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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1959
No. 299
Me
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Kennedy
Adinioistratioini
Negl
"I do not confuse brain
power with word power."
Sen. John F. Kennedy told
his audience at the Roose
velt Memorial Dinner Fri
day night.
"No age has even been
more prolific with words.
Some people are said to
hare an instinct for the jug
ular. Official Washington
today has an instinct for
the windpipe."
The Eisenhower Adminis
tration is "frozen in the ice
of its own indifference," Sen.
John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.),
told an estimated 750 guests
at the ninth annual Franklin
D. Roosevelt Memorial Din
ner here Friday night.
Kennedy compared this
nation's leadership today with
that of the outgoing Republi
can Administration that yield
ed to Roosevelt's New Deal in
1933.
"On every major problem,'
he said, "we see no new
ideas, no bold action, no blare
of bugles," but rather, "the
Grand Old Party breaking
camp."
"I do not say that the Pres
ident has remained silent on
Senator Steals
Show at Midwest
Party Gathering
Milwaukee, Wis (DPD The
man who wasn't there, Sen.
John K e n n e d y (D-Mass.), i
"stole the show" at the Mid
west Democratic Conference
here Friday."
However, Sen. Hubert
Humphrey (D-Minn.), another
of the 1960 front runners,
was to have an opportunity
to Vke the spotlight from
Kennedy at the conference
last night, where he was to
deliver the main address.
Williams Proposes
Gov. G. Mennen Williams
of Michigan, another 1960
presidential possibility who
remained in the long shadow
of Kennedy throughout most
of the day, regained some at
tention Friday night when he
proposed in a television ap
pearance that Democrat Ad
lai Stevenson be named sec
retary of state if and when
John Foster Dulles is forced
to give up the job.
Williams, who campaigned
for Sen. William Proxmire
(D-Wis.), was greeted with a
standing ovation at the start
of a luncheon speech here Fri
day but he drew few cheers
during or afterward.
Gain Monmentum
The Kennedy camp contin
ued to gain momentum thru
the day. Although there was
n't an announced Kennedy
supporter in the room, mime
ographed statements by Ken
nedy . on subjects ranging
from cooperatives to the in
ternational wheat agreement
appeared at the meeting, out
numbering those of any other
prominent Democrat 'by at
least five to one.
Wilson School
Dedication Set
Dedication ceremonies for
Wilson school, Corona ave.
and Grand ave., will be held
at 7:30 pjn. Wednesday,
March 17, Principal Robert
Baccus has announced. An
open house is to follow the
ceremonies.
The school was built on a
seven-acre tract to serve the
northwest area of the Med
ford district. It includes 12
classrooms, cafeteria, combi
nation auditorium and gym
nasium, office and library.
The building was designed
for an eventual enrollment of
500 students, and additions
can be made without altering
the present facilities. Enroll
ment in the school is now
290 with .12 teachers, one
secretary, two custodians and
three cooks.
Special guests at the dedica
tion will be County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold, Medford Mayor John
W. Snider, Parent Teacher as
sociation officers, Architect
Wayne Struble, and Hampton
Piatt, general contractor.
Says
ects Heeds
these issues," he continued.
"On the contrary, we have
heard many bold platitudes
promising action on a variety
of fronts, as long as it's not too
complicated, or too contro
versial, or too expensive."
Kennedy answered ques
tions later in the evening, and
at a press conference Satur
day morning, on a variety of
domestic and internation
al subjects.
Concerning his own plans,
he said that if he becomes a
formal candidate for the Dem
ocratic presidential nomina
tion next year his decision on
entering the Oregon primaries
in May might depend on
whether Oregon Democrats
planned to support a "favor
ite son."
He said he understands
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
may receive such support. "If
Oregon had a favorite son,"
he said, "most of those who
were candidates would be
guided by that."
The senator stated he be
lieves the federal government
should take responsibility for
improving the lot of migrant
farm workers but is not yet
sure how their problems can
best be met. He said he and
Sen. Morse have submitted
legislation for a $1.25 mini
mum hourly wage for mi
grants, and that hearings on
the bill may be held before
their labor subcommittee by
the end of .this month.
With respect to water re
sources development, Sen.
Kennedy said the Northwest
must make maximum use of
its natural advantages. He
discussed Russia's ambitious I
plans for outstripping the
United States in power-gener
ating capacity, and referred
to power development in this
country as a national issue.
