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fir. tiihtinf school held here
appears on pate 12 of today's
Mail Tribune.
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To Hear 1
Mrs. Roo
One
of
the largest dinner
record in southern
crowds on
Oregon is expected tomorrow
night to hear an address by Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of the
late President, will speak on the
United "Nations, to which she has
been a United States delegate in
several capacities. The Monday
event is the sixth annual Roose
velt Memorial dinner, honoring
her husband.
May Reach 1.000
' More than 700 firm reserva-
tions forihe dinner have already
been made, and the total. may
go over 1,000 by tomorrow night,
according to Mrs. Edward C,
Kelly, dinner chairman. The
event will be in the gymnasium
of the E. H. Hedrick Junior High
school.
Mrs. Roosevelt will arrive
from San Francisco at the Med-
ford airport at 5:35 p.m., to be
greeted by local Democrats and
by Robert Holmes, Astoria,
Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Oregon, who will intro-
duct the speaker, pinch-hitting
for Sen. Wayne Morse, who was
detained in Washington
The party will stop briefly at
the television station where Mrs.
Roosevelt will be invited to
broadcast a brief greeting to TV
viewers and then will proceed to
Mrs. Kelly's home.
Cafeteria Style
Doors at the junior high school
will open at 6 p.m., and those
attending will be admitted and
served, cafeteria style, immed
iately. The program will start
promptly at 7 p.m.
. Robert Boyer, Democratic cen
tral committee chairman, will be
master of ceremonies, and will
Introduce guests, including top
state Democratic candidates.
Robert Duncan will read mes
sages from Senator, Morse, Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger, and
James Roosevelt, and L. Peers
Wilmenth, Ashland, will present
Mrs. Roosevelt with a gift from
the local group.
There will be no speeches
other than Mrs. Roosevelt's. She
will answer questions for 15 min
utes after her talk. Those with
questions are asked to submit
them briefly in writing.
County Delegations
Delegations plan to attend the
dinner from Jackson, Josephine,
Klamath, Douglas, Lane, Wash
ington and Multnomah county,
and others, Mrs. Kelly said.
Mrs. Roosevelt will hold a
half-hour press conference at the
Kelly home at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday
before appearing at a meeting of.
United Nations association mem
bers at 9:30 a.m. at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C. Rease Braley,
Body of Eureka Man
Found .By Searchers
Eureka, Calif. (U.R) The
body of Albert J. Irene, 49, of
Eureka, was found Friday not
far from where he abandoned
his truck last Dec. 31 when
caught in a snowstorm.
Three men driving cattle on
the Tooby-Prior ranch in the
Fort Seward area found the
body. A $2,000 reward had been
posted for information on Irene
after he disappeared while en
route to Fort Seward to repair
a tractor.
County Court
Of Building Saturday; Decision Tuesday
Members of the Jackson coun
ty court will decide Tuesday
whether or not the courthouse
will close Saturdays.
The court decided to defer
action on the proposed closure
at an executive session Friday
afternoon after public hearing.
At the start of the hearing
Judge Rodney Keating read a
petition signed by 116 courthouse
personnel. They asked that the
building remain open only Mon
day through Friday in keeping
with the practice- established in
most other Oregon counties.
Letters to Others
The judge said letters had
been sent to the 35 other coun
ties in Oregon and replies indi
cated Harney county's court
house is the only one in the
state now open on Saturdays.
A recently passed Oregon law
provides a courthouse may may
close Saturdays if a public hear
ing indicates the majority of
resident ui ki favor.
Talk By
osevelt
Valleyview dr. and Capitol ave.
S"e wiu leave y air at 11:35
a.m. for San Francisco, where
she has two other talks billed
that day.
Monday's dinner is under the
joint sponsorship- of the local
Democratic party and the United
Nations group.
Kefauyer lashes
McKay in Portland
Speech Saturday
' Portland (U.R) Sen. Estes
Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said Satur
day that "the fat cats and big
mules of the predatory interests"
will pour money into Oregon
this fall in an effort to defeat
Sen. Wayne Morse for re-elec
tion.
