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Senate Reverts To
Leadership Problem
House Committee
Introduces Repeal
Of Income Surtax
Sen. Howard Belton
Temporary Chairman
Salem (U.P.) With Robert D.
Holmes of Gearhart officially in
augurated as Oregon's 28th gov
ernor, the state Senate met today
to return to the knotty problem
of who will control that body.
Both Senate and House ad
journed their first session at 4
p.m. yesterday.
Democratic Sen. Jean Lewis,
Portland, led senators through
yesterday's inaugural as tempor
ary chairman in the Senate, but
today temporary chairmanship
was "turned back to Sen. Howard
Belton, Canby Republican, who
presided at Sunday night's cau
cus. Committee Posts at Odds
The marathon caucus lastea
almost nine hours. Thirty-six bal
lots failed to elect either Repub
lican Warren. Gill or Democrat
Walter Pearson president of the
Senate.
: Crux of the disagreement in
the equally divided Senate cen
ters on which party will control
which Senate committees with
chairmanships and majorities.
Both parties have agreed that
they will name whom they
choose to all committees, but
they are deadlocked over how
control of the committees will
be split between the two parties.
Inaugural Ball Held
The House also met at 10 a.m.
under Speaker Pat Dooley, Port
land. Dooley yesterday named
Democrats to head all 19 stand
ing committee. The lower House
adjourned after approving 1955
rules with minor revisions.
Gov. Holmes was inaugurated
in a packed House chamber at
2:51 p.m., slightly behind the
television schedule. He greeted
several hundred wellwishers at
a public reception in his office.
The governor's inaugural ball
was held in the Salem Armory
last night.
Surtax Repeal Introduced
Gov. Holmes' legislative pro
gram got under way today when
the House Taxation Committee
introduced its first bill to repeal
the 45 per cent surtax on incomes
established by the 1955 Legis
lature. The tax committee, headed by
Rep. Clarence Barton, Coquille
Democrat, introduced the bill at
the request of the new governor.
The bill would repeal the sur
tax starting Aug. 4. It also would
increase personal exemptions
from S500 to $600, repeal hard
ship exemptions and increase the
minimum taxable net income
from S500 to S600.
Tax committee members said
the bill would not affect taxes
due April 15.
Would Leave Problem
Passage of the bill would leave
the state's tax structure where it
was prior to the meeting of the
1955 Legislature. It also would
leave House Democrats with the
problem of finding a source of
revenue to replace the surtax.
Gov. Holmes has announced he
intends to finance his legislative
program chiefly with income
taxes. The surtax was designed
to raise $45 million.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York ill.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 484.75, off 4.54; 20 rail
roads 154.28. off 1.40: 15 utilities
69.33. off 0.23. and 65 stocks
171.70. off 1.39. Sales today
were about 2,370,000 shares com
pared with 2,350,000 shares
Monday.
Pueblo. Colo. (U.R) President
Eisenhower and Britain's new
Prime Minister, Harold Macmil
lan have exchanged messages of
good-will recalling their "agree
able" association during World
War II. it has been disclosed.
Number of Children 4 Through 19 Shows
7 Per Cent Increase in Jackson County
The number of children four
through 19 years old in Jackson
county increased 1.361. or 7 per
cent, last year, according to re
sults of the a'nnual school census,
the county school superinten
dent's office has announced.
The total number of children
covered in the census, which was
taken as of Oct. 25. 1956. is 20,
732. Since 1954. there has been
an increase of 16.5 per cent, of
ficials said.
Schools showing the largest in
crease in the 1956 census were
Lone Pine, 15.9 per cent; Grif
fin Creek. 10.8 per cent; Ruch,
9.9 per cent; Eagle Point, 19.3
per cent, and Evans Valley, 10.8
per cent. Other districts showing
.
LEAVING WAR BEHIND Bullet riddled windows of the
lighthouse at Port Said frame the Norwegian tanker Eli
Knudsen as she sails out of the Suez Canal into the Mediter
ranean. The ship had been stranded in the blocked canal for
over two months. The lighthouse was riddled with bullets dur
ing the Anglo-French landing and occupation of Port Said.
Recommendation Is
Withdrawn for Study
By Medford Planners
The Medford planning com
mission last night withdrew its
previous recommendation to the
city council that a tract of about
35 acres in southeast Medford be
changed from single family to
"limited commercial" and "mul
tiple family" zones. ;
The property is bounded by
Black Oak dr. on the east, Mur
phy rd. on the west, Barnett rd.
on the north and a drainage
canal on the south.Last Novem
ber the commission recommend
ed rezoning the area from class
IB (single family) to class IIIA
(limited commercial) and class II
(multiple family) to permit con
struction of stores or apart
ments. The recommendation was
withdrawn for further consid
eration. The commission renewed an
earlier recommendation for zon
ing a portion of property from
class IA (single family) to class
II (multiple family). The prop
erty is bounded by Murphy rd.
on the west, the city limits on
the east, Barnett rd. oh the
north and the irrigation district
canal on the south.
