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CUTS Medford United Prea ruli incased Wlt 23 Pages MEDFORD, Tax Plans Proposed Repeal of Surtax. Payment Increase Among Proposals Four Per Cent Tax On First $500 Told Salem (U.R) The Democrat ic majority of the House Tax Committee today came up with a tax program for the next two years calling for surtax repeal, increased income taxes, restora tion of personal exemptions and dependency credit from $500 to $600 and elimination of the per sonal property tax offset. . Rep. Clarence Barton, Co quille Democrat and chairman of the committee, said that after three months study the commit tee decided that taxes would have to be increased on 11 groups of taxpayers in order to raise needed 'revenue. Four Per Cent Tax Proposed income tax legisla tion would levy a four per cent tax on the first $500 of, income, five per cent from $500 to $1000, six per cent from $1000 to $1500, seven per cent from $1500 to $2000, eight per cent from $2000 to $3000, nine per cent from $3000 to $4000, 10 per cent from $4000 to $8000 and 11.1 per cent on all income over $8000. This rate structure raises rates at the lower level and lejves them as they now exist at the highest level. But Barton said that increas-i ing the personal exemption and dependency credit will give tax payers in the lower income trackets some relief and cause Bpper income taxpayers to pay cjfofBitly more- Coupled with tTie'Tn'cbme lax jgiioe would be a "realistic" with holding tax law, Barton said. QWTk To Start Friday Also in the program was a kill to increase inheritance and gift taxes. The bill would ex empt life insurance proceeds of $60,000 and tax all sums above that. Work on the bills embodying the Democratic program will start Friday. Under the bill reducing the personal property offset, rates paid by corporations under ihe corporate excise tax will be re duced from eight per cent to seven per cent. This will apply to both businesses and utilities. National banking corporations will be increased from eight to nine per cent. Barton said the income tax program would result in a tax cut for a family of four if the income is under $7,000. From $7,000 on up the same family would receive a slight tax in crease. No familv of four would pay more than $11 a year additional taxes, Barton said. New Members of County Grand Jury Are Listed Selection of a Jackson county grand jury to serve from April through July was completed re cently in circuit court. The new jurors include Ray mond G. Niehaus, 211 Mace rd., Medford; Helga E. Mitchell, route 1, box 7B, Jacksonville; Ralph Stuart, 596 Park st., Ash land; Kenneth F. MacDonald, 512 Fairmont st., Medford; Blanche R- Martin, 1114 West 11th St., Medford; Allen A. Smith, 1306 South Columbus st., Medford; and L. N. Schade, 1704 East Main st., Medford. Alsburys, Chrysler Family Mobilgas Economy Winners Sun Valley, Idaho (U.R) Two families, the Alsbury of Cali fornia and the Chrysler family f automobiles, walked off to day with the top honors in the annual Mobilgas Economy Run. Mel Alsbury Jr., Whittier, took double win as he drove his big 1957 Chrysler Imperial to fhe sweepstakes title as well as first in the Class D, or high priced car class. Mother Places Second 'He averaged 64.5153 ton miles per gallon in the four-day run from Los Angeles to Sun Valley over a 1,568 mile course, with a gas .consumption of 20.9465 miles per gallon. Second in the sweepstakes finish was his moth er. Mildred Alsbury, also driv ing a Chrysler Imperial, with a ton mile per gallon average of 61.7535 and a per gallon average of 19.9527. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL Norman Communist Link Learned From Canadian Channels Ottawa (U.R) The E. Herbert Norman suicide case exploded today with disclosure that the Canadian envoy to Cairo earned a Royal Canadian Mounted Po lice Communist tag in 1940, that it was removed 10 years later, and that a U.S. Senate commit tee learned the- story through Canada's own security channels. Norman, ambassador to Egypt and Lebanon, jumped to his death from a Cairo building late last month. Canadian officials blamed his death on despond ency over a U. S. Senate sub committee's recent resurrection of their old charge that he was a Communist. External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson, whose hand ling of the Norman issue was Bids Are Called For Water. Sewer System at Lake Bids will be opened at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, at Crater Lake National park on