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Newspaper Page Text51st Year Price 10c Subscribers To report improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone 2-6141. Ashland 2-1021. Yreka 841W. before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. . If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Recommended Medford Tribune A seorr mn forest service activities in It ota River Na tional forest dnrttir 15 ap pears on pais II of today Mall Trtkant. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 30 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1957 No. 252 Truman Discusses Middle East Plan (Editor's not: In' the following article, distributed by Horlh American Newspaper Alliance, Inc., former President Harry S. Truman discusses the Middle East situation, includ ing President Eisenhower's new policy for economic aid. Mr. Truman's articles will appear about once a month, and will be written from the viewpoint of a world leader who lived in the While House in crucial years. His term in the White House panned the end of the war with Germany and Japan; setting up of the Marshall Plan. NATO and the United Nations. The Berlin airlift was organized under his direction, and the "Tru man Doctrine" was a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States was moving in on the strategic areas of the Mediterranean. It was Mr. Truman who sent a personal ulti matum to Stalin demanding that Russian troops leave Iran.) By HARRY S. TRUMAN for North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. If I were now a member of the United States Senate. I would support the request of the President for Congressional authoriza tion to use the armed forces of the United States against any communist or communist - domi nated aggressor in the Middle East. And I would quickly ap prove granting him the funds he seeks to extend economic aid to help the Middle East nations maintain their independence. . Congress has no alternative but to go along with the Presi dent in this program to prevent the Russians from taking over the whole strategic Middle East, o vital to the economy and peace of the world. The situa tion it too dangerous to delay action on these requests for any partisan or political considera tions. The President, who in this emergency should speak for all of ui and have the full backing' of Congress and the people, must act decisively. I have felt all along that the steps the President now proposes should have been taken when the Russians began to move into the Middle East by shipments of arms and technicians to Egypt. But I hope that with courageous and wise handling of our future foreign policy, there is yet time to avert the folly and tragedy of another world war. I have had to deal with the Russians in a succession of crises when, within three days after I became President, I had to tell Russian Foreign Minister Molotov at the White House that peace wai a two-way street and that we would expect Russia to live up to her agreements. From that time on, from Potsdam, Iran, Berlin. Greece and Turkey to Korea and to my last days in the White House, I found that only plain speaking and forceful action held any hope of checking the Russians from plunging us all into war. (Continued on page S) Holmes' Inauguration Expected to Be Held As Scheduled Monday SaVm U.R) Observers here were confident Saturday that the Inauguration of Gov.-elect Rob ert D. Holmes would come off without a hitch Monday. The State Senate, locked in a 15-15 tie between Republicans and Democrats, will caucus here at 7 p.m. Sunday to try to pick a new Senate president to or ganize that body. But even if they should fail, capitol observers were confident a temporary chairman would be picked for inauguration purposes and the battle resumed after wards. The colorful ceremonies will get under way about 1:15 p.m. and the actual inauguration should come off shortly after 2:30 p.m. in the House of Repre sentatives chamber of the state capitol. , Packed House About 500 persons including legislators and state officials will be seated on the floor of the House. About 150 seats for the public will be available in the House gallery after press, ra dio and television have been ac commodated. A packed house is expected with overflow crowds outside. Both Gov. Elmo Smith and Gov.-elect Holmes will address the joint session of the Legis lature immediately preceding the inauguration. Radio Highlights Inauguration ceremonies for Gov. Robert D. Holmes will be broadcast Monday from 2 to 3 p.m. on radio station KYJC and from 4 to 5 p.m. en radio station KMED. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy yrllh rain today brcomini showery Ut this afternoon throurh Monday nomine. Guuv southerly winds today dlminihinc this evenlnr. Hitli todav 4. low tonifht JJ, hlrh londav 4.V TFMPFR ATIRE Hirhett Yesterday J Lowest Yesterday 32 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:3 am. Sunset i:Q2 p.m. The Moon rises before sunset. rides hiaa and sets Moneay . am V1SIBI.F PLANETS Mars, high In southwest ;:4 p.m. -Jupiter, low in east 11:09 p.m. Saturn, low In southeast a.m. Veiwa. rise S:3J ajn. HARRY TRUMAN Both houses will convene for organization at 10 a.m. After they elect presiding officers and committee members, they will proceed to the joint session. On the rostrum will be Su preme Court justices, high state officials and House Speaker elect Pat Dooley who will can vas the vote and declare Holmes elected. Music for the inauguration will be furnished by the Eugene Gleemen and the Oregon Na tional Guard band. Bodies of 400 Persons Being Taken From Tomb Anaconda, Italy (U.R) Au thorities Saturday began exhum ing the bodies of 400 persons sealed in a "gallery of death since an allied air raid in No vember. 1943. The tomb was a long under ground tunnel used as an air raid shelter which caved in on its occupants under the concus sion of heavy bombs. It was crowded with children from nearby schools, inmates of the local jail and townspeople. S. "We're Hoping To Become Americans Too Eisenhower Starts Six-State Tour of SW Drought Section Fulfillment of '56 Campaign Pledge Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower flies to the southwest today to see what can be done to curb the disastrous effects of the drought. " He will begin on Monday a two-day, six-state tour in fulfill ment of his 1956 campaign pledge to visit drought areas aft er the Nov. 6 election and try and "'do something more about it than has been done." Mr. Eisenhower will spend in hour driving through the coun tryside near San Angelo, seeing with his own eyes the dust and withered vegetation that has be come a tragic sight throughout much of the Southwestern Great plains. He will fly back to Washing ton Tuesday night. Administra tion officials will go to work the next day studying possible new ways to ease the disaster. Drought Relief Plans for additional drought relief are expected to concen trate on a new program of credit for hard-hit farmers and ranch ers. Federal and state govern ments and possibly local finan cial institutions would share in providing the credit a fresh application of the President's "Partnership" policy. The money would be loaned to help tide farmers over the lean period involved while con verting their land from crop cul tivation to pasture. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson has made it clear the government will not buy or rent land to take it out of produc tion, as was done during the drought in the 1930's under Roosevelt's New Deal. This stand is certain to touch off a dispute in the Democratic- controlled congress. Texas Dem ocrats, including Speaker Sam Rayburn and Senate Democra tic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, have already introduced legis lation providing for the govern ment to rent land from farmers and ranchers in the Southwest until the area recovers from the drought. Five Killed in Accidents Saturday By UNITED PRESS A two-car head-on accident on Highway 99 about three miles north of Oakland Saturday af ternoon took the lives of three persons and sent two others to a Roseburg hospital with serious injuries. State police identified the vic tims as Warren L. Tison. 61, his wife Clara E., 55. and Edna R. Best, about 47, all of Roseburg. Injured were Lloyd H. Best of Roseburg and Joseph Alex ander Delorme, 40, of Cottage Grove. State police 'reported that Lawrence Arnold Gustafson, 49, Seal Rock, died when his car careened out of control on a bridge south of Newport on Hishway 101. Mrs. Irene E. Bahrke. 54, of Lodgsden, died when the pick up truck she was driving col lided with a log truck. Police said the accident occured just inside the city limits of Diletz on state Highway 229. GETS CAA AWARD In a ceremony at the Medford airport control tower Friday, Eugene L. Mars, now employed by the Civil Aero nautics administration in Medford, received an award for meritorious service during the December, 1955, flood at Areata, Calif. Mars was one of five men who stood by the CAA radio for five days and nights, trafficking emergency supplies such as food and medi cines to stricken families and guiding rescue Morse Says His Role Is to Work in Senate By A. ROBERT SMITH Washington There is an old saying among practical politic ians which goes, I can take care of my enemies but save me from my friends. Sen. Wayne Morse says he is suffering from the meaning of this old political expression be cause of the presidential cam paign launched in his behalf un beknowst to him by Sen. Rich ard L. Neuberger. Neuberger 10 days ago an nounced formation of a "Nation al Friends of Wayne Morse" group to get a spot on the Demo cratic ticket in 1960 for that "outstanding leader of Ameri can liberalism Wayne Morse." Since then, letters have been coming into Neuberger's