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Pearson Shoo-in
For Presidency
Of State Senate
Caucus Smooths
Way for Opening
Salem-dTD- Oregon Demo
crats were successful in or
ganizing the state House and
Senate at a party caucus here
Sunday.
State Sen. Walter Pearson,
Portland, was a shoo-in for
president of the Senate and
State Rep. Robert Duncan,
Medford, was nominated for
speaker of the House.
Democrats will control the
1959 Legislature by a ma
jority of 19 to 11 in the Sen
ate and 33 to 27 in the House.
The 31 members necessary
to assure Duncan's choice as
speaker were present at the
caucus. He was nominated
unanimously when State Rep,
George Annala, Hood River,
withdrew after the first ballot
Present House Speaker Pat
Dooley, Portland, said Demo
crats should work with Re
publican Gov.-elect Mark Hat
field for the best interests
of Oregon's citizens. "We
must look to people, not polii
tics," Dooley said.
Flegel Makes Nomination
Both Dooley1 and Pearson
spoke at a pre-caucus lunch
eon stressing the responsibil
ity of their party to the peo
ple and urging Democrats to
do a good job with their eyes
open for the 1960 election.
The nomination of Duncan
for House speaker was made
by Al Flegel, Ro'seburgi who
himself had been considered
as a candidate.
Duncan is a Medford attor
ney who served in the 1957
Legislature while Pearson is
a Senate veteran and former
state treasurer.
. The caucus apparently
smoothed the way for an easy
opening of the 1959 Legisla
ture in contrast to the 1957
session where equally divided
Republicans and Democrats in
the Senate argued 11,' days
before decing that Demo
crat Boyd Overhulse, Madras,
would serve as president.
A new departure in Oregon
legislative procedure will
mark the 1959 session with
both parties having four lead
ers to direct the members of
each party in legislation that
the majority has endorsed.
GOP Meets Too
Republican senators and
House members also met here
Sunday and selected their of
ficials, including a floor lead
er. The Democratic legislators
will select theirs at a later
meeting, possibly on a Sunday
before the session opens on
Jan. 12.
Sen. Anthony Yturri, On
tario, was selected floor lead
er of the Republicans in the
Senate.
Rep. Faye Bristol, Grants
Pass, will be Republican
floor leader in the House. Rep.
Robert L. Elfstrom, Salem,
will be chairman of the mi
nority conference. Serving
with him will be Reps. Joe
Rogers, 'Independence, and
George Layman, Newberg.
This committee will consult
the majority leadership to try
to obtain committee posts suit
able to the Republicans.
. Rep.-elect Evelyn Nye, Med
ford, who will be serving for
the first time in the Legisla
ture, was named secretary of
the Republican House confer
ence. Rep. Duncan told United
Press International that a
committee on committees
would be appointed to help
decide on appointments to
various committees in the
next session.
He said questionaires would
be sent out to House members
to determine their committee
preferences. . ,
California Official
Rose Bowl Game Entry
Los Aneeles - (UPD - The Pa
cific Coast Conference today
nleted the formality of
nffiriallv voting to send Cali
f ornia as its representative to
the Rose Bowl against Big
Ten champion Iowa.
Hobbs, NJM.-ICPD-FBI agents
today investigated the dyna
mite bombing of Heizer Jun
ior High school here Sunday
night to determine u any iea
eral laws had been violated.
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ROBERT DUNCAN
Medford Man Picked
County Officials
Back from Meet
Of State Counties
Jackson county officials
have returned t f r o m last
week's annual meeting in
Portland of the Association of
Oregon Counties, held last
week.
Local officials who attend
ed the event reported excel
lent attendance. County
Treasurer Karl Janouch
spoke to the treasurer's group
meeting on whether it should
be a duty of the sheriffs of
fice or the county treasurer
to collect taxes.