(Continued on Page 2)
Cavalcade Entry
Still a Possibility
Time still remains for some
one with funds to sponsor a
Jackson county entry in the
"On to Oregon" covered wa
gon cavalcade, Jack Creager,
president of the county's Cen
tennial association, said yes
terday. The possibility of sponsor
ing a wagon on the train,
which will leave Independ
ence, Mo., late this summer
for a cross-country trip to In
dependence, Ore., was discus
ed at a recent association
meeting.
Don McNeil, manager of the
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce, said he believed
that the wagon would have a
good publicity factor, but that
advertisements on billboards
and space advertising in na
tional magazines concerning
Oregon are doing more than
a wagon could.
Other members of the as
sociation indicated the cost
of sponsoring such a wagon
was one of the major draw
backs. One said the Welcome
Stockade at Siskiyou summit
is creating enough interest
and publicity in itself.
Construction of the stock
ade is scheduled to start Sun
day, March 15. Local mem
bers of the Army engineers
reserve unit are to perform
most of the work.
March 16 Deadline
For Pear Entrants
Entry forms for the annual
Pear Blossom Festival king
and queen contest must be sub
mitted by March 16, John Wat-
kins, president of the festival
association, has reminded resi
dents.
The king and queen, who
will reign over the festival,
must be 5 or 6 years old. The
balloting and final selection
will be done by judges at a
public presentation at one of
Medford's schools.
The royal pair will particip
ate in the annual parade in
downtown Medford. A royal
float will be provided and
court attendants will accom
pany the king and queen.
The Festival is scheduled
April 10, 11 and 12 with the
par ad April 11.
CENTENNIAL PINS - Senator and Mrs. gon Centennial.
John Kennedy were given a colorful re- Jackson county,
ception on their arrival at Medford airport Kennedy's coat.
Friday as local citizens made sure they Cavemen were
wouldn't go back to Massachusetts without senator and his
a souvenir of Jackson county, and the Ore-
ADDRESSES DEMOS - Senator John
Kenedy (D-Mass.) is shown above after
finishing his speech before 750 persons at
the annual Roosevelt Memorial dinner at
McLoughlin Junior High school Friday
evening. He is chatting with Oregon's ex-
Robert Kennedy Asked to Name
Witnesses
Washington-(DPD-Sen. Karl
E. Mundt (R-S.D.) demanded
yesterday that Chief Counsel
Robert F. Kennedy tell mem
bers of the Senate Rackets
committee which witnesses
asked for lienency in ex
change for political support
of his brother, Sen. John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Mundt, vice chairman of
the committee, said "this is
by far the most shocking de-
Civil Rights Body
Announce Hearings
Washington -flJPD- The Civil
Rights Commisiosn said yes
terday it will hold hearings
in Atlanta, Chicago, and Los
Angeles to determine if there
is racial discrimination in
housing.
The hearing dates are At
lanta, April 10; Chicago, May
5, and Los Angeles, July 9.
Commission chairman John
A. Hannah emphasized that
the hearings were not sched
uled "because of complaints"
but rather to provide under
standing of the housing prob
lems in various cities.
"It really is a study rather
than an investigation," he
said. "The facts from the
study, of course, will go into
final report to the President
and Congress which is due
Sept. 9."
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy with a little
rain this morning; becoming
partly cloudy this afternoon, to
night and Monday morning. High
Sunday 55; low Sunday night
30; high Monday 55.
TEMP.
Highest Saturday 61
Lowest Saturday 29
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 6:09 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:35 a.m.
New Moon tomorrow 2:51 a.m.
PROMINENT CONSTELLATION
Orion, in the south
west 8:56 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Mercury, sets 7:08 p.m.
Venus, above Mercury.
Mars, high in south
west 7:01 p.m.
Tupiter, rises 12:45 a.m.
Saturn, rises 3:26 a.m.
governor Robert D. Holmes, who acted as
master of ceremonies for the program. Pic
tured at right is Rep. Bob Duncan, Speaker
of the Oregon House of Representatives,
and, on the left, Mrs. John Snider, wife of
Medford's mayor.
Who Sought Favors
velopment in the two-year
history of our committee."
"I shall ask the chairman
to hold an executive meeting
of the committee early next
week to learn the identity of
the culprits who had so much
to conceal that they tried to
bribe the counsel and to cir
cumvent our committee,"
Mundt told newsmen.
. (Sen. Kennedy was quoted
yesterday afternoon as saying
he sees nothing disturbing
about the reported efforts 'to
bribe his brother.)
