rOTJRTEEK MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, January 27, 1956
Oregon BLM Officials 'Obviously Hostile' To Al Sarena, Davis Testifies
O
Undersecretary
Tells of Choice
Of Mine Bureau
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Undersecretary
of Interior Clarence A. Davis
told congressional investigators
Thursday that he selected the
Bureau of Mines to gather new
evidence of mineralization on
the disputed Al Sarena claims
because it appeared to him that
officials of the Bureau of Land
Management in Oregon were
"obviously hostile" and "un
friendly to the granting of pat
ents" to Al Sarena Mines, Inc.
Under questioning all after
noon, Davis said he nad full con
fidence in the Bureau of Mines
as a neutral agency to take ore
samples for an umpire assay on
which interior could settle the
long dsipute over 15 claims in
Jackson county.
Quizzed by Neuberger
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger,
(D-Ore.), quizzed Davis at length
about the procedure, asking
these pointed questions:
Why did Davis not inform the
forest service of this new effort
to determine the mineralization
of the claims, inasmuch as forest
service had originally contested
15 of the firm's 23 claims in
Rogue River National forest?
Davis said this would have
served no useful purpose, for
forest service "would have only
come in with evidence of timber
values and that was not material
to the case."
If Davis had confidence in the
bureau of mines, why did he re
strict bureau officials by his in
structions in which they were
told to select an assayer agree
able to Al Sarena as well as
themselves? '
Offiical Complain
Davis said Al Sarena officials
had complained about the man
ner in which BLM had handled
their' patent application, that he
thought it important to inspire
confidence in them in their gov
ernment by not simply telling
them "This is the way it is go
ing to be" but giving them a
chance to help select an assay
house that was mutually agree
able. (This resulted in the selection
of A. W. Williams Inspection Co.
of Mobile, Ala., which the Bu
reau of Mines agreed to after Al
Sarena objected to sending the
samples to two west coast assay
ers suggested by M. E. Volin,
then the bureau's mine division
head at Spokane.)
Had he made any effort to
check into the allegations made
against BLM field officials by
Al Sarena?
Record Cited
Davis said he had not and be
neither believed nor disbelieved
the allegations, but said he
thought the record compiled in
the case shows they were "un
friendly to the granting of these
patents."
Thursday's hearing blew Tip
into a storm kicked off by Re
publicans who were indignant
over a column -and radio broad
cast this week by ' Columnist
Drew Pearson which suggested
that President Eisenhower had
interceded in the Al Sarena case
by asking Secretary of the In
terior Douglas McKay to "please
see what you can do about this."
Pearson had claimed that the
committee files contained a let
ter, to Eisenhower from - Lew
Wallace, Portland insurance
man and a Democrat, urging
that the patents be granted to
Al Sarena. The columnist said
Eisenhower had scrawled across
the letter, "Dear Doug Please
see what you can do about this."
Knowledge of Letter Denied
Amid heated debate among
committee members about the
freedom and the responsibilities
of the press, and whether a
committee staff member had
leaked such a story to the col
umnist, both Undersecretary
Davis and attorneys for the com
mittee denied any knowledge
of such a letter passed on to
McKay from Eisenhower.
After the hearing adjourned,
a search of Interior files showed
that Interior had received a let
ter om Wallace dated June 1,
1953, bearing the penned saluta
tion, "Dear Doug" and signed
"Thanks, Lew" in which the
Portlander complained that an
other Interior official had been
"giving my people -a little dou
ble X." He did not identify the
issue in dispute. The letter did
not connect the President with
the matter.
The only letter in the com
mittee files involving Eisenhow
er, committee staff members
said, was one received months
after the Al Sarena decision had
been rendered. It was from C.
W. Powell of Overland, Mo., to
the President, complaining about
department's Al Sarena deci-
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Calves for week 330. Choice vealers
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Hogs for week 3060. U. S. No. 1
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Farm Market
Stronger quotations were made to
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vegetables, reflecting Southern Calif
ornia's record rainstorm: lettuce and
cabbage prices held unchanged.
Poultry, Rabbits
Live Chickens To growers (No. 1
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
London Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, supreme allied. command
er in Europe, in a warning against a sense of "false security" on
the part of the West: , ' '
"The new people are not showing the needle like Joe Stalin,
and the tendency is to lull us. They might well succeed if we are
not awake and alert to the danger of assuming that this war poten
tial is not increasing."
Fort Madison, la. Police Capt. Franklin Simmons on fuming
in his bars and asking for demotion to patrolman:
"The $10 difference a month in pay just don't make the job
worth while, considering fhe added responsibility."
Baltimore, Md. Dr. Paul Dudley White, heart specialist, on
the growing danger of heart disease in the United States making
it one of the most unhealthy countries in the world:
"It is striking persons, particularly of the male sex, at earlier
and earlier ages, and it is quite common now to see men suffering
from this ailment at 30, 35, 40 and 45 years of age."
New York House Republican Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr.,
on whether Russia's new offers of foreign aid may be designed to
lure this country into a disastrous speedup in fbreign spending:
"We know we can defeat Communism in a military war, which
we pray God will never come, but we must not be led into the trap
of economic disaster through bankruptcy."
