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Ms TigMe i r Law MISSILE MODELS Army Secretary Wilbur Brucker (left), and General L. L. Lemnitzer, Acting Chief of Staff, look at models of the Nike, Hercules and Redstone Army missiles as they arrived before the House Armed Services Commit tee in Washington to testify at the defense investigation. Looking on in center is Committee Chairman Carl Vinson iND-Ga.). Yugoslavian to Enroll in SOC Dusan Pasic, 23-year-old Yugoslavian student, was ex pected to arrive in Medford today, the first Yugoslavian student to study In this coun try since the 1953-54 school year. Efforts to bring Pasic to this country started about two years ago by Mrs. H. Chandler Drew, 3528 Delta Waters rd., Medford, who sponsored his trip from Belgrade. The Drews became ac quainted with Pasic about ZVi years ago through correspond ence started after they spon sored a CARE package. Im pressed with" his letters, Mrs. Drew and friends decided he would make a good prospect for the Foreign Student Ex change program. Mrs. Mabel Winston, regis trar at Southern Oregon col lege, who also was impressed with his knowledge of English and ability to express himself, suggested he apply to study in this country to the Institute of International education, New York, the organization which handles college student exchanges. The institute told Pasic the program did not extend to Yugoslavia, and the only way he could come would be through" private financing. The Drews then decided to sponsor him, Mrs. Drew said. Southern Oregon college ex tended him an academic schol arship, and Mrs. Drew said she was sure residents would help finance his stay in the Rogue valley once he was here. In the fall of 1956, Mrs. Drew forwarded the required letter of guaranty and accept ance form from the college to the Yugoslavia passport of fice, and similar papers to the American Embassy in Bel grade. It wasn't until May, 1957, that Pasic heard from the passport office, Mrs. Drew said. Then, written across the returned application was "passports not issued for study abroad at this time." The of fice told him he couuld appeal to the home secretary. Nothing more was heard concerning the passport dur ing the summer of 1957 and Mrs. Drew decided to write to the home secretary. In the letter, she explained how they 'met Pasic, wrote about them selves and why they felt it was important for peoples of he world to become acquaint ed. She said she was "mysti fied" as to why Yugoslavia would not give Pasic a pass port when other nations seem ed to feel it was of great value to send students to this coun try. After Pasic heard that Mrs. Drew wrote the home secre tary, he went to the passport office and discovered it was 'Wooden Dish7 Play Ope March of Dimes To Share Jackson county theater pa trons will be able to "kill two birds with one shot" when they turn out to see Medford Footlighter's repeat four night presentation of "The Wooden Dish," three act drama open ing at the Fairgrounds The ater tonight at 8:30, according to R. L. (Bud) Palmer, Med ford chairman of the March of Dimes. The drama, by Edmund Morse, having the universal theme of old-age in conflict with in-laws in an overcrowd ed home, is said to be one of the most compelling plays ever presented by the Foot lighters. Proceeds from the "biggest box office night" in the four will be donated to the March of Dimes fund, Palmer said. "We are therefore strongly urging all our workers to get on the telephone and get the crowds out to the show. This will not only substantially 1 "now possible to study abroad, Mrs. Drew said. Another letter of guaranty and another acceptance form from the college were for warded on request last Au gust. But Mrs. Drew heard nothing for more than a month and wrote another let ter to the home secretary. She mentioned that since it was possible for Yugoslavian students to obtain passports to study abroad, she wondered when the Drews could expect Pasic. In a letter dated Dec. 6, 1957, Pasic wrote he had ob tained the passport, and that the American Embassy want ed a new acceptance form from SOC and a receipt letter showing that a prepaid round- trip passage had been pur chased for him. Received by Embassy Both were received by the Embassy before Christmas, Mrs. Drew said. According to Mrs. Winston, available information shows that Pasic is the first Yugo slavian student to study in this country since 1953-54. A scholarship fund for Pasic has been established at the U. S. National bank of Portland, Medford branch, and has been designated "The Diisan Pasic Scholarship Fund," Mrs. Drew said. She said contributions to the fundi will be accepted to help fi nance room and board