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Talks Indicate
No Great Clamor
For Tax Reduction
Few Cuts Seen
On Excise Taxes
' Washington (IP! Congress
returned from its pulse-taking
Easter recess today with bat
tle lines hardening for com
ing warfare over anti-recession
and national defense
measures.
First reports on the law
makers' talks with voters at
home indicated there still was
no great public clamor for
tax reduction one of the ma
jor issues to be faced during
the balance of the 1958 ses
sion.
Both administration and
congressional leaders have
held back from tax reduction
as an anti-recession weapon
They want a later diagnosis
of the outlook for business
and the federal budget.
Some Reduction Likely
Even so the betting now is
on some kind of tax reduction
this year at least a few ex
cise (sales) tax cuts on auto
biles, freight and other items.
If business does not stage a
recovery soon, a general re
duction in income and excise
taxes is likely.
The 85th Congress was
ready to tackle other anti
recession bills. After passage
of housing, highway and oth
er public works bills with
heavy bipartisan support be
fore Easter, party lines have
been stiffening on economic
measures.
In the Senate the first or
der of business was a bill to
provide a billion dollars in
loans to communities for pub
lic works projects. Senate Re
publicans forced a delay on
this measure before the re
cess. The House Ways and Means
Committee goes to work Tues
days on differing administra
tion and Democratic proposals
to provide extra unemploy
ment payments to persons
who have exhausted their
benefits. President Eisenhow
er prodded Congress on Sun
day to "act as swiftly as pos
sible" on the issue.
Contests cutting across par
ty lines are coming up on
other issues, particularly the
President's plan to overhaul
the organization of the arm
ed forces. Despite opposition
from powerful figures in Con
gress, Eisenhower has prom
ised to keep slugging for his
plan.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (IP) 30 in
dustrials 443.76; up 2.52; 20
Tails 105.56. up 0.61; 15
utilities 75.52, up 0.39; 65
stocks 152.64, up 0.86.
Sales today were about
2.180.000 compared with
about 2,060.000 Friday.
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Women's Editor Named
Winner of Three Prizes
Mrs. Olive Starcher, wo
man's editor of the Mail Trib
une, has been awarded three
prizes in competition among
women of the press in Ore
gon, it was announced today.
Her column, "Potpourri,"
received a first prize in state
wide competition, tieing for
forst with the column written
for the Eugene Register-Guard
bmy Mrs. Ann Connell.
The award was given by the
Oregon Press Women, and
was announced at its conven
tion last week.
Mrs. Starcher also was
awarded a second prize for
her Sunday society section.
First place was won by Mrs.
Kay Lundeen, also of the
Register Guard.
Mrs. Starcher was award
ed a third place award for a
feature, running in a daily
newspaper.
Others whose first place
winning entries have been
sent to thhe national contest
include Miss Ianthe Smith,
Albany; Mrs. Margie Thomas,-
Year
MEDFORD,
RESS BACH OH JOB
I : . .
YOUNG ANGLERS One of the most popu
lar activities at the Crater Lions Sportsfair
at the Medford armory Saturday and Sun
day was the trout pond where hundreds of
young sportsmen, as well as a few adults,
tried their luck. Out of about 500 eight to
ten inch trout in the pond 270 were caught.
Sportsfair
Huge Success Here
Crater Lions club members
today considered their first
annual Southern Oregon
Sportsfair a huge success.
The fair, held at the Med
ford armory Saturday , and
Sunday, drew an estimated
15,000 persons. Lions reported
paid admissions at 12,500.
Demo Dinner Group
To Meet Tuesday
A meeting of the full Roose
velt memorial dinner" com
mittee will be held at the of
fices of General Chairman
Robert A. Boyer, 28 N. Oak
dale avenue, tomorrow (Tues
day) at 7:30 p.m., according to
Democratic County Chairman
James A. Redden.
Reports from the chairmen
of foods, tickets, arrange
ments, decorations and recep
tion committees will be given
at this time, and latest plans
for this year's dinner will be
discussed.
Tomorrow being the last
day for voter registration, ar
rangements have been made
to have a county-wide regis
trar at the meeting for the
convenience of any commit
tee member who may be still
unregistered or, who because
of a change of residence must
re-register, Redden said.
Lebanon; Velma Thoenig, Mrs.
Elizabeth Ryan, Oswego; Mrs.
Ann Connell, Eugene; Glenna
Bessey, Portland; Edna Ramp,
Mrs. Maryan Howard Roe, Al
bany; Mrs. Josephine Barnett,
Oregon City and Mrs. Faith
McCullough, Ashland.