In a speech prepared for the
Oregon Young Democratic club
convention, Kefuaver lashed out
at former Secretary of Interior
Douglas McKay who resigned
his cabinet post to seek Morse's
seat.
Kefauver, who is campaigning
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, said McKay "per
sonifies" the Eisenhower admin
istration which, he said, "lias
put a ceiling on the progress of
the west ... by its failure in the
field of (natural) resource.
Kefauver praised both Morse
and Sen. Richard E. Neubeger,
Oregon's other Democratic sen
ator, as fighters "for a decent,
liberal, prosperous America and
a peaceful world."
He said Morse, a former Re
publican, "has often stood like
the boy with his finger in the
hole in the dike, keeping the
land from being inudated by
the galloping giveaways.
"No wonder the Republicans
hate him. No wonder the fat
cats and big mules of the pred
atory interests will be pouring
money into this state this fall
in an unending stream" he said.
"No wonder the Republican
party's propaganda experts will
be as numerous in Oregon this
fsll as fleas on a lazy dog."
U.S. Investigates
Russian UN Delegate
Washington (U.R) The
United States has been quietly
investigating Arkady A. Sobo
lev, Russia's chief delegate to
the United Nations, to decide
whether his conduct warrants
expelling him from this country.
Sworn testimony before the
Senate Internal Security subcommittee-has
indicated that
Sobolev may have been the key
figure in luring five fugitive
Russian sailors back to the So
viet Union two weeks ago.
The State department brushed
aside inquiries about Sobolev
with the reply that the case was
"under study." An official said
he could not say when a decision
would be reached.
Monterey, Calif. (U.R) John
B. Vichols, an aircraft executive
warned Saturday that Russia is
outdistancing the United States
in producing technical manpow
er. Defers Action
Among those voicing protests
were a timber cruiser and the
wife of another timber cruiser.
They claimed it was necessary
for them to transact business at
the courthouse on Saturdays and
they would be obliged to take
time off work if the building
were closed that day.
A Gold Hill farmer inquired
if the five-day courthouse week
would necessitate hiring added
added personnel and result in
increased taxes. He stated he had
no objection to the Saturday
closure if it would not increase
taxes. It was indicated that no
personnel increases would be
necessary.
A large delegation of court
hovse employees were present.
Alro advocating the closure was
a representative of the local
Business and Professional Wo
men's organization, Oregon bar
association members and some
local businessmen. Mrs. Nellie
W. Burns, Ashland justic of tfl
peaeo, wat also present.
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DENTAL SURVEY Dr. G. H. Price examines
the teeth of third grader Opal Williams at
Lincoln school. Waiting her turn is Karen
Boyd, also in the third grade. Looking on
are Mrs. Earl W. Hall, PTA volunteer assist
ant, and Mrs. DeLores Rabjohn, school nurse.
President
Attend Hearing in KVSe
Donald Russell, president of
the Southern Pacific railroad,
has been invited to attend next
Thursday's hearing on SP south
ern Oregon passenger service in
Medford, it was reported Satur
day. John Pletsch, former presi
dent of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce and
chairman of a temporary com
mittee which is endeavoring to
obtain full representation at the
hearing, wired Russell Saturday
morning.
Population Cited ,
He said, "residents of southern
Oregon will voice their opinions
on lack of passenger service to
this important segment of SP's
service area and its 200,000 peo
ple," at the hearing.
The wire continued, "As a
former Jacksonville resident, we
feel you would have a vital in
terest in our p r o b 1 e m's . We
would welcome your attend
ance."
The hearing, to be held in the
federal courtroom in the MeH-1
ford post office starting at 10
a.m. Thursday, will be conduct
ed by Clifford W. Ferguson, rail
transportation division head for
the state public utilities commis
sioner. Order Disregarded
The hearing was called by the
PUC after the SP last year dis
regarded a PUC order to con
tinue service. The SP contended
the PUC order was' ineffective
until after a hearing was held.
