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I Weafher Recommended A feature story about the pilot meat inspection program appears on page 14 of today's Mall Tribune. Tribune FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness . today and tonight; Monday clear and warm. Low this morninj 34; high today 68, low tonight 30-32; high Monday, 79. TEMPERATURE Highest Yesterday 68 Lowest Yesterday morning 34 o United Press Full Leased VVire 30 Pages United '.Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 1956 Price 5c No. 307 rv ft mr jn t . m kbh mwk. -pmbh m. ip b BFBBk f.vvtiuwii:ntviv'wi i iuu o Steps Leading To McKay s ecision By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington The sudden decision of Secretary of Inter ior Douglas McKay to pull out of the cabinet and run for the Senate in Oregon was brought about in a matter of hours by President Eisenhower's top po litical advisors, if not by the President himself.. This is the reconstructed back ground story, as completely ,as it could be pieced togetner, oi this major political develop ment. Hour-Long Interview Monday, Mar. 5 In an hour lone interview with McKay that afternoon in his office, he told me he had no plans for the fu ture except to resign next Jan. 20 and let the President decide whether he wanted to make a cabinet change. Either way would have been OK with Mc Kay, for he said he was looking forward to retiring. In previous interviews, McKay had said he had no desire to run for the Senate, explaining that a man younger than his 62- years should be tackling that job. McKay seemed relaxed, gen ial as ever, and profiting person ally from the philosophy he ap plies to his controversy-ridden job. No matter how thick the brickbats might fly, "I never go to sleep at night mad at any one," he said. In the month since the late Gov. Paul Patterson died, he had been urged by many to re turn to Oregon and take on Sen. Wayne Morse. He had held out adamantly against this idea. Mrs. McKay was even more stoutly opposed to it. Up to this day, no one had successfully moved either from that position. Reporter Inqueries Tuesday, Mar. 6 McKay told an inquiring reporter for the Associated Press substanti ally what he had told me Mon day" about his future plans. Wednesday, Mar. 7 McKay had breakfast with Leonard Hall, GOP national chairman. From this point the wheels be gan grinding furiously. Hall re portedly told McKay that a pub lic opinion ' firm hired by the Republican National committee had taken a sampling in Ore gon and found McKay much bet ter known by the average citi zen than either Phil Hitchcock or Lamar Tooze, the two main Republican contenders for Sen. Morse's seat. The day before, Hall told 1,500 ladies attending the Na tional Republican Women's con ference here that Morse was a prime GOP target, next in im portance to the Presidency in this year's elections. Party lead ers didn't want to take a chance on, a relatively unknown candi date. McKay was told they thought he was the man to do the job. Unconvinced McKay left the breakfast table unconvinced. During the day he sounded out close advis ors. Some encouraged him to run. He said he would have to talk it over with Mrs. McKay ' that night. That same evening Attorney General Herbert Brow nell told a prominent Republi can that despite the heat on Mc OKay to run, he was still drag ging his feet. Brownell said he was confident McKay would change his mind by the follow ing day. He explained that an 11 o'clock appointment set up by the White House for McKay with the president the follow ing mnrnins would cinch the matter if McKay were stiU hold-J ina out when ne arrived ai me White House. In this conversation, Brown ell, who is one of the adminis tration's top political master minds, explained that party po litical leaders here felt that McKay had not made a satisfac tory recovery from the politi cal onslaught of the Democrats on the "give away" charge. Oth er cabinet members,- placed on the hot seat by partisan critics, had recovered much better, Brownell added, mentioning De fense Secretary Wilson. Not The Attitude This was clearly not the at - titude of many western Republi cans.such as Sen. Arthur V. Watkins of Utah, who had come to regard McKay very highly and defended him frequently on the Senate floor. There was no apparent organized effort from the West, where interior policies are most vital, to replace Mc Kay before the campaign got underway. Indeed, mountain state Republicans feel they are riding high now, having won congressional approval of the McKay-supported Upper Colo rado project second biggest federal