Legislative Leaders Under Pressure
To Corral Forces for Action on Bills
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LAOTIAN CRISIS DISCUSSED President Kennedy and
British Prime Minister Harold Macmlllan met across the
conference table at Key West, Fla., Sunday in high-level
talks on the Laotian crisis. Shown from left are Charles
Goldberg Confident of Approval for
Most of Kennedy's Minimum Pay Bill
Wa.Jilntffnn-fllPD-Labor Sec
retary Arthur J. Goldberg re
mained confident today that
Congress would approve most
of President Kennedy's $1.25
minimum wage bill despite its
initial defeat in the House.
, . Goldberg described Ken
niHv' nrrmosal aft "moderate.
reasonable and sensible." He
, predicted the Senate would
approve It and Senate-House
conferees would accept it over
the $1.15 House - approved
measure.
Referring to the House's re
jection by one vote Friday of
h Knnnedv - backed bill.
Goldberg said: "We have lost
a skirmish, but not the battle.
I am confident we will win
the battle."
Dinner To Include
Play Scene, Music
. A scene from the play "Sun
rise at Campobello" about the
early Ufa of Franklin D. Roo-
.niral( nnt nhnml anlectlons bv
the St. Mary's High school
Marian choir will be inciuaea
In the program at the 11th an
nual Roosevelt Memorial din
ner planned April 15.
The dinner will be held at
McLoughlln Junior, v High
school. The program will be
under the direction of Mrs.
Stan Zapell. -.
Students, all members of
The Theaplans - at Medford
High school, will take part in
the scene, They include Terry
1 Wiek, who will play Roose
velt; Nola Robbins, Nancy
Duncan and Linda Jo Walter
mire. Guest speaker at this year's
Roosevelt Memorial, dinner
will be Sen. Frank F. Church
of Idaho, keynoter at the 1960
Democratic convention and a
member of the Senate Foreign
Relations committee. Oregon
Speaker of the House Robert
B. Duncan, Medford, will be
master of ceremonies.
Education Need
In America Cited
Portland. -TOPD- Gov. Frank
Morrison of Nebraska said
Sunday changes In public at
titudes toward the teaching
profession and academic ac
complishment are needed In
American education.
The governor, a former
teacher, stopped here en route
to a teachers convention in
Lane county.
Morrison said school financ
ing in the form of federal aid
can be expected.
"Education Is the mother of
all professions, the basts of
all civilization," he said. .
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1961
Economic Disaster
Threatens Congo
As Politicos Jockey
Leopoldville, The Congo -
tUPD The Congo was plunging
toward economic disaster to
day . while rival politicians
Jockeyed for positions of pow
er. A report by the United Na
tions civilian operation said
inflation, sagging production,
a breakdown in communica
tions and general insecurity
is causing a "rapid dlslntegra
Hon" of the country's econ
omy. v .
Two Trapped 12
Hours in Cove
Oceanlake -HPD- Two col
lege students were reported in
good condition today after
their rescue from a 12-hour
ordeal trapped in a beach cove
by high tide six miles north
of here.
The two, Deral McKcel, 19,
Roads End, and George Wood,
18, Oceanlake, suffered slight
shock and exposure.
Coastguardmen rescued the
youths. They were brought to
safety after a boatswain's
chair was dropped from an
overhead cliff. The youths
said they were exploring the
cove Saturday afternoon, look
ing for Japanese glass boats
when they were trapped.
They added they were
forced to the back of the cove
and were unablo to climb the
bluff's 200-foot walls.
About 25 persons joined in
trie search when the dfsap
pearance was reported Satur
day night. The search party
Included men from the Dcpoe
Bay Coast Guard station, De-
lake volunteer fire depart
ment, deputy sheriffs and
state police.
McKcol is a studont at Ore
gon State while Wood attends
tlie University of Oregon,
Peyton Slaying
Probe Continues
Portland (UPD Sheriff's
Capl. Gordon Auborn said a
deputy would go to Pullman,
Wash., today as authorities
continued their Investigation
Into last year's slaylngs here
of Larry Ralph Peyton and
Beverly Ann Allan, both 11).
Auborn said that the dep
uty would do "more routine
checking" at Washington
Stale university where Miss
Allan was a student. He added
that a man bring held at
Grangovllle, Ida., on a rape
charge had been eliminated
earlier as a suspect.
Peyton and Miss Allan were
slain last year In a lover's
lane near here.
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European Affairs; President Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy,
special assistant to the President; Sir Harold Caccla, am
bassador to the United States, and the Prime Minister.
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the President substantially
what he wants.
-He declined to agree with
Commerce Secretary Luther
H. Hodges that the recession
had hit bottom, Goldberg said
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There Is a growing realiza
tlon of the nation's plight
among rival politicians but
they are having difficulty get
ting together to do something
about it.
The Leopoldville regime of
President Joseph Kasavubu
and Premier Joseph Ileo has
been trying to arrange a meet
ing with the leftist regime of
Antolne Gizcnga in Stanley
ville but the deal has bogged
down over a site.
