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Smarts Torn; mm Disarmament- 10 Nations To Continue Try For Agreement (Editor' note: 'Ten nations five of the free world and five of the Communist world are going to make another try at negotiating r general disarma ment agreement. Their repre sentatives meet March IS at Ge neva. Two months later at Paris, disarmament will be discussed also in the summit session of the Big Four.) By W. B. DICKINSON JR. Washington, D. C. The struggle for disarmament going on between wars in one form or another all through this century is en tering another round. Prospects that a compre hensive agreement, or any agreement, will issue from the East-West negotiations open ing at Geneva in mid-March cannot be called brilliant. Yet the effort is being made, and if it fails, other efforts will follow so long as some kind of peace remains. Why Keep Trying? Secretary of State Christian A. Herter made it plain re cently why statesmen keep on trying, despite discouraging odds, to work out some kind of disarmament pact. At the National Press Club, Feb. 18, Herter named two of "the new dangers which we confront as the arms race continues": "First, spiraling competition In strategic delivery systems with ever shorter reaction times could lead to war by miscalculation . . . Second, the proliferating production of nu clear weapons might eventual ly enable almost any country, however irresponsible, to se cure those weapons" and in crease "the chance that some nation might use this power in haste or blind folly." In other words, as Herter summed it up: "The peril that confronts every man, woman and child in the world today is too great to admit of any thing but the most strenuous, devoted and persistent effort" to come to agreement on arms controls. Since the advent of nuclear weapons and the end of World War II, the drive for disarma ment has been waged alter nately on two fronts, the gen eral and the particular. Fear of the risks in unrestricted national control of the extra ordinarily destructive power encased in atomic bombs led first to concentration on an attempt t o internationalize atomic energy. When that failed, effort? to control nu clear weapons were merged with efforts for general arms limitation. Failure there shifted the struggle back, two years ago, to nuclear weapons and pro posals to ban their testing. Without waiting for final succcess or failure of the test ban conference that has been under way at Geneva since Oct. 31, 1958, the disarma ment seekers are now return ing to an assault on the gen eral front with changes of procedure that may or may not help them to get some where. In UN Committee The most recent previous attempt to negotiate a compre hensive arms control agree-ment-an attempt which dead locked at London in 1957 was conducted by a United Nations disarmament subcom mittee in which the Soviet Union sat alone across the table from Canada, France, Great Britain and the United States. The latter nations, joined by Italy, will still be on one side of the bargaining board when the new confer ence opens at Geneva, but this time the Soviet Union will have four companions on its side - Bulgaria, Czechoslo vakia, Poland and Rumania. So-called parity of repre sentation between East and Pope Names Bring Sacred Vatican City (UPD Pope John XXIII named seven new cardinals today, including the first African Negro, Japanese and Filipino princes of the church. The nominations raised the sacred college to a record membership of 85. U.S. Not Included The United States, which now has six cardinals, was not included in the new list. Observers said the appoint ments reflected the Catholic Church's awareness of the growing importance of Africa and Asia, where emerging na tionalism and the inroads of Communism - as well as the West was accepted by the Big Four foreign ministers when they made arrangements for the conference, last summer, while conferring on a summit meeting. Although the arms sessions are being held out side the United Nations, the General Assembly has given them its blessing. The ar rangement for an independent conference may facilitate co ordination with disarmament discussions at the mid -May summit meeting, also an in dependent gathering. Ambitions Unlimited There is no limit, either East or West, to disarmament ambitions. At the United Na tions last September, Premier Khrushchev called for "gen eral and complete disarma ment," down not only to the last nuclear - tipped missile but also to the last soldier's rifle. If that was too much to expect, as it was, the Kremlin would be willing, Mr. K. said, to settle for denuclearization of Central Europe, liquidation of military bases on foreign territory, and certain other steps. British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, addressing the General Assembly a day earl ier, proposed banning of nu clear weapons testing, follow ed by "outlawing of the weap ons themselves and outlawing of missile that traverse