Eisenhower Asks
Five-Year Program
To Fight Disease
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower asked Congress
today to authorize a five-year,
$250,000,000 program of federal
. aid for construction of medical
schools and other research in
stitutions to step up the nation's
"unending war against disease
and disability."
He said e new facilities are
needed to overcome "serious
shortages" of physicians, and to
make possible a vastly expanded
research assault on the mysteries
of cancer, heart disease, mental
Illness and other ailments about
' which "much remains to be diS'
covered."
The request was the main new
feature of a five-point adminis
tration program to provide the
nation with a "renewed and in
vigorated attack on our health
problems." Mr. Eisenhower out
lined the program in a 2400-word
special message to Congress.
Increased Research - '
The President also called for a
28 per cent increase in federal
funds for medical, research, ex
pansion of private health insur
ance plans to provide protection
against "catastrophic illness," a
five-year training program for
nurses and medical specialistsy
and a sharp increase in federal
funds for construction of hos
pitals. Despite "notable advances" in
ie struggle against disease, the
President said, "the nation still
has not summoned the resources
it properly and usefully could
summon to the cause of better
health.",
"This further effort," he said,
. . should be a characteris
tically American partnership, a
partnership in which private and
governmental enterprises are
join! together to advance the
national welfare."
Must Match Funds
"I therefore recommend that
Congress enact legislation au
thorizing $250,000,000 for a five
year program to assist in con
struction of research and teach
ing facilities for schools of med
icine, osteopathy, public health
and dentistry and other research
Institutions."
Mr. Eisenhower said institu
tions receiving federal ' grants
"would be required to supply
at least equal amounts in match
ing funds" of their own.
The five-year program posed
by Mr. Eisenhower today is al
most identical with two Demo
cratic sponsored bills which the
administration declined to sup
port in Congress last year. In
formed sources said -the policy
shift can be attributed to Marion
B. Folsom, who succeeded Mrs.
Oveta Culp Hobby as health sec
retary a few months ago.
The Democratic bills would
provide about $60,000,000 a
year, compared to Mr. Eisen
r
Sewer Improvement
Needed in County
Portland Cost of sewage
system improvements needed in
five Jackson county cities, not
including Medford, has been es
timated at $688,000 by Curtiss
M. Everts, state sanitary engin
eer.
According to Everts, contracts
for construction of sewage col
lection and disposal projects
awarded in Oregon in 19551 to
taled more than $3,000,000, an
increase of over $400,000 than
in 1954. Over a 10 year period
more than $40,000,000 has been
expended in the state for sew
age facilities.
Improvements still needed in
the state total .$15,013,000, with
$9,719,000 needed for sanitary
sewers and : $5,294,000 f or sew
age treatment facilities.
In Jackson county, improve
ments needed were listed as
Ashland, $125,000 for treatment
facilities; Eagle Point, $81,000
for sewers and $70,000 for treat
ment; Jacksonville, $100,000 for
sewers and $60,000 for treat
ment; Phoenix, $102,000 for sew-
ersand $50,000 for treatment;
and Table Rock, $100,000 for
treatment. An unestimated am
ount is needed for Medford sew
ers.
Council OKs Fire Station
Unanimous approval was
given plans for a new eastside
fire station last night by the
city council.
The council met as- a commit
tee of the whole to discuss
various phases of pending coun
cil business.
City Manager Robert Duff an
nounced that a 'tentative sched
ule of action on the hew station
lists a call for bids for coristruc
tioiCFeb. 1, bids to be opened
Feb. 17; awarding of bids, Feb.
21; start of construction March
1; and completion date for the
new station, June 1.
Duff said there was a need for
urgency because the lease on the
present eastside station expires
March 1. An extension of the
lease has been obtained until
r
hower's proposal of $50,000,000
a year, for medical schools and
research construction.
Improved Insurance
Mr. Eisenhower said there is
an urgent need for expanding
voluntary health insurance cov'
erage to provide more Ameri
cans with protection "against the
cost of lpng term or other espe
cially expensive illness, which
can be a financial catastrophe
for many families.
