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O Q I Si 11 JHSmm Mt?iygyydtv AM RIBUfl H United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 14 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DE' Price 5c No. 219 United Press Full Leased Wire WAY DOWN SOUTH Georgia Tech's coach Bobby Dodd (center) by virtue of coaching a football team that has won a Sugar Bowl bid in Atlanta, finds himself squarely in the center of the segregation issue. Georgia's Governor Marvin Griffin (left) exploded a bomb on Tech's Bowl plans by formally asking tbe State Board of Regents to forbid Tech to play Pittsburgh if Pitt uses a Negro player. The gover- ' nor's statement followed demand by State's Rights group headed by Roy Harris (right) that such action be taken. Harris is also a member of the Board of Regents. Pitt has one Negro player, substitute fullback Bobby Grier. GfeOWL BAN STARTS RIOT An unidentified Georgia Tech student tangles with an Atlanta police officer as some 2000 studeraft marched on the state capitoL The students were angered by Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin's efforts to keep Tech out of the Sugar Bowl game with Pittsburgh becawe Pitt has a Negro player. The demonstration turned into a not as the students defied state troopers armed with tear gas and "hanged" several burning effigies of the governor. G e o r g i a Te c h To P I ay In Bowl Tilt; Future Games in Jeopardy Atlanta, Ga. (U.R) The Board of Regents today gave Georgia Tech permission to play Pitts burglfcfind its Negro fullback in the SugajSowl Jan. 2 but threw future Tech and University of Georgia athletic schedules into jeopardy by banning their parti cipation in non-segregated games played in Georgia. The action, taken at a tense special session of the regents, apparently knocked out any hopes that Tech or Georgia would be able to schedule home and home games with some choice intersectional opponents past the present contracts. Brief Public Session The regents handed down their decisions in a brief public -session after its influential Edu cation CorQmission had recom mended the step after meeting behind closid doors for an hour. The vote vfts 10 to 1. Gov. Marvin Griffin had asked the board to meet in spe cial session to order Tech and Geogia teams not to participate in any athletic events in which a Negro played or in which the stands were non-segregated. Pitt plans to bring one Negro player to tie Sugar Bowl game in New Orleans and will have cnon-seg-regateCfacilities in the stadium. The belated request by Grif fin, a 48-year old champion of segregation, exploded into angry protests by Tech students who burned the governor in effigy at least jix times, flooded into the state Capitol early Saturday and then demonstrated in front of the governor's mansion. Flood of Proiests Griffin's stand touched off a flood Qsf protests from through out the South and students at Mercer University in Macon, Survey For Feasibility of Dry Creek Dam Under Way By Reclamation Bureau Field surveys by bureau of re clamation crews are now under, way to determine the feasibility of constructing an irrigation dam across Dry creek in the An telope valley. The proposed dam site is about 4Vi miles north-northeast of Roxy Ann butte. It is contem plated the dam, if found to be feasible, would store up to 4,500 acre feet of water, and would also serve to equalize and regu late water supplies. If it is built, it would become part of the water supply system of the Rogue River Valley Irri gation district according to Ga., a Baptist supported school, also burned Griffin in effigy. "There is no more diference in compromising integrity of race on the playing field than in doing so in the classrooms," Griffin wired Chairman Robert O. Arnold of . the Board of Re- genst last Friday. "One break in the dike and the relentles seas will rush in and destroy us." Should the regents agree on a compromise ( which would bar Georgia Tech and Georgia from playing against Negroes in the future the two schools could lose their attraction as national foot ball powers. In the last 15 years Tech and Georgia, which have played non segregated opponents, appeared in 14 major bowl contests. Both schools presently are working on contracts with Northern schools which play Negroes. One of Griffin's top legisla tive leaders, State Rep. John' P. Drinkard, said he favors cutting off all state funds to Georgia Tech if its bootall team goes ahead with the Sugar Bowl game. Eugene (U.R) Gov. 