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Truman Urges
Presidential
52nd Year
Medford
Succession
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MEDFORD, Oo'N, MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1957
No. 81
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Bv HARRY S. TRUMAN
North American Newspaper
Alliance, Inc.
Copyright. 1957. by
Harry S. Truman
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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
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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.
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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
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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"
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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.