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Oregon Oelegation Stew Over Leak of Political Froble sua to Medford 16 PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1958 No. 225 160 Million Board Feet Set For Sale Approximately 160 million board feet of timber will be sold during 1958 by the Med ford district office of the bu reau of land management, ac cording to an announcement yesterday afternoon. It was made during a pub - lie meeting in the Jackson county courthouse auditorium attended by about 80 persons, most of them connected with the lumber industry. The meeting was to inform the public regarding the bu reau's programs and provide an opportunity for suggested improvement in t he pro grams. Total Timber Sales The total timber sales in millions of board feet as brok en up into management areas or administrative units would be: north Jackson, 42.6 allow able cut, 55.8 according to the plan for 1958 with a differ ence of plus 13.2 South Jack son would have 13.7 in allow able cut, 19.2 according to the 1958 plan and plus 5.5 differ ence; north Josephine, 43.6 Wafer Users Vote In Favor of Two Federal Confracis Water users in the Medford and Rogue River. Valley Irri gation districts yesterday ap proved by large majorities contracts with the bureau of reclamation for additional water and rehabilitation work. Medford Irrigation district patrons approved the MID contract 100 to 11. At the Hill crest Orchard house precinct the vote was 38yes. 5 no; at the district "office it was 25 yes, none no; and at the Oak Grove school, 37 yes, six no. The 111 votes cast is one more than the 110 cast in the 1955 election in which about $1.5 million worth of rehabili tation was approved, accord ing to Jack Hoffbuhr. secretary-manager of MID. He said there are about 572 eligible voters in the district. Rogue Valley Votes A total of 79 votes were cast in the Rogue River Val ley Irrigation district. There were 75 yes votes, three no votes, and one which was voided. Harold Sexton, secretary manager of RRVID, said the total vote represented about a third of the eligible voters and compares with the 100 votes cast in the 1955 rehabili tation election. Sexton consid ered yesterday's turnout satis factory. Under the contract, MID will obt?in 8,000 acre feet of storage space in new and en larged facilities and two- Vhirds of the increase in re- 'turn flow to Bear creek re sulting from expanded irriga tion and water use after com pletion of the Talent project. Cost of Water The MID contract also au thorizes $603,000 for the cost of the additional water, and whatever amount is necessary for' rehabilitation. The latter amount will not exceed $361, 000. The Rogue River Valley Ir rigation district will obtain 3,000 acre feet of additional water. It will be used on 500 acres of additional land to be included in th district within two years after completion of the Talent project, and 1,500 sere feet will be additional water for present irrigated lands. The RRVID contract also authorized $580,500 for cost of additional water and re habilitation to the district's laterals, flumes and Hopkins canal. Railroad Commufer Subsidy Proposed Washington OP! George Al pert, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad, proposed today that public funds be used to subsi dize rail commuter service DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 in dustrials 445.20, up 3.40; 20 railroads 103.01, up 1.05; 15 utilities 71.36, up 0.48, and 65 stocks 150.51, up 1.20. Sales today were about 2. 080.000 shares compared with 2,010.000 shares Tuesday. allowable cut, 64.5 according to the 1958 plan and plus 20.9 difference; south Josephine, 8.2 allowable cut, 6.8 accord ing to the 1958 plan and -1.4 difference; Klamath, 13.5 al lowable cut, 14.0 according to 1958 plan and plus 0.5 dif ference. This gives a district total allowable cut of 121.6 million board feet and 160.3 million board feet under the 1958 plan. The allowable cut is that designated by the secretary of the interior. The figures un der the 1958 plan is what the staff of the Medford district office of the BLM estimates can be offered for sale this year. Includes Carry Over This year, the total of 160.3 million board feet includes 10 million board feet of timber carried over from that not sold last year, a spokesman for the BLM explained. Ross Youngblood, .district forester for BLM, said weather is the only factor which may hamper or delay timber sales for the calendar year of 1958. Asked how much of the 160 million board feet of tim ber proposed for sale had been cruised, Youngblood said about 