FOREIG
GAitas support
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower's $3,530,000,000 for
eign aid request appeared today
to have picked up powerful sup
port.
The House Foreign Affairs
Committee opened hearings on
the presidential program with
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles as the first witness today.
Chairman James R. Richards
aid he was confident the com
mittee would give Mr. Eisen
hower most of what he wants to
bolster the United States at the
forthcoming Big Four confer
ence with Russia.
"In our whole ideological con
flict with Russian Communism,
the South Carolina Democrat
told newsmen, "there never has
ben a more critical time than
right now."
Richards, who has supported
tome cuts in foreign aid in prev
ious years, said "no doubt there
will be an effort to cut in some
categories. But in view of the
serious situation in the world
.today, I am confident the com
mittee will not cut the bill dras
tically." The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, meanwhile, has fin
ished hearings on the bill and is
scheduled to start voting on it
later this week, probably Thurs
day. .
Despite Richards prediction,
parts of the bill faces some rough
going In the House committee.
Rep. Albert P. Morano (R
Conn.) said he generally sup
ported the bill but was "skepti
Tire and Battery
Firm Picks Medford
Establishment in Medford of
a major distribution center for
tires and batteries was announc
ed today by Edward W. Peck,
of Peck Bros., Portland, head of
the firm.
A 2l-acre site has been pur
chased on the Crater Lake high
way near Delta Waters rd., he
said, and ground was to-be brok
en today for construction of the
building. He said some $100',000
will be invested here in the
building, and that eventually
some 12 to 15 men will be em
ployed in Medford by the firm.
Harold Gregory, a resident of
Medford for about five years
who Jias represented the firm!
here, will be manager of the I
branch center, Peck reported.
The building will be construct
ed by James A- Elliott, Medford
contractor.
Charg
Suspe
e is Dismissed;
ct Rearrested
- A charge of burglary against
Clifford Quentin Gee, 29 was dis
missed in circuit court today,
but he was immediately rear
rested on another charge.
The burglary case was dis
missed when testimony could not
be obtained from one witness
and two others were unavail
able. Hubert G. Green, brought
here from the state prison where
he is serving a term for his part
in burglarizing a Rogue River
residence last . September, re
fused to give testimony.
Gee was rearrested and was
to be arraigned in district court
today on a charge of receiving
and concealing stolen 'property,
according to Deputy District At
torney Gene Piazza.
Gee's address is listed as Har
lon, in Lincoln county, Oregon.
Newspaperman Flown
To Portland Tuesday
E. C. Ferguson, managing edi
tor of the Mail Tribune, was
taken to Portland in a Mercy
Flights air ambulance plane late
yesterday. He had been hospital
. ized at Sacred Heart here, and
was transferred to Providence
hospital in Portland for diagno
sis and treatment.
Mrs. Ferguson accompanied
him on the trip. They were met
In Portland by Mrs. Ford Knud
son, Astoria, their daughter.
George Milligan was pilot on
f the flight, which left here about
5:45 p.m. The patient was the
353rd carried by the non-profit
air ambulance corporation since
it started service in January,
1950.
Astoria (U.R) First of hali
but deliveries since the season
opened May 12 arrived here this
week.
Hatfield Launches Movement To Promote
Paul Hoffman for GOP Vice President
Pendleton (U.R) Oregon
State Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Sa-lem)
today launched a movement
to promote Paul G. Hoffman as
vice-presidential candidate on
the 1956 Republican ticket
Hatfield, dean of students at
Willamette University and one
oi the early supporters of Dwight
D. Eisenhower for the Republi
can presidential nomination, sug
gested the Hoffman candidacy in
a speech today before the Pen
J EDI
call" about continued aid to
Yugoslavia. He said he also
wanted to be "absolutely cer
tain" that aid for Israel and the
Arab states will not promote
more tension in that part of the
world.
Burke Nominated
To Be Chief of
Naval Operations
Washington (U.R) Rear
Adm. Arleigh A. (31-Knot)
Burke was nominated by Pres
ident Eisenhower today to suc
ceed Adm. Robert B. Carney as
chief of naval operations.
Burke, 53, was nominated for
a two-year term, with the rank
of full admiral, starting Aug.
16.
Mr. Eisenhower nominated
Adm. Arthur W. Radford for an
other two-year term as chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Gen. Nathan F. Twining was
nominated for reappointment for
a two-year term as Air Force
chief of staff.
In picking Burke, Mr. Eiseri
hower jumped the famous World
War H destroyer leader over 90
admirals, vice admirals and rear
admirals who ranked ahead of
him in seniority.
