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Big Three Auto
Firms Accused of
Rigging Prices
Congress Urged To
Require Explanation
Washington W Walter
P. Reuther accusedi the big
three auto firms today of rig
ging prices to insure fatter
profits without regard for de
mand. He urged Congress to
require major corporations to
explain their need for price
hikes before putting them in
effect.
Reuther, president of the
, AFL-CIO United Auto Work
ers union, also suggested that
Congress set up an "independ
ent office of consumers' coun
sel" to protect consumer in
terests before all government
agencies.
Denies Responsibility
The UAW leader made his
proposals in testimony pre
pared for the Senate anti
monopoly subcommittee head
ed by Sen. Estes Kefauver
(D-Tenn). He denied that
wage boosts for his union
were responsible for the re
cent hike in car prices.
Prices have gone up $5 for
every $1 advance in wages.
Reuther contended. The UAW
plans to seek a share of in
dustry profits as well as wage
increases during negotiations
with auto makers this spring.
Reuther was called as the
first witness as the subcom
mittee opened hearings on
prices in the auto industry
It looked into steel prices last
year. Auto industry heads
will testify later.
No Punitive Purpose
Kefauver said in an open
ing statement that the new
inquiry has no "punitive pur
pose and the subcommittee
does not aim to "mediate a
wage dispute" by making rec
ommendations either on pro
fits or wages in the auto in
dustry. He said his group is con
cerned with preserving com
petition and voiced confidence
. and understanding of auto
price-making will help Con
gress and the public.
Ike To Attend
Funeral Rites
Washington (1PI The
White House announced to
day that President Eisenhow
er will fly to Kansas City,
Mo., Wednesday to attend
brief funeral services for his
brother, Arthur, who died
Sunday night.
The President will be ac
companied by his brother. Dr.
Milton Eisenhower, president
of Johns Hopkins university.
They will arrive at the Kan
sas City Municipal airport
where they will meet anoth
er brother. Earl, LaGrange,
'ill. The White House said it
did not appear likely that the
third brother, Edgar, would
come from his home at Ta-
coma.
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower
will not go to the funeral.
The three Eisenhower broth-
" ers will drive from the Kan
sas City airport to the Arthur
Eisenhower residence to pay
their respects to the family.
Then they will motor to
the Stein and McClure Fun
eral Parlor for chapel ser
vices. j. lie ricoiuciiL nui icavc
immediately afterward for
the airport and take off for
Washington. He is expected
back at the White House by
7 p.m. (EST).
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York HP) Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 448.67. up
0.21; 20 railroads 107.25,
off 0.49; 15 utilities 72.55,
up 0.28, and 65 stocks 152.
83, up 0.02. Sales today
. were about 2,030,000 shares
compared with 2,320,000
shares Monday.
Ike's Education Program
Claimed To Be Inadequate
Washington IIP) The Na
tional Education Association
and two Democratic leaders
in education complained to
day that President Eisenhow
er's billion dollar school pro
gram is inadequate.
Will Raise Standards
But administration officials
predicted the space-age plan
to produce more scientists
and engineers to meet Russia's
challenge would raise the na
tion's basic standards of edu
cation in all fields.
The NEA drew a bead on
failure of the administration
to include '"enough space in
our schools" to allow every
student to attend a full day
GREETING AFTER 51 YEARS are Waclow Debicki and his
mother, .Mrs. Antonia Gzik, 79, in Gary, Ind. He was kid
naped by a baby-sitter in his native Poland when he was
three days old. (International Soundphoto)
Planners Get Report
On Sevage Disposal
A report on a survey of the
sewage disposal in Jackson
county was given to the Jack
son county planning commis
sion last night. Jack Eaton,
planning technician for the
commission, made the report.
Members of the commis
sion decided to defer action
on the survey until they had
a chance to study it. Further
action will be considered at
the next meeting when it may
be referred to the county
court. Chairman John Pletsch
said the survey would be
made public then. It was
made in cooperation with the
sanitarians of the county
health department.