68 million board feet. Most Convenient Questioned on the method used in estimating amount of timber in each tract put up for sale. Youngblood said the BLM's method has been found the least expensive and most convenient from the govern ment's viewpoint. He admit ted some variation exists in methods used by different agencies placing timber on sale. An attempt is now being made to get all such agencies to use the same method, he said. Russ Getty, of the state BLM office, said a major han dicap has been lack of regu lar personnel for timber cruising. BLM personnel, be cause of job requirements, have had to spend less time on cruising timber for sales estimates and more time on other phases of their jobs. Civil service is now con vinced that cruising is a pro fessional job vital to the lum ber industry and a man must be allowed to concentrate on it. With one man making the cruise all the time, lumber men will become better ac quainted with his method of estimating timber and can make the conversion to their own unit of measure more easily, Getty explained. Advisory Board Every tract put up for sale is discussed by an advisory board of 10 people represent ing a cross-section of the com munity, Youngblood ex explained. The board is in clined to be conservative on its timber estimates, Young blood said. All sales are approved in the district office, Young blood said. Talley sheets are sent to the IBM machine com pany in Portland for a final accurate check, he added. A brief outline of the work done and planned on access roads into BLM timber tracts was given by Dick Schlachter, district engineer. Completed are 18 miles on the Galice sys tem on the south side of the Rogue river, seven miles on the Kelsey-Mule creek system on the north side of the Rogue river and repair work on the Hellgate bridge, part of the Galice system, when com pleted the Galice system will extend for 40 miles, it was ex plained. Road Projects Access road prospects for 1958 include the West Fork of Evans creek for access to 1,170 million board feet of timber, 700 million board feet of BLM and 470 million board feet private timber. Road length is 16 miles. White Horse creek bridge will lead to 100 million board feet of timber, 69 million board feet of BLM and 31 mil lion board feet of private tim ber. Snow creek bridge will provide easier access to 94 million board feet of timber, 77 million of BLM, 8 million of forest service and 9 million of private timber. Thompson creek bridge will facilitate ac cess to 50 million board feet. Proposed for 1959 is the Keno rd., to extend for 14 miles to an area of 683 mil lion board feet of timber. The total includes 170 million for the forest service, 157 million for Weyerhauser, 24 million of other private timber, and 332 million board feet of BLM timber. Tribune I M wt ft Sr & -. fjr? lit1- fM BENJAMIN BIAGGINI Will Speak Here Vice-President of Southern Pacific To Speak in City Benjamin F. Biaggini Jr., vice president of the Southern Pacific Railway company, will speak at the annual Distin guished Service Award ban quet sponsored by the Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce. The banquet will be held at Rogue Valley Country club at 6:30 p. m. Saturday, Jan. 25. Biaggini has been a vice president of the railroad firm since Aug. 1, 1956. His office is in San Francisco. He start ed with the company in 1936 as a rodman with the Texas and New Orleans railroad. He held various positions with the T&NO, including the vice presidency, before becoming vice president oi boutnern Pacific. He was educated at St. Mary's University of Texas, St. Thomas university, Hous ton, and the University of Houston. He also attended Harvard business school. The annual Distinguished Service award is presented to Medford man between 21 and 35 years old who has been outstanding- in civic affairs during the previous year. Redstone launched; Vanguard Delayed Cape Canaveral, Fla. HP) The spectacular launching Tuesday night of a Redstone, only the first stage rocket for the big Jupiter C satellite carrier, squeicnea rumors oi an imminent Army attempt to fling a man-made moon in to orbit. The Defense Department identified the noisy, flame- trailing missile as a Red stone, a 200-mile range bal listic missile already opera tional. The test flight was de scribed as "normal." The Navy, meanwhile, ap parently had postponed a sec ond attempt to launch its 72 foot Vanguard rocket with a test satellite in its nose. Chief indication of this was the sud den departure Tuesday of Vanguard project officials who had come to Cape Canav eral over the week end