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Seaton Declares Tax
Write-Off Bern
Brought 'Misgivings'
Washington W Interior
Secretary Fred A. Seaton said
today he had "grave misgivings"
over the. granting by the Office
of Defense Mobilization of fast
tax write-off certificates to the
Idaho Power Co. for construc
tion of t9 Pacific Northwest
dams.
Seatoa as id that "the record
before the Federal Power Com
mission tgtabliahcd clearly" that
the certificates were not neces
sary to th construction by the
power firm of the Brownlee
nd Oxbow dams on the Snake
rivr.
Th FPC recently licensed the
company to build the admini
stration supported projects in
preference to a single federal
high dam for power production
in Hells Canyon. Democrats
favored the high dam.
Seaton was called to testify
at a Senate Judiciary Subcom
mittee investigation into the
controversial tax write-off bene
fits given to Idaho Power.
Grave Misgivings
At an earlier hearing, De
fense Mobilizer Gordon Gray
acknowledged that he approved
the write-offs despite a March
11 letter from Seaton urging
that they be denied.
"I had grave misgivings con
cerning the granting of these
certificates because Idaho Power
had stressed that its proposed
'development was to be accom
plished without any cost to the
United States," Seaton testified.
The secretary also said that
he felt '"the company did not ex
pect tax certificates in making
its plans for development of
these units."
Seaton said he recognizes
"full well" that Gray had
Eagle Point Post
Office Jobs Open
Eagle Point Examinations
for substitute clerk and substi
tute carrier to fill positions in
the Eagle Point post office serv
ice have been announced by the
federal civil service.
Entrance salary is $1.82 per
hour, according to Postmaster
James A. VVallis. Application
forms are available at any post
office, and must be filed with
the director, 11th U.S. civil serv
ice region, 302 Federal office
building, Seattle 4, or post
marked not later than June 3,
1957.
Applicants aiust reside within
the delivery are of the Eagle
Point office or b bona fide pa
troni o employee of the post
office, Wallis mid.
authority to approve the write
off "without my concurrence."
He said he had "no criticism"
of Gray because "he exercised
his best judgment as it appeared
to him under authority vested
in him."
Practice Under Attack
"Nevertheless, I reiterate that
I did reoommend against
issuance of the certificates and
would do so again," Seaton said.
"In my opinion such certificates
should not be granted without a
showing of financial need."
Tax write-offs were authoriz
ed during the war years to en
courage rapid expansion by m-
dustry. Firms were allowed to
deduct in five years rather than
the usual 20 depreciation costs
growing out of their new construction.
The program has come under
attack on grounds that it no
longer can be justified as a de
fense need and that it delays
receipt of some tax revenues
the government badly needs.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary of Treasury George
Humphrey have called for an
end to the write-off benefits ex
cept for essential' defense activi
ties.
Crop Duster Injured
In Crash of Airplane
Madras, Ore. f) A light
plane crashed on ranch early
today, seriously injuring Robert
Hatherill, 27, Prineville.
Hatherill was hospitalized in
Redmond after his plane
cracked up on the Leo Bicart
ranch on Agency Plains while
he was on a crop dusting mis
sion. He was about 50 feet in the
air when the motor apparently
quit and the plane dived into
the ground nose first. Rescuers
had to saw Hatherill out of the
smashed cockpit.
No Progress Reported
In Lumber Negotiations
Portland W Employers and
union representatives seeking. a
new contract for major seg
ment of the Pacific Northwest
lumber industry met here Tues
day with a federal mediator but
no progress was reported.
After the meeting, a spokes
man for the International Wood
workers gf America said a meet
ing of local union leadership
would be held .here June 11 to
formulate policy and further
action.
Upholstery Classes
Set for Summer
Two upholstery classes will
be held this summer in the Mc-
loughlin Junior High school gym,
according to Lindsay M. Vinsel,
director of adult and vocational
education for the Medford pub
lic schools.
