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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1960
No. 284
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President Vetoes
Bill To Increase
ion Money
House Leaders To
Attempt Override
Washington -(UPD- President
Eisenhower today vetoed the
first big bill of the election
year Congress -a measure to
expand federal spending to
curb pollution of the nation's
waterways.
The vetoed bill would have
raised to $900 million the
present long-range ceiling of
$500 million on federal grants
to help local communities
build sewage disposal plants,
The President's rejection of
the measure had been antici
pated. In fact, House leaders
already had scheduled floor
action Thursday in an effort
to override the expected veto.
Liltl Chance Seen
Although Democrats have
little chance of overriding the
veto, they believe that the
President's action will supply
them with a good election
year political issue.
Eisenhower has been trying
to cut spending sharply below
the existing ceiling, but Con
gress for several years has
continued to provide more
funds for the program that he
had budgeted.
The President's budget this
year called for only $20 mil
lion for the program. Con
gress in recent years allotted
about $45 million a year-$5
million under the ceiling-for
the program and is likely to
do so again.
The President has contend-1
ed that the responsibility for
curbing pollution of water
ways is primarily a state re
sponsibility and that the fed
eral government should cut
back on its help.
Dynamite Figured
In Airliner Crash
Washington -UPD- The Civil
Aeronautics Board said today
it has conclusive evidence a
dynamite explosion figured in
the crash of a National air-
ner near Bolivia, N.C., Jan.
The crash took 34 lives.
It said the evidence showed
e explosion occurred near
e seat held by a neaviiy-in-
ured passenger, Julian A.
Frank, a New York attorney
who lived in Westport, Conn.
CAB Chairman : James R.
Durfee said bits of steel wire
and manganese dioxide, a sub
stance found in dry cell bat
teries, were found embedded
in Frank's mangled body.
Morse Dedicates Campaign Quarters;
To See How Far Liberalism Can Go
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington-Wayne Morse,
the presidential candidate, to
day dedicated his Washington
campaign headquarters here
here with a rousing speech
that delighted a standing-room-only
crowd of applaud
ing enthusiasts.
As an entry in the District
of Columbia presidential pri
mary, the Oregon senator
called himself the "alderman
candidate" because of his long
service on the senate D. C.
committee.
But in an improptu press
conference before he left his
new headquarters in down
town Washington, Morse said
his intention was to "see how
for a man of my liberalism
Two
Members of the Jackson
county rural school district
budget committee last night
started to "trim some of the
fat off the hog," as one mem
ber put it..
The budget is to be com
pleted at next Monday night's
meeting in the county super
tendent's office.
A major tentative cut was
elimination of the positions of
assistant county school super
intendent and county elemen
tary supervisor and the com
bining of the two positions
under a new tentative title
of administrative assistant.
Bruce S. Hitt now holds the
assistant superintendency at
$7,770 year- Robert Law-
Representation
to
Conflicting opinions on the
best union representation for
food clerks in this area were
reported today, on the eve of
the election at which the
clerks will decide between the
Teamsters and the AFL-CIO
retail clerks union as their
bargaining agency.
The election, supervised by
the national labor relations
board, will be held tomorrow.
The clerks are now members
of the Teamsters.
Members of the executive
committee of the Jackson
County Central Labor Coun
cil (AFL-CIO), as individuals,
and Teamsters officials, have
both favored the present rep
resentation. Officials of the AFL-CIO,
both in the local union seek
ing recognition, and on the
state and national level, have
favored the AFL-CIO union.
No Local Connection
While the local labor coun
cil is an AFL-CIO affiliate, it
has no local connection with
either the retail clerks union
seeking recognition, nor with
the Teamsters.
Among those supporting
the Teamsters are Charles
Crary, head of the Electrical
Workers union here, who
spoke on the Teamsters behalf
at a meeting of grocery clerks
Sunday; Ray Rolow, Salem, a
Teamsters official but former
ly a secretary of the retail
clerks union; William Ear
hart, administrator of the
Teamsters' health and welfare
program, and Robert Shaw,
secretary-treasurer of the lo
cal Teamsters union.
