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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
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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.
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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.
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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.