for the anticipated launching. Salem HP) Robert M. Fischer Jr., public relations official, has been named ex ecutive secretary of the Sa lem United Fund, replacing the late Claude Kells. "Well, I Got That In, All Right" Story Reporting Discussion About Holmes Upsetting Leak 'Unfortunate Sen. Morse Asserts By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Oregon's five Democrats in Congress are stewing over the old prob lem of how to stop leaks to the press of "political family problems" which they prefer to discuss behind closed doors. They were upset over an article by this correspondent reporting that last week they discussed the political vulner ability of Gov. Robert D. Holmes in the upcoming elec tion campaign. No member of the delega tion, four of whom were in terviewed Tuesday, question ed the accuracy of the story, except Congresswoman Ed ith Green who said she reach ed no such conclusions about Holmes' political situation. Several expressed concern that the inference was being drawn in Oregon that ill will existed between the delega tion and the governor. Sources who attended the breakfast meeting last week s?id there was no expression of animosity or ilr" feeling toward Holmes, just candid concern for the political prob lems he confronts in his re election bid. Sen. Wayne Morse, in a letter to his colleagues, said it was "unfortunate" that someone had leaked what was supposedly a "confidential" discussion. "I think it is obvious that the meetings will lose their value if members of the dele gation or members of their staffs are going to take the position that they are free to tattle to the press every pol itical family problem we may discuss at the breakfast." Sen. Richard L. Neuberger called this reporter to his of fice in an effort to learn the sources of the story. Neu berger was told that they could not be identified. This reporter obtained the information through conver sations .with at least half of the 18 persons who attended the meeting. , Rechecking sources Tues day, it was learned that the discussion about Holmes was initiated by Morse, who, as chairman of the delegation meeting, determined the ag enda. Morse Tuesday noted that the next conference of the delegation will be held next Monday, after which he rec ommended that everyone re frain from public comment beyond the scope of a prepar ed joint statement to the press. Portland Economic Disaster Rating Asked Salem (IP) Gov. Robert D. Holmes today appealed to Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell to have Portland de clared an economic disaster area. Holmes also asked that Portland be given top prior ity as government contracts are let. Portland IIP) Interior Secretary Fred Seaton will speak here at two Republican dinners on Feb. 12. Bulletin Washington UP) ' The house today approved an emergency bill authorizing $549,670,000 worth of missile-age military construc tion. The vote was unani mous, 374 to 0. President Tiics Red Ink " letter Than Tax Hike MARK HATFIELD To Oppose Unander Hatfield Enters Race for State's Highest Office Portland (IP) A wide- open primary election battle for the state's top office shaped up today with the an nouncement of 35-year-old Secretary of State Mark Hat field that he would' be a can didate for the Republican nomination for governor. As many as a half-dozen persons may be involved in the primary struggle three Democrats and three Repub licans. Gov. Robert D. Holmes, Portland insurance man Lew Wallace and Multnomah County Assessor Wiley Smith already are in the running on the Democratic side of the fence. And Hatfield's announce ment pitted him against State Treasuerer Sig Unander, 44, for the GOP nomination. State Sen. Howard Belton, Canby, has also indicated he- mav he a Republican candidate. Mind Changed - ...:---.-A In announcing his candida cy Hatfield said "in recent weeks, I have been besieged by sincere people who believe that it is mv duty to cive the Republicans of Oregon a free choice in an open primary." Some time ago the secre tary had said he "could not at this time conceive of cir cumstances" that would in duce him to run and he said today it was still his personal preference to complete his first term as secretary of state. But the final decision to run was made in Salem Tuesday night at the home of Assistant Secretary Warne Nunn at tended by Republican leaders. Hatfield 'said the people urging him to run were inter ested in a candidate who could "unify and energize the Republicans of the state" and who would wage a "hard, fighting campaign." Hatfield served six years in the state House