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Greek Ambassador
To Ask for General
Assembly Debate
No Plan To See
Security Council
United Rations, N. Y. (U.R)
Greece today sought United
Nations intervention in its cris
is with Britain over the Medit
erranean island of Cyprus.
Greek Ambassador Christian
X. Palamas announced he
would see Secretary General
Dag Hammarskhold today and
ask that the General Assembly
debate Cyprus at its next ses
sion. Definite Possibility
Palamas said there was no
plan to seek Security Council
action at this time but that this
was a definite possibility. '
Greece threatened to seek Se
curity Council action last Fri
day when the crisis came to
a head with the British expul
sion of Archbishop Makarios,
leader of the "union with
Greece" movement in the Brit
ish colony. '
The Greek ambassador to the
United Nations said he would
submit an item calling for Gen
eral Assembly discussion at its
fall term and that the "explan
atory memorandum" necessary
to such action would be submit
ted within ten days.
Refused Last Year
The National Assembly refus
ed last year to consider the Cy
prus question. This was a sharp
rebuff to Greece at the time
but the Assembly said only it
would not debate the issue "at
this time."
Greece indicated Monday it
would welcome United States
intervention in the Cyprus de
bate. Greek Premier Constan
tine Karamanlis told American
newsmen the . United States
should "intervene decisively,"
or risk loss of Greece from
NATO.
Group Approves
Military Building
Washington (U.R) The House
Armed Services Committee today
stamped final approval on a $2.1
billion military construction bill.
It provides only $18.5 million
less than the Pentagon re
quested. The bill, which the committee
approved 32 to 0, simply author
izes the construction outlays. Ac
tual funds must be voted later
Oin separate appropriations bills.
The largest share, $1.1 billion,
goes to th Air Force.
The Army would get $304 mil
lion and the Navy $407 million.
The bill also authorizes $30
million for emergency construc
tion, $300,000 to house the chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and $150 million more for over
seas housing to be financed
through the sale of surplus farm
commodities. The measure in
cludes an extra $131.7 million
for increased costs of various Air
Force projects.
Only last minute change made
y in the bill by the committee was
restoration' of $4 million re
quested by the Navy for a jet air
craft field at Annapolis, Md.
Ashland Council To
Consider Tax Hike
j Ashland The Ashland city
council will hold a special meet
ing at 7:30 p.m. today to con
sider asking Ashland voters to
approve a higher property tax
rate for city purposes.
City Superintendent Elmer
Biegel has stated that the pres
ent city tax base "just won't
stretch far enough" to cover the
city's needs. The council is con
sidering asking approval of a
new tax base, rather than ap
proval for exceeding the 6 per
cent limitation for one year.
Biegel pointed out that Ash
land now has the second-lowest
millage rate of any city in the
county. He said about $10,000
per year more than at present
is needed to maintain and in
crease city ' services.
If the council decides to sub
mit the proposal to the voters,
it would be at a special elec
tion at the same time as the
primary election May 18.
c
arlson's
an for
or Senate Debate
Washington (U.R)
Eight
farm belt senators said they
have a good' chance of winning
Senate approval today for
a 1
two-price plan for wheat.
Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.)
called up for two hours of de
bate and a vote a proposal to
enact the two-price plan. The
proposal was offered as an am
endment to the farm bill calling
for creation of a $1,100,000,000
soil bank program.
Bill Explained
The Carlson plan would guar
antee farmers full parity- for
that portion of their wheat crop
consumed by human beings in
this country. That sold for ex-
FPC Criticized for
Granting License
To Idaho Company
Washington (U.R) Ten
public power groups have ac
cused the Federal Power com
mission of "administrative law
lessness" in approving a license
for a private power project in
the Hells Canyon area.
