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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1956
No. 187
CAMPAIGNERS Vice President Richard
M. Nixon was the central figure at Friday
night's Republican rally here, but his wife,
Pat, ex-Gov. Douglas McKay, GOP senatorial
candidate, and Gov. Elmo Smith (behind
Nixon) shared the spotlight. They are shown
above acknowledging the applause of the
Nixon Warns Against 'Roadblock'
On important Programs of Future
"Election of. a Republican
president and a Democratic con
gress will mean a roadblock for
two years on important programs
for America's future," Vice
President Richard Nixon said
here Friday night.
Nixon, his wife, and about 30
staff members made an over
night stop, in Medford Friday a
the vice president wound up his
campaign tour in the northwest.
He spoke for 40 minutes to a rej
sponsive crowd of about 2,000
at an 8:15 p.m. program in the
Hedrick Junior High school gym
nasium. Question for Voters '
"A majority of the people of
Oregon will vote for President
Eisenhower as they did in 1952."
Nixon said. "The question Ei
senhower voters must answer
here and all over the country
is this: Do they want to give
the President a full vote or half
a vote?"
He said. "To vote for Presi
dent Eisenhower and at the same
time elect a Democratic house
and senate would be the same
as hiring a contractor to build
a brick wall, but stipulating that
he must use ditch diggers rather
than bricklayers to get the job
done."
The vice president listed sev
eral Eisenhower programs which
he said were killed by the Demo
cratic 84th congress. They in
cluded his programs for better
schools, civil rights, better
health,' development of water
and power resources on a part
nership rather than a federal
ized basis and his progressive
labor program.
Sabotaged Program
"In other words," he said,
"Democratic control of this con
gress sabotaged the Eisenhower
domestic program.
Nixon told the audience that
he and his wife have visited
large and small towns in 33 key
states during the current cam
paign. "People have been very
much the same everywhere we
went. They are happier than
they were four years ago. The
Eisenhower years have been the
best four years in our lives and
FOOTBALL SCORES'
Oregon State 21. UCLA 7
California 16. Washington 7
Idaho 27. Utah 21
Pittsburgh 14. Oregon 7
Stanford 27. Southern Cal 19
Lahigh 27. Rutgers 13
Army 60. Columbia 0
jjary 54. Pennsylvania 6
Colgata 14. Yala 6
Princeton 32. Cornell 21
Harvard 28. Dartmouth 21
Duka 42. North Carolina St. 0
Kentucky 14. Georgia 7
No. Carolina 6. Wake Forest 6
Georgia Ttch 40. Tulana 0
Tennessa 34. Maryland 7
Alabama 13. Mississippi St. 12
Minnesota 20. Michigan 7
lUinois 20. Michigan State 13
T0wa 21. Purdua 20
Indian 19- Northwestern 13
Missouri 34. Iowa Stat. 0
Oklahoma 40. Notre Dam. 0
Ohio Stat. 21. Wisconsin 0
Wyoming 27. Kansas Stat. 15
Colorado 16. Nebraska 0
?. Fore. Academy 34. East-
rn Nw M'" 7.
and we want more years with
him."
He further declared. "The Ei
senhower campaign is speeding
up and the Stevenson campaign
is slowing down and it's going
to stay like that. All over the
country Republicans, Democrats
Vice President Nixon's ad
dress in Medford was record
ed and will be broadcast over
radio station KYJC at 1 p.m.
Monday.
and independents are joining to
Keep Eisenhower.
The vice president named four
requirements for a good govern
ment: honesty, prosperity, se
curity and progressiveness.
Dignity. Respect
He said the Eisenhower gov
ernment has restored "dignity
and respect" to the highest of
fice in the land and "cleaned up
the mess" that existed in Wash
ington four years ago.
The Eisenhower government
has also benefited wage-earners,
he said. "There are some 67,000,
000 wage-earners in America.
Today they have more jobs, bet
ter wages, greater take home
pay, security and peace."
iMxon said, "Before the pres
ent administration, farmers
hadn't had prosperity for 20
years except in war or as the
result of war.
He designated surpluses as an
essential reason for lack of farm
prosperity and stated. "We have
attacked the surplus problem on
two Ironts. We have incrpasrri
harvests abroad and at home,
and through the soil bank pro
gram have reduced production
oi surplus items.
Full Rate Security
Referring to security, he said
each dollar earned and saved
during the Democratic adminis
tration in 1942 was worth only
60 cents in 1952. "We've given
Americans full rate rather than
cut rate security. ' People who
save for the future now are go
ing to get their money back in
solid Eisenhower dollars, rather
than rubber Truman dollars."
