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STEEL STRIKE
CHANCES GROW
New York U.R) The
chance of averting a nationwide
iteel strike appeared so slim to
day that the industry began
shutdown which will cost $1.
000,000 tons production even if
there is no walkout Saturday
night.
Negotiations between top
union and industry representa
tives all but collapsed Wednes
day night and each side accus
ed the other of forcing a crisis
upon the nation. Both sides re
jected proposals for postponing
the strike.
Negotiators recessed the talks
so abruptly that no time was
set lor resumption ol the con
ference but spokesmen for the
Reuther Calls for
Limit of $20 on
Political Donations
Washington 'U.R) Union
leader Walter P. Reuther called
on Congress today to limit indi
vidual political campaign con
tributions to S20 in presidential
election years.
He also urged a $15 limit for
congressional election years as
a way to deal with the overall
problem of influence on legisla
tion."
Feuther said an individual
should be allowed to contribute
no more than S3 to any ranch
date for the Senate, the House.
and the presidency, and to one
political committee. That would
add up to S20 in presidential and
$15 in congressional election
years.
Closely Connected
Reuther, vice-president of the
AFL-CIO and head of the United
Auto Workers, made the propos
als in testimony before the spe
cial Senate Committee on Lobby
ing. He said campaign contribu
tions and lobbying are closely
connected.
As for the vetoed natural gas
bill, starting, point of the com
mittee's hearings, Reuther said
the UAW spent Sli8,762 trying
to defeat it.
'I say very frankly to you:
We were lobbying." Reuther
testified. "We were trying to in
" fluence votes."
Attacking what he called "the
oil and gas lobby." Reuther said
its spokesmen were long on
cash and short on honesty" when
they disclaimed any knowledge
of lobbying.
Mrs. America Urges
Bridal Cooking Test
Washington (U.R) Mrs. Clee
Maletis, Mrs. America of 1956,
today demanded legislation to
force every prospective bride to
pass cooking tests before receiv
ing a marriage license.
The 31-year-old homemaker
from Portland, Ore., said she
planned to try to get Sens.
Wayne Morse and Richard I.
Neuberger and Rep. Edith Green,
all Oregon Democrats, to back
her proposal.
"I'm not a politician," the pert
brown-eyed Mrs. America said,
"so I'll need their help. Basical
ly, I think it's something all
women will approve of."
The contest winner, who was
selected for her homemaking
abilities, made the statement in
a breakfast interview here. She
xaid her husband. Chris, 33, and
her three boys thoroughly ap
prove of the cooking-test legis
lation. The champion housewife said
she received ' so much fan mail"
from husbands who complained
about their wives cooking that
she realized the need for such a
law.
National Emergency
Food Plan To Be Aired
Salem (U.R) A meeting of
state emergency welfare officers
is scheduled in Washington,
D.C., tomorrow at which plans
for a national unified emergency
food supply program will be
discussed.
Arthur M. Sheets, Oregon
civil defense director, has called
for a national plan drawn up by
the Federal Civil Defense Ad
ministration. So far each state
has developed its own emer
gency supply plans, resulting in
48 different systems.
Among questions to be raised
by Oregon is "where are all the
huce stocks of surplus food
stores which are continually be
ing referred to by the FCDA and
how are they to be transported
in a hurry to a stricken area?"
Other questions involve- issu
ance of ration cards to civilians, '
types of vouchers for supplies
and payments for goods requi
sitioned. 1
United Steelworkers of Ameri
ca and the steel companies in
dicated they would make a last-
ditch attempt at settlement to
day.
At 1 a.m. (EDT) U.S. Steel's
giant plant at Gary, Ind., the
world's largest steel installation,
began cooling its furnaces. U.S.
Steel ordered its plants in the
Pittsburgh area to start shut
ting down later today.
' Bethlehem Steel, which with
U. S. Steel produces one half
the nation's annual steel out
put of 60.000.000 tons, also ord
ered its plants to begin the shut
down process today and other
companies said they would fol
low suit according to local con
ditions. Since it takes three days to
cool furnaces and two weeks to
heat them -up again, at least
1,000,000 tons production will be
lost even if the strike is averted
before Saturday, midnight, when
the union's contract expires.