The one-week classes will meet
daily from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon
and 1 to 4:30 p.m. The first class
will be held from Monday, June
10, through Friday, Jnue 14, and
the second from June 17 through
June 20.
The courses, instructed by
Mrs. May Frye of the Eugene
Vocational school, will consist
of upholstering of small projects
and the fabrication of slip cov
ers for chairs and davenports.
Tuition is $8, payable on reg
istration at the Medford senior
high school Monday, June 3
through Friday, June 7.
Woman Sightseer
Saved From Fall
Prospect A sightseer, identi
fied only as "Mrs. Smith" of
Four Corners, near Medford,
was saved from possible tragedy
about 7 p.m. Sunday by an alert
Prospect man, George Brown.
Mrs. Smith, another woman
and three small children had
climbed over the guard fence
apparently trying to get a better
view of the gorge across from
the Prospect guard station. Mrs.
Smith slipped and fell on her
back, landing a few inches from
a 200-foot drop-off.
Brown, who happened to be
there at the time and witnessed
her fall, unsuccessfully looked
for a rope or something to throw
to her. He then climbed down,
was able to reach her hand and
pulled her to safety.
Talent High School
Awards Presented
Talent Awards to outstand
ing students of Talent high
school were made Tuesday, May
21, at a school assembly.
Gold cups were awarded to
senior Richard Bradford for
scholarship and Maudalene Sear
cy for outstanding senior girl.
j Gloria Quackenbush was named
outstanding underclassman.
Outstanding athletes recogniz
ed were Bob Hoffman for bas
ketball; Melvin Wallace, foot
ball; and Fred Helm, baseball.
Students in speech, commer
cial, journalism, athletics, li
brary, student council, cheer
leading and other departments
were among those honored.
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Areata, Calif. (W Opening of
a new testing laboratory here to
service the expanding plywood
industry in southern Oregon and
northern California . was an
nounced today by the Douglas
Fir Plywood Association.
Nelson S. Perkins of Tacoma,
association technical director,
said the laboratory would pro
vide faster technical advise and
more efficient quality testing for
mills in the area.
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Morse Claims Tax
Write-Off Shows
Need for Clean-Up
Washington IW Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Tues
day President Eisenhower
should "start cleaning house"
because of "shocking revela
tions" about alleged White
House influence in the granting
special tax benefits to Idaho
Power Co.
Morse said the "fraud" in
volved in the awarding of fast
tax write-off privileges to the
power firm "is building up to
another Dixon-Yates scandal."
Case Leads To Door
He said in a spech prepared
for Senate delivery that dis
closures Monday before a mono
ply and anti-trust subcommittee
headed by Sen. Estes Kefauver
(D-Tenn.) constituted a "shock
ing story of political im
morality." "The president should
start cleaning house because the
case leads right to his door,"
Morse said.
The Oregon senator accused
administration officials of "sup
pressing" information sought by
the Kefauver subcommittee.
Kefauver Monday confronted
Defense Mobilizer Gordon Gray
with a copy of a letter Interior
Secretary Fred A. Seaton had
written in opposition to the
write-off for Idaho Power. The
letter was addressed to Gray's
predecessor, Arthur S. Flem
ming. Very Embarrassing '
In his follow-up attack Morse
said Gray "conceded that the
Seaton letter presented the
arguments of congressional op
ponents of the Idaho Power tax
gift."
"Clearly this was very em
barrassing," he said. "The White
House staff and Gray decided
to put the lid of secrecy on it."
Morse said testimony before
the subcommittee revealed that
Gray had consulted with presi
dential aides Sherman Adams
and Howard Pyle before an
nouncing publicly that Idaho
Power would get the tax benefits.
Phoenix H igh Students
Receive Awards
At Final Assembly
Wednesday, Mar 29, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Phoenix The final awards as
sembly was held by the Phoenix
High school Tuesday afternoon.
May 28. Awards were presented
by the faculty to many students
who are outstanding in the var
ious academic and activity fields.
