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Newspaper Page TextCoTdAil Ytm DwtrOmte It A Little Better?" French and Nationalists Ending of Rebellion Editor's note: Walter Collinn, a vt- eran of more than 30 years in the Middle Eat and Lnitrd Presi bureau manager in Cairo for the past IS years, discloses full details in the fol lowing dispatch of a series of French Aicerian lop secret meetings in Cairo called by the French in hopes of end ing the Algerian rebellion. This is the first disclosure of the secret talks. By WALTER COLLINS United Pros! Correspondent Cairo, Egypt (U.R) French authorities have held a series of top secret meetings in Cairo with Algerian nationalists in an effort to end the Algerian rebel lion, unimpeachable sources said today. The sources told United Press the negotiations were arranged during a meeting in Cairo of Trench Foreign Minister Chris tian Pineau and Egyptian Pre mier Gamal Abdel Nasser. Pineau, in Cairo early this year, asked Nasser to mediate between the French and the Al gerians but Nasser declined and said all he could do was to ar range for contact to be made between the two sides. Pineau and Nasser held two meetings in Cairo. After making his request for mediation; .Pin eau insisted that if Egypt agreed to'mediate there must be a cease fire in Algeria, the sources said.. Lists Two Conditions Nasser replied that if there was to be a cease fire there would have to be two conditions: First, no arms must' be delivered during the cease fire either to the French army in Algeria or to the Algerian liberation move ment; second, neither France nor the Algerians should use the cease fire period for any direct or indirect advantage. The discussion of a cease fire occupied Nasser and Pineau at their first meeting. At a second meeting Pineau sought to dis cuss various details of the Alger ian rebellion, the sources said. Nasser declined on grounds this was an Algerian affair and that all he could do was to arrange a French-Aleerian meeting. Nasser asked Pineau for guar antees for safe exit from Algeria and safe return thereto for the Algerian delegation which lid come to Cairo for the ne gotiations. France gave the nec essary guarantees ana April me delegation came to Cairo. It in cluded Farhat Abbas, a nation alist leader who came here se cretly. Franpp sent a delegation led by Joseph Begarat, chief of the Department of worm Airican Affair at the Ouai D'Orsay. Georges Gorse, another French Middle East expert, was among the delegates. Talks Last Two Weeks The negotiations between . the French and Algerian delegations began April 4 in the utmost se and lasted two weeks. At the first meeting the Alge rians made it clear to the French that before going into details they must know France's ideas regarding the future status of Algeria. Begarat replied that France aimed at giving Algeria '-administrative independence" which would retain Algeria in the French empire. The Algerians ineUtpH on "recognition mde pendence" which would be full Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight, vari able hijh cloudiness Wednes day. Low tonight 54. High Wednesday S4-86. Temp. Hichest Yesterday J Lowest this Morning Si Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:44 a.m. Sunset - :33 p.m. The moon rises 6:0. p.m. Sets Wednesday 3:57 a.m. And will be full Thursday JUPITER, high in southwest at sunset, goes around the Sun every 12 years. Jupiter is more than three times ai Urge as Neptune. Algerian Discuss freedom. They did not ask that it come into effect immediately but said it should take place within a few years. After several meetings it ap peared to the Algerians that France was only playing for time, the sources said. Begarat told the Algerians he could not give them any promise regard ing "recognition independence" since he had no authority to do this. Budget for Rural Schools Approved Residents of , the Jackson county rural school district yes terday approved by a 589 to 281 vote, the proposed $1,786,719.92 budget for operation of schools in the district during the 1956 57 school year, unofficial tabu lations showed today. The budget called for a total levy of SI. 404,257.38, which is $1,061,325.50 in excess of the 6 per cent limitation. The budget proposal was de feated in only two sections of the district, Griffin Creek and Evans Valley. The Griffin Creek vote was 56 no and 53 yes and the Evans Valley vote was 35 no and 10 yes. The unofficial count indicated other sections of the district voted as follows: Jacksonville, 84 yes, 17 no; Ruch, 21 yes, 18 no; Eagle Point, 69 yes, 12 no; Lone Pine,- 34 yes, 13 no; Talent, 50 yes, 15 no; Rogue River, 58 yes, 16 no; Elk Trail. 