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(IfnUMl Secretary Steps Into Controversy On 'War' Remarks Some Reaction To Article Regretted Washington U.R) Secre tary of $ate John Foster Dulles said today aggressors must know in advance that the Unit ed States would go to war if necessary to defend "its vital interests." Stepping squarely into the raging controversy over his re cent "brink of war" remarks, Dulles told a news conference it is important that the world should know the United States is ready to defend its basic moral values and vital interests, "if need be by life itself." . Dulles1 said he regretted some of the reaction to the "brink of war" article in Life maga zine and said he would not have said some things in the exact way they were written. But he stood firm on the policy of warning' that aggression could mean war. Devoted to Peace "I believe that the United States should adopt every hon orable course to avoid engage ment in war," he said. "Indeed, I have devoted my whole life to the pursuit of a just and durable peace." Dulles told his news confer ence: ; "It is necessary to be patient; it is necessary to be concilia tory; it is necessary to make our peace a vital force for jus tice and human welfare so that all men will aspire to share that kind of peace." Dulles cited as a dividend on the policy of deterrence a belief that Red China feels the United States will fight to defend For mosa and the Pescadores if the Communists should attack the offshore islands. Brink of War In the controversial Life magazine interview, Dulles had been quoted as saying: "You have to take chances for peace, jus as you; must- take chances in war. Some say that we were brought to the verge of war. Of course we were bfjpught to the verge of war. "The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you cannot master it, you inevitably get into ipr. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost. We've had to look it square in the face on the question of enlarging the Korean war, the question of get ting into the Indo-china war, on the question of" Formosa. We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face. We took strong action." The interview caused an up roar at home and abroad,- parti cularly the reference to "the ability to get to the verge of war." The secretary's main quarrel with the Life magazine article was with the "verge of war" quote. Different Words He said parts of this particular quote, standing alone, were somewhat ambiguous. And he said such an article dealing with complex foreign subjects in evitably tended to "oversimpli fication and special emphasis. Dulles said this was a reflec tion on his views, but that he ' himself never would have ex pressed it in that way. He said that the phrase im plied that getting to the brink of war was the U.S. choice, rather than a choice forced upon this country. "I did not write the article, I did not review or censor the article, or know of its title," Dulles said. "I did not know in advance of its publication date and, in fact, I did not read the article until after it was released for publi cation." Dulles said the article might have been submitted in advance, however, to some of his aides, The- New York Herald Tribune said today that the article was submitted in advance to. the State Department and that the department had requested one major change relating to the "verge of war" statement. Newbry Reports $60,539 In Liquor Revenues calpm (M.PJ Apportionment of liquor revenues derived from a tax imposed on manufacturers and importing distributors of malt and other alcoholic bever ages totaling $60,539 was re ported by Secretary of State Earl f . Newbrv today. The money, for the quarter ended Dec. 31, goes to Oregon cities and counties, Newbry said. Medford UnlWd Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 20 Pages Island' Residents Reject Proposal To Be Part of Medford Council To Canvass Election Votes Tonight Residents in about 1,100 acres southeast of Medford yesterday voted, 66 to 49, to join the city. But 10 voters rejected an an nexation proposal in a ZVz block area in Siskiyou Heights exten sion. The vote' in the county "island" was 4 for annexation, 6 against. vVotes of each election will be canvassed by the city council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. Increases Population The annexation increased by about one-third the size of the city to approximately 3,400 acres. It boosted the population within the city limits to about ,20,400. The area is one of the valley's most rapidly developing ,.' sec tions.. The proposed $1,900,000 Rogue Valley Memorial hospital, funds for which are now being subscribed, will be constructed at Barnett and Murphy rds. Also planned for the area is Rogue Valley Manor, a retirement home, estimated to cost about $2,500,000. The Mont Crest subdivision, a plat for which the Medford plan ning commission has given ten tative approval, is expected eventually to total an investment of