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nj Assemoly 7 rf 3 fl ;r t , if cl . . ., v v., , sr , Iff Js REVENUES CHOPPED-Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dil lon, testifying before the Joint House-Senate Committee, to day said the recession has chopped at least $1.5 billion from the 1962 federal revenues forecast by former President Eisenhower. Washington (UPD Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon told Congress today Kennedy ad ministration economic experts look for an upturn in the na tion's economy "some time" during the quarter which starts April 1. At the same time he esti t mated that the recession has ' cut at least 51.5 billion from the 1962 federal revenues forecast by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his outgoing budget. Present Interest Ceiling Dillon, testifying before the Joint Economic committee, also said the new administra tion feels it can operate with in the present i'A per cent interest ceiling on long-term bonds. He said the interest rate issue a hot one in the last Congress - "has become an academic one." Dillon did not say whether the loss of federal revenues caused by the recession would wipe out the $1.5 billion sur plus forecast- by Eisenhower for the government budget in fiscal 1962, which starts July 1. With a Kennedy administra tion budget review scheduled for later this month, many government officials expect .'the 1962 budget to be in the red. This is because of recession-caused revenue losses, Kennedy's antirecession meas ures and expected increases in defense spending. Revenues To Be Less Dillon said "it is now clear that revenues in fiscal 1962 cannot help but be less" than the S82.3 billion projected by Eisenhower in his final bud get, which went to Congress Jan. 16. City, County Over Welfare County welfare labor crews were temporarily taken off a city work project at Pres cott park last week because a disagreement over who should provide their transportation to the park the city or the county. The disagreement was ap parently at an end today, how ever. A welfare labor crew had been working at the park for about one week using a county truck when County Judge Earl Miller informed the city last Wednesday that it would have to provide the transportation from then on. City Manager Robert A. Duff said he told Miller that the city does not have ade quate transportation to carry workers for any distance, and that this would be impossible. Trucks Withdrawn Miller, of the opinion inai ... ,,im,nf ihmild not used on a city project and; claiming that the truck was needed elsewhere, ordered the truck taken away from the welfare workers for this pur pose. That was Wednesday. Wcl fara wnrkers have not been m ir. Prosivitt nark since then, Economy Upturn In Next Quarter Seen by Experts although they have been us - (UP! Telephoto) Dillon said Eisenhower's estimate of $46 billion of cor porate profits in calendar 1961 was "too high, possibly by as much as $3 billion. In addi tion personal income may fall somewhat short of the $415 billion" Eisenhower esti mated. Construction To Start on Motel Construction of the new 44 unit Medford motel, to be lo cated adjacent to the Medford hotel, is scheduled to begin later this month, according to hotel manager Danny Marmo. Marmo said the announce ment last week that the hotel has been granted a $350,000 loan by the Small Businesses administration assures the ho tel of having adequate financ ing for the new structure. Total cost is estimated at $465,000. Last night the hotel opened its plush, new cocktail and dancing lounge, called the Bar of Music. The lounge is located on the lower floor of the hotel, where the Crater banquet room was formerly located. The hotel plans to build a new banquet room capable of seating 400 persons along with the new motel structure. Both new facilities will be erected immediately west of the existing hotel and will be bounded on the north and south by Main st. and an al ley. The new units will ex tend to within approximately 75 feet of Oakdalc ave. Officials Make Peace Labor Transportation ing the same truck for trans portation to other county pro jects. Today, however, Judge Mil ler told the Mail Tribune he will permit the welfare work ers to use a county truck, which has been transferred by the county to the welfare workers for welfare purposes to get to the park. This will not be the same as using coun ty equipment, he said. Miller indicated that he had changed his mind when in formed that the city had no means of transporting the workers to Prescott park. He emphasized that the welfare workers themselves have been available to work at the park all along. Transportation was the only problem. "Community Park" Duff, who said this morning that he has not yet been in formed of this turn of events, said yesterday that he dis- agrees with Miller s stand