14 yes, 5 no; Prospect, 6 yes, 4 no; Oak Grove, 35 yes, 23 no; Shady Cove,' 47 yes, 13 no; Butle Falls, 35 yes, 9 no; West Side 22 yes, 10 no; and Howard, 38 yes and 35 no. The budget was unanimously approved in the Applegate area with 13 voting in favor and none against. Results in the Pinehurst election had not been reported at press time today. ' Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Available Dr. A. Erin Merkel, Jackson county public - health physician, today said considerable Salk anti-polio vaccine is now avail able to practicing physicians, and parents are urged to have children under 15 years of age innoculated. He said there is still time for both shots in the series to be given and for children to acquire adequate anti-polio protection before the July and August polio season starts. Even though the vaccine sup ply is plentiful at the present time, he - said, maximum age limit for recipients of the shots is still 15. Voter Pamphlet Distribution Upheld Salem (U.R) State Elections Chief Dave O'Hara voiced op position to any change in meth ods of distributing voters pam phlets at a meeting of the Legislative Interim Committee on Elections here today. Committee Research Chief Freeman Holmer had recom mended that the pamphlet include both Republican and Democratic candidates and be published one to a householder. Winston Service Station Robbed by Masked Man Roseburg (U.R) A masked bandit early today held -up an all-night service station at Win ston eight miles south of here and escaped with $85 to $100. " Owner John Williams said the robber pointed an Army-type automatic at him and put him in a station restroom before driving off in the direction of Grants Pass. He took only cur rency from William s' cash register.'- Reviving Military Feud Dangerous, Wilson Declares Two Subcommittees Set Investigation Washington ' (U.R) De fense Secretary Charles E. Wil son said today after talking with President Eisenhower that it might be "dangerous" for any body in the military to revive a feud between the services. Wilson said the President is "a bit unhappy about the fact that we don't seem to get along better in the services." Dangerous Step "What is the next step in the feud?'.' a reporter asked. Wilson. "Let's see who sticks his head up next," Wilson said with a grim smile. "I think it might be a little dangerous." Two Senate subcommittees served notice that they will in vestigate the inter-service con troversies over missiles andair power. They decided to look into the feud 'despite Wilson's claim Monday that the squab bling has been exaggerated. Up To Congress Wilson was questioned about his attitude toward the congres sional investigation of the heat ed competition between the ser vices. Wilson recalled that in his news conference late Monday he said he saw no particular need for a. congressional inquiry. "But that is really their bus iness," he said today. Wilson called on the Presi dent with Adm. Arthur W. Rad ford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Wilson said "we had some more important things to talk about," than the service feud. To Take Testimony Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) announced that his Armed Ser vices subcommittee on air pow er will take testimony this week on the "positions" of the' Army, Navy and Air Force in the mis siles field. The subcommittee, Syming ton said, also "will inquire into the. Navy's mission in the field of air power, including both its primary and secondary mis; sions. Sen. Dennis Chavez (D-N.M.) said his Military Appropriations subcommittee also will "look into this mess" stirred up by bitter inter-service rivalries over roles and missions. Group to Consider Second Congregation Methodists interested in forma tion of an east side congregation will meet, Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson, 325 Lynn wood ave., it was announced this morning. Ben Schmidt, temporary chair man of the group interested in the new congregation, will pre side, and the Rev. Meredith Groves, former pastor of the First Methodist church here and now district supervisor, will attend. Some time ago the church purchased . a tract of land on Barnett rd. in the vicinity of the site of Rogue Valley Memo rial hospital and the new church edifice is planned for the tract. The second church is thought necessary because of the growth of the congregation at the First Methodist church, church offi cials announced. A pastor will be assigned. at the annual June conference of the church. Wednesday night's meeting has been called in order that east side residents interested in the second congregation may be informed of plans. Los Angeles (U.R) AFL-CIO President George Meany has ex pressed confidence that merger of the two giant labor organiza tions will be complete by De cember of next year. Federal Law Creating Crater Lake National Park Signed by President Roosevelt 54 Years Ago Today Fifty-four years ago today, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the act of con gress that established Crater Lake National park, the sixth park to be set aside to conserve scenery, natural and historic ob jects and wildlife. In reminding citizens of the park's 54th birthday. Park Sup erintendent Tom Williams point ed out that Crater Lake is one of 180 areas in the park system. The National Park Service preserves examples of natural scenic and scientific wonders, and the whole range of history of the land, from