and other expenses for Pasic while he is. attending Southern Ore gon college. Foamed Adhesive Technique Revealed San Francisco (IP! A for est products researcher re ported today on a new tech nique for producing foamed adhesives which he said could account for annual savings of more than $2 million in the production of Douglas fir ply wood alone. James Zeigler, of Arthur D. Little, Inc., industrial re search consultants, described the foaming technique to 40 forest products industry ex ecutives meeting in seminar here. Zeigler said immediate uses for the foaming adhesive lie in manufacture of such prod ucts as plywood, particle board, decorative overlays, gummed paper, pallets and boxes. Detroit OF) The United Auto Workers collective bar gaining convention today adopted the UAW leadership program for a share of auto profits for workers and con sumers and for wage and benefit gains. help our quota, but will give worthy support and encour agement to the Footlighters who have been generous enough to make us this offer," Palmer said. The play, directed by Rich ard Graham, Shakespearean actor and director, was cut short of its full schedule in December by foggy weather. Since then requests to repeat the production have been made by local theater' en thusiasts, according to Leslie vBardman, Footlighters' presi dent. Playing the leading male role is Dr. Frank Roberts of Medford, who has not only made his debut as an actor in the play, but has cultured a week's growth of beard in the interests of realism for the repeat presentation, Board man said. Others in the cast are Frank Buchter, veteran actor and director for the Footlighters. Hoffa Allowed To Take Office With Supervision Consent Order Signed by Judge j Washington W A federal I Judge signed a consent de- cree today allowing James R. Hoffa to take office as presi dent of the Teamsters Union under supervision of a three man board of monitors. Judge F. Dickinson Letts approved the deal in settle ment of a suit brought by 13 rank and file teamsters to void Hoffa's election at the 1957 teamsters convention. The consent order dissolves the preliminary injunction is sued last Oct. 23 by Letts bar ring Hoffa from succeeding Dave Beck in the top post of the 1,400,000 member union. Others Assume Office Teamsters Secretary-Treasurer John English and 14 vice presidents elected at the con vention also were allowed to assume office on condition they conform with the decree. The 13 dissident teamsters had charged the elections were rigged. The three-board would con sist of one member named by the rank and file group, another by the teamsters' Executive Board, and a neu tral chairman to be selected by both groups. 'Saved A Life' To Be Presented Seven "Saved a Life" awards will be presented to Jackson county residents at the annual awards banquet of the Medford Safety Coun cil at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Rogue Valley . Country club. Medford Police Capt. Clyde Fichtner, chairman of the committee in charge, said commendations will be made to five individuals for not able contributions to public safety, five safety citations will . be awarded - firms. - and organizations which have been recommended for safety activities during the past year and one plaque will be pre sented to an individual for his outstanding contribution to safety. Tickets still are available, Captain Fichtner said. They will be available at the door. Officers of the Safety coun cil for 1958 will be installed, and Capt. Walter Lansing of the Oregon state police, Sa lem, will speak. Ceasar Muz zioli, Medford accordionist, will provide entertainment. Vanguard Firing Believed Imminent Cape Canaveral, Fla. (IP) Increased activity and inv proved weather indicated to day another new missile fir ing is imminent here pos sibly a second Vanguard satel lite launching effort. Lights have flooded the slender moon-carrying Van guard rocket every night since it was tested on the ground last week. Past launchings of the Vanguard have followed the ground static tests by about a week to 10 days. Another indication that the firing was probable before the end of the week was the influx of Vanguard project officials and technicians from the Martin Company, builder of the rocket. They crowded into hotels and motels in nearby Cocoa Beach, but they were giving no, information. ns Tonight; in Receipts who plays Floyd, one of the sons; Mrs. Max Wimmer, former president of The Foot lighters, seen in the role of Clara, daughter-in-law in vio lent conflict with "Pop Den nison," leading character; Ruth Kilbourn, another fa miliar civic theater player, who will be seen as the ma tron of the home to which Pop is being sent; Thayer