Harvey Answers
Questions About
Sanitary Measure
(Editor's Not: Many ques
tions concerning Senate Bill
434, commonly known as the
"Mstropolitan Sanitary Dis
trict Bill.? hays arisen since
its passage during this year's
session of the Oregon state
legislature. In an effort to
answer these questions, A. D.
Harvey, Medford engineer who
originated the plan, has pre
pared a series of three articles
for the Mail Tribune concern
ing the bill. This is the first in
the series.)
By A. D. HARVEY
The "Metropolitan Sanitary
District Bill" passed at the last
session of the Oregon state legis
lat.ure allows establishment of a
board or authority exactly like
the Medford City Water com
mission.
However, in this instance, the
board would be set up to dis-
pose of the water instead of se
curing and distributing it, and
instead of being a city affair, it
vumld be representative of the
eZtire Bear creek watershed of
the Rogue valley, receiving its
financial backing from that area.
A pertinent question is this
What might the situation be here
now, if, so many years ago, the
city of Medford had not been
progressive enough and inter
ested enough to pledge its credit
and acquire our water source
and transmission system?
There would not be nearly so
many people living comfortably
in the valley, with a good water
supply, nor would we have the
industries and prospects of in
dustries to provide employment
if this water were not available.
All of these have been pro
vided with a very minimum of
taxation because it has been op
erated as a business, on a largely
self-supporting basis.
The city of Medford again,
three years ago, had to lend its
credit to the water commission
for the purpose of providing
funds for construction of the
new pipe line from Butte Falls.
The necessity for such action
was at least in part created by
the desire of the commission,
representing the people of the
community, to serve not only
Medford but also the surround
ing communities of Eagle Point,
"Jacksonville and Central Point,
as well as some of the outlying
area- not' yet incorporated iritg
towns. This was for the benefit
of the whole valley.
We are now faced with exact
ly the same problem of financing
as we were a number of years
ago. However, this time the fi
nancing is for the purpose of
disposing of our sanitary wastes
instead of providing the water
to create them.
Valley-Wide Problem
Since this is a valley-wide
problem instead of an individual
community problem, it seems
logical that the entire valley
should participate in it. The le
gal machinery to permit just
that action is what is provided
for by the passage of this legis
lation. As is the case with every new
venture, it costs money to get it
started, and any business, if it
i3 to be successful, has to be ade
quately financed.
Thus, a sanitary authority or
commmission, to be set up here,
would have to have funds for
initial operation and general ad
ministrative expense. The course
of these funds could only come
to start with from taxation.
But, the support of the opera
tion after it once is started
would have to be by the people
who would be benefitted direct
ly. After the first organization
expense, the municipal corpora
tion could be self-supporting so
far as the general public is con
cerned.
However, it appears that even
then some minute taxation
should be imposed on the entire
valley, whether areas are direct
ly benefitted or not, for these
people are affected by and inter
Portland U.R) New pres
ident of the Oregon Society of
Certified Public Accountants is
James M. Gilman Jr., succeed
ing Norman . Swanson.
Key Government Officials
Capital Wednesday in Big
Washington (U.R) The
President and other key officials
will flee the capital this week,
for the first time since British
troops burned Washington in the
War of 1812. ,
The wail of air raid sirens
at 12:05 p.m. (EDT) Wednes
day will send Mr. Eisenhower
and some 15,000 other essential
personnel scurrying to refuge in
secret emergency relocation cen
ters from which they will con
duct the government's business
for the next two days.
Siggest Civil Test
The sirens will signal the start
of the biggest civil defense test
ever undertaken, a stimulated
atomic attack on Washington
and 49 other American cities
named "Operation Alert, 1955."
The purpose is to test the civ
ested in the general overall san
itary situation in the commun
ity.
Such areas would then be
helping in two ways. They
would be loaning a portion of
their capital valuation to make
it possible to obtain funds for
construction, and this would cost
them nothing. And they would
be paying a little amount per
year on their taxes to help keep
the general organization going,
for their own health and pros
perity. (Tomorrow: Should Medford
Join?)
