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DARK HORSE Sen. Stuart Symington (right) of Missouri,
considered a dark-horse candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination, chats with Former President
Harry S. Truman shortly after the former's arrival in
Chicago. Symington said he would accept the nomination,
but would not join a "stop Stevenson movement. Tru
man has endorsed Averell Harriman for the nomination.
Antiques, Personal
Property of Britt
Estate to be Sold
Ashland Antiques and other
personal properties of historical
value Irom the feter arm estate
in Jacksonville will be sold at
auction at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug.
25, Don E. Lewis, Southern Ore
gon college business manager,
has, announced.
The sale will be conducted in
the Britt pioneer residence at
210 First St., Jacksonville, and
will include, among many other
items, household furniture,
China, wine casks and bottles,
hand and garden tools, and cos
tume jewelry.
Items Inspected
Lewis said the items may be
inspected Thursday and Friday,
Aug. 23 and 24, from 1 to 5 p.m.,
and on Saturday, Aug. 25, from
8:30 a.m. until time of sale. Ad
ditional information may be ob
tained by calling Southern Ore
gon college, Ashland 2-4611,
Lewis said.
Peter Britt, a Swiss immigrant,
lived at Highland, 111., in the
1840's, where he painted the
portrait of Colonel George Dav
enport, founder of the city of
Davenport, Iowa. The picture is
being returned to Davenport
from his estate by Southern Ore
gon college after being consider
ed "lost" for more than 100
years.
From Illinois. Britt traveled
n Orpenn and became wealthy
as a result of mining, photo
graphy, and other Business ven-
Main Street Traffic
Light is Rebuilt
A traffic light has been rebuilt
to provide a pedestrian cross
walk on East Main st. at the in
iprwrtinn of Crater Lake ave..
according to Vern Thorpe, pub
lic works director.
The light was rebuilt with
nuch hnttons on each side of
Main st. Pedestrians wishing to
cross must push the button on
traffic light poles, Thorpe said.
A sign with instructions for
operating the button is on the
traffic pole. Thorpe explained
that after pushing the button
there might be up to one minute
delay before obtaining a walk
signal, which is inter-connected
with the signal providing pro
gression of traffic at Main st.
Hawthorne ave. traffic signal.
Thorpe added motorists should
observe the sleady red light fac
ing both Crater Lake ave. and
East Main st. which will be in
operation while the walklight is
on for pedestrians.
San Diego-U.PJ The Bristol
Britannia, called the world's
largest jet-prop passenger plane,
is on display here at the Insti
tute of Aeronautical Sciences
show.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, . AUGUST 15, 1956
hum t 1 .m mlf t-"r ij
tures. He died in 1907, leaving
several children. The last one,
Amalia Britt, left the bulk of the
estate to Southern Oregon col
lege. Britt's pioneer house and
grounds have been the subject of
many newspaper, magazine, and
rotogravure articles, as has his
collection of historic photographs
and negatives, which are now the
property of the Jacksonville mu
seum. Sfumbo Brothers
Apparent Winners
Salem (U.R) Four southern
Oregon brothers, who caused a
stir Sunday by blocking the Pa
cific highway north of Grants
Pass, todajt had apparently won
their claim to a 16-foot wide
strip of Oregon's main north
south route.
W. C. Williams, deputy state
highway engineer, said the high
way department would start ne
gotiations soon to acquire clear
title to the strip. located about
40 miles north of Grants Pass.
Robert. Harry, Clair and Al
len Stumbo claim the strip was
purchased by their father 40
years gao and that the state
didn't get title to it when it con
structed the highway. They bar
ricaded the highway for 30 min
utes last Sunday, stopping sev
eral hundred cars.
Williams said a search of rec
ords apparently confirmed then
contention. The brothers Monday filed a
petition in Roseburg asking for
permission to operate the strip
as a toll road. This, said Wil
liams, would be resisted by the
state. He added that he ex
pected little difficulty in negoti
ations for a clear title ts the
strip.
Eagle Point Boy Hurt
When Struck by Car
Danny Brent Berryman, 4, son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Berryman,
of Eagle Point, suffered a frac
tured leg and a lacerated lip
yesterday when he was struck
by a car operated by Woodrow
Wilson Smith, 1401 Bartlett St.,
at East Main and Bartlett sts.,
according to Medford police. '
Police reported the boy wand
ered away from his mother with
out her knowledge while she
was shopping at a nearby store.
