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Left Flood Control vs. Fish, Wild Life Issue At Senate Hearing on Rogue River Basin Flood control vs. preservation of fish and wild life was the issue Friday afternoon during closing hours of he senate in terior and public works sub committees' hearing on flood control in the Rogue river basin The all-day hearing in the federal courtroom of the Med ford post office building drew a near-capacity crowd of local residents as well as witnesses ' Presents Brief Rodney Keating. Jackson county judge, presented a brief on behalf of he . county court. ' urging completion of studies on flood control and subsequent de velopment of a program with respect to flood control and preservation of fish and wild life. The brief listed six major , hazards facing Jackson county - until a flood control program is adopted. They included the danger to human lives, overall financial losses to the county, lowering effect on the county's tax base, damage to land and property, unfavorable effect of floods on growth of the county, and the threatened loss of valuable bot tom land. U.S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberg er (D-Ore.), who presided, asked Judge Keating the probable re action of the court if it were found that an adequate flood control program would result in loss of fish and wild life in the area. The judge replied, "Flood control is our primary object." Extensive Damage A similar brief was presented on behalf of the Josephine coun ty court by Ben Hilton, Grants Pass. sHiltnn briefy described ex tensive damage in Josephine county from the flood last De cember. He added that Civil Defense boatmen performed a major rescue job and indicated their work was largely respon sible for the absance of fatalities during the flood. Hilton's statement wan, later contradicted by Paul H. Wetl and, vice president of the Ore gon division, Izaak Walton League, and president of the Jackson county Izaak Walton League chapter. "No boatmen got out on the river during the flood." he declared. In response to his statement, several in the audience shouted, "That's a lie!" Senator Neuberger had to rap for order several times and verb ablly reprimand the crowd. Weiland. revising his original comment, then said. don't think there was anyone fool enough enough to go out." He was shown a photograph of a man sitting on the roof of a building during the flood and was told the man rescued by boat. "He was foolish to stay with the building as long as" he did," the witness said. He added that he felt reports of the seriousness of last winter's flood damage were exaggerated. Falsa Impressions Weiland also said, "Many people have the false impression that spring Chinook salmon and summer steclhead runs can be maintained by hatchery meth cds. The fish biologists have not been able to successfully propagate the spring chir.ook salmon or the summer steclhead cm the Rogue. Theie fish, that are impressible to reproduce by hatchery methods, are far more vluable as sport .fish than the fall run Chinook and the winter run steehead. A dam as far down as Lewis creek would virtually do away with these two famous f'sh runs in the Rogue, since most of the spawn ing takes place above this point." He added, "This year Congress The senate interior and public appropriated $208,000 for screen ing of the turbine intake at Savage Rapids dam in order to help perpetuate salmon and steclhead runs. Any oneof our county's representatives or sen ators could have objected to this insertion in the appropria tion bill on a point of order and the entry would have been re moved. This appropriation, how ever, was not secured by local effort, but by the insistence of the lovers of outdoors of the entire 48 states." Another witness, Joe Shaw, representing the Rogue Rod and Gun club, drew a round of ap plause when he said, "All the fishing and hunting in this area is not worth one human life." Suggests Hatcheries Shaw recommended develop ment of hatcheries U supply streams with fish and added that protection of life and prop el ty should be the first consider ation for the a area. Some argument arose during the hearing as to whether or not the supply of fish in the Rogue river and its tributaries is suf ficient to justify consideration in a flood control program. Walter Kasworm, who repre sented the Jackson County Farm Bureau and Rogue River Berry Growers, said, "Figuring time at $1 per hour, it costs about $100 to get one fish. Anyone who spends a lot of time fishing in this area must either be shift less or plain lazy." Among those contending Chi nook runs are showing an in crease here was C. J. Campbell o'f the Oregon Game commis sion. Campbell