The talks were recessed when
the Steelworkers rejected a com
pany proposal to continue the
negotiations under an extension
of the present contract and the
industry spokesmen turned
down a union proposal to extend
the current contract 15 days with
all new contract benefits to be
retroactive to July 1.
The company said an agree
ment on retroactivity would
leave the union with '"nothing
to lose" and said the talks
should proceed only with "equal
pressure on both parties."
David J. McDonald, president
of the union, said the company
plan would put a "premium on
procrastination" and . would
mean that union members would
be working during the new con
tract year at "last year's wages."
The main difference between
the two sides is the industry's
demand for a five-year contract.
The steelworkers are believed
acceptable to a three-yea con
tract. Chou Appeals for
Formosa Surrender
Tokyo (U.R) Chinese Com
munist Premier Chou En-lai ap
pealed today to Chinese Nation
alists to go to Peiping and ne
gotiate the "peaceful liberation,"
or surrender, of Formosa.
He bypassed Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek and addressed
the appeal to "patriotic Kuomin-
tang military and political lead
ers." He promised them a gen
eral amnesty for past "crimes.'
inspection trips to the mainland
and an end to their "life as vaga
bonds.
Chou, in a policy speech
broadcost by Peiping Radio, re
iterated that the "liberation" of
Formosa was the "unshakable
will" of 600,000.000 Chinese
whether by war or peaceful
means.
But he said he preferred
peaceful means and urged "pa
tnotic forces to send repre
sentatives to Peiping or some
other suitable place to negotiate
transfer of the Nationalist
stronghold to the Reds.
In effect, it was an appeal to
Nationalists on Formosa and
throughout 'the world to re
nounce the Chiang government
and the United States which he
described as an "undependabie
ally." Not once did he mention
Chiang by name.
Cahili Bond Report
To Be Filed in Court
Salem (U.R) Polk County
District Attorney Walter Foster
said today he would file with the
State Supreme Court a report on
bonds offered by four Lincoln
county residents or release of
Otto Cahill from the -state
prison.
Cahill, a former Lincoln coun
ty water district official, plans
to appeal to the U.S. Supreme
Court his conviction for convert
ing public funds to 'his own use.
He was tried in Polk county.
Foster would not say what his
report would contain. However,
his filing of a report indicated
he would object to one or more
parts of the bond.
The State Supreme Court
twice has refused to reverse Ca-
hill's conviction. However, the
court said he could be released
from the prison if he posted $10.
000 bond and filed his appeal
within 90 days. The Polk county
district attorney was given five
days to object to the bonds.
Cahill was taken to the prison
June 16 to start a one-year term.
Astoria ;U.R The June sal
mon catch in Astoria waters may
reach record proportions, ac
cording to fisheries officials
here.
ISLAND GIRL Jere
Wright, 20, displays the rea
sons why after being crown
ed Miss Hawaii during the
49th State Fair in Honolulu.
She's a junior at the Univer
sity of Hawaii Reasons why
are five feet seven inches,
124 pounds and 36-24-36.
Shell represent Hawaii at
the Miss America contest at
Atlantic City, N. J.
President Summons
Defense Secretary
For Conference
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower summoned Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson to
the hospital today for a confer
ence on "the nation's posture of
defense.
In announcing the late after
noon conference, White House
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty emphasized that the em
battled secretary has not been
asked to resign despite a storm
of protest over some of his re
cent statements. He called resig
nation rumors "a lot of non
sense."
Major Controversy
Iha meeting-was the first be
tween the President and the
secretary since Mr. Eisenhower
was hospitalized nearly three
weeks ago. The only other Cab
inet officer the President has
seen was Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles.
Today's conference came amid
a major controversy over Wil
son's recent comments charact
erizing a Senate drive to boost
the Air Force budget as "phony"
on the grounds the money was
not needed.