prehistoric- times through colonial and na- tional history. In Crater Lake, for example, Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 18 Pages Fish Screens at Savage Rapids Given House An item of $208,000 for build ing fish screens at Savage Rap ids dam has been cleared by the House of Representatives, ac cording to Congressman Harris Ellsworth. The amount is included in the Officials Cancel , Election in Rural Protection Area Central Point An election in which Central Point Rural Fire Protection district residents were to consider approval of an nexing land in the Gold Hill and Eagle Point areas Friday has been cancelled, Fire Chief Rich ard Krupp said today. " Krupp said district officials have been notified by the county assessor's office that the proce dure for taxation of the area if it were annexed .is not work able unless residents pay both the district levy and the state department of forestry for pro tection. Seeks Advice District officials felt that resi dents who signed and submitted petitions for annexation to the district did not realize the taxa tion situation, Krupp said. Offi cials believed action on the peti tions should be deferred until after Mrs. Elva Jennings, the county assessor, contacts the state, tax commission for advice, Krupp said. The election originally was called after the board of direc tors received two petitions with more than 45 signatures. One area included land west of the present fire district, ex cluding the city of Gold Hill, and continuing west to the Rogue River Rural Fire district. The other area was from the north and west boundaries of the present district to the Shady Cove-Trail district and to a point near Brownsboro, excluding the city of Eagle Point. Public Health Topic Of Friday Discussion Jackson county public health department will answer ques tions on public health service in this area at a 1:30 p.m. meeting Friday in the courthouse audi torium. The meeting will be sponsored by the Jackson County Public Heath association and will be as sociation's final meeting for the summer." -- : , Health department ". officials will explain how well the health association has kept pace with health problems caused by in creased population; steps being taken to solve sewage'problems; and extent of health department service to children. Baseball NATIONAL Cincinnati ..... 8 7 0 . New York 3 5 2 Nuxhall and Bailey; Gomes, McCall (7), Ridzik (9) and Westrum. Home runs: Spencer, White. New York; McMillan,. Robinson, Cincinnati. is preserved with superlative clarity, the saga of volcanic ac tion that probably stemmed from a rather insignificant crack in the earth's -crust mil lions of years ago, he noted. - Recorded indelibly in stone and ash and cinder, it is the story of the birth and life of a volcano, Mt. Mazama, and its final collapse. Incidents in the early story were great glaciers that moved down the slopes of the mountain and ancjent forests that are to day 'no more than charcoal cyl inders. Over the millennia, Mt. Mazama built itself to a height of 12,000 feet, a sister peak to Rainier, Hood and Shasta. About . MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1956 OK big public works bill,- now being considered by the House. The measure also includes $2,400,000 for the Talent project and a half million dollars for irrigation district rehabilitation in Jack son county. . The bill is expected! to be up for final passage this afternoon. Ellsworth, in a telephone re port to the Mail Tribune, said it is "almost a miracle" that the House cleared the Savage Rap ids dam screening .item prior to the passage of the bill, but that it now appears to be safe. ' The amount was not. included in the administration's budget as presented- to Congress, and Ellsworth - said he did a great deal' of work before it was in cluded. He added that the House "almost never passes an unbudg eted item," but that it did so in this case. 'He said he is delight ed at the action. Under Consideration The public works bill was un der consideration at the time he called, at 11:30 a.m.- (3:30 p.m. Washington time). ' The screening of the turbines and canals at the .dam has long been sought by sportsmen- and others in . the valley, for studies have shown them- to constitute one of the major hazards to fish life in the area. Lake Ranchhand In Serious Condition y. A Lake county ranchhand was in serious condition in a local hospital today after he was in jured when thrown from a buck ing horse in calf branding op erations yesterday. Timothy O'Sullivan, 28, was flown here from Lake county by a Mercy Flights, Inc., plane. The accident, according to fel low workers, happened : about 8:30 a.m. yesterday. O'Sullivan had roped a calf when his horse began to., buck. He was thrown but his foot caught in the stirrup and the horse bolted into the corral.. O'Sullivan's head struck a board in the corral, gate.. There was no 'flatbed truck in camp so fellow workers made a 25-mile round trip to obtain a pickup truck. It took until 2:30 p.m. for O'Sullivan to reach Lakeview where he was given first