Cleophas Kamltatu, presi
dent of Leopoldville Province
and designated by Ileo as a
go-between, said Gizenga ap
peared eager to talk but de
manded the conference take
place at Stanleyville Airport
which Is controlled by U.N.
troops.
Ileo demanded the talks be
held at some "really neutral"
spot.
There the matter stood to
day and It appeared neither
side was willing to give in.
The U.N. report said there
was serious danger of famine
in the northern and eastern
regions of the country.
"In Klvu and Oriental prov
inces economic disaster is im
minent because of anarchy
and disorder," the report said.
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Specials Move Ahead
Sharply as Stocks
Mostly Irregular
Now York - UPI - Stocks
churned Irregularly in most
groups this morning with sev
eral special situations moving
ahead sharply.
Valuable Watch
Returned to Owner
Salem - (ITO - A " $5 watch,"
that turned out 300 times
more valuable, was In the
hands of Its owner today.
Mrs. C. T. Pomcroy of Sn
lem claimed the woman's
wrist watch at police head
quarters after jeweler George
Ishldn turned the watch over
to police Saturday. The watch
is worth $1,500.
Last Thursday an elderly
man came into Ishlda's shop
and offered to sell a mud
caked watch which appeared
to be a piece of cheap Jewel
ry. Ishlda gave him $5.
Ishlda discovered the watch
was studded with diamond!
He notified police.
Mrs. Pomcroy, Co-operator
of another Salem Jewelry
store, Inter notified authori
ties the watch was hers.
She told police she had not
reported the watch missing
because she thought It was
merely misplaced somewhere
In her home.
it was too soon to tell.
Unemployment in March is
not likely to fall much if
any below the 5.7 million
February rate.
-He Is studying the possibil
ity of asking Congress to ex
tend to corporation executives
the law barring workers from
holding union officers if they
have been convicted of cer
tain crimes. Goldberg said
many persons felt this was
needed in view of the price
rigging convictions of electric
equipment executives.
-He has met with Atty.
Gen. Robert F. Kennedy to
discuss the formation of a
joint Justice Department-Labor
Department unit to look
into labor racketeering.
Goldberg said the House
passed minimum wage meas
ure was "not a good bill," but
he declined to predict wheth
er Kennedy would veto it if
It was accepted by the Senate.
Tucson Child, 8,
Object of Search
Tucson, Ariz. (UPU A mas
sive search was underway to
day for 8-year-old Marguerita
Bcjarano, missing since she
left homo Friday morning for
school.
Some 375 policemen, sher
iff's deputies and volunteers,
aided by two light planes and
15 to 20 patrol cars with pub
lic address systems broadcast
ing the child's description, ex
tended their search for Mar
guerita to the desert surround
ing Tucson Into Sunday.
"There is still no indication
Marguerita was kidnaped or
what happened to her," a po
lice official said. A Federal
Bureau of Investigation
spokesman in Phoenix said his
office was keeping in touch
with the case but had not yet
entered it.
A house-to-house search for
Marguerita in her neighbor
hood Sunday turned up noth
ing. "There are just no clues,"
the police official said.
Lazaro S. Bcjarano, a hod
carrier at a local brickyard,
told police Ills daughter van
ished between her home and
the Roosevelt Elementary
school a half-mile away,
where she Is a third grader.
Bcjarano and his wife have
three other children, all
younger than Marguerita.
The ticker tape ran late dur
ing the early minutes but
caught up In short order as
volume dipped a bit from last
week's hectic pace.
Steels, chemicals and other
heavy Industrial issues gen
erally traded narrowly al
though most steels were down
fractions. Universal Oil Prod
ucts, up nearly Ha, bucked
an easier oil section.
Calumet G Hccla opened
late on a block of 15.000
shares, up 2'j at 17 1 a to lead
the upside movers percentage
wise. Also running up 2 or
more were Transltron, MSL
Industries, Vcndo, and Rcxall
Drug.
Brrkman gave up a point In
the electronics but IBM tack
ed on around 4 and Standard
Kollsman, Litton, Mngnavox
and Emerson Electric Ha.
Railroad stocks were ahead
a small amount on average
led by Pennsylvania up nearly
a point.
CRASH KILLS 21
Natal, Braill-iVPD-A Bra
zilian military air transport
carrying troops and depend
ents crashed while approach
ing the Nntnl Airport Sunday,
killing 21 of those aboard.
Seven other persons wera injured.
Several 'Must'
Measures Remain
To Be Cleared
Salem The 1961 legis
lature, neutralized by what
frequently tends to look like
a 90-party system of 00 inde
pendent legislators, entered a
telling week - it's 12th today
'- with mounting pressures for
adjournment giving leaders
an ultimatum to corral their
forces fast if they want, any
action on major bills.
Democratic leaders of both
houses aim to quit around
April 20.
But among "must" meas
ures which have not yet clear
ed either house are school
funds, timber taxation, most
govern m e n t reorganization,
all the larger budgets, com
munity colleges, oil explora
tion laws, medicare, mental
health clinics and the Astoria
Megler bridge.
