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Jeanne
Resigns
Welfare
Portland-UPD-Jeanne Jewett, Oregon public welfare ad
ministrator lor the past 44 years, announced her resignation
today. She declined comment on whether the pending move
of State Welfare Commission headquarters from Portland to
saiem influenced the decision.
; The resignation is effective June 30.
' Gov. Mark Hatfield, who ordered the commission move
and who was involved in a dispute with commission mem
bers earlier in the year, said:
loremost social worKer. we
Miss Jewett took over the
top welfare job in December
of 195S. Before that she serv
ed four years as assistant ad
ministrator. Hep. Grace Peck (D-Port
land), chairman of the House
Health and Welfare commit
tee at the recent legislature,
termed the resignation "a
tragic thing for the people
of Oregon ..."
She said Miss Jewett ". . .
has been standing up and tak
ing it on the chin and she
waited until the legislative
session was over before her
resignation was submitted."
Rep. Feck said "I hope the
next commission isn't a pup
pet commission." She added,
"I hope he (the governor) has
a chance to cool down a bit."
Miss Jewett's letter of res
ignation to commission mem
bers said that generally speak
ing " a low proportion of the
Oregon population has receiv
ed aid and such per capita
aid has been relatively ade
quate in comparison with that
provided by other states."
She added, "This in itself
is not enough. The burden
some cost of public welfare'
will not be reduced by small
measures. We have not yet
as a state, or even as a na
tion, faced up to conditions
which cause dependency, and
found ways of dealing effec
tively with them." .
Miss Jewett began welfare
work in 1933 as a case work
er for Multnomah county.
Receiver Files
Suit lor $10,000
Leland Knox, Medford ac
countant and court appointed
receiver for the Medford Es
crow company, has filed a
complaint against the Globe
Indemnity company for $10,
000 plus $5,000 attorney's
fees.
The Globe company was
the insurer of employees of
Medford Escrow company
against any loss or misappro
priation of funds.
According to the complaint,
the escrow firm had two em
ployees, Rachel Peterson Car
ter and O. H. Bengtson, in
sured for $5,000 each.
As receiver for the escrow
firm, Knox said that accord
ing to records of the Medford
Escrow company it should
have assets in excess of $69,
000. He said that people who
have entrusted money with
the firm have filed claims
against the company totalling
more than $39,000.
Knox charges in the com
plaint that he has sent com
pleted records to the Globe
Indemnity company notifying
them that Mrs. Peterson and
Bengtson "acting in concert
and together misappropriated
and embezzled and took for
their own use, large sums and
amounts of money belonging
to and entrusted to or de
posited with the Medford Es
crow company in trust by
various persons."
"Just Want To Give You
Jewett
Public
Post
She served Oregon ably as its
wish her well.
Study Requested
On Power Intertie
With Southwest
Portland flJPD The Interior
Department said today Inter
ior Secretary Stewart Udall
has called for the completion
of a department study and re
port on a proposed extra high
voltage common carrier pow
er intertie between the Pa-
cific Northwest and Pacific
Southwest by Nov. 1.
Udall added the Pacific
Northwest would have a clear
cut priority on power re
quired for Northwest develop
ment.
The secretary's directive
followed the receipt of a pre
liminary report on the sub
ject, which was submitted by
Charles F. Luce, Bonneville
power administrator. Luce
heads the department's five-
man task force named to un
dertake the study.
Udall said "On the basis of
this preliminary report we be
lieve that the proposed inter
tie holds great promise of mu
tual benefit to both areas, by
taking advantage of the di
versity of loads, coordination
of thermal and hydro plants
and disposal of power sur
plus uses during certain pe
riods."
The secretary added there
is agreement that the Pacific
Northwest should export to
the Pacific Southwest only
that amount of electric en
ergy that is surplus to North
west needs. He said Califor
nia officials have stated they
will respect the priority of
the Pacific Northwest to all
power produced in the North
west. The task force, in accord
ance with Udall's instructions,
indicated it is giving close at
tention to provide adequate
legal safeguards for protec
tion of regional power supply.
It said it was preparing pro
posed legislation and contrac
tual provisions dealing with
the matter following consulta
tion with Bonneville Power
Administration customers.
Washington-(UPD- Rep. Jack
Westland (R-Wash.) told the
Bonneville Power Adminis
tration Thursday he was
sternly opposed to sending
any power into California
which could be used in his
state.