He was crossing the street to re
turn to his mother's car, police
said.
The boy was taken to Rogue
Valley Community hospital by
Medford Ambulance Service.
Hospital attendants said this
mormag ai oosdUiea wu food.
New Detention Home
Building Postponed
The Jackson county court
yesterday afternoon accepted a
recommendation from the exec
utive committee of the juvenile
advisory committee, and Wil
liam Siebert, architect, to post
pone construction of the new de
tention home until March 1.
Members of the executive
committee are Dewey Wilson,
chairman; William Abbott, vice
chairman; James McGoodwin,
consultant, and Mrs. Kay Cro
well, director of the Jackson
county juvenile office and con
sultant to the committee. They
met with the county court to
consider dates for opening bids
and starting construction.
The county court and the com-
Egypt Willingness
To Compromise
Seen in Action
London (U.R) Egyptian
President Gamal Abdel Nasser's
chief political aide in Cairo sud
denly applied for a British visa
today, amid increasing indica
tions that Nasser was seeking a
compromise solution to the dis
pute arising from his seizure of
the Suez canal.
The United States, Britain and
France already have said they
would not accept any proposal
which left the vital waterway
under sole control of Egypt.
The British entry permit went
to Wing Commander Aly Eabri,
head of Nasser's political office
and his chief spokesman. There
was no official explanation for
his request.
Hints of Compromise
However, delegates of at least
four nations which have de
clared their support of Nasser,
were letting it be known that
Nasser was willing to compro
mise, although still determined
that Suez must stay under Egyp
tian control.
Meanwhile. Soviet Foreign
Minister D. T. Shepilov drove to
the U.S. Embassy for a precon
ference with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
Bert Riebe Assumes
Command of NG Unit
First Lt. Bert W. Riebe, 1117
Reddy ave., has assumed com
mand of Company A, one of
Medford's two National Guard
companies, it was reported to
day. He succeeds Capt. Oran Chas
tain, who recently moved to
Grants Pass where he is now
assistant chief of police.
Lieutenant Riebe has been an
officer in the company for sever
al years. Both Company A and
the other local unit, Headquar
ters company, are components of
the first battalion, 186th Infan
try regiment, 41st National
Guard division. Capt. S. J. Fa
gone commands HQ company.
"Step Aside, Everybody. Let' Keep
Things Open Here."
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1 mittee agreed to open bids at
10 a.m. Jan. 7, 1957, prepare
plans and specifications for
prospective contractors by Dec.
1, and commence ground work
on the project not later than
March 1.
Reason for the delay, ac
cording to County Judge Rod
ney Keating, is that the court
and committee believe it un
wise to start construction at a
time when fall and winter
weather conditions would be
likely to interrupt the project.
He said the architect has a full
schedule of other construction
projects which make the delay
advisable.
By wailing six months, Keat
ing said, the court can obtain in
formation on progress of other
detention homes under construc
tion in the country. He said that
by delaying the project there is
a possibility of getting a better
price on materials.
Influence Bids
The delay might influence
bids, Keating explained. He said
bids probably would be cheaper
after the first of the year and
would. offset the increase in cost
of materials, especially steel.
The committee pointed out
the delay would cause only a
month's difference in comple
tion of the home. Mrs. Crowell
urged the architect to submit
plans and specifications to the
building committee as soon as
possible for qhecking.
Siebert said it will be at least
five weeks before plans and
specifications will be completed.
Funds Approved
Jackson county voters ap
proved S65.000 for construction
of the detention home. Upon in
vestigation of the project, Keat
ing said, the county court de
cided "it would just not be good
business not to have an annex
for the juvenile court joining
the detention home." Estimated
cost of the annex is $25,000.
Keating said additional funds
for the annex will come from
the courthouse maintenance
fund. Taxpayers will not pay
additional taxes for the annex,
he said. He added that District
Attorney Walter Nunley has giv
en legal approval for the com
bination detention home - juve
nile court project. Both the bids
for the detention home and the
annex will be awarded in the
same contract, Keating added.
Members of the committee
explained that because the de
tention home-juvenile court
project has been estimated to
cost $90,000 instead of the $65,
000 allocated, there was a pos
sibility a taxpayers suit may be
filed against the court. Keating
commented that the court would
be glad to explain the project to
those who inquire.
