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Newspaper Page Texto o o o o ivacuated Downtown Reno Ordered MM m 51st Year Medfort . United Pn -Full Leased Wire 20 Pages U.S. Commm..ois Try To Convince Public of K'Xir's not: Following if the first In a series of three artirles on the rnitWurtMt party In the United States. United Press Correspondent Rob- ert R Jackson, author of the articles, obtained his information from O spokesmen -lor the party, from the Justice Department and FBI and from auuicrHtlea In CVmmunlsm. CKew York-U P.t The Communist party is trying to convince you that iris not a puppet of the Soviet Union or a menace to Am-erint. Tt will itflvell this week end and-blue" look at the ferst national convention in six years. The Ameran peegle will be n;ionger takes ore rs from Moscow, that today it is an maepena f ent moverrfrrit of "national" Communists, still opposed to capital ism, but dedicated to debate and Democracy. "We are American1 Communists patriots," said the 23,000 word draft resolutions, a self-whipping confession of past errors and guileless statement of future tactics, prepared for approval by the Feb. 9-12 convention. O Independence Claimed by U. S. o Moscow says the American October, November and again organs attacked "right wing" United States. "Nobody tells me what to think," a Communist official told a United Press reporter i a cubbyhole conversation which he said was wire-tapped. "Nobody gives jis orders," said Worker. "There are variois roads to way," said the party. Communist) ha denounced Premier and hero, Josef Stajin. pression and shooting of workers by Soviet troops in Hungary r They iave argued with each other. When aging party Chairman William Z. Foster defended the "erim necessity" of Soviet intervention to prevent "Fascism" in Hungarve? Daily Workr r labor reporter Herbert Singer wrote: "There is a 'grimnecessity.' understand tnat infjy cannot lane a serious step lowara esiaDiisn tftg a new basis foi Socialism ... if they condone or justify the Soviet actions in Hungary." Crisis No Secret of Party Leaders ()r months behind the forbidden doors of floors six and seven of a sad;ne building on Manhattans lower west side, party leaders enve bees painting on the new face which will make no (jf tempt to disguise their crisis. jjVitr4tist a mask to avoid further prosecution and to confuse the public? (3r is it a sincere break from Kremlin domination? Is it a cban& of jtsVe or .heart? . That is one of the few secrets the Communists still harbor. Qutjar ionsiie a mattery f interpretation. The 1551. the Department of Justice. American labor leaders and many-specialists on Communist affairs say that the image of "independence' is marely a carefully-arranged shift in tactics a O shaifi. Moscow golf calls the signals. Gone point here is no argument. The party is in bad shape. Eleven of thg top 12 party leaders were convicted in 1949 and Jailed in 1951 under the Smith act for conspiring to teach and advo cate the overthrow of the U.S. government. Chairman Foster es caped trial due to illness.Five of the 11 are now free. Under the 1940 Smith act, 145 Communists have been tried in 18 processes, and 103 have gone to jail. The testimony of 27 under cover agents fif the FBI who penetrated the party sealed the fate of many. 0 TheOSftiith act convictions, the exposure of 733 Communist front publications and organizations, the deportation of subver sives, the campaign against security risks the party itself lists these as the acts which crippled it. Undermined ThemieWei by Following Line ,But American Communists, with an able assist from the Soviet Urrfon, ldermined themselves by'slavishly following the Kremlin line. The Communist invasion of Korea, the disclosure of Soviet spy networks. Oie flip-flop on Stalin, the Soviet cruelty in Hungary led successively to thousands of desertions. And no new blood is com ing in. TheQneVwhelming majority of the American public long ab discredited J?e party. In this critical situation, party comrades have turned on Russia ana each other. It may sound like a free-swinging debate, but At torney General Herbert Brownell warned in a memo to President Eisenhower: "The Communists now propose a new change in the party line, seeking to divert public attention by now claiming allegiance to the United States and purporting to sever their ties with the Soviet Union. i "They will fool no one by this tactic. So long as Communist dic tatorships threaten the peace of the world, the Communists and their agents will remain a serious threat to our internal security. In tomorrow's article. Jackson discusses the possible menace of the Communist pary in the United States. Oregon House Vetoes Plan For 3 Per Cent Sales Tax Salem U.R) The Oregon House of Representatives voted 54-2 today to kill the three per cent sales tax bill proposed by the Interim Committs on Tax ation, o The vote came after two Re publican movespto refer the bill back U corriittce and delay final vote until leb. 15 had failed. House action supported committee report recommending "do not pass" from the House Taxation committee. Democrats, led by taxation committee