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Becommendeu IV T A T Weather FORECAST: Fair through Mon day with early morning fog and continued mild tempera tures. High Sunday 72-75; low Sunday night about 48; nigh Monday about 75. Temp. Highest yesterday 74 Lowest yesterday morning 46 1 5 3 30 ffges 50th Year MEDFORD 3 NDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1955 Price 5c No. 176 I . Cull I aatul Ai, 8 m ''' " I Miu4 D. Cull la XAir. A .orselnlurls lem MP Challenge; Tells .Peace Mope Wayne L. Morse, senior sena tor from Oregon, last night threw down the gauntlet to Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and other Republicans to make next year's election into a great debate on natural re sources policies. He' told his audience the fate of the world lies on the. devel opment of international juridio ial Drocesses: he outlined his pol itical philosophy as .one of "ideals put to work," and pledg ed himself to continue as-the elected representative of all the people of Oregon, as their leg lslative counsel." At Dinner Meeting The Democratic senator, who joined the party after two years as an Independent following his resignation from the Republican party, addressed an audience 150 persons at . a public dinner sponsored by the. Democratic or ganizations of the county. His hard-hitting, two-hour talk touched on a score of points dealing with natural resources and their development, on a sen ator's responsibilities for inde pendent thought under the con stitution, on party unity, and party responsibility, on govern mental ethics, on development of nuclear weapons, on public pow er vs. "partnership" and possible . alternatives, on the boxcar short age and what is being done about it, on the history of the Talent project and his role in its appro val, on other appropriations for Oregon, on the situation in Asia, and on the threat of war. Asks Analysis He concluded with a plea for the people of Oregon to analyze the issues of the "day oh the facts. If this is done, he said, "you needn't worry about the actions ,of government." Senator Morse left no doubt about his support of federal pro jects for the development of hyd roelectric energy in Oregon. But, he added, if it can be clearly shown, after a unified fight for c o n g r e s ional appropriations, that the congress will not go along with further development then, and then only, he would be willing to . work toward an other solution. "Not 'partnership,' " he declar ed, "but the pooling of power un der a joint federal-state corpor ate setup which "would guarantee an adequate power supply to the area. He haven't scratched the , surface of the possibilities of de velopment. And we must stop the 'grab' of natural resources embodied in the so-called 'part nership' proposals," he sfated. Cite Car Shortage He began his talk on ' a quiet note, explaining his concept that a senator is a "legislative coun sel" for all the people, no shat ter of what party. He elaborated on this by commenting on a statement made by S. A. Mogan in announcing the closure of his mills here due to a boxcar short age. Mogan had questioned the efforts of Senator Morse and Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) in working for more cars. The senior senator has made seven presentations in recent weeks to ' the ' Interstate Com merce Commission, he said, seek ing data on the shortage; he has been fighting the annual short age for six years, and will cop? tinue to do so. If it is. shown the railroads are 'not living up to their primary responsibility of providing service, (and the sen ator said he questions that they have,) two courses are open. The first is to fore them to build adequate supplies of cars. The second, to be used only if the railroads can show it would be a real hardship to do so, would be some sort of federal aid, based on the welfare of all the people, he said. Replacements Only On the basis of the evidence he has seen so far. - Senator Morse said, it is indicated that the cars the railroads are build . ing are replacements and this do not represent added supplies. He added he is tired of the ex cuse that the shortage is "sea sonal.? He pledged his continued efforts for a solution to the short age. " , In describing the Talent proj ect, he declared he has supported it since its inception, and was re sponsible for having