liirric in
astern Or
egom
52nd Year
MEDFOE
28 Pajss
fficial Declares
perated Under
Objectors Lifted
From Jobs, Senate
Committee Told
Camera Equipment
Bought With Funds
Washington up a Bakery
Worker Union official testified
today that former union Vice
President George L. Stuart ran
"dictatorship." dipping into
union funds and removing offic
ers who objected to his rule.
The witness. Anthony Confor
ti. president of the union's big
Local 1 in Chicago, told the
Snate Rackets Committee he
gave SB. 750 to Stuart to orjjan
Iro workers of a cookie com
pany. The company said in an affi
davit that it was not aware any
drive had been under way.
Afraid for Hii Job
Cnnfnrti also testified that
$2.59:: of union funds was used
to buy rarea equipment for Stu
art in 1954.
The Chicago union leader said
he did not protest this and other
practices because, "I was afraid
of my job."
He said officials of local un
ions who disagreed with Stuart
were summarily removed.
Stuart s action in firing them,
he said, was backed up by Wil
liam F Schnitzler. then presi
dent V the international union.
Schnitzler now is secretary
treasurer of the AFL-CIO.
Exonerated by Board
"In other words." said Chair
man John L. McClellan (D-Ark.)
"vnu wero und"r a dictator
ship?" "Yes, sir," said Con
forti. Stuart recently wa exoner
ated by the International union's
executive board of charges of
misusing union funds. He later
resigned, saying his action had
nothing to do with the charses
since he had planned to quit
anrwav.
21 Appointments
Made Wednesday
Twenty-one persons made ap
pointments yesterday to contrib
ute s pint of blood when the Red
Cross blondmobile comes to the
Medford Elks temple Wednes
day. June 12.
The number was "very good"
for the first day of registration,
according to volunteer workers
who spirit yesterday informing
businesses, clubs and organiza
tions about the bloodmobile
visit.
Medford' quota is 290 pints,
which would require 350 donors
to make allowance for rejectees.
Appointments may be made by
calling headquarters. SP 3-3813.
Red Cross and bloodmobile of
ficials recently discussed the
possibility of discontinuing the
periodic visits here because the
expense was not justified by the clothing from a dwelling owned
disappointing number of donors. I by Alfred John Greif, South
It is being continued, however. I Stage rd.. June 1.
in the hope that future 'quotas The case was continued pend
will be met. those in charge ex-'ing receipt of records from the
plained. 'federal bureau of investigation.
Governor Issues Request
For Strawberry Harvesters
Salem IP1 Strawberry
growers got an assist today from
Gov. Robert D. Holmes who is
sued a special request to state
agencies and school officials for
an all-out effort to get pickers
into the fields to save a bumper
crop.
Biggest help, the Governor
said, would be for schools to ex
pedite the windup of the school
jcar so youngsters could shift
now from classrooms to berry
patches. Some schools have already
completed thrir year, but most
are in the process of completing
activities this week.
Peak Comes Earlier
Peak of tjie berry harvest us
usally comes later in the month
v hen schools are normally clos
ed, but continued warn! days
and nights have hastened the ri
pening. Tiir Governor said.
Gov. Holmes joined in a efn
eral appeal from worried -grow-1
RUSsi3 Wants To
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ke-Macmi..an Interview
Washington in The Soviet
Union is reported willing to tele
vise interviews with President
Eisenhower and British Prime
Minister Harold Macmillan for
showing over Russian stations.
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CONVENTION SPEAKERS Clyde A. Stocking (left) presi
dent of the American Association of Nurserymen, San Jose,
Calif . and Dr. Charles Vernon Covell, past president, Ameri
can Rose society. Berkeley, Calif., will be among speakers
for the ninth annual convention of the Pacific Northwest
district of the rose society. The convention opens here Fri
day morning in the courthouse auditorium, and continue
through Saturday. Convention activities include the third
annual rose show qf Medford Rose society, host organiza
tion, which will be held in Medford High school cafeteria
Friday. It will be open to the public from 1 to 9 p.m. without
charge.