'Marvin Griffin of Georgia was - hanged in effigy on the University of Oregon campus yesterday. A white suited dummy was found swinging from a tree near the Faculty Club. A sign read "Governor Griffin of Georgia." Another represented the confed erate flag. ' Gov. Griffin has requested that George Tech he barred from playing against Pittsburgh's Ne gro fullback m the Sugar Bowl. Harold Sexton, manager for the district. Preliminary Studies , Preliminary water supply stu dies indicate the reservoir could easily be filled during the stor age season, even in the dryest years, Sexton said. " He added that the proposal would, have important wildlife conservation benefits, as well as greatly im proving water conservation capabilities. If it proves feasible, it would make possible the irrigation of more lands in the district, and enable improved peak water de liveries in addition to non-peak Eden To Arrive In Washington for Talks on Jan. 30 Western Strategy Believed To Be Topic' Gettysburg, Fa. U.R) The White House announced today that British Prime Minister An thony Eden will arrive in Wash' ington Jan. 30 for talks with President Eisenhower. Diplomatic sources in Wash ington predicted that the talks will deal mainly with Western strategy for coping with the new cold war situation resulting from the failure of the Geneva Big Four Foreign Ministers con ference. The Big Two talks, expected to last for several days, will mark Mr. Eisenhower's return to active top-level international diplomacy for the first time since his Sept. 24 heart attack. It will be Eden's first trip to Washington since he succeeded Sir Winston Churchill as Prime Minister. His last meeting with Mr. Eisenhower was at the Big Four Summit conference at Ge neva in July. Most urgent reason for the forthcoming talks, in the view of Washington diplomatic cir cles, is the sharp change that has come over East-West rela tions since the July summit meeting. The "Geneva spirit" of friendliness has all but vanished under the impact of new Com munist moves, such as providing arms to Egypt, asserting a claim to sole control in four-power Berlin, and actively wooing Asian nations such as India with lavish promises of economic aid. In London, the House of Com mons cheered when Eden an nounced his forthcoming trip. Mr. Eisenhower also conferred today with his special assistant on international affairs, Nelson Rockefeller. The President was to handle some office routine and later in the day addressed by telephone the merger ' convention of the AFL and CIO in New York. Snow Depth Reaches 65 Inches a! Crater Snow depth at Crater Lake National Park is more than 50 inches greater than last year at this time, park rangers said to day. Four inches of snow fell dur ing the past 24-hours at 8:30 a.m. today, bringing the snow depth to 65 inches. Last year's snow pack on Dec. 5 was 15 inches. Some 35 skiers and 85 spec tators visited the park yesterday, rangers said. The road from An nie Springs to the lake rim was temporarily closed today. Local Level Matching For Hill-Burton Funds A United Press story from Portland, which announced ' the allocation of $563,000 in Hill- Burton funds to the Rogue Val ley Memorial hospital, was some what misleading, it was pointed out here today. The story indicated that the state would match the - federal funds, while actually the match ing is being done on a local basis. Financing of the new hos pital will include the federal money, some $600,000 already on hand from large donors, and about $714,000 in funds being raised during the current cam paign. Weather FORECAST: Showers tonight, steady rain again Tuesday. Low tonight 38. High Tues day 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 44 Lowest this Morning 32 Free, to 10 a.m. Today 08 demand irrigation. Ted West, of the Salem office of the bureau, is in charge of the field work, under the direc tion of Lee McAllister of the Sa lem office. It is hoped to have the bureau's report completed by next fall. The report is ex pected to indicate what type of dam is best suited to the area. Sexton said district officials are pleased by the speed with which the bureau has conducted preliminary phases of the study. He added that diamond drilling is scheduled later this month, and a test pit program is slated for early next year. - Supreme Court Agrees To Study Right-to-Work Law Compulsory Union Membership Studied Washington (U.R) The Su preme Court agreed today to de cide whether state "right to work" laws forbidding compul sory union membership may sup ersede federal laws permitting union shop contracts. It marked the first time the high court has agreed to re view the controversial state laws which restrict unions more sharply than the federal Taft Hartley and railway labor acts. Brought by Rail Unions Today's case was brought by 16 AFL railroad unions. They appealed a Nebraska Supreme Court decision that a 1951 amendment to the federal rail way labor act is unconstitutional because it permits railroad work ers to enter into union shop agreements with their employ ers. A 1951 amendment to the Railway Act permits railroad unions to reach , union shop agreements with their employ ers. Under a union shop, all em ployees are required to join the union 60 days after they are employed. 