To Testify Friday
In making the announcement
Hagerty noted that Wilson is
scheduled to testify Friday be
fore a subcommittee of the Sen
ate Armed Services committee.
Presidential Assistant Sher
man Adams also will go to the
hospital to see the President this
afternoon.
Adams apparently will take
some other business up with the
President. Adams did not see
the President this morning be
cause Mr. Eisenhower was nap
ping. Public Hearing on
County Budget Friday
Representatives of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
legislative committee will dis
cuss the group's study of the
1956-57 county budget, and
will make recommendations, at
the public hearing on the bud
get Friday at 10 a.nu
The hearing, which will be
held in the county court room,
will include a report on a study
by the county budget committee
concerning salaries for court
house personnel.
Total proposed budget for the
year is $2,636,818.47.
Governor in Capital
'Seeing cr Few People'
Washington (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith of Oregon visited the na
tion's capital today en route
home from the governor's con
ference in Atlantic City.
Smith said he had "just been
seeing a few people" here.
Among those he visited were
Republican Reps. Walter Nor
blad, Harris Ellsworth and Sam
Coon.
Salem (U.PJ The Interim
Committee on Local Govern
ment will discuss proposals to
cqpe with Portland metropolitan
area problems at a meeting
July 13.
Tir-.-!. :. iii a r-
has passed and sent to the White
House a bill to encourage states
to develop comprehensive pro
grams for curbing water pollution.
Medford
Umteo Press toll Leased Wire
51st Year 26 Pages
Two Men Instantly
Killed in Sawmill,
Logging Accidents
Company Has First
Fatality in 17 Tears
Two men were killed instant
ly in sawmill and logging acci
dents in Jackson county yester
day, according to County Cor
oner Carlos Morris.
Leslie J. Gibson, 48, of 619
Benson St., Medford, was killed
about 2:45 p.m. yesterday at the
Eugene S. Burrill sawmill at
White City when he was struck
by a piece of timber from an
edger, Morris said.
The fatality at the Burrill mill
was the first in 17 years of op
eration by the company
Crushed By Log
Ernest Heaton, 44, of route 1,
box 297, Eagle Point, was killed
instantly about 4 p.m. when he
was crushed by a log while
working on Bessie creek about
12 miles northeast of Project,
Morris said.
Heaton was employed by Al
Cooper Logging of Shady Cove
Company officials said he was
preparing to set a choker on a
log, when the log rolled on to
him.
Conger-Morris Funeral home
is in charge of arrangements for
both men.
Mr. Gibson is survived by his
wife, Ethel, a daughter, Janet
Gibson, at home; two sons.
Jimmy Gibson, at home, and
Raymond Gibson, Medford.
Mr. Heaton is survived by his
wife, and two daughters, Mrs.
Wanda Couser, Eagle Point, and
Mrs. Marie Anthony, Prospect.
Farm Bureau Urges
Private Hell's Dam
, Chicago fti.R-, Directors
of the American Farm Bureau
Federation today urged private
development of the Hell's Can
yon project on the Idaho-Oregon
border.
"It is our conviction that the
public interest will be best serv
ed in this instance by the pro
posed private development,"
the group said.
The statement cited a report
of hearings before the Federal
Power commission which indi
cate the proposed private devel
opment would not differ signifi
cantly in areas of flood control,
recreational benefits and navi
gation from the proposed feder
al project.
The statement admitted that
the federal plan called for a
higher production of power but
stated that the cost of that pro
duction would be at least equal
and possibly excess of its value.
Washington U.R) Thomas P.
Pike, Los Angeles industrialist,
has been sworn in as special as
sistant to President Eisenhower.
Weather
TORECAST: Fair throuth Frl-
day. Low ton) t 55. High
Friday 95.
Temp
Highest Yesterday 95
Lowest this Morning 35
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Sunset ..-
Moon rise
Last Quarter .
a.m.
7:53 p.m.
..10:40 p.m.
July 1
PROMINENT STARS
Spica, in the southwest 9:48 p.m.
