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West at Crucial
Point in Quest
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By CHARLES CORDDRY
United Press Correspondent
V
"aris (in The Western alliance is at a crucial fork in the
road in its quest lor security against Russian military aggression
Mounting defense cojts and confidence in the war-deterring
power of nuclear bombs have kicked off a "great debate" on the
need for strong ground forces on the Central European front
near the Iron Curtain.
Political leaders may have to decide soon whether to move
toward even heavier reliance on air-atomic power to thwart
nussian designs, or to go on building up the ground force shield
as vital additional insurance.
Changes in North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense plans
eem inevitable to some authorities. But they say it is too early
to speculate on the effects on the 7th U.S. Army, a 125,000-man
lorce operating in West Germany at an annual cost of $1,200,000,'
000, and comprising the largest single national force in NATO
Needs 30 Divisions in Central Europe
Ironically, Gen. Lauris Norstad, first air officer to be supreme
Allied commander in Europe, has become the most articulate and
persistent advocate of the ground force shield. He says 30 divisions
are needed urgently in the Central European region, but at the
behest of his political chiefs he is having a new study made for
consideration of the NATO Council next fall.
The current debate was stirred up in the wake of Britain's
defense policy overhaul announced
a 13,000-man cut m the British army of the Rhine, reducing it to
64,000.
The British argued they were bearing more than their share
of the NATO ground force load and, anyway, were able to make
an atomic contribution which no other country but the United
States could do.
Norstad has been working constantly to counteract any snow
balling effect the'British cuts might have among European NATO
members. The cuts were forecast 13 months ago when Sir Anthony
Eden, then prime minister, said it was time to take account of
"the changed circumstances which the deterrent power of the
hydrogen bomb has brought about."
There has been an on-again, off-again debate ever since on
whether a thin line of ground forces wpuld be enough in Europe,
a sort of "trip wire" to sound the warning if Russia moved.
Reasons for Rejecting Argument
Norstad, and the international staff at his 15-nation headquar
ters here, reject such arguments. These are their reasons for de
manding a stout ground force shield:
It must provide convincing evidence that NATO will resist
aggression.
It must be strong enough to force aggressors to concentrate
and telegraph their punch, if they dare attack.
It is needed to protect continental air bases from which re
taliatory forces would fly.
It must hold off attackers at Western Europe's frontiers for
the limited time it would take retaliatory air forces to crush Rus
sia and end war. Europeans have experienced one occupation and
liberation in the last 17 years and do not want another.
With sea and air elements the shield must block Baltic and
Black sea exits to Soviet undersea forces.
The shield stands as a deterrent in a very special way, a way
that has meaning for Americans at home as much as for Germans
at the front line. Norstad argues there is little or no chance of
Russia provoking a local incident on the Iron Curtain if it is vis
ibly defended by strong ground forces.
Would Bloom Into Full-Scale War
He is convinced that if there were a local attack, or penetra
1 tion where the line is thin, it would' bloom into full-scale war be
cause neither side would withhold what it thought it needed to
win. If the shield is thick enough, however, the aggressor would
have to make a deliberate decision to attack and while consider
ing the move would realize he was invoking his own destruction.
Norstad also argue that, without any front-line forces, the West
might awake one morning to discover Russians had moved across
the line n force on one pretext or another and presented a fait
accompli. To let them stay there would be to undermine. NATO;
to run them out with modern weapons would be to accept , the
onus for starting World War III.
So, in the view of NATO military planners, both the shield and
the retaliatory Air Force sword are needed.
They reject the idea that a thin shield force would do because
it is sufficient deterrent in peacetime and would be helpless in
atomic war regardless of its size. If deterrence fails and war comes,
NATO planners expect ground forces to play a Vital holding role.
Next: Can Europe be defended?
Acute Unemployment
Problem Predicted
Salem HP An acute un-
employment problem for Ore
gon during the winter months
was forecast by the State Un
employment Compensation com
mission today.
Employment officials said that
midsummer labor surpluses,
among the largest since World
War II, probably would decline
slightly during the late harvest
period. But they were not opti
mistic about winter months,
Some 25,500 persons are ac
tively seeking work now, the
commission said.