Westland cited his opposi
tion as the Joint Atomic En
ergy Committee questioned
Bonneville Administrator
Charles Luce on the amount
of power which will become
available through a U.S.-Can-ada
treaty for the develop
ment of a huge untapped
water supply in the North
west. The treaty was signed in
January but has not been rat
ified by the Canadian Parlia
ment. a Little Ballast, Boy"
Regional Edition
Medford
22 Pages
Korea President
Resigns; Offers
Apology To People
Cabinet Officers
Support Revolt
Seoul, Korea (UPD South
Korea President Posun Yun,
whose government was over
thrown by military revolt, an
nounced his resignation today
with an apology for failing to
improve conditions for the
people of his country.
The resignation of Presi
dent Yun, who had given his
formal approval to the new
military junta, came 24 hours
after Premier John M. Chang
and his cabinet quit their
offices and threw support to
the country's new leaders.
Comet as Surprise
Yun's action came as a sur
prise. Thursday, he had called
on all Koreans to join in sup
porting the junta. Aides said
he was apparently upset by
the junta leader's statement
that the revolutionary com
mittee was the "supreme pow
er organization" in the coun
try. Yun made the announce
ment of his resignation in a
mimeographed statement dis
tributed to newspapers from
his office this morning.
Not Interference
Shortly before the resigna-
tion of President Yun, who
was the last constitutional
figurehead of the old govern
ment still retaining office, Lt.
Lten. Chang Do Yung, chair
man of the revolutionary
committee which has assumed
power, said he did not con
sider U.S. opposition to the
coup as interference in the
internal affairs of South
Korea. Chang made his state
ment to foreign newsmen at
his ROK army headquarters,
The general made it clear
that the -military regime is
strongly pro - American and
anti-Communist.
Council Supports
Southern Pacific
Three Medford city council-
men did a complete about
face last night and threw
their support to the Southern
Pacific railroad in its efforts
to gain control of the Western
Pacific.
Their support was enough
to give Southern Pacific a
council resolution favoring it
in its contest with the Santa
Fe railroad to acquire control
of the Western Pacific. The
vote was 5 to 3.
Two weeks ago at Its last
meeting, the council had de
feated a motion to give its
support to the Santa Fe by a
4 to 3 vote. At that time no
one spoke in favor of South
ern Pacific and the four who
voted against the Santa Fe
resolution were in favor of
tabling both requests since
the matter, they said, was
none of the council's business.
Voting In-favor of Santa
Fe at the last meeting were
Councilmen R. L. Van Sickle,
Stanley Stark and Bill Sing-
ler. Last night all three voted
in favor of Southern Pacific.
They were joined by Council
man Jimmy Dunlevy and
Fred Robinson.
Councilman Al Bradford,
Donald Hanson and Robert
Baccus still maintained that
the matter was none of the
council's concern and voted
against the motion.
Two representatives from
the Southern Pacific railroad,
William D. Longmore, district
agent, and George Joyce,
trainmaster,' spoke on behalf
of the railroad last night.
Longmore said the council
should support SP because:
'anything that affects the
Southern Pacific railroad can
not help but affect Medford."
Permits Not Required
At Lake at Present
Campfire permits are not
required at Howard Prairie
lake at the present time, the
southwest district office of the
state department of forestry
reported this morning.
Bureau of land management
land surrounding the lake is
in the protection area of the
state forestry department.
Restrictions con c e r n I n g
campfires are contemplated
later in the season and will
be announced at that time,
the district office said.
MEDFORD,
Gov. Hatfield
On Problem
"Come and help
ay angrily.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
just as well say," added the
The 60-Minute Impact
What Time It Will
Subject of Much Discussion
What time it will be, and created economically because
rhen, and where, after June of the southern Oregon "Isl
in southern Oregon (as in and" of standard time.
other sections of the state) Cave Junction Mayor Car
continued to be the subject rol Banks and Illinois Valley
of discussion today,
There have been these de
velopments resulting from the
Retail Merchants committee
of the Medford Chamber of
Commerce Wednesday an
nouncing it would encourage
"Southern Oregon Daylight
Time:"
1. The Medford city council
last night decided to change
its office hours from 8 a.m. to
5 p.m., to 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to
conform as nearly as possible
with those who set their
clocks ahead an hour.
2. The Grants Pass Courier
had this headline: "City Offi
cially Won't Monkey With
Clocks, But Residents Will."
Opinion Expressed
3. An Illinois Valley busi
nessman expressed this opin
ion: "We should stay on stand
ard time, and then advertise
in the Medford and Grants
Pass newspapers to shop in
Illinois Valley where the
stores stay open late!"
4. The majority of mer
chants in Ashland voted yes
terday to set their clock
ahead one hour to conform
with Medford to the north and
Yreka to the south.
