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Pearson Relapse Reports Minneapolis (U.R) Columnist Drew Pearson laid today hit column saying President Eisenhower suffered a "mild relapse" was accurate" and that it had been House in advance." "I think the country deserves Pearson said on arriving here. He wouldn't elaborate on his they included persons from Minneapolis, she White House and Seattle. Washington U.R White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty categorically denied to day that President Eisenhower suffered a "mild relapse" on his campaign swing last week. , Hagerty said a newspaper had advised him that columnist Drew Pearson would publish such a report Saturday. "It is the most amazing docu ment of falsehood I have ever seen," Hagerty said. He said that with the excep tion of a bloodshot eye caused by two small pieces of confetti lodg ing in it in Portland, Ore., Mr Eisenhower "felt fine" on the campaign trip. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower naturally' felt tired after some of the long days of campaigning. " However, Hagerty added, this was a "perfectly natural tired ness and had nothing to do with his health." Quotes From Column He also denied categorically that Mr. Eisenhower had a "gas tric upset" as a reporter said had been rumored among newsmen covering Democratic presiden tial candidate Adlal E. Stevenson. t Pearson said in a statement is sued by his office here that his tory was "carefully checked" and that "I believe it to be true." "Mr. Hagerty," he said, "has been operating an iron curtain on information for a long time. His technique is to deny and clobber over the head any news paperman who disagrees with him." Pearson said Hagerty, in Au gust, 1953. "categorically and emphatically denied" a state ment in his column that the President had high blood pres sure and a heart condition. "I leave it to the public," the columnist said, "to decide from subsequent events whether Hag erty or I was right." Digestive Cpndition Told Also, he said, he reported on a number of occasions before Mr. Eisenhower's ileitis opera tion that the President had a "chronic digestive condition." Neither the President nor his physicians "admitted" this in their public reports on his health, Pearson said. . Pearson's office made the col umn available to the press in general after it was criticized by Hagerty. An excerpt follows: "It will be vigorously denied but President Eisenhower appar ently suffered a mild relapse on his Western campaign trip. Whether it was campaign ex hauston or something more ser ious it hit Ike while he was driv ing back to the airport from Minneapolis. "He suddenly turned to others in the car and announced that "I can't take any more of this. Let's get out of here.' The presi dential limousine took off from the motorcade and sped to the airport followed by a Secret Service car." Hagerty said he had called ' Pearson's office immediately be fore making the denial but was told the columnist was some where on his way to the Mid west. Hagerty quoted Pearson's secretary as saying she would try to reach the columnist and tell him of Hagerty's protest. Medical Checkup Due On Week End "I am trying not to get mad about this." Hagerty said. "But I thing it is about the worst job of reporting I have ever seen." Hagerty said that neither Pear ' son nor any representative of his was among the accredited members of the press party ac companying the President. Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower will enter Walter Reed hospital here around noon Saturday for his promised pre-election "head to toe" checkup and remain there about 24 hours. The report on the eight physicians' examin ation of the President will be made public Sunday, probably between 1 and 3 p.m. (PST), Hagerty said. The column, as read to report ers by Hagerty, said that Mr. Ei senhower suffered a mild re lapse while driving back to the airport from his campaign tour of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Hagerty made detailed denials of what he called 10 misstate ments of fact in the column. The column said that Mr. Ei senhower's car left the motor cade because of the so-called re lapse. "At no time did the President's car leave the motorcade," Hag erty said.- Makes Detailed Denial Mr. Eisenhower also was hustled onto the plane at the airport without shaking hands with the Republican leaders who A Claims by Ike; Denied "carefully checked at the White the fact and I will print them, sources of information but said had accompanied him on his tour of the Twin Cities, Hagerty quot ed Pearson as saying. Hagerty said that Mr. Eisen hower shook hands with GOP leaders and with 20 members of the police force who had es corted his motorcade. The column said that Secret Service agents later explained that the reason Mr. Eisenhower's car pulled out was because it was too close to other cars. Hag erty denied this. Newsmen who covered Mr Eienhower's swing last week did r.ot note any such incident. The column said that the al leged lapse was one reason for Mr. Eisenhower's examination this week end. Hagerty pointed out that the examination had been announced before the cam paign swing. Pearson