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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
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Eisenhower Moes fill
For Mlic Works Money
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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
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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.
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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.
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