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Newspaper Page Textf fcUH TRIIUNI, MtDFORD, ORL 4 W4nM4ar, Sep. 3. 1958 :lircwiS2wrirBUKi 'li'Mjsnt la Southern Oregon . ads Th MaUTrlbune" Published Daily except Saturday by . . MEDFORD PRINTING Co' 83 North Fir St. Ph. SP 2-6141 ROBERT W. RUHL, Editor KTR GRSY. Advertising Manager SJRALp LATHAM. Business Mgr. MM1C W. ALLEN JR.. Managing Editor BAL H. ADAMS, City Editor HARRY CHIPMAN. TeJeg. Editor WajARO JEWETT, Sporta Editor OUVE STARCHER, Women"! Editor PALE ERICKSON. Circulation Mgr. An Independent Newspaper Entered a aecond class matter at M4ford Oregon under Act of March 3. 1897 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br Mall In Advance: Copv 10c. . geily and Sunday 1 yeaV S13.00 Dally and Sunday moi. 8.00 - Daily and Sunday 3 mm. 4 25 Sunday Only One year S4.20. By Carrier In Advance Med lord. .? Ashland, Central Point. Eagle Point, Jacksonville. Gold Hill, ' Phoenix, Shady Cove. Rogue Riv . Talent, and on mouvr routes: Daily and Sunday l year S18.00 - Daily and Sunday 1 mo. 1.80 . -. Carrier and Dealers c op? 10c All Terms Cash in Advance Ofhelal Faaer of Citv ef Med ford Ofnetal Paper ef Jackson County . United Press International Full Leased Wire ' MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION -Advertlaina Renresentative: , WEST-HOLIDAY CO.. INC, Of ' flees in New York, Chicago. De ' troit, San Francisco. Los Angeles, I Seattle. Port and, St. Louis. At - - lanta, Vancouver, B.C. 17 ttiWSrAMI k rUBLISMIlS " ASSOCIATION NATION At C0ITORIAI Flight 'o Time Medford and Jackson County History from the files of The Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago. II YEARS AGO ' eft, S, K (Friday) ' An exhibit of water colors by students of Eugene Ben nett, local artist, will open tomorrow at the Medford Art center, 315 East Main st. -. J. C. Penney's Medford tore will sponsor a Kiddies' Kennedy Karnival at the Cra terian theater tomorrow morning. ' It TZARS AGO See. 3. 193 (Saturday) An enlarged roster of ex hibits and record attendance are predicted for Gold Hill's sixth annual Northwest Jack ton County fair next week. Trom Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudge Pot" column: "The city voted bonds in the sum f $73,000 for fixing the streets. Something, like 9,000 voters were too weary to ram ble to the polls. The 616 souls who fearlessly voted, for and against, suffered no ill-effect.." M TEARS AGO leyt. 3, 1328 (Monday) Young folks seeking a quiet, secluded place to park have resorted during the sum mer to the yard of the Foots Creek schoolhouse, and one ear apparently drove right up the' front steps onto the porch. Schools reopen tomorrow. 4t YEARS AGO ' ept. 3. 1313 (Tuesday) . Ashland's canteen service at the depot needs more fruit to keep the troops passing through town well-supplied. Fifteen more county draft ees depart for active duty. Vhsl's Your I.Q.? Mlee et ten carreer tt superior; eaten Of eight is excellent; five ar eta is td. 1. A thick glass when filled with hot liquid is more likely to break than a thin glass under the same condition; true or false? 2. "Private" was formerly the lowest rank in the U.S. Army; what is now the lowest rank? 3. Which of the following ve3e) not belong in the same cat egory; Alimentary, Erie, Pan ama, Suez? 4. Which countries' comprise the members of the Arab League? 5. Patagonia is on what continent? . 6. Appendicitic occurs more often in males than females; true or false? 7. Which is the taller, the Empire State building or the Eiffel Tower? . 3. In ; history, who were calld "prisoners of the Vat ican"? : 3. Where are the ruins of the Parthenon? 10. Is the capital of Maine Bangor, Lewiston or Augusta? :. Answers: 1. True. 2. "Re cruit." 3. Alimentary. (The rest ere ship canals). 4. Egypt, Iraq. Lebanon. Saudi-Arabia, Stria, Trans-Jordan and Ye saeav 3. South America. 6. True. 7. Empire State build ing. 3. The Popes. 9. Athens, Creece. 10. Augusta. (- -. '. - A - Legion in Chicago The American Legion convention this week probably will serve to demonstrate a moderation in regard to veterans pensions and bonuses that has been developing slowly over the years. John J. Gleason Jr., national commander, de clared Aug. 14 that, contrary to some impressions, the Legion is "unalterably opposed to across-the-board pensions for all former servicemen." What the Legion does want, he said, is expanded feder al pensions for disabled veterans and for veter ans' widows who have children. e COME groups within veterans organizations al- ways will push for all-out pensions. The na tional convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars oh Aug. 22, approved a resolution urging a tax-free bonus up to $4,500 for all veterans of World War II and the Korean War. But a more moderate resolution adopted at thd same time is said to be more representative of the