He reported that the group
voted to support any law that
might be proposed to shift the
collection of taxes, to -the
treasurer's office instead of
the sheriff's department, but
that the organization would
not sponsor any legislation it
self. The county treasurers met
in the director's room at the
U.S. National bank. The ses
sion was attended by 32 of the
36 county treasurers.
Miller Attends Meetings
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, Commissioners Ralph
James and Chester Wendt,
Judge-elect Earl Miller, and
Engineer Paul Rynning also
attended the meetings.
James attended committee
sessions concerning county
government, Wendt is a mem
ber of the roads and highway
committee while Keating is I
vitn tne puonc lanas groups,
Miller sat in on several of the
committees it was reported
Approximately 100 of the 108
county court members in the
state attended.
New officers elected were
Judge O. E. Effenberger, Til
lamook, president, Judge
Charles H. Mack, Klamath,
vice-president; and Judge R.
E. Renne, Yamhill. Retiring
president is Judge C. W. Crad
dock, Harney.
Eugene-JITD-Rep. Charles O.
Porter (D-Ore.) left here Sun
day for Washington, D.C.,
with his wife and four children.
W $
Television Film of Jacksonville
Held Possible at Town Meeting
Jacksonville-First of a pos
sible series of old-fashioned
town meetings was held in
the Jacksonville city hall Sun
day to discuss making the city
a Centennial attraction.
Ideas presented included
possibility of featuring Jack
sonville in a television film
entitled, "Living Ghost
Town," rehabilitation of the
Britt home and grounds, re
storing the Beekman bank,
and the U. S. hotel and con
struction of a stage depot and
trading post.
Guest Moderator
Mrs. Virginia Card, writer
for Frontier Times and True
West magazine, acted as guest
moderator for the meeting
which filled the city hall to
near capacity with an esti
mated .75 persons present.
Mrs. Card mentioned the pos
sibility of a motion picture
company filming one program
of a new television series in
Jacksonville during the Cen
tennial year. Fess Parker is
being considered for the lead
ing role in "Living Ghost
Town." This is a story writ
ten by Mrs. Card which will
appear in the April-May issue
of True West, a factual publi
Two Unions Strike
Eastern Air Lines;
TWA Remains Idled
United Press International
Two unions went on strike
against Eastern Air Lines to
day and within a few hours
the line, the nation's largest
domestic air carrier, was ex
pected to join Trans World
Airlines in idleness.
American Airlines faced a
threat of walkout Tuesday.
Capital Air Lines went back
to work.
The Flight Engineers Union
called the first strike against
Eastern, and just before the
10 a.m. strike deadline, the
International Association of
Machinists called a strike. A
union official said that the
mechanics' action was separ
ate from that of the engineers.
Geared For Winter Traffic
Eastern was gearing for the
start of the usual winter traf
fic to Florida., Last year East-
Ashland Festival
Fund Tops $32,045
Ashland-The Ashland divis
ion of the Shakespearean Fes
tival fund raising campaign
has gone over 60 per cent to
ward the $50,000 goal, accord
ing to Archie C. Fries, presi
dent of the Shakespearean
Festival association.
A report made at a cam
paign meeting in Ashland this
noon showed $32,045 has been
collected toward the money
needed to reconstruct the Fes
tival theatre in Lithia park
there.
The report brings to more
than $87,000 the amount
raised in the $275,000 cam
paign in the first two weeks
of fund-raising.
The meeting was held in
the fund-raising campaign of
fice in Ashland at 33 East
Main st., Ashland. The Med
ford division will hold its
meeting tomorrow noon in the
YMCA building.
Longshoreman Dies
Of Accident Injuries
Portland - (UPD Richard
Fenton, 55-year-old longshore
man, died here early today
as a result of injuries suf
fered in a loading accident
last Saturday.
Fenton was working on the
ship Hawaiian Planter when
a load of lumber fell on him.
SuflDefin
Salem-OiPD-Hugh D'Auire
mont, 54, today won a pa
role from the state peniten
tiary where he has served
31 years for the 1923 dyna
miting of a mail train in
Oregon's Siskiyou moun
tains . in which four men
were killed.
cation carrying the endorse
ment of Dr. Walter Prescott
Webb, president of the Ameri
can Historical association.
