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Major Compromise
On Civil Rights
Measure Readied
Part III Would Be
Substantially Altered
Washington W The Eisen
hower administration readied a
major compromise on the civil
rights bill today designed to
ease southern fears of strong-arm
federal intervention in school
segregation cases.
A person qualified to speak
for the administration told the
United Press the controversial
Part III of the bill would be sub
stantially altered under the new
proposal.
This is the section which
would authorize the attorney
general to seek injunctions or
other civil court action "when
ever any persons have engaged
or there are reasonable grounds
to believe that any persons are
about to engage in any acts or
practices which would" deprive
anyone of any civil rights.
Troop Backing Feared
Southerners claim this sec
tion, because it is tacked on to
Reconstruction Era "force" stat
utes, would permit the govern
ment to enforce school integra
tion with federal troops.
The administration amend
ment would forbid the attorney
general to intervene in such
cases except by invitation of
local authorities such as school
boards or playground authorities
wishing to end segregation but
meeting resistance.
fresiaeni tisennower, in a
formal statement Tuesday night
after the Senate voted to for
mally consider his House-passed
racial rights bill, appeared to
leave the door wide open to
such an amendment.
Urges Early Fvsnrge
He urged the Senate to pass
the bill "without widue delay"
and with crippling amendments.
But he restated the four basic
objectives of his bill and said
one is to provide a reasonable
program of assistance in efforts
to protect constitutional rights
of citizens. This would fit in
with the reported plan for modi
fication of part III.
The United Press was inform
ed the administration also would
accept two amendments pro
posed by Sen. Richard B. Russell
(D-Ga.), leader of the amend
ments opposition to the bill. One
would make the staff , director
of the bill's proposed civil rights
'commission subject to Senate
confirmation. The other would
forbid the commission to accept
the aid of voluntary workers.
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A. W. LINGAAS
- Lumberman Dies
Funeral Services
For A. W. Lingaas
Scheduled Thursday
Funrral services for A. W.
(Bill) Lingaas, 60. of 826 Oak
Grove rd., widely-known lum
berman who died Monday, will
be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in
St. Mark's Episcopal church.
Mr. Lingaas was born March i sions, with the one reservation
Zhukov-Wilson
Visit Could Be
Useful, Ike Says
Peaceful Relations
Said Most Important
Washington OPI President
Eisenhower said today that
are exchange of visits between
Soviet Defense Minister Marshal
Georgi K. Zhukov and Defense
Secretary Charles E. Wilson
might be useful.
The President said at his news
conference there is almost noth
ing he would not favor doing
in an attempt to ease world
tensions. But ha made a specific
exception. That exception, he
said, is that no conference should
be held which might raise
world hopes and then dash them
to pieces.
The President said, however,
mat ne could see no harm in a
meeting between Wilson and
Zhukov.
The President discussed the
possibility of such a meeting
when a reporter asked whether
he thought an exchange of visits
between the U. S. and Soviet
Defense chiefs would serve a
useful purpose."
Must Promote Peace
The President answered that
it might. He went on to say
there is almost nothing he would
not do to try to ease world ten-
Officers Named to
Water Use Group
William Jess, Eagle Point,
was appointed by the county
court today to head the general
committee to study water use
in the Rogue valley.
Jess, a farmer, is also chair
man of the Rogue River Flood
Control and Water Resources as
sociation. Other officers of the
local study group are Gerald
P. Latham, business manager of
the Medford Mail Tribune, vice
chairman, and W. E. Davies,
Eagle Point cattleman, secretary
treasurer. The three officers will meet
at 2 p.m. Monday with the coun
ty court to consider further or
ganization of the study group.
About 10 subcommittees will
be appointed to study various
uses of water in the area. They
will present their findings to
the state water resources board
at a hearing here next fall. The
board will use the locally gath
ered Information In presenting
a program for use of Rogue riv
er water at the next session of
the state legislature.
Colonel Savard Named
CD Director Pro-Tem
Lt.- Col. Arthur M. Savard,
U.S. Army, retired, has been
named civil defense director pro
tem while Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks,
Jackson county civil defense di
rector, is on vacation.
The county court said Colonel
Savard will hold the position
until Aug. 1.