aid and then flown here. He was reported still uncon scious this morning. The accident happened on the desert about 30 miles north of Plush. . . . ' Dulles Regrets Egypt Red China Decision Washington U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles today deplored Egypt's decision to recognize Red China. Dulles told a news conference that, the United States regrets Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser's action. He said the United States is not in sympathy with Nasser when he takes actions which tends to extend the influence of the Soviet Union and Red China. This government is only in sym pathy with- the Egyptian leader, he said, when he takes actions to recognize Egypt s independ 6,500 years ago an outpouring of molten material weakened the cone of the peak so that a mile of the -mountain collapsed. The blue; waters of the lake and its setting are the most strik ing and obvious features of the Crater - Lake National Park to day. The other chapters of the story how it came to be, its flora and its fauna are just as fascinating to the visitor who has and takes the time to ."read" it. . - - - . Annual visitation to the park has progressed .from a handful in the early years to 11,371 in 1915, 65,018 in 1925, 252,482 in 1940 and 370,554 in 1955. : The park service has devel oped loads, trails, campgrounds JilkTRIBUNE ed 1 NEW TOOL for their trade Garry Washington and Wil liam Rainey use stilts for plastering in Cleveland home. La ' bor saving device does away with scaffolds. (International) Break in Dikes Eases Pressure of Kootenai At Bonners Bt UNITED PRESS The level of the flood-swollen Kootenai river dropped slowly at , Bonners Ferry today as it spread out into two big diking districts, but Army engineers said the stream would rise again tonight rnd would not crest un til Friday. The dikes breached yesterday eased the - pressure on the re maining levees and dropped the river level to 32 feet, but it rose a foot last night upstream at Libby, Mont., causing engineers to change their earlier predic tion that the river would crest Thursday. 5,000 Acres Inundated The river has inundated about 5.000 acres of land in diking districts one and seven adjacent Agreement Reached On New Farm Bill Washington U.R) House Senate conferees reached agree ment today on a new farm bill believed acceptable to. President Eisenhower. Sen. Allen J. Ellender (D. La.) . predicted that . Congress would complete action on the bill send it to the White House Wednesday, 37 days - after the President vetoed an earlier Dem ocratic sponsored bill.'-. : The new compromise hill in cludes Mr. Eisenhower's $1,200, 000,000 soil bank-program de signed to cut back the. produc tion .of surplus crops. But.it does not provide for the prepayment plan the President requested. . The measure also provides for an 8 per cent increase in price supports of "small . grains this year, a discretionary two-price plan for rice,, and an increase in corn acreage from 43,000,000 to 51,000,000 acres. Washington (U.R) The gov ernment's potato . subsidy pro gram will end at midnight, May 31. . ' . Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower will hold a news conference Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. (PST). ' - and other visitor services. En forced neglect during the, war years caused untimely deterior ation of public facilities.- When peace ,'was restored, people turned to national parks .and other out-door areas for recrea tion' in unprecedented numbers. Operating and . development funds did not keep pace with public use and the parks were threatened with irreparable damage. Mission 66, a ten-year pro gram conceived by National Park Director Conrad L. Wirth, to restore the parks to the stan dards has gained the sympa thetic ear of President Eisen hower and of Congress. - Press Fuij Leased Wire. Price 5c No. 53 Ferry to Bonners Ferry. The town it self was protected by dikes de signed to withstand a 37-foot flood, and it was believed the community is safe. A spokesman for . Army en gineers said the dikes were hold ing. About 400 troops from Fort Lewis, Wash.,- arrived at Bon ners Ferry last night to aid some 500 civilian workers in patrol and sandbagging of the dikes Bonners Ferry, was relying on several portable emergency purifyers for its domestic water supply. A break in the district No. 1 dike yesterday washed out the city's water system. St. Joe Dike Breaks The only other serious flood ing in north Idaho was from a break in the St. Joe river dike at St. Maries. The river pouTed water over 960 acres of lowland after knocking the hole in the dike, but the level of the St. Joe was expected to start dropping today. The Columbia river at Van couver, Wash., rose 1.4 feet in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. today and was 6.2 feet over the 15-foot flood stage. The Wil lamette at Portland was three feet over flood stage. The streams were expected to rise in the' Portland area until Wed nesday night, followed by little' change: No heavy damage was reported. - Victory Claimed for ; typographical President Indianapolis (U.R) Unof ficial returns from most of -785 local unions gave Woodruff Ran dolph a lead of 8584 votes in his race for reelection to a seventh two-year term as president of the International Typographical union.' Randolph's headquarters here claimed victory in contests with candidates headed by Laurence H. Victory of New York City for president. Late News Briefs REMAINS UNCONSCIOUS Portland U.R-Raph; Pyatt. 