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BOOSTERS GREET SENATOR Sen.
Wayne Morse shakes hands with Mrs. Har
lan P. Bosworth Jr. of Medford shortly after
arriving at Medford Municipal airport
Thursday. About 75 persons were on hand
'Party Will Close Ranks
After Convention Morse
Sen. Wayne Morse declared
here Thursday he would fight
for the election of whichever
candidate the Democratic par
ty nominates for the Presi
dency. Morse, addressing a no-host
luncheon attended by 110 per
sons at Kim's restaurant, said
the party would "close ranks"
after a candidate has been
nominated, and that he will
"be out fighting for the elec
tion of that nominee."
Speaking of his owni possi
ble candidacy as Oregon's fa
vorite son, Morse said he had
"never given any encourage
ment' to supporters of such
a move.
"But I don't run away from
a fight," he continued. "If it
does go on (his name on the
ballot), I'll carry the issues to
the people of the state."
"And I'll do it impersonal
ly, objectively and on the ba
sis of the facts," he added.
The Senator said he had
tried to persuade his backers
in the state not to put his
name on the ballot but that
they told him, "if they didn't,
my enemies would."
Not Afraid of Defeat
"I happen to be a poli
tician," he said, "who's not
afraid to be defeated."
Morse, who spoke at the
luncheon, sponsored by the
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee, only a
matter of minutes after arriv
ing in Medford, said he was
gratified by the reception
given him by some 75 per
sons at Medford Municipal
airport.
"When you've been through
the wars as I have," he said,
"it's nice to come home and
find they haven't taken all
your friends away from you."
Speaking of the growing
list of Democratic Presidential
aspirants, the Senator said he
was "saddened that we seem
to be somewhat divided" and
that he feels "sorry that we're
not going forward with great
er unity." ,
Morse devoted much of his
address to criticizing the Ei
senh o w e r Administration's
foreign policy program.
He criticized the "sad fact"
that Russia and the U. S. are
conducting most of their ne
gotiations outside the United
Nations and advocated "an
end to government by secrecy
in the United States."
Morse said it is so secretive,
he doubted if anyone attend
ing the luncheon could pass
an "elementary test in foreign
policy." Members of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations commit
tee, whose membership in
cludes himself, "would also
flunk it," he added.
Morse said 85 per cent of
the information appearing in
the committee's workbook is
"top secret and no Senator
can mention it outside the
committee room."
Policies are Confusing
The Administr a t i o n, he
charged, is "confusing and
misleading the people about
foreign policy issues."
The Senator said he favors
a summit conference, "but not
outside the United Nations."
He said it is a case of "the big
boys getting together" to de
cide the fates of smaller na
tions and thereby "sow the
seeds of animosity."
Morse also rapped U. S.
military leaders, saying that
"this is more of a military
economy than a free econ
omy" and adding that the cur
rent arms race "can't end up
in peace."
"I'm not suggesting the
weakening of U.S. security,"
he said, adding that he has
"voted for every dollar" rec
ommended for the military
budget.
He has done this, he said,
because he wants Russia to
know it has "nothing to gain"
from war and because he be
lieves the only solution is to ,
"bring these great nations
into the U.N." to settle their
differences.
Our military leaders, he
continued, "have no right to
interfere with (matters of)
foreign policy."
Morse said he feels foreign
policy is "the greatest issue
of the campaign" and that
"the American people must
have the facts before them."
Good Platform'
He said if he is a presiden
tial candidate in the Washing
ton, D.C., primary election, it
will be only because the na
tion's capital is "a pretty good
platform from which to carry
the foreign policy issue-right
at the seat of the administra
tion." Morse, citing the $150,000
appropriated to his committee
for a two-year study of condi
tions in Latin America, said
"freedom isn't going so well"
there, but there are "great
reservations of good will" to
ward the U.S. in every Latin
American nation.
Regarding Cuba, Morse said
President Eisenhower was
"absolutely right" when he
assured the Cuban people
Tuesday the U.S. has no inten
tion of interfering in that
country's domestic affairs.