reclamation project ev Are Reconstructed er proposed by Congress. Thursday, Mar. 8 McKay went to the White House that morning. A top Republican told the AP that before he arrived he was still determined not to run. In any case, by late after noon he was aboard a flight bound for Portland with a hast ily prepared statement explain ing his decision to oppose Morse. McKay said he was not urged by Eisenhower himself to run, but that Sherman Adams, the President's chief assistant, "en couraged" him to do so and it "pleased" the president when he told him of his decision. That day Eisenhower wrote McKay a letter, saying his decision was "worthy of the highest commen dation." Friday, Mar. 9 McKay in vited Hitchcock and Tooze to a morning confab to discuss his sudden entry into the race. Both sides were surprised McKay because he had been led to be lieve by party bigwigs in Wash ington that Tooze and Hitchcock had agreed to withdraw if he en tered the race; Tooze and Hitch cock because no one had even mentioned it to them. When the news leaked out about what was afoot, McKay told reporters there was some "confusion" and he didn't know whether he would run or not. This was flashed to Washington, and in turn the White House got on the phone to McKay and Blizzard Winds Whip Northeastern States Boston U.R) 'Blizzard winds whipped snow and sleet across the northeastern states Saturday, hurling ships against the New England coast. At least 60 persons died along the storm path from Ohio, to Maine. Deaths totaled 49 in the New England states, six in Ohio, five in New York, four in Pennsyl vania and five in New Jersey. Officials called the blockbust er blizzard the "wildest" storms in a generation. Four Navy vessels and a freighter Tan aground. Hundreds of stranded motorists were trap ped in their cars for hours or were forced to take refuge in hotels and shelters. The Coast Guard sent amphibious ducks to rescue 33 persons from their Three Members of Reno Family Killed Susanville, Calif. (U.R) Three members of a Reno, Nev., fam ily were fatally injured and a fourth hurt . critically Friday night when their auto hit a park ed truck on U. S. highway 395 45 miles north of here. The sheriff -coroner's office said Mrs. Dolores Irene Skyr man was killed instantly. Her husband, John, died Saturday, and their daughter, Dawn Rae, 2, was dead on arrival at a hos pital. A son, John nine mbnths, was in critical condition, but ex pected to live. Deputies said the couple was enroute to Medford, Ore., to visit their parents. Blinded by Lights The accident occurred, depu ties believed, when Skyrman was blinded by the lights of an oncoming auto and failed to see a small truck parked at the side of the road by Richard Scott, of Ravendale, Calif., while he changed a tire. He had reflec tors out. Scott suffered minor in juries in the crash. Mr. and Mrs. Skyrman are both members of well-known Medford families. His parents are Mr .and Mrs. Harry Skyr man, 1711 East Main st., and hers are Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Bear don, Lozier lane. Arrangements were being made Saturday to have the in jured baby flown to Medford in a Mercy Flights, Inc., air ambu lance plane. Conger-Morris Fu neral Home was to return the bodies of the accident victims here from Susanville. The parents were notified of the accident, early Saturday morning by state police, who re ceived the first word of the crash Via teletype from the sheriffs' office in Susanville. Yuma, Ariz. (U.R) Two Cali fornia Air National Guard planes collided in mid-air . near here Saturday afternoon, killing the pilots of both crafts. Ralph Cake, former GOP na tional committeeman. Adams and Hall were on the White House end of the line to see about ending the confusion. Shortly thereafter, McKay an nounced he was in the race, he drove to Salem to file, and the White House formally announc ed the news here. Pushed Into Race Available evidence points to the conclusion that McKay was pushed into a campaign he per sonally did not wish to enter by party officials at the Wash ington level who led him to be lieve he was the strongest of possible challengers for Morse, that other Oregon candidates would welcome his candidacy and pull out (although they were not consulted) and that he would be doing what the President and the party most wanted him to do if he knocked off Wayne Morse. Motivating at least some of this pressure on McKay was a feeling held by some of the GOP's top strategists here that McKay had not been able to combat his Democratic critics as effectively as they might have wished and that it would be no less