5. In many cases, the pres
ent state of time confusion
has been blamed on the state
legislature. Protest after pro
test had been voiced by In
dignant citizens to the Mail
Tribune. And lt was reported
that an organized letter-writ
ing campaign is under way to
urge Gov. Mark Hatfield to
call a special session of the
legislature to end the "time
mess." '
6. Jackson County Judge
Earl Miller said, the county
would remain on standard
time, and there was no Indi
cation that courthouse office
hours would be changed. Mil
ler said he believed the legis
lature should convene for
about 15 minutes to straight
en out the situation.
Would Be Illegal
Medford City Attorney Joel
Reeder expressed the opinion
at last night's council meeting
that it would be illegal for the
city to set its clocks ahead
one hour. Daylight saving
time is legal in only five
counties in northern Oregon.
The Grants Pass city coun
cil, in the same situation, vot
ed to change Its office hours
to conform to the time of
merchants and residents who
set their clock ahead one hour.
The Grants Pass retail mer
chants discussed the time
change at two meetings. Most
of those Involved in the dis
cussions were reluctant to be
a party to a decision to make
any change, but agreed that a
chaotic condition had been
OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY
me get out of THIS," Alice heard the Rabbit
' ' '
"You might "that 'I like what I get' Is the same thing as
March Hare, 'I get what I like'!"
TGhambep of Commerce Presi
dent Myron Terpening agreed
in voicing disapproval of Illi
nois Valley switching to some
form of daylight time.
City Hours Will
Change To
With New
The city of Medford joined
the state-wide time hassle last
night when the city council,
by a 7 to 1 vote, changed the
city hall working hours to
confirm with "Southern Ore
gon Daylight time."
There will be no change of
city hall clocks. But, city em
ployees will start work at 7
a.m. and quit at ( p.m. The
change will become effective
on June 1 and wl run to
Sept. 24 - the same period
during which SODT will be
effective.
Even though the working
hours have been changed, it
will still be 7, a.m. at the city
hall when It is 8 a.m. in
downtown department stores.
And while city hall and down
town stores will open at the
same time, the county court
house and state offices will
open an hour later.
Implication! Not Discussed
But the implications of the
city's action, if any, were not
discussed last night.
Only a last-minute reversal
by Councilman R. L. Van
Sickle kept the council's de
cision from being unanimous.
He was the lone dissenter.
Earlier In the meeting he had
said he would go along on
the matter. "
The only objections to the
council's action came from
the audience where council
critic William Doernbach, 143
Mace ave., declared: "I don't
like to see this city's elective
body pressured by a small
group of businessmen to go
along with them . . . and
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Tribune
19, 1961
Marks Time
of Fast Time
' Vroman
Be
Terpening said If some
merchants wish to open an
hour early and close an hour
early that Is their business.
But, legally, the valley is on
standard time,, anij see no
reason why the chamber
should advocate going against
the wishes of the people."
(Continued on Pag 2)
Conform
Time
make a joke of what the peo
ple voted 'no' on."
Points io Election
Doernbach pointed out that
the voters of Jackson county
turned down the state-wide
daylight saving time propos
al on the November ballot by
a margin of approximately
18,700 to 12,500.
Both Councilmen Robert
Baccus and Donald Hanson
reassured Doernbach that
they were not going along
with the downtown retail mer
chants, but were only doing
lt for city employees to give
them an extra hour of day
light. There was an embarrassing
moment when City Manager
Robert A. Duff suggested that
the city hall summer work
schedule extend from next
Monday (May 29) to Sept. 24.
It was quickly pointed out
that the retail merchants were
not going to change their
clocks until June 1, and Duff
hurriedly amended his sug
gestion to make summer hours
effcotlve in the city hall on
that day also.
City Attorney Joel Reeder
had earlier declared it was
his opinion that it would be
illegal for the city to change
the clocks, but that the city
manager could change the
working hours.
Duff said: "Our first con
sideration Is the convenience
of the public." He said a re
ceptionist would be on duty
at the city hall from 4 to 5
p.m., to answer questions and
explain the situation to citi
zens who may come to the
city hall after the 4 p.m. clos
ing hour.
Traffic To Slow Down
On Baldock Freeway
Snlem-flJPD-Autos will have
to slow down on a 10 mile
stretch of the Salem-Portland
freeway starting the middle
of next week when the final
stage of paving begins. .
The job involves putting
one and one-half inches of
asphaltlc concrete on the free
way from the Willamette riv
er to Woodburn.