was quoted as saying that Mr. Eisenhower closeted himself in his suite for 24 hours in Seattle "seeing no one but his family and physician." Saw Many Visitors Hagerty listed a number of visitors, including Gov. Arthur B. Langlie, who visited Mr Fisenhower in his suite. The press secretary also said that staff members had two long sessions with Mr. Eisenhower, in the morning and afternoon, working on speeches. i-earson also said "Ike was overheard reassuring Mamie. f'm all right. I'm all right, feel fine." After ' his Portland speech. Hagerty said that he did not hear Mrs. Eisenhower ask any question that would have prompted such a response But, the press secretary said. Mrs. Eisenhower often asked the President after a speech how he feels. Hagerty said that anv such conversation between Mr and Mrs. Eisenhower had noth ing to do with his general health anyway. The column went on that Mr Eisenhower, after his return to Washington, cancelled a press conference and "vetoed a long scheduled address to the United Nations on atoms for peace. Hagerty pointed out that no press conference had been sched: uled for this week. He said Mr. Eisenhower did not deliver the U.N. address today because he wanted to be here for a National Security Council meeting which had added importance because of the "certain amount of unrest in the satellite nations" of East ern Europe. Manhattan Motorcade - In answer to a statement in the column that Mr. Eisenhower can celed plans for a motorcade through Manhattan Thursday Hagerty noted that the motor cade took place. The last statement in the col umn which Hagerty branded as false was that "Democrats charg ed that the week end Walter Reed checkup will be more politi cal than medical since the doc tors wouldn't dare find Ike in anything but the best of health a week before elections." In reply. Hagerty said that the reporters themselves knew the high character of the four military and four civilian physi cians who will conduct the ex amination. Rabat. Morocco U.R) Pre mier Si Bekkai has resigned as head of the Moroccan government. "Gosh, What a Frightening Creature!" 51st Year United Press Full Leased Wire 5 26 Pages President Offers Plans for Nation's Advancement Chief Executive Raps Demo Ideas Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower offered a 10 point program for the nation's advancement Thursday night and flatly rejected Democratic pro posals to end hydrogen bomb tests and start to plan an end to the draft. In one of his most important campaign addresses, Mr. Eisen hower described as "political doubletalk" efforts of Adlai E. Stevenson and other Democrats to convince voters that the Re publican administration was de ficient in new ideas of govern ment. ', Hits 'Confusion' Technique He said the Democrats had no monopoly whatever on the in vention of new ideas and had resorted during the campaign to a technique of "confusing public debate." On Stevenson's kev proposals to halt H-bomb tests and end selective service, the President declared: "There is no political cam paign that justifies the declara tion of a moratorium on common sense." The Chief Executive was to confer today at the White House with the National Security Coun cil to discuss intelligence re ports on the revolts in Poland and Hungary. He will go to Walter Reed Army Medical Center Saturday for a complete medical checkup. Results of the examination were scheduled to be disclosed late Sunday night. Speech Audience Impressive New York state Republican leaders, hard-pressed in a sena torial and other key races were enthusiastic about the size of the President's audience. The start of his speech was held up for ' several minutes while the crowd chanted, "We Want Ike." He was introduced bv John Roosevelt, son of President Roosevelt. Mr. Eisenhower . was caustic in his remarks on the Democratic recommendation for a "vigorous and realistic policy towards the Communist empire. ne sam tne democrats sug gested "that we begin our rela tions with the Soviet Union by trusting our national safety to agreements that have no effec tive safeguards and no controls." He said the Democrats also "urge a bold American defensive freedom and they urge us to try achieving this by starting to plan an end to our military cirau. Rainfall From Storm Totals 1.62 Inches Rain from the stormy weather of the past three days had brought 1.62 inches of precipita tion to the Medford vicinity up to 10:15 a.m. today. Heaviest rainfall during the period was yesterdav when the weather bureau at the airport recorded 1.15 inches. Fifteen hundredths of an inch fell Wed nesday and .32 this morning. Rainfall up to midnight last night totaled 2.69 inches which is 1.24 above normal for Octo ber. Amount for the season is 3.33 which is 1.23 in excess of normal. Showery weather is expected to continue through Saturday. RELWGMB -MOST OF HUNGARY Candidates Start Arriving for Fair At Junior High Governor, McKay Are To Arrive Here Today Final preparations are under way for the Candidates Fair sponsored by the League of Wom en Voters and the two political parties from 8:30 to 11 p.m. Sat urday in McLoughlin Junior High school boys gymnasium At least two out-of-town Re publican candidates