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Moloiov Comments
On Ike's Refusal
Of Offered Treaty
Soviet Minister At
Red NATO' Meeting
Prague, Czechoslovakia U.R)
Soviet Foreign Minister Vya
cheslav M. Molotov said last
' night of President Eisenhower's
rejection of a Russian-proposed
"friendship treaty," "I cannot
understand how anyone can re
fuse a treaty of friendship."
"Any contact between the two
countries is likely to improve
the situation," Molotov told a
group of Western correspond
ents. . .
He made the statement at a
gala reception given by Presi
dent Antonin Zatpotocky of
Czechoslovakia after signing of
the joint declaration of the War
saw treaty powers.
Not Read Text
Molotov said he had not read
the text of Mr. Eisenhower's let
ter to Bulganin but appeared to
know the gist of it.
Most . Communist leaders at
tending the reception said they
had not heard of the American
President's letter. But East Ger
many Deputy Premier Walter
Ulbricht said it was "a blow to
peace."
"If the Soviet Union and the
United States could agree, the
entire ' questions of peace and
security in the world would be
solved," Ulbricht said. "Nobody
certainly not (West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer)
could interfere." . .
Polish Premier Josef Cyran
kiewicz, discussing the general
international . situation,... said ."I
am certain that we are heading
for rapprochement and peace."
Supply Atomic Weapons
Earlier Molotov hinted at the
closing session of the Warsaw
pact nations that satellite armies
bolstered by 125,000 East Ger
mans may be supplied with So
viet atomic weapons.
The eight-nation "Red NA
TO" military alliance under So
viet command voted East Ger
many into full membership at
the consultative committee ses
sion. '
Emergency Fund
Budget Presented
Members of the Jackson Coun
ty rural district budget board
have proposed an " operating
emergency fund budget of $53
195 for the rural school district.
Although the amount avail
able for the current year total'
ed $68,050, board members de
cided after review of the budget,
cash balances, and emergency
requests to date that a reduc
tion in the emergency fund from
$60,000 to $45,000 would be
a feasible.
The emergency fund is car
ried by the rural board to take
care of needs which "cannot be
reasonably forseen" when the
budge" is made, according to Alf
Mekvold, county school super-
a intendent and secretary of the
" board.
Operating expenses include
part of the superintendent's sal
ary, that of a school supervisor,
and various supplies, traveling
expenses and other items..
The proposed budget will be
posted for 20 days. A public
hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m.
March 3 in the courthouse an
nex. When adopted it will be
submitted to the rural school
board along with other district
'"budgets.
SchoolAidBifHits
Mounting Resistance
Washington (U.R) The
$1,600,000,000 school aid bill ran
into mounting resistance in the
House Saturday although its
backers were confident it .will
be passed.
. Under a revised timetable re
flecting the increased contro
versy, a House vote on the mea
sure has been delayed at least
a week. Bitter debate is in pros
pect.
Although the measure's only
purpose is to help states build
badly-needed public schopls, it
is caught up in a cross-fire of
pressures on such controversial
issues as racial segregation,
states rights and "prevailing
wages" for construction work
men. .
Hold Up Man Leaves
Two Without Money
Oakland, Calif. 0J.R) A
holdup man took $14 from
service station attendant Ches
ter Fischer, 26, leaving him
without even a dime io call
police.
Fischer went next door to a
liquor store to make the re
port, but again its was delay
ed. The same robber was in
the process of relieving Clerk .
Greg Rockett, 36, of all his .
money $106.19.
Abandonment Of
Klamath, Calif.,
Being Considered
Abandonment of - Klamath,
Calif., apparently is being con
sidered after about 90 per cent
of the town at the mouth of
the Klamath river was destroy
ed in the late ' December flood,
according to a letter from a
Klamath resident to Medford
friends.
The letter states that Klam
ath Glen, about four miles east
of Klamath on the river, was
completely washed out during
the flood, when water rose to
49 feet in town.
Three Feet Sand
' The Klamath resident said his
house was on "the highest
ground in town," and "water
was 30 inches deep" in the house.
He said there was about "three
feet of sand in the yard." The
family stayed at Orick, about
20 miles south of Klamath on
Highway 101, about 10 days be
fore they could get back . to
their home.
The letter stated "Klamath is
90 per cent gone,, most of the
buildings gone down the river,
and a lot of them wrecked.
