nhower !Hlas Mo Entenfion off
evealing Qaither Report to Public
Washington (IP) At his
news conference today, Presi
dent Eisenhower said he had
no intention of making the
Gaither report public. This re
port by a distinguished panel
of civilians has been repre
sented as concluding that Am
erica is in potential grave
military danger.
The President's discussion
of the budget was touched off
when a reporter noted that
some members of Congress in
both parties do not believe the
1959 budget will be balanced
or wind up with the 500 mil
lion dollar surplus forecast
by the President.
Discusses Budget
The president was asked
whether he preferred deficit
financing or higher taxes to
meet a situation created by
an unbalanced budget.
Noting that the question
contained many hypothetical
aspects, the President said it
is impossible to tell precisely
what will happen because the
administration is estimating
expenditures and receipts 18
months ahead.
He said it is quite possi
ble that there could be addi
tional costs beyond his budg
et. But he said he believes
that all low-priority expendi
tures should be reduced if
humanly possible. He added
with a wry smile that this
is easier to say than to do.
Should Congress vote ad
ditional expenditures which it
regards as necessary, he said
his own feeling is that a rea
sonable amount of deficit
spending would be better
than talking about a tax in
crease at this time.
Expects Better Business
He said the consensus of
his economic advice is that
there will be an upswing this
year rather than a continua
tion of a downswing.
The President seemed to be
somewhat paler than usual
because winter weather and
a heavy business schedule has
kept him off the golf course
recently.
There were repeated ques
tions involving his health and
in a matter of fact manner he
said that after a 'long record
of good health, he had suf
fered three illnesses with
serious implications. Today,
he added, he felt very well
indeed and would like to play
golf this afternoon if he had
some sunlight and two hours
to spare.
He shifted to a somewhat
graver mood. He said that as
long as he was able, he was
going to carry on in the
presidency just as he had in
the past. As for the future,
that was in the laps of the
Gods.
The chief executive was
reminded that the question of
his resignation was raised last
fall at the time of his mild
stroke. He was asked wheth
er he had considered such a
House Speeds Work
On Authorization
Of Military Fund:
Washington HP) The
House speeded toward certain
passage today the first bill of
the week-old session, an emer
gency authorization of $549,
670,000 for missile-age mili
tary construction.
The bill got a "green light"
from the Rules committee
this morning and was taken
to the floor for debate. Lead
ers expected it to pass by a
near-unanimous vote.
Building authority provid
ed by the bill includes a start
on the nation's third big in
tercontinental ballistic mis
sile base at a site still to be
chosen.
The measure was rushed
through the legislative mill
In the midst of these develop
ments: Chairman Carl Vinson of
the House Armed Services
committee reported that the
Air Force has developed a
long-range detection system
to give adequate warning of
an enemy ballistic missile
attack. He said the system
will be installed1 soon, at least
two years earlier than origi
nally planned.
In Critical Period
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin,
retiring Army research chief,
said in New York that the
nation is "entering an ex
tremely critical period" in
IS
weapons development. He
said if forced into war with
Russia now, the U.S. would
have a "reissued World War
II force facing the Soviet
army, 1 a r-g e s t and best
equipped in the world today."
It was Gavin's first speech
since he announced his im
pending retirement.
Robert E. Gross, board
chairman of Lockheed Air
craft Corp., the prime con
tractor for the Navy's Polaris
missile, called on President
Eisenhower to develop a de
fense policy "with a definite,
long range plan for imple
menting it." He told the Sen
ate Preparedness subcommit-j
tee there is an "alarming lack !
of a firm, clear-cut policy" on
defense; and too much empha
sis on "balanced budgets, re
duced taxes, and business as
usual."
Work Slowed Down
Dudley C. Sharp, assistant
secretary of air and procure
ment chief, said in a speech
that U.S. missile work was
"slowed down" in 1947 part
ly because warheads avail
able at that time were too
heavy. It received "the high
est priority," he said, after
scientists learned how to
compress H-bombs into a
space small enough to use
them in missiles.
step and how he felt about
it in general.
Discusses Illness
He replied that he had not
considered resignation in any
specific way particularly in
connection with his Novem
ber illness.
Within two hours after his
cerebral attack, the President
said with a smile, his doc
tors had assured him there
had been no damage to what
ever intellectual faculties he
might have.
The smile disappeared,
however, as he added that
any time he or any group of
eminent physicians decided he
was not up to doing his job,
he would have no recourse
but to resign.
The President was asked
about the economic situation
in this country several times
during the conference, par
ticularly on the point of his
preference for deficit finan
cing over higher taxation. He
said if the indications of ec
onomic improvement became
a reality, this certainly would
be no period to increase tax
es. On the other hand, he said
the government might have
to have some increases in ex
penditures and if a hike in
his budget was absolutely nec
essary Congress would un
doubtedly vote it. This still,
he continued, would be a bad
time to raise taxes because
what he called a needle in
the economy would be vastly
preferable to a check rein.
Gavin's Resignation
He said that even in the
face of higher unemployment
and recently decreasing bus
iness activity, he did not an
ticipate at this moment that
the government would pro
pose any protective or econo
mic controls to Congress.
He said the Federal Re
serve system is a powerful
economic force and that he
did not think it was necessary
to propose that other agencies
move into the field of con
trols. On defense reorganization,
the president was asked first
for his reaction to the retire
ment of Lt. Gen. James M.
