Ike Plans Another Health Check
Prior To Elections in November
SP STARTS CASE C. S. MacKenzie, assistant general audi
tor at the Southern Pacific San Francisco office, was the first
witness yesterday as SP began its case to prove abandonment
of passenger service between Eugene and Medford is justifi
able. MacKenzie presented IS exhibits of statistics on equip
ment, passenger travel, revenue and similar aspects of their
Fourth Witness Takes Stand in
On Abandonment of Passenger
Charles B. Nines, engineer in
Southern Pacific's bureau of
transportation research, San
Francisco, took the stand this
morning as SP's fourth witness
in a hearing here to determine
whether or not discontinuance of
SP'i passenger runs between Eu
gene and Ashland was justified.
Nines brought with him a one
inch thick report on surveys he
has made on the company's now
defunct passenger line in south
ern Oregon.
Brought Reports
f He also brought reports on
surveys involving other railway
companies and similar services
offered by them. The SP report
covers expenses for the week
of April 8-14 and revenues for
the year ending April 30, 1955,
involving the two trains which
cperated on the Eugene- Ashland
run prior to abandonment of
passenger service in August,
1955.
' He said his report will also
show cost of operating the trains
under current cost levels. His
testimony was interrupted at
noon when the hearing was re
cessed until 1:30 p.m.
Complainants voiced an ob
jection to admission of Nine's
Democrats Name
Platform Drafters
Chicago (U.R) Democratic
party peace makers today named
a slate of platform drafters pat
ently handpicked to compromise
the hot civil rights issue threat
ening to split the party's conven
tion. The 15-member drafting sub
committee, plus Rep. John W
McCormack (D-Mass.). chairman
of the full Platform Committee,
included five Southerners and
the first reaction of Southern
delegates to the appointments
was favorable.
' McCormack named to the
group former Gov. John S. Bat
tle of Virginia, Gov. J. P. Cole
man of Mississippi, Sen. Sam
Ervin Jr. of North Carolina, Rep.
Brooks Hays of Arkansas, and
Vann M. Kennedy of Texas.
In addition to himself as chair
man and an ex-officio member,
McCormack also named Miss
Grace Hudlin of Oklahoma, Mrs.
Emma Guffey Miller of Pennsyl
vania, Rep. Gracie Pfost of Ida
ho, Rep. Emanuel Celler of New
York. Rep. William L. Dawson
of Illinois, former Gov. Paul De-
ver of Massachusetts, Sen. Theo
dore Francis Green of Rhode
Island. Rep. John Moss of Cali
fornia, Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney
of Wyoming and, former Rep.
Jennings Randall of West Vir
ginia. (Sm Story on Page S)
Medford Council Calls for
Bids on Improvement Work
Bids on two paving projects
and one water main installation
were called by the Medford city
council last night.
Bids will be received until 11
a.m. Monday. Aug. 20. on paving
Ashland ave. from Ninth st. to
11th st. and Greenway drive and
Greenway circle. Bids also will
be received for construction of
a six-inch water main on Crest
brook rd. from Modoc ave. to
EUendale dr.. and on Ellendale
dr. from Crestbrook rd. to Bar-
nett rd. -
The improvement projects
were authorized by the council
last night.
Bids also have been called for
construction of a Southeast Med
ford trunk sewer line and for
exhibits on grounds they have
not been properly identified and
they are irrelevant since there
is nothing to show the figures
are more than estimates. Exam
iner Clifford W. Ferguson said
he would neither admit nor re
ject the exhibits until cross-examination
was finished. ,
. Edwin S. Hall, San Francisco,
assistant manager of the SP's
mail, baggage and express traf
fic, the company's second wit
ness at the hearing, took the
stand at 9:30 a.m. today to con
Unemployment Shows
Decrease in County
Unemployment in Jackson
county at the end of July was
11 per cent less than a month
ago. and 20 per cent below the
same time - last "year John J.
Patton, manager of the Medford
office of the state employment
office, said today.
Estimated unemployment July
31 was 450, including 200 worn-
Washington (U.R) Em
ployment hit a new record in
July for the second straight
month, the government report
ed today.