. As an example of Republican
progressiveness, Nixon noted
the Republican stand on the
power issue. "Over the next 10
years we're going to have to
double the amount of killowatt
power. It will cost about fifty
billion dollars. You can't get
that much money from the fed
eral budget. The only way you
can get it is by combining fed
eral, state, local and individual
funds . . . Partnership can give
America all the power it needs."
He said another major prob
lem facing American voters is
which of the two candidates
Eisenhower or Stevenson is the
best qualified to keep peace from
standpoints of experience, judg
ment and background. "I re
spectfully submit that Mr. Ste
venson just isn't in the same
league with Dwight Eisenhow
er," he declared.
Expert in Peace
"When we elected Dwight Ei
senhower, we knew he was an
expert at winning the war. Now
we know he is an expert at end
ing war and keeping peace . . .
n 1
crowd, estimated at 2.000 or more, which
greeted them at Hedrick Junior High school.
The Nixons spent Friday night here, and their
chartered campaign airplane left at 7:29 a.m.
Saturday amidst arr-unseasonal snow shower,
en route to Santa Rosa, Calif.
He has made many great decis
ions and has the experience and
background to make great de
cisions. We can't take a chance
on losing these in the next four
critical years."
He added, "Eisenhower knows
that an agreement to end H-bomb
tests wouldn't be, worth the
paper it's written on." Such, an
agreement might put the United
States two years behind in se
curity development, Nixon said.
"Mr. Eisenhower puts security
of this country above any politi-"
cal consideration."
Promoting support for Douglas
McKay, ex-sccrctary of the in
terior, now a U. S. senatorial
candidate, he said, "We know
what he stands for and that's
why we should elect him. The
difference between Doug McKay
and his opponent is graphically
illustrated by their own words.
Doug McKay says that Dwight
Eisenhower is 'the greatest presi
dent in history.' His opponent
says that Mr. Eisenhower is 'the
most dangerous man who has
been in the White House.' Amer
ica needs Dwight Eisenhower,
Mr. Eisenhower needs Doug Mc
Kay and I think voters are go
ing to see they're elected."
Supports Ellsworth
Tlie vice president also urged
support for Republican Con-,
gressman Harris Ellsworth, re
ferring to him as "a man of
courage."
Nixon was given a brief intro
duction by McKay. As Vice
President and Mrs. Nixon ar
rived on the stage at 9 p.m., the
Hedrick Junior High band play
ed portions of "California, Here
I Cofne." The Nixons hail from
Whittier, Calif. .
The audience cheered and ap
plauded every, few minutes
throughout his address and at
least 100 photographs were
taken. Many in the crowd car
ried banners for Eisenhower and
Nixon, McKay and Republican
Gov. Elmo Smith.
(Se. Stories Page 6 and 7)
Holmes Points to Voting Record on Issues
People who want to know how
Oregon's candidates for gover
nor stand 041 issues can look at
the senate voting records. State
Sen. Robert D. Holmes of As
toria told the Jackson county
Democratic social club at a
dinner meeting last night.
Senator Holmes, Democratic
candidate for governor, spoke to
about 125 people at the Medford
hotel. The dinner preceeded the
Candidates Fair, sponsored by
the League of Women voters and
the two political parties at Mc
Loughlin Junior High school.
Other Candidates
Other Democratic candidates
sharing the head table were U. S.
Sen. Wayne Morse: Charles O.
Porter, candidate for congress
man from the fourth district, and
Monroe Sweetland, candidate for
secretary of state. Mrs. 'Holmes,
Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Porter
also were present.
Senator Holmes pointed out
that he and his opponent. Gov.
Elmo Smith, have held corres
Treaty Gives Rich
Saar Coal, Steel
Area to Germany
See Final Settlement
Of Friction Cause
Luxembourg U.R) France
and Germany Saturday signed
a treaty giving Germany the
rich Saar coal and steel district
for the second time in this cen
tury. The 900-square mile area has
bounced back and forth-between
France arid Germany four times
since 1819 when it was created
as an autonomous territory to be
administered by France under
League of Nations supervision
Both nations hailed Saturday's
treaty as a final settlement of
the chief remaining cause of fric
tion between them.
German Citizens
The Saar's 900,000 German-
speaking inhabitants will be
come German citizens next Jan.
1. But their economy will con
tinue to be based on the French
Franc during a three-year trans
ition period ending Jan. 1, 1960.
The Saar is an important cen
ter of heavy industry because of
its rich coal fields and the av
ailability of iron ore from near
by Lorraine in France.