Gavin. Gavin asked to be
relieved as chief of Army re
search and development be
cause he did not believe the
administration was devoting
sufficient money and effort
for Army research in the field
of missiles.
The President said that as
far as he knew this was a
matter of Gavin's personal
ity the general wanted to
quit and did.
Should Be Agreement
As for how he could move
Pentagon unification from the
field of discussion into action,
he noted that he will be com
mander in 'chief for no more
than the three remaining
years of his term, and he
felt the solution should not be
based on his personal convic
tions alone. There should be
agreement between Congress
and the armed services.
He said any reorganization
must be designed to be effec
tive long after he passed
from the Washington scene.
For this reason he would try
to put before congress a long
range, rather than short term
remedy for inter service dif-erences.
Navy Man Killed
On Sunset Highway
Astoria (IP) Wilbur Ed
win Aspegren, 38, a member
of the Navy Shore Patrol de
tachment at Tongue Point
Naval station here, was fa
tally injured early today
when the car in which he was
riding went off the Sunset
highway and crashed into a
stump.
Police said Aspegren was
dead when an Astoria ambu
lance arrived at the crash
scene about 16 miles east of
Cannon Beach. Driver of the
car was Ronald G. Kelley,
also stationed - at Tongue
Point. He was taken to a Sea
side hospital with cuts and
chest injuries and later was
transferred to Tongue Point
Naval hospital.
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Idaho Negro's Case
Would Gel Hearing
Boise OP) Gov. Robert E.
Smylie assured iresidents of
Payette today that he will or
der a public hearing if he
receives a request for extradi
tion of Eddie Alford, 52-year-old
Negro laborer wanted for
escaping from a Mississippi
prison more than 16 years
ago.
The governor received a
petition, carrying signatures
of nearly 250 persons, most
of them from Payette, where
Alford has lived.
The petitioners asked Smy
lie to refuse to order the ex
tradition. However, to date,
the governor has not received
a formal request for extradi
tion from Mississippi authori
ties, but he assured the peti
tioners he would give the
matter sympathetic consider
ation should it come before
him.
Alford, the petitions said,
"has lived an honest life in
Payette, kept out of trouble,
and is a good steady worker."
Armed Forces
Given Promise
Of Pay Boost
Washington HP) A key
house Democrat promised
members of the armed forces
a pay raise today, but he was
not certain the administration
had the answer.
Chairman Paul J. Kilday
(D-Tex.) of the house armed
services subcommittee which
will consider the measure said
the military "must have a pay
increase and some adjust
ments." The administration pro
posed spending $518 million to
keep highly skilled men in the
services by scrapping the pres
ent "Methuselah" system of
giving raises merely for put
ting in service time.
"Whether they've got the
solution we could go along
with or we could pass, I just
don't know," Kilday said.
Postal Pay Raise
The White House said it al
so will ask congress later for
a half-billion a year pay boost
for civil service workers and
postal employees.
Defense Secretary Neil H.
McElroy sent congress the pay
bill that would fatten the pay
envelopes of 1,280,000 service
men along the lines of the
once-rejected Cordiner report
to reward merit and skill.
The proposed raises ranged
from 70 cents a month for new
second lieutenants to $423.60
a month for four-star generals
and admirals. '
Inflation Feared
Former Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson strongly
urged the military pay boosts
last year to halt the exodus of
talented men from the armed
forces.
But the Budget bureau re
jected them on the ground
that they would be inflation
ary. President Eisenhower ve
toed pay boost bills for the
civil service and postal em
ployees on the same ground.
The White House said in a
statement covering both new
pay raise plans that it hoped
the military raises would re
duce the current excessive
turnover of key officers and
enlisted men.
Wednesday, January 15, 1958
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THRES
Income Tax Season
Here; Payments for
Most Due April 15
Washingtont OP) Ameri
ca's most unwelcome season
of the year arrived today the
income tax season.
From now until mid-April
62 million individuals and
corporations will be busy
reading the fine print of the
tax rules and scribbling with
pencils and erasers.
Most taxpayers have the
full three months until April
15 to decide whether they
owe the government or vice
versa. But quite a few, espe
cially farmers and people in
business for themselves, must
send forms and checks to the
government sooner.
Tax Timetable
Here 'is a tax timetable to
let you know just where you
stand:
Jan. 15: Persons who pay
their tax on a quarterly basis
mainly the self-employed
and those with salaries above
$10,000 may pay the fourth
installment of their estimated
1957 tax. Then they can wait
until April 15 to file a final
return. Or, they may delay
their installment until Jan. 31
then file a final return that
day and pay their taxes in
full.
Farmers who don't re
port to the Internal Revenue
Service until after the taxa
ble year may file a declara
tion of 1957 income and pay
the estimated tax if a final
return is to be delayed until
April 15. Or, they can file
nothing today and submit a
final return and payment by
Feb. 17. t
Social Security Return
Jan. 31: Individuals mak
ing an early final return, in
stead of the Jan. 15 payment
on estimated tax, file a 1957
report and pay the remaining
tax in full. Farmers file an
nual "social security tax re
turn for 1957 on wages and
employees and pay taxes due.
Feb. 17: Farmers who did
not send in a declaration by
Jan. 15 file a final return for
1957 and pay tax in full.
April 15: Deadline for fil
ing final 1957 return for both
wage and salary workers and
the self-employed. First quar
terly payment on estimated
1958 income also due. Farm
ers who filed a declaration in
January submit a final return
and pay any balance due.
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