Arcturus, high above Spica.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Juptier. in the west .. 8:47 p.m.
Mars, rises 11:45 p.m.
below the Moon.
Saturn, sets 1:50 a.m.
Senate Expected To Approve Foreign
Aid Bill Without Drastic Reductions
Washington (U.R) Admin
istration lieutenants predicted
today that the Senate will ap
prove a $4,500,000,000 foreign
aid bill without drastic cuts.
They conceded, however, that
some close votes are in prospect
before the final showdown to
night or Friday. Voting on
amendments was scheduled to
start in mid-afternoon.
Would Cut Total in Half
One amendment proposes cut
ting the aid total in half, and a
number of other attempts to trim
the program were likely. In ad
dition, attempts to curb aid to
Yugoslavia and India had some
support.
Senate strategists said private
ly that administration leaders
would have to keep about 30
GOP senators in line to fight
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1956
Intercontinental
Increase Urged
Recommendation
Made To Meet
Russia's Might
No Decision Made,
Air Secretary Says
Washington (U.R) Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, Air Force
chief of staff, has recommended
a 50 per cent increase in the na
tion's intercontinental air strik
ing power to meet the threat of
Russia's growing air might.
Air Secretary Donald A.
Quarles disclosed the recommen
dation today. Quarles did not say
when the recommendation was
made but it obviously came
within the last few months
Quarles said no decision has been
made on the recommendation
yet
The disclosure came as Sen
ate-House conferees met to de
cide how much the Air Force
budget should be increased over
administration rec o m m e n d a
tions. Senate Democrats were
confident of retaining most, if
not all, of the $960,000,000 in
crease made by the Senate.
More Big Bombers
Under questioning by a Sen
ate Armed Services Subcommit
tee on airpower, Quarles said
Twining has recommended that
the Air Force build toward 17
heavy bomber wings by 1960
The present 137-wing program.
set by the administration in
1953. calls for 11 heavy bomber
wings. There are 45 B52 inter
continental- jot bombers in sH
heavy bomber wing. ' -
Twining's recommend a t i o n
would mean buying about 300
additional B52s at a cost of
about $2.400,000,0000.
The testimony brought out
that Twining has made a pre
liminary estimate that the Air
Force will require $23,600,000,
000 in fiscal 1958, $7,000,000,-
000 more thsn in the current
fiscal year. Quarles declined to
commit himself to this specific
amount. He said it is a fair as
sumption that there will be a
need for a substantial increase
in the air force budget in the
coming years.
No Decision Reached
Quarles said that no decision
need be made on Twining's rec
ommendation for a standing
force of 17 heavy bomber wings
until the budget is drawn up for
fiscal 1956. He said there Is suf
ficient latitude within the pres
ent program to build up to such
a force without changing the
fiscal 1957 budget.
The administration has oppos
ed the increase in Air Force
funds.
Defense Secretary Charles E.
Wilson denied Wednesday night
that he plans to resign because
of the fight over the Air Force
budget.
Warm Weather Expected
To Continue in Valley
The current hot weather in
the Medford vicinity continued
yesterday with a temperature
reading of 95 degrees at the U.S.
weather bureau station at the
airport. The day was the hottest
so far this year.
A maximum of 92 or 93 de
grees is expected tbday with the
mercury possibly going up to 95
tomorrow.
off attempts to reduce the bill.
Democrats will provide perhaps
15 to 20 votes for the adminis
tration, they said.
Senate Republican Leadar Wil
liam F. Knowland told newsmen
he thought the Senate would ap
prove substantially the $4,500,
000,000 bill reported out by the
Senate Foreign Relation Com
mittee. The administration would
gladly settle for that figure al
though President Eisenhower
originally asked for $4,900,000,
000 in foreign aid -funds. The
House cut the President's re
quest to $3,800,000,000.
Yugoslavia Cut Favored
A number of Republicans fa
vored eliminating or drastically
reducing aid to Yugoslavia even
though the administration strong
ly opposes such a move.
