Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 26, 1956, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextEIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, April 26, 1956 Stevenson Accuses Administration of Eluding Responsibility New York (U.R; Adlai Ste venson accused the Eisenhower administration Wednesday night of shirking its "moral respon sibility" in the fields of civil rights and racial desegregation. The Democratic presidential aspirant charged the administra tion has failed to contribute to wards an atmosphere in which school desegragtion could be carried out "in tranquility and order." He also proposed overhauling the internal security system to protect rights of persons sus pected of disloyalty. About 2,200 Attend Stevenson's civil rights attack was made at a "tribute to Ste venson" dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. About 2,200 per sons paid $100 a plate to help finance Stevenson's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. President Eisenhower was not mentioned by name in Steven son's address. Neither was Vice President Richard M. Nixon whom Stevenson implied shared responsibility for "hate and hys teria" during the government's loyalty security investigations. In one of his most direct at tacks against the President, Ste venson said, "The achievement of equal rights for all citizens is, the great unfinished business before the United States." Amplifying the position he took in Portland, Ore., Steven son said the Supreme Court's decision requiring the desegre gation of schools would require social changes in some areas and would cause "massive prob lems" of adjustment. Place of Moral Leadership Stevenson said the President has the duty in such circum stances to reduce tensions and create a climate in which the changes ordered by the court may be accomplished peacefully. "The presidency is, above all, a place of moral leadership," Stevenson said. "Yet in these months of cru cial importance no leadership has been provided. The immense prestige and influence of the of fice has been withheld from those who honestly seek to carry out the law in a gathering storm and against rising resistance." A Nichol's Worth of . . . Comment On This and That By HARMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Feature Writer Washington (U.R) The traffic toll in Europe is appalling. But my faithful informant at Army head- quarters there in ureniidjiy, at last, are doing a little some thing about it. Two things, in fact. First, the cops in Frank- e j. i J Barman Nlcholi Iurt ndvc uc" creed that it is agin' the law for girls to ride "side-saddle" on motorcycles or motorbikes. The reason given in the of ficial directive is that if a lady rides across the tie-bar she upsets the balance. My friend reports another hazard. If the wind is in the wrong direction, the lady's i r 4 Rail Rale Increase Suspension Ordered Salem (U.R) Public Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Helt zel today suspended proposed six per cent rate increases in all intrastate rail rates except for grain and grain products. At the same time, the commis sion ordered a hearing on the proposed increases for May 8 in Salem. The commission said that since there appeared to be no opposi tion to the grain and grain prod ucts rate hikes, they should not be suspended. Originally the railroad filed tariffs for a seven per cent in crease in intrastate rates. These were suspended by the commis sion. Then the carriers filed for the six per cent increase. iast March 19, the Portland grain exchange voted that rail road freight rates intrastate on grain and grain products should be made uniform in Oregon with those' applicable to interstate traffic. Crown Zellerbach Opens Pilot Plant San Francisco U.R) Crown Zellerbach Corporation today announced the opening at Camas, Wash., of a pilot plant to pro duce dimethyl sulfide from waste materials of the kraft pulp-making process. . The plant, which employs a Swedish process held exclusive ly in North America by Zeller bach, has an eventual capacity of 2,000,000,000 pounds a year, the company said. It is expected to produce dime thyl sulfide in larger quantities and at a lower cost than ever before. Dimethyl sulfide is used as a sulphur carrier in agricul tural and rubber chemicals, as a base for certain solvents, and as an odorant or masking agent. Oregon Stamp Paper Due for Recognition Salem UJ.R) The world's only semi-weekly stamp collec tors' newspaper an Oregon product will be given national recognition next week at the fifth international philatelic ex hibition in New York as the re sult of a "plug" by Gov.-Elmo Smith. The governor sent greetings from Oregon to the exhibition in which he made special men tion of Western Stamp Collec tor, published at Albany. The paper goes twice a week to sub1 scribers in every state and about 100 other countries. Edited by William W. Wylie, the paper is the only stamp col lector's periodical on the Westj skirts are apt to wind up around her neck distracting men driv ers coming from the other direc tion. The second move to pare the traffic toll is adoption of the American custom of promoting a safe driving week. My friend, an Army major,; looks on all of this with a cer tain degree of misgiving. Beyond the Limit "Personal safety," he reports from long experience, "means nothing to the European. If he is legally right, he will push his luck to the limit. More often than not beyond the limit." The major says without fear of being sued for libel that bi cyclists mostly are out of their heads. Mostly, what they do is legal, but dangerous. "Motorcyclists are just as bad," he told me. "Statistics show that one in every 10 European