Eaton said his survey shows
that Ashland is operating a
sewage disposal system far
beyond its capacity. The re
cent annexation to the city
has made the situation there
even worse, he said.
Future Annexation ,.-.-.- -
Medford will operate at 100
per cent of its capacity with
possible future annexations,
he said. Central Point has a
screening process and the dis
posal wastes flow into the
Medford system. Gold Hill is
in the best shape of all the
cities in the county, he point
ed out. It is operating its sew
age disposal system at only
50 per cent of its capacity,
and it has been designed for
many years to come.
Eaton said a county sani
tation authority which would
bring all municipal sewer sys
tems under one operation
would probably be feasible.
The existing systems could
be integrated and enlarged to
provide for population growth
for some years to come, he
said. It would be much less
expensive for the individual
home owner if sll systems
were tied into a metropolitan
Lions Club Beats
Kiwanis in Race
Medford Lions club won its
March of Dimes race against
the Kiwanis club Saturday
and Lou Martin, chairman of
the event for the Lions, re
ceived a IVi block ride to
United States National bank
with Frank Dorigan, Kiwanis
chairman, pushing.
Approximately $350 was
collected for the fight against
polio with Lions soliciting
about S200 in donations.
The two service clubs, start
ing at Eighth st., moved their
wheelbarrows north on Cen
tral ave. one yard for every
dollar collected. At the end of
the two-hour time limit Lions
were about 2 blocks north of
the starting point and Kiwan-
ians were about 45 yards be
hind.
in uncrowded classrooms
Declaring the President's
program "greatly underesti
mates" existing needs, NEA
Executive Secretary William
T. Carr said there should be
a top priority on not only
building more classrooms but
also improving teacher sala
ries. Urge Bigger Program
Chairman Lister Hill of the
Senate Education Committee
and Rep. Carl Elliott, head
of a House Education subcom
mitte, both Alabama Demo
crats, urged a bigger program
than the billion dollar, four
year plan President Eisen
hower sent Congress Monday.
or county sanitation author
ity, Eaton suggested.
Further study would re
quire aerial mapping of the
county, Eaton suggested. From
such a survey a population
density map and a sewer map
could be made. Such an aerial
survey could also be used in
a future county road and
highway program.
Serious Problem
Sanitation in the county
has become a serious prob
lem, Eaton said. Estimates
show the county population
is increasing about. 2 per cent
per year. Solution of the prob
lem will take time and re
quire financing, he said.
Reporting on the proposed
zoning of the Oak Grove area
for a residential district, Eat
on said he had only one pos
sible objection. Such zoning
would be spot zoning and the
bureau of municipal research
believes that such spot or dis
trict zoning can lead to de
teriorated areas developing
between the zoned districts.
However, it seems to be
worked out so zoning of this
district does not conflict with
the master development plan
for the county, Eaton com
mented. Eaton said it may be pos
sible for the Jackson county
planning commission to ob
tain matching funds through
the federal government for all
county planning projects.
Planning Construction
Such funds would not cover
preliminary planning nor con
struction, he explained. Eaton
told the commission he would
write to L. R. Durkee, area
representative for Urban
Planning Assistance to see if
Jackson county would qua
lify. In other business the plan
ning commission formally ap
proved renaming Aspen drive
Niedermeyer drive, as re
quested by the residents of
the area by petition. Pletsch
explained that the plat had
not been filed when Aspen
drive was used as a temporary
name. Residents of that area
wanted the correct name on
the plat when it was filed,
Pletsch explained.
As to any further action on
the proposed county subdivi
sion ordinance, it was agreed
to wait until Medford had
conferred with a planner from
the bureau of municipal re
search on the city's subdivis
ion ordinance.
Ed Gebhard was elected
president, Don Whalin, vice
president and Lloyd Selby as
secretary. Selby was appoint
ed chairman of the budget
committee, Stuart McQueen
and John Niedermeyer as
committee members.
Baghdad Nations
Adopt Defense Plan
Ankara, Turkey (IP) The
military committee of thej
Baghdad Pact nations has ad- j
opted a NATO-type concept of j
aeiense bolstered by U. S.
promises of military aid, Am
erican sources said today.