Tribi1
United
"Amazing"
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Option on 160 Acres
In Camp White Area
Signed by Commission
The Oregon Stale Game com
mission has signed an option to
purchase 160 acres of land in
.the . Camp White area for , a
public hunting area, it was
learned today.
Kenneth Denman, Medford at
torney and a member of the com
mission, said the property
owned by Fred Hall, and is lo-
Trolley-Auto Crash
Disrupts Service
Portland U.R) A collision
between an outbound streetcar
and an automobile today disrupt
ed interurban service on the
Portland - Bellrose trolley line
for about two hours.
The car driver, Clarence W.
Nix, was hospitalized for lacera
tions and undetermined head
and arm injuries. The driver of
the streetcar, Ralph "ft. Mote.
and a passenger, were not re
ported hurt.
The car was dragged 21 feet
along the tracks until it struck
a telephone pole. The trolley
was derailed in the back part
and traveled about 292 feet be
fore halting.
M-T Subscriber Asks
Delivery of Paper
In Neighbor's Box
Usual complaints received
by the Mail Tribune circula
tion department are that the
paper has been left in the
neighbor's box, the boy threw
the paper in the lawn sprin
kler or onto the porch roof.
But the I.. L. Lawrence fam
ily, of route 1, box 347, Central
Point, sent a note to the cir
culation jepartment the other
day asking that their paper
be left in the neighbor's box
"for a few days."
"It seems we hay a family
of birds in ours," the note said.
In Wednesday's debate, Know
land himself said the State De
partment had not yet answered
his doubhts about where Mar
shal Tito stands since his "kiss
and make up" trip to Moscow.
Sen. Ralph Flanders (R-Vt.)
commented that "We can't buy
Tito." He said that "We can rent
him for a time, but the rent
will go up from month to
month."
Troublesome Amendment
Another proposed amendment
which would cause the admin
istration some trouble was intro
duced late Wednesday by Sen.
Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.).
It, in effect, proposes using the
foreign aid program as a club
to force Mr. Eisenhower to use
S960.000.000 in extra Air Force
funds voted by the Senate.
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Price 5c.
Air Power
by Twining
caled just east of Agate slough,
southeast of the National Guard
buildings. It has two water im
poundments located on it, he
said, and with proper develop
ment will become an ideal bird-
hunting site.
The property also has a dwel
ling and a barn. Denman said
the .contemplated sale price will
remain confidential until the
option is taken 6p and the sale
consumated.
The new proposed hunting
area is adjacent to a tract total
ing 2,300 acres already awned
by the game commission and
dedicated to public recreation
use, Denman pointed out, and
the addition will bring the total
to 2.460 acres.
Discussions are now under
way regarding the possibility of
working out contracts with the
city of Medford for a lease agree
ment for use of city-owned prop
erty in the area. If this can be
done, it will mean a total of
some 3,000 acres in that area
alone for the public use of sports
men, the commissioner report
ed. Throughout the state, the
commission owns or controls al
most' 90,000 acres of land for
this purpose. '
The game commission already
has done considerable seeding
and water impoundment work
to provide cover, habitat and
food for wild life in the manage
ment area along the Rogue river.
Vehicle Grouping
Effective Monday
Salem U.R All branches of
Oregon's government dealing
with motor vehicles, will be
lumped together within a single
department Monday and the di
rector of the new motor vehicle
department said all arrange
ments for the mass transfer had
been completed.
Some 500 state employees will
be transferred to the new depart
ment but Director Warne Nunn
said there would be no major
changes in the chiefs of the
various divisions. J. R. Williams:
formerly in the state budget di
vision, nas been named comp
troller of the motor vehicle de
partment.
The department was created
by tne 19o5 legislature on the
recommendation of the so-called
"Little Hoover Commission."
District Attorneys
At Salem Institute
Salem (U.R) The fourth
annual institute for district at
torney's, sheriffs and assistant
attorneys general, registered.
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton was attending the op
ening meeting.
