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Palestine Peace.
Said Up To Isreal,
Arab Neighbors
Hammarskjold Tells
Need for Support
United Nation. N. Y. (U.R)
Secretary General Dag Ham-
" marskjold said today that Pales
tine peace rests now with Israel
and her Arab neighbors. He ex
pressed confidence that they will
"continue in cooperation" with
each other.
Hammarskjold also told
news conierence tnat the "chain
reaction for peace" he envisaged
in a formal report on his four-
weetc Palestine peace mission
cannot become a reality without
the support of "all the major
powers.
To Continue Diplomacy
He indicated that his next step
in securing a lasting Holy Land
peace will be to continue his
"quiet diplomacy" in talks with
the major powers. But he said
he had not yet discussed with
any of them whether they would
restrain their action in the Mid
dle East.
Hammarskjold published last
night at 7,500-word report on his
mission to the Middle East, un
dertaken at the direction of the
U.N. Security Council. He re
ported that he had obtained un
conditional agreement from Is
rael, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and
Jordan to maintain a Palestine
cease fire, except for self de
fense.
At a crowded news conference
this morning, Hammarskjold am
plified his report with these
points:
Survey Digest Urged
1. The next step is for all gov
ernments and U.N. delegations
to digest his personal survey and
"not rush on without having
formed a balanced and consid
ered opinion."
2. It is up to the U.N. Security
Council to decide "whether and
when" it wants to debate his re
port and decide what should be
done next.
3. He is "not willing" to
recommend any next step. "I
feel strongly," he said, "that
wore than ever it is in the hands
of the governments of the reg
ion, and I have a strong feeling
that what has begun in coopera
tion will continue in coopera
tion." Dcefz To Tell Cost
Of Campaign Early
Salem (U.R) Elmer Deetz,
candidate for the Republican
nomination for U. S. senator,
said today he will file his state
ment of campaign contributions
and expenses early next week
before the May 18 primary elec
tion. Deetz challenged candidates
Douglas McKay, Phil Hitchcock
and George Altvater to do the
same.
"I think the people are en
titled to know before they vote
exactly how much has been
spent to influence their opinions,
and especially who has con
tributed to the campaigns,"
Deetz said.
Bulletin
London (U.R) Radio Mos
cow revealed tonight that
Russia has asked Britain to ex
plain the presence of a "frog
man" near the Soviet war
ships which carried Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin and
Communist Party Boss Nikita
S. Khruschev to Britain last
month.
Final Discussion Subject
To Be Presented Next Week
The eighth and final discus
sion topic in the 1956 Great De
cisions program will be present
ed during the coming week.
It is "What Should the U. S.
Do in the New United Nations,"
and deals with recent changes
in membership in the U.N., with
the problems the U. S. faces as
a result, and discussion ques
tions as to what the U. S. role
could or should be.
As during the past seven
weeks, discussion material will
be available from four sources.
Fact sheets listing the back
ground are available at the
Chamber of Commerce office on
South Central ave. A condensed
version of the fact sheet ma
terial will be published in the
Mail Tribune Sunday.
Radio Programs
Three half-hour radio pro
grams on the topic will be broad
cast, on KYJC at 6 p.m. Satur
day; KMED at 9 p.m. Sunday,
and KWIN at 8 p.m. Monday.
Television station KBES-TV will
have a 15-minute program on
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POINTS TO MONROVIA Charles Roberts (right) assistant secre
tary of the Liberian public works and utilities department, points
out to City Manager Robert Duff (left) the location of Monrovia,
capital city of Liberia. Mrs. Roberts is looking on. Roberts, recipi
ent of an Eisenhower exchange fellowship, and his wife are spend
ing a few days in Medford while touring the United States.
Liberian Official
Visiting in Medford
Tribal influence has been
among the more serious prob
lems facing the Liberian govern
ment, according to Charles
Roberts, assistant secretary in
the department of public works
and utilities for Liberia.
Roberts and his wife are on
a tour or tne united states on
an Eisenhower exchange fellow.
ship, and arrived in Medford
Wednesday night. They will re
main here until Saturday.
