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I trust we shall not have to wait much longer than the President's State of the Union message (Jan. 9) to learn what specific measures are the aims and decisions of the NATO conference. I am glad the President was able, valiantly, to under take the trip to Paris and to help restore in part, at least, the atmosphere of harmony between ourselves and our Allies. The President should now come up with clear and constructive proposals to meet Moscow's paper peace of fensive. He should at the same time deal realistically with our own defense needs and those of our Allies. Final decisions by the President cannot long be post poned whatever differences resolved within the Administration over what to say to Russia and how to make more effective our strength for peace as well as for security. This is a time for leadership and the American people are entitled to know all the facts and what they have to face in further sacrifices. The more than four year habit of glossing over unpleasant facts ought to cease. ' (Continued on page 13) Roy Green Shifted By State Commission Salem In a maior re organization move the State Industrial Accident commis sion has named Roy G. Green to the new post of executive secretary with general admin istrative supervision. The change, approved by Governor Robert Holmes and the State Civil Service com mission, is designed to relieve the three Commissioners of much of their present burden some details of administration. Green, who has been the com mission's actuary for 9Vz years, will retain his position as actuary and will receive no additional salary for his new duties. Centralized control of the complex administrative pro cedures of the Commission is the aim of the new set-up. ac cording to Chairman William Callahan. In approving the new organ izational plan, Governor Holmes said: "This change is in keeping with my hope that the State Departments of the Oregon government will be able to work ta their fullest efficien cy. The State Industrial Acci dent Commission has kept Oregon's premium rates low er than those of comparable states, and the cost of admin istration now is the lowest among similar agencies in the entire nation. "Time lag on claims pro cessing has been cut down considerably in the past year, and the disposition of claims appealed to the Commission has been speeded up. "I believe the new organi zational move will increase substantially both the effi ciency of the agency and its service to Oregon industry." Another personnel change, effective with the new year, will bring Virgil Sexton, for " nearly 20 years supervisor of research and statistics for the State Unemployment Com pensation commission, into the accident commission in a similar position. This depart ment, formerly operating un der Actuary Green, will be operated on much the same basis as in the State Unem ployment Compensation com- Members Named To Resources Group Names of the 1958 conser vation week state central com mittee members were an nounced at the regular meet ing of the Committee on Na tural Resources held in Salem recently. Governor Robert D. Holmes appointed the following men: Robert C. Baum representing the State Soil Conservation Committee; Arthur King, OSC Extension Service; Don Lane, Water Resources board; D. L. Phipps. State Forester; P. W. Schneider. Game commission; and Richard Bain, Committee on Natural Resources, chair man. It was announced at the same time the committee would again sponsor the 1958 conservation week, the dates to be May 11 through 18. This will coincide with the nation ally observed soil stewardship week. Governor Holmes indicated that he would make the coun ty chairmen appointments in the near future. being recommended to support of opinion may still be un mission, it was announced. Under state law, the acci dent commission of three members also acts as the Un employment Compens a t i o n commission. William A. Cal lahan, as the labor represen tative, is chairman of the Accident Commission. L. O. A r e n s represents manage ment. Mrs. Cecelia P. Galey represents the public. - Only One Injured Badly In Bus Flip Albany, Ore. (IP) A Grey hound bus with 36 persons abroad overturned on icy pavement about 15 miles south of here Saturday but no critical injuries were report ed. State police said one person, not immediately identified, was hurt seriously. About 15 others suffered minor injuries. The accident was one of two which occurred within a few minutes of each other in the same area between Shedd and Halsey on U.S. 99. Each involved a Greyhound bus and a car. The most serious accident occurred when a bus south bound from Portland took to the shoulder to avoid a car which had skidded in front of it and blocked the high way. The bus, operated