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f Y. 6K ml IP 1 President Holds Key To Fate of Housing Measure Some Republicans Predict Veto Washington (UPD The Whte House held the key today to the fate of the billion dollar Democratic housing bill. Republicans said it wouldn't surprise them if President Eisenhower vetoed it, just as he did a costlier measure eight weeks ago. Some Demo crats predicted that if he did, the Democratic Congress would override his veto for the first time since he took office. Special Session Talked There was some talk about a special session of Congress this fall to deal with the problem. The House late Thursday approved the "second try" bill 283-105 and sent it to the White House after defeating a series of attempts to revise the measure and make it more to Eisenhower's likingT" Democrats said they already had scaled it down to meet most of the objections Eisen hower listed in his veto of a $1,375,400,000 bill July 7 and it was time for the President to "give," as one put it. But Rep. Gordon L. Mc Donough (R-Calif.), leader of the GOP housing forces on the floor, said he felt the House passed billl contained provi sions to which the first veto message would apply: Granls Termed Excessive -Immediate grants of $650 million for city slum clear ance, which McDonough term ed "excessive." Republicans failed in a move to spread this over two years. -Authority for 37,000 new units of low-rent public housing. A Republican-Southern Democrat coalition tried to knock this out with an amendment but lost 180-134. Eisenhower contends no new public housing units are needed. Creation of a new $30 mil lion loan program to help build college classrooms and laboratories. Two attempts to delete this were thwarthed by House Democrats.'. Three Arrested for Chopping Copco Flume Three youths were arrested yesterday in connection with the chopping of a hole in Cali fornia Oregon Power com pany flume near Prospect, the county sheriff's office report ed. Deputies said that a 13-year- old bov was released to tne custodv of his parents and that two 14-year-olds were lodged in the county juvenile home. Copco reported chopping of the hole and the resulting leak in the redwood flume Wednes day. WEATHER FORECAST: Partly cloudy with mild "temperatures through Saturday. Low tonight 50. High Saturday 84. Temp. Highest Yesterday 88 Lowest this Morning . 52 Our Skies. Tonight Sunset today 6:54 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 5:32 a.m. Moonrise tomorrow - 1:14 a.m. New Moon . Sept. 2 PROMINENT STARS Antares, low In south west 9:3S p.m. Aldebaran, rises 11:35 p.m. Proeyon. low in east 3:42 a.m. Sirius. rises - 3:47 a.m. Alhena, near the Moon. iliation To Get City List Medford would be the smallest city in the nation so far to undertake a "person to person" town affiliation. Portland has been the only other Oregon city to enter the program. These points were made at a meeting this morning of Medford's town affiliation steering committee. To Acquire List The committee agreed its next step should be to ac quire lists of potential "sister cities" from the American Mu nicipal association and the U.S. information agency. The AMA, a nationwide or ganization of cities, and the USIA, an organ of the state department, act in an ad visory role in furthering the affiliation program. Another suggestion this morning was to seek informa tion from cities already par ticipating, concerning their iuccesses and mistakes. A Price 10c Medford 18 Pages Eisenhower Moes fill For Mlic Works Money '. i PATCHWORK-It never fails. Medford city street crews painted yellow crosswalk stripes downtown a couple of months ago, and this week here come the state highway department, boys to cover them up with Proposed Ordinance On Trailer Aired at Meeting A proposed Medford ordi-t nance setting standards for trailer parks was labeled as "tremendously discriminatory"- by one park operator at the outset of a meeting with city officials here last night. In subsequent discussions, it appeared park operators had misunderstood some provi sions in the proposal. Other criticisms they offered are to be considered by city planners and councilmen in future meetings. No ' date has been set for Lfinal council action on the measure. Paul Selby, planning com mission president, indicated today that some revisions, but probably not a major over haul, would be considered in the meantime. Explains Ordinance . Selby last night explained the ordinance was intended to permit trailer parks in areas of the city more suitable than those to which they are limit ed "by present zoning laws. This privilege, Selby con tinued, would have to involve safeguards to insure that parks met correspondingly higher standards. Under current zoning, trai ler ' parks are relegated to Group total of 59 cities reportedly have established affiliations with foreign counterparts to date. Not Yet Time The committee members present agreed it was not yet time to expand the group's composition. Although maxi mum participation will be sought eventually, the com mittee- believes it can move more quickly and efficiently on its own in the informa tion-gathering phase. . Those present at today's meeting included Robert Bac cus, acting chairman, Bill Barker, Bill Singler and Mrs. Justin Smith. The objective of town af filiation is to promote inter national understanding on a "person to person" basis through exchanges of visits, exhibits and information be tween an American and a for eign city of comparable size and economic interests. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1959 . rrtr - Parks light industrial zones. The proposed ordinance, if follow ed by a revision of the zoning laws, would permit their establishment in commercial or even multiple family resi dential zones. Nick Gier,- a park operator at 2902 North Pacific high way, next presented a long list of detailed criticisms of the ordinance. Gier, acting as spokesman for local members of the Southern Oregon Trailer Park association and the Oregon Mobile Home association, said the proposal as a whole was considered "tremendous ly discriminatory up .,.,; ,u i fast in The Dalles, a luncheon He said its passage would,. . put many park operators out of business and would mean the loss of their life savings. Gier discussed the proposal in detail, running the gamut of requirements for improve ments, minimum space, wir ing, fencing, and recreation areas. Lloyd Anderson, planning j consultant from the bureau of municipal research and serv ice in Eugene, answered the criticisms point by point. The operator's last night generally asserted that regu lations enacted this year by the state were sufficient. They questioned the points at which the proposed Medford ordi-J nance exceeded these require ments. Recreation Requirement City officials pointed out that the recreation area re quirement and certain others were intended to insure that that the parks could meet fu ture needs. But some operators, notably Cecil Watson of Linden trai ler park, 33 West Jackson st., asserted - that in this regard they should be allowed to rely on their own planning and re sources, and the demands im posed by competition, rather than being forced to meet city requirements. The proposed ordinance stipulates that existing parks must be brought up to certain standards within specific periods of time. These stand ards apply to sewer lines, wat er supply, refuse disposal, lighting and wiring, service buildings, fencing, outside storage, minimum size for trailer spaces, recreation areas and surfacing of excess ways, walkways, patios and trailer 1 stands. asphalt patches. This time, though, the state got some of its own medicine: the patches put along Main st. yesterday cover some of the new yellow stripes that another state crew had painted just the daybefore.., v. MTTr - - TJ1 Sen. Humphrey Will Breakfast Here on Oct. 8 Portland -flJPD- Presidential aspirant Sen. Hubert Hum phrey (D-Minn.) will make a whirlwind five-day tour of Oregon Oct. 4-8, according to Beulah Hand, acting chair man of the Democratic party of Oregon. Humphrey will open his Oregon visit with an address at the annual Tillamook Chowder Feed, Sunday, Oct. . 4 A two-day stay in Portland wip be highlighted by a $2.50- a-plate dinner Oct. 6. Due in Klamalh Falls He will make a two-day flying tour of Oregon Oct. 7-8. He will address a break meeting in Redmond and a dinner rally in Klamath Falls on Oct. 7. Then he will finish Tiis visit of the state on Oct. 8 with breakfast in Medford, lunch eon in Roseburg, and a din ner meeting in Coos Bay. He will return, to Portland that night. Mrs. Hand said Humphrey also will attend meetings in St. Helens and Oregon City during his two days in Port land. "And So, F-fellow C-citizens, L-let Us F-face The F-future With C-c-courage, A-and " S3SS3ss. V'- VA&itMi&S?