also stated, "We are aware of the desirability of flood reduction and of summer flow maintenance In the Rogue river system. We believe and hope these ends can be accom plished in a way that will aid rather than injure the valuable fishery resource. As in the past, our position is that high main stem dams across the migration route of the salmon and steel head would cause irreparable damage to those runs, and that other methods can and will be found that would more nearly serve all interests in the basin." Valuabl Resources William B. Morse, field rep resentative for the wildlife man agement institute endorsed Campbell's statement. He said fish and wildlife resources are valuable to the area and repre ent an annual investment of about $10,000,000. He added, "Construction agencies should be prepared to make restitution for fish damage resulting from dams." Among those testifying on be half of conservation districts was Don Minear, member of the Rogue Soil Conservation district board of supervisors. He said the south and west sections of Jackson county comprise about 766.260 acres. Of this total, 412.300 acres are agriculture land and there are some 2,500 operating farm units. He listed five needs in the in terest of soil conservation: con trol of stream bank erosion, pre vention of silting farm lands, re duction of flood hazards to lands in annual crops, prevention of loss of bridges and irrigation devices, and control of water losses in dry seasons. ' Recommend Studs He said the conservation dis tricts recommend a comprehens ive study of a flood control pro gram as well as watershed im provements and tributary stor ages. Robert Duff, Medford cty . to right, committee members are public works committee; Sen. member of both committees: T. W. Snead, public works committee staff member; Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Neb.), public works com mittee; and Sen. Frank R. Barrett mittee. manager, read a city council res olution recommending a flood control program. The resolution pointed out that Bear creek is capable of causing extensive damage in the city and that last winter Medford was on the brink of a disastrous flood condi tion from the rising creek. Hugh McKinley, Grants Pass city man ager, also testified in support of a flood control program on be half of that city. D. H. Barber, Trail, represent ing the Preserve the Rogue asso ciation, took a strong stand against construction of a dam at Lewis creek. He also said partial flood control is dangerous be cause people won't remember the limitations. He said people place false confidence in dams. and go beyond the limits of safe ty in constructing buildings. . Lengthy Reports , , Submitting lengthy reports of studies to the committee during the morning were Arthur M. Pi? per, U. S. Geological Survey staff scientist and chairman of the Rogue river task force sur vey group; O. M. Browne, re gional project development en gineer for the bureau of recla mation; Doren E. Woodward, re gional supervisor of river basin studies in the fish and wildlife services of the department of in- terior; W. H. Stewart, corps of engineers; Victor Boehl, repre senting the eight organized irri gation districts in the Rogue Riv er basin and irrigation commit tees in proposed new irrigated areas; and William L. Jess, rep One-Party Past in Oregon, Neuberger Says "Oregon will never again re vert to the one-party monopoly that dominated it for 40 years," U. S. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger said here Friday. The Democratic senator spoke to about 40 people at a no-host dinner at the Medford hotel sponsored by the Jackson coun ty democratic central commit tee. He pointed out he is the first Democratic senator from Ore gon since 1914. Hera For Hearings He was in Medford Friday for hearings of the senate interior and public works committee on flood control in the Rogue Riv er basin. The Senator and his wife, Maurine, left Friday eve ning for the northern part of the state. Neuberger said that "mono lithic control" by either party m a state is an , unhealthy thing. But of the two parties, the Democratic parfy is the one of "responsibility," He said, and if it had not been for a Dem ocratic congress, there "could have been no Eisenhower for eign policy." The Republicans, according to Neuberger, are essentially a party of "isolationists." Eisen hower, he claimed, initiated no new foreign policy of his own. but relied on the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Har ry S. Truman. Refers to Quarterly According to the Congression al Quarterly, the senator declar ed, Harris Ellsworth. Republi can representative from the fourth district seeking reelection supported Eisnhower