He said he is considering leg
islation which would permit pri
vate insurance companies topool
their risks to "offer broader
benefits and expanded coverage
on reasonable terms."
But he warned as he did in his
budget message that if this idea
doesn't work out, he will again
ask Congress to enact his twice-
shelved plan for federal "re
insurance" of private health
policies.
BURTON ABBOTT
Playi Pinochle
Burton Abbott
Calm Following
Guilty Verdict ,
Oakland,' Calif ."fib ftj.R) Bur-1
ton W. Abbott, 2??, facing a gas
chamber death, continued today
to shelter his ego in the same
incredible calm he has effected
since his ' arrest last July - for
the kidnap-murder of Stephanie
Bryan, 14, a Berkeley school
girl. This calm was broken only
momentarily yesterday when
the jury of seven men and five
women brought in their ' death
verdict. Obviously shaken by
the verdict, Abbott quickly re
sumed his impassive pose. -
"He doesn't seem worried a
bit," said one of the deputies
at the Alameda jail where the
prisoner is held'. "He slept all
through the night. He didn't say
anything about the verdict to
anybody, and apparently doesn't
even care about it." ' -Condemned
by Lies -
Abbott played pinochle with
fellow prisoners last night be
fore retiring. The prisoners look
ed with amazement upon Ab
bott's apparent lack of emotion
which - Prosecutor J. Frank
Coakley once branded as "psych
opathic ego," so great that Ab
bott could believe his own lies.
And it was Abbot's "white
lies" which condemned him, one
of the jurors revealed today. The
juror said Abbott's testimony
was weighed against that of oth
er witnesses and the evidence
for six days. On the seventh
day, five ballots were taken,
three .in the morning and two
in the afternoon.'
On the first ballot, the vote
was 11 to 1 to determine Ab
bott's simple guilt or innocence.
The holdout juror listened care
fully to arguments -by the jury
foreman and fellow jurors. The
second ballot, taken shortly be
fore lunch, was unanimously for
guilt. Death was agreed upon
in the afternoon, a verdict , which
shook Abbott for the first time
since his arrest.
June 1.
.The new station, on Highland
dr. near South Siskiyou blvd.
will be of cement block construc
tion, will house two fire trucks
and . provide potential living
quarters for eight men. Duff
stated that the station could be
enlarged if the growth of Med
ford requires it.
The station will be similar in
construction to the westside fire
hall, having a dormitory type
sleeping room, a kitchen, bath,
living room and storage space.
Estimated cost of construction
is $24,500.
Roseburg U.R) Del McKay,
program manager of radio sta
tion KRXL, has been named as
Roseburg' citizen of the year.
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Medford
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50th Year
Timber Values
Said Not Figured
In Sarena Decision
Verdict Said Made
As Required by Law
Washington (U.R) Undersec-
Iretary of Interior Clarence A.
Davis told congressional investi
gators today that timber values
had nothing to do with his decis;
ion to give Al Sarena Mines, Inc.,
full rights to some 300 acres of
rich national forest land.
The controversial decision,
Davis said, was made as required
by law on the basis of one ques
tion: Was there a valid discov
ery of minerals on the land?
Democrats investigating the
grant have claimed Al Sarena re
ceived title to the land under
the guise of mining it but actu
ally is "mining" . timber. The
right to remove timber is part of
a mining claim grant.
Takes Responsibility
Davis outlined his position in
the controversy in testimony be
fore a joint Senate-House sub
committee. He said he alone was
responsible , for the decision be
cause such power is vested in the
undersecretary, who also is de
partment solicitor.
Interior Secretary Douglas
McKay had no knowledge of the
case, he added, until after the
grant had been rnade.
The Truman administration
had refused to grant the claim
on grounds the land did not con
tain enough minerals to make
mining worthwhile. Davis, an
Eisenhower administration ap
pointee, granted them on the
basis of new mineral assays con
ducted by a private firm from
Mobile, Ala., hometown of the
principal stockholder in Al Sa
rena..
