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TWELVE MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, Jun 27, 1955 Harriman Suggests Full Information On Big Four Meet Albany, N. Y. U.R) Gov. Averell Harriman said today he has suggested that the forth coming Big Four conference consider "the question of lifting the Iron Curtain to permit more free travel and reporting." Harriman, welcoming more than 200 delegates to the 22nd annual convention of the Ameri can Newspaper Guild, said "The profession of reporting is be coming increasingly important in our complicated society. I have suggested that when our delegates go to Geneva, they raise the question of lifting the Iron Curtain to permit more free travel and reporting." Asks Inquiry Joseph F. Collis, Guild presi dent told the delegates that the Justice Department should in vestigate suspension of the Brooklyn Eagle last March 6 during a Guild strike against the newspaper. He said the suspen sion of publication "is a pattern of publishers conspiring to put a paper our of circulation so they can divide the field among them selves." The Brooklyn Eagle was bought by one or more New York newspapers to put it out of business," Collis 'said, in urging delegates to adopt a reso- Integration Vital, Vice-President Says Atlantic City, N.J. (U.R) Vice-President Richard M. Nix on yesterday called integration of public schools the most im portant aim in a program to end racial discrimination. Speaking before the annual meeting of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People, Nixon said, "We have seen the end of segregation in the armed services, the launching of a winning, cam paign to end segregation in the District of Columbia and the legal groundwork laid toward accomplishing what in the long run is the most important objec tive of all the integration of the public school systems." Yreka Robberies Listed With Medford Police Thieves escaped with more than $240 from two safes in Yreka, Calif., establishments Saturday night, according to in formation received by the Med ford police department. A safe at Pacific Fruit com pany was robbed of $15, and one at Yreka Lumber company was robbed of $229, the report said. lution calling on the Justice De partment Anti-trust Division to determine- whether or not the anti-monopoly laws have been violated. . Citizenship Classes To Begin June 30th Classes for citizenship appli cants will begin June 30, accord ing to Crater Lake chapter, Daughters of the American Rev olution, the sponsoring group. As for many years past, Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini will be instructor, and the classes will be held at her home, 308 North Ivy st. An afternoon class will be held at 2:30 p.m., and an evening ses sion at 8 p.m. All interested persons are welcome to attend and further information may be obtained by phoning Mrs. D'Albini, 3-1065. Advertising 'Men Open Convention in Portland Portland (U.R) The 52nd an nual convention of the Adver tising Association of the West opened here today with an esti mated 500 ad-men on hand for the meeting. Keynote speaker was Paul G. Hoffman, chairman of the board of the Studebaker-Packard Cor poration. Other speakers include Gov. Paul Patterson, Portland author Stewart Holbrook and Harry W. McMahan, vice-president of Mc-Cann-Erickson, Inc., of New York.' Attending the convention were delegates from the 11 Western states and British Columbia. Sugar Workers Seek Wage, Hour Protection Washington (U.R) Repre sentatives of Louisiana sugar cane plantation workers asked Congress today for wage and hour protection under the Fed eral Labor Standards Act. In statements prepared for the House Agriculture Committee, members of the AFL National Agricultural Workers Union, urged support of legislation by Rep. Victor L. Anf uso (D-N. Y.). Anfuso's bill would have the effect of increasing -wages of field workers above the 44-cent-an-hour minimum set by the sec retary of agriculture for the past two years. Power Line Failure Darkens Central Oregon Bend (U.R) Bonneville trans mission line failure south of Maupin, Ore., was blamed today for a blackout which struck cen tral Oregon Saturday night. Red mond, Prineville, and most of Bend were affected. The blackout was partly eased vhen Pacific Power and Light company hydro and lumber mill steam plants turned their gen erators into the system. Power was rerouted to the crippled area yesterday and emergency crews expected to have the regular line repaired by early today. Tokyo (U.R) Chinese Com munist Premier Chou En-lai pledged Red China's support Sunday to the Geneva Confer ence of Big Four chiefs of gov ernment, Peiping Radio said today. Pakistan Leader Denies Red Report naracm, .raxisian vu.r.; Prime Minister Mohammed Ali of Pakistan denied Sunday night that he is seeking a meeting with Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bul ganin as reported by Moscow Radio. A Radio Moscow broadcast earlier said Ali had sent Bul ganin a telegram requesting the meeting. New Oil Reserves Declared Needed '' Santa Barbara, Calif. (U.R) Despite advances in atomic ener gy and jet and turbo-prop en gines, the need to find and de velop new petroleum reserves will continue for many years, a Texas oil executive predicted today. - L. F. McCollum, president of I the Continental Oil Co., told the California Investment Bankers Assn. he foresees an increase in the dependence of the nation's military machines on oil and gas. He also forecast an annual three per cent rise in domestic de mand for petroleum products during the next 10 years. STUDY CONTRACT Burbank, Calif. 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