"Much of South America,"
Morse added, "was waiting to
see if we would intervene."
Morse . also discussed his
controversial move last fall
in which he held out for a
Democratic Victory
Predicted
Grants Pass-A packed house
of 215 Josephine county Dem
ocrats turned out Thursday
night to hear Sen. Wayne
Morse say that he "did every
thing to discourage" his back
ers from entering his name
in Oregon's Presidential pri
mary. "This fight was carried to
me," the Senator continued,
and he promised to conduct
a campaign "issue by issue,
free of personalities."
The Senator,, standing in
front of a sign which read
"Keep Oregon Clean -Nominate
Morse for President,"
spoke at the Franklin D. Roo
sevelt Memorial Birthday Din
ner at the Cave Shop restau
rant here. It was sponsored
by Josephine county's Jane
Jefferson club.
Other signs decorating the
walls and tables read, "Morse,
of Course."
"Great Victory"
Morse predicted a "great
victory" for Democrats in
1960 but said the party should
not seek "to . out-reaction the
reaction ary Republicans
they've got a monopoly on
reactionaryism."
What the party needs, he
continued, "is a return to the
principles of Franklin Roose
velt." He referred to the late
President as "one of the great
est humanitarians of all our
history (and) one of our great
est Presidents."
The Senator,' who address
ed a luncheon in Medford and
then toured Grants Pass be
fore speaking , at Thursday
night's dinner, expressed
gratitude to county Demo
cratic Committee Chairman
Cliff Driscoll, Grants Pass
Mayor Debbs Potts and other
county Democrats for their
efforts on his behalf.
"I've been to Grants Pass
many, times," he continued,
"but today was the first time
I've been escorted from proj
ect to project by a Democratic
mayor."
His activities here Thurs
day included a meeting with
a group of farmers to discuss
marketing problems; a visit
with Sucker Creek Irrigation
district officials; a tour of
Merlin Irrigation district; vis
to greet Morse, who later addressed a gath
ering of 110 persons at Kim's restaurant
here and spoke before an audience of 215
at a banquet in Grants Pass.
meeting of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee after
Congress had adjourned ear
ly and members had scurried
home to avoid meeting Rus
sia's No. 1 man, Nikita Khru
shchev. The Senator termed the ear
ly adjournment "silly" and
said, in holding the commit
tee, all he did was "apply the
rule book for 10 days."
Describes Khrushchev
Morse described Khrushchev
as "not an ignorant Russian
peasant-he is highly intelli
gent, knows where he wants
to take the Russian people . .
and is an absolutely ruthless
man."
"This man's amoral," he
continued, "but he's afraid of
a nuclear war." Again the
Senator urged that Russia and
the U.S. discuss their prob
lems inside the United Na
tions. Speaking in a lighter vein,
Morse drew a round of laugh
ter when he referred to a re
cent accident during which
he fell from a hayloft at his
Maryland farm and injured
his arm.
He said he received a letter
from a Chicago man which
readr'" ' ' ' " " " -
"Dear Senator: Next time
do your country a real favor
and fall on your neck."
"What would hurt even
worse," the Senator chuckled,
"would be for me to lose my
sense of humor."
by Morse
its to Josephine county's new
airport and library, and a
meeting with labor officials
at the Central Labor council.
Following the dinner, he
met with a group of World
War I veterans.
Progressive Liberal
Morse told the crowd he
is still a "progressive liberal"
and added, to the apparent de
light of his audience, that "I'm
glad I changed parties, but
I've never changed my po
litical philosophy."
The Senator said he would
continue to push for higher
educational standards, includ
ing more pay for teachers "so
they can go on to higher de
grees and maintain a decent
standard of living."
"You can't waste the brain
power of this country as we're r
doing," he said. "We can't get '
ahead of the Russians in man
power, but we'll have to keep
up in brain-power."