4. 1897, in Portland. On May 7,
iuod in YreKa, cant., he was
married to Mary Purdin, who
survives. He came to the Med
ford area in 1928 and served as
manager and auditor at Medford
corporation until 1944. At that
time he formed a partnership
with Harry Dowson in the
Southern Oregon Planing Mill,
Rogue Lumber Sales and the
Jackson Creek -Lumber company.
He helped organize and was
active in the Southern Oregon
Tree Farm association, of which
he was president in 1951. He
also served on the board of di
rectors and as treasurer of the
association.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Lingaas was a partner in the
Medford Machinery company
and was semi-retired.
He was a past president of the
Izaak Walton league, a former
commander of the American Le
gion, and was one of the organi
zers of the Central Point Rural
Fire Protection district. He was
Eisenhower said nothing
more important in the world to
day than trying to promote
peaceful relations. He said the
alternative is so terrible that al
most all the risks he would take
would be worthwhile. I
The President also:
Said it would be logical for
the U. S. to build a nuclear
weapons stockpile for use by
North Atlantic Treaty organiza
tion allies in case of attack. He
refused to discuss the status of
any nuclear stockpile plans.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles disclosed Tuesday that
the U. S. was considering such
a proposal.
j Kremlin Shake-Up
aia tne idea tnat present
Soviet bosses are trying to meet
demands of their people seems
to be sound. Eisenhower made
the statement when asked to
comment on the recent Kremlin
shake-up. He said the changes
lesulted from pressures within
the country.
Said America's alliances
SETS NEW TRANSCONTINENTAL SPEED RECORD U. S. Marine Major John Glenn Jr. (left) tpok off from
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station, Calif, in his F8U-1P Crusader jet (right) and was clocked over the control
tower at Floyd Bennett Naval Air Station, N. Y. in an elapsed time of three hours, 23 minutes and 8.4 seconds.
He broke the sonic barrier at least four times after takeoff and after each in air refueling to set the new trans
continental speed record. Top speed of the new supersonic jet has not been disclosed. It was clocked at
1,015.428 milpc o - Thompson Trophy speed record in August, 1956.
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No. 101
long active in conservation work j w'th the free world nations
and sportsmen's organizations.
He also had been a member of
the county Republican central
committee, and was a long-time
member of the Elks club.
The Rev. John Bright of St.
Mark's Episcopal church will of
ficiate at funeral services.
' Honorary pallbearers will in
clude O. M. Anderson, Eugene
Thorndike, Dr. Warren Bishop,
C. C. Leonard, Ernest L. Scott,
Everett Gillespie, Fred Carr,
William Stewart and Russell
Hogue. Active pallbearers will
include Carl Mason.'Otto Frohn
mayer. Earl York, Walter
Young, David Irving and Elwood
Hedberg.
Private committal will be in
Siskiyou Memorial park. Conger
Morris Funeral home is in
charge of arrangements. The
body will lie in state in the Gold
Room of the funeral home until
2 p.m. Thursday.
Survivors, in addition to his
wife, include four sisters, Mrs.
Robert LaForge, Portland, Miss
Elise Lingaas, Miss Laura Lin
gaas and Miss Jennie Lingaas,
all of Los Angeles, Calif., and
one brother, Martin E. Lingaas,
Portland.
Highway 99 Paying
Delay Indicated
The state highway department
today indicated a possible delay
in completion of the paving pro
ject on about three miles of
Highway 99 north of Rogue
River.
This stretch of hichwav was
raised to prevent inundation
during high water periods. The
paving project started about a
week ago.
No delays have been indicated
would fall apart if the status of
lorces agreements governing
jurisdiction of GIs stationed
abroad are absolutely essential
to the alliances on which U. S.
security rests. Without those
status of forces agreements, he
said; the U. S. would be com
pelled to bring its troops home.
ilitcary Cutback Lauded
Listing Service
Favors Rezoning
The Multiple Listing Service
of Medford, which comprises
about 60 realtors and salespeo
ple, have gone on record favor
ing rezoning property at the
corner of Jackson st. and Biddle
rd. for a proposed shopping center.