John A. Norton, new admin
istrator of the State Unemploy
ment Compensation commission,
said that while the count might
not indicate a portion of stu
dents, housewives and migrants,
"it indicates the possibility of
a real problem this winter."
Slowdowns over the state in
icasonal lines were mainly re-
Weather
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preprUon to defend luelf war
last April. The plan called for
sponsible for the lower job
level, Norton said.
Payments to 14,000 unemploy
ed workers totaled $1,050,000
last month, the highest July in
the 19'i years of unemploy
ment compenseation.
Norton predicted that unless
basic industries improve soon,
the payments would get even
heavier. t
More than half the jobseekers
were in the Portland metropoli
tan area, the commission said.
Two Area Men Bound
Over to Grand Jury
Two men charged in connec
tion with an attack upon a 39-year-old
Portland man were
bound over to the grand jury
after a preliminary hearing in
district court yesterday.
Billy Joe Thompson, 24, Gold
Hill, and William Matthew
Nickle, 21, of route 1, Central
Point, are being held in Jack
so county jail in lieu of $5,000
bail each.
They v are charged with rob
bery by force and violence
while not armed with a dang
erous weapon in connection with
an assault on John J. Araway,
39. Portland.
Araway was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital about 3:30 a.m.
July 30. He was treated for in
juries suffered in an altercation
on Highway 99 near the Wil
low Springs junction, officers
reported.
Authorities said the pair al
legedly took S40 from Araway.
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MAMIE EISENHOWER
In 'Good Condition'
Mamie Eisenhower
Undergoes Surgery
Af Waiter Reed
-Washington OP) Mrs. Ma
mie Eisenhower underwent a
two-hour internal operation by
a gynecologist 'at Walter Reed
Army hospital today.
An announcement after the
operation said she came through
in "good condition."
The President remained at
the White House, in conference
with Republican leaders and en
gaged in other appointments.
But he kept in touch with the
hospital by the telephone.
Common Disorder
It was understood that the
operation dealt with a rather
common female disorder.
Three hours after the oper
ation was completed, a White
House spokesman said there
would be no further announce
ment's about Mrs. Eisenhower's
condition unless complications
developed.
He said the President prob
ably would visit her at the hos
pital late this afternoon.
The White House would say
only that the surgery dealt with
'benign condition" not can
cerous, and had been planned
for some time. It was not an
emergency operations.
The surgeon was Dr. Hum
bert L. Riva, a colonel in the
Army medical corps, a gynecol
ogist. .
Pressed by reporters for the
precise nature of the first lady's
ailment, White House Press Sec
retary James C. Hagerty pointed
out that Riva was a gynecologist.
A gynecologist specializes in
women's ailments.
Under later questioning, Hag
erty said the operation involved
nothing serious and not an em
ergency." He also said that the
surgery disclosed "nothing mal-
gnant.
Ceremonies Slated
For Link in System
Special ceremonies have been
scheduled to acknowledge the
final link in 100 miles of dis
tribution system walex mains
under the ownership ana control
of the Medford water depart
ment. Mayor John Snider will assist
in laying the silver-colored pipe
bearing the words "100 miles."
The observance is scheduled for
p.m. Wednesday at Crater
Lake ave. and Stephens st., ac
cording to Robert Lee, depart
ment superintndent.
Installation of a 12-inch water
main on Crater Lake ave. will be
the final link in the system,
which has teen greatly im
proved through a 10-year plan
now nearing completion, Lee
said.
'Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!'
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52nd Year
Medford
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Injunction Hearing
Starts Second Day
In Federal Court
NLRB Seeks Action
Against Local 6-221
A federal court hearing on an
application i for a labor injunc
tion in a Jackson county labor
dispute began its second day in
Portland this morning.
Federal District Judge Wil
liam East was hearing the ap
plication of the National Labor
Relations board for a picketing
injunction against Local 6-221,
International Woodworkers of
America, AFL-CIO, of ' Butte
Falls, now picketing the Med
ford Corporation.
Yesterday afternoon, 'Judge
East denied a- petition of the
Local for a week's extension in
which to show cause why it
should not be enjoined from
picketing Medco, ' United Press
reported.
