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IFiresiiasiilt Dei to C rowded oDoint: Session (Continued from Pag 1) The chief executive deliv ered his 5,000-word message in person to a crowded joint session of the House and Sen ate at the Capitol. His re marks were carried to the na tion and the rest of the world by television and radio. It was the fifth straight year that he had had to sub mit bis program to a Con gress dominated by his politi cal opponents. The President appealed to law-makers of both parties to join in "cooperative work to build a better America.' "The basic question facing us today, he said, "is more than mere survival - the mili tary defense of a national life and territory. It is the preser vation of a way of life. Meet World Challenge "We must meet the world challenge and at the same time permit no stagnation in America. Unless we progress, we regress." And to spur the pace of pro gress for the rapidly expand ing population, he said, there should be clearly defined goals to be achieved in five or 10 years. He announced that he will ask a committee of leading citizens to set goals for such things as "the living standards of ouf people, their health and education, their better assur ance of life and liberty and their greater opportunities:" The President hit hard at the dangers of inflation, which could tarnish prosperity and which hurts worst those who are the least able to protect themselves. To prevent further loss in the dollars value, he said, "we must encourage the self discipline, the restraint neces sary to curb the wage-price spiral and we must meet cur rent costs from current rev enue. "I shall ' ask Congress to amend the employment act of 1946 to make it clear that the government intends to use all - appropriate means to protect the buying power of the dol lar." . Fight Against Inflation Eisenhower also announced establishment of a Cabinet group on "price stability for economic growth. This Cabi net committee will be charged with studying governmental and private policies affecting costs, prices and economic growth. Eisenhower said other studies would be undertaken to improve the government's information on prices, wages and productivity as another step in the fight against in flation. He Insisted that his bal anced budget of 77 billion dol lars for 1960, to be submitted Jan. 19, was "realistic . . . with wholly attainable ob jectives." The budget would be about three billion dollars less than this year's. Pursuing his campaign to curb federal spending, the President asked Congress to give him veto power over spe cific items In appropriation and authorization bills. This would enable him to cut un desirable spending items from an otherwise acceptable money bilL Ha also said the govern ment was spending too much money on farm price supports and asked Congress to reduce these federal subsidies ma terially. The President, again In the interest of less govern ment spending, called for de creased federal operations in areas "where private enter prise can do the job." " Following up promises dur ing the recent congressional election campaign, the Presi dent called for prompt enact ' ment of legislation to stop corruption and racketeering in labor unions. ' While reporting "notice able progress' in civil rights, he reserved specific legisla tive proposals in this field for a later message. The Presi dent, however, deplored the closing of some southern schools in the battle over in tegration, and said he would continued to "take every ac tion necessary" to back up the federal courts in this matter. He said all public officials should join in supporting the court's decisions. Plans Balanced Budget On the budget question, Eisenhower said to the Con gress controlled by Democrats whom he has accused of be ing spenders: "We must .examine every item of government expense critically. To do otherwise would betray our. nation's fur ture." "To minimize the danger of future soaring prices and to keep our economy sound and expanding," he said he would put forth "a balanced budget for the next year, a year expected to be the most prosperous in -our history. The "next year" he referred to is fiscal 1960, which begins July 1 this year. Proposals for broad revi sion of the federal tax struc ture are being prepared at Boclkerong Mays Sending PhysDcian To Pying Woman Chicago (UPD A cororner's probe was launched today into . charges that bickering over a $10 medical fee delay ed the dispatcn of a doctor to the side of a dying woman. Cook County Coroner Wal ter McCarron ordered the in vestigation into the death of Mrs. Ethel Beck, 58, to "learn which is more important money or saving a life." Co-workers of Mrs. Beck, a widow and clerk in the county real . estate division, said she collapsed In a wash room just before lunch Thurs day. They notified a building switchboard operator who said she placed a call with the physicians emergency service of the Chicago Medi cal Society and asked that a doctor be sent over. A fire department ambulance also was requested. Three attempts were made to have the emergency serv ice send a doctor, but each time the woman who answer ed the switchboard insisted that someone guarantee the $10 doctor's fee, county em ployees said. On one of the calls, fire Lt. Harold Prokaska, who grabbed the phone, said "the woman kept asking who was going to pay. I got mad. I told her we needed service and never mind about the money." . At 12:27 p.m., Dr. Robert Mustell, director of the emer gency service, arrived at the County Building. Mrs. Beck was dead. Dr. Mustell said he had been notified of the emergency at 12:15, and de parted immediately. Dr. George C. Turner, president-elect of the medical society, asked later: "Why did everybody bick er? Why didn't someone speak up and say 'I'll pay'? This is not a free service. Someone has to guarantee the. fee if someone is to get the serv ice." The incumbent president, Dr. Edwin F. Hirsch, said the society would launch its own investigation but explained the society itself does not op erate the service, but merely cooperates with the private agency. Christopher Asks SF Good Manners JSan Francicso - (CPD -Mayor George Christopher called on San- Franciscans today to mind their manners during the visit of : Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan. Mikoyan arrives at San Francisco Airport at 4:10 p.m. (p.s.t.) Saturday for an over night visit. He leaves Sunday for Los Angeles. In a formal statement Christopher joined President Eisenhower in urging San Franciscans to abstain from acts of