Fellowship Program
The fellowship program.
named in honor of President
Eisenhower, is sponsored by a
group of American businessmen
and other individuals. The seven
to ten month fellowships are
awarded to promising business
leaders on a non-governmental,
non-political basis.
During his tour, Roberts has
primarily been interested in the
study of governmental services,
personnel problems and housing
problems. He has ben studying
these in Medford with City Man
ager Robert Duff.
Roberts explained that great
strides have been made in Li
beria in uniting the 28 different
tribal groups. These strides have
largely been the result of com
pulsory public education from
kindergarten through the eighth
grade, he said.
Official Language
The visitor said that each
tribe" has its own language, cul
ture and traditions. English,
however, is the official language
in Liberia. He credited mission
aries to his country for pioneer
ing education, the major factor
in overcoming the tribal diver
sity problem. Some of the tribes
now have representatives in the
legislature.
Roberts pointed out that the
typical foreigner's impression of
his country and the rest of
Africa as a land of savages and
wild animals running through
the streets is indeed wrong. In
fact, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts claim
to have seen for the first time
in an American zoo some of the
wild animals that many think
run wild in their country.
The two visitors emphasized
the tremendous appreciation in
their country for American aid.
American Capital
Roberts said the influence of
American 'capital has been quite
strong. The bank of Monrovia,
capital city . of Liberia, is a
branch of the National City
the subject at 2:30 p.m. Tues
day.
In addition, the eight topics
have been used in classes at Med
ford High school for discussion
of current problems facing the
United States.
A temporary committee head
ed by Don Hansen has made ar
rangements for the presentation
of the Great Decisions program.
which has also been successfully
conducted in other Oregon and
West Coast cities, including Port
land. Corvallis and Eugene. Ma
terials were prepared by the
Foreign Policy association, a
non-profit organization devoted
to promoting further understand
ing of international problems.
Anyone participating in any
way in the program is invited to
forward his ideas, suggestions or
conclusions to Hansen in the
Franklin building. He said these
would be valuable in an evalua
tion of the project, and that the
results would be made available
to the congress and the state department.
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Bank of New York. Another
major American company with
operations in Liberia is the
Firestone Plantations company,
which sponsors development of
rubber.
German companies are also
actjve in sponsoring develop
ment of fruit and vegetable in
dustries. Sponsorship of eco
nomic enterprises by other coun
tries, he said, has worked to
mutual economic benefits.
The Robertses left their home
in Monrovia in December. They
spent a month in New York,
visited Chicago, spent six weeks
in Puerto Rico, returned to New
York for three weeks, spent one
week in Washington, D.C., and
before arriving in Medford,
visited in Palo Alto. Calif. Their
next stop will be Eugene.
During their tour they are at
tempting to utilize as many
types of transportation as pos
sible. They made the trip from
Monrovia to New York by
plane, have traveled by car,
train and bus, and are hoping to
arrange a boat trip before the
end of their tour.
The visitors said they have
great admiration and apprecia
tion for the American demo
cratic way of life and parti
cularly for freedom of expres
sion. "Our country is a young one,"
Roberts explained, "And we are
trying to copy all the good we
can." He also commented that
foreigners are welcome in Li
beria and their suggestions for
improvements are appreciated.
Citizenship in Liberia
A sidelight Roberts pointed
out was that only Negroes are
entitled to citizenship in Li
beria. The country was original
ly established for free Negroes
from America.
Roberts, 37, is a graduate of
the College of Liberia and also
studied liberal arts at the Uni
versity of Liberia. He has work
ed for the department of pub
lic works and utilities since its
establishment in 1945. He first
held a typist position, then
climbed step-by-step to his pre
sent capacity.
He is now in charge of ad
ministration, organization, plan
ning and supervision of the de
partment personnel. He is also
assistant to the chief minister of
state for public works under
takings. The public works and
utilities department, he explain
ed, is a centralized agency for
the whole country similar to the
federal departments of the
United States.
Mrs. Roberts is owner of a
combination beauty shop and
gift shop in Monrovia and em
ploys three operators.
The couple has four children,
three girls and one boy, ranging
in age from 1 to 12 years. Two
are in school in -Newberg, N.Y.,
one at home and one with a
friend.