Session Tuesday
Chairman John L. McClel
lan (D-Ark.) said the commit
tee has a closed-door session
scheduled for 10 a.m. Tues
day. He said members "can
bring up any business matters
they think proper or of inter
est" at that time.
"I know of no bribe' be
ing offered," McClellan said.
"I am sure if there had been,
Mr. Kennedy would have re
ported it."
Kennedy disclosed in Mil
waukee Friday that he had
received "several" offers of
1960 campaign support for
his older brother if he would
go easy on some witnesses.
Jubilee Meeting
Scheduled Today
Jacksonville Ike Dun
ford and John Crabb, general
chairmen of the Jacksonville
Gold Rush Jubilee commit
tee, Jacksonville Lions club,
have announced a committee
meeting at 1:30 o'clock this
afternoon in the Jacksonville
Community hall.
Preliminary plans for the
Jubilee celebration will be
made and committee projects
announced. All committee
members are asked to attend
so a full report can be avail
able at the Jacksonville town
meeting Sunday, March 15.
The Jubilee is being reviv
ed this year in connection
with the Oregon Centennial
celebration.
Above, Pat Rushton, Miss
fastens a '59er pin to Mrs.
A contingent of Grants Pass
also on hand to greet the
wife,
He said he "dismissed" such
suggestions and "the investi
gation went ahead-they were
all called."
Robert Kennedy said he
had not told McClellan of the
alleged offers because he did
not want "to make a big
thing out of it." The young
attorney said he did discuss
them with his. brother. .
He said "the most serious"
offer came from a manage
ment witness but that several
came from labor people, with
in the last year.
Mundt said he was "disap
pointed that these bribes have
not been reported to Chair
man McClellan. and to the
committee."
"This report from the po
litical meeting in Milwaukee
is my first knowledge of
them," Mundt said. Kennedy
was in Milwaukee taking part
in a labor panel at the 13
state Midwest Democratic
conference when he made his
statements.
Talent Boy Saved
From Cliff Ledge
Talent A Talent boy
was safe at home today after
being rescued from a cliff
ledge 40 feet above the
ground Saturday.
Jerry Lee Adamson, 13, of
215 North Pacific highway,
Talent, had climbed up Tomb
stone mountain, northeast of
Talent, when he slipped and
fell to a small ledge. Roy
Stodgdill, 13, of 108 Fairview
st., Talent and another climb
ing compainon went to a near
by house and asked to call
Talent Police Chief Bill
Young.
Young and State Policeman
Dick Finnell with the help of
a group of Talent people low
ered a rope from the top to
the marooned boy. The youth
slid down the rope while an
other boy climbed up from be
low using another rope and
helped him down, the police
chief said. The rescue took
nearly 4 hours.
U.S. mskcs imi WEST
lLiiJiM i ID
Cuban Executions
For 'War Crimes'
Reach Total of 403
Havana -(DPD- Firing squads
executed seven more former
Batista soldiers and police
men yesterday, bringing the
unofficial death toll in the
Cuban "war crimes" trials to
403. . .
Premier Fidel Castro him
self had predicted at the out
set of the trials that no more
than 400 would die.
The trials were continuing.
Military tribunals condem
ned three more "war crimin
als" yesterday and . sentenced
12 others to prison terms
ranging from one to 30 years.
Ten other : defendants were
acquitted.
' A military tribunal in San
itago, capital of Oriente prov
ince; had been expected to
hand down a second verdict
yesterday in the re-trial of 43
Batista airmen acquitted at
their original trial on charges
of "genocide" int he bomb
ing and strafing of civilians.
The acquittal touched off
street demonstrations in San
tiago, and Castro rejected the
verdict and ordered a new
trial.
Some Convicted
Members of the tribunal in
dicated some, if not all, of the
airmen had been convicted in
the second trial which ended
Friday. They said sentences
to be improsed would not be
announced until Monday.
Castro was expected to ar
rive in Santiago shortly to
address a mass rally today on
the subject of the airmens'
trials.
ne second trial was
marked by acrimonious ex
changes between defense and
prosecution attorneys. De
fense Lawyer Carlos Pena
Justiz said that the verdict of
the court could determine
whether Castro became "a
new Napoleon of the Carib
bean." In 1953, Pena Justiz
had defended Castro after the
rebel chief's abortive attack
on a Santiago Army garrison.
