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Sen. Morse Says Charges
'Falsehoods, Misleading'
United States Sen. Wayne L
Morse yesterday told southern
Oregon residents that a series uf
charges made by the Jackson
County Republican Central com
mittee against him were "mis
leading" in some cases, and out
right "falsehoods" in others.
The Democratic senator, who
is seeking reelection, referred to
eight questions listed in a full
page advertisement in Wednes
day's Mail Tribune. He learned
of the advertisement during a
morning coffee hour at the Ed
ward C. Kelly residence, a few
moments after arriving in Mcd
ford. The senator spent most of
the coffee hour discussing the
matter over the telephone with
his Washington. DC, office, to
obtain the record in the case.
First Answer
He gave his first answers to
the charges at a 1 p.m. convoca
tion at Southern Oregon college.
He repeated and elaborated on
the answers in later talks at the
Jackson County Democratic So
cia! club dinner, the Veterans
Allied council "candidates fair."
and a Democratic rally at the Es
quire theater Democratic head
quarters. Capacity crowds greet
ed him at all appearances.
"We are in the midst of the
greatest hate campaign in the
iiistory of Oregon," ! Senator
Morse charged. He said by using
the big lie technique, the Re
publicans are "striking out at
me personally," and are "not
meeting the issues." The senator
likened GOP campaign strategy
to a "purge" attempt, adding
that the Republican administra
tion had made Sen. Warren
Magnuscn (D.-Wash.) and him
self their No. 1 targets of the
campaign.
The GOP strategy, the senator
said, is to put him on the defen
sive so that he won't have time
to talk about the issues, but he
added that "my record speaks
lor itself."
Lashes Claim
The senator, who is now com
pleting his second six-year term
in the senate, lashed out at the
Republican claim that he said
"If I were satisfied that every
man and woman in the state of
Oregon wanted me to vote for
this bill (Taft-Hartley) I would
still vote against it ... "
Morse said the GOP did not
finish the quotation.
The rest of it. he said, stated
"... because the Taft-Hartley
bill does not carry out the objec
tives of the people of Oregon."
He stated that when the Asso
ciated Press quoted only the
first part of his statement, an
AP vice president personally
apologized to him. and that a
correction was later carried by
the wire service.
"I have always held that mine
is an enlightened constituency,"
he declared, adding that the peo
ple of Oregon have the second
highest literacy rate in the na
tion. 0
Abience Rat
Regarding an allegation that
he has a high absence rate in
senate votes, 100 times, Morse
pointed out that this is over a
10-year period.
"That is not a bad record in
10 years," he said, "but the Re
publicans don't talk about that.
Twice I was in the hospital for
six weks at a time," and other
absences were excused for va
rious reasons, he declared, in
cluding, "ironically." his cam
paigning for Republican candi
dates, and campaigning for his
own reelection. "No one can
blame a senator for returning
home during his campaign to
rebuild his political fences," he
said.
"Tile smear campaign being
conducted by my opponent,
Douglas McKay, is an attempt
to take me off the issues and
nut me on the defensive." he
said. "When we were both Re
publicans, 1 never did go along
with his reactionary policies,"
adding 'that many Republican
small businessmen and farmers
have confided to him that they
are supporting his reelection.
Explains Statement
In explaining his statement
that Eisenhower was "the most
dangerous man who will ever
have been in the White House,"
the senator said that "When sena
tors stop criticising the presi
dent, you'd better start fearing
for the welfare of your country."
But when the Fresident has
Shakedown at
Reveals Cache
an Ouentin. Calif. U.R)
San Quentin prison guards kept
a wary eye on the overcrowded
penitentiary today as the result
of a shakedown that yielded a
cache of guns, ammunition and
prison made "shivs."
The shakedown began Wed
nesday night with the discovery
of a .38 caliber revolver in the
south cell block. Two other .38s
were later found in the prison
laundry.
Along with the guns, guards
found a bag containing an un
disclosed number of shells and
nine rounds ol .38 ammunition
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bt.ATOR WA1NE MORSE
Charges 'Misleading'
been right, Morse said, he has
supported him, and he stated
that his voting record proves he
has supported the administra
tion more than any other con
gressman from Oregon.
