XiaHT MEDrORD OHEGOIT)
Ike's Signing of Senator George
Proves He's No Political Amateur
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Preif Correspondent
Washington CU.R) Dwight
David Eisenhower can pick up
His card any time now in the
aneient and
honorable or
der of political
operators.
The profes
sional soldier
who became an
amateur poli
tician is no am
ateur now. His
latest maneu
Lyio c. WiUoo
ver came right
out of the Roosevelt-Truman
book of tricks, a fat volume.
He's signed Democratic Chair
man Walter F. George of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee for the Eisenhower team.
At least, the retiring senator
has indicated he will take the
job, and it seems now that the
senator will be in uniform when
the presidential campaign be
gins. If so, the planned Demo
cratic attack on Eisenhower for
eign policy will be hampered in
some areas.
Eyes and Ears
George's activities will be as
the President's eyes and ears in
the sphere of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. United
States defenses and what Presi
dent Eisenhower has or has not
done about them rank high
among the issues which Demo
crats are raising.
Former President Truman
made a similar play for protec
tion when he borrowed John I
Foster Dulles from the Repub
lican brain trust as a top-level
foreign policy adviser. FDR per
Probe Launched
In Ship Explosion
Alameda, Calif. (U.R) An
Investigation was launched today
to determine the cause of an ex
plosion and flash fire that kill
ed one worker and injured seven
others aboard a tanker in dry
dock at Todd Shipyards.
Todd officials said gas fumes
In the forward pumpwell of the
General Petroleum tanker Syos
set may have been ignited from
a spark, possibly caused by the
dropping of a metal took or the
scuffing of a nail in a workman's
shoe.
Leon Evans, 46, Oakland, was
killed when the explosion blew
him out of the well and slammed
him against a warping winch.
Some of the injured men were
tossed about 15 feet into the air
by the force of the blast.
The explosion occurred short
ly after 11 a.m. yesterday and
was felt and heard over a large
part of Alameda and Oakland.
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formed the political trick of the
generation, however, in 1940.
He brought two notable Repub
licans into his cabinet in June
of that year the late Frank
Knox as secretary of Navy and
the late Henry L. Stimson as sec
retary of war.
Shortly after defeating Repub
lican presidential candidate Wen
dell L. Willkie the following No
vember, Mr. Roosevelt kidnaped
him, too, and sent him roving
around the world. There was a
strong Republican flavor, at
least, to the wartime Roosevelt
administration. That was a sub
stantial factor in Republican dif
ficulties in the 1944 election in
which former Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey of New York made his
first White House try.
Has Great Prestige -
George's prestige in and out
of his party is as. great as that
of any of the men borrowed by
Mr. Truman or Mr. Roosevelt.
He's the senator of longest serv
ice, his party's principal spokes
man on foreign affairs. It is not
A Nichol's. Worth of . . .
Comment On
By HARMAN W. NICHOLS
United Press Feature Writer
Monroeville, Pa. (U.R) It
looked like a drinking fountain,
for sure I turned it on and got
a gush of wa
ter in both
eyes. Dr. Rob
ert B. Mears,
director of the
new applied
research labor
atory for Unit-
ed r-States
Steel, explain
ed that the
HarmsD Nichols g u s n e r was
part oi the safety program.
The eye-wash deal was locat
ed outside of a section where
dangerous acid was being used in
the experimental lab. In case a
man, by accident, gets a dash of
acid in his eyes, water is said to
be the best flush. And where
there is that danger, water, is
always handy. .
In the same corridor, there are
showers that come out of the
ceilings, right in the aisle. In
case a worker gets acid on his
work-clothes there also are "fire
blankets" cut loose from the
walls by a handle device, in case
flames have to be put out in a
hurry.
This sort of business of pre
venting accidents goes on all the
time at the . multi-million dollar
research center. It is a wooded
142-acre hilltop tract, which
looks more like a college campus
than a place where great minds
of the steel industry test things
for strength of fiber and aimed
at leading mere man toward a
more comfortable life.
