California,
(Battle To
San Francisco Of! California
and Arizona have called a tem
porary truce in their legal battle
over Colorado river water rights
and joined forces to meet the
threat of "squatters" and "es
crow fndians."
The two states temporarily
halted their squabble before Su
preme Court Master Simon Rif
kind Tuesday to protest the leas
ing by the Department of the
Interior of 65,000 acres of reser
vation near Parker, Ariz., to "es
crow Indians."
Northcutt Ely, California chief
counsel, said the states will "con
test any rights to use water here
which would leapfrog over prig
appropriations in California and
Arizona."
Ely also announced that "high
level" conferences are being con
ducted in Washington in an at
tempt to stop squatters from "il
legally taking" water from the
river's already overdrawn sup
ply. Fertile Land Leased
The "escrow Indian" affair
came up when Ely produced an
announcement by the Interior
Knowland,
For Military Aid To Yugoslavia
Washington (if) Senate
GOP Leader William F. Know
land today headed a drive to
block administration plans to
resume shipments of major mili
tary aid to Communist Yugo
slavia. Knowland called the decision
a "mistake." Chairman Styles
Bridges (N.H.), of the Senate
GOP Policy committee said it
was a "great mistake."
Eisenhower Approves
The State Department an
nounced plans late Tuesday to
resume the shipments, including
jet planes. It said it had the
specific approval of President
Eisenhower.
The department said the ac
tion was in the interest of the
United States and in line with
established U.S. policy "of lend
ing support to those countries
seeking to withstand Soviet
pressure."
"I am not in favor of taxing
the American people to suppo"-t
Duncan to Speak
At Portland Meeting
Portland Robert B. Duncan,
Medford representative to the
state legislature, will discuss "A
Life for a Life Reexamined,"
here at the annual meeting of
the Oregon Prison association,
according to W. J. Jones, presi
dent of the United Fund mem
ber agency, Portland.
The noon luncheon meeting
will be held Wednesday, May
22, at the Benson hotel, Port
land. Duncan, of Duncan, Brophy,
Wilson and Duhaime, Medford
law firm, introduced .a bill,
passed in the current legislative
session, abolishing capital pun
ishment in Oregon. Oregon vot
ers will vote on the issue during
a special election in 1958.
Duncan recently served as
chairman of the Jackson county
juvenile court advisory commit
tee. He tolds a BA degree from
Illinois Wesleyan and an LLB
from the University of Michi
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Arizona
Meet Threat off 'Squatters'
Department stating that a large
Phoenix, Ariz., development
company was lessee of the "high
ly fertile, irrigable land on the
Colorado River Indian Reserva
tion." The company was identified as
United Land and Development
Inc., with a reputed $15 million
in operating capital.
Ely, who called owners of such
leases "escrow Indians," also
pointed out that the acquisition
of the 65,000 acres was an "offer
en bloc to one operator."
The Interior Department said
it had not yet determined how
much Colorado river water
would be available for use on the
reservation land.
Attorneys for the two states
said they were concerned
whether the government would
claim "prior and superior water
rights for the Indians," or
whether Indian and non-Indian
rights to water on the lower
Colorado were equal.
Ely said the "squatter" confer
ences were being held by sen
ators from California and Ari
zona with Assistant Secretary of
Bridges Protest Plan
Ithe economic and political sys
tems of Communist countries
abroad," Knowland said.
He said there "are many of
our allies" who are in desper
ate need of jet planes and are
more deserving of aid than Tito
who has no commitment even
to be neutral "if the U.S. should
come under attack."
Bridges, who joined Know
land in a futile fight against the
program last year, said he has
not changed his mind.
"I am absolutely opposed to
it," he said.
Halted Last Summer
The military aid program for
Yugoslavia was halted last sum
mer when Congress voted that
the program should be suspend
ed unless the President ruled
that it was vital to U.S. security.
Eisenhower subsequently rul-
Governor Presents
Trophy to Company
Salem Oregon members of
the Armed Forces and the
state's various active and re
serve military units are honored
in a proclamation signed Mon
day by Gov. Robert D. Holmes
setting aside this week as Armed
Forces week.
