CoTdAil 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
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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
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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.
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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.