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Under IHlerter
By HARRY S. TRUMAN
North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.
CopvrUht, 1959, by Harry S. Truman
(Reproduction of thif article in whole or in part is forbidden
without written authorization.)'
The foreign policy of the United States is shaped and
determined so largely by our needs for security and preser
vation of world peace that no abrupt change, even in the
person of the occupant of the White House, could result in
a significant change in that policy today.
I, therefore, do not foresee any material difference, with
the appointment of Christian A. Herter to succeed John Fos
ter Dulles, in what we must do. ,
Instrument of President
Whatever special qualifications Secretary Herter brings
to his office-and they are impressive-we must understand
that he will be the instrument of the President, who alone
has the responsibility of making foreign policy.
In these anxious and dangerous times, the responsibility
.and the role of the President in the conduct of foreign policy
call, more than ever, for his constant personal vigilance and
direction.
A President must know what he wants to do, and he is
the only person in a position to get it done, no matter who is
Secretary of States. The tragic illness of John Foster Dulles
removed at a critical moment, a dynamic and influential
instrument of the President.
Capable Diplomat '
The new Secretary of State is an experienced public
servant and a capable diplomat. He is of a different temper
ament from that of his predecessor. In certain respects he
will act more as the instrument of the President.
Time, alone, of course, vill tell how effective he is in
negotiations with the Comuunists and in dealings with our
Allies. I remember him well when, as a member of the
House of Representatives, he helped in the bi-partisan effort
to bring about Congressional approval of the Marshall Plan.
The necessity and the circumstances of the new appoint
ment, I hope, will help-correct the -notion that a Secretary
of State, under our Constitution; can ever assume the role
of the President in the making of foreign policy.
The President, himself, cannot properly delegate that re
sponsibility, no matter how brilliant or distinguished a Sec
retary of State may be.
No Deviation
During my Administration there were four Secretaries of
State, but at no time was there any departure or deviation
from the basic policy followed by this country. They were
each in his own way highly individualistic, with pronounced
gifts, qualities and temperaments. But they all knew that
final decision on high policy matters had to be made in the
White House by the President.
Theexercise of this responsibility cannot be a matter of
discretion on the part of the President, no matter what his
opinion or whatever regard or esteem he may have for
his Secretary of State, or how much he may rely upon his
skill and judgment. '
There should never be any doubt in the mind of the
man in the Kremlin or among our Allies that the President,
himself, is exercising his full responsibility as the architect
of our foreign policy.
There have been several critical moments in recent his
tory where confusion has resulted because critics of this
country claimed that our diplomatic spokesman did not speak
with the final authority of the President.
(Continued on Page 8)
Herter Confident
Western Powers
Will Present Unity
Paris' (UPD Secretary of
State Christian Herter
plunged today into the first
major challenge of his new
job and said he was confident
the western powers would
meet the Russians at the Ge
neva conference "with unity
and firmness of purpose."
Herter's job will be to try
to weld a solid western front
for the foreign ministers con
ference. He was brimming with con
fidence as he stepped off a
U.S. Air Force plane and pre
dicted, "We shall be able to
agree whole-heartedly on the
course we must follow in our
common interest."
Differences Admitted
At tfie same time Herter ad
mitted that different View
points existed among the west
ern powers. It is "only natu
ral" that these "somewhat
different points of view" exist
on the East -West crisis, he
said.
Herter spoke briefly to re
porters on arriving for a for
mal conference Wednesday
with the foreign ministers of
Britain, France and West Ger
many on the package pro
gram they will present to So
Reports Indicate 'Bounty Hunters' Are
Seekinq 'Black Doq Bandits1 in Area
Jackson County Centennial
association officials said today
they have received reports in
dicating . that "a group of
bounty hunters are bent on
rounding up the Black Dog
Bandits."
TheN'bandits" organized re
cently to "raid" Centennial
events in Jackson county, but
after oneVaid were captured.