Safety Carried Home
"We like to tell people," Dr.
Mears said, "that our workers
carry their safety learning home.
And also we are proud of our
many safety awards as are oth
er steel companies-
"We know, and there are sta
tistics to prove it, that the steel
workers are three times as safe
at work as they are at home."
Dr. Mears gave some for in
stances, as far as USS is con
cerned. '
Our people," he said, "see
' s&t ill
Nothing
finer .
in ;
American
taste. i
Thursday, May 10. 19SS
likely that George will be ad
versely critical of the President,
who was quick to offer a hand
when time combined with the
ambitions of a younger man back
home convinced George he prob
ably could rot be reelected.
Getting George on the team
was good politics from any an
gle. The President's batting av
erage in the political league has
been steadily improving. Take
the farm issue. - Congressional
Democrats- may or may not have
played for a veto on the - farm
bill. There is no doubt, however,
that Democratic - leaders . were
convinced that Mr. Eisenhower"
veto would hit the Republicans
hard in the Midwest. ; -
This week's presidential pri
mary returns from Indiaaa do
not appear to support that con-,
viction. On the contrary, there is
some evidence that Democratic
farm subsidy strategy has back
fired. In his third year of office,
Mr. Eisenhower is showing that
he . understands the political
game.
This and That
movies on safety in the shop. Al
so on safety on the highways to
and from work."
If a man learns how to use a
sturdy ladder in the shop" to keep
him from breaking a bone, it is
the belief that of the steel high
command that he will carry it
home in the form of a lecture
to his little woman.
The well-trained-, worker buys
his wife a ladder? sq that she
wont'' risk life and limf mount
ing a wobbly chair to get a can
of cocoa off the top shelf.
Other Things
Other things, too, like turning
off the jet on a stove before
turning your back on it for any
length of time.
Dr. Mears also pointed to the
fact that one of the most painful,
but generally unserious casual
ties around a plant of any kind
is the handling of "paper.
"A paper cut," he said, "can
be annoying. But it can be pre
vented. We teach our secretaries
to wet a finger before handling
bond paper like we use for im
portant correspondence. A cut of
that kind could put one of our
young ladies on the 'siclc list.'
She has very little excuse, if she
follows our rules." 1
The steel folks would like- us
to know that most of the safety
devices like the eye-wash,- the
showers and the blankets seldom
are used. T' V
Prevention of accidents is ped
dled like the gospel. . "-'s
Youth Injured Slightly ...
In Bike, Auto Mishap
Andrew Ray , Boyle, 11, 422
South Riverside ave., suffered
minor bruises Tuesday when the
bicycle he was riding collided
with a car operated by Ernest
Ingatius Flakus, 612 South J St.,
at the rear of an alley at 437
South Central ave., according to
Medford police.'
Boyle s injuries were not seri
ous and he walked home witn
his mother, police said. No cita
tions were issued.
Iowa Claims First
In Chicken Production
Des Moines (U.R) Iowa, for
many years the nation's top corn
state, now claims to be first in
chicken production.
The Iowa Development Com
mission reported today that Iowa
farmers produced 29,650,000
chickens during 1955, nearly. 8
per cent of all the chickens in
the United States. ' . ' "
Russia Warned
On Aggression
Bomv Germany (U.R) Gen.
Alfred M. Gruenther warned
.Russia today that .aggression
against any member of the At
lantic;' Pact would be met in a
single shattering, stroke by the
tactical atomic weapons of the
West.
."Our strategy, is based inti
mately .on. atomic, weapons to
deter any active aggression,"
.the supreme allied commander
in Europe told a press confer
ence here.
-"Those tactical atomic weap
ons would definitely be used to
.repulse such; an' aggression' by
the Soviets ii.it ever came about
i-. . "Thosel-weapons will be de
livered in the event of an ag
gression with a single stroke by
air power, by guided missiles,
by rockets and by artillery.