Davis said that at the time
the mining claims were filed, the
timber was of little value.
Democrats have charged that
Davis was so eager to "give
away" the timber, land that he
did not wait until the assay re
ports reached Washington before
granting the mining patents.
But Davis told the subcom
mittee he had all the informa
tion before he made his decision.
Entitled lo Patent
V ... a miner who stakes out
his claim on public lands and
files on it, spends $500 in the
development of it, and proves
that he has a valid discovery of
minerals, is entitled to a pat
ent," Davis said. .
When he took over his job,
Davis said there were 278 land
appeals cases pending in his of
fice. The Al Sarena mines was
just another case, he said.
Shortly after he took office,
Davis said, two members of the
McDonald family of Mobile,
Ala., which owns the mining
company, came to him and vio
lently protested that they had
been shabbily treated.
Davis said the McDonalds said
their case had been pending for
five years, that a lot of evidence
they had filed was not of record,
and that more evidence had not
been sent to Washington from
field offices.
Case Was Reviewed
After a review of the case,
Davis said,, he found some of the
allegations made by the McDon-'
aids to be true.
He said Reps. Frank Bolkin
(D-Ala.) and Harris Ellsworth
(R-Ore.) had urged him to avoid
further delays. "There had been
a constant complaint about de
lay and a constant pressure for
action ..." Davis, said. '
Neuberger Speaks Out
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D.
Ore.) criticized Davis for a sen
tence in, a letter he wrote about
the case to the Bureau of Mines.
In it Davis said he wanted "to
approve the patent .for them if
the assays afford us the well
established legal basis therefor."
Davis said that although he
signed it he hadn't actually writ
ten the letter. He said he took
responsibility for it.
Guy Mollet Selected
As New French Premier
Paris (U.R) President Rene
Coty called on Socialist party
leader Guy Mollet tonight to be
come France's 22nd Premier
since the end of World War n.
The President summoned the
51-year-old former English teach
er after two days of consulta
tions with politicians in his ef
forts to decide who should try
to form a new government.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York TJ.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 466.82 off 3.89, 20 rails
155.80 'off 0.79, 15 utilities 63.35
off 0.7, and 65 stocks 165.86 off
1.16. Sales today were about
1,840,000 shares compared with
1,950,000 yesterday.
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RICHARD HENSELMAN
Receives Jaycee Award
Henselman Given
Junior Chamber
Service Award
Richard L. Henselman, 26, of
333 Ardmore ave., has won Med
ford's Distinguished Service
Award for 1955. The annual
award is made by the Medford
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Henselman was born Jan. 9,
1930, in Seattle, Wash., and has!
lived in Medford since he was
one year old. He has been affili
ated with the Goldy and Hen
selman Insurance agency here
for five years.
While at Oregon State college,
where he majored , in business,
he was a member of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity.
He was special events chair
man of the United Medford Cru
sade a,nd served on. the UMC
board of -directors two years.' He
currently is second vice-president
for UMC. Henselman has
taken an active part in comple
tion, of a new Sunday school
building at" the Congregational
church. He recently was elected
to a three-year term on the
board of trustees.
He is vice-president of the
Medford Professional Insurance
Agents association, and a mem
ber of the board of directors.
He is , married and has two
boys, ages 2 and 4.
The award consists of a
plaque, certificate and pin,
which will be presented by Ron
James, president of 'Medford
Jaycees.
Tentative
Budget
Drawn Up By CPRFPD
Central Point Central Point
Rural Fire Protection district
budget committeeman have
drawn up a tentative 1956-1957
budget of $31,758.62.
A public hearing on the pro
posed outlay has been set for
the evening of Feb. "21 at the
rural fire hall here. Fire Chief;
Richard Krupp said that a good
turnout at the hearing is desired,
and brought out that the meeting
will be the time and place for
persons with questions to have,
them answered.' ' 1
The tentative budget exceeds
the current one of ' $30,370 by
$1,388.62.