about $10,000,000, according to Rogue Valley Land company officials. Estimated Valuation City Manager Robert Duff has estimated the assessed valuation of the area about $343,260. It in cludes 125 residences, some 450 people, three stores, four farm barns, one crematorium, two mausoleums, one radio station, Rogue Valley Country club golf course, two churches and both the IOOF cemetery and Siski you Memorial park The area was included in an annexation plan last summer, when residents in about 3,000 acres east, south and west of the city limits rejected the proposal. City Services Citv officials earlier indicated that city services would be in stalled as quickly as possible. Plans are being prepared for a trunk line sewer along Barnett rd., which will serve new sub divisions, the proposed hospital and Verde Hills subdivision. Plans have been completed for a trunk water main along Bar nett rd., and material was or dered with a provision for can cellation should residents not favor annexation. The new population estimate of 20,400 within the city was de rived by computing the .number of water services within the city and applying a ratio determined from the last official bureau of census count Sept. 9, 1954. Oregon Coast Road Closed by High Water Salem (U.R) The Oregon coast highway was closed six miles south of Coquille to all but necessary traffic, the State Highway Department said today. High water was the cause. High , water also closed the Corvallis eastside secondary highway. The Clackamas highway was closed by a slide Wz miles east of Carver; the Crown Point sec ondary was -closed by a slide from Multnomah to Dodson, and the Umpqua highway remained closed by a slide at mile point 1. Albany, Ore. (U.R) A hold up man fled with, an unde termined amount of money to day after slugging Raymond Tomlinson, Linn county treas urer, in a daring holdup in the county courthouse. Tomlinson was taken to the hospital. He suffered cuts 'above both eyes and behind on ear. Bulletin lnteresf 4 lei -'- fj " S MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1956 BATTLE RAMPAGING RIVER Troops from Camp Beale section of the levee along the Feather River at Yuba City, a repetition of the Christmas week disaster which cost the the city flooded. Engineers called the situation critical. Sunshine Drying Out Northern California San Francisco (U.R) A bright winter Sunshine dried out Nor thern California today in the wake of week end floods that still menaced Yuba City, created another disaster area and caused four deaths. The soggy Shanghai Bend leveejust - south. -of -'Yuba -City managed to contain the swirling waters of the Feather river. Army Engineers were hopeful it would continue to hold. Levee Shakes Col. William F. Cassidy, chief of the South Pacific division of the Army Engineers, said the levee was "very soft and shakes like a bowl of jelly at every step." "But it's beginning to dry in the sun and I have a definite feeling it will hold." However, Mayor Glenn Gau che warned residents of the low lying area near the levee not to return to their homes until the danger is past. "Of course we are relieved that the levee did not break," he said, "But the situation is still critical.' We are worried about seepage through the levee." Disaster Area Extended ' The river reached 67.3 feet at the Shanghai Bend levee yester day morning and .then' began Yuba City proper, the river Glendale Man Fined, Sentenced In Court Antonia Gonzales, Glendale, was fined $65 and sentenced to 40 days in Jackson county jail in district court today on charges of driving while under the influence of . intoxicating liquor. He also was fined $55 for failure to leave his name and address at the scene of an accident. State police said Gonzales was driver of a car which was in volved in an accident about two miles south of Siskiyou summit on Highway 99 about 2 a.m. to day. They said Gonzales' veh icle was being operated on the wrong side of the highway, for cing a car operated by Jerry Edward Rhea, Cottage Grove, into the right shoulder. Gon zales was traveling north, police said. Lester Kidd and Leon Craf ton, both of Glendale and pas sengers in' Gonzales' car, were fined $12.50 each on charges of being drunk on a public high way. . There were no injuries in the accident, police said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 477.73, up 1.49; 20 rail roads 158.69, up 0.32; 15 utili ties 63.68, off 0.07, and 65 stocks 169.03, up 0.36. Sales today were about 2,050,000 shares compared with 2,260,000 yesterday. Vancouver, Wash. KU.R) The Air Force has been invited to day to move its Portland base to Clark county. dropping. Upstream, opposite crested at 68.3 at 6 a.m. and by nightfall it had dropped to 67 feet. President Eisenhower extend ed his disaster area proclama tion 'for the Christmas week ca tastrophe to cover additional major damagefrom., last, week end's floods. This would include Marin county, north of San Fran cisco. Groups Seek Flood Control Measures