All of these means of deliver
ing atomic warheads are known
to be already in position on the
West's front line in Germany.
Gruenther refused to. say wheth
er thjsgpact has any actual atomic
weapons in this country. .
The1 general warned Western
Europe not to be deluded by
Russia's current "campaign of
smiles" into believeing that vi
gilance and unity are any less
necessary than they were when
the pact was formed seven years
ago.
Israel Intercepts
British Aircraft
Jerusalem,' (Israeli Sector)
U.R) Israeli fighter aircraft
forced a British passenger plane
to land at Lydda Airport today.
The ,British plane later was
allowed to leave after Israeli
officials questioned - its crew.
Col. Nehemia Brosh, the Is
raeli military spokesman, said
the British plane had violated
Israeli airspace.
Brosh said the plane flew, over
Sodom, Beersheba, Kir Am Ash
kelon . and Tel ; Aviv all within
Israel.
An Israeli sEghter; plane inter
cepted 41e British '-aircraft off
Caesaria '-.'arid called , several
times for the plane tq identify
itself, hersaidt -...' :
After no replies were received
from the- British -plane, the
spokesman said, the Israeli fight-
err gave the-sign to the passeng
er aircraft to land.
-'' It "set' down at Lydda Airport
near Tel Aviv and after the crew
was questioned the uilot was
granted- permission to leave.
Full details of the incident
were not available immediately.
Doctors, Lawyers
Hold Joint Meeting
The first annual joint meeting
of the Jackson County Medical
society and the Jackson County
Bar association was held -Wednesday
night at the Rogue Val
ley . Country club. Eighty-four
members of ..the. two professions
attended. ' ' )
Piarifojrj-establishment of a
joint committee of members of
the two; societies were formu
lated arid : a -physician-lawyer
golf tournament was proposed
to precede the . next meeting.
Dr-Alvin .Roberts,' Central
Point;jpresident of the medical
society presided. Paul' Haviland,
president of the bar association,
spoke on ' "Principles Governing
Certain -.Physician-Lawyer Rela
tionships," which was discussed
by a panel of members of both
groups. Otto Frohnmayer " was
moderator. Panelists were Wil
liam McAllister, Dr. June Byers,
Edward Q. Kelly, Dr. M. L.
Vorheis, Dr. Ralph Thompsen,
Haviland, Dr. Ralph Hibbs, War
ren Lesseg and Robert Dickey.
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Churchill Sees
Russia Eventually
In Spirit of NATO
Aachen, Germany OJ.R)
Winston Churchill said today if
the Kremlin's down-with-Stalin
movement is sincere he sees no
reason why Russia cannot ev
entual!. "join in the spirit" - of
the Atlantic pact. .-
The 81-year-old former Prime
Minister, here to be honored for
his own aid to European unity,
said the West's best hope of ach
ieving' it lies in the pact's grand
alliance of the European powers,
linked with Canada and the
United States."
Russians Must Have Part '
' He added that, although the
United States has so far taken
the lead in cementing the his
torically divided nations of Eur
ope, Russia also "must have her
part" in a real unification of the
continent.
Churchill, told a blue ribbon
audience that Europe's problems
can be solved more easily by
united East-West action than "by
rival blocks confronting each
other with suspicion and hostil
ity." The British veterans' unoffic
ial proposal amounted to an en
dorsement of the Russian idea,
rejected by the West at Geneva,
that East and West should , seek
means of joining 'forces before
they deal with the reunification
of Germany.
Must Avoid Violence.
' "We must avoid violence," the
victorious leader of World War
II told the Germans on his first
visit to Germany since the end
of the war.
"The only unity there might'
be then is a unity of ashes and
death."