office on the third floor of the Senate office building from around the country, responding favorably to the idea. Feels Uneasy But the dark-browed senior Senator, up on the fourth floor. was feeling uneasy about the whole affair. He read editorial commentary which suggested that active presidential candi dates are not among the most effective members of that august and mighty body, the U. S. Sen ate. So down to the third floor went Wayne Morse this past week for a private pow wow with his junior colleague, friend and promoter. A transcript of their conversation was not taken. Morse said he unburdened himself of his embarrassment over the whole affair but told Neuberger he was "one of the most cherished treasures a per son can have, a biased friend." Worded Statement Afterward, Morse said he thought he would gently repud iate the purpose of his "biased friend's" campaign. He said he would prepare a carefully word ed statement to that end. Neuberger said Morse didn't reprove him lor his efforts. "I never expected him to say he approved of it," said Neu berger, "for one just doesn't do those things." He recalled that the late Sen. Charles L. McNary (R-Ore.) told him that he had never given his blessings to efforts made in his behalf to gain a space for him on the Republican ticket in 1940, the year he was nominated as vice presidential candidate with Wendell Wilkie. Nor did they consult McNary, which is why Neuberger said he didn't consult Morse before organizing his com mittee. "You just don't discuss it with the man you are promoting," he said. "I certainly never wanted to embarrass him by making him a party to it." ( "I've been getting letters from all over the country approving of Wayne Morse," Neuberger went on. "And I think that the Democratic party must have a liberal candidate. I believe Wayne Morse could defeat Rich ard Nixon or anyone else the Re publicans put up." ' Vaccine Schedule Monday, Jan. 14, 9 a.m. until noon. Phoenix elemen tary school. Butte Falls school, Jewetl elementary school at Central Point. Mc Loughlin junior high school, Medford. "workers. On hand at the ceremony, in which Mars also received a check and letter of com mendation from the CAA, were left to right, Airways Technical District Supervisor Ever ett Lasher, Airways Operations Specialists . Fred W. Edens and Warren W. Broemmer, and Grant Bourquin, chief of the combined station tower at Medford, who made the award. - Did Morse tell him to cease his promotional efforts? "He did" not," declared Neu berger emphatically. "He said, and I think these were his words, 'I think it is highly un likely even fantastic that- I would ever be nominated.' But 1 personally think that Senator Morse is a definite possibility for the nomination." Neuberger said since he first mentioned Morse for president on Nov. 14 in a speech at San Francisco, he has been getting "excellent reaction" from farm, labor and minority groups, ' ' Formed Statement Saturday, Wayne Morse made his first formal statement on' the whole affair, reiterating that he hadn't been consulted and say ing he "would be less than hu man" if he didn't appreciate the sincere intentions" of the Neu berger committee. "However, I have no illusions as to my position in American politics," Morse Went on. "As a constitutional liberal, my , role is and should be to work hard in the Senate of the United States for the advancement and passage of general welfare legislation that will protect and promote the public interest. I have neither the desire nor the ambition to serve the people of my state and country in any other position than that of United States Sen ator. I feel that the opportun ities for public" service in the Senate are so challenging that I owe it to the people of the state of Oregon to continue to dedicate all my time and energy to my senatorial duties so long as I am privileged to serve the wonderful people of my state in the Senate." Will he be a presidential as pirant when convention time, 1960 rolls around? Like the girl in the old popu lar song. He didn't say "Yes" and he didn't say "No." Earthquakes Recorded At Berkeley Saturday Berkeley (U.R) Two light earthquakes.one centered in the Eureka area and the other near Mt. Diaglo, were recorded Sat urday by the University of Cali fornia seismograph. The quake at Eureka occurred at 5:36 a.m. and had a magni tude on the Richter scale of 4. The other temblor was recorded at 7:18 a.m. with a magnitude of 2M.. Four New The year 1956, which was a cool, wet year with an extra heavy snowfall, se,t four news records, according to the an nual climatological summary is sued by the Medford weather bureau. The four new records are: 1. Greatest 24-hour snowfall, 7.9 inches on March 4-5. 2. Wettest calendar year, with 28.78 inches, compared to a nor mal of 18.15 inches. 3. Wettest agricultural year (September, 1955. through Au gust, 1956), with 34.66 inches. 