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No. 3
Sentiments For
Hitchcock Grows
Throughout State
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Portland A slowly forming
groundswell of sentiment in fav
or of Philip S. Hitchcock, the un
derdog candidate against Doug
las McKay for the Republican
senatorial nomination, appears
to be developing generally
throughout the state of Oregon
as the primary election cam
paign gets underway.
This was observed in commun
ity after community visited by
this reporter during the past
week. Hitchcock forces here
claim they are greatly encourag
ed by similar findings wherever
their candidate has been in re
cent days.
Sympathy for Hiichcock
While sympathy for Hitchcock
is running high, few persons are
willing to predict at this early
stage that he will defeat McKay
in the May 18 primary eight
weeks away. Yet most think he
will give McKay quite a battle
for the chance to challenge Sen
ator Wayne Morse in the Novem
ber general election.
One of the surest signs that
confidence is mounting concern
ing Hitchcock's chances is that
he will have enough financial
backing to run an all-out cam
paign. This represents a significant
change. Hitchcock said that af
ter McKay made his dramatic
last-minute entry into the Ore
gon race, financial pledges earl
ier made to him were immedi
ately withdrawn by GOP donors
who had not counted on the sec
retary of interior jumping into
the contest.
Regains Commitmenis . .
Since then, however, Hitch-
cock has regained the financial
commitments that are consider
ed vital to underwriting his cam
paign. '
Reportedy some chief Repub
lican contributors and fund
raisers here are ready to put
money into the war chests of
both McKay and Hitchcock, so
uncertain are they of the out
come. While Democrats are momen
tarily enjoying this intra-party
Republican squabble, they
would have preferred to skip
this pleasure. Their greatest anx
iety now is based on a fear that
Hitchcock 'may beat McKay and
go on to sweep Senator Morse
out of office in November.
Democrat Suggestion
One top Democrat suggested,
in apparent jest, that he might
make a speech or two in Hitch
cock's behalf, believing this
would surely give McKay's op
ponent the kiss of death politi
cally in the GOP primary.
In a word, Democrats are con
fident they can re-elect Morse in
a hard slugging match with Mc
Kay, for they figure McKay to
Yuba City Flood
Victim's Body Found
Yuba City, Calif. (U.R) The
badly decomposed body of a
man believed to be the 38th vic
tim of last December's flood
here was still unidentified Sat
urday, according to Sutter Coun
ty Coroner B. W. Ullrey.
Uiirey said the body was
found late Friday on the E. M
Wnitfield ranch by a -group
clearing a flooded orchard.
Clothes worn by the man indi
cated he may have been working
on a levee when it broke.
The man, who was about five
feet, nine inches tall and weigh
ed about 160 pounds, carried no
identification papers.
Meanwhile, Special Deputy
Attorney General Donald Bos-
coe said a grand jury's findings
on the flood, expected to be
made public late Tuesday, would
name officials the jury felt had
failed to do their jobs during
the flood.
Sewage Blamed for
Polio Epidemic
Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) Sewage
which seeped into drinking wat
er through improper bathroom
plumbing was blamed Saturday
by two scientists ior comnoui-
ing to a Polio epidemic near
here in 1952.
The epidemic, which killed
two person and paralyzed 18
others, struck the village of
Huskerville, a town comprising
mastlv barrack - type homes
b"ilt during World War 1L
be just as big a target for cam
paign criticism as is Morse from
the standpoint of controversial
issues.
Republicans generally seem
confident they can take Morse
with either of their leading con
tenders, once the party settles
the primary question of wheth
er their man shall be McKay or
Hitchcock.
Hitchcock Claims
His Support Came
From Bend Region
Bend (U.R) Phil Hitch
cock told a luncheon audience
here Saturday that it was
friends in Bend first urged him
to seek the United States senate
seat now held by Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) and that the first
financial help for his campaign
came from this central Oregon
city where he once worked as
a logger.