. The 8i-year-old former Prime
Minister came to this 12,000-year-old
metropolis, first Ger
man city taken by the Allies, to
receive a $1190 award for his
efforts to promote a "United
States of Europe.;
Truman Praises
Averell Harriman
New York (U.R) - Former
President Truman praised New
York's Gov. Averell Harriman
last night as a wise and skillful
practitioner of foreign policy
and a one-man package, of the
qualities which have made Am
erica great.
Mr. Truman, an avowed "neu
tral" made no mention of the
race for the Democratic presi-
denital nomination in which Har
riman 'is an . "inactive" candi
date.. But in presenting to Har
riman the 1956 award, of the
Four Freedoms Foundation he
gave an- implicit 100 per cent
endorsement to Harriman s qual
ifications for the job. '
Harriman has .been .' "right
about the Russians since at least
1945, Mr.. Truman said, and "lie
is not taken in today, as so many
of our leaders seem to be, by
the smile on the face of the
Kremlin." '
Local FTA Members
Plan Ditlard Trip
Eight members of the Med
ford High school chapter of the
Future Teachers association will
attend an FTA regional meet
ing in Dillard at Douglas Coun
ty High school Saturday, May
12. Clair Gurwell is advisor for
the local group. , . -
, Those making the trip include
Sharon Wymore, Sandra Buxton,
who ' will be' discussion ' leader
for a sub-group, :Walter Hum
phrey, Melva Gebhard, who will
be recorder for a discussion
group, Lois Myers, Sharon Zum
walt, Pat Calloway and Carolyn
Carr. - ' ' . '
A panel discussion on "What
Is a Teacher" will be followed
by sub-group- discussion on
topics considered . by the panel.
Officers for region two, wmcn
comprises southwestern Oregon,
will be elected for the coming
year.
The students and advisor will
make the trip in a car furnished
by Courtesy Chevrolet.
Deed line Sunday Claulfled ss at
noon Saturday: 10 ajn Monday for
Monday: other days UO orevioun day
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Doug McKay know Oregon problems, H 26 years is
a public servant have shown him to be a man of action
. . . a man who digs in and gets things done. -
74,978,353 Bibles
Distributed by Society
New York OJ.R) The Amer
ican Bible Society announced to
day it had distributed 14,918,353
Bibles in the United States and
abroad in 1955.
: The society, holding its 104th
annual meeting, said it has dis
tributed a total of 466,231,012
Bibles ' since it gave away its
first volume in 1816.
Officers Cleared
In Marine Deaths
Washington (U.R) The com
mandant of the Marine Corps to
day absolved officers at the boot
training camp at Parris Island,
S.C., of any blame in the drown
ing of six Marines on a disci
plinary night march last month.
Gen. Randolph : McCall Pate,
corps commandant, cleared the
officers in' a' letter to Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.). Norblad
recently suggested that the Ma
rines had gone too easy on the,
officers in "meting out punish
ment; for the tragedy.
"All those connected with the
matter were doing everything
that might be expected of them,
taking' into account the - time
and place in question," Pate
said in ' defense ' of the Parris
Island officers.
Pate announced last week that
SSgt. Matthew C. McKeon
would - be court " martialed on
four charges, including involun
tary manslaughter, for leading
the recruits, to their deaths on
the night of April 8. He said
a Marine Court of Inquery had
found that McKeon had . been
"under the influence" of vodka
at the time.
92 Cases of Polio
Reported Last Week
Washington (U.R) The
Public Health Service said today
that 92 cases of polio were re
ported in -the nation last week,
That compares with 149 cases
during the comparable -week
last year and a five-year average
of 109. Cases reported so far this
year now total 1463 compared
to 1599 in 1955.
There were 51 paralytic cases
last week compared to 74 for
the same week last year. So far
there- have been 803 paralytic
cases this year compared' to 703
for the same period in 1955.
Authorities said, ' however,
that it is still too . early . to at
tach any significance to any of
the figures in terms of probable
incidence this year.
4-Year-0ld Boy Saves
Little Sister's Life
,- Worcester, Mass. (U.R) four-
year-old boy , saved his -: little
sister's life yesterday by putting
his hand down-. her throat and
removing an atomizer cap that
had lodged there.