Governor Signs 51
Measures Into Law
Salem If" Gov. Robert D.
Holmes signed 51 bills into law
yesterday. Among them was Senate Bill
179 creating a second district
judge for Lane county and Sen
ate Bill 246 increasing district
judges' salaries from $7,000 or
Two Men Appear
In Circuit Court
Donald Raymond Rice. 27, of
217 South Riverside ave.. re
ceived a year's suspended sen
tence in circuit court this morn
ing on a charge of using a motor
vehicle without permission of
the owner.
Rice pleaded guilty to taking
a car owned by Arlon Skinner,
Medford. on May 5.
Wenriall Glenn Tabor. 35,
Gait. Calif., was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to a charge of
burglary in court this morning.
The charge involved theft of
ers for all pickers available to
report to the fields in the next
few days.
Agriculture Director Robert
Steward said he was circulariz
ing members of his department
to have their families help save
the crop. Other departments
were expected to follow suit.
Meanwhile. Labor Commis
sioner Norman O. Xilsen appeal
ed to all business representativ
es of organized labor to start a
drive to secure strawberry pick
ers and other harvest help in
Oregon.
Nilsen tirsd labor leadtr to
enlist the help of their member
ship, all families and friends in
giving all time possible toward
helping harvest the bumper ber
ry crop which must be picked
immediately to be saved.
Volunteers were asked to re
port at tiie nearest employment
office and to start work this
week end or before.
i nuKSDAY, JUNE
akery
ictatcrship'
The . Eisenhower administra
tion appeared today to be think
ing about offering a substitute
speaker.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said Tuesday
$8,000 to $9,000 were
signed.
slso j
Funds to establish a state mo
tor pool in Portland, to acquire
vehicles for a motor pool in Sa-
Salem Gov. Robert D.
Holmes yesterday signed into
law Senate Bills 274 and 275.
which give greater powers of
regulation over railroad pass
enger service to the state pub
lic utilities commissioner.
The bills, sponsored by State
Sen. Phil Lowry and State
Rep. E. A. Littrell. among
others, were the outgrowth of
the abandonment in 1955 of all
rail passenger service south of
Eugene by the Southern Pa
cific railroad. The PUC at
tempted to uphold the end of
such service pending a hear
ing, but tl e courts held it had
no such apriority. Hearings
were held later, and the re
sults have not yet been an
nounced. The new laws empower to
the PUC to suspend such
changes in service for a per
iod, and to call a hearing on
the proposed changes.
lem and to run the state's tuber
culosis hospitals got final approv
al from the Governor.
Several motor vehicle bills
were signed into law including
SB 53 providing that no person
shall drive a vehicle so slowly as
to impede traffic.
SB 77 clarifies the law which
provides that persons causing
death by improper operation of
a vehicle may be found guiltv
of negligent homicide while SB I
353 authorizes revocation of
censrs for negligent homicide. I
SB 212 provides that students
in State Board of Higher Educa
tion schools shall not be expelled
or refused admission only be
cause they are unable to attend
classes on particular days be
cause of religious beliefs.
Milton-Freewater Fire
Siren Shori-Circuited
Milton, Freewaier ir As
if the howling wind and clat
tering hailstones were not
enough in last night's storm,
the city fire alarm system here
was short-circuited and the
siren sounded regularly every
45 minutes throughout the
night.
TRIBUNE
6, 1957
Union
Televise
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Eisenhower would not agree to
a recorded TV appearance such
as Soviet party boss Nikita
Khrushchev made over a U.S.
television network Sunday. But
the President said at his news
conference Wednesday that,
"Somebody in this government
would be glad to accept" any
Russian offer to appear on a
radio-television program in that
country.