The power groups, in a brief
filed with the U.S. Court of Ap
peals yesterday, criticized the
FPC's license awarded to the
Idaho Power company, for pow
er development on the . Snake
River on the Idaho-Oregon bord
er. Criticized Plans
The brief also criticized ap
proval of revised plans for the
projects. Revised plans for a
third dam still must be approv
ed by the FPC.
The brief was filed by the
National Hells Canyon associa
tion, eight public utility districts
of the state of Washington, and
the National Rural Electric Co
operative association.
Hell's Canyon is the deepest
gorge on the continent and one
of the outstanding dam sites in
the Columbia River basin. The
question of whether the govern
ment or private interests should
de-elop it has been a contro
versial issue for more than 15
years.
The power groups said a pro
posed federal high dam project
in the . rea would serve "vastly
greater public purposes" , than
the three-dam proposal by Ida
ho Power.
Dulles Arrives in
Thailand for Visit
Bangkok," Thailand (U.R)
Secretary of State John -Foster
Dulles arrived here today from
Djakarta, Indonesia, for a one
day visit in Thailand.
All of Thailand's high offic-
ials were on hand to greet him
including Premier Pibul Song
gram and Prince Wan Waithaya
kon, the foreign minister. -
Songgram, who arrived three
minutes late, placed a garland
.pf flowers around Dulles' neck
while Lady Laiad Pibul Song-
gram pinned orchids on Mrs.
Dulles and gave her a bouquet,
Before leaving Djakarta,
Dulles told a news conference he
had invited President Sukarno
of Indonesia to visit the United
States.
" Dulles said the invitation was
extended on behalf of President
Eisenhower, but that no date
was set pending the arrange
ment of further details.
Council To Discuss
Charter Amendment
A .possible amendment to the
charter of Medford to provide
assessment districts for con
struction of storm and sanitary
sewer facilities will be discus
sed at a meeting of the city
council at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
The regular council meeting
March 6 was continued until to
night in order that councilmen
could study the amendment and
act on it so it could be voted
on at the time of the primary
elections, May 18.
2-Price
Whea
'port would go for the market
price, ihe government would
pay farmers the difference be-
twAfari tho marlrpt nrira anH 1 ftft
per cent of parity for that part
of their crops earmarked for do
mestic, human consumption.
The two-price program would
go into effect for next year's
wheat crop, if a majority of far
mers voted for it in a referen
dum. There were indications that
administration forces would of
fer little, if any, opposition to
the wheat plan. In the past, Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson has strongly opposed it.
But Sen. George D. Aiken, (R
Vt.), leader of administration
farm forces in the Senate, said
he personally wouldn't fight it
now.
Meanwhile, Republican con
gressional leaders told President
Eisenhower at a meeting at the
White House that they hope to
use a parliamentary maneuver
to speed final action on the big
farm bill.
Eliminate Hearings ,
.- They said they will try to
substitute the Senate measure,
now expected to be passed by
the end of the week, for the pre
viously approved House farm
bill. This would eliminate the
n -ed for holding new committee
hearings in the House.
The Senate yesterday voted
78-11 to put a $25,000 ceiling on
individual acreage reserve pay
ments in the proposed soil bank
and a $100,000 limit on annual
price support loans to one far
mer or farming company.
Backers of 90 per cent rice
supports lost another effort to
get such a provision in the bill.
The Senate voted down, 56-36,
an amendment that would have
provided 90 per cent supports to
farmers whose support loans
didn't exceed $5,000 a year on
corn, cotton, peanuts, rice and
wheat.
Chief Engineer to
Testify in Sinking
Seattle (U.R) Earl Bostick,
chief engineer of the freighter
Washington Mail which broke
in two and went down in the
Gulf of Alaska March 3, was to
testify today at a Coast Guard
hearing on the incident.
All 60 persons aboard the ship
were saved by the Navy trans
port Gen. H. B. Freeman which
arrived at the scene and picked
up the survivors in two lifeboats.
Yesterday, two witnesses said
they heard a sharp explosion just
before the ship broke in two.
