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Newspaper Page Textke infers lit I Liltt or-irr iff- ON TRIAL FOR SEDITION-John and Syl via Powell; editors of the Shanghai maga zine "China Monthly Review," go on trial before a Federal court in San Francisco for printing statements in their paper to the effect that the U.S. used germ warfare dur Reorganization Problems Aired At Meeting Here The Jackson county school district reorganization com mittee last night postponed any decision on problems pre sented until the Feb. 10 meet ing, according to Keith N. Hockersmith, committee chairman. Representatives of Evans Valley, Rogue River, Howard School districts and school district 6C attended a meeting In the courthouse auditorium last night to present their ideas on the district reorgani zation plan. Some of those present from Evans Valley and Rogue Riv er proposed that the districts of Evans Valley, Rogue River and Gold Hill as far as Black well hill be combined. This was the proposal by the Evans Valley district school board last year. The Evans Valley board has not taken any dit rect action yet this year.it was noted. Other Idea Others from Evans Valley said they would like to com bine with Grants Pass. The people of the Gold Hill school district have not yet been di rectly approached on the for mer idea, it was reported. This would remove the Gold Hill section from School Dis trict 6C, which includes Cen tral Point, Gold Hill and Sams Valley. It has been suggested also that the small northern por tion of the Howard school dis trict be annexed to Central Point. This proposal must be ratified by the reorganization committee before it is refer red to the county boundary board for action. Central Point would not op pose the move if assessed val uation behind each Howard district pupil would be equiv alent to the average assessed valuation behind each Central Point student, a spokesman for District 6C said. Referring to the proposal to combine Gold Hill to a Rogue River and Evans Val ley proposed district, a spokesman for District 6 said his district would probably oppose the move since it feels an administrative' unit has been created already as rec ommended by the reorganiza tion committee. Salem -UPD- A bill has been introduced in the House au thorizing the State Board of Health to. make rules and regulations concerning condi tions , detrimental to em ployees' health in all indus trial plants, common carriers or living quarters furnished by employers. Principals Named for Central Point Schools Central Point - George Johns, principal of Jewett Elementary school, Central Point, has been named prin cipal of Central Point Ele mentary and Junior High school, succeeding C. A. Mey er, who will become district 6C superintendent July 1. Meyer will take over the superintendent's position when H. P. Jewett, who has been with the school district 37 years, retires. Richard Traylor was named vice principal at Central Point Elementary and Junior high, and William Brewster was elected principal of H. P. Jewett school. Selections were made by the school board this week. Johns, 34, is a graduate of the University of Oregon and has a master's degree in edu ing the war in Korea. Here the Powells are shown in a 1956 file photo with their sons Tom (left) and John (right). The Powells principal defense is that the indictment vio lates freedom of the press. x Yank 'Imperialists', Yugoslavia Blamed Bv China Premier Moscow - (UPD - Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai said today American "imperialists" and Yugoslavia were trying to disrupt the unity which 'exists between his country and the Soviet Union. Chou, in a message of greet ings to today's session. of the 21st Communist Party Con gress, said Russia, Red China and other Communist coun tries will "unwaveringly ad vance with a firm step along the highway of Communism." Victory Predicted He said "forces of the So cialist camp are growing" and that "the day is not far off when socialism will gain the victory over capitalism in the world competition." . Chou spoke as a "fraternal Speeders To Be Cited by Police The Medford police depart ment will start issuing cita tions Feb. 9 for speeders who are clocked by the new radar equipment, Police Chief Charles P. Champlin reported today. The radar set, which was placed in operation Jan. 5, has been used for training of ficers and to . acquaint the public in its operation. Only warnings have been issued, and will continue to be issued through Feb. 8, for speed vi olators checked by the set. Champlin reported that the set would be used on all shifts and throughout the city. He said that not only does the set indicate on a meter the speed of the particular vehicle in volved but also records the speed on a graph. The graph can be used ' as evidence in court if necessary, he added. Patrolman Duane Franklin is in charge of the set's opera tion. He received special train ing on its operation in Salem. The set will be used by all uniformed patrolmen who have been .undergoing exten sive training in its use. DOW-JONES AVERAGES , New York -IPB- Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 588.53, off 6.13; 20 railroads 161.35, off 2.30; 15 utilities 90.91, off 0.67, and 65 slocks 204.42, off 2.19. Sales today were about 4,190.000 shar es compared with 3,480,000 shares