Hollywood Prince Rainier III of Monaco, who will be married
to actress Grace Kelly in April, on when the heir to Monaco's
throne will arrive." " . '
"I hope to have one but not necessarily in 1957."
Dugway, Utah Dean C. J. Christensen of the University of
Utah on experiments with the irradiation of food with rays from
atomic ashes: '
"This is the first innovation in 100 years in food preservation.
If this process should increase the shelf life of fresh fruits, vege
tables and meats by an appreciable amount it would have a tre
mendous economic value." .
sion.. The White . House passed
it on to Interior, but it bore only
a rubber stamped notation to
this effect from the office of
Sherman Adams, assistant to the
President.
Pearson Testimony Demanded
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R-Mich.)
demanded that Pearson be called
to testify, while Sen. Barry
Goldwater (R-Ariz.) said "leaks"
had to be plugged up from with
in the committee.
Sen. Neuberger, acting chair
man of the Joint Committee,
refused to entertain Hoffman's
motion, arguing that it was not
the responsibility of Congress to
hail newspapermen before com
mittees to question their ac
curacy. The hearing adjourned until
next Tuesday when Davis will
be back on the stand for further
questioning.
Portland (U.R) A gunman
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Daily Weather Report
' Sunset tonight 5:17 p.m. Sunrise
tomorrow 7:29 a.m.
FORECASTS
Medford and vicinity: Decreasing
cloudiness with a few snow flurries
along mountains this evening. Valley
fog tonight and Saturday morning.
Partly cloudy Saturday. low toight
28-30. High Saturday 45.
Western Oregon: Partly coludy with
a few showers tonight and Saturday.
Light snow flurries extreme northern
interior. Low tonight 26-36. High Sat
urday 35-45.
Northern California Partly cloudy
flumes in mountains tonight. Slightly
colder.
LOCAL DATA
TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday
37: below normal 2.
Record high this date 64 in 1940.
Record lo wthis date 19 in 1937.
PRECIPITATION : 24 hours to mid
night .12 in. Midnight to 10 a.m. .01 in.
Total this month 5.87 inches, 3.76
above normal.
Total since Sept. 1, 21.51 inches,
11.04 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 67,
highest this a.m. 99.
CITY High Low Free.
Brookings 51 40 .80
Crater Lake 22 16 .46
Grants Pass 43 34 .37
Klamath Falls 34 13 .10
MEDFORD - 42 32 .12
Portland 38 24 1.0a
Seattle 38 27
Spokane 26 21 .24
Yakima 28 20 .18
Eureka 52 40 : .81
Red Bluff 54 41 .03
Sacramento 54 40 .13
San Francisco 58 43 .91
Los Angeles 57 54 3.42
Phoenix 68 52
Denver 56 27
Chicago ; 31 24 T
Miami 75 53
New York 34 23
Washington, D.C. 33 . 22
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
(Through Feb. 1)
Western Oregon Quite cool at be-
market news service: Wheat. No. 2
soft white, $74 ton: No. 2 white oats,
38-lb. test. Coast delivery, $55.50; No. 2
Western barley, $47.50 f.o.b. Portland
Coast delivery; soybean meal, S77 ton,
delivered Portland; standard millrun,
S42-42.50: No. 2 yellow corn; Eastern
shipments f.o.b. Portland, $61.50 ton.
Medford Firm Gets
Warehouse Contract
Armin Richter and associates,
221 North Central ave., have
been awarded a contract to con
struct a warehouse building here
for Lumber Products, building
material Wholesaler.
The firm was awarded a nego
tiated contract based on its bid
when bids were opened Dec. 29.
The building will be 100 feet
square with tilt-up concrete
walls, glue-lam beams in the
roof, built-up roofing and over
head doors. Plans were prepared
by Lesie E. Poole, Portland
structural engineer.
ginning of period with a warming
trend first of week. Temperatures
averaging below normal. Highs 40-45,
lows 25-32. Recurring periods of pre
cipitation. Total amounts 1-3 inches.
Northern California Occasional
rain at low elevations and snow in
mountains Sunday through Wedes
day. Temperatures near or below
normal.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for
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Arthur R. Huff Jr., 19, Phoe
nix, was jailed by sheriff's of
ficers yesterday following extra
dition from Butte county jail at
Orville, Calif.
Officers said Huff admitted
burglarizing the Phoenix grade
school and the Talent club, Tal
ent, Jan. 22. An undetermined
amount of cash was taken from
both places.
A charge of burglary not in a
dwelling is pending against Huff.
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Mrs. Florence Adam of Baslou
it, Lebanon, has 30 grandchild
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them. Anthony F. Carter of
Shrewsbury, a Navy photog
rapher, visited his grandmother
recently while his ship was in
port at Beirut, 90 miles from
Baslouit. All of Mrs.. Adam's
grandchildren are in the United
States.
AGED MATRON
East Kingston, N. H. (U.R)
When Albert E. Phillips and Mrs.
Catherine Jeanette Lufkin were
married here, the matron of hon
or was the bride's aunt, 98-year-old
Mrs. Amelia Kennedy.
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