Preparation and trial of con
demnation cases occupied the
morning session, with welfare
fraud and non-support, examin
ation of witnesses and drunken
driving prosecution occupying
the afternoon.
P 3
nsas City Crews
"brk All Night
j Clear Debris
New York City Raked;
Trees Fall on 'Autos
By UNITED PRESS
Tornadic winds up to 115
miles an hour roared through
four Southern states Wednesday
night and today. They struck
hardest at Kansas City, where
crews worked through the night
clering debris-clogged streets.
The high winds, whipped up
by an advancing cold front, rip
ped through parts of Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas.
New York City Raked ,
Another wild storm raked
New York late Wednesday with
wind, hail and more than 1.5
inches of rain. Minor street
flooding occurred, power lines
were broken and several sub
ways were stopped temporarily.
Lightning hit two church
steeples in the big town. Off
Oceanside, L.I., rough waters
tipped over a boat containing
five boys. Four of them swam a
half mile to shore, but the fifth
drowned. '
The worst big city chaos was
in Kansas City, where 115-mile-per-hour
winds brought the most
destructive storm in 18 years.
Trees toppled onto cars, trap
ping motorists inside. Power
lines went down by the hun
dreds, sparking wildly in the
water-filled streets, and at least
one motorist was injured when
she drove onto a downed tree
during mid-afternoon darkness.
About 55 main power cables
and about 10.000 telephones
were knocked out in the greater
Kansas City area. Doctors per
formed operations by the light of
emergency batteries in blackout
out hospitals.. All traffic lights
halted in the Kansas City, Kan.,
business district and the nearby
communities of Riverside and
Parksville, Mo., were completely
without power.
Officials said most telephone
and light s would be back in
order by today. Repairmen
worked all night restoring com
munications and clearing the
streets of huge trees, poles and
other debris.
Tornadoes emerged from the
howling winds elsewhere in the
Southwest.
Several Twisters
A funnel was sighted whirl
ing above ground near Okla
homa City. Okla., early today.
Earlier twisters were reported
near Topeka, Kan., and Wash
burn, Mo., and a wind-driven
thunderstorm cut visibility to
zero at Fayetteville, Ark.
The storms at least brought
cool weather to the heat-baked
midlands. The temperature drop
ped from 102 to 77 at Russell,
Kan., following a thunderstorm.
And the mercury went down 10
degrees in the upper Great
Lakes, hitting 45 at Grand Ma
ra is, Mich.
In contrast, many parts of
Northern and Central California
sweltered in a 100-degree heat
wave. The 97 at San Francisco
airport Wednesday was the hot
test June 27 on record. Smog
added to the misery.
Homicide Charge Due
In Hood River Death
Hood River U.R) James
B. Athey, 40, of Arizona, fore
man of a contract labor gang,
was held in Hood River county
jail today on suspicion of mur
der. District Attorney Kenneth
Abraham said he would file
homicide charges today.
Athey was arrested in con
nection with the fatal shooting
last night of Haskel A. Morrison,
45, a transient farm laborer
from Oklahoma City.
Sheriff Rupert Gillmouthe
said he learned that the shoot
ing followed a heated argument
between Athey and Morrison
over Morrison's transfer to a dif
ferent labor camp. Gillmouthe
said preliminary examination
disclosed five bullets had struck
Morrison.
Other workers held Athey un
til sheriff's officers arrived at
the scene, a farm three miles
west of Parkdale in the upper
Hood River valley.
Bankrupt Lumber Firm
At Sheridan, Ore., Sold
Portland (U.R) Bank
ruptcy Referee Estes Snedecor
today announced sale of the
bankrupt McCormick Lumber
and Manufacturing Corp., at
Sheridan, Ore., for $195,000.
Snedecor said assets of the
mill were sold piecemeal by a
professional auctioneer.
Polish Soldiers Fire
On Rioting Workers
Berlin (U.R) Polish tanks
and soldiers today opened fire
in Posnan against workers riotr
ing for bread and an end to So
viet influence, eyewitnesses said
tonight.