chairman Clarence Barton, Coquille. called the sales Tax a vicious and regressive" tax. Republicans, led by Taxation Committee Member Wayne Giesy. Monroe, argued that the bill should be retained in com mittee until House members had had a rhance to study it and until Gov. Robert D. Holmes' budget requirements were known. After moves to delay vote on the measur had failed, many Republicans voted with the ma jority to kill the bill. They ex plained that they had voted not in favor of a sales tax but in MEDFO Change in New York a new "red-white- asked ,f.o believe that the party Communists Communists are out of line. In last Saturday, Soviet Communist and "national" communists in the the party newspaper. The Daily Socialism not just the Soviet the brutalities of the late Soviet They have assailed the bloody re It is that American Communists favor of further study of any possible revenue source that might be required. Voting in favor of retaining the sales tax bill were Reps. Ed win E. Cone, Eugene; Wayne Giesy, Monroe: E. A. Littrell, Medford: and Fred Meek, Port land. All are Republicans. Arthur Fleming Quits aAs Defense Mobilizer Washington (U.PJ President Eisenhower today annonnced the resignation of Defense Mobi lizer Arthur S. Flemming. The president announced at his news conference that he would nominate Gordon Gray, now assistant secretary of de fense and former president of the University of North Caro lina, to succeed Flemming. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 470.81, up 0.85: 20 railroads 146.38, up 0.12; 15 ut ilities 70.90. up 0.03, and 65 stocks 167.57. up 0.22. Sales to day were about 2.110.000 shares compared with 2,610,000 shares Tuesday WTribune .-rvUARY 6, 1957 PATRICIA LEEK Medford High Winner Two Youth Leadership Winners Announced Miss Patricia Ann (Pat) Leek, a senior at Medford High school. and Richard E. (Jim) James, a senior at Phoenix High school, won the annual Medford Elks lodge "Youth Leadership" con test. Exalted Ruler Dick Wood cock announced today. Miss Leek is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Leek, 1530 West Main st., Medford, and James is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. James, 209 Fifth St., Phoenix. Ernest James is superintendent of Phoenix schools. Runners-up were Sara Joanne Funeral Services Scheduled Thursday For Edith Beck .., Funeral services for Mrs. Ed ith M. Beck of Medford and Jacksonville who died of a heart attack Sunday, will be held in the Conger-Morris chapel at 1 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster of the St. Marks Episcopal church will officiate. Committal will be in Siskiyou Memorial park. Mrs. Beck was born April 23, 1898, in Willow Springs, Mo. On Nov. 27, 1915, in Tacoma, Wash., she was married to Michael Beck who survives. Club Membership She was a member of the Zuleima Temple No. 13, Daugh ters of the Nile, who will partici pate in the service; Adarel Chap ter, Order of Eastern Star, Jack sonville; Medford Neighbors of Woodcraft and Mistletoe Camp, Royal Neighbors of America; Lady Elks; Lady Lions and Poc ahontas lodge. Survivors, besides her hus band, include a son, Alfred M. Beck, Medford; two daughters, Mrs. Gerald Note, Medford, and Mrs. James Farrar, Central Point Market rd., a brother, Claude L. Payton, Medford, and five grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will in clude Major Franks, Sandy San derson, Carl Wiltermood, Gene Ferrell, Lynn Robertson, Mel McGrew and Charlie Reames; active bearers will be Lou Bittle, Carl Pearson, Earl Scripter, Louis Bashaw, George Wimer and Ed Pease. (In the United Press story Monday reporting Mrs. Beck's death, her name was incorrectly given as Elizabeth, an error which Mail Tribune staff writers regretably failed to catch and correct). Two Attorneys Named City Pro Tern Judges James Redden and A. E. Piaz za. Medford attorneys, were ap pointed pro tern municipal court judges last night by the Medford city council. The appointments were ap proved at the request of Muni cipal Judge Noreen A. Kelly that pro tern judges be available in the event of illness and vaca tion period. Redden is a member of Rob erts, Kellington and Branchfield and Piazza is a partner of Harb ison and Piazza. Airing of Troubles Asked by Afro-Asians United Nations, N.Y. (U.P.) The Afro-Asian bloc asked the United Nations today to "invite France and the people of Al geria" to start immediate nego tiations to settle their North African troubles. Price 10c United Press Full Leased Wins No. 273 RICHARD JAMES Winner at Phoenix and Robert Elden, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Elden, route 1, box 487, Central Point, and seniors at Crater High school: Bruce West, son of Dr. and Mrs. D. K. West, 52 Ross court, Medford, a senior at Med ford High; and Dorothy Bean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bean, 2194 Houston rd., Phoe nix, a senior at Phoenix High school. Brochures Forwarded Local winners of the Youth Leadership contest will have their prepared leadership bro chures forwarded to the Oregon State Elks' association for judg ing at the state level and pos sible entry into national