Near Retirement Age
The White House said Carney,
who was 60 last March, would
have been unable to fill out an
other full two-year term prior to
reaching normal Navy retire
ment age.
Normal retirement age in the
Navy is 60, but with special
action by the Secretary of Navy
this can be extended to the age
of 62. This obviously will be
done later for Radford who is
now 59. Twining is 57.
Carney is the second member
of the present Joint Chiefs of
Staff to be speeded toward re
tirement after getting into pub
lic controversy. The other is
Gen. Matthew B.Ridgway, who
disagreed with Army manpow
er cuts imposed by the adminis
tration.
Rail Car Shortage
Under Discussion
Portland (U.R) A shortage of
railroad cars was reported tday
as the West Coast Lumbermens
Association's car supply commit
tee went into an emergency ses
sion to discuss the situation.
Fear was expressed that a
slowdown in shipping of Oregon
lumber and farm products would
result.
There has been a shortage of
class A and double-door cars for
several weeks and common box
cars appeared on the short side
this week with the supply about
10 per cent short of require
ments. Railroad officials said the
situation could grow worse un
less more . empty cars are re
ceived from the midwest.
Yesterday an estimated 500
cars of all types arrived here,
compared to a normal 700 to 800
car need.
Congress Starts Anew
On Postal Pay Bill
Washington (U.R) Congress
started from scratch again today
on postal pay legislation be
cause the Senate sustained Pres
ident Eisenhower's veto of the
first Democratic-s ponsored
effort.
Chairman Olin D. Johnson (D
S.C.) called the Senate Post Of
fice and Civil Service Commit
tee into a morning session to
work on another bill.
Mr. Eisenhower's first veto of
the Democratic-controlled 84th
Congress was put to a vote in
the Senate late Tuesday. There
were 54 votes to override and
39 to sustain, the majority being
eight short of the two-thirds
needed to overrun a veto.
Three More Bills
Signed by Patterson
Salem (U.R) Bills to ban
wire tapping by private detec
tives or persons bent on black
mail; to make an appeal to the
Supreme Court automatic in
case of death sentence; and to
establish the Oregon state cor
rectional institution were signed
today by Gov. Paul L. Patterson.
dleton Rotary club.
He suggested that Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon be made
a special ambassador-at-large
"with responsibilities for build
ing good will throughout the
world."
Hatfield told the Rotarians
that Hoffman, former head of the
ECA and the Ford Foundation
and a " Studebaker executive,
"has proved both his ability and
integrity and . . . would be en
Me
Unfed Press Hull Leased
Wire
50th Year
Pressure Claimed
To Permit Cutter
To Make Vaccine
Charge Brings Denial
By Hobby Assistant
Washington (U.R) Rep. Ar
thur C. Klein (D-N.Y.) said today
he had information from a repu
table source that a "very, very
prominent politician from Cali
fornia" brought pressure on Wel
fare Secretary Oveta Culp Hob
by regarding licensing of the
Cutter Laboratories to produce
Salk polio vaccine.
Assistant Welfare Secretary
Roswell B. Perkins denied "cate
gorically" that this was so.
"On the basis of information
available to me, that is abso
lutely false," Perkins said.
Exchange at Hearing
The exchange took place at a
hearing by the House Interstate
Commerce Committee on bills
to authorize a government out
lay of $28,000,000 for Salk vac
cine for children unable to pay
and to set up new standby con
trols over distribution and manu
facture of the vaccine.
Cutter was one of six manu
facturers licensed to produce the
Salk vaccine. Sixty cases of polio
have developed in persons who
were inoculated with the Cutter
produced vaccine.
The Public Health Service
said yesterday that there was
"presumptive evidence" that two
lots of the Cutter vaccine caused
polio in the cases. In all, Cutter
had released nine lots.
Assumed Contaminated
Surgeon General Leonard A.
Scheele elaborated today on the
"presumptive evidence" against
the Cutter vaccine, telling the
committee: "We can assume that
two lots were in some way con
taminated." He said "most" of the 56 para
lytic polio cases that have oc
curred among children inocu
lated with Cutter vaccine have
been identified with these two
lots.
Dr. W. H. Sebrell, director of
the National Institutes of Health,
went into a bit more detail. He
said most of the Cutter cases
have been further traced to two
"filling lots" the portions of
a batch of vaccine that was plac
ed in vials in a particular oper
ation. He explained that there
are about four "filling lots" to
each manufacturer's batch of
vaccine.
Mishap in Bottling
This might be taken as evi
dence . that the mishap, if any,
took place not during the manu
facture of the vaccine but during
the manufacture of the vaccine
but during the bottling, Sabrell
indicated. But he quickly added
that there is still no definite
proof that there was any aci
dent in the Cutter plants at all.
Sebrell said in response to
questions that "from all the in
formation we have, I think the
Salk vaccine is a good vaccine
. . . There is nothing the matter
with the Salk formula."
When Klein asked if Cutter
had been "in trouble" before,
Food and Drug Commissioner
George P. Larrick rose in the
audience to reply that the firm
seven years ago had run afoul
of the food and drug laws in
connection with an intravenous
solution, and that "the product
was removed from the market
and a criminal information was
filed."
He said prior to that, time
Cutter "a number of times" had
had difficulties with Food and
Drug but not in matters affect
ing the public health. Almost all
drug manufacturers have had
such difficulties, he said.
Medford Police Chief
Named by FBI Associates
Medford Police Chief Charles
Champlin was elected president
of the Oregon chapter of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Academy associates at
a meeting in Portland recently.
Chief Champlin graduated
from the academy in 1953 at its
51st session. The associates are
graduates of the academy.
thusiastically received by mil
lions of Americans in all walks
of life."
Hatfield said the nomination
of Hoffman "would have the ad
vantage of a California resident
without the disadvantage of plac
ing one arch rival above anoth
er each with presidential ambi
tions." He said he referred to
Nixon and to Sen. William
Knowland, Republican leader in
the Senate. -
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Annexat'
fJeeess'
Over 3,000 Acres
Involved in Areas
Up for Annexation
Residents In and Out
Of City To Cast Votes
An election on annexation of
two areas to Medford was order
ed last night by the city council.
The areas involved total some
3,000 acres, with an estimated
2,500 population. One large area
is south of Medford, and the
other involves a few blocks in
the Laurelhurst addition, part
of which is already inside the
city limits.
Tne election will give resi
dents of the areas proposed for
annexation an opportunity to ex
press their desires, and at the
same, time will give residents
of the city a chance to pass on
the proposal. If the proposal is
defeated by either group, an
nexation cannot take place.
To Prepare Documents
City Attorney Frank Farrell
was instructed last night to pre
pare the legal documents for
the election, and to have them
ready at next Tuesday's council
meeting. The election will be
held as soon as possible.
Mayor Earl Miller, in asking
approval of the annexation rec
ommendation of the planning
commission, said "The time has
come for us to take -action," and
added, "I think the people with
in the district realize their sani
tary conditions" and other prob
lems would be eased by annex
ation. The planning commission re
cently advised the annexation
election be held prior to the
closing of the budget" so that
new revenue from annexation
may be included in budget for
1955-56.
Mayor Miller asked City Man
ager Robert Duff to divide the
proposed area into four or five
districts to compile financial sta
tistics on each, to determine the
additional cost to the city com
pared with estimated revenue
from the district.
A city budget was adopted by
the budget committee last night,
but no special provisions were
made should annexation of the
proposed area be authorized by
the voters. Duff said city ser
vice would be extended into the
area as soon and as efficiently as
possible after annexation.
Several sections within the
proposed annexation area have
petitioned to be annexed be
cause of adverse sanitary sew
er conditions in developing sub
divisions. Area Told
The Laurelhurst addition an
nexation proposal includes that
area in the addition which is
not now within the city limits
and about 200 feet north of Stev
ens st. between Wabash ave. and
Crater Lake rd.
Residents of the area petition
ed the council to be annexed re
cently, but an election will be
needed because 100 per cent of
the property owners did not
sign the petition.
(See Other Council Story
On Page 1)
Nurserymen's Group
Sets Convention Here
An Oregon Nurserymen's as
sociation convention will be hejd
in Medford June 27 at the Jack
son hotel, J. Vernon Marshall,
of Marshall Nursery and Florist
shop, announced today.
About 100 nurserymen from
throughout the state are expected
to attend the session.
Jack Moad Declared
Past Critical Stage
Eugene (U.R) Jack Moad,
Medford, University of Oregon
shotput ace stricken with polio
last week, was reported past the
critical stage today.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Washington 2 3 1
New York . 6 8 1
McDermott, Ramos (6), Ab
ernalhy (7) and Fitzgerald;
Turley and Berra.
NATIONAL
(First Game)
St. Louis ...... 0 4 1
Chicago 1 5 0
Jackson, La Palme (8) a n 3
Rice, Saxni (7); Minntr and
Chili.
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SIX EAGLE SCOUTS Five boys who Mon
day night were awarded their Eagle badges,
highest in Scouting, are shown being congrat
ulated by their scoutmaster, Dr. William H.
Roberts, himself an Eagle Scout. Left to right
they are Dr. Roberts, Sam Jennings, Dick and
Jim Corum, twins; Mike Roberts, son of Dr.
Elderly Couple Get
Bomb Threat; Police
Believe Call a Hoax
An elderly couple became the
victims of Medford's second
bombing threat last night. Like
the earlier one, city police
termed it a hoax.
The threat last night was at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James
M. Ambrose, 832 West 13th st.
Mrs. Ambrose, who is 71, an
swered the telephone. She told
police a male voice said. "Your
house is going to be bombed to
night at 11."
Police were stationed at, the
home, and officers patroled the
area throughout the night. There
were no immediate leads as to
the perpetrator of the crime.
Stay With Relatives
Mrs. Ambrose reported the
threat to police at 7:39 p.m. She
and her husband, who is 74, were
staying with relatives in town
today.
District Attorney Walter Nun-
ley has warned hoaxters that
threatening the commission of a
felony is a crime, punishable by
a maximum term of five years in
the state prison.
Police said the threat was sim-
Big Four Conference
May Be At Lausanne
Washington (U.R) The White
House said today that the Big
Four heads of government meet
ing may be held at Lausanne,
Switzerland, July 18-21.
But it emphasized that the
time and place have not yet been
officially proposed and that sev
eral other alternatives are under
consideration.
The allies are not expected in
any case to make a formal time-
place proposal to Russia until
some time after tomorrow's elec
tion in Great Britain.
It is quite possible, officials
said, that the East and West will
not get together on the issue
until the Big Four foreign min
isters confer on it at San Fran
cisco during the June 20-26 cere
monies celebrating the 10th an
niversary of the United Nations.
First FcJrest Lookout .
Placed by Patrol Here
. The state forest patrol placed
a fire lookout today on Mt. Isa
belle between Jacksonville and
Applegate.
Whether other lookouts will be
stationed on peaks in the area
during the next few days de
pends on the weather, the patrol
headquarters here reported. The
office said that current cool,
damp weather has "calmed the
situation somewhat. Some roads
to lookout stations have not
dried out
JN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1955
& Budget Elections Declared
Council; Dates Still To Be Set
ilar to the one last Friday, when
an unidentified man telephoned
Brown's Cafe and Lounge, 101
East Main st., and threatened
bombing. In each case police
found no hidden bomb, nor any
evidence that the threat was ser
ious. The two crimes have followed
a series of threats, hoaxes, and
three actual bombings which
have kept police authorities in
Oregon and Washington on the
jump recently. .
Committee Approves
Mining Claims Bill
Washington (U.R) The
House Interior committee yes
terday approved a bill to outlaw
filing of mining claims sought
for the value of timber on the
land, or for "nuisance" or resort
purposes.
The bill, introduced by Rep.
Walter Rogers (D-Tex.), would
restrict new claims to "pros
pecting, mining or processing
operations and uses reasonably
incident thereto."
It would outlaw new claims
based on deposits of common
sand, gravel and stone, and
would allow the government to
dispose of such materials, and
timber, from the claims.
A procedure would be set up
by which holders of present
claims would surrender surface
rights to the government.
A half dozen other congress
men, including Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.), introduced similar bills.
Jackson Students
Get Polio Shots
Jackson school first and sec
ond graders today received Salk
anti-polio shots, but Dr. Merkel,
county health officer, said the
number being inoculated is about
half the number who signed up
originally.
Monday and yesterday, the
first two days of the week-long
inoculation program, only about
50 per cent of the children who
originally scheduled shots re
ceived them.
About 90 per cent of the 3,008
firsthand second graders in Jack
son county eligible for vaccina
tions had parental consent slips
originally.
Tomorrow vaccinations will
be : given at Central Point for
students from Prospect, Shady
Cove, Eagle Point, Gold Hill,
Lone Pine, Howard, and Central
Point. Shots also will be given
students at Washington school,
Phoenix and Talent
Price 5c
Roberts, and Dick Guches. All are members
of Troop 9, of which Dr. Roberts has been
scoutmaster for about seven years. In the past
few years 16 members of the troop have
earned Eagle badges, a record far surpassing
the national average.
(Brainerd photo)
Five Boy Scouts
Earn Eagle Badges
At Troop 9 Event
Five boys earned the Eagle
badge, highest in Boy Scout
work, at a Troop 9 court of honor
Monday evening.
One of them, Mike Roberts,
son of Dr. and Mrs. William H.
Roberts, is the third member of
the Roberts family to receive the
award. The others are Dr. Rob
erts himself, who is also scout
master of the troop, and another
son, Bill, who received his badge
five years ago.
Others Get Badges
Other scouts receiving the
highest " honor Monday were
James and Dick Corum, twin
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
Corum; Sam Jennings, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jennings, and
Dick Gutches, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Chester Gutches.
The five Eagle badges brought
the total for Troop 9 to 16 within
the past few years. There are
44 members of the troop. The na
tional average of Eagle badges
to scouts is about one in each 500
to 600 scouts.
Burmese Visit
An international touch in Mon
day's court of honor ceremonies
was the participation of two
Burmese, Maung Thein Nyun
and Ko-Tun-O, dressed in native
scout uniforms. The Burmese,
who are visiting Jackson county
families on an International
Farm Youth Exchange program,
briefly outlined scout activities
in Burma.
Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president
of the Southern Oregon college
at Ashland, presented the badges
and C. A. McDougall was judge
of the court of honor. Other
members of the court were Dr.
Abner Clark, Harry Barneburg,'
Bob Church and Jim Grigsby.
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with
a few lijht showers tonight
and early Thursday becom
ing partly cloudy Thursday
afternoon. Low tonight 48.
High Thursday 7.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 67
Lowest this Morning : 44
Pree. to 10 a.m. Today. Trace.
Thornton Rules Oregon Law
Means All Trees Taxable
Salem (U.R) Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton said
today that the word 'trees' as
used in Oregon law for taxation
purposes means all types and not
just standing timber. ' ;
In an opinion requested by the
State Tax commission, Thornton
held that a difinition limited to
standing timber" would result
in exemption of - orchard and
United Pre Full Leased Wire
No. 56
Spending Proposal
$47,107 Over Limit;
Voter OK is Asked
Additional Amount
Said Need of City '
A city budget for 1955-56
totaling $639,549 was presented
to the city council by the citi
zens budget committee last
night.
The proposal is $49,107 more
than is permitted under the con
stitution approval of the voters,
and the city council decided to
call a special election to seek
approval of this amount.
Mayor Earl Miller this morn
ing pointed out that the amount
is relatively small, but that it .
is needed for progress and to
keep city services operating at
their present level.
Public Hearing Set
Ordinances setting up the elec
tion will be presented to the
council next week, and a public
hearing on the budget will be
held before the election.
Earlier, it had been planned
to call for a vote on increasing
the city's tax base by some $65,-
000, but City Attorney Frank
Farrell -ruled this was impos
sible at a time other than a gen
eral or primary election. In ad
dition, he pointed out last night,
a recent supreme court decision
has created some confusion
about how a tax base election
would affect increases in
budgeting in future years.
Farrell indicated the best so
lution at present would be to
seek approval of the amount
over the 6 per .cent limitation
this year, and decide later on in
creasing the tax base, after the
situation is' clarified.,. , ......
Additions Made
The budget as first presented
totaled $590,442, some $14,347
over the 6 per cent limitation,
but the budget committee made
cartain additions to it which
they felt to be necessary. These
included:
Airport clearance area and
landscaping, $10,400; remodel
women's jail and police quar
ters, $2,000; extra engineering
work, $2,000; fire department
supplies and automatic switch
board, $3,300; general' adminis
tration, $1,600; development of
planning commission, $5,500;
traffic equipment, $2,600; police
department, $960; policeman to
FBI academy, $1,200; employees
life insurance plan, $1,200; and
legal recodification of ordin
ances, $3,000.
The increases were recom
mended by the citizens budget
committee to "continue pre
sently existing services for the
people" and "in order to develop
programs deemed necessary for
the progress" of the city..
Duff said the increases will
give Benefit of city services
which would not be available if
the budget was reduced.
(See other council story on
Page 1)
Drayage Contract
Sought in Portland
Portland (U.R) AFL Team
sters and employers resumed ne
gotiations here today to try to
work out a new contract for
about 1000 drivers who work for
112 drayage firms in this area.
The negotiations are separate
from those in Los Angeles in
connection with the strike
against the long-haul trucking
industry in 11 Western states.
They concern drayage firms and
drivers in this area only. The
drayage firms transfer commod
ities locally. -
Both sides expressed confi
dence they can settle difference
without a strike.
Lew Cornelius, secretary
treasurer of Teamsters local 162,
said the union seeks pay raises
ranging from 19 to 31 cents per
hour. '
other trees from taxation as real
property. He said:
"Our review of the authorities
and our analysis of the problem
would require us to conclude
that the word 'trees as used in
Oregon law and included with
in the definition of "real prop-'
erty and thereby has a generic
intendment and includes fruit,
shade and orchard trees as well
as timber.