politically valuable to have a new secretary of the Interior as the 1956 campaign got under way than to have McKay barn storming up and down his na tive Oregon after the scalp of his harshest critic. homes on Nantucket island, off Cape Cod, when high tides flood ed the streets of Brant Point. Bodies Found The bodies of three sailors were found in an open whale boat d'asf" ashore at the entrance to Newport, R.I., harbor. Five persons died in a fire that de stroyed a Westbrook, Me., home at the height of the blizzard. The lives of nearly 750 men were imperiled when two de stroyers, a destroyer escort, a radar picket destroyer, a tug boat, and a freighter were toss ed about like corks and then slammed aground on the rocky New England shore by winds up to 83 miles per hour. The freighter crewmen were rescued by breeches buoy after a night of wintry horror and the Navy refloated its destroyers one by one. The Italian freighter S. S. Laura Lauro was damaged off Norfolk, Va., when it was blown into two U. S. destroyers at the naval base. High winds caused a second collision in the Norfolk area when the Swedish freighter Ny land rammed a mothballed Lib erty 'Ship, the E. Kirby Smith, in Hampton Roads, Va. Highways throughout the storm area were clogged with drifts of snow up to 10 feet deep. Huge tractor trailers jack knifed on slippery roads in New York and West Virginia, block ing traffic for hours. Hundreds of automobiles were abandoned in deep drifts and snowplows clearing highways buried still more cars under snow scraped from roads. ' Hitchcock, Two candidates for major of fice were in Medford this week end, and another will visit here next Saturday. In town yesterday were Philip Hitchcock, Portland, a candi date for the Republican nomina tion for U. S. senator, and Charles O. Porter, Eugene, can didate for the Democratic nom ination for congressman from the fourth district. The third candidate, who will speak here next Saturday, is Dave Shaw, who is running against Porter for the Democra tic congressional nomination. Porter at Luncheon Porter met at luncheon Satur day noon with a small group of friends and supporters to out line his campaign plans and to discuss the issues on which he will run. He criticized President Eisenhower for what. he called "his inability as a career sol dier to understand his job and take it seriously," pointing to the president's vacations, his in sistence on one-page memos t on complex problems, and his dele gations of power.' For the most part, Porter in dicated, his campaign against Cypriot Extremists Ambush Two British Patrols; Two Dead At Least 15 Injured In Violence Outbreak Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) Cypriot extremists ambushed two Brit ish security patrols Saturday and bombed an army truck in fresh outbreaks of violence that left two persons dead and at least 15 injured. One British security officer was killed and two others wound ed late yesterday, several hours after an extremist was killed. Eight men, including five Brit ish commanders, were injured in another attack. Later, two bombs were thrown into the back of an army truck at Kyrenia a trouble spot that was already under 24-hour cur few injuring four British sold iers. European Injured One European was injured last night when masked men raided a mining concern at Lim ni and fired a pistol into his office. One of Saturday's attacks oc curred in the area of Rizckar passo when extremists hurled a bomb into; a British patrol jeep, killing the British security officer and injuring two other occupants. In the first attack, a band of 12 extremists poured a barrage of automatic weapons fire and bombs into a Commando patrol southwest of Nicosia. The battle was fought in the ruged snow-covered Troodos mountains, about 35 miles south west of Nicosia. It erupted even while British troops moved in to ev'ct 20 families from Nicosia's "terror town" where 21 murders or attempted murd ers have been committed in recent months. Frost Warnings May Start Here Monday Frost warnings for fruit grow ers will probably begin on Mon day, March 26, unless they are needed earlier, according to R. Roy Simpson, official frost fore caster, for the U. S. Weather Bu reau. Don Berry, Jackson county agent, said that all fruit grow ers who have not brought their thermometers to the. county agent's office for testing should do so as soon as possible. Berry stated that pears are still in the dormant period here and most growers are now ap plying dormant spray. Development of the pear buds is about normal for this time of year and blossoms may be ex pected on about April 8, the