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TRAIN WRECK KILLS 29 PERSONS Scenes at California's i jured, are shown above. At left, a sailor comforts another passen worst train wreck, when the Santa Fe's San Diegan jumped the I ger as they wait for first aid. Servicemen aboard the train were tracks in Los Angeles Sunday night leaving 29 dead and 147 in-1 credited with preventing panic and gave much assistance in re Bulks Renews Plea Against Politics In Foreign Policy Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made an urgent new appeal to l&th parties today not to play politics with the nation's foreign policy. Dulles told his weekly news conference that political wrangl ing over foreign policy will in crease the risk of war if it raises doubts abroad about America's intentions to live up to its inter national commitments. Dulles warned there is a dan ger point which all patriotic citi zens should recognize in an elec tion year. This, he said, is to make sure that other nations do notolosegjtheir confidence in the solid, basic foreign, policies;. of this countryf Prestige and Honor Dulles said basic bipartisan po sitions on foreign policy devel oped during the last 10 years involve U.S. prestige and honor in other countries. He said it would be a very sad day and increase the risk of war Eden in Huddles Prior To Departure London (U.R) Prime Minis ter Anthony Eden called a hur ried cabinet meeting today to creoare for a barrage of embar rassing auestibns by the Labor Party when Parliament recon vened this afternoon. Eden leaves late this evening for Washington and talks with President Eisenhower aimed at aliening Analo-American policy in Europe, the crisi-torn Middle East and the Far East. : Before-he sails aboard the Queen Elizabeth he planned to talk with his refurbished cabi net, attend the opening session of the House of Commons after its New Year holiday and perhaps answer personally a set of hos tile Questions from the Laborites. The Socialist questions center ed chiefly on protests against in Europe, the crisis-torn Middle East policy, which also will be a key topic with Mr. iisennower Premier of Soviet as. "'Republic Resigns . London (U.R) The Premier of the Soviet Union's biggest re public has resigned to strength en the leadership," Radio Mos cow announced today. The broadcast said A. M. Puza- nov emit as Premier of the Rus sian Soviet Federal Socialist Re public, the central area which includes Moscow and most oi what was Czarist Russia. Puzanov was the second Pre mier of a constituent republic of the USSR to fall in a week. Last Thursday Medhislovas Ged- vilas was removed as Premier of Lithuania. No . reason was given. Radio Moscow said Puzanov "has tendered his resignation in order to strengthen the leader ship of the Russian Republic Council of Ministers." "He is replaced by Ysnov," the broadcast said. '. Western observers could not immediately identify the new Premier. Salem (U.R) Sherman Stan bury of Portland has filed his ocandldacy for delegate from the state at large to the Democratic national convention. raids if there should be doubt about U. S. determination to stand by its commitments. Or the current Republican Democratic squabble over for eign aid, Dulles said he believes the administration will get neces sary authority from Congress to undertake some long term proj ects. Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) influential chairman of the Sen ate Foreign Relations Commit tee, has voiced his strong opposi tion to any long term aid com mitments. He continued to hold this view despite a personal con ference with President Eisen hower yesterday. Middle TSasi Problem - - . Dulie-slsft-lpuched on these other international isaaes;. Middle East: The United States still opposes an uncontrolled arms race in the Middle East. In event of open conflict in the area the United States will seek to act through the United Nations, although it is questionable whether Russia would permit action - since it has the veto power. The whole Middle East question will come up during talks between Mr. Eisenhower and British Prime Minister An thony Eden next week. Hydrogen bomb tests: The ad ministration sees no possibility of an East-West agreement to control nuclear testing. This has been under discussion with Eden for two years and undoubtedly will come up again. The big trouble is how to define a per missable or a non-permissable nuclear test. Peace With China 'Red China: The United States believes some progress has bee"n made at the Geneva talks toward getting Red China to renounce the use of force in the Formosa area. The United States will con tinue to be patient and persistent until it gets peace and security in that area. Dulles rejected Red China's latest charge that the United States during the Geneva talks was following a policy of "deliberate procrastination and obstruction." Democrats and Republicans re mained split over some foreign policy issues despite the Presi dent's effort to heal the breach in his meeting with George yes terday. New Quarters' House County District Court Fust sessions of district court were held this morning in new quarters on the courthouse third floor. The juvenile department is housed in new offices adjoin ing the court. Staff members of the county health department are moving into the old district court quar ters on the first floor, and mem bers of the personal " depart ment and appraisers of the asses sor's office will move into of fices vacated by the treasurer on the second floor. 