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impie Qu estion May Be Pers uader To Bk e to r Another Term By LYLE C. WILSON Uniled Press Correspondent Washington UP The farm parlor intimates who will have most to do with urging Presi dent Eisenhow er to take a second nomin ation, il his health permits, have handy a last ditch per suader. It will be in the form of a question. And like as not it will be Ljle C. Wilson asked one day during a bridge game lull in I "4 "-4 I it Gettysburg or at an informal luncheon table. It will go some thing like this: "Mr. President, how would you like to see Adlai E. Stevenson in the White House?" For Stevenson's name could be substituted the names of Gov. Averell Harriman, New York, or Tennessee's Sen. Estes Kefauver, or of any person who appears now to have a chance of winning next year's Democratic president ial nomination. The answer to t h e question would have to be that Mr. Eisen hower would not like to turn over to any likely Democrat the office he now holds. As the pre convention campaigns of Stev enson, Harriman and Kefauver develop, Mr. Eisenhower is like ly to have even more reason to oppose their succession. Democrats Raise Questions Each contesting Democrat will be saying things about Mr. Ei senhower's administration which will raise serious questions as to the President's administrative ability, his understanding of for eign and domestic problems, even his mental capacity to ex ercise good judgment. If any thing were needed to make Mr. Eisenhower a solid, partisan Re publican, it could be the Demo cratic pre-convention campaign speeches now coming up. The Democratic attacks on Mr. Eisenhower's foreign and nation al defense policies are most like ly to stir in the President a de sire for a second term, assum ing that his doctors do not ob ject. He might not seek per sonal vindication for his farm program after all, he did not make it and is no expert on the subject. But national defense and foreign affairs he is sup posed to know something about. The foregoing are among the factors which are encouraging his political associates tp believe that the President may run again. Hall States Belief Republican National Chair man Leonard W. Hall is not the Jackson County Library Needs Discussed With State Representative Miss Eloise Ebert, adminis trative assistant and field repre sentative of the Oregon State li brary, has returned to Salem after spending much of last week in conferences with the librar ians of Douglas, Josephine and Jackson counties, and Ashland. In meetings with the staff and ie board of the Medford Public library. Miss Ebert expressed surprise and satisfaction at changes made during the past five months in staff reorganiza tion, building rearrangement, im provement of the book collec tion, and community contacts. Planning Recommended Talking to the trustees at a Friday afternoon board meeting, Miss Ebert recommended long range planning for the library, which would include revision of contracts between Jackson coun ty and the Medford library board, increased appropriations, and the addition of professional assistants to the library staff. Quoting from "Public Library Missouri Convicts In Demonstration Jefferson City, Mo. (U.R) Inmates of the Missouri State prison, scene of a destructive riot 14 months ago, staged a six- hour demonstration last night which was termed a protest to new rule books. Penal Director James Carter said no one was injured, but hp and the prison warden conduct ed a cell by cell inspection to determine the damage. Carter said most of the 2700 inmates inside the walls took part in the demonstration which consisted mainly of shouting and banging on cells. The director said the major objection by inmates seemed to be sections of the rule book which called for standardiza tion of all cell equipment. Car ter said there also appeared to be protests to military type re quirements that inmates salute guards and address all prison officials, including guards, as "Sir." The rule books were distribut ed shortly before the inmates were locked in the eight major cells cf the prison last night. Standards," recently published by the public libraries division of the American Library associ ation, Miss Ebert pointed out that a two-mill levy, or $2 per capita, was considered the min imum appropriation for adequate library service in the United States. The current budget for the Jackson county library is three-fourths of a mill, or less than .75 per capita for county residents. Miss Ebert pointed out some of the deficiencies in serv ice that result. For each 15,000 volumes circu lated per year there should be one staff member, exclusive of bindery and maintenance person nel, according to "Public Library Standards," she said, or one staff member for each 3,000 popula tion. (The Medford Public Li brary in 1954 circulated 195,430 volumes among a population of about 58,000. Its staff at present, exclusive of bindery and main tenance personnel, numbers six.) It is recommended, she said, that for a population of 100,000 there be at least 15 professional librar ians, a ratio of eight for Jack son county. There is at present one professionally trained li brarian on the staff. In meeting with members of the library staff Miss Ebert spoke of new policies now in effect concerning interlibrary loans from the Oregon State library. Local librarians are requested to limit their applications for these to cases of special signif icance such as study courses, serious research, writing papers. For the best overall library serv ice citizens of Oregon should work to strengthen and support their local libraries rather than depend upon the : state library, Miss Ebert concluded. Administration Drops Echo Park Project Washington (U.R) The ad ministration is dropping the controversial Echo Park dam from the Upper Colorado River Storage project. After meeting with officials of the Council of Conservationist States, Interior Secretary Doug las McKay said yesterday he thinks Congress will approve the Upper Colorado Project at its next session if the $17,400,000 Echo Park dam is eliminated. The Senate this year passed a bill which included Echo Park dam but the House Interior Committee struck out that part of the project. Conservationist interests had bitterly protested the plans to build a dam in Echo Park. They claimed it would spoil a top scenic