Tuesday. cation from Southern Oregon college. He has been a teacher in elementary and junior high schools in Central. Point for five years. Traylor holds a master's degree from the University of Southern California, and has four years experience as elementary teacher at La Jolla and Compton, Calif. He is completing his fourth year at Central Point Junior high. He will assist in coaching foot ball and basketball. Brewster has a bachelor's degree from Pasadena college and a master's from Southern Oregon college. He has had two years of experience in Gold Hill schools, and is com pleting his second -year as principal of Sams Valley school. delegate" to the huge gather ing of the world's Communist leaders. He is head of the Chinese .Communist delega tion attending the meeting. Chinese Communist party leader Mao Tse-tung did not show up. He is the only top ranking Communist leader outside of Yugoslavia's Mar shal Tito who is not present. Chu's message of greetings to the Soviet came 24 hours after the opening speech by Premier Nikita Khrushchev in which he said the Chinese and Russian Communist sys tems so differ in that the Chi nese have adopted the com mune system and the Rus sians have not. Yet Khrushchev said Tues day, "We have no disagree ments with Peiping nor can there.be any.".;. .... Peasants Rally While delegates to the Communist . congress were praising Khrushchev's speech, Russian peasants pledged themselves at rallies through out Rusisa to carry out Khrushchev's program to out produce the West and win the world for Communism. . Mass meetings at factories and collective farms hailed the seven-year economic develop ment plan which Khrushchev laid" before the 21st special Communist Party congress Tuesday, the state radio re ported. They pledged to over- fulfill their quotas. Observance Halis Executions in Cuba Havana -(UPD- The revolu tionary government halted its war crimes trials ana exe cutions today for a nation wide observance of the 106th birthday of Jose Marti, the "George Washington" of Cu ba. They resume Thursday. Revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since his return Tuesday from Venezuela, was expected to lead the Marti memorial observances here. In Havana, the Superior War board deferred judgment on the appeal of Maj. Jesus Sosa Blanco; Cuba's "war criminal No. 2," against the death penalty imposed on him last week. His attorneys have asked permission to introduce new evidence. Firing of Atlas Attains Goals Cape Canaveral, FIa.-(UFD-The Defense department said an Atlas missile that thun dered into the skies Tuesday night on a spectacular high trajectory flight accomplished its mission although it fell short of some test goals. Maj. Gen. Donald N. Yates, commander of the Missile Testing Center, told reporters the firing of the 100-ton Atlas was a "perfectly routine test." The Defense department said that "on the basis of ear ly telemetry the test of the Atlas achieved most of the air force objectives and flew its "programmed range." There was no indication that the nose cone had been retrieved from the South At lantic. Portland -4UPD- The Port of Portland said a new passen ger record was set at the In ternational airport last year when 746,617 persons checked in and out. More Rains Due Oregon Thursday; Snow in Passes Umatilla County Travel Hazardous By United Press International Decreasing shower activity was forecast in Oregon today in the wake of an early-week downpour which caused slides, sent streams rising and clogged some mountain passes with snow. But more wet weather is due Thursday. State police reported haz ardous road conditions in much of Umatilla county Tuesday night with mud slides reported near Adams, Weston, Athena, Pendleton and Holdman. Three washouts were reported on Highway 11 north of Pendleton near Blue Mountain station. Snow at Meacham Heavy snow fell in the Meacham area and chains were required. Government Camp had 15 inches of new snow, Santiam pass 12 inches with lesser amounts at other passes. Many western Oregon points got more than an inch of rain in 24 hours, but the weather bureau said the storm had moved away to the southeast. The five-day outlook, how ever, called for more rain starting Thursday. The Santiam river at Jef ferson was 3.7 feet over flood stage this morning but the weather man said most tribu tary streams would fall in the next day of two. No serious flooding will occur in the Willamette basin, the weather man said., Service Award To Be Given Tonight Dr. Orlo M. Brees, one of the country's outstanding speakers and west coast rep resentative of the National As sociation of Manufacturers, will speak at the annual Med ford Junior Chamber of Com merce Distinguished Service Award banquet at the Rogue Valley Country club at 7:30 o'clock tonight. About 150 persons are ex pected to attend the banquet, at which time one of six nom inees for the Distinguished Service Award will be named. Nominees for the award are Kenneth F. MacDonald. Lawrence S. Horton, Donald L. Stathos, Dr. John P. Dick son, Harry E. Barker, and Dr. Frank Wilson. All six young men have been active in civic affairs and other community activi ties during the past year. The Distinguished Service Award is a national program of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and is presented annually to the young man between 