"I don't know where the Presi
dent would be without a Demo
cratic majority to help him on
foreign policy," he said. "But
the Republicans don't talk about
that," he added.
As to his supposed advocacy
of a U.S. vote-ebstention on ad
mining Red China to the United
Nations. Morse stated the charge
is a "falsehood," and that he
has repeatedly voted against rec
ognition of Red China. He listed
a number of different dates on
which those votes were cast.
Battle Act Vote
"I voted for the Battle act,
which forbids the shipment of
military goods to any commu
nist country." he declared, in
response to the charge that he
voted against the Formosa reso
lution to stop shipment of mili
tary material to Red China.
Another of the questions was
"How can you accept tens of
thousands of dollars in campaign
contributions from out-of-state
American Woman
Gets Prison Term
As Spy for-Arabs
Jerusalem (Israeli Sector)
(U.R) A 29-year-old American
woman today began serving a
one-year prison term for spying
on Israel for the Arabs. Ob
servers expressed doubt she
would appeal her conviction to
the Israeli Supreme Court.
A Jerusalem District Court
convicted Mary Frances Hagan,
Huntington, W.Va., on charges
of violating the Israeli Official
Secrets Act and undermining
the country's security. It sen
tenced her to one year imprison
ment on the first count and to
three months on the second, both
sentences to be served concur
rently. Observers said Miss Hagan
had two possible courses of ac
tion. She could appeal for a
presidential pardon or seek a re
versal before the Supreme
Court.
Chicago-born defense Attor
ney Max Kritzman said an ap
peal to the Supreme Court must
be weighed carefully in view of
the tribunal's right to increase
sentences imposed by lower
courts.
Miss Hagan displayed little
emotion in court Thursday. She
chatted with newspapermen and
joked with a woman court at
tendant before her sentence was
pronounced.
Driver Fined $255
In District Court
William Frank Halter, 43. of
712 Cedar St., Medford, was
fined $255 in district court
Thursday by Judge Rawles
Moorse on charges of driving
while under the influence of in
toxicating liquor.
Halter was given a 30-day sus
pended jail sentence during good
behavior and upon payment of
the fine. His operator's license
was suspended for 90 days. He
was committed to county jail
in lieu of payment Thursday
morning.
San Quentin
of Weapons
which apparently had been
smuggled into the prison.
Acting Warden Louis Nelson
then ordered a search of the
whole prison. Guards found a
quantity of razor sharp knives
fashioned by the inmates out of
contraband materials.
While the shakedown was go
ing on. convicts in the south
cell, block clanged on their cell
bars and shouted.
Guards speculated a group of
convicts were preparing for a
break possibly tonight during
a business meeting of top prison
officials.
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union bosses, and. still keep your
so-called independence?"
In answer Morse laughed. "I
would sure like to have some
of those tens of thousands of
dollars," he said.
As to his record on natural
resources, which GOP charges
said was inadequate, Morse said
"I got the Talent project through,
and if that isn't a natural re
source and a vital matter to this
area, I don't know what is." Oth
er examples of his work on
natural resource protection and
development he cited included
work to provide more access
roads for the harvesting of tim
ber, work on behalf of soil con
servation, and fire protection in
the forests.
'Solid Accomplishments'
. One GOP question was to cite
"three solid accomplishments"
for the people of Oregon in his
12 years in the senate. The sena
tor said that three of his many
accomplishments for the area in
cluded the Talent project, the
use of Camp White as a Veterans
Administration domiciliary (and
he pledged continued efforts to
increase the number of hospital
beds there), and the fish screens
for Savage Rapids dam.
The senator declared that the
Republican leadership is count
ing on the possibility that fewer
Democrats than Republicans will
vote. "This has been true in the
past," he said, "but we must not
let it happen again. We are
ahead right now, but overconfi
dence is never justified."
Morse declared he has earned
the title of the senate's "calen
dar watchdog," meaning that he
keeps a special check on unanimous-consent
measures. He
also said that the filibuster is
a weapon whereby questionable
or objectionable bills can be
held up for clarification before
being passed without notice. In
such instances he favors a fili
buster, he said.
