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Newspaper Page Texto Truman Urges Presidential 52nd Year Medford Succession Urlred Press Fu'l Uasd Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 16 Pages MEDFORD, Oo'N, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1957 No. 81 P an Bv HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Copyright. 1957. by Harry S. Truman f 0rnif iirtlnn f thil artirl In whole or in prt it forbidon witboul rlltn authorlzatlnn.i There hu been an understand ble reluctance to deal with the dehrate and sensitive problem of what we are to do when any President becomes incapacitated and it unable to perform his duties. Our Founding Fathers did not provide for such an eventuality During the lS years of our history under the Constitution, lsre have been only two oc casion when the question arose of a President's ability to serve I refer to James A. Garfield and Wo'idrow Wilson. We have been fortunate, ir'-ed. that we have not had lo face such crises more often. But the job of the President is getting to be an almost un endurable mental and physical burden, and we ought not to go on trusting to luck to see us through. Diicumon. Study Needed We may find that we have waited too long to provide a way of meeting the situation in the event a President becomes incapacitated. There have been suggestions to deal with the mat ter through legislation. Others have proposed amending the Constitution. However we deal with it ev entually, this is too vital a mat ter to be acted on hastily with out the widest discussion and study. I have felt that there is always a great danger in writ ing too much into the Constitu tion. We must have certain flex ibility to meet changing condi tions We have already exper ienced the consequences of hast ily amending the Constitution without adequate public dis cussion, as in the cases of the 8th and 22nd Amendments (Prohibition and limiting any President to two terms). In response to the many let ters I have received on the sub ject from all parts of the coun try, and the world, I am taking the liberty of suggesting a way to meet this problem. No Reflections Cast I would like to make it per fectly clear that it is not my intention to cast reflections on anyone, or to raise any doubts about the health or condition of the President. Along with all of our citizens I wish him good luialth and a long life. "But there is a growing con eern about our needs to pro vide against the danger of 1 lapse in the functioning of the Presidency and the crises that might ensue. The power of the President of the United States and his influence on the world today have grown so great that his well-being is of paramount in terest to people everywhere. It is no longer a matter to be de Medford Man Hit by Auto Driven by Wife Rollin Lester Harden, 30, of 113 Rose St.. Medford. was taken to Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambulance Sunday at 6.25 p.m.. -after he was hit by an automobile driven by his 28-year-old wife, Nadie Lou, ac cording to city police. Police said the accident oc curred at the north side of Lin den Park Service station. 84'i West Jackson St.. Medford. when the vehicle carrie out of the driveway. T.e car knocked the pedestrian down and damaged a fenoe. it was reported. Harden sustained bruises on chest and back, and several large cuts on back and lea. He was treated at the hospital and released, according to police reports. Sermon on Charity Gambling Has No Bearing on Schrunk Trial, Judge Rules Portland L The defense i lost one motion eid won an- Congregational church Sunday other today as the perjury trial heard the Rev. Charles E. Har of Mayor Terry D. Schrunk mov- low blast church and charity ed into its second week. gambling. The Rev. Harlow was Schrunk is accused of lying not aware of their presence. Al to a grand jury last summer though he named no one he when he denied picking up an em-elope allegedly containing a ' bribe near the 8212 Club during I a 1955 raid. Schrunk was sher-1 iff of Multnomah county at the time. Sermon on Gambling Edwin Hicks and Thomas H. Tonsue III. Schrunk's attorneys, lost a motion that a mistrial be declared because of a church ermon i0 members of the jury heard Sunday. The defense, over objections 'f tiit slate, won permission to try !i. prove a frame of Schrunk by inquiring into conversations in fireat Faii. Mont., between an employee of racketeer James B. Eikins and Clifford O. Bennett. I tided by political leaders and Constitutional authorities. I Even a minor indisposition of I the President will set into mo I lion unexpected and often un ' reasoning fr-ars. such as we have recently witnessed. Brilliant Document The framcrs of our Constitu tion drafted a brilliant and in spired document in which they anticipated and provided for nearly all the basis develop ments of our democracy But who could fully foresee the role of the American Presidency in the kind of a world in which we now live a role which also requires the President to be available in person at any hour to make decisions which he alone can make and which can i not be put off? As Vice President, I found ! myself acutely conscious of this