Susan Lande, 19- month - old,
swallowed the cap of a hair
spray atomizer yesterday. Her
frightened mother tried to pull
it out but her fingers were too
big to get down the tiny throat.
As the . child began turning
blue, the mother tried to tele
phone for help.'
Hearing cries, four - year - old
John Lande , walked -in. .
. While - his mother talked . on
the phone, John put his small
hand in his sister's mouth, push
ed . his finger down her throat.
and pulled out the cap. ..';
Then he went out again to
play.
Portland Grocery Clerks
Schedule Negotiations
Portland (U.R) Represent
atives of employees and grocers
in Portland were scheduled to
meet - again "this afternoon ' with
a federal mediator in an attempt
to head off the threatened walk
out- of' grocery clerks tomor
row.
The clerks are asking a pay in
crease , of $7,50 a week and a
health and - welfare program to
cost. $2.50 a week. An. offer of
$2.40' a week increase for jour
neymen clerks made, by the em
ployers has -. been ' turned down
by the union. .
will do the job
DONE
Doug McKay has the confidence
and trust of the people in Wash
ington, D.C. They listen to him
. . . they know they can believe
him ... and hell be working for!
YOU instead of building a politi
cal future for himself. Vote Doug
McKay as your U.S. Senator;
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Around Hollywood
Editor's note: Aline Mosby is
on vacation. Guest columnist
Bob Hope discusses his brand
of humor.
By BOB HOPE
- Written for the United Press
Hollywood OJ.R) People
continually ask me w;hat is
meant by a sense of humor. If
you'll forgive
my being' ser
ious a moment,
it's the knack
of sitting back
and be ing
amused at the
foibles of your
fellow- man.
But it can't
be bitter. The
Aline Mosby hpsr hn
loving, tolerant and understand
ing. And it s ramdlv beeomine
all but essential for sane living
in our complex world.
I ve been in Darts of the wnrlri
where it'd be daneerous to laueh
at a certain situation. Peonle
basically are the same every
where, but customs vary. I've ob
served one big difference be
tween American and British
brands of humor. The English
study people and point up their
shortcomings by observation. I
luce to lampoon people.
Humor involves a lot more
than detached amusement at the
troubles of others. It is the abil
ity to laugh at yourself that
counts. But go easy if vou start
to use it to poke fun at others.
n s no trick to get laughs by be
ing cruel .Good-natured spoofing
is a different matter.
I've always been partial to top
ical humor. Everyone gets a kick
out of jckes about current events
and people in the news. People
laugh even harder about things
that are going on in the world
about them.
Recently I addressed the USO
heads in Los Angeles. The pa
pers were full of news about
Grace. Kelly and her entourage
sailing for Monaco. Taking a
leaf from the headlines I quip
ped: "there hasn't. been a major
troop movement in some years
just Grace Kelly's."
They also like being told "Har
ry Truman isn't losing a daugh
en
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By ALINE MOSBY
United Press Correspondent
ter he's gaining a Democrat,
and that "Clifton Daniel must
really be in love with Margaret.
After all, he knows that her fa
ther .is out of work."
Appreciative audiences are
fine. I hope I never run into any
other kind. And let's face it.
During my vaudeville days I ran
into some tough ones. Of the best,
nothing can better the service
man - - audience, although the
crowds I recently played to at
the London Palladium ran a
close second.
It's the audience enthusiasm
that's so contagious.
Humor as a business is tough,
hard work. But once you've earn
ed genuine applause, you'll never
be content until you can keep
'em chuckling.
UP VETERAN DIES
Glenwood Springs, Colo.
(U.R) Samuel H. Pew, veteran
business representative for
United Press, died Wednesday.'
Washington (U.R) Living
ston T. Merchant, former assist
ant secretary of state, was
sworn in .yesterday as the new
U.S. ambassador to Canada.
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