Morse endorsed the candidacy
of Charles Porter for congress
from the fourth district, and
said the record of his GOP op
ponent, Harris Ellsworth, is one
of "complete reaction." Porter,
on the other hand, would help
"protect the heritage of the
people of Oregon, and the na
tural resourcses so vital to the
economic future of our state,"
he said.
At the Veterans candidates
fair, Dick House, Medford in
surance man, spoke briefly on
social security, saying ""I have
respect for the glibness of
Morse's tongue," but declared
"I don't believe it is possible
to reduce the social security
benefit age level to 60 and at
the same time raise the present
low level benefits."
While House said he could
not officially represent McKay,
he said that the GOP candidate
"would not promise anything
that can't be kept." He praised
McKay's record, and said he
stands on his 29 years of public
service to the people of Oregon.
Wire From McKay
A wire from McKay indicated
he had not received an invita
tion to appear in time to do so,
although those in charge of the
meeting said that invitations to
all candidates or their represent
atives went out at the same time.
Earlier in the day. Senator
Morse joined his wife and 22-year-old
daughter Judy at a tea
at the R. Drew Lamb home in
Ashland. He also made a 15
minute television appearance
with Mrs. Stan Zapell and Ed
ward Kelly early in the even
ing. The Morse party left Med
ford at 6:30 a.m. today.
Multnomah Assessor
Eyes Supreme Court
Salem (U.R) Multnomah
County Assessor Peter Welch
said here yesterday he probably
would announce as a write-in
candidate for Supreme Court
Justice at the Nov. 6 general
election.
William McAllister, Medford.
was recently appointed to the of
fice to succeed the late Justice
Earl Latourette, who died sev
eral months ago. McAllister also
is a write-in candidate.
A third write-in candidate is
Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg, Klamath county.
Welch said the state constitu
tion does not require that a
Supreme Court justice be a mem
ber of the bar.
County, City Receive
State Liquor Funds
Jackson countv has received
SI. 232.57 and the city of Med
ford has received $1,091.62 from
state revenues on liquor, Karl
Janouch. county treasurer, re
ported this morning.
The money, which arrived yes
terday, is compensation for ad
ministrative expense in recom
mending liquor licenses for city
and county establishments.
Last week the county received
S8,653.3S, to be used for wel
fare and relief, from the state
liquor revenues. The money is
distributed among counties and
cities according to population as
shown in the 1950 census.
Inside Today
Section One
Women's News 2
Editorial 4
Church News S, 7
Sports 10. 11. 12. 13
Locals, Markets : 15
Section Two
Radio. TV, Comici 2
Classified Ads . 4, 5, 7
British Security
Forces Open Fire
On Kowloon Mobs
Several Fires Started
In Third Day of Riots
Hong Kong (U.R) British
Security forces opened fire to
day on a mob gathering in down
town Kowloon and first reports
said two Chinese were injured.
The clash was the most serious
in a day marked by scattered
rioting in the Kowloon area
across the harbor from Hong
Kong. The Chinese crowd dis
persed when police fired and a
Portuguese family took one of
the wounded Chinese into its
home for treatment.
It was the third day of riot
ing in this British crown colony.
United Press Movietone
cameraman Marvin Farkas who
accompanied police on a patrol
through the riot torn district
said one mob broke into a
Communist-owned wine store
today and wrecked furniture and
smashed bottles in the street.
The mob .melted away when the
police arrived.
Several fires also were started
in Kowloon.
Most Streets Deserted
Stern measures by Hong
Kong police and British troops
kept most of the streets deserted,
and there was no repeat of the
widespread rioting which
brought the Tommies into action
Thursday with tanks and ma
chineguns. British colonial authorities
put the death toll in the rioting
at 30 to 40 and said it might be
some time before an accurate
figure could be reached. Early
estimates of 100 dead were
drastically revised downward. .
Government Admits
Picking Up Tab on
Caribbean Cruises
Washington (U.RX-rrThe gov
ernment admitted today it pick
ed up the tab for free Caribbean
cruises last year by about 90
members of Congressional par
tics. It wasn't ready yet to name
them despite President Eisen
hower's assertion Thursday that
he saw no reason not to make
public the passenger lists.