problem in a personal way when I met President Roosevelt upon his return from Yalta. Up to that time I regarded the circum stances of an incapacitated Pres. ident as an academic problem in history, such as was posed bv Presidents Garfield and Wilson. i Grants Pass Man i Arraigned in Court OnNarcoiicsCharge Stokes Addison Aplin, 41. Grants Pass, was arraigned in district court this morning on charges of unlawfully obtain ing narcotics. He was bound over to the grand jury with bail set at S2.500. Aplin is accused of obtaining a narcolic, dolophine, from the Central Point Pharmacy Thurs day on a forged prescription. He was brought to the county jail here Friday by sheriff's officers and city police after he was ar rested in Grants Pass by city police there. First Reports The first reports on a man attempting to obtain narcotics in this city came to city police Wednesday when Wainscott's Pharmacy, 322 East Main St., re ported that it had filled two prescriptions for a man who gave his name as "E. A. Rob erts," and had discovered the prescriptions were forged. The man had received tablets of dolophine and diaudid at Wairvscott's. The same day. re ports were received frorfi West ern Thrift Drugs. 30 North Cen tral ave . and West Main Phar macy, 1032 West Main st., that someone had attempted to pass narcotic prescriptions at both establishments. Prescriptions Obtained Dr. LcRoy C. Jensen, 1121 South Oakdale ave., told police a person of "E. A. Roberts' " de scription had come to his office Tuesday and again Wednesday and obtained a prescription for phenobarbitol. He told Dr. Jen sen he was an epileptic. The sec ond day, Jensen said, the man said he had lost the first pre scription. Arrested with Aplin in Grants Pass was Stella Jean Worth, 28, last known address Chicago, 111. She was out on bail from the Josephine county jail today, and is charged with lewd cohabita tion. fifty Acres Burned In Crass, Brush Fire State forestry department pa trolmen were mopping up today on a grass and brush fire of approximately 50 acres neat Gold Hill. The blaze was said to be an "escaped camper's fire." It broke out yesterday afternoon and 18 crewmen and four pump er trucks were sent to the scene The jurors attending the First apparently ,was discussing the recent conviction of ex-District Attorney William Langley on a nusdeameanor charge of neglect of duty for failing to prosecute gambling violation. Strange Position The minister commented on the strange position in which a public official finds himself in trsing to prosecute gambling laws while religious and other benevolent organizations con done gambling. Hicks contended the material in the sermon might prejudice members of the jury. Judge James Crawford said he had read the sermon and found no reference to this trial and de nied the motion. V. 5K ft- ",jrt - v sv-ej i fci f . f -f i I w L. --- ----I I - i f "s ? J rV'-J - ixj&bmm? These two out of state officers of Fraternal Order of Eagles will be among visitors to Med ford attending the organization's state convetion, June 26-29. Pic tured are Lawrence Leahy, (top photo), Wenatchee, Wash., grand worthy president of the state and Ralph Goodman, Vancouver. B.C., grand aerie president of the northwest region. Hearing on Train Speeds in Medford Scheduled July 30 A public hearing on the mat ter ot fixing and regulating speed of railway trains within the city of Medford has been set by the Public Utilities com mission for Tuesday, July 30, at 9 a m. A statement received June 17 by the Public Utilities commis sion from the Southern Pacific railroad company stated that the maximum speed of trains with in the Medford city limits had been voluntarily reduced in May of 1956. The present speeds used by the company, according to the statement, are Stewart ave., 25 miles per hour. Eleventh st., 15 miles per hour. Main and Sixth s:s., 10 miles per hour. Fourth and Third sts., 15 miles per hour, and Jackson. Clark, and McAndrews rd., 25 miles per hour. The Southern Pacific comp any stated that the speed of 10 miles per hour at Main and Tenth sts., is the lowest possible maximum speed for the practi cal operation of trains. Weather FORKCAST: Fair throueh Tns d.v. Low tonight 35. High Tuesdav f EM PFRATl'RE Hichrst yesterday f1 Lowest this Morn in 5 53 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 4:3. a.m. Sunset 7:51 p.m. Moonrive Tuesday 2:4. a.m. Nrw Mnon -lime 21 PROMINENT STAR Venus, sets 8:1.1 p.m. Mar, sets . 