The military committee was
making its . formal report to
a meeting of the ministers of
the five member nations and
to Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, sitting in on
the crucial meeting as an of
ficial observer.
The American sources said
the military committee had
adopted the NATO concept
that a Communist attack on
one member would be consid
ered an attack on all, even
though the pledge is not spe
cifically written into the pact.
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Prisoners Refuse
Work in Shops;
Meals, Heat Oif
Guards Appear To
Control Situation
Deer Lodge, Mont. (IP)
More than 230 defiant con
victs, ignoring cold and hun
ger, refused to return to their
individual cells in the Mon
tana State Prison today or
end a day-old sitdown strike.
It was the latest disturbance
since last July 30 when the
convicts rioted.
The strike began after
breakfast at 8 a.m. Monday.
The prisoners refused to work
in the prison shops.
Returned to the cell block
in which they rioted about
six months ago, the defiant
convicts jammed benches be
tween the walls and doors of
their individual cells so
guards could not close them.
Food To Be Withheld
Convicts won't be fed until
they comply with the order
to return to their cells. If hun
ger doesn't work, guards
hoped to freeze the convicts
into submission. Heat was re
ported shut off in the cell
block shortly before midnight.
Guards appeared to . have
the situation under control.
They reported a calm and
quiet night.
Warden F. O. Burrell said
that the prisoners went to
work as usual Monday morn
ing after breakfast was serv
ed. "After this the word was
passed along the grapevine
and the sitdown strike began,"
he said.
The warden added that he
had no idea how long the
strike would last or what it
was caused by. "We're going
to get on top of this situa
tion," he said.
Discipline Lacking
The warden said, "Not since
the July 30 prison riot, when
the attorney general ' prom
ised the convicts, there would
ho nn renrisals for those cre
ating the fracas and gave
assurance that other desires
and demands would be com
plied with, have we been
able to develop the type of
discipline and security re
auired for the administration
of the prison."
The July not enaea auu
hostages were released when
Attorney General Forrest H.
Anderson spoke to the pris
oners and assured them their
rfomands would be given con
sideration by the Prison
Board.
Sheriff's Deputy
Files Damage Suit
riMti H. DeBerrv. Jackson
county sheriff's deputy, is
seeking $7,622 damages in a
first cause and $246.52 for
from L. V. Pet
erson, Medford, as the result
of an auto accident m Mea-
ford Oct. 13, 1957.
According to the complaint,
DeBerry suffered severe in
iiiries when his car and one
driven by Peterson collided
at the intersection of fcast
Main st. and Central ave.
Ttnth cars were travelling
west at the time, according
to the complaint.
Damaees include $122.50
medical expenses, $25 future
medical expenses, $7,500 gen
eral damaees. $1,576.62 car
depreciation as a result of the
accident, and personal prop
erty damages of $146.52.
In the complaint, .Peterson
chareed with being negli
gent and careless in failing
tn stoD or swerve to avoid
collision, driving at a greater
than reasonable and prudent
speed, failing to maintain pro
per or adequate control, and
failing to keep a proper look
out. Roseburg Man Is
GOP District Head
Roseburg James G. Rich
mond, Roseburg, was elected
Republican chairman of the
fourth congressional district
at a meeting here Saturday of
officers of committees of the
district.
He replaces Mrs. Kathleen
Bash of Medford,' who ' re
signed recently.
Polly Boyd of Eugene was
named vice chairman.
Richmond, Douglas county
chairman, said possible candi
dates for congressman from
the fourth district were . dis
cussed, but details of the dis
cussion were not made public.
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New Sform Front
Expected to Bring
More Rain to Area
Rivers to Remain
Within Banks Today
A new storm front is ex
pected to move across south
ern Oregon today, bringing
with it more rain which may
cause major streams in this
area to overflow their banks,
the weather bureau said to
day. A storm system hovering
over the mountains, of south
ern Oregon left 1.24 inches
of rain in Medford and great
er amounts elsewhere during
the past 24 hours. It was the
heaviest rain storm in this
area this winter.
