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Citizens for Ike
Urged To Fight for
Republican Victory
' Energetic Campaign
Intentions Revealed
. Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower told cheering GOP
campaign workers today that he
is feeling fine and intends to
campaign for reelection "as
cheerfully, energetically and en
thusiastically as it is possible to
do so."
Ke said he feels so good -that
he wouldn't even know he had
a heart attack last fall except
that "the doctors keep remind
ing me of it."
' Mr. Eisenhower told leaders of
the recently-reorganized Citizens
for Elsenhower movement that
''I am perfectly ready to go for
ward." He urged them to go out and
fight, not only for his own re
election, but also for a Republi
can Congress.
'CleanGovernment' Campaign
His voice rose noticeably as
he told a group of 500 citizens
leaders he will campaign for
"clean government, good gov
ernment, progressive govern
ment and government that
knows its place and does not
interfere with me as I go about
my daily business."
. He followed this with a quick
explanation that his use of the
word "me" was generic and re
ferred to "all of us."
"You know, I was ill last fall,"
he said with a broad grin. "The
only way I know about it now
is that the doctors keep remind
ing me of it."
That brought thunderous
cheers from the leaders from 40
states assembled here for a
three-day campaign conference.
Warning against a campaign
complacency, the President said,
"it has no place in my vocabu
lary." He called for a tremendous
get-out-the-vote campaign, say
ing that when an American citi
zen votes, "the form of self gov
ernment justifies itself."
He said the goal of the cam
paign is to make sure "that this
great middle-of-the-road phil
osophy of government can con
tinue." "We are carrying a torch, car
rying a fire and we are not
carrying ashes." he said.
Urging the Citizens for Eisen
hower to devote themselves as
energetically to the election of
a Republican Congress as to re
taining him in the White House,
he said that if the voters elected
him again "to carry the burdens
I have for the last four years,"
he thought the people who run
with him should be bound to
him by "party loyalty as well
as personal and official loyalty."
Late News Briefs
DOPE BILL PASSED
Washington (U.R) The Senate
today approved a tough narcot
ics control bill calling for death
penalties tc help stamp out illi
cit drug peddling.
The measure would let juries
in federal courts hand down a
death sentence for a third con
viction for the sale or smuggling
of narcotics. It also would permit
juries to mete out the supreme
penalty for sale of narcotics to
persons under 18.
U.S. SAID DRIFTING
Monterey. Calif. i'J.R) Navy
Secretary Charles Thomas said
today the United States was
drifting toward a trend of
"paralysis by numbers" by over
estimating "the importance of
quantity in military building.
COULD DESTROY FORCE
New York OJ.R) Author Wil
liam Faulkner said today that
this nation's failure to achieve
Negro and white equality could
destroy the one potent force
against communism in the world
today, the "simple belief of man
that he can be free."
97 Persons Pay With Lives
In Memorial
D UNITED PRESS
Motorists turned in a safer
Memorial Day than the National
Safety Council had predicted,
but the final death count was
more than 20 above that of a
normal Wednesday in May.
97 Traffic Deaths
A United Press count from 6
p.m. Tuesday until midnight
Wednesday night showed 97
traffic deaths across the coun
try. Warm weather contributed
to 31 drownings. There were
four deaths in plane crashes and
22 in miscellaneous accidents.
The holiday death total was 154.
Illinois had the worst record
during the one-day holiday, post
ing 16 traffic deaths. There were
13 in California, seven in Penn
sylvania, five each in Washing-
Seaton's Voting Record
Shows Liberal Tendency
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Fred A. Seaton,
newly appointed Interior Secre
tary, can best be described as an
Eisenhower Republican, tending
to be more liberal than his party
as a whole.
This is the indication from his
voting record during the year
he served in the Senate, as well
as his political affiliations down
through the years when he was
in the more liberal faction of
Nebraska politics.
More Liberal Than Ike'
But the voting record of Sea
ton1 indicates that on two big
issues he was even more liberal
than President Eisenhower. He
voted for Alaska statehood,
which the President docs not
support, and he opposed giving
the tidelands to the coastal states,
contrary to the position of the
President.