Save Money
He added the combination de
tention home-juvenile court is
designed to save taxpayers mon
ey. When the juvenile court is
easily accessible to the detention
area, he said many problems are
removed.
About two acres of land near
the Footlighters' theater at the
old fairgrounds has been set
aside for the detention home.
Platform Group
Affirms School
Integration Rule
Georgia Delegation
Rejects Party Plank
Chicago U.R) The Demo
cratic Platform Committee for
mally approved today a compro
mise civil rights stand affirming
the Supreme Court's school inte
gration ruling as "law of the
land" but rejecting use of force
to carry it out.
A platform submitted by the
108-member group to the party's
National Convention for ratifi
cation tonight also would pledge
schooling "without discrimina
tion for all American children
regardless of race.
Former Gov. John S. Battle of
Virginia said the platform group
at a closed session approved
"with no major amendments" a
platform draft recommended by
a subcommittee.
Georgia Rejects Plank
This was the civil rights for
ula devised to try to head off a
split between Northern and
Southern factions of the Demo
cratic party.
Southerners did not like it but
indicated most would accept it.
However, the Georgia delega
tion was an early group to re
ject the plank. Northern liberals
indicated they would lead a fight
on the convention floor to try
to strengthen the compromise
commitment. It appeared these
Northern factions, headed by
leaders of the Harriman camp,
would be defeated in any such
fight.
Sen. John L. McClellan D
Ark.) said the plank "seems to
be somewhat in the middle. It
could have been better and it
could have been worse."
Similar io 1952 Pledge
The civil rights plank, as pre
sented to the 108-member Plat
form Committee today by a
drafting subcommittee, would
pledge the party to "continue its
efforts to eliminate illegal dis
criminations of all kinds, in
cluding full rights to vote, full
rights to engage in gainful occu
pations, full rights to enjoy se
curity of the person, and full
rights to education in publicly
supported institutions."
Much of the language in the
proposed plank was lifted al
most verbatim from the party's
1952 platform plank on this
issue.
The plank was included in an
overall statement of party policy
that promised a $5 billion tax
cut, full parity price supports
for farmers, bigger social secur
ity payments, full employment,
a minimum wage of $1.25, a
broadened welfare program,
and, at the same time, a balanced
federal budget.
San Francisco (U.R) Sen.
Everett M. Dirksen (R-Ill.), chair
man of the subcommittee draw
ing up the Republican party's
civil rights plank, promised to
day the GOP platform would
contain "no such serpentine wea
seling as is in the Democratic
plank."
Dirksen described the Demo
cratic civil rights plank as
"something that goes all the way
around Robin Hood's barn four
times and adds up to nothing."
"Our platform," he promised,
"will contain no such weasel
ing." Dirksen refused to come flat
out and say that tFie GOP plank
would include a straightforward
endorsement of the Supreme
Court decision on desegregation.
But he hinted strongly that he
favors such a declaration.
Knight Opposes
Pressure for Nixon
Sacramento, Calif. (U.R)
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight refused
today to yield to "steamroller
pressure" and budge from his
present position of withholding
endorsement of Vice President
Richard M. Nixon for renomina
tion. Knight, closeted in his Sacra
mento office with associates
since the statement of Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland (R-Calif.) that
Knight had better join the Nixon
bandwagon if he intended to
head California's GOP Conven
tion delegation, broke his silence
with a printed statement.
"If the price of my being
chairman is that I must yield
to steamroller pressure in viola
tion of the President's expressed
desire for an open convention
free to every Republican to speak
his mind, then the price is too
high," Knight said.
Washington U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon has
declined to comment on attacks
made against him at the Demo
cratic National convection.-
Ovation 'Thrilling
Experience,' Morse
Tells Convention
Chicago (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse of Oregon, who switched
to the Democratic party after
the 1952 presidential election,
said today he never had it as
good when he was a Republican.
Morse stood Tuesday night on
the speaker's platform of a na
tional political convention for
the first time in his 55 years. He
was an honored guest of his new
ly adopted Democratic party. II
gave him an ovation which he
said was a "thrilling, emotional
experience."
Later, he said that he had been
a Republican most of his life, but
the GOP never had accorded
him the recognition he received
from the Democrats.