on foreign policy only 60 per cent of the time. Neuberger said another Re publican congressman, Sam Coon, whom he called the "coat tail rider of the purple sage," supported Eisenhower on for eign policy Just 20 per cent of Sen. Thomas A. Woffard (D-S.C), Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), (R-Wyo.), senate interior com- resenting Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources as sociation. Stewart said, "Until the study of current conditions has prog ressed to its final stages, taking into account the needs and de sires of all concerned, the corps of engineers will maintain an op en .mind on all matters concern ing improvements in the Rogue River basin." He said a public hearing will be held in Grants Pass some time in November or December to ascertain current needs, views and desires of the people. When studies have been completed, he said, a second pub lic hearing will be held to pre sent the results of the survey and obtain views of those concerned On any plan that may be devised. 'More than 30 other coufnty and local organizations also -submit ted reports for the record. Sena tor Neuberger announced that the record would remain open 15 days from the date of the hear ing, and organizations having written testimony they desire entered in the record may send it the public works committee or it to the public works committee at the senate office building, Washington, D.C. Other officials present at the hearing included Sen. Roman L. Hruska (R-Neb.) and Sen. Thom as A. Wofford (D-SC), public works committee members, and Sen. Frank R. Barrett (R-Wyo), senate interior committee mem ber. Neuberger is a member of both committees. Monopoly Is the time, while he (Neuberger, backed the administration on 87 per cent of the foreign policy votes. The only part of the "Eis enhower anatomy" . Republicans like, he added, are his "coat tails." Senator Neuberger cited as an example the "failure" of the Oregon legislature, which, he said, has been dominated by Re publicans, was its refusal to support the Eisenhower-backed bill to continue the reciprocal trade program for three more years. He added that State Represen tatives E. H. Mann and E. A. Littrell supported a resolution which the legislature sent to congress urging the termination of the bill. It was this same bill, Neuberger declared, which caused Eisenhower to say, "if we fail in this, we fail in all." Political Capital "As a Democrat," he said, "I could have made political cap ital over the reciprocal trade bill, but I voted for it. Demo crats traditionally are not fet tered by partisanship," he said. Neuberger lashed out at the GOP charge that Democrats are the "war party," stating, "the Korean war was no more the Truman war than the civil war was the Lincoln war." Had it not been for the Korean war, he said, the United States would not have one small un committed ally to its name. "And Eisenhower knows it," he said. Republicans .in this state, he charged, have had the idea for the last 40 years, that they were "born to the cloth." But, he add ed, that Oregon voters are begin ning to realize that the "divine right" of the GOP in this state should end, as "Republicans have not kept up with the times." The Senator again endorsed the Democratic governor for Wins Officials Launch Investigation into Fatal College Fire State Police Ordered To Idaho Campus Moscow, Idaho (U.R) State and local officials launched an extensive investigation Saturday of the University of Idaho dorm itory fire which killed three men students. All agreed the tragic blaze was the work of an arsonist. State Law Eenforcement Com missioner Earl Koehler was sent to the university by Governor Robert E. Smylie, who also ord ered state police assigned to the campus. ' University President D. R Theophilus said "every feasible measure" was being taken to prevent further outbreaks of fire at the school where three other blazes, all ' the work of a firebug were discovered within a week. Theophilus said, Army, Navy ai.d Air Force ROTC units were supplying security guards for women's dormitories and sor ority houses. Men's living groups were asked to poot iheir. own ffnards ann Tlot Working . ; .j.Tfte ;.ire it liautv ,iaii. was discovered about 2 ajn. Friday. Two students tried to turnin - fire alarms, but they were not working. Howard Hunker, i.auit Hall proctor, said the alarm system was in working condi tion when it was checked two days earlier. The flames started in the sec ond floor lounge and flashed up the stairwells and along the corridors on the fourth floor where the victims were trapped. Fire Chief Carl Smith said arson was indicated by the flash nature of the fire and the ter rific heat it