"Trained minds are price
less," Morse said. He cited the
"thousands of boys and girls
today who will never have the
chance to realize their full po
tential" because of low stand
ards in some of the nation's
elementary and high schools.
Jackson Park
To be Delayed for Plan Revision
Construction at the Jackson
park swimming pool project
has been held up temporarily
pending a possible revision of
plans for the mechanical
room. , '
City Parks and Recreation
Director Robert Haworth said
the delay is the responsibility
of the contractor and not the
city, and will cost the city no
additional money.
Since construction began
Dec. 28, foundations have
been laid for the dressing
room, check stand, and life
guard room.
All work done so far has
been on the bath house. Ex
cavation for the swimming
pool will not begin until the
city lets the contractor know
Regional Edition
Medford
20 PAGES
Distributors May
Save $120,000 If
Line Is Approved
Salem -(UPD- Public Utility
Commissioner Jonel C. Hill
said today distributors will
save $120,000 the first year
of operation if the Federal
Power Commission approves
an application of El Paso Nat
ural Gas Company to provide
natural gas to the Bend and
Klamath Falls areas.
He predicted the figure
would be about $200,000 by
the third year.
El Paso has applied to build
17 miles of 8 inch pipeline
from a line to be constructed
California Pacific Utilities
company officials in Med
ford announced last week
thai negotiations were un
der way for the extension
of the natural gas trans
mission line from Klamath
Falls to the Rogue Valley.
It was announced that the
proposed 17 mile pipeline
into Klamath Falls would
be of sufficient size to also
serve Medford and the sur
rounding area.
by Pacific Gas Transmission
Company from Canada, across
Idaho, Washington and Ore
gon to California.
El Paso would take the lat
eral extension to the city i
limits of Klamath Falls where
California Pacific Utilities
Company would distribute
natural gas in lieu of butane-
air gas now supplied.
Cascade Natural Gas Corpo
ration, successor to Consum
ers Gas, would build a three
mile 6 inch lateral exten
sion for PGT's pipeline to the
Bend area. Cascade now pro
vides butane-air gas.
Hill said customers in. the
Bend and Klamath Falls areas
eventually could expect a re
duction in rates with avail
ability of natural gas.
Shady Cove Home
Destroyed by Fire
Shady Cove-Fire, originat
ing from a faulty flu, destroy
ed the residence of the Ed
Brown family about 5 o'clock
this morning. The home, lo
cated on Long Branch rd.,
about four miles out of Shady
Cove, did not have a telephone
and Brown drove into town
to sound the fire alarm him
self. The fire was too far along
by the time the Shady Cove
fire department truck arriv
ed. A few clothes, a television
and radio were all that was
saved from the burning build
ing, occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
Brown and their daughter,
Sherry, a fifth grade at Shady
Cove school.
The home and furnishings
were not covered by insur
ance except for a $1,600 organ
which was insured. The resi
dence was originally part of
the Nate Slussen homestead
and was remodeled by the
Browns last year. Before they
bought the house it had been
vacant for 10 or 15 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown are
both employed at a mill in
Camp White. The family is
staying temporarily at the
home of a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Dorothy Brown, Shady Cove.
Palm Springs, Calif. (UPD
President Eisenhower luxur
iated in the desert sun be
neath the snow-capped moun
tains of Southern California
today.
Swimming
if it wants one or two pools. !
The original design of the
mechanical room, which will
house1, the equipment neces
sary to operate the swimming
pool, does not conform' to the
type of equipment that the
contractor will use and some
slight changes in the design
may be made before the foun
dation for this room can be
laid, Haworth said.
Haworth said the city has
"definitely" not given up hope
of raising the $17,000 which
is necessary to build the div
ing pooL He said the parks
and recreation department has
been studying all possibilities
and hopes to have some
recommendations for the city
council soon.
MEDFORD,
Money
JOSEPH A. MOORE
Bank Manager
Moore Elected
Vice President
Of 1st National
Joseph A. Moore, manager
of the Medford branch of
First National Bank of Ore-
I gon, has been elected a vice
president of the statewide
banking system, it was an
nounced today by C. B. Ste
phenson, president. Moore
will continue to head the
bank's Medford office.