Year Price 10 Cents
No. 50
Staggered Shifts
For State Crews
Being Considered
Advancing Clocks
Legally Impossible
Salem -(UPD- Gov. Mark Hat
field marked time today on
whether he will really two
time the capital city by per
mitting state employees to
work on staggered shifts'.
The governor told a Salem
Chamber of Commerce dele
gation it appeared legally im
possible to advance state
working schedules one hour
in order to keep pace with the
Portland area which has day
light saving time.
Must Heed Legal Time
He said the law clearly
leaves the balance of the
state on standard time, and
state offices must heed the
legal time in providing many
public services.
The governor said, however,
he would "have to have the
lawyers look over" the possi
bility of keeping offices open
the final hour of the workday
"with a skeleton crew."
The six-member delegation
presented the Salem case at a
brisk meeting in the gover
nor's office at 8:30 a.m., stand
ard time.
Business Said Hurt
Willard C. Marshall, presi
dent of the chamber, said the
city's "businesses and Industry
are facing a very costly and
frankly inefficient situation"
as a result of many businesses
in the rest of the state, as well
as Portland, moving clocks
ahead. .;. --
He asked the governor ''not
to change the clocks, we know
mat can't be done," but to ad
vance work schedules.
He said a survey showed
some 90 per cent of the people
In the area favored fast time
now.
Wearing Two Watches .
Hatfield replied because of
his frequent travels to Port
land, "I'm caught In the same
problem of wearing two
watches." '
But, he said, "there is one
legal time . . . standard . . .
any other is Informal and un
official." As for putting state em
ployees on staggered shifts,
he added there is "also a prob
lem of morale."
Second PT-N Hearing
In Salem May 23
Salem -(UPD- The second
half of a hearing on the for
mation of Pacific Telephone
Northwest as a corporation
separate from Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. of
California will be held here
May 28.
Sharp Disagreement Evident in City's
Action on Purchasing 53
For the first time In many
a meeting, sharp disagreement
was evident at a regular ses
sion of the Medford city coun
cil last night when the council
temporarily declined to au
thorize the city manager to
negotiate for a large piece of
property.
The property - 82 acres of
it - is located in south Med
ford north of Barnett rd. and
extends along both sides of
Bear creek. City officials ten
tatively propose to add the
property to 31 acres of city
owned land In the area and
make It Into a large central
city park.
Although five of the eight
city councilmen favored a mo
tion that would authorize the
city manager to negotiate for
the land, the proposal failed
because lt lacked a three
quarters majority which is
necessary to pass proposals
coming before the council for
the first time.
Enough To Past It
If the matter Is brought be
fore the council at its next
meeting, and there Is every
reason to believe that it will
be, the same 8 to 3 vote would
then be enough to pass It.
While anything more than
token disagreement is unusual
at a public council meeting,
last night found the council
LEADERS SLATE
VIENNA MEETING
JUNE 3 AND 4
Washlngton-IHPB-Presldent Kennedy and Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev will meet in Vienna June 3 and 4 for a
general exchange of major U.S.-Russian differences, the
White House announced today.
The White House said the conference will provide "a
timely and convenient opportunity for the first personal con
tact" between the President and premier.
Following the Vienna meeting, Kennedy will travel to
London for a brief session with British Prime Minister Har
old Macmlllan.
It was emphasized that the Kennedy-Khrushchev confer
ence will be confined to "the major issues which affect the
relationships" between the United States and Russia.
Will Not Negotiate
The White House statement
said the "big two" will not ne
gotiate nor try to reach agree
ments on cold war problems
involving other countries.
The President will have his
first meeting with Khru
shchev immediately after his
previously announced - talks
with French President Char
les de Gaulle in Paris, May
31-June 2.
Kennedy and Krushchev
will have their first get
together against a backdrop
of crisis that have developed
since the President entered
the White House. Serious de
velopments pitting the Free
World against communism
have flared in the Congo,
Cuba, Laos and South Viet
Nam.
Nuclear test ban talks at
Geneva have bogged down in
a stalemate. Kennedy is re
ported intent on convincing
the Soviet premier of the seri
ousness with which he re
gards a genuine test ban
agreement as the keystone of
general disarmament.
The Kennedy-Khrushchev
conference and the Presi
dent's plans to meet with
Macmlllan were announced
simultaneously in Washing
ton, Moscow and London. It
was announced in London
that Kennedy will dine with
Queen Elizabeth when .. he
visits the British capital.
Kennedy Took Initiative
It was learned here that lt
waS Kennedy who proposed
and Khrushchev who agreed
on Vienna as the site. -The
President also won agreement
from the Soviet leader, that
the meeting should be an in
formal one with no effort to
negotiate.