17 States Have Laws However, 17 states, including Nebraska, have "right to -work!' laws which forbid compulsory union membership. The Nebraska Supreme Court held that workers have a consti tutional right to choose for themselves whether they wish to join a union. Organized labor contends the "right to work" statutes could wipe out unions. The Taft-Hartley Labor Act allows union shops although it outlaws the "closed shop" which requires an employer to hire only union members. Oregon Accidents Claim Two Lives By UNITED PRESS An accident north of Klamath Falls claimed two lives and an 81-year-old man died from in juries suffered on Safe Driv ing day during the week end in Oregon. John B. Diamond, 21-year-old sailor stationed at Bremerton, Wash., died yesterday from in juries suffered in a two-car col lision 35 miles north of Klamath Falls Saturday. Peggy Ann Wickman, 19, Vallejo, Calif., died in the accident. Richard Brown, 81, Lyons, died yesterday from injuries suf fered on Safe Driving day when he was struck by a car near his home. . He became the state's only traffic fatality of SD day. Baltimore, Md. MM Avia tion poineer Glenn L. Martin, one of the nation's largest air plane builders, died Sunday night of a Cerebral hemmorhage. He was 69. Road Conditions' Prospect Carrying chains recommended; 2 inches new snow; 4 inches total; snowing. Siskiyou Carrying chains recommended; 2 inches new snow; 9 inches total; snowing steadily; plowing. Green Springs Chains ' re quired; 2 inches new snow; 3 inches total; snowing; plow ing. Highway 62 in Crater Lake National park Chains requir ed; 4 inches new snow; 56 inches total; snowing. Annie Spring to rim closed today; skiing fair to good in park. Klamath Falls area Carry ing chains recommended packed snow; 3 inches new snow; 5 inches total. Calif ornia Chains requir -ed on Highway 99 between Mt. Shasta and Dunsmuir; and in areas north of Weed on Highway 97. Highway 99. North Rain ing to and including Port land; travel normal. Higher altitudes Chains required or advised! ke Tells New York (U.R) President Eisenhower told the newly merg ed AFL-CIO today it has a "great opportunity" to bolster the demo cratic process. But he warned the unified la bor group it must protect "scru pulously" the rights of its minori ties holding differing political, economic and otherviews. . Mr. Eisenhower addressed the merger convention by telephone from his tiny temporary White House office in Gettysburg, Pa. Praising labor's contribution to the general welfare and to the fight for a free world, he told the new 16,000,000-man union group it can help build better citizenship at home and "help liberate hundreds of mil lions from misery and slavery" abroad. , Duties as Citizens , "You are more than union members . bound together by a common goal of better wages, better working conditions, and protection of your security through collective bargaining. , '"You are American citizens . . . "So in your new national or ganization, as well as in your many constituent organizations, you have a great opportunity of making your meetings the world's most effective exhibit of democratic processes. "In those meetings the rights of minorities holding differing social, economic and - political views must be scrupulously pro tected and their views accurately reflected. "In this way as American citi zens you will help the republic correct the faulty, fortify the good, build stoutly for the fu- Nine Appear Today In Circuit Court; 1 Pleads Innocent Eight persons pleaded guilty to charges in circuit court before Judge H. K. Hanna today and one pleaded innocent. Johnny Andrew Hood, 24, of 217 South Riverside ave., plead ed guilty to a charge of burglary not in : dwelling. Hood and two juveniles were charged with the Nov. 17 burglary of Highland grocery. Sentencing of Hood was continued pending receipt of a pre-sentence report. The juven iles were remanded to juvenile authorities. Burglary Charges George Frederick Chrisman, 21, of 30 North Front St., pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. Chrisman is implicated in two burglaries Nov. 18, when money was stolen from Ace Roofing company, 1150 Court St., and various articles from Fabers Mar'-.et, Central Point. Sentenc ing was continued pending a pre-sentence report. Roy B. Armstrong, 21, Ever shady Motel, pleaded guilty, and Ralph Aaron Pearson, 31, of 30 South Central ave., pleaded inno cent to a charge of grand lar ceny. They are charged with stealing an auto owned by Pri mio Ciardi, 40 Quince st. Sen tencing of Armstrong was con tinu2d pending receipt of Fed eral Bureau of Investigation re ports. Sentencing Continued Sentencing of Edward Mink, 34, of 629 South Holly st., who previously pleaded guilty to a charge . of obtaining money, by false pretenses, was continued pending a pre-sentence