who have been invited to the fair will arrive- in Medford today. They are Gov. Elmo Smith, candidate to succeed himself as governor, and Douglas McKay former secretary of the interior now seeking the U.S. senate seat held by Democratic , Sen. Wayne Morse. Both are expected to be at the Medford airport at 5:30 p.m. today to meet Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon's plane. , Democratic Candidates Sen. Morse and state Sen. Rob ert Holmes, Democratic candi date for governor, will arrive Saturday. Mrs. Helen Thomas, chairman of the fair, said there will be no political speeches. Emphasis will be placed on voters person ally meeting national, state and local candidates of both parties. Candidates will be at tables deco rated by the two political parties. Also having booths at the fair will be the United Nations asso ciation, United Medford Cru sade, AAUW, BPW, League of Women Voters, Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, county elections department and repre sentatives for and against flu oridation. Prizes will be awarded to the first five people scoring 100 per cent in a "voter's I.Q." test, which those attending may take to see how they score on general in formation concerning candidates and ballot measures. Prizes will also be awarded to the oldest voter present, youngest voter present and the political ' party with the largest number attending. Prior to the fair, a Democratic Candidates dinner will be held at 6 p.m. at the Medford hotel. The dinner is being sponsored by the Jackson county Demo cratic Social club. Robert Holmes, Democratic candidate for governor, will be principal speaker at the dinner. Clyde Fichlner, club president. said other candidates will be given an opportunity to speak briefly at the dinner. State Senator and Mrs. Holmes will arrive at the Medford air port at 10:35 a.m. Saturday, and will be met by a group of party workers and friends. Coffee Hour A coffee hour at Southern Oregon college, Ashland, and personal conferences in Medford are scheduled for Holmes. He will spend Saturday night in Medford and leave early Sunday morning, according to Larry Sheehan, county Democratic cen tral committee chairman. Expected to attend the dinner are Senator Morse; Charles Por ter, candidate for congress from the fourth district; Monroe Sweetland, candidate for secre tary of state; Robert Boyer and Robert Duncan, candidates for the legislature from Jackson county; Thomas Reeder, candi date for district attorney; Ray Schumacher, candidate for coun ty assessor; Ralph James, candi date for county commissioner; and Karl Janouch, candidate for county treasurer. Those wishing to make reser vations for the dinner have been asked to telephone Democratic headquarters. 3-4467, before Sat urday, Mrs. Donna Straus, Social club secretary, said. Rural Firemen Stand By at Dairy While Hot Hay Is Removed Central Point Central Point rural firemen stood by at Gilman's dairy on Merri min rd. from 7:05 to 11:45 p.m. yesterday after overheat ed hay was reported. There was no fire. A number of Crater High school boys helped owner Lester Gilman move several tons of chopped hay in the barn. Six firemen with three trucks turned out on the call. The Gilmans served cof fee, sandwiches and milk shakes to those who turned out en the alarm- OREGON, International Atomic Agency Hailed by Ike m lt ih4 1 V RICHARD M. NIXON Arrives in Medford Today Nixon Party Slated To Arrive Late Today Vice President and Mrs. Rich ard M. Nixon are scheduled to arrive in Medford at 5:30 p.m. today for an over-night stop in Nixon's last swing through the northwest in the election cam paign. He will speak during a pro gram starting at 8:15 p.m. today at Hedrick Junior High school auditorium Nixon will be met at the air port by Gov. Elmo Smith and cither Republican, party dignitar ies, including Douglas McKay Josephine Judge Presides at Trial Of Portland Man Bergen Hardy Scott, 35, Port land, was sentenced to eight months in the county jail Thurs day after a circuit court jury found him guilty to a charge of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. The jury returned a unani mous verdict of guilty after de liberating about 25 minutes Wednesday afternoon. Presiding over the trial, which started Tuesday morning, was Judge Orvil J. Millard of Jo sephine county. Judge H. K Hanna was originally scheduled to hear the case, which was to start at 9 a.m. At 8:55 a.m., Scott entered an affidavit claiming Judge Hanna was prejudiced in the case and seeking his disqual ification. Judge Millard was then called and arrived at the Jackson coun ty courthouse at 11 a.m. Jim McGoodwin, of VanDyke and Dellenback law firm in Medford, was appointed by the court as defense attorney. He argued that the charge should have been petty larceny rather than entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. Sheriff Howard Gault told the jury the defendant had been an "incorrigible" prisoner in the four months during which he awaited trial in .the Jackson county jail. It was also stated that Scott had 35 prior misde meanor convictions. In pronouncing the sentence Thursday afternoon, Judge Mil lard said the four months Scott has already spent in jail here would be counted as time in his eight-month sentence. Scott was charged with enter ing a car in downtown Medford on June 16 and stealing a camera. Marked Curry County Ballots Said Burned Gold Beach All of the" offi cial sample ballots in Curry county have been burned, ac cording to Sheriff Glenn Sabin. The burning, on orders of Dist rict Attorney Ed Ackley, appar ently brings an end to an inci dent of "marked" sample ballots. Ballots had been hand stamped with the name ot Wil liam McAllister, Medford, can didate to succeed himself as su preme court justice, and some ballots had been marked with a red "x" before the name of Mrs. Oleta A. Walker, incumbent candidate for county clerk. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, -1956 ELMO SMITH To Welcome Vice President former secretary of interior and senatorial candidate seeking the seat now held by Sen. Wayne Morse. Reception Party Others in the reception party will be Medford Mayor and Mrs. Earl Miller; Robert Mautz na tional committeeman Portland; Wendell Wyatt chairman of the Oregon Republican Central com mittee Astoria; Mrs. Collis Moore, national committee woman, Mrs. Margaret Von Lub ken, vice chairman of the cen tral committee; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bash, Miss Judie Bash, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lombard. Mrs. Bash is chairman of the county central committee, and Lombard is vice chairman. Miss Bash will present flowers to Mrs. Nixon. The Nixon motorcade from the airport will follow Crater Lake highway, Court St., Central ave., and Main st. to the Medford ho tel. The motorcade is expected to travel along Main st. about 5:45 p.m. Governor Smith will speak briefly prior to Nixon's address at Hedrick Junior High. Nixon will confine his speech to major campaign issues vital to the northwest and major national issues. Mautz will serve as mas ter of ceremonies and McKay will introduce Nixon. Tape Recordings Nixon's speech will not be brodacast "live" because of the Medford-Ashland football game. Tape recordings of the talk will be rebroadcast later. Radio sta tion KM ED will broadcast the speech at 10 p.m. Friday follow ing the football game. Nixon will leave early Satur day morning for Santa Rosa Calif. Governor Smith is expected to arrive at the Medford airport at 4:30 p.m. today and will join the Nixon party in the motor cade to the Medford hotel. A coffee hour in honor -of Governor Smith will be held be tween 10 and 11 a.m. Saturday at the W. J. Warner residence, 519 South Oakdale ave. He will attend the Candidates Fair at McLoughlin Junior High school Saturday night. Governor Smith also will ap pear on station KBES-TV be tween 7:45 and 7:55 p.m. today, prior to going to the Republican rally. No Way That Be Identified, There is no way under the shining sun by which election ballots can be identified," Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, county clerk, stated this morning. Mrs. Hopkin's statement was in emphasis to an announcement made through United Press this morning by Earl T. Newbry. secretary of state. Newbry said he had received reports from Portland, Medford and Coos Bay that there were 'continuing at tempts to intimidate voters with allegations that their votes could be checked. He said, "Election laws pro vide both a fine and impri'on ment for election officials who mark a' ballot in such a way that it can later be identified or for giving out any information as Tribune 11,000 Pounds of Nuclear Material Offered for Use Offer Made To Match Donations United Nations, N.Y. iU.P President Eisenhower today hailed the establishment of the international atomic energy agency. He pledged 11,000 pounds of nuclear material to it immediately and offered to match donations of fissionable material from other countries. The President's message was delivered to the closing session of the 82-nation conference on the first global "atoms for peace" program by Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Eisenhower said he want ed the United States to be "among the first to recognize by official action what you at this conference have accomplished." Therefore, he said, he would fol low a three-point program: 1. When Congress re assembles he will present for ratification by the Senate the governing statute for the new agency and request congres sional authoriy to transfer nu clear materials to it. 2. When the atomic agency is set up "by appropriate gov ernmental actions" the United States will make available 5,000 kilograms (11,020 pounds) of uranium 235 . from the 20,000 kilograms (44,080 pounds) made available by the government last February for peaceful uses in friendly nations. 3. The United States will con tinue to make available to the agency nuclear material that will "Match in amount the sum of all quantities of such mater ials made similarly available by all other members of the inter national agency, and on compar able terms for the period be tween the establishment of the agency and July 1. 