attraction, including Din osaur National monument, and possibly set a precedent for en croaching on other park areas. Diaper on Flagpole Announces Granddaught South Portland, Me. (U.R) Neighbors kept asking Mr. and Mrs. Harold Etter day after day if they had become grandpar ents. When their daughter, Mrs. Barbara Romano, finally gave birth to a seven-pound, 12-ounce sirl. Etter found a way to make the announcement to the neigh borhood in a hurry. He. ran up a diaper with pink ribbons flut tering from it on the flagpole in the front yard. Oregonians Urged To Take Heed of SD Day Portland (U.R) Officials to day urged Oregonians to drive and walk carefully for Safe Driving day which starts at mid night tonight and lasts for 24 hours. Last year SD day was held Dec. 15 and that state had a 40 per cent improvement over the traffic record of the same day in 1953. On Dec. 1 last year there were two traffic deaths in Ore gon. E. C. Sammons, SD day di rector, urged every town in the state to prevail upon the pub lic to drive and walk carefully. Potato Production Control Wins Favor Chicago (U.R) The National Potato council was on record by a narrow margin today as favor ing production control. Delegates to the council's an nual meeting here voted 28 to 20 in the closing session yester day in favor of the controls. A special, long range Program committee appointed to make recommendations on the matter failed to agree, and the question was submitted to the conven tion. Earlier, the delegates reelect ed Winslow B. Whiteley, Oak ley, Ida., president. Heavy Snow Joins Vorsi Cold Wave Of Year in East By UNITED PRESS Heavy snows joined forces to day with the worst cold wave of the season. Northern Michigan and West ern New York were covered by up to six feet of snow, sub freezing temperatures drove as far south as Florida, and vicious weather was blamed for at least 39 deaths across the nation. 33 Deaths Reported Heart attacks or traffic acci dents caused by the wintry blast accounted for 14 deaths, and 19 persons died in fires, most of them caused by over heated stoves. In addition, six junior college students were killed as their car smashed into the side of a speeding train during a dense fog near Hanford, Calif. There were at least five dead at Buffalo, N.Y., where the big gest one-day November snow storm in the city's history brought the community's life practically to a halt yesterday. Schools were closed and prac tically all factories had to shut down. The snow was officially measured at 19.9 inches, but some suburbs reported four feet and hundreds of motorists were marooned in drift-stalled cars. Drifts in Michigan Drifts six feet deep were re ported in Michigan's Upper Pen insula and Kalamazoo was bur ied under a 14-inch snowfall. The storm gave 75,000 school children in Southwest Michigan a vacation and was blamed for at least three deaths. Radioactive snow, believed contaminated by a recent Rus sian hydrogen bomb explosion, fell on Ottawa. Canada, and up to one inch of new snow was reported as far south as Flat Top in Southern West Virginia. Bullion Dealers Revise Price of Silver Upward New York (U.R)Handy & Harman, bullion dealers, today raised the price of silver -cent to 90 cents a fine ounce, the third price change in three days. The latest boost follows two consecutive reductions' totaling 1 cents in the past two days which brought the price of the white metal to its lowest level in five months. only top drawer Republican who believes that. But Hall got a blizzard of publicity this week by stating his belief after a long Gettysburg huddle with the President. Hall went consider ably beyond the minimum state ment of hope that Mr. Eisenhow er would run. Important as Hall's statement unquestionably was because of the circumstances under which it was uttered, the more signific ant development came at Gettys burg a day later. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hag erty was asked whether the President had read the page one blow-ups of Hall's brief expres sion of confidence. Hagerty said the President had read the stories but would have no comment.. Silence can be more effective than words. Mr. Eisenhower's slience at the least means that he will delay an announcement of retirement until the last possible moment. At most, it could mean that a second term is under considera tion, subject to doctors' orders. On the record so far, Hall and the President are in cahoots to keep the Democratic opposition guessing and the anti-Eisenhower Republicans handcuffed for some time to come, with the odds steadily becoming some what shorter against a second go- Gift of Tractor Latest To Be Presented To Ike For His Gettysburg Farm Gettysburg, Pa. '(U.R) Farm ers from three states figured out today what to give the man who has everything. They rolled out a bright new tractor for Presi dent Eisenhower. It wasn't as if the President really needed a tractor, al though he no doubt can find a use for it. Four tractors already are in operation on the approxi mately 500 acres Mr. Eisenhow er owns or controls. Not Owned by Ike None of them, however, actu ally belongs to the President. Like most of the equipment in use on his tracts, they are own ed by Brig. Gen. Arthur S. Fev ins, who supervises the Eisen hower farm, and others who ac tuary till the President's soil. The newest addition to the Eisenhower tractor line was the gift of Farm Bureau Coopera tive association members in In diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Officials of the three groups were on hand for the presenta tion as were representatives of the manufacturers, photogra phers, and newspapermen. The equipment was the latest in a continuing flow of gifts re ceived by the President and Mrs. Eisenhower since they bought their farm home here in 1950. Herd of Cattle The gifts include a growing herd of aberdeen angus cattle and a couple of milk cows. Also the motorized "surrey with the fringe on top" in which the President likes to tour his roll ing acres. Somebody gave him a flag pole with golden eagle on top. It is mounted near his formal garden also a gift and sup ports the U.S. flag and presiden tial ensign. ' " Spruce trees and flowering quince line the President's half mile long driveway gifts, re spectively, of the 48 state Re publican chairman and members of the President's cabinet. 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