An injunction against the
picketing was released by Pat
rick H. Walker, Seattle, acting
regional director of the NLRB.
Dispute Over Rehiring
Mmbers of the union picket
ed Medco's woods operations at
Butte Falls after a strike re
sulted from a dispute over ' re
hiring truckers' equipment. The
truckers were employed by Aus
tin L. King, Medford trucking
contractor, who has been haul
ing logs for Medco. The truck
ers wished to use their own
equipment instead of King's,
which was available, according
to King.
About 130 woods and rail
road employees of Medford
were off the job as a result of
the strike. They refused to
cross a picket line established
by the truckers.
As,a result of the strike, Med
co and King filed unfair labor
practice charges with the NLRB.
Medco alleged the effect of the
strike against King, which closed
its woods and railroad opera
tions, constituted a secondary
boycott, banned under the Taft
Hartley act.
Monday Witness
Only witness at Monday's
hearing was B. L. (Bud) Nut
ting, general manager of Med
co. William A. Babcock, union
attorney, denied the secondary
boycott allegation. He said the
union is picketing both King,
and Medco but for unrelated
reasons.
The NLRB claims the union
struck the King log hauling com
pany and at the same time pick
eted both King and Medco in
an area where employees of both
were operating.
After the strike against King,
members of Local 6-221 approv
ed a strike against Medco fol
lowing failure to agree on wage
and other negotiations which
have been under way since
April. The Medco mill is oper
ating with members of a differ
ent union, who have passed the
picket line set up by striking
workers.
Daughter Born To
Actress Elizabeth Taylor
New York (IP) Actress Eliza
beth Taylor, wife of Producer
Michael Todd, had a girl by cae
sarian section today, a spokes
man at Columbia-Presbyterian
hospital said. The baby had not
been expected until Oct. 15.
Both Mrs. Todd and the four
pound 14-ounce baby are doing
well, the hospital said.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1957
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENTS Four
students, two from France and two from
Belgium, are visiting in the Rogue valley
this week on a travel project sponsored by
the Assoication for World Travel Exchange,
a privately - sponsored organization. They .
are shown above during a garden reception
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Frohn
mayer (standing) on Spring st. At left is
Jack McDermott, New York, a medical stu
dent who is their tour conductor. Others
are, left to right, Guy Decerf, 31, Brussels,
Belgium; Mile. Giselle Marguillier, 28,
Eagle Point Man
Killed in Accident
On Crater Highway
Edd B. Johnson, 73, of Eagle
Pointy was killed--Monday after
noon when he was struck by a
log truck while- walking north
on the Crater Lake highway
about one mile north of the
Eagle Point junction, state po
lice reported today.
The truck driver, Raymond
Floyd Pierce, 53, Butte Falls,
told officers that his truck
struck Johnson after Johnson ap
peared to fall toward the truck
as he walked along the shoul
der. He said he was unable to
avoid the pedestrian because of
cars which were passing in the
other lane, police reported. No
citations were issued, officers
said.
The traffic fatality was the
17th in Jackson county since
Jan. 1 this year.
Johnson was born July 2,
1884, in Fairfield, la., and had
lived in Jackson county for the
past three years, coming from
Wallowa.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Fred Gray, Wallowa. The
bddy is being forwarded by Conger-Morris
Funeral home to Wal
lowa. Shady Cove Fire
Destroys Garage
Shady Cove Fire early last
night destroyed a, garage and
pump house, and damaged a res
idence owned by Johnny Minor.
Shady Cove volunteer firemen
saved adjoining residences and
prevented the fire from spread
ing throughout the Minor house,
firemen said. !
Minor estimated his loss about
$1,000, which included chain
saws and other power tool equip
ment in the garage. Smoke and
water damaged the house, fire
men said. ,
The fire was, first noticed
about 5:30 p.m. yesterday.
Plans Being Prepared
For Talent Work
Plans and specifications for
canal construction in the Tal
ent project will be available
by Aug. 13, according to J. A.
Callan, project construction en
gineer, bureau of reclamation.
'The project involves earth
work, concrete canal lining and
structures on the Howard Prai
rie delivery canal and Little
Beaver creek. Earthwork for
about 8.9 miles of canal.