by Edward R. Radcliffe, Wood burn, Ore., rolled over in a ditch. The injured were brought to Albany General hospital. The other acicdent occurred a few minutes earlier when a southbound car went out of control on an icy spot and sideswiped a n o r t hbound Greyhound bus. Deadline Given On Dog Licenses County dog licenses may be obtained in various parts of the county until March 1, ac cording to county dog control officials. These licenses may be pur chased in the county court house and at the county dog pound, 2872 Howard ave., in Medford, and at the police de partment or from the chief of police in Jacksonville, Phoe nix, Talent, and Eagle Point. Mrs. Kizzie Edmondson, city recorder, Butte Falls, will handle dog license sales there. They may be purchased also at Gill's Market in Gold Hill or at the city hall in Rogue River. Sports Bulletin Klamath Falls Klam ath Union High school downed the Medford Black Tornado 56 lo 40 last night to sweep the two-game bas ketball series here. The Tornado played on even terms with the Pelicans in the last two quarters but Klamath had built a 17 point 32 to 15 halftime bulge. Glenn Moore with 18 and Bob Niles with 16 topped Klamath scoring. Lowell Dean got 14 for Medford. Tornado cagers won the jayvee prelimin ary 44 to 42 exactly dupli eating their Friday night victory score. Non-Aggression Pact Proposed With Russians No Comment Made By U. S. Officials London !W Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan Sat urpday proposed a western non-aggression pact with Rus sia that might "get the path ready" for a summit confer ence on East-West issues. Neither the State depart ment in Washington nor White House spokesmen at Gettysburg, Pa., where Presi dent Eisenhower was spend ing the week end on his farm had any official comment on Macmillan's proposal. (But officials noted that in the past the United States has taken the position that all United Nations members already are bound by the UN charter not to wage aggres sion and that a new non-aggression pact with Russia would therefore be useless. (Secretary of State John Foster Dulies is known to feelMhat such a pact would raise false hopes throughout the world without solving ba sic issues between the West and Russia.) In a broadcast to the na tion on the NATO Chiefs con ference in Paris last month, Macmillan emphasized the need for the West to main tain its defenses but reflect ed growing Western Euro pean sentiment for a meeting with the Russians at the high est level something Rus sia long has urged and the United States has opposed. To Clear Away Rubble Macmillan said negotiations with the Russians could have as their object "to clear away the rubble of old controver sies and disagreements, per haps to get the path ready for a meeting of the heads of government." He said this could be done either through regular diplo matic channels or by a meet ing of foreign ministers. Russia rejected the NATO proposal for a foreign minis ters mee'ting on disarmament and urged again a summit conference. The Prime Minister said a non-aggression pact "would do no harm. It might do some good." Russia already has ap proved the idea of such a treaty. Must Keep Guard Up But Macmillan-'warned the West must keep up its guard by maintaining its nuclear bomber fleets and preparing for ballistic missiles bases to be provided by the U. S. His speech contained a new conciliatory tone which may foreshadow his soon-to-be-delivered answer to Soviet Pre mier Nokalai A. Bulganin's "peace plea" letter to West ern leaders before the Decem ber NATO conference . Moscow (W - The Sov iet news agency Tass report ed British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's radio speech contained "crude anti Soviet attacks and distortions of reality." It said the burden of the Premier's statement was "to justify NATO and British for eign policy, praising the lat ter restrainedly as well as nu clear weapons as 'notorious deterrent factors'." It also accussed Macmillan of "ignoring constructive So viet proposals for speedy les sening of international ten sions to eliminate the threat of nuclear war." Math Wizard Pledges Aid In Missile Competition Washington IP) - Polish mathematical wizard Dr. Jer zy Leon Nowinski, who de fected from Communist lab oratories, pledged his high power brain to America Sat urday in the great missile race with Russia. Nowinski, well acquainted with Russian advances in re search, is an expert theoreti cal researcher on thermo-elas-ticity. This is a science in the stress and strains of metals and other materials when sub jected to high speed a key one for the builders of ocean spanning ballistic missiles and space ships of the future. It also deals in the nose cone problem of missile re entry into the earth's atmo sphere. The granting of