A resolution asking Army en gineers and other interested agencies to conduct a flood con trol survey in this area was passed unanimously by the board of directors of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce this morning. The action was taken at a spe cial meeting of the board. Sid Bazett, retiring president of the Grants Pass Chamber of Com merce, reported on the flood con trol activities of that group over the past year, and read the reso lution which the Grants Pass chamber recently passed. It is the same one which was adopted at an open meeting of more than 200 interested citizens in Rogue River last Friday night. The resolution adopted by the local chamber wag identical in most respects, asking the Army engineers to conduct the survey. But the Jackson county directors amended it before passage to in clude a request that the survey be made in cooperation with the Oregon state game commission and the state water resources board. The board of supervisors of the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conservation district last night also endorsed a similar resolu tion asking Army engineers and other interested agencies to pre pare a flood control survey of Rogue river and its tributaries. Syria Calls on US To End Israel Aid United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) Syria called upon the United States today to end all economic aid to Israel because of its at tack last month on a Syrian out post on the Sea of Galilee. "It is only natural," Syrian Ambassador Ahmed Shukairy told the U.S. Security Council, '"that a beggar with a brandished dagger is not entitled to charity." Shukairy recalled that in Oc tober, 1953, the United. States suspended a $50,000,000 grant in aid to Israel because the young Jewish state refused to comply with a U.N. order re garding a dispute 'with Syria concerning the waters of the River Jordan. The suspension was lifted by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, he recalled, when Israel complied with the directive. ares Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 255 labor to bolster weakened CaL, in an effort to prevent lives of 33 persons when Army Air Force Rows Over Pilot Training Program Washington '(U.R) A new air policy row between the Army and Air Force raged today over an Air Force proposal to take over training of all. Army heli copter pilots. The Air Force proposal has drawn strong objections from members of the House and Sen ate, with the result that the De fense Department has now post poned a final decision on it, the United Press learned. Feud in Background The controversy involves the training of some 600 cargo heli copter pilots for the Army an nually. In the background is the growing feud between the Air Force and Army over the in creasing strength of the Army's air arm. The controversy started late last fall when the Army said it planned to turn over the pri mary training of its cargo heli copter pilots to private civilian schools as an economy move. The Air Force objected and won a Defense Department ruling that it should give the helicopter pi lots their primary training. Final Decision Delayed On learning of this decision, Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker."hit the ceiling," an as sociate said. Congressional ob jections later were raised also. The Defense Department then backed down and postponed a final decision. Now a settlement of the controversy awaits the re turn of Deputy Defense' Secre tary Reuben B. Robertson. Jr. from Europe. Phoenix Votes For First Class District Phoenix Phoenix school dis trict residents yesterday voted overwhelmingly to withdraw from the rural school district and operate as an independent first class district. The vote was 246 for removal and 2 against. The district became eligible to withdraw from the rural school ' district ' when the first class census figure of 1,000 was reached. The rural district is made up of second and third class districts. After July 1, the start of the next fiscal year, the district will operate independently. Portland (U.R) Negotiations for merger of AFL and CIO la bor groups in Oregon opened here today. ' Weather FORECAST: Cloudy this eve ning with occasional light rain tonight. Showers and a little cooler Wednesday. Low tonight 42. High tomorrow 50-52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 46 Lowest this Morning 34 OETD Military Strength Said Inadequate; Views Requested Former Army Chief Of Staff To Be Called Washington (U.R) Two con gressional committees launched investigations today into Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway's charges that the nation's military strength is- "inadequate." Chairman Dennis Chaves (D N.M.) said the former. Army chief of staff will be called to testify before the Senate Mili tary Appropriations Subcommit tee. , Chairman Robert L. F. Sikes (D-Fla.) said he also will "in vite" Ridgway to testify before the House Army Appropriations Subcommittee. Others Demand Testimony