water and sewer system construction, Tom Williams, superintendent of the park, has announced. The lines will supply water and sewer facilities for new res idential buildings at park head quarters. " Plans - and specifica tions are availiable at the park service office in the Medford post office building. The project is one of several construction jobs which will be advertised during the next few weeks, and is part of the 10-year Mission 66 program of the park service. Construction Contracts Williams said that, assuming the passage of the department of interior's 1958 appropriation bill now being considered by con gress, construction contracts well in excess of $500,000 will be awarded for work at Crater Lake this season. Mission 66 is designed to bring park facilities up to a standard commensurate with their import ance to the public. The program was so named because the pro gram will end in 1966, the 50th anniversary of the national park service, when 80 million people are expected to visit the national parks. Other projects for which bids will be called in the near future include 18,000 tons of crushed stone, most of it for stockpiles; 12 residential units, two and four unit apartments; two com fort stations for Ma'zama camp ground, remodeling equipment storage building, 25,000 gallon steel water reservoir, Annie Spring encasement, and picnic site roads. Portland Man Fined In Municipal Court James Alan McCorquodale, Portland, was fined $100 and his driver's license was suspended 90 days Wednesday after plead ing guilty in municipal court to charges of driving while under influence of intoxicating liquor. McCorquodale was arrested early Wednesday morning by city police. Brother George Alsbury took first place in the Class C, or upper medium price-range, with a Chrysler Saratoga. His ton mileage average was 56.7267, while his per gallon average was 20.7032. All winners were decided on a ton mileage basis, computed by multiplying tlie weight of the car by its gas consumption. Only Woman Winner Winner of the Class A, low priced range, was the only wom an to take a first tyace, Mary Davis, West Hollywood, driving a Plymouth Belvedere, with a 52.6211 ton mile average and a 21.3907 mile per gallon average. William J. Losher, Pacoima, Calif., driving a Dodge Coronet, won the Class B. low medium priced field, test with a 55.8920 ton mile and 22.047 mile per gallon. Tribune United Press KuU uased Wira 18, 1957 No. 24 sharply criticized by several newspapers, bared to public scrutiny for the first time Wed nesday night the circumstances leading to Norman's suicide. Two Points Emphasixed Pearson answered charges and recitals of charges against Norman in a telegram to the editor of the Montreal Gazette. The statement was aimed direct ly at three, days of columns by Ottawa correspondent Arthur Blakely which was largely an indictment of the government's alleged bungling of the Norman case. The statement also answered the charges and . comments against Norman by U. S. Senate subcommittee counsel Robert Morris. The Gazette published the text of Pearson's statement on its editorial page without comment Pearson's statement' empha sized two points: Although U. S. security ag encies had had the information about Norman and apparently had "leaked"' it to the Senate committee, the Canadian gov ernment refused to make the in formation public in Canada. Pearson told the Commons on April 12, the last day of the session, that the Senate subcom mittee's information on Norman did not come from any Canadian security source via a UnitPd States agency.- But he admitted Wednesday night that ' Morris knew of the first' report which labelled Norman a Communist. Security Probe Held Pearson said in his telegram that his decision to retain Nor man's services after Norman un derwent a security probe in 1950-51 was taken "only ' after a meticulous examination of the evidence available to the inves tigating authorities." This information included Norman's "associations with the Communists during his .univer sity days, as well as any. possible associations subsequent to his membership" in the External Affairs Department. "On the basis of investiga tion," Pearson said, "I conclud ed that he had had as a student ideological beliefs which were close to some brand of Commun ism. I also concluded that he regretted these earlier associa tions and beliefs and had volun tarily abandoned them by the time he entered the Canadian foreign service." Dealing with statements by Morris and Blakely concerning reports