thinking of VFW leadership. This resolution, instead of asking for a federal bonus, opposes "a constant effort on the part of various government agencies and bureaus to rele gate the veteran, to the class of the non-veteran for all purposes, and especially with reference to compensation and other veteran benefits which is not deemed to be in the public interest." Another resolution asked for a separate, more liberal program for World War I veterans inas much as Congress "apparentlywill not consider favorably any proposal to suDStanuauy liDerauze the program for the entire group of 22 million veterans." CUCCESSIVE conventions of the American Le- gion and of other have been growing less piaytul and more preoc cupied by national and international affairs. Simple age may account for this. The average age of all veterans, according to the Veterans Administration is 40.3 years. The averacre acre of World War I veterans is 64.2: of World War II vets, 39.3; of Korean War vets excluding those with double service (World War II and Korean War) 27.3 years. About a fourth of the nation's 22,727,000 vet erans of all wars belong to, one or more of . the 300 active veterans organizations. Of the over-all total, some 15,288,000 are World War II veter ans, some 4,431,000 (again - excluding the re treads) veterans of Korea; some 2,876,000 vets of World War I; and some 132,000 veterans of other wars and the "military establishment," i.e., peacetime service. r ', The Legion, by far the largest of veterans groups, puts its membership at 2,678,876, as against the 1946 peak of 3,326,000. The VFW claims 1,300,000 members as 'against 1,550,000 in 1948. About 70 per cent of Legion membership comes from World War II and Korea vets. The VFW has an even lower percentage of World War I veterans 14 to 20 per cent THE BIG veterans groups, unlike the Grand Airmr rvf tho "Rormhlir wnir"h fVv manv vPflrs 111 AAA Jf VSA. . J-WVJV-a.' after the Civil War was nonpartisan in politics. ana tne aiveis nave tenaea to ae conserva tive for the most part; the American-Veterans committee, left of center. But Lee-ion conventions have often been the sounding-board for partisan political oratory for example, the convention in Miami in 1951 was the stage for one of Gem MacArthur's bitterest attacks on the Truman administration. b.K.K. Revolution From Water V "Water, water everywhere and each drop fit to drink" could in the not too distant future come time for. all peopTes along the shores of the Seven Seas. That day will come when salt water, now convertible to fresh only at considerable ex pense (15 to 20 cents a 100 gallons) will yield fresh water by relatively inexpensive processes. "The ancient problem ... of the desalting of water," President Eisenhower told the UN Gen eral Assembly in his speech on Aug. 13, "is on the threshhold of solution." That solution could mean as much to the world, could, revolutionize the old ways of national life as radically, as did the splitting of the atom. It isn't only poverty-stricken desert lands that stand to benefit by cheap fresh water from salt. In the United States and other industrial coun tries a serious shortage of water is threatened, not only for human consumption but also for in dustrial production. IN 1952 CONGRESS appropriated funds for studying various methods of desalting sea water, also the brackish water found in some in land states. Among the many methods studied are the electric membrane (electrolysis), vapor compression distillation, solar distillation, criti cal pressure, osmosis, solvent extraction, freez ing. Now the various studies have progressed to the point where the 1958 session of Congress vot ed $10 million to build and operate, under Inter ior Department supervision, five , demonstration plants to test out the various methods. The Soviet Union is known to be competing with this coun try in the race to offer f or instance, to the Mid dle East an economically feasible process of de riving fresh from salt water. L.R.K. veterans organizations- f J - w. j vw Republican, have been The Legion, the VFW, Dennis the Menace I KxirATAOtV YMT VB YOUll FiOaT, WCTU Head Sees Prohibition in Nation Coming Washington- (CQ) The leg islative director of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union sees the nation on the road, to prohibition. . "The jet plane will prove to have started the nationon the road to eliminating alco hol from our national life," Miss Elizabeth A. Smart pre dicted. WCTU lobbyist in Washington, Miss Smart also is a Phi Beta Kappa gradu ate of Smith College, lawyer, newspaper publisher and one time candidate for Congress. "The American people are gullible but not fools," she said. "They will soon realize that you cannot take the stresses of the space age un less your system is physically perfect and not irritated by alcohol." Sober Auto Workers She claimed the only way Henry Ford managed to de velop mass production in the auto industry was by insist ing on sobriety among his workers. "It takes an even steadier hand to meet the in dustrial challenges of the space age," she said. 