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Ellsworth DisCUSSeS ,P Escapee's Lumber Price Slump The premise lhat people must ed effort to maintain the value first accept 'in consderine the i of the dollar." He said tiehten- present slump in lumber profits, ! ing up of credit was brought on according to Harris Ellsworth, rtepublican seeking reelection for congressman from the fourth district, is that the people must never let the government regu late lumber prices by law. Congressman Ellsworth spoke last night at a joint meeting of the Southern Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm association and the Roxy radio group at nogue Valley Country club. by the steel strike. In keeping the dollar stable, he added, the repercussions sometimes "hit where it hurts." As it turned out, according to the congressman, the "tight money" poHcy has "blasted" the lumber industry in this area. However, he cautioned, this was not the intention of the Eisen hower administration. He added that "nothing serious has hap- Ellsworth added that there is ! pened" to the industry of a per action congress can take to stimulate profits in the lumber industry. He cited as an example the action taken by government home financing agencies yester day to strengthen the home building industry and make it easier to buy low cost homes. Reduce Down Payments This government action, he pointed out, will reduce down payment requirements for FHA insured homes, ease mortgage sale requirements to make mort gage money more easily avail able, and relax the borrowing limits of members of the Home Loan Bank System to meet heavier demands for mortgages. Ellsworth stated the action will have a favorable effect on lum ber profits in Oregon. In defending the administra tion's ""tight money" policy, Ellsworth explained the admin istration "has made a determin- Three Accidents Are Reported to Police Three minor automobile acci dents in Medford Wednesday in volving nine vehicles were re ported to city police. Vehicles driven by William F. Lanning, 2239 East Indianola ave., Phoenix, and Richard John Morris, route 2, box 242, Cen tral Point, collided at the inter section of North Riverside ave. and McAndrews rd. at 7:30 a.m. No citations were issued. At 11:14 a.m. at Eighth and Grape sts. four cars, one of which was parked, were in volved in another accident. Driv ers of the vehicles were Howard Ernest Werta, 217 South River side ave., driving a cab; William Oscar Herring, 529 Edwards St.. driver of a Navy vehicle; and Walter Reuben Frame, 311 C St., Phoenix. Owner of the parked car was S. M. Croucher, route 1, box 175, Central Point Framt wa ritprf hv ritv nnlirp for failing to stop at stop sign, I police said. 1 Three cars were involved in a j Boise,. Ida. U.PJ Vice Presi- "J""! dent Richard M. Nixon Thurs- ru. peiween crciiouoK ra. ana manent nature. Another Repercussion The Republican incumbent pointed out that another reper cussion of the "tight money' policy has affected federal hous ing projects, which have been reduced two per cent. This does not seem like a great reduction, he said, however it has hurt this area more than others. He told the audience that he has recently been corresponding with the White House and gov ernment agencies explaining the lumber problem in the north west. During the last session of con press a housing bill was passed, Ellsworth said, ordering the con truction of 35,000 public houses and 75,000 military housing projects. He stated he has writ ten Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson "urging him to under stand the lumber problem of the northwest." Ellsworth said he asked in his letter that Wilson consider awarding orders to northwest bidders for some of the housing projects. He has received no re ply from the secretary, he said. The congressman stated that he took up the northwest lum ber problem with Vice Presi dent Nixon in Eugene Wednes day and that he indicated to Ellsworth he would "take word back to Washington." In explaining the role of gov ernment as a competitor with private enterprise, Ellsworth de clared that "government should lay-off when markets are1 high and step in when the situation is reverse, when they are needed." E. A. Littrcl, Republican seek ing reelection for state repre sentative from this district, also was prsent. Littrel said he want ed to urce citizens to write-in William McAllister's name as justice to the state supreme court Nov. 6. Body Discovered Salem (IIP.) The body of a man identified as Dan C. Ott, 46. one of four men who escaped from the Linn county jail at Al bany two weeks ago, was dis covered in the Willamette river north of here yesterday. George K. Miller, Linn