it revived by President Truman when it "was as dead as 'a dodo." He continued his support, he said, when the ' Republican adminis tration budgeted nothing for the project, and he and Senator Neu berger, with the help of Con gresswoman Edith Green (D- Ore.) succeeded in having $154, 000 appropriated for it. He praised the . "teamwork" of the three of them, and praised the "great record" made by Sen ator Neuberger . and Represen tative Green during their first session. Cites Increase ' . He cited a number of examples of increased, appropriations for Oregon projects secured largely through the efforts of the three working through a Democratic congress when the Republicans provided nothing. He charged that Republican representatives have been attempting to have "de-authorized" already approv ed federal projects, thus delay ing their construction. 1 . Turning to foreign policy, he reiterated many of. his state mehts made at a United Nations meeting Friday night, praising President Eisenhower's Geneva statement; citing the need for peaceful and juridical . pro cedures m international affairs. and the need to bring the "vicious and lying propaganda' of the Communists into the light so it could be combated in the fight for the minds of mankind everywhere. ' ' Hints At Weapons The senator hinted at the de velopment by both the U.S. and Russia cf weapons far more powerful than the hydrogen bomb, and said that within 25 years a war of annihilation, sending the .world back 'to the dark ages, could be fought .with out the use of a single airplane by guided missies which could mpointthe -world. wm-h The nations of the world must be brought to know they have everything to lose through war, he said, and he stated he would be glad to have his rec ord judged on his foreign policy stands. . He explained his fight against the resolution which gave the president authority to start fighting in China on the Con stitutional ground that it at tempted to give . the president war declaring power which only congress has. . Asks Unity - As to the 1956 election, the senator again pleaded for party unity. He said : he hopes the Democratic convention will be "wide open," and that the nomi nee of free and uncomitted dele gates Would be president at the end of 1956. Sid Ainsworth, Ashland, was master of ceremonies, and Bob Boyer, chairman of the Demo cratic Central committee, intro duced the senator. Earlier in the day, Senator Morse attended a meeting of some 75 persons interested in conservation and irrigation, held at the "Hanleylands" residence of Mrs. E. B. Hanley, during which he heard a number of problems dealing with soil and water development and manage ment.' ." He characterized their state ments as examples of what a representative needs and must have presentations of facts on which problems can be solved. Problems Listed ' Among the. problems ' ""men tioned by the local spokesmen were those of the erosion prob lem along both sides of , the Rogue river and along Jackson creek; the need for the Army engineers- to launch an over-all water conservation program; the problem of gravel removal from the river resulting in flood con ditions in places; the lack of adequate ground water supplies for farmers individual reclama tion and irrigation projects, aihd the aggravation of these prob lems by the destruction of trees and grass by fire. Others dis cussed . the Talent project, em phasizing its importance to this area and the need of the people to understand that importance, and the need for additional water throughout the entire area. .The senator described his sup port for irrigation and reclama tion, and discussed it in light of the nation's needs for food sup plies, not only at home but for the building up of underdevelop ed economics throughout the world, where greater prosperity would benefit this country. His appearances here yester day conclude his itinerary in Jackson county during his cur rent visit. He was to return to his Eugene home today. (Sn story on Pag 7) O&CAdminisfrative Change Annouced By Secretary McKay Says Maximum Use Of Timber Planned . Washington (U.R) Inter ior Secretary (Douglas McKay Saturday announced administra tive changes for Oregon andCal if ornia railroad land "to- assure maximum use" of the federally owned timber. ' - The so-called O&C land locat ed in western Oregon consists of more than 2,000,000 acres granted by the government to the Oregon and Calif ornia Co. in 1866. It reverted to the gov ernment in 1916 because the company failed to live up to con ditions of the grant. ... " -" Will Increase Volume N McKay said changes. 