President In Hospital
For Complete Check
Washington (U.R) A bat
tery of doctors today prepared
to give President Eisenhower his
first major medical examination
since he announced he will run
for a second term.
The President entered Walter
Reed Army hospital Thursday
afternoon for what he called the
"head to toe" routine checkup
he likes to have at least once a
year.
Mr. Eisenhower will remain
at the hospital until about noon
Saturday. The White House
hoped to issue a medical report
on the checkup early Saturday
afternoon.
Medford
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51st Ytar 24 Pages ,
PGE Chairman
Challenges Dam
Rule by Thornton
Pelton Construction
Declared Legal
Portland (U.R) The chair
man of the board of Portland
General Electric Company today
challenged an opinion by Attor
ney General Robert Y. Thornton
that PGE is proceeding illegally
in constructing Pelton dam on
the Deschutes river.
Chairman Thomas W. Delzcll
said in a statement that 'it is
our firm belief backed up by
our own legal counsel, by the
opinion of leading attorneys not
in our employ, and by no less a
legal authority than the Su
preme Court of the United States
that Mr. Thornton is wrong."
Laws Held Violated
Thornton told Gov. Elmo
Smith this week that it was his
opinion that PGE was violating
Oregon water laws by proceed
ing with the dam without a state
permit.
Delzell indicated that PGE
management has a high regard
for the office of Oregon's attor
ney general, but until otherwise
directed must rely upon the ad
vice of its own general counsel
based on the decision of the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Waited Six Years
Said Delzell: "We believe Pel
ton dam is a legal undertaking.
We are a law-abiding concern. In
fact we waited six years after
receiving a Federal Power Com
mission license for Pelton dam
before starting construction. We
waited until validity of the li
cense was thoroughly tested in
the courts. Construction was not
commenced until the company
was properly and fully within
the applicable laws of both the
state and nation."
He said the attorney general
already argued the matter be
fore the U. S. Supreme Court
and lost his case. . .
Rainfall Above
Normal for May
Fruit and field crops in Jack
son county are improving under
above normal May rainfall, ac
cording to W. B. Tucker and Don
Berry, Jackson county ' agricul
tural extension agents.
The Medford weather bureau
recorded .77 of an inch of rain
yesterday, bringing to 30.50
inches the total precipitation
since the agricultural year start
ed September 1.
Thursday's storm brought to
2.08 inches the total precipita
tion so far this month. Normal
for the month of May is 1.22
inches. Precipitation for the sea
son is 14.48 more than normal.
Prospects for fruit and field
crops appear good, county
agents said. Tucker commented
there has been slight indication
of cutworm damage to small
seed plantings, Rain has im
proved field crops, especially in
the dry land areas, he said.
Berry reported little scab and
blight damage has been evident
in local orchards. He added that
rain could increase fruit disease,
but tends to slow down insect
activity.
. The weather bureau foresaw
rainy weather tapering off this
afternoon and predicted partly
cloudy skies tonight and Satur
day. Circuit Court Bailiff
Undergoes Surgery
Fred Kelly, 89, of 725 Penn
sllvania ave., Jackson county
circuit court bailiff since .1940,
underwent throat surgery this
morning at Sacred Heart hos
pital. Kelly was active until going
to the hospital today and served
in court Wednesday.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Low to
night 36. High Saturday 62.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday S3
Lowest this Morning 39
Prec. to 4:39 a an. Today .74
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:54 a.m.
Sunset ?:23 P-m.
Moonset 9:07 p.m.
First Quarter May It
PROMINENT STAR
Proevon. low -in-west 10:64 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, high in south
west p.m.
Saturn, risea . S:2 p.m.
Venus, sets 19:33 p.m.
Mars, in southeast 3:10 a.m.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1956
$2 Billiomi Requested
For Agriculture Use
Washington (U.R! The House
Appropriations Committee rec
ommended today that Congress
hand the Agriculture Depart
ment almost $2,000,000,000 in
cash.
Congress promptly put two
and two together and discovered
it is being asked to put up almost
$4,000,000,000 this year to meet
the growing cost of the farm
program.