He added that when Interior
Secretary Douglas McKay enter
ed the same race, "The most
urgent insistence that I stay in
the race came from Bend."
The candidate said "We have
just completed a tour of Oregon
and we found throughout the
state the kind of driving enthus
iasm and support it takes to win
a political campaign."
Willing to Debate
Hitchcock, candidate for the
Republican nomination, declar-.
ed that he was willing to debate
public issues with Morse "any
time, any place."
He said he made "no claim to
being as glib as Morse, but if he
tried to attack my stand on al
most any issue, I can say to him
and prove out of his own words
that these are the basic beliefs
which he betrayed after winning
elections by standing on them."
Hitchcock was scheduled to
address a banquet of Key Clubs
from the three western states
and British Columbia last night.
The clubs are Kiwanis-sponsor-
ed high school service organiza
tions. They are in convention
here.
Ask Crack Down
On Law Violators
Moscow (U.R) Communist
party officials in Josef Stalin's
home state of Georgia Saturday
appealed to the party and to the
militia to crack down on stu
dents violating the "elementary
rules of conduct" in public plac
es.
The appeal is believed to re
fer to the recent pro-Stalin stu
dent demonstrations in Tiflis,
capital of Georrgia where Stalin
was greatly revered.
According to "Zarya Vostoka"
official party newspaper in Tif
lis, Deputy Interior Minister O.
D. Muserdize spoke of the need
for "maintaining strict public
order in the city.
, Speakers at the conference de
manded stern measures in deal
ing with "hooligans and other
anti-social elements." . . -
The speaker described the
dangers of the "cult of the in
dividual" which "diminishes
the role of the party and mass
es, diminshes the role of collec
tive leadership in the party, and
leads to serious shortcomings in
work."
It was admitted that "this
cult was widespread in Georgia."
Neuberger Charges McKay With Mixing
Politics, Indian Affairs in Campaign
Portland (U.R) Interior Sec
retary Douglas McKay struck
back at Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore.) Friday for his
attack on William L. Phillips of
Salem, manager of McKay's
campaign for Republican nomin
ation for U.S. Senator from Ore
gon. Neuberger, in a Senate speech
Thu-'rday, charged McKay with
mixing politics and Indian bur
eau affairs, because , McKay
earlier had appointed Phillips
to a job of supervising Klam
ath Indian property affairs. Phil
lips recently resigned the post
but Neuberger said he had not
heard of that.
McKay, in Portland making
campaign plans Friday, said
Review of Rogue
Basin Survey Data
Ordered by McKay
Object Is to Reach
Agreement on Plan
Portland (U.R) Interior Sec
retary Douglas McKay Saturday
ordered an immediate review
and reanalysis of all available
studies and data on the Rogue
river basin, because of recent
damaging floods in that area.
McKay said object of the re
view will be to "reach agree
ment on a plan of development
which will properly take into
account the divergent interests
of the Interior bureaus" and
make possible the flood control
developments desired by local
interests.
First Hand Inspection
Arthur M. Piper, chairman of
the Pacific Northwest Field com
mittee, said representatives of
several agencies of the depart
ment would make a first hand
inspection of the basin this week.
McKay said he particularly
directed the bureau of reclama
tion to give special attention to
methods of flood control on the
main stem of the Rogue, other
than Lewis creek dam, in order
to study alternatives that would
reduce flood damage to the
fishery resource.
He directed the fish and wild
life service to evaluate fishery
losses that would result from
construction of Lewis creek or
other dams. Lewis creek dam
was once proposed as a flood con
trol structure.
Joint Plan
McKay said the technical re
view staff of the department had
been ordered to submit a joint
plan by May 15. He also di
rected a letter to George Rod
erick, assistant secretary of the
Army and chairman of the inter
agency committee on water re
sources, urging that the Colum
bia Basin Inter-Agency commit
tee take action for inter-agency
coordination in the Rogue basin
The basin was hit by record-
breaking floods in December and
February. It is widely known
for its specialty agricultural
crops and fishing and recreation
al facilities.