Two Democratic senators meanwhile demanded that Ridg way also be summoned before the Senate Armed Services Com mittee. Sens. Mike Mansfield of Mon tana and Henry M. Jackson of Washington said Congress should have the benefit of the former Army chief of staff's views on the reasons for and validity o the Army cutbacks. Ridgway, who retired as chief of staff after splitting with the President on defense policies, charged in a Saturday Evening Post article that the admiriistra--tion has measured "our, coun try's security in terms of dollars instead of the men and guns needed ..." Would Be Helpful In a speech in New York last night, Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said President Eisen hower recently warned his Cabi net that excessive defense spend ing might disrupt the nation's economy and lead to dictator ship. -; Jackson, a committee member, said it would be "very helpful" now if Ridgway were called be fore the Senate Armed Services Committee to give his "uncen sored professional views" on administration military plans. 'Iron Curtain' Imoosed Jackson said it is of "utmost importance" that Congress have tne benefit of the independent judgment of our professional military leaders." But he said the administration seems to have imposed an "iron curtain" pre venting military leaders from speaking openly. Mansfield said in view of Ridg way's charges he thinks the re tired general should be called before the Armed Services Com mittee "to elaborate on his the sis." He said Ridgway's article did "the country a service," and that "he is one of the most courageous men I have ever known." Solons Dig Deeper Into Sarena Case Washington (U.R) A joint congressional subcommittee dug deper today into an Oregon min ing case that Democrats charge amounted to a. "timber grab." The subcommittee planned to question R. N. Appling, a Bureau of Mines official, about assay samples on which the Al Sarena Mines, Inc., Mobile, Ala., got title to 15 , dispute claims. Ap pling supervised taking the sam ples. The subcommittee also planned to question John R. Thoenen, Bureau of Mines area director at Norris, Tenn., and Forest' Serv ice chief Richard E. McArdle. The assay samples were sent two years ago to the A. W. Wil liams Co. of Mobile, which re ported they had relatively high gold and silver content. Subcommittee Chairman W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C.) has charged the Interior Department then hurriedly granted "patents" for the claims, in spite of previous rejections based on scantier min eral findings. . : Portland (U.R The Dairy Co operative Association .was fined $50 in district court here Mon day for selling ice cream with a bacteria count in excess of that allowed by law. Young Portland Hunter, Lost on Larch Mountain Trip, Found Dead by Searchers Portland (U.R) James Son nenburg, one of two 14-year-old boys lost overnight on a hunting trip in the rugged Larch moun tain area east of here, was found dead late yesterday. ' Earlier his companion, Lyle Block, was found weak but alive after a giant search conducted by the Multnomah county sher iff's office. Searchers and a doctor gave the Sonenburg lad artificial res Frol Stock 'Dee New York (U.R) A huge investment banking syndicate today placed a $64.50 a share price tag on Ford Motor comp any stock. The long awaited announce ment on how much the public must pay to buy an interest in the nation's biggest privately owned company came shortly before 722 brokerage firms pre pared to sign final contracts for the sale of 10,200,000 shares of Ford stock. Brokers expect the Ford shares to sell at a fast clip. At $64.50 a share, the offering of 10,200,000 shares will total Off-Street Parking Hearing on Council Agenda for Tonight An, informal hearing on a pro posal to assess downtown prop erty for off-street parking fa cilities will be held at 7:30 p.m. today by the Medford city coun cil in the city hall. Three other public hearings tonight will be held on annexa tion of lots on Columbus and Murray aves., vacation of a por tion of Siskiyou blvd. and Mo doc ave.,. and change of zone from single family to heavy in dustrial of property owned by Marrs Gibbons, McAndrew rd., and Clark st. Consider Ordinances Ordinances to be considered include amendment of an ord inance prohibiting Sunday dan cing; an emergency fund appro priation to finance civil defense radio acquisition, and awarding of bids for water main installa tion in the recently annexed Laurelhurst addition. The council will consider au thorization of plans and speci fications for construction of a sanitary sewer in the southeast Medford area where annexation was approved yesterday. The city manager will report on a proposed location for a new Eastside fire sation; rehabilita tion of the Camp White Trunk sewer main, . and five requests for loading, parking and right of way privileges. Chessman Scores Point in Battle San Francisco U.R) Convict-author Caryl Chessman scored a point in his battle for a new