(Statements made on behalf
of the Teamsters by the local
union leaders named above
were furnished the Mail Trib
une this morning, but later,
at their request, were with
held due to the fact that an
Extradition Planned
For Oregon Escapee
Salem-tt!PD-Gov. Mark Hat
field said that extradition pro
ceedings are underway to re
turn Oregon prison escapee
Merriman M. Scofield, 56,
from Washington state.
He is being held by authori
ties in Seattle after revealing
his 1942 escape.
can go at the convention."
Does he think of himself as
a contender for the No. 1 spot
on the Democratic national
ticket this year?
"All the odds are against
me," Morse replied, "but I've
been to a lot of horse races
where the long shot won."
Morse declined to predict
how many convention votes
he will have going into the
convention. But he said in
addition to delegate votes he
expects to have from the
states in which he enters pri
maries, Morse anticipates del
egate support from a host of
other states which select dele
gates by the state convention
method. This expectation is
based, he explained, on letters
he has received from Demo
crats in various states who
rence has the elementary sup
ervisory job at $6,510 a year.
Salary for the new position
would be $7,200 a year for a
saving of $7,080.
Lawrence has been offered
the principalship in a county
school district at a higher sal
ary than he is now receiving.
He had requested of County
Superintendent Alf B. Mek
vold that his salary be increas
ed to $7,200 if he is to remain
in the county school office at
his present position.
He also had asked that
his tenure be extended from
the usual one year until the
state legislature should make
any changes in the county
school superintendent's office.
s on
ioni Differ
earlier bargaining agency
election in Roseburg was
thrown out on the technical
ity that no campaigning was
to be allowed during the 24
hour period previous to the
election.
(The statements were with
held by the newspaper de
spite an oral opinion from
Robert Wiener, of the Port
land NLRB office, that news
paper quotation would have
no such effect.)
On the other hand, Barney
Engelking, AFL-CIO organiz
er and personal representa
tive of the union's regional di
rector, said the AFL-CIO "is
100 per cent behind the retail
clerks union in their desire to
represent food clerks" in this
area.
IU-Advised
Engelking's statement con
tained a veiled threat to mem
bers of the executive commit
tee of the local labor council,
by saying "We don't know
who is speaking for the coun
cil, but the indications are
that this is an ill-advised, uni
lateral action by a dissident
minority." He added, "Only
an investigation can bring
out the facts in this case." .
Engelking arrived in Med
ford Sunday night to assist
the Retail Clerks Union in the
election tomorrow.
He said "The AFL-CIO,
right up to our International
headquarters in Washington,
D.C., including President
George Meany, will back the
Retail Clerks Union, Local
265, all the way."
Refers lo Release
Engelking referred to a
news release from members
of the executive board of the
Jackson County Labor Coun
cil in which the Council ex
pressed its sympathy with the
Teamsters Union. He said,
"this matter was checked into
two weeks ago and at that
time we received a telegram
from the secretary of the
council stating that the execu
tive board had taken no ac
tion at all."
Dan K. Parker, acting sec
retary of Retail Clerks Union,
Local 266, AFL-CIO, said "I
think we know the grocery
clerks in this area pretty well
and from what we have heard
already, no one is going to
tell these clerks what to do
and what not to do and you
have to respect that kind of
independence."
have pledged him their back
ing if they are chosen as con
vention delegates.
He has entered the Oregon,
Maryland and D.C. primaries
thus far.
Morse vigorously denied
published reports that a deal
is in the making between him
self and Sen. Hubert Hum
phrey, whereby Morse will
stay out of Wisconsin where
Humphrey is running, and
Humphrey will back out of
the District of Columbia pri
mary where he has said he
will run.
"That's absolutely false,"
Morse declared. "Neither I
nor Humphrey would ever be
a party to such a deal. I've
never made a political deal in
my career and I don't intend
to start now."
Indications are that the state
legislature may consider sev
eral plans to eliminate or sub
stitute for the present county
school office. Both federal and
state education officials have
stated that an intermediate ad
ministrative unit is necessary.