outer space. Basic U.S. Position No specific American plan has been advanced, but Her ter in his Press Club speech outlined the Eisenhower ad ministration's basic position and in so doing extended the sights on disarmament. The first thing,' the Secre tary said, was to create a more stable military environment that would make arms reduc tion possible by reducing the risk of war. Safe guards against surprise attack, in spection to make the safe guards foolproof, exchanges of information about activi ties in outer space, a ban on nuclear weapons testing and eventually on production of nuclear material for weapons - agreement on these things would make possible "pro gressive, gradual and bal anced reductions in national military forces." But this would be only the start. Herter looked to a time when national armed forces and armaments could be cut further because they would no longer be needed to deter aggression. That day would arrive, he said, when aggres sion had been made impos sible by universal acceptance of rules of law to prevent it, rules backed by a world court and by an international armed force. All this, like Khrushchev's plan for complete disarma ment, carries the struggle far into the future. It makes it evident that the coming con ference can be expected at best to go only a small part of the way on what must be viewed as a very long course. Chessman Execution Scheduled for May 2 Sacramento - (UPD - Caryl Chessman started a new death row countdown today and a state Senate committee order ed a public hearing on a bill to abolish the death penalty in California. Superior Judge Clement D. Nye of Los Angeles Wednes day set May 2 as the ninth execution date for the convict-author. Seven Cardinals To College to expansionism of Red Chinese - are threatening democratic institutions. The seven . new carc'inals will be installed at solemn consistories March 28 to 31, the third to be called by the present Pope since he ascend ed the throne of St. Peter a year ago last fall. Usual Pomp Planned Despite the penitential sea son of Lent, officials said none of the usual warm pomp and panoply of the Roman Catholic Church ceremonials for the occasion will be mu ted. Before Pope John, the Col PRESLEY HOME Sgt. Elvis Presley hugs Nancy Sinatra after she presented him with a gift from her father, Singer Frank Sinatra. Presley arrived at Fort Dix, N.J., today where his release from the army will be processed. Presley has been in the service for the past 18 months, most of the time in Germany. (UPI Telephoto) Straub Resignation Suggested; Secret Meeting Charged Salem - (UPD - Democratic State Chairman Robert W. Straub Wednesday accused Gov. Mark Hatfield of holding a secret meeting of the State Welfare Commission at which sterilization of unwed mothers on welfare was discussed. Today Warne Nunn, Hat field's administrative assis tant, called Straub "a liar" and said he should resign. Seven Prisoners Arraigned Today On Riot Charges ; . . .Seven Jackson county . jail inmates who rioted in the jail February 27 were arraigned in district court this morning on charges of participating in a riot. The arraignments were con tinued until 4 p.m. Friday for Edward Kenneth Rogers, 21, Philomath, who was jail ed originally for burglary not in a dwelling; Donald Martin Thompson, 36, Klamath Falls, convicted Safeway robber, as sault and robbery while arm ed with a dangerous weapon; and Roland Elmore Dodson, 26, Fairchild, Calif., receiving stolen property. Arraignments were contin ued until Friday at 11:30 a.m. for Ray Dwane Hoskins, 25, Talent, burglary not in a dwelling; Jack Grayson Gib son, 35, rt. 4, box 3 15 A, obtain ing money under false pre tenses; and Charles Calvin May Jr., 35, Wecoma, Ore., burglary not in a dwelling. A preliminary hearing on the riot charge for Robert Carl Mix, 41, of 215 C st., Phoenix, was set for March 10. He had been jailed on a charge of assault with a dan gerous weapon. Rally Speaker Files For National Post Mrs.' Elaine Hoffman, Eu gene, who announced yester day she will seek election to the Democratic National com mittee, will speak tonight at the pre-primary registration rally to be held in the Eagle Point Grade school gymnas ium. The registration rally, spon sored by Jackson County Democratic Central commit tee, will start at 8 o'clock. Other speakers will include Robert B. Duncan, Medford lawyer. Record 85 lege of Cardinals never had more than 70 members. Those named today were Msgr. Peter Tatsuo Doi, arch bishop of Tokyo; Msgr. Ber nard Jan Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht, Holland; Msgr. Ru fino J. Santos, archbishop of Manila; Msgr. Lourian Rug ambwa, bishop of Rutabo, Tanganyika; Msgr. Luigi Traglia, titular archbishop of Cesarea di Palestina; Msgr. Antonio Bacci, secretary of briefs to the princes, a Vati can post; and Msgr. Joseph LeFebvre, archbishop of Bourges, France. Told of Nunn's statement by United Press International, Straub, a state senator from