Bids on the project will be
opened at the Camp White of
fice at 10 a.m. Sept. 12.
North Sacramento, Calif. (Ut
Two holdup men escaped with
an undetermined amount of
money from the Arden-Morse
branch of the Bank of America
here today.
Education Necessary
In Safety Program,
State Off icia I Says
The fact that the Medford
Safety Council has survived for
so many years is outstanding,
James R. Banks, manager of the
traffic safety division of the de
partment' of motor vehicles, said
yesterday.
"There is no more active citi
zens' organization In the state,''
he added.
The statements were made
during one of a series of meet
ings held with city, school offi
cials and representatives of news
media and the Medford Safety
Council representatives yester
day. Heading up the meetings
were Banks and Charles A.
Boice, assistant manager.
Public education and support
are necessary for any traffic
safety program and effective en
forcement of traffic laws, Banks
said.'
Not Sufficient Support
According to experiences of
the recent state legislature, there
is not sufficient support for traf
fic law changes-, he said. Also,
pedestrian regulations are the
most difficult to enforce. This re
quires considerable public educa
tion until such laws are more
easily enforced.
The public's attitude even in
fluences construction of free
ways, he noted. For instance,
construction of one state free
way was held up by litigation
from a farmer whose land it bi
sected, he said. The farmer had
public support on his anti-freeway
attitude so construction was
held up for a year.
Basis for Standards '
Banks explained that stand-.
ards set up are based on achieve
ments recorded by the top 30
per cent of the cities surveyed.
He added that Medford is sub
stantially higher in all sections
Eleven Atomic Test
Protestors Arrested
Mercury, Nev. flPI Ten men
and a woman edged their way
into the off-limits atomic site
today in protest against nuclear
tests and were promptly, arrest
ed and jailed.
In a well publicized "peaceful
demonstration" against contin
ued atomic experiments by the
U.S. government, the "atom
lopers" dribbled through the
open but guarded main gate in
groups of twos and threes over
a period of an hour and a half.
Before they had penetrated
more than 25 . feet along the
main entry road, which remains
unbarred by gates because of
constant official road traffic,
they were arrested in orderly
fashion by sheriff's deputies. -
The 11 demonstrators were
hustled off to Justice of the
Peace Ralph Lyle at Beatty,
Nev., 30 miles northwest of
Mercury, where bail was to be
set and pleas entered.
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Paris; Daniel Vander Goten, 28, Brussels,
and Henri Filliol, 34, Perigueux, France.
Arrangements for their visit here were
made by the Medford Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which placed each in a Medford
home during their two-day stay. They will
visit Crater lake today, and attend a Shake-.
spearean festival play before going on to
San Francisco. The entire trip from New
York has been made by automobile. Last
night's reception was attended by about two
dozen city and county officials, press repre
sentatives and business leaders.
(Kenn Knackstedt Photo)
compared with cities of similar
rJbpulation."
He also complimented the
police department for its work
in both education and enforce
ment. , This, he said, forms the
core of the traffic safety pro
gram. In Medford the police de
partment functions as the core of
the safety council also. However.
the council members should be
sure that their organization does
not collapse if officers like Capt.
Fichtner should leave for other
jobs.
Banks also explained that cit
ies are no longer ranked since
the value of the safety program
is for t city self-improvement.
Competition doesn't further that
aim, he added.
Award Plaque ,
.To receive an award plaque
now each city must have a rec
ord of 80 per cent or better in
the specific category on which
the . award is based. Such an
award winning town must also
have a record of 80 per cent or
better for a total score, he noted.
It was suggested at the media
conference that safety promo
tions be tied closer to the local
situation and feature -local
problems.. "
Boy, 13, Winner of
Cake Baking Contest
Thirteen- year- old Raymond
Noquier of the Southwest Med
ford club won the 4-H cake bak
ing contest championship this
morning in ' the county court
house. His closest competitor out of
17 girls was his older sister,
Jeanette Nouquier, 16.
Raymond was required to
bake a two-egg butternut cake
which was judged on quality
and workmanship. He was also
judged on the story he wrote
about his baking experiences.
