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o Won't M w No Price Relief on Goods Shipped Into Northwest Expected By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Consumers and businessmen can expect little or no price relief in the cost of manufactured goods shipped into the Pacific Northwest, cfe- spite the re cently ordered downward ad j u s t ment in railroad freight rates. In some in stances there may be a price increase. r u A. Robt. Smith This is the conclusion of a high official of the Interstate Commerce Commission who was involved in the long proceed ings which resulted several weeks ago in an ICC order ef fective next June 1 to revise class rates to and from the Northwest. This ICC decision did not af fect commodity rates that is, the rates that apply to roughly 99 per cent of the goods ship ped by railroads. It dealt with class rates only the rates that apply to the other 1 per cent. Most major items are placed under commodity rates, such as agricultural and forest products and many standard manufactur ed products. It is mostly the miscellaneous items that move under- class rates. Class Rates Increased The ICC ordered interim re duction? in class rates between the Northwest and the Rocky mountain states, but simultan eously it ordered increases in class rates between Northwest cities and California. Between Portland and Salt Lake City, for example, the pro posed first class rates would go down only three-tenths of one per cent, but between Seattle and Salt Lake the reduction I would be 6.6 per cent. Between Portland and Boise it would go down 12.5 per cent; and between" Seattle and Boise it would be down 18 per cent. But up and down the Pacific Coast, class rates would go up even more than the others, would come downcBetween Seattle and Los Angeles, first class rates would go up 28.4 per cent; Seattle-San Francisco would go up 27.9 per cent; Portland-Los An Services Offered On MOD Auction Several Medford business and professional men have pledged special services to be auctioned for the March of Dimes tonight, it has been announced by Lon Skinner, general chairman of the sponsoring Crater Lions club. The auction will be held over station IQ3ES-TV, starting at 9:30 p.m. and includes about 100 items ranging from an auto matic washer to autos to a trip to San Francisco to furniture and cosmetics. The special services and their donors include serving dinner and washing the dishes for any family by Father N. J. Deis and Attorney Paul Haviland; stack ing a load of wood by Fire Chief Gordon Barker; two hours of - baby sitting service by Sgt. Lyle Perkins of Medford city police and Frank Roelandt, high school basketball coach; scrubbing and waxing a kitchen floor by Sher iff Howard Gault; a family laun dry by Dr. William Miller; one hour of instruction on the art of fly fishing by Dr. Charles W. Lemery; washing outside win dows of any one floor of any residence in Oregon or Califor nia by Attorney Robert B. Dun caj; serving, dinner and wash ing the family dishes by Attor ney John Dellenback and Duke McQueen, and serving dinner and washing the family dishes by Chief of Police Charles Champlin and his wife. Oak Grove School District Residents To Discuss Consolidation Possibilities Residents of Oak Grove school district will discuss possibilities of consolidation or annexation to district 49, Medford, at a meeting at the schoolhouse at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The district's board of direc tors called the meeting to ascer tain thinking of residents on the proposal. Previously the Medford school board, upon request of the Oak Grove board, voted to undertake a joint study of advantages and disadvantages to both districts. Informal Session Directors of Oak Grov dis-J geles up 21 per cent; Portland San Francisco up 18.1 per cent. These class rates in the move ment of traffic up and down the Pacific Coast will apply gener ally to all less-than-carload traf fic, the ICC explained. . It is significant that ICC Com missioner Owen Clarke of Yak ima, Wash., the only Pacific Northwesterner on the commis sion, dissented from the ICC de cision in this case. He was joined by two others in objecting to the adjustment of rates at this time Adjustment Not Desirable Clarke held that "it is neither desirable nor lawful at this time to prescribe a so-called interim class-rate adjustment as is done by the majority." He said that what the ICC has done is to set up revised class rates based on only a partial hearing of all the evidence in the case. "The railroads have a large amount of further testimony and exhibits to prepare and present," Clarke declared. He added: "Justice and law dictate that no interim adjustment be pre scribed on the presently incom plete record and without accord ing respondents their full day in court. It may be that the further evidence to be submitted when considered with the present rec ord will justify the rates pre scribed herein. But, should the complete record show that high er rates than those prescribed are required, there are no reme dies by which the respondents can recoup their losses." December Floods, Rains Reflected in Total Bank Debits The impact of late December rain