220 Housing Units Authorized at Klamath Washington U.R) The De fense Department has authorized the construction of 220 family housing units at the New Klam ath Falls, Ore., Air Force base. The department said the units will be privately financed. But military quarters allowances will be used to pay off the mortgages and the units will then be owned by the government. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Medford Speech Slated Eleanor Roosevelt Accepts Invitation To Speak at Dinner Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the former president, will speak in Medford the evening of April 28, it was learned to day. She will be the guest speaker at the sixth annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner, held here each year as a testimonial to Presi dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. She is the second member of the Roosevelt family to speak at the dinner. Her son James, now a California congressman, was here for the dinner three years ago. The time and place of the din ner will be announced later, ac cording to Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, a friend of the Roosevelt family, who received from Mrs. Roose velt her acceptance of the invi tation, i . Other speakers at the memor ial dinner beside James Roose velt have been Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attorney active in Demo cratic politics in Oregon; Sen. Wayne Morse, and James Mitch ell, former chairman of the Democratic National committee. Lower Voting Age Ballot Title Drawn Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton today drew up a ballot title for the proposal of State Sens. Mark Hatfield, Salem Republican, and Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie Democrat to lower the voting age to 18 years for all elections except school district elections or elections where voters must be taxpayers. The descriptive summary for the initiative measure reads: "This measure would amend the Oregon constitution to provide that all persons of the age of 18 years and upwards, and other wise qualified, would have the right' to vote at all elections ex cept school district elections and elections where voters are re quired to be taxpayers. , If ap proved this law will be opera tive on the day of the regular biennial general election in 1958 and prior thereto for the nomina tion of candidates and for initiat ing or referring measures to be voted upon at such election." Abbott Jury Enters 6th Day of Deliberations Oakland, Calif. (U.R) The Burton W. Abbott trial jury de liberated with painstaking calm into the sixth day today. - Veteran court observers said that the seven men and five five women apaprently still had yet to take their first ballot on the guilt or innocence of the ac cused kidnaper-slayer of teen age Stephanie Bryan. US Surpassed in Nuclear Weapons, Russian Declares Moscow '(U.R) Marshall Vas ili Chuikov told a Congress of the Ukranian Community party today that "the Soviet Union has surpassed the United States in thermonuclear hydrogen bomb weapons." In Washington, U.S. atomic officials said Soviet claims of H bomb superiority are false. Atomic Commissioner Thomas E. Murray recently described such claims as "Soviet propa ganda." He said it would be un fortunate if the Russians them selves believed any false esti mates they may have of our su periority." Top Soldier j' Marshal Chuikov is one of the Soviet Union's top soldiers, al though he has not -been in .-the public eye very much of late. -During World War II, he was best known as commander of the Russian 62nd Army, which stopped the Germans at Stalin grad. Later, he accepted Berlin's surrender and remained in the Russian zone of Germany in various occupation posts until he assumed the top military command there in 1949. He was relieved of his . Ger man command in June, 1953, and ordered home for a new as signment. ' Subcommittee Checks Ike's Military Budget Washington (U.R) A House subcommittee today began checking whether President Ei senhower's $35,000,000,000 mili tary budget will keep the United States stronger than Russia. The Military Appropriations Subcommittee called Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson for questioning about the budget; Members expressed concern that Russia may already be ahead of the United States in the race for an intercontinental mis sile t h e so-called "ultimate weapon."" Wilson's testimony behind closed doors signaled the; start of the subcommittee's annual re view of defense spending plans. During the hearings, expected to last three months, Democrats will plug for more emphasis on planes and guided missiles. Shy Morthland Announces He Will Seek Reelection r W - L. G. MORTHLAND Commissioner Seeks R selection moving the dead and injured. The center photo shows uninjured passengers attempting to comfort the less fortunate. The over-1 turned cars are shown in the background. In the photo at right,! raspiritv 50th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD- Grouo A citizen's committee repre senting more than 200 people last night voted