com petition. Awards will be made by the local Elks lodge to the six win ners from the jurisdictional area of the lodge which includes seven high schools. They will be made Mav 2 at the local observance of National Elks Youth Day. Student entries were judged on their outstanding leadership records as developed in their re spective high schools. Southeast Medford Areas Rezoned Ordinances rezoning two por tions of southeast Medford were adopted last night by the Med ford city council. The action was taken following two public hear ings in which no opposition was voiced. Rezoned from class IA (single family) to class II (multiple fam ily) was the area between Mur phy rd. and the east city limits line from Barnett rd. to a drain age canal. The other was rezoned from class IA (single family) to class IB (two family), and is the area between Murphy rd. and the east city limits frmo the drain age canal to Alameda st. George Fields, one of the de velopers of the area, said the zoning ordinance was intended for future needs of the area and no foreseeable structures were planned there. A petition from seven prop erty owners on Barnett rd. in the recently annexed area request ing tjie area be rezoned to class III ( limited commercial) was re ferred to the planning commis sion. Wilkes Appointed to Budget Committee Roy P. Wilkes, 1863 Crater Lake ave., Medford, was ap pointed to the citizen's budget committee last night by Mayor John Snider. The appointment was approved by the city coun cil. Wilkes replaces Stanley Stark on the committee. Stark resign ed last Jan. 11 due to business pressures, he said. Wilkes vas one of the leaders in the successful Kenwood Grandview annexation campaign last fall. $ v m i - L I mm t( Ike Sees Talks as Help To Mid-East Peace Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today he be lieves his talks with Arab lead ers will help keep the peace in the Middle East. Eventually, he said, the talks may result in unity of all peo ples in the troubled area. Mr. Eisenhower discussed re sults of the talks at his news con ference as he stepped up his fast moving drive to win Arab sup port for his doctrine of using Government May Impose Controls Over Inflation Move Would Be Odious, Ike Declares Washington (U.PJ Presi dent Eisenhower said today that if inflation gets out of hand the government will have to impose controls which he considers cdious. The President made this state ment at a news conference in which he also said the United States must step up oil ship ments to Europe and that pros pects for peace in the Middle East have been improved. ' Not American Way If inflationary pressures con tinue, Mr. Eisenhower said, the United States would have to move in with controls which he finds not only odious but not representative of the present American way of life. The President's discussion of inflation was touched off by a reporter's reference to his State of the Union Message. In that message, Mr. Eisenhower urged business and labor leaders "to think well of their responsibility to the American people" before demanding price and wage in creases. Loss of Freedom Failure "to discipline our selves" would produce pressure on the government to "redress the failure" and "by that pro cess freedom will step by step disappear." Today he added that if busi ness and labor do not exercise economic self discipline, the gov ernment would have to move in with controls. In that event, he said, this would not be the United States we now know. (Continued on page 12) Gold Hill Couple Fined in Court Thomas K. and Phyllis Hall- wood of the Sportman's Tavern, Gold Hill, were fined $50 each in district court Tuesday after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing, displaying and oper ating a game of chance. Confiscated at the tavern were five punchboards and an electric pan, according to district court records. A warrant has been issued for another tavern owner, according to District Attorney Thomas Reeder. Other merchandise had been confiscated earlier in the week by sheriff's officers and state police, officials said. Reeder said confiscation ol tne merchandise and resulting ar rests are a "follow-up" of state ments he and Sheriff Howard Gault jointly issued recently to police chiefs in six Jackr- - county cities. The notices called to the attention of police chiefs reports of gambling devices in general, and punch boards in particular, being operated in taverns. Merle Oberon To Wed Mexican Fiancier Hollywood (UP.) Actress Merle Oberon. 