Also recommended was rezon-
Senafor's Billfold,
Money Being Mailed;
Found fay Sfafe Police
Stale Sen. Philip B. Low
ry will get his billfold and
money back.
He left it behind in a serv
ice station in Albany while
en route to the opening of the
Oregon legislature. The at
tendant gave it, by mistake,
to a southbound couple in a
car with Illinois license plates.
On Sunday, a slate police
officer stopped the Illinois
car near Gold Hill. The couple
was traveling in two cars, the
husband in one, the wife in
another. They had the. bill
fold, all right, in the glove
compartment of the wife's
car, and the money, in the
husband's pocket. They said
they intended to look up Sen
ator Lowry in Medford to re
turn them to him.
The stale officers saved
them the trouble. They mail
ed them to the Senator.
gains included Phoenix. 8 per
cent; Talent. 6 per cent; and
Butte Falls 9.6 per cent.
The Medford school district
had a natural increase of 11.5
per cent, or 693 children. How
ever, with annexation and con
solidation of surrounding dis
tricts, the Medford district
showed an over-all increase of
1.076. or 29.3 per cent.
The actual increase in school
children during 1956 was 962.
the report showed, representing
a need for 38 additional class
rooms and teachers, based on
state standards of 1 to 25 pupils
pei teacher, including adminis
trative personnel.
Officials of the superinten
if jr '
if v' ' ' -
ing property bounded by Mur
phy rd. on the west, the city
limits on the east, the irrigation
canal on the north and Alameda
st. on the south from class IA
(single family) to class IB (two
family). In other business, the commis
sion authorized Art Prichard,
member of Hahn and Wise plan
ning consultants. Redwood City,
Calif., to proceed with plans for
an urban development program
utilizing federal participation.
Participation Program
The federal participation pro
gram to further urban develop
ment calls for one-fourth city
participation in cash, one-fourth
in services, and one-half by the
federal government in the
project.
Prichard explained first proj
ects for consideration in the ur
ban development program
should be the land use plan and
zoning ordinances. He said the
land use plan would include a
three-mile radius of the city in
the northeast, east and south
west areas.
Mark Westling and Lloyd An
derson, planning consultants
from the state board of higher
education biircau of municipal
research, also were introduced.
Prichard said he discussed the
urban development program
with them during the day.
In addition to the land use
plan and zoning ordinances,
Prichard said they considered -a
park and recreation program
and house renumbering plan
among projects needing early
attention.
He said the four . projects
should be included in the first
year of the urban development
program and such projects as
public buildings and street ex
tensions might be considered the
second year.
New members of the commis
sion introduced were Paul Sel
by and Hugh Coleman. Mayor
John Snider assured the group
the city council would show an
active interest in the commis
sion's work.
Portland iU.R) County
police said today a telephoned
bomb threat caused a basketball
game at David Douglas high
school to be cancelled last
night.
dent's office said the need for
38 additional classrooms is a
minimum figure when consider
ing that in smaller high schools
it is difficult to maintain a 25
pupil-teacher ratio because of
specialized subject matter.
The largest census increases
were noted in the 4, 5. 9, 10, and
13-year-old age groups, the re
port showed. The 9-year-old
group gained by 22.6 per cent,
and the 10-year-old group by
24.fi per cent.
The annual census is taken by
individual school districts and
compiled by the county school
superintendent's office. The re
port is forwarded to the state
department of education,.
51st Year
Medfokd
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18 Pages
Winds May Remove
Topsoil in Drought
Areas, Ike Hears
President Continues
Tour of Inspection
With Eisenhower i (U.R)
Agricultural experts told Presi
dent Eisenhower today that the
wind may rip the topsoil. from
10 million acres of drought
stricken land soon and that
ranchers are holding cattle
which aren't worth the subsi
dized feed they have eaten.
The President, heading east
after a drought tour Monday
that took him as far west as
Tucson, Ariz., was inspecting
damage of one of the greatest
droughts in . history today in
Colorado and Kansas.