'Counter-Revolutionary'
Defense Minister Augusto
Martinez Sanchez, assigned
by Castro to head the prose
cution, denounced 1 Pena Jus
tiz' statement as "infamous,
ill-intentioned and counter
revolutionary."
Castro himself said a "re
actionary opposition" was
building up against him. And
he said there was "undoubt
edly a relation between this
reaction" and "certain law
yers in Santiago."
City and County
Officials to Hold
Monthly Meetings
Meetings between county
and city officials of Jackson
county will be held each
month, it was decided Friday
during a conference at the
Rogue Valley Country club.
Mayors from a majority of
cities in the county met with
representatives of -the county
court Friday to discuss gen
ment of the appearance of the
county for the Oregon Cen
tennial celebration. The meet
ing, called by Medford Mayor
John Snider, also considered
coordinating plans for the
Centennial.
"It was merely a friendly
get-together to discuss our
mutual problems," Mayor
Snider said Saturday. "No
definite conclusions were
reached, nor plans made. We
did, however, decide to hold
regular monthly meetings of
all city officials and county
representatives to create a
friendlier atmosphere among
cities and discuss mutual
problems."
The mayors present includ
ed, besides Snider, A. H. Mac
Kintosh, "Phoenix; Freeman
Mason, Central Point; J. Ed
Putman, Eagle Point; John
Leyen, Rogue River; Leo Gra
ham, Jacksonville; Milton
Steinmetz, Gold Hill; and
Wayne Reichstein, Talent.
County Judge Earl Miller and
County Commissioner Ralph
James represented Jackson
county. The mayors of Butte
Falls, Rogue River and Ash
land were not present.
"Peace! Separate Peace! Piece By Piece!"
African Extremists
Put Mission to Torch
Blantyre, Nyasaland - (DPD
African mobs burned the
homes of Europeans and
African officials and put mis
sion builders to the torch yes
terday in northern Nyasaland,
dispatches from the area said
last night.
The dispaches said a cam
paign of arson and sabotage
had been launched by the
African National Congress as
part of a "white man go home"
program.
An African agricultural ad
visor was beaten by a mob
and the Watchtower Bible So
ciety mission building at Ka
sunga were burned, the re
ports said.
In the Mlanje area, British
led security forces fired on a
crowd and exploded tea gas
bombs. One British soldier
was hospitalized with injuries.
African extremists were re
ported sniping from trees.
Officials reported 39 per
sons dead and 66 injured since
a state of emergency was de
clared' last Wednesday.
The homes of African and
European agricultural super
visors have been stoned and
burned In the Zomba area to
the north. Secondardy roads
in the area were reported
blocked by Africans.
Declare Emergency
News of the violence coin
cided with a special declara
tion of emergency in the
northern districts of Karonga
and Rumpi, where all persons
were ordered to stop on, de
mand and be searched by se
curity officers or sentries.
Earlier yesterday reliable
sources said police had un
covered details of a secret
jungle meeting near Blantyre
at which 150 members of the
African national congress
plotted a Mau-Mau-like mas
sacre of Nyasaland's 7,500
white settlers.
There was no official gov
ernment confirmation of re
ports that the police now have
Motorists Warned
On Embankment Work
Medford Public Works Di
rector Vernon Thorp.e has
warned motorists that work on
the Eeighth st. embankment
east of Bear creek will block
the roadway running beneath
the Main st. bridge.
He also asked caution be
cause of the trucks carrying
heavy fill to the site. He said
the trucks would drive down
Biddle rd., then Hawthorne
ave., and would cross Main
st.e ast of the bridge. F. L.
Somers, Medford, is contrac
tor for the project.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Still Prefers Adlai
Los Angeles- (UPD -Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt said last
night she still thinks Adlai
Stevenson is "the best we
could have" as a Democratic
nominee for president.
But the former First Lady
said she could not endorse
any en person.
details of the meeting al
though Prime Minister Sir Roy
Welensky has charged a "mas
sacre" was planned. Leaders
of the African national con
gress refused to say whether
such a meeting was held.
It was said, however, that
discovery that the meeting ac
tually had been held led to
the mass arrests of dozens of
leaders of the African political
group.
Lethal Chamber
Readied for Use
A lethal chamber for the
Jackson county dog pound will
go mtooperation this weeK,
according to County Commis
sioner Ralph James.
James said a six-cylinder
motor has been purchased to
pump carbon monoxide gas
through -the chamber for ex
ecution of unwanted stray
dogs.
