ion Man Believes
Settlement Near in
Steel Wage Dispute
Pittsburgh (U.R) The
CIO Steelworkers Executive
Board and Wage Policy Com
mittee have scheduled a meet
ing for tonight, apparently to
consider a wage offer by the
industry. If the offer is ac
cepted it would avert a strike
by some 600,000 steelworkers
scheduled to start at midnight.
Pittsburgh (U.R) A top
union official said today he
"hoped" to be able to report set-
Closures Slated
Independence Day;
Ashland Fete Set
The Medford post office, along
with most other city, county,
sfcjte, and federal government
oJices, will remain, closed Mon
day for the July 4 holiday.
Only emergency services will
remain open.
Stores, except a few drug and
grocery stores, will close. The
Medford Public library will ob
serve the week end as a double
holiday. It will close at 6 p.m.
Saturday, remain closed all day
Sunday and Monday, and will
reopen at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
No Fourth of July celebrations
have been announced for Med
ford. Celebration in Ashland
Ashland will hold a day-long
celebration from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.,
under sponsorship of the Lions
club. The festivities will include
logging contests (bucking, log
rolling and others) in the Lithia
Park, a parade at 11 a.m., a mu
sical program, and an address by
Sen. Wayne Morse at 1 p.m., a
baseball game and tennis
matches, an exhibition of fancy
and trick diving at Twin
Plunges, and a special band con
cert by the Ashland city band.
The Medford Mail Tribune, in
order to enable its employees to
enjoy the holiday, will not pub
lish Monday.
City Council Holds
Year - End Meeting
The Medford city council this
noon adopted ordinances adjust
ing interdepartmental budget
items. The adjourning meeting
was held to close department
budgets for the fiscal year 1954
55. J. C. Compton's bid for $7,
700 for paving Capital ave., be
tween Sunrise ave. and Valley
View dr., was rejected after 82
per cent of the property owners
indicated they did not wish to
pay additional costs. The bid was
about $2,000 over estimates.
The council delayed action on
a contract between the city and
South Bear Creek Sanitary dis
trict until after the special an
nexation election July 5. The
area involved in the contract
is within the area proposed to be
annexed.
The council agreed to proceed
with paving East Jackson st. be
tween Bear Creek bridge and
Genessee st. following a recom
mendation by City Attorney
Frank Farrell.
Lundeberg Offers Two
Alternative Proposals
San Francisco (U.R) Harry
Lundeberg, head of the AFL
Seafarers International Union,
today offered Pacific Maritime
Association two alternative
agreements, one eliminating
overtime pay at sea.
The union, representing 6,000
unlicensed seamen, began nego
tiations with the PMA from
which two major members,
American President Lines and
Pacific Far East Lines, have
withdrawn.
Lundeberg's first proposal
would put some sailors on a 56
hour work week at sea and elim
inate penalty pay in return for
a $148 monthly wage increase.
The other proposal was to
continue the present 40-hour
work week at sea for all hands
with a $35 monthly across the
board pay raise. In addition,
PMA was asked to bring present
wages and overtime rates in the
stewards department up to the
level of those paid sailors and
firemen.
Three Men Missing
On Prospecting Trip
Kalispell, Mont.-U.PJ Three
Tacoma, Wash., men were re
ported missing on an uranium
prospecting flight in their small
Stinson plane over the rugged
country northeast of here yes
terday. Montana Aeronautics Admin
istration officials said the men,
Phil Myers, Clarence Hebbel
and Harvey Prezler, have been
missing since Tuesday.
tlement in the steel industry
wage negotiations by 8 p.m.
only four hours before 600,000
steelworkers are set to begin a
nationwide strike.
I. W. Abel, secretary-treasurer
of the CIO United Steelwork
ers, said USW President David
J. McDonald hoped to make a
"more definite" report on the
progress of negotiations with
U.S. Steel corp. by late this
afternoon.