- -"" 54th Year Tribune No. 132 Ike Objects To 67 New Starts Listed in Measure Projects Not Included in Budget Washington-ttJPD-The White House announced today that President Eisenhower has vetoed a $1,206,784,549 pub lic works appropriation bill because it included funds for 67 new projects he opposes at this time. In a message to the House, the President said the meas ure "ignores the necessity for an orderly development of America's water resources within the nation's fiscal abil ity." Not in Budget The 67 projects were not in cluded in .the President's budget. They would cost about $100 million in the present 1960 fiscal year, but Eisenhower put the eventual estimate at more than $800 million. The White House made the veto message public today al though - the . President signed it Tuesday before he left for said the 67 projects which he opposes now "will, at the proper time, make an important contribution to the economic development of the areas in which they are to be built and to the nation as a wliole." "But by any sound test of urgency," the President told the House, "these projects should not be started this year if we are to have a re sponsible federal fiscal pol icy." He said the American peo ple are opposed to overspend ing in any field, adding that overspending on water re source projects "is hurtful to the United States and to the proper development of these resources themselves." The measure was less than 3 per cent above the amount the President requested for flood control, navigation and reclamation projects. But Congress ignored his stand, voiced in the budget message last Jan. 19 and since reemphasized, that there should be a "breathing spell" in providing cash to launch new projects. Negotiations Collapse On Labor Reform Bill Washington-OTPD-House-Sen-ate negotiations on the labor reform bill collapsed today and Senate Republicans de cided to take the issue to the Senate floor immediately. Khrushchev Trip Seen as Desire To 'Sell' People Premier Interested In Only Mass Groups Washirigton-jIBPD-Soviet Pre mier N i k i t a Khrushchev's forthcoming 12-day tour of the United States is shaping up as an all-out propaganda effort on the part of the ener getic Russian leader to sell his "peace and friendship" theme to the American people. This was the view expressed today by some of the officials engaged in working out with the Soviet Embassy the de tails of the Khrushchev visit. It begins in Washington Sept. 15 and takes him to six other American cities. They said Soviet officials have shown particular inter est in scheduling Khrushchev to appear before large crowds in mass population centers where radio and television connections are good. Ignores Small Towns The Soviet leader has shown no interest in visiting smaller towns to get a more representative c r o s s-section view of American life. President Eisenhower him self noted this at his latest news conference when he de clared that the closest Khru shchev would come to the "thinking people" of rural America was when he makes a brief visit to Iowa State College at Ames. Khrushchev's other stops outside Washington will be New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles Des Moines and Pitts burgh. To Speak To Press Club . He will address a press club luncheon Sept. 16, with his speech and subsequent ques tions and answers carried on nationwide radio and tele vision.'. - - ' . , When he. returns to. Wash ington at the end of his tour, he plans to meet the press again at the Soviet Embassy In addition, Soviet officials want him to talk to at least one big meeting in each of the other cities he visits. Miss Garner to Leave Agent's Post Miss Marilou Garner, Jack son county 4-H club agent for home-economics, has resigned effective Sept. 1, according to C. B. Cordy, county extension office chairman. Miss Garner joined the lo cal staff in November,1957. She had spent previous two years as home economist in Warren county, Iowa, a posi tion which she held on gradu ating from Iowa State college. She has accepted a position as girls' group worker on the staff of the La Cassa de San Gabriel, a Presbyterian com munity center in San Gabriel, Calif. At the center Miss (ear ner will lead the recreation and camping activities and club groups for girls and women. While here, Miss . Garner was responsible for a 15 per cent increase in clothing and cooking 4-H projects. She also helped develop the home economics demonstration week as a feature attractive to girls working with home economics projects, Cordy said. She played a major role in the 4-H covered wagon trek to Corvallis this summer. 4-H, FFA Banquet Tonight at Armory Approximately 800 adults and 400 4-H club members and FFA members are ex pected to attend the 4-H, FFA fair awards dinner at 7 o'clock tonight in the new National Guard armory near the fair grounds, according to Glenn Klein, county 4-H club agent. Some tickets for the ban quet will be available at the door. The public is invited, he added. The style review and fair awards will be presented at 8 p.m. Those people who do not wish to attend the ban quet may watch the style re view and awards presentation without charge, Klein em phasized. Seats have been set up for this purpose. Highlight of the awards presentation will be awarding the college scholarship spon sored by the Jackson County Young Farmers club. The banquet is sponsored jointly by the Young Farmers and the Jackson county fair