and floods in Jackson coun ty is reflected in the total bank debits for last month, according to-figures; from- the University j of Oregon bureau of business re-1 search. ' The Southern Oregon banking district, which includes Med ford, reported only a 1 per cent increase in bank debits compared with December, 1954, while total debits for the state showed a 4.5 per cent increase. Six banks in this area reported $62,354,844 in debits last month, compared to $61,764,419 for De cember, 1954. This region also showed a 3.5 per cent decrease in debits . last month compared to November, 1955. Total State Debits Total debits in the state were $1,588,577,449 for last month. Bank debits represent the dol lar value of checks drawn against deposit accounts of individuals and business firms. They are gen erally regarded as good indi cators of current business activ ity although the value as an in dicator may be impaired when large checks which do not con stitute ousiness activity are included. Merchants and businessmen in this area reported a record Christmas . purchasing season, Dut continual rams ana pre- Christmas floods greatly ham pered holiday buying. Road Conditions Highway 99. north Open, spots of ice. Snow on Sexton mountain turning to slush. Highway 99, south Packed snow, traffic moving without chains. Carrying chains recom mended. Chains required for cars pulling trailers; chains required in California north of Weed through Dunsmuir. Highway 66, Green Springs, packed snow on highway, car ry chains. Highway 62, Crater Lake, ice above Prospect. Highway 97, north of Klam ath Falls, some packed snow. Carrying chains is recom mended. trict said the Jan. 30 meeting will be an informal question and answer period. Presented for consideration will be informa tion on school and total popula tions, assessed valuations, bond ed indebtedness, transportation problems, basic school support fund distribution, and other fac tors which have a bearing on the proposal. Total enrollment in the Med ford district this year in 4,721, and there are 197 in the Oak Grove district, which has 80 high scfeool students. Of the nigh Announcement To Follow Checkup Due Next Month President Lavish In Praise of Nixon Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower announced to day that he probably will under go his next important medical examinations between Feb.! 10 and Feb. 15. He promised not to dilly-dally too long after that on his decision on-whether, to seek reelection. Under news conference ques tioning, the President said flat ly that no member of his family has any objection to his running again. He waslavish in his praise for Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, but said he had not dis cussed with Nixon what role the vice-president would play in the 1956 campaign whether or not Mr. Eisenhower runs. In an oblique reply to a ques tion concerning the possible po litical future of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Mr. Eisenhower used his own personal case as an allegory which suggested that if Mr. Warren enters politics, he should resign from the Supreme Court. Foreign Affairs Other news' highlights at Mr. Eisenhower's second meeting with reporters in Washington since his heart attack: 1. He would like to see the great principals and policies gov erning this country's conduct of foreign affairs removed from politics. Foreign nations then would not fear an abrupt change of policy in event of a change in the executive branch of the government in this country. 2. He wished the school con struction bill could be consid ered on its own merits rather than having it slowed down by a rider withholding federal funds from areas where segregated schools are operated. 3. He ruled out consideration of a tax cut in the current fis cal year, which ends June 30, because the anticipated budge tary surplus is too slim. Backs Air Program 4. He came out again strongly for his long (term foreign aid program, as being in the nation's best interests. Mr. Eisenhower was hit by an avalanche of political questions at a conference that attracted 224 reporters. He was asked whether it was safe to assume that he would not announce his decision prior to the February medical checkup. The President said it was not safe to assume anything about many of his impulses. He said this with a broad grin. He added that in determining the date of the medical checkup, one factor was that he was look ing forward to a southern trip. He did not specify the locality, but presumably it will be Aug usta, Ga. No Definite Date Therefore, the President point ed out, it was possible that his medical examinations would be scheduled before mid-February. He had no definite date, but said sometime between Feb. 10 and 15 seemed probable. Nixon's name was drawn into the discussion immediately after the President announced that the Vice-President would go to Bra zil as the head of a 14-member mission for the inauguration of the new Brazilian President. The question came in fast: "If you decide to run again, would you favor VJce-President Nixon as your running mate again?" The President said his admir ation, respect and deep affection for Nixon were well known, but that he