Eisenhower noted that Khru
shchev "is not the head of the
Russian state, except in power
. . . " This comment suggested
that Eisenhower believes any
similar appearance by an Ameri
can should be an official below
presidential rank.
A Russian Embassy spokes
man here told the United Press
that any arrangements for such
an interview would have to be
referred to the Central Televis
ion Studios in Moscow.
The British newspaper "Man
chester Guardian" reported that
the director of the Central Tele
vision Studios agreed "in prin
ciple" to recording interviews
with Eisenhower and Macmillan.
The newspaper quoted the di
rector, a Mr Osminin, as saying
Soviet television audiences were
enthusiastic about the filmed
Khrushchev interview with
American correspondents.
Maybe From San Francisco
Diplomats here speculated
that Russians may offer the
American Embassy in Moscow
the use of Soviet radio-television
facilities for the Fourth of July
lhe Russians have offered air
time in recent months to some
foreign diplomats for patriotic
talks on their country' national
holiday.
Informed sources said Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
is planning to deliver a major
foreien ooliev address in San
Francisco June 28 that could be
used to answer Khrushchev s
televised remarks.
Although a speech topic has
not been announced, Dulles will
have a ready-made opportunity
to touch on disarmament, nu
clear tests, and other topics
raised by the Soviet party boss.
Dulles plans to speak before
an audience of approximately
35.000 persons attending a Lions
International convention in San
Francisco's Cow Palace. It will
be his first foreign policy ad
dress since April 22 when he
spoke in New York.
Students to Receive
Diplomas Tonight
Commencement exercises for
284 Medford High school sen
iors will be held in the Hedrick
Junior High school auditorium
at 8 p.m. today.
Speaker for the 64th annual
commencement program will be
Cliff Robinson, director of sec
ondary education from the state
department of education. He will
be introduced by Leonard B.
Mayfield superintendent of Med
ford public schools. Lester Har
ris, high school principal, will
announce awards.
Diplomas will be presented
by Otto Ewaldsen, chairman of
the Medford school board. The
Senior Singers and the high
school band will participate in
the program.
There are 141 girls and 143
boys in this year's graduating
class.
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Stop at Astoria
Washington 'l.1 Navy brass
today rejected the request of
Rep. Walter Norblad to have the
atomic submarine Nautilus make
a brief stop at Astoria, Ore.,
later this month.
However, Vice-Admiral Thom
as S. Combs, deputy chief of
naval operations, said he would
have the ship slow down as it
goes past Astoria June 21. That
would afford citizens of that
community an opportunity to
view the Nautilus, he said.
The revolutionary undersea
craft will be in Portland late
afternoon June 13.
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No. 66
Top Russians Head
For Meeting With
Finnish Leaders
Khrushchev, Bulganin
Lead Political Team
Helsinki, Finland W The
Soviet political team of Nikita
S Khrushchev and Nikolai Bul
ganin sped toward Finland to
day on a visit aimed at wiping
out Scandinavia's memories of
Hungary with a display of Soviet-Finnish
friendship.
Premier Bulganin and Com
munist Party Chief Khushchev
were traveling with an impres
sive group that included For
eign Minister Andrei Gromyko,
Culture Minister Nikolai Mik
hailov. Security Chief Gen. Ivan
Serov, Vice Foreign Trade Min
ister Pavel Kumykin and Dc-p-
j uty Chief of Staff Gen. Mikhail
j Matinin.
Finnish Officials Wait
A small group of Finish for
eign office officials waited at
the border station of Vainifkala
to meet the Russians' train when
it crossed the border. The big
red carpet welcome by Finnish
government leaders was reserv
ed for their arrival in Helsinki
Iatr in the day.
This was a quick return visit
for Serov who spent two days in
Finland last week checking se
curity arrangements. A public
uproar forced cancellation of his
presence on the 1956 London
visit of. Bulganin and Khrush
chev but he was in and out of
Finland without being recogniz
ed. Finns Close-Mouthed
The week-long visit will be
crammed with sightseeing, re
ceptions and dinners. Two oc
casions were set aside for for
mal talks but the Finns were
close-mouthed about topics to be
discussed.
