Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 28, 1957, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextJACK AND JILL This float, whose theme was "Jack and JUL" was judged the best designed float of the fourth an nual Pear Blossom Festival Saturday. It was awarded one of '. three $50 sweepstake prizes. Sponsors of the float were the Women of the Moose. At Hawthorne park Medford Mayor John Snider introduced three visiting dignitaries. Governors Robert D. Holmes of Oregon and G. Mennen Williams of Michigan, and Congressman Charles O. Porter. All three were presented boxes of Jackson county pears. Recommended A story on winners of Satur day's fourth annual Pear Blos som Festival parade Is featured on pace 14 of today's Mall Tribune. 60 PAGES Russians Reach iw, Climax in Campaign BY HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance. Inc. Copyright, 1957, by Harry S. Truman (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden without Written authoriiation.) The Russians have reached of fear. They are trying to make their communist desiens. That is series of nuclear explosions and their thinly veiled threats of an nihilation in their recent mes sages to Eurpoean capitals. Their object is to disarm and disrupt the free world. The Russians like to pose as "peace-loving' nation, anxious only about its own security and survival, when, in fact, the real purpose, of the Kremlin is to ter rorize tree nations into coming under its influence. I am sorry to say that there are lome people whe cry - peace, peace with the Russians when there is no peace, just as Jeremiah lamented in Babylonian times. There are those today who- .do not realize that unless the free nations face up to the Bolsheviks and meet strength with strength, there can be but one kind of peace a ' Hungarian peace on Kremlin terms. Attempting Three Things I believe the Russians are attempting to do three things: They are trying to intimidate the free world; they are trying to break up the NATO alliance: they are determined, at any cost, to achieve supremacy and domination in the nuclear field. The Russians are taking advantage of the opportunity we gave them in the Suez misadventure to drive 'the Western Allies still further apart. In the typical Russian fashion of exploiting the fear of nuclear war, they are combining an unusual number of nuclear explosions with threats of destruction to independent nations in the West, the South and the East. We must be neither intimidated nor beguiled into lowering our guard by naively believing that the Russians are now really serious in seeking better relations with us and our Western Allies. We must not again make the mistake we made at the Geneva "Summit" conference when our government wishfully mistook the grinning tactics of the new masters of the Kremlin as a sign of a reformed Russian approach to world peace. (Continued on Page 5) ' New Weaiher Fury Spreads in Texas Dallas,. Tex. (U.R) A six and a half million dollar flood on the Trinity river crested in the homes of 2,500 persons Sat urday while new weather fury spread to the southern and west ern parts of the state. A nine-day seige of tornadoes, thunderstorms and floods went on without interruption. In Dallas, a child was report ed swept away at White Rock ww' - Kes? C5si3s-... fcS-V'! i .ryyw'M pf. 4 W S - ,,.,.,.1 j:- . ,, fk"F X , mm iMlitf&Mli VA A r : : I -vV- - J fe ;MW8lltt- POLICE m KpA SPring 3 is ..I liUMBERS Medford police and fire . apartments now have new emergency num bers as the result of Pacific Telephone and ' Telegraph company' switch to a direct dial ing system in the Greater Medford - area 52nd Year MWQRD Untied Pre a new climax in their campaign western Europe surrender to the main reason behind their HARRY S. TRUMAN lake when he was trying to wade in flooded back waters. Police called for boats and searched for the body. Some 120 miles south the riv ers of central' Texas swelled over their banks again. More tornadoes were reported and three inches of hail was on the highway near Muleshoe, Tex. "n the western part of the Texas panhandle. - 3636 r ""j'""m"j"iimi11' 1 1111 i V . aaieasWWrwwMBvaHBjBBaBaBaB fil SPrino 2-2333 Saturday night. Holding cards showing new numbers for their respective departments are Police Chief Charles Champlin, left, and Fire Chief Gordon R. Barker. ORIGINAL FLOAT A $50 sweepstake award went to this float for best theme portrayal and originality. Girl Scout Troop 164 made the" float, whose heme was "Ole King Cole." They were sponsored by the Medford unit of the American Legion auxiliary. The Scouts are shown above pro ceeding down Main st. toward