had not discussed the political future with Nixon. He said he could not discuss the mat ter further until he has confer red with Nixon. New York (U.R) Water broke through a rock casing of the uncompleted $100,000,000 third " tube of Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson river early today, flooding 100 feet of the construction site. school students, 73 are attending Medford high school and are in cluded in the Medford total. No Obligations Oak Grove directors pointed out that the study was under taken at their request, and plac es neither school district under any obligation. They said they felt it is desirable to have facts concerning possible consolida tion or annexation on hand. Residents of both districts would be required to vote on the proposal beforr the districts could be consolidated. Weather FORECAST: Occasional showerj tonight. Valley fog Thursday morning. Intermittent rain Thursday. Low tonight 32-34. High Thursday 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 36 Lowest this Morning 33 No Evidence of News Suppression Found in Coos Coos Bay Paper Charges Unfounded Eugene (U.R) No evidence of news suppression in North Bend and Coos Bay was turned up by the Freedom of Informa tion Committee of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers associa tion, according to a report made public here yesterday. The committee, investigating specific charges of suppression brought by the Coos Bay Times, said that with the '.'possible ex ception of one type of informa tion in one of the cities,' the newspaper was in no case de nied access to information." Information Asked The Times had asked police of both cities for the following in formation about taverns and night spots: 1. The number of arrests made by location within the last six months. . 2. The ' number of calls made by location by police officers. 3. The number of times offic ers went to a location at the re quest of the owner. "In neither case," the report stated, "did the officials respond fully and freely supplying all the information requested." ' Reports Confidential The only information denied, however, was an "officer's re port" in North Bend which was a report on police action wheth er or not an arrest was made. City officials said they kept the reports confidential so that "in nocent parties will not be hurt." The committee said it could draw no clear line as, to whether police records ,of th "officer's report" type should 'be public or private. But members con cluded that the report was con sidered confidential by city of ficials and had been for some time. Therefore, they said, the Times "was not in this instance denied information to which it had previously had access." Open Controversy "The committee is fully aware of the fact that there has been open controversy between the Coos Bay Times and officials of the two cities for several weeks," the report noted, but members declined to pass judg ment on this controversy as it was beyond their scope. Chairman of the ONPA com mittee was Robert C. Notson, managing editor of the Oregon ian. Members were Arden X. Pangborn, editor of The Journ al; Bernard Mainwaring, pub lisher of the Salem Capital Journal; Robert Chandler, pub lisher of the Bend Bulletin, and Elmo Smith, publisher of the Blue Mountain Eagle. Eden Trip Shadowed By Note To President Southampton, England (U.R) Prime Minister Anthony Eden sailed today for Washington on a mission of peace ' suddenly over-shadowed by a mysterious Soviet note to President Eisen hower. It seemed' apparent in London that Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul ganin timed his letter to Mr. Eisenhower to coincide with Eden's departure for the United States aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth. Eden arrives in New York Monday and flies immediately to Washington for talks with the President and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. It was be lieved in London that contents of the note would be kept secret until he arrives. Eden announced the purpose of his visit was to seek "peace in the world" by cementing a closer alliance of Anglo-American policy in the face of creep ing Soviet influence in the Mid dle East, Africa and South America. Dodge Bridge Approach Repairs Completed Repair of flood damage to the east approach of Dodge bridge has been completed, according to Ray.Harnish, state highway department. A tatal of 2,800 yards of fill material, including about 1,600 cubic yards of large boulders were used to bring the approach up to the bridge level. Flood waters from the Rogue river in December washed a hole through the fill 25 feet deep. Medfop United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 18 Pages ulganiri b iter to President Lists Certain Ideas for Eisenhower Asked To Study Further Peace Promotion Hagerty Issues , Brief Statement Washington (U.R) Presi ident Eisenhower today receiv ed from Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin what the White House described as a "friendly, letter" putting forth "certain ideas . . . in the ; interest of promoting world peace." The letter was delivered per sonally to the President by Rus sian Ambassador Georgi N. Zaru bin in a 