The number of jobholders
rose 152,000 last month to a
total of 66.655.000.
en, Patton said. The figure rep
resents persons seeking regular
full time employment and does
not include those who do only
seasonal work, he said.
The total estimated unemploy
ment in the county, Patton said,
represents less than 2 per cent
of the labor force in the county.
Patton noted that the recent
high level of business activity
Appointments For
Bloodmobile Visit
Reach 213 at Noon
A total of 213 appointments
had been made up to about
noon today for the August visit
of the Bloodmobile. according
to Red Cross office. Appoint
ments made yesterday after
noon and this morning totaled
112.
The Bloodmobile will be at
the Elks temple. 202 North
Central ave., until 5 p.m. to
day. The goal for this visit is
300 pints. Red Cross officials
pointed out. and added that
only once during the past two
years , has the Bloodmobile
goal been reached.
Persons between the ages of
18 and 59 .and in good health
may donate blood. Walk-in
doners will be welcome this
afternoon. Red Cross officials
said.
the Armory trunk sewer line.
Bids will be opened at 11 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 20, in the city
hall.
The Southeast Medford trunk
sewer line will connect with the
existing sewer at Ninth and Cot
tage sts. and extend along Bur
nett rd. to Murphy rd. and will
include a lateral trunk line. The
Armory trunk sewer line will be
an eight-inch line from the
Armory building now under con
struction to the South1 Bear
Creek Sanitary Sewer district
trunk line.
Bids on the Armory trunk
line will be referred to the mili
tary department of the state for
action.
(See Council Story Page 14)
service before it was discontinued in August, 1955. He con
tended, however, no complete records were kept for the 10
years prior to abandonment of passenger service in southern
Oregon. Complainants had asked to see records for the 10-
year period.
tinue testimony from Monday!
afternoon. He was questioned as
to complaints the company had
received on its railway mail
service and events leading to
truck transportation of mail on
the Eugene-Ashland run.
He contended, the company
had received no formal com
plaints on its service though SP
had received comments from
postal authorities concerning
"infrequent" late service. He
added that prior to 1951 rail
way mail service had been be-
continued last month. The lum-
ber industry, while expressing
some concern about decreasing
lumber prices, continued operations-
with-no. major shutdowns,
Patton said. A few shcrt. layoffs
took place, but most operations
appeared to be operating at
regular capacity.
Construction appears to be
headed for a good year, Patton
said. He noted that building per
mits in Medford last month
exceeded $350,000, but added
that much of the building is out
side the city limits apd not
included in the total.
Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital construction started this
week, and construction is well
under way on the new armory
south of Medford. With new
construction of packing houses
and refrigeration structures, he
said, building will provide con
siderable employment.
July brought a temporary em
ployment slump with the end
of fruit thinning and haying.
Patton said, but pear picking
will get under way about Aug.
9 with the harvest in full swing
the week of Aug. 13. The pear
harvest will require a large
amount of orchard and packing
house help for about seven
weeks, he added.
Patton said orchard and pack
ing house work will be such
that younger students cannot be
used because of the strength
required in moving ladders.
The stata employment serv
ice will open and operate a
separate farm labor office dur
ing the harvest season, Patton
said.
There probably will be some
surplus of help during the first
few days of the pear harvest,
Patton said, but by the latter
part of the month the surplus
should give way to a definite
shortage in the orchards. The
peak demand for help will be
after Sept. 1, Patton said.
Voter Registration
Deadline October 6
Deadline for registration of
voters for the Nov. 6 election
is Oct. 6, according to Mrs. Ber
eth Hopkins, county clerk.
Mrs. Hopkins said voters can
register in the county clerk's
office in the courthouse until 8
p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6.
Weather
FORECAST: Afternoon and eve
nine thunderstorms over
mountain., otherwise ftlr
through Thursday. Low to
night 54. HUh Thursday
Tern.
Hichent Ve5terdy
Lowest tills Morning ... 55
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:11 a.m.
Sunset
7 23 p.m.
8:24 p.m.
.xAlf. II.
Moonset
First Quarter
PROMINENT STARS
Altair, hiEh in south
east 8:55 p.m.
Arcturus. in the west 9:42 pjn.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mars, rises 9:38 p.m.
Saturn, in the south
west 9:4ft p.m.