Springfield, said from his home that "it is a favorite trick of Governor Hatfield's clever young advisor to attack and smear rather than to answer questions." No Minutes Taken "Where," Straub asked, "are the minutes of this wel fare committee meeting at which the governor's office previously announced that the matter of sterilization was dis cussed?" He said the fact no minutes were taken was "very im proper." Straub .made his charge Wednesday- in a- speech to the Portland YMCA. He charged the governor with holding the meeting of the State Welfare commission in Hatfield's of fice and that his efforts to read the minutes of the meet ing revealed no minutes were kept. Nunn said the Tuesday, Sept. 29 meeting of the com mission was "posted on the public press bulletin board. Informing the press of un scheduled meeting is equiva lent to informing the public," he added. Unannounced Meeting Straub did not imply the meeting was called solely to discuss sterilization. But he saij, "it appears that this dis cussion did not take place at a scheduled public meeting but was discussed privately at an unannounced meeting in the governor's office attended by Welfare Commission mem bers." . Straub last week raised the unwed mother sterilization is sue in a speech at Coos Bay. Hatfield denied he advocated sterilization of unwed moth ers on welfare but said it had come up as a matter of discussion. Washington -(UPD- The of fice of Sen. Richard Neuber ger (D-Ore.), today expressed concern about a proposed per sonnel reduction in the Port land office of the Division of Indian Health, U.S. Public Health Service. "Ain't It Terrible About Those Sit-Downs?" Rogue Valley Edition Medford 34 Pages Section A Talent District Given Authority for Additional Work Statutory Limit Extension OK'd Portland - (UPD - The In terior Department said today the Bureau '. Reclamation has approved execution of its first contract- with a water user organization authorizing the local group to do drainage and minor construction work on a project in excess of a statutory limit of $200,000 in federal funds. The" contract work exten sion authorizes the Talent Ir rigation District in southern Oregon to do such work up to a maximum of an additional $300,000 on the Talent divis ion of the Rogue River proj ect. First Such Action The Department said it was the first such action requiring congressional approval taken under 1956 legislation. The legislation authorizes federal financing of minor construc tion work by local irrigation districts on federal reclama tion projects up to a maxi mum of $200,000, or in such additional amounts as may be approved by Congress. Extension Approved The Talent district has previously contracted to do work approaching a cost of $200,000. Senate and House Interior and Insular Affairs Committees have formally ap proved the contract extension to a new total maximum-level-of $500,000. Cost of the work is covered by a repayment contract with the district. The additional work calls for enlargement of existing distribution facilities to de liver additional water to about 29,000 acres of project lands by the end of 1962. Accident Involves Mulholien-Millhollen Two men, having some what unusual and similar names, met under rather precarious circumstances on a Medford city street yes terday. City police said a car op erated by' Thomas Oliver Mulhollen. 35, of 407 Ore gon terrace, collided with a vehicle operated by Max Chester Millhollen, 47. of 881 Morrison ave.. yester day at 10:45 a.m. The accident occurred, police said, when Millhol lin's vehicle slopped for a pedestrian at the intersec tion of Fifth st. and Cen tral ave., and Mulhollen. who was driving a car be hind Millhollin, was not able to stop his car in time and hit the rear-end of Mill hollin's vehicle. - Mulhollen was cited for following too close, police said. There were no in juries and damage - was moderate to both vehicles. MEDFORD, OREGON, ontract Extended (Porter Switches; Plans Support for E-Slumphrey Washington-(UPD-Rep. Charles O. Porter (D-Ore.), a long time backer of Adlai Steven son, today announced that he will switch his support to Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.) as his first choice for the Democratic presidential nomination. Porter told a news conference that he is "now convinced that Governor Stevenson could not win big in the May Oregon pri mary." Not Much Chance Given "And I don't believe he has much chance of getting the convention nomination unless there is a deadlock among the active candi dates," Porter said. - Porter added that Humphrey "seems to me to combine best in himself Stevenson's lively intelligence, Truman's blunt courage BRIDGE SITE Rows of giant piers that will supportrth'S'Tlew Highway 99 freeway bridge over the Rogue river', loom up from the river bank in the vicinity of Homestead on the . Rogue..: The bridge is the dividing point between the Evans creek-Homestead section and the Homestead-Rock Point sec--tion, both of which are