Hawthorne park. More than an estimated 10.000 valley residents saw the Pear Blossom festival parade Saturday. Eager. Beaver Found Dead McNary Dam U.R) Joe, the famed Eager Beaver of Mc nary Dam, is dead. The industrious little beaver who made a monumental effort to dam up the navigation locks at this huge hydro electric project was found dead near the downstream guard wall of the locks. Reasons for his death varied. Some said he died of over work from attempting to dam up the navigation lock. Others said he died of a broken heart from seeing his efforts swept away every time the locks were opened. Porter Stand Congressman Charles O. Port er firmly maintained his stand Saturday for immediate intro duction of a bill calling for a Rogue river flood control pro gram. Local proponents for the flood control program maintained with equal steadfastness their stand against introduction of such a bill until the Army Corps of Engineers have completed their current Rogue basin survey. Porter met for an hour Sat urday morning with directors of the Rogue River Basin Flood Control and Water Resources as sociation. About 15 people at tended the meeting, which was held in the Jackson county court room. Open for Amendments t The congressman has indicat ed he plans to introduce a "re quest bill", which would be open for amendments after the en gineers complete their survey. The request bill would authorize a high dam on the Rogue river at Lewis creek. He explained that neither he, Sen. Wayne Morse nor Sen. Richard Neu berger would support a specific program until the engineers and the bureau, of reclamation pre sent their reports. After requirements and feasi bility of a flood control pro gram are determined, Porter said he and the senators would so to bat" for whatever type of program residents of the Rogue valley desire. He advocates immediate in troduction of the request "bill as a device by which construction could begin at an earlier date. He pointed out that failure to introduce the bill now would mean no congressional action could be taken on a flood control program for at least two years. IFIRE 1 tv IS ATT MEDFORD, OREGON, Keeps on Bill William Jess, president ,of the Rogue River Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources as sociation, said his group is in terested in anything to speed up the project. However, he said the association does not want, to renew opposition from - gro'ups which have recently expressed willingness to "go along" with whatever flood control program the Army Corps of Engineers recommend. Basis of opposition from many groups, especially fish, game and other sportsmen's organizations, is their fear of damage to fish from a high dam at Lewis creek Some groups, including the Rogue chapter of the Izaak Wal ton League and the Rogue Rod and Gun club, have said they would be in favor of a program calling for a high dam if the engineers determine that is the only possible means of establish' ing flood control. Jess said introducing a bill now would be like "saddling a dead horse" and would $ only give the opposition 'chance to mobilize. He added he would rather have the construction date delayed two years by failure to introduce the bill now, than to have it delayed 10 years by premature introduction' of the bill. Urge Immediate Action Porter said he has no wish to stir up "old wounds" but noted many people have written to him urging immediate action. He also commented the filing the bill now to get earlier action was a matter of tactics and not some thing to be decided here. Mrs. Kathryn Heffernan, ap pearing on behalf of soil con servation districts, urged Porter to stress tributary phases of the flood control program and give less emphasis to a high dam. Porter said omitting a high dam from the request bill would not be advisable. He explained, "There is a substantial body of professional evidence to indicate a dam at Lewis creek will be what the engineers will come up with." . - Charles Brooks, Eugene, rep resenting Senator Morse, read to the group a statement in which Senator Morse supported Porter in his stand for im mediate introduction of the bill. Summarized Work At the start of the meeting, Porter read a letter from Col. Francis McBride, executive of ficer for the district engineer's office. The letter summarized work the engineers have done to date in the Rogue basin. This includes air photographs and preliminary surveys on storage and reservoir possibilities. Re maining to be done are field sur veys on the main stem of the Rogue river and its tributaries. The letter pointed out the engineers' study will cost more than was originally