nor mal blossoming date. Bud de velopment at this time last year was somewhat behind schedule. Investigation Into Death Continues Investigation concerning the death Friday morning of a 30-year-old mother of three; Mrs. JeanGunter, 209 Scenic dr., Ashland, will not be completed for several days, District Attor ney Walter Nunley reports. Mrs. Gunter's husband, Jack, 30, reported to Ashland police shortly before 10 a.m. Friday tht he had found his wife shot to death with a .22 rifle. Porter Discuss Campaign Plans Republican Incumbent Harris j Ellsworth will hinge on the is sues of "peace, prosperity and good government," as well as on issues of public power and con servation. He assailed Ells worth for undeservedly claim ing a major share of the credit for the authorization of the Talent project, and for obtain ing funds for it. He also criticiz ed him for failing to debate with Porter on the Al Sarena mining claim matter and public power. Return to Eugene Porter expected to return . to Eugene tomorrow after a two day swing through southern Oregon which included stops at Cave Junction and Grants Pass. Hitchcock was busy confer ring with . friends and political supporters in Medford over the week end His only public talk during his current visit will be at noon Monday when he ad dressed a meeting at the Jackson hotel' sponsored by the Jackson County Republican Women. Hitchcock Saturday announc ed the appointment of Robert S. Rukovina, 11, Almond st, plant superintendent for the Rogue River Packing Corp., as his cam Stalin Ds M$m fcf- n - - v Jtmmm APPLAUSE Russian leaders are shown ap plauding ballet performers at Bolshoi theater in Moscow as they entertain H. K. Hansen, third from left, Danish prime minister. From left, they are Anastas Mikoyan, V. M. Molotov, Hansen, Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party Chief Nikita Khrushchev. FR APlKLIfJ County Budget Will e More Detailed Jackson county's new budget is expected to be completed earlier than last year's budget, and will be more detailed than ever before, County Judge Rod ney Keating reported following Friday's all-day budget meeting. The budget committee, start ing work on the new budget one v'eek in advance of last year's starting date, carefully studied each budget request submitted Friday by the various county de partments, but made no deci sions, Judge Keating said. Clearly Explained This year's budget, the judge declared, should, more clearly show the public -exactly how much "money 'each function of the county " government is re ceiving. For instance, lie ex plained, allotments, for road and bridge construction will be pre sented by individual project Census of Ashland Residents Slated Ashland A', census of Ash land residents will be taken be tv een March 26 and 31, accord ing to Elmer Biegel, city super intendent. Ashland's city council recent ly authorized the census so that the city's pro-rata share of cer tain state funds' will be increas ed with proof of population growth since the 1950 federal sensus. The federal count show ed 7,739 residents within the city limits. Information the nine census takers will record will include name, age and sex of every per son residing in the houseshold. A home, apartment, hotel, motel or permanent, trailer court is classified as a household. Any housesholder who does not plan to be home during the daytime while the census is under way is requested to write down the information, place it in an envelope outside the front door and mark the envelope "for the census taker." paign manager for jacKson county. High Level Campaign The former Klamath, county senator, now director of public relations for Lewis and Clark college, . Portland, reported Sat urday he ' plans to conduct a high-level campaign during the primary race, based on his con viction that he has v a better chance to defeat Sen Wayne Morse in the general election than does Douglas McKay, the secretary of the interior and for mer Oregon governor, who is his chief primary opponent. He plans no attack on McKay, Hitchcock "declared, but neither does he plan to attempt to de fend McKay's record. "Doug can take care of that himself," he said. Hitchcock expects his chief primary support from the more liberal and younger elements of the Republican party, he said, and he declared he has been en couraged by the response to his candidacy among this group. General Election His argument as to the gen eral election is that he would be free, as McKay would not, to de BEATS orders, rather than a lump sum to cover all road and bridge projects as has been the policy in the past. The committee will