Abel made the announcement
to a group of union negotiators
who assembled to hear McDon
ald report on his talks with
John A. Stephens, "Big Steel"
vice-president and chief negia
tor. McDonald was unable to at
tend the meeting as scheduled
because he was in "continual"
meetings with Stephens.
Radio Time Reserved
The union also announced that
McDonald had reserved tenta
tive time on the American
Broadcasting Network to go on
the air at 5:30 p.m. if he does
not have a new wage agreement
with the steel industry by then.
McDonald planned to report the
union's side of the negotiations
and explain why the USW be
lieved it necessary to call a walk
out. The session of some 150 nego
tiators, representing locals hav
ing contracts with the "Big Six"
producers' group, broke up on a
"stand by" basis after Abel made
his report.
The steel industry's hopes of
averting a walkout rode on the
size of a new proposal by U.S.
Steel to sweeten the 10 cents
an hour proposal rejected by the
USW as "shameful" in earlier
negotiations.
Seek 16-Cent Boost
Abel's announcement buoyed
hopes the steel industry and
union negotiators had at last
reached a "general area of agree
ment" on new wage provisions
in current contracts.
A rank-and-file member of a
union negotiating group outside
the immediate circle of top level
talks said he looked for a settle
ment totaling about 16 cents an
hour including a 12V-cent-per-
hour flat incrcease plus 3V& cents
in job classification increases.
He said the men he represented
ai-a Pittsburgh area mill would
oppose a settlement as low as
the 13-cents an hour range.
McDonald and Stephens mean
while were "in-and-out" of face-to-
face discussions, conferring
frequently with statisticians
from both sides.
Medford Man Killed
When Hit by Tree
Donald A. Phillips, 32, of 2717
Howard ave., was killed yester
day when he was struck by a
tree while working south of
Grants Pass.
Mr. Phillips was employed by
the Riley-Stephens Co., which
was working on a line-building
contract with the California Ore
gon Power company along the
Redwood highway. The crew
was felling trees along the right
of way when the accident oc
curred. Mr. Phillips was a former em
ployee of Copco here for 2V6
years. A veteran of World War
II, he is survived by his wife,
Bernice, and an 8-year-old son,
Danny.
Military funeral services have
tentatively, been arranged for
Tuesday morning, with Chapel
mortuary in charge.
Navy Patrol Flights
Declared Continuing
Washington -U.PJ The De
fense Department today denied
a published report that Navy pa
trol flights have been halted in
the Bering Straits because of
last week's clash with Russian
fighters.
A report published today in
the New York Times said that
flights had been temporarily
halted while Russian intentions
in the area were studied and
consideration was given to es
corting future patrol flights.
Free Viet Nam Forces Smash
Rebels Giving Diem Control
By UNITED PRESS
Free Viet Nam government
forces sent the last rebel war
lord troops reeling into neigh
boring Cambodia today in a
smashing 'civil war victory that
won firm control over the coun
try for Premier Ngo Dinh Diem.
The anti-Communist Premier
became the unchallenged master
of the tiny country after govern
ment troops assaulted the last
rebel Hoa Hao positions and
drove the insurgents out of the
country. His prestige soared at
home and abroad.
Congress Approves
Measure Providing
Funds for Military
Marine Corps Total
Tops Ike's Request
By UNITED PRESS
Congress approved and sent to
the White House today a bill pro
viding $31,882,815,726 to run
the military establishment for
a year, starting tomorrow.
The bill contains 46 millions
which President Eisenhower did
not ask and does not want to
maintain Marine Corps strength
at 215,000. The President, who
plans to cut the Corps to 193,000
by mid-1956, does not have to
use the extra money.
Compromise Version
The measure is a compromise
of Senate and House versions.
A conference committee agreed
.on it yesterday and both houses
gave it their final okay today.
It contains $7,329,956,000 for
the Army, $9,118,179,556 for the
Navy, $14,739,763,170 for the
Air Force, $12,760,000 for the
defense secretary and $682,350,
000 for interservice activities.
As passed the bill provides
slightly less than the $32,438,
815,000 total asked by Mr. Eisen
hower. It does, however, contain
$206,000,000 he asked for boost
ing production of B52 interconti
nental jet H-bombers.