'The people are beginning to real ize this, despite the liquor advertising. The thing that has kept our nation alive 'is our saving modicum of com mon sense," Miss Smart con tended. When will prohibition come? Miss Smart refused to predict the exact year, but felt certain it would be with in 50 years. "It shouldn't come until the people are ready for it. It must be wanted." Miss Smart says these things with earnestness and conviction, almost softness. Her fervor is not the brand that sent women into saw- dusty saloons singing hymns and swinging hatchets. Lobby Technique Instead, Miss Smart lobbies for temperance legislation in the rough and tumble atmos phere of Capitol HiU through face-to-face persuasion and prayer. Her primary oppo nent, the liquor industry, does its lobbying by spraying the town with public relations men and hiring big name law yers like Thomas E. Dewey of New York. But she has been doing it her way since 1940.. Now, as the WCTU holds its 84th convention Aug. 29 through Sept. 2, the ques tion arises whether Miss Smart and the other temper ance lobbyists are getting any place. Their anti-liquor cam paigns often make entertain Try and. -By BENNETT CERF- CONTRARY. TO public opinion, insists Ernie Kovacs, in v- magazine appropriately named Mad, waving a red flag at a bull does not irritate him at alL Actually cows are the ones who get irritated when a red flag is waved at them. The reason a bull gets mad when a red flag is waved at him is because he dislikes being mistaken for a cow. So now you know! At a recent auto show, one of the biff producers included in its display a giant missile it i turning out for the gov ernment Mort 8ahl met a lightly intoxicated customer who circled the missile three times, then mumbled, "They're sure making automobiles look different these days, but I think 111 buy one anyhow." a Three kiddies in Beverly Hills decided to play house. Said the first, 'Til be the papa." Said the second, 'Til be the mama." Said the third, 'Til be the lawyer." $ llfclj by fiaaett CxL Distributed by Kisj; Tutmu 8a4iU. . Wl HE JUST KEEPS SAYltiG ing newspaper copy, but be yond that, are these temper ance voices being heeded on Capiiol Hill? Miss Smart and spokesmen for the American Temperance Society, Methodist Board of Temperance and National Temperance League do be lieve they are . getting some place, though slowly. Together they represent about 11 mil lion members, mostly church people. Victories Claimed The temperance groups con sider the stiffening of the anti-obscene literature law, restriction of bill board ad vertising along Federally aid ed interstate highways, more money for alcoholism research and less for the State Depart ment's whisky allowance as their primary legislative achievements in the 85th Con gress. They also believe pass age of the District of Colum bia law setting chemical standards for determining whether a driver is drunk will inspire states to pass sim ilar laws. The two biggest legislative goals of temperance groups were not realized: laws against serving liquor on air planes and advertising alco holic beverages in national publications and over the air. Neither of those legislative proposals got to the floor of either the House or Senate for a vote during the 85th Con gress. "No Backbone" W. A. Scharffenberg, ex ecutive secretary of the Amer ican Temperance Society, said Congress "did not have the backbone to send the bills to the floor for a vote. All we asked for was a fair hearing on the floor. But Congress didn't have the guts to let the bills get out of committee." The temperance groups also accused Sen. George A. Smathers (D.-Fla.) of trying to kill the bill to forbid serv ing of liquor on airplanes through a crippling amend ment. His amendment would have denied Federal money to airports that served liquor. Temperance groups said ' the amendment was designed to build up ppposition to a bill that had passed the House so easily in 1956. Miss Smart and other tem perance leaders take heart in recalling it took a long time to get Prohibition. They in tend to keep pressing Congress for temperance laws -whatever the odds. Copyright, 1958, ' Congressional Quarterly Inc.) Stop Mo Maine Election Next Of Both Parties' Political Strength By RAYMOND LAHR UP I Correspondent Washingtn-fllPD-The Maine election next Monday will give politicians their most im portant barometer reading so far this year to judge , the political climate in Novem ber. . It also will be the last time that Maine wiU be jumping off to a head start in the con gressional elections. Under a change in its constitution, the state will join the rest of the country in