36, Bandon millworker accused of killing State Policeman Rich ard O'Connor two weeks ago re mained unconscious in a local hospital today. Pyatt was wound ed by O'Connor before the offi-, cer died. . ASSASSINS SOUGHT Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) British troops on foot and in helicopters combed ."Murder Mile" today for traces of the underground assassins who killed a soldier and wounded scores of others Monday. . " JET PLANES COLLIDE Bawdsey, England (U.R) Two American F84 thunder jets col lided, today and one crashed into a house,, killing the pilot and a civilian. PRESIDENT TO SPEAK ; Waco, Tex. (U.R President Eisenhower will land at Waco Friday for a major foreign pol icy talk at Maylor University graduation ceremonies. - House Committee Cuts $1 Billion From Foreign Aid 'Ample Funds' Said Already on Hand Washington (U.R) Th House Foreign Affairs Commit tee voted 18 to 11 today to slash $1,000,000,000 in military funds from President Eisenhower's $4, 900,000,000 foreign aid program. President Eisenhower had urged approval of the entire pro gram and warned that any major cuts would jeopardize this coun try's global position. Ample Fundi Claimed Committee Chairman Jame P. Richards (D-S.C), in announc ing the cut, said the administra tion has "ample funds" alreadv on hand to carry out all neces sary military aid programs for at least the next two years. The $1,000,000,000 slash was ap proved after the committee re jected on a "rather close" vote a proposed $1,200,000,000 in mil itary aid. Richards declined to give the precise vote on the deeper cut. An attempt by Rep. John M. Vorys of Ohio, key Republican on the committee, to hold the cut to $500,000,000 also was de feated. . In voting the $1,000,000,000 cut, the committee specified that $48,000,000 of the remaininc military funds must be used in bpain and that not more than $402,000,000 should be spent in Europe. The administration had planned to spend $760,000,000 of the total military funds in Europe. Sources close to the committee told the United Press the reduc tion, all of it in the $3,000,000, 000 fund the President requested for military aid, was approved at a closed committee meeting. The development came as Sec retary of State John Foster Dul les pledged the administration to an all out Senate fight to win specific authority to make long term foreign aid commitment. Doesn't Meet Hopes He told his news conference that the House committee's dec laration favoring long term aid does not meet his hopes for clear congressional approval of the ad ministration plan. The House group has rejected the Presidents plea for author ity to commit the United States to support long term aid proj ects. Instead, it adopted a reso lution savine Coneress considers itself bound to continue foreign aid as long as the Communist menace exists. Postal Rate Boost Gets Committee OK Washington (U.R) Th House Post Office committee to day approved a bill raising first class postal rates from three to four cents. The bill would also raise the air mail postage from six to sev en cents and increase second and third class rates. . The committee approved it by a vote of 13 to 8. Second class rates would be increased gradually over a five year period, amounting finally to an increase of 30 per cent for newspapers and magazines with less than 5 per cent adver tising and a . 120 per cent, in crease on publications with more than 5 per cent advertising in the farthest zones. The rate in creases apply only to out of county maiL The minimum per piece charge would be increased from Vi to cent. But the increase would not affect nonprofit relig ious, educational, scientific, philanthropic, agricultural, la bor, veterans or fraternal or ganizations or associations. Republican Candidates Kick Off Fund Campaign Portland (U.R) Republi can candidates for offices in the November general election kick ed off a United Fund type polit ical fund-raising drive here yes terday. All successful candidates for national , and statewide of fices have accepted the single-fund-raising drive, E. S. Good alL finance committee chairman, announced. The single fund drive is de signed to broaden the base of political contributions and fi nance all Republican candidates at the state and national level in the general election. Navy Ships Scheduled At Portland Festival Portland (U.R) The eight U.S. Naval ships scheduled to visit Portland during the city's annual Rose festival will begin arriving June 2 with the last ship slated to arrvie June 8. The contingent of ships will include five destroyer escorts, two submarines and a seaplane tender.