Governor Holmes and his two
assistants are scheduled to par
ticipate in Armed Forces week
events. Tne Governor presented
the Eisenhower trophy to Ore
gon City's Heavy Mortar com
pany of the 162nd Infantry, Ore
gon National Guard, during a
special program Tuesday night
at Oregon City at which Gen.
Thomas E. Rilea also was hon
ored. On Wednesday night Assist
ant Harry Swanson Jr., a Naval
reserve commander, will pre
sent the Governor's pennant to
the outstanding squadron of
Willamette university's air re
serve training unit. As a mem
ber of the Army reserve, Assist
ant Tom Wright, a field artillery
captain, will participate in Sa
lem's Armed Forces Week pro
gram Friday.
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the Interior Fred G. Aandahl.
He pointed out that no one had
a right to the water except by
government contract and that the
Interior Department has refused
further water contracts until the
present lawsuit is decided.
Ely said that the Bureau of
Reclamation has estimated that
as much as 100,000 acre feet of
water a year is being used by
the squatters who have placed
pumps in the river on a stretch
from Parker Dam, near Parker,
Ariz., to a point on the river be
low Yuma, Ariz. Other estimates
have placed the figure as high
as 300,000" annual acre feet.
Protests Expected
"We have repeatedly asked the
department to take some action
on the situation," Ely said, "but
so far nothing has come of our
requests."
Any action by the government,
however, was expected to bring
the scores of squatters out in
howling protest, some of them
threatening to hold their parcels
at the point of a gun if neces
sary. Meanwhile the Colorado River
J ed that economic aid should con
tinue but ordered suspension of
military shipments pending an
investigation of whether Tito
was moving back into the Mos
cow orbit.
The State Department an
nouncement said "intervening
events have confirmed the Pres
ident's basic finding that Yugo
slavia is and firmly intends to
remain independent."
Timber Sale Bids
Called for May 22
Cave Junction Three salv
age timber sales have been set
for oral bid at the Illinois Valley
Ranger station, May 22. Two
are on Page mountain, the other
in the Grayback area.
One of the Page mountain
sales, is a tract of 54 acres with
an unguaranteed volume, esti
mated about 1,000 feet per acre.
The second is for about 300,000
feet of cull peelers.
Blowdown timber in the Gray
back sale is estimated at 55,000
board feet.
A sale of about 5 million board
feet in the Grayback drainage is
planned for July. More than a
mile of access road will be con
structed by the forest service be
fore bids are called.
Applegate 6th Grade
Visits Mail Tribune
Seventeen students from the
fifth and sixth grades of Apple
gate school visited the Mail
Tribune plant Tuesday on a
field trip.
They were Bonnie Freeman
tie, Bob Hill, Virgil Prowell,
Arlene Tansey, Alice Kuitert,
Shirley jNielsen, Tommy Her
riot, Billy Hancock, Mary Free
mantle, Mike Elmore, Jackie
Stephenson, Jimmie Stephenson,
Sally Herriott.
The students were accompan
ied by Mrs. Mary Overstreet,
teacher; Mrs. Carl Herriott and
Mrs. Nola Dietrick, parents, and
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Water
1 Board of California was await
ing the outcome of the current
conferences, before making a
formal request of Secretary of
the Interior Fred Seaton to stop
the squatters from taking the
water and possibly evict them
from public lands.
A report sponsored by the
board and written by its legal
representative. Assistant Attor
ney General Gilbert Nelson, sug
gested that the federal govern
ment could bring legal action
against the squatters because of
the "continued drought condi
tions in the Colorado river basin,
the lowered levels of Lake Mead"
and the general lack of sufficient
water in the lower stretches of
the river.
Damage Caused
Nelson suggested that "it might
now be possible to convince the
Department of Interior that dam
age has resulted and will con
tinue to result from the unau
thorized diversions" of water and
that the government might bring
action to enjoin the squatters "if
as a matter of fact damage can
be shown."
The squatters, a group of rug
ged individualists, have dropped
on public land in the Mojave and
Cibola Valleys and along the
river and set up enterprises rang
ing from vacation trailer and
fishing camps to large scale agri
cultural developments.