asylum to Nowinski after his wife and daughter had succeeded in fleeiig from behind the Iron Curtain to England was dis New Zealanders C-Hit South Pole South Pole (W The five man New Zealand expedition under Sir Edmund Hillary hiked into the U. S. Navy South Pole base Saturday to a heroes' welcome, a lunch of hot dogs ard navy beans and a chance to thaw their ice coated beards after their epic Antarctic trek. All five men were In good shape despite the rigors of the 1,200-mile ice safari. Hil lary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, said the trip was "not bad at all." He planned to fly back to his home base at McCmurdo Sound in a U. S. Navy sup ply plane. Operators Poised For Quick Action If Talks Bog Down New York (IP) Negoti ators committed to an all-out effort to avert a nationwide telephone strike resumed contract bargaining Saturday with long distance operators poised to hang up on the pub lic on a moment's notice if the talks bog down.. The negotiations were start ed up again shortly after 2:30 p.m. (EST) with each side holding a separate meeting to map bargaining strategy. A total of 25.000 members of the AFL-CIO communica tions workers of America are involved in the dispute with the American Telephone and Telegraph company. A strike by the union, au thorized to begin at any time union oficials give the word, would cripple long distance service across the nation as well as service to foreign countries and ships at sea. Forty per cent of the un ion's members are telephone operators.c.:The rest are main tenance, accounting and com mercial employees. The union, representing long lines workers in 42 states and the District of Co lumbia, wants management abandonment of demands for a no-strike clause, discontin uance of voluntary union dues check-off and longer hours for administrative workers in 24 communities. ' The union's 13 month con tract with A.T.&T. expired at midnight Friday night, but the union agreed to further talks before calling a strike. Boyer's Successor To Be Named Today Portland (W The Demo cratic State Central committee meets here today to name a successor to Robert A. Boyer of Medford as state chairman with three men in the race. Candidates - include Pat Davis, 33, Baker; David Epps, 50, Sweet Home, and State Rep. Richard E. Groener, 40, Milwaukie. Boyer, who announced some time ago he was stepping down, said he was keeping out of the selection. Epps said he believed he hand enough, votes pledged to win. Groener said he had "about 25 votes pledged" but thought he would pick up more. Davis said "If anyone wins on the first ballot, I'll be the one. It may take the second ballot for me." There are 72 votes. closed Friday by attorney general William' P. Rogers. When his family escaped, Nowinski was in Baltimore lecturing at Johns Hopkins university. He had been a research professor at the Uni versity of Warsaw for seven years. "I was disappointed by the political, moral and religious conditions in Poland after the war," Nowinski told a news conference. He said he chose asylum because he wanted to educate his daughter, Kris tina, 7, in an atmosphere of freedom. The scientist said he had little first hand knowledge of Russia's Sputniks and rockets, But Rogers said he was fa miliar with Russian research Officials at Johns Hopkins indicated Nowinski would be an invaluable addition to the nation's all-out scientific effort. The New Zealanders reach ed the geographic South Pole Friday but pitched camp two miles from the heated polar base to sleep because they were "very tired." Saturday morning, they climbed aboard, their three Ferguson Sno-Cat tractors and nosed them on their last remaining drum of gasoline to the base established last year. Half a mile from the base, Navy Lt. Vernon Houk of Firebaugh, Calif., and Danish-born Dr. - P. Mogensen, scientific chief, went out to meet them. The five New Zealanders clambered down from the tractors, their beards frozen in the below-zero cold and shook mittened hands all around. Then they walked to the base. Hell Bent Race It was the end of a trek that started from the Ross Sea coast Nov. 24 and devel oped into a "hell-bent" race on Christmas day against a 12-man British expedition headed for the pole from the Weddell Sea on the opposite coast of the continent. The British expedition un der Dr. Vivian Fuchs was re ported making Slow headway over dangerous crevasses. (Paul Blum, a radio ham in Syracuse, N.Y., said he re ceived reports that Fuchs was having trouble with his sno cat motors at a point 70 miles from the pole). Reports reaching the Navy polar base said the Fuchs ex pedition still was 250 miles away and probably wouldn't arrive until Jan. 20. Hillary, a 38-year-old bee keeper turned mountaineer and explorer, said the last few hundred miles