'recom mended by the' Bureau' of Land Management and approved by him include "new, forward-looking, steps which will, eventually increase the volume of O&C timber annually available in western Oregon.: ii "They will pay for themselves many times over in assuring the continued economic " . advance ment of many Oregon tommunit ies as well as providing increased revenues for federal, state arid local treasuries," McKay said. A Senate interior subcommit tee and a House government op erations subcommittee have been looking into government" policies in timber sales. Both are .sched uled to hold hearings in the Pac ific Northwest some time next month. .' Changes' Listed McKay said O&C policy chang es will: ; 1. Amend existing regulations to permit lifting of eight-year-old marketing restrictions gov erning timber sales when deem ed necessary. . 2. Revamp . appraisal proced ures to reflect morecl6sely.the. results of competitive sales, of O&C timber in western Oregon. 3. Increase the total allowable cut of O&C forests from 534,000, 000 board feet a year to 588,000, 000 board feet. : 4. Recommend addition al funds to expand and intensify the forest management'program on O&C lands. Four Girls Hurt In Head-On Wreck Four girls were injured when the cars in which they were rid ing collided almost h'ead-on about 2:15 p.mi yesterday on Highway 99 near the 'Rogue River junction. " Taken to Grants Pass hospital were Mrs. Sharon A. Woods, 17, of Cottage Grove; Anna Q. Ryland, 17, alio of Cottage Grove; Yvonne E. Whitelock, 21, of Grants Pass, and Betty L. Brazie, 24, also of Grants Pass. ' Miss Ryland, a passenger in Mrs. Woods car, and Miss Brazie, a pasenger in Miss Whitelock's vehicle, were treated for severe facial lacerations. State police said both girls went through the windshield of the cars in which they were riding. .Miss Whitelock suffered a simple pelvis fracture, police said, and Mrs. Woods suffered minor cuts and bruises. Police said Mrs. Wood and Miss Ryland were returning to Cottage Grove from Medford at the time of the accident. Bonn, Germany (U.R) Chancellor Konrad Adenauer continued to make progress to ward recovery from bronchial pneumonia but is still running a slight fever, a Bonn government spokesman said. . The 79-year-old chancellor has been confined to his bed at his home in nearby Rhoendorf since Oct. 7. Hearings on Valuation of Orchard Trees Concluded Hearings on the valuation of orchard trees were completed Saturday in the courthouse by representatives of the state tax commission. . 225 Appeal Considered ' . Some 225 appeals of assessed tree valuations by orchard own ers were considered during the hearings which began Oct. 3. The controversy developed last spring when the tax commission ordered the board of equaliza tion here to assess orchard trees and put them on the tax rolls. The board did so, but it was later ruled that the board had failed to provide for adequate hearings for the orchard owners. The hearings were concered T. COLEMAN ANDREWS Revenue Chief Quits President Accepts Resignation From Coleman Andrews - Denver U.R) President Ei senhower Saturday "regretful ly" accepted the resignation of T. Coleman Andrews as com missioner of internal revenue effective Oct. 31. The President's action was an nounced by Secretary of Treas ury George M: Humphrey after a bedside visit with the recu perating chief executive at Fitz- simons Army hospital.' To Join Insurance Firm Humphrey told newsmen at the temporary White House at Lowry Air Force Base that An drews was resigning because of "commitments and arrange ments" that he has made in Richmond, Va., his home. Andrews had confirmed ear lier Saturday that he had of fered his resignation effective Oct. 31. He will become board chairman of an insurance firm Nov. 1. '"...