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Newspaper Page TextIF TREASURY F in r iru Truniao Urges Oa8m9 Unity ism eriiEi Crisis By HARRY S. TRUMAN North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. Copyright, 1959. by Harry S. Truman (Reproduction of this article in whole or in part is forbidden without written authorization.) I hope that Khrushchev is beginning to realize that he cannot succeed in his current campaign to panic the West. If Khrushchev and the Kremlin really want peace-peace is easily attainable, and they know it. The cold war, whatever Mr. Khrushchev may claim, did not grow out of Berlin and Germany, and, therefore, prob lems affecting and involving Berlin and Germany should not now be permitted to develop into a serious threat to the peace. The cold war grew out of the fact that Russia refused to stand by agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam. Khrushchev's diplomatic tactics and his sudden and calculated shifts of position are intended to confuse and divide us from our Allies under the NATO Treaty and to divert world attention from the Soviet Union's military occupation of her neighbors. The Kremlin's expressed concern over the allied occu pation of West Berlin is sheer mockery in the face of the continued occupation by the Soviets of East Berlin, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Roumania, Bulgaria and Czecho slovakia - in violation of the Potsdam and Yalta treaties. Bill Amending Reorganization Law Approved Salem -(UPD- The House to day passed and sent to the Senate a bill amending the romDrehensive school reor ganization law passed by the 1957 legislature. The bill permits creation of local school committees of three members to decide on such matters as use of school property, school programs and teacher rejection. The boards of the new ad ministrative school districts called for in the 1957 law could contain from 5 to 9 members under amendments provided in the new bill. New Plans Allowed Another amendment set up procedure for preparing a new reorganization plan should the voters of a district fail to pass their first reorganiza tion plan. Committees are now operat ing around the state drawing up reorganization plans in ac cordance with the 1957 law. Other action saw the House pass budgets for the Bureau of Labor, the Department of Insurance and the state fire marshal. The budgets now go to the Senate. Corrects Weakness One Senate bill was passed and sent to the governor. It corrects a weakness in local budget law whereby taxpay ers in smaller districts of Mult nomah county are presently denied the right of appeal to the State Tax commission for budget law violations. A bill giving employees of the State Agriculture Depart ment the power of police of ficers in issuing, revoking or suspending licenses was sent back to the Committee on Ag riculture for further study. Some House members thought the powers granted were too broad. Marshfield end North Salem Win Eugene - (UPD - Marshfield of Coos Bay and North Salem advanced to the quarter-finals of the Oregon class A-l high school basketball tournament here in games played this morning. Marshfield whipped St. Helens, 86 to 58, while North Salem downed Baker, 57 to 46. St. Helens will meet Baker in the consolation bracket at 9:45 a.m. Thursday while Marshfield plays North Salem in the championship bracket at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Bruce Rhine of St. Helens set a new tournament record when he scored 14 free throws out of 18 attempts. The old record of 13 was held jointly by Jim Mark of Cleveland 'and Dave Shelby of Albany. Daylight Saving xp leriment Voted Salem - (LTD - The Planning and Development committee of the Oregon House Tuesday approved a measure for a two year trial of daylight saving time, including this Centen nial year in Oregon. Under provisions of the measure, the question of daylight saving time would be submitted to the voters in 1960. No amount of high-handed diplomacy by Khrushchev can hide the wanton violation of the solemn agreements made on a summit level at Potsdam and Yalta to guarantee the peoples of these occupied na tions the right of free elec tions and of governments of their own choosing. Let us not permit Khrush chev to take the problems of Berlin out of context from the whole of occupied Europe. The world has learned from Munich that you cannot sell a city, a nation or a people down the river and achieve peace. Step by Step It is obvious we cannot at this stage negotiate satisfac tory . solutions of all the troubled areas of Europe. We should, therefore, attempt to tackle these problems step by step with open minds but with full regard for the rights of the peoples involved. Since Khrushchev has suddenly thrust upon the West the prob lems of Berlin, which Russia created and ignored for so long, we can begin there. Berlin symbolized the end of a tragic and terrible war in which Russia created and ig nored for so long, we can begin there. Berlin symbolized the end of a tragic and terrible war in which Russia became our ally, after having made a treaty with Hitler. It would be crim inal folly for Khrushchev to misjudge or miscalculate the situation and thus make Ber lin the atomic trigger of a war of annihilation. The Berlin