The new money bill, sched
uled for debate next week, calls
for cash- appropriations of
$1,983,000,000 for the fiscal year
starting July 1. That is $1,100,
000,000 more than Congress ap
propriated in cash last year and
$3,800,000 less than the admin
istration requested.
In addition, the administration
has requested, and Congress is
almost certain to approve, an
increase of $2,000,000,000 in
funds for Commodity Credit
Corp. to finance farm price sup
port operations. That will be
handled later in separate 'legis
lation. The big increase in the cash
appropriations this year is due
largely to the $1,200,000,000
carried in the bill for CCC to
make up for past losses on farm
price support and surplus dis
posal operations.
By paying for previous losses,
these funds will restore the
CCC's price support fund to
$12,000,000,000, including its cur
rent multi-billion dollar invest
ment in farm surpluses.
The second bill would raise
to $14,000,000,000 the maximum
funds which CCC can "borrow"
from the Treasury at any one
time to finance farm programs.
The administration feels that the
$12,000,000,000 ceiling is too low
to finance price support opera-
DeVoe Appointed
To Welfare Group
E. B. DeVoe, 12 Glen Oak
court, Medford, has been ap
pointed to the Jackson County
Welfare commission, Gov. Elmo
Smith announced today.
He fills a vacancy created
when Alfred S. V. Carpenter re
signed recently as chairman of
the commission. H. D. Christen
sen was appointed chairman to
succeed him.
DeVoe, president of DeVoe
Lumber sales, formerly the De
Voe Lumber company, has been
a member of the local Salvation
Army board, and is a member
of the ' board of directors for
Rogue Valley Memorial hospi
tal. He is a member of the Rogue
Valley Country club board of
directors.
He has been active in Com
munity Chest work in Medford
for several years. -
The DeVoes moved to Med
ford 16 years ago from Baker,
where they lived for about four
years. They have two daughters,
Mrs. Sheridan W. Cavitt, whose
husband is in the Air Force in
Athens, Greece, and Mrs. D. C.
McGarry, whose husband is a
Navy chief petty officer in
Seattle.
Republicans Schedule
Pre-Election Meeting
A pre-election meeting of the
Jackson County Republican
Central committee will be held
at 8 p.m., Monday, according to
Dewey Wilson, vice-chairman of
the committee. The meeting
will be held in teh cafetorium
of Hedrick Junior High school.
All Republican candidates for
office have been invited to dis
cuss their candidacies briefly,
Wilson said. Precinct committee
men and candidates for com
mitteman are also urged to at
tend. Complete registration lists
will be available at the meeting,
and election day procedures
will be discussed.
All interested Republicans
are invited, "Wilson said.
Oregon Caves Road
Opens for Traffic
The road to Oregon Caves Na
tional monument, closed by
heavy snow and fallen trees, has
been opened by the state high
way department. More than 50
trees blocked the highway after
heavy winds and rains during
the winter.
Facilities "operating at the
Caves are restricted to guide
service, according to the nation
al park service here.
Unllea
tions on 1956 crops and the cost
of the administration proposed
soil bank.
The committee-approved mon
ey bill also includes $783,000,000
for the Agriculture Department's
"regular activities." This is an
increase of $78,000,000 over last
year but $3,800,000 less than
President Eisenhower's sharply
increased budget requests.
The committee noted that in
the three previous years Con
gress has voted bigger farm
funds, than requested by the Eis
enhower administration. It said
Water Commission
Submits $579,470
Budget for Year
A Medford water commission
budget for 1956-57 totaling
$579,470 in expenditures has
been submitted to the citizen's
budget committee for considera
tion. The proposed budget shows an
estimated balance on June 30
this year of $148,434, with esti
mated water revenues totaling
$365,000, and other receipts es
timated at $93,515. for a total of
$606,949 in receipts.
Among budget increases pro
posed are more funds for capi
tal expenditures, for which a to
tal of $292,970 is budgeted. The
expenditures include $161,000
for trunk water mains and other
new facilities in recently an
nexed areas, according to Rob
ert Lee, asisstant water super
intendent. ,
Expenditure Increase '
The capital expenditure - in
crease js partly due to a change
in the use of the water system
construction fund, Lee said. In
the 1956-57. budget, all capital
expenditures, including those
formerly budgeted in the water
system construction fund, are
now included in the general ex
penses for the commission.