'Twenty-four Oregon news
paper and advertising women
received awards during the
Saturday night meeting for
jlacing in the annual Oregon
Press Women's contest.
Eighteen of the women won
39 first places and their en
tries were sent to the National
Federation of Press Women's
contest with winners to be
announced in Jackson, Miss.,
May 7-12.
Miss Genevieve Morgan of
Salem won top honors in the
Oregon contest with six first
places. She was followed by
Mrs. Doris Gunderson of Le
banon with four, and Mrs.
Kay Lundeen of Eugene, Miss
Claire Elaine Lyon of Port
land and Mrs. Ila S. Grant of
Bend with, three each. .
Testes, TwnmiDirD
OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1958
Strange surroundings, bright lights, and
the milling crowd caused the trout to be
even more wary than usual, but the fact
that they weren't biting. readily didn't deter
the youngsters and many fished patiently
for hours at a time. The pond and trout
were furnished by the Talent Trout farm.
Reported
Other fair - goers included
many children six years of
age and under, who were ad
mitted free.
The live fish pond and the
skin diving tank were among
the most popular Sportsfair
features. Youngsters waited
up to two hours at the fish
pond to try their luck for
live trout.
Among attractions which
drew attention were the fly
tying and taxidermists booths,
the helicopter, B u r e 1 s o n's
store style shows, the bow and
rifle shooting ranges and the
fly-casting pool.
Mrs. Ivra Ellis, 820 Crater
Lake ave., won the five day
fishing vacation at Fish lake
and Mrs. C. J. Farnsworth,
1724 West 11th st., won a
similar vacation at Willow
lake. They were offered by
Lloyd Morris, proprietor at
the lake resorts.
Zoning Changes
Topic for Session
Five proposed changes in
present zoning will be con
sidered at tonight's planning
commission meeting in the
Medford city council chamb
ers, it was announced this
morning.
The first will be reconsid
eration of a change of zone
request from class IA, single
family, to class VI, heavy in
dustrial, for a section on south
Grape st.
A hearing for a change of
zone for lot one of block two
in the Cottage Home addition
will be held at the meeting.
The commission will also con
sider a change of zone from
class IA, single family, to class
V, light industrial, for a six
acre tract at 1059 Morrow rdr
for a proposed trailer court.
A request for a zone change
will be reconsidered at 2248
Barnett rd. for construction
of a convalescent home. Sev
eral proposed zone changes in
the Berrydale area will also
be discussed at the meeting.
Eisenhower Returns
To White House Desk
Washington (IP) President
Eisenhower returned to his
White House desk today to
grapple with the problems of
economic recession at home
and new Soviet proposals for
pre-summit diplomatic meet
ings abroad.
The President flew back
late Sunday from a "golf and
work" weekend at Augusta,
Ga.
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Tribune
Rosemary Slaten
To Leave Hospital
Mrs. Rosemary Slaten, 33,
Gold Hill, is scheduled to be
released from Sacred Heart
hospital today, according to
Jackson county sheriff's depu
ties. Mrs. Slaten, who has been
confined to the hospital since
April 2, is under indictment
for embezzling $12,000 from
the Rogue Valley Physicians
service.
Mrs. Slaten will be ques
tioned by sheriff's deputies,
and arraigned in district court
as soon as she is released frond
the hospital, qfficials said.
District Attorney Thomas J.
Reeder reported that the ar
raignment should take place
later this afternoon.
Sheriff's deputies found
Mrs. Slaten collapsed on the
floor of the living room at her
home when they attempted to
serve a warrant for her ar
rest. She was taken to Sacred
Heart hospital and samples
from the coffee cup and the
contents of her stomach were
sent to the state crime labora
tory for analysis.
Reports showed that the
coffee contained traces of bar
bital and aspirin. Mrs. Slaten
was unconscious for five days,
it was reported.
Reservations Coming
For Crime Conference
Reservations number more
than 50 for the annual West
ern States Crime conference
which will be held in Med
ford during mid-May, accord
ing to Lyle Perkins, Medford
police lieutenant in charge of
the event. '
He said about 225 law en
forcement officers from the
11 western states will take
part. Main topic of the confer
ence will be on crime detec
tion of safe" burglaries.
Main speaker will be James
H. Chenoweth, chief deputy
marshal in Alaska. . . '
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tonight. Vari
able cloudiness Tuesday with
chance of a few light showers.
Low tonight 40. High Tuesday
68. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday ' 66
Lowest This Morning 39
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:33 a .pi.