Members present at a Tuesday
meeting voted unanimously in
favor of the propoal, MLS repre
sentatives said.
The rezoning proposal will be
considered by the Medford city
council at a meeting tomorrow
night.
The MLS also appointed Cap-
tolia Vandagrift, Clark Walker
and Loyd Whitney to a commit
tee to represent the service at
all future council meetings at
which issues pertinent to Med
ford's development appear on
the agenda.
Bean Crop Said Ready;
Berry Pickers Needed
Gresham, Ore. W The bean
crop is ripening so fast that it
is cutting into the berry-picking
help, the state farm labor of
fice here said today.
Reports said 300 to 500 berry
pickers were needed for some 23
farms near here. Meanwhile,
wax beans were ready to pick
for construction of one mile of early and some pickers appar-
Hignway 99 in Ashland. ' ently were switching crops.
Reporter Gains Entry To Nevada Atomic
Test Site With Free Drink Certificate
Foreign Aid Cuts
'False Economy
Dulles Declares
Washington (Ifi Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles said to
day tnat toreign aid cuts are
"false economies" that would
force higher defense spending
and bigger draft calls.
Reduction below the $3,900,-
000,000 President Eisenhower
requested, he said, also would
weaken the Free World in its ef
forts to negotiate a disarmament
agreement with Russia.
Dulles testified before the
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee as the House neared a vote
on a foreign aid authorization
bill that would slice $700 million
off the Eisenhower program.
House leaders were sure it
would pass without any further
cuts.
The Senate already has ap
proved a $3,800,000,000 authori
zation.
Once the two houses agree on
the size of the program, a sep
arate bill appropriating the ac
tual money must be passed by
Congress.
Dulles told the Senate com
mittee the full S3, 900,000,000
should be apprnnT-;ated; that
any reductions would be "false
economies."
Power
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Christmas Tree Group
Schedules Meeting
Sales and price estimates for
next season and new methods of
tree culture will be discussed at
a meeting of the Southern Ore
gon Christmas Tree association
on Friday evening at Grants
Pass.
The meeting ill be at 8 p.m.
at the state forestry departments
Josephine county headquarters
at 761 Northeast 12th st .
Membership in the association
is largely in Josephine county
but officials of the group have
invited anyone In southern Ore
gon interested in the growing
and sales of Christmas trees. The
association was formed by grow
ers lor cooperative effort in
marketing and gaining scientific
information.
Charles Ladd, from the Salem
staff of the state forestry depart
ment, will attend to answer
questions on availability of nur
sery stock for Christmas tree
plantations. -
Clyde Crosby Found
Innocent at Portland
Santa Ana. Calif. r A re
porter disclosed today that he
had gained entry to the Atomic
Fnergy commission's top secret
Nevada test area by using cre
dentials which included a certif
icate for a free drink at a Las
Vegas bar.
A -credited in Advance
Pat Michaels of radio station
KWIZ and the Orange County
News service said he was accred
ited well in advance for Mon
day's "Diablo" test shot. He said
he arrived at Las Vegas, checked
in with Lf. Col. William R.
Hunter of the AEC information
section and was on his way to
Camp Mercury to witness the
test.
"The loophole in security that
I found lies between Col. Hunt
er's office and the civilian se
curity', guards who police the
area with an outward efficiency
which would overwhelm the av
erage citizen," Michaels said.
"Instead of giving a guard my
regular wallet with proper id
entification, I gave him one con
taining several other cards, in
cluding one with a vague state
ment about 'press' on it. another
entitling me to the free drink
at the bar and a third which '
certified I was an authorized
back scat driver."
"Through a fluke, my name
wasn't on the guard's list, so he
got me some identification in 10
minutes a 3 by 4 plastic card."
Carried Satchel
Michaels said he carried a
satchel with him all during the
test and was not questioned
about it.
"I wanted to see how far I
could go with it," he said. "Aft
er all. if I'd been a saboteur, it
could have been a weapon may
pe even a baby A-bomb."
Paving to Start on
Dead Indian Road
Jackson county road crews
have moved paving equipment
to Dead Indian rd. and have
started paving a three-mile sec
tion there.
Crews expect to remain in
that area for a week to 10 days.