Kennedy probably will be
accompanied to Vienna by a
small group consisting of Sec
retary of State Dean Rusk,
Assistant Secretary of State
for Europe Foy Kohler; his
Soviet adviser, Charles E.
Bohlen, White House aide
George Bundy and at most
one or two others.
Officials reported that the
United States won the con
sent of the major European
allies before agreeing to the
conference. They shun calling
lt a summit conference in the
sense of involving elaborate
negotiating sessions.
Fire Destroys Fruit
Stand at Rogue Elk
Lloyd Silver, owner of . a
fruit stand at Rogue Elk. on
Highway 62 near Trail, told
state police his fruit stand
burned early this morning.
Police said cause of the fire
is not yet determined. Flames
charred the walk-In cooler
next to the stand, they said.,
almost evenly divided over
whether to go fast or slow on
the park property proposal.
Councilman R. L. Van Sic
kle, who stated: "I can't be
hurried Into this thing," said
he doubts that the city needs
the park property, and indi
cated he would favor using
the money to develop unde
veloped park property already
owned by the city. He cited
Jackson park as an example.
Councilman Stanley Stark
declared he agreed with Van
Sickle that the city is "rush
ing into lt." He said he op
posed the matter at this time
because the city has no park
plan for park development,
and therefore "we have no
assurance that this would be
of value in the future."
Price Is Scaring .
Councilman Fred Robinson
agreed with Van Sickle and
Stark saying the price "scares
me."
To purchase the property
the city would use approxi
mately $160,000 that was re
ceived from the state for free
way right-of-way across Haw
thorne park. The money has
been earmarked for park pur
poses. On the other tide of the
ledger, Councilman Donald
Hanson laid the land Is "ideal
I ; ;
Four Juveniles
Admit Vandalism
In Rose Garden
Eagle Point - Four juvenile
boys have admitted destroy
ing four rose plants and dam
aging a tulip tree in a garden
owned by Jake Olsen, " 56
Main st., Eagle Point, accord
ing to Oran Chastain, Eagle
Point marshal.
Olsen reported that three
climbing roses were cut near
the ground, one climber rose
puuea irom tne ground ana a
tulip tree sawed through the
trunk Tuesday night He had '
spent more than 10 years
perfecting the roses as a
hobby.
The tulip tree was sched
uled to bloom for the first
time this year.
Three of the youths are
from Eagle Point. The fourth
lives in Prospect but attends
school in Eagle Point.
Chastain said the boys ad
mitted the vandalism shortly
before noon today. He was
still questioning them early
this afternoon. When asked if
the boys had given any rea
son for' their action, he said,
'not a reaaoname one."
Public sentiment has been
aroused over the incident, he
u iiiiru ju . 1. 1 i
amu. - TV tiuever um hub is re
ally sick," one resident said.
An Eagle . Point Grange
spokesman said, "Whoever
was responsible for this de
struction should be required
to read everyone of the 7,000
letters of appreciation the
Granff receiver! an a rejnilr. nf
the Grange tree planting pro
gram."
Mother and Friend
Waive Extradition
Oakland, Calif. - (DTD - A
young mother and her teen
aged girl friend waived an
extradition hearing in Munic
ipal Court today and will
leave Saturday morning to
Oregon in connection with the
deaths of two small children.
Mrs. Gertrude Mae Jack
son, 25, and the friend, Jen-
nace Joan Freeman, 19, were
arrested here on an Oregon
warrant In connection with
the slaying of Mrs. Jackson's
children, Larry, 6, and Mar
tha, 4. The nude bodies of the
youngsters were found in a
350-foot gorge in central Ore
gon. Acres of Land
ly situated" and pointed out
that lt Is the last available
land close to Bear creek. He
added: "The longer we wait,
the' greater will become our
cost."
Councilman Al Bradford
said that recently completed
appraisals of the land "look
reasonable." Bradford sug
gested that "the land could
well have commercial value
and could be told before we
get there."
'Valuable Addition'
Councilman Bill Slngler, a
past member of the city's
parks and recreation commis
sion, said he thinks the prop
erty would be "a valuable ad
dition and- a valuable Invest
ment" for . the city, adding
that in a period of i to 20
years, "I think we'll be happy
we got it."
Referring to Van Sickle's
implication that the city
should develop the land lt al
ready has, Slngler declared:
"We've got from here to eter
nity to develop it, All that's
Important now Is to buy it.''
Van Sickle then retorted
sharply: "Mr. Slngler - all
I want is two weeks to look
at It." :
Councilmen Robert Baccus
and Jimmy Dunlevy Joined
Bradford, Hanson and Slng
ler in voting for the motion.