- ,V:- .r;.; . ;; Accomga nyhlg JJj Eisenbow er's acceptance as-ajpuxchang& of letters between him and An drews. Humphrey said Andrews has "done a remarkable job" in re organizing the Internal Revenue Service and "done it with great distinction and effectiveness." Sports Bulletins Portland (U.R) Oregon's Webfoots pushed a punchless University of California foot ball team all over the field Saturday night for a 21 to 0 Pacific Coast conference vic tory before 21,515 fans in Multnomah stadium. Stockton, Calif. (U.R) College of Pacific came from behind with two second half touchdowns here Saturday night to upset the Oregon State college football team, 13 to 7. Local Milk Price To Go Up Monday The local home delivery and recommended store price of milk will advance one cent per quart Monday, according to two dairy product distributing concerns. Snider's Dairy Products com pany and Jorgenson's Dairy Products reported that the price raise will effect 3.8 milk, pre ium milk, skim milk, buttermilk, chocolate milk, and half and half milk. The price "of cream items will remain the same. Prices , paid to producers i of grade A milk were raised 42 cents per hundred-weight Satur day. The reason for the raise was increased farm production costs, according to ..Richard Wester berg, president of Oregon Milk Producers. only with valuation and did not involve any legal objections to the action of the tax commission. May Appeal Orchardist, if they wish to do so, may later appeal on legal grounds before the state tax commission, according, to State Tax Commissioner Sam Stewart. Rulings of the tax commission may also be appealed to the cir cuit court on the basis of tran scripts made of. the hearings. Stewart has announced that some orders reducing valuation on orchards will be issued, and it is hoped additional rulings, based on the hearings, can be handed down starting early in the week. .'"' Ike Confers With Treasury Secretary On Budget Program President Sits Up For Brief Period Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower sat up 'Saturday for the first time since he was strick en with a . heart attack three weeks ago. -. . V After a conference with Sec retary of Treasury George M. Humphrey and a quiet afternoon the President was lifted by two medical corpsmen from his bed and put in a . big upholstered chair for 15 minutes. Hopes For Balanced Budget Humphrey reported to , the President that he is "hopeful" of a balanced budget in fiscal 1956 and that a balanced budget would be followed'by a tax cut. Mr. Eisenhower's doctors had fcaid he probably could begin sitting : up a little of each day during the " fourth week of his recovery. The President was stricken September 24, and so began the fourth week of his recovery Saturday. - In their final medical bulle tin of the day, the President's doctors said his condition "con- tinues to progress satisfactorily without complications." ". Enjoys Outing Before his visit from Humph rey, the President enjoyed a 45- minute outing, his longest to date on the sun terrace near his eighth floor room at Fitzsimons Army hospital until about 4:30 p.m., (MST) after he had napped and rested most of the afternoon. "I think- our taxes are too high and I think we ought to get them down," Humphrey told report ers after he finished a 15-min- ute session at the President's bed side in Fitzsimons Army hospital. Six Dead, 21 Hurt . i . " in Bus-IrACrask Michigan City) find. XU.R) A double-decker . Greyhound bus rammed into , a stalled trailer truck, on a "killer" highway early Saturday, killing six per sons and injuring 21 others. The bus, enroute from Chi cago to New York, rammed the steel-laden truck three miles east of here with such force that the lower deck was crushed by the rear of the trailer. The second deck was sheared off. ' Wrecking crews, firemen and squads of ambulance workers labored two hours to free trapped passengers and remove the dead and injured. Truck driver Harry Williams, 43', Oak Lawn, 111., said he tried to flag down the bus after he pulled over on U.S. Route 20 to repair the air brakes on his truck. . "I waved, a flare," Williams said. "It wouldn't stop so I jumped aside.". He was injured by flying debris. Flyni To Preside At LOC Convention ' Portland U.R) The League of Oregon Cities will hold its 1955 convention here Oct. 23-26. . Keynote of the meeting will be a review of' 30 years of Oregon municipal history. League Pres ident Diamond L. Flynn of Med ford will preside. Banquet speaker will be Gov. Paul Patterson. EAGLE Mike Campbell, above, was awarded his eagle scout badge at a court of honor at the Phoenix Community hair last Thursday evening. Mike is the first