and Senate before becoming secretary of state, Unander is in the midst of his second term as state treasurer. Storm Systems Baffer East Area By UNITED PRESS Two major storm systems today battered sections of the central Plains, Midwest and East with treacherous coat ings tf freezing rain, sleet and snow. An invasion of Arctic air swept the Central Plains Tuesday, touching off torna does, snow, hail and rain in Texas. Three tornado funnels were sighted in Texas, and one of them touched down near Greenville, causing mi nor damage. A second straight day of slippery weather was predict ed for the East and portions of the Midwest. Weathermen warned of pos sible heavy snows in Northern New England with accumula tions of up to 10 inches in New Hampshire and 8 inches in Maine. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with oc casional light rain through Thursday. Low tonight 38. mgn inursaay 48. Temp. Highest Yesterdav 4S 42 Lowest mis Morning . Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .28 Our Skies Tonieht Sunrise 7:3 a.m. Sunset 5:04 p.m. The Moon rises Thurs day j 4:44 a.m. and forms a triangle with the planets. Mars and Saturn. Mars is nearer the Moon. New Moon Sunday EVENING STAR Venus, in the southwest at sunset, sets 6:31 p.m. Advisory Group Named for City's Parks, Re 16 Residents Officials in Pn Sixteen Medford . ...s have been named to the city's first Advisory Parks and Re creational committee by May or John Snider and the city council. ' The committee, named at the suggestion of the council, will join city officials in evaluating the needs and in setting a course required "to assume our full share of recreational responsibility," Mayor Snider said. In a , letter to committee men, the mayor and council said: "Since World War II, the growth of our city has been at an accelerated pace. The city administration has done a creditable job in keeping up with needed arterial' street im provements, storm and sani tary sewers and expansion of service departments such as police and fire. "A major, unpredicted need now demands attention, study and correction. That is the need for park and recrea tional facilities to catch up and keep up' with our rapidly increasing population. "In the past, the major por tion of this burden has been left to the Medford school system. Within their means, they have done everything possible to provide and super vise recreation for both in school and out-of-s c h o o 1 time." City's Responsibility .,-. .. Mayor Snider and the coun cil noted that the city's share of responsibility needs to be evaluated. Copies of the city's study of the problem in develop ment of a comprehensive re creational and park program ha e been furnished to the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, the Ministerial as sociation, juvenile authorities, the city planning commission, the city" council, the police chief, the budget committee, school officials and Parent Teacher association. Members of the committee are Mrs. Edith Eden, 211 Ge nessee St.; Mrs. Fred Lorish, 830 Minnesota ave.; Mrs. Wil bur Tucker, 2233 Aloha st.; Miss Colleen Hope, 911 Nar regan st.; Eugene Thorndike, 55 South Berkeley Way; A. C. Pierce, Pierce Heights; Glenn Jackson, 117 Greenway circle; James E. Zack, 111 Summit ave.; Mrs. Earl Miller, 617 Park st.; Mrs. D. L. i'lynn, 235 South Oakdale ave.; Dr. Ernest R. Duce, 1108 Mt. Pitt ave.; Glenn Linn, 119 Wash ington St.; Verl Walker, 2642 Merriman ave.; Dick Knight, 2115 East Jackson st.; Charles Jones, 30 Summit ave., and F. 7. Bowman, 29 Summit ave. Signal Oil Geis Gasoline Contract Signal Oil company was awarded a contract this morn ing by the Jackson county court to supply gasoline and diesel oil to the county. Signal submitted a low bid of $51,577.50. The contract runs from Jan. 31, 1958, to Feb. 1, 1959, the county court said. Eight companies submit ted bids. Contract for supplying stove oil and furnace oil was award ed L. G. McLaren of Medford, Shell Oil Products representa tive here. The bid was S821.25 the lowest of four received. Jamaica Troops Prevent Violence Nassau, Bahamas (IP) The British government flew in troops from Jamaica early to day and apparently prevented an outbreak of violence in this colony tourist resort par alyzed by a general strike. Three planeloads of men from the Royal Worcester Regiment l?nded shortly after midnight, and a 4,000-man mass meeting of workers turn ed into a peaceful meeting in stead of the threatened riot. . f c3- C Arlington (IP Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. . nnson (Tex.) urged the administration Tuesday