Tarvin, playing the role of Pop's crony; Jean Cope of Ashland, who plays Susan, Pop's granddaughter; Bob Klumph, who plays the son in whose home Pop lives; Helen Ashley, who plays Bessie Rocker, a neighbor, and Bev erly Nelson, who is Susan's girl friend. The play will run four con secutive nights, closing Sun day, Jan. 26. Tickets may be obtained at Swems, Puruckers Piano House, from members of the cast or at the box office. We Perez Jimenez Flees To Exil People Celek Fate of Juan Perv Reported Not Clei Caracas, Venezuela (ID Military and civilian forces overthrew the 9-year-old dic tatorship of President Marcos Perez Jimenez today. Perez Jimenez, his family arid aides fled into exile in the Domini can Republic. A military junta was set up to run the government after Pere Jimenez bowed to an ul timatum from the armed forces and to bloody street battles led by a newspaper reporter in which an estimat ed 200 were killed and 1,000 injured. Today's events climaxed those which started with an abortive revolt by army and air force elements at Maracay on New Year's Day and ended with a civilian led general strike Tuesday. The five-man military junta which took over the govern ment was led by Rear Adm. Wolfgang Larrazabel, who had been navy chief of staff until last week when he re signed in opposition to the President. Reporter Leads Revolt The civilian elements which fought in the streets against the forces loyal to Perez Jim enez were led by Fabricio Ojeda, a reporter for the newspaper El Nacional. and president of the Venezuelan Patriotic Junta, which an nounced it fully supported the new ruling military group. The fate of another ex-dictator, Juan D. Peron of Ar gentina, who had been given asylum by Perez Jimenez, was not immediately clear. Reli able sources in Washington said the new Venezuelan gov ernment was expected to ask him to leave the country ' as soon as possible, since his po sition there had become un tenable. There was no confir mation, however, of rumors that he already had left Ven ezuela. Perez Jimenez and his en tourage left the Mirafiores Presidential Palace in the early hours this morning, af ter he had vainly tried to out bluff the military which told him to resign by 10 p.m. Wednesday or face attack by the armed forces. The deposed dictator sped to La Carota Airfield on the outskirts of Caracas, where he boarded his personal DC4 plane and took off for the Do minican Republic. Populace Celebrates While he was en route, the Caracas radio announced that his government had fallen af ter two days of bloody rebel lion. The news electrified Vene zuela. People poured into the streets of Caracas, shouting for joy, honking car horns, and shouting such things as: "The tyrant has fallen" and "Long live liberty." The new junta moved quickly. It issued a series of decrees which gave new free-' dom to the populace. Tanks which had been guarding Perez Jimenez at the Presidential Palace were withdrawn. A dusk to dawn curfew was lifted. Thousands of political prisoners were or dered released. A general am nesty was granted to all ex iles. Military leaders ousted for their part in the New Year's Day plot were ordered reinstated. The new junta called re peatedly for calm and order, but could do little to quell the enthusiasm of the people. Newspapers published ex tras. An air of fiesta reigned throughout the country. Private Services Set for Mr. Clark Private funeral services for Donald S. Clark, 71, who died unexpectedly of a heart at tack at his home at Willow Creek orchards early yester day moaning, will be held at the family. residence at 3 p.m. Friday. The Rev. George R. V. Bolster, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, will offici ate. Private cremation ser vices will be held at Siskiyou crematorium. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers, a dona tion be sent to the Rogue Valr ley hospital,- 843 East Main st.. Medford. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements. iraye!( Chief IF . ersonal Profit In Land Dealings Of Union Charged Failed To Meet Responsibilities Washington (IP) Victor S. Swanson, former member of the San Francisco Public Utilities commission, was ac cused today by a union as sociate of profiting person ally from land dealings of a union local which he manag ed. Clarence F. Matthews, sec retary of San Francisco Local 3, told the Senate Rackets Committee that he knows, from an investigation con ducted by the parent Interna tional Union of Operating Engineers, that Swanson' prof ited personally. Swanson conceded that he failed to meet his own re sponsibilities as guardian for the international union on the affairs of the local. He testified that, in one instance he knowingly approved what Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), called a "false" en try in the local's record. . But Matthews denied that he personally profited from the dealings which, according to the committee's testimony, netted union officers more than $40,000 in "hidden prof its." " Much of the questioning of Matthews involved the , pur chase .by the local of a plot of land , in Stockton, Calif.,, the resale, of the iano' i i th.