Weather bureau officials
said rivers in this area will
rise, but are expected to re
main, within their banks to
day. They added, however,
the distribution of rain from
an aDoroaching storm front
will determine whether rivers
will overflow their banks
later today and tomorrow.
Rain Forecast "
The forecast is cloudy with
rain through tomorrow morn
ing, and showers tomorrow
afternoon.
Heaviest rain from the
storm system was centered in
an area around the moun
tains from Brookings east
ward, weather bureau offi
cials said. Brookings reported
2.39 inches of rain in the 24
hours ending at 10 .a.m. to
day, while Cape Blanco had
1.15 inches and Eureka, Calif.,
1.28 inches during the same
period.
Grants Pass naa 1.2 mciiea
in the 24 hours ending at
8 a.m., and Prospect reported
1.35 inches between 5 p.m.
yesterday and 8 a.m. today.
Butte Falls had 1.45 inches
up to 8 a.m. today, and Crater
Lake reported 17 inches of
new snow with a water con
tent of 1.61 finches.
Redwood Highway
The Redwood Highway
checking station reported 2.32
inches of rain between 5 p.m.
yesterday and 7 a.m. today,
the weather bureau said.
The 17 inches of snow at
Crater Lake brought the total
depth there to 131 inches.
Highway 62 was passable this
morning, but chains were re
quired. The road from Annie
Springs to park headquarters
was closed, but was expected
to open by midday.
It was raining on the Green
Springs and Siskiyous at noon
today, state police reported.
Some snow was reported on
both passes, but traffic was
moving without chains.
Yreka Man Killed
In Crash Near Weed
Weed, Calif. HP) James
W. Henry, 82, of Yreka, Calif.,
died and his wife, Ella, 57,
was seriously hurt about 4:30
p.m. Monday when their car
out of control on High
way 99 five miles west of
here and overturned. Both oc
cupants were ' thrown from
the car.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with
rain through Wednesday
morning. Showers Wednes
day afternoon. Low to
night 40. High Wednesday
48.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday" 48
Lowest this Morning 43
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today l.Zl
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 7:30 a.m.
Sunset .. 5:20 p.m.
Moonset Wednesday 2:13 a.m.
Full Moon Feb. 4
PROMINENT STAR
Procyon, rising in the eve
ning twilight, will be high in
southeast 9:16 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, due south 5:36 a.m.
Mars, low in south
east 6:03 a.m.
Saturn, above Mara.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1958
"Maybe We Should Propose Shooting
This Stuff Across in Rockets"
Khrushchev Accused
Of View Distortion
Washington (IB The
United States accused Soviet
Communist party boss Nikita
Khrushchev today of spread
ing a "distorted view" of U.S.
policies and motivations in
world affairs.
A statement read by State
Department press officer Lin
coln White said this shows
"the difficulties which would
beset a short unprepared
meeting of heads of govern
ment such as the Soviet gov
ernment has proposed."
In answer to a question,
White said the U.S. view on
holding a . summit meeting
with Russia remains as set
forth by President Eisenhower
in his Jan. 12 letter to Soviet
Premier Nikolai Bulganin.
No Answer To Appeal
White said that "calls for
adequate preparation" at the
diplomatic and foreign minis
ters level.
White read the statement
when asked whether the Rus
sians have yet answered the
plea of U. S. Ambassador to
Moscow Llewellyn Thompson
for Soviet reaction to the
Missile Defense
By 1962 Possible
Washington HP) The
Army said in testimony pub
lished today that it could es
tablish a defense against bal
listic missiles by .1962 if its
program is accelerated.
Maj. Gen. John P. Daley,
Army director of special wea
pons, gave this target date to
the House Armed Services
committee in closed door tes
timony last Wednesday,
Fashioning a defensive sys
tem for detecting an enemy
ballistic , missile as it ap
proaches at 15,000 miles an
hour and shooting it down is
considered one of the most
difficult problems now fac
ing U. S. military scientists.