This article is expected to
draw hundreds of people to
the town and pointed up the
desirability' of Jacksonville's
preparations for the Centen
nial. Jacksonville's newly
formed planning commission
has submitted several recom
mendations for cleaning up
the city to the city council,
it was reported during the
meeting.
Once Area Showplace
Mrs. Janice Houghton, of
the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites
Foundation, told of the work
planned for the Britt house
and gardens on First st. in
Jacksonville. This pioneer
home was once the showploce
of the area, she pointed out.
The grounds planned on a
European style included small
flag-stone walks and the old
fashioned round bee-hives. All
this could be restored, she
said.
Mayor John Keaveny said
he had been corresponding
with various bankers in the
state on restoration of the
Beekman bank. However, tnis
era carried about 8,700,000
passengers, more than any
other U. S. airline. A comp
any spokesman said that the
line had no choice but to "dis
continue all services in the
interests of public safety,"
and said the line would be
shut down within a few hours.
Planes were expected to run
out regular flights to their
destinations before they were
grounded.
A strike against TWA en
tered its fourth day with no
progress reported in efforts
to settle the walkout.
American Airlines was fac
ed with a scheduled strike of
its 1,500 pilots Tuesday night
in a dispute over wages.
Stewardesses on Lake Cen
tral Airlines, a feeder airline,
went on strike early today in
the first walkout of steward
esses in airline history.
A spokesman for the line's
32 stewardesses said she had
expected the pilots to refuse
to cross the all -girl picket
lines. However, at least one
flight this morning landed in
Indianapolis and took off on
schedule. The company said
the walkout would not cur
tail service.
Meanwhile, Capital A i r -lines
resumed limited flights
Sunday after a 37-day strike
by 2,600 mechanics and other
ground personnel. The line
hoped to resume full opera
tions by Tuesday.
Morse Says Hells
Canyon 'Not Dead'
Portland -(UPD Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.), told the Na
tional Hells Canyon Associa
tion here Saturday that the
Hells Canyon project "has
been pronounced dead by its
critics time and again. But
it will stay alive as long as
it remains superior to the
Idaho Power company dams
in terms of multipurpose de
velopment." He called for new studies
and a new effort to obtain
full, multi-purpose develop
ment of Hells Canyon.
"The actual expenditure
made by the Idaho Power
Company must be ascertain
ed," he said, "and I have ask
ed the Federal Power Com
mission for these figures."
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with inter
mittent rain tonight and Tues
day. Low tonight 36. High Tues
day 46. TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 44
Lowest This Morning 40
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 4:43 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:14 a.m.
Moonrise today 4:02 p.m.
Moonset tomorrow 6:24 a.m.
Full Moon Nov. 26
EVENING STAR
Mars, near the Moon. This
planet's distance from the Earth
is now increasing and its brilli
ance Is slowly decreasing.
may not be open during the
Centennial year, he said.
Jim Foster, owner of the
Jacksonville pharmacy,
stressed the need for a busi
ness in every building on
California st. to accommodate
the large influx of visitors ex
pected. These would include
restaurants and various gift
shops, he said.
Librarian Gives Plans
The Jacksonville branch li
brarian told of plans to paper
the interior of the library
branch and of adding old
pieces of furniture. The li
brary is located on Oregon
st., across from the city hall.
E. L. Garland explained the
proposed route for the horse
drawn surreys and stage
coaches. Ernie Hood, Jackson
county coordinator for the
Centennial suggested several
civic clubs could cooperate to
build a stage depot and trad
ing post for souvenirs, "Want
ed Dead or Alive" posters, and
other pioneer items.