4. The two-month period, November-December, was the fog giest since records have been kept starting in 1911 by the weather bureau here. Heavy fog was recorded on 40 days in the 61-day period. There were 54 Liquor Commission To Hold Hearings On Law Violations Twenty-one Jackson county tavern owners face charges of violating the state law banning political contributions by Ore gon Liquor Control commission licensees, it was reported Sat urday. OLCC Chairman Bruce Wil liams, Salem, did not list the taverns by name. But he said reports of the alleged violations, connected with the general elec tion campaign in Jackson county,- had. been, made to the com mission. ;'. Williams added that hearings will be held in the Jackson county courthouse on the alleg ed violations. They -originally were scheduled for this week, but Williams indicated Saturday they would be held the week of Jan. 21. H. J. Detloff, OLCC hearings supervisor, will conduct the hearings, the chairman said. He added that after the fust re- norts of violations were made to the commission the enforcement division conducted an investi gation, resulting in the calling of the hearings. He said the findings of the hearings officer will be review ed by the commission, which will then take "any action it deems necessary." Under Ore eon law. the commission has broad powers to deny, suspend or revoke liquor licenses lor cause. McKay To Take Part Time Job II Needed Washington (U.R) Former Interior Secretary Douglas Mc Kay says he plans to retire from public life but will accept a part- time job with the administration if President Eisenhower needs him. McKay and. his wife left here Friday for a three-month vaca tion. "We have not plans and no commitments," McKay said. He said he and. Mrs. McKay plan to visit his sister south of Mexico City and "work our way back home about the first of March." McKay was defeated for the Senate in the November elec tion by Sen. Wayne Morse (D- Ore.), a Republican turned Dem ocrat, in one of the races the ad ministration wanted most- to Weather Records Set in heavy foggy days last year, com pared to a normal of 43. - Snowfall during 1956 totaled 23.3 inches, compared to a mean total of 8.4 inches. Most of the snow fell last winter. There were seven days on which an inch or more snow fell, com pared to a normal of three days. The greatest rainfall in a 24 hour period was 2.96 inches last Feb. 20-21, when streams and rivers in Jackson county caused considerable damage from flood ing. The greatest 24-hour rain fall on record here is 3.17 inch es which fell Jan. 20-21, 1943. Agricultural year Rainfall in the agricultural year ending August, 1956, which was 34.66 inches, compares with the previous agricultural year of 1954-55, when only 8.89 inches Iron, Steel Mills Sealed by Militia Budapest U.R) Russian armored cars and Hungarian militia sealed off the rebellious Csepel iron and steel mills Sat urday. Even the newspapers control led by the Soviet-sponsored gov ernment of Premier Janos Kadar complained they could not get newsmen near the scene of Fri day's riot where militiamen raked into-Communist workers with machine gun fire. The government said one worker was killed, but reports reaching Vienna said as many as 20 died. Other Reports Other reports reaching Vienna from Budapest said Hungarian Workers' leaders were consid ering a new "total strike" that could bring economic chaos to the country in retaliation for the shootings. The reports said factory work ers' councils were discussing the possibility of a strike similar to one called shortly after Kadar took over behind Russian tanks on Nov. 4. The November walkout, coup led with a two-day strike in De cember, paralyzed the economy. A new strike would mean a walkout not only in the factor ies but also in the coal mines where the government has been desperately trying to get pro duction resumed. Budapest radio admitted last night that there was a "full strike" during the day at the machine tool factory and the sewing machine plant on Csepel island. It said the machine tool factory was where the riots had started Friday. Blames Workers The government blamed workers councils for demonstra tions at Csepel, the big indus trial complex on an island in the Danube which separates Buda and Pest. It said they "provoked" dem onstrations by as many as 5, 000 workers by resigning in pro test against government edicts. Russian tanks backed the mil itia Friday but did not open fire. Only the Hungarian mil- ltamen used their weapons. It was believed the govern Sports Bulletins Medford high pushed back into a fronxrunner role In Southern Oregon conference basketball Saturday night by edging Klamath Falls. 