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LOOKING A BIT SHEEPISH, Bruce Bergum, graduate psychology student at Northwest
ern University, Chicago, points to his wavering signature, result of drinking six ounces of
whisky for benefit of police officers from 17 states attending traffic institute. (International)
Shift in Emphasis in
Claim Probe Seen by
i rung
riter
A shift inQmpfts!s 1 the Al
Earena mining claim-timber tale
cfligtroversy was indicated today
ina dispatch from the Oregon
Journal's Washington corres
pondent, Roulhac Hamilton.
Hamilton quoted Sen. WPKerr
Sitt (D-N.C), chairman of the
congressional committee investi
gating t)ematter, as saying he
"dotnot thinS" the interior de
partment's grant of the patents
"is illegal."
Hearings on the granting of
patents to 15 claims in Jackson
county are toiesume in Washing
ton early in January. The mat
ter figured prominently in the
congressional election campaign
of 1952.
Turn To Assayi
Hamilton said: "The statement
'that Scott does not) regard as il
legal the granting of the patents
by Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay and Undersecretary Da
vis, former solicitor of the de
partment, indicated that the fu
ture of the probe may turn on
the validity of the assays on
which it was determined min
eralization of the lands involved
was sufficient to justify issu
ance of thepatents."
He reported that Robert Red
wine, chief counsel for the sen
ate section of the joint investi
gating committee, has gone to
Mobile, Ala., where a private
company made the assays on
.which the patents were based,
to look into "a number of un
answered questions."
Shift in Approach
The Journal
says that it thus appears the
congressional investigators now
appear to be preparing an effort
to show that there was some
thing wrong with the assay re
ports on the basis of which the
patents were granted rather
than attempting to build a case
designed to show that McKay
and Davis, urged by Congress
man Harris Ellsworth, did some
thing "illegal."
This would mean, Hamilton
said in his Page 1 story, that the
January hearings would not be
To Ask Extension
For Portland System
Portland (U.R) City Com
missioner Nathan Boody said to
day he would ask that an exten
sion be granted to Portland
Traction company to operate its
franchise after the Jan. 31 ex
piration date if owners go ahead
with plans to investigate sale to
a locally owned company.
Boody said he did not expect
any termination of the service
at the expiration of the fran
chise. He said he had asked the
company to issue a statement
giving its intention to continue
operations beyond that date dur
ing pendency of negotiations for
possible sale.
The city council denied the
company's request . for a fran
chise renewal two months ago.
Dead Una Sunday Classified is at
nrtrrncnonft 1 noon aaturcay: iu a.m ivionaay ior
COrresponaeni .vOI1(lay. otiier aays 5:30 Drevious day
devoted primarily to what Scott
has called a story of influence
and pressure, of "high level in
terference" with the processes of
government.
Instead, the correspondent
said, it would be devoted, cen
trally, to the question whether
there was a good mineralization
sampling of the controversial
Jackson county public timber
lands, and whether the assay re
port was bona fide.
Had No Choice
He continued: "If the assay re
port was bona fide, both sides
now seem to agree that McKay
and Davis had no choice, under
the controlling law, but .to issue
the mining patents, even though
the applications had been re
jected previously.
"And Chairman Scott, at least,
appears to think that McKay and
Davis had a right to assume the
genuineness of the assay report
in the absence of then-existing
information to the contrary
since he says that in his opinion
there was no question of the le
gality of their actions in issuing
the mining patents."
Hamilton's story concludes,
"So ,what has started out to be
a big early-session Capitol Hill
'spectacular' next month, may
turn out to be merely art investi
gation of the technical questions
whether: (1) There was a proper
mineralization sampling of some
400 acres of public lands, and
(2) whether a private metallur
gical firm made a correct and
valid assay report on the basis
of those samples."
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Valley Manor Site
May Be Announced
Soon, Rotary Told
The location of a new $2,000,
000 six-story Rogue Valley
Manor will be announced soon,
Walter Higgins, executive direc
tor for the group planning re
tirement home here, told mem
bers of the Medford Rotary club
Tuesday.
Speaking at a luncheon meet
ing at the Jackson hotel, Hig
gins outlined plans for the pro
ject near Medford or Ashland.
Rogue Valley Manor trustees,
most of whom are from south
ern Oregon, are surveying suit
able locations which will re
quire from 25 to 30 acres.
Growing Demand
The new retirement home,
patterned after the Willamette
Manor near Portland, and oth
ers in California will be in every
respect a "club for retired peo
ple," Higgins said.
With 15,000,000 citizens now
over 65 years of age, and the
population of elderly people in
creasing rapidly, there is a fast
Liles Guilty
In POW Actions
Fort Lewis, Wash. (U.R)
A 10-man court martial board
today found Lt. Col. Paul V.
Liles guilty of "bringing dis
credit on the military service"
for hi actions while being held
as a prisoner of war in Korea.
Liles, 39, of Birmingham, Ala.,
was the first West Point grad
uate ever to be charged with
collaborating with the enemy.
The court martial board ruU
ed that Liles aided the enemy
by making recordings "inimical
to the interests of the United
States."
The board then retired to be
gin deliberations on Lile's sen
tence. Lt. Col. Leslie E. Dixon of
Baton Rouge, La., Liles' defense
counsel, said the defendant was
ready to accept whatever sen
tence the court martial board
passed.
growing demand for such facili
ties for those of modest means.