They later escaped, and
"wanted posters" were distrib
uted. Posters Taken Down
Centennial officials said
they understood the "posters"
were being taken down by
"bounty hunters" seeking the
bandits. Knowing the opera
tions of the bandits, officials
said the "bounty hunters may
be expected to force a show
viet Minister Andrei Gro-
myko in Geneva May 11.
Herter scheduled a confer
ence with President Charles
de Gaulle almost at once to
begin his arduous task of re
building Western unity to
cope with the tough Soviet
stand on Germany and West
Berlin.
Though backed by solid U.S.
Senate approval and a firm
declaration by President Ei
senhower, Herter faced major
difficulties. Former Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles is
regarded by the Western Al
lies as the strongest secretary
in generations and to them
Herter is yet unproved.
Harvey Employees
Vote Against Union
The Dalles (UPD Employ
ees at the Harvey Aluminum
Company plant here have
voted not to be represented by
a union. In a two-day election
conducted by the National
Labor Relations Board, 228
employees voted against rep
resentation by a union, 75
voted for the United Steel
Workers of America and 56
favored representation by the
Aluminum Workers Council.
down at some Centennial
event in the valley."
Two major Centennial
events are scheduled this
month, but Centennial offic
ials did not know at which
one, if either, the "bounty
hunters" and "bandits" would
appear.
One event, a parade, dinner
and dance, is scheduled in
Shady Cove Saturday, May 2,
and the other is the Southern
Oregon Farm Festival, May
22 and 23 in Central Point.
The Shady Cove event
starts at 10:30 ajn. and in
cludes exhibits by various or
ganizations, parade and smor
gasbord dinner between 4 and
8 p.m., and dancing to Larry
Rock and orchestra between
9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The dance
54th Year
Medford
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OREGON
Ml
RESERVOIR RISING-This 500,000-gallon Manor and other properties on the hill. Graff
rservoir on Barneburg hill, scheduled for and James, a Medford firm, is the contrac
completion July 15, will serve Rogue Valley tor for the $34,772 project. .
TV Channel 10
Allotted by FCC;
Groups Interested
The federal communications
commission in Washington,
D.C., has alloted television
Channel 10 to Medford effec
tive June 4, it was learned
today.
After that date, the FCC
will accept applications for
television stations. The appli
cations will be placed on the
docket for public hearing to
determine which applicant is
to be granted the channel.
Two local groups have an
nounced their intention to ap
ply for the channel. Last July
a group headed by John Wil
liams, incorporated as TOT in
dustries, announced that it in
tended to seek the Channel 10
allocation.
In January of this year,
Radio Medford, Inc., operators
of radio station KMED, re
vealed similar intentions.
Affiliate With Network
It is understood that both
groups are interested in affili
ating with the National Broad
casting company. KBES-TV,
the only local television sta
tion at present, is affiliated
primarily, but not exclusively,
with the Columbia Broadcast
ing company.
For consideration by the
FCC, each applicant making
application must meet certain
qualifications. Brof dcas ting
and television 'stations must
operatg in the public interest,
convenience and necessity,
and show proof of adequate
financial backing.
FCC Hearings for channel
allocation, where more than
one group is involved, have'
been known to continue for
extended periods of time.
Weed Fire Chief
Burned in Accident
Mt. Shasta, Calif-flJPD-Rol-land
(Bud) Riley, 47, volun
teer fire chief at Weed, was
hospitalized here today with
burns suffered in an accident
Monday.
is being sponsored by the Vet
erans of Foreign Wars in
Shady Cove, and the VFW
auxiliary is sponsoring the
rest of the event.
Prizes Planned ,
Prizes will be awarded for
the sweepstakes float, and the
best floats in the adult group
and single child group and
single, parade sponsors said.
The Southern Oregon Farm
Festival will feature Jimmy
Wakely instead of Tex Ritter,
whose schedule of appear
ances elsewhere make it im
possible for him to be in the
valley, according to Centen
nial officials.