to invite all members of the United Nations to join in the conquest of space "as an outpost of peace." "The dimensions of space dwarf our national difference on earth," Johnson told a meeting of Columbia Broadcasting System representatives. "And if we are to win space as the outpost of peace, all men may and should share in that en deavor." Terming the space-age challenge the greatest ever to face man, Johnson suggested that this country invite scientists of other nations to work together. Ike Will Find 'Nation Undivided' He called on President Eisenhower "to lead in this labor boldly and forcefully" and predicted that "in the vigorous pursuit of peace he will find the nation undivided in his support." President Eisenhower, in his week end letter to Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin, urged an agreement to ban development and testing of space weapons. But he did not suggest a United Nations space program. Johnson said that "surely we cannot, as leaders of free men" fail to see that the joint conquest of space "affords us the one clear course to recapture the initiative for freedom." The Democratic leader also urged a reappraisal of U.S. foreign and domestic policies in the light of recent Soviet achievements. He said the policy of physical containment of Soviet Communism largely had succeded until now but there was no assurance of continued success. Defense Likened to Maginot Line "We have, for long, held a position of strength in world affairs, he said. "That position is no longer secure. We must not be so inflexible that we can imagine no changed policy to cope with a changed position. "We need the marshalling of our resources, physical and mental such as we have never had before," he continuel. "We need imagination and freshness. We need force and boldness in our leadership." Johnson likened U.S. defense policies to the Great Wall of China and the French Maginot line prior to World War II. He said "we have built a wall against aggression, but now we find that we are imprisoned. The Soviet has, dramatical ly, leaped over the wall." ilson, -Hoover Are Names for Names for two new elemen tary schools were selected by the Medford school board last night. A new school at Grand and Corona aves. has been named Wilson elementary school, and one in the Verde Hills area on Siskiyou blvd. extension has been named Hoover elemen tary school. Selection of the names has been considered by the board for more than a month. The names follow a policy of the school board to name elemen tary schools after presidents of the United States. After Wilson and Hoover were de termined for the new schools, designating the particular school was done by drawing. Plans Reviewed Plans for the new schools were reviewed by board mem bers last night. The board hopes to have bids prepared to let by mid-February, board members said. Bonds to finance construc tion of the elementary schools and an addition to Medford high school were sold recent ly. The buildings and high school addition are part of a $1,786,000 two-year building program approved by district voters last November. In other action, the board set May 5 as the election of school board members, but set no date for the budget elec tion. School administrators are working on a proposed budget for next fiscal year. The boar.', is considering ap pointments for two vacancies on the budget committee for 1958-59. Named To Group Elliott Becken, assistant su perintendent of Medford schools, was appointed to the state curriculum study com mittee. The 12-member group will study, make recommen dations and be available for consultation on school curri culum throughout the state. Leonard Mayfield, superin tendent, reminded the board he would attend a meeting of the basic school support study Firemen Investigate Incendiarism Attempt City firemen investigated an apparent attempt at incen diarism at the home of Miss Alta Pearl Morton, 507 Beatty St., last night. They said that matches had been dropped through a letter slot onto a chair. Three holes were burned in the upholstery and one in a cushion. A spot on the carpet was scorched. Firemen were summoned about 8:40 pjn. n Urges 'Jse As Outpost Schools committee in Salem, Thurs day, Jan. 23. The committee represents various school ad ministrators and other inter ested parties. The committee will meet to discuss and work out differences in the support program. Guilty Verdict Is Returned by Jury A district eourt jury late Tuesday returned a verdict of guilty after hearing the case of Raymond Richard Koch, Forest Acres, Central Point, on charges of illegally