Scelba Survives
Struggle To Hold
Italy Premiership
Rome (U.R) Premier MariB
Scelba tonight won the first ma
jor round of his struggle to stay
in power.
The victory came when the
parliamentary group of the dis
sension wracked Christian Dem
ocratic party voted almost unan
imously for continuation of the
four-party governing coalition.
Only one .deputy voted against
the "order of the day" which
formally recognized the efforts
made and the results attained by
the Scelba government.
Counter-Motion Missing
The 150-strong anti-Scelba
group failed to come up with an
anticipated counter motion
which would have called for
liquidation of the coalition and
its replacement by an all-Christian
Democratic government.
Such a government would
have had to depend on the sup
port either of the rightwing
Monarchists or the pro-Communists
Socialists led by Stalin
Peace Prize winner Pietro Nenni.
Attack Led by Foe
The attack was led by former
Premier Giuseppe Pella who
criticized Scelba's pro-American
regime as inadequate and de
manded that he resign. The dec
laration of war within the party
Teduced Scelba's chances of sur
vival almost to zero. , -
Frealt Wind Storm
Damages Airplanes
Phoenix (U.R) Damage was
estimated today at approximate
ly $200,000 from a freak cyclone
type wind which destroyed or
damaged 30 private planes on
the ground at Sky Harbor Air
port here.
Gusts of 70 to 100 miles per
hour were reported during the
unusual storm yesterday, al
though the Weather Bureau sta
tion, located about one-half mile
away, recorded wind of only 38
miles per hour.
Airport Manager William Ral
son said more than half the
planes involved were damaged
beyond repair. He said the wind,
which had characteristics similar
to those of a small cyclone, hurl
ed some small aircraft 30 feet
in the air and blew doors and
roofing from hangers.
No injuries were reported, nor
was there damage to commercial
planes.
More Donors Needed
For Blood Collection
Only 60 appointments to do
nate blood at tomorrow's visit
of the Bloodmobile collection
unit had been made through this
morning, according to Red
Cross officials.
A total of 250 donors are need
ed if the quota of 200 pints of
blood is to be met, they stated.
Appointments may be made by
telephoning Medford 3-3813.
Drop-in donors are welcome dur
ing collection hours.
The unit will operate from 1
to 6 p.m. at the Medford Elks
temple.
il defense warning network, and
to give government officials
from President Eisenhower on
down some experience in carry
ing on war-essential functions in
case the real thing ever comes.
Public participation will vary
from city to city, depending on
local civil defense plans. No
actual aircraft movements will
be involved.
Workers To Leave Desks
' In Washington, all of the more
than 227,000 employees of the
federal government will leave
their desks when the alarm is
sounded. Most of them will go
no farther than adjacent park
ing lots. Then they go back to
work, or to lunch.
But for Mr. Eisenhower and
selected personnel of 31 de
partments and agencies, the re
MEDFORD
United Press hull Uixsed
Wire
50th Year
General Motors,
Union Agree on
Guaranteed Wage
550,000 Now Assured
Pay Checks on Layoffs
Detroit (U.R) General Mo
tors Corp., signed guaranteed
wage contracts with two CIO
unions today pushing to 550,000
the number of workers assured
of pay checks during 26 weeks
of layoffs.
The company reached agree
ment on the guaranteed wage
contract with the CIO United
Auto Workers shortly after mid
night (PST) and concluded a sim
ilar pact with the CIO Electrical
Workers Union several hours la
ter. Pacts Cover 410,000
The two pacts add 410,000 GM
employees to the 140,500 Ford
employees who were granted the
guaranteed wage a week ago.
The UAW contract with GM cov
ers another 35,000.
Both of the" new contracts
were scheduled to run for three
years.
The UAW settlement came
four hours after the first wor
kers walked off their jobs in
GM plants when the strike dead
line passed at 8 p.m. (PST) with
out settlement.