Speculation on the subjects of
the talks ranged from new trade
proposals to military "pacts. It
was understood Russia might
want to offer Finland more coal
and oil and that Finland might
be agreeable to expanding trade
with Russia if it could receive
payment in hard currency for
depleted reserves.
Hearing on Sears
Property Tonight
The Medford city council to
night will hold a public hearing
on annexation of an area of land
north of Jackson st. and east of
Biddle rd., proposed as the site
for a new Sears Roebuck and
company store.
The meeting will be held at
7:30 p.m. in the city hall.
The area, totaling 12.6 acres,
is located in an "island" which
is surrounded by the city but
not part of it.' It is under pur
chase option to Buttress and Mc
Clellan, Los Angeles contracting
and architectural firm, together
with another 15.7 acres of prop
erty now inside the city. The en
tire 28.3-acre site, owned by Dr.
I. D. Phipps, would be used for
the proposed new store, includ
ing parking facilities.
The council may also call a
public hearing on rezoning the
area from "single family" to
"limited commercial," to per
mit construction of the store.
In other business, the coun
cil will consider authorizing Ma
yor John Snider to sign an appli
cation on behalf of the city of
Medford supporting a Bear
creek water shed development
program. The application has
been prepared by Jackson coun
ty chapter of the Issac Walton
league.
A public hearing will be held
on the change of zone from class
IA (single family) to class V
(light industrial) of area along
the east side of Crater Lake
highway, extending south of
Delta Waters rd, about 1,600
feet.
Weather
roRFCAST: Fir throuih Fri
day with rislnc tmpertar.
Low tonight 14. Hiih Friday
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Tmp.
Hlfht Ytrdj 74
Lowest this Morning S3
Our Skies Tonight
Snnrise 4:3S .m.
SunM . 7:45 p.m.
Moonset Friday 1:25 a.m.
Full Moon June 12
PROMINEVT STARS
Arcturus. hirh in south S:23 p.m.
Altair. low in east 0:35 p.m.
R'ruliis. in th wpst . 10:21 p.m.
Anures. in the south 11:35 p.m.
'Fly
North Entrance Road
At Park to
The north entrance road to
Crater Lake National park will
open June- 12, according to
Park Superintendent Tom Wil
liams. Crews have been working ex
tra hours during the past several
weeks in an effort to get the
popular entrance open. Three
heavy bulldozers and two rotary
snowplows were employed to
carve a slot through snowdrifts
up to 40 feet in depth. The crews
"holed through" last week and
are now engaged in widening
the slot to provide safe two-way
traffic.
Road Parallel
The road from the Rim Vil
lage to the North Entrance par
allels the rim of Crater Lake for
a distance of six miles and pro
vides many spectacular views of
the lake and surrounding coun
try, Williams noted. It connects
with State Route 230. which in
turn connects with U.S. Route
97. .
State Route 62 from Medford
and from Klamath Falls is main
tained all the year and provides
the winter visitor with access to
the rim of Crater lake. A part of
the snowplow crews and equip
ment has already started plow
ing the balance of the Rim road
but the opening date cannot be
foreseen at this time, Williams
said. Every effort is being made
to have this section of the scenic
Rim road open by July 1, he
added.
Traditional Date
June 15 is the traditional date
for opening the Crater Lake
Lodge, cabins and cafeteria, and
will be observed this year.
Crews are readying facilities for
the opening day. A new addition
Mississippi Man
Bound Over Today
Bobby Lee Jones, 24, Delta
City, Mass., was bound over to
the grand jury this morning after
being arraigned in district court
on a charge of larceny from an
auto.