Says Reception Moving
"You have to be in my shoes
to realize my feelings," he told
the United Press. "It was an ex
perience I'll never forget. I
think this was a very generous
spirit of friendship. It moved
me very much."
When Morse was introduced
to the convention Tuesday night,
Paying Contract
Awarded, Teachers
Are Hired by Board
The Medford School board last
night awarded a contract for
paving the parking area at Hed
rick Junior High school and
hired two new teachers for the
coming school year.
T. R. Florey of Medford sub
mitted a bid of $39,060 for pav
ing the parking area and parts
of the playground at Hedrick.
The bid was the only one sub
mitted. Justin L. Dyrud was hired as
vocal music supervisor and in
structor and Douglas Brooks
was hired as mathematics in
structor and coach at Hedrick
Junior High. The resignation of
Tom Newton as teccher-coach at
Jackson school was accepted.
Newton plans to enter the Uni
versity of Oregon to work on
his master's degree.
Consider Applications
Applications are being consid
ered for a mathematics and
chemistry vacancy at Medford
High school, and for a coach at
Jackson school to replace New
ton. The only other vacancy in
the Medford school system is for
a vocal music instructor at Hed
rick Junior High, applications
for which are being considered.
The board accepted a report
from B R. Hart, Jackson county
sanitarian, who recently survey
ed the schools' sanitary facili
ties, which he found satisfactory.
The board scheduled a tour
Thursday to inspect facilities at
Oak Grove and West Side
schools, including renovation
work at Hedrick Junior High
and Medford High schools. Oak
Grove and West Side districts
were consolidated with the Med
ford district July 1, this year,
The board last night reviewed
renovation work at Hedrick and
Medford High schools. The work
is being done to increase facili
ties for anticipated enrollment
increases this fall.
Progress reports were given
on the appraisal of Medford
school facilities now under way
by' the U.S. Appraisal company,
and negotiations for purchase of
a proposed elementary school
site in the southeast section of
the district.
Portland U.R) Three of
America's largest wheat storage
and handling facilities have
been opened for inspection by
a visiting group of high Japa
nese officials, the grain firm of
Cargill. Inc., has announced.
Weather
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nirht ind Thuridsy. Slight
rhanc nf Oinwer artivltv in
hidh mountains. Low tnnight
50. High Thursday 85-6?.
Temp.
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Lowest thU Morning S3
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
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, 7:13 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon sett Thurs
day - 12:55 .m.
Riding low. lt win he Full Aug. 21
MARS rises 9:1 P-m.
and will be in the southeast at
midnight. It is now less than 39
million miles (mm the Earth,
the nearest K has been since
1941.
A
SEN. WAYNE MORSE
'Never Had It As Good'
he was greeted with a demon
stration by the Oregon delega
tion and several other groups.
But his appearance also prompt
ed part of the Georgia delegation
to walk out.
Wingate Dykes, a member of
the delegation, told a reporter
the Georgians disliked Morse's
attitude toward civil rights and
"we don't have to stay here and
listen to this stuff."
Outspoken on Civil Rights
Another delegate who declin
ed use of his name, snapped: "He
wasn't even loyal to his own
party so why should we listen
to him."
Morse has been one of the
Senate's most outspoken advo
cates of strong civil rights legis
lation. .
In his speech Morse told his
fellow Democrats that when he
found he could not accept mem
bership in the Republican party,
"right or wrong," he acted ac
cording to his1 ethical principles
by resigning.
"I have no regrets," he told
the cheering audience. " . . .
One of the greatest evils in Am
erican politics today is the grow
ing practice on the part of too
many politicians to let party of
ficials and economic pressure
groups tell them how to vote.
That I have not done ..."
Learned Through Experience
Morse said "I tried long and
hard to promote liberal causes
in the Republican party, but
learned through sad experience
that I could not represent the
best interests of the people of
my state within the Republican
party."
Morse said his course had
"brought down upon my head
much castigation and abuse from
party firsters. It has made me the
target of a White House purge."
He added, "However, I want
to let the White House in on a
political secret. The purge at
tempt is going to fall flat on its
face and for a very good reason.
Oregonians Said Enlightened
"The state of Oregon rates sec
ond in the nation in literacy.
The people of my state are a
highly enlightened constituency.
They are eminently qualified to
do their own political thinking
and their own selecting of their
United States senator. They have
no intention of letting the White
House handpick their senator
for them."