Willard K. Baker, 53, Port
land, Ore., ' purser, said he
smelled cordite because he had
once worked as a powder mon
key in Missouri mines.
Ordinary Seaman James Un
ger, 24, Portland, Ore., who was
standing the wheel watch on the
bridge said "there was horrible
noise, sharp and loud, and then
a crack appeared just aft of No.
3 hatch."
Unger ' said the explosion
seemed to come "deep in the
bowls of the ship."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York '(U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 499.33, off 0.91; 20 rail
roads 167.18, up 0.34; 15 utilities
67.36, off 0.11, and 65 stocks
177.40, off 0.12. Sales today
were about 2,790,000 shares
compared with 3,110,000 yesterday.
Explorer Scouts Slate Annual Winter Survival Trip
Forty explorer scouts and six
leaders from the Boy Scouts'
Crater Lake area council will
leave early Wednesday on the
fourth annual adventure trip,
"Operation Icicle," to Camp Mc
Laughlin, the Scout camp at
Lake of the Woods.
The camp is now snow-bound,
and -winter survival training
will be the main feature of the
trip. Bob Cotton, Grants Pass,
will be in charge.
At an earlier meeting the
boys were divided into four-man
crews. Each is responsible for its
Eisenhower, Nixon
Hold White House
Conference Today
Subject Not Revealed;
Possibly About Future
Washington (U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
conferred privately with Pres
ident Eisenhower today, possib
ly about Nixon's political fu
ture. Nixon and other GOP con
gressional leaders met with the
President on legislative matters.
Then Nixon stayed behind for
a separate, half-hour discussion
with Mr. Eisenhower.
The subject of their talk was
not disclosed. But there was im
mediate speculation that it in
volved the question of Nixon's
future role.
Chart Own Course
Mr. Eisenhower, who will
hold a news conference tomor
row, said last week he has told
Nixon that he must chart his
own political course. He again
expressed admiration for Nix
on, but refused to be pushed
into "corners" as to whether he
wanted Nixon for his 1956 run
ning mate.
Leonard W. Hall, GOP nation
al chairman, said yesterday "ev
erybody is concerned about the
vice - presidency except Dick
Nixon."
Hall told newsmen after con
ferring with President Eisen
hower that Nixon believes the
President is "exactly right" in
keeping silent about his choice
of 1956 running mate.
However, Hall said he still
assumes Nixon will be - on the
GOP ticket this year. He said
he has predicted an Eisenhower-
Nixon ticket all along.
Hall said he conferred with
the President about the nation
al political situation, not the
vice-presidency.
SOC Building Bids
Over Ready Funds
Portland (U.R) Plans for a
new physical education building
at Southern Oregon College of
Education in Ashland ran into a
snag today when bids were high
er than available funds.
The State Board of Higher
Education opened bids this morn
ing and reported they were more
than $100,000 over funds avail
able. Although the board has 30
days in which to accept or re
ject bids, it was indicated that
unless non-state funds were
made available from some source
the bids would be rejected and
plans redrawn. It was indicated
the board would not seek funds
from the State Emergency Board.
In all there were seven gen
eral contract bids, seven me
chanical contract bids and six
electrical bids. The low base bid
for general onstruction was
$430,738. Low base bid for me
chanical work was $108,850 and
the low on electric work was
$40,300.
Accident Victim Said
Klamath Falls Man
A pedestrian killed when
struck by a car Saturday morn
ing on Highway 99 near Talent
has been identified as Edgar St.
Clair James, 35, of Klamath
Falls, the county coroner's of
fice has announced.
Identification was made by
John Fenning, 57 Church st.,
Ashland, who said Mr. James
has been employed 'oy a track
crew of the Southern Pacific rail
road working out of Hilt, Calif.
No identification was found on
the body at the time of the acci
dent.
own transportation. The groups
will meet at the Boy Scout of
fice on East Main st. at 6 a.m.