were the easiest for him. Hillary, Radioman Peter Mulgrew, Engineer Murray Ellis, Mechanic Jim Bates and Cameraman Derek V"ight, ap peared tired but none the worse for their experience crossing an 11, 000-foot high plateau of snow and ice that made breathing difficult. Reminder Given On Tree Planting Members of Medford's landscape committee remind ed residents today that trees planted along the streets un der the city's street tree pro gram are not purchased by the city. The landscape committee was named to decide which trees .would be most suitable for specific streets and areas of the city of residents along those streets or in those areas wished to plant- trees to make an "avenue of trees." Residents must purchase and plant the trees along the streets, but the type tree and spacing are specified by the city for the most effective avenue of trees" to beauti fy the city. The trees and spacing are specified according to a plan developed by the landscape committee, which includes two expert landscape archi tects, the county horticulture agent, and one member of the Medford Garden club. Work ing with the landscape com mittee is a planning commit tee which works with resi dents along streets planning to plant. BASKETBALL SATURDAY SCORES COLLEGE California 57, Washington 45 Washington Stat 64, Stan ford 51 Oregon Stat 68. U8CLA 61 San Francisco 64, San Jos Stat 44 Eastern Washington 65. Col- leg of Idaho 53 Portland U. 64, Gonzago 50 Arizona Si. 107, New Mex ico Highlands 77 Arizona 71, Texas Western 67 Southern Oregon 69, East ern Oregon 47 Oregon Tech 64, Portland State 55 Central Washington 62, Lewis and Clark 56 Si. Mary's 58. College Pacific SO Montana 73, Utah 67 of PREPS Ashland 37, Crater 30 Butte Falls 61, Rogue River 30 St. Mary's 59, Illinois Val ley 42 Phoenix 47, Eagle Point 38 oee It xic Be Overcome With Joy" -1 Demo Party Plans Effort- For Washington (IP) All po litical signs point, on the eve of a new session of Congress, to a massive effort by the Democrats to unite on the missile issue and thereby play down their differences on other problems. However various issues de velop, the GOP' minority will be bucking the odds in its ef fort to win the biennial con test next November for con trol of the next Congress. All 434 House seats and 32 of the 96 Senate seats will be at stake in the elections Nov. 4. With a Republican admini stration in power, the 1958 session of Congress will pro vide the principal forum for the Democrats to define the national issues, as they see them, for . the autumn., cam-r paign. However, most con gressional candidates try to tailor issues to fit their own states and constituencies, par ticularly in election years when there is no presidential candidate. Party Gaining Strength Since the start of the Eis enhower administration, the Democrats have shown in creased strength in congres sional elections so that they even, managed, to .preserve thzlr slender majority in the 1956 Eisenhower landslide. For the coming session, Senate Democratic . Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, who has become his party's dominant figure in Congress, already has grabbed the ball on the missile issue. Aschairman of the Preparedness Subcommit tee, he began an investigation soon after the first Soviet Sputnik was launched and had public hearings going by late November. Since he became the Dem ocratic floor leader seven years ago, Johnson's strategy has been keyed to developing issues in a way to unite the Democrats. When he could not as in the 1957 battle over a Civ Two Women Hurt In Auto Crash Two Ashland women were seriously injured when their car struck the second light pole in the Bear Creek inter section on Highway 99 about 9 p.m. Saturday, according to state police. Police tentatively identified the women as Etta Irene Phillips, 36, of 1257 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, and LaVerne Barger, 3.9, of 304 Main st., Ashland. They said the Phil lips woman, apparently the driver, was thrown out of the car in the collision. The car traveled about 100 feet after hitting the post. The Phillips woman was taken to the Rogue Valley hospital by Medford Ambu lance Service. She was report ed in surgery at press time Saturday evening. The Bar ger woman was taken to Sac red Heart hospital by the ser vice where she was reported undergoing examination at press time. State police said the car was apparently traveling at high speed in the fog in the northbound lane when the ac cident took place. Dixon, Iowa (TP) This . town of 203 residents was without a mayor Saturday be cause the men who ran for the office decided they didn't want it. But We're Afraid You Unity il Rights bill he tried to minimize the differences. Passage of a Civil Rights bill last year was a personal tri umph for