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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.
There have been many other
gifts, most of them keyed to
farm life.
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