Curiously both are topics that
fall within the domain of the
Interior Department, although
the tidelands question has been
settled legislatively. As far as
statehood for Alaska is concern
ed, Seaton is expected to find
himself acceding to the chief
executive's wishes on this ques
tion. But most observers expect
Seaton to be more aggressive
than was his predecessor, Doug
las McKay,, in trying to win
White House support for his
ideas. This could possibly lead
to a. reappraisal of the statehood
issue by the President.
Seaton's record in the Senate
shows that he has a streak of
independence. Taking all of the
record votes in which he partici
pated in 1952, Seaton voted with
the majority of the GOP in the
Senate only 69 per cent of the
time.
In addition to breaking with
his party on tidelands and state
hood, Seaton voted against var
ious GOP attempts to cut the
budget of the Corps of Engineers.
Seaton bucked his party on
Niagara power development, vo
ting to give the engineers funds
to study its feasibility. Ironically,
Billy Nunn Pleads
Innocent to Charge
Billy Junior Nunn, 28, of
Klamath Falls, pleaded innocent
to charges of first degree mur
der in Jackson county circuit
court today.
He is charged with the murder
of Alvin William Eaciet, 14, also
of Klamath Falls, at Tub Springs
State park off Highway 66 be
tween Ashland and Klamath
Falls last April 19. Eacret's body
was found about a week later
by two girls.
Judge H. K. Hanna set July
17 at the date for trial.
Sam Harbison, court-appointed
attorney who is representing
Nunn, said he asked the trial
date be set so far in advance to
give time for a phychiatric ex
amination for Nunn. He indicat
ed to the court he would explore
legal possibilities of pleading in
sanity when the trial js held. '
Nunn was, arrested m Alturas,
Calif., three days after Eacret's
body was found.
Portland University
To Honor Lawrence Welk
Portland (U.R) The Uni
versity of Portland will confer
an honorary doctor of fine arts
degree on bandleader Lawrence
Welk at the school's commence
ment exercises here June 3.
Father Waldschmidt, vice
president of the Catholic insti
tution, said the degree would be
given Welk "for his contribution
to wholesome entertainment."
Welk currently has a top-rated
television network ABC show.
Day Traffic
ton, and four each in Louisiana,
Michigan, Texas and Ohio. A
Fourteen states, including Ne
vada, Oregon and Utah, reported
perfect records.
The National Safety Council
congratulated the nation's driv
ers, but warned they are still
heading for the bloodiest year
on the highways on record.
Ail-Time Mark
The April traffic toll was
2.960. an all-time high for the
month, the council said. The
death count of 11,550 for the
first four months of 1956 is also
an all time record, and at this
rate, a shameful' record of 42,
000 deaths will be set by the end
of the year, the council said.
The council had predicted 110
Memorial Day traffic deaths.
J
FRED A. SEATON
Eisenhower Republican
he was absent when a string of
votes were taken on the Inter
ior Department money bill. .
Coming from the public pow
er state of Nebraska, he is not
adverse to using public funds
Election Friday
On Medford School
District Budget
A poll will be open between
2 and 8 p.m. tomorrow in the
Medford High school giris' gym
nasium for school district 49 res
idents to vote on a propos
ed budget of $1,992,437.11 for
the 1956-57 school year opera
tions. . -
Those eligible to vote are res
idents of the district who have
lived in the district for six
months and who have been reg
istered to vote at least since May
1.
Increased Expenditures -
. The proposed budget calls for
increased expenditures totaling
$200,203.76, .resulting from in
creased enrollments, higher sal
aries and other increased costs
of operation, according to Leon
ard Mayfield, school superin
tendent. '
Some of the changes in the
budget structure were required
by the addition of Dewey and
Kenwood districts, which will
become part of the Medford dis
trict July 1, 1956.
Residents of the Dewey and
Kenwood districts and residents
of the Oak Grove and West side
districts will not be eligible to
vote in tomorrow's election.
The districts will become a part
of the Medford district this year
but will operate under separate
budgets for one more year.
Lawsuit Questions
Governor's Directive
Portland (U.R) District At
torney William Langley today
filed a suit in Circuit Court ques
tioning validity of Gov. Elmo
Smith's recent directive giving
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton exclusive control of
the Multnomah ," county grand
jury.