on Prescott park. He said; We feel that it is a community perk, not necessarily a city park, and that the county should have as much interest in it as the city." Another spokesman at the city hall agreed with Dull; 1 and declared: -ifj cinch Cold War Items Would Be Kept From Agenda Shorter Session Seen Beneficial United Nations, N.Y. - il'PD - The United States today urged deferment of all cold war items from the agenda of the reconvened 15th General As sembly, but ruled out any "trade or deal." U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, in a statement made shortly before the ses sion was to reopen, proposed that only the few matters es sential to the conduct of the United Nations be taken up at this time. The United States is going into the resumed session firm ly determined to do all it can to alleviate the cold war "in stead of aggravating it," Ste venson said. "We also feel that the world would benefit from shorten ing the session and avoiding acrimonious debate. We think a period of relative quiet would contribute to a better international climate for ser ious negotiation on such vital subjects as disarmament." Today s meeting was expect ed to be minus the fanfare that marked the opening ses sion last Sept. 20 when Soviet Premier Nikila S. Khrushchev and a host of top world lead ers attended the first meeting. Ghana Head To Speak Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah, the only chief of government on hand for this session, was scheduled to ad dress the assembly this after noon after the call to order by President Frederick H, Bo land of Ireland. The opening of the adjourn ed session was clouded by the failure of the Western powers to reach agreement with the Soviet bloc on shortening the' agenda by scrapping some "cold war", items on the list. To Scrap Resolution Despite this failure, the So viet government newspaper Izvestia announced that Rus sia had decided to scrap its resolution calling on the Uni ted Nations to condemn U.S. "aggression" in the U2 and RB47 plane Incidents. This news came as a surprise to the U.S. delegation. Aside from the obvious is sues of the Congo and the Kremlin's continuing attempt to oust Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in favor of a three-man presidium, the 38- item agenda contained a host of potential cold war items. These included disarmament, Hungary, Tibet, Cuba's "ag gression" charges against the United Stales, and Korea. (See siory on Page 10) Net Receipts Income Tax Bill Approved Salem-M!-The House Tax Committee decided Monday to allow those who earn $600 a year or less in Oregon to pay no slate income tax. With this and one other amendment, the committee voted 5-2 and sent the net re ceipts income tax bill to the with a "do pass" rccommenda-! tion. Navy Withdraws Task Force From Congo Washington - ft'PD - The United States today abruptly withdrew a small Navy task force heading towards the Congo and said the United Nations did not need it. the people of Medford arc not the only users of Roxy Anne (Prescott park)." He pointed out that the county has often helped with park improve ments in the past particu larly with roadwork Duff said yesterday that it was Miller's idea In the first place to have welfare work ers employed at Prescott park. Ironic Twist To make the whole disagree ment ironic, it was disclosed at the county parks and rec reation meeting last night that a proposal is in the making to turn the 1,740-acre Prescott park over to the county for a county facility. Although Duff has indical cd to members of his staff that this probably would he acceptable to the city, Judge Miller apparently was not yet aware of the proposal at the time he ordered the truck taken away. City-County Parks Director Robert Haworth who was caught in a cross-fire since he works under both Dufi and I Miller welcomed the news j that welfare labor crews ; would again be working at Prescott park. He paid this morning that he hopes to have a crew ready to go up there (again by tomorrow mining Gov i to MIX S. .u-Gov, Mark Hat- field Monday charged a Ways and Means subcommittee with 'irresponsible fiscal proced- i ure and said the Finance De partment will refuse to coop-: erate with any more vague budget cut orders from the legislature. The governor came under fire for his remarks today from legislative leaders. In the future, Hatfield said. the legislature will have to specify exactly what proposed expenditures are to be trim med before the Finance De partment will make the changes. Hatfield, speaking at a news conference, said a subcommit tee order last week to trim the $2.5 million agriculture department budget by a half Unemployment in County Reaches New High in February Unemployment in Jackson county in February reached a new high for the current fiscal year, John J. Palton, manager of the local office of the Ore gon Employment