Other congressional news:
Dome: The House Appropria
tions Committee voted $5,000,
000 to start work on a project
to prop up the Capital dome.
Former President Truman used
to say the dome was in danger
of falling down.
Bases: The Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee approved a bill
to authorize expenditure of $2,
357,317,300 on military bases at
home and abroad.
Conference: President Eisen
hower invited Democratic and
Republican congressional lead
ers to a conference July 12 to
discuss the forthcoming Big Four
"summit" meeting in Geneva.
Dixon-Yates: Sen. Estes Ke
fauver (D-Tenn.) summoned Bud
get Director Rowland R. Hughes
to an unusual night meeting to
testify on the Dixon-Yates power
contract.
General Motors: Chairman
Harley M. Kilgore (D-WVa.) said
General Motors Corp. officials
have refused to testify before a
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
studying anti-trust laws.
Air Debate: The House moved
toward a final vote on' the big
foreign aid program. Leaders
predicted no drastic changes.
Muggy Heat Covers
East Half of U.S.
By UNITED PRESS
Muggy heat covered much of
nation's East today, but tem
peratures were dropping as
much as 32 degrees in the West.
Temperatures climbed into the
80s and 90s practically every
where east of the Continental
Divide late yesterday. Cool air
had reached the Western Da
kotas by early today, but most
of the nation could hope for lit
tle relief.
At Detroit, the city's water
supply was pushed to the limits
in meeting what may have been
a record water demand in the
Motor City yesterday. Tempera
tures were expected to go still
higher in Detroit today and the
Weather Bureau said the humid
ity would get worse.
Other highs late yesterday
included 99 at Rapid City, S.D ,
104 at Presidio, Tex., 89 at Chi
cago and even 90 at New York
City.
Four Refuse Answers
At LA Red Hearing
Los Angeles (U.R) More
witnesses were called before the
House Subcommittee on Un
American Activities today fol
lowing a stormy session on a
youth' village allegedly -under
Communist influence.
Four persons were questioned
about their association with the
Ormby Village for couth in
nearby Topanga Canyon, but
each refused to answer, citing
the First and Fifth amendments.
The four also refused to state
whether they had ever been
members of the Communist
party.
It was the bloodiest battle in
Indochina since the Communist
siege of Dien Bien Phu, and a
government announcement said
staggering losses were inflicted
on the fiery Buddhist warriors
who numbered 25,000 only last
April.
Peron-Church Agreement
Other international develop
ments: Rome: Premier-designate An
tonio Segni's deadline for form
ing a cabinet expired; political
circles predicted failure.
Buenos Aires Santiago Luis
Medford
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IDENTIFIED Betty McKloski,
above, whose identity was be
ing sought by Chicago police af
ter she was found an apparent
victim of amnesia, has been iden
tified by Mrs. Blanch LaFleur,
Central Point, a friend of the
family.
Amnesia Victim,
Pictured in M-T,
Identified Here
An attractive young woman
recently found by Chicago po
lice, an apparent victim of am
nesia, has been identified by a
Central Point woman who is a
close friend of the family, Med
ford police reported today.
Mrs. Blanch LaFleur, 319 West
Pine st., Central Point, saw the
woman's picture in Wednesday's
Mail Tribune. "I knew her even
before I read the caption," Mrs.
LaFleur said.
The woman had in her purse a
telegram addressed to Betty Mc
Koski of Stockton, Calif., as her
only identification. She was un
able to talk. Mrs. LaFleur con
firmed that she is Betty McKoski,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McKoski, Taylorsville,
Plumas county, Calif.
Information Sent
City police today teletyped
this information to officers in
Chicago.
Mrs. LaFleur explained that
she has known the McKoski fam
ily for 10 years, and is a close
friend of Betty's younger sister.
She thinks the woman may have
gone to Chicago because her
mother lived there at one time.