that Norman was a Communist, Pearson said: "It is true that a report by an RCMP secret agent mentions Norman as a member of the Canadian Communfst Party in 1940 and it is no doubt this re port which was forwarded by the RCMP in October 1950 to appropriate agencies, to which Mr. Blakely and Mr. Morris re fer. "How this report became pub lic I can only guess." Chief Urges People To Report Objects Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin today urged Medford residents to report immediately any objects which might be a so-called home made bomb. Several of the objects have been reported in recent weeks, Chief Champlin reminded resi dents, and police are continuing work on determining their arigin. - While the objects are crude, they are potentially dangerous, particularly to small children who might pick them up, he emphasized, He ' warned resi dents not to get too close to any object they suspect, but to call the police and one of the four officers who have been accred ited as explosion ordinance reconaissance agents will re spond immediately to dispose of the objects. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 488.03, up 3.01; 20 railroads 145.26, off 0.31; 15 utilities 72.22, up 0.24, and 65 stocks 171.33, up 0.63- Sales today were about 2.480.000 shares compared with 2,290,000 shares Wednesday. "Fellows, I'd Rather Stand On My Own Feet" All But Three County Cities Show Increase All but three Jackson county cities showed population in creases between 1950 and 1957 according to figures compiled for the state census board for the purpose of adjusting liquor and highway fund allocations. The three communities show ing declines in population are Butte Falls, Jacksonville and Phoenix. Medford showed the greatest increase in the county. The num ber of residents increased from 17,305 in 1950 to 22,222 this year, an 'increase of 28.4 per cent. Central Point showed a 23 per cent increase from 1,667 to 2,050; Talent's population in creased 21.1 per cent from 739 to 895; Eagle Point showed an increase from 607 to 711, 17.1 per cent; and Ashland had a 13.1 per cent increase from 7,739 to 8,750. Other Increases :Other population increases in the county - include Gold: Hill from 619 to 655, 5.8 per cent; and Rogue River from 590. to 600, 1.7 per cent. Butte Falls' population de clined from 372 to 362, or 2.7 Public Event Slated In New NG Armory , ' The first public event to be held in the new National Guard Memorial armory building, now nearing completion, -will be a Medford Home and Auto Show, to be' held May 30 through June 2, according to representatives of the Medford Home and Auto Show association. The show, which will include several nationally-known enter tainers, also will feature ad vances in home construction, re modeling, appliances and furni shings, demonstrated by Med ford merchants. Other features of the show wilj include models of automo biles, boats, and sporting equip ment, according to association members. The event is planned as the first in a series of annual shows. Headquarters for the association are in the Medford hotel. Ellsworth Appointed Civil Service Head Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower today appointed former Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore), as chairman of the Civil Service commission. -j The president also appointed Christopher H. Phillips of Bev erly, Mass., to be vice chairman of the commission. Ellsworth, Phillips and Fred erick J. Lawton of Washington, TJ.C, third member of the com mission, were sworn as commis sion members today at the White House. Lawton is a pre vious member of the ' commis sion. , New York (U.R) A male and a female tiger fought to the death in a circus ring before a matinee audience of squealing children Wednesday. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Friday. Colder - nicht with low 34. High Fri day S3. , Temp. Hicht Yesterday fS Lowest Urn Mornlne 47 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .02 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:S a.m. Sunset fi:56 p.m. The Moon rises 11:37 p.m. and rides low. 4 Last Quarter .: Sunday VISIBLE PLANETS Mercury, sets 8:08 p.m. Mars, sets 10:44 p.m. Jupiter, high in south west 12:05 a.m. Saturn, due south 3:13 a.m. per cent; Jacksonville showed a decrease from 1,193 to 1,166 2.3 per cent; and Phoenix' popu lation declined 2 per cent from 746 to 731. In Josephine county, Grants Pass increased 23 per cent from 8,116 in 1950 to 9,986 in 1957, according to the census board. Cave