Langley seeks a declaratory
judgment clarifying his right to
present to the grand jury routine
criminal matters. The governor's
directive specifically ex'cluded
Langley from handling any mat
ters connected with the attor
ney general's investigation into
alleged vice conditions here.
Langley also asked for an or
der during pendency of the suit
restraining Thornton from pre
venting him.;' from presenting
matters to the grand jury. A
hearing on the restraining order
was scheduled for next Monday.
Retail Milk Price
Expected fo Go Up
The retail price of milk" is ex
pected to go up 1 cent a quart
in Medford tomorrow, sources
close to the industry reported
today.
The price increase is the same
as that recently put into effect
in most Willamette valley towns.
It was made necessary, the re
port said, by increased costs of
processing milk, including labor
costs. A portion of the increased
price is expected to go to pro
ducers. -
Prices of bread and ice cream
are going up in Portland, ac
cording to reports in. the press
there, and similar increases lo
cally can also be expected, indus
try sources indicated.
for electrical energy develop
ment. But he agrees with the
current "partnership" power
policy under which local utilit
ies are aided in supplying their
own power requirements.
Seaton worked hard to help
win support from his own party
on Capitol' Hill for the adminis'
tration's Upper Colorado recla
mation project, a $760,000,000
federal development involving
four Rocky Mountain states. '
Some say he was largely re
sponsible for drafting the presi
dent's soil bank plan, which has
won wide support in Congress
and now has been signed into
law. '
Seaton comes by the label
"Eisenhower Republican" hon
estly, from the standpoint of in
tra party loyalties. He was a sup
porter of Eisenhower morjths be
fore the Chicago convention in
which Eisenhower defeated Sen.
Robert A. Taft for the nomina
tion. Te do this, Seaton had to
go against the prevailing senti
ments of his -conservative home
state and his senior colleague,
the late Sen. Hugh Butler, who
backed Taft.
Served for Siassen
Prior to this political affilia
tion, Seaton served Harold E.
Stassen as a campaign secretary
and earlier, in 1936, was secre
tary to Alf Landon, the GOP
presidential candidate that year.
If Seaton had a small hand in
making possible President Eisen
hower's initial success in poli
tics, it can be said that the Sea
ton family even had a hand in
launching the five-star general's
career. Fred Seaton's father was
the assistant to Sen. Joseph L.
Bristow (R-Kan.). '
Bristow served only one term,
1909-1915, during which he at
least made one historic decision
he appointed to West Point a
Kansas farm boy named Dwight
David Eisenhower.
Open House Set at
East Side Station "
An open house from 1:30 to 5
p.m. Sunday will "dedicate" the
city of Medford's new east side
fire station, Fire Chief Gordon
Barker announced today.
Mayor Earl Miller, city coun
cilman and City Manager Robert
Duff will be present. Eugene
Amann, Oakland, Calif., Med
ford's first fire chief, will be
special guest. There wiil, how
ever, be no formal ceremonies,
Barker said.
The chief invited all residents
interested to make a Sunday
afternoon tour of inspection of
the station. Refreshments will
be served by firemen.
The station at 530 Highland
dr. was placed in service Tues
day. Equipment and personnel
were moved from the temporary
fire hall at 147 South Keene
Way dr.
Myron Corcoran Construction
company was builder of the new
station. It received the contract
in February on a low bid of
$20,990.
Tallahassee Negroes
Plan Bus Boycott
Tallahasse, Fla. VJ.R) Ne
groes vowed an all-out boycott
of local buses today in a carbon
copy of the Montgomery strike
but the spirit appeared lacking
so ar to make it half so effec
tive. Many Negroes walked or rode
in car pools to work to back up
demands for first come, first
served seating arrangements and
"more courtesy" from drivers.
The boycott appeared to be
about 50 per cent effective in
the morning v'ush hours, but Ne
gro leaders said that was partly
because many of the city's 14.000
Negroes hadn't heard yet about
the free car poolsv
The boycott emerged from the
Saturday arrest of two Florida
A&M University coeds who sat
in the White section of a segre
gated bus.