estimated. Completion date for the survey, previously scheduled for June 30, can not be met because of a delay in the project caused by lack of funds. The letter in dicated completion is planned for the fall of 1858. FIRST PRIZE Matlack's Super Market, Medford, , was awarded a $25 first prize in the commercial float division for the above entry. The float's theme was "Woman in the Shoe." Jay Pierce, Festival president presented parade . awards. Theme of this year's festival was "Nursery Rhymes." Funds contributed by Medford merchants provided a free movie for children at the Craterian theater following parade ceremonies. Another feature of the festival were sports and racing cars displayed by owners at Hawthorne park. Lwbwsa 1 RIB UNE SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1957 2&ki -r-tnr-rttrtM , mmm , mA T si ls ill rmiffmmM ..,,--' k-mmuK . GOVERNORS MEET Gov. G. Mennen Wil liams of Michigan, left, is shown exchanging greetings with' Gov." and 'Mrs. Robert 'D. " Holmes at the Medford municipal ' airport. I Ail three arrived in Medford Saturday morn Jin g. Governor : Holmes introduced Governor Williams as main speaker' Saturday night at Democratic Party, People Have Rendezvous in 1 960 Williams The Democratic party and the people of Ameeica. can have a rendezvous with destiny in 1960, Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan told about 500 peo ple here last night. Governor Williams was guest speaker at the seventh annual Roosevelt Memorial, dinner in the McLoughlin Junior High school auditorium. He was in troduced by Oregon Gov. Rob ert' D. Holmes. Theme of Governor Williams' talk was based on a statement made by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1956 Democratic Nation al convention: "The context . of 'liberalism has changed since my husband's time. The need for liberal leadership remains as acute as it was in 1932, but the issues today are different ones." Governor Williams quoted Franklin Roosevelt's widow as raying if her husband were alive today he would not be fighting the battles of the depression and the New Deal. He would not be fighting the battles of yes terday. He would be fighting the battles of today and tomor row. "It seems to me," Governor Williams said, "That is precisely the responsibility of the Dem ocratic party and Democratic leadership today . . . The great peaceful social revolution of the 1930s has accomplished its mission. There will always- be grounds for disagreement as to pace and methods, and Demo crats can never cease to be vig ilant, lest the gains made in 20 years of Democratic leadership be sabotaged. But the major re forms, once bitterly fought, are now an accepted and unremov able part of our way of life." - He attributed today's lack of poverty and misery to safe guards erected by the " New Deal. But he said there are cer tain similarities between" the, parly 1930's and today. Period of Normalcy "Today, as in the late 1920's we are passing through a period of so-called 'normalcy' in which the premium has not been on leadership, but on standing with dignity in one place. In Wash ington, there reigns but does not rule, a tired and harassed presi dent, heading a confused and quarreling administration which speaks for a deeply divided min ority party ... At times the president seems to be going though the motions of the presi dency, while others make, the decisions . . . The administration has lost any leadership it ever had in Congress, and is well on the way to losing the confidence of the American people: The whole conservative leadership is in open revolt against, the ad ministration, and big business no longer bothers to conceal its disillusionment.". Governor Williams said we .ire in a valley between heights of decision, and the old problems of the ' Roosevelt-Truman era have been largelymet. "The new issues of today and tomorrow have not even been approached by the Republican administra tion," he stated. , He - said if Roosevelt -were alive today he would be urging a new, modern' foreign policy to-meet 20th century conditions; fight for education in this coun try;' battle for' conservation of land, . water . and power poten tials and natural resources; put some ' brakes ' on the "gigantic power . of growing monopolies that are strangling small busin ess;" offer the American farmer better counsel than the Repub lican advice to "get off the 'Tell You What I'll If You'll Help Me COMIC ENTRY Cub Scout Pack One was awarded a $50 sweepstake prize for this float, judged the best comic entry. Theme for the float was "There was a crooked man who had a crooked pear tree.". At Hawthorne park, the