Award medals were presented
to Dorothy Bean as being out
standing in girls activities; Jim
James for boys activities; and
to Neil Gearin, student body
president. Charlotte Stovall, val
edictorian, received a one-year
subscription to Readers Digest.
Richard Shatto and Rodney
Strahm were presented awards
from the Danford Foundation.
Other Honors
The pin for highest achieve
ment in mathematics as decided
by the score received in a stand
ardized achievement test cover
ing three years of mathematics
went to Rodney Strahm. His
score was higher than 98 per
cent of three year mathematics
students in the nation who have
taken this test. Honorable men
tion went to Jim James with a
percentile rank of 97 V4, Larry
Glidden with a 94 percentile.
Rose Mary Kusel and Henry
Scott with a 93 percentile, and
Ron Daugherty with an 89 per
centile. The pin given to the stu
dent making the highest grade
in his school in the test sent out
by the American Mathematical
association went to' Rose Mary
Kusel.
Journalism awards were pre
sented to Charlotte Stovall as
editor of the Phoenician and to
Alicia Abbott, Charlotte Keene,
Larry Blunt, and Carol Clark
for work in journalism.
Cheerleader Letters
Cheerleader's 1 e 1 1 e rs were
awarded to Margaret Ann Bolz,
Ida Marie Bolz, Nedra Harris,
Frances Hensley, Betty Rupp,
and Sandra Skinner; GAA first
year numerals to Karen Golding,
Bonnie Mullineaux, Linda Wal
lace, Pat Troutt, Frances Stout,
Nancy Stewart, Peggy Smith,
Accidents Involve 6 Vehicles
Driver Arrested Tuesday
Six vehicles were involved in
two separate but related acci
dents and one other driver was
cited for driving while intoxi
cated last night on Highway 99
about a half-mile south of Phoe
nix, according to state police.
Officers said no injuries re
sulted from the accidents.
First Accident
The first accident occurred
at 9:20 p.m., when the rear bind
er of a truck and trailer, both
carrying lumber, broke and scat
tered lumber on the highway
over a distance of about a block.
Driver of the truck was identi
fied as Paul Leroy McDermott,
36, Whittier, Calif.
A few minutes later, a car
operated by Billy Howard Mc-
Fadyen, 27, Lincoln,Ore., passed
the truck and struck the right
side of another car, which was
Guns Unlimbered for
Defense Fund Battle
Washington HP) Adminis
tration forces unlimbered their
bigest gun today in a fight to
reinflate President Eisenhower's
defense appropriation.
They conceded privately they
were probably licked before they
started.
Their not-so-secret weapon was
a roll call vote on which they
hoped members might back away
from the economy sentiment reg
istered late Tuesday on a non
rpcorded nose-count.
before that vote the President
was looking good in his drive ,to
prod more defense money out of
the House than the $33,541,000
its economy minded Appropria
tions Committee recommended.
School To Train Meat
Inspectors Planned
Salem (IP) The State Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
today it has started a school to
train meat inspectors who will
conduct the state meat inspec
tion program voted by the re
cent legislature.
M. E. Knickerbocker, animal
industry director of the depart
ment, said the classes are for
brand inspectors who will serve
as lay meat inspectors under the
program. The school is being
conducted in Salem area meat
plants and all brand inspectors
are to have completed the two
week course by mid-July.
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Daily's U-Drive
Medford Airport
traveling on the inside lane of
the highway. Operator of that
car was James Wesley Kerns, 18,
Ashland.
Police said the rear of McFad
yen's car swung to the right
after hitting the Kerns vehicle
and struck still another car,
which was stopped on Cabbage
lane at the entrance of Highway
99. That vehicle was operated
by Richard Lee Farrell, 19, of
522 North Riverside ave. The
three cars received minor dam
age and were driven from the
scene, police said. The truck re
mained at the scene.