currently under con Gold Hill to Get New Post Office Gold Hill Bids to build and lease -a new post office building in Gold Hill will be advertised March 3 to 21 by the U.S. post office depart ment, according to word re ceived from Postmaster Gen eral Arthur E. Summerfield. Postmaster Harry D. Force has been advised that specifi cations for the structure call for 1,208 square feet inside floor space and approximately 2,584 square feet for parking and maneuvering area. The department will enter into a five-year lease agreement. Force said that significant progress now is evident in the postal modernization pro gram under the department's commercial leasing program. Construction will be acceler ated during 1960 with 1,400 new facilities scheduled for completion and several hun dred obsolete post offices modernized and expanded. Further information con cerning bids may be obtained from the local postmaster or from the regional real estate manager, P. O. box 3703, Portland, 8. The office will be construct ed to post office department specifications on a site select ed by the successful bidder. Stevenson To Decline Primary Ballot Spot Portland 0IPD An affidavit removing Adlai Stevenson's name from the Oregon Demo cratic presidential primary ballot will be filed within a few days, State Sen. Alfred H. Corbett said today. Corbett was state co-chairman of the Stevenson-Kefau-ver ticket in 1956. WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with occa sional showers through Friday. Low tonight 35. High Friday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest this Morning 37 Prec to 10 a.m. Today .25 Our Skies Tonight Sunset today 6:04 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 6:42 a.m M-nset tomorrow 12:25 a.m. First Quarter March 5 PROMINENT STAR 1 Sirius, due south 8:07 p.m. This, the brightest star, is also a double. It has a dim com panion and they revolve around their common center of gravity every 50 years. Tribune THURSDAY, MARCH 3, Heavily-Guarded Ike Starts Trip Home En Route With Eisenhower -(UPD- A heavily guarded Pres ident Eisenhower left Uru guay today for home, ending a triumphal four-nation South American tour that was mar red in Montevideo by student riots and a tear gas barrage that sent tears streaming down his face. Eisenhower took off aboard the propeller - driven Colum bine III for Buenos Aires where he transferred to an Air Force jet and a flight to Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico for. three days of golf and relaxation before going to Washington Sunday. President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina greeted him at the airport during the 30 minute stop there. " Unusually heavy security precautions were placed in Routine Items on City Council Agenda Medford's city council will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall to consider several routine agenda items, including two applications for extra-width driveways. The council will hear a re port from the Oregon state speed control board regarding a query from the city as to the advisability of reducing the speed limit on North Pa cific highway between Mace rd. and the state police office. The report will indicate that the board, feels the ex isting 50 mile per hour speed limit is reasonable, and they will propose denial of any re quest to reduce it. There is a 30-day option period in which the city can disapprove of the board's ac tion. DIES WHILE DRIVING Henry L. Harring, 77, of Bismark, N.D., died apparent ly from a heart attack while driving along Highway 99 about 10 miles south of Ash land this morning, state po lice and a deputy coroner re ported.' They said that a car operated by Harring went off the road into a bank. He was reported traveling alone. Po lice said the auto was not damaged. 54th Year Price 10 Cents 1960 No. 292 and Franklin Roosevelt's idealistic but very practical political ability." Porter said he made the decision to sup port Humphrey even though a questionnaire he sent 131,000 of his constituents showed that Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) is leading by a "wide margin" in Oregon and is "likely to win our primary election.' Not Repudiation of Morse Porter said his endorsement of Hum phrey was not a repudiation of Morse. He said the senator was "forced to enter the Oregon primary against his expressed wish es and has decided to make a fight of it." He said he regarded Morse's candidacy as one in which the senator hopes to "sharpen the issues." struction. . Grading .of both sections is ex pected to be completed this fall. Accord ing to construction engineer Al Chapman, Grants Pass, the bridge will consist of two separate sections,' two lanes for northbound and two for southbound traffic. The struc ture, including approaches, will total nearly 600 feet in length. effect at the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo where he spent the night, at the helicopter pad where he took off for Carrasco Airport and at