Some of the people attend
ing yesterday's meeting said
they were interested in con
tacting people who might aid
in financing restoration of the
U. S. hotel on California st.
53rd Year
Medford
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Group Appointed
To Evaluate
Economic Aid
Military Program
Also Considered
Augusta, Ga. -(UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower set up today
a high-level committee to
evaluate the relative merits
of military assistance and for
eign economic aid prepara
tory to submission of a new
Mutual Security Program to
Congress next year.
The committee, which will
begin submitting recommen
dations to the President some
time in March, will be headed
by the boss of the post-war
Berlin airlift, William H. Dra
per Jr. He conferred this
morning with Eisenhower at
theeAugusta National Golf
club where the President is
vacationing.
Eight prominent Americans,
most of them former generals
or top federal officials of re
cent years, were named to
serve with Draper.
Economic Aim
Draper, Robert E. Merriam,
deputy assistant to' the Presi
dent for Governmental Af
fairs, and Gen. Alfred M.
Gruenther, president of the
American National Red Cross
and a member of the new
committee, flew back to
Washington immediately aft
er the meeting in the Presi
dent's tiny office over the golf
shop.
Mirriam confirmed that one
of the principal chores of the
study group will be, in this
administration season of the
stringest economy, to balance
the relative financial needs of
military versus strictly eco
nomic aid overseas.
The foreign aid spending
budget this fiscal year runs
about $3,700,000,000, includ
ing $2,200,000,000 for military
assistance, $800,000,000 for
defense support and " about
$70,000,000 for economic aid.
Named To Board
Named to serve with Dra
per: Dillon S. Anderson, for
mer White. House specialist
on national security matters
now practicing law in Hous
ton, Tex.; Gruenther; John J.
McCloy, former high commis
sioner to Germany and now
board chairman, Chase Man
hattan Bank; George C. Mc
Ghee, head of a Dallas, Tex.,
oil development firm and for
mer Ambassador to Turkey;
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, one
of the top Army generals of
World War II and now living
in La Jolla, Calif.; Adm. Ar
thur W. Radford (ret.), form
er chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, and James E.
Webb, budget director during
the administration of former
President Truman and now
assistant to the president of
Kerr-McGee Oil Industries,
Inc., Oklahoma City.
Also named on the commit
tee was Marx Leva, Washing
ton, D.C., attorney who was
an Assistant Secretary of De
fense in the Truman adminis
tration. Tracy Voorhees, former
Undersecretary of the Army
and more recently, Chairman
of Eisenhower's Committee on
Hungarian Refugees, was
named committee counsel. In
charge of study coordination
was Col. George A. Lincoln,
professor of social sciences at
the U. S. Military Academy..
"Fortissimo Pianissimo Fortissimo
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1958
SOCIETY OFFICERS New officers of the
Oregon State Horticultural society are
(front, left to right) J S. Smart, Salem,
third vice president; Walter Leth, Salem,
president; William Hazeltine, Parkdale, first
vice president; and Stephen G. Nye, Med
ford, second vice president. Back row (left
Crushing Defeat
Of Communists
Seen in France
Paris -(UPD- The election of
the Fifth Republic's first par
liament shaped up today as a
victory for the moderate right
and a "crushing defeat" for
the Communists, who seem
likely to lose two-thirds of
their voting strength in the
National Assembly. .
The big gainer in Sunday's
voting was the Union of the
New Republic, a party formed
only a few weeks ago by In
formation Minister Jacques
Soustelle.
17.6 Per Cent of Vote
The UNR, which was con
sidered to be the main "Gaull
ist" party of the dozen or so
which claimed full support
for Premier Charles de Gaul
le, captured 3,603,958 ballots
or 17.6 per cent of the popu
lar vote.
The Communists remained
France's largest party with a
popular vote of 3,882,709 or
18.9 per cent of the vote. How
ever, the Reds lost 1,572,385
of the votes they received in
the 1956 general elections and
were threatened with the loss
of more than 100 of the 140
seats they held in the Fourth
Republic's last National As
sembly. The final results will not
be known until after next
Sunday's runoff elections.