Log Production in County
Totals 562 Million in '56
Salem Log production in
Jackson county during 1956 to
taled 562,306,000 board feet, ac
cording to figures from the of
fice of State Forester Dwight L.
Phipps.
Production in state of Oregon
for the year was 9,335,810,000
board feet, which was 384,000,-
000 board feet below that of the
previous year and nearly half a
billion board feet below the ban
ner year of 1952 when the all-
time record cut of 9,802,471,000
board feet was reached.
Douglas county was in the
lead in 1956 with a cut of 1,776,-
297,000 board feet of timber,
with Lane county next with
Lane county next with 1,107,-
384,000 hoard feet.
Lincoln and Coos counties
House Committee
Cuts Aproprialion
By 16 Per Cent
Use of Existing
Facilities Urged ,
Washington OPI The House
Appropriations committee, tak
ing one of its last swings this
year at federal pending, today
chopped 16 per cent from re
quested funds to finance this
year's military construction and
assorted minor government func
tions.
President Eisenhower had ask
ed for $1,860,748,967. The com
mittee recommended to the
House an appropriation of $1,
581,590,587, a cut of $279,158,
380. -
Greater Economies Asked
The lion's share of the re
quest, of the funds allowed, and
of the cut were applied to Army,
Navy and Air Force plans for
continued work on a worldwide
system of defense bases. The
committee called for greater ec
onomies in this work and use
of existing facilities wherever
possible before new projects are
started. ,
Cuts recorded by the commit
tee today, if sustained by the
House, would bring to $4,322,
014,309 total savings claimed by
the . House so far this year
against budget requests totalling
$57,879,869,615.
AEC Funds Pending
About all that is left to be
considered are the annual for
eign aid request, which can't be
considered until the aid author
ization bill is finally passed, and
funds for the Atomic Energy
commission, also tied up pend
ing congressional action on an
authorizing bill. No doubt these
requests will be cut too.
Included in construction pro
jects recommended by the com
mittee are:
Air Force, Ax Defense Com
mand: Klamath Tails, Ore., $1,
743,000; Portland, Ore., $3,828,
000. I Smoking Possibly
Cause of Death
The death of Mrs. Henry E.
Johnson, 49, of route 2, Medford,
yesterday was probably .caused,
by smoking in bed, sheriff's
officers said this morning.
Chief Deputy Joe Walsh who
investigated the fatal burning
yesterday added, that an autopsy
probably will rjot be held.
Mrs. Johnson was found by
her husband, Henry E. Johnson,
proprietor of Johnson's bakery, ,
Medford, about 11 a.m. yester
day. He told sheriff's officers he
left home about midnight Sun
day and returned about 11 a.m..
yesterday.
Johnson is reported to be still
under a doctor's care and being
treated for shock.
Sheriffs officers reported
smoke damaged the interior of
the house. The bed and the floor
were burned, they added.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Conger-Morris
Funeral home.-
Drivers Improvement
School Meeting Set
A meeting to discuss a pro
posed "drivers improvement
school" for the city of Medford
has been called for 7:30 p.m. Fri
day in the city hall. Approxi
mately 30 citizens, distinguished
for civic interest, have been in
vited, according to Mayor John
Snider.
Municipal Judge Noreen Kelly
and Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner,
in cooperation with Police Chief
Charles Champlin, have pro
posed the school for the benefit
of constant violators and volun
teers who "wish to attend be
cause of a sincere desire to im
prove - their drivf?ig," Mayor
Snider said. '
Persons invited to the "safe
ty preview demonstration" in
clude representatives of - the
press, radio and television, serv
ice clubs, Medford Safety coun
cil, and others.
were the only two additional
counties which reported a cut of
slightly over the half a billion .
board foot mark. ,
Breakdown of Production
In the breakdown of produc
tion by land ownership, the re
port indicates that the national
forests of the state provided
1,867,000,000 board feet of tim
ber while the Indian reserva
tions produced 163,038,000 board
feet.
Phipps pointed out that this
estimate of log production has
no relationship to the lumber
production of the state. Some
of the lumber has been processed
in Washington mills, while a
limited footage has come into
Oregon from California and
Washington.