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AMA To Answer CCennedly's me ea Candidates Criticize Ruling Labor Official Meeting Sought By Senator Morse Fisher Calls Ruling 'Arbitrary' Decision Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) and Carl Fisher, Eugene, Re publican candidate for Con gress in the Fourth district, spoke out today about the U.S. Labor department's deci sion prohibiting the use of Mexican nationals in harvest ing the Medford area pear crop. In Portland Sen. Morse re quested an early conference to iron out difference regard ing the use of the Mexican na tionals. In Medford, speaking at the Medford Chamber of Commerce roundtable at noon, Fisher sharply criticiz ed the decision, calling it an "arbitrary ruling." Morse, who was renominat ed for the U.S. Senate last Friday, said that as soon as he reached Washington, D.C., he will ask Labor Secretary Arthur Goldberg to make his officials available to meet with a delegation of pear growers from Medford. Minimum Wage New department regula tions require a one dollar min imum wage to all workers, and deny use of Mexican na tionals north of the California border. Morse said he believed that "once the department of la bor officials hear the views of the pear growers, they will agree with me that some changes in the department of labor policies are called for in fairness to the Oregon grow ers and the orchard workers as well." He said that he would work, with Raymond Reter, Medford pear grower, to set up a delegation. Sufficient Wage Morse said pickers working "at a fair pace of produc tion" now make well over one dollar an hour at the present piece rate, but that many women and children "pick fruit intermittently and lei surely with no intention or desire to maintain a fair pro duction pace." He said it' was unfair to re quire growers to pay one dol lar an hour for such work and that production at an ade quate piece rate should deter mine the wage. Morse said he considered denial of use of Mexican na tionals to Oregon growers "an unfair discrimination in con trast with policies extended to Californi. farmers." Searching Question! Fisher said that "if even a portion of the Rogue pear crop is lost as a result of this ruling, the department of la bor can count on being asked some very searching questions about their use of administra tive powers." "Mexican nationals have been used by the Rogue area growers for years," Fisher said, "and it appears they are now being singled out for some unknown reason by the department of labor. There is cause for concern when administrator in any federal department is endowed with arbitrary life and death pow ers over an industry which plays such a vital role in the economy of not only southern Oregon, but the entire state." Fisher noted that "this is apparently not a matter of protecting local workers, the problem is lactr of workers at the end of the season." HS(BRIEFS rriMS irom jff ' STORM THREATENS CARPENTER LAUNCHING Cape Canareral, Fla.-fPI'-A new storm moving out of the west threatened today to force still another delay in plant to send astronaut M. Scott Carpenter into orbit Thurs day morning. KENNEDY ASKS FOR AEC MONEY . Waihinglon-l?l-Preiident Kennedy asked Congress today for an additional $210,800,000 for the 'Atomic Energy Com mission next fiscal year, partly to reimburse it (or funds being spent on its current ten series. THAILAND BUILDUP NEXUS GOAL Bangkok. Thalland-tOT-The United States military build up in Thailand neared its S.OOO-man goal today and American official expressed aetliiietlon with their speedy deploy ment to defense positions. on Nationals x V (UPI) MAJ. GEN. ALFRED HINT2 Heart Attack Fatal Maj. Gen. Hintz Dies Following Graduation Rites Oregon City - (UPI) - Maj. Gen. Alfred E. Hintz, the ad jutant general of the Oregon National Guard, is dead at the age of 56. Hintz, described as a "sol dier's soldier," died at a hos pital here Saturday evening following a heart attack. He suffered the attack at Camp Withycombe near Clackamas after speaking at the graduation exercises of the state National Guard of ficers candidate class. Division Commander Hintz also was commander of the 41st Infantry Division, which is composed of Oregon and Washington National Guard units. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at the Salem Armory. He will be buried at the Willamette Na tional Cemetery In Portland. Gov. Mark Hatfield, who appointed Hintz as state ad jutant general in June of 1959 and five months later named him commander of the 41st division, said "he gave .totally of himself in war and peace." High Recognition He said: "His leadership of the Oregon National Guard and the 41st division in the past three years has earned high recognition for Oregon. He was a soldier's soldier. A grateful . state extends its greatest sympathy to his family." Hintz joined the Oregon National Guard in 1933. He served in the South Pa cific during World War II and was assigned as 41st di vision artillery commander and assistant division com mander before being appoint ed adjutant general. Hintz is survived by his widow, Rae, and a son, Wayne. Indonesians Land On West New Guinea Hollandia, West New Guinea - IUPD - Dutch officials reported today that more than 400 Indonesian soldiers and paratroopers now have land ed on West New Guinea and that a combined air, land and sea attack would be launched against them within 48 hours. The Dutch were reported considering bombing Indone sian island bases. AROUND THI OLOK Tentative County Budget Set; Items Discussed Today Public Hearing To Be Held June 25 A total of $4,293435.98 was set for the Jackson county budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1, when the county budget committee met briefly this morningV A public hearing on the proposed county budget will be held in the courthouse auditorium on Monday, June 25. The request for a teacher at the juvenile detention home was definitely turned down, a spokesman for the budget committee said this morning. Members of the committee discussed erection of a public health clinic building at the fairgrounds. So far the pro posed site remains at the south end of the new exten sion building, it was reported. However, a survey of the pro posed fairgrounds site will be made this afternoon. The Jackson county extension service has protested that its proposed arboretum site is in the same general area. Salaries Increased During other business, the committee raised the salaries of most county officials. Sal ary of the county judge was increased from $7,072 to $7,492. No raises were given the county commissioners since the budget committee felt the county judge has a more responsible position as chairman of the commission. Other raises were given to the sheriff, $6,940 to $7,072, to the county clerk, $6,940 to $7,072 and to the county treasurer, $6,454 to $6,586. A blanket motion was made to definitely approve all bud get items tentatively agreed upon. Superintendent's Office Ransacked Eagle Point - The office of Superintendent Glenn D. Hale at Eagle Point High school was broken into early this morning, according to sheriff's deputies. Apparently nothing was taken, but considerable damage was done to the office and its contents. School officials this morn ing found that the sliding doors to both the superinten dent's outer and inner offices had been pried open. Filing cabinets also had been pried open and the entire office had been ransacked. The break-in is believed to have occurred after 11 p.m. Sunday, because a faculty member went to the school at that hour and saw no evidence of an entry. : The burglar probably was looking for money, officials said, but added that none is kept in the superintendent's office. The point of entry to the school was not established. Construction currently is in progress at the school and of ficials theorized that some thing might have been left open. James F. Harris To Oppose Ringuette Grants Pass - James F. Harris, one of the backers of a proposed Peoples' Utility district in Josephine county, will face Incumbent Louis Ringuette in the county com missioner election this fall. Harris won the Democratic nomination over three other candidates In Friday's pri mary election. Harris polled 1,006 votes for a close margin over Jus tin V. George, who had 916. Trailing behind them were Herbert Beard with 607 and Joe Shaw with 398. Ringuette ran unupposd for the Republican nomination and received 2,931 votes. Burglars Take Cash From Local Tavern Burglars broke into the North Riverside Tavern, 1701 North Riverside ave some time Sunday night, Medford city police said today. Approximately $48 in cash was removed from a money container in the tavern, police said. The burglary was dis covered and reported about 5:0S a.m. today. Senate Probers Start Inquiry Into Esfes Case Agriculture Employee Called Washington - IUPD - Senate investigators began their in quiry into the Billie Sol Estes case today, calling as one of the first witnesses an Agricul ture Department employee who has charged government favoritism toward the Texas tycoon. First stages of the investi gation were held in the office of Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), chairman of the Sen ate's special investigating sub committee. Among those in on the session was N. Battle Hales, who transferred to a field post after charging that the Agriculture Department was partial to Estes in cotton allotment awards. Closed Session The subcommittee schedul ed a closed afternoon session to begin looking into infor mation on the case. No wit nesses were announced in ad vance. Earlier, Democratic