... ; 6:52 p.m.
Sunset
Moonrise Tuesday 3:48 ajn.
New Moon April 18
PROMINENT STARS
Arcturus. in the east 8:23 p.m.
"Regulus. high in south 8:44 p.m.
The crowded group of many
faint stars between Arcturus
and Regulus is in the constella
tion. Coma Berenices. '
Price 10 Cents
No. 20
24 Auto Plants
Close To Reduce
Slocks of Cars
Chevrolet, Ford
Among Chief: Firms
Detroit (IP) Twenty-four
auto plants employing about
60,000 workers were closed
this week and one was work
ing an overtime, six-day
schedule, auto companies re
ported today.
Chevrolet, Ford, Mercury,
Chrysler and De Soto were
the chief firms reporting shut
downs to trim car stocks to
meet market demands.
Others on Part-Time
Chevrolet manufactur
ing plants at Bay City, Mich.,
Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo,
Flint, Mich., and Tonawanda,
N.Y. were also shut down this
week.
Most of the Chevrolet
plants shut down or working
fewer, than five days this
week are manufacturing
plants. Chevrolet will decide
by Wednesday how many as
sembly plants may shut down
next week.
Nine More To Close -
At this time, Chevrolet and
Fisher Body divisions of Gen
eral Motors, which have ten
adjacent body and assembly
plants, expect to close nine of
these next week, all but the
Norwood, Ohio plant.
Ford had six assembly
plants closed today and ex
pected to - remain - closed the
rest of the week Chicago,
Dearborn, Mich., Kansas City,
Long Beach, Calif., Memphis
and Norfolk, Va. It's Mahwah,
N.J. passenger car line will
also shut down.
The encouraging report
came from the Lincoln-Ford
Thunderbird plant at Wixom,
Mich., which continued" its
six-day overtime operations
and from American Motors
Corp.
AMC will add 400 men at
its Kenosha-Milwaukee Ramb
ler plants next week and
boost current production 10
per cent.
Voters Sign-Up '
To End Tuesday
Voter registration deadline
for Jackson county residents
desiring to vote in the May 9
primary election is ? 8 p.m.
Tuesday, according to Mrs.
Bereth P. Hopkins, county
clerk.
The elections department
will remain open, she report
ed, for convenience of persons
who work or who have been
unable to register prior to
that time. Entrance to the
county court house after the
5 p.m. regular closing hour,
is the east door to the court
house annex.'
Portland OPl Official
opening of the new Morrison
street bridge spanning the
Willamette river here will be
at 10 a.m. on May 24.
Laughter From Olymput
Urges
Disastrous Soviet
Accident Believed
i
Cause ot Decision
Kefauver Urges
Matching Proposal
Washington (IP) Gen.
Nathan F. Twining, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
said today that further U.S.
tests are 1'very decidedly"
necessary to improve the
American nuclear arsenal.
He added his voice to the
broilng argument amid these
developments:
Russian Accident Seen
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
(D-Minn.) reported that there
is a "great deal of evidence"
to back up reports that Russia
called off its own tests after a
"disastrous accident" spewed
large quantities of deadly
radioactivity into the atmo
sphere. Humphrey also reported
that Russia set off a nine-kilo-ton
bomb equal to 9,000 tons
of t.n.t. in an underground ex
plosion in Red China.
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-
Tenn.) urged President Eisen
hower to match Russia's offer
to suspend tests by "offering
to end our , own testing of
bombs following conclusion of
the next series ... in the Pa
cific." The crew of Quakers
aboard the yacht Golden Rule
told supporters by ship-to-shore
telephone that they in
tend to defy the Atomic
Energy Commission and sail
into the Pacific test area to
protest the new series of U.S.
nuclear experiments, sched
uled to begin soon.
Protesting peace groups
also planned to picket three
diplomatic missions in New
York and the Cape Canaveral,
Fla., missile launching site.
Twining said in an inter
view with U.S. News & World
Report that further U.S. tests
are essential both to make
progres stoward developing a
"clean" nuclear bomb and to
increase the "versatility" of
the U.S. atomic arsenal of
weapons.
Kefauver, speaking at an
Israel bond rally in Chicago,
said he was not prepared to
debate the "dfferences-in mo
rality between a clean bomb
and a dirty bomb.". ...