report. Mink is charged with having falsified an invoice for the sale of beer. Allen James Brydon, 24, of 160 Fourth st., pleaded guilty to charges of uttering and pub lishing a false check and grand larceny. He is charged with hav ing stolen an auto and with issuing a false check for $125. Sentencing of BTdon was con tinued pending receipt of FBI records. Livestock Larcey Herbert Leon and Irma Mae F , 23, both of Brawley, Calif., pleaded guilty to a charge of livestock.. They were extra- erged Unions off ortunity' ture, and reinforce the most cherished freedoms of each indi vidual citizen." Political Factor Mr. Eisenhower thus touched on the announced fears of some Republicans that a unified labor movement might become, or at tempt to become, a controlling factor in national politics. Mr. Eisenhower made it plain he does not believe the union members think or vote as a bloc. The President's message was delivered after the historic merg er convention was officially opened before a crowd of cheer ing delegates and some . 2000 spectators in the 71st Regimental Armory. Presidents George Meany of the . AFL and Walter Reuther of the CIO simultaneously wield ed a huge walnut gavel to open the formalities of merging mem Kidnaper Unable To Explain Forcing Five On Wild Auto Ride Chicago (U.R) A razor brandishing factory worker was unable to explain today why he kidnaped five persons and forced them to accompany him on a wild ride in a stolen taxicab, Patrick Dillon, 25, "was also ac cused of slashing two persons with his razor, forcing a female captive to strip and attacking her. He was arrested at his girl friend's apartment after he had released the last of his captives yesterday afternoon. His only explanation was "I didn't know what I was doing." Dillon, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, began his rampage shortly after midnight when he entered a southwest side bar and announced "I can lick any of the hillbillies in this place." Tavern Owner Slashed The tavern owner and a cus tomer tried to calm him and Dil lon slashed them on the arm and leg with his razor. He then took command of the tavern for three hours, forcing the bar tender to serve round after round of drinks on the house. Finally, he announced "I want company. You, you, you, you and you come with me." His finger stabbed at Mont Anderson, a cab driver; Robert Nelson, 37, and his wife, Marion, 35; Riley Menier, 21; and Shirley Naddy, 25. For three hours, Dillon drove his frightened passengers around the Western outskirts of the city. Girl Told To Strip A few miles east of Warren ville, 111., he ordered Miss Naddy into the front seat beside him and forced her to remove SQme of her clothing. Anderson took advantage of the switch to jump from the car and. escape through the fields. DOW-JONES AVERAGES - New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages. 30 indus trials 487.16 up 4.44; 20 rail roads 165.70 up 0.25; 15 utilities 65.94 up 0.07, and 65 stocks 174.01 up 0.97. Sales today were about 2,440,000 shares compared with 2,440,000 Friday. United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., has expressed hope in a speech in the United Nations that Russia will eventually accept the Eisenhower aerial inspection plan. dited from California recently and c'-.arged with the theft of a yearling calf from the Gold Hill area. Sentencing was con tinued pending receipt of FBI records. - William Martin Mattson, 32, of 20G Beatty st., pleaded guilty to a charge of burglary. Matt son is charged with breaking into the University club, 218 West Sixth st., and taking a bot tle of whiskey. Sentencing was continued pending receipt of FBI records. . . ... r w Hose Dc. 31 in Future bers of the two organizations into the largest organized labor group in the free world. ' After their joint effort, Meany handed the , gavel to Reuther who took over in the role of temporary chairman. The convention heard Mr. Eis enhower after delegates elected Meany president of the newly merged organization. -. The election of Meany was agreed upon in advance in the process of merging the two labor groups. The convention brought to gether under one roof for the first time in 20 years the repre sentatives of most of organized labor in this country. On the surface, at least; there was no inkling of the bitter craft versus industrial unionism issue which split the CIO away from the AFL in 1935. Dillon let Nelson out of the car after driving two more miles and then ordered Menier to re move Mrs. Nelson's clothing. He became enraged when Menier refused and told them both to get out of the taxicab. Miss Naddy was kept captive for several hours more, during which time she said Dillon at tacked her. Dillon denied it, but admitted the other details of the multiple abduction, police said. She was finally released on the fringe of the city, a