The school district reorgani
zation program of combining
smaller districts into a few
larger ones should mean less
work for the county office,
committee members remark
ed several times. The larger
districts tend to resent close
supervision from the county
office, it was pointed out.
"We are merely trying to
cut away the fat in the budget
so there will be less demand
Morse Not To
Enter Wisconsin
Primary Race
Funds Necessary
Said Beyond Means
Washington - (UPD - Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) an
nounced today he has decided
not to enter the Wisconsin
presidential primary because
of the money, time and ener
gy it would involve.
Morse, formerly a Repub
lican and later an Indepen
dent, said in a statement that
he will limit his presidential
primary campaign efforts to
Oregon, Maryland and the
District of Columbia.
Good News for Humphrey
His decision not to enter
the April 5 Wisconsin prefer
ential primary was viewed as
good news for Sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey (D-Minn.), who is
contesting that state's 31 con
vention votes with Sen. John
F. Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Humphrey supporters have
feared that a Morse entry in
Wisconsin would severely
damage the Minnesotan's
chances of topping Kennedy
in that primary.
'Beyond My Means' -
Morse said a survey of the
Wisconsin political scene "sat
isfies me that the funds need
ed to organize and conduct a
campaign there are beyond
my means."
He said there "is no doubt
that Senators Kennedy and
Humphrey are spending sub
stantial sums of money in the
Wisconsin primary, in fact,
far more than I think should
be spent."
Extensive Organizations
He added that it has been
necessary for him to "delay
for some weeks" making his
final decision and that during
that interval the other candi
dates have been able to "set
up and finance extensive or
ganizations." Finally, he said that "in
view of my duties in the Sen
ate, and the time, energy and
expense involved" he would
confine his activities to the
Oregon, Maryland and D. C.
contests.
Times, Places for
Election Listed
Times and places for voting
"'ednesdav bv- the retail gro
cery clerks have been estab
lished, according to the Na
tional Labor Relations board.
Clerks may vote on affili
ating with thp Teamsters or
Retail Clerks union at the fol
lowing locations and times:
Ashland Back room of Ore
gon Food Store, from 9:30 to
9:45 a.m.: Groceteria back
room, from 10 to 10:15 a.m.
Medford Big Y office,
from 11 to 11:45 a.m.; Safe
way Shopping center back
room, from 1 to 1:30 p.m.;
Groceteria office, from 1:45 to
2.45 p.m.
Grants Pass Byrd's No. 1
back room, from 3:45 to 4:45
p.m.; Safeway back room,
from 5 to 5:30 n.m.: and Pay
N Save back room, from 5:45
to 6 p.m.
Theft of Weather
Instruments Probed
Pehdleton-(UPD-The sheriff's
office today investigated theft
of valuable instruments used
to record weather at an Ore
gon State College feed lot
near Milton-Freewater.
Salem (UPD Thomas Edi
son of Astoria has been ap
pointed Clatsop county dis
trict attorney effective March
1.
Cut nmi GSyraD
for eliminating the county
office," a committee member
remarked.
The joint committee mem
bers noted that Hitt probably
would not want to take the
cut in pay and stay in the
county office. Mekvold con
ferred with Hitt and Law
rence today, but neither has
made a decision yet. -
Mekvold pointed out to the
committee that it would be
"almost impossible" to find a
man qualified for administra
tive assistant outside his pres
ent staff. It's a much more
difficult job than being an
elementary principal, he said.
Elimination of on adminis
trative position would also
WELCOME FOR EISENHOWER A huge "Welcome Ike"
sign, featuring the President's portrait, stretches across
Rio Branco ave. in Rio De Janeiro as the city dressed up
Hearing on New
Senior Work Law
Held in Medford
Persons between the ages
of 45 and 65 are just as capa
ble of working, if not more so,
than their younger counter
parts. They work as hard, as good
and as steadily as persons be
low 45 years of age, because
they are more experienced
and are ready to, or already
have settled down.