But he said he could see no
"military advantage" to . the
United States if, in a war,
Russians used "dirty bombs"
and the United States used
"clean ones." For this reason,
he said, the President should
match Russia's test suspension
bid by "offering to end our
own testing of bombs" onc
the Pacific operatons are con
cluded. Eisenhower Opens
Baseball Season
Washington (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower gave them
two for the money today,
throwing out a pair of cere
monial first balls to open the
1958 Major League baseball
season.
Both of the President's
honorary pitches were high
hard ones ; vigorous over
hand tosses into the cluster of
Washington Senators and Bos
ton Red Sox players in front
of the presidential box be
tween home plate and first
base.
GREETS VFW COMMANDER
Richard L. Roudebush, commander in chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars about yesterday noon at the Medford air
port. Roudebush was here to attend day-long ceremonies for
Southern Oregon which included an installation and banquet
at Hendrick junior high school. Commander in Chief Roude
bush also visited Camp White
the facilities there. An estimated 250 attended the banquet
nere yesterday evening.
Over 250
At VFW Ceremonies
For National Head
Smothering of the "Econo
Misers" and the killing of
their philosophy before it
takes root constitutes the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars' imme
diate objective, Commander-in-Chief
Richard L. Roude
bush told a meeting of over
250 at a banquet in the Hed
rick junior high school here
Sunday evening.
"It may se our number one
objective for some time to
come, it would appear from
the weight of the forces eft
trenched against the veterans
and those dependent upon
him," Commander - in - Chief
Roudebush told his audience.
"For the veteran particu
larly , the . disabled, the sick,
and the distressed, this is a
time of real emergency!" he
emphaszed.
Asked To Join Ranks .
. To help . beat down this
challenge every eligible vet
eran is asked to join the ranks
of VFW to provide the ."not-
to-be-denied strength" which
is more vital now than ever
before in the organization's
59-year history," the national
commander-in-chief said.
. "We will preserve all we
have gained over the years, or
we will lose these things bit
by bit, until ultimately, all is
lost," Roudebush insisted.
Routing Communism from
America is among some of the
other important tasks of the
VFW, he added. .
. "Never in our national his
tory has it been more import
ant we remain . constantly
alert that we take with the
proverbial grain of salt all the
gestures and utterances of
Stalin's successors," he de
clared. "We of the . Veterans of
Foreign Wars will do all we
can to alert this country to
the dangers of complacency
and the threat of Communist
aggression," the commander-in-chief
said. -
Since no Democracy can be
come greater than the heights
attained by its indvidual mem
bers, the VFW members be
lieve there is much to do in
the vital areas of American
ism and community service,
he pointed out.
"Any VFW post that can
not say this is a better com
munity because of the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars cannot
justify its very exstence," the
commander-i n-chief con
cluded. Welcomed by Mayor
The commander-in-chief of
the VFW was welcomed at the
airport by Mayor John Snider,
plus a delegation of local
VFW officials. Following a
Sputnik Apparently
Down, Moscow Says
Moscow (IP) A Moscow
Platearium spokesman said to
night that "evidently Sputnik
has already fallen."
But the spokesman added
that "the Planetarium had not
yet received confirmation" of
the baby moon's death.
The Planetarium has re
ceived no further information
on the earth satellite since it
was. sighted over Potsdam in
East Germany last night, the
spokesman said.
The spokesman said that for
the first time since Sputnik II
was launched Nov. 3, the
Planetarium did not receive
the usual daily time table of
the satellite's movements to
day. '
Mayor John Snider ' greets
yesterday afternoon to inspect
Present
short rest, he made a tour of
Camp White domiciliary and
made a short speech there.
Later in the afternoon in
the Hedrick junior high school
gymnasium the commander-in-chief
installed the post officers
of District 5 and 7 with de
partment auxiliary president
Harriet Shoemaker, Portland,
installing the auxiliary of
ficers. Department Com
mander Harry T. Birch pre
sided. Precedng the banquet at
Hedrick junior high school,
Commander - in - Chief Roude
bush 'was inducted into the
Order of the Cavemen of
Grants Pass during a colorful
ceremony which included the
feast of the dinosaur steak
and drinking of the saber-
tooth tiger blood.
70 Will Attend
Foresters' Meet
. Ahnnt 7n to 80 members of
the Medford area Society of
American Foresters are plan
ning to attend the annual
meeting of the Columbia Riv
er section of the group on
April 19 and 20 in Bend.
About 300 to 400 Oregon
members of the group are ex
pected to attend. A full two
days of events are planned
with most taking place in the
Capitol Theater in Bend.