Other events during the
Farm Festival include a buf
falo barbeque, square dancing,
Centennial exhibits and vari
ous contests.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1959
MIS
MAJOR
Six Weeks Remain
To Complete New
Festival Theater
Six weeks remains for com
pletion of the new Oregon
Shakespeare Festival theater
in Ashland, according to Bill
Patton, general manager of
the festival association.
Patton told the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
m e r c e roundtable yesterday
that rehearsals are slated to
begin June 15. Carpenters'
saws and hammers, he said,
must then be laid aside so the
company can begin work un
disturbed. Patton credited this win
ter's dry weather with keep
ing construction on or ahead
of schedule. Sections of the
roof are being built, he re
ported. Landscaping is sched
uled to start by May 15.
A total of $247,000 has been
pledged to date in the drive
to raise money for the project,
Two Children Hurt
In Auto Accidents
Two 3-year-old children
were injured in separate auto
accidents in Medford yester
day, city police reported.
Carol Ann Monroe, 3-year-old
daughter of Patricia Lou
ise Monroe, 127 Bigham dr.,
Central Point, was taken to
Rogue Valley hospital after
she fell from a vehicle driven
by her aunt, Betty Marie
Sparks, 2879 Howard ave,
Medford, police said. Her con
dition today was rescribed as
fair.
David Shane Doran, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Claire Doran, 1448 Whitman
ave., suffered a slight mouth
injury when a car driven by
his father collided with one
at Holmes and Whitman aves.,
police said.
The Monroe girl apparently
opened the door herself, as the
car passed 680 Biddle rd.,
and fell out onto the roadway.
She was riding in the rear
seat with the Sparks children
while her mother sat in the
front with Mrs. Sparks. The
accident occurred shortly af
ter 3 p.m., according to the
report.
Police said Doran was cited
for failure to operate on the
right side of the road follow
ing the collision in which his
son was hurt. The Doran ve
hicle collided about 2:30 p.m.
with a car operated by Mar
garet Davis Atkinson, 220
Laurel st., according to the
report. Damage to both ve
hicles was described as slight.
Sydney, Australia (UPD
American evangelist Billy
Graham told a crowd of 27,
000 tonight that he had been
so impressed with Australia
he would like to return here
in the near future.
Salem-flJPD- The State Board
of Control says the new cor
rectional institution here is to
be open for business in the
middle of June.
Tribune
Patton told the roundtable
group. The campaign's goal is
$275,000. Patton said fund
raising is still under way.
' Gifts of materials, such as
lumber, have been received as
well as cash donations. He
commented on the gratifying
support received not only
from this region but from
other areas, citing contribu
tions from other theater
groups as an example.
Patton explained that should
the drive's goal not be achiev
ed this year, certain elements
in the project can be modified
with out seriously affecting
production plans for the com
ing season. These, he said, in
clude delaying erection of pro
posed light towers and instal
lation of wiring in a conduit
being constructed, and pos
sibly modifying land scape
plans.
Primary Feature
A primary feature of the
proposed landscaping is a
steeper slope for the rear
seats. This, Patton explained,
will let the audience in these
seats both see and hear the
actors better. The seating ca
pacity is being increased from
1,093 to about 1,140 with in
dividual chairs being provided
for everyone, he said. Poles
that blocked the view from
certain seats in the past have
been removed.
Poles are being installed for
the time being at each side,
with 32-foot cantilevers for
holding lights, Patton re
ported. Commenting on criticism
that the festival association
acted out of turn in not draw
ing up detailed plans and
specifications and advertising
for bids for the project, Pat
ton said the association has
saved money and time by by
passing this procedure. He ex
plained that the festival might
have had to miss a year, the
Centennial year, by doing
otherwise.