coun ty sheriff, said he was "convinc ed" it was Ott's body. He said a tattoo and missing thumb made "identification pretty positive." Coroner Jim Doerksen of Mar ion county said Ott died from drowning "apparently within hours after his escape." Doerksen said he could find no evidence of foul play. Ott was one of four prisoners who escaped after overpowering a jailer. The others, still at large, are James Patton, 38; Earl Jun ior Bonney, 31, and Ernest Gib son, 29. Latest clue to their whereabouts came last week when a abandoned stolen car containing the gun and black jack taken from Linn County Jailer Lou Andrus were found at Idaho Falls, Ida. , Ott's body was found in an eddy along the east bank of the Willamette river about eight miles north of Salem. All four of the escapees faced life prison terms. Nickerson Confers With SOC Personnel Ashland Francis Nickerson, executive secretary of the high school college relations commit tee of the Oregon State system of higher education, conferred with Southern Oregon college personnel Tuesday afternoon on methods to be employed during the coming year while conduct ing high school visitations in the area. Nickerson said the current plan calls for Southern Oregon personnel to represent all the state system schools during the visitations to "B" class sec ondary schools this ' year. This will result in considerable sav ings to the taxpayers in money and to the state employees in time and effort, Nickerson said. Approximately 25 "B" schools will be visited by SOC staff members throughout the year in Southern Oregon. Those present at the meeting were Dr. Elmo N. Stevenson, college president. Dr. Alvin Fellers, Don Lewis, Hal Cloer. Mrs. Mabel Winston, dean of women, Fran Barta, and Hugh Simpson. Nixon Denies Charge By California Demo' Ellendale dr. at 12:45 a.m. Driv ers of the vehicles were Donald Leroy Pclham. 2130 College Way; William Raymond Greg ory, route 2, box 512, Gold Hill: and James 'Lamarr Peart. 913 South Peach st. No citations were issued. day denied a charge by former Rep. Helen Gahagen Douglas (D.-Calif.) that his 1950 Califor nia senatorial campaign was designed" to create the impres sion she was a Communist. Nixon said his campaign had questioned only Mrs. Douglas' judgment" in dealing with the security of America. He said his 1950 campaign literature had "referred only to what she had done, not her motives." Mrs. Douglas, in her statement about the campaign, had said she did not doubt that Nixon "was much too wise to have called me a Communist in so many words." Miss Mary Vandenberg Named Chairman of Inter-Agency Council Friday. September 21, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Miss Mary Vandenberg was named chairman of the inter agency council of Jackson coun ty at a recent meeting in the courthouse. Other officers named were Harold Cook, vice chairman, and Miss Dorothy Collard, sec retary. The inter-agency council, which was organized in 1955, was formed to work toward bet ter utilization of services offered by various health and social agencies in the county and to study those kinds of help which are not available here. Membership Membership is made up of ex ecutives or representatives from the staffs of social and health agencies. Council committees at the re cent meeting were organized into three major work commit tees. They are community rela tions and information to do pub licity and organize a speaker's bureau; program and arrange ments to make plans for pro grams and invite new members, and services coordination to in tegrate giving efforts in the com munity with those who need such gifts. Serving on the community re lations and information commit tee will be Herbert Daniels, chairman; Dorothy Collard, Bruce Hitt, Glenn Klein, W. V. Nusbaum, John Patton and Wal ter Seifert. Mrs. Helen Wilson is chair man of the program and arrange ments committee, with members Harold Cook, Mrs. Kay Crowell. Shirley Brannock, Charles Hol brook. Richard Lamb. Dr. A. E. Merkel, James Pullman, W. E. Tucker and Jo Walch. The services coordination com mittee is headed by Bob Jones with Miss Mary Aldrich, Elliott Becken, Gleason Crowell, Mrs. Ruth Gerity. Allen Hatch, the Rev. Raymond Hurn. Lt. George Johnstone. Miss Mary Vanden berg and Miss Celia Walker serv ing as members. During the past year, the court cil has compiled a directory of local social services which is being distributed among profes sional groups, schools, service clubs, law enforcement agencies, churches and other firms. The next meeting of the inter agency council will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the courthouse. 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