trial today when a Los Angeles court reporter admitted it was impossible to make a "verbatim" copy of a dead re porter's notes. Stanley Fraser, 62, assigned to transcribe notes made by the late Ernest Parry during Chess man's original 1948 trial, made the admission under questioning by the condemned kidnap-rap-ist's attorney, George T. Davis. However, Fraser said he un derstood the definition of ver batim to be "word for word" and he felt that though he could not transcribe every detail of Perry's notes he could make a "substantially true and accur ate" copy of the trial transcript. Chessman has charged vthat Fraser- conspired .with Prosecu tor J. Miller Leavy and Los Angeles Superior Judge Charles Fricke to "rig" the transcript in order to insure the prison writer's conviction on 17 counts of kidnaping, robbery, rape and sex perversion. Annual Chamber Dinner Meeting Thursday The annual dinner meeting of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Jack son hotel, the chamber office reminded members and their wives today. Reports on the past year's work will be given briefly, and plans for the coming year out lined. piration, but failed to revive him.- He died of exposure. Block was found on the lower northwest slope of the mountain on the Bridal Veil creek water shed. The second boy's body was found about a mile away by two searchers, C. Hank Williams and Bob' Ryan. The Block boy told searchers when found that his companion was not far behind but was weak and near collapse. He said that Bc $657,900,000, making it the big gest offering in history. Price May Rise The stock is being sold by the Ford Foundation. It will go on sale to the public tomorrow through brokers on an "over the counter" basis. Demand for shares is expected to boost the price considerately above the . original offering price. A prospectus filed with the Se curities and Exchange Commis sion in Washington showed that the 722 brokerage houses which will sell the stock' to the public will receive $1.50 a share in underwriting discounts and commissions, totaling $15,300, 000. The Foundation will actually receive, after discounts and commissions are paid, $642,600, 000. The SEC is expected to "clear" the statement sometime today, paving the way for actual sale of the shares tomorrow. In Small Lois Brokers at once began accep ting definite orders from their customers for the first time. The stock will be parceled out in small lots because of the tre mendous demand for it. . The sale marks the end of Ford's history as a privately owned firm. Ever since the Ford Founda tion announced plans to sell 22 per cent tof its holdings of Ford Motor Co. stock, speculation has been high over the price tag on the stock. The price was set yesterday in secret meetings between mem bers of the underwriting syndi cate and directors of the foun dation, the world's largest phil anthropic trust. Although the Ford family is relinquishing its exclusive hold over the world's second biggest auto maker, it will still have 40 per cent of the voting power af ter the sale. Experts say this is more than enough to control the company. Philippine Official Hurt in Accident Alejandor Quintin Abad, 35, of. the Philippine consulate in Los Angeles, was taken to Com munity hospital for observation last night, following an auto accident on Highway 99 near Blackwell hill, north of Med ford. j, Abad, who suffered back in juries, was released from the hospital this morning. He at tended a Rotary club luncheon this noon as guest of City Man ager Robert Duff. Abad was traveling north when the left rear tire of his car blew out causing it to skid and roll over twice. The car, a hardtop convertible, was a total wreck, state police said. Abad, who is a finance offi cer with the consulate, was en route from Los Angeles to Van couver, B. C, to open a new Philippine consulate there, when the accident occurred. He will meet this afternoon with insurance agents to arrange for another car, but will remain in Medford tonight. Ben Franklin's Birth Observed Philadelphia, Pa U.R) Benjamin- Franklin, the humble printer who achieved enduring world stature, was honored today throughout the free world on the 250th anni versary of his birth. Some 500 organizations in 51 countries have joined with the Franklin Institute here to observe the birth anniversary of the most versatile man co lonial America produced. Franklin, born in Boston in L 1706, crowded several life times of accomplishment into his life span of 84 years. Monroe (U.R) Five inmates . of the Washington State Refor matory escaped from the insti tution last night. the boys had seen lights and heard people Sunday night but "couldn't catch up." When they heard people again yesterday morning the Block boy said he didn't want to take the chance of them going away. Jimmy had been ill, he said, and remained behind on a log. Five hours later the Sonnen burg boy's body was found. Searchers said that he appar ently had tried to keep going until he dropped.