The new stage structure, as
exact a replica as possible of
an Elizabethan play house,
contains offices and music
ians' galley as well, Patton
said. He noted with amuse
ment that the Tudor edifice in
meeting building code require
ments, has as much steel in its
concrete as a structure in San
Francisco, a precaution
against earthquakes.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Wednesday. Chance of
a few showers, mosUy in moun
tains Wednesday afternoon. Low
tonight about 42. High tomorrow
near 68.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday . 56
Lowest this Morning 45
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 7:07 p.m.
Sunset tomorrow 5:11 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 12:55 a.m.
Last Quarter April 29
Mars, in the west at.. 8:33 p.m.,
is now seen directly below Castor
and Pollux In Gemini. The orbits
of Mars and the Earth continue
to carry them further apart;
nearly 171 million miles now
separate these two planets.
Price 10 Cents
No. 33
Public Welfare
Appropriation
Voted, 49 to 9
Highway Department
Budget Approved
Salem (UPD Two major
budgets passed the Oregon
House Monday and were sent
to the Senate.
The House approved 49-9 a
general fund appropriation of
$36,600,000 for the Public
Welfare commission.
To this is added $40,007,000
in federal grants and $13,266,
000 in county monies for a
grand total of $91,166,000.
A budget for the State
Highway Department of $196,
934,000 also was approved, by
a 45-10 vote. Of this, $99,
600,000 is supplied by the
federal government.
Rep. George Annala (D
Hood River) carried both ma
jor budgets on the House
floor.
Up About A Million
Most comment was caused
by the welfare budget.
Annala explained that the
whole area of public welfare
would receive a going over
from an interim committee
and that it was a "most diffi
cult area in which to deter
mine where you are going."
The welfare budget is up
about $1 million over the am
ount recommended by Gov.
Mark Hatfield, but Rep. Grace
Peck, (D-Portland) said she
understood the governor
would go along with the in
crease. An additional $200,000 for
deficiency operation of the de
partment until the biennium
ends June 30 also was approv
ed by the House. This makes
the total deficiency appro
bation $1.4 million.
Cook Protests Budget
The highway budget was
protested by Rep. Vernon
Cook (D-Troutdale) who called
it "disgraceful" to maintain
the highway program in full
swing while other areas of
government were suffering.
"It is time we investigated
the dedicated funds being
used by this monolithic king
dom," Cook said.
An Agriculture Department
budget of $2,430,000 from the
general fund and $3,760,000
in dedicated funds also was
approved.
Budgets for the Forest Pro
tection and Conservation com
mittee and the Public Utility
commission were approved
and sent to the Senate with
little debate.
Districts Not to
Have Water Quotas
Medford and Rogue River
Valley Irrigation districts
will not have quotas on irriga
tion water this year, it was
decided during joint irrigation
district board meetings yes
terday. The two boards decided not
to set quotas this year since
they feel sufficient water is
available to irrigate every
one's crops, Jack Hoffbuhr,
Medford irrigation district
manager explained.
"We can stick to this policy
providing we get the cooper
ation of water-users," Hoff
buhr said. "Those water-users
found having excessive
runoff will be shut off."
Neither Fish lake nor Four
Mile lake reservoirs are full
at the present time, but Hoff
buhr said he feels they will
be full by the time it is neces
sary to draw on stored water
supplies. The districts may
have to go on storage soon,
but much depends on the
weather, he added.
Hoffbuhr urged all water
users eliminate excessive run
off and take water only when
crops require it.
New York (UPD U. S. Steel
Corp., the world's biggest
steel company, has reported
sharply higher earnings for
the first quarter. of 1959.
"How. Is It You Don't Understand Us?"
Sl THESE ARE SOVFREKM NATIONS,
AS SUCK
TH6.se ARE THE WfcAPOMS
WITH WHICH WE CAM WIPe OUT
House Committee
Votes More Money
For Health, Welfare
Washington-(UPD-The House
Appropriations committee an
grily assailed President Ei
senhower's balanced budget
today and voted to add $181,
391,700 to spending he pro
posed for Health, Education
and Welfare.