Juan Peron on Way
To Home in Europe
Ciudad Trujillo (1? Oust
ed Argentine ex - president
Juan D. Peron, driven out of
Venezuela by revolution,
stopped off here today on his
way to Europe.
. Peron, who arrived Monday
night in a special plane made
available by Venezuela's gov
ernment to hasten his depar
ture from that country, said
he would stay only a few
days in the Dominican Re
public before continuing his
journey eastward.
Attempt
LoiuimiehDini
President's letter to Bulganin.
White: said there had been
no answer to that appeal un
less one considered the
Khrushchev speech recently
in Minsk or his remarks at a
Moscow cocktail party Mon
day night.
"We certainly do not con
sider them an answer,". White
said. He also noted that Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gro
myko did not mention the
Khrushchev remarks when
Thompson asked for a reply
to the President's letter. He
said it indicated it was not
"the considered reply" of the
Soviet' Union to the Eisen
hower letter.
Moscow (IP) Izvestia, the
official Soviet government
newspaper, said today Russia
would welcome any concrete
steps leading . to a "summit"
conference if they were made
in good faith.
Western diplomats took the
statement as a hint the Soviet
Union was prepared to discuss
the agenda of such a confer
ence in advance as asked by
President Eisenhower.
The Izvestia dispatch ap
peared this morning shortly
after Communist party chief
Nikita Khrushchev renewed
his plea for an East-West non
agression pact and a summit
conference. He made the re
marks Monday night while
chatting with western diplo
mats at an Indian Embassy re
ception. Fay Due To Take
Stand in Probe
Washington OP) The Sen
ate Rackets Committee
warmed up its witness chair
today for Joseph S. (Joey)
Fay, former bigtime East
Coast labor racketeer and one
of Sing Sing prison's most in
fluential inmates.
Fay, now on parole from an
extortion sentence, was ex
pected to be called as prob
ably the climatic witness of
the committee's investigation
of the allegedly violence
stained Operating Engineers
Union (AFL-CIO).:
It remained to be seen
whether the 66-year-old for
mer vice president of the
union would do any talking
about the charges of fund mis
use and personal abuse
heaped on him Monday.
Members of "Local 542 of
PhiladelDhia testified Fay ran
their organization wth a whip-1
hand strengthened by bully
boys from his Local 825 of
Newark, NJ.
Price 10 Cents
Tribune
No. 239
Jupiter C May
Be Blasted Off
Later This Week
Vanguard Apparently
Undergoing Repairs
Cape Canaveral, Fla. OP)
The United States may .have
a baby "moon" in the sky
five minutes after the Army's
Jupiter C missile is launched
from here, probably this
week.
The Jupiter C, if all goes
well, will take just about that
long to blast off from the cape
and drop off three stages one
by one, and send the final
stage payload hurtling paral
lei to the earth 300 miles up
and at' 18,000 miles an hour
into an elliptical orbit.
That would be half the
time the Navy Vanguard
takes to do the job.
Vanguard Being Repaired
The Army was ordered in
November to ready the Jupit
er C, for a satellite attempt,
but it was not expected to
come before another try with
the Vanguard, which explod
ed op. its pad Dec. 6 in the
fort.
But the Navy rocket devel
oped serious trouble during
several attempts to launch it
last week and apparently is
being repaired. Another laun
ching try is expected soon,
but it is not known just when.
As in the case of the Van
guard, it will take about two
hours to determine whether
the Jupiter C has put its sat
ellite into orbit.
The switch from the Van
guard to the Jupiter C for the
satellite attempt was not plan
ned in any sense and has noth
ing to do with a "race" be
tween the Army and the Navy
to put the first U. S. man
made moon into orbit with
Russia's Sputnik II.
Comparative Simplicity
Still it is a change from the
philosophy of using a highly
refined and complex scientif
ic instrument the Vanguard
to do the job. The Jupiter
C depends on comparative
simplicity of design and sheer
power.
Basically, the Jupiter C is
a combination of the short
range Redstone ballistic mis
sile and 15 smaller solid fuel
rockets, all of which have
been flown time and again
successfully and are in oper
ational status. The entire as
sembly also has been test
flown successfully.