Some of the junketing House
and Senate members, staff aides
and dependents presumably mix
ed work with pleasure on the
sun-drenched 15-day tours that
they enjoyed aboard the Pan
ama Line to Haiti, Panama and
back.
Picked UP S22.154 Check
An official, audit which
didn't go into the work and play
question showed only that the
publicly-owned Panama Canal
Co. picked up a $22,154 check
for Congressional travel aboard
the line's three luxury cruisers
in the 12 months ending June 30.
It did not say which law
makers took the tour or even
how many. At the last published
bookkeeping rates for on-the-cuff
travel S240 per head per
round trip, substanially less than
the fare charged paying custom
ers the total would cover 92
passengers.
This was the first hard dis
closure in a delicate matter hith
erto shrouded in almost total
secrecy. It came in a report by
the government's general ac
counting office, submitted some
days ago to the House Merchant
Marine Committee but not yet
printed for public distribution.
Chwastov, Daughter
Removed From Liner
London (U.R) British immi
gration authorities removed
turn-about refugee Alexei Chwa
stov and his American-born
daughter Tanyo from a depart
ing Soviet ocean liner tonight.
Chwastov 58, and his 2'2-year-old
daughter were found aboard
the liner Vyacheslav Molotov
after attorneys for Tanya's
American mo(her obtained an
emergency court order barring
her removal from Britain.
Weather
FORECAST: CloudT with how
er toniehl and early Satur
day, clearing bv afternoon.
Low tonight 42. Hijh Friday
S.
Highest Yesterday -
Lowest this Mornim 9
To is atm. Today Tract
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
6:21 a.m.
Sunset .
. 3:35 P.m.
Thf Moon sets Saturday 12:24
12:21 a.m. and Is in Apoeee.
Full .Moon OcU 19
Rt'DDV MARS Rrows slowly
dimmer but It is still the bright
est "star" in the sky most of the
nient. It is now beginning an
eastward movement among the
start that will continue until
1958.
51st Year
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D'VS SIGNALS
D
am Bids Called
Howard Prairie Is
Second Major item
In Talent Project
Completion Slated
For Summer of 1959
The bureau of reclamation
will receive bids at its Camp
White office until 10 a.m. Nov.
27 for construction of the How
ard Prairie Dam east of Ashland,
according to J. A. Callan, project
construction engineer.
The dam, part of the $21,000,
000 Talent project, will be locat
ed on Beaver creek, a tributary
of the Klamath river.'It will be
an earth fill dam, about 990 feet
long and 88 feet above the creek
bed. The work is scheduled to
be near completion by the sum
mer of 1959, and collection of
water will begin then.
Earth Fill
It will require about 186.000
cubic yards of earth fill and
204,000 cubic yards of rock fill.
It will be equipped with outlet
to the canal, and a spillway.
The Howard Prairie reservoir
will have a live capacity of
60,500 acre-feet of water, and
dead storage of 1,500 acre feet.
Heaviest draw-downs will be in
the fall and winter. It is expected
to be full or near-full during
the summer recreation season.
Howard Prairie dam is the sec
ond major phase of work in the
Talent project to be started. The
contract for Deadwood tunnel,
toe first construction started was
awarded to Lord Brothers of
Portland recently.
Irrigation district landowners
approved a repayment contract
between the district and the bu
reau of reclamation at a special
election Aug. 22. Terms of the
contract include a 60-year re
payment period, with the money
to be raised by water-user fees,
plus the sale of electric energy
from the Green Springs power
house, which will generate about
16.000 kilowatts of electricity.
One of Four
Howard Prairie dam is one of
four projects in a 25-item pro
gram in the project, to be con
structed immediately. Estimated
cost of the dam is $2,200,000.
The other ihree include the
Big Draw collection canal, which
will pick up water from several
creeks on the west side of the
Cascade divide and channel it
through a tunnel to the east side,
estimated to cost about $2,000,
000: Howard Prairie delivery
canal, which will carry water
from the reservoir south and
west and through a tunnel to
the west side of the Cascade
divide, estimated cost about
$4,000,000, and an interceptor
ditch, $112,000.