Venus, rises 2:22 a.m.
(Brainerd photo)
Hearing
Service
hind schedule on the average of
"once or twice a week. Hall
said attempts had been made
since that time to adhere more
closely to schedules.
Hall is also an official of Pa
cific Motor Transport company,
which now transports mail un
der agreement with Southern Pa
cific, between Portland and Ash
land. He was questioned exten
sively on terms of the SP-PMT
agreement, a copy of which has
been admitted as a complainant's
exhibit. Also admitted as defense
exhibits were 24 pages of letters,
copies of letters and telegrams
concerning mail transport serv
ice. Third Witness
Southern Pacific's third wit
ness, John E. Skogstad, PMT
district manager from Portland,
testified that his company had
made a capital investment of
$212,092 in the change of mail
service from railway, to truck.
transport. He said the total fig
ure represented $69,142 spent on
three highway post office units;
and $142,950 for 10 semi-trailers
and eight diesel units.
Southern Pacific attorneys
said today there is a possibility
the hearing will extend beyond
Friday. Only SP's side of the
controversy is being aired at the
current hearing. The "people's"
case was presented at a two-day
hearing last April. Though the
federal courtroom was filled to
capacity for the April hearing,
only about 12 people have been
in attendance at the current ses
sion. Complainants in the case are
Senators Phil Lowry, Medford,
Gene Brown, Grants Pass, and
Paul Geddes, Roseburg.
Freight Truck Burns
On Siskiyou Summit
The body of southbound Oregon-
Nevada- California freight
truck was reported completely
burned this morning in a fire
on Highway 99 on Siskiyou
summit.
State police said that canvas
on the truck apparently was ig
nited from the exhaust. Two
state forestry department pump
ers, one from Ashland and one
from Medford, were dispatched
to the scene and the blaze was
confined to the truck.
Driver of the ,vehicle was
Howard (Pop) Burleigh, Red
ding, Calif.
Some Awfully
20 Pages
Medford
United Press Pull Leased Wire
51st Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1956
Wilsons Description of
Suez Canal Crisis Rapped
Humphrey Brands
Defense Official's
Remark 'Shocking'
Confidence Expressed
In Conference Table
Washington (U.R)Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey (D-Minn.) today
branded as "nothing short of
shocking" Defense Secretary
London (U.R) India an
nounced today it would attend
the- 24-nation Sues Canal con
ference in London. Informed
sources said it would present
a conipromise plan aimed at
averting war in the Middle
East.
Charles E. Wilson's description
of the Suez Canal crisis as a
"relatively small thing."
Humphrey, a member of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee and avowed candidate for
the Democratic vice presidential
nomination, said Wilson's phrase
was a "master example of under
statement of a very critical situ
ation." Situation Called Grave
President Eisenhower said
last week that the canal dispute
represents a "grave" situation
that has to be "handled with
care."
Wilson's comment on Suez
came when he was asked by re
porters Tuesday how the Suez
situation might affect U. S. mili
tary planning. Be repiled that
the nation must maintain a stable
military force and not be upset
by "ripples" on the internation
al scene. Then he added:
"We can't flip up and down
with such relatively small
things."
Wilson said he meant that he
hoped the canal controversy
would remain "a local friction
and not become something that
involves the East and West."
He said the United States should
lend its influence toward a fair
settlement of the controversy
"rather than wave the big
big stick."
Confidence Expressed
He expressed confidence that
the issue could be settled "if
people will face the problem
over the conference table" be
fore there is an outbreak of
shooting.
Informed sources said that the
United States is seriously con
cerned that Britain and France
may decide to use military force
instead of waiting for a political
settlement. They said Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles be
lieves use of force is unjustified,
and that such a step would place
Britain and France in a bad
moral position in the eyes of the
rest of the world.
Washington (U.R) The
Atomic Energy commission "has
announced that it will build a
small nuclear power plant de
signed for remote military bases
at its reactor testing station in
Idaho.
Dark Horses
Copyrifht, 1956. The Pulitzer Publishing Ce
St- Louis Poet-Dispatch
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JrteeV r
EARL MILLER
Won't Seek Reelection
Miller Not
Snider Seeking Post
Medford's Mayor Earl Miller
announced last night he would
not be a candidate for reelec
tion this fall.