holding a game bird in captivity. He was fined $25 plus costs and a 30 day jail sentence was suspended on condition he pay the fine. Koch was brought into the district court on a warrant after he failed to appear at the appointed time for a jury trial which his attorney had re quested on his behalf. Testimony revealed that Koch's field was being plowed when his sons discovered a pheasant's nest had been des troyed. The boys picked up several eggs and put them un der a hen. Koch told the jury he was planning lo keep the birds until hunting season when he would release them and notify the state game commission. The penalty for such an of fense according to the law is from $25 to $500 and from 30 days to six months in jail. Koch last summer filed as a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for county sheriff. Ike Staunchly Dulles Against Criticism Washington W Presi dent Eisenhower said today that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is the last per son he wants to see leave the Cabinet. In a stout-hearted defense of Dulles, the President told a news conference he would describe as trash reports that Dulles may quit the No. 1 Cabinet post. Dulles has been under in creasing criticism, particularly from U. S. allies abroad, for taking a "negative" attitude towards possible negotiations with the Soviet Union. There have been reports that Dulles submitted his resignation re cently to the President in Business Upturn Expected To Keep Budget Balanced News Conference First Since Oct. 30 Washington OP) President Eisenhower said today he thinks a reasonable amount of red ink financing would be far preferable to any increase in taxes. The President, in his first meeting with reporters since last Oct. 30, stuck to his belief that there will be a business upturn this year that will keep the new budget bal anced. But he conceded that Congress -might vote addition al expenditures and thus force federal spending over his pro jected goal of $73,900,000,000. In. Amiable Mood The President, who suffer ed a mild stroke Nov. 25, ap peared to be in an amiable, easy mood. He said he felt fine. The President said that while he had not actually con sidered resigning in connec tion with his November ill ness, he would have no re course but to quit if he ever felt or was told by a group of eminent doctors that he was not up to doing his job. But he said he did not an ticipate any such develop ment in this connection. Other news conference highlights: He said any summit meet ing with the Russians could be held only after lengthy, careful preparation starting on the ambassador level. But even after such preparation, he said there would be no point in a summit meeting un less there was clear evidence in advance that the top level conversations would result in profitable agreement. 1 He said he saw no reason to maintain the federalized National Guard in Little Rock once city officials could ex press their confident inten tions of maintaining order In their own. He added that he hopes such an expression of confidence will be forthcom ing soon. Offers Campaign Help He promised that in the congressional campaigns this fall he would do his best to help elect Republican candi dates who share his philos ophy of government. He. said the details of De fense Department reorganiza tion and greater service unifi cation should come primarily from an agreement between Congress and the executive branch of government par ticularly the armed services rather than following any minutely detailed blueprint he might lay down. (See Story on Page 3) Evergreen to Slop Central Point Run Evergreen Bus lines an nounced today it will dis continue its service to Central Point starting Monday,' Jan. 27. R. E. Warriner, manager of the firm, said the four runs to Central Point daily have been operating at a loss for some time. The change does not effect other service by Evergreen, Warriner pointed out. Spe cial runs for school children will continue to Central Point, he said. Defend. view of this criticism. Asked about such reports, the President said Dulles is the last person he wants to resign from the Cabinet. He said Dulles is the most dedi cated man. he knows and has greater knowledge about for eign affairs than any other man known to the President, Eisenhower said the per sonal and intimate relation ship he has with Dulles rules out discussion that he will not stay on the job. The President has spoken out on behalf of Dulles on previous occasions. But his remarks today were regarded as particularly significant now that criticism of Dulles has mounted.