At his first stop of the day
at Pueblo, in Southeastern Colo
rado, the state Drought Com
mittee reported that many ran
chers have run out of credit and
the cittle they are holding are
not worth the feed they have
eaten under the feed subsidy
program. After an auto tour,
the President continued his trip
with a flight to Garden City,
Kan.
A report prepared for him by
farm extension experts in Kan
sas said more than 10 .million
acres of crop and rangeland are
likely to lose their topsoil when
the spring winds start ripping
across them, unless it rains.
Garden City, the second spot
marked on his itinerary for
stop today, was the hardest hit
part of the dust bowl during
the 1930s. The Kansas report
said the . government i drought
emergency feed program is not
adequate.
It also said that Kansas has
had less rain in the past five
years than in any similar per
iod since., the .Weather Bureau,
started recording rainfall 70
years ago. ' ,
802 Given Salk
Vaccine Monday
A tnlal nf 802 Jackson county
youths received anti-polio shots
yesterday in the first day of a
two-week campaign to mnocu
late everyone - residing in the
county under 20 years of age.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
public health officer, said he was
pleased with the number taking
advantage of the Free Salk vac
cine program. Innoculations were
Vaccine Schedule
Wed., Jan. 16, 9 a.m. until
noon: Eagle Point school.
Griffin Creek school, Hedriek
Junior high school, and Ash
land Junior high school.
given Monday at Jewett primary
school in Central Point, Butte
Falls school, Phoenix elementary
school and McLoughlin Junior
High school.
A total of 92 students and .74
pre-school youngsters received
the vaccine at Jewett school; 56
students and 26 others at Butte
Falls; 225 students and 28 others
at Phoenix school; and 250 stu
dents and 10 others at McLough
lin Junior High school.'
Shots were to be given be
tween 9 a.m. and noon today at
Gold Hill and Rogue River ele
mentary schools, Phoenix High
school, Medford Senior High
school, and at the health depart
ment in the courthhouse from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m; Dr. Merkel said
more than 400 Medford High
students had registered for the
shots.
He requested that pre-school
students who are to receive shots
be brought to the schools by
11 a.m.
Lowry on Committee
For Disfribfutions
Salem (U.R) Republican and
Democratic leaders in the Ore
gon Senate each appointed a
committee of three to eet to
gether today and attempt to
work out a sausiaciory agree
ment on distribution of com
mittees. Walter J. Pearson, Democratic
candidate for senate president,
namcH Spns Harrv D. Boivin of
Klamath Falls, and Ward Cook
and Alfred H. Corbett, both of
Portland as the Democratic con
fprpnrA committee. Sen. War
ren Gill of Lebanon, Republican
nominee for president, namea
Sens. Philip B. Lowry of Med
ford, Lee Ohmart of Salem and
Carl Francis of Dayton to con
fer for the Republicans.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY -15, 1957
Senator Sees No Evidence
Of Hasty Need for Doctrine
"Darn Good Speech But
Eisenhower Democrat
Appointed To Succeed
Daniel as Senator
Austin, Tex. -(U.P.)- Gov. Al
lan Rhivrc nf Tybe 9c hi lat 1
official act, today appointed
Dallas attorney William A. Blak
ley, a "loyal Democrat" though
an Eisenhower partisan, to the
U.S. Senate, succeeding Gov.
elect Price Daniel. .
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon . Johnson (D.-Tex.) an
nounced in Washington Blakley
will vote with the Democrats,
thus continuing 49-47 Democrat
ic control of the Senate. ,.
Hot Voting Time
But Blakley at Dallas, re
fused to say whether he will
vote Democratic or Republican
as interim senator from Texas.
"It's not voting time," he said.
"I don't think we ought to talk
voting now."
Daniel stepped down from the
office, with two years remain
ing on his term, to take his oath
as governor of Texas at noon.
The appointment of an
Eisenhower partisan posed an
immediate threat to the . slirfi
Democratic control of the Sen
ate. However,- there was no imme
diate indication whether Blakley
would challenge .the Democratic
hold on the Senate by voting
with the Republicans. This
would result in a 48-48 tie. and
throw control to the GOP as
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon could cast the tie-breaking
vote.
Announcement of the appoint
ment came one hour and 47 min
utes before Shivers was to leave
Snowfall Hampers
Portland Traffic:
Br UNITED PRESS
Portland, Baker and Bend to
day' were on the southern fringes
of a cold air mass that invaded
the nation from Canada and
coated northern Oregon with ice
and snow. .
Traffic moved at a snail's pace
in Portland this morning where
a light snowfall was accompa
nied by below-freezing temper
atures and streets were covered
with glare ice. Most roads, how
ever, remained open. A truck
fire on one busy thoroughfare
complicated the the traffic pic
ture during early morning rush
hours.