These are conclusions grow
ing out of a hearing in the
city hall this morning by Ray
A. Ziegler, Portland, director
of t,he senior worker division
of ti e state bureau of labor.
Ziegler said the hearing
was held to attempt to ex
plain to interested persons
what the new law, passed by
the 1959 session of the Oregon
legislature prohibiting dis
crimination in employment on
the basis of age, is and why
it is.
The essence of the law is
that it is unlawful employ
ment practice for an employ
er to refuse to hire or employ
or to bar, discharge, dismiss,
reduce, suspend or demote
any individual because of his
age if the individual is be
tween 25 and 65 years of age.
Not only is the bureau of
labor attempting to explain to
employers that some of the
popular stereotypes of older
persons (that they cost more
in pension plans and insur
ance, are greater safety risks,
cannot work as hard) are false
but also explain to "senior
workers" what their rights
are and how they can go
about getting jobs.
Besides being more experi
enced and having a higher
quality of production, senior
workers are also more reli
able in that there is a much
smaller rate of turnover in in
dustry, of all kinds, among
persons over 45 than below
45, he said.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair tnrough
Wednesday. Low tonight 22.
High Wednesday 55.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 50
Lowest this Morning 22
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today 5:53 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow 6:56 a.m.
Moonrise tomorrow 5:24 a.m.
New Moon Friday
PROMINENT STAR
Arcturus, rises - 9:24 p.m.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Jupiter, low in south
east 4:37 a.m.
Saturn, low in south
east 5:50 a.m.
Mars and Venus, near the
Moon.
cut down on at least part of
the $1,800 travel allowance
for the two former positions.
According to the budget work
sheet the superintendent, as
sistant superintendent, and
elementary supervisor were
each tentatively allowed $900
for the current year.
"Noting that $900 seems to
be the travel allowance for
many of the county person
nel," the budget committee
chair man, Mrs.' Jeannette
Grove, Phoenix, remarked,
"They must all be going in
the same direction at the
same time."
The county school superin
tend ent's secretary's and
clerk stenographer's salaries
Student Government
Day, Medford's 75th
Anniversary Slated
Two events with signifi
cance for both Medford's fu
ture and Medford's history
will take place tomorrow.
One is the start of the 12th
annual Student Government
Day. The other is the 75th an
niversary of Medford's city
charter.
The events will be jointly
Powered Section
Planned for Pear
Blossom Parade
The Pear Blossom Festival
planning committee this morn
ing decided to include a pow
ered section in the Festival's
parade scheduled here April
23.
Previously, only non-powered
groups have been allowed.
Entry blanks with regulations
governing eritry will be made
available in the near future,
the committee said. They will
be mailed to service clubs in
the area, and will be available
for distribution to students
and at the Medford Chamber
of Commerce office.
A report on recommenda
tions for changes in the king
and queen contest for the Fes
tival will be made by Bob
Boyer and John Watkins, co
chairmen, at the next meeting.
Special Activities
The planning committee
voted to allow the Ashland
Band boosters to conduct spec
ial activities during the pa
rade to enlist support to send
the Ashland High school band
to the Rose parade in Port
land this year.
A representative of the
planning committee will meet
with officials of the Siskiyou
Pioneer Sites Foundations and
the Southern Oregon Philhar
monic Society to discuss the
possibility of a "Pops Concert"
to be staged Sunday, April 24,
in conjunction with the Pear
Blossom Days in the valley.
The planning committee
will meet at 7 a.m. Tuesday,
March 8, at the Jackson hotel.
The committee said interested
persons and representatives of
area clubs and organizations
are invited.
. Mt. Angel, Ore. (UPD In
itial operations have begun at
the new Mt. Angel wool mill.
remain the same at $4,236 and
$3,630, respectively. Both
women had requested no
change be made, since under
the normal increment, it
would not pay because of re
sulting taxes.
One budget committee mem
ber considered this so unusual
he offered to buy both women
a five pound box of choco
lates. The current $1,850 for ex
tra help-clerical was tentative
ly cut to $1,600. . The social
security and retirement fund
of $4,300 will be cut consider
ably, due probably to the com
bining of the two present ad
ministrative positions.
