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.
Pofcrfo Import Grading
Regulations Considered
Washington-r-UJ.R) The Agri
culture Department said yester
day it is considering a proposal
to set minimum size and grade
standards for imports of potato
es. Under the proposed regula
tion, which becomes effective
Oct. 22, if it is approved, imports
of round white or red-skinned
Irish potatoes would be limited
to U.S. No. 1 or better grade of
2Vi inches minimum diameter
and four inches maximum diameter.
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