John Snider, who has been
president of the city council for
two years, announced he would
be a candidate for mayor. He
is now a councilman from ward
I. . ,
Mayor Miller said he made the
decision not to seek reelection
after "several weeks of consid
eration, because of business and
personal health matters."
Honor, Privilege
He said "It has been an honor
and a privilege to have had the
opportunity to serve the people
of Medford as a member of
their municipal government dur
ing the past several years, par
ticularly as your Mayor and it
is with much regret that I must
withdraw myself as a candidate,
but a much needed rest is im
portant." Miller has been mayor since
January, 1955. when he succeed
ed the late Diamond L. Flynn
after election to a two-year term.
Prior to that he served on the
council.
Snider has been a member of
the council six years. He was ap
pointed to fill the. unexpired
term of Neil Davidson in 1950,
and was elected in 1952. During
his council terms he has been
chairman of the airport commit
tee, and a member of the police,
land and parks committees.
Snider, who lives at 2327 East
Main st., was born and raised
in Medford, and attended Med
ford schools, and the University
of San Francisco. Hie served 3V4
years in the Army, in the finance
department, and is manager and
co-owner of Snider's Dairy.
Membership Listed
Snider is a member of the
board of directors of the Jack
son County Chamber of Com
merce, and the lay advisory
board of Sacred Heart church.
He also is a member of the
American Legion, the University
club and the Elks club. He is
married and has three school age
children..
The council last night ratified
the appointment of Dr. Arnold
M. Depner, 1013 South Oakdale
ave., to succeed Dick Woodcock
as councilman from ward II.
Woodcock resigned recently be
cause he moved from the ward.
Four council terms will expire
this year,- and candidates have.
Repayment Contract Between Talent
District, Government to be Discussed
Details of a proposed contract
between the Talent Irrigation
district and the bureau of rec
lamation for the repayment of
part of the irrigation costs of
the Talent project "will be dis
cussed at a meeting in Talent
Friday.
Landowners of the district are
invited to attend to ask any
questions they may have about
the proposal. The meeting will
be at 8 p.m. Friday in the new
Talent High school. Officials of
the bureau of reclamation and
officers and board members of
the TID will be on hand to an
swer questions.
Landowners of the district
will vote at an election Aug. -22
on the contract, which has been
negotiated between the district
and the bureau of reclamation
for repayment of abou half of
Price 5c
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wir
No. 119
JOHN SNIDER
Announces Candidacy
Candidate;
announced intentions for three
of the positions.
Frank Edward (Ed) Hall, 712
East Jackson st., has announced
his candidacy for councilman
from ward I; Anthony R. (Tony)
Manno, 646 South Holly st, has
announced his candidacy for
councilman from ward II; and
Mrs. Marina S. Gates, 729 West
Fourth St., and R. L. VanSickle,
53 Myers court, have announced
candidacies for council positions
from ward III.
Harold Frye, present council
man from ward III, has announc-
! ed he will not seek reelection
after serving on the council for
16 years, and Jack Fitzgerald,
councilman from ward IV, has
not decided if he will seek re
election.
Clarify Boundaries '
The council last night clari
fied ward boundaries, which had
been indefinite and ambiguous
because of recent annexations.
The only change in ward bound
aries is in the eastern section,
where ward I is that area east
of the Southern Pacific tracks
and north of East Main st. to the
east line of Black Oak dr. and
north of Hillcrest rd. to the east
city limits.
Ward IV is that part east of
the tracks, south of East Main
st. to the east line of Black Oak
dr. -and south of Hillcrest rd to
the east city limits.
Ward II and III remain the
same Ward H west of the
tracks and north of West Main
St., and Ward III west of the
tracks south of West Main st.
GOP Central Group
Slates Meeting
The Jackson County Republi
can Central committee will meet
to outline plans for election cam
paigns next Monday at 7:30 p.m.
at the Medford High school cafe
teria. Mrs. Frank Bash, chair
man, will preside. '
Notices for the meeting are in
the mail, and precinct commit
teemen and women and block
workers have been asked to at
tend, Mrs. Bash said.