Junction showed an in crease from 283 to 300, or 6 per cent. Chiloquin in Klamath county reported a 36.2 per cent rise from 668 to 909, and Klamath Falls showed an increase from 15,875 to 19,000, or 19.7 per cent. Merrill reported an in crease of .6 per cent from 835 to 840, while Malin and Bon anza each reported no change from 1950 populations of 592 and 259, respectively. ike's Brother Sticks To Views j. On High Budget - Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower's big brother. Edgar firmly, stuck to his cut-the- budget views today despite some White House cooking and a pres idential ribbing. The Tacoma, -Wash., lawyer, who caused a sensation Tuesday by calling his brother's $71,800, 000,000 budget "too big," attend ed a stag dinner at the White House Wednesday night. His wife? Lucy, dined upstairs in the mansion with the First Lady. Afterwards Edgar admitted to reporters waiting for him at his hotel suite" that the Chief Execu tive and their younger brother, Milton, kidded him about his views on the budget. Not Taking Advice "But I haven't changed my mind one bit," he said emphati cally. The 68-year-old lawyer, two years older than the President, said his brothers reminded him 'that all expenses have gone up." "Dwight asked me if my of fice expenses were up," he said. "I said I couldn't tell because I had moved and didn't have any means of comparing."' He said he and Milton, presi dent of Johns Hopkins Univer sity, chatted with the President for a while before the dinner. Then, indicating the report ers in his hotel room with a wave of his arm, he added: "If I'd taken their advice none of you would be here right now." Receives Favorable Comments . Becoming more serious, he motioned to a large pile of tele grams on a coffee table. "I've had a stack of wires and phone calls all of which have commended me on what I'said," he told newsmen. "And up to now. nobody has called to criti cize me." "I was surprised at the reac tion.' It was quite different than I had expected." Tod Tibbutt Named RC Drive Chairman Tod Tibbutt, 2215 East Main st., has been named chairman of the Jackson county Red Cross fund drive to be conducted in September, chapter officials re ported today. ! - Tibbutt is - business manager of Doctor's Clinic in Medford. The September Red Cross drive will be held along with the- United Medford Crusade and will be conducted in all areas of the county except Med ford. The county drive is usual ly held in March. It was delayed this year because of the high rate of unemployment here in March-- Congress Must Repeal Certain -Obligation Laws Proposal Would Reduce Obligational Authority Washington i(U.R) President Eisenhower suggested to Con gress today that his requests for appropriations could be cut by some $1,858,000,000. But he said that substantial reduction in his proposed $71, 800,000,000 spending budget for fiscal 1958 "cannot be made" un less Congress revises or repeals certain laws obligating the gov ernment to spend specific sums for specific purposes. What the' President proposes to trim by $1,858,000,000 is the so-called obligational authority for fiscal 1958. As contained in the budget he presented to Con gress in January this is esti mated at $73,300,000,000. If the President's proposals for reducing actual appropria tions are carried out, the figure for appropriations or obliga tional authority for fiscal 1958 will be almost the same as the estimated spending figure.. No Prompt Tax Cuts He outlined the proposal in a letter to Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas. . Eisenhower held out some hope over the long run for tax cuts, but gave no support for any reductions now. "Given continuation of heal thy economic growth and of strict expenditure control," the President said, reduction in ap propriation requests of $1,858, 000,000 "will begin to lay a firm fiscal foundation for . the time when we can be sufficiently as sured that our income will so exceed our expenses as to jus tify a reasonable tax cut for every taxpayer while we con tinue to reduce the govern ment's debt." Eisenhower drew a careful distinction between cutting ex penditures proposed in the bud get and appropriations requests. Wants Spending Delayed While no substantial reduc tions can be made in expendi tures, he said, there is a "more promising, outlook" . in reducing requests for new spending au thority. 