board. Mexican To Help Picker Shortage Two hundred Mexican laborers will be in the Med ford area next week to re lieve a critical fruit picker shortage, J. J. Patton, man ager of the Oregon State Em- Medford Couple Notifies Friend Here of Safety Mr. and Mrs. Norman Smedes, a retired couple who make Medford their head quarters and had been listed as missing in the recent earth quake near Yellowstone Na tional park, called friends here this morning. Mrs. Dorothene Simmons, 606 Valley View dr., Med ford, who handles the Smedes' business here and received the call, said the Smedes travel much of the time, and notify her when a new mailing ad dress is available. Last Mailing Address The couples' last mailing address was Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone, some 70 road miles from the area feeling the brunt of the earthquake. The Smedes called from West Thumb in Yellowstone park, Mrs. Simmons reported. They said their trailer had been shaken by the quake, but neither were injured. Mrs. Simmons said she air mailed a letter to them the day of the earthquake. The Smedes, . she said, were wait ing for that letter before traveling south to Grand Teton National park, just south of Yellowstone park. Since no word had been received f romthe couple prior to the telephone call this morning, Mrs. Simmons said their son, Capt. Norman Smedes, who is stationed with the Air Force at Panama City, Fla., decided to have their names placed on the missing list . yesterday in . hopes the Smedes would contact him or Mrs. Simmons. Court Studies Plan For County Rule The Jackson county court is studying a plan to draw up a county charter, accord ing to County Commissioner Chester Wendt. No definite plans have been made, he emphasized. ' Forming the charter would be the first step toward estab lishing county home rule. A nine-man county charter com mission would be formed, four members to be chosen by the county court and four by the Jackson county legislative delegation. A ninth would be elected by the new commis sion members. The new commission would establish a charter or set of regulations for running the county government. When the charter is completed it would be presented for a vote of the people. Currently Jackson county and other Oregon counties are operating under state law. ' Tacoma -TOPD- Weyerhaeuser Timber Company has an nounced it would be known as the Weyerhaeuser Com pany after Sept. 1. Ike Receives Royal Welcome In Scotland; Met by Queen Balmorald, Scotland (UPD President Eisenhower, delay ed slightly by another tumultuous greeting, arrived here today and received a royal welcome of skirling bagpipes and an unscheduled personal greeting by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Mar garet. Huge London Send-Off The President flew from London to Aberdeen and then drove the 56 miles to Balmoral past tens of thousands of Scots who had streamed in from the highlands to bid him wel come. He had been given a huge send-off in London. Queen -Elizabeth broke her Laborers Relieve ployment Service office here, said today. A heavy pear drop, up to two or three boxes per tree, was reported by Clifford B. Cordy, county horticultural agent, this morning. A little better than half of the Bart lett crop has been picked so far, he' said. Although the fruit is not yet coming in in normal quantities, packing houses still have to keep full crews, he added. "Pear growers simply can not get the fruit off the trees into the packing houses," Cordy said. "With up to 300 to 400 pears dropping from each tree the valley is losing an income of about $4 per tree. This is figuring each pear is valued at one cent each while on the tree." Normal Harvest Growers report that normal ly the Bartlett crop would be almost all harvested during the first three weeks of the picking season. The winter pear varieties follow and re quire even more pickers when the harvest hits' its peak. Growers are reporting some drop of D'Anjous and Cornice. ! Worsening the picker short age is the peach harvest which is starting now and also re quires pickers, Cordy said. The peach harvest is expected to be in full swing the first of next week. Both pears and peaches have bumper crops. Cordy estimated that ap proximately 15 per cent of the Bartlett crop has fallen to the ground and expects a much heavier drop next week. The wind yesterday caused heavy fruit drop west of Phoe nix, it was reported. Growers had been delaying the Bartlett harvest because of current small pear sizes Now when they have to har vest their crop rapidly pickers are not available in sufficient numbers, even though it is comparatively early in the season, Cordy said. Patton said the employment situation has improved so much this year that general labor for picking just is