Moore came to Medford as
assistant manager early in
1958 and moved up to man
ager of the branch five
months later . when Elwood
Hedberg, vice president and
manager, was promoted to an
administrative post at the
bank's Portland head office.
A veteran of 22 years with
First National, Moore began
at the Astoria branch as a
clerk. He went to Newberg
three years later, in 1941,
and following military serv
ice moved up through all of
the departments of the branch
to become manager in 1950.
In 1954 he was elected as
sistant vice president and pro
moted to business develop
ment representative at the
head office, where he served
util taking the Medford as
signment. Since coming to Medford,
Moore has been active in a
number of civic organizations
and projects. He is treasurer
of the Medford Chamber of
Commerce, the local chapter
of the Oregon Society for
Crippled Children and
Adults, and the Red Cross; di
rector of the YMCA and
Shakespearean Festival, also
active in the Parent-Teacher
association, United Crusade,
Jackson County Cancer asso
ciation and the Knights of
Columbus. Last year he
served on the County Centen
nial committee.
Southeast Winds
Hit Medford Area
Southeast winds which buf
feted the Medford vicinity last
night and this morning had a
highest sustained intensity, of
21 miles per hour at the city
airport where the weather bu
reau stition is located.
Strongest gusts were 48
mph, measured just before 10
a. m., tne weauier Dureau re
ported. Pool Work
There are still some 25 days
left before the city's 60-day
contract option to build the
diving pool runs out.
The bid for the construction
of the pool, which the city has
accepted, is split into two
parts. The first part is for $89,
293, which the contractors,
National Granite company
and Holiday Pool Construc
tion company, said will be the
cost of building the two pools
and bath house, and the sec
ond is for $73,721, for just
the swimming pool and bath
house. : ;
The city accepted the small
er bid with a contract provis
ion giving them 60 days to
raise enough money to accept
the total bid.
OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1960
Moeaiecl for EHighuay
Alternatives Listed
For Averting Strike
Chicago-dJPD-Arbitration or appointment of a presidential
fact-finding board appeared the only alternatives today to
head off a possible' nationwide strike of two large railroad
unions.
Wage negotiations between major railroads and the
unions, representing 97,000 workers, virtually all the nation's
engineers and firemen, became deadlocked Thursday and no
new sessions were scheduled.
Leverett Edwards of the National Mediation board said
bargainers for the industry and the 37,000-member Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) were sent home late
Thursday night when talks collapsed.
Earlier, the 60,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen (BLFE) broke off negotiations with
representatives of the 168-170 railroads affected.
At this point, under provisions of the National Railway
Labor Act, the board may offer arbitration to settle the
dispute. If that fails, it may ask the President to appoint a
fact-finding board to head off a national emergency.
But no major strike is likely for 60 days at the very least,
since the fact-finding board would have 30 days to submit
recommendations, and a mandatory 30-day cooling off period
would follow that.
Edwards said the talks, involving two of the five operat
ing unions negotiating for new contracts, could be consid
dered "effectively and substantially terminated."
The BLFE has demanded a 14 per cent wage increase, a
changed cost of living escalator clause and adjustment of
daily guarantees. Firemen at present average $18.54 daily for
passenger service and $18.34 for certain freight service, ac-
i cording to union estimates.
Proposed
Location Inspected
R. C. (Sam) Morris, con
tractor for Eugene's Bethel
Park stadium inspected Jack
son county's proposed sta
dium site at the fairgrounds
yesterday with . the county
court, according to County
Judge Earl Miller.
No conclusions were reached
by the county court, Miller
said. The local citizens' com
mittee sponsoring - the idea
should direct more of its ef-
Dimes Dance Will
Cap Drive Tonight
The month-long March of
Dimes campaign in Jackson
county will reach a highlight
tonight with the county-wide
"March of Dimes Jamboree
Dance" at the Dreamland
ballroom in Medford.