He said "thousands of Repub
licans in Oregon have assured me
that they will continue to stand
behind me because they believe
in the liberal program, for which
I fight."
GOP 'Jamboree' August 30
Will Be 'Family Affair'
The Republican "Jamboree" to
be held here Thursday, Aug. 30,
will be a "family affair" with
residents of both political par
ties invited, it was reported to
day by Mrs. Al Littrell, who is
working on arrangements.
The event, to be held in Haw
thorne park starting at 6:30 p.m,
will be featured by a talk by
Fred Seaton, secretary of the in
terior. Other GOP political fig
ures who will attend include
Douglas McKay, former interior
secretary, now a candidate for
the senate; Gov. Elmo Smith,
Congressman Harris Ellsworth,
State Treasurer Sig Unander,
and Mark Hatfield, candidate for
secretary of state.
The candidates will be intro
duced, but only Seaton will
Moves Practically
Cinch Nomination
On First Ballot
Michigan, New Jersey
Delegates Released
'Chicago OI.R) 'Arkansas
26-vote delegation went over
to Adlai Stevenson this after
noon in a move which made
the former Illinois governor
the apparent winner of the
Democratic presidential nomi
nation on the first ballot
Thursday night.
Gov. Averell Harriman'i
headquarters, however, issued
a statement denying that they
are conceding defeat.
Chicago (U.R) Adlai E.
Stevenson practically sewed up
the Democratic presidential nom
ination today.
About the only thing that
could ruin him now would be
for the Democratic National Con
vention to get into a party split
ting row over civil rights.
Stevenson, already odds-on
favorite to get the nomination,
drove toward a likely first bal
lot victory by cracking northern
state delegations whose votes
had been tied to favorite sons,
A story on Sam Ray
burn's address at the
Democratic convention,
and former. President
Harry Tinman's re
marks about Adlai Stev
enson, as well as other
convention stories, will
be found on page 14.
first Michigan, then New Jersey.
The latest United Press tabu
lation of first ballot votes for
Stevenson and his closest com
petitor. Gov. Averell Harriman
of New York, showed:
Stevenson 58414. -
Harriman 232V4.
Needed to nominate CBB1. "
Civil Rights Compromise
, Meanwhile, the platform mak
ers came out with a racial rights
plank that they hoped Southern
delegations would swallow.
Many Southern delegations,
inclined toward Stevenson, have
been hanging onto their votes
until the platform issue Is set
tled. If this is done on a basis
acceptable to them, Stevenson
likely will get many more votes
from them.
The Stevenson drive spurted
in the small hours when Gov. G.
Mennen Willams of Michigan
released his 44-vote state delega
tion with a proposal that other
wait-and-see delegations follow
suit. A caucus poll indicated
Stevenson will get at least 32V4
of Michigan's votes on the first
ballot.
Then before midday Gov. Rob
ert B. Meyner announced that
New Jersey will cast all of its
36 votes for Stevenson on ballot
No. 1 Thursday night.
Favorite Son Candidates
The names of both Williams
and Meyner had been in the
lists as favorite son candidates.
Stevenson's nearest rival. Gov.
Averell Harriman of New York.
had banked on a few delegates
from Northern New Jersey. But
after a 45-minute caucus Meyner
announced the entire batch
would go to Stevenson.
The proposed civil rights
plank which will go to the con
vention along with the rest of
the 1956 campaign platform to
night, was a compromise labor
iously designed to foster party
harmony.
' Southern delegations prefer
Stevenson to-Harriman, but they
have been keeping their votes
in escrow as bargaining weapons
if Northern liberals precipitate
a floor fight for a stronger plank
than the Southerners would ap
prove. make a speech, Mrs. Littrell said.
The others will be dressed in big
barbecue aprons and will help
serve the smorgasbord meal
which is being planned.
In addition to the smorgas
bord, hot dog and hamburger
stands will be in operation.
Mrs. Littrell said Democrats
are particularly invited to come
and get acquainted with the GOP
office-seekers. Those attending,
she suggested, can bring blankets
and make an informal family
picnic affair of it.
One thousand tickets have
been printed. Supplies have
been sent to Republican precinct
workers, and also are available
at four downtown stores Jean
Hart's, Barker's, Robinson's and
Frak sad Smith.