Third Storm Heads
For New England
Boston (U.R) The third
storm in eight days swept from
Michigan to the Atlantic coast
Saturday, crippling traffic in
New England.
The storm came as highway
crews struggled to clean up the
remnants of the paralyzing near
blizzards which hit the North
east on St. Patrick's day and
again Sunday night. '
The new storm dumped up to
10 inches of snow in Michigan,
up to six inches of snow in
New York state and up to 10
inches in southern New England.
There already was up to 20
inches of snow in New England
from the previous storms this
month only 13 inches below the
all-time record of 1916.
Some rain fell on the south
ern, edge of the storm, changing
back to snow this afternoon, to
add to the highway drifts.
The storm was expected to
end during the evening, with the
forecast for Palm Sunday call
ing for clear and cold weather
The new storm, like its pre
decessors,' forced dozens of
events to be cancelled, includ
ing the St. Patrick's day parade
in Boston held over from last
week.
Washington (U.R) The
United States has rejected a
Japanese plea to suspend its
great spring series of nuclear
tests in the Pacific. It said the
tests are vital to defense of the
free world.
The attack by Dick Neuberger
upon Bill Phillips, one of Ore
gon's most loved and respected
citizens, is typical of what may
be expected this year."
McKay hopes tp meet and beat
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore) in the
general election next Novem
ber. The Interior secretary said:
"Wayne Morse described Presi
dent Eisenhower as 'completely
lacking in all political morality.'
Now he has assigned his role of
character assassin to Neuberger,
the recognized new master of
this technique, who becomes
Morse's hatchet man with com
plete disregard of political dec
ency." Noting that Phillips, resigna
RESIDENTS OUSTED British troops super
vise evecuation of district of Nicosia, Cyprus,
after District Commissioner Sir John Harding
issued an order for families to vacate the area
in which a British policeman was killed by
Day-Long
Nicosia, Cyprus U.R) Brit
ish Govern-General Sir John
Harding ordered nearly every
one in the main towns and cit
ies of this island to stay indoors
today. The order was intended
to forestall Greek independence
day violence.
The order was issued as an
other outburst of violence was
reported on Cyprus last night.
A bomb was thrown in the main
police station cf Atktima,
slightly injuring one policeman.
In line with the curfew, all
long distance telephone calls
within the limits of the island
were banned "in the interests
of public security."
Only essential workers will
be excused from the curfew that
will affect an estimated 200,000
Cvoriot and ' non-Cypriot resi
dents when it went into effect
at 4 a.m.
In Athens, Greek authorities
ordered strict security measures
to prevent pro-Cypriot riots. The
Police and Army were put on
standby alert. Extra guards
were placed around the British
embassy and barbed wire was
strung across the streets leading
to the embassy building.
Many Greek Orthodox priests
and worshippers announced
they would defy the curfew and
hold services in church com
memorating the March 25
Greek independence holiday.
Offer Reward
The government also issued
notices offering a $14,000 re
ward for information leading to
Jacksonville, Ashland
Censuses Start Monday
Census takers in Ashland and
Jacksonville will begin work to
morrow to determine accurate
population figures in order to
provide basis for a possible in
crease in the pro rata shares of
certain state funds.
Census takers will work ' in
Ashland between March 26 and
31 and in Jacksonville March 26
and 27. Neither city has had a
census taken since the federal
census of 1950 when Ashland's
population was 7,739 and Jack
sonville's 1,190.
Morse Demands NLRB
Probe by Congress
Washington (U.R) Sen
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) charged
Friday that Eisenhower ap
pointees to the National Labor
Relations Board have "re-written
the Taft-Hartley Act to make it
more intensely anti-labor.