crisis, in my judgment, could be used as an opportunity to redress any mistakes that were made when Germany was occupied by friendly allies. One of the most serious mistakes was Russia's refusal to cooperate with the West in the rehabil itation of all Europe, includ ing the nations behind the iron curtain. Time To Be Calm This is the time to be calm in the face of Khrushchev's campaign of diplomatic har assment. Let us not be precip itous in our decisions or ap pear to have no policy but one of nervous reaction to every Soviet action and de mand. Incidentally, I should think that Khrushchev would be more believeable if he pro posed, for example, that East Berlin be joined to West Ber lin for temporary accupation by Britain, France, the United States and Russia for the sole purpose of bringing about a unified and free Germany, a partner, in peace, as was con templated when the war was ended. During my administration we had tried patiently to con vince the Soviet Union that the only way to peace is by making and keeping agree ments to safeguard the rights of all people and nations . and never to countenance the right of any one power to im pose its will on another. (Continued on Page 6) Appling to Speak at Republican Meeting Howell Appling, secretary of state of Oregon, will speak at a meeting of the Jackson County Republican Central committee at 7:30 p.m. Tues day,. March 24. at the Red Cross building 60 Hawthorne ave., Medford, Don Stathos, chairman of the committee, has announced. He said Republican precinct committeemen and women will have an opportunity to meet Appling, and invited other voters in Jackson county to hear the recently appoint ed state official. liMMMMMJMMMMMMMMMMWMJ IIIHHI HI ! IllI Ml Will Trifjl Ill IIIIP TBMnWl Mf1PnT HI, DEDICATION-Frank Bash, chairman of the attended ceremonies ' and open house. The Medford school board, is shown at the ros- auditorium is combined with the gymna- trum during dedication ceremonies at Wil- sium. The school's cafeteria is to the rear of son school last night. About 500 people the stage. 500 Attend Wilson School Dedication About 500 people last night attended dedication cere monies and open house at Wilson elementary school, Corona and Grand aves. The school is one of two new ones constructed under the two-year building program of Medford school district. The other new elementary school, Hoover, was dedicated earlier this year. The building was presented by Frank Bash, chairman of the school board, and accept ed by Robert Baccus, prin cipal of Wilson, for the fac ulty and Phillip Frohnmayer, president of the student body. Baccus introduced faculty members, and a 49-star flag was presented by Miss Laura York, president of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary, on be half of the auxiliary. Wilson school Cub Scouts presented colors and led the flag salute. In Ceremonies Participating in ceremonies were Bash, who presided; Dr. George Roseberry, pastor of the First Methodist church, Medford; and the Rev. Rich ard Jones, pastor of Eastwood Baptist church. Guests included Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of South ern Oregon college; Robert E. Lawrence, elementary cur riculum coordinator with the county school superintendent's office; Councilman Fred Rob inson, representing the city; Mrs. Moore Hamilton, a mem ber "of the state board of edu cation and former member of Eisenhower Signs Hawaiian Statehood Washington - (UPD - Presi dent Eisenhower today signed "with great satisfaction" a bill to admit Hawaii as the 50th state. He then cabled Gov. Wil liam F. Quinn of Hawaii ad vising him of the action, thus clearing the way for a vote by the ' Hawaiian people them selves on whether to accept statehood. Their approval, expected to be overwhelming, will clear the way1 for the island terri tory's formal admission some time this fall. It thus will join Alaska, admitted last year, as the first new states to join the union since 1912. Hawaii's 40-year battle for statehood was climaxed last week when Congress put its final stamp of approval on the enabling bill. Khrushchev Slates Press Conference Moscow-UPD-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev today sum moned foreign correspondents to a highly unusual open press conference Thursday. It was expected he would use it to reply to President Eisenhow er's summit conference speech. It will be only the second news conference Khrushchev has given in Moscow since he assumed supreme leadership. The first, significantly, was last Nov. 27 when he an nounced a six-month time limit for ending the occupa tion of West Berlin.' Des Moines - (UPD The Iowa House has passed a bill pro viding a penalty of a $1,000 fine or a year in jail or both for drunken water skiing. - the Medford board; Don Mc Neil, representing the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce; County Judge Earl Miller; County Commissioner Chester Wendt; Mrs. Maxine Smith, president-elect of the Oregon Educational associa tion; Mrs. Lee Gustison, first vice president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers; and Mrs. William Sejbert, president of the local coordinating council of Par ent Teachers associations. Mrs. Everett McGraw and Mrs. Ed Dillon represented the Wilson school PTA. School