The dance will start at 9
o'clock tonight, and will fea
ture the eight-piece band of
Zo Peters. Duke Pathier, with
his guitar is one of the fea
tures of the band.
Entertainment, inclu ding
the Shadows and the Black
lighters square dance group,
will be provided between
dances, March of Dimes offi
cials said. Admission is $1
per person.
Last night, mothers from
throughout the county
marched to receive' donations
to the campaign and to seek
information on birth defects,
arthritis and polio. The Na
tional Foundation collects
funds to fight all three crip
plers. ,
Mrs. Herb Colley, Mothers
March chairman for Medford,
said the march was successful
with a total of $4,203.34 col
lected, which is about $1,700
more than was collected in
Medford last year. Marches in
other Jackson county commu
nities also reported successes,
but totals were not available
this morning.
Portland Man Files
For Delegate Post ,
Salem-(DPD-Bill O'Brien of
Portland filed today as a can
didate for state at large dele
gate to the Democratic na
tional convention next sum
mer. He backs Sen. John F. Ken
nedy (D-Mass.) for president.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Cloudy, windy
and mild through Saturday
with occasional rain heavy at
times tonight. Low tonight 45
50. High Saturday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday :- 60
Lowest this Morning 48
Free, to 10 a.m. Today, Trace
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today ......J 5:20 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 7:28 a.m.
Moonset tonight 7:29 pjn.
First Quarter ...... Feb. 4
The constellation of Orion is
now in the southwest at mid
night. Betelgeuse is almost di
rectly above Rigel - and high
above Betelgeuse -are Castor
and Pollux, the Twins.
Tribune
Stadium
forts toward financing the
stadium proposal, he added.
"The county court hasn't
provided for any financial as
sistance for the stadium con
struction in its budget," the
county judge pointed out.
"This is up to the citizens'
committee. We don't intend
spending any county money
until we know exactly what
it will be spent for."
' During an inspection of the
Eugene ballpark on Thursday,
Jan. 14, the county court
learned the proposed all-purpose
Jackson county stadium
would cost an estimated $75,
000 to $100,000. This would
be an all wooden surface
structure with a minimum
seating of 2,000 which could
be increased when needed, ac
cording to Morris' recommen
dations yesterday.
Tentative Plans
Tentative plans call for
moving only one or two of
the field lights at the present
ballpark. This would be torn
down to make room for the
proposed stadium. Morris said
the proposed site would be
ideal considering sun and
winddrift. If constructed, fa
cilities would be provided for
football, baseball, track,
horse shows, 4-H and FFA dis
plays and various outdoor ac
tivities such as the Crater
Lions annual sport show.
Officials of Eugene's Class
B professional ball club
which sponsors the stadium
there are interested in Jack
son county's plan. They hope
to bring both Jackson and
Klamath counties into the
Northwest league which in
cludes Eugene. This would
mean bringing,. farm clubs
into both counties.
TRUCK. OVERTURNS The
T If? A ' '
' "-1" ' " niuit, .mi in. ,1"- '- - ' - --;V -
with its load of logs still intact, lay sprawl-
ed in the ditch on Dead Indian rd. Wednes- The truck is
day, after it apparently hit the soft shoulder Phoenix-Hillcrest rd., Medford,
and jack-knifed when the driver tried to
Price 10 Cents
No. 263
Lake of Woods
Road Receives
$910,000 for1961
Additional funds have been
allocated for work on the
Lake of the Woods highway
in Jackson county, part of
the "Winnemucca-to-the-Sea"
route.
The allocation, totalling
$910,000 for 1961, was ap
proved at a state highway
commission meeting Thursday
in Salem. It is the biggest
single allocation in the forest
highway program.
Last year $600,000 in con
struction funds was allocated
for work on this route in 1959
and 1960.
Upon completion the road
will replace Highway 66
(Green Springs) as the princi
pal thoroughfare across the
mountains in southern Ore
gon. The new route will go
from Medford along the Cra
ter Lake highway to Eagle
Point, then up the present
state road through Browns
boro and Lake creek, where
it now ends about seven miles
into the hills.