1960." "Assuming that all nations' represented at the conference undertake parallel steps, within their capabilities, together we can overcome the obstacles that lie ahead and prove to each oth er that international controls are not only feasible but generally acceptable as a way to achieve peace," the President's message said. Bids on New Girls Club to Be Opened Bids for a new Girls Commun ity club building will be opened at 10 a.m. tomorrow at a joint meeting ot tne building com mittee and the board of trustees at the club house, Mrs. Dolph Phipps, president of the club, said today. The new building will be built on the site of the present build ing at 229 North Central ave. The committee and board are expected to make a recommend ation for awarding the contract. The recommendation will be con sidered by the board of directors at a meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Mrs. Phipps said. She said the club will hold a public sale starting at 1 p.m. Monday to sell furnishings in the old club house. Ballots Can Clerk Says to how an elector voted.' Mrs. Hopkins said several people have called her office ir recent weeks to ask wheth er or not ballots could be check ed and the elector identified. Mrs. Hopkins indicated she did r.ot know whether or not "in timidation attempts" had been made here. She explained that election board members have been in structed not to accept ballots from electors until the ballots are folded. Newbry said, "Voters are pro hibited from showing another person how they voted or ask ing how another voted. At the close of an election all ballots are placed in a box under lock and key with an official seal. They are opened in secrecy." Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wire No. 186 Soviet Deserters, Workers' Strike Help in Rebellion Rebel Groups Given Military Instruction Vienna (U.R) Rebel forcei seized control of most of Hun gary today, set up a revolution ary regime and battled to oust all Russian troops from the coun try with the help of Hungarian army elements, Soviet deserters and a general workers strike. Diplomatic reports said heavy mortar and tank firing continued in the suburbs and center of the capital city of Budapest, where the revolt started as a protest demonstration Tuesday night and spread into full scale rebellion. The rebels took over the radio station in the city of Miskolc in the industrial northeast and broadcast repeated demands to Communist Premier Imre Nagy. The government controlled ra dio station in the southern indus trial city of Pecs said the rebels had formed a "revolutionary council" in the surrounding area to direct their military campaign. General Strike Called A clandestine radio station In the Pecs area broadcast what ap parently were military instruc tions to rebel x groups fighting the Communist Hungarian gov ernment and Soviet Army troops. Reports reaching Vienna said Hungarian workers throughout the country started a general strike early this morning.. Hun garian railway workers were re ported to have been the first to join the walkout. Three Belgian travelers who reached Austria this afternoon said "the whole of Western Hun gary is in the hands of the riot ers." They said all the small vil lages they passed through en route to the frontier were in rebel hands. Symbolic Soviet red stars had been removed prac tically everywhere. The traveleri said the people told them the revolution's main goal was "to get the Russian Army out of the country." As the fighting raged through the fourth day. Radio Budapest continued to broadcast repeated pleas for an end to bloodshed and calls for the rebels to lay down their arms without fear of retaliation. Heavy Casualties Thus far. there have been no accurate figures on casualties, but estimates have ranged up to " more than 3,000 killed and thousands more wounded. The toll seemed certain to rise in the turmoil of civil war, which already has taken grim forms of mutual retaliatory executions. Most of the fighting seemed to be between the rebel forces and the Soviet troops who respond ed to the Nagy government's ap peal for help in quelling the re bellion. Swiss eyewitnesses who reached Vienna from Hungary said the Russians started a "reign of terror" in Budapest. "People were rounded up and shot on the spot or hanged," one Swiss said. "Others were taken away on trucks. In areas of the city captured by Soviet troops. the population, among them women and children, were rounded up and mowed down with machine guns. "But where the rebels won. they were ruthless against the Soviet troops. I have seen Red Army soldiers hanged." Apparently not all the Soviet troops were in sympathy with these tactics, however. Polish press sources in Warsaw said this afternoon that some Russian soldiers had deserted and joined a counter-revolutionary govern ment set up in Northeastern Hungary. Weather FORECAST: Showery Uiromta Saturday. Valley for Satur day roorninc. Low tonight 49. High Saturday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 52 Lowest thlf Morninr 49 Prec. U 10:15 a.m. Today ..9 4 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 6:37 a.m. ..... 5:11 p.m. Sunset xn moon, at uu Quarter ... ! 10:02 a.m. rises 11:53 p.m. and is in Perigee. High above it are Castor and Pollux, (the Twins) VIM RLE PLANETS Saturn, et . - :10 p.m. Mara, in the soutb- wfit i 11:49 p.m. Venn and Jupiter, rise 3:34 a.m. r