A similar hearing will be held in
Roseburg Tuesday.
A group of men met here Fri
day night to discuss ways and
means of emphasizing to the
public of Jackson county the im
portance of attending the hear
ing, if the SP is to be forced to
resume passenger service be
tween Eugene and Ashland.
The two-hour meeting was
held in the office of State Sen.
Philip B. Lowry, who, with two
other state senators, has institut
ed legal action seeking to force
the SP to resume passenger ser
vice. 'Systematic Murder'
Many people do not realize
just how the SP has discrimin
ated against southern Oregon,
On Closure
It was also suggested that
another hearing on the matter
be held on a Saturday to ac
commodate those unable to at
tend the Friday hearing because
of work or other obligations.
40-Hour Week
Commissioner Chester Wendt
reported that most counties in
which courthouses are closed
Saturdays have established a
40-hour work week. This would
necessitate opening the court
at 8 a.m. instead of 8:30 a.m.,
the hour it now opens.
If the proposed closure is ap
proved, special provisions would
be made to open the assessor's
office on Saturday during the
tax period and to open the elec
toins department when the last
day of voter registration falls on
a Saturday.
The jail and legal department
and county agent's office would
remain open regardless of "the
court's decision. The resident
circuit judge would also remain
oa Saturday morning.
of SP Invite
because the railroad has done a
systematic job, for 30 years, of
murdering passenger service,"
Ron Gandee told the group. He
pointed out that ever since the
Natron cutoff was completed in
the mid-1920's, taking the SP's
main line east of the mountains,
the railroad has deliberately and
systematically reduced and de
emphasized passenger service.
As a result, he said, most of
the many relative newcomers to
Medford, Ashland and their en
virons, simply don't have any
way of realizing how they5 have
been deprived of service ' to
which they are entitled. Because
of this, many of them don't care,
Gandee stated.
'Good' Service Aim
The whole point of the at
tempts to force the SP to give
service is to require "good" ser
vice, and not the totally inade
quate service provided by the
"Nightcrawler," or "Rogue Riv
er Rocket," as the last, single
passenger trains were called,
those attending declared.
Senator Lowry also stated that
there is a broader issue at stake
here than simply a public utility
failing to perform its obliga
tions. This, he said, is the ques
tion of whether the people can
assure their own rights against
the whims of a monopoly util
ity. "None of them behave much
better than the people make
them behave," the senator said.
"It is a question of whether a
utility is going to dictate the ex
tent of our economic develop
ment.' They can be beaten, but
only if the people show an in
terest in retaining their own
rights."
Senator Lowry emphasized
the importance of individual
Miss Krisfa Baker Is
Sweepstakes Winner
Miss Krista Baker, a 1955
Pear Festival princess, was
grand sweepstakes winner for
the best float design in Satur
day's Pear Blossom Festival
parade with her "Blossom from
Pear-a-dise" float.
She was the center of a large
pear "blossom" pulled in a small
float by Tommy Vickoren.
Best Theme
The "Pear of Blossoms" float
by the Medford Lady Lions won
the grand sweepstakes for best
theme portrayal and originality
with Nancy Tomjack and Sherry
Jewett forming blossoms in the
float.
Medford Jaycetteg entry of
Little Black Sambo, portrayed
by theiri young sons and daugh
ters, won the sweepstakes award
as the best comic float. All
sweepstakes winners received
$50.
More than 100. floats were
entered, depicting all phases of
the pear industry from the blos
som, to heating pots, to the "fin
ished product."
Hundreds of spectators lined
the Main st. route of the parade
and attended ceremonies in Haw
thorne park. .
Leads Parade
Queen Connie Jean Hanscom,
3. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Hanscom, Central Point, led the
parade, accompanied by Prin
cesses Sherry Lynn Graves, Jan
et Kent, Barbara Urie, Raenne
Lynn Baum and Greta Kathleen
LLund.
The examinations were held at Lincoln Fri
day as part of the dental health survey com
pleted last week in Medford and Ashland
schools. Results of the Medford survey will
be announced early next week.