to form a non profit corporation for the pur pose of fighting for flood control in the Rogue basin. ' A nine-member committee which met at the home of Faye I. Bristol, three miles north of Rogue River, was appointed at a flood control meeting in Rogue River earlier this month. The Rogue Flood Control and Watet .Resources association was chos en as a name for the proposed corporation. Points Out Need Bristol pointed out the need for incorporation as a means of assuring continued action, to obtain flood control. It was brought out that group members would have to act as lobbyists and meet with government and state officials perhaps over a period of months in order to gain freedom from floods as quickly as possible. Henry Stewart, U.S. Army corps of engineers, Portland dis trict, told the group funds were made available late last week for a complete survey' of flood damage on the Rogue river. Army engineers will send men to the area later this week, Stew art said, and the survey will be gin immediately, and will cover all physical damage, including soil erosion and the estimated cost of rehabilitation. Use Of Survey The damage survey would be used to help determine if a dam on the Rogue is economically feasible, Stewart said. Flood damage on the Rogue would be computed an an annual basis and that figure would be added to benefits gained by a dam, such as irrigation, electrical power, and recreation. The total benefits, including flood control, would be allocated over the life of the project to determine whether or not it is economically feasible, Stewart" said. Both Stewart and Lee McAl lister, bureau of reclamation L. G. (Shy) Morthland, county commissioner since- 1949, an nounced today he will seek re election. He is a .Republican. . Morthland said he will file his candidacy for the GOP nomina tion sometime next week. ..' He has been , a resident of Jackson county since 1928, and has been in several lines of busi ness including catering and cook ing for large groups. His resi dence is at 85 Windsor ave. The commissioner said he has been urged to seek reelection by his friends and supporters. Com mittees on his behalf are now in process of being organized, he said. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 467.88 up 5.53; 20 rails 156.01 up 2.04; 15 utilities 63.60 up 0.57, and 65 stocks 166.24 up 1.95. Sales " today were about 2,160,000 shares compared with 2,720,000 yesterday. For FloOi jjs untrol area engineer, Salem, agreed, that in order to be economically feasible a multiple-purpose dam or dams would be necessary. McAllister said, a high dam on the Rogue at Lewis creek would be feasible, but stressed that the possibility of tributary dams had not been ruled out. ' t . The bureau - of ' reclamation has considered 60 or 70 dam sites on the Rogue, he said, and came up "with Plan A which in cluded a r'dam.,'- at Lewis creek. He pointed out that the Lewis creek dam would have con trolled the December floods "with some room to spare." The more recent floods in the valley have been flash floods with a high peak, but easier to control, he said. It was suggest ed that fresh logging operations leaving bare ground contribute to flash flopds. Both men said .that in their opinion the damage estimates from the December flood would be surprising., They declined to guess as to the amount of dam mage, but McAllister said that if 1950 prices were , applied to the 1861 flood, the damage from it would have been well in ex cess of $8,000,000. The December flood was somewhat smaller than the flood of 1861. "The white man hasn't been here long enough to know what Boxcar Shortage Decision Challenged Portland (U.R) An interstate Commerce decision which favor ed Southern Pacific railroad in connection with the freight car supply was challenged yester day. '- "... Shippers' Car Supply Commit tee, a nonprofit corporation, ask ed in a Federal Court petition against the ICC that a three judge court be appointed to re view the ICC order. The order dismissed a complaint in which the committee charged SP with failure ' to supply adequate freight cars' and service to more than 90 shippers in , western Oregon. ; Signing the petition was Co sima D. Machines, doing : busi ness as the Wren Planing Mill, Wren, Ore. She said she also rep resented the shippers' commit tee, an organization formed to work with railroads, rail organi zations, and state and national transportation bodies to improve the freight car supply. Road Conditions Highway 99, north . Open; spots of ice in Roseburg area; Intermittent rain north from Roseburg. Highway 99, Siskiyous Packed snow, traffic moving without chains. . Highway 66, Green Springs Packed snow, carrying chains recommended. Highway 97, north of Kla math Falls Packed ' snow, . sanded. : traffic ' moving with out chains. California Roads open in Siskiyou county; icy spots; road to Happy Camp open to Scott River. police officers pass the body of a age 'for injured passengers. : .... No. 261 Tribune 24, 1956 Price 5c To Fight in Basin a flood could do," Stewart said. He pointed out that if conditions are right a worse flood than any recorded or known could hap pen. ' ; "If you don-'t get a flood con trol you won't have much of a town at Grants Pass," McAllis ter said, "or development along the river. You can get flood con