first study budget requests on an overall basis. Later it will be broken down and figures will be avail able. Individual items, salaries and wages will be considered near the end of the study. The judge said that the head of each department will be call ed before the committee to ex plain the budget request for his particular department before any decisions are made. These people will be called before the group in order of the size of their departments, starting with the largest. Income Figures , , ' - Judge Keating explained that the committee has not as yet re ceived fiffures on a number of income items, including the for est service; state liquor license and gambling funds. Anyone interested inHhe bud get is welcome to meet with the committee, he said, but must call the county court for an ap pointment. Next meeting will be Tues day, March 27. Subsequent meet ings will be held on Friday, March 30, and on Tuesday, April 3. At Friday's meeting M. Thom as Wray, Medford, was named chairman of the budget commit tee. Secretary is Roger F. Rath, Ashland. The other member is Arnold Bohnert, Central Point. $200 Taken From Local Pharmacy Store Friday About $200 in bills and an un known amount of checks were taken between 6 and 7 p.m. Fri day from Wainscott's Pharmacy, 322 East Main st., according to a report to city police fro mthe owner, Harold C. Wainscott. He told officers that the amount was taken from an open safe during regular . business hours and that the checks and cash, mostly in $1, $5, and $10 bills, were contained in a pa per bag. bate the broad issues of public policy, including foreign affairs, farm problems and the others, with Senator Morse. If McKay were the candidate, he said, the campaign would tend to take on the aspects of a personal feud be tween Morse and McKay, based on a narrow range of issues hav ing to do with interior adminis tration. . - Hitchcock said he believes he could appeal to a great group of liberal and independent voters as McKay- could not do, and would in addition have the sup port of regular Republicans in a campaign against Morse " on the issues. A strong Eisenhower supporter, Hitchcock said one of these issues would be Morse's attacks on the president and the administration which, he said, has earned the overwhelming support of the people. Shaw, who will be in Medford next Saturday, will speak at an open meeting of . friends and supporters at 7 p.m. that day, at the Phoenix Grange halL The public is welcome, but those planning to attend should make reservations by Friday by tele phoning Mark Norton, Phoenix 3-2888. Diplomatic sources have reported charges brought against Josef Stalin by Khrushchev as the start of a discrediting campaign. The charges are reported to have been made in a secret speech tp the Communist party congress recently. -(International soundphoto) MEDFORD Quakers Take First State Championship Since 1921, 73-60 By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribune Sports Editor MacArthur Court, University of Oregon, Eugene Franklin High of Portland downed a fighting Medford Black Tor nado, 73 to 60, here last night to capture the Oregon Class A-l basketball championship. It was Franklins' first state title since 1921. The Quakers took the lead early in the second quarter, built up a substantial lead in the third quarter, withstood a spirited Medford 12-point rally, and then pulled away again against a pressing Tornado team to win. ' .1 As in Franklin's previous three tournament games, Bjarne Jensen was the difference with his rebounding and high ' scor ing. He also got the help of Er nie Spargur, Jim Kuhn, Jack Luhrs and Glen , Hutton, with their shooting and ballhawk ing., Jenson scored 27 points, and cleared the boards of 22 re bounds, while Bob Tisdel was Medford's high man with 17 points. Score was tied thi.ee times, and the lead changed hands six times before Franklin went ahead to stay. The period scores wece all in Franklin's favor, 16-13, 31 to 25, and 53 to 46. One and one-half minutes into the second quarter, Khun scored driving in on a fast break to give the Quakers a 19 to 18 lead. They stayed in front from there. Widest Margin A The widest lead of the game was 17 points at 53 to 36 with one ani. a half minutes remain ing in the third quarter. That's where Larry Copple and Larry Gober each, with three buckets ; sparked a rally to cut the Frank-! lin lead to 53 to 48. Medford employed a press ing game, and got the surge go ing, but after they cut their def icit to five points, fouls helped Franklin on the' road to pull away. The new champion Quakers and runner-up Tornado each