GM said workers in 28 plants
employing 103,600 workers
were hit by strikes before the
settlement was announced.
Local Disputes Remain
Some of the workers remain
ed off the job even after the
settlement in protest of disputes
over local issues.
More than 5000 employees of
GM's Ternstedt division plant
at Trenton, N. J., walked off the
job after local grievance nego
tiations collapsed. A union
spokesman said the strike would
continue despite the nationwide
settlement. -
CIO President Walter Reuther
won the same provisions for
General Motors workers in guar
anteed layoff pay, wage boosts,
higher ... pensions,, bigger health
benefits, and other factors as
he did in the Ford contract.
Under the guaranteed wage
plan, workers will receive 60 to
65 per. cent of their normal take
home pay for as long as 26
weeks in the event of layoff.
GM Fund Bigger
But where the program will
be supported by a $55,000,000
fund for the 140,500. Ford wor
kers, General Motors will build
up a $150,000,000 fund to guar
antee these payments.
Reuther said the 20-cent pack
age for General Motors workers
would cost the corporation
$600,000,000 in the next three
years.
Reuther told General Motors
workers last week his strategy
had been to "win the principle"
from Ford and "get the money"
from General Motors.
Two Lake County
Prisoners Escape
Lakeview (U.R) Two young
prisoners escaped from the Lake
county jail here sometime last
night or early today, Sheriff
Tom Elliott reported.
The escapees were identified
as Raymond Leroy Short, 22,
who was serving 18 months for
contributing to the delinquency
of a minor, and Kenneth Earl
Bond, 18, serving a term for ob
taining money under false pre
tenses. Eugene, Ore. (U.R) Leo
Hibbt, 78, of Blue River, miss
ing since Thursday in the Mc
Kensie pass area east of here,
has been found alive, state
police said, early this after
noon. To Evacuate
Defense Test
alistic test will continue through
Friday. Traveling mostly by pri
vate automobiles, they will scat
ter from Washington to 31 pre
viously chosen emergency cen
ters scattered over a radius of
30 to 300 miles from Washing
ton. President Participates
A special communications sys
tem, including a closed circuit
television, will keep President
Eisenhower's hideaway in touch
with the other relocation centers.
The President will participate
personally in parts of the exer
cise which will involve surveys
of the simulated "damage" and
the quick transmission of orders
designed to get the country back
on 'its feet after the assumed
crushing atomic blow.
Hull
Earl H. Imhausen
Fatally Injured
In Auto Accident
Two Others Hurt
As Cars Leave Road
One man was killed and two
were injured in one-car automo
bile t accidents over the week
end in the Medford area, accord
ing to state police.
Dead was Earl Herman Im
hausen, 25, of route 3, box 180,
Medford.
Car Strikes Pole
Imhausen was fatally injured
at about 9 p.m. Saturday when
the car in which he was a pas
senger missed a curve on Valley
View rd. The vehicle struck a
power pole.
Injured in the same accident
was J. C. Skaggs, 38. of route
2, box 376D, Medford, driver of
the car. He was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital where his injuries
were not considered to be se
rious. He was treated and re
leased. Second Accident
The second accident occurred
at about 3 a.m. Sunday when a
car driven by Robert Lee Gam
aehlich, 18, of 1696 Minear rd.,
went into a ditch on South Stage
rd. near Kings highway.
Gamaehlich told investigating
officers he went to sleep while
driving. He was taken by a pass
ing motorist to Community hos
pital, where he received treat
ment for head ' cuts and chest
bruises. His condition this morn
ing was listed as fair.
Five Hearings on
Five public hearings are on
an 11-item agenda for the Med
ford Planning commission meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. today.
, Hearings will be held on
changing East Jackson st. be
tween Hawthorne st. to Genessee
st. to business district, on vaca
tion of north-south alley in the
Edward Place subdivision, re
zoning several lots in Queen
Anne addition from single to
two family dwellings, and rezon
ing property north of the YMCA
and on East Main st. between
Genessee st. to Crater Lake ave.
from multiple family to com
mercial. .