The Oregon Democrat, a form
er member of the War Labor
Board, demanded a congression
al investigation of the NLRB.
tion as consultant to the Klam
ath Indians was announced in
the press before the Senate at
tack, McKay said the announce
ment "apparently meant nothing
tc Neubeger. The people of Ore
gon should understand that the
mouth may be Neuberger's but
the words belong to Wayne
Morse."
Washington (U.R) Sen. Jos
eph R. McCarthy (R-Wis) Friday
accused Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D-Ore) of "irresponsible
character assassination" against
Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay.
McCarthy said in a Senate
speech Neuberger had heaped a
"gratuitous smear" on McKay.
terrorists. Cypriot extremists planted a time
bomb in Harding's bedroom, but it was found
and removed before it exploded. Harding has
ordered a curfew today in an attempt to pre
vent Greek Independence Day violence.
Orders
overnor
new in
the arrest of Neophytos Sophoc-
leus, a young Cypriot who van
ished from his job at Harding's
home after a time bomb was
discovered in the governor-general's
bed earlier this week.
Sources said Nicosia's airport
would be closed from midnight
last night until 6 a.m. Monday.
Authorities turned out num-
House Leaders Urge
Finish to Farm Bill
.Washington (U.R) House
Democratic leaders fearful . of
being accused of s t a 1 li n g
cleared the decks Saturday for
a "desperate effort" to finish
work on a compromise iarm
bill before Congress starts a 10-
day Easter vacation next Thurs
day night.
The Democratic high com
mand tossed overboard plans to
subject Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson to a final round
of questioning by his critics on
the House Agriculture commit
tee Tuesday.
Registration Is
Clarified by Clerk
Only voters who registered
prior to March 9 will be eligible
to vote in the Oak Grove, West
Side and Medford school con
solidation election, which is
scheduled April 9, the Jackson
county clerk reported yesterday.
Those who registered on or
before March 9, or who register
before April 17 will, however,
still be eligible to vote in the
May 18 primary election.
The county clerk explained
that, according to law, citizens
must register 30 days before an
election in order to be eligible
to vote.
In Jackson county, names of
voters who register after a spec
ial election registration deadline
are witheld from the list of
eligible voters for that particular
election. Their names, however,
are included in the list of elig
ible primary election voters if
they register 30 days before the
primary election takes place.
Considerable confusion con
cerning registration deadline for
the May 18 primary election has
resulted from an erroneous re
port originally released from
Salem, the clerk said. That re
port listed April 18 as the dead
line. The correct deadline for
primary election voter registra
tion is April 17, the county clerk
emphasized.
10 Killed, 30 Hurt
In Plant Explosion
Bilbao, Spain (U.R) An
explosion ripped through a
nitroglycerine processing wing
of a dynamite factory Saturday,
killing 10 workers and injuring
at least 30 others.
Big chunks of the walls and
roof flew through the air. A
mushroom cloud similar in ap
pearance to those which follow
atomic explosions billowed
above the shattered wing.
The force of the explosion
smashed windows and damaged
doors and chimneys five miles
away.
Police reported the casualties
They had to rope off the blast
area to keep frantic relatives
from rushing into the rubble of
the wing. .
Cyprus
bers of British troops to patrol
the streets of Nicosia. But de
spite their presence, devout Cy
priots said they intended to go
to church today, curfew or not.
In Limassol, violence contin
ued. A youth walked into the
grocery of -Christos Vias and
fired three times. The bullets
missed and the youth fled.
The decision to cancel the
hearing, which . would have in
terrupted work on the bill, was
reached at a secret meeting late
Friday between Speaker Sam
Rayburn ' (Tex.) and Committee
Chairman Harold D. Cooley (D-
N.C.). It came after some Repub
licans began accusing the Demo
crats of delaying action.
Little Chance
Members of both parties gen
erally agreed that there was
little chance Congress could
reach a showdown vote on the
politically explosive farm price
support issue until after the re
cess which ends April 9.