They will also do some patch
work on Dead Indian rd., accord
ing to Paul Rynning, county en
gineer. They rebuilt and regrad
ed much of the road last year.
Prior to moving to the present
location, crews paved a section
of East Main st in Ashland.
Portland (IP) A unanimous
verdict of innocent was return
ed here Tuesday night by a jury
deliberating state conspiracy
charges against Oregon Teamster
leader Clyde Crosby. .
The former member of the
Portland Exposition-Recreation
Center Commission was accused
in a grand jury indictment of
conspiring to accept a bribe in
connection- with selection of a
site and sale of property for the
$8 million center.
His principal accuser had been
racketeer James Elkins, star wit
ness before the Senate Labor
Rackets Committee earlier this
year.
Motives Blasted
Crosby was the second promi
nent defendant accused by El
kins to be acquitted by a jury in
Portland's marathon vice contro
versy. Mayor Terry Schrunk was
acquitted of a perjury charge
after another trial in June. Only
conviction obtained so far on
the mass of indictments returned
after, Elkins' appearances be
fore grand juries was that of
District Attorney William Lang
ley on a misdemeanor charge of
failing to make an arrest when
he saw cards being played at a
party. He was subsequently re
moved from office.
Defense Attorney K. C. Tan
ner, in his closing statements to
the jury, blasted what he said
were the motives for the trial,
claiming Lh a t two Pulitzer
prize-winning reporters for the
Portland Oregonian, William
Lambert and Wallace Turner,
wera attempting to bolster their
nationally-noted series of vice
stories that were based on El
kins' disclosures.
"They got their story from
one of the most disreputable
wretches that has ever afflicted
our community," Tanner de
clared.
If Crosby had been convicted
he could have been sentenced to
three years in prison plus a
$1000 fine.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair throuth
Thursday. Low tonight 45.
High Thursday 85.
Temp.
Richest VestPrday . ..7R
Lowest this Morning 44
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise. ...
Sunset
Moonrise
, 4:49 a.m.
7:46 p.m.
10:23 p.m.
Last Quarter July 19
Venus, low in west at 8:39 p.m.,
is now movine into the constel
lation. Leo. Next week it will
b seen near Re cuius, brightest
itar of that group.
$25 in Change Taken
From Millwork Firm
Approximately $25 in small
change was taken from a cash
register in the retail section of
Padgham Glass and Millwork
company, 1309 Court St., lues
day night, according to city
police.
Entry to the building was
made from the roof, police said,
where a window in the construc
tion section was broken. Evi
dence showed that the business
office was also entered, police
said.
The entry was discovered
Wednesday at 5:42 a.m. when
Henry F. Padgham Jr. arrived at
the store.
Elgin, Ore. OPi Pat Me
Ciure, 17-year-old . Elgin high
school senior, will reign as
queen of the 1957 Elgin Stam
pede through July 21.
Budget-Cutters
Hail Proposal as
Proof of Claim
Washington W House
budget-cutters today hailed De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son's 100,000-man military cut
back as proof of their claim the
defense budget can be reduced
substantially. Senators were
cautious.
Some military officials feared
the reduction would weaken U.S.
bargaining power in disarma
ment dickering with Russia.
Might Lose Leverage
ine united states has pro
posed a cutback in U.S., Russian
and British military strength to
2,500,000 men. Some military
men fear if this country cuts
too close to that goal voluntarily
it will lose any leverage on
Russia to do likewise.
Wilson, with President Eisen
hower's approval, Tuesday or
dered the armed forces to reduce
their authorized strength from
2,800,000 to 2,700,000 by the end
of this year. Since the services
were 10,358 below authorized
strength at last report, this
means an actual cut of 89,642
men.
In a memorandum to Eisen
hower, Wilson said the cuts
make it possible to reduce by
about $200 million the money
requested from Congress for per
sonnel, maintenance and opera
tions for the 12 months that
began July 1.
President Can't
Imagine Set of
Circumstances
. Eisenhower Informed
Of Powers Under Law
Washington Wl President
Eisenhower said today that al
though he has legal power to
send troops into the South to
enforce school integration, he
could not imagine any set of
circumstances that would lead
him to take such action.