Ike Looks Healthy,
Hitchcock Declares
Portland !U.R) Philip S.
Hitchcock, who returned here
from an eastern trip and a visit
'to the White House, said today
President Eisenhower '"looks the
picture of health."
Hitchcock, who lost to Doue-
las McKay in the May 18 Dri-
mary for the Republican nomina
tion to the U. S. Senate, stopped
in Washington, D.C. -on his way
home from a . Presbyterian
church meeting in Philadelphia.
ihe President looked good.
He was sharp and alert and com
pletely relaxed." Hitchcock said.
lo me he appeared the picture
oi health.
UN Command in
Korea Orders
Members Chased
Flagrant Violation
Of Armistice Charged
Panmunjom, Korea (U.R) The
United Nations Command today
ordered the neutral truce super
vision teams expelled from the
Republic of Korea for flagrant
Communist violations of the
armistice and perversion of the
truce teams role.
The U.N. Command gave the
teams one week to leave the Re
public of Korea where the Pol
ish and v Czech members have
been denounced by President
Syngman Rhee as spies. There
was no criticism of the Swiss
and Swedish members.
8th Army To Take Action
U.S. Maj. Gen. R. G. Gard,
head of the delegation which
ousted the truce teams, told
newsmen the U.S. 8th Army
will "take necessary action" if
the inspectors do not leave. He
did not elaborate.
In response to a question he
said U.N. military forces in
South Korea "are always on the
alert for attack."
At the same time an official
U.N. Command spokesman in
Tokyo said U.N. forces were
ready to meet any Communist
attack if the Reds resume war
fare because of the expulsion
order, and presumably with
atomic weapons that would be
flown in from Tokyo.
Temporary Suspension
The U.N. Command told the
Communists the expulsions
amounted to temporary suspen
sion of some of the armistice
regulations until the Reds cor
rect their violations. The major
violation was the illegal building
up of a North Korean air force.
U.N. sources said the Reds
had brought between 400 and
500 planes into North Korea,
about half of them jet fighters
and bombers, since the armistice.
The armistice provided that
forces should be frozen at end
of the fighting. The neutral ob
servation teams were formed
to check for violations,
North Korean Coy. Lo In Hi,
who attended today's meeting
in the unexplained absence of
the senior Red delegate, Maj.
Gen. Jung Kuk Rok, said "if
the United Nations side takes
in any unilateral action it will
have to bear all consequences."
Two Ships Collide
Off Thames Estuary
Margate, England U.R) Two
ships collided off the Thames
estuary in the North Sea today.
One reported it was taking
water and needed immediate as
sistance. There was no immed
iate word on the other's fate.
Radio messages from the .5671
ton Liberian steamer Centauraus
said it and the Japanese 9300
ton freighter Philippine Maru
collided two miles off Sandiettie
lightship.
The Centaurus said it was tak
ing water and needed help.
A British Coast Guard cutter
put out from Ramsgate, and the
French salvage tug Jeanbart
moved to the scene from the
French shore.
The Centaurus radioed about
a half hour after the crash that
visibility was very bad and
asked that all other ships keep
clear of the area to avoid con
gestion. Rainfall Reducing.
Food Value of Hay
Current rainfall is reducing
food value of hay which has-al
ready been cut and is delaying
harvfi-t of the remainder of the
croD. W. B. (Ben) Tucker, Jack
son county agent, reported today.
Tucker said some farmers are
conserving their cut hay for feed
purposes by converting it into
silage.
He added that uncut hay is
beco'mins over-ripe in the fields
and protein content "Will be re
duced if the rain continues and
harvest is delayed much longer.
Weather
FORECAST: Showers this ve
iling. Parllv cloudy tonight,
becoming cloudy Friday morn
ing. Partial clearing Friday
afternoon with widely scat
tered showers.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday "
Lowest this Morning . 52
Prec. to 4:30 a-m. Today 12
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:3 a.m.
Sunset - P-m.
Moonrise Friday 12:11 a.m.
Last Quarter Friday
MARS, seen near the Moon to
night, is now about 76.000.000
miles from the Earth. It has be
come noticeably brighter than
any star in the sky.