Grants Pass Cavemen held Governors Holmes and Williams captive until presented boxes of Jackson county pears. In the meantime, Cavemen forced the governor's to eat "raw dinosaur meat," they said.. A complete story on winners of the Festival pa rade appears on page 14. Price 10' United Press full Leased Wire the annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner at Mc Loughlin Junior High school. Congressman Charles O. Porter,-representative -of this dig-, trict, was master of ceremonies at the dr . -ner. ' . , ' . . , (Kenn Knackstedt"xAolo). farm and leave the nation's food supply 'to- those- who -can make a big business out, of farming;" and offer leadership rather than lip service to the cause of civil rights. ' - "' ' Vigorous Fight ' Governor Williams said that Roosevelt would also be putting up a" Vigorous - fight for " good peacetime use of atomic energy; would be meeting the growing problem of industrial automation so it would build a new. society of reduced, working hours, more leisure and a deeper culture ra ther than ? produce unemploy ment; and would be mobilizing all power, of the federal govern ment in the struggle against dis ease.' ' ' : VThese are ;among the chal lenges of today, the context of the new liberalism," he said. "If we Democrats are faithful to the spirit of Franklin Roosevelt, if we meet the problems of the 1950's as he met those, of the 1930's, then I can even name you the date when the American peo ple will get back on the track of progress and start moving for ward again - under Democratic leadership." Let Some Of You In Hold The Door" f : Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune in Medford phone 2-6141. Ashland 3-1021 Yreka 841 W before 6:45 p.m. daily and 10 30 ajn Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. No. 32 Gamal Nasser Calls Session of Cabinet To Discuss Jordan Call for Resignation Of Premier Hashem Cairn U.P.) Twn thousand Arab students most of them from Jordan staged a mass demon stration last night shortly after President Gamal Abdel Nasser called an extraordinary session or tne cabinet to discuss the Jor danian crisis. The students called for the res ignation of pro-western Jordan ian premier Ibhahim Hashem, formation of a Nationalist gov ernment in Jordan, lifting of martial law there, reinstatement of ousted officers, rej'ection of the . Eisenhower doctrine and King Hussein's adherence to a positive neutrality -- -: Mais in Streets The students massed in the streets of Cairo shortly after Nasser held a one-hour emergen cy session with the Egyptian cabinet and then went into pri- vate conference with Syrian. President Shukri EI Kuwatly, who flew to Cairo Saturday from Damascus. Earlier. EevDt said it "is more anxious than any country" to preserve the independence and safety of Jordan. The first official EevDtian comment on the Jordanian cris is followed attacks in the Cairo press against the United States ior its actions over the situation. The government newspaper "Al Goumhouria" said in a dis patch from its New York cor respondent that the Sovipt Gov ernment sent President Eisen hower' a note warning against intervention in Jordan. A government SDokesmnn de nied that the- United States had warned Egypt against action in the crisis. Never In Contact Public information director Abdel' Kader Hatem, comment ing on a U.S. state department announcement that it had warn ed the mideast to keep hands off Jordan said Egypt never has had contact with the United Stafpn over the Jordan crisis. President Gambal Abdel Nas ser called his cabinet into ex traordinary session to discuss f h Jordanian situation and the Su ez canal-Gulf of Aqaba issues. Informed sources said Nasser shortly will launch a campaign to oust United Nations occupa tion troops from the Sharm El sneiKn . cove which overlooks the gulf of Aqaba. The sources said that if Egypt takes over again in the area it undoubtedly would lead to re newed attacks on Israeli ship ping by Egyptian shore bat teries. - Asmara, Eriterea (U.R) James P. Richards, U. S. roving ambassador for the Eisenhower Doctrine, said Saturday the pro gram has overcome the threat of Communism in the Middle Fast despite .the flareup in Jor dan. Weather FORECAST: Fair today and to night, partly rlnndy and cool er Monday. High today S2, ' low tonight 42, high Monday 70. Highest Yesterday 7 ' Lowest Yesterday 38 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:11 a.m. 7:07 p.m. 4:54 a.m. Sunset Moonrise Monday PROMINENT STAB Albebaran. sets 3:53 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, high in south :lp.m. Mturn. rises lS.lSp.m. Mars. sti 40:34 p.m.