7 ' He said budgetary reviews since January have disclosed the feasibility of postponing certain requests "without. serious dam age to program levels. The President then suggested these actions, some of which previously have been - men tioned: Reduction by $500 million of new spending authority for the military assistance phase of the mutual security program. Reduction by $200 million of new spending authority for military public works. Less urg ent projects could be delayed. Soil Bank Cut Proposed Reduction by $254 million of new spending authority for the soil bank program. This can be brought about by new pro jections of the program's operat ing rate and related financial requirements. - Reduction of the Federal National Mortgage Association's spending authority of $50 mil lion. Reduction in new spending authority of $25 million for col lege housing authorizations. Reduction in new spending authority of $25 million through adjustments of Corps of En gineer construction schedules. Fair Commission Bill Dropped for This Term Salem ttl.R) Sen. Dwight Hopkins, Imbler 'Democrat, an nounced today that due to the tie vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee on a bill which would abolish the State Fair Commis sion, he was dropping the meas ure for this session. Under terms of the bill, the direction of the State Fair would have been returned to the State Department of Agricul ture. : . Good Friday Services Will Several Medford Churches Good Friday services will be held in several Medford churches Friday, April 19. Services sponsored . by -the Medford Ministerial association will be held from noon until 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian church. Eighth and Holly sts. The Rev. Raymond Hum, pas tor of the first Church of the Nazarene and president of the association, will be moderator for the three hour service. Ministers during the" service will change every 25 minutes with the following ministers par ticipating: the Rev. George A. Trobough, First Methodist; the Rev. R. H. Mathewson, Four square Gospel; the Rev. John Taylor, St. Luke's Methodist; the Rev. Lawrence D. Krause, Bethel Assembly of God; Clynton Cris- anian King be. jngthens Hold On Shaky Country By UNITED PRESS King Hussein of Jordan con solidated his hold on the coun try today, backed by strong Iraqi and Saudi Arabian troop concentrations near his border and by a U. S. promise of aid if attacked. Hussein, after five days of temporizing, issued a royal de cree formally firing Maj. Gen. Ali Abu Nuwar, the chief of staff who fled to Syria when Hussein broke a plot to de throne him. In his place he named Maj. Gen. Ali Hayari. one of the Bedouin tribesmen whose loyal support saved the king from the plot. At the same time, authorita tive Arab sources in Beirut, Leb anon, disclosed how close the Middle East came to war last week. They said Hussein per- Big Three StilJ Pledged To Defend Against Aggression Washington !U.R) The Unit ed States, Britain and France are still pledged to take imme diate action to prevent - viola tion of frontiers or armistice lines by either Israel or the Arab states, diplomats said to day. The big three pledge, signed in 1950, was weakened by the British-French invasion of Egypt last Oct. 31, but diplomats of the three powers are trying to strengthen the agreement and put it back on the pre-invasion footing. President Eisenhower said Wednesday the May 25, 1950, three power declaration is one of two ways the United States could act to assist a victim of middle eastern aggression. The aeclaration , would apply . m event of an "Israel-Arab dis pute," the president said. Action Under Doctrine In event of a .Communist strike against Jordan or some other middle eastern : country, American - action also could . be taken under the recently ap- proved ' "Eisenhower Doctrine," the President pointed out This authorizes the President to use American armed forces if help is requested by mid-East nations against a Communist attack. - The Brjtish and French em bassies were pleased to hear the President say the 1950 pledge is still in effect. Similar as surances have been made pri vately to Britain and France by the State Department, it was learned. Under terms of the 1950 three power declaration the. United States, Britain and France pledged their opposition to a middle eastern arms race. Medford School Board Discusses Survey. The Medford school board last night discussed a study' and sur vey of school building needs and locations now under way in tne district with Dr. Keith Gold hammer of the University of Oregon. The board voted to continue the survey. Dr. Goldhammer recently re turned to the