In a 1935 plebiscite, the Saar-
laanders voted to join Hitler's
Germany. Recaptured by Am
erican troops in early 1945, the
Saar came under French mili
tary government. In a second
plebiscite in 1947, its people vot
ed for economic union with
France.
Foreign Ministers Christian
Pineau of France and Heinrich
von Brentano of Germany sign
ed yesterdays treaty.
Memorial Hospital
Fully Accredited
Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital has been fully accredited,
according to . notice received
from the board of commission
ers of the joint commission on
accrediting hospitals, it was an
nounced at a meeting of the
hospital board of directors
Thursday.
The joint commission is an
agency, established by five health
organizations to conduct hospital
survey and inspection program
initiated by the American col
lege of surgeons in 1919.
The five organizations are
American college of physicians.
American college and the Can
adian Medical association.
Hospitals are rated on certain
basic requirements such as safe
physical plant free from fire
hazards, proper supervision and
review by the medical staff of
the clinical work done, maternal.
infant and anesthetic death
tes that are not excessively
high, adequate medical records,
ethical practices, . investigation
of all tissues removed at opera
tion, mortality rates that are
within reasonable limits, prop
er nursing care, and proper ad
ministrative and medical staff
organization. "
Earlier this month. Sacred
Heart hospital received notice
of full accreditation.
Sports Bulletin
Monmouth Southern Ore
gon college, with Don Korns
scoring both touchdowns, de
feated Oregon College of Edu
cation 12-7 her. last night in
Oregon collegia!, conferenc.
play. OCE led at half-time 7-6.
ponding positions in the state
senate. Before succeeding to the
governorship after the death of
Gov. Paul Patterson, Gov. Smith
was elected to represent the
easternmost part of the state.
Holmes was elected to represent
the westernmost part of the
state.
"We voted on the same is
sues," Sen. Holmes said, "and
the records speak for them
selves." He noted that the rec
ords show Gov. Smith has stood
against such issues as endorse
ment of the United Nations and
civil rights. "I voted for these
issues." Sen. Holmes declared.
Side-Stepping Record
The speaker accused Gov.
Smith of side-stepping his vot
ing record. He said Gov. Smith
claims he was voting in the in
terest of the people of the area
he was elected to represent be
fore he became governor.
"But he says now that he is
governor, he is working for the
interest of all the people of Ore
gon." Sen. Holmes stated.
"I have tried to vote on every
Rebels
McLoughlin Filled
As Voters Attend
Candidates Fair
Morse, McKay, Other
Aspirants Are Present
State, local and national can
didates had a "heyday" Satur
day at the Candidates Fair spon
sored by the League of Women
voters and the two political par
ties at McLoughlin Junior High
school gymnasium.
The decorated gymnasium was
filled to capacity and attendance
was expected to exceed 1,500,
Among candidates attending
were U.S. Sen. Wayne Morse,
Democrat, and his Republican
opponent, Douglas McKay; Re
publican Gov. Elmo Smith and
his Democratic opponent State
Sen. Robert Holmes; Republican
Congressman Harris Ellsworth
and his Democratic opponent,
Charles O. Porter; and Monroe
Sweetland, Democratic candi
date for secretary of state, and
Sig Unander, GOP state treas
urer seeking re-election.
A great number of Jackson
county candidates were also at
tended.
No Speeches Mad
No speeches were made and
emphasis was placed on voters
meeting candidates and asking
questions.
Special prizes were presented
throughout the evening. A prize
was awarded by the Mail Tribune
to the Republican party, which
had the most audience represen
tation. The award was a gavel.
Prizes were also to be awarded
to the first five people scoring
100 per cent in a "voter s I.Q.
test on candidates and ballot
measures mid.to tn- oldest and
youngest voters present.
Members of both parties spent
considerable time Friday and
Saturday decorating booths for
candidates.
In addition to the candidates'
booths, other booths were man
ned by the United Nations asso
ciation. United Medford Crusade,
AAUW, BPW, League of Women
Voters, Jackson County Cham
ber of Commerce, county elec
tions department and represen
tatives for and against fluorida
tion. Russ Jamison was master of
ceremonies.
Veterans Day Parade
Plans Are Announced
A Veterans Day parade, spon
sored by the Veterans Allied
council, will be held at 11 a.m.
Monday, Nov. 12, the following
Veterans Day, it was announc
ed this weekend.