Lt. C. W. Lacy of the Medford
police expressed the depart
ment's appreciation for Mrs. La
Fleur's help. "It is an instance
of when information given by
the public, even though it may
be slight in some cases, has en
abled police to complete a case
which otherwise might never be
solved," he said.
Eagle Point Youth
Suffers Eye Loss
Eagle Point Robert Hayes,
16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hayes,
route 1, box 87, Eagle Point, was
dismissed from Sacred Heart hos
pital yesterday after being treat
ed for the loss of his left eye.
He was injured Monday while
shooting his cross bow, accord
ing to his family. He was exper
imenting with a new type of ar
row he had made when the ac
cident occurred.
Last September the youth was
awarded a $100 prize by the
Ford Foundation industrial arts
and crafts department for a cross
bow he made. He used his award
money for materials for an out
board motor, boat he made and
which he has used on the Rogue
river. He learned to make arch
ery equipment and the boat in
classes at Eagle Point high school
where he will be a junior this
falL
Portland (U.R) The body of
Arthur H. Weber, 48, was recov
ered from the Willamette river
by Portland harbor police yes
terday. Cardinal Copello resumed con
trol of the Catholic hierarchy in
Argentina; observers believed a
cabinet shakeup portended an
early end of the church-state
feud. .
Bonn:- The United States en
tered into an agreement with
West Germany to train and equip
the West German army under a
"blank' check" treaty.
Jerusalem, Israel: Prime Min
ister Moshe Sharett won parlia
mentary approval of a new three
party coalition from which he
bad purged the Geranl Zionists.
MEDFORD, OREGON
Adenauer Decline
Russian Invitation
To Visit Moscow
Agrees To Discuss
Restoring Normalcy
Bonn', Germany (U.R) West
German Chancellor Konrad Ade
nauer today turned down Rus
sia's invitation to visit at this
time to discuss Soviet-German
relations.
But he agreed, in a note
handed to the Soviet embassy in
Paris, to discuss restoring nor
mal relations between West Ger
many and Russia.
The chancellor's rejection of
the invitation to visit Moscow
came as a surprise. All previous
indications had been that he
would travel to the Soviet capi
tal for a conference with heads
of the Russian government.
Instead, Adenauer said a num
ber of issues must be "clarified"
in preliminary talks between the
West German and Soviet ambas
sadors in Paris before he could
consider a Moscow trip.
If ' these issue are settled to
the Chancellor's satisfaction, a
government spokesman said, he
will agree to go to Moscow,
probably in September.
Adenauer's reply did not spell
out the issues he feels must be
clarified.
DA May Appeal
In Hank Case
Portland (U.R) District At
torney William' Langley said to
day his office was considering a
possible appeal to the State Su
preme Court of an order yester-
daywhich gave Wey Him and
Sherry Fong a new trial and up
set their conviction of the first
degree murder of 16-year-old Di
ane Hank.
. Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dob-
son issued the new trial order,
suggesting the jury failed to give
mature consideration to the
case. He also found the case
against the Fongs was not con
vincing.
Deputy' District Attorney
Howard Lonergan asked for a
hearing on a motion for recon
sideration. This was set for 9:30
a.m. Tuesday.
Meanwhile, an impromptu
meeting of 11 of the Fong mur
der trial jurors was held last
night which attorneys said may
be unprecedented in Oregon le
gal annals.
The jury met to protest rever
sal of their conviction of the
Fongs.
Reporter Tells of
Party Membership
Washington (U.R) Charles
Grutzner, veteran reporter for
the New York Times, testified
today that he was a member of
the Communist Party from 1937
to 1940 while working for the
Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily Eagle.
Grutzner told the Senate In
ternal Security subcommittee he
was not a very active member
and that his fellow Communists
in the Daily Eagle unit com
plained because he did not at
tend meetings regularly.
"I finally just stayed away
for good" in 1940, he said. Grutz
ner has been a Times reporter
since 1941.
The Times reporter took , the
stand after Victor Weingarten,
former reporter for the Eagle,
refused to testify about whether
he was a Communist prior to
1940 or to give information
about his associates.