21 and 36 who has displayed outstanding leader ship in community service. Jack Holmes, principal of Lincoln school, won the award last year. Clyde Wheaton, chairman of the banquet, said tickets will be available at the door. Tentative Date Set For Creek Bridge Construction of the Bear Creek bridge at Eighth st. is tentatively scheduled to start in April or May, City Manager Robert Duff report ed today. All of the right of way for the bridge and approaches has i been purchased, Dun said, for a total cost of $40,125. Awarding of a contract for work on the east approach to the bridge will be made at the next meeting of the city coun cil, Feb. 5. Accepting of bids for this part of the project was closed earlier this month. Duff explained that the north part of the Western Auto Supply company store at 101 South Riverside ave. will be vacated May 31 with razing to start on that build ing in June. The state highway commis sion is currently designing the bridge, the city manager said. The city will reimburse the state for the cost of de signing. Senate Lounge Now Available To More Salem - (UPD - From now on high federal and state of ficials and foreign dignitaries may be entertained in the Senate lounge. Heretofore the rule had barred everyone from the Senate lounge other than senators, former sena tors, governors and former governors. 53rd Year Medford 18 Pages DGCE DENIES RIFT WITH ID M Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower today brand ed as irresponsible a report of a rift with Chief Justice Earl Warren. He said he felt that if Warren had some criti cism of his conduct of the presidency he was capable of telling the President himself. The question of cool rela tions between the President and Warren was brought up in the chief executive's news conference because of a story printed today by the New York Herald Tribune. The question about his re lationship with Warren was prompted by a story by Rob ert J. Donovan, chief of the Herald Tribune's Washington bureau. Donovan wrote that their relationship today "is cold and distant and marred by disapproval on both sides." Eisenhower spoke gravely and swiftly when he was asked about it. He said it was well known that he thought a chief executive should not offer his personal opinions on the actions of the high court and that he knew of no per sonal rift whatever between himself and Warren. Eisenhower was told that Warren "has communicated to friends his feeling that your stand on school desegregation is too indecisive." The Presi dent also was told that War ren w'a s" represented as "pained" by his failure to im plement the court's desegre gation decision forcefully. "If the chief justice has made known his feelings in this matter," the President was asked, "would you care to do the same?" The President's eyes nar rowed and he asked the questioner to repeat a line of his inquiry. Then in clipped tones, Eisenhower said he County Sanitarian Submits Resignation Charles Clark, county sani tarian, resigned yesterday, ac cording to Dr. A. Erin Mer kel, county public health of ficer. ( Clark has resigned to study for his master's degree in san itary science at the Univer sity of California at Berke ley, Dr. Merkel said. Clark has a bachelor of science de gree in sanitary science from the University of Washington and had been with the Jack son county health department for two years. The resignation is effective Feb. 18, but Clark has accu mulated vacation time, Dr. Merkel said. Replacing Clark next week will be William Dierdiex from The Dalles, Ore. Dier diex has taken work toward a bachelor of science degree in sanitary science at Oregon State college at Corvallis and has passed a merit system ex amination to qualify for the position of sanitarian I, Dr. Merkel said. $133,342 Received From State Today A total of $133,342.39 was received in state checks to day, according to Karl Janouch, county treasurer. This is the first money re ceived as the county's share of state funds, Janouch add ed. The money includes $146 as reimbursement to the coun ty for the coyote bounty, $3,753.38 for reimbursement for the health department ex penditures, $110 for reim bursement for the veterans service office and $129,332.51 as the quarterly payment in motor license funds and ve hicle taxes. Janouch said this puts the county $121,000 in the black over the amount needed to meet the total budget figure of $3,435,887.09 for the 1958 1959 fiscal year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1959 thought that in the first place the story was irresponsible reporting. He had been asked by re porters on several occasions to say what he thought per sonally of the Supreme Court ruling to open southern white schools to Negroes, but Ei senhower has declined to an swer on grounds that while he thoroughly supports the high court's decisions as part of the constitutional process, he believes expression of per sonal opinion about the de cisions is unwise. The President today gravely reminded reporters of this past position, then returned to the subject of ' the chief justice. He said he had regarded Warren as his personal friend for a period of years. Further more, he said he knew of no personal rift of any kind be tween them. Then he added that if War ren felt pained, he was quite sure that the chief justice himself was capable of