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52nd Year Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 22 Pages Differences Oyer Ike's Doctrine Declared Cause Leanings Toward Russia Also Blamed By UNITED PRESS Jordan's left wing government . quit today. King Hussein, Jordan's 22- year-old western - minded mon arch, demanded and received the resignation of Premier Suleiman 1 Nabulsi, apparently as direct result of their differences over the Eisenhower doctrine for the Middle East and Nabulsi's lean ings toward Russia. The shakeup of the Jordanian government came at a time of mounting new tensions in the Middle East and the reported failure of the United States to reach agreement with Egypt on the future of the Suez canal. Protest Being Readied The Arab states were reported readying a protest to the United Slates against its "violation" of Arab territorial waters by send ipg an American tanker up the Gulf of Aqaba to the Israeli port of Eilat. Contributing also to the at mosphere of tension and dead lock were renewed charges and counter-charges between Israel and Egypt of aggression or ag gressive intent. Army Supports King Nabulsi's resignation climaxed a long period of strain between the youthful monarch and the Prime Minister. It reached a head last week when Hussein dispatched a messenger to Cairo without consulting Nabulsi. Senior army officers were re ported to have warned Nabulsi then that in any break between the two, the majority of the army would support Hussein. . Has Strong Support But in today's dispatches from the Jordanian capital of Amman there was no guaranty that Hus sein had won the final battle. Nabulsi, the man who engineer ed Jordan's rejection of its trea ty with Britain, has strong sup port from the leftist government of Syria and he long has been re ported to control the street mobs that make or break Arab gov ernments. Nabulsi is a Palestin ian who favors federation with Syria, a move which would mean the disappearance of Jor dan as a separate state. Klamath Reservation Shooting Reported Klamath Falls U.R The third'shooting in as many weeks was reported from the Klamath Indian reservation today but the victim, Mrs. Arabella Johnson, 56, lived to tell about it. She reported from her hospi tal bed here that her husband shot her with a .30-.30 caliber rifle after an argument at their Klamath Marsh ranch north of Chiloquin. She said Adlai John son, 72, fired at her almost point tJlank but that she grabbed the barrel of the weapon and di verted his aim. Sheriff's officers were search ing for the elderly man who was reported heavily armed and '"ready'' for them. He was last seen riding toward Chiloquin on horseback. Rose City Firemen Burned in Explosion Portland U.R) Two fire men employed at the Rose City Plywood Corporation plant at the former Doernbecher opera tion suffered second and third degree burns here Tuesday night in an explosion in a sawdust bin. Mervin Pickrell, 41, and Ed ward Chale, 53, suffered burns and were taken to Emanuel hos pital. Weather FORECAST: CloodT tonirht and Thursday morninr. becoming partly clnudy Thursday after noon with scattered licht hnwerv I,nw tonight 42. High Thursday ft?. TF.MPF.RATl'RE Hichest yesterday 11, Lowest this morning IS Our Skies Tonight Sunrise S-.S9 a.m. Sunset .6:47 p.m. 3:44 a.m. Anril 11 Moonset Thursday PROMIMST STARS Rerulus. near the Moon. Betelseuse. low in west. 10:13 p.m. The Twins, high above Betel geuse. Altair, low in east .. 1:19p.m. Vega, well above Altair. Jordan k 'Ss& HI SPEAKER Mrs. Dvora Elon of Tel -Aviv, Israel, will speak Thursday, April 11, at the monthly meeting of Medford chapter, Oregon United Nations association. Mrs. Elon, a writer, lecturer and radio broadcaster. formerly served as attache of the Embassy of Israel in Wash ington, D. C. During Israel's war of liberation she served as wel fare and cultural affairs office for an infantry brigade. The meeting will be held in St. Mark's Episcopal parish hall at 8 p.m. and is open to the public. Foundation Grants Will Be Used for Added Facilities Grants from the Ford Foun dation to Medford hospitals will be used for additional facilities and services, hospital adminis trators sa'.d today. Sacred Heart hospital was giv en a $34,200 grant, the last pay ment whizh was $17,100 was re ceived last month, and Rogue Valley hospital received a $13,- 150 payment to bring its total grant to $26,300. Sister Reine, Sacred Heart hospital administrator, said the grant was used to install an auto matic fire protection sprinkler system, which cost $24,580. The remainder of the grant, she said, will be used to purchase modern surgery ano nursery equipment. New Hospital Otto Frohnmayer, of the Rogue Valley hospital board, said the grant for Rogue Valley Memorial hospital will be used for additional facilities and ser vices in the $2,000,000 new hos pital now under construction at Barnett and Murphy rds. The money has not as yet been ear marked for a specific purpose, he said. The grants, which were paid over a two-year period, were to non-profit, non-governmental in stitutions, and is part of an. ef fort by the foundation to help strengthen basic American insti tutions and to encourage wider public support of them, accord ing to Foundation officials. Henry f Heald, president of the Foundation; said rising ex penses in hospital construction and operation have contributed to a climb of 132 per cent in the cost of hospital care between 1946 and last year Many hospit als are operating with deficits only through curtailment of es sential services, and the grants have been designed to help es tablish, maintain, or expand services which authorities deem vital t j the community. Oregon b o s p i t a Is received about $2,000,000 in the $200 million Fo-.indation program. 