Federal, state, county and other
welfare programs provide for
those who are in real need, Hig
gins said, but few provisions
have been made thus far for
people of moderate financial
circumstances. Popularity of re
tirement homes such as the pro
jected Rogue Valley Manor is
fast increasing, he said.
Plans for Rogue Valley
Manor, with 200 apartments and
providing homes for 300 per
sons, include every convenience
for resident owners, Higgins told
Rotarians.There will be a din
ing room, lounge, self-contained
apartments with bath and kitch
enette, and landscaped grounds
with recreational facilities.
Heat in individual apart
ments will be thermostatically
controlled, and a staff of 60 will
include physicians and nurses.
Cost of apartments will range
from $5,500 to $15,000, and will
include all services, Higgins
said. Advantages of "founders"
ownerships were outlined in the
new interdenominational retire
ment home. Walter Garner, Ro
ta&y program chairman and one
of the Rogue Valley Manor
trustees, introduced Higgins.
$750,000 Approved
To Dredge Columbia
Washington U.R) A fund of
$750,000 was approved yester
day but the Bureau of the Budget
to start dredging operations
next spring to deepen the Co
lumbia river channel to 8 feet.
The appropriation had been
held up pending clearance by
the bureau of project plans.
The hopper dredge Essayons,
largest in the world, will be
moved from the east coast to
start the project and will be as
sisted by the west coast's larg
est dredge, the Biddle, accord
ing to Army Engineers.
Additional funds to carry on
the project would be asked
when Congress convenes in January.
Wednesday, December 21, 1955
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL THIBTJTTIq RUTE
Background on Ford Stock
By UNITED PRESS
Ford Stock Background
Americans get their first chance
next month to buy a chunk of
the Ford Motor Co., a $2,000,
000,000 giant that ranks as the
nation's 13th largest corpora
tion. Ford the world's second big
gest auto maker has been pri
vately owned since its founding
in 1903 by the late Henry Ford
Sr.
When Ford founded his com
pany in a small Detroit plant
with a hand made, two-cylinder,
eight-horsepower car, a dozen
friends put up $28,000 in cash
for 1,000 original shares.
In Sole Control
By 1919 Ford had bought them
all out and- was in sole control
of his company. -
Now Ford stock is being made
available to the general public
for the first time. The offering
will be made in January possi
bly the week of Jan. 16.
Actual seller will be the Ford
Foundation, biggest philanthrop
ic trust in the world, founded in
1936 by the Ford family. The
foundation will sell initially 15
per cent of its Ford stock to di
versify its holdings and help fi
nance its recent $500,000,000
grant to 3,500 colleges and 615
hospitals.
The stock sales is expected to
net the foundation around $400,
000,000, making it one of the
biggest common stock offerings
in history.
Shares From Late Fordi
The foundation received its
3,089,980 shares from the late
Henry Ford and his son, the late
Edsel Ford. These shares will be
split 15-for-one prior to the of
fering. .
Final details of the offering,
including the price of the stock,
still remain to be worked out
between the foundation and the
seven big investment banking
firms which will manage the of
fering. The sale also meant that Ford
had to issue a financial report
revealing its sales and earnings.
This information has been one
of the world's best kept business
secrets.
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Changes Proposed In Regulations for Gillnet Fishermen
Astoria U.R) A joint meet
ing of the Oregon Fish Commis
sion and the Washington De
partment of Fisheries here yes
terday produced a number of
proposed changes in 1956 regu
lations, particularly for gillnet
fishermen on the Columbia
river.
The meetings continued today
in Vancouver, Wash., with final
changes to be decided on Jan. 10.
Commissioners ' discussed a
proposal to let the spring salmon
season below Bonneville remain
from April 30 to May 27, but to
elminate the last two weeks of
the season upriver from the dam.
This, commissioners said, would
allow more escapement of fish if
the spring freshet failed to ma
terialize as it has for the past
three years.
Five Days Off Fall Season
For the fall run, commission
ers proposed to cut five days off
The Washington zoo has a
monkey that has flown twice as
high as any man. Together with
another macaque monkey, it
rode an Aerobee to an altitude
of 36 miles before being para
chuted down in the rocket's nose
section. Both animals recovered
in excellent health and spirits.
the beginning of the season be
low Bonneville to make it run
from Sept.. 15 to Dec. 1, instead
of from Sept. 10. Below Bonne
ville the season would start Sept.
10, but weekend closures would
be extended from 48 to 72 hours
for the whole period.
Another suggestion would ex
tend the fish sanctuary from 15
to 23 miles above the dam and
also enforce 72-hour closures up
river. ,
Commissioners discussed a
plan to cut one month off ocean
troll fishing so that the troll sea
son would run from April 15 to
Sept. 30. This would be taken up
at special hearings for troll fish
ermen to be held here Jan. 3, at
Newport, Jan. 4, and at Coos Bay
on a date yet to be announced.
Mesh Net To Continue
For blueback, which ran
much better than expected this
year, commissioners propose
continuing to use a 5-1-4 inch
mesh net for the first eight days
of the season below Bonneville
and then fish with any net. The
season would run from June 20
to July 15. .........
Above Bonneville, the propos
als call for a season starting
July 4, use of the minimum net
through July 16 and use of any
net until the season's end
July 30.
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