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
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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."
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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
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Quarter ... ! 10:02 a.m.
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wfit i 11:49 p.m.
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