52 to 48, to divide a two-game week end series here. Tom Hamlin's field goal and Dick McLaugh lin's two free shots in the final seconds were the victory margin. The Black Tornado never trailed in the contest and headed several times by 12 points. Lee McGill'i pair of gift tosses with 1 minute 18 seconds io play tied the game at 48-all for Klamath's only deadlock of the night. The Pelicans would have been en tirely out of the running but for Butch Kimpton's 32 points. Oregon' State 67, Southern California 54. California '71, Oregon 57. Central Point Ashland high joined Medford at the head of the Southern Oregon conference by whipping Cra ter 47 to 33 in basketball ac tion here Saturday night to sweep its series with the Com ets and gain a 3-1 record. Half time count favored Ashland 29 to 15. Jack Tobiasson tal lied 11 counters for the vic tors. St. Mary's of Medford High school stopped Illinois Valley 49-36 last night in a non-conference basketball game at St. Mary's. Halftime score was 39-27 for St. Mary's fell establishing a record for the driest here since 1911. The dri est calendar year was 1933 when 11.09 inches fell. There were 97 days with .01 of an inch or more precipitation, compared with a normal of 100 days. Temperatures during 1956 were cooler than normal. The average temperature was 52.4 degrees, compared to a normal of 54. The average maximum was 64.8 degrees (normal, 66.8) and the average minimum was 40 degrees (normal, 41.1). The highest was 104 July 18. and the lowest 14 degrees Feb. 16. Temperatures Noted There were 40 days with max imum temperatures 90 or above (the normal is two days). Eighty seven days had minimum tem ment had put heavy pressure on the workers councils to retract their resignations. Only a relative handful of the 38,000 workers normally em ployed at the Csepel plants showed up for work Saturday. The rest stayed home, angered over the shooting and awaiting the next move by their leaders. Donald Ambuehl Is Found Guilty on Narcotics Charge A circuit court jury by un animous verdict Friday found Donald LaVerne Ambuehl, 31, of 1615 Crater Lake ave., guilty of illegal possession and control of narcotics. The jury was out only 30 minutes. The verdict was return ed at 4:30 pjn. Circuit Judge Orval Millard of Josephine county, who pre sided at the eight-day trial, will pronounce sentence at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18. Maximum sen tence for this offense is 10 years in the penitentiary and a $10,000 fine. Bail Continued Ambuehl's bail, posted at the time of his arrest, was contin ued until Friday. Possible intervention In the case by federal authorities wt.s indicated Friday after the ver dict was read. Jack M. Merrill, federal narcotics agent for the district which includes Oregon, said the treasury department, bureau of narcotics has been "watching this case with inter est." He added that any federal action would depend on the sen tence imposed Friday. Nature of the possible federal action was not stated. Erbvard Kelly, who represents ed Ambuehl in the trial, said Saturday he did not know whether or not an effort would be made to appeal the case. Walter D. Nunley, former dis trict attorney, represented the state at the trial. Egyptians To Speak Here Monday Night Dr. Hussein Kamel Selim, former rector of Cairo univer sity, and Miss Amina El Said, editor of an Egyptian woman's magazine will speak at a pro gram starting at 8 pjn. Monday, Feb. 14, at St. Mark's Parish hall. The speakers are being spon sored by the Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations organi zation, the League of Women Voters and the Great Decisions program committee. Dr. Selim has been professor at the faculty of commerce at Cairo university and later was dean of the faculty. He also has been undersecretary of the Egyptian ministry of national guidance. He visited in the United States several years ago when he made radio appearances under the auspices of the Town Hall Meetings on the air. Miss Said has been a journal ist for about 20 years, and edits one of Egypt's most- widely cir culated woman's magazines. She also contributes to other publi cations, especially in the field of social work and reform. She is vice president of the Feminist union of Egypt, and was one of the first co-eds on the Cairo university campus. Taipei (U.R) The touring San Francisco ballet troupe gave its first performance here last night before an overflow audience of 2.000. 1956 peratures 32 or below, compared with a normal of 79 days. Severe thunderstorms occurr ed May 18, July 12 and Aug. 20 with heavy showers and high winds causing considerable dam age to crops and property in the Rogue valley. Thunderstorms were recorded on 15 days, com pared to a normal of three days. The highest wind velocity re corded at the airport weather bureau station was 48 miles per hour during the storm Aug. 20. That wind was from the south southeast. The average hourly wind speed last year was 4.3 miles per hour, prevailing from west-northwest. There were 124 clear days (normal, 118), 74 partly cloudy days normal, 82). and 168 cloudy days (normal, 165) during 1956.