service, an nounced today. He said that 2,323 persons filed claims for one week of Committee Gives Rural School Budget Approval The Jackson county rural school budget committee gave its final approval to the coun ty school office budget last night. The Jackson county school superintendent's office must now total the revised figures and fill out the official budget sheets. No proposed overall total had been set. Tentative date for the budg et's public hearing will be April 10, according to County School Supt. Alf Mekvold. The budget election will be held May 1. The committee quickly ap proved the salary recommen dations of a special subcom mittee which suggested: $9,-; 750, a $250 raise for Mek void; $7,500, a $300 raise to Administrative Assistant Bca lous Cox; $7,200, a $1,100 raise to James McDonald, cur riculum materials center di rector; $4,463, a $227 raise for the secretary-office manager j in the county superintend-! cnl's office; $3,831, a $201 ! raise for a newly created posl- j tion of secretary-office mana ger in the curriculum mate-1 rials center. Ne Courier Except for the newly cre ated courier position for the curriculum materials center, the remained of the salaries remained pretty much the same. The courier salary had been cut $400 by the commit tee. He would be required to perform other routine jobs in the center, also. The committee spent most of last night's session discuss ing the proposed new pro gram for able and gifted stu dents in Jackson county schools. The total budget for this program was finally sliced to a third, at $3,000, compared to the proposed to tal of $9,350. The committee indicated it wanted more in formation on the program. No other county in the state has tried it. Administrative As sistant Cox said. Congo Army Told To Keep UN Out of Ports Lcopoldvillc, The Congo -(I'Pli-The Congo government ordered army commanders to day to keep UN troops out of the ports of Matatli and Ba nana until some agreement is reached with the United Na tions. WEATHER KOHKCAST: Itnin and witit) to- M'ilh niiuw Wriinrviay, t'ailini rlpiiiie WniiifMiav aftrnmtn. Low tonlcht IS to 40. Iffjh Hil. nrrJay 4S, Temp. HiKht-n Vftdav S lowest thli Mmntm . 29; I'rec. to (ft .m. today OS Our Skies Tonight StittMt trniay . p m. SiinrUff tnmorrow fi:3fi i.m, Mnmi tnnigtK .11:1? pm. I.siM HiinnfT .. March 9 IMtOMINFNT STAR Cup!!, hith oveihrm t 1, rnirt in In mtftftwt l midnight, KiiM, in mc nth i unnet, iii be in thf wuth wMt :37 p m. .eld Raps Unmarke Duncan Expresses I million dollars was "without any basis or merit." Since the subcommittee, headed by Sen. Francis Zieg ler (R-Corvallis), did not spell out what cuts it wanted, the Finance Department returned the budget with across the board slashes in general fund programs. Hatfield said he was "really surprised" that Ziegler, who chaired an interim committee that proposed expanded agri culture department programs, had ordered the cut. House Speaker Robert Dim can, Ways and Means Co- Chairman Daniel Thiel and Clarence Barton, D-Coquille'), spoke out against the gover nors statements. Duncan said Hatfield "ob viously lias never served on unemployment for the last week in February, The total is 14ss than 10 per cent of the estimated county work force of 25,000. Patton said that there also were other unemployed not in the total, including those with claims filed against other states, a number who have drawn the maximum compensation and some not covered. Combination Noted The local manager explain ed that the high figures for last month "were due to a combination of bad weather and price troubles which have plagued the lumber industry for several months," Barring some, now unfore seen circumstance, February should mark the high point for this winter, although un employment may remain rela. Uvely high for several months, according to Patton. When the present wet weather ends, a considerable upturn in construction and some Increase in logging ac tivity can be expected. The local level of unemploy ment i still following the pattern noted for several past months, Patton stated, but the current total is higher than either of the past two years, It is lower than that of three years ago, however. Larger Work Force "With more population and a consequently larger work force in the county, we must expect a larger number of per sons to be unemployed in the winter months due to the seasonal nature of much of our industry," he declared. Slack conditions in other parts of the country have in creased the number of letters received by the local office inquiring about job oppor tunities. Many indicate pur chase or intention to purchase land for a permanent loca tion. Patton said this type of correspondence increases or declines in step with eco nomic conditions in the rest of the country. Medford ranks fourth In population among cities of Oregon and Jackson county ranks sixth