Over-All Development Plan
Shelved; Individual Projects Under Consideration
"The plan for the over-all de
velopment of the Rogue River
basin has been , set aside and is
ho longer under any considera
tion, it was learned here this
week. '
The plan, originally known as
the Rogue River Basin Project,
in its later stages was known
also as "Plan A," and was the
subject of considerable contro
versy in southern Oregon. '
Because of local opposition to
it in 1950, the plan was shelved
pending further studies and in
vestigations with-regard to fish,
wildlife and recreational as
pects, and was never revived
as a serious proposal, although
some interested groups main
tained an interest in it as a pos
sibility for the future.
Talent Project Support
The main outgrowth of the
project was the concentration of
support on the Talent project,
originally a part of the over-all
Rogue Basin plan, but one which
was relatively non-controversial
The Talent division project since
1950 has been authorized by
congress, planning has been com
pleted, and 52,400,000 for con
struction is in the 1957 budget,
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY,. JANUARY 26, 1956
. studying
..yanin's Appeal
Need for Continued
Talks Said Stressed
Washington' U.R) President
Eisenhower and his top advisers
today urgently studied a new
appeal by Soviet Premier Niko
lai Bulganin for a revival of the
"Geneva spirit" of friendship.
The appeal was contained in
a personal letter from Bulganin
to Mr. Eisenhower, the contents
of which neither the White
House nor the Russians would
disclose.'
More Talks Stressed
Informed sources told United
Press, however, that Bulganin's
message stressed the need for
continued East-West . talks to
ease world tensions. The source
said the Russian premier specif
ically proposed renewed negotia
tions on European security, Ger
man unity, disarmament and the
lowering of East-West barriers.
These were the topics which
the foreign ministers of the
United States, Russia, Great Bri
tain and France failed to agree
on at a meeting last fall. They
had been ordered to try to work
out solutions to them by Mr.
Eisenhower, Bulganin, British
Prime Minister' Anthony Eden
and former French Premier Ed
gar Faure at their July "sum
mit" conference at Geneva,
Switzerland.
New Suggestions
Bulganin was ". reported to
have some new suggestions in his
letter on.,, how -the '. deadlocks
might ; W "br.bken.r. -But it was
understood he did "not propose: a
new meeting with Mr. Eisen
hower and British and French
leaders.
Negotiations in the first stage
at least, . presumably would be
carried on through correspond
ence and diplomatic channels.
Lions Auction Nets
$6,020 for MOD
Sales and pledges totaled $6,
020 on the March of Dimes auc
tion over station KBES-TV last
night, members of the sponsor
ing Crater Lions club said to
day. An announcement was made
during the program of the criti
cal blood shortage hi Jackson
county and an additional $750
was pledged to the March of
Dimes if county citizens will con
tribute 250 pints of blood when
the bloodmobile visits here on
Feb. 8. The amount is not includ
ed in the overall auction total.
: Items which were purchased
during the auction may be pick
ed up at John Lusk's Piano
store at 333 South Riverside
Ave., it was stated. Pledges also
may be brought or mailed . to
the Lusk store. Lions club of
ficials . today urged that the
transactions becompleted in the
next few days. Checks should
be made payable to the March
of Dimes.
with the possibility that a spe
cial , allocation of funds will
permit construction to begin be
fore fiscal 1957 starts next July
1. Its cost will total some $22,
000,000. .
The permanent : shelving of
the Basin project was made
known in - a memorandum . to
various divisions of the depart
ment of the interior last April.
It was signed by Interior Secre
tary Douglas McKay.
In a 'telephone ; call to the
Mail Tribune yesterday after
noon, he said opposition to the
project continues, making fur
ther consideration of the pro
ject undesirable. He pointed out,
however, that this ; action does
not preclude .flood control sur
veys by the Army engineers, or
flood control dams if they are
found necessary or desirable.
Multi-Purpose Project. ..