. Accusing the administration
of trying to economize at the
expense of the people's health
the committee said its officials
concealed budget plans for
cutting back federal research
to combat cancer, heart dis
ease and many other ailments.
Called Unrealistic
It described administration
spending plans for health pro
grams as "completely unreal
istic. . .unthinkable. . .gross
foolishness. Inconceivable."
The committee approved in
creases totaling 5131,892,000
for the Office of Education;
and $2,000,000 for the Food
and Drug Administration.
It also alloted an extra $1,
215,000 for welfare programs
handled by the Social Secur
ity Administration.
The increases were written
into a $3,915,084,181 appro
priation to finance the Health,
Education and Welfare De
partment and the Labor De
partment and related labor
agencies during the fiscal
year starting next July 1.
Red Ink Spending
Funds for labor programs
were trimmed to $547,114,500,
a cut of $23,112,500, but in
creases elsewhere raised the
$8,335 Contributed
In Cancer Campaign
A total of $8,335.02 has thus
far been collected in the
American Cancer S o c i e t y's
Jackson county drive, society
officials have announced.
Of the total, $3,500 was col
lected in the Medford residen
tial drive, the largest total
ever collected in such a drive,
officials said. In addition to
accepting contributions to the
Cancer drive during the resi
dential campaign, literature
about cancer was distributed.
A total of $1,700 has been
collected from special gifts,
they said, with some special
events still scheduled. Some
areas in the county have not
yet reported the amounts col
lected in the recent residen
tial drive.
Louisville, Kan. -(UPD- Bad
weather Monday made things
a little unpleasant for the On-to-Oregon
Cavalcade but the
wagons managed 18 miles
during the day and camped
here overnight.
Rescuers Chipping Through Solid
Rock in Effort To Save Trapped Dog
Owasso, Okla. -UPD- Vol
unteers working with air
hammers chipped their way
slowly through . solid rock
today toward Little Richard
a young 'coon dog entrap
ped for nearly five days.
Telephone calls from
towns surrounding this
northeastern Oklahoma
community poured into the
office of Little Richard's
master, funeral home oper
ator Larry Wilson, 20. They
offered help and encour
agement. 'We've had the telephone
ringing all the time," Wil
son said. "They've offered
to get in there on iheir
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THESE ARC WEST eUROPFAfJ
BASFS, WHICH ARC A THREAT
over-all total $158,235,600
above administration recom
mendations. That amount alone would
be enough to wipe out the $50
million surplus forseen by
the administration and force a
continuation of red ink spend
ing in the next fiscal year.
The committee said the
President's proposal to hold
spending for medical research
to this year's level would
force a "backward" step be
cause of increasing costs.
Reorganization
Group to Meet
The county school district
reorganization committee will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight in
the county courthouse to con
duct routine business, county
school office personnel said.
Procedure and information
to be discussed at a series of
public meetings on school dis
trict reorganization will be
considered, a spokesman said.
First two meetings of the
series will be held May 5 at
Eagle Point and May 7 at
Butte Falls on the Eagle
Point-Butte Falls proposed re
organization. The meetings on
formerly proposed reorgani
zations of Talent, Griffin
Creek and Pinehurst with
Ashland, and Phoenix with
Medford have been postponed
temporarily, pending the vote
on the Phoenix-Talent consol
idation proposal.
Other hearings on reorgan
ization scheduled include
Evans Valley and Rogue Riv
er, May 19 at Rogue River,
and May 21 at Evans Valley.
The reorganization commit
tee must submit its final plan
to the state board of educa
tion by Oct. 7, 1959, and with
in 30 days the state holds a
hearing on it.
Exploding Shells Wake
Family; Garage Afire
Exploding shotgun shells
awoke the William A. Hatzi
family early this morning at
1023 Murray st., and alerted
them to a garage fire.
Apparently a cardboard box
had been filled with hot ashes
and placed against the out
side wall of the garage, fire
men said. The box ignited,
flames burned through the
garage wall, completely envel
oped the garage and traveled
up through the attic of the
house.