board members at tending were Bash, William Barker, Otto Ewaldsen, and Keith Hockersmith, and dis trict Clerk Wilson Slater. Wayne Struble was architect. Dulles Plans Rest In Warm Climate Washington -(UPD- Secretary of State John Foster Dulles made plans today to go soon to some "warm, sunny place" to rest from his cancer treat ments. The 71-year-old official was to have his 19th massive ra diation exposure. It was one of the last treatments he will receive at Walter Reed Army hospital, which he entered early last month for a hernia operation that disclosed a re currence of abdominal can cer. Dulles was expected to leave his hospital suite with in a week and decide wheth er to continue in office by Ap ril 6. State Department sourc es, said the secretary would relax and regain his strength for about two weeks in some temperate spot before making the decision. Demilitarized Zone Talk Possibility Washington -(UPD- The Unit ed States was reported willing today to discuss with Russia some sort of demilitarized zone in Central Europe if it is tied in with a general set tlement of the problems of a divided Germany. SOCTFA Seeks Ways to Help Salvage ' The timber committee of Southern . Oregon Conserva tion and Tree Farm associa tion is seeking ways to help forest service and BLM offi cials salvage dead and down timber in Jackson county, members of the association were told at a meeting last night. The committee said there is an estimated 200,000,000 board feet or more of salvage able dead timber on public lands in the Medford and Grants Pass area - enough wood to supply all mills in the local economy for about six months. The timber is go ing to waste because' lack of funds and manpower prevent processing it for sale. Earlier Tuesday the indus try association decided to wire the U.S. Senate's interior and insular affairs commit tee, urging restoration of pro posed cuts in next year's for est service budget. Ray Offord, of Ray Offord Logging company, Jackson ville, new president of the as Stale Forestry Department Holds Budget Hearing The annual public budget hearing for the southwest Ore gon district of the Oregon state department of forestry was held Tuesday morning at the Table Rock rd. headquarters. Representatives of both federal and private lands within the district attended, according to Curtis Nesheim, district warden. Presented at the hearing proposed $251,639 budget for fiscal 1960. The budget, which is $1,803 more than the cur rent budget actually repre sents some reductions, Ne sheim said. He explained that due to salary increases it was necessary to cut two summer time guard station positions, Other reductions were made in capital outlays. Assessment Rate The warden explained that the assessment rate for timber lands within the district is 14.1 cents per acre and 9.2 cents per acre for grazing lands. , The hearings are held an nually although the budget is previously approved by the state legislature each bien nium, Nesheim said. The pro posed annual budgets are ap proved by the board of fores try. Land owners within the district having complaints must make them in writing to the board within 30 days of the meeting, it was explained. Ike Nominates Army Staff Chief Washington (UPD Presi dent Eisenhower nominat ed Gen. Nathan F. Twining, an Air Force officer, for re appointment as chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, a post he has occupied since Aug. 15, 1957. Adm. Arleigh A. Burke was nominated for reappoint ment to a two-year term as chief of naval operations and Gen. Thomas D. White for re appointment for two years as Air Force chief of staff; Timber sociation, said the group will keep watch on a suit filed against the forest service in California recently which would prohibit selling timber across the state line to Ore gon firms.' SOCTFA present a plaque to Bob Kline of Kline. Log- gin company, Medford, out going president, for his serv ice in managing' the organ! zation after the death of L. L. Simpson, former secretary manger, last fall. The Farm signs and cer tificates were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harr, Jack sonville, whose 1,050 acres of timberland have been certi fied in the industry program to grow timber as a renewable crop. Other new tree farmers an nounced were E. E. Wilken, Grants Pass, 95 acres; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Smith, Grants Pass, 40 acres; Marion and Louise Dunlap, Jacksonville, 200 acres; H. A. Hogan, Jack sonville, 360 acres; and Frank C. Preston Jr., Jacksonville, 367 acres. 