His . action", however, does set
the proposal aside as an over
all, basin-wide, integrated and
multi-purpose project. 1 Original
costs, based on price levels of
January, 1949, would have
totaled $78,443,000. The Talent
project, .which has been consid
erably revised since taken up
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SUBCOMMITTEE GETS TOP TESTIMONY The House
military appropriations subcommittee summoned Defense
Secy. Charles E. Wilson to a closed-door hearing in
Washington as they began checking whether President
Eisenhower's 35-billion-dollar military budget will keep
the United States stronger than Russia. Here, Chairman
George H. Mahon, Texas Democrat (right), greets Wilson
as he arrives to testify.
Statement Issued
On Computing Tax
The county assessor's office to
day disclaimed any error in com
puting tax rates this year. as was
alleged by State Tax Commis
sioner Sam Stewart in; a talk
here last Saturday.
. In a long statement issued by
the office with the knowledge
and approval of Assessor Robert
G., Fowler, the office indicated
that no error was made, but that
the taxes . were collected in a
manner prescribed by the state
commission, and that they do not
result in unfair or over-assessments.
. -Statement
Paraphrased
In a Mail Tribune story Sun
day, Stewart's statement was
paraphrased as follows:
". . .Real property in Jackson
county has 'true cash value' fig
ured at 100 per cent of market
value, as the result of what ap
parently was an innocent com
puting error in the county asses
sors office. In other counties,
true cash value' is figured at 70
per cent of market value, under
regulations of the state tax com
mission." .
Today's statement said that
only two communications from
the commission relative to ratios
are on file in the assessor's of
fice. The first discusses them
only in general terms, it said.
The other ; discussed, ratios in
specific figures,, giving a for
mula for determining the ratio
on . a basis of a "normal condi
tions" factor of 80 per cent of
market value as true cash value.
It was, this formula which was
followed in Jackson county.
Thus a "normal conditions"
of Rogue River Basin Is
as a separate project, incorpor
ates a number of the features
originally proposed for other seg
ments of the over-all basin plan.
The Talent project, Secretary
McKay points out in his depart
mental memorandum, was sub
mitted as a " substitute plan by
the, Rogue 'River, Valley. Irriga
tion association, and included
the non-controversial features of
the proposals of the bureau of
reclamation.
The secretary ' indicated that
the basin proposal had been
pushed unduly by the bureau of
reclamation in the past, without
the full concurrence of other
divisions of the .department, but
said, "Our machinery for co
ordinated department-wide plan
ning for river basin development
has been, improved greatly dur
ing the past few years ..."
Memorandum Addressed
' The memorandum was ad
dressed to the bureau of recla
mation, the national park ser
vice, the fish and wildlife ser
vice, the bureau of mines, the
geological survey and the bureau
of land management.
; Published copies of the final
report on the Rogue Basin pro-
f
Price 5c
fin
factor of 80 per cent is , in use
here on the instructions of the
state tax 'commission, as opposed
to a 70 per cent factor in other
counties, the statement indi
cated.
Reappraisal Program . '
- The statement also made in
direct reference to Stewart's
statement about the reappraisal
program in the county to the ef
fect that it had been conducted
in the county by both state and
county appraisers
The statement quoted the
agreement under which the pro
gram was originated, which spe
cified that full responsibility for
supervision and completion of
the job was assumed by the state
commission. '"..-'..
The statement issued by the
assessor's office will be printed
in full in tomorrow's Mail
Tribune'.
Road Conditions
Highway 99. south Chains
advised on Siskiyous; chains
required between Weed and
south of Dunsmuir, Calif.
Highway .99, north Snow
ing north of Roseburg.
Highway 97 N o r 1 h of
Klamath Falls, ' snowing, car
rying chains advised; north of
Weed, Calif., chains required.
Highway 66, Green Springs
Carrying chains advised,
may be required later.
ject, the secretary directed,
were to be stamped "The pro
posed developments ! by the
bureau of reclamation, to which
this report is directed, are no
longer under consideration by
the department of the interior.
Refer to secretary's memoran
dum attached."