Temperatures dropped to 18 at
Bend last night, 18 at Redmond
and 19 at Pendleton.
Building Permf Issued '
For New Hospital Here
The first building permit in
the history: of Medford to ever
exceed SI million was issued to
day in the Medford building de
partment at the city hall.
- The permit was issued for the
new $1,937,425 Rogue Valley
Memorial hospital at 2825 Bar
nett rd., Medford, which is now
under construction on. a 20-acre
tit.
I Didn't Catch All Of It"
office. He served seven, years,
six months and seven days, long
er tha.n anyjehief executive in
the history of the state.
Public Hearing on
Annexation Slated
By Council Tonight
. The Medford city council will
hold a public hearing, for Med
ford residents at 7:30 p.m. to
day on the proposal to annex
the Ken wood-Grand view dis
tricts to the city of Medford.
. After the hearing the council
has the choice of voting the area
into the city, voting to prevent
it from becoming part of Med
ford, or referring the matter to
a vote of Medford residents for
decision. . ,
In effect, the cost of annexa
tion to present residents of the
city would be equivalent to
about 18 cents per month per
water connection, according to
City Manager Robert Duff.
The cost of new city services
in the area, and added income
to the city as a result of annexa
tion, almost balance each other,
he said.
The added cost would come
through water department ser
vices, where added costs would
exceed increased income of some
$13,000 per year. This could be
paid in several ways, Duff said.
... Bob Lee, city water superin
tendent, said increases proposed
range from 15 cents in residen
tial and commercial classifica
tions to S2.50 per month, mostly
for, institutions or major com
mercial concerns.
Most of the increases would
be 25 cents per month, accord
ing to Lee.
Duff said costs chargeable to
the water department would be
an annual cost of $10,568.75 for
debt service on $153,000 worth
of outstanding district bonds,
and $3,190 per year net loss in
revenue and jn additional main
tenance costs. The added annual
costs total $13,758.75. During
the next few years, about $20,
300 would be needed for capital
improvements in the district for
fire protection and water serv
ice, he added.
These costs could be handled
through the small increase in
water rates or in the small prop
erty levy, Duff said.
General city services to the
area would cost about $52,550
annually. Duff estimated. He
added income created by the
annexation, estimated to be
about $51,670. would come with
in a few hundred dollars of off
setting the cost.
Voters in the area approved
annexation by a vote of 342 to
233 at tht general election in
November. ,
Price 10c
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United Press Full Leased Wu
No. 254
Jackson Challenges
Dulles' Assertion
Of Russian Danger
Secretary Recalled
For More Questioning
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Henry M. Jackson said today
the administration has produced
"no evidence of any new Rus
sian threat" in the Middle East
to justify hasty congressional
approval of the Eisenhower Doc
trine. The Washington Democrat thus
challenged ..Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles' assertion
Monday that the danger of Rus
sia dominating the Middle East
is so great that it poses "the
most serious threat" the United
States has faced in a decade.
Threat Once Greater
"So far there has been no evi
dence presented that indicates
any new threat," Jackson told
reporters. "I think the threat
was greater a while back."
Dulles sounded his warning
in testimony before the com
bined Senate Foreign Relations
and Armed Services committees.
He was recalled today for a sec
ond full day of questioning on
the President's middle East pro
posals.
Jackson was one of several
Democrats ready to question
Dulles today as to whether the
United States has adequate mili
tary forces to meet the threat he
warned oL
Congress Asked !o Approve
Mr. Eisenhower has asked
Congress to approve a resolution
giving him standby authority to
use U.S. troops, if necessary, to
resist any Soviet aggression in
the Middle East. He also re
quested a $400 million two-year
program of economic and mili
tary aid to help Middle East na
tions maintain their inde
pendence. Dulles said Monaay there is
no evidence "that we know of"
that Russia is planning "direct
aggression" in the Middle East.
But he'warned that the Commu
nists "will take every risk that
they dare to take in order to
win dominance of the area.
And if the Soviets do decide
to move with direct aggression,
"I doubt that we would get any
advance notice," Dulles said.
Morse To Question
Dulles on Doctrine
Washington (U.R)
Wayne L. Morse (D-Ore.)
Sen.
said
today he plans to question Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles at length about the "Ei
senhower doctrine" for the Mid
dle East. "I'm so frightened by
it I'm almost speechless." Morse
said. His colleagues laughed, and
no wonder.
Morse is the Senate's cham
pion talker. His 22-hour, 26
minute filibuster against the
tidelands oil bill in April, 1953,
set a record which still stands.