15-minute audience at the White House. ' Shortly afterward, White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty issued this statement: "Intermittently since the Ge neva confrence, the President and Premier Bulganin have been exchanging correspondence. "The Soviet ambassador . this morning brought in a friendly letter containing certain ideas which the Premier asked the President to study further in the interests of promoting world peace." Zarubin himself refused to tell reporters what the letter said. Just before receiving the mes sage, Mr. Eisenhower declared at a news conference that the United .States ancLits allies must remain strong in the absence of desired progress on world dis armament. He emphasized that disarmament moves are going to be slow and tortuous. Hagerty would not go much beyond his two sentence state ment on the meeting. Hagerty noted that the Presi dent and Bulganin had exchang ed correspondence intermittent ly since the Geneva summit meeting. Other Correspondence Under questioning, however, Hagerty said that this intermit tent exchange consisted only of "get well" messages sent from Moscow to the President in Den ver after he suffered his Sep tember heart attack, plus the Sept. 19 Bulganin letter cold shouldering Mr. Eisenhower's "open sky" proposal and the President's Oct. 11 reply. Hagerty said he did not know when the Bulganin letter would be made public, nor did he know how long it was. He declined to say whether it involved the dis armament discussion. Nixon Enemies Tied To Malaxa Proceeding Miami, Fla. 4U.R) An - attor ney for Romanian industrialist Nicolai Malaxa charged today that the Immigration Service's attempt to keep Malaxa out of this country was .brought about by the political enemies of Vice President Richard Nixon. Attorney Jack Wasserman of Washington said "certain indivi duals have been trying to smear Nixon and are using Malaxa as a means to that smear." He said Nixon at one time "intervened" in connection with Malaxa's Western Tube Corp. Wasserman made the charge just before a closed-door hearing began in the Department of Jus tice Building here to determine whether 72-year-old Malaxa, a one-time close friend of the Na zis and the Communists, will be permitted to reenter this country. Farm Wages in State Reach All-Time High Corvallis (U.R) Wages paid on Oregon farms reached an all time high on Jan. 1 of $1.14 per hour, according to Oregon State College economists. Only Con necticut and Washington farm1 ers paid higher wages. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 470.71 up 2.83; 20 rails 156.59 up 0.58; 1'5 utilities 63.72 up 0.12; and 65 stocks 167.02 up 0.78. Sales today were about 1,950,000 shares compared with 2,160,000 yesterday. MEP - PISTOL-PACKIN' MAMA Mrs. Roslyn Freeborn of Lake Serene, Wash., packs a holstered .22-caliber target pistol at her hip as she does her household chores. The suburban 'community near Seattle has been turned into an "armed Lamp" following a number of attacks on women and burglaries. Even David Jones, 3, a neighbor, youth, shoul- . ders an air rifle. . . ., ,, Pletsch Elected Head Of County John Pletsch, Medford busi ness man - and civic leader, yes terday was elected president of the Jackson county planning commission. Stewart V. Mc Queen, Medford, was elected vice-president and David - B. Lowry, Phoenix, secretary. The nine members of the new commission, selected in Decem ber by the county court, held an organizational meeting yester day in the county court room. Members, with the length of their " terms, .'. include Pletsch, four years; Edwin W. Gebhard, Central Point, four; Edward S. Strother, Shady Cove, four; Mc Queen, three; John . . Nieder meyer, Jacksonville, three; Lloyd Selby, Ashland, three; Edward F. Bolt, Gold Hill, two; Don B. Whalin, Medford, .' two;1' ' and Lowry, two.- .; - Next meeting will be Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the; courthouse. Tom Wray, president of the Medford planning commission, explained the duties of the city group and said it would relin quish its jurisdiction .over' the six-mile area outside the city limits. He agreed .with, the new commissioners that both groups must work together for the best possible pattern of physical and economic development of the county. Land-Use Map Wray suggested that the group first get a picture of what the area needs, partly through estab lishing a land-use map of the entire county. " He said it is necessary the people understand the county planning commission at present is a "planning, not zoning, com mission." Major problems will be sani tation and subdivisions, he de clared, with the commission as suming responsibility for proper integration of subdivisions with already existing streets and other services relating to the general development of the county. Proposals decided by the com mission will be referred to the county court, who in turn would present ordinances to the people for vote. Abbott Jury Asks Judge for Interpretation Oakland, Calif (U.R) The jury weighing the fate of accus ed kidnap-slayer Burton W. Ab bott today asked Superior Judge Charles Wade Snook for an "in terpretation" of the legal prin ciple of reasonable doubt ONESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1956 Planners Zoning and other land use ordinances are foreseen in a booklet, "Procedure for . estab lishing county planning and zon ing commissions," prepared by the bureau of municipal research and service of the University of Oregon. The bureau's conclu sions, which were read and dis cussed by the new commission, formed the basis for 1947 legis lation making county planning commissions possible. Dangerous Explosive Taken From University Las Vegas, N.M. (U.R) Don ning a coat, opening a door or going to church in Las Vegas could put a person in the hos pital today. Someone stole from the High lands University chemistry de-. partment the components for a dangerous booby trap an ex plosive which will detonate ' at the touch of a hand. The male factors have not been caught, are believed to have a large sup ply of the devilish mixture. Worried police reported Tues day that the stuff had been ap plied to door knobs at the uni versity, a high school, a, Metho dist church, and in at least one automobile. Several high school students have been burned as they tried to open doors. Jim Nelson, a stu dent at Highlands, suffered an eye injury when he put on a laboratory jacket. A small quan tity of the explosive secreted in his pocket blew up, just from the movement of the jacket. ' f County Has Been Without Blood Supplies Two Weeks Jackson county has been with out supplies of blood for the past two weeks, it was announc ed today by Mrs. Joseph Burba, Red Cross blood bank chairman. "Walking donors" have been used at the rate of one a day during this period, Mrs. Burba said, adding that the great dan ger of this procedure is the time element. "Should we have a serious auto wreck, a bad fire, a hemor rhagic maternity case where multiple transfusions are re quired, the delay in rounding up walking donors could be fatal," she continued. Jackson county has not met its blood donation quota for the Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 262 f eace' AlUOut Campaign Starts To Assure RVMH Construction May Provide Enough Funds Within 10 Days Rogue Valley Memorial hospi tal fund-raising officials ' today expressed hope that an .all-out campaign in the next 10 days may result in subscriptions total ing enough to assure construc tion of the proposed $1,900,000 hospital. Walter G. Garner, chairman of the general organization' con ducting the campaign, announc ed an all-out drive at a break fast meeting earlier this week. More Money Needed A campaign headquarters spokesman said "more money must be. raised before the cam paign objective is reached," and urged residents who have not been contacted by workers to notify headquarters. A worker will be sent to interview pros pective subscribers, the spokes man said. Garner said the organization "hopes that through the con tinued hard work of. volunteer workers and immediate cooper ation of all who have not sub scribed, the hospital will be as sured within the next 10 days. The goal for the campaign is $850,000. Of the total estimated cost of construction, $563,960.33 . in Hill-Burton funds has been given preliminary approval aby the federal health, education and welfare department. Previously, funds were donated by interest ed citizens, and more than, $545, 000 was subscribed through the advanced gifts committee. Goal Includes Allowances The campaign goal includes allowances for possible construc tion cost increases, and unfore seen emergencies. Some 207 volunteer workers have been attending daily break fast meetings at the Elks club since the general organization started its campaign. In addition, several oganiza- tions have contributed for hospi tal memorials, campaign offic ials said. Joe Naumes, president of the Medford Rotary club, said the club has established a $2,000 memorial for a Children's room to memoralize its youth service program for Jackson county. Other organizations , which have contributed to the hospital fund include the Medford High school Black Tornado,, the high school student body, Medford American Legion auxiliary, Roxy Ann court Order of the Amaranth, the Antelope 4-H club, Phoenix Grange, and troop 8 of the Boy Scouts .of America. Farmer's Share of Consumer DollarDown Washington (U.R) The farmer's share of the consumer's dollar sharnk to 38 cents last month, the lowest since 1940. The Agriculture Department said today the decline was caus ed by sagging farm prices and rising processing and marketing charges. " . ' Consumer food prices went down only about 2 per cent, however, because two-fifths of the drop in farm prices was off set by higher marketing charges. past nine months, and blood donors from other areas are providing Jackson county resi dents with the deficit quantity, Mrs. Burba said. . "It is the devout prayer of all of us that no emergency occurs before Feb. 8 when the next bloodmobile visit is scheduled,4 she said. "If it does, we shall meet it somehow, if we have to go as far south as Los Angeles to fly in our need. Our hope, of course, is that Jackson county residents will take care of their own friends and neighbors and themselves. For one never knows who will need the next transfusion,' she concluded. L