The committee granted
School
for Eisenhower's arrival Wednesday. The flags of Brazil,
left, and the United States flank the sign. The President
arrived in Brasilia today to a tremendous welcome.
(UPI Radiotelephoto)
recognized at a Student Gov
ernment Day banquet in the
Elks Temple at 8 o'clock
Wednesday evening at which
Thomas Vaughn, director of
the Oregon Historical society
and a member of last year's
centennial commission, will
be the principal speaker.
Vaughn will speak both on
the significance of Student
Government Day and on the
historical aspects of the Med'
ford city charter which was
given the city on Feb. 24,
1885.
Events Interrelated
Mayor John Snider thinks
it appropriate that the events
be interrelated at the ban
quet because people will get
a chance to hear about the
past 75 years and at the same
time look into the future with
the next generation of com
munity leaders.
Student Government Day,
which is sponsored by the
Elks club with the coopera
tion of the city and Jackson
county will start Wednesday
afternoon with a registration
period in the Elks temple,
and climax with a student-run
city council meeting in the
council chambers Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
All day Thursday students
from Medford area high
schools will take over both
the city and county adminis
tration, working in conjunc
tion with city and county of
ficials, for the purpose of giv
ing them the opportunity to
experience local government
in action.
The approximately 85 stu
dents who will take part, in
cluding Medford's student
Mayor Pat McLaughlin, were
elected and appointed by the
student bodies of their respec
tive high schools.
Briefing on AF's
Command Slated
An Air Force team from
the 5th Bomb Wing, Travis
Air Force base, Calif., will
conduct a briefing on the
Strategic Air Command at a
meeting on local Air Force
reservists in the Hoover
school auditorium at 7:45
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25.
The session will include
briefing as to the command's
purpose, operation and place
in the overall defense strate
gy. Mekvold a $500 raise, from
$9,000 to $9,500 in keeping
with salaries received in simi
lar positions in the state, they
explained. Mekvold said he
would rather see the money
applied to other staff raises.
His request was denied.
In spite of criticism of the
existence of the county cur
riculum materials center, the
committee made no major
cuts in its budget. This bud
get is considered separate
from the office budget as is
the county's medical educa
tion budget.
The committee did cut the
travel pay for the film tech
nician insisting his time could
be spent better in the curricu
McDonald Denies
Part in Portland
Truck Dynamiting
Portland-flJPD-Levi McDon
ald, 51, striking sterotyper in
dicted last week in the dyna
miting of H new spaper
trucks, Monday made his first
public statement since his ar
rest. He denied the charges
and said he planned to file
contempt proceedings today
against Sheriff Francis Lam
bert and the Oregonian Pub
lishing company.
'Trial by Newspaper'
McDonald said he had been
subjected to a "trial by news
paper" through publication in
the combined Oregonian-Ore-
gon Journal of confessions
made by men who said he
hired them to blow up the
trucks. The statements were
made available to the press
by Lambert.
McDonald was implicated
by four others arrested and
indicted in connection with
the Jan. 31 dynamitings of
four newspaper trucks here
and six in Oregon City. The
others included Charles, Ed
ward and William Snyder,
brothers, and Gerald Couzens.
Publisher Replies
McDonald, who was a mem
ber of his union's negotiating
team in the newspaper strike
here, said he had been silent
so far because he didn't want
to be tried in the newspaper
before his case came to trial.
M. J. Frey, publisher of the
Oregonian, said "proposed ac
tion by Levi S. McDonald
against the Oregon Publishing
company for performing its
duty responsibility to the
reading public of this area is
ludicrous."
100 Appointments
Made To Give Blood
Only 100 appointments to
donate blood had been made
by this morning, the Jackson
county American Red Cross
chapter said.
The Bloodmobile will be at
the chapter house, 60 Haw
thorne ave., Medford, until 6
o'clock tonight, and the quota
is 290 pints. A total of 350
donors is needed to assure col
lection of 290 pints, Red Cross
officials said.