Low Bids on Highway
Proecfs Announced
Portland (U.R) A Creswell
firm, C. R. O'Neil, today was
apparent low bidder at $278,899
for a Josephine county highway
project when the State High
way commission opened bids.
The job calls for grading 3.14
miles of new four-lane route for
the Pacific highway near Mer
lin hill from about half a mile
north of Grants Pass to Louse
creek, also for building frontage
roads.
Other projects and low bid
ders included:
Jackson and Douglas: Apply
pavement sealing to 56.5 miles
of Pacific, Crater Lake and West
Diamond Lake highways; D-H
Paving Co., Vancourver, Wash.,
$63,770.
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WHERE AIRMEN WENT DOWN Newsmap locates (1)
area where fighter-bomber with two Marine airmen aboard
crashed off mouth of Tokyo Bay Sunday, June 26. Volcanic
Oshima Island (2) over which pilot of a search plane was
last heard from. Area where rescue helicopter went down ,
(3) with almost certain loss of one man of three-man crew,
when returning to mother ship after flight to investigate
sighting of a life raft (4) on fog-shrouded seas.
MISSING Marine 2nd Lt.
David Winton Bell, Wayzata,
Minn., is believed to be one of
two' jet pilots downed in a fog
blanketed sea south of Tokyo.
An air-sea rescue armada of 50
planes and seven ships is comb
ing water off Shima where the
two Marines went down.
Military Construction
Bill Gets Approval
Washington U.R) The Sen
ate Armed Services Committee
today approved a bill author
izing $2,357,317,300 in construc
tion of military bases within the
United State and around the
world.
In keeping with the emphasis
on air power, more than half the
authorized construction, $1,205,
170,000, will be for Air Force
bases. The Navy would receive
,$571,620,300 and the Army,
$527,027,000. .
The bill, which will probably
come up for Senate approval to
morrow, would only authorize
construction of the bases. Sepa
rate legislation is needed to pro
vide the actual money.
County Non-High and Rural
School Boards
Jackson County non-high and
rural school boards met' yester
day to canvass board elections
and appoint officers for the com
ing year.
Dunbar Carpenter, the incum
bent and only candidate filing
for office, received 67 votes and
will serve another five-year
board term from Zone 5. He rep
resents Pinehurst and Lone Pine
districts.
A. E. Brockway, Medford, was
unanimously reelected chairman
of the board for 1955-56. Car
penter was named vice-chairman.
Agreement Approved
In other business, the board
approved an " agreement with
Ashland District 5 on transpor
tation of non-high students from
Pinehurst District 94 to Ashland.
Jacksonville, Central Point, and
Eagle Point districts received
approval lor advance! of -non-
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Search for Missing
Airmen Fruitless;
Signals Continue
Tokyo (U.R) Rescue planes
returned to Jonnson Air Force
base tonight after a fruitless
search; 'often dangerously close
to the ocean's surface for three
missing U. S. Marine airmen"
who may have heard the motors
of the planes from rubber life
rafts. -
Pilots of the 36th search and
rescue squadron told the United
Press that they had to take their
four-ngined planes down to 500
feet above the churning heavy
seas to duck under low clouds.
Some of the pilots, who had re
mained as long as seven and a
half hours in the air, said vis
ibility was "fair today."
Search to Continue
The rescue pilots said they
would be ready to take off again
at dawn to push the hunt. The
search was intensified because
of distress signals heard off and
on since Monday, apparently be
ing' sent from rubber life rafts.
Meanwhile,, a U. S. Navy
spokesman at Yokosuka announ
ced that the 12 searching ves
sels from three nations had seen
nothing during the day but are to
continue the hunt throughout the
night.
Capt. Raymond A. Day of
Gilman, 111., said that the search
planes could have gone right
over the fliers and missed them.
Very Rough Seas
"The seas are very rough,"
Day said, "and the rafts could
have been at the bottom of a
swell or a wave might have
broken over them when we flew
over.
A weak and , garbled voice
broadcasting on a distress chan
nel was picked up in late after
noon.