Water was 15 feet deep over
tne top of the highway and
very swift. Altogther 192 homes
were lost or destroyed here, not
to mention business houses."
30-foot Hole
The writer said his sister-in-
law in Klamath Glen lost a store
and three houses, and "all that
was left was a hole 30 feet feet
deep." The family is now stay
ing in Klamath with the letter
writer.
"Some of these poor people
were completely wiped out of
their entire life savings," the
letter added.
The letter concluded: "Some
of the stores are fixing up
temporarily for business, but
there is talk of abandoning the
town and building elsewhere."
Doubts If Pearson
Called To Testify
Washington (U.R) There
appeared to be little likelihood
Saturday that Columnist Drew
Pearson would be called to
testify regarding a letter he
claimed 'linked President Eisen
hower with the Al Sarena min
ing claims case.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D
Ore.), acting chairman of the in
terior subcommittee investigat
ing the case, refused Friday "to
put .the motion of Sen. Barry
(aoiawater (tt-Ariz.) to call Pear
son to back up his published
statements.
Pearson said in his syndicated
column that Lew Wallace, Port
land insurance man and promi
nent Oregon Democrat, had writ
ten the President in behalf of
the Al Sarena claims in southern
Oregon. Pearson said the presi
dent had forwarded the letter to
Interior Secretary Douglas Mc
Kay and that the letter was in
the subcommittee files.
vvaiiace saia ne had "no re
collection" of writing the letter
and both the White House and
the subcommittee staff have
denied that such a letter exists.
William H. Stimson
Dies Of Heart Attack
William H. Stimson, an em
ployee of California Oregon
.Power company for many years,
died about 7:15 pjn. last night.
Mr. Stimson was at his home
in Fall Creek, Calif., when he
was stricken by a heart attack,
a, company official said. He was
brought to a local hospital
where he was pronounced dead.
Mr. Stimson was formerly
Copco division superintendent
at Roseburg before he was trans
ferred to Fall Creek following
an earlier attack.
Political Rumpus
Result Of Letter
By Sen. Neuberger.
Suggests Use Of Drugs
In Election Campaign
Washington (U.R) The
Democrats were on notice Sat
urday that Republicans can get
"very bitter" at any renewal of
suggestions that "panicky poli
ticians" might use drugs to get
President Eisenhower through
another election campaign.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger,
freshman Oregon Democrat,
started the rumpus by making
the. suggestion in a recent week
ly newsletter to his constituents.
In angry Senate debate Friday,
Republican Leader William F.
Knowland (Calif.), a possible
presidential candidate himself,
said Neuberger had "cast reflec
tions" on Mr. Eisenhower's phy
sicians and the White House
staff.
"I hope there is no repetition
of this type of statement in the
heat of the campaign," he said.
Could Get Bitter
Sen. Barry M.- Goldwater (R
Ariz.), chairman of the Republi
can Senatorial Campaign com
mittee, said the Republicans
could get "very bitter" if there
is. - -
Neuberger, who is convinced
the president will not seek a sec
ond term, defended the newslet
ter as "friendly" in' tone, . and
said he sent Mr. Eisenhower a
copy to "express my good wish
es regarding his health."
The newsletter said a second-
term bid by the president would
make his health an ' over-riding
campaign issue, and added:
"There even exists the danger
that panicky politicians . . .
might try to have him propped
up unwisely with drugs and oth
er such aids so that he could
fulfill speaking and TV commit
ments to the permanent detri
ment of his well-being, just to
get by election day."
Benson Shoulders
Blame For Letter
Washington' U.R) Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son's self-confessed "boner" in
endorsing1 a Harper's magazine
attack on farmers brought
angry demands Saturday for
his resignation and some defense
of his "manly" action.
It appeared unlikely he would
relinquish his post under fire,
however. Key Republican law
makers said privately that they
were sure . President Eisenhow
er would not pressure Benson
to resign, particularly, in view
of his apology and frank accep
tance of responsibility for the
endorsement of the article en
titled "The Country Slickers
Take Us Again." t -
Benson shouldered the blame
even though he said the letter
of endorsement was written by
aides and sent out under his
name without his knowledge. He
also emphasized that the article,
which claims farmers want a
dole, does not reflect his views.
Benson was not expected to
give his aides the axe.
Miller Shurtleff, the aide who
signed the secretary's name
without reading the letter, said
he didn't expect to be disciplin
ed.