The chamber will be mount
ed on skids so it can be shift
ed around, he explained. Car
bon monoxide gas filtered
through water will be used
to dispose of approximately
15 does at a time, he said. A
hot water tank will be used
for the water.
Total cost of the chamber,
engine and tank is estimated
at $800. Estimated cost of the
chamber itself, constructed by
Bergman's shop on Crater
Lake highway, is $500.
Drainage ditches are being
dug around the pound to en
sure better drainage, James
added. Fresh wood savings are
spread in the pens regularly
to provide a clean, sanitary
bedding for the dogs.
Sports Bulletins
Central Point After a
neck and neck race through
the first half the Klamath
Falls Pelicans were able to
clamp onto a lead and hold
it to a final score of 73-65
over Crater at Central
Point last night.
A 10-point surge in the
opening minutes of the
third quarter put the Peli
cans out of reach. However.
Crater's Loyal Higinboth
am staged a one-man ram
page in the fourth quarter,
grabbed 10 points and put
the Comets back into con-'
tention. Quarter scores were
all in favor of Klamath: 21
18, 34-30 and 55-41. Klam
ath's Bob Petersen was
high point man with 24,
Higinbotham high for Cra
ter with 16.
i Ashland Myrtle Creek
high dropped Glide 57-30
here last night lo capture
the District 6A-2 basketball
championship and to earn a
stale tournament trip. The
Vikings were ahead at the
quarters 11-9, 27-17 and 46
23. Fred Earwood of Myrtle
Creek was high point get
ter with 27.
But Would Make
Ministers' Talk
On Broader Basis
Draft Reply to Note
Dispatched to Allies
Berlin -(CPD - Soviet Pre
mier Nikila S. Khrushchev
appealed to the West last
night lo show readiness lo
compromise with Russia and
give a "reasonable answer"
to the Soviet proposals for
Berlin.
He told a mass rally of
Easter Berliners that Russia
stands by its proposals for
making West Berlin a "free
demilitarized city" and for
turuing over to East Ger
many control of the allied
lifelines to the city. "Now
we are waiting for an an
swer," he said. "We hope it
will be a reasonable one."
Washington - (UPD - The
United States has proposed
that the West welcome Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev's
bid for a foreign ministers
conference on the Berlin cri
sis but on a much broader
basis than he has outlined,
high U.S. officials said yes
terday.
This was disclosed after the
State Department announced
this country had sent Britain,
France and West Germany a
proposed draft for an allied
reply to a Soviet note of
March 2 on Berlin and Ger
man reunification.
Department Press Officer
Joseph W. Reap said the pro
posal, which went out Fri
day night, contained "our re
action to the Soviet note and
the general lines we think a
reply might take.
"There will be exchanges
of views with the other three
governments before there is
any agreed text" of a final
note, he added.
Khrushchev insisted that a
foreign ministers conference
be limited to discussing Rus
sia's proposals on Berlin and
Germany.
These included an allied
pull-out from Berlin, accept
ance of Soviet action to turn
over control of its sector to
the East German Communists
and .signing of a German
peace treaty which would
neutralize and divide the
country.
On Broader Basis
U.S. officials said the pro
posed American draft wel
comes Khrushchev's willing
ness to hold a foreign minis
ters meeting but makes clear
that it must be on a broader
basis than provided under his
terms.
Reap was unable to esti
mate when an allied reply
might be sent to Russia. He
said it "depends on the length
of consultations with the
three Western governments."
Then, he said, the four
Western powers will want to
get the usual endorsement
from the 15-nation NATO
Council in Paris.
General Agreement
The allies are reported in
general agreement on the ba
sic principle that they can
not yield before Soviet pres
sures and threats on Berlin.
But there appears to be some
differences on the question of
the usefulness of negotiations
on other aspects of German
problems.
The U.S. action was disclos
ed after Khrushchev said in
a speech at Leipzig that "if
a new war starts, even if it
starts as a small war, it will
end in the destruction of cap
italism." "War no longer is inevita
ble," he said. "This is so not
because the Imperialists have
become better but because
they have become weaker.
The forces of peace are
stronger than ever before."
Crater Lake Stretch
To Be Closed Monday
Crater' Lake ave. between
Grandview market and Delta
Waters rd. will be closed be
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mon
day, representatives of the W.
H. Conrad Construction com
pany have announced.
The street will be closed for
installation of a sewer con
nection crossing.
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