generated. He said the fire "must have had a pe troleum base." Thing of governor. State Sen. KODen Holmes. He said the only mem ber of the state senate who vot ed against supporting the Unit ed Nations was Elmo Smith. Neuberger declared the dif ferences between Morse and McKay seem to be symbolized by the fact Morse was "con cerned enough with southern Oregon problems" to send a rep resentative to the Friday hear ings on flood control in the Rogue river basin while McKay did not. Charles O. Porter, Democratic candidate for congress from the fourth district, also speaking at the no-host dinner, declared his opponent, Harris Ellsworth, has an "uninformed and shallow" outlook towards foreign policy. Referring to the Al Sarena dispute,. Porter declared that anybody who would say the gov ernment was forced by law to issue the mining patents must not be informed of the fact that Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton has changed certain min ing regulations and stated that "there will be no more Al Sar enas." . Registration Mentioned Porter said that according to recent Democratic registration in the fourth district he is running about 10.000 votes ahead of Ells worth. He was in Medford Fri day and Saturday for a series of coffee hours. Neuberger was also a guest speaker later Friday night at a meeting of the Southern Ore gon Salesmen's club at the Med ford hotel. Discussing the econ omic conditions of the state, he said the most logical way to en courage industry and business in Oregon is through the use of its "largest natural resource water power with cheap power rates."' - -ippoi Poland "We've Got Something Final Appearances of Candidates Will Be At League Final aamuaign appearances in southern Oregon will be made by candidates for national, state and local offices at the Candi- jd ates Fair at McLoughlin Junior High school . boys gymnasium Saturday, Oct. 27, according to Mrs. Helen Thomas, chairman. . The Candidates Fair is being sponsored by the Medford League, of Women Voters, the Democratic and Republican par ties and other organizations. The Fair will start at 8 p.m., and con tinue until about 11 p.m. Accept Invitations Candidates who have accept ed invitations from the League include Douglas McKay, Repub lican candidate for U. S. sena tor; Wayne Morse, Democratic senator seeking reelection; Har ris Ellsworth, Republican con gressman see king reelection: Charles O. Porter, Democratic candidate for congressman from the fourth district; Governor El mo Smith; Robert Holmes, Dem ocratic candidate for governor; Mark Hatfield, Republican cand idate for secretary of state; Monroe Sweetland, Democratic candidate for secretary of state; and Sig Unander, Republican, seeking reelection as state trea surer. Mrs. Thomas said that Rob ert Y. Thornton, attorney gener al, who previously had accepted an invitation, will be unable to attend the Fair because of the coming Multnomah county vice trials which will be getting un der way this week. The only other candidates who do not plan to attend are Carl J. Francis, Republican candidate for attorney general, who was unable to include the Fair in his campaign schedule; and Wiley Smith, Democratic candidate for state treasurer, Mrs. Thomas said. Smith did not respond to invitations either from the Med during a candidates Fair there, ford League or the Eugene League during a candidates Fair there. i Loeai Candidates Mrs. Thomas said all local candidates plan to attend the fair. The Eugene League of Women Voters is planning a similar Weather FORECAST: Clearing this atter noon. Clear and cooler to . nieht. Increasing cloudiness ivlth rhance of showers Mon- . dav. High todav SO. Low to nifht 30. High Monday s. Temp. Hithest yesterday fit Lowest yesterday 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset 6:51 a.m. S:20 p.m. Moonrfse 6:39 p.m. MORNING STARS are now Ve nus and Jupiter, in the order of their rising. In less than a, week their positions will be reversed and we will see Jupiter above Venus. - For Everybody, Too" '4hr f rncrri 111 Fair Here Candidates Fair there Oct. 26. Both fairstfiSve been organized with-the policy that if the candi date is unable to attend, there will be no representative accept, ed for that candidate. Mrs. Thomas explained that the policy was adopted because the fair was set up with no politi cal speeches and emphasis has been placed on meeting and talking with the actual candi date himself. The candidates will be at tables decorated by the two political parties. A special gift will be awarded the political party having the largest number of voters repre sented at the fair. The gift will be presented by the Medford Mail Tribune, and will be accept ed by