future years and vote early in. November. The vote Monday should provide important evidence as to whether this is a "Demo cratic year"-as the Democrats believe-or whether Republi can strength is reviving-as the GOP hopes. The GOP abandoned its old charge, "As Maine goes, so goes the ' nation," in 1936 when that state was one of but two to give their presi dential electoral votes to Al fred M. Landon, the Republi can nominee. In percentage terms, however, the Maine vote does reflect national trends. Jn 1956, the September vote in. the once rock-ribbed Re publican . state foretold the Democratic strength revealed in congressional elections in the other 47 states two months later. But it misled Democrats who thought it foreshadowed a Democratic presidential vic tory. Close Races The GOP in 1956 lost one of three House seats in Maine. It won another by a bare 29 votes and took the third easily. Democratic Gov. Rob ert S. Muskie was reelected. Since Muskie was on the ballot and President Eisen hower was not, his personal popularity presumably drew votes for the Democratic nom Matter of Fact QUEMOY: WE ASKED FOR rr ( Washington-Thus far, the American government ' has sought to treat the Chinese Communist threat to Quemoy and the Mat sus as a minor matter. The P r e s i d ent's eager depart ure for his golfing vaca tion in New port ii only one example of prevailing Josspa Also business - as usual attitude, In fact, however, the threat to these little islands in the Formosa strait is a desperate ly serious matter, with Far Eastern echoes of the crucial Berlin blockade. . There is this difference, however. For all sorts of psy chological and political rea sons, free Berlin was and is a key position in and of it self. The importance of Que moy and the Matsus, in con trast, may be described as hand-made in r Washington. The story of how this hap pened has to be understood, before the problem itself can be understood. . IN BRIEF, the Ilrst gesture of the Eisenhower adminis tration's "dynamic new for eign policy" was the so-called unleashing of Chiang Kai shek. When the Generalissimo was so dramatically un leashed, Quemoy, the Matsus and the other offshore islands were in Chinese Nationalist hands. But almost no regular troops were then stationed on the islands. At that time, in fact, the little islands were regarded as Indefensible and therefore as expendable by the Formosa government. Apparently, however, the American policy-makers de sired to give some color of reality to the famous unleash ing. Hence the severest pres sure was placed upon the Generalissimo to occupy the offshore islands in serious force. Chiang Kai-shek bitter ly resisted the pressure. He pointed out the islands ex treme vulnerability. (Quemoy, for instance, lies in Amoy harbor almost in the way that Staten Island lies in New York Harbor.) He further pointed out that his authority in Formosa itself might well be undetermined, if hi- stacked his prestige on holding these islands and then failed to hold them. In the end, the Generalis simo's resistance was over come by determined Ameri can arm-twisting. Quemoy, the Matsus and the Tachen is lands, more remote from For mosa and further to the north, were all occupied in force by regular units of the Chinese Nationalist Army. THE unwisdom of this move move soon became appar ent. Almost immediately after the phony peace in Korea was concluded, a threat to the Tachen Islands developed on a pattern remarkably simi lar to the present threat to inees for Congress. The GOP polled 51.4 per cent of the total vote, compared with 55 per cent in 1954 and 66.9 in 1952. Two months later, Eisen hower" poUed 70 per cent of the presidential vote in Maine. Nationally, he polled about 57 per cent of the two-part presidential vote while GOP candidates for the House polled only 48.5 per cent. Thus the spread between the presi dential vote and the con gressional vote was greater in Maine than in the nation as a whole." Muskie is running this year against Sen. Frederick G. Payne, a staunch Eisenhower supported first elected in 1952 when he polled 58.7 per cent of the vote. A close vote is expected this year. Some Adjustment Whatever the outcome, an interpretation of the result may have to be adjusted to account for the fact that Muskie like Eisenhower-has shown himself to be stronger than his party in Maine. He received almost 60 per cent of the vote wjhen reelected in 1956. A Muskie victory would be a crushing blow to Republi can hopes for regaining con trol of the Senate. Those slender hopes do not allow for loss of any of the Senate seats which the Republicans now hold. In advance of the elections, Democrats have made no rash claims. Payne, too, has shown much personal strength in Maine. As a retiring governor, he unseated the veteran GOP Sen. Owen Brewster in the 1952 primary. Maine may show whether there were any