-ae par cels, and the subsequent re purchase by the local of one of them. The committee contends that union officers reaped hidden profits in the deal while the union, by putting up an additional $1,650, end ed up owning only one-third of the seven-acre tract which it had owned outright. Name On Deed Metthews said he did not know at the time that the original S33.000 price on the property was inflated through a dummy operation. He said he did not know that the sums realized by the union n the first two resales were far be low the market values. As to the third parcel of the property, Matthews con ceded that his name was' on the deed by which Swanson and a union business agent bought the land from the un ion. But he said he still does not believe that he signed it. Crane Touches Line; Man Badly Burned Portland (W A crane working on a freeway pro ject in southwest Portland touched a 33,000-volt power line today and one man was badly burned. Operator of the crane escaped injury by remaining motionless in the cab until the power was turn ed off. Stephen Thomas Seable, 20, was hospitalized for. first, sec ond, and third' degree burns as electricity surged through the metal crane body and arced to him as he prepar ed to step on the crane base. His clothing was burned off from the waist down. Operator Lynn I. Stanley, 43, remained motionless in the cab while sparks flew about him and waited until Portland General Electric crews turned off the power and checked the area. Rubber mounting on the crane was credited with saving Stanley from injury. - WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with wind and rain tonight. Partial clearing and show ery Friday. Low tonight 42. High Friday 50. TEMP. Highest Yesterday 39 Lowest this Morning 31 Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 7:34 a.m. Sunset 5:13 p.m. .Moonset 9:23 p.m. First Quarter Jan. 27 PROMINENT STARS Sirius, in the south east 7:47 p.m. Spica. in the south east 2:40 a.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Jupiter, north of Spica. Mars and Saturn. rise 5:20 a.m. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1958 'I've Always Meant How Did You Make Senators i Decisive Washington tT Senate investigators today demanded "decisive action" by the ad ministration on 17 space age defense programs as steps to maintain the nation's power "to strike devastating blows inn Returns From Salem Trip County Judge Rodney Keating was back today after conferring with the state tax commission in Salem yester day on matters relating to the Jackson county board of equa lization. - While . in Salem, Keating said he went over ratio stu dies as they affect Jackson county property taxes. These constitute the difference be tween assessed and sales values of property as figured into assessments, he ex plained. Keating learned how the ratio studies should be analyzed and compared them with those made by . other counties. Keating said he suggested a bill which would establish uniform budget programs for the counties throughout the state. Under Keating's plan a skeleton form would be es tablished to which all county budgets would conform. Judge Keating said he also spent considerable time con fering with Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. More Wanted for Election Board Jobs Mrs. Bereth Hopkins, Jack son county clerk, urged that more people apply for the election board. Applications are coming in slowly now, she added. Qualifications are- that a board member live within the precinct represented, be a reg istered Vbter, be able to see and hear well and not fatigue quickly. This year, according to reg ulations established by the state legislature, the board will have four members in stead of the previous five and only one poll book. Pay has been raised from 75 cents to a dollar an hour, Mrs. Hop kins said. Portland (IP) Police said today they had no suspects in the apparent strangulation slaying of Bessie Vivian Ham monds, 36, whose body was found late Monday in her basement apartment with a bathrobe belt about her neck. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (IT) Dow Jones final slock averages: 30 industrials 447.93. up 2.23; 20 railroads 106.69, up 0.46; 15 utilities 71.36, off 0.18. and 65 stocks 152.08. up 0.52. Sales today were about 1,910,000 shares compared with 2,390,000 shares Wednesday. To Ask You, Juan Out in This Business?" Demand Action .of almost total destruc- l tion at any aggressor.". The demands were listed by the seven-member Senate Preparedness Subcommittee in a unanimous interim re port. This marked the end of the current series of hearings in a far-reaching investigation of the nation's missile and satellite programs Russia in Lead From 7,000 pages of testi mony by about 70 witnesses, the subcommittee concluded that Russia now leads this na tion in the development of ballistic missiles. The large number of sub marines in the Russian fleet also posed the "possibility of ; attack with modern weapons or missiles, although the indi cations are we are ahead in production of atomic submar ines," it said. The subcommittee, headed by Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson, called for speed-ups in major misile, anti-missile and manned missle programs. Other programs listed as re quiring urgent action in cluded: Modernization and strength ening of the Strategic Air Command and present naval forces. Acceleration of the devel opment of an Early Warning Detection system for ballistic misiles as well as improving the existing warning system against manned bombers. More effort in the anti-submarine program. Providing of an adequate airlift for ground troops. Ask Reorganization The subcommittee also called for reorganization of the Defense Department and acceleration and expansion of military research and devel opment programs. It . recom mended that research and de velopment programs be al lotted money on a long-term basis and their administration be improved in the Defense Department or that an inde pendent research and devel opment agency be set up. Plans Under 'Applegate Trail1 Route Ken McLeod, Klamath Falls, president of the Kla math County Historical soc iety, today reported plans are under way to mark the route of the "Applegate Trail" in southern Oregon. The route is the one that Jesse and Lindsay Applegate, pioneers, of Southern Oregon, followed in bringing wagon trains to Oregon along the "Southern Route," as distinct from the "Old Oregon Trail" which came down the Colum bia river, and from the trails to California, in the mid-19th century. McLeod said that plans for such historical markers were first originated in 1946, but that they were dropped for a number of years. Gains Support He has visited Medford re ! Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 235 Knowland Offers Own Labor Plan In Senate Speech Secret Ballot in Calif ornian's Plan Washington OPI Shortly after President Eisenhower's labor message was transmit ted to Congress today, Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination in California, introduced his own labor program. He called for more string ent government supervision of unions in some instances than was recommended by the President. Knowland, who is cam paigning in California mainly on the right to work issue, said he did not deliberately time introduction of his pro gram to coincide with the President's. He said he had planned to present it to the Senate earlier this week but delayed it because of the death of Sen. Matthew M. Neely (D-W. Va.). Among other things, Know land called for: Election of uni6n offic ials by popular vote through secret ballot and giving the National Labor Relations Board power to hear chal lenges to the legality of such elections. . Letting the NLRB super vise elections on recalling un ion officials. Referendums.. where at least 15 per cent of a union's membership demand them on whether to call or continue a strike, on constitutional changes, and on modifying or vetoing decisions of union of ficials on dues, assessments, suspensions, benefits and sup port of non-union activities. Disclosure of union welfare, health and pension fund op erations, not covered by Knowland's bill, was one of the principal points in Eisen hower's program. Firemen Give First Aid to Youth Here Firemen, who put out a fuel oil fire in the' garage at the Hugh I. Hile residence, 844 West 14th St., about 5 p.m. yesterday, gave first aid to Orin Hile, 10, who had minor cuts on one hand and second degree'burns on one leg and foot. The youth was transported to a doctor by a neighbor. The firemen, who respond ed to a garage fire alarm, found an open bucket of oil burning. They said the . boy told them he had found the fire in the garage and tried to put it out. They reported the youth said he became frightened and ran to the house. He found the door lock ed and trying to enter broke glass cutting his hand. Funds Said Due for Budworm Spraying