Washington (U.R) A show
down Senate vote on the contro
versial natural gas bill is ex
pected next week. Supporters of
the measure are hopeful the
Senate will pass it in a close
vote. The house approved it
last year by a six-vote margin.
Crater Lake National Park Had Fewer Visitors Last
Year Than in 1954; Reasons Are Listed For Decline
There were 7.2 per cent fewer
visitors at Crater Lake National
park during 1955 than' in the
record travel yearfor the park
in 1954, according to , Tom Wil
liams, park superintendent.
" The total number of cars visit
ing the park last year was 96,
934, and the number of people
was 343,839, compared to 102,
342 cars and 370,554 people in
1954. The 1954 total showed an
increase of 11.3 per cent over
1953.
Williams said several factors
may have contributed to the de-i
EVEN LOS ANGELES GETS FLOODED Traffic is non-exis-'
tent on Flower st. in Los Angeles after the main thoroughfare is
turned (into a river by the seven inches of rain, that pelted South-
West Coast Cities
Recovering From
Snow, Rain Storms
By UNITED PRESS
Stormy Pacific Coast weather
Saturday left Oregon's biggest
city shiveredfrom . its worst
snow storm in 13 years and both
northern and southern California
mopping up from heavy rain
flood waters.
Cold weather and ' icy condi
tions chilled Oregon, indirectly
causing at least four deaths, but
California's flood dangers ap
peared over barring the sudden
arrival of a new rainstorm. ,
Deaths blamed on the snow
storm included two traffic -fatalities,
a man who died while try
ing to start his car: which was
bogged down in the snow, and
a man who suffered a heart at
tack while shovelling snow at
his Portland- home '
In northern California, the St.
John's river smashed through a
weakened levee in farmlands
west of Visalia Friday but the
water-soaked- community was
not endangered by new flooding.
Water which rushed through
the break was expected to be di
verted back into the river. The
flooded area extended northwest
to' the South Pacific railroad
right-of-way -along Highway 99.
The Tule and Kaweah rivers
have receded after rises result
ing from Thursday's heavy rains.
Man Goes Berserk;
Kills Six In Family
Parsippany-Troy Hills, N. J.
(U.R) A New York state road in
spector went berserk in his home
Saturday and wiped out six
members of his family, includ
ing his invalid mother, with a
.12 gauge" pump shotgun. He
then committed suicide.
The slayings were discovered
by. a neighbor, Arthur Sinnen
berg who had believed the Bauer
family left their seven-room
ranch home yesterday for a two
week vacation in Florida and
became curious when he noticed
their automobile in the drive
way. Parsippany Police Chief Leo
D'Orsi said Bauer went berserk
"for no apparent reason." The
house was strewn with empty
shotgun cartridges, se said.
cline. Disagreeable spring
weather at the park, road con
struction during the summer in
the " park and on main ap
proaches, and smoke from Sep
tember forest fires were among
possible reasons for a decrease
in attendance.'
Attendance dropped off sharp
ly during the latter few months
of 1955, after showing an in
crease in August. Some 31,702
cars and 112,047 people visited
the park during August last year
compared to 30,316 cars and
106,562 in 1954. .
l '
Final Flood Damage
Estimate Completed
A final estimate on flood
damage in Jackson county, to
taling $914,495, was sent to the
state and federal agencies Fri
day by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks,
county civil defenses-director..
f The report," compiled by civil
defense and county Red Cross
officials, will be- used in com
piling an over-all damage total
for the state, Hicks said.
Damage Listed
Damage listed in the report
included Shady Cove, . where
107 families of about . 428 per
sons were affected and house
hold and . personal effects lost
and damaged totaled , about
$10,500. One business property
was destroyed, four sustained
major damage and four minor
damage, for a total "of $45,000
damage.
Some 12 Shady Cove homes
were destroyed, .40 sustained
major damage and , 46 minor
damage. Five farm buildings
were destroyed, five received
major damage and five minor
damage, for a total of $36,000
damage.
Rogue River : families affect
ed by the flood totaled about
170 with approximately 684 in
dividuals. Household and per
sonal effects lost totaled about
$30,000. i
Business Properties
Two business properties were
destroyed, 32 sastained major
damage and 15 minor damage,
making a total $125,000 dam
age. Eight homes were reported
destroyed, 41 suffered, major
damage and 72 minor damage.