Also on the agenda are re
ports on Ben's Acre plat, a tenta
tive plat for Douglas addition
No. 1, a zone change on East
Jackson st. between Hawthorne
and Genessee st., and changing
a set-back for Homer J. Pringle.
The commission also will con
sider a letter requesting rezon
ing several lots in Oak Park
and Narregan additions.
Conviction of Five
Communists Upheld
Philadelphia (U.R) The Third
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
today upheld the conviction of
Steve Nelson . and four other
Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia Communist leaders sen
tenced to five-year prison terms
for conspiring to advocate vio
lent overthrow of the govern
ment. The conviction was sustained
by a 5 to 2 decision of the appel
late court.
The opinion was handed down
in the case argued June 9, 1954,
appealing the convictions of Nel
son, William Albertson, a Com
munist party secretary; Benja
min L. Carreathers, party treas
urer; James Hulse Dolsen, party
writer, and Irving Weissman,
former West Virginia party
leader.
Matusow Married
to Wisconsin Artist
New York (U.R) Harvey
Matusow, 28, the tournabout
Communist witness was married
today in a private 'ceremony to
Miss Ellen Raskin, 27, an artist
of Milwaukee, Wis.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued fair and
mild through Tuesday. Low to
night 48. High Tuesday 82.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 68
Lowest this morning 48
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EX-POW VISITS HERE Werner Baecker
(second from left) is shown above Saturday
noon as he lunched with a small group of
Medford people at the Rogue Valley Coun
try club, and discussed international affairs,
and relived wartime experiences. He was a
prisoner of war at Camp White 11 years ago,
and revisited Medford while on a tour of the
United States. He is a well-known radio
newsman and commentator in Germany,
Adenauer Views
West Partnership
As Best Peace Bet
Washington -4U.R) West
German Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer arrived today and said
he is convinced "a close and
loyal partnership" with the Uni
ted States and the free world is
the best way to maintain peace.
The 79-year-old German lead
er landed at National Airport
and received an enthusiastic and
cordiaL.w.elcome from State De
partment and diplomatic offi
cials.
He will confer Tuesday with
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary of State John Foster Dul
les about two closely - related
problems: Russia's invitation to
Adenauer to come to Moscow
for "friendship" negotiations;
and the coming Big Four summit
meeting at which the Soviet
Union may propose neutralizing
Germany as the price for re
unifying the country.
Adenauer is expected to give
Mr. Eisenhower and Dulles a
firm promise that West Ger
many will stick by its new allies
in the North Atlantic Organiza
tion. At the same time, how
ever, he doubtless will warn
them that West German public
opinion is strong for reunifica
tion, and won't be satisfied with
merely brushing off the Soviet
proposals.
The New York Times quoted
Dr. Adenauer today as saying
his positive reaction to the Sov
iet invitation could in no way
be interpreted as a change in
the attitude of the Bonn govern
ment. In answering a set of ques
tions submitted by the Times'
Washington corespondent, James
Reston, the chancellor said the
neutralization of Germany would
threaten the security of Europe.
The chancellor's solution,
which he will press upon Mr.
Eisenhower and Dulles, is for
the West to make a dramatic and
constructive counter - proposal
for easing international tensions
through controlled disarmament.
Lanza Ordered To Pay
For Damage To House
Hollywood (U.R) Singer
Mario Lanza today was ordered
to pay $40,361.66 for damage to
a luxurious estate in which he
lived for 28 months.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Kaiser,
owners of the $200,000 estate
near the Los Angeles Country
club, won by default in Santa
Monica from Superior Judge
Orlando H. Rhodes.
He issued the decree after
brief testimony from the plain
tiffs. Lanza did not defend the
action.
Mrs. Kaiser testified that
when the portly tenor terminat
ed his lease last Jan. 14 she
found the home littered with
"debris, dirt, filth and desecre
ation." "Damage was everywhere,"
she told the judge. "Only the
ceilings were intact."