member of Phoenix 'Boy Scout Troop 15 to win the cov eted award, highest in scouting, in the 15-year history of the troop. S Faure taes Council as IPolitioal risis Srous I 1 v i - i in LULL FIRST ENLISTEE-Colonel. William H. Prentice, right, com manding officer of the 417th Engineer Aviation Brigade, adminis ters oath of enlistihent to Joseph E. Shelton, 1059 Morrow rd., Medford, the first person to enlist in the newly activated reserve unit here. Formal activation ceremonies for the unit will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Medford High school auditorium. Private Shelton enlisted under the armed forces reserve act of 1955, which permits men between 17 and, 18Vfe to continue schooling with only a six-month active duty training period. Private Shelton plans to attend college upon graduation from Crater High school next spring. , V ( ' IHloivDSng Storms LStit New EngDand States Boston U.R) A howling northeaster poured river waters over banks in New England Sat urday, threatening new disaster in the same- areas ravaged by the floods of Hurricane Diane less than two months ago. . Winsted, Conn., which suffer ed most from ,, the disastrous floods of. August, was in the path of , the new flood. The greatest rainfall. ,in,J,he.jiieiv. storm.area, was reported there ' a total of 7.8 inches before noon Saturday. Hundreds of refugees from Boxcar Shortage Causes Shutdown Of Mogan Lumber i ' "..' .' "' V Mogan Lumber company' offi cials announced yesterday , the company will shut down opera tions in Tiller and Eagle Point sawmills and the White City re milling plant- early this week because of the railroad boxcar shortage. -.' The company "employs about 250 men, and S. A. Mogan, owner of the company, 'said at least four men will be put of employ ment in associated industries for every one unemployed by the company. - . Doesn't Blame SP Mogan said he "does not blame the Southern Pacific for, this shortage" because 4he shortage is . nation-wide. He said the Southern Pacific "has done more than most carriers to keep abreast of the times." He blamed the shortage on the American railroads' "arrogant refusal to keep enough rolling stock on hand to take care of peak move ments of freight" - He - said the company has enough lumber at the White City operation to load about 300 box cars.' ' ' At least , eight other lumber companies in the Rogue valley have closed down because of the boxcar shortage in the past few weeks. Some companies, which have resumed operations, com bined the shortage and deer season ' to suspend operations temporarily. : 100-Mile-an-Hour Speeder Given Jail Term, $75 Fine i Ashland Morris Lee Stringer, 19, Ashland, was given a' stiff sentence by Justice of the Peace Nellie Burns last -week after a police chase at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. He was fined $75 plus costs of $4.50, was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail, and his driver's license was suspended for 30 days. Can Ran Out of Gas Stringer was arrested by a Yreka, Calif., city police officer who chased him all the way from Yreka to a spot in the Siskiyous on the Oregon side of the border where the car finally ran out of gas. The driver was accompanied by two other young men. The Yreka officer first noticed the car as it flashed ( --i rrv - A v. Hurricane Diane who only re cently had returned .to- their homes moved out again to rescue shelters on high ground while the river levels rose dangerously and high tides pounded the coast. At least 13 were known dead in New York, New Jersey, Penn sylvania and New England. ' , Blajridf ord,. Massir a hamlet of 500 in- the Berkshire foothills was isolated for the second time in eight weeks. The main high way, from Boston to Albany was washed out. Hundreds of streets were flooded. ' Airline flights were cancelled. Flood waters tore away railroad bridges and snarled rail traffic. Connecticut Hard Hit , i Army Engineers said the Win- sted-Waterbury area oi Connecti cut, chief target of Hurricane Diane, probably would be the hardest hit again. They worked to cut a "back door" to a lake which would take off rising wa ters before the flood poured over a cliff in Winsted. "This storm is feeding on ocean water just like Diane," said Forecaster Al Flahive of the U, S. Weather Bureau. Diane dumped up to 21 inches of rain on the flood area. By