political repercussions at the ballot box from the Sherman Adams ease. Payne has admitted that By Joseph Alsop Quemoy and the Matsus. The American government, -which had twisted the,. Generalis simos' arm to get him to oc cupy the Tachens, now began a new campaign of arm-twisting to secure the evacuation of .the Tachens. At the last instant, -alter the most ex posed island of the Tachen group had already fallen un der Chinese Communist at tack, the Generalissimo gave way. Thus the Tachens were evacuated. . The Formosa resolution, authorizing the President to use American forces, for the defense of Formosa, was a by-product of this first off shore island crisis centering around the Tachens. During the crisis, Secretary of State Dulles flatly promised form' er Chinese Nationalist For eign Minister George Yeh that if theiTachens were evac uated, the U. S. government would give a public and un equivocal promise to defend Quemoy and the Matsus un der the Formosa resolution. This Dulles promise was over ridden by the President, how ever. . Thus the policy of "keep ing (the Chinese Communists) guessing" about Quemoy .and the Matsus was adopted-con trary to all the previous Dulles prescriptions for draw ing a clear line that the enemy would know he must not cross. After the warning of the Tachens, certain feeble efforts were made to persuade Chiang to abandon the Mat sus and Quemoy. But the Gen eralissimo now insisted that his own government on For mosa would not -survive this further blow to his prestige. And he instead continued to strengthen his positions on the islands, using U. S. mili tary aid for the purpose. SUCH is the past history. It means first that the fu ture of Formosa itself may depend, by the Generalis simo's own testimony, on the future of the Matsus and Quemoy. The Generalissimo's view on this point is support ed by the high personages in the State Department and the Pentagon who advocate de fending the offshort islands at all costs. i But this history has an other, even more important meaning. For good or ill. American prestige in Asia has been engaged on the offshore islands, just as much as the Generalissimo's prestige on Formosa. According to 'of ficial State Department fore casts, Communist capture of the islands-will be an earth quake shock in every non Communist country of Asia, Thus there is no cheap escape from this corner we have so strangely painted ourselves into, unless the Peking gov ernment "guesses" that the President's departure for New port means that our inten tions are martial, and chooses not to run the risk of a fight for the. islands with the U. S. forces engaged. (Copyrighted 1958, Mew York Herald Tribune, Inc.) , Monday Seen Test he also accepted some favors from Adams' friend, Bernard Goldfine. To indicate increased na tional strength in the House Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the although under certain circumstances for publication is permissible. The Mail Tribune reserves the right to edit all letters with a view to clarification and condensation. Letters submitted for publication must not exceed 400 words. The letters printed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of the saper; in fact the contrary U often the case. Church for Birth Control To the Editor: The action of the Episcopal and Anglican bishops in approving birth control as a means of easing., overpopulation is of world importance. At the recent Lambeth Con ference in London, 310 arch bishops and bishops from all continents, including 89 from the United States, issued an encylical letter containing this statement: ". . . There are many lands today where population is in creasing so fast that the sur vival of young and old is threatened. . . In such coun tries population control has become a necessity. Abortion and infanticide are to be con demned, but methods of con trol, medically endorsed and morally acceptable, may help the people of these lands so to plan family life that chil dren may be born without a likelihood of starvation. . . " This positive religious sanc tion of conception control as an effective means of solving one of the most critical prob lems of our time overpopula tion is remarkable because not long ago the Anglican church opposed so-called arti ficial birth control as vigor ously as the Roman Catholic church. This revolutionary change of attitude is proof of the gravity of theVorld pop ulation situation. . . .. . world population is now growing by 5,400 every hour or 47,000,000 a year and the rate is accelerating. World population will more than double and reach six or sev en billion people in the next 40 years. Medical discoveries and re cent widespread advances in sanitation have improved health and prolonged life spans in Asia, Africa and Lat in America. This has lowered death rates without chang ing birth rates. " 1 As a result, hundreds