Eugene (U.R) Sinclair Oil
company officials here said the
company will drill an explora
tory oil well northeast of Maple-
ton next month.
Peron, Cabinet in
Special Session To
Buenos Aires U.R) Presi
dent Juan D. Peron and his
Cabinet met for 90 minutes to
day in a special session to re
view the week end Catholic
riots in which at least 22 per
sons were shot or otherwise in
jured and more than 400 persons
were arrested.
It was announced that Peron
-will-make a broadcast to the.jia-
tion tonight on the events of the
week end.
In addition to the injuries and
arrests, the repeated clashes be
tween Catholics and supporters
of the Perqn regime left a vast
train of broken windows and
tar-smeared public monuments
and buildings through this capi
tal city.
The disturbances caused in
ternational incidents involving
Yugoslavia, Peru and Israel.
It was announced officially
that police arrested 428 men
when they entered the Curia
Eclesiastica, adjoining the cathe
dral in the Plaza Mayo.
Other Arrests Made
Most of those arrested were
said to have been under 25 years
of age. They are being held at
the Central Police Department.
It was reported that other ar
rests might bring the total to as
many as 600 persons.
Peron called Parliament into
special session to take new rep
resentative measures against
Catholics accused of destroying
the national flag.
Minister of , Interior Angel
Borlenghi today prohibited all
future street processions and
other outdoor Catholic Church
Settlement Hoped
In British Strike
London (U.R) Hopes for set
tlement of Britain's disastrous
16-day-old railway strike bright
ened abruptly today.
Minister of Labor. Sir Walter
Monckton called leaders of the
non-striking National Union of
Railwaymen to an evening meet
ing. This was interpreted as a clear
indication that progress has been
made in negotiations between
the striking Associated Society
of Locomotive Engineers and
Firemen and the British Trans
port Commission which runs
Britain's nationalized railroads.
The non-striking NUR has
asked to be filled in on any gains
made by the ASLEF so that it
can lay its plans to keep wages
of NUR members in line with
the rival union's wage scale.
Annual Field Day
Scheduled Tuesday
The eighth annual Southern
Oregon Branch Experimental
Station's field day will start at
9:30 a.m. tomorrow at the sta
tion west of the Talent-Highway
99 junction.
Some 30 farm crops will be
visited by business representa
tives and farmers from Grants
Pass, Medford and Ashland
areas in an all-day event.
living in Hamubrg. . Shown with him, left to
right, are Elliott Becken, assistant superinten
dent of schools who was an officer in the
American Army in North Africa at about the
time Baecker was taken prisoner; John Del
lenback, and Mark Goldy, who as chairman of
the World Affairs Council of Southern Ore
gon was host to the visiting German news
man. (Brainerd photo.)
Church Riots
ceremonies anywhere In Argen
tina until further notice.
Newspapers today indicated
that official anger is concen
trated on the burning of the Ar
gentine flag near the Congress
Saturday night.
Allegiance To Flag
Homage to the nation's flag
was the theme of scheduled of
ficial ( rempnies; Today , the
Senator Chamber" of Deputies
and all Army units and schools
were to renew their allegiance
to the national banner. The des
ecration of the flag also is ex
pected to be the main point of
Peron s address tonight.
Blaze Destroys
Contents of Home
Interior of the Phillip B. Miles
residence, 1223 East 11th st., was
totally involved in flames and
contents of the house were a to
tal loss last night, firemen re
ported.
They said that the blase ap
parently started from an oil
stove. No one was home at the
small four-room home at the
time. A neighbor noticed the
fire and turned in the alarm at
about 10:50 p.m. Two trucks
were dispatched.
Trucks were sent out to ex
tinguish three trash blazes and
one grass fire during the week
end. One was called to stand by
at the airport for an emgency
plane landing.