noon, Elmira, N.Y., had more than seven inches. Parts of south ern and central New England had more than five inches and the rain was expected to con tinue into today. Flahive . explained that the storm " sucked up ocean water and carried it inland on an east erly gale. Queen Mother Visits Near Try sting Place -' ;- Windsor, En g lan d (U.R) Queen mother Elizabeth came to Windsor Saturday to be near the week end trysting place of fier , daughter, Princess Mar garet, and Peter Townsend. The queen mother put up for the week end at Windsor Roypl Lodge, only a few miles from the secluded country es tate where Margaret and Town send, snug from the speculating world, were together to test their love. through the California city. , Speeds of more than 100 miles per hour were clocked up dur ing the chase, the officer report ed. He suspected at first that the car and its passengers might have been involved in a serious crime and were making a get away ,. " ; The officer experienced no dif ficulty in making the arrest after the car stopped from lack of gas. - ' Stringer was arrested by Ore gon state police recently on a similar charge. The Yreka of ficer was. able to make the ar rest under the doctrine of "hot pursuit," which permits him to make arrests outside his juris diction provided he is in pursuit of the offender at the time. France May Lose Status as World Power, Cofy Warns Viofence Erupts In North Africa Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar Faure announced the long-delayed throne council for Morocco Saturday night in a bold move to save his government from col lapse. ' . By appointing the council, Faure hoped to win Socialist neutrality in the National As sembly confidence vote Tuesday on French policy in Algeria. Growing Crisis - The announcement came as spreading disorders produced a growing political crisis in Paris, and President Rene Coty warn ed that the instability' of th e Fourth Republic may cost France its position as a world power. Violence erupted in Marrak- esh and Casablanca Friday night and Saturday, while . rebelling tribesmen continued to skirmish along the Spanish Moroccan bor der. Faure's coalition cabinet need ed the strong Socialist Yote to survive the confidence vote Tuesday, just 10 days before the Big Four foreign ministers meet ing in Geneva. The premier i had the support of the Socialist bloc for his Morr ocean program, but not for his Algerian policies. Now that the throne council has been appoint ed, it was believed that the soc ialists might abstain in Tuesday's vote. .. . - - . May Ignite Demonstration -'"While the throve appointment was designed to head off a col lapse in Paris, it threatened to ignite new demonstrations by French settlers irP Morocco., Their leaders have opposed the inclusion of Si Bekkai, the for mer Pasha of Sefrou, and even the idea of a council itself. The settlers fear tht Bekkai, a strong nationalist, might herald the return of exiled Sultan Sidi Mohammed, Ben Youssef, depos ed two years ago. Faure has promised it will not. To help offset the fears, he put four men in the council instead of three to dilute the influence of Si Bekkai. ; Football WEST I UCLA 21, Stanford 13 Baylor L3, Washington 7 Washington StateoS, Idaho 0 Wyoming 23, Tulsa 19 College of Idaho 20, Willam ette 13 Utah State 32, Montana SOUTHWEST Texas A8cM 19, Texas Chris tian 16 Oklahoma 44, Kansas 6 Arkansas 27, Texas 20 ' Southern Methodist 20, Rice 0 Texas Western 29, Arizona 0 Houston 21, Oklahoma A8cM ' 13 MIDWEST Illinois 21, Minnesota 13 Michigan 14, Northwestern 2 Duke 20, Ohio State 14 Michigan State 21, Noire Dame 7 Iowa 20, Purdue 20 . Indiana 14, Villanova 7 Iowa . State 20, Missouri 14 Colorado 34, Kansas State 13 Cincinnati 13, Marquette 12 SOUTH . Tennessee 20, Alabama 0 - Mississippi 27, Tulane 13 Virginia Tech 7, Richmond 7 Maryland 25, North Carolina 7 Virginia 20, VMI 13 Auburn 14, Georgia Tech 12 Florida 18, LSU 14 North Carolina Stats 13, Wake Forest 13 Georgia 47, Florida State 14 Mississippi State 20, Ken tucky 14 EAST George Washington 25, Penn sylvania 6 Harvard 1, Columbia 7 Pittsburgh 21, Nebraska 7 Yale 34, Cornell 6 Lafayette 21, Dartmouth 13 Colgate 15, Princeton 6 Syracuse 13, Army 0 Navy 34, Penn State 14 Rutgers 14, Brown 12 West Virginia 39, William & Mary 13 Boston College 23. Detroit ! t t ;i HI ... . 4. . , I - 1