He was arrested by stale police
at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday on High
way 99 near Phoenix while driv
ing a vehicle with a Virginia
license. He waived counsel and
preliminary hearing this mor
ning and is being held in jail.
Bail is set at $1,500.
Police said he is suspected of
stealing a purse, auto tire, wheel
and jack from a car belonging
to Mrs. Jo Offenbacher, route 1,
box 66, Jacksonville. According
to police reports, Mrs. Offen
bacher had stopped the car off
Highway 238 in the Applegate
area and got out of the car. The
thefts reportedly occurred dur
ing her absence from the vehicle.
Police said the purse was re
covered a short distance from
Mrs. Offenbacher's car. It had
been thrown into an irrigation
ditch. Reports indicated $15 to
$20 was taken from the purse
before it was discarded. Police
said the car Jones was operat
ing contained a tire, wheel and
jack believed to have been tak
en from Mrs. Offenbacher's car.
Building Permit Value
Increase Seen in May
Face value of building permits
issued by the city in May totaled
$450,125. as compared to $560,
867 in May of 1956 and $224,
210 for May the year before, ac
cording to H. E. Mackie, city
building inspector.
Among permits issued last
month w-ere 11 new single fam
ily dwellings, $105,000; 18 resi
dences remodeled, $30,630; two
new duplexes. $16,000; six new
business establishments, $231,
000; nine businesses remodeled.
$37,500; and one new swimming
pool, $5,000.
Open Soon
1 to the cafeteria was completed
last fall and will be in operation
this summer, providing more
floor space and improved serv
ice to the public.
Williams reminded, residents i
the regular daily bus service to
the park from Medford, Klam
ath Falls and Bend will be re
sumed on June 15 by Pacific
Trailways.
Although it is uncertain at
this time, Williams said he ex
pects Cold Spring camp ground
to open on June 10, Annie
Spring camp ground on June 15
and Rim camp ground on July 1.
Compensation Rate
Schedules Changed
Salem 'II The state Indus'
trial Accident Commission today
announced the new workmen's
compensation base rate schedule
for the fiscal year starting July
1. Fifty-eight rates were de
creased, 154 increased and 19
unchanged resulting in a net con
tribution increase of 15.8 per
cent.
Benefit increases allowed by
the 1957 legislature plus sharply
rising claim costs required in
creases of 37.4 per cent in agri
culture, 19.6 per cent in lumber
ing, 20.6 per cent in transporta
tion, 15.2 per cent in manufac
turing and 18.6 per cent in serv
ice classifications.
Construction was increased
only 7.7 per cent, mainly be
cause of an intensive industry
wide accident prevention pro
gram. Mining rose 8 4 per cent,
governmental agencies 7 per
cent and trade classifications 5.1
per cent.
Aviation is the ony classifi
cation group that will receive a
reduction, averaging 21.4 per
cent because of a combination of
favorable claim loss experience
and increased experience rating
reductions.
Increases were required in
farming.- raising contributions
from $3 to S4.40 per $100 of pay
roll. Western Oregon logging
went from $7.20 to $9.40 per
$100.
Third Blaze Reported
Near Camp White Today
Central Point Between 20
and 25 acres of Game commis
sion management land in the
Camp White area were burned
today, according to the Cen
tral Point Rural Fire Protectioa
district.
It was the third grass fire re
ported this week in that area.
Today's fire was extinguished
within an hour, officials said.
Fires in the same area were re
ported Monday and Tuesday.
Five acres were burned in those
two fires.
Eisenhower Watches Naval
Demonstration Off Florida
Aboard U.S.S. Saratoga flp
The Navy demonstrated for
President Eisenhower today that
carrier-based planes in the Pa
cific can span the continent in
hours and reiforce fleet units in
the Atlantic.
The demonstration was part
of an intensive, 24-hour show of
naval power being put on off
Florida for Eisenhower and oth
er top government officials on
the National Security Councils.
