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.
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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)
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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-