9:1ft p.m. Saturn, due smith .1(1:31 p.m. Jupiter, low in west 11:.3 p.m. The state objected, in a cham ber hearing, to introduction of testimony about conversations in Great Falls. Assistant Attorney General Elliott Cummins claim ed the testimony was entirely hearsay. Thomas Board, former dealer in the 8212 Club run by Bennett, testified that on the night Schrunk's men entered the estab lishment he did not see John Vance in the club. Vance testi fied earlier he saw Bennett put S50U in an envelope. Halted by Objection Board also testified he was in Great Falls in August of 1956, before Schrunk was elected may or, when Raymond F. Clark, an employee of Elkins, met Bennett there. When Hicks asked Board if he heard the conversation be tween Bennett and Clark the trial was temporarily halted by Cummins' objection. Nisht sessions may be held this week. Reds Will Fight To Defend Korea Armistice Pact Seoul, Korea IP A formation of about 19 Communist MIG jet fiqhters invaded the air south of the Korean truce line today, a Republic of Korea government source reported. Government intelligence sources said the Russian-built jets flashed over the villages of Chorwon and Kumhwa between 9 and 10 a.m., then disappeared into North Korea. The villages are situated just south of the truce line about 50 miles northeast of Seoul in an area where Republic of Korea troops are stationed. A spokesman for the U.S. 5th Air Force at Onsan Air Base said Air Force personnel had received no report of a violation of the armistice by the planes. . A ROK Defense Ministry spokesman did not deny the report when queried on it and said "more details" would have to be gathered before any official announcement was made. Tokyo npi The Commun ist radio said today the Reds will "fight resolutely to defend the Korean armistice agree ment" against the U. S. decision to match the 'Communist mili tary buildup in the divided coun try. Radio Peiping broadcast a round-the-clock barrage of state ments by Red leaders in China and Korea saying "the United States must be responsible for all consequences" of the decis ion. "The U. S. aggressive bloc re gards South Korea, South Viet Nam and Taiwan (Formosa) as three fronts . . . for attacks against Red China," said a broadcast quoting the Peiping "People's Daily t a relaxation oflfrom Japan to Korea sometime "To preven tension in Asia, they are using every conceivable means to tighten their control of these three military bases." The propaganda barrage was touched off by the decision, an nounced Friday, to scrap para graph 13D of the truce agree ment. This paragraph forbids cither side to bring new wea pons into Korea. It has been ignored by the Communists, who have moved some 700 Russian-made war planes and sizeable quantities of other weapons into North Paper Carriers Go Deep Sea Fishing Mail Tribune carrier boys seemed to have more than their share of luck when they tried their hand at deep sea fishing . Saturday. The boys, who were accom panied by several adults, return ed from Crescent City with nearly 1,000 pounds of fish, which included black and red snapper, ling cod and one sal man, all caught by "jiggling" on the bottom. One of the prize catches was a 30 pound ling cod. The group of 34 left Medford about 3 a.m. Saturday by char tered Greyhound bus. Two chartered boats, com plete with all the necessary gear took them out in small parties, making trips in the morning and afternoon. Rolling swells caused quite a few of the young sters to become seasick, but that didn't stop them from fishing. They returned about 8 p.m. Sat urday, a pretty tired bunch. The fishing party was financ ed by proceeds from the soft drink machine where the boys fold their papers, and has be come an annual event. Part of the money from the machine also goes toward a scholarshio fund and another io per cent is given to charity. Delegates Suffer Dysentery Saturday Several delegates to the 33rd annual state Lions club con vention in Medford last week end suffered attacks of dysen tery Saturday evening, it was learned today. One local physician said he had treated 16 or 17 people. The attacks, he said, varied in se verity. .Reports indicated only one person, a Lions auxiliary member, was ill enough to be hospitalized. Most of the others continued with convention activities after being treated. The physician said first symptoms were reported about 9 or 10 p.m., while conventions were waiting to be served din ner. Their illness was tentative ly traced to an earlier meal. Jackson county sanitary of ficers are investigating the case. Korea since the truce was sign ed. Nevertheless the Reds bitterly protested the Allied decision. "The Americans have no right to revise or abolish the armis tice agreement." said a broad cast quoting Kim Ki Soo, vice chairman of Red Korea's "Dem ocratic Youth League." "If they ignore the warning of the Korean people and persist in their decision, they will be held responsible for the conse quences." U. S. leaders were reported going ahead with plans to mod ernize the arms of South Kor ea's defenders. Although thero was no official announcemen the Air Force is expected to fly a swarm of F100 jet fighters this week. 15 Break, Entries Reported Here Fifteen break-and-entrics and attempted brcak-and-e n t r i c s were reported in Medford Satur day evening and Monday morn ing, according to city police. Three more were reported early this afternoon. Seven of the entries occurred Saturday. In the Franklin build ing. 125 South Central ave., the Safeway Stores Inc., room 20 1, Services Unlimited, rooms 201 and 204, DcForest and Hansen Law office, room 228, and Far rell and Blackhurst Law office, room 230, were entered. Others were Medical Center bldg., 33 North Central ave.. room 414; and Mid-State Dental Supply, Davis bldg., 34 North Central ave. Twenty dollars was taken from a cash box in the Dental Supply office, police said. The only other money reported taken was in room 16 of the Brophy bldg., 10 N. Central ave.. where S26 was reported taken. Attempted break-ins were re ported at rooms 1. 