(Brainerd's photo).
d to
dford
participation in the hearing, and
said he hopes anyone who feels
the SP is, in fact, deciding things
for southwestern Oregon which
it has no right to decide, will
appear at the hearing to give a
statement.
The hearing is expected to be
informal, he said.
Those attending, including
representatives from the Med
ford Central Labor council, and
the Ashland and Jackson County
Chambers of Commerce, laid
plans ' to reach the. largest pos
sible number of. people . before
Thursday to invite their partici
pation in the hearing.
Groups to Join
Am'ong groups which are ex
pected to be represented are in
dustry, the fruit packers, Camp
White veterans, the bakers of the
area, mortuaries, and others who
need and would use adequate
rail transportation. The Shakes
pearean Festival has an interest
in it, i'; was pointed out, as do
other organizations catering to
the touirst trade.
Senator Lowry, who has in
vestigated other cases of rail
passenger abandonment in re
cent years, said this one is the
only instance where a vast econ
omic area, with a population of
some 200,000, has been left
without a vestige of such service.
Participation in the hearing is
only part of the campaign to
force SP to provide modern pas
senger service, it was pointed
out. The federal government is
also interested in the legal impli
cations involved in early rail
road land grants which subsidiz
ed the SP and its predecessor,
and the fact that stipulations in
the grants required perpetual
service to the area.
Taking part in the park pro
gram wese Medford Mayor Earl
Miller, Otto Ewaldsen, president
of the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce, and Gene Ferrell,
president of the Festival associa
tion. Crater High school band pre
sented a concert preceding prize
awarding and the queen's tro
phy. Winners Listed
Parade winners included:
Commercial float division Eve
Prentice accordion band, first
prize, $25; Jackson County Fed
eral Savings and Loan, second,
SI 5; and Big Y Market, third,
$10.
Organizational floats Gold
Hill grange, first, $25; Pack L
Cub Scouts, second, $15; and
Griffin Creek grange, third, $10.
Individual floats Sandra
Joyce, Cheryl Hall, Vicki Hall
and Tommy Kerr, first, $25;
Debbie and Glennie Rader, sec
ond, $15; and Scott McDonald,
third, $10.
Costumed walking groups
John Pierce, first. $10; Griffin
Creek Brownies Troop 37, sec
ond, $5; and Brownie TrooD No.
149, third, $2.50.
Best decorated bicycles or
similar vehicles Terry Ches
ney, Sherry Fellows, and Candy
Chesney, first; $10; Lee Nelson,
Andrew Christianson, Dale and
Dennis Carson, Jay Chilcot and
Paul Branchfield, second, $5;
Judy Cnastain, third, $2.50.
PACT S1D
President Defends
Foreign Policy in
Offf-The-Cuffff Talk
Takes Challenge of
Stevenson on Question
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower, defending his ad
ministration's foreign policy
against a slashing attack by
Adlai E. Stevenson, asserted last
night that the "facts" of recent
history show that America is
winning the cold war. '
In an impromptu and .often
emotional speech before the
American Society of Newspaper
Editors, Mr. Eisenhower cited
the recent shift in Russian tac
tics as the latest and best evi
dence that U. S. policy during
the past three years has been
successful.
After Prepared Speech
" Mr. Eisenhower spoke to the
editors . for 15 minutes off the
cuff, after a prepared 30-minute
foreign policy address.
Although he did not mention
Stevenson by name Mr. Eisen
hower was clearly replying to
his 1952 Democratic opponent
who had spoken before a lunch
meeting of the ASNE only 10
hours earlier.
Stevenson asserted that the
United States is "dangerously
close" to losing its world leader
ship because the Eisenhower ad
ministration has "clung stub
bornly" to a "rigid" unimagin
ative foreign policy that is no
match for Russia's new tactics.
- Stevenson -challenged Mr.
Eisenhower to answer the ques
tion: . , ' i
"Do you think we are winning
or losing ground in the competi
tion with the Communist
world?" .
