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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.
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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.
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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. '
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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
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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.
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