Second Collision
While officers were investigat
ing the accident; "another colli
sion occurred at 10 p.m. Police
said cars operated by Billy Bing
ham Ashley, 26, Redding, Calif.,
and Ronald Parker White, 22,
Burlington, Wash., were travel
ing north, along with other cars,
when another vehicle changed
lanes. White's car was forced to
nearly stop to allow the other
vehicle to pass. Police said Ash
ley, who was following White,
was apparently unable to stop,
slid sideways and hit White's
car. Damage to the cars was
reported minor.
While police were still investi
gating the first accident, a ve
hicle operated by Laurence Ross
Hemenway, 46, of 401 East 12th
St., Medford, reportedly ran
over three warning flares offi
cers had placed around the
truck and trailer. He was arrest
ed by police and charged with
driving while under the influ
ence of intoxicating liquor.
Maria Simmonds, Linda Garin,
Joyce Hunter, Mary Cole and
Donna Lee Clark; GAA second
year letters to Ida Marie Bolz,
Mary Fowler, Dana Halaas, Pat
Imhousen, Dorcas Johnson, Mary
Daniels and Susan Walker; and
GAA third year letter to Nadine
Brood.
Homemaking awards went to
Sandra Edwards, Mary Cole and
Charlotte Stovall. Charlotte Un
ruh received a c e r t i ficate of
merit for her work as editor
of the Pirate Log.
Speech and dramatics' certif
icates of merit were presented
to Ronald Daugherty and Marva
Suit for oratory; Jim James for
debate; Larry Glidden for debate
impromptu; and Wanda Oetken,
Charles Swingle, Barbara Blank
enship and Roxie Shea for out
standing performance in dramat
ics. A special award was present
ed to Dorothy Bean.
First year band letters were
to distributed to Freddie Be
e s o n, Karen Golding, George
Hall, Joyce Hunter, Jim Martin,
Eldon. Mitchell, Peggy Smith.
Linda Wallace, John Walsh and
Norman Whisenant; emblems for
second, third and fourth years
to Eddie Beeson, Marilyn Bee
son, Glen Bradley, Nadine
Brood, Mary Daniels, Bill Dill
ree, Kay Haight, Nedra Harris,
David McClurg, Alton Medcalf,
Sandra Skinner, Glenna Smith,
Charlotte Unruh and Don aid
Wallace; and certificates to Dick
Maesse and John Whiteside.
Athletic Awards
Coach Jack Woodward dis
tributed varsity basketball let
ters to Gary Simmonds, Jim
James, Doug Witte, Jim Stout,
Jim Heath, Don Wallace, Lester
Schleigh, Jim Waldron, Ron
Daugherty, Bob Taylor and
Manager Jack Rinn.
Coach Albert Consbruck dis
tributed letters to track letter
men Bill Clark, Jim. James,
Dick Shatto, Mike Campbell,
Fred Faytinger, Jim Heath, Bob
Taylor, Gary Simmonds, Jim
Stout, Charles Swingle, Earl Dill
ree, Jim Waldron, Bill Dillree,
Russel Hill, Don Korth, Don
MacKintosh, David M c C 1 u rg,
Ted Spurlock and Managers
Gordon Castor and Dick Lorton;
and junior varsity basketball let
ters to Divid McClurg, Fred Fay
tinger, Don MacKintosh, Marvin
Frazier, David Barlow, Dennis
James, Bill Dillree and Don
Korth.
Baccalaureate Held
At Illinois Valley High
Cove Junction The Rev.
Robert Kingsbury of Immanuel
Methodist church delivered the
baccalaureate services for 52 Il
linois Valley High school grad
uates Sunday night at the school.
The high school choir sang
"Crusaders Hymn" and "Tis Eve
ings' Holy Hour" following the
invocation by the Rev. Don
Brown. The benediction was giv
en by Rev. Kingsbury.
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Central Point Officials of
the Central Point Rural Fire de
partment today reminded resi
dentes that permits will be re
quired for all burning within
the district limits starting
June 1.
Permits may be obtained at
the fire station, south of Central
Point on Highway 99 and infor
mation may be obtained by call
ing the office, NO 4-2244.
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Ore., was fatally injured Mon
day when his automobile went
out of control and crashed over
an embankment.
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