placed a man on the all-state basketball team. Jensen at cen ter and Bob Tisdel at guard on the first team. On the second team the Quakers placed Spar gur at forward and Medford got Dick McLaughlin at the other forward. Rounding out the first team, were Charlie Warren, Eugene, and Roger Johnson, Marshfield, forwards: Chuck Rash, Jeffer son, at guard. Others on the second team were Norm Weis, McLoughlin High, center, and Mike Doherty, Lincoln, and Doug' Lundstrom, Eugene, J at guards. In the third place game, Lin coln High of Portland defeated Marshfield, 72 to 57. (See other story on sports page) Sports Bulletins Corvallis (U.R) UCLA, champion of the Pacific Coast conference, walloped Seattle university 94-70 in a wild, foul-filled NCAA consolation basketball game last night be fore 10,000 fans. Corvallis, Ore. OJ.R) All American Bill Russell led the University of San Francisco to a 92-77 victory over Utah last night for the Don's 53rd straight victory. It advanced the defending national'! cham pions lo the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament. ted Khrushchev Claims Late Premier Led Life of Murderer Riots Reported in Stalin's Native State Washington (U.R) Russia's Nikita Khrushchev has accused the late Josef Stalin of murder ing 5,000 Red Army officers in an incredible life of crime, lust for power, and irrational fear of treachery. Informed sourcses reported Saturday that Khrushchev made the sensational charges in an emotion-packed-at times tearful speech before a special meeting of the 20th Communist Party Congress in Moscow on Feb. 24. . Stuns Delegates They said Khrushchev told the stunned delegates the once- idolized Stalin refused to be lieve Hitler would attack Russia until it was nearly too late, ran away from Moscow when it was under fire, nearly wiped out the Red Army high command in the bloody purges of the 1930s,' kept his aides in constant fear of sudden death, and in later years suffered from phobias and delusions. The detailed disclosure of the Khrushchev speech came amid reports of rioting in Stalin's native state of Georgia and worldwide speculation over the implications of the present Sov iet regime's attacks on Stalin. The Georgia riots were in pro test against the current Soviet campaign to discredit Stalin. The State Department declin ed to comment beyond saying it had heard rumors about the speech and the rioting. But Allied diplomats, piecing togeth er information from a variety of sources, said . Khruschev , did embark . Russia' on a deliberate campaign to destroy the Russian peoples' belief that Stalin had been a good leader. Saturday the official Com munist newspaper in Tiflis, cap ital of Georgia, said that "the courts must crush" violations of law and order in that state. It called for "the exposure of all kinds of provocateurs, hol ligans and hostile elements, all who violate socialist law, order and the rights of Soviet citizens." Tiflis was the sole capital of all the Soviet republics which observed the third anniversary of Stalin's death on March 5 with memorial meetings.; The meetings were reported to have been followed by street demonstrations. t Washington reports said the riots occurred between March 5. and March 9.- Evergreen Bus Lines To Suspend Service Mechanical difficulties and a shortage of equipment will force the Evergreen Bus lines to sus pend service on one morning schedule for part or all, of next week, according to Manager Ralph Matthews. He said the special run in the morning, which includes West Main St., Ross lane, West Jack son st., Spring st., Hillcrest, East Jackson st. and Charlotte Ann rd. will not be made Mon- day. He is not sure how long the suspension will remain effective, but it may be most of the week. The special afternoon run to Roosevelt and Hedrick Junior High schools will be suspended too, he said, but the regular East Main st. run will be routed by the schools to pick up homeward-bound children at 3:45 p.m. Spring Officially Starts Early Tuesday Winter officially ends and spring begins Tuesday, March 20, at 7:21 a.m. (PST). At that hour the center of the sun is directly above the equator for a brief period of time as it crosses from the southern to the northern hemisphere, and all ov er the world day and night are of equal length. Hence, the word "equinox," meaning equal night. The vernal equinox Secure around March 20 each year. Au tumn, or fall, is introduced by the autumnal equinox, on or -near Sept. 23. - Due to irregularity in the earths' rate of speed as it trav- , els around the sun, the two equi noxes are approximately, but not exactly, six months apart. O