Whip Hubert H. Humphrey urged the Senate not to become in volved in the Estes investiga tion in its consideration of President Kennedy's farm program requests. He made the plea as the Senate prepared to take up its version of the President's proposals. The Minnesota Democrat conceded that the Estes case probably "will be part of the social environment in which the farm bill will be discuss ed." But he reminded that the Senate was a legislative rather than an investigative body. Sfraub Pledges Duncan Support Eugene State Sen a t o r Robert W. Straub, one of the Democratic candidates for Congress, sent a letter of con gratulations to House Speak er Robert B. Duncan (D-Med ford) on his victory in the Democratic primary In t h e Fourth District race. "Now that you have been chosen to be our candidate, I wish to both congratulate you and to pledge my active support in your forthcoming campaign. The vital Interests of the Fourth District require the election of a Democrat who will represent us in Congress to work with President Ken nedy in support of the great programs that he is trying to enact. 'I am confident that the Democrats who worked loy ally in my behalf and all of those who voted for me will now line up solidly behind you," Straub wrote. Straub said he wished to thank his many friends and suDDorters who worked so hard in his campaign, and he wanted to ask them now to give their support to Robert Duncan In this Important race. Pearson Not To Assist Thornton ' Portland - WPD - State Sen. Walter J. Pearson said today he does not plan to campaign for the Democratic nominee for governor, Atty. Gen. Rob ert Y. Thornton. Pearson was defeated by Thornton last Friday. "I am through campaigning for anybody," Pearson said. "I have too much else to do." Pearson said the refusal of Democratic party workers to endorse him had nothing at all to do with his defeat. "The people apparently want to spend money," he said, pointing to the nomina tions of Thornton and Gov. Mark Hatfield. Miss Rogue Valley Pageant Set Eleven Rogue Valley girls will compete in the Miss Rogue Valley pageant spon sored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce at the Oregon Shakespearean Festi val theater, Ashland, June 2. They are Mary Jo Batzer, Betsy Beck, Janice G. Camp bell, Judith Head, Diana M. Hunter, Beverly Kay, Myda McCabe, Virginia R a u s c h, Linda Ray, Gay Schwlebert, and Marty Wyatt. The contestants will appear in talent, formal wear and swlmsuit competition before five are selected to answer two unrehearsed questions. Judges will select one of the final five to be Miss Rogue Valley, and represent this area In the Miss Oregon con test at Seaside in July. Following the pageant, a ball will be held at the Mark Antony hotel, Ashland, hon- Regional Edition Medford 18 Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21, Rogue Morse Senators Seek Public Works Appropriations Amount Totals Over $93 Million Portland Public works ap propriations of over $93 mil lion for Oregon in fiscal 1963 have been requested by Sen. Wayne Morse and Sen. Mau rine Neuberger in testimony before the Senate Subcommit tee on Public Works. The amount exceeds by al most $11.6 million the $81.4 million included in the admin istration's budget. In his statement before the subcommittee, Morse said the increases were justified be cause "each project is really a capital investment; each is wealth-producing; and because 'it will not only provide an economic stimulus during the period of its construction, but it will create additional job opportuntunities for the state and nation after it is finish ed." Rogue Project Included Sen. Morse's and Sen. Neu- berger's requests for the Southern Oregon area total $530,000, all for pre-construc-tlon planning funds for the Rogue River Basin project. Also Included is $65,000 for the Rogue river at Gold Beach. These include $150,000 for Applegate Reservoir, $150, 000 for Elk Creek Reservoir, and $230,000 for Lost Creek Reservoir;- , - --' - By far the largest project request is $43 million for con struction of John Day Lock and Dam upstream from The Dalles. At completion, esti mated for fiscal 1969, it will provide 2.7 million kilowatts of power, 500,000 acre-feet of flood control storage and Ir rigation water, and 76 miles of reservoirs for creation and smooth-water navigation. Major Willamette River Basin and related projects in the Morse-Neuberger request call for $25.1 million distrib uted among Green Peter Dam on the Santiam River ($11 million), Cougar Dam on the McKenzie ($9.1 million), Fall Creek Reservoir on the Mc Kenzie ($4.0 million) and Blue River Reservoir on the Mc Kenzie system ($1 million), a new start. This total is $8 million above the administration's re quests for $9.1 million on Cougar, $6.1 million on Green Peter, $1.9 million