the county central commit tee chairman on behalf of the political party. A similar presentation is made at the Eugene Fair by the Eu gene Register-Guard. In 1954 the gift was won by the Republican party in Eugene. Plans for Nixon's Visit Announced Vice President Richard Nixon will speak in Medford Friday, Oct. 26, in the last appear ance of his campaign swing through the northwest. He will speak to a Republican rally at Hedrick Junior High school at 8:15 p.m. Friday. He will confine his speech largely to campaign issues vital to the northwest, and major national issues. Nixon, accompanied by Mrs. Nixon, will arrive at 5:30 p.m. Friday from Walla Wall, Wash. The vice presidential party will be met at the airport by Republi cans from the fourth congres sional district. The junior high school was se lected by the Jackson County Re publican Central committee be cause of its seating capacity and parking facilities, ""he school gymnasium will hold over 2,500. The vice president will make no other appearance while in Medford. He will remain over night at the Medford hotel and will leave at 7:30 a.m. Saturday for Santa Rosa, Calif. The Nixon party, which includes some 15 or 20 newspapermen who have toured the nation with Nixon, and around 30 staff members, will stay at the" Medford hotel Friday night. Sports Bulletin A Jacksonville High school touchdown and conversion with 45 seconds left play gava the Redskins a 14 is 13 nod over Rogue Hirer here last night in a Jackson Coun ty B league football game. Ruler Gontro Gomulka Promises Free Elections; Backed by Police Russia Moves Red Troops into Country Warsaw (U.P.) Moscow opposed Wladyslaw Gomulka. backed by special Polish secur ity police, won apparent control of Poland Saturday and immed iately promised free elections. Russia moved Red army troops into Poland from East Germany. There was no immediate in dication whether Soviet-trained Polish army units and Soviet troops through Poland would ac cept Gomulka's leadership. ine i'olisn communist party central committee acclaimed 52- year old Gomulka as first sec retary. Promises Elections His first act as nartv rhlef was to promise elections would be held Dec. 16 and the people will have "not only the right to cast votes . . . but will also be in a position to elect." Polish forces loyal to Gom ulka took over the transmitter and downtown headquarters of Radio Warsaw, the state radio, and broadcast the speech which he made to the central commit tee Friday. The seizure occurred after Soviet Party Chief Nikita S. Khrushchev returned home fol lowing a 24-hour blitz visit de signed to slow down Poland's de-Stalinization program. Thousands of workers de manded that Russia keep hands off Poland's internal affairs and went on strikes to enforce it. Gomulka, jailed five years ago for supporting the line of Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, ob viously emerged as a victor in the first round of a sudden pol itical upheaval set off the June 28 Poznan riots. He survived a face-to-face challenge by Krushchev and then went before the central committee and gave a two-hour speech. The speech attacked the Stal inist mistakes of "these years which should be foreotten for ever." Guard Transmitter Internal security troops head ed by Gen. Waclaw Kimar, who was jailed with Gomulka in the Titoist purges and rehabilitated with him several months ago, guarded the radio Warsaw trans mitter and studios while Gom ulka's speech was broadcast. Wearing steel helmet jmrf carrying rifles they surrounded tne siauon aunng the day and moved inside after "dark, bar ring admission to unauthorized persons. Civilian volunteers .were alerted to guard mainr farinr. ies. Units of the Polish army commanded by Red Army Mar shal Konstantin Rokossovsky, the pro-Soviet Polish defense minister, took up positions in and around Warsaw. The leadership of th Polish Communist party workers or ganizations in Warsaw and out lying cities, farm organizations, Intarnal Securitv Corns and Civ il Police in Warsaw all were reported backing Gomulka. Only the Army was unheard from. FOOTBALL SCORES Oregon Tech 27." So. Ore. 20 College of Pacific 28,. Mar quette 6 Stanford 21, Oregon 7 Oregon State 21, Wash. Slate 0 USC 35. Washington 7 UCLA 34. California 20 Dartmouth 7, Holy Cross 7 Pennsylvania 14, Brown 7 Columbia 26, Harvard 20 Syracuse 7. Army 0 Boston College 32, Rutgers 0 Princeton 28, Colgate 20 Yale 25. Cornell 7 Michigan 34, Northwestern 20 Michigan St. 47, Notre Dame H Oowa 34, Hawaii 0 Wisconsin 6. Purdue 8 Missouri 20, Kansas State 8 Oklahoma 34, Kansas 12 Indiana 19, Nebraska 14 Colorado 52, Iowa State 0 North Carolina 34, Maryland 8 Pittsburgh 27. Duke 14 Wyoming 30, Utah 20