Washington Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) said today the Forest Service would make available Friday S880.000 to be expended in 1958 for its emergency spruce budworm spraying program. Way to Mark cently to confer with Miss Claire Hanley, president of the Jackson County Histori cal society, to gain the sup port of the local group in the project, and with officials of ' the Oregon Historical soc iety. The next step, McLeod said, is to communicate with the state highway department, re questing their cooperation in the project, as that is the agency of government logic ally concerned with' such mar kings, which would be adja cent to state highways. Under present plans, three such markers would be erect ed at sites along the route in Klamath county, and one in Jackson county, directing public attention to the loca tion of the historic route of the early settlers. Special Messaged Outlines Plan To Curb Racketeers Detailed Statements Included in Proposal Washington OPi President Eisenhower asked Congress to day to strip labor unions of income tax exemptions and federal bargaining rights un less they file detailed finan cial statement with the Labor Department. The President made the re quest in a special message out lining a seven-point program designed to eliminate racket eering in labor and manage ment. Secret Ballot Laws He also urged laws to re quire secret ballot election of most union officers and com plete disclosure of welfare fund operations. Under his proposal unions which refuse to file accurate financial reports would be subject to these penalties: Denial of all rights or privileges available to them under federal-labor manage ment relations laws. This could mean access to the Na tional Labor Relations Board and federal mediation serv ices. Revocation of certificates issued to unions after they won bargaining rights in NDRB elections. Forfeiture for an "appro priate period" of tax-exempt status. Most Officials Honest Unions now are required to file financial reports. But several large unions, such as the United Mine workers and the International Typographi cal Union, do not do so. The President said that he could not ignore the dis closures at congressional hear ings of corruption, racketeer ing and abuse of trust and power in the labor-manage ment field. Here are the seven points in the President's program: Require reporting to the Labor Department on all health, welfare or pension funds whether administered by employers, unions or both. Failure to do would be made a misdemeanor., Public Financial Reports Require all unions from international to local level to file detailed financial re ports to be available for pub lic examination. It would be a misdemeanor to fail to file these reports. Union officials also would be subject to suit by members who suspected misuse of union money. Require that labor organ izations certify that local offi cers were elected directly by secret ballot and national offi cers by secret ballot or through conventions whose delegates were chosen by secret ballot. Require all employers re port financial dealings with unions or their officers either directly or through a third party. Unions and union offi cials would be required to re port similar dealings with em ployers. These reports would be made public by the Labor Department. Bar collusion between un ion and management result ing in "sweetheart" contracts that provide few benefits for employees. Employed financ ing of efforts to prevent union organizing would be outlawed. Create the post of com missioner of labor reports and give him powers to investi gate any reports on labor-management activities and receive complaints from union mem bers as to their accuracy. He also could seek injunctions against violations of the law, and issue subpoenas to pro duce records and compel testi mony. Criminal Penalties Make the embezzlement of union 'funds a felony and apply the code on false in formation. The payment by any union official or repre sentative to an employer to influence his actions in labor management matters, or vice versa, would be a felony. Deny labor unions and employers the benefits for failure to file accurate re ports. Under this provision access to the Federal Media tion Service and National Mediation Board could be de nied. Unions also lose certifi cation as bargaining agent and tax exempt status for failure to file reports. Amend the secondary boy cott provisions of the Taft Hartley act to prevent coer cion of employers to enter into or enforce agreements to stop doing business with an other firm. This would outlaw the "hot cargo clause" which is a device used to aid organ izing drives by the Teamsters Union. i