Takes Challenge
Taking up the challenge, Mr
Eisenhower told the editors that
"many people here at home say
we are losing the cold war." .
"Many take the opposite view
point," he said with rising emo
tion. "They can point to facts
rather than allegations."
Mr. Eisenhower then licked
off what he contended were vic
tories, at least in part, for the
free world during his admini
stration. He cited Russia's chan
ging policies as the prime and
most recent evidence of the suc
cess of his policies.
Bill Repealing
Surtax Planned
Salem (U.R) The state le
gislature's interim committee on
taxation Saturday ordered Sam
Haley, legislative counsel, to
draft a bill repealing the 45 per
cent surtax on incomes.
The tax study committee will
present a proposed sales tax
m. asure to the next session of
the state legislature but what
type of sales tax will be recom
mended has not been decided by
the group yet.
Some members indicated that
several features of the 1955 sales
tax measure, which was passed
by the House and then defeated
in the Senate, would be incor
porated in the new proposed
legislation. The 1955 (bill called
for a 3-cent levy.
The 45 per cent surtax on in
comes passed by the last legisla
ture, has come in for consider
able criticism from taxpayers.
The bill was retroactive to in
clude 1955 incomes.
Morgan Replys to
Hitchcock Statement
Portland (U.R) Democratic
State Chairman Howard Morgan
issued a scornful reply Saturday
to Phil Hitchcock's statement
that the Republican senatorial
hopeful had been responsible for
! Sen. Wayne L. Morse cancelling
a scheduled visit to Oregon this
week.
"The record will show, Mor
gan said, "that as a Republican,
Independent and as a Democrat,
Wayne Morse had never hesitat
ed . to cancel engagements in
Oregon or elsewhere when im
portant legislation is scheduled
for debate on the Senate floor."
Morgan said "this is not the
first time" that Hitchcock "has
deliberately sought to misinform
the voteji."
Poppy Seeds Dropped
In Memory of Pyle
Fort Buckner, Okinawa
(U.R) A U. S. Army plane
Saturday dipped its wing in
salute and showered poppy
seeds over iht tiny island ef
Ie-Shima. where famed war
correspondent Ernie Pyle was
killed II years ago.
The poppy seeds were a gift
from G.I.'s assigned to the
Korean Military Advisory
Group in Taegu as a memorial
io the news correspondent who
wrote about the G.I.'s of
World War II.
Two Egyptian Jets
Force U.S. Plane
To Land Near Suez
Cario (U.R) Two Egyptian jet
fighter planes forced an Amer
ican military transport plane to
land last week, the U. S. embas
sy said Saturday. The Egyptians
thought the transport was flying
over a secret military base.
However, an embassy spokes
man said the Dakota transport,
en route from Tehran, Iran, to
Cairo, was delayed only 45 min
utes. He said no protest had been
lodged with the Egyptian gov
ernment. Happened April 14
The spokesman said the inci
dent took place April 14. He
said the plane was carrying 17
passengers, members of the
.American military mission to Ir
an, and their relatives, and a
crew of four.
The American plane was shad
owed by five Egyptian jets as it
flew along the Israeli coast, the
spokesman said. Just south of
Port Said in the Suez Canal
zone, two Egyptian Air . Force
Meteor jet fighters forced the
plane to land.
The transport set down at Fay
id Airfield in the Canal zone.
Egyptian Air Force personnel
questioned the American crew
members and pointed out that
radar showed the Dakota had
flown over the restricted area of
the El Arish military base.
Deny Charge
The Americans denied ' the
charge. When the Egyptians de
termined that no photographs
had been taken the transport
was allowed -to continue on to
Cairo, the embassy said.
The American spokesman
quoted both" passengers and
crewmen as saying they were
treated courteously by the Egyp
tian authorities. Reports from
Tehran had quoted passengers
as saying they had been "treated
roughly."
French Troops Wipe
Out Diehard Rebels
Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Vet
eran French colonial troops
wiped out the diehard rem
nants of a strong rebel band in
a wild charge up a heavily
wooded hillside barely 15 miles
from the big city of Constantine
Saturday.