A reporter pointed out to Ei
senhower at his news conference
that he has the power to use
troops to enforce the Supreme
Court school decision under laws
dating (back to the reconstruc
tion era following the Civil War.
He was asked if he was aware
that a section of his civil rights
bill now being considered by the
Senate would carry forward the
power to use troops if necessary
to put into action the orders of
a federal court.
Troops Uie Authority
Eisenhower said he had been
informed of his powers under
the reconstruction era laws, but
he did not believe a situation
could develop whereby he would
have to use this power.
He said he is very hopeful
that the Congress will pass a rea
sonable, acceptable civil rights
bill.
Eisenhower said he did not
want to discuss possible amend
ments to the bill while it is
under consideration by the Senate.
He said that, for the time
being, he prefers to stand on his
statement of Tuesday night
when he expressed hope that the
Senate would keep the bill as
"an effective piece of legislation
. . . consistent with simple jus
tice and equality afforded to
every citizen under the constitu
tion of the United States.".
Brownell Power Unwise
Under prolonged questioning
about the administration's stand
on the civil rights program, Ei
senhower told reporters he did
not think it would be wise to
grant Attorney General Herbert
Brownell Jr. the power to bring
federal court suits on his own
motion to force integration in
southern schools.
Eisenhower said that although
he was not a lawyer, he thought
such legal actions should origi
nate on the request of local authorities.
Testimony Starts in
Grants Pass Shooting
Grants Pass (If! Taking of
testimony in the voluntary man
slaughter trial of William Lewis
Chapin, 81, began today. Chapin
is on trial for the fatal shooting
June 12 of Wyatt Ramsey Swish
er, 43.
A jury of nine men and three
women, plus a woman alternate,
was selected Tuesday afternoon.
Adlai Stevenson's
Son Said Missing
Singapore (If) American
President Lines officials here ad
mitted reluctantly today they
did not know the whereabouts
of John Fell Stevenson, purser
aboard the liner President Polk
and son of Adlai Stevenson.
Young Stevenson left the ship
at Hong Kong with a group of
passengers and flew to Bangkok,
en route to a sightseeing tour of
Ankor Wat in Cambodia. He was
supposed to rejoin the ship hers
Monday but had not showed up
today.
The search for Stevenson was
touched off by a United Press
New York query on reaction of
the young Harvard student to
news that his roommate, Prince
Harim, had been named the Aga
Khan IV.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati . 5 S 0
New York 4 7 0
Lawrence, Sanches 8 and
Bailey: Barcley, McCormick 3
Worthington 9 and Thomas.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Baltimore 18 1
Chicago 3 6 1
Wight, Lehman (8) and
Ginsberg; Keegan, Bischer
'9) and Moss.
Annual Bard's Heyday Vill
Be Held Sunday at Theater
Ashland Rogue valley audi
ences have been invited to meet
actors this Sunday afternoon at
the Oregon Shakespearean Fes
tival theater.
Starting at 5 p.m., the Tudor
Guild will present the seventh
annual "Bard's Heyday," with
games, special entertainments,
prize contests, and refreshments,
all set in the Elizabethan era.
About 8 p.m. the event will con
clude with a short, formal pro
gram to be presented on stage,
including the popular actors'
pantomime contest.
Members of the 17th annual
Shakespearean company will be
guests of the Tudor Guild.
Food and refreshments will
be on sale, including many items
which were common in the Eliz
abethan age. Variety will b.
wide enough to make the selec
tion of a balanced meal possible
for both children -and adults.
Guild representatives said. Gift
and souvenir articles also will
be for sale in Tudor Guild
booths.
Several of the acting company
will appear during the Heyday
celebration, performing as stroll
ing musicians, dancers-on-the-green,
and in the pantomime
contest, when they will compete
for prizes. Costumes will be
worn by most participants, and
a Town Crier will keep the visi
tors posted of activities.
Aiied to the contest list this
year is the Akinetinda contest,
dating back to ancient Greece.
Also planned for the Heyday en
tertainment are a performing
bear, a fishpond, a fortune tell
er, and a Punch and Judy show-
on a new stage, completed in
time for Sunday's event, '