the airport itself where he board ed the Columbine. . In a farewell speech at the airport he reaffirmed the good neighbor and good partner policies of the United States toward Latin America where he received vociferous wel comes in four capitals includ ing Montevideo - despite the left-wing students' demonstra tions. Two Persons Still Listed as Critical Two of the four persons in jured in a two-car collision near Ashland Tuesday night were still reported in critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital at noon today. Listed as critical are Miss Arlis Wells Brooks, 17, Grants Pass, and Herb Dale Ken nedy, 19, Cave Junction. List ed as fair at Rogue Valley hospital is Janet Marie Smith, 18, of 204 Palm st., Medford. In fair co'ndition at Ashland General hospital is James Weaver, 18, Grants Pass. Two persons were killed in the crash. Land Purchased for Site Of New Chamber Building The Medford Chamber of Commerce has purchased property at the corner of Tenth st. and Central ave., it was announced at a meeting of the directors this morning. The property, 50 by 100 feet, cost $17,500. The pro posed building, to cost an esti mated $12,500, will come within the $30,000 budget established by the board. The new building will in clude 1,128 square feet of space. Robert Keeney is architect. Robert Taylor, chairman of the building com mittee, announced that if all plans go according to present arrangements, the Chamber Seven Inches on Ground at Salem; Two Persons Die Eastern Oregon Gets Heavy Fall Portland -CTD- Old man winter handed Oregon and southwest Washington a se vere blow today as heavy snows snarled traffic and clos ed schools. At least two high way deaths were blamed on the weather. Several inches of blowing. drifting snow piled up in Portland and Salem had sev en inches on the ground. All public and parochial schools in both cities were closed as well as numerous schools in outlying areas. The snow spread over most of the state, except for the southwest p;Q t. Tillamook and Astoria on the coast reported three to five inches. Bend had nine inches anS Lapine six inches. Heavy snow also fell at Pendleton and La Grande Little Girl Dies Berly Cushman, 2, Steven son, was killed Wednesday night when a car skidded on ice while traveling slowly east of North Bonneville, Wash. Ed Vogt, 68, Tillamook, was killed Wednesday when a pickup truck skidded on ice six miles east of Garibaldi. Dwight Harold Abrams, 67. Belleville, 111., was injured criticaly Wednesday night when struck by a car during a snowstorm at Albany. A loaded Greyhound bus crashed into a guard rail on Highway 99 near the 12th st. junction in SaKm but no one was hurt. There were numer ous , reports of minor traffic accidents. Northwest Oregon Coast range mountain passes had up to a foot of snow. Chains were advised on nearly all routes in northwest and eastern Ore gon. The weather man at the Portland airport said the east wind was blowing so strong it was almost impossible to get an accurate measurement of the snow here. But there were -at least five inches on the roof of the Journal build ing in downtown Portland. Worst in Years In southwest Washington, the State Patrol recommend ed that people stay off the highways unless absolutely necessary. Winds, ice and snow combined to make driv ing hazardous. The snow ex tended to Puget Sound. ' The Portland snow was one of the worst March storms in many ears, although it was not quite as heavy as this years' January fall. Freezing rain was expected to follow the snow in this area. Salem, the state capitol, had 8 to 12 inches of snow in some foothill areas. Plows were operating there and on the Portland-Salem freeway. Freezing rain began falling in Salem about 5 a.m. State po lice asked motorists to use chains on all highway in the snow area. At Eugene, 120 miles south of here, freezing rain fell most of the night. On the Ore gon coast. North Bend had 1.17 inches of rain. Snow is Reported On Mountain Passes Poor driving conditions were reported on roads south and north of the Rogue valley this morning. Chains were re quired on Highway 99 in the Siskiyous, where 7 inches of new snow were reported. Six inches of new snow and 15 inches of roadside snow were reported on Highway 66 in the Green Springs and chains were required. State police were notified that snow was falling from Dunsmuir to the Oregon bor der. Icy spots increased driv ing hazards in the Mt. Shasta Yreka area. will be in its new building later this year. Chester Hubbard, chairman of the highway committee, re ported on a highway meeting on the Upper Rogue, which included members of the state highway commission. It was reported that $700,000 was allocated last year and $300, 000 this year to improve the highway from Cascade Gorge to the Nion Tucker ranch. An additional $300,000 has been approved for the highway from Cascade Gorgj to Pros pect, he explained. Members also reported on the U.S. Chamber of Com merce Aircade in Salem this week.