French authorities reported 40
rebel bodies were found on the
battlefield on the outskirts of
the dusty settlement of Grarem
Six French soldiers were killed
and at least nine wounded.
Russian Leaders Showered
With Leaflets in London
London (U.R) Lativian refu
gees showered the touring Rus
sian leaders with anti-Communist
leaflets Saturday and thous
ands of boisterous Oxford uni
versity students lampooned them
by a singing "Poor Old Joe."
. Firecrackers set off by stu
dents momentarily alarmed the
Russians and their security
guards. But for the most part,
Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin
and Communist Party Chief
Nikita S. Krushchev appeared to
enjoy the demonstration.
Sources in London said the
Russians are prepared to offer
cash-hungry Britain payment in
gold for shipments of exports, in
cluding currently embargoed
strategic goods, to Russia. Brit
ain was expected to refuse on
grounds that she cannot relax
the ban without getting approval
J El I ft
Treaty Strengthens
Arab Armed Forces
In Tense Mid-East
Egypt, Saudi Arabia,
Yemen Sign Agreement
Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Egypt,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen sign
ed a three-power military pact
Saturday to strengthen AraD
armed forces in the tense Mid
dle East.
The treaty was signed at th
Saudi-Arabain diplomatic cap
ital of Jedda after a meeting
of the three heads of govern
ment. Premier Gamal Abdel
Nasser signed for Egypt, King
Saud for Saudi-Arabia, and
Iman Ahmen for Tiny Yemen.
The new Middle East, pact
dovetails with a simjlar mutual
defense pact drawn up last year
between Egypt and Syria.
'Southern Tier
Attempts have been made to
get Jordan to join the network
of alliances which form a
"southern tier" of military de
fenses. The "northern tier ' is
composed of the five Baghdad,
pact nations which Egypt, Syria
and Saudi Arabia have denounc
ed. Under the new agreement,
Yemen probably will get Egypt
ian arms and its poorly-organized
forces will be trained by Egypt
ians, sources said.
As in the Egyptian-Syrian,
pact, the new alliance is ex
pected to be set up under a un
ified military command.
Other Developments ;
The signing occurred In th
midst of these other develop
ments: .
1. In Beirut, Lebanan, U.N.
Secretary General Dag Ham
marsrakjold conferred for two
hours with Lebanese Foreign
MinisterSelim Lahoud. It was
reported that Hammarskjold
would travel to Jordan next
Tuesday for further peacemak
ing talks.
2. Demonstrations and strikes
erupted in Syria over French,
policy in Moslem Algeria. More
than 15,000 parade in Damas
cus, but there was no violence
reported.
3. In Moscow, the Soviet gov
ernment newspaper Izvestia ac
cused the United States and
Britain of deliberately inciting
trouble in the Middle East as an
excuse for "direct military in
tervention." Benson, Ike Confer
On Price Supports
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower conferred Saturday
with Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson on the admin
istration's plan to provide price
support for midwestern corn
growers who overplant their
acreage allotments.
Benson told reporters after
ward that he will announce
"shortly" the support price that
will be provided under the new
program.
Benson said he and the presi
dent also discussed the other
boosts in farm price supports
ordered by Mr. Eisenhower when
he vetoed the farm bill.. Benson
said it touched "in only a gen-
i eil way" on the administration's
soil bank proposal.
from the United States and other
NATO allies.
The Russians, who are known
to want industrial . equipment,
machine tools and tankers from
the West, have hinted at gold
payments in terms of hundreds
of millions of dollars, the sources
said.
The singing students' parody
of "Old Black Joe," kidded the
Russians about the current anti
Stalin line. They surrounded
the Soviet leaders at every stop,
and one group of them burst into
"Yo Ho Heave Ho," to the tune
.of the "Volga Boatman."
The Soviet delegation left Ox
ford after a tour of the colleges
and historic sites and drove di
rectly to Chequers, Prime Min
ister Sir Anthony Eden's country
estate, for a private week end of
talks.