trol if you want it and keep af ter it." . . ' ' It was generally agreed that fishing interests killed the bur eau of reclamation's Plan A, which called for a dam at Lewis creek. McAllister said that the opposition was not so much from local groups as from places else where in the nation. Tennessee Petition ' ; He stated that petitions from Tennessee opposing the project contained 10,000 signatures.. "More spawning beds are dam amegd by floods than a dam at Lewis creek would innundate," he said. , Members of the group agreed that the Rogue is now losing sports fishermen to the Sacra mento river where there is a high dam. McAllister said that the bureau of reclamation, when constructing the Shasta dam, made an agreement with sports men that water in the river, be low the dam would be kept be low 70 degrees. As a result, he said, the cold-1 er water and steadier flow in summer created a new salmon and steelhead fishing stream. A dam would improve, rather than impair, fishing on the Rogue, he said. He mentioned that there was a good run of steelhead arid salmon in the river this year but that many spawning ' beds were washed out by the flood. - Robert M. Sailor, Grants Pass, said he was sure fishing inter ests would do all possible to support a flood control program if they were sure it would not injure sports fishing. He sug gested that a meeting be held, to .which all sporting interests would be invited. - V The group decided a meeting with sportsmen should be held, with a date tentatively set for Jan. "30, at 8 p.m., at the Rogue River VFW hall. - All sportsmen will be invited to the meeting, including pri vate fishermen, representatives of the fish and wildlife service, state fish commission, .state game commission, owners of sporting goods stores, Gold Beach fishing interests and the state president and local repre sentatives of the Izaak Walton League. A finance committee was ap pointed to raise funds to fight for flood controL Committee members are Sailor, chairman; Edward Strothers,- Shady Cove; and Phil Engle, Rogue River mayor. Weather FORECAST: Thickening high cloudiness tonight and Wed nesday with scattered showers in the vaUey and snow flur ries in the mountains by Wed nesday afternoon. Low tonight 32-35; high Wednesday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morning 28 victim as they search the wreck, (See story on page 10) 11 s. Economic Message Carries Warning On Complacency Washington U.R) President Eisenhower today confidently preaicted continued prosperity in 1956 with the nation's economy- topping the $400,000,000, 000 mark. But, in his annual economic message to Congress, he warned against complacency toward this "unprecedented prosperity." He said government, management and labor must be alert to pos sible threats of recession and in flation. Mr. Eisenhower proudly re ported the nation "reached the threshold of a $400,000,000,080 economy" last year. He boasted of the "practical attainment . . . of the cherished goals" of full employment, rising incomes and a stable dollar. Record Spending! ':;'': " ' " Most economic activities reached new record peaks last year, he said. More Americans worked and made more money than ever before. They also spent a record amount on autos, tele visions and other goods and serv ices that make for better living. The gross national product, the total of goods and services pro duced, rose from $360,500,000, 000 in 1954 to $387,400,000,000 last -year. It now is at an esti mated annual rate of $397,000, 000,000, "if not higher." - Personal income jumped by $15,500,000,000 to $303,100,000, 000. Corporate profits at $43, 200,000,000 showed a gain of $9, 200,000,000. . The average number of em ployed perons increased by about 2,000,000, totalling about 63, 200,000 last year. Unemploy ment declined. Average weekly earnings of industrial workers went un S5.79 to $79.90. Higher Production Industrial production climbed 11 per cent over 1954. Industrial plants "increased markedly" their expansion expenditures to meet increased consumer de mand. Construction spending, in creased $4,700,000,000 to a new high of $42,200,000,000. Falling income of farmers and high employment in economi cally depressed industrial spots were about the only matters for gloom in Mr. Eisenhower's re port. He urged quick action by Congress on his new programs designed to ease their economic . plight. ' Opposes Tax Cut The President again recom mended that Congress put re duction of the public debt ahead of a tax cut. He also said more federal revenue will be needed to finance proposed school con struction, aid to depressed areas and other new programs. Under present conditions, he added, a tax cut is not justified and would be "irresponsible." Mr. Eisenhower warned that increasing installment buying must not be permitted to get out of hand. He said that, on the whole it has been "highly bene ficial to our economy." But he said unrestrained, excessive use of it might have serious effects on the economy. For this reason, he asked Con gress to consider restoring on a standby basis the Federal Re serve's authority to control con sumer redit. ' Salem U.R) Gov. Paul Pat terson has appointed Jess : Bell -of Oregon City as chairman for 1956 of the governor's commit tee for employment of the physi cally handicapped-