Aaron Gentry Fined,
Sentenced to Jail -
Aaron Francis Gentry, 24, of
57 Vista street, Ashland, plead
ed guilty to a charge of petty
larceny in district court, Sat
urday. He received a $15 fine
and 20 days suspended jail sen
tence on good behavior.
The charge involved theft of
a $75 alarm clock from the Co
lumbia hotel, Ashland.
Neuberger Attacks Hoover
Commission's Power Plan
Washington (U.R) Senator
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
said yesterday the Pacific North
west will lose its "entire compe
titive advantage" in the sale of
public power if recommenda
tions of the Hoover Commission
are carried out."
The commission, headed by
former President Herbert Hoo
ver, has recommended that pub
lic power projects be forced to
charge the same rates for elec
tricity as those charged by pri
vate utilities.
Columbia Power Cheapest
Such a law, Neuberger said in
a statement, would reduce the
Pacific Northwest to "an eco
nomic channel house."
"Power can be produced more
cheaply on the Columbia river
than anywhere else in the na
tion," he said. "In this one water
shed is 42 per cent of all our
undeveloped bydroelectricity.
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Moscow Accepts
Geneva as Site
Starting July 18
Communist Discussion
Ruled Out of Agenda
Moscow (U.R) Russia today
accepted the Western proposal
for a top level Big Four confer
ence in Geneva beginning July
18. But the Soviets bluntly re
jected the suggestion of Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
that the conference consider the
problems of satellite East Eu
rope. The Russians also ruled out
any discussion of "international
Communism."
Announced in Notes
Acceptance of the Western
proposals of time and place was
announced in notes sent by the
Foreign Office to the embassies
of the Western Big Three in Mot
cow. The rejection of discussions of
international Communist activi
ties and the Soviet satellite states
was stated .later in a dispatch
of the official government
agency Tass.
The Soviet statement said that
Dulles, by raising such ques
tions, "was not making the work
of the conference easier, but cre
ating a complicated situation be
fore the conference and creating
difficulties for the conference'
Dulles suggested inclusion of
the satellite states and interna
tional Communist activities for
the conference agenda on Jus X
Counter-Suggestion
The Soviets accepted both the
time and place suggested by the
United States, Britain and
France.
The Tfett previously had tug
f ested Lausanne, Switzerland,
he Soviets had suggested Vien
na. The West counter-suggested
Geneva, and a starting date of
July 18.
Today the Soviets agreed.
Western diplomatic circles
pressed no surprise at the favor
able Soviet answer. Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov had indi
cated in Paris last week end that
Russia had no objections to the
time and place suggested by the
West.
Molotov stopped off in Park
en route to the United States
where he will attend the June 20
observances of the United Na
tions' 10th anniversary in San
Francisco.
Polls Open Until 8
In 6C Budget Vote
Central Point Polls will be
open between 2 and 8 p.m. today
in two places in School District
6C for an election on a $252,-
996.48 levy over the 6 per cent
limitation for the district bud
get for fiscal year 1955-56.
Polling places are in gymna
siums at . Central Point Junior
High school and Gold Hill Ele
mentary school.
The election is necessary be
cause of an inadequate base and
additional expenses, which in
cludes five new teachers.
The budget committee ap
proved a $600,841 budget, an in
crease of $402 over last year
which is deemed necessary to
maintain good schools at a rea
sonable cost.
"Yet we did not get really
cheap power for industry, we
did not even electrify our dams
until the great dams were built
at Bonneville and Grand Coulee
in the 1930s. Those dams created
a yardstick to force down rates.
"If the Hoover Commission
can destroy this yardstick," Neu
berger said, "the northwest no
longer will be able to offer low
cost power to attract new pay
rolls." 'False Impression'
He also charged that the com
mission is circulating the "false
impression" that taxpayers are
financing public power in the
Pacific Northwest."
"Actually," Neuberger said,
"the Bonneville Power adminis
tration is $65,000,000 ahead of
schedule in paying for itself"
and "vast new taxpaying indus
tries have been established in
the Northwest to burn cheap pub
lic power for fuel."