Two-thirds of the group are in
Arizona and one-third are in Cali
fornia. '
Dulles Produces
Court Decisions
To Support Claim
Washington (W Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles has
come up with a list of court de
cisions to support his claim that
the Constitution's guarantee of
press freedom relates to publi
cation and not gathering . of
news."
Relates To Publication
Dulles raised the issue recent
ly in a letter to Arthur Hays
Sulzberger, publisher and chair
man of the board of the New
York Times. The letters, explain
ing the State Department's ban
on travel by U. S. newsmen to
Red China, said freedom of the
press relates only to publication
of news.
The .first decision listed by
Dulles was ' a 1930 Supreme
Court ruling saying, "It is the
chief purpose of the guaranty
to prevent restraints upon publi
cation." The State Department said
this decision was reaffirmed by
the court in 1951.
In a 1946 decision, according
to Dulles' list, the Supreme
Court said "the purpose of the
Constitution was not to erect the
press into a privileged institu
tion, but to protect all person?
in their right to print."
Cites Other Rulings
Dulles also cited rulings by
the New York Court of Appeals,
the highest court of that state,
and the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court.
He suggested during his new?
conference Tuesday that Ameri
can news organizations hire for
eigners to cover news in Red
China for them. He said this
would not subject Americans to
the mistreatment that has be
fallen U.S. citizens in Commun
ist China, while still providing
Americans with news of Red
China.
Cave Junction State
Highway Discussed
Cave Junction If an 80 foot
curb to curb highway is to be
built through the city of Cave
Junction, some 25 per cent of
the expense for the $75,000 to
$100,000 project probably will
be assumed by the city.
That is the word from State
Highway department engineers
who met with members of the
city council and planning com
mission here Tuesday morning.
W. C. (Dutch) Williams, state
highway engineer, pointed out
that several Oregon cities now
have requests in for state high
way improvement work. In most
instances, he said, the cities are
prepared to pay for curbs and
storm sewer lines, or about one
fourth of the overall cost.
Accompanying Williams to
Cave Junction were Tom Ed
wards, construction engineer
from the Salem office, and F. D.
Morgan, division engineer from
Roseburg, who is in charge of
this territory.
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TOUR GETTYSBURG BATTLEFIELD As President
Eisenhower watches, British Field Marshal Viscount Mont
gomery peers down the muzzle of a Civil War cannon, as
the two World War II generals made a tour of the famed
battlefield in Pennsylvania. Both the president and Mont
gomery, who was a weekend guest at the chief executive's
nearby farm, are students of the Gettysburg battle.
Naval Air Station Halts
Work for Fledgling Birds
Chicago (IP) There'll be no
more emergency drills at Glen
view Naval Air station until a
family of fledgling fliers earns
its, wings.
Bob Mohr, operator of the
emergency crew's 80-ton steel
crane, discovered a robin's nest
tucked away in the steel beams
two weeks ago. Tuesday, he re
ported that one of mother rob
in's five eggs had hatched.
Mohr said the robins refused
to leave the nest even when the
huge, diesel - powered crane is
moved. The operator tied a
cheese cloth net under the nest
to prevent an accident while the
crane travels.
Glenview personnel asked ex
perts at Brookfield zoo if the
nest could be transferred to a
safe spot. But Carl Plath, the
zoo's bird expert, warned,
against it, saying the parents
probably would desert the nest.
So flight operators resolved
the problem by directing Mohr
to "roll only if there is a real
emergency." In the meantime,
daily emergency drills were
cancelled until the baby robins
TWO PAYMENTS
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at the income tax window, a
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Logtown Cemetery Group Sets Meeting
The Logtown Cemetery asso
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meeting and clean-up day Sun
day, May 19, at the pioneer
cemetery near Ruch.
Members and anyone inter
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garden tools, according to Mrs.
Marguerite Black, association
clerk.
A picnic dinner will be served
at the Adams home across the
creek from the cemetery. Those
attending are being asked to
bring salads and desserts, Mrs.
Black said. Main dish and rolls
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