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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DE'
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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. . . ...
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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.