SfumJbo Clan Awarded
$125 Plus Interest
Roseburg (IP) The long
simmering dispute between
the Stumbo clan and the Ore
gon Highway Commission was
resolved here Monday when
a Circuit Court jury awarded
the Stumbos $125, plus six
per cent interest, since 1946,
for a 16-foot strip of land
they own astraddle Highway
99 south of here.
Control Board Approves
Money To Move Church
Salem OP) The State
Board of Control today ap
proved giving the Salem First
Baptist church $12,000 to
move its church buildings
from a site in the Capitol
Mall where a new labor and
industries building probably
will be built.
Long Negotiation
The decision came after
long negotiation with the
church which had been asked
by the board to move by Jan.
1, 1959 to make way for the
new building.
Board members said it
would cost from $10,000 to
$30,000 to wreck the building
and both board and church
agreed it would be more fair
Missile Makers
Included in Goal
By Two Groups
Escalator, Severance
Clauses Included
Washington HP! Two of
the biggest AFL-CIO unions
teamed up today to kick off
their drive for "substantial"
wage increases for 500,000
workers in the nation's air
craft and missile plants.
The United Auto Workers
and the International Associa
tion of Machinists publicized
their bargaining goals in a
leaflet handed out at more
than 100 aircraft and missile
factories in the U.S. and
Canada.
In addition to wage in
creases the unions will seek
"escalator" clauses to raise
wages when prices rise and
equal pay for the same job
in different plants.
The leaflet said the two un
ions also will demand better
severance pay provisions, the
union shop, union-management
apprentice training and
a company-paid welfare plan.
Its distribution signals the
unions agreement to seek the
same goals at negotiations
which start next week and
continue through June.
Lockheed, Douglas, North
American, Convair, Republic
and Boeing are some of the
major aircraft and missile
manufacturers the unions will
meet at the bargaining table.
"Never before have the
workers in the aircraft and
missile industries been so
threatened," the leaflet said.
"Politicians in Washington
have been attempting to bal
ance the budget at the ex
pense of the nation's defenses
and the nation's defense work
ers."
It said the work force in
these industries was reduced
by 100,000 since last April
because of cutbacks and
stretch-outs in military spend
ing. Because the industry is so
"sensitive to the shifts of
politics in Washington and
the see-saw of the internation
al scene," workers need sev
erance pay to help them in
periods of unemployment, the
leaflet added.
The industry can afford to
erant waee increases, they
said, because of "high profits
guaranteed by the govern
ment." The machinists represent
the bulk of aircraft and mis
sile workers about 400,000.
The UAW claims 150,000
others.
Atomic Arsenal
Request in Works
Washington (IP) Congress
went to work today on a re
quest to give President Eisen
hower broad powers in help
ing America's allies beef up
their atomic weapons arse
nals. Proposals for relaxing "un
duly restrictive" provisions of
the Atomic Energy Secrets
Act to share nuclear materials
and weapon design informa
tion were sent to the Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy
Committee by Lewis L.
Strauss, chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC). The committee sched
uled hearings on the proposal
today.
At the same time Defense
Secretary Neil H. McElroy
opened the door wider to seek
ing more missile and defense
money. He said he "wouldn't
hesitate" to ask for more if
the $40 billion record peace
time . defense budget proves
inadequate.
Washington (IP) KPOJ,
Inc., has asked the Federal
Communications Commission
for a permit to operate a new
television station on channel
2 at Portland, Ore.
to move the building intact.
Tentative approval also was
given to granting the city of
Salem an easement to extend
17th st. through the state fair
grounds. In return, the city
would give the Fair board
some 3.4 acres of city land
for parking.
Unander Wants Agreement
Both Gov. Robert D.
Holmes and Secretary of State
Mark Hatfield agreed -with
the proposal, but State Treas
urer Sig Unander wanted in
cluded in the agreement a
statement from Real Estate
Commissioner Clarence Hyde
that the dollar values in the
exchange would be approxi
mately equal.