motorcylists is dead like a dodo before he ever gets his bike paid for." The fellow or a gal on a pump ing kind of bike has the right of way at all times. "If you are running along at an easy 50 miles an hour and there is a bike in front of you, all the biker has to do to turn is to give you hand signal," the of ficer said. "If he's 20 feet ahead, you're lucky if you don't hit him because you never know whether he means he's running off to the right or left." Hills and Curves The American soldier is taught not to pass on hills or curves. To the European, that means nothing. When a man looks at his rearview mirror over there and sees a 15-ton truck followed by" a 15-torr trailer barreling down on him, he has one of two choices. Said my friend in his memo: "Try to outrun the guy, or get off the road." There are no speed limits, and some of the . souped-up midget cars have a lot of power. There are no inspections of, cars for lights or brakes. -And there are precious few cops to enforce what few traffic laws there are. "If the safety councils in America" had' that to contend with," my friend relates, "they would' puff their wigs, turn in their credentials and move into the woods. The major hopes that the safety campaign in Germany catches on and fast. Because of the large number of accidents, it cost him $245 for one year alone to insure his car against damage "But as of now," he adds, "it looks like a good investment." Nixon's Friends Sure That He Wants Number 2 Spot on Ticket Ft. Rock Basin Views Slated for Discussion Corvallis U.R Representa tives of Oregon State College and residents of the Fort Rock basin will talk over their con flicting views on economic pros pects of the basin in a meeting May 4. Findings of an OSC research study into the agricultural pros pects and economic future of the basin, published in the winter issue of "Oregon's Agricultural Progress," a farm quarterly printed by the college, resulted in court action in which an in junction was sought against fu ture articles. The injunction suit was re jected by Lane county court but the college has voluntarily with held any further articles until attempts can be made to bridge the gap between the conflicting opinions. Residents of the area contend that they have been hurt eco nomically by the. published ar Washington (U.R Friends of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon are sure that Nixon wants the number two spot on the Re publican presidential ticket again. President Eisenhower told his news conference Wednesday that Nixon had not given him a definite answer yet on whether he wants to be Mr. Eisenhow er's second-term running mate. On March 7 the President said he had told Nixon to "chart his own course" in regard to his political future and report back to him. But Wednesday he said he had received no answer from Nixon on which he would re gard as definitive. Friends of Nixon said, how ever, there is little doubt he would seek the vice-presidential nomination. They noted these developments in Nixon's behalf: Popular With Voters The President has said he would be happy to have Nixon on the ticket. The spontaneous and sizable i write-in vote for Nixon in the Four Youths Killed As Car Leaves Road Pontiac, Mich. U.R) Four youths, two of them in their teens, were killed and a fifth was injured when their car shot off a curve and hit a tree near here early today, police said. Killed were George Hampton, 20; Arthur Farnsworth, 19: Lon nie V. Stone, 21, and Robert D. Wilson. 16, all of Waterford Twp. Wayne Cunningham, 23, Saginaw, was hospitalized in fair condition. New Hampshire primary where the balloting was not for a vice presidential choice at all indi cated Nixon retains popularity with the voters. Most Republican state and na tional leaders have indicated in numerous polls that they want Nixon again. Other political news: Adlai E. Stevenson, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, accused Mr. Eisen hower Wednesday night of fail ing to give the nation "moral leadership" toward racial de segregation. Sen. Estes Kefauver, in a speech to the Vassar College faculty at ' Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Wednesday, charged that rela tions among nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organi zation have "deteriorated" dur ing the Eisenhower administra tion. He called for passage of his Senate' resolution which would promote a top-level NATO con vention to broaden the treaty or ganization's functions in eco nomic and political fields. Lateness of Spring Confirmed in Chicago Chicago (U.R) The Cook county forest preserve district today officially confirmed what shivering Chicagoans had sus pected all along spring is late this year. The district said in a special bulletin that the arrival of spring is at least a week and a half late this year in Chicago 'the latgt it has been in the last 10 years. , Both parties continued argu-i ing over the significance of the' outcome of the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts primaries. Repub lican National Chairman Leon ard W. Hall noted that Mr. Esi enhower got more GOP votes in both states than Stevenson did Democratic votes. But Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler noted Democratic gains in both states. Small Mill Burns Near Springfield Springfield, Ore. (U.R) A small .lumber mill on the Old Coburg road five miles north west of here was destroyed by fire yesterday with damage esti mated at $5,000. The mill em ployed four men, including the owner, Clifford Engle. Tmicrpts Pot 50.4 per cent of the total vote in Massachusetts wnereas Republicans received 82.4 per cent in 1952, Butler said. 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