him but the party split over the issue was soon dramatized again by the up roar in Little Rock, Ark. Democrats have long found it easier to unite on national defense policy than on Civil Rights. The 1958 session may bring much oratory on the Civil Rightsi ssue but there is little chance that another bill will be pushed this year. The Democrats also have found it easier to make a show of harmony on farm and economic issues, which may or may not develop legislation this year. On the Republican side, 'this "will-be "the last year for Senate GOP Leader William F. Knowland, now a candi date for governor of Californ ia. In both the state and na tional areas, he has shown much interest in getting new labor laws. Like Johnson, Knowland is vieweda s a possible candi date for the presidency in 1960. However, neither is now viewed as the front runner in his party. Face-Lifting Program Set For Oregon State Fair Salem (Special): A long range face-lifting program for the Oregon State Fair is pro posed in a master plan sub mitted to the fair commission by the architectural firm of Balzhiser and Seder of Eu gene. As adopted, the fair would no longer be chiefly an agri cultural exhibit but would be expanded to include the en tire economy of the state in dustry, natural resources, homemaking and entertain ment as well as agriculture. "Just as the Ffir was the 'showplace' of the rural com munity of the past, it should be the 'showplace' of the total state community of today", the report explained. "The fair should be one place where all phases of state life could be brought together for the entertainment and educa tion of all of its population as well as a medium ta promote Oregon to the rest of the state and the world." Mall To Be Heart The heart of the new fair would be a greatly enlarged central mall, surrounded by a circular exhibit and entertain ment area. A perimeter road would be constructed around the entire fairgrounds with easv access provided to ar terial city streets. The plan contemplates the eventual razing of present exhibit buildings which are described in the report as "little more than over-sized barns." In their place would be erected a new type of exhibit build ing, "flexible and able to ab sorb any type of exhibition than can be imagined." The new exhibition buildings would be built just south of the present exhibit buildings and would be of thin shell concrete. Five such buildings, relatively inexpensive, are proposed. They would have long spans and movable in terior partitions, allowing for greater flexibility in their use All of the exhibit buildings would have perimeter balcon ies as a means of increasing the exhibit footage and also Heavy Schedule Being Laid Out By Eisenhower Washington (IP) Presi dent Eisenhower is laying out a heavy work schedule for congress which reconvenes Tuesday, the White House dis closed Saturday. In addition to his state-of- Meetings Planned On Election Facts For Water Users Three meetings have been scheduled by the Medford Ir rigation district to inform wa ter users of the facts relative to the special election' Jan. 14, Jack Hoffbuhr, manager, has announced. Water users will vote Jan. 14 on a water contract and proposed extension, rehabili taion and betterment project to improve facilities and wa ter supply of both the MID and Rogue Ri"er Valley Ir rigation districts. A meeting for voters in precinct one will be held at the Roxy Ann Grange hall Tuesday, Jan. 7. Precinct one includes all that portion of the district lying north of Barnett rd. Wednesday, Jan. 8, there will be a meeting at the Phoe nix High school for water usuer in precinct two, which includes that portion of the district lying south of Barnett rd. and east of Kings High way. The third meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, at the Oak Grove school for voters in , precinct three, which in cludes " that portion of the district lying north and .west of Kings highway. All three meetings will start at 8 p.m., Hoffbuhr said. Hoffbuhr reminded absen tee voters that applications for absentee ballots must be in the MID ofice, 1310 Barnett rd., no later than 5 p.m. Mon day, Jan. 6. Absentee ballots must be in the office no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14, he said. lending architectural distinc tion. Another major new struc ture would be the Official Building, containing the ad ministrative offices, a major restaurant including a covered outdoor restaurant and first aid rooms. A series of small and medium sized meeting halls would be included in the official building to pro vide space for miscellaneous: and state meetings. In front of the official building,, there would be a small lake with a family of sea lions for ad ditional interest. For greater vitality and in terest in mall area, small