on Fall Creek and none on Blue Riv er. Biggest Projects The biggest Columbia River projects sought by Morse and Neuberger total about $10 million with $3,838,000 for operation and maintenance on the Columbia and Lower Wil lamette below Portland-Van couver; $2 million each for re habilitation of the Columbia at its mouth for operation and maintenance at Bonneville Dam; and $1,650,000 each for operation and maintenance at McNary Lock and Dam and at The Dalles Lock and Dam This represents $1,738,000 more than the budget calls sonnel or operation in oraer for which the administration to provide service for the ter has asked $2.7 million. rltory. Duff said. i 4 f A - f .12 : orlng the Miss Rogue Valley contestants, and the crowning of Miss Rogue Valley. The pageant Is the first step which leads to the Miss ) Project Included in - Neuberger Request S- - ( Y 1 BACK AGAIN Robert E. Webster, who re nounced his U.S. citizenship three years ago to live in the Soviet Union, is shown being questioned by reporters after landing at I00F Convention Activities Start; 1,200 To Attend Spokesmen for the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows expect approximately 400 more people to register today for the state convention under way in Medford. , -Approximately 240 -dele gates registered Sunday as the 108th session of the Grand Lodge of Oregon started with a flag raising ceremony in front of the Public Library of Medford and Jackson County. E. W. Pease, 130 Vernada place, Medford, general chari- man for the convention, said he expects about 400 to 500 to register tomorrow. A total of 1,200 should be registered at the peak of the four day convention, it was predicted. "We have plenty of rooms for all those attending the convention," he said. The opening session was held at 9 o'clock this morning in the IOOF Temple. It was to continue at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Patriarchs Mil itant banquet is to be held at 6 o'clock tonight in Kims Restaurant on the South Pa cific highway south of Med ford and evening ceremonies will be held In the National Guard Armory. The military ball will start in the armory at 10 o'clock tonight. Annexation Failure 'Simplifies' Budget The failure of the southwest annexation measure at last Friday's election has greatly "simplified" the city's budget problems for the coming fiscal year, City Manager Robert Duff said today. The measure failed by a margin of 702 to 201 Friday. Had it passed, several city departments would have been forced to expand their por- America contest In Atlantic City, N. J., later this summer. The Mail Tribune, cooperat ing with the Medford Jaycees, today starts publication of pic tures of the 11 finalists, who were selected by Judges from a field of several prospects during the past few weeks. Mary Jo Batzer Mary Jo Batzer, who Is sponsored by Tau Kappa Ep sllon of Southern Oregon col lege, was the 1061 Queen of the Crater Lions Sportsfair. She Is 5-5, and weighs 120 pounds. Her favorite sport is tennis and her chief hobby is knitting. She plans to teach in elementary school upon graduation from SOC. She Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Batzer, Medford. Survey Indicates Legislators Favor Doubling Salem - IUPD - Salaries of Oregon legislators will at least be doubled in. the 1963 ses sion, according to a United Ppdc. Inlttmattnnal a,,riatr r dav nf thp maiorltv anri mi. nority leadership. -' One- Democratic leader House Speaker Robert B. Dun can of Medford said the puny $600 a year current sal ary should be tripled. But his Republican counterpart House Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery of Eugene called for "extreme caution and discretion." In Friday's election, the voters gave the legislature un qualified powers to set its own pay, taking the $600 per year figure out of the state constitution. The restriction on expense money is gone too. The voters spoke loudly, pass ing the measure by more than 60,000 votes. Many Lose Money There is no question In any one's mind that the first exer cise of this new, long-sought franchise will be in the next session. Many of them lose money by serving. One key lawmaker who won't be named here lost more than $5,000 last year in his private business by serv ing in the Oregon House. This story can be multiplied. Of the four leaders contact ed in the telephone poll, the one who felt the most con servative about a pay hike was Montgomery. He said the $600 a year should be doubled, but add ed that "It is necessary for us to be extremely cautious. We must use extreme caution and discretion." Montgomery also said he doesn't favor reenactment next year of the 1961 resolu- Traffic Signs Are Installed in Medford Public works department crews have completed instal lation of three new traffic signs at Intersections on Fