Ike Requested To Take Personal
Look at Defense Program To Be
Sure Enough Done Fast Enough
Washington (U.R) Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson has called on President
Eisenhower to take a personal
look at the defense program to
be sure "we are doing enough,
fast enough."
Johnson said that whatever
course Russia follows in the near
future it will affect the U.S.
defense program and that he is
asking the Defense Department
whether that program has
enough flexibility to permit
necessary adjustments.
Democrats in Congress have
been increasingly critical of the
administration's defense budget
and have been asking whether
it is big enough.
Russia 'Smoke Screen' Seen
The Texas senator told news
men he believes Russia is
"throwing up a smoke screen"
to hide its real intentions.
On one hand, he said, the
Russians are "cooing like doves"
with disarmament proposals, "in
spired rumors" about a peace
settlement and completion of an
Austrian treaty. On the other
hand, he said, they are "rattling
sabers" by allowing glimpses of
new weapons and demanding
Formosa and the rest of Viet
Nam for the Communists.
"I personally believe that
much of the recent information
we have on Communist strength
has been given us deliberately,"
Johnson said. "Nevertheless,
even though we cannot guess
Soviet intentions, it is obvious
that any move they make is
bound to have an effect on our
preparedness program.
Could Force Changes
Johnson said the Russians
might continue their "hard" pol
icy of the past few years or
launch a "peace offensive to split
us from our allies." Either
course, he said, could force
changes in the U.S. defense pro
gram. "I am deeply disturbed," he
saidr "by the feeling that there
may not be sufficient flexibility
in the appropriations to permit
us to make the necessary ad
justments to the different world
strategic situation which may re
sult from the Big Tour confer
ence.
Kence, he said, he will ask
the Defense Department wheth
er there will be the flexibility
he believes is needed in the mili
tary budget.
Johnson said he knows no way
that Congress can force the exe
cutive branch to spend more
i than it thinks should be spent
on defense.
Personal Look Urged .
He said Congress could g& on
record but that it could not force
the executive branch to spend
more than it wishes
"I do think,' he said, "that
President Eisenhower would be
well advised to take a personal
and careful look at the situation
and be sure that he is satisfied
on the basis of his own military
experience that we are doing
enough, fast enough to maintain
the security of the country.
"I hope his sound military
judgment will not be overridden
by other considerations.
Vaccine Production
Go-Ahead Gives Hope
Of New Confidence
Washington (U.R) Govern
ment officials have voiced hope
that the go-ahead in the produc
tion 01 poiio vaccine wiu give
doctors and parents new confi
dence in Salk shots.
Surgeon General Leonard A.
Scheele is drafting a report for
President Eisenhower which is
aimed at dispelling any linger
ing fears about the vaccine's
safety and effectiveness. -Confusion
Shakes Confidence
Officials frankly admit the
confusion of the last 46 days
shook the confidence of parents
and doctors in the mass inocula-
Logging Operation
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manges imcusseu
Grants Pass Frank Hamil
ton, assistant state forester, and
Ted Maul, southwest district
warden for the state forest pa
trol, reviewed recent changes
in legislation governing logging
operations at a meeting of the
Southern Oregon Conservation
and Tree Farm association here
last night.
Hamilton, former Southwest
district warden, pointed out
changes in pumping equipment
requirements for stationary
equipment and for commercial
vehicles.
Maul noted a marked reduc
tion in logging fires in the south
west district. He said the reduc
tion is from protective programs
of loggers, more rigid inspec
tions and weather favorable to
preventing fires.
The meeting was one of sev
eral scheduled to familiarize
logging personnel with recent
changes in legislation governing
operations in Oregon's forested
areas.
Warning Issued
On Polifl Booklet
Portland The Portland Bet
ter Business Bureau has issued a
warning against a "scare" pamphlet-attacking
the Salk polio
vaccine which is now being mail
ed to people in the Middle West
and may be soon distributed
here.
Published by Polio Prevention
Inc., of Coral Gables, Fla., the
pamphlet attacks Dr. Jonas Salk,
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis and calls upon
the U. S. Congress to prevent
the vaccine from being licensed.
The propaganda of Polio Pre
vention Inc., and its founder,
long-time food faddist, Duon H.
Miller, was repudiated and dis
credited a year ago when Miller
faced criminal charges in Miami
for sending "libelous, scurrilous
and defamatory material" in the
mails, according to Lyle L. Janz,
General Manager of the Port
land Better Business Bureau.
The attack on the Salk pro
gram also ties in as an "auth
ority" Dr. Harry Hoxsey, ident
ified in the material as a "world
famous cancer specialist." Jant
says material in the Better Bus
iness Bureau files identifies Dr.
Harry Hoxey as a "quack" who
operates an alleged cancer clinic
near Dallas, Tex., whose mater
ials may not be snipped in inter
state commerce under an injunc
tion issued by a U. S. Circuit
court in New Orleans.
Hoxey has long defied medical
and governmental authorities in
his operations and in one of his
fake clinics in Illinois, newspap
ers headlined reports of a death
a - day. The American Medical
association thoroughly investi
gated Hoxsey and in conclusion
in its Journal made the follow
ing editorial comments con
cerning him: "Of, all the ghouls
who feed on the bodies of the
dying, the cancer quacks are the
most vicious and most heartless."
tion program for the nation's
children.
Many communities called off
their programs because .of
doubts about the vaccine safety.
Across the nation, some parents
withdrew their permission for
injections.
In New York City Friday,
school inoculations dropped to
only 64 per cent of the number
of children for whom vaccine
had been requested. It was the
lowest daily rate since the pro
gram started.
Officials said they hope the
trend will change now that the
government plans to start re
leasing vaccine again under stiff
new safety standards put ito ef
fect Friday. Dr. Scheele said
some shots will be released this
up rapidly thereafter,
week and that the flow will pick
Industry sources said, how
ever, that they expect the de
mand for vaccine to be some
what less than estimated earlier
in view of these factors:
1. Despite government assur
ances, there are some parents
who now appear to be unwilling
to go ahead with shots for their
children.
2. Schools are letting out
shortly and many children will
scatter on summer vacations and
out of the reach of clinics before
they can be inoculated. In some
communities it may be impos
sible to keep the mass program
going after schools let out.
3. Many doctors are advising
inoculations particularly first
injections during the coming
seasonal upswing in polio be
cause of the known fact that
shots of any kind at that time
sometimes trigger paralysis
where polio already has been
incubating. One doctor here tel
ephoned parents here and ad
vised against any injectios until
iate fall.
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New Campsites Due
At Detroit Lake ,
Salem (U.R) Fifty new
camping sites will be added to
the Lakeshore forest camp on
the rim of Detroit lake behind
the Detroit dam on the North
Santiam river, according to the
state parks division of the State
Highway department.
The state has assumed admin
istration of both Lakeshore camp
and the Mongold boat-launching
area at request of the National
Forest Service, C. H. Armstrong,
superintendent of the state parks
division, said.
Armstrong said each of the 50
new camp sites will include a
car stall, outdoor stove, seven-by-five
foot table and space for
a tent. Some tent areas will be
oversize to accommodate house
trailers.
Other new facilities will in
clude electricity, piped water,
a waste-water disposal system,
and, eventually, flush toilets. A
roped off swimming area is being
considered.
A nightly fee of 75 cents per
camp site, same as in other state
parks, will be charged, Arm
strong said. The state will spend
$30,000 developing Lakeshore
camp and Mongold this summer.
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AUTOMATIC COW Grandma had to milk the cow, but automa
tion makes it easy for Faye Zier, Medford, and Jane. Gilcrist,
Eugene, who were first in line to try out the first automatic milk
dispensing machine installed in Jackson county. The girls, both
Southern Oregon students, are in the SOC student union building.
Another machine was recently installed at Elk Lumber company,
Medford, and the Milk Producers League plans to put more
around the county.
Barley Storage Plan
Comes Under Attack
Washington n'U.R) Oregon's
two senators and its congress
woman have attacked a proposed
transfer of storage of surplus
barley from Tillamook, Ore., to
California warehouses as a
"wasteful expenditure of feder
al money."
Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich
ard L. Neuberger and Rep. Edith
Green, all Democrats, said the
shift would cost about $1,300,
000. They said they were as
sured three weeks ago that the
transfer would not be made, but
now are informed that the Port
land ' office of the Commodity
Credit Corp. has been advised to
withhold storage at Tillamook.
.The grain now is located in
Northern Idaho and Eastern
Washington and Oregon and
S5.35 will be saved on each ton
if it is stored at Tillamook rather
than in California.
Burns Radar Station
Acceptance Scheduled
Spokane (U.R) A new air
Force radar station at Burns,
Ore., will have its acceptance
inspection June 7 and 8, Col.
H. O. Morgan, executive officer
for the Ninth Air. Division at
Geiger Air Force Base, said today.
He said the station's crew of
90 officers and enlisted men was
being trained at Geiger. The
station is the sixth and most
southerly in the Ninth's com
mand area which includes East
ern Washington and Oregon, Id
aho, and Northwestern Montana.
Indianapolis (U.R) Police
man Herman Higgs handed out a
ticket to a jaywalker. The vio
lator's name John Law.
Eagle Point Home,
Jacksonville Topics
Two articles of. interest to
southern Oregon readers appear
in the June issue of Sunset mag
azine, now on sale" at local news
stands. A photo of a pass-through
serving counter in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Winton,
Lone Mountain rd., Eagle Point,
along with a short descriptive
article, appears in the magazine.
The photo was taken by George
Braun, Sunset staff photograph
er, and the article was prepared
by a Sunset staff writer.
"Jacksonville, Oregon: Not
Yet a Ghost Town" is the title
of the other short article. Notes
for the article were prepared
by Harry Chipman, 155 High
land dr., Medford, from the staff
writers prepared the article. It
is accompanied by a photo of
the historic Methodist church,
one of the first Protestant
churches west of the Rocky
Mountains.
The photo was taken by L
E. McMurray, 440 FairmounJ St.,
Medford.
Sunday. May IS, I9S5
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Air Force Plans To
Seek $300,000,000
For H-Jet Bombers
Washington (U.R) The Air
Force plans to ask Congress soon
for more than $300,000,000 in
extra funds to carry out its an
nounced speed-up in production
of B-52 hydrogen jet bombers, it
was learned yesterday.
In the face of growing Russian
air power, it also was reported
the strategic air command may
beef up its heavy bomber wings
by assigning more planes to each
outfit. Heavy wings, currently
flying B-36 superbombers, now
have 30 planes each. They may
have considerably more when
new B-52s go into units starting
next month.
To Step Up Production
Air Secretary Harold E. Tal
bott announced on Thursday,
after an all-day session with the
Senate Armed Services commit
tee, that the B-52 production rate
will be stepped up 35 per cent.
He said that would enable the
Air Force to replace B-36s "well
ahead of the present schedule."
Unofficial estimates were that
a year might be shaved from the
earlier schedule for producing a
B-52 force of about 500 planes.
Disney Productions
Reports Profits
Hollywood (U.R) Walt
Disney Productions, which in
troduced the extremely success
ful "Disneyland" weekly tele
vision program this year, gross
ed $9,876,175 in income for the
six month period ending April
2, 1955.
In a letter to stockholders,
President Roy O. Disney report
ed the figure was more than
double the S4,33 1,827 grossed for
the same period last year. Net
profits for the 1955 period to
talled $430,048, Disney said.
Lowry Predicted
Senate President
Portland (U.R) The 1955
Oregon Legislature "did darned I
well considering that it was us
ing horse and buggy methods in
the "atomic age," according to
C. C. Chapman, editor of the
Oregon Voter.
Chapman, in his biennial legis
lative report to the Portland
City Club, said legislative pro
cedures of the state have varied
little since the days of Henry
VIII, when they had their be
ginning. However, he said a new pat
tern was emerging that of a
commission form of government.
The emergency board. Chapman
said, needed only a little more
power to rule the state.
The outspoken editor said the
Democrats "misbehaved" by
partisan actions during the ses
sion, but he also said the only
ones who misbehaved more in
this respect were the Republi
cans. Chapman predicted that State
Sen. Phil Lowry (R-Medford),
who showed "far more promise"
than other freshman legislators,
would be Senate President in
1957.
That would mean America would
have the fleet by 1958.
The step is considered urgent
by senators and airmen in light
of recent emergence of Russian
all-weather jet interceptors and
at least small formations of
bombers comparable to the B-52.
The B-52, an $8,000,000 craft,
flies 650 miles an hour and has
about a 6,000-mile range which
can be increased by in-flight re
fueling from jet tankers now on
order. The B-36, designed during
World War II, is a 435-mile-per-hour
plane with 10,000-mile
range.
Support Assured
Talbott and Gen. Nathan F.
Twining, Air Chief of Staff, re
ceived assurance from Chairman
Ruchard B. Russell (D-Ga.) of
the Senate Armed Services com
mittee during Thursday's secret
meeting that they would be sup
ported in requests for additional
funds if needed. .
The more than $300,000,000
will be requested, it was learned,
because bombers now will come
more quickly from Boeing Air
plane Company's Seattle, Wash.,
and Wichita, Kan. plants. They
will have to be paid for sooner
than planned under old sched
ules. The money request will
go to a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee studying next
year's Air Force budget.
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ready to wed Gabriel Avery,
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some colleagues in the engineer
ing college were a little startled
when their electronic test scor
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test. But they were more sur
prised moments later when it
spelled out "Haw, Haw, Haw."
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Manslaughter Charge
Dropped at Portland
Portland (U.R) The Mult
nomah countv grand iurv did an
about face Friday and cleared j
Ethels Edwards of a manslaugh
ter charge for the March 31 gun
shot slaying of Gerald E. Holt,
39, at a local rooming house.
District Attorney William
Langley and his chief criminal
deputy, Howard Lonergan, said
that new evidence was uncover
ed which supported the woman's
claim she shot Holt in self-de
fense while he was beating her.
Library of Congress
Gets 10 Millionth Book
Washington (U.R) The
Library of Congress, largest li
brary in the world, acquired its
10 millionth book last year, but
the event went unheralded and
nobody knows which book mark
ed the milestone.
The unknown book is now
one of 10,155,000 books and
pamphlets stored in the vast
chambers. There are 33,153,000
items in all, including films,
pieces of music, newspapers and
other types of material.
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