Planet Take Off
The chief executive, after a
flight from Washington, put to
sea this morning from Mayport,
Fla., aboard the pride of the
Navy the new 60,000-ton super
carrier Saratoga.
As soon as the Saratoga head
ed into the Atlantic cast of Jack
sonville. Fla., jet fighters and
heavy attack bombers took off
Bonneville Towers
Heavily Damaged;
Buildings Wrecked
Worst in History
Of Bonneville Power
Pendleton, Ore. IW Emer
gency crews early today reached
the scene of destruction wrought
by hurricane vinds up to 100
mph that flattened 15 high volt
age power transmission towers
to withstand the dirtiest weather
the 'Pacific Northwest can pro
duce. Wednesday's freakish electrV
cal storm with its accompanying 2
gales killed a seven-year-old girl
in Western Oregon and picked
up strength east of the mountains
to reach its climax in the Pendle
ton area and in southeast Wash
ington. Wont U History
It was the worst storm in the
history of the Bonneville Power
administration which dispatched
crews to work around the clock
until temporary wooden poles
are installed to carry power
lines moving 210,000 volts of
power. Damafe is estimated in
excess of $200,000.
At Sweet Home, Ore., Dolly
Walters, 7. one of six children of
widowed Mrs. David Walters,
was killed when a lightning bolt
struck the chimney of her home
and into a metal stove on which
she happened to be sitting while
her brother swept the floor.
The damaged transmission
towers, weighing from 10.000 to
12,000 pounds, are located in a
two-mile stretch 11 miles south
west of Boardman, Ore. Build
ings on a sheep ranch in the
same area were demolished.
The storm struck at about 4
p.m. yesterday. Q
Temperature Drops
In Pendleton, the temperature
dropped 23 degrees in 15 min
utes from 91 to 68.
Several injuries were reported
ir, Southeastern Washington
Four Walla Walla residents were
injured when their 21-foot cabin
cruiser was slammed against the
rocks during a sudden squall
upstream from Wallula on the
Columbia river.
Jack Quinn of Prosser was
knocked unconscious by light
ning while broadcasting at Ra
dio Station KERY in Prosser. He
was revived by station em
ployees. Crop Damage Feared
Ranchers in Southeastern
Washington expressed fears crop
damage from the storm might be
heavy. Hail and wind flattened
wheat on some irrigated farms
in the Columbia Basin project.
Work at Ice Harbor dam near
Pasco was halted for the night
because of the storm.
Small craft warnings were
raised for the first time since
May 18.
Agencies To Be Moved
From State Building
Salem W Several state
agencies wil be moved from the
state office building to other lo
cations, including the capitol, so
that long-delayed repairs may be
made, Secretary of State Mark
Hatfield said today.
Hatfield said that, $110,000
worth of repairs are needed to
extend the longevity of the state
office building and to prevent
further serious deterioration. The
first floor has been shorn up for
the past several months to keep
heaVy files and equipment fromQ
sagging the basement ceiling.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Milwaukee I 4 1
New York : 15 1
Buhl. Jolly (8) d Rice;
Gomez and Kait.
St. Louis 6 12 1'
Pittsburgh 0 6 0
Dickson and H. Smith:
Kline. O'Brien (2). Pepper (6)
and Foiles
from the carrier Bon Homme
Richard near San Diego, Calif.
They were making a transconti
nental flight of 2.200 miles to
the expansive deck of the Sara
toga. They were due in late af
ternoon. The purpose of the cross-coun-tr
flight the first for carrier
based planes was to demon
strate that the Navy can quickly
shift its aircraft from one ocean
to another without relying on
land bases or the Panama Canal.
Dulles Goes Along
Accompanying the Chief Exec
utive on his overnight cruise
aboard the Saratoga are Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles,
Secretary of Treasury George
M. Humphrey. Defense Secre
tary Charles E. Wilson and Chair
man Lewis L. Strauss of the
Atomic Energy Commission.