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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.
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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.