not available in the valley. Rogue River valley has the highest rate of employment this sum mer than it has ever had, he added. The employment office has searched the. Pacific North west looking for pickers and has failed to find enough, Pat ton said. The Mexican labor ers will be apportioned to val ley orchards by the Jackson County Fruit Growers League, Patton explained. More will be contracted for if needed. Zoning Ordinance Signed by Court. An interim zoning ordi nance applying to the Camp Baker rd. area near Phoenix was signed yesterday after noon by the county court. A district attorney's opinion had declared the new zoning law legal and the matter had been pending before the coun ty court after approval by the Jackson county planning com mission. This is the only in terim zoning enacted in the Phoenix area. The new ordinance zones the Camp Baker rd. area into residential and agriculture. Residents of the area had re quested the zoning when they learned a wrecking yard was planning to move ' into the area. announced decision to make no further public appearances until after the birth of her third child in January or February and came to the gates of Balmoral Castle to give a personal welcome to the President. Three Firsts for Ike It was the first time a U. S. President ever had visited the British royal family's high land residence. It was the first time a President had ever visited Scotland. And his flight from London aboard a Royal Air Force jet Comet was the first flight by a U. S. President aboard a foreign plane. Frontier Posts Said Captured In Gunfighls Forces Ordered To Defend Areas New Delhi. India - (LTD - Communist Chinese troops have invaded India on both flanks of Tibet and captured frontier posts in gunfights with Indian defenders, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced today. He said that the India gov ernment had protested to Peiping and ordered Indian forces to defend the areas. Active in Formosa Strait Red China's new camnaisn coincided with a new artillery offensive in the Formosa Strait and continued Commu nist pressure on Laos. It dark ened the international outlook ust before Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's "peace" visit to America. Reporting to a shocked Parliament, Nehru disclosed N first details of the first major" Sino-Indian clashes since overwhelming Red f o r c es marched right up to the In dian border last March in their take-over of Tibet. China Claims Territory Peiping claims much In dian territory there but had never moved previously to capture it by force. Nehru said one Communist contingent attacked the re mote ,north East Frontier Agency, south Lhasa, Tibet, and defeated a frontier de fence force. He said a second Red force had moved into the Ladakh territory of Kashmir, due west of Tibet,' captured an Indian reconnaissance force, and established a forward base on Indian territory. Islands Shelled . At the same time new Red offensive moves were report ed against Nationalist China. Communist shore batteries resumed shelling the offshore islands of Nationalist China Thursday after the longest cease fire in the strait since last October. The Nationalist Defense Ministry in Taipei reported Communist and Nationalist warships fought a running sea battle near the Quemoy Is lands today. Sept. 7 End of Congress Dropped Washington (UPD Senate leaders of both parties gave up hope today that Congress can adjourn before Labor Day. Republican chief Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois aband oned his earlier prediction that the House and Senate could close up shop by the week end of Sept. 5. He said he now sees adjournment coming "anytime from Sept. 12 until the first of October." Acting Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana also saw no chance of Congress finishing in the next week or 10 days. He de clined to set any target date. Parking Meters Go On New Time Monday Medford's parking meters effective Monday go into op eration at 9 a.m. instead of ' 8 a.m.. City Manager Robert A. Duff reminded residents and visitors today. Duff explained that the change follows action by the city council Aug. 20. The meters continue to operate until 6 p.m., Duff added, and no rate changes have been made. Huge, cheering crowds broke through police cordons again today and surged into the roadway holding up the President. He arrived nearly 10 minutes behind schedule on the drive from Aberdeen's Dyce Airport where he was met by the Queen's husband. Prince Philip. Third Triumph Eisenhower's visit to Scot land was his third triumph in as many days. Wednesday he was greeted by a quarter of a million West Germans when he arrived in Bonn on his mission of peace. An esti mated one million greeted him in London. I - t.: ' V