Walk-in donors are wel
come, and officials urged res
idents to donate whether or
not they have an appoint
ment. lum materials center. The dis
tricts can pick up their own
materials, it was decided.
This trimmed the travel al
lowance for the center to $900
a year. Currently, $600 over
the $900 is needed to meet
the expenses for the rest of
the year, Mekvold explained.
All four travel proposals
for the curriculum materials
center were eliminated. These
included outright purchase of
a Volkswagen Micro-Bus for
delivery purposes, installment
purchase, lease purchase and
paying the director of the cen
ter to furnish the vehicle at a
flat rate, or pay to operate
the center's own package de
livery service.
Genera! Discussion
Of Relations Slated
Brasilia, Brazil (UPD A
wildly enthusiastic crowd
surged against police lines and
attempted to embrace Presi
dent Eisenhower today at the
Brazilian start of his "good
partner" tour of Latin Amer
ica.
His airplane circled the air
port at this boomtown future
capital for 15 minutes while
police sought to clear the en
thusiastic crowd from the
runaway.
Met By President
Eisenhower finally landed
and was met by President
Juscelino Kubitschek with
whom he joined in issuing a
second "Declaration of Bra
silia" which pledged inter
American economic aid and a
common front against Com
munist inroads on the South
American continent.
The crowd of more than
5,000 braved a rain that had
been falling for 24 hours. The
downpour turned the citys
streets into mud-filled pot
holes. The airport ceremonies
were confined to protocol and
the presentation of a key to ,
the city to Eisenhower. There
were no formal speeches.
Comparison With Kansas
But in a speech prepared
for delivery to workers at a
monument in this uncomplet
ed ultra-modern city, Eisen
hower compared the "boom"
spirit here to that which per
vaded the frontier communi
ties of the West, such as his
boyhood town of Abilene,
Kan.
Eisenhower's jet set down
here following a five hour and
38-minute flight from Ramey
Air Force Base, Puerto Rico.
Talk Scheduled
Reading of the new declar
ation was placed in the hands
of Secretary of State Chris
tian A. Herter and Brazil'i
Foreign Minister Horacio La
ter at the site of a monument
commemorating Eisenhower's
visit.
Eisenhower and Kubitschek
scheduled a two-hour talk this
afternoon for a general dis
cussion of Brazilian-American
relations with a view toward
setting up a formal agenda
for formal conversations later
between Herter and Lafer.
In that connection, it had
been consistently reported
that Brazil hoped Eisenhower
brought with him some con
crete proposals to deal with
current hemisphere problems.
Senate Committee
Approves Funds
Talent A Senate commit
tee on interior and insular af
fairs today approved an ad
ditional allocation for con
struction work by Talent Irri
gation district personnel, ac
cording to a telegram from
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore.)
This is part of the work
being done to improve district
facilities so it can receive ad
ditional water from the Tal
ent project during the 1961
irrigation season, a district of
ficial explained.
The district now has a
$180,000 contract for its per
sonnel to work on the east
canal. The balance of $200,
000 already allocated for cur
rent work has been used in
various small district rehabili
tation projects.
The new allocation, if
passed by Congress, would
provide enlargement of work
in the east canal area of the
TID outside of larger struc
tures. Sub-laterals are being
enlarged throughout the dist
rict, the officals explained.
Salem - (UPD - State Sen. An
thony Yturri (R-Ontario) has
filed for reelection. He repre-"
sents the 21st district.
The committee made no
cuts in the center's salaries.
Tentatively approved were
the salaries of the director,
from $5,800 to $6,100; clerk
stenographer, $2,928 to
$3,200; and the technician
from $4,750 to $5,000.
Kary Hayes, director-teacher
for special education class
es for the mentally retarded
was raised from $6,510 to
$6,910.
The committee is to review
the budget in more detail next
Monday night, plus other
items it was not able to con
sider during its three-hour
meeting last night. The budg
et is expected to be adopted
next week.