short time before Dillon's capture. JC Equalization Board Attending Salem Meet Members of the Jackson coun ty board of equalization are in Salem today attending a state tax commission school for equal ization boards. Board members County Judge Rodney Keating and E. H. Sing master of Ashland, left for Salem this morning where they were to meet Arnold Bohnert, third member of the board, who has been attending an Oregon State Seedgrowers League meet ing in Pendleton. Regulations governing equali zation board procedures will be discussed at the meeting. Pacific Storm Brings Warmer Weather A Pacific storm which moved in from the southwest early to day resulted in somewhat warm er temperatures as it pushed eastward a continental polar cold air mass which brought freezing temperatures Sunday. The continental polar air brought a heavy frost and a low temperature of 22 degrees here yesterday. Rainfall this morning totalled .08 of an inch. Showers were predicted for tonight with steady rain forecast for Tuesday. Election Polls Open Today In Water, Other Districts Polls are open today for elec tions in eight Jackson county water districts, three rural fire districts and one sanitary dis trict. .,.''. 'In. each case directors are to be named. There are other mat ters to be decided in three of the districts. The districts, issues to be decided other than direc tors, re location of the polls, follow: Fire districts: Medford rural, annexation of land, Oak Grove school; Rogue River rural, Mil ler Realty office, Rogue River; Central Point rural, at rural fire station. Bond Issues ' ' Sanitary district: South Bear creek, $40,000 bond issue for Reds Also Plan Inferference.With 0 Highway Traffic New Financial Burden For Trucks Seen Likely Berlin (U.R) The East Ger man Communists said today . West German barges will lose their permits to supply West Berlin Dec. 31. The Reds also set the stage for new interfer ence with highway traffic to the city. ( The official Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland said the permits used by the barges bringing in one-fourth of the city's supplies will lose "their validity Dec. 31 and that the Bonn government will have to negotiate with . the Communist government. Insurance Studied At the same time the East German government instructed its Finance Ministry to determ ine if foreign vehicles must have Soviet zone insurance to travel on East German highways to the isolated Western outpost here. The "vehicles" include the. vital truck traffic. Western authorities said the Communists might be planning either to ban Western vehicles completely or to impose a heavy new financial burden on truck ers by making them buy Eastern insurance. The trucks already pay exhorbitant highway tolls. The East German order affect ing the highways was published in the East German Legal Bulle tin. Can Extend Laws It said the Finance Ministry "can" extend the application of East German vehicle insurance liability laws to "vehicles based outside" East Germany but it did not indicate that it would when the law goes into effect Jan. 1. The order did not make clear whether it would apply to West ern Allied military traffic as well as the German-owned sup ply trucks. The constant reference to barge traffic in the Communist press has aroused fears in West Germany that the Communists may begin another blockade of the city which lies 110 miles in side the Soviet zone. Bid for Recognition The Neues Deutschland, the official Communist Party organ in Berlin, said in an editorial today the West German govern ment must negotiate with the East German traffic ministry be fore new permits can be issued. It was plainly a renewed Com munist bid to win recognition of the Eastern regime. Bonn has refused te negotiate with East Germany on grounds the "German Democratic Republic is a puppet state and does not represent the will of the Ger mans. Neues Deutschland said the Soviet zone had the right to con trol barge traffic to Berlin be cause the canals leading to the former German capital "run through the sovereign part of Germany, the German Demo cratic Republic." Portland (U.R) Harold Olson, a veteran Pacific Northwest jour nalist, has been named to the promotion staff of the Western Pine Association. added funds for trunk and lateral sewer line construction, Dewey C. Geariri residence, 3578 South Pacific highway. Water districts: Grandview, $27,000 bond issue for added wa ter distribution facilities and fire hydrants, Earl Richardson residence, 2133 Crater Lake ave.; Jacksonville Highway, Oak Grove school; Maple Park, 1242 Bens lane; Kenwood, 1579 Bid die rd.; Elk City, Elk Lumber company; Kings Highway, 1833 South Peach st.; Midway, How ard school, and Charlotte Anne, 3716 South Pacific highway. All polls will be open until 8 p.m. except in the Midway Water district where the poll will close at 5:30 p.m.