violence against the Russian visitor. He said recent expressions of disapproval in other cities are a matter of "deep con cern." "Some have spat and thrown stones," he said. "Even when seemingly moti vated by intense and fervent patriotic feelings, this does not serve as a constructive solution to the philosophical, moral and national issues which confront the world to day." The mayor said he does not plan to meet Mikoyan's plane. He said he "has not been in vited by anyone" and he noted that Mikoyan is touring the country as a private in dividual and not in any of ficial capacity. V. PERSONAL MESSAGE Vice President Nixon (right) helps Russian Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan with his coat as Mikoyan arrives at the Capitol building in Wash ington for a visit. Nixon gave Mikoyan a personal greet ing to deliver to Soviet Premier Khrushchev on his re turn to Moscow. Mikoyan is on a two-week "unofficial" visit to the U.S., and is scheduled to arrive in San Fran cisco the end of this week. Elderly Couple's Marriage Annulled Redwood City, Calif. - (CPD -The year-old marriage of an elderly Burlingame couple was annulled Thursday on the complaint of Mrs. Effie Bo hanon Lucas.1 Mrs. Lucas, 70, married Curtis Lucas, 80,- last Febru ary in San Francisco. Shortly after the marriage, she said, she learned that Lucas was "physically incap able of entering into the mar riage state." Superior Judge Aylett R. Cotton, 81, granted the annulment. Three Generators Work at Swiff Site Cougar, Wash. - (DPI) - All three generators at Pacific Power and Light's 250,000 kilowatt Swift hydroelectric powerhouse on the Lewis riv er are now in commercial op eration, the firm said today. Filling in the reservoir be hind the 512 foot Swift dam has occured faster than ex pected because of unusually heavy November and Decem ber rainfall. More than 24,440,000 kilo watt hours of electricity were generated in the first seven days of commercial operation, according to E. Robert de Luc cia, PP&L vice president and chief engineer. MAIL TRIBUNE, M.dford, Oregon, Friday, January 9, 1959 9 E. EVANS CREEK-MEADOWS Family Has Visitors Br NELLIE BERGMAN East Evans Creek-Meadows -Recent visitors at the Lloyd Beers home were Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Sanderson and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Sanderson and daughters, Barbara, Mary and Debbie, and son, Jerry, all from Ft Benjamin Harri son, Ind. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Lester Ashworth of Port land, Ore., and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Archer and daughters, Donna and Ellen, of Loleta, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Sting ley spent Christmas with Mrs. Stingley's mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Stowell, of Eagle Point. Floyd Ests was a visitor at the Venson home recently. Mrs. Don Jacobs Sr. and daughters of Medford called at the Carl Bergman home re cently. Mrs. Jacobs' grand- EXPLOSION KILLS ONE Ragley, La. - (UPD - A tanker truck carrying 5,000 gallons of gasoline exploded near here Thursday killing relief driver Harold B. Stringer. The driver, Joyce Henry, was critically burned. Cause of the explosion was not imme diately determined. children, Terry and Delbert, were guests for two weeks at the Bergman home. Some logging has started in the Meadows after the new year. Herman. Garhardus hat re turned from Portland after spending the Christmas holi days -with relatives thera. Mrs. Elizabeth Swart of Toledo, Ore., has been a Christmas holiday guest of her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Hanks, on An tioch rd. Mr. and Mrs. Hay Mercer and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Berg man spent Sunday evening at the G. E. Patterson home on Antioch rd. Phone SP 3-4293 DAILY'S U-DRIVE Medford Airport Grange Ilevs... Pomona Grange An official conference and training session will be held in the Central Point Grange hall for all Subordinate Grange officers Saturday, Jan. 17, at 8 p.m. , Floor work will be demon strated and County Deputy Roscoe Roberts, as well as officers of Jackson County Pomona Grange, will be pres ent to answers -questions on duties of the various offices. .. A short meeting of the Jackson County Grange County Pomona Grange, will be present to answer ques tions on duties of the various offices. A shorts meeting :, of the Jackson County Grange Coun cil vrill follow, immediately, with election of officers for. 1959 the chief business of the meeting. . All Grange officers in the county are urged to attend this important conference, as well as committee cnairman and any other members in terested. . Next meeting of Jackson County Pomona Grange will be held at the Phoenix Grange hall Saturday, Jan. 24, at 10 ajn. Mrs. Melvin Lattie, Secretary Jackson County Pomona Grange No. 27 Rush Hour Traffic Stalled in Portland Portland - (UPD Rush hour traffic was stalled for several blocks here Thursday evening on all approaches to the Haw thorne bridge when a 600-volt Junction box near the center of the bridge burst into a brilliant flame. Traffic resumed some 15 minutes after th fire started although insulation in the junction box continued to burn. LICENSE REVOKED New York (UPD The New York State Harness Racing commission has revoked the owner's license of Benjamin Grosbery of Detroit because of false statements made in his license application. Eisenhower's request by Sec retary of Treasurer Robert B. Anderson. They would in clude removal of unspecified tax inequities and the pro vision of incentives "for all Americans to work, to save and to invest." Beyond his call for reduced farm price supports and eco nomies in extending federal credit, Eisenhower deferred details of money-saving plans until his budget message. In fact, his message today men tioned . more increases in spending next year than specific decreases. For example, he said there would be increased spending on health programs, federal assistance to science and edu cation, development of water resources, urban renewal and federal-aid highways. He expressed pride in American advances in the space and missile fields after four years of intensive effort, but he also clearly recong nized "that some of the recent Soviet accomplishments -in this particular technology are indeed brilliant." He used his sharpest in vective on Russia without calling the Soviet Union by name, referring instead only to Communists. V End Tables, Floor Lamps, Occa sional Chairs Below Cost! mm 2,. Dovs ! 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