259 PInis of Blood Donated Here Tuesday A total of 259 pints of blood was donated Tuesday afternoon when the Red Cross Bloodmobile was in M.dford, Red Cross of ficials announced. Of the 306 donors, 44 were re jected, and 109 were "drop-ins." A total of 221 appointments had been mad The Medford quota was 290 pints. The Bloodmobile will be in Ashland this afternoon from 1 until 6 p.m. at the Elks club. Red Cross workers at the Bloodmobile yesterday reported that one donor drove from Cave Junction arriving in Medford at 5;55 p.m. just in time to be the last donor for the day. Roseburg (U.R) Harry Lud wig of Reedsport has been nam ed new manager of the Salmon Harbor sports fishing recreation area at Winchester Bay on the Oregon coast. Langley Free on Bail After Two More Indictments Jury Picked To Hear Misdemeanor Charge Portland (U.R) District At torney William Langley was free on bail today after his arrest late Tuesday on two more indict ments returned by the Multno mah county grand jury on the same day his first trial opened. The latest indictments accuse Langley of perjury and of mali cious procurement of a search warrant. He posted $2,500 prop erty bond. ' Earlier, a jury was selected to hear a misdemeanor charge that Langley had failed to enforce gambling laws. The trial con tinued today in Circuit Court. The Tuesday indictments charge that Langley maliciously procured search warrants for a raid on the home of Raymond Clark where wire recordings now at issue in a federal case against Clark and racketeer James B. Elkins were seized. Clark is an employee of Elkins. Grand Jury in Recess Langley is accused of falsely swearing he had information and belief that the premises con tained obscene photographs. The indictment charges false swear ing in connection with Langley claims that the source of his in formation about the photo graphs was Ellsworth Herder, then police chief at St. Helens, Ore. The grand jury asserted that the search warrant was in fact obtained by Langley "to vex, annoy and injure said Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Clark and other persons to this grand jury yet unknown . . ." The grand jury was in recess until Thursday. Langley also testified at a Federal Court hearing in which Elkins and Clark seek to sup press tape recordings used as the basis of a federal wiretap in dictment against them. Mayor Also Called Langley testified that when he signed an affidavit last May as a basis for a search of Clark's home he acted on information which he said came from a tele phone conversation he over heard. Langley said he listened from an extension telephone in his office to a conversiation be tween Herder and Brad Wil liams, Oregon Journal reporter, and became convinced a search would turn up obscene pictures in Clark's home. Herder, called to testify, said he had never told Langley that Clark had obscene photos in his possession. Mayor Terry Schrunk also was called as a witness in the Elkins wiretap case. The mayor, then Multnomah county sheriff, denied he contacted FBI agents before the raid. He said he inter viewed them the Monday of the week following. Democratic Senators To Question Mcleod Washington (U.R) Some Democratic senators Wednesday planned intensive questioning of Scott McLeod, President Eis enhower's nominee for ambassa do to Ireland, whis his nominat tion is considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Comittee. They indicated they particu larly, want to question McLeod, administrator of the State De partment Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, on his of fice's role in events leading up to the furor over Canadian dip lomat E. Herber Norman, who committed suicide in Cairo last week. Eisenhower sent McLeod's nomination to the Senate Tues day. Although there was no im mediately announced opposition several senators said they were reserving judgement until after McLeod's appearance before the committee. Salk Vaccine Shortage Expected To Be Eased Portland iU.P.) The State Board of Health . said Wednes day that the current shortage of Salk Dolio vaccine mav ht pasprf by delivery of another half mil lion shots of the protective serum before the height of this year's polio season. The board said U. S. manufac turers may be able to release an additional 50 million cc's of the vaccine before next June 30. Previous estimates were 30 to 35 million cc's. N, WEDNESDAY, APRIL .10, 1957 T 'Do You Think We Employment Makes First Seasonal Gains Employment in Jackson coun ty made its first seasonal gains during '"ie last half of March, checking the downward trend in employment the previous three months, according to John J. Patton, manager of the Medford office, state employment service. Following the usual seasonal trend, employment hit bottom in February, he said. March, he added, managed to produce a de cided upturn during the latter Cavemen Invited x To