Bob Hostetter, Medford dis
trict Bureau of Land Man
agement, is a vice chairman
of the group; S. T. "Tenny"
Moore, Medford office of the
Rogue River National Fbrest,
is in charge of local arrange
ments; and Calvin L. Smith,
district forester with the In
dustrial Forestry association
in Medford is in charge of
publicity.
Topics to be discussed in
clude a sectional report, "Ec
onomics of Interested For
estry," "Soil, Basic Resource,"
"Profession of Forestry and
Future' and "Forest Manage
ment." Other events include a trip
through a Bend sawmill, a
production of the play "Okla
homa" by Central Oregon col
lege students.- a hobbv and
handicraft show and a Satur
day evening banquet.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 2 5 3
Washington 5 8 2
F. Sullivan, Wal (7) and
Daley, White (7); Ramos
and Courtney.
Portland Ball
Hurt in Fatal
Klamath Falls, Ore. IW
A California man was killed
and five persons including
two Pacific Coast League
baseball players were in
iured Sunday in an auto ac
cident 16 miles north of here;
Dead Identified
The dead man was identi
fied as Edward Boyals, about
85, of San Bernardino. The
iniured ball players were
catcher Nini Tornay, 28, and
outfielder Luis Marquez, both
of the Portland Beavers. Their
injuries were not believed
serious.
Also injured were Thomas
M. Bean, his wife, and one
child, about 8. Two other
Middle, Lower
Income Families
Would Benefit
Social Security
Increase Requested
Washington (IP) Former
President Harry Truman
urged Congress today to fight
the recession by giving mid
dle and low income families
a $5 billion tax cut and ap
proving multi-billion dollar
increases in defense, foreign
aid and public works spend
ing.
He also called for increas
ed social security benefits as
"one of the most desirable
methods of expanding pur
chasing power."
Truman, testifying before
the House Banking Commit
tee, jibed at administration
"go slow" anti-recession pol
icies and in turn was chal
lenged by Republican commit
tee members on some points
of his economic philosophy.
"I don't think we ought to
stand still and let the country
go to hell," he said at one
point.
The former President
denied that his sweeping anti
recession program would lead
to renewed inflation or run
the government into a huge
deficit. Tax cuts, he said,
would stimulate the economy
and in the long run mean
more revenue for the treas-
ury.
Truman testified before a
standing room only audience.
About 500 persons crowded
into the hearing room that
normally holds about 300.
"I see no need for periodic
(economic) downturns when
people are put through the
wringer," he said. "I see no
reason why our plans and
policies ought not to be direct
ed toward a constantly ex
panding economy and toward
prevention of recessions alto
gether." When Republicans chal
lenged the Democratic "elder
statesman," Truman, obvi
ously enjoyed himself to the
fullest, countered with fast
answers and then sat back
in his chair smiling happily.
He bluntly denied, under
questioning by Rep. Henry O.
Talle (R-Iowa), that he said in
1950 that unemployment of
3 to 5 million persons would
not be too bad a thing.
He was asked by Rep. Clar
ence E. Kilburn (R-N.Y.), if
the fact that unemployment
continued in 1939 despite a
huge government public
works program didn't prove
such programs were futile as
an anti-recission measure. He
countered:
"There probably would
have been a revolution if we
hadn't had that program of
public works."
Meet Candidates
Slated For May 1
A "Meet Your Candidate"
night presenting all county
candidates whose names will
appear on the primary elec
tion ballot has been planned
for Thursday, May 1, by the
Medford League of Women
Voters.
The public is invited to the
event, which will begin at
7:30 p.m. in the Hedrick jun
ior high school, according to
Mrs. Thomas Rutter, chairman
of the League's voters serv
ice committee.
Meet Your Candidates" is
planned as an opportunity for
voters to become acquainted
with candidates and to dis
cuss particular issues with
them, Mrs. Rutter said.
The League, a non-partisan
group, has invited those seek
ing county, judicial and state
legislative offices and each
will have an opportunity to
present his stand on an issue
or political policy, she added.
An informal coffee hour
will follow the introductions.
Players
Collision
Bean children escaped with
out injuries. They were all
from San Bernardino.
Polcie said the accident oc
curred on rain-slick Highway
97 when the baseball players'
auto skidded and was hit
broadside by the car carrying
Boyals and the Bean family.
Lacerations, Bruises
Attendants at Klamath Val
ley hospital said Marquez suf
fered lacerations near an eye
and Tornay had lacerations
on his chin and a bruised leg.
They were expected to be re
leased from the hospital today
but it was not known if they
would start in Tuesday's day
night PCL openers with Sac
ramento in Portland.