46, announced Tuesday night her engagement to wealthy Mexican financier Bruno Pagliai, 54. and says they will be married within two months. The dark-haired film beauty- revealed the engagement short ly after Pagliai returned by plane to Mexico City following a brief visit here. It will be Miss Oberon's third marriage and Pagliai's second. Weather FORECAST: Generally cloudy tonicht and Thursday with a rhance of a few lUht showe'S Thursday. Low tonight 28-30. High Friday 48. Our Skies Tonight Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Morning - 2 Sunrise ':20 a.m. Sunset 5:32 p.m. Moonset Thursday 12:38 a.m. First Quarter Feb. 7 PROMINENT STAB Aldebaran, high in south T:1 P-m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, near the Moon, is now about as bright as Aldebaran. Jupiter, rises 9:2' P "- Saturn, rises 3:34 a.m. U. S. troops, if necessary, to com bat any overt Communism ag gression in the Middle East. He already had discussed the proposal thoroughly with King Saud of Saudi Arabia and Prince Abdul Hah of Iraq and con ferred with Foreign Minister Charles Malik of Lebanon about it after the news conference. Malik said afterwards that his nation would try to convince ether Arab states to agree to the Eisenhower doctrine. "Where Do You Suppose They Get Idea Like That?" ?-m.lHuoe.tc Mike Stearns Elected Student City Mayor Mayor John Snider last night announced that the mayor of Medford for Student Govern ment Day Feb. 19 will be Mike Stearns, Medford High school senior. Snider announced winners of the Student Government Day elections held recently at Med ford and St. Mary's High schools. Students elected will as sume duties of the mayor and eight city councilmen at one meeting. Elected to student council po sitions were Jane Barker and Scott Phillips, ward I; Joyce Gregory and Bob Glover, ward II: Diana Russell and Wayne Zimmers, ward III; and Dan Chairmen Named For Pear Festival Five com' littee chairmen to organize the fourth Annual Pear Blossom fest val this spring were named at a ireakfast meeting of the Pear I '.ossom organization this mornin ,. Chairmer appointed were Lyle Kinney an 1 Cliff Lovejoy, fi nance and nerchants committee; Lowell Iv -rson, floats; Elliott Becken, j arade judging; and Russ Jam ion, publicity. A repi esentative from the Medford police department to head tlv traffic committee will be narrd later, according to Jay Pierc ., festival president. Chairmen of the parade, gifts arj awards, and queens com- littee will be announced at a meetiiig Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Holland hotel. A date for the festival has not been set but festival officials indicated the weekend preceding Easter Sun day is under consideration. Pierce has invited interested clubs and groups to delegate rep resentatives to the next festival meeting, Feb. 13, to assist in preparation for the festival. ' Cave Junction Talking People's Utility District Cave Junction !U.R) A citi zens committee was authorized here last night to make a study about the feasibility of establish ing a Josephine County People's Utility District. About 75 persons attended a meeting addressed by Ken Priest of Coos county. It was expected that a series of meetings would be held throughout the county before action is taken. Little Wonder Girl, Lost Overnight, Found Grants Pass (U.R) Two-year-old Dorothy Brown, missing from her Wonder, Ore., home since yesterday afternoon, was found about noon today and rushed to a Grants Pass hospital still alive. The child was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Brown. She was last seen yesterday playing barefoot in the yard of her home near the Redwood highway. Tem peratures in the area dropped to about 20 degrees last night. At least 400 persons partici pated in the search for the girl. On other Middle East prob lems, the President: 1. Said he believes Israel will withdraw her forces from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba in response to the U.N. appeal. But he avoided any di rect mention of U.S. support for possible U.N. sanctions if Israel should refuse, saying only that this country is committed to support, the world organization. 2. Said he would deplore any delay by Congress, just for the Christenson and Jack Birming ham, ward IV. " Defeated Candidate Birmingham is a senior at St. Mary's High school, the rest are Medford Senior High school sen iors. James Boyd, of Medford High school, was the defeated candidate for mayor. Elected officers will name stu dents to appointive offices later. The council adjourned its meeting last night to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19. The meeting was set ahead an hour so the regular council could transact business before the Student Government Day sessions be gins at 7:30 p.m. Student mayor and councilmen attended the meeting last night. Student Government Day is sponsored by the Medford Elks club, and includes schools in the Elks jurisdictional area. In addi tion to city positions, elections are held in county high schools for a -county judge and commis sioners. The project was started sev eral years ago to acquaint high school students with election procedures and knowledge in government. Michel Scheduled To Enter Plea Clarence Edward Michel III, 23, of Dillard, was to appear in circuit court this afternoon to enter a plea on charges of as sault with a dangerous weapon. Michel waived counsel and prliininary hearing earlier in dis trict court and was bound over to the grand jury with bond set at $10,000. Michel was arrested by state police Jan. 26 near the Eagle Point junction of Highway 62, and admitted shooting Burse H. Cathey, a highway maintenance crewman, with a 22 caliber re volver about nine miles north of Tiller on the Tiller-Trail high way, state police