in population for counties. Since the unemploy ment figure usually ranks from 10th to 14th,"tne situ ation is somewhat better than could be expected," according to Patton. Two Youlhs Hurl In Morning Crash Two Medford youths were injured, one of them criti cally in a two-car accident at the intersection of 10th and Holly sis., about 10:20 this morning. In critical condition at Rogue Valley hospital is Wayne Johnson, 2748 Lone Pine rd., a high school stu dent. Hospital attendants said he is suffering from a head injury. The other Injured youth, and the driver of the car in which Johnson was riding, is Clayton Douglas Batten, 17, of 816 North Riverside ave. Attendants said he Is in good condition at Rogue Valley hos pital, but will be kept there overnight for observation. The diiver of the other car involved in the accident was Carl Randal Becbe, age un known, of 518 West Second st. He apparently was not in jured, police said. Details of the accident were not available at press lime, and police had not yet issued any citations. the Ways and Means Commit tee" and indicated displeasure with Hatfield's statement that Ways and Means had better think twice about ordering any more budget cuts. He said Ziegler is "probably better qualified from experience and training and ability to com ment on the budget of the Agriculture Department than the governor." Ziegler oper ates a dairy. Regional Edition Medford 16 Pages Kwiv-tr MS) in !vyvwiMvi' f SSs!V m-i !.& baSS-V'' -TTl n i "I LOVELESS VOYAGE This is the crew of the 37-foot schooner Fairwcather prior to their departure on a 10-year "no romance" voyage around the world. Bill Adams, right, owner of the vessel, plans to sail the craft to Acapulco, Tahiti, Australia, Hong Kong, India and the Mediterranean before returning to home port at Sausallto, Calif., in 1971. Kennedy Proposes 212,500 College Scholarships Washington - IMPS - Presi dent Kennedy today sent Con-j gress "urgent" legislation to aid higher education in Amer ica by providing 212,500 col lege scholarships for able youths and extending federal loans for dormitory and classroom construction. i He told House and Senate: leaders that passage of the; five-year, $3 billion program; is "vital" to prepare for the vast Increase in college en rollments expected during the coming decade. Stands Firm Meanwhile, the President stood firm on his insistence that federal aid to parochial and private elementary and secondary schools would be unconstitutional, even though House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack (Mass.) has come out against him on the issue. The two bills sent to Con gress round out legislation to implement Kennedy's $5.8 bil lion aid to education program. He already had sent Congress legislation to provide federal grants to states for public school construction or teach-j ers' salaries, as each state' deems best. Talenl Project Final Bid Opened The final bid on the Talent! project was opened this morn-: ing in local offices of the: bureau of reclamation, accord-: Ing to James Callan, project! engineer. Pacific Concrete company,! Portland, was low bidder at $689,333 on the west lateral rehabilitation and west lateral extension, Callan said. The bid will be sent to the bureau's chief engineer in Denver for approval and awarding of the : contract. The project extends 21 miles from north of Ash land to Griffin creek. Other bidders were Cherf Brothers, Inc., and Sandkay, inc., Ephrata, Wash., $883,183, and River Bend Construction company Portland, $728,917. m Barton said he was sorry over Hatfield's "loose use of the word 'irresponsible,' " He said, "1 question whether the governor ever spent any time on a farm except when he might have visited one in a political campaign." Ziegler summed up his feeling by say ing: "Barton said it for me." Hatfield said he disagreed: with Rep. Edwin Durno (R-j Ore ), over a remark by Dur no that the proposed Oregon' MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 196? Charge for Camping At Howard Prairie Lake Is Approved A charge for overnight camping only would be made on a trial basis at the Howard Prairie lake recreation areai during the 1061 summer sea-! son. It was agreed at a meet-! ting last week in Portland : of national park service, bu- reau of reclamation and Jack-; son county representatives. City-County Parks and Rec-: reation Director Robert Ha worth told the Jackson coun ty parks and recreation com mission last night that the federal agencies specified a $1 per car per night charge for camping. Ko charge will be made for use of the boat-launching ramp, for picnicking, parking ears or cars with bsat-tralles. The concessional will col lect ins camping fees and turn the receipts over to the county, which will place It In the newly formed county recreation fund Haworth, County Judge Earl Miller and James Callan, local project engineer for