A meeting of the executive
committee and area leaders was
held this week at Mrs. Bash's
home.
Mrs. Bash said campaign ma
trial is available at Republican
headquarters in the Leverette
building, 205 West Main st.
the cost which is allocated to ir
rigation.
Walt Hoffbuhr, manager of the
TID, said a majority of the el
igible landowners of the dis
trict appear to favor the pro
posed contract, but that several
questions have been brought up
about which there is some mis
information or lack-of informa
tion. These are the two which
have caused the most concern,
he said:
1. Will the district have to pay
back the entire cost of the $20
million project? (The answer:
no. Power revenues will pay for
much of it, and the federal gov
ernment will pay for the nonre
imbursable features such as
flood control and recreation.
The repayment contract covers
only about one-fourth of the to
tal cost, or slightly more than
5,800,000, over t 60-year per
News Conference
Informed of Hope
In Suez Dispute
Pledge To Reveal
Fitness Renewed
Washington U.R) President
Eisenhower disclosed today he
will undergo another physical
examination before the Novem
ber election to make sure there
has been no change in his fitness
for a second term.
He pledged once again to tell
the people if he has any reason
to believe his health bars him
from carrying through another
four years in the White House.
Mr. Eisenhower made the
statements at regular weekly
news conference in which ques
tioning reflected mounting in
terest in the coming presidential
election. The President is as
sured of a second term nomina
tion. Trip To San Francisco
Mr. Eisenhower said he has no
plans for a vacation other than
to remain in the San Francisco
area three or four days after the
GOP convention. He plans to
go to the convention on its last
day.
The chief executive also voiced
hope that the critical situation
involving Egypt's nationalization
of the Suez Canal will be set
tled without resort to military
force. But he carefully avoided
any statement that the United
States would be opposed to force
under any eircamstances and re
fused to say whether he feels
Britain and France are justified
in sending military reinforce
ments to the Suez area.
1. He feels he has made his po
sition perfectly clear on the
"dump Nixon" campaign of Har
old E. Stassen and he does not
intend to discuss it again.
- 2. He also again counseled pa
tience in solving the school inte
gration problem in the South. He
said certain reforms have to be
achieved by education no matter
how much law we have. But he
said that under terms of the Su
preme Court order local federal
district courts probably will
have to take some cognizance if
school districts begin a new term
this fall without taking any ac
tion at all toward eventual inte
gration. !
3. Denied he had abandoned
his flexible farm price support
policies and scoffed at a Demo
crat's charge that the soil bank
was a "brazen" attempt to buy
votes.
2. Commented indirectly on a
report in Robert Donovan's book
on the administration that he
once wished to start a third
party.
Mr. Eisenhower laughed
heartily when a woman reporter
asked him if his choice of the
Republican party was . a case
comparable to a woman "marry
ing a man to reform him." The
question was in reference to Mr.
Eisenhower's past statements
that he wants to rebuild and in
some ways reorient the GOP.
He said one reason he became
the Republican candidate for
President in 1952 was his con
viction that after one party had
been in power for 20 years
abuses invariably occur which
that party is incapable of
straightening out. He said a
change was needed to get an
effective house cleaning.
Five-Acre Fire Burns
Brush Near Shady Cove
State forestry department pa
trolmen reported a five-acre fire
in trash and brus yesterday
morning in the Longbranch area
about one mile southwest of
Shady Cove.
They said that the blaze
started from debris which was
being burned without a permit.
Two state crews and Shady Cve
firemen battled the flames.
Salem (U.R) Robert H.
Lemon, Eugene, has been named
as a member of the state board
of accountancy.
iod, free of interest.
2. Will my water asessment
fees go up as a result of the con
tract? (The answer no. The pres
ent per-acre per-year fee is
$10.75. It is estimated that op
eration and maintenance costs,
due to the project, will be cut
in half, thus permitting the re
payment to be made at no in
crease in assessment fees.)
The Aug. 22 election will be
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Tal
ent district office i n Talent.
Those eligible to vote must, un
der Oregon law, own at least
four acres within the district,
and meet other voting require
ments. Hoffbuhr said it is hoped as
many landowners as possible
will attend the Friday meeting
ent district office in Talent,
aspects ct las props.
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