Another phase of the over-all
development plan the Illinois
Valley division still is under
consideration, and a favorable
preliminary report on it was
completed by the bureau of rec
lamation in December.
- The proposed irrigation pro
ject calls for a reservoir with
34,300 acre-feet of water to irri
gate 16,600 acres in Josephine
county. The project is estimat
ed to cost about S14,260,000, ac
cording to the report. .
Sucker Creek Dam
The dam would be built on
Sucker creek with a diversion
dam below the main dam. The
site is located on Highway 46
east of Cave Junction near Ore
gon Caves National monument
Further action on the project,
the - report said, would depend
upon local support and cooperation.
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Los Angeles Gets
About Six Inches;
Schools Closed
Central, Southern
Areas Hardest Hit
San Francisco - (U.R)
Storm-punchy California took
another, one. on the chin today
as more wmd-wmpped rains
flashed' across the state from
one end to the other.
As much as six inches of rain
was dumped on some sections
causing flood threats in at least
two areas. 1 -
Central and Southern Calif
ornia got the worst of it this,
time.
The weatherman' said light
rains would continue this after
noon and tomorrow, but clear
ing was expected over most of
California late Friday. '
Winds as high as 69 miles an
hour at 'Blue Canyon in the
High Sierra and 37 mph at Pt.
Reyes on the North Coast struck
during the night. There was
new snow in the mountains
above the 3000 foot level. Eur
eka reported hail. .
Heavy Rainstorm
Santa Margarita, at the head
waters of the Salinas river, was
drenched with six inches of fain.
Santa Barbara got 4 and Pas
adena, 3.49.'
A record rain drenched the
Los Angeles area for the second
day, flooding some 350 persons
from' their, dwellings and forc
ing schools to close.
Greater flooding was feared
as the runoff gained momentum
and poured down mountain
: slopes surrounding Los Angeles
. Basin. .
Helicopters in Use
- Helicopters- 'and .lifeguard
boats were pressed into use to
evacuate families trapped by
flood waters which rose to sev
en feet in some low-lying re
gions. The, downpour broke a 16-
year record for a single 24-hour
period when it dumped 5.21 in
ches on the International Air
port in the period ending at 7
a.m. and the rains continued,
with the Weather Bureau fore
casting another three inches for
the rest of the day. ,
In downtown Los Angeles, the
storm brought 5.21 inches of
rain by 11 a.m., only .21 inches
less than the third worst storm
on record, the rainfall of Sept.
24-25 in 1939. '..,-
The Los Angeles school dis
trict closed 16 schools "and pre
pared to order others shut down.
Families Evacuated
In Torrance, 90 families' were
forced from their homes. Anoth
er 100 persons, mostly elderly,
were ordered out of their homes
inVenice, another Los Angeles
residential, suburb.
There apparently was no
threat of serious flooding along
the Feather and Russian rivers,
which did heavy damage during
the Christmas week deluge. ,
But residents of Tulare coun
ty battled to hold back the
swelling Kaweah and St. John's
rivers. A state of emergency,
was declared late yesterday
when- the streams approached '
the danger point.
Dr. Salk Honored
With Gold Medal
Washington U.R) Dr. Jonas
E. Salk today received a gold
medal from a grateful nation
and praise from President Ei
senhower for his "great achieve
ment" in developing a vaccine
against polio.
In a glittering ceremony at
the Health, Education and Wel
fare Department, Health Secre
tary Marion B. Folsom read a
letter to Salk from President Ei
senhower, which said:
"Through dedicated and self
less effort, in the test traditions
of medical research, you have ;
brought new hope to mankind
in the continuing battle against
a dread disease ... I am confi
dent that the entire nation joins
me in lasting gratitude and ap
preciation ..."
Weather
FORECAST: Considerable
cloudiness with, scattered
showers tonight and Friday.
Snow above 2500 feet. Patches
of morning fog. Low tonight
32. High Friday 48.
: Temp.
Highest Yesterday 39
Lowest this Morning 33
Prec to 10 a.m. Today .'15
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