Wednesday. "The scouts will
leave their cars at Pelican guard
station and begin the nine-mile
trip into Camp McLaughlin on
skis and snow shoes.
A night in the snow will be
the high point of "Operation
Icicle.'.' After spending two
nights at camp, the explorers
and' leaders will spend a day and
night in the field. They will re
turn to Medford Sunday
morning.
:
ENCLOSED IN FLAMES, Shadowbrook, famed
Jesuit novitiate near Lenox, Mass., is destroyed
in million dollar fire. Three priests and a lay
Washington (U.R) The House!
voted overwhelmingly today to
postpone for another year be
yond April 1 a scheduled drop
m taxes on corporations and on
such consumer products as beer,
whisky and cigarettes.
Passage was by a roll cail
vote of 366 to 4.
The measure was brought up
under a procedure which barred
amendments and required a two
thirds vote for passage.
Goes to Senate
The measure, which now goes
to the Senate, would continue
at 52 per cent the present tax
on corporation income which
otherwise would drop to 47 per
cent April 1.
The one-year extension was
requested by President Eisen
hower. It would postpone for one
year, to April 1, 1957, tax re
ductions scheduled under pres
ent law would cost the..govern
ment " $3,200,000,000 a year in
revenue.
Simultaneously, a House Ways
and Means subcommittee recom
mended levying new taxes on
tape and wire recorders, record
players, tubeless tires and gas
operated garbage disposal units.
The subcommittee also pro
posed that parochial and non
profit schools be granted exemp
tion from payment of most ex
cise taxes. The recommendations
were included in a report call
ing for numerous changes in ex
cise tax law.
The tax' extension bill is as
sured prompt action in the
Senate.
Unless it is enacted before
April 1, excise taxes on liquor,
cigarettes, gasoline and automo
Kefauver To Start
Minnesota Campaign
- Minneapolis (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver arrived in Minnesota
today to begin his final campaign
in this state's presidential pri
mary. He was confident he had
already won in New Hampshire.
The Tennessee Democrat said
he was confident he will win a
majority of delegates in New
Hampshire, which is holding its
primary today.
He also predicted the Midwest
would be in the Democratic col
umn in November.
EC Vote on Joining
Soil District Today
Polls will remain open until
8 p.m. today at the Enterprise
Grange hall at Wimer to enable
landowners of the Evans Creek
area to vote on joining the
Rogue Soil Conservation dis
trict. About 168,840 acres in the
northwestern part of the coun
ty will be affected by the elec
tion. This is the only county
land that is not now in a soil
conservation district.
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department today issued
a call for 12,000 Army draftees
in May.
Vincent Swinney, airman sec
ond class, of Medford will dem
onstrate construction of snow
shelters and other cold-weather
techniques. Swinney, an Eagle
Scout and ' former Camp Mc
Loughlin staff member, is now
an instructor in survival tech
niques for the bomber crews of
the Strategic Air Command. He
has been granted temporary
duty by the Air Force to train
the explorers in winter survival.
Making the trip from the
Medford area will be Larry
Hammond and Wilson Gilinsky,
brother are feared dead, six are injured but 115
others escape blaze that sweeps through the
building. (International Soundphoto).
biles, trucks and other automo-
tive equipment will be reduced
automatically.
There was little debate and
no controversy as the House
passed the measure.
The corporation and ' excise
taxes scheduled to drop to lower
GOP Party Treat Him
As 'Poor Relation1
Canby, Ore. (U.R) Elmer
Deetz, Canby dairyman and can
didate for the Republican nom
ination for U. S. Senator, to
day let loose a double-barreled
barrage aimed at the press and
Oregon GOP leaders for the
treatment he says his candidacy
has received.
"I, up to now, appear to have
been running a lone campaign
in the primary race in which the
press and the party are sup
posed to be neutral, but such
has not been the case," Deetz
said.