Pear Festival : The Grants Pass Cavemen have been invited to participate in festivities preceding the Pear Blossom Festival parade Satur day, April 27, according to J. D. Pierce, festival president. ) Another feature added to the festival this year will include loud speakers along the parade route to announce float entries as they pass, Pierce said. A street banner noting April 27-28 as Pear Blossom Festival days has been ordered and will be eracted in 'the downtown Medford area this week end, festival committee spokesmen said. I'lnal tabulation of ballots for festival king and queen will be conducted Friday or Saturday, Pierce announced today at a committee meeting. Twelve fin alists will compete for the title of king and queen. Deadline for mailing ballots will be 5 p.m. Thursday, Pierce said. Ballots should be . mailed or brought to festival head quar' rs, 328 South Central ave., Medford, they added. A judging committee, com posed of mayors of towns in the Medford area, -will choose the king and queen after the finalists have been introduced, Pierce said. Tax Reduction Fever Spreads in Congress Washington (U.R) Tax-cut fever spread in Congress Wednesday but ... But big question remained whether the Senate would sus tain budgets cuts voted by the House and whether it would go along with any tax reduction bill the House might come up with. Agencies and departments which have felt the House's economy knife already were gearing to get the Senate, if they can, to restore at least part of the amounts trimmed from their budgets. Secretary of Commerce Sin clair Weeks agreed before a Sen ate Appropriations Subcommit tee to accept two-thirds of the $212 million cut out of his de partment's money bill by the House. But he urged restoration of the other $79 million, including $105,100 for the Office of Strate gic Information which the House voted to abolish or) grounds it was a censorship apparatus. .Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower drove to the Eurning Tree Club today for an afternoon round of golf. RIBUNE QU IIS Should Notice It?' ihalf of the month despite a i record rainfall which delayed much outside work. 2,060 Unemployed Unemployment in the county as of March 31 was estimated at 2,060, representing a substantial improver ent over the 2,675 re ported in February. Patton said the figure still is 20 per cent above the same time one year ago, but is not the highest March total experienced hi the past. Three times in the past 10 years, March unemployment has been higher." : ""' ' . ' " 'New claims for unemployment insurance dropped 31 per cent from February totals, but were slightly above the same period last year, he said. Agricultural work was slow throughout March, with heavy rain preventing most of the work which otherwise might have been done, Patton noted. There will be some hiring in agriculture during the next 60 days, he added. In the lumber industry, prices were somewhat better with more orders arriving, and there was a noticeable back-to-work move ment in the industry, according to Patton. Plywood remained comparatively low with some mills working less than full .jiie, he noted. In retail trade, business has not picked . up as much as ex pected since Christmas, and as a result most sales people laid off after Christmas have not been reemployed, he said. Home building remained at a low level with no indication of any large pickup in the .immediate future, he said. Migration Into Area Migration into the area has been heavy from both north, and south, Patton noted. Some of the people are traveling with no particular destination in mind, but others are moving into this area with the intention of set tling. There were few job op portunities for most of them, and many of them are unskilled. Some have good skills and ex perience, but with little new hiring, they are moving on, he said. Job opportunities should steadily increase during the next 60 days if spring weather favors outside activity, ''atton said. The state employment service has given aptitude tests to those Jackson county high school sen iors who are not going to college and the students will be looking for permanent employment when school is out, Patton said. The young people are registered with the employment service and interested employers have been invited to contact the local office. Eager Beaver To Plug McNary 'Defect' Umatilla (U.R) You can't say Joe is the most intelligent Beaver in the world but you have to admire his persistence. Joe is a busy beaver at Mc Nary dam and has dedicated himself to plugging what he thinks is a defect in the dam. The "defect" is the naviga tion lock and Joe apparently frowns on a dam with such a removable plug. Every day he scurries around gathering de Price 10 United Press Full Leased Wire No. 17 Walter Reufher Reelected Head Of Auto Workers Nomination Greeted By Big Demonstration Atlantic City N. J. (U.R) Walter P. Ruther, fiery leader of the United Auto Workers, was re-elected president of the union today by acclamation at the UAW's 16th constitutional convention, Reuther, 49, a labor organizer since his early teens, was the unanimous choice of the 2,700 delegates who staged a demon stration before his election by a standing vote. Carl Stellato, Dearborn, Mich., was nominated to oppose Reuther, but Stellato withdrew his name. Long