telling this to him without taking it to the public prints. Ike Favors Talks With Russians i Solution Likely Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower said today he favored talks with Russia if they hold promise of lead ing toward solution of differ ences. He told his news confer ence that any talks that deal fruitfully with Soviet-American differences would be use ful. Warning by Dulles The President's statement came as Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs committee that blind acceptance of Rus sia's terms "would merely make it possible that the cold war would end in victory for international Communism." "It would be reckless," said Dulles, "to be intimidated, or lured, into measures which far from ending the present danger - would merely in crease it." Eisenhower told reporters the U.S. wants broad, basic agreements with the Russians on ending East-West differ ences, agreements that would serve as the framework of more detailed and technical pacts later. That would be good, the President said, that is the kind of agreement we need. Reminded of Mikoyah His remarks came when a reporter reminded him that Soviet Deputy Premier Anas tas I. Mikoyan indicated last week end that Russia mightj postpone, or withdraw com pletely, its May 27 deadline for turning East Berlin over to the German Communists if East-West talks were begun by then. Eisenhower emphasized that the later, detailed pacts must include provisions for lessen ing the danger of surprise at tack and the suspension of nuclear weapons testing. The agreements, he said, also must include inspection', controls and other self-enforcing fea tures. (See Story on Page 7) WEATHER FORECAST: A few showers this afternoon. Snow above 3,500 feet. Clearing and cooler tonight. Patchy valley fog Thursday morning. Clearing by afternoon. Low tonight 30. High Thursday 48. Temp. Highest Yesterday 60 Lowest This Morning 39 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .23. Our Skies Tonight Sunset today Sunrise tomorrow Moonrise tonight 5:20 p.m. 7:Z9 a.m. .10:11 p.m. Jan. 31 Last Quarter VISIBLE PLANETS Venus now the first "star" vis ible after sunset, sets 6:26 p.m. Mars, high in south 7:09 p.m. Jupiter, low in southeast 4:20 a.m. Saturn, rises 5:46 a.m. "Can't Take Any Chance Of Being Blown Overboard" House Unanimously OK's Appropriation For Centennial Salem - (UPD - The Oregon House unanimously passed and sent to the Senate today a bill appropriating $1,790, 000 for the Oregon Centen nial. Rep. Keith Skelton (D-Eu-gene); House chairman of the Joint Ways and Means com mittee, said a thorough study of the budget request had been made and that it was a "tight" budget. No Danger in Cut "There is no danger in the cut from the $2,046,000 orig inally asked by the Commis sion," Skelton said. "We can still put on a first rate show." The 1957 Legislature appro priated $830,000 to begin Cen tennial work. Some $50,000 of this money is left plus near ly $100,000 in other receipts. The bill, which will be con sidered by the Senate Thurs day, includes provision for fiscal control of the appro priation by a Department of Finance and Administration man yet to be appointed. Other legislative business saw a joint meeting of the House and Senate Judiciary committee tangle with the complex problems of revamp ing Oregon's juvenile code. Geoffrey Hazard, executive secretary of the Interim com mittee on Judicial Adminis tration, said Oregon Juvenile procedure was in need of a thorough overhaul. Sparks Expected to Fly ( Aside from the major bill changing many present pro cedures in juvenile courts, Charges Dismissed In District Court An order to dismiss charges of larceny by bailee against James H. Walpole, 320 South Grape st., Medford, has been signed by District Court Judge Roy Bashaw on motion by the district attorneys' of fice. Walpole was charged with neglecting and refusing to de liver a 1958 Anglia English Ford to its owner, Lee Kauf man, Medford, according to court records. In moving for the dismissal of the charges, the district at torney's office stated that Walpole has been charged and sentenced in federal court for the crime of transporting a stolen vehicle across the state line under the Dyer act. Civil Service for State Police Attacked Salem-flJPD-A hearing on a bill to place state police under civil service brought a charge of "dictatorship" today. The hearing was held by the House State and Federal Affairs committee. Sen. G. D. Gleason (D-Portland), a spon sor of the civil service meas ure, said the present state police administration was a "dictatorship." H. G. Maison, superintend ent of state police, answered the charge by saying the gov ernor had the power to re move the superintendent if he abuses bis authority. Price 10 Cents Tribune No. 266 other bills were expected to cause some sparks to fly. One would lower the age of compulsory education in Oregon from 18 to 16. An other would permit smoking at 16 rather than 18, and a third would standardize cur few regulations over the state, permitting minors under 18 a deadline of 1 a.m. on Satur days, Sundays and legal holi days. Under the. bill changing court procedure, most minors would be taken before ju venile courts for violating any law or ordinance, but provis ion would be made to trans fer tough cases to adult courts. A bill was introduced