The entire project is sched
uled for completion, except for
minor canal work, by the sum
mer of 1962, but benefits are
expected to be felt earlier.
Principles Agreed
For Talks on Suez
United Nations, N. Y. (U.R)
Foreign ministers of Britain,
France and Egypt have agreed
nn a set of DrinciDles for future
negotiations on the Suez Canal
crisis, an authoritative source
said today.
British Foreisn Secretary Sel-
wyn Lloyd, French Foreign Min
ister Christian Pineau ana f-gypi-ian
Foreign Minister Mahmoud
Fawzi went into another secret
session this afternoon to draft
an official form of the agree
ment. They were scheduled to put it
before a closed session of the
United Nations Security Coun
cil. It was not immediately learned
whether negotiations would con
tinue on the foreign minister's
level or be left to ambassadors
of the three governments.
Tokyo (U.R More than 130
persons were reported injured
today in an hour-long clash be
tween 1.200 Japanese policemen
and 3.000 leftists seeking to
expansion of the U.S. Tachikawa
Air Base.
Salem (U.R) Lloyd M. Berg
er, Irrigon, has been named as
a member of the Morrow county
public welfare commission.
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BEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1956
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Senator Albert Gore
Speaks Here Sunday
Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee,
chairman of the senate public
works subcommittee will speak
at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Esquire
theater, Larry Sheehan, county
Democratic chairman, an
nounced today.
The meeting will be open to
the public. He is appearing here
in behalf of Sen. Wayne Morse's
reelection campaign.
Senator Gore is expected to
arrive in Medford from Klamath
Falls between 4 and 5 p.m. Sun
day, and will stay overnight at
the Medford hotel.
Senator Gore, who was elected
to the senate in 1952, is a mem
ber of the public works commit
tee, which handles flood control,
rivers and harbors, public roads,
building and grounds legislation.
He also is a member of the joint
committee on atomic energy, and
the senate committee on roles
and administration.
The Carthage, Tenn., senator
has been active in public affairs
since 1932, when he became
superintendent of schools in
Smith county, Tennessee. He was
later state commissioner of labor
and in 1938 was elected to con
gress from Tennessee's fourth
district.
While in congress he served
on the house banking and cur
rency committee and the house
appropriations committee. In the
last four years in the House,
Senator Gore was acting chair
man of independent offices sub
committee, which approved ap
propriations for the Tennessee
Valley authority. Atomic Energy
Lf. Morgan Suffers
Slight Heart Attack
Lt. Paul E. Morgan, 726 Broad
st., Medford, suffered a heart at
tack about 9 p.m. yesterday
while watching television at his
home. He was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital by Medford Am
bulance service.
Capt. Paul Parson, head of
the state police detachment
here, said Lieutenant Morgan
was not in serious condition, and
was greatly improved this morn
ing. Lieutenant Morgan has been
with the state police department
since it was organized Aug. 1,
1931, and has been stationed in
Medford since May 15, 1947. He
came here from Roseburg.
Lieutenant Morgan is 50 years
old today.
Late News Briefs
MANPOWER CUT SEEN
Washington (U.R) Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson said
today that military manpower
may be cut 100,000 or more next
year. He also said defense pend
ing may rise more than $2 bil
lion next year.
CASEY STENGEL SIGNS
New York (U.R) The New
York Yankees today signed
Casey Stengal for his fifth two
year contract as manager of the
club.
TO INTRODUCE IKE
Portland (U.R) Douglas Mc
Kay, Republican candidate for
the U. S. Senate, will introduce
President Eisenhower at The
Auditorium here next Thursday.
Oregon Store Gridder
Indicted by Grand Jury
Corvallis, Ore. U.R) Paul
Lowe. 20, Los Angeles, the No.
2 tailback on the Oregon State
college football squad, was in
dicted Thursday by the Benton
county grand jury on. a charge
of taking a bicycle without per
mission of the owner.
