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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANU A
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No. 219
ME
President Should
S-Save Proposals to
Meet Peace Moves
BY HARRY S. TRUMAN
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
Copyright. 1958. by Harry S. Truman
(Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is for
bidden without written authorization.)
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.