Considerable smoke dam
age throughout the house and
extensive fire damage to the
garage interior resulted, fire
men said.
hands and knees to help get
Little Richard out."
A dozen workers from the
Thor Tool Co., Public Serv
ice Co., Oklahoma Natural
Gas Co., and volunteers
manned an air hammer
through the night.
Little Richard's whimp
ers, filtering out of the cave
when the air compressors
paused, assured them he
was still alive.
A fire department hose
was snaked into the crev
asse to provide water but
veterinarian John Collins,
advised against feeding him
during the rescue for fear
he would gain weight and
rt re rtA rv
Neighbors Rush
To Help Crush
Invasion Force
Watershed in Path
Of Advancing Group
, Panama -(UPD- A spearhead
force of 20 invaders struck
across the San Bias Mountain
range today in what appeared
to be ,the start of a drive
across the isthmus to Panama
City 60 miles away.
There was a possibility they
would run into U. S. troops.
Reports of the thrust from
the coast arrived as Panama's
American neighbors rushed to
help the government crush the
invasion group before it could
get reinforcements.
Policed by U. S.
The advance group of rev
olutionaries headed south to
ward an abandoned railroad
bed which would help the
first 20 miles of their penetra
tion into the jungle.
Halfway between them and
Panama City lies the Lake
Madden watershed which sup
plies electricity and water to
operate the canal and water
for Panama City, Colon and
the Canal Zone.
The watershed is policed by
U. S.-Canal Zone forces.
The council of the Organiz
ation of American States,
meeting in Washington,
passed a resolution calling on
its members to "use all means
at their disposal" to prevent
rebels in their territory from
attacking Panama.
Political Opposition
Informed sources in Pana
ma said the invasion was
prompted by nothing more
than political opposition
wanting to get back in power.
Sizeable rebel reinforce
ments from Cuba were re
ported converging on Panama
where loyal forces, strength
ened by U. S. ' arms and am
munition, were fighting to en
circle invaders who seized a
coastal village.
A government communi
que said "several" invaders
were killed or wounded in a
clash with patrol boats lying
off invader-held Nombre de
Dios, 75 miles from the Pana
ma Canal, in the first known
fighting in the four-day-old in
vasion.
The invaders also fired on
a government reconnaissance
plane over the Caribbean vil
lage, the government said.
An official announcement
said the national guard Pan
ama's only armed force - is
patrolling the waters off
Nombre de Dios to block es
cape by sea while ground
troops "maintain complete
vigilance on land."
Clare Boothe Luce
Wins Confirmation
Washington - (UPD - The Sen
ate today confirmed the nomi
nation of Mrs. Clare Boothe
Luce as ambassador to Brazil
over scattered Democratic op
position. The roll call was 79-11.
In the two days of debate
she was denounced by some
Democrats as an unqualified,
"purely political" appointee.
Approval came after the Re
publican leadership launched
a full-scale defense of the chic
former ambassador to Italy
and former Connecticut GOP
House member.
Sen. Wayne L. Morse (D
Ore) said he still could not
vote for Mrs. Luce because
"she still stands by her state
ment that Franklin D. Roose
velt led us into war."
Endurance Pilots
To Try Wednesday
Klamath Falls - (UPD - Pilots
Gene Tanner and Lew Becker
of Seattle hope to take off at
6 a.m. Wednesday for a new
try at the 64-day flight endur
ance record.
become more tightly wedd
ed than ever.
The crevasse in which the
dog was caught begins as a
small cave angling sharply
down from the upper slope
of Rocky Hills near Owasso.
It narrows quickly to a
foot-wide fissure in which
the dog was wedged. Work
ers assembled on the hill
slopes, and attacked the nar
row opening to widen it
enough to try to reach the
dog and lift him out.
Wilson said Little Rich
ard was chasing raccoons
sometime last Thursday
when he apparently jumped
or fell into the cave.