2, 3 and 20 in the Goldy bldg., 18 North Front St., authorities said. Although the entries in the Goldy and Brophy buildings were not reported to city police until Monday morning, authori ties believe they took place prior to 8 p.m. Saturday. Neither of the street doors on the buildings had been forced, police said. Columbia Utilities Purchases Crater Lake Phone System Columbia Utilities company has purchased the government owned Crater Lake National park telephone system according to an announcement made today by D. O. Hood, president of the company. The company plans to install a modern dial telephone system at the park. Preliminary work is already under way. Local ex change service will be substan tially expanded, replacing the present government-owned mag neto type system, Hood said. Most of the outside distribution system is in underground cable, and this too will be expanded and improved. Radio toll circuits will be installed between the park and the company's toll cen ter at White City, replacing the present limited land line toll cir cuit to a connection with the West Coast Telephone company at Fort Klamath. Future toll traffic will thereafter flow through the White City toll cen ter. Modernization Planned Service to the Lodge located on the rim will be modernized and expanded, Hood stated. Alu minum outdoor pay station booths will be installed at con "And We Have Also Saved Money, Dear Friend By Eliminating Flood Insurance Funds" 2 flTiv 'Am.: i ' ' . ' " J Governors' Conclave Keynoter Attacks Federal School Aid Williamsburg, Va. 1P1 Gov. Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia keynoted the 49lh annual gov ernors' conference today by at tacking President Eisenhower's proposal for federal school aid as "totally unwarranted." Stanley, chairman of the con ference, spoke at the opening business session less than 12 hours before Eisenhower was scheduled to address the govern ors. The four - day conference opened Sunday with a round of informal activities for the state executives who assembled in this historic capital of colonial Virginia. Highway and school problems were on the agenda for today's sessions. One of the school proposals billed for discussion involved the possibility of operating schools on a 12-month basis to make greater use of existing school buildings, textbooks and teachers. Under such plans, pupils would take staggered va cations or attend public school for the entire year and complete their work in a shorter time. Interested in Idea In his speech at today's ses sion, Stanley said he was keen ly interested in suggestions for expanding the use of existing school buildings. Stanley said the states would encourage federal aid for school construction if they fail to deal with the classroom shortage. "The Commonwealth of Vir ginia regards these proposals as totally unwarranted and another means of undermining the state and local governments," he said. "The federal government has no authority and no responsibility in the field of public educa tion." In a speech prepared for to- venient locations . at the rim, park headquarters and the Annie Springs trailer camping area. The local mobile radio service recently installed at the park by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company will be con tinued by that company. Colum bia Utilities does not currently offer that type of commercial service except through connec tions with the Pacific company. The Columbia company re cently received authority from the Federal Communications commission to install radio toll telephone service between its White City toll center and the Howard Prairie Reservoir proj ect. Work is now under way and service is expected to be avail able soon, Hood reported. The company's plans include installation of radio toll circuits between White City and Lake of the Woods resort, Diamond Lake resort and Toketee village. Dia mond Lake and Lake of the Woods are now served by a sin gle wire tree-line, both of which will be replaced by the more de pendable radio facilities. The company expects to install a small dial exchange at Toketee early next year. . day's highway discussion. Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin of Mary land gave last year's conference much credit for "the new verbal deemphasis on speed and the promised new emphasis on safe ty in high places of the law en forcement and automotive worlds." Barrage of Questions With no national election cam paigns this year, politics was get ting less attention at the con ference than in some years. But the governors who faced news conferences Sunday were sub jected to a barrage of political questions. Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of California said he was not a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960 and that it was too early to say whether he would seek reelec tion. Gov. G. Mennen Williams of Michigan refused to say if he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960. He said he expected to "run for something" in 1953 but would not say whether he wanted re election or a Senate seat. Man Hurl in Rail Speeder, Car Crash Carl J. Stockford, 39, route 1, box 410-A, Medford,. em ployee of Medford Corporation, was injured about 8 a.m. today when the railroad speeder he was operating collided with a vehicle at the Antelope rd. cross ing. According to state police, Stockford was operating the speeder north on the Medford Corporation railroad tracks and Arleigh Anton Anderson, 31, Trail, was driving his vehicle west on Antelope rd. Officerj said both Stockford and Ander son slowed down as they ap proached the crossing, but neith er saw the other in time to stop. Stockford was taken to Med ford Osteopathic hospital by Medford Ambulance service. He reportedly suffered severe head lacerations, but no fractures. He was expected to be released from the hospital this morning. Anderson was not injured, po lice said. Both the car and speed er sustained minor damage. No citations were issued.. Dr. Lee Mellish Elected Chairman of State Lions Dr. Lee Mellish, Medford dentist, took office as state chair man during the Oregon conven tion of Lions International which concluded here on Saturday. Mrs. F. L. Thompson, Suther lin, was seated as president of Oregon Lady Lions. Four men were named to the state executive council. They were George Goodrich, Tilla mook: Hale Thompson, Eugene: Bill Rohlfing, Grants Pass, and Sterling May, Baker. They will serve on the council with the four new district governors, Door Ripped Off, Concrele Cracked By Force of Blast Angels' Peak, Nev. (W The Atomic Encrsy Commission unleashed the fifth and heftiest atomic explosion of its 1957 ex periments today, a blast so powerful it ripped off a door and cracked the concrete wall of the control blockhouse 14 miles away. The AEC said no one was hurt in the control point. The bombs' mighty flash shamed the post-dawn daylight and momentarily blinded un guarded witnesses 45 miles dis tant. Its sound wave bounced off a stratosphere layer and was heard in Reno, 300 miles away. The detonation was set up as the first major test in the sched uled 20-shot series of a totally new approach to civilian under ground shelters. In addition to testing the sur vival characteristics of mole-like civilian shelters beneath con crete domes, experiments were conducted to determine the most suitable radiation-protec tive clothing for soldiers and civilians and the effects of radia tion fallout on foodstuff. Concrete Cracked The enrty-way door went fly ing off its hinges and a four foot long crack split the thick concrete wall by the damaged door momcnls after the secret atomic device exploded at 5:30 a.m. (P.S.T.) from a platform suspended beneath a captive balloon 700 feet above the floor of the Nevada Proving grounds. The size of the fireball and the resulting above nominal size mushroom cloud betokened the most powerful blant of nuclear fission yet in the scries, est; mated roughtly to be equivalent of 30,000 tons of TNT or more. That is 10.000 times more tons of TNT kick than the Hiroshima Nagasaki bombs. Spread beneath the ballon of varying distances was a field of shelters that looked like a colorly of giant trap-door spider homes. These were thick con crete dome structures in which humans are intended to enter and exit via popup steel doors. A total of nearly 1,000 mili tary observers occupied trenches 5'.4 miles from ground zero, the first use of troops close up in the current scries. However, troops have been closer in tests during previous years. They have been stationed up to one and one-fifth miles from ground zero, although undergoing less powerful blasts. Military items for testing in cluded field fortifications, fox holes and gun emplacements and battlefield equipment in addition to various types of pro tective wear for the soldier of the atomic age. From Angels Peak, the blast appeared to shatter with the ground beneath it. Within a frac tion of a second the entire 10 mile wide area of Frenchman's Flat was obliterated by dust. But the AEC said the fireball did not touch the ground, there by lessening the "burden of radiactive area anticipated" along Highway 93 and "for further distances into Utah," the AEC said after the blast. Its an nouncement said the cloud, which had started out to the southeast, had taken a firm course as scheduled slightly north and due east moving about 35 miles per hour toward Utah. MEETING POSTPONED The special city planning com mission meeting scheduled for this evening has been postponed to Wednesday, June 26, at 7:30 p.m. The meeting had to be scheduled for a later date due to lack of sufficient notice of publi cation, city officials said. Larry Sheehan, Rogue River; Robert Scherer, Wellington Park: Gerald Murray, Eugene, and Keith Parkinson, Redmond. Lady Lions taking office in cluded Mrs. Berne Con well, Mil waukie, firse vice president; Mrs. Harry Greer, Umatilla, second vice president; Mrs. Dana Shel ton, North Lincoln, third vice president, and Mrs. Henry Nel son (36-0), Portland, and Mrs. Evelyn Thompson (36-E), Coos Bay,, district directors. Mrs. Burton Dunn, Salem, im mediate past president, also will serve on the board of directors.