Two other "Mayday" signals
were heard during the day.
Pick
high tuition. Payment for home
instruction of a handicapped
child and social security cover
age for the board's clerical help
were also granted.
Vote Canvassed
The rural school board, meet
ing in the afternoon, canvassed
elections from Zones 2 and 5.
The incumbent and sole candi
date, Lyle VanScoy, received
162 votes for a three-year term
representing Eagle Point, Pros
pect, and Butte Falls districts.
Jeannette Grove, Phoenix, also
the incumbent . and only candi
date filing, received 120 votes
to serve another term from Pine
hurst, Phoenix, and Talent dis
tricts. Glen W. Smith was unani
mously chosen chairman, Lyle
VanScoy vice-chairman, and Alf
B. Mekvold, county superinten
dent of schools, secretary of the
board for the next yeas.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy
through Friday.' Mild tem
peratures. Low 'tonight 45.
High Friday 75.
Toms.
Highest Yesterday ,. fS
Lowest this Morning .
mum
Sharp Increase in
Rates Advocated
In Hoover Studies
Says States Should
Take Over Projects
Details of how the recom
mendations of the Hoover
commission would affect
Northwest hydroelectric de
velopments appear ia a story
by A. Robert Smith on Pago
1 of Section 2 of today's issue
of The Mail Tribune.
Washington u.R The
Hoover Commission urged today
that the government jack up
sharply the prices it charges for
taxpayer-subsidized federal now
er.
In a controversy - loaded re
port to Congress on the explo
sive public power issue the com
mission also proposed that:
1. New government steam
generating plants be banned. :
2. A special board be created
to chart future federal water re
sources policy.
3. Private utilities be permit
ted to buy a "fair share" of pub
lic power.
4. The Tennessee Valley Auth
ority and similar projects be re
quired to issue public securities
to finance any future expan
sion. On the price issue, the com
mission declared that the gov
ernment has been selling electri
city for only about 60 per cent
of what it's worth.
States Could Take Over
The commission said it would
be desirable for .the states to
take over federal projects in the
great power regions. But though
it : discussed" 'how it might be"
done, the commission said it wag
making no recommendations on
this wore.
The report, sure to touch off
a storm in congress, said the en
tire water resources program'
needs overhauling. It said the
present program evolved hap
hazardly during a' century of
changing needs- and is riddled
with "competition, duplication,
and waste." . "
Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell
Jr., and Defense Mobilizer Ar
thur S. Flemming filed partial
dissents. They , voiced concern
that the proposals would "im
pede the government in exer
cising its proper role" in water
resources development.
Another member, James. A.'
Farley, said it- came "danger
ously close to inviting an abdi
cation by the federal govern
ment of its responsibilities" in
the water resources field.
15 Suggestions Made
In all, the commission made
15 recommendations. Other ma
jor proposals entailed relaxa
tion of the 160-acre limit on
western reclamation holdings,
transfer of upstream flood con
trol dams to the Army Corps of
Engineers, and a special tax on
commercial boats usinff-th in.
land waterways.
In addition to T VA, the recom
mendations would drasticallv af
fect the future of such big hy
droelectric projects as Columbia
River Basin. Central Vaiiv
Hoover Dam, Missouri River Ba
sin, and the Southeastern and .
Southwestern Power Adminis
trations. ..I".'
The commission said a "desir
able alternative" to its proposals
would be for the states in the
seven major federal power re
gions to set up authorities to
take over the federal projects.
Would Pay Interest
The commission also said
federal power projects should
be forced to pay interest on the
government's investment plus
payments on the principal. They
also should pay state and local
taxes and an amount equal "to
the federal taxes paid by pri
vate utilities," it said.
While the commission did not
say how much this would raise
public power rates, informed
sources said such a formula
might involve an increase of up
to 50 per cent in TV A rates and
30 to 40 per cent for other fede
ral power projects.. .
MOettiiGii
Rom (U.R) Premier-designate
Antonio Segni tonight
asked and received two more
days to decide whether he can
form new government. .
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