Cooley noted that cancellation
of the Benson hearing means
that Senate and House farm
leaders, starting Monday at 2:30
p.m., will be able to work with
out interruption all next week
to reconcile differences between
the House and Senate farm bills.
Democrats are seeking a com
promise that would include the
administration-sponsored soil
bank and a restoration of rigid
high supports on 1956 basic
crops. Anticipating that the com
promise bill will call for sup
ports higher than acceptable to
the administration, Republicans
plan to offer a substitute.
Agencies To Discuss
Spring Flood Threat
Salem (U.R)' Representatives
of city, county, state and federal
agencies will meet in Portland
Tuesday for a conference on
flood planning and operations to
meet the potential flood threat
to Oregon this spring.
State Civil Defense Director
A. M. Sheets said the meeting
would cover reports and plans
from the state civil defense
agency, Portland and Multnom
ah county, the corps of engin
eers, state highway department,
weather bureau and American
Red Cross. ,
Representatives of the gover
nor's office and other federal
agencies also will participate
D'Autremont
Slated by Federal Judge
Portland (U.R) Federal
District Judge Gus J. Solomon
will hear arguments Monday for
a dismissal of a federal indict
ment against Hugh D'Autremont
which accuses him , of assault
against a ' railway clerk near
Ashland in 1923.
Hugh is the youngest of the
three D'Autremont - brothers
who murdered three trainmen
in the notorious Siskiyou train
robbery of 1923. The mail clerk
was killed by a dynamite charge
placed against the door of the
mail car.
The three, Roy, Ray and Hugh
were sentenced to. life impris
onment from Jackson county in
1927 for the murder of oo of
Sha
w una
llsworth
reoare
Congressman Harris Ells
worth was assailed as a "do
nothing" representative by a
Democratic aspirant for congress
here last night.
Dave Shaw, a Gold Beach at
torney and candidate for the
Democratic nomination for con
gress from Ellsworth's fourth
congressional district, in a
speech prepared for delivery at
a meeting of the Jackson County
Democratic club, said "All the
problems that troubled this dis-
Kefauver Says GOP
Doing 'Nothing'
On Water Problem
Los Angeles (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefuaver Saturday flatly pre
dicted there would be no Dem
ocratic "party bolt" in the south
over the segration issue.
At the same time, he attacked
the Eisenhower administration
cutting of the Air Force budget,
declaring the United States needs
an Air Force "second to none.
Charges Republicans
He also charged Republicans
with -doing "nothing" about the
water problem in the west and
apparently failing to recognize
the area's potentiality.
The Tennessee Democrat, on
a fast-paced tour to pick up
votes in the June California
presidential primary, told
press conference at Chino, Calif.,
east of here, where he attend
ed an American Legion lunch
eon: . -
"Tht south knows its best
friend is the Democratic party.'
At another meeting in the
23rfl congressional district here
he said the U.S. cannot afford
to have- a "second-best Air
Force.
The senator told farmers m
the Chino valley that the west
has made its greatest develop
ment under the Democratic ad
ministration and that it did not
appear Republicans recognized
the area's potentiality.
No Attempt . Made
He charged the GOP had made
no attempt to get irrigation and
hydroelectric projects started in
the water-hungry west. -
"They have done nothing about
the water problem, while we are
worrying about water, we still
have water flowing into the sea
from our rivers," he said.
Ashland Man Injured
In Siskiyou Accident
Jose Chacon, 24, of route 1,
box 413, Ashland, was seriously
injured about 6:30 last night
when his car went over an em
bankment on Highway 99 about
two miles north of the Siskiyou
summit, according to state po
lice. Police said that Chacon was
passing a Greyhound bus on a
curve when his car went, onto
the highway shoulder, traveled
about 200 feet, and went over
an embankment.
A nassenser in the car, Menced
Antnnin Channn. 20. also 'of
route 1, box 413, was not in
jured. Chacon was taken to Ashland
General hospital by Litwiller
ambulance and from there was
transferred to Sacred Heart hos
pital in Medford. He has been
employed as a railroad section
worker, police said.