Wheat Grower League
President Quits Post
Pendleton-(UPD-Jack Smith,
Condon, president of the Ore
goa Wheat Growers League,
resigned his position Satur
day to take the post as direc
tor, of market development of
the United States Wheat
League in South America.
Salem-flJPD-The State Emer
gency board has turned down
a request by the Oregon Fish
commission for $106,000 to
build a new hatchery at Elk
river near Port Orford. .
C:
to right) Ward Spatz, Medford, new trus
tee; Paul J. Willard, Salem, treasurer; Or
ville C. Hamilton, Central Point, new trus
tee; and C. O. Rawlings, OSC extension
horticulturist, secretary. The society held its
73rd annual meeting at Oregon State col
lege Nov. 20-21.
Western Powers
Gird for Russian
Moves in Germany
Berlin - (UPD - The Western
powers girded themselves to
day for whatever new assault
Russia plans against the free
world's "forward position" in
Europe.
The Soviet press and radio
suddently dropped the subject
of Berlin over the week end,
after the expected Russian
"liquidation" of four -power
rights in the divided city
failed to develop.
Press Continues
Communist organs in Red
Berlin continued attacks on
Albany Pilot
Returns Safely
Albany, Or'e.-(UPD-George K.
Elwood, 33, Albany, whose
rented light plane was found
in a muddy field near Sweet
Home after . it crash-landed
Saturday evening, 'showed up
at a farm house early Sunday
ending an all-night search.'
Elwood received minor in
juries in the crash-landing but
was not hospitalized. Police
pieced together this story:
Elwood rented the two
place Aeronca Champion at
Corvallis airport and took off
about 3:30 p.m. Saturday to
"cruise around" the area. The
plane stalled an hour later
and he landed the craft in the
field, damaging the plane's
propellor and undercarriage.
Groggy, he climbed out of
the plane and made his way
toward some lights in the dis
tance but became exhausted.
He rested and walked alter
nately throughout the night
and early Sunday arrived at
the farm home of Vera Sum
mers, a distance of two miles
from the scene of the crash.
Modification Of
Power Act Urged
Washington-(UPD-Sen. Rich
ard L. Neuberger (D.-Ore.) to
day proposed modification of
the traditional public prefer
ence power clause.
The proposal was contained
in legislation to create a
Columbia river development
corporation. The corporation
would plan, finance and con
struct power facilities and
market energy on a wholesale
basis in the Northwest.
The new bill will be con
sidered at regional hearings
of the Senate Public Workers
Committee Dec. 8-11 in Port
land, Seattle, Coeur 'de
Alene, Idaho, and Kalispell,
Mont. -
The measure would modify
the traditional concept of
public preference by permit
ting a location by the corpor
ation of "new power supplies
so. as to assure that there
shall be no unreasonable geo
graphic concentration of the
power sold by the corpor
ation." Salem -UPD- Oregon roads
were generally clear today.
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the Western powers, but the
Red radio in Berlin has been
silent since noon Saturday,
when it got the word that the
Kremlin's surrender of power
had been postponed.
Some Western diplomats
believe the Russians were
daunted by clear American
policy " statements that inter
ference with the routes over
which Allied garrisons in Ber
lin are supplied would not
be tolerated.
In Bonn, it was reported
that the West Germans may
propose a new Big Four con
ference on the Berlin question-but
there also were indi
cations that that is just what
the Russians want
Overt Threats
West German government!
sources said the Western Big
Three may hold a top-level
conference in Berlin if the ex
pected Soviet transfer of pow
er to the local Communists is
accompanied by overt threats
to the city's security.
Such a Big Three confer
ence, they said, mignt be at
tended by foreign ministers
of the allied nations-or per
haps by their chiefs of govern
ment.
Suit to Test
Hatfield's Right
Salem-(UPD-Gov.-elect Mark
Hatfield said today a suit will
be filed this week to test his
right to appoint a successor to
the office of Secretary of
State.
Hatfield said the suit is ex
pected to be filed in Marion
county Circuit Court by a
group of private citizens.