The council has asked local
organizations to enter floats in
the parade. Arrangements for
entries may be made by calling
Merrill Bencka, parade chair
man, at the county courthouse
Tentative plans call for the
parade to start at the city park
next to the library. The route
will be east on Main st. to River
side ave., then north to Sixth
st. It will move wast on Sixth
st. to Holly St., then south to
the city park.
In the past, the parade has
been held on Veterans Day. but
will be held a day late this year
since Veterans Day falls on Sun
day. issue not only in the interest of
Clatsop and Columbia counties.
Sen. Holmes said, "But in the
interest of the state as a whole."
The speaker commented that
his opponent now claims the
main issue is integrity.
"I think integrity is an is
sure, too," he stated, "But I
think integrity must have a dif
ferent meaning for me than it
does for him. To have integrity,
you must have the, courage to
defend the position you believe
in at all times."
He said Gov. Smith told a
Clatsop county audience that
his first choice for power is full
federal development, his second
choice is partnership power and
his third choice is individual de
velopment. "Then he voted against Hells
Canyon dam, and if that's his
concept of integrity, it's differ
ent from my concept," Sen
Holmes stated.
He added, "I hope to bring
something of the two records
into the remainder of the cam
paign, then rest my case on those
Plan IVtaroi. on Budapest
"Now, How Do You Feel About Guided Missive?"
Opposition to Adding
Fluorides Is Losing
Battle, Smith Writes
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribun. Correspondent
Washington The forces that
have been denouncing fluorida
tion of drinking water are now
fighting a losing battle. The
most recent survey shows that
city after city across the nation
is adopting fluoridation in record
numbers this year.
The U.S. Public Health Ser
vice, in a tabulation made public
this weekend, reported that up
to Oct. 1, this year had already
seen six million additional
Americans drinking fluoridated
water because their home com
muni ties adotped this method
of fighting tooth decay.
Biggest Victory
This represents the biggest
victory in such a short period
of time for pro-fluoridation
groups, who have been fought
steadily in recent years by anti
flouridationists who often prov
ed strong enough to defeat f I for
mation proposals.
Now about 1,400 cities and
towns throughout the country
with a total population of over
30 million residents are using
fluoridation. This means, in
other words, that about one out
of every fourth person in
America who uses municipal
water is getting fluoridated
water.
The six million persons who
were added tnis year to tne
number using fluoridated water
campares with an average an-
rual gain of only four million
during the years 19ol through
1955. The chances are that be
fore 1956 has been concluded.
with many cities like Medford
set to vote on the proposition
tn election day, that many more
than six million persons will be
the final tally for this year.
Strong Trend Today
Looking at this big gam in
the perspective of the past de
cade since the fluoridation battle
began, one can see how strong
the trend is today in favor of
using this method of combatting
tooth decay.
records. Gov. Smith's slogan has
been 'a man people like and
trust'. Whatever the outcome of
this election, I want to ke known
as a man who likes and trusts
the people of Oregon."
Sen. Morse, Sweetland and
Porter each spoke for about five
minutes, attacking "smear tac
tics" of the Republican party
and voicing confidence for a
Democratic victory.
,; Also making brief statements
were Larry Sheehan, chairman
of the county Democratic cen
tral committee, and Robert Boy
er, stale Democratic central com
mittee chairman and candidate
for state representative. Clyde
Fichtner, president of the Jack
son County Democratic Social
club, was master of ceremonies
Other Democratic candidates
attending were Thomas Reeder,
candidate for district attorney;
Ralph James, candidate for coun
ty assessor; Ray Schumacher,
candidate for assessor; Karl
Janouch, incumbent treasurer
and Robert Duncan, candidate
for state representative.
Just 10 years ago there were
only 12 communities in the
United States that were using
fluoridation. They had a com
bined population of 328.000. Five
years later,. at the start of 1951.
the number of cities was up to
S-4, and their combined popula
tion was 1.5 million.
In a word, fluoridation was
slow to win ready acceptance
nationally in those early years
But in the last five years, the
heavy trend in favor of fluorida
tion began to appear. The an
nual gain averaged four mil
!'on persons and this year's in
crease will set the record high.
Reason for Surg.
One reason for the great surge
me numoer of people using
fluoridated water is that in rec
ent years quite a number of the
ration's big cities have adopted
it.. The Public Health Service
reported that by the end of 1955
about half the cities over 500,-
000 population had adopted it.
Among those cities ranging in
pupulation from 10,000 to 500
000, about one-fourth had ap
proved fluoridation up to the
end of last year. Many have it
on the ballot for a vote in this
fall's election.