Mollet lo Declare
Algeria Emergency
Paris (U.R) Premier Guy
Mollet is preparing to declare a
state of emergency in Algeria as
first step in ending the $1,500,
000 a day rebellion, informed
sources reported today.
Mollet could take the drastic
step under wide powers voted
him early today by the National
Assembly, the widest decree
powers given to any French gov
ernment since the end of World
War II.
Mollet; received his "blank
check" when the Assembly gave
him four overwhelming votes of
confidence on his social powers
bill. The Communists deserted
their traditional "anti-colonialism"
stand to vote for Mollet in
hopes of forcing him into a "pop
ular front" government.
The votes were by margins of
463-32, 451-72, 465-49 and 455
75. The fourth was on the bill
as a whole.
The votes gave the . govern
ment permission to take "all ex
ceptional measures demanded by
the circumstances" by decree
without reference back to Par-J
liament. They also authorized a
series of reforms to pacify both
the French and Moslem residents
of Algeria. . '
The "state of emergency"
would give the government pow
ers close to a declaration of mar
tial law censorship, forbidding
of public gatherings, the right of
search and seizure.
Pasadena, Caif. (U.R) A ma
jor earthquake at 5:21.13 a.m.
PST, today was reported in the
Galapagos Islands area off Peru
by seismologists at the California
Institute of Technology. .
assistant operation advisers;
Charles Robinson, Wayne
Breeze, Bob Glover, Chuck
Finch,( Bob Frazier, Bob Young,
Milton Smith, Mike Bauer, and
Pat Connolly, Post 8, Medford;
Dick Clark, John Layden, Dick
Sayburn, Dick Corum, Mike
Forbes, Bryan Schroeder, Henry
Scott, James Boyd and Eddie Al
bright, Air Scout Squadron 14,
Medford; , Richard Hammersly,
Richard Bickel, Sam Collins and
Willard Waterhouse, Troop- 43,
Gold Hill; John Jones, Troop 9
and Dick Swinney, Troop 3. v
levels on April 1 were levied as
a temporary measure during the
Korean War and have been con
tinued since then. Mr. Eisen
hower warned Congress they
must be continued for another
year to avoid throwing His bud
get out of balance.
aims rress,
"I was the first man- who had
the gumption to file for the U.S.
Senate seat against Sen. Wayne
Morse, i did not have to wait
to see which way the ball would
bounce so that I could be sure
of catching it and yet the
me-too-er's who came ' in"' latef
are getting good press lots
of it, and I am noticeable by
my absence."
Poor Relation
Deetz's remarks were not lim
ited to criticizing the press.
The party leaders have treat
ed him like "a poor relation
from the country," he said Big
wig Republicans don't consider
me a credit to their party. be
cause my language is a bit
earthy, maybe," he added.
. Deetz said that he had no in
tention of withdrawing from the
race. "I can see no reason why
I should withdraw from the sen
atorial race for party harmony
and unity when I haven't been
accepted into the party, or had
the consideration of non-partisan
treatment in this primary
campaign thus far," he said.
"In-as-much as I have the cold
shoulder from the party big
wigs '11 continue to run even
though I'll have to run on a
poor man's campaign. . I do not
have any backing to date. I just
have to run an my poor man's
campaign as Elmer Deetz, far
mer, free enterpriser and obli
gated to no one but good Am
erican principles and govern
ment," the Canby dairyman
said.
McKay Wants Office
To Support Policies
Washington (U.R) Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay said
yesterday he wants to be a Re
publican senator from Oregon
because President Eisenhower
"needs a Congress that will sup
port his policies."
McKay said he felt he is the
Republican with the best chance
of defeating incumbent Demo
cratic Sen. Wayne Morse.
McKay said he expects to re
sign by May 1 in time to cam
paign before the Republican pri
mary on May 18. But, he said, he
would not compaign while hold
ing public office.
McKay said he felt his .chief
opposition in the GOP primary
will come' from Philip S. Hitch
cock, a former state senator.