Few Bills Pass
Only a few bills have passed
between the conservative-
dominated Senate and the
slightly more liberal House.
These include three - way
workmen's c o m p e n sation,
which the Senate sent to an
unfriendly House Labor com
mittee, and a 10 per cent state
income tax cut bill which the
House fired toward a reluc
tant Senate tax group.
Just two sets of bills of ma
jor importance have reached
the governor, measures to
grant easements for a pulp
mill at Gardiner, and meas
ures to let Boeing Airplane
Co. lease Boardman industrial
park.
Most sponsorship for legis
lation, and most votes off the
few major bills that have been
acted upon, have shown abso
lute disregard for party lines.
In the Senate, conservative
Democrats and Republicans
have shaped themselves into a
fairly effective bloc.
Parly Lines Crossed
But the House - from com
mittee to floor - has been
characterized by blythe party
line crossings on almost every
vote, giving little meaning to
the 31-29 Democratic control.
House Speaker Robert Dun
can and more conservative
Senate President Harry Boivin
will have to get busy lining
up their supporters, and agree
ing on their compromises, if
they want to leave any Demo
cratic record at all this ses
sion. Duncan's House Tax com
mittee is still stumped over
timber taxation, with two
Democrats, Clarence Barton of
Coquille and W. O. Kelsay of
Roseburg, feuding over two
different plans.
Boivin s Senate Education
committee is still split over
school fund distribution.
The picture is repeated all
over the legislature, but the
push to end the session is hold
ing a shotgun over committees
to quite hedging about their
intentions.
Lost Scout Found
At Silver Falls
Salem -H1PD- A 13-year-old
Boy Scout was lost for nearly
eight hours Sunday in a snow
storm at Silver Falls state
park. Danny Harbaugh of
Salem was found by a search
party late in the day.
The boy, chilled but un
harmed, had failjd to return
from a hike.
Danny set out with another
scout, 13-year-old Bill Kessel
and Kcsscl's younger brother.
The Kesscls returned to camp
with young Harbaugh continu
ing on.
State Policeman Curtis
Rucckor came upon the boy
about 15 miles from camp, in
a rugged mountain area.
Three inches of snow had
fallen, hampering tile search.
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JFK Gains Bipartisan
Backing on Laos Policy
Washington -IUPD- President
Kennedy had more bipartisan
support in Congress today for
his Laos policy.
New statements backing the
President in the crisis came
from Sens. J. William Ful
bright (D-Ark.), Hugh Scott
(R-Pa.), Jacob K. Javits (R
N.Y.), and Alexander Wiley
(R-Wis.). '
Fulbright, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations com
mittee, said he would support
Kennedy even if he might
have some personal question
about any action the President
decided to take in the critical
situation.
Troop Plan Endorsed
Scott and Javits endorsed
the dispatch of troops into the
area as part of an Allied
force - if they are needed to
halt Communist aggression.
They said the United States
should act with other SEATO
nations.
Wiley said the Laos crisis
threatened to become a major
contest between East - West
forces. He hailed the firm
stand being taken by the Uni
ted States against Russia's ag
gressive policies. 1
Scott said he was "in favor
of doing anything, anything,
including the use of force if
necessary, to stop Communist
aggression." i
"I hope we do not have to '
send troops," he said, "but if
we do have to send troops as'
Folsom Plans
Integration
Sacramento, Calif. - (UPD -State
officials were planning
today to enforce complete ra
cial integration at Folsom
prison, where rioting occurred
earlier this month when Ne
groes tried to eat with whites.
Cecil Poole, Gov. Edmund
G. Brown's clemency secre
tary and liaison with the state
prison system, said that two
dining halls in the maximum
security institution would be
integrated as soon as enough
four-man tables could be pur
chased to seat all prisoners in
smaller groups.
Some 2,200 white inmates
and 750 Negroes now practice
segregation in the dining
halls, by sitting at 15 to 20
man tables in separate parts
of the room.
The riot occurred March 3
when a group of Negroes sat
in the white section. Ten pris
oners were injured slightly,
three of them from ricochet
ing fragments of a bullet fir
ed by a guard. Less serious
disturbances followed the next
day.
Poole said he worked out
details of the plan with War
den Robert A. Heinze during
an inspection of the prison
last week. The plan goes now
to Governor Brown for final
approval, he said.
Western Airlines
Resumes Service
Los Angeles (UPD Western
Airlines today resumed Lock
heed Electra II service link
ing Los Angeles with Phoenix,
Ariz.; San Fran'isco, Port
land, Ore., and Seattle-Taco-ma,
Wash., the company re
ported. A company spokesman said
the airline Sunday resumed
Boeing 707 jet service be
tween Los Angeles and San
Francisco and Scottlc-Tacoma. i
Western flights had been j
grounded since Feb. 18 when j
members of the Flight Engi-:
neers International association j
went on strike throughout the !
nation.
The striking engineers were
fired and pilot-qualified flight
engineers were hired as re
placements, j
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said: "If we mean business
and the President is making
it clear that we do - then we
must be prepared for some
commitment of our own forces
in the framework of the re
gional defense organization."
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