SP Employee Killed
In Ditch Cave In
Cottage Grove U.R) A 29-
year-old Southern Pacific rail
road employee was killed Friday
afternoon when a drainage ditcn
in which he was working caved
in and buried him under a pile
of earth near here.
State police identified the vic
tim as Robert Fox, tentatively
listed as living in Salem, al
though he also had identification
on his person listing a Gold Hill
address.
He and a fellow workman.
John Edward Gourley, were
members of a Southern Pacific
bridge building crew. The two
men were in the five-foot high
water drainage tunnel, about
175 feet from the. entrance, at
the time of the cave-in, police
said.
Gourley managed to escape
but Fox was trapped and cov
ered by the falling earth. Four
other workers at the scene work
ed for 30 minutes before they
were able to uncover Fox. He
was pronounced dead upon ar
rival at a hospital.
Weather
FORECAST: Decreasing cloud
iness and shower activity this
. morning becoming part cloudy
this afternoon, increasing cloud
iness Sunday evening with rftin
or snow by Monday morning.
High today 50. Low tonight 33-
High Mondav 45.
TEMPERATURE
Highest YesL 4
Lowest YesL 33
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
C:40 a.m.
.. 5:10 pan.
Sunset .
Moon rise Monday
2:15 -m.
MARS rises well before sunset
and will be due south 11:51 p.m.
Moving eastward among the
faint star of Aquarius, it now
appears about halfw-ay between
"FomMhaut and the Square of
Pegasus.
Volunteers Set to
Rescue Insurgents
In Scarred City
Uprising Becomes
Full Revolution
Vienna (U.R) Provincial
rebel leaders Saturday proclaim
ed a march on Budapest to
rescue insurgents still holding
out against freshly-reinforced
Soviet forces in the battle-scarred
capital.
The rebels said "many thous
ands" of volunteers were mas
sing in western Hungary to
break through the Russian steel
ring around Budapest. i
The five-day-old uprising had
become a full-fledged revolution
against the Communist repime
and the Soviet army which kept
it in power. -
Premier Imre Nagy, desperate
to salvage Communist control,
capitulated for the fourth time
1o rebel demands by bringing
non-Communists into his emerg
ency cabinet. But the action
was too little and too late.
BlMI. 'Mora Intent.'
On the spot diplomatic re
ports said the battle Saturday
was "more intense" than ever
and the situation, "if anything
has worsened "
In Budapest, however, the
situation became desperate for
rebels who had been submitted
to four solid days of merciless
tank and infantry attack by
Russian troops. Diplomatic re
ports said new Russian units
were moving in.
There were several reports
that some Hungarian exiles were
preparing to cross the now-open
hoarder frorn Austria into Hun
gary to join the rebellion.
Moral support for the rebels
came from all over the world
the big three appeal to the
United Nations, the Internation
al Red Cross, the Inter Amer
ican Press association and lead
ers of free world countries.
Joining Rebels
A rebel colonel in the town
of Maygyarovar told a United
Press staff correspondent who
got in from Australia, 15 miles
away, that "many thousands"
ol volunteers were joing the
rebels for a march on the city.
The colonel said large areas
of western, southern and north
ern Hungary were in rebel
hands. He refused to be ident
ified further.
So great has been the slaught
er in Budapest that Russians
are reported dumping bodies in
tne Danube river or hiding them
in cellars. Eyewitnesses have re
ported bodies hanging from
lamposts and poles near the
river which divides the city.
Eisenhower Enters
Hospital for Exam
Washington (U.R) L. A smil
ing, chipper President Eisenhow
er entered the Army's Walter
Reed medical center Saturday for
head to toe medical check
up to confirm his physical fit
ness to serve another four years
in the White House.
As he strode briskly into the
big hospital, he beamed with con
fidence that he would pass the
test. And his aides said he was
feeling just fine." -The
President was taken im
mediately to the x-day depart
ment to begin 24-hours of checks
and tests which he had promised
to undergo before election day. A
report from the eight physicians
directing the examination will
be issued today.
He was scheduled to spend
the night in the three-room Presi
dential suite which he occupied
last June after he underwent an
abdominal operation for an in
testinal obstruction.
Inch of Snow Falls
In Medford Saturday
Medford recorded its first
touch of winter yesterday morn
ing, when about an inch of snow
fell in the city.
The greatest snowfall was re
corded between 4:30 and 8:30
a.m., the Medlord weatner Bu
reau station reported. . From
midnight Friday to 4:30 p.m.
yesterday, about .43 of an inch
of precipitation was recorded.
The forecast today calls for
decreasing cloudiness and show
er activity, but increasing cloud
iness this evening with rain or
snow by Monday morning.