An increase of about 5 per
cent in cost of waterworks ma
terials, such as pipe and valves,
accounts for some of the in
crease in capital expenditures,
Lee said.
Another increase, Lee noted,
is in operating expenses, includ
ing maintenance. A total of
$150,475 has been proposed for
operating expenses, which in
cludes' $16,000 for maintenance
of Willow Creek dam, where ad
ditional rock rip-rap will " be
placed on the face of the dam
next . year. Lee said normal
maintenance cost of Willow
Creek dam is $200 annually.
Other Expenditures
Other expenditures include
Copco Gets Access
To Atomic Data
Washington (U.R) Two
Oregon power firms. today were
issued permits granting them
access to restricted data o f the
Atomic Energy Commission for
use in studying civilian genera
tion of power with atomic
energy.
Granted permits were Pacific
Power & Light of Portland and
California Oregon Power Com
pany of Medford, as well as
Washington Water Power of
Spokane.
Personnel of the three firms,
after passing security clearance,
will be permitted to use restrict
ed and classified material re
lating to atomic power plant de
velopment. Merrifield Plans
Visit to Medford
John Merrifield, state senator
from Multnomah county, and
candidate for Republican Na
tional committee, will be guest
at a coffee hour between noon
and 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12,
in the Rogue room of the Med
ford hotel, Winston Carl, county
campaign chairman, . said today.
Carl said Merrifield's visit
here will be the last one before
the May 18 primary. He has been
active in Republican party for
several years, Carl said.
Saturday night, Merrifield
plans to attend the Oregon Con
sumer Finance association state
convention here, and return to
Portland Sunday.
Merrifield has been a state
senator tor four years.
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the administration in previous
years had sought to make "dras
tic reductions" in the farm
budget.
It concluded that Mr. Eisen
hower in aslSng for more money
this year "apparently recognized
the serious situation facing
American agriculture."
In addition to the cash appro
priations, . the measure would
grant the administration's re
quest for power to make $359,
000,000 in loans to help farmers
get electricity, telephone service
and to meet their credit needs.
franchise taxes, paid to the city
in the form of free water serv
ice,' $3,950; interest on bonds,
$55,675; labor and material for
customers' service connections,
$9,000; labor and material for
servicing customers' installa
tion, s $25,000; and transfer of
funds, $42,400.
Lee said the estimated balance
of $27,479.35 on June 30, 1957,
will cover the long term debt in
terest of $27,387.50 which will
be due on July 1, 1957.
Increased expenditures, Lee
said, are caused by an accelerat
ed rate of growth and new an
nexations. Accounting System
The water commission ac
counting system will change
with the start of the new- fiscal
year, Lee said. The department
proposes to adopt the American
Water Works association's re
ommended system.
The new accounting system,
he' said, will provide more com
plete records of physical prop
erty, more accurate distribution
of costs including overhead
items, simplification of proce
dures, comparison of costs with
other water utilities through
out the country, and more accu
rate information will be avail
able for computation of rates.
Grand Jury Convenes
To Hear Evidence
The Jackson county grand
jury went into session this
morning to consider evidence
and testimony concerning, the
April 19 murder of Alvin Wil
liam Eacret, 14, Klamath Falls,
and murder charges against Bil
ly Junior Nunn, 28, Klamath
Falls millworker.
A district attorney's informa
tion charging Nunn with first
degree murder was filed last
Saturday. Nunn stated in writ
ing last week that he had stran
gled the boy ' after sexually
attacking him at Tub Springs
park on April 19.
Eacret's body was found at
the park on April 29 by two
teenage girls. Nunn. was arrest
ed in Alturas, Calif., on May 2
and wrote the confession there
the following day. Preliminary
hearing was held in Medford
Monday, when Nunn was bound
over to the grand jury.
The grand jury was expected
to remain in session at least for
the rest of the day.