Hitchcock announced yesterday
he would remain in the race.
Other candidates for the Republi
an nomination include Elmer
Deetz, a dairy farmer, and
George Altvater, a Portland
civil engineer.
Lane Pleads Innocent ,
To Tax Evasion Charge
Boston (U.R) Rep. Thomas J.
Lane (D-Mass.) pleaded innocent
today to federal income tax eva
sion charges.
Lane "was accused in a three
count indictment of evading S38,
543 in taxes from 1949 to 1951,
inclusive.
Voters, some of them tramping
to polling places on snowshoes
over white-blanketed mountain
trails, cast their ballots today
in the nation's first presidential
primary.
The rest of the nation waited
mainly for the outcome of the
battle between two Democratic
presidential aspirants Sen. Estes
Kefauver and Adlai E. Stev
enson. A clue to the political hopes
of Vice-President Richard M.
Nixon also was looked for.
Voters turned out in the tiny
logging town of Millsfield early
to cast their ballots by oil
lamps. The town divided its four
votes between President Eisen
hower and Stevenson.
Light Snow Falls
At Ellsworth, six voters used
the original pine desks of a
100-year-old converted sqjiool
house to give five votes to the
President and one write-in vote
each for Nixon and Sen. Styles
Bridges (R-N.H.). The road lead
ing to the small mountainside
community was ploughed espec
ially for the election.
Skies were cloudy and a light
snow fell as some 120,000 vot
ers went to the polls.
The principal battle was be
tween Kefauver and Stevenson
the 1952 Democratic party stan
dard bearer, for support of New
Hampshire's 12-member, eight
vote delegation to the National
Democratic convention.
Late Monday night Kefauver
made an 11th hour appeal for
support and said he regretted
the absence of Stevenson dur
ing primary, campaigning.
Predicts Victory
Kefauver predicted Monday
that he would win more than
half of the state's delegates to
the national convention. Stev
enson supporters said that if
they won only two delegates,
they would seriously damage
the Tennessee senator's pres
tige and probably end his hopes
fori thf '-""Democratic nomination,.
President Eisenhower, who
won his first political victory
here four years ago against the
late Sen. Robert Taft, was ex
pected to sweep the 14-member
GOP delegation without diffi
culty ,
Kefauver and Mr. Eisenhow
er were alone in the preferent
ial side of the primary which
has no binding effect on dele
gates. There were no candidates en
tered for the vice-presidency
and there was speculation that
write-in votes might indicate
the present popularity of Nixon.
Probe Into State
Institutions Starts
Salem (U.R) Marion coun
ty's grand jury probe into
charges of graft in the state in
stitutions shaped up as a long
one today.
Seven witnesses were heard as
the investigation opened yester
day and 25 more names were
added to bring the total to be
called to 108.
District attorney Kenneth
Brown called for the special in
vestigation at the request of the
State Boar,d of Control. He said
institutions would be covered
one at a time.
Today the spotlight was still
on Fairview home, a state-owned
home for the mentally deficient
southeast of here. Next on the
list will be the Oregon State
hospital.
Charges of graft were brought
by Al Richardson, former food
manager at Oregon state prison,
who resigned to seek the Demo
cratic nomination for state treas-
J'yille Superintendent
Submits Resignation
Jacksonville Clyde S. Suth
erland, superintendent of Jack
sonville schools, submitted his
resignation, effective at the end
of the -current school year, at
a school board meeting here last
night.
Sutherland has been superin
tendent for the past four school
years. He declined to comment
on the reasons for his resigna
tion. His plans for the future are
indefinite at present, he indi
cated. Weather
FORECASTS: Mostly cloudy L
with light scattered showers
' this evening. Decreasing
cloudiness Wednesday mom
ning, becoming partly cloudy
Wednesday afternoon and
evening.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest this Morning 37
Prec. to 10 s.m. Today, Trace