the bureau of reclamation, met Rogers Expected in Valley This Week William J. Rogers, meteor ologist, U.S. weather bureau, will arrive this week end to signal the start of the spring fruit frost season, County Ag fruit frost season. County Horticultural Agent C. B. Cordy said today. Orchard thermometers will be tested Tuesday or Wednes day, All orchardists are asked to bring them to the county Extension office. Duo to the advanced stage of the buds, growers may keep ihem on hand unill next Monday just in care of cold weather, Cordy said. Some early DAtnjou pear buds ar losing their bud scales, but no commercial damage would result if the temperature dropped as low as 23 degrees. Cordy said. "This rapid advancement of fruit buds is nearly 10 days u aget easure Dunes National Seashore lack-1 said, with benefits for soma ed sufficient scenic values. j workers running out each Tlie governor said he was j week, "sorry the present adrainistra-j Hatfield declined to com tion did not see fit" to include I ment on an assertion by Min the Oregon Dunes in recent jority Leader F. F. Montgom nationai seashore proposals, jery of Eugene that Duncan Hatfield said if federal leg- j was neglecting his job in fa v islation is passed to extend j or of preparing for a race for unemployment benefits, he the governorship, wouid like to see the extension The governor said, how made available in Oregon, j ever, he felt it was time to sea Jobless payments are now more major legislation on his on a plateau in Oregon, he j desk. 55th Tribune According to Adams, the voyage ifill have piatonic over tones lor the crew, "If there's any romance, the people involved will be sent home," he .said. From left, front, they are Vern Hansen, 2B; Rick Adams,. 18; Mrs. Suttla Adams, Adams. Kearj from left, Pat Adams, 7j Lisa Adams, 10, and John Adams, .16. (UP! Telephoto) with representatives of the! federal agencies to discuss the ! fee schedule. The two agencies determine! the general recreational pol icy for the area with the coun ty acting as administrative agency. Following this summer's ex periment, agency representa tives will meet again and evaluate the summer's opera tion, and any adjustments nec essary would be considered then, Haworth explained. Seek Fish for Lke The commission directed Haworth to write the director of the state game commission requesting plantings of spiny ray fish such as bass, blueglll and catfish In the Emigrant lake and rainbow trout U pos sible. Cole Hivers, stale game de partment biologist, told the commission that there would be no fishing for the 1961 season. Jf planted soon spiny ray fish would be catcheable size in 1963 and trout In the spring of 1962. Bficreatlon Com missioner Mrs, Marcel LePlnlec, Apple- gate, presented petitions from WO members of the Riders of Southern Oregon asking for development of bridle trails and ovcrnisht camping spots for horsemen and their mounts. She was appointed to help the commission plan the bridle trails and the overnight camping spots. Crash Kills Four Near Cottage Grave Cottage Grove-fl-Four youth were killed In a one-car accident 11 miles south of her early today on Highway 33. The victims were identified by state police as Robert H. Peters, 21, driver of the tar; Mle Snell, 18; Gary Glass, 18, and Wesley Johnson, 21. AH were from Cottage Grove, State police said Peters' 1857 model car was westbound when he apparently lost control. It skidded en the shoulder of the road and flipped over into Pass Creek, The accident was discovered about 2 a m, by a passing truck driver who noticed the back light of the car shining from She bottom of ttw ereek. The vehicle was completely submerged, i A m 0 U i Year Price 10 Cents No. 301 Senafe Approves Hatfield s Plan For Commerce Salem-BOT -Gov. Mark Hat field's government resrgani ration plan passed its first key test with honors today when the Oregon Senate ap proved a cabinet Oepartror. t of Commerce by a vote of 22-8. The bill, SB222, now goes to the House, where tt is s!as- . ed before final action to re turn to Ways and Means to i mittee for a tougher look .t the fiscal implications of vamping Oregon's oiei i ment into a cabinet sysi- a modeled along federal lines. Increased Efficiency Republican and Democratic leaders joined in supporting the bill as a move that wou i. bring "increased efficiency and increased economy m tna running of public affairs," The bill wouid group agen cies dealing in commerce ln .o one department, Th main ones would be Planning and Development, the insurance" commissioner, toip orations commissioner, superintende it of banks, real estate csmmis sisner, and numerous exam ing boards. Newbry Proposes farm Pkket Bill Salem - ffiPB -A bill to lim it farm picketing during plant ing and harvest seasons waa introduced in the Senata Monday by Sen. Lynn's! New bry R-Taient). ahead of normal hcdule, Cordy said. f