Five farm buildings were' de
stroyed, five had major dam-
Sports Bulletins
North Be nd handed Med
ford High school's basketball
team a 79 to 73 defeat here
last night. Medford was lead
ing 73-67, with three minutes
left, but North Bend tallied 12
straight points for the win.
Ashland 75, Crater High
school 60.
College of Pacific 68, Ne
vada 59. '
Washington 83, Ore. St. 63
Southern Calif. 73, Idaho 59
But. Spotember" fieures show
ed a decline of more than 2,000
cars and more than 8,000 people.
During October, 1955, the num
ber of cars and people visiting
the park was less than the num
ber visiting during October,
1954. The number visiting dur
ing November ' and December
was a greater per centage under
the number visiting during those
months in 1954.
Figures On Traffic
In October, 1955, 2,524 cars
and 8,966 people visited the park
compared to 4,739 cars and 16,-
ern California. Manhole in center bubbles over with more water,
Property damage was estimated at over a million dollars,
.-.;..
age, with damage total about
$90,000. .
In the Applegate area losses
included $8,600 major damage
to private utilities from the Ap
plegate store io the county line.
Loss bf livestock, equipment,
fences, crops, land due to ero
sion, farm roads and bridges,
and irrigation systems totaled
$381,395.
247 Families Affected
About 247 families of 741 in
dividuals were affected.
Central Point losses listed to
otaled $1,200, to the sewage dis
posal pipe line.
Gold Hill j sewage disposal
unit - sustained $2,000 damage;
Medford's Camp White . trunk
sewer line sustained . $10,000
damage; and the Medford water
trunk line $500 damage.
Jackson county costs for tem
porary repair to roads, streets
and culverts came to $100,900.
Bridges in the county required
$60,000 for labor cost and ma
terials. Columbia Utilities reported
$20,000 losses; Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company,
$1,500; and Shady Cove school,
$500.
Frey Reelected Head
Of News Association
Portland U.R) M. J. Frey,
publisher and general manager
of the Oregonian, was reelected
president of the Pacific North
west Newspaper association Sat
urday. Other officers reelected . were
W. H; Cowles, publisher of the
Spokane Chronicle and the
Spokesman-Review first vice
president; William W. Knight,
publisher of the Journal, treasur
er and A. G. Llewellyn, secre
tary, who heads the association's
headquarters, in Portland. L. B.
Tackett, publisher of the Provo,
Utah, Herald, ,was elected to a
first term as second vice presi
dent. Newspaper production and la
bor relations were among the
topics discussed, by some 50 pub
lishers and top representatives
of daily newspapers in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Utah, Mon
tana and British Columbia who
attended the meeting.
538 people in 1954. In November,
only 89 cars and 2,058 people
visited. Crater Lake compared to
1,505 cars and 5,249 people in
November, 1954. There were 164
cars and 519 people visiting the
park last month, compared to
580 cars and 1,829 people in De
cember, 1954.
Records for peak travel pe
riods at the park include 370,
554 during 1954, annual record;
112,898, August 1947, one-month
record; and 5,981, July 4, 1954,
one day record. .
Paul L. Patterson
Announces He Will
Seek Senate Seat
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L,
Patterson announced Saturday
that he will enter the race to
oust Senator Wayne Morse from
the United States senate.
Gov. Patterson said he would
file his candidacy for the Re
publican senatorial nomination
in the May 18 primary election.
Morse, the incumbent Demo
crat, had said earlier that he
hoped Patterson would be his
opponent in November -and po
litical observers predicted one
of the hottest political campaigns
of the year would be the result.
Must Defeat Deeir
The governor . must defeat
State Representative ' Elmer
Deetz in the primaries before
going on to meet Morse in . the
general election.
The governor's statement said
"the issues in this campaign are
clear. There . are fundamental
differences between my political
philosophy and that of Senator
Wayne Morse; .
Sen. Morse, upon hearing of
Patterson's entry into the race,
said that he is confident he will
be re-elected because a majority
of Oregon voters want a senator
of "honest independence free
from partisan dictates."
Morse said if he is nominated
by the Democrats and he said
he is sure that he will be he
will be "delighted" to campaign
against "Gov. Patterson or any
other Republican."
Unknown War Dead
Arrive In Hawaii
Pearl Harbor, T.H. (U.R)
The first of America's unknown
dead of the, Korean' war came
home Saturday.