before Reuther's nomi nation by Harry Southwell, De troit, charman of the Constitu tional Committee, hundreds of banners were raised above the tables of the delegates. Follow ing the pattern of national poli tical conventions, the delegates edged into the aisles and launch ed a parade when Reuther's name was placed in nomination. Reuther has been on the un ion's International Executive Board since 1936 and became a vice president in 1942. He was elected president for a one-year term in 1946 and began a suc cession of two-year terms in 1947. He became CIO president in 1952 following the death of Phil ip Murray and now is vice presi dent, of the merged AFL-CIO. Four day work week demands with higher take-home pay were endorsed Tuesday. The union adopted a resolution to hold a special convention next January to formulate demands for its new contract. Duex Hike Passed The convention also approved a 50-cents a month dues increase after long debate. It was the first dues boost since 1951, and it brought the international dues to $3 monthly, although some lo cals pay higher-rates among themselves. In a speech to the convention George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, lowered the boom on union racketeers and corruption and declared that the unions would attack head-on the prob lem of policing themsleves. Congress Ponders Postal Bill Speed Washington U.R) Congress today was uncertain just how fast it will have to move to keep Postmaster General Arthur. E. Summerfield from cutting postal services.' Summerfield has ordered dras tic postal service cuts including an end to Saturday deliveries unless Congress gives his de partment an emergency $47 mil lion appropriation. He reiterated Tuesday the cuts will go into effect Saturday "if the money is not forthcoming" by then. The House Appropriations committee plans to meet Friday to reconsider the emergency ap priation request. But even if it approves most or all of it, which is generally considered likely, the House would not be able to act on it for three days except by unani mous consent. Special Meeting Set By Frost Forecaster W. J. (Bill) Rogers, fruit frost forecaster with the weather bureau, will discuss factors affecting critical temperatures, ceiling, dew point, heater opera tion and other subjects pertain ing to orchard heating at a spec ial meeting at 8 p.m. today at Bigham hall at the fairgrounds south of Medford. The meeting was originally scheduled to start at 8:30 p.m. Rogers said. He added that the meeting will be of special in terest to fruit growers, and or chard foremen, but others inter ested have been invited. Dedicated bris which he piles behind the lock's upper gate. Every time the lock is opened Joe's efforts are washed away. But he always comes back for more. The future looks black for Joe because the lock is used daily. But if he makes it, he's go ing to be the proudest Beaver in the world. Just think, a 39,000-acre home for himself. President Defends Administration Against Criticism Can't Revert To Practices Of 1890, Eisenhower Says Washington (U.R) Presi-' dent Eisenhower today strongly defended the programs of his administration against criticism by conservatives in Congress, Re publicans and Democrats alike. Eisenhower told his news con ference that this government cannot revert to the theories and practices of 1390. A Republican, Benjamin Harrison, was presi dent in 1890. The President said he did not believe that the difficulties en countered by some basic admini stration recommendations in the Congress reflected a diminution in his own political power due USIA Expenditure Of $100,000 for . Anti-Red Film Told Washington (U.R) A House Appropriations sub committee disclosed today the United States Information Agency sec retly spent $100,000 subsidizing a commercial anti-Communist movie generally for American consumption. A top official of the propagan da agency told the subcommittee the movie turned out to be a box office flop when shown in 1953. He said that unfortunately was the history of such films. Won't fame Film Closed-door testimony made public by the subcommittee to day showed that the agency flat ly refuses to disclose the name of the film or where it is being shown now. But the testimony indicated that a foreign lan guage version now is being pro duced without help this time of the taxpayers. The subsidization of the movie was disclosed in subcommittee questioning regarding USIA's request' for $140 million to fi nance its international prop ganda and news operations in the next fiscal year. Wants New Transmitter That would be a $27-million increase over its current budget. The agency also wants an extra $4 million to build a powerful new radio transmitter. During the closed-door testi mony former film producer Eu gene W. Castle said Congress should take the USIA out of the news business and leave the field to the regular private news agencies. - USIA wants to spend $11,474, 000 on its press service in the fiscal 1958 a $1,594,000 in crease. Castle also said the na tion would be better served if the agency . were abolished al together and its necessary func tions handled by the State De partment. . . Bill Would Penalize Slow Auto Drivers Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate today passed Senate bill 53 providing for the apprehen sion of motorists