open-type movable exhibit shelters would be scattered through the mall. These would house exhibits and also con cessions. The report recom mends a liberal planting of tree and shrubs to give the entire fairgrounds a park-like appearance. Oppos Moving Sit The architects turn thumbs down on suggestions the fair site should be moved to a rural rea. Instead, it suggests purchase of adjoining parcels from time to time to provide additional parking space, and for other purposes. In the timetable proposed by the architects, the 4-H and FFA buildings would be the first to be constructed. Dur ing 1960-1965 would come the reconstruction of the road system, and the begining of the mall devlopment and con struction of the first new ex hibit building. A new admin istration building and addi tional new exhibit builings would follow in the five year Deriod. 1965-1970. In 1970- 1975, the rebuilding program, in its major phases, would be completed. The plan was submitted as a guide to be used by future fair commissions if and when replacing of buildings become ncessary. It represents the first efforts at long-range planning ever undertaken by any commission since Ore gon's first state fair opened in 1861. the union, budget and eco nomic messages scheduled this month, he will transmit special messages on labor un ion safeguards, the farm price situation, science education, and foreign aid. He will deliver his state ot the union message in person Thursday. White House Press Secretary James E. Hagerty also said he may make an other personal appearance be fore the lawmakers later but did not say what it might in volve. Mr. Eisenhower will meet with Republican congression al leaders Tuesday morning to give them a preview of his legislative plans. But once again he will be dealing with a Democratic-controlled con gress which will have the fi nal say on how his program fares. Among the overriding leg islative issues on which the Democrats may not see eye-to-eye with the president are ballistic missiles rivalry with Russia and inflation midst an economic slump. To Maintain Tax Level Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) told newsmen Saturday that congress will neither raise nor reduce taxes. He said he expects Mr. Eisenhower's fis cal 1959 budget to be in bal ance at current tax levels. He said the nation cannot aford to return to a period of defi-cit-spendirfg, thus increasing the national debt and infla-. tionary pressures. He said the nation appears to be "in a period of economic readjustment" but he is con fident business will pick up by mid-year. ..- But politics also will be the order of the day. This is re election . year for all. house members and one-third of the senate, so legislative ears will be tuned to the grassroots. Congress first order of business, however, will be finding an answer to Russia's supremacy in the missile and satellite fields. It has changed its tune since last year when it goaded the administration to cut expenses in the name of economy. Now it appears ready to vote billions to pass Moscow in the space-rocket race. Congress probably will give him all or more than he wants for missiles and space satellites. The leadership and rank-and-file alike are alarm ed by the administration's failure to win first place in the push-button weapons race. The administration already has announced it wants two billions more than this year for missiles, to build up the strategic air command; for anti-missile experiments; an ti-submarine defenses, and higher pay for military spe cialists. Gavin To Resign From Army Dufias Washington (IP Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin, the Army's chief of research, Saturday abruptly decided to quit the Army and be "freer to write and talk" about the nation's defense needs. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker promptly denied that Gavin had been fired or criti cized in any way for-his re cent proposal to drastically re organize the joint Chiefs of Staff. Gavin told the United Press he plans to retire from the Army in March. He will then be 51 years old, he said, and will have completed 30 years in the military service. WEATHER FORECAST: Continued foggy in the valley through Mon day and partial afternoon clearing, fair above 2.S00 feet, temperature range 30 at night to near 40 in afternoons, high tempera ture above fog near so. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 3 Lowest this Morning . ... 30 PRF.CIP. To IS p.m. Yesterday, trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise " Sunset 4:53 p.m. Moonrise 5:20 p.m. Full Moon 12:09 p.m. PROMINENT STAR Sirius, in the south west 8:58 pjn. VISIBLE PLANETS Venus, in the southwest at sunset. Mars, low in south east :28 a.m. Saturn, rises 6:16 a.m. Jupiter, due south 6:56 a.m.