53rd Year Medford 18 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18 1959 No. 208 Hearing Date Set On Rural School, Office Budget Propose $146,624.37 Total Expenditure A public hearing on the proposed Jackson county rur al school district and county budget will be held in the county school superintend ent's office Wednesday, April 8, at 11 a.m. , The proposed budget calls for an estimated total expendi ture of $146,624.37. This fig ure, it was explained, does not constitute the proposed levy, since the total expendi tures will be offset by reim bursement and tuition receipts for the special education pro gram. The proposed budget is $78, 222.42 more than for the year 1958-59. The largest item in the proposed budget is $49, 017.95 for visual aids supplies and equipment. This item called for an expenditure of slightly more than $2,000 this year. Recent Federal Funds The increase is due to the recent federal funds made av ailable under the national de fense act. The act provided for national ' assistance for strengthening science, mathe matics and foreign language instruction, it was explained. In this area state educa tional agencies will receive payments to purchase equip ment suitable to be used in providing education in those three fields. Estimates placed the amount required for such a program on the local level at $31,000, half of this will be matched by federal funds, but since such funds will not be available until after the close of the school- yearr-it - was necessary for the district to budget the entire amount dur ing the first year. Materials purchased through this program will be placed in the curriculum cen ter in the county office and will be made available to all public schools. This will also prevent duplication of mater ials in the individual districts. Current Budget School officials reported that the current budget is based on a minimum program to serve 6,000 pupils. Current ly 8..000 pupils are being serv ed. It is expected that about 15,000 students will be served during the next year with all districts, including Medford, using the materials secured under the national defense act. The proposed budget also includes $29,565.78 for special education. This program, de signed to teach the mentally retarded, will be expanded to four classes. The county will be reimbursed under present law to the extent of $3,500 per class, it was explained. The difference between the state reimbursement and the total costs is assessed on a per capita tuition basis to thoe districts that send chil dren to the classes. Attending the three ses sions of the rural school dis trict budget committee were Glen W. Smith, William A. Starzinger, Clarence Hold ridge, Edith Hoag, Sam Har bison, Gerald Latham, and Ben Lombard, all board mem bers. Lay members of the committee also present were Don Patterson, Francis Chen ey, Eugene Burrill, John Spangler, Bill Sampson, and Chester Guches. Petition Filed for Martin Guardian Portland (UPD A petition was filed in Probate Court today for appointment of a guardian to manage the pro perty of Mr. and Mrs. Ken neth Martin who have been missing with their three daughters sincee last Dec. 7. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday. Low to night 30. High Thursday 6fl. Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 30 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 10 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:21 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:18 a.m. Moonset tomorrow 2:50 a.m. Full Mooon March 24 Jupiter, rising at 12:07 a.m., tonight begins a slow westward movement among the stars, a motion that is only apparent and is caused by the Earth passing Jupiter on its own orbit around the Sun. fJeuberger Will Seek Reelection By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Correspondent Washington - Sen. Richard L. Neuberger is planning to run for reelection. The only qualification he makes is "health permitting." But as of now, he is confident he has recovered fully from his cancer operation- of last fall and is physically fit to serve another six-year term in the Senate. Neuberger's term is up next year. He was elected in 1954. After a month back at his Senate desk, Neuberger said in an interview: "I feel very well. I have a good appetite. I've gained 15 pounds since last summer. I've had three sets of x-rays at Bethesda (Md.) Naval hospital that are very gratifying to my doctors. My health permitting, I am going to run for reelection." Neuberger said that next week he will fly to Oregon for 10 days of speeches and conferences with various or ganizations during the con gressional Easter recess. This will be the first time the sen ator has ever used the air plane to travel between the state and the nation's capital. He said he will return to Washington by his - favorite mode of travel, the railroad. County Dismantles Covered Bridge The old covered bridge over Antelope creek on Riley dr. about three miles southeast of Eagle Point has been dis mantled by county roads de partment employees, accord ing to County Engineer Paul B. Rynning. Traffic is being routed over a temporary bridge until com pletion of a new 90-foot re- informed concrete bridge. R&M Construction company, Central Point, will begin work on the new structure April 1, Rynning said. The old bridge formerly spanned Antelope creek on the old Crater Lake highway. It was moved to Riley rd. about 1921. Macmillan Confers With Diefenbaker Ottawa, Canada -(UPD Brit ish Prime Minister Harold Macmillan conferred with Premier John Diefenbaker for more than two hours today in the latest move to "consoli date and confirm the united will of the western world" for forthcoming German ne gotiations with the Soviet Union. Macmillan, accompanied by Foreign Minister S e 1 w y n Lloyd, moves on to Washing ton Thursday for final consul tations with President Eisen hower. He visited Paris and Bonn last week. The over-all purpose behind the British leader's tour is to prepare for foreign minister and summit meetings this summer with the Soviet Union. 