of mil lions of people in the world are hungry. A report by the U.S. Department of Agricul ture finds that population growth in the Far East is out stripping the jise in food pro duction. Food per capita is less than pre-war. . These millions are ill cloth ed and housed and generally dissatisfied with their lot. In their desperation they are susceptible vto Communist propaganda and infiltration and may be enticed to violent actions by. ambitious dema gogues. I . But improvement of living standards in underdeveloped areas is impossible without a slow r d o w n . in population growth. Today the "population bomb" threatens to create an explosion as dangerous as the explosion of the H-bomb, .fid with as much influence on prospects for progress or dis aster, war or peace. But while the H-bomb is only being stockpiled, the fuse of the pop ulation bomb is already light ed and burning. Hugh Moore, '51 East 42nd st., ' New York 17, N.Y. Mineral Dilemma To the Editor: Since the controversial mining and min erals bill recently was defeat ed before the 85th Congress that adjourned, the state of Oregon now more than ever needs the proposed highway connecting southwest Oregon with a seaport on the Curry county coast, so all the state's southwest minerals may be de veloped or processed and ship ped by way of water transpor tation to find a competitive market. Next year, 1959, being the BEAUTIFUL .. Mountain View CHAPEL Nestled near the pines, overlooking the eternal hills. Quiet, peaceful J h c. M. Litwlller surroundings with adequate off-street parking. Serv ing all who call, with dignity and reverence. Superior funeral and ambulance service since 1935. LITWILLER Funeral . Home Mountain View Chapel Hwy, 66 at Normal Office 88 N. Main ASHLAND "It is better to know us and not need us, We Never Close then to need us and not know us." elections, the Democrats need to reelect Rep. Frank M. Cof fin and to unseat Rep. Robert Hale, the Republican who squeaked through in 1956. name and address of the writer. the use of a pen name or initial centennial commemoration an niversary, Oregon should be well represented as an indus trial state as well as a tourist attraction. The most hard to answer question to new visit ors is, why if Southern Ore gon has potential mineral re sources, these several min erals are not developed yet. There are always a bookful of excuses to the dilemma that needs to be solved. Bert Kissinger, 520 Boardman, Medford. Garbage, and Bear Creek To the Editor: I like to read your editorials, they are thought provoking and fair. I imagine they do a lot of good. We all like Medford and I'm glad to see it growing in so many ways. We've made improvements in sanitation. But two things bother me. One is the Ciiy Sanitary Service. In five years here we don't believe they're very sanitary nor give very good service. Our complaints in clude: They leave the lid off the can, never pick up any thing they spill, leave , the backyard gate open, never quite get all the papers out of the can, etc. This happens all the time and when I called them the boss blamed it on his help. I suggested a train ing program, but this went over with a dull thud. He ac tually said he had no control over his help. We had no con trol over their selection and are pretty tired of the firm and its slovenly practices which we believe are the re sult of no competition. Then we are concerned about Bear Creek. We've had more mosquitos this year than usual and I wonder how long our city will have to put up with the stagnant mess the" creek is. There must be health laws governing such things. If the water is diverted from the creek, it would seem it ought to be flushed out occasionally. Potentially this creek could be a thing of beauty. We're 100 per cent behind you in any improvement campaign you suggest. Veldon J. Dimerit, 213 Portland Ave., Medford. -,- Eugene-Springfield Bus Service Halts Eugene-(UPD-City bus serv ice in the Eugene-Springfield area was at a standstill today. City Transit Lines owner Louis Soukup said that union driven "courtesy cars" were taking away 50 per cent of his business and he could not op erate in the face of such com petition. " ; Soukup said his firm could not operate after Tuesday until .further notice. He had previously asked the Eugene City Council to recognize a franchise held by the City Transit firm. City Attorney John Pennington Pennington said af, a meeting of councilmen and Soukup last week that a pending bankruptcy suit of the tran sit firm voided the franchise. He indicated a suit would have to be filed in Circuit Court to determine whether City Transit Lines actually did have a franchise. Portland Mayor To -. Attend Conference . Portland - (CPU - Mayor Terry Schrunk said today he would attend the annual United States Conference of Mayors Sept. 10-13 in Miami Beach, Fla. i U Si 5f Mrs. Litwiller ZZr- 4r"