Another OSC student, Bert
Washington, also 20, was in
dicted on a similar charge in
connection wtih an incident that
allegedly occurred last June 29.
Lowe said today that he would
plead innocent of the charge. He
said he borrowed the bicycle..
Washington U.R) Curtiss
M. Evarts. chief sanitary en
gineer with the Oregon State
Board of Health, has been named
to direct the initial operation of
the construction grants program
authorized under the new water
pollution control act.
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SURVIV
SENATOR ALBERT GORE
Appearing at Esquire
commission. Veterans Adminis
tration, and 22 other independ
ent government agencies.
He also served on the House
armed services subcommittee.
Sheehan said Senator Gore
will leave for Eugene at 6:15
a.m. Monday.
Residents Report
Earthquake Temblors
Two Jackson county residents
this morning reported they felt
shocks which they believed were
part of the earthquake felt in
Eureka, Calif., yesterday morn
ing. Ernest Scott, Plaza apart
ments, said his wife felt two dis
tinct shocks,. and Mrs. J. A. Bon-
ney of Gold Hill reported she
felt two temblors, the first
heavier than the second. Mrs
Boney said the temblor shook
mirrors on the wall and potted
plants on the tables.
Yesterday morning, Tom Wil
liams, superintendent of Crater
Lake National park, reported
feeling two "faint but distinct"
shocks about the time the Eure
ka temblor was reported.
Rain Losses in Area
Said to Be Light
Although rainfall is causing
damage to unharvested seed,
many Jackson county farmers
are welcoming the moisture, ac
cording to Earle Jossy, county
agriculture agent.
Jossy said most seed in the
county has been' harvested and
sacked and losses due to rain
will be minor.
The rainfall is expected to as
sist growth of annual grasses
and subterranean clover in foot
hills land. Jossy said many peo
ple have beeSi waiting for a rain-
tall before plowing their fields.
Though the amount of rainfall
in the past day or two has been
minor, he said the effect will
still be beneficial.
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No. 174
Search Planes Rush
To Area North of
Azores; Hope Held
SOS Picked Up
By Other Planes
London U.R) Distress sig
nals believed sent by survivors
of an American plane missing
with 59 persons aboard today
drew an air armada of 92 search
planes to the Atlantic north of
the Azores islands.
"There is a glimmer of hope
now, a U.S. Air Force spokes
man said.
SOS signals were picked up
early this morning by American
and European transatlantic air
liners. Radio "fixes" placed their
sources in the Atlantic some 150
miles north of the Azores.
'Very Weak' Signals
The U.S. Navy transport Gei
ber was also reported to have
heard "very weak" signals.
The signals were the first in
dication of possible survivors
from the U.S. C118 military
transport which vanished Wed-'
nesday night on a flight from
Britain to the Azores. Aboard
were 50 American airmen and a
Navy crew of nine returning to
the United States.
Day-long criss-crossing of the
search area turned up no sign ot
either wreckage or rafts.
Area Visibility Good
The weather in the area was
good with scattered to broken
clouds at 2,000 feet and visibility
of ten miles.
The MATS plane disappeared
Thursday on a flight from Lak
enh'eath Air base. in England to
the Azores en route to the Unit
ed States.
The first distress signal was
picked up by Pan American pas
senger flight No. 70 flying from
London to New York. Within
seconds the Lagens Air Force
base picked up a similar "defi
nite" distress signal.
The Air Force spokesman said
the two signals appeared to be
from the same position. A "fix"
gave the position as roughly 150
miles north of the Portuguese
islands which lie off the coast
of Morocco.
North Entrance, Rim
Road Closed at Lake
Snowfall at Crater Lake Na
tional park this week has closed
both the rim drive and the north
entrance to the park, according
to the park office in Medford.
One-half inch of new snow
was recorded at park head
quarters during the last 24 hours
and two inches of fresh snow
was recorded there Thursday
morning. The south and west
entrances to the park will re
main open.
The warming hut will be open
daily in the new addition to the
cafeteria. It previously was in
the park service's community
building.
Salem (U.R) - Oregon chauf
feurs can make application now
for renewed licenses which will
be mailed after Dec. 1.
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