Security Curtain Surrounds
Russian Clerk
Washington (U.R) The
Russian Embassy today drew an
iron curtain around Vladimir
Mikheev, the Soviet clerk who
tried to pick military secrets
from U. S. government em
ployees. Mikheev slipped mysteriously
from his residence a few hours
before the House Committee on
Un-American Activities disclosed
a third case in which Mikheev
sought to get information from
a U. S. employee handling gov
ernment secrets.
Expulsion Demanded
His activities have brought de
mands that he be expelled from
the country.
Mikheev moved out of his
home in Washington last night
loaded down with belongings and
accompanied by his wife and
small son. He refused to tell a
reporter where ha was going.
Leaflets Tell of
Reprisal Against
Cypriot Hangings
Governor of Cyprus
Disbelieves Claim
Nicosia, Cyprus U.R) The
pro - Greek underground an
nounced today it had hanged
two British soldiers in a life
for a life reprisal against the
British execution of two Cypriot
gunmen.
Shortly afterwards, a Cypriot
youth, handing out leaflets an
nouncing the executions, was
shot and killed in Nicosia's main
square. Violence also flared else- .
where.
Field Marshal Sir John Hard
ing, the British governor of Cy
prus, issued an official state
ment indicating he did not be
lieve the underground claim.
His statement said the leaflets
contained inaccuracies. It said
the leaflets were "patently an
attempt to make propaganda
capital from the fact that the
two men are known to be miss
ing." British Shocked
The British were shocked and
angered by the reported hang
ing of Cpls. Gordon Hill and
Ronnie Shilton. They swiftly
tightened security measures on
this troubled Mediterranean
island.
The news electrified British
headquarters from Nicosia to
London despite threats by the
pro-Grek underground Eoka to
extract Biblican vengeance for
the hangings, an eye for an eye.
A British military spokesman
in Nicosia said, "There is not
one shred of evidence that Lance
Corporal Gordon Hill was held
as a hostage by Eoka or any
other organization." There was
no official word on Lance Cor
poral Shilton, the other man the
underground claimed it had
hanged..
Bitter Struggle
The circulars were signed
"Dighenis," the code name of
the Eoka leader who has been
reported to be a British-trained
Greek colonel named George
Grivas.
The announcement by the reb
els against British authority in
this Mediterranean NATO base
was expected to intensify the
bitter struggle that has torn Cy
prus for the last 13 months when
the union .with Greece move
ment started.
Shops throughout Cyprus al
ready were closed or closing as
a general strike crept from one
end of the island to the other.
But until the rebel announce
ment the British were believed
to be in firm control.
Blew to British
There had been scattered cases
of bombings yesterday, during
the night and this morning but
the widespread rioting expected
did not appear. Today's an
nouncement was almost sure to
revive the fighting spirit of the
pro-Greek Cypriots.
Should the announcement be
confirmed, it would be one of
the heaviest guerrilla blows
against British Army prestige
since Israeli partisans hanged
two British Tommies in a Pales
tine orange orchard during the
mandate days in the Holy land.
That incident provoked Brit
ain to a stormy height of indig
nation. Charles Porter to
Speak Here Saturday
Charles O. Porter, Eugene at
torney seeking the Democratic
nomination for congressman
from this district, will speak at
8 p.m. Saturday in the audito
rium of the Medford Labor Tem
ple, South Grape st.
Among his discussion topics
will be proposed economic and
political solutions to the freight
car shortage problem', according
to Bruce J. Manley, Porters
campaign manager here.
in Capital
An embassy spokesman was just
as adamant today. He wouldn't
even talk about Mikheev.
However, the staff of the
House committee, indicated it be
lieves Mikheev still is in the
Washington area.
The third federal employee
contacted by Mikheev was iden
tified as Robert W. Davis, his
torian of the Medical Museum
of the Armed Forces Institute
of Pathology. Committee Chair
man Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.)
said Mikheev contacted Davis
for secret information from Jan
uary through April of this year.
Previous Contacts
Previously, the committee had
reported that Mikheev contact
ed Sidney Hatkin, suspended Air
Force statistician, and Richard
Cutter, librarian of the Armed
Forces Medical Library.
Mikheev failed to get any in
formation in all three oases. .