The proposed route will
then follow generally the
route of an existing forest
type road past Fish lake to
Lake of the Woods, where it
will join the paved highway
leading into Klamath Falls
along the west shore of Klam
ath lake.
Total cost of the project is
estimated at $2V4 million.
Salem-OJPD-The State High-
way commission Thursday ap
proved a $56 million 1962
highway construction pro
gram for Oregon and a forest
highway program next year
of $4,706,391.
The 1962 figure compares
with a 1961 program of $66,
200,000 and is the cleanup of
a general plan started in 1956
with federal matching money.
A sum of $31,525,000 is al
located to the interstate sys
tem and the rest is appor
tioned in five divisions for
work on state primary, sec
ondary, urban and county
secondary routes.
Biggest single outlay is al
most $16V2 million for the
Eastbank freeway through
Portland, Portland's new Mar
quam bridge and right of way
purchases for Interstate High
way 5, which generally fol
lows U.S. 99.
Lumber Markets Stay
Quiet During Week
Portland-The western lum
ber and plywood markets con
tinued to be quiet this week,
according to Crow's lumber
market news service.
Slow buying throughout
the midwestern and eastern
half of the country was noted,
particularly in yard stock
items. Southern California de
mand, important to Oregon
mills, is also on the slow side,
it said.
truck above,
De Gaulle Speaks
On Radio, TV to
Soldiers, People
Officials Pledge
Their Allegiance
Paris-(UPD-President Charles
de Gaulle told French sol
diers today they must "liqui
date the rebel forces which
want to throw away France
from Algeria."
De Gaulle, at a critical mo
ment for himself and France,
went to the radio and televi
sion microphones to warn that
"no soldier must, without
making a grave error, asso
ciate himself with any move
ment of insurrection, even
passively."
From Algeria, where rebel
lious French settlers have
vowed a fight to the death
against his policy of self-
determination for Algeria, De
Gaulle today received pledges
of allegiance from military
commanders in the key cities
of Oran and Constantine.
However, in Algiers the in
surgents maintained their positions-
behind street barri
cades of paving blocks and
occupied all of the key areas
of the city with the exception
of Government House itself.
Wants Army To Obey
In demanding that the up
rising be smashed, De Gaulle
told the army he expected it
to obey him. He would not,
he said, bow "to outrage and
to threats."
"I address myself to
France," De Gaulle said in
a radio-TV speech.
"On the strength of the
mandate which the people
have given me and the nation
al legitimacy which I have
incarnated, for 20 years, I
ask of one and all to support
me no matter what happens.
"I say to all our soldiers,
that your mission includes no
quid pro quo and needs no
interpretation. You have got
to liquidate the rebel forces
which want to throw away
France from Algeria."
Safety Awards
Banquet Tonight
Vernon Murdoch, Rosuburg,
chief of police, will speak to
night at the annual Medford
Safety Council's awards ban
quet at 6:30 o'clock at the
Rogue Valley Country club. .
Murdoch will review the
activities of the Roseburg po
lice department during the
emergency which followed the
Roseburg explosion and fire
on Aug. 7.
Prior to his talk awards
will be presented. They in
clude seven "Saved-A-Life"
awards, several traffic safety
commendations and a number
of industrial safety citations.
The announcement of the win
ner of the Frank Hull trophy
for industrial safety and the
winner of the distinguished
citizen in safety plaque will
also be made during the eve
ning. Ralph Matthews, superin
tendent of transportation,
Medford public schools, will
be installed as president of
the Safety council during the
installation of officers cere
mony which is part of the an
nual event.
New York-(UPD-Gen. Doug
las MacArthur was admitted
to Lenox Hill hospital for
"m e d i c a 1 observation and
study," it was announced today.
pull it onto the road. About four inches of
snow fell in the area Wednesday morning.
registered to George Renaker.