No Relief in Sight From
Cold Wave Gripping East
By UNITED PRESS
No relief was in sight today
from a frigid cold wave that has
gripped most of the nation, caus
ing at least 16 deaths.
While the East continued to
shiver through zero and subzero
weather, a new invasion of Arc
tic air blew into the northern
plains, whipping up fresh snow
storms.
Weather
FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with
& few light showers tonight
and Wednesday. Patche of
valley for tonight and
Wednesday morning, low to
night 34. High Wednesday 4S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 52
Lowest this Morning 41
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
7:3 e.m.
Sunset
5:04 p.m.
4:59 p.m.
10:2I pjn.
Moonrise
Full Moon
PROMINENT STAR
Proeyon. low In east at 6:34 p.m.
will be hifh In south at mid
night. This is the eichth brifht
est fUT and nlfto one of the
nearest, fit light years from
the Earth)
New Information
On Imprisonment
Of Yanks Lacking
Austrians Fear New
Wave of Refugees
Vienna (U.R) The puppet
Janos Kadar regime is bringing
heavy pressure to bear on rebel
lious Hungarian workers in an
attempt to build up a new Com
munist Party, reports reaching
Vienna said today.
There was no new informa
tion from Budapest on the im
prisonment by the Communists
of two Americans,- Mrs. George
Chapelle, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
and Richard Roraback, of Dobbs
Ferry, N. Y.
Informed of Arrest
The Communist regime in
formed the U. S. legation in
Budapest Monday of the arrest
of Mrs. Chapelle, a 35-year-old
free-lance photographer who ap
parently tried to smuegle her
self into Hungary. Her where
abouts had been a mystery since
sne ten Vienna Dec. 4.
Roraback, 26, and a Norwe
gian companion were seized by
Communist Hungarian border
guards last Saturday while try
ing to help Hungarian refugees
across the Iron Curtain border,
according to Austrian authori
ties. The Kadar regime has made
no mention of the incident thus
far.
Austrian officials feared the
reimposition of the Stalinist po
lice state in Hungary would set
off a new wave of refugees to
the West. The government ap
pealed to the Inter-government
Committee for European Migra
tion for urgent help.
Flow Increases
Reports reaching Geneva said
the flow of Hungarian refugees
into Yugoslavia has suddenly in
creased. The office of the U. N.
high commissioner for refugees
reported 950 refugees crossed
from Hungary within the past 48
hours, raising the total in Yugo
slavia to 4,800.
A special delegate from the
U.N. office was dispatched to
Yugoslavia to survey the situa
tion. Quick emigration is neces
sary because of the "'limited ac-'
commodations" in Yugoslavia,
the office said.
Unemployment Threatened
According to reliable reports
reaching Vienna, the Commun
ists have started using the threat
of unemployment as a weapon
to coerce workers into joining
the "Hungarian Socialist Work
ers Party." Before the freedom
revolt, the Communist Party
masqueraded under the name of
the "Hungarian Workers Party."
The reports said the Reds
were using the key Csepel Island
steel and iron mills as the test
ing ground for its new pressure .
tactics. Workers in the huge in
dustrial island complex in the
Danube river have been among
the toughest opponents of the
Communist regime.
The reports said the Com
munists have let it be known
that workers who joined the
party will not lose their jobs
under the regime's "black new
year's" decree of mass dis
misssals. Medford Man Fined in
District Court Monday
Harold N. Evans, 33, of 230
Beatty st., Medford, was fined
$105 and sentenced to 60 days
in the county jail Monday after
pleading guilty in district court
to a charge of driving while in
toxicated. His drivers license was sus
pended for 90 days. He was ar
rested on Highway 99 Saturday
by state police.
Temperatures plunged to as
low as 50 degrees below zero
Monday in upper New York
state. At New Sfork City, the
mercury dipped to three degrees
above zero at 4 a.m. today, mak
ing it the coldest day since Feb.
3, 1955, when a reading of zero
was recorded.
Temperatures moderated over
night in the north and central
plains, the Mississippi valley and
the Great Lakes, but still hov
eved near the zero mark.
The coldest overnight read
ings, however, were reported in
upper New York and in New
England.
Monday, Mountain View, N.Y.,
had 50 below; Massena, N.Y., 45
below; Albany 24 below and
Syracuse 17 below. A reading of
20 below was reported at Bur
lington, Vt.
Six Deaths Reported
New York Monday had a low
of 7.8, the coldest since Dec. 31,
1955.
Three deaths due to cold and
exposure occurred in New York
state, two in New England and
one in Iowa.