51st Year
Medford
24 Pages MEDFORD,
Columbia Inches
Toward One of
Highest Crests
Situation Said
Not Critical
Portland (U.R) The Colum
bia river inched slowly upward
toward one of its biggest crests
in history today but so far no
critical situation was reported
despite some sandboils and seep
age and one breached private
dike.
The Columbia was 24.7 feet
at 8:30 a:m. today at-Vancouver,
Wash. River Forecaster Elmer
Fisher predicted a stage by next
Monday of 25.4 feet. Flood stage
at Vancouver is 15 feet. There
was no assurance the final crest
would be reached Monday.
Fourth Highest
25-4-foot reading at Vancou
ver would be the, fourth highest
on record there, exceeded or
equalled only in 1894, 1928 and
1948. However, the stream was
still some six feet below the 1948
crest with no indication it would
approach that level this year.
Army, engineers . said some
seepage in dikes had been re
ported along the Columbia but
that no real danger spots have
appeared. A private dike in the
Batchelor island area northwest
of Vancouver, Wash., was
breached yesterday, flooding
fields and pastureland. Farmers
moved cattle to higher ground.
Would Restrict Ships
The Willamette river in Port
land was expected to reach the
25-foot level Monday. At that
stage all ships and boat traffic
will be restricted to speeds of
eight miles an hour upstream
and six miles an hour down
stream to prevent swells from
damaging shoreside installations.
There was momentary excite
ment -early -yesterday when-civil-
defense crews were working on
a boil behind a dike in the north
Portland area under floodlights.
Some employees of the Portland
Meadows race track concluded
the dike was breaking and blew
the flood alarm. Some trainers
moved their horses and a number
of trailer residents moved out
before they learned there was no
emergency.
Yesterday was the eighth anni
versary of the 1948 Vanport
flood.
Bonners Ferry, Ida. (U.R)
The Kootenai river flowed at
four feet above flood stage at
Bonners Ferry this morning,
still soaking up the dirt of dikes
still intact in the north Idaho
area.
The upper Snake river, too,
poured water over low areas
along its banks in Jefferson
county and about 2,000 acres of
farm land in the Heise-Roberta
area were inundated.
Frost Forecasters
Returning fo Pomona
William Rogers, frost fore
caster for the U.S. weather bu
reau, will leave Medford early
Friday morning for Pomona,
Calif., where he is regularly
stationed.
Rogers has been broadcasting
frost warnings each night as a
service to fruit growers since
April 9. He made his lqst broad
cast Friday.
The forecaster said plans are
under way for a critical tem
perature report program to be
published regularly in local
newspapers next year as a sup
plement to' the frost warning
radio broadcasts.
Knife-Bearina
w
Aboard Excursion Boat on
Buffalo, N.Y. (U.R) Knife
bearing teen-age gang members
seized control of . an excursion
boat crossing Lake Erie Wednes
day night and terrorized its pas
sengers to climax a day-long Me
morial Day race riot.
Buffalo police met the boat,
the Canadiana, when it docked
late Wednesday night and es
corted a group of sobbing white
girls to safety. The clothes of
many of the disheveled girls
were torn.
Strictly Racial Riot
Both white and Negroes were
injured in the rioting, which
took place on the boat and 12
miles across the water at Crystal
Beach, Ont. Cpl. J. E. Legate of
the Ontario Provincial Police
said the rioting was
'strictly ra-
cial."
OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY
'It's Not In The
MHS Baccalaureate
Services Are Sunday
Baccalaureate services for
Medford High school graduating
seniors will be held at 8 p.m.
Boy Killed al Race
Track in Roseburg
Terry Lynn McCumber, 9-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert McCumber, Pleasanton,
Calif., was killed almost instant
ly yesterday afternoon at a Rose
burg automobile race track.
-Funeral services will be held
at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Conger-Morris
chapel here with the
Rev. D. Kirkland West of the
First Presbyterian church offi
ciating. Committal will be be
side his grandfather, the late
John Marin, in Memory Gardens.