university from Stanford university .where he was enrolled in the school of education as a specialist ' in school . buildings and organiza tion. J ' His assignment at "the Univer sity of Oregon includes working with school districts in connec tion with reorganization, school buildings, and school financing. man, Friends church; Dr. Kirk land West, First Presbyterian; and the Rev. Escil Hiser, Church of the Brethren. Students of . McLoughlin Jun ior High school may attend serv ices at the First Church of the Nazarene, 520 North Holly st, with the Rev. Wayne Batche lor, Mt. Pitt Avenue Church of the Nazarene, as speaker, from 2 until 3 p.m. Hedrick Junior High school students wishing, to attend - Good - Friday services from 2 until 3 p.m. may attend Eastwood Baptist - church at Ridgeway and North Keeneway dr. with the Rev. John O. Reyn olds of the First Presbyterian church as speaker. Services will be held for Med ford High school students this year for the first time. They' will sonally delivered an ultimatum on tank equipped Syrian troop reinforcements to leave the country or be driven out by Iraqi troops and planes. Faced Syrian Troops Syria had sent in 3,000 troops during the Israeli invasion of Egypt. It sent in more when Hussein fired Premier Suleiman Nabulsi, who was pro-Syrian, pro-Egyptian and pro-Soviet. The reports said Hussein met the troops and delivered the ulti matum in person. They with drew. Authoritative reports said Hussein 'was backed up in his formal action against Nuwar by promises of aid from Iraq, hi neighbor to the northwest that is ruled by King Feisal. his cousin, and by promises of aid from Saudi Arabia to the south. He also had before him Presi dent Eisenhower's news confer ence statement of -Wednesday that the United States would as sist Jordan if it should become the victim of aggression. Israel Fearful - Israeli officials, who have backed Hussein since the start of the crisis in belief he. did not want war, expressed fear today the political storm in Jordan would erupt again, that this was the lull before the storm. The independent Egyptian newspaper Al Akhbar said in Cairo that the Jordan crisis was the "first act" in the United States plan to "isolate" Egypt It predicted the Amman crisis would explode again and said the next week would be a cru cial one for Jordan. Although the Egyptian press was declaring the United States responsible, directly or indirect ly, for the crisis in Jordan, the semi-official Middle East News Agency took a more moderate line today. It said "good news" will be announced shortly about the U. S.-Egyptian negotiations on the Suez Canal. ,. ... Advanced Course Held for Foremen Rain this morning caused can cellation of a scheduled field trip to the Timber mountain area for a fire foremen's advanced training course sponsored by the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm association in co operation with federal and state agencies. About 50 men registered for the advanced' course attended sessions ' at southwest district headquarters of the state forestry department on Table Rock rd. A basic fire foreman's course was conducted yesterday at the southwest district headquarters, and another basic course will be held tomorrow in Grants Pass. The advanced course today in cluded demonstrations on fire lh.e construction by hand and bulldozer, use of water, dry mop up, and fire behavior. baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 3 6 0 Boston 2 7 0 Kucks, Grim (8) and Gerra: F. Sullivan and White. Horn run: Bauer, New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 14 0 Brooklyn 6 14 2 Arroyo, Purkey 5, Churn 7 King 8 and Kraviti; Maglie and Campanella. Home runt: Hodgei and Snider, Brooklyn. Philadelphia 2 8 0 New York 6 7 1 Simmons, Farrell (6), Miller (7) and Lopata; Gomez and Westrum. Home runs: Harris and Sauer, New York. Be Held in Tomorrow be at the First Christian church. Ninth and Oakdale ave.. from 2 until 3 p.m. The Rev. Haddon Robinson, First Baptist church, will speak. Students planning to attend any of the regularly scheduled afternoon services on Good Fri day must have a note from their parents giving them permission, according to public school offi cials. Other churches which will hold three-hour Good Friday services include St Mark's Epis copal church. Fifth st. and Oak dale ave., from noon to 3 p.m.; and St. Peter Evangelical Lu-i theran church at 1020 East Main st, during the same time. Many churches will serve communion tonight in observ ance of Maundy Thursday. i