'There Must Be Some Way That's More Scientific" Price 10 Cents Tribune RICHARD L. NEUBERGER ' ... If Health Permits' New Telephone Directories Being Distributed Here Distribution of new tele phone directories in the Med-ford-Ashland exchange area begins tomorrow, according to J. H. (Jack) Creager, local manager for the Pacific Tele phone company. The new books feature, in the Medford area, a picture taken near the headwaters of the Rogue river, showing a waterfall. In the Ashland area, the books feature a cov er picture from the Oregon Shakespearean festival. Oth erwise the books are identi cal, except that in Medford, the Medford listings come at the front of the book, and in Ashland, the Ashland listings do. Among the changes in the new book are new and differ ent telephone numbers for the Medford police and fire departments. The change is caused by a contemplated change in telephone service to citv deDartments later in the year, Creager explained. Being Delivered The books are being deliv ered by mail to subscribers in the Medford area, Creager said, and distribution is ex pected to be completed by Saturday. The new book highlights Oregon's Centennial year. On the bottom of the front cover er is a line drawing of the Oregon capitol's famed gold en pioneer figure, and below it is a line which says, "1859 1959, Oregon Centennial." This year, 29,500 copies of the directory were printed. Of these, 21,256 will be is sued at once, with the re mainder kept for new custo mers and for replacements for worn-out copies. The last telephone direc tory was issued just a year ago. Salem - (UPD - There was packed snow at Government Camp and Warm Springs Junction today with chains required. 1 9 flmfnf MkMntfiOM fMr Appropriations Committee Cuts Ike's Requests U.S. Tax Court Budget Unchanged Washington-(UPD-The House Appropriations C o m m i t tee made its first economy move of the session today by whit tling $60,230,000 from the amount President Eisenhower asked for the Treasury, Post Office and the U. S. Tax Courts. The cut amounted to 1-4 per cent but the money bill still contained $518,339,000 more than voted last year. Over-all, the first regular ap propriation bill provides $4, 688,327,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The bill comes up for floor action Thursday. Tax Court Unchanged It provides $3,899,080,000 for the Post Office Depart ment, a cut of $51,900,000 from the President's budget, and $787,712,000 for the Treasury, a reduction of $8, 310,000. The funds for the tax courts were unchanged. Despite the economizing, the committee voted extra funds to allow the Secret Service to assign 16 addition al agents for the protection of the President and the vice president. However," it refused to per mit the Post Office Depart ment to spend $2,500,000 to buy 2,500 more motor scoot ers for mail carriers. Airport Funds Debated Meanwhile, the House itself took up its first big spending proposal, a measure to auth orize $297 million for airport improvements over the next four years. This measure will have to be followed by later actual appropriations. Although the House bill oro- vides $97 million more than the President requested, it is much lower than the $465 million program authorized in a senate-passed bill. " Again on the budget front, the House Banking committee kept alive the President's hopes of achieving a balanced budget. It did so by allowing a $1,375,000,000 erant to the International Monetary Fund to be charged off to this year's budget which is already far in the red. The Senate For eign Relations - Committee Tuesday declared the spending must be assessed against the new budget. This would ruin any chance of a balanced budget in the coming fiscal year. Winners of Essay Contest Listed Robert Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen V. Allen, 981 South Stage rd., was the local winner of the annual Veter ans of Foreign Wars auxiliary essay contest. Theme for this year's essay was "The Space Age Chal lenge to America." Other winners were Shar on Carr, daughter of Aetna Carr, 124 Highland dr. and Mike Hartley, son of Mrs. J. M, Hartley, 59 Rose ave., who tied for second; and Marlene A. Miller, daughter of Mrs. Norma Broyles, 264 Biddla rd. third. . Honorable mentions were received by Sandy Arant, Kar en Fisher, Connette J. Hine sly, Priscilla Shafer, Robert C. Sheldon, Harold Saxton, Frank Peterson and Jim Fon taine. Judges for this year's con test were Mrs. I. D. Murray, Mrs. Marie Dizney, and Mrs. Bernice Kunzman, all local re tired teachers. Carpenters Delay Medford Convention " Portland -(UPD-The Oregon Council of Carpenters has postponed indefinitely its con vention scheduled for Med ford April 9-11 because of the threat of a possible strike, it was announced today by Ivor Jones, Council secretary. Negotiators representing the carpenters and employer groups were to meet this aft ernoon with Federal Mediator George Walker in an effort to break a deadlock. The car penters have threatened to strike April 1 if no contract is agreed upon by then. Arlington, Ore. (UPD The body of an unidentified man described by police as be tween 25 and 30 years of age was found floating in the Co lumbia river about half a mile east of here today.