According to reports hnre,
Terry was attending auto races
at Roseburg and attempted to
jump on the side of a water
truck. He fell under the truck's
wheels, reports indicated. He
was visiting his aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Holteen,
in Roseburg.
Besides his' parents, he is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. H. R.
Shambin, Santa Jose. Calif., and
his grandmother, Mrs. John
Marin, Medford.
Bend Child Drowns
In Irrigation Ditch
Bend (U.R) Rita Rene
Boldt, 22-month-old daughter of
Mr: and Mrs. Halden W. Boldt
of Bend, drowned Tuesday eve
ning in an irrigation ditch here.
She had been wading in the
ditch with other children. Ef
forts by firemen to revive her
failed.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Waihingion S 12 2
New York ... 9 12 0
Stobbs, Chakalei (6) and
Courtney, Berberet (6); Grim.
Larsen (5) and Howard.
Home runs: Bauer, New
York; Sievers, Luttrell, Wash
ington. Boston 4 8 1
Baltimore 1 4 0
Porterfield and Whit:
Wight, Doriih (6), Schmilx (6)
and Triandos.
Teen-Aae Ganas Riot
Six persons went to hospitals
with minor injuries and scores
more were given first aid or
refused treatment for cuts and
bruises. Canadian police arrest
ed five Negro youths and four
White youth and Buffalo police
arrested three more Negro
youths.
Police Overwhelmed
Canadian police tried with lit
tle success to break up the riot
ing at the crowded Crystal
Beach amusement park and it
resumed ' completely uncon
trolled aboard the boat on its
return trip.
Two special police aboard the
boat were overwhelmed and
Buffalo and Canadian police
were helpless to come to the
aid of the passengers. Interna
tional agreements forbid either
Price 5c
Tribune
31, 1956
No. 61
Plane-Spotting Manual At All"
.-.--.v.
Sunday, June , 3, in the high
school auditorium. Principal Les
ter D. Harris, said today.
The Rev. Raymond W. Hurn,
pastor of the First Church of
the Nazarene, will deliver the
sermon, and the Rev. Thomas
McCamant, pastor of the Med
ford Congregational church, will
read the invocation and bene
diction. Also participating in services
will be the high school choir
under the direction of Allen
Lehl, and the school orchestra
under the direction of John Drys
dale,:. r.. v : . . - ,
Commencement will be held
at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 7,
either at the high school stadium
or Hedrick Junior High school
auditorium, depending on the
weather, Harris said.
About 275 seniors, believed to
be the largest graduating class
in Medford school history, are
expected to receive diplomas.
Students will return to school
Friday, June 8, for the final
session.
Pope Begins Period
Of Forced Rest
Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius
XII today began a period of rest
forced by too much worry, work
and heat.
The 80-year old Pontiff limited
his activities to receiving only
his aides from the Vatican sec
retariat at state, Msgr. Angela
Delacqua and Msgr. Dominico
Tardini.
The Pope, suffering from what
his doctor described as "general
fatigue" and a sore throat stem
ming from nervous causes, sus
pended all audiences Wednesday
until further notice.
Vatican source said there was
no cause for concern and the
audiences might be resumed by
the end of the week.
Chief Accountant
For PUC Quits WorJq
Salem- (U.R) Joseph L. Ken
nedy, chief accountant for the
Public Utilities Commission, has
retired, it was announced today
by PUC Commissioner Charles
Heltzel.
Kennedy, employed by the
PUC since 1832, will be replaced
by Gordon Hieber, assistant to
Kennedy for more than three
years.
Lake Erie
Canadian or American police
from boarding the boat.
Margaret Wynn, a reporter for
the Buffalo Courier-Express who
was on the boat for the return
trip, said it was a "nightmare of
flashing knives and sobbing,
frightened teen-agers." She
said gangs of Negro girls, wear
ing jackets with embroidered
names of their gangs, roamed the
ship attacking white girls, maul
ing them and tearing their
clothes.
'Disgracing Our Race
Of the boat's 1,000 passengers,
about 80 per cent were Negroes
but not all Negroes took part
in the wanton rioting. Many of
the Negro teen-agers sat quietly
on deck chairs and one said of
the rioters: "They are disgrac
ing our race," a witness said.