in the House allowing counties to decide what portion of their revenue from U. S. for est service timber should be used for roads and what por tion for schools. Counties now have to spend 75 per cent on roads. Service Clubs fo Race for MOD ' Medford Kiwanis club has accepted the challenge of Medford Lions club to a March of Dimes wheelbarrow race in the downtown busi ness district on Saturday, Feb. 14. Kiwanis President Tom Anderson accepted the chal lenge at a Lions' meeting last night. President of the losing club is to wheel the president of the winning club in a wheel barrow to the United States National bank where the funds collected will be de posited. Alan Jewett is Lions' club president. An additional feature of the event gives the president of the winning club the "privilege" of shaving off the rival president's centen nial beard. Joe Patella of the Lions and Darl Gleed of Kiwanis are club chairmen for the wheel barrow project. Medford, Central Point Mothers March Thursday Medford and Central Point mothers are completing plans for their annual Mothers' March tomorrow night to raise funds for the March of Dimes. The marching mothers will be out in force from 7 to 8 p.m., calling only at homes where a burning porch light oi a lighted candle in a win dow issues an invitation for the mother to call for a contri bution. Hundreds lo Participate This is the first year that the March of Dimes has col lected money for a disease other than polio. In addition to carrying on its work to con quer polio, the National Foun dation has added congenital malformations and rheuma toid arthritis to its vast pro gram. Hundreds of mothers in the two towns will take part in the program Thursday night. In Medford, persons who wish Major Revisions In Tall-Hartley Act Proposed Anti-Racketeering Proposals Presented Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower sent Con gress today a broad 20-point legislative program designed to drive racketeers out of labor and protect union treas uries from corrupt officials. In a special message, Eisen hower also called for major revisions in the Taft-Hartley Act to place tighter curbs on secondary boycotts and out law coercive picketing. Would Eliminate Abuses He said enactment of the program would eliminate abuses disclosed by the Sen ate Rackets committee and "protect the public interest and insure the rights and eco nomic freedom of millions of American workers." Eisenhower said his pro gram would be "complete and effective" and not a "piece, meal" one. This obviously was a criticism of the bill intro duced by Sen. John F. Ken nedy (D-Mass.) Republican congressional leaders have called the Kennedy measure "half-hearted." The President proposed that Congress enact criminal pen alties for such "willful viola tions" of the act as "bribery between employers and em ployee representatives" and the "embezzlement of union funds." Disclosure of Finances The President recommend ed public disclosure of union finances, secret ballot election of union officers and other provisions which would put union affairs in a "goldfish bowl" to protect rank and file members. He also asked Congress to change the law which now bars dismissed strikers from voting in elections and allow the National Labor Relations board to determine their eli gibility. This Taft-Hartley pro vision has been attacked as a union-busting device by or ganized labor. He asked Congress to ex tend the Taft-Hartley require ment for a non-Communist oath to employers who wish to use services of the NLRB. He said this would "equalize the onus" of the affidavit provision which now applies only to union officials. The Eisenhower recommen dations were practically the same as those he submitted last year in an unsuccessful effort to get Congress to ap prove an anti - racketeering bill. Taft-Hartley Changes He made one new request in asking Congress to make the labor board legally bi-partisan by providing that not more than three members of the five-member board may be the same political party. He requested two other Taft-Hartley changes favored by unions. One would speed up NLRB election procedures b y eliminating a hearing where no substantial objec tions to an election are receiv ed. The other would authorize the labor board to certify building trade unions as bar gaining representatives with out an election under certain conditions. McKay Leaves on Trip To Arizona Salem (UPD Douglas Mc Kay, former interior secretary and now chairman of the U.S. section of the International Joint Commission, left today for a two-week trip to Ari zona. to contribute but have not had a block worker call on them by 8 o'clock, may telephone SP 3-"lll and a worker will be dispatched to pick up the donation. Members of the Medford police department will select at random three homes in the city at which a worker will call. If the porchlight is burn ing at that time, the occupant will receive a prize. Prizes are being contributed by Gilman's Dairy, Robinson Brothers Men's store and Quality Mar ket. Boundaries Described In Central Point, the Jay-cee-ettes will conduct the hour-long drive. Participating mothers are to meet at the Faber-Stratton Insurance of fice, Fourth and Pine sts., at 6:40 p.m. The area to be cov ered includes all of Central Point, Taylor rd.. Grant rd., Hanley rd. and the Glenway district.