who drive along the highway at an unreas onably slow speed. The bill provides penalties for unreasonably : slow drivers as well as unreasonably fast driv ers. ' Senator Jean Lewis, Portland Democrat, said the driver who pokes along a main highway at a speed of 20 to 25 miles an hour, usually hugging the mid dle of the road, causes long lines of motorists to get impa tient. And eventually they are goaded into "playing leap frog down the road" in an attempt to get past the slow driver. That, she said, creates at least as haz ardous a condition as does ex cessive speed. Panama Canal Ship Discrimination Denied Washington U.R The United States today denied Russian charges that it is dis criminating against Soviet ships using the Panama Canal. Russia Tuesday night formal ly protested to the State De partment that American author ities had Unduly delayed Soviet ships using the Panama Canal. The protest said the vessels were boarded by police detachments and were followed by a police cutter as they traveled from the Pacific to the Atlantic. State Department Press Offic er Lincoln White said today that three Soviet vessels which have used the canal in recent months were subjected to no different security and technical regula tions than those of any other nation. 1 to the automatic prohibition against his seeking another term. He stated his beliefs at some length after a reporter told him his recommendations were run ning into stormy congressional weather among Republicans as well as Democrats. Must Live in Present A reporter specifically men tioned the statement by Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.), that the administration's big budget for fiscal 1958 represented a be trayal of the people's trust. Eisenhower mentioned no one by name. But he said it was plainly evident that the United States no longer could limit itself to the political and governmen tal practices of 1890. He said the government must be conducted in the light of national economic and world conditions of the pres ent. He said there is bound to be a clash of ideas and opinions in a society such as ours and that some people obviously become more heated than they should. But he said he believes profound ly in the things his administra tion has proposed; that he thinks other basic government pro grams of many years' standing will not be turned back. Other news conference high lights: He called for understanding of recent British defense reduc tions. He satd the United King dom since World War II had en countered difficulty keeping her economic nose above water and that the wcrld should understand that the security position of a nation is not always determined wholly by the number of her troops but equally by the state of her economy. He said U.S.-Egyptian nego tiations on the Suez Canal are continuing and that he hopes for a satisfactory conclusion. Be cause of this hope, he said the United States is not prepared at this time to recommend feferral of the Suez to the Security Council.- . - -- - He continued his week to week defense of his big 1958 budget. He said it is a terrific amount to extract from the econ omy and, while some savings might be possible, they can be achieved only by restudy and re-evaluation of the major, more costly programs of the govern ment. He thought it was illogical to attempt to curb Japanese ex ports to this country while at the same time attempting to tell the Japanese they cannot trade with Red China. He said there is no prospect of this country ending its embargo on trade with Communist China. But, he said, it is difficult to see how the Jap anese can make a living if we try to impose heavy duties and quota' restrictions on her pro ducts and not leave her with other territories in which she can do business. The President denied that members of his staff have kept away from him examples of pub lic criticism lest it . make him angry and hurt his health. He did display a bright red sore on the end of his nose, but he laughingly explained that this resulted from overexposure to a sun lamp. Believes in Criticism The President said he does not believe that honest, fair crit icism hurts anyone. As a matter of record, he said, he has not been criticized while in the White House nearly as hard as he was on some occasions dur ing World War II when he was the Allied commander in Eur ope. The chief executive said philo sophically that criticism of pub lic figures is a good thing. But, with a chuckle, he added that this does not mean for a moment that he is admitting all of the things said about him. Discussing congressional treat' mcnt of some of his pet pro grams, he said all Americans have a right to their own opin ions, but the government of a modern era frequently has to take new approaches and break with customs of the past, all of which leads to a natural clash of ideas. He said emphatically that he thinks this country should take a much stronger and longer look than 2u the past at the par ticipation of the federal govern ment in essentially local activ ities, whether it be drought re lief or disaster assistance. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 485.17, up 2.51; 20 rail roads 147.38, up 1.92; 15 utilities 71.36, up 0.09, and 65 stocks 170.89, up 1.05. Sales Wednes day were about 2.920.000 shares compared with 2,400,000 shares Tuesday.