said. Cathey, who was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by state police after the shooting, was re leased Sunday hospital officials said, and is convalescing at home. Pan American Pilots Postpone Walkout Chicago (U.R) A scheduled worldwide strike by about 1,500 pilots against Pan American World Airways was postponed Tuesday night pending the out come of renewed negotiations. The Airline Pilots Association called off the walkout, sched uled for ' midnight Friday, and accepted an appeal by the Na tional Labor Mediation Board for emergency talks. The new talks in the lengthy dispute over wages and fringe benefits were set for this after noon in Washington. Spokane s'U.R) John J. Burke, Butte, Mont., has been elected president of Pacific Northwest Power company. sake of delay, in considering his Middle East doctrine. But he would not quarrel with the rights of Congress to investigate important issues. 3. Officially confirmed that talks are under way with Brit ain on a possible meeting be tween himself and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. De tails are not completed so he would not comment on London reports that the meeting will be held soon in Bermuda. Jittery Workers Report Smell of Gas in Buildings Damage at $3 Million Following Holocaust Reno (U.PJ A section of the downtown area near the scene of a series of propane gas blasts Tuesday that destroyed three buildings was ordered evacuated today after jittery workers re ported they smelled gas in two buildings. Fire Chief Karl Evans ordered the evacuation of all buildings on the west side of South Vir ginia st. between First and Second sts., a block east of tfie scene of the disaster which killed two persons and injured 42 others. The dead were identified as Mrs. John Du Pratt, 60, Reno, and Frank Spina, 48, owner of a shoe factory that was gutted in the blast. Spina apparently was blown under a parked car that was nearly - leveled by falling walls. Missing Persons Located Police reported five persons missing but United Press contact ed three of these. A friend of another said his shaving kit was missing from his residence, indi- ' eating he had left town briefly. O A report of a fifth missing per son was sketchy and officers be lieved he had been found since no further inquiry had been made. Police and firemen prevented anyone from entering the evacu ated area at 10:45 a.m. (PST) but Evans reported no trace of gas had been found. City officials estimated the damage at $3 million. Casinos Remain Open Reno's famed gambling casinos remained open for business dur ing the holocaust. One witness, Margaret Jones, an airline stew ardess, said patrons in the River side hotel "were still gambling and didn't seem concerned at all." But a block away across the river was a fearful scene. Flames spouted from the windows and roofs of buildingst broken glass littered the street and scores of men and women , lay in . the . streets. Many screamed in fright or agony or both. After it was all over, firemen were thankful that the toll of dead was not worse. The odor of escaping gas had served to warn many persons away from the area. Scores of Dersons evacu ated several buildings momenft before the accident. Guardsmen Stand By Firemen were unable to search the rubble immediately for more bodies. Early today, it was still smoking, such was the intensity of the flames wlien they ragedQ at their height. The scene of the holocaust was First and Sierra sts., one block north of the Truckee river. Nearly 150 Nevada National Guardsmen were ordered tdthe scene to evacuate an eight- block area and to prevent loot ing. Eventually, people were al lowed back into the area except for the worst damaged blocks. Police said the blast ewas the result of a leak in an under ground gas main. The leak had gone on for at least aTi hour and a half before the first explosion, allowing a dangerous quantity of natural gas to collect in the area. Mrs. Emily Erickson, owner of a Reno building at or near the first explosion, is the sister of a Medford man and mother of a Medford woman, it was reported today. Tom Reed, route 1, box 429F, now employed at HuDbara Brothers, said Mrs. Erickson, his sister was away from her build ing at the time 6T the blast, and for a time there was fear she had been killed. Mrs. Erickson is the mother of Mrs. Marjorie White, also ol route 1, Reed reported. District Obligations Assumed by Medford An ordinance providing for the payment of the bonded in debtedness of the Kenwood- Grandview water districts and providing for the disposition of the district s assets was adopted last night by the Medford city council. The city assumed all obliga tions, liabilities, assets and func tions of the district when the area was annexed last month. The Medford water commis sion assumed $179,769.58 in as sets from the districts and $151, 000 in liabilities, according to Robert Lee, water superin tendent, The secretary of state's office notified the city last week that the annexation became effective Jan. 28. Oregon City KU.R) Wallace R. Telford, Boring, died in a Portland hospital today. He was former Clackamas county Judge.