He said the suit will be
based on the contention that
he doesn't have to resign be
fore taking the oath of office
as governor.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes has
already said he will appoint
David O'Hara between Hat
field's resignation and oath
taking.
Holmes has held that Hat
field must resign before tak
ing the governor's powers.
School Placement Law
Declared Constitutional
Washington -(UPD- The Su
preme Court ruled today that
the Alabama Pupil Placement
Law as written is consti
tutional. Today's brief order affirm
ed a lower court ruling to this
effect. An appeal had been
filed by four Negro children.
Constitutional Manner
A three-judge federal court
held last May that the Ala
bama statute, on its face, pro
vides the machinery for ad
ministering schools "in a
constitutional manner by the
admission of qualified pupils
upon a basis of individual
merit without regard to
their race or color."
The opinion said the rec
Decision Made
Pending Moves
By Soviet Union
Strategy to Unfold
After Note Received
Washington (UPD Secre
tary of State John Foster
Dulles ruled out a Big Three
meeting on Berlin today pend
ing moves by the Soviet
Union.
Dulles, returning from a
week at his Duck Island, Lake
Ontario, vacation retreat, told
newsmen he is certain any
Soviet attempt to force the
Allies from Berlin will be
met with unity and firm
ness."
He said there are no basic
disagreements among the Big
Three Allies or West Germany
on this point.
Asked if he saw any need
for a big three conference in
Berlin, Dulles replied:
'No Clear Intention'
"I wouldn't say so now. The
Soviets could make one neces
sary. We don't yet know what
their plans are."
Dulles went on to say:
"We don't know yet what
the Soviet's intentions are.
There have been hints and
suggestions, but no clear in
tention one way or the other.
am confident whatever the
position is that is manifested
will be met with unity and
firmness.
Dulles made it clear that
the United States is waiting
for delivery of a promised
note from ' Russia on Soviet
plans for turning over her oc
cupation functions to the East
German Communist regime.
He indicated U. S. strategy
will unfold after the note is
received.
Dulles was asked if he him
self would go to a special
conference in Berlin.
'Til do anything if it is
necessary," he said.
But he refused to speculate
on whether such a meeting
might be required. He said
that would be a guess.
'Miscalculated'
Chairman Theodore Francis
Green (D-R.I.) of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee
said any Soviet attempt to
force Allied occupation forces
out of Berlin "can only mean
that Khrushchev has miscal
culated the temper of the
United States and its Allies."
Before Dulles' arrival, West
German Ambassador Wilhelm
Grewe discussed the possibil
ity of some sort of U. S.-Brit-ish-French
conference on Ber
lin with Deputy Undersecre
tary of State Robert Murphy
and then flew back to Ger
many. Neuberger Urges
Support of Bill
Portland-(UPD-Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) told a
four-state conference of Na
tional Education Association
leaders here Sunday that local
property - tax resources no
longer are adequate in many
states for proper support of
schools.
Representatives from Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana heard his address at
the Heathman hotel.
.Sen. Neuberger urged sup
port of the Murray-Metcalf
bill for federal aid to either
classroom construction or
teachers' salaries, as individu
al states may decide. He co
sponsored the measure dur
ing the 85th Congress.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (UPD Dow
Jones closing stock aver
ages: 30 industrials 544.89,
off 14.68; 20 rails 150.41, off
4.58; 15 utilities 85.56, off
1.25; 65 stocks 190.13, off
4.82. Sales today were
about 4,770.000 shares com
pared with 3,950,000 shares
Friday.
ord in the case did not show
the exclusion of the four Ne
groes from schools of their
choice to be based on any
thing but a proper test. But
the opinion added if the law
were not properly administer
ed it might be declared un
constitutional in some future
lawsuit.
Application Deferred
The case started with an
application by the children in
August, 1957, for transfer to
white schools in Birmingham
nearer their homes. They
brought suit in federal court
after the Birmingham Board
of Education failed to act on
their application within a
time limit set by the school
placement law,