Case Hearing
the trainmen. The other indict
ments have stood against them
since that time.
Phillip J. Roth, Portland at
torney for D'Autremont. said
his client had been ready and
willing to stand trial on the as
sault indictment since 1929 but
that the government had not
granted him the "speedy trial
to which he is entitled.
Roth contended in the motion
for dismissal that the indict
ments have been used to pre
vent him from receiving consid
eration for parole under Oregon
law.
United States Attorney Ed
Luckey has submitted a memor
andum in opposition to D'Aut-
remont'i motion for o-watsgal.
rges
trict six year ago, when I was
the Democratic nominee running
against Ellsworth are still press
ing." He added, "Your congressman
has done nothing about them."
The dinner meeting was at the
Phoenix Grange hall.
Survey Started
Shaw declared that a survey
on proposed flood control was
started 16 years ago, about the
time Ellsworth went to Congress
as representative of this district.
"By the year 1950," Shaw
said, "A long and exhaustive re
port had been issued from the
Bureau of Reclamation, a hear
ing had been held and all par
ties had full oportunity to be
heard."
He claimed that Ellsworth did
nothing to push the project and
recalled last December's flood
conditions in which destruction
to homes, crops, roads, public in
stallations and other property
ran into millions of dollars.
"What is your congressman's
solution now?" Shaw asked.
Another survey! It took 16
y e a r s to get the first one
through. Are we going to wait
another 16 years and then have
him come up with a third sur
vey?" He said, "I think you will
agree with me that the time has
come for action not double
talk."
The speaker pointed out ' the
annual flood danger and short
age of box cars that has been
apparent for several yers. "It's
getting worse, not better," he
declared. "Mills are forced to
shut down and men are out of
work, during the season when
there should be no unemploy
ment. What, in 16 years,' has
your congressman done to help
us out on this?" he asked.
Shaw stated that recent tim
ber hearings conducted through
out the northwest by a congres
sional subcommittee have dem
onstrated that $25 million is
not enough to develop access
needs for the 150 national for
ests in this country. "They
should be developed according
to good timber practices," he
said.
"It would be hard to find a
single specific incident in which
Ellsworth has shown real leader
ship in accomplishing anything
for the best interests of the peo
ple of the district he repre
sents," Shaw said. "He will
stand by while timber is
reaped by residents of Alabama
from a highly questionable min
ing claim, but he won't do any
thing to help the small operator
who lives in his own district get
his fair share of government tim
ber." The speaker continued his at
tack against Ellsworth by claim
ing, "He doesn't represent you
or me."
Shaw commented, "If you get
behind him and shove, he'll pro
vide leadership one step for
ward and two steps back."
Fluoridation Is
Favored by Society
Portland !U.R) The Oregon
State Medical society Saturday
said Oregon's practicing physi
cians are 9-to-l in favor of flu
oridation of the state's water
supplies'.
Unofficial results of a state
wide poll released yesterday by
the Public Policy committee of
the society showed that 1,081
physicians favor fluoridation,
while 116 doctors are opposed.
Ten doctors marked their bal
lots "undecided."
Dr. Russel L. Guiss of Salem,
chairman, of the policy commit
tee, said the survey results were
even more impressive when con
sidering the unusually high per
centage of physicians who par
ticipated in the poll. Of 1,615
member physicians of the Medi
cal society, 1,207 or 74.7 per
cent, returned their ballots.
"The 9-to-l margin indicates a
decided majority," Dr. Guiss
said.
The survey was taken to pro
vide Medical society officials
with an up-to-date report on the
opinion of the general member
ship regarding the issue of.
fluoridation.
Cayucos, Calif. (U.R) Two
men were downed and a third
was rescued five miles north of
here Saturday when their 10-foot
skiff was swamped in heavy
seat.