eight weeks, I feel that
he should be entitled to the bene
fits of the act he has qualified
for in his base year, without for
feiture of any portion thereof."
The measures which the governor-
signed into law today in
creases maximum benefits from
$25 a week to $35. But observers
here have said it narrows the
number of those eligible to re
ceive unemployment compensa