On the after deck of the
cruiser U.S.S. Manchester four
flag draped caskets represented
the first 50 coffins returned from
Korean burial grounds.
Some 850 unknown soldiers in
all will eventually come to rest
on the slopes of the National Me
morial Cemetery of the Pacific
in Punchbowl Crater.
Final -homage was paid to the
unknown soldiers a quarter of a
mile from where the rusted hull
of the battleship Arizona lay.
The most solemn moment of the
ceremony was the half-masting
of the flag above the sunken hull
which is the grave of 1,102 war
dead killed in the Japanese at
tack on Pearl Harbor.
Chasm Threatens
Houses In Arcadia
Arcadia, Calif. U.R) Two
property owners stared ' help
lessly Saturday at a crumbling
65-foot chasm which threatened
to drop their houses and garages
into its depths. "
A heavy deluge in southern
California's rain storm gorged
the storm drain behind the
property and chewed away 2,500
cubic feet of earth.
Proposal Advanced
In Bulganin Letter
Delivered Earlier
Four-Point 'Hand Of
Friendship' Presented
. Washington lu.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower Saturday offer
ed Russia a four-point "hand of
friendship" peace plan in turn
ing down a Red offer of a 20
year U. S.-Russian pact.
In friendly but unmistakable
language, the president said
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan
in's treaty proposal "might in
deed work against the cause of
peace."
Bulganin advanced his pro
posal in a letter delivered to Mr-
Eisenhower Wednesday. v
Mr. Eisenhower told Bulganin
that the Soviet premier's treaty
proposal might create "the il
lusion that a stroke of a pen had
achieved a result which in fact
can be obtained onlv bv a
change of spirit."
While avoiding accerjtance of
Buganin's plan, Mr. Eisenhower
said a "vast change would be ef
fected not only in our relations
but throughout the entire
world" if there were:
Unify Germany
1. "Prompt measures to reuni
fy Germany in freedom within
the framework of security . . ."
2. Carried through "our war
time pledge to respect the right
of peoples to choose the form of
government under which they
will live ..."
. 3. Mutual opening of Russia
and the United States to inspec
tion so that the possibilities "of
surprise attack would vanish"
and release of oroductive nower
for betterment of mankind "if
reductions ' of armament were
maae practical."
4. Free exchange of news, in
formation, visits and ideas be
tween the two countries would
clear up "the mountain of dis
trust and misunderstanding" be
tween the two.
Bulganin in his long letter to
the president proposed that the
two powers sign a "treatv of
friend ship and cooperation"
which would last for at least 20
years after it came into force.
.Buiganin s proposed four-article
treaty would pledge both sides
to develop friendly relations on
the basis of equal rights, mutual
respect for state sovereientv.
and non-interference in intern
al affairs."
Mr. Eisenhower Deseed the
heart of his reply delivered to
the Kremlin today on the fact
that such a treaty was really not
necessary because both nations
had undertaken such principles
in the United Nations charter.
Mr. Eisenhower wrote 'Riilsan-
in that the present 'state of inter
national tension, however, was
not prevented by the words of
the UN charter.
"How can we hope that the
present situation would be cur
ed merely by repeating those
Eisenhower asked.
'I wonder if again going
through a treaty-making proce
dure, and this time on a bilater
al basis only, might indeed work
against the cause of peace by
creating the illusion that a
stroke of a pen had achieved a
result which in fact can be ob
tained only by a change of spir
it.' ."
"Friendly collaboration be
tween states depends not solely
upon treaty promises but upon
the spirit that animates the gov
ernments of the states concern--
ed and upon actual perfor
mance." ,
Hand of Frienship
After statins this nation's con
viction that American-Soviet re
lations must be "urgently" im
proved the president said:
"This nation holds out the
hand of friendship to all who
would grasp it in sincerity. I
have often said, and I now re
peat, that there ( is nothing I
would . not do to promote peace
with justice for the world. But
we know that it is deeds . and
not words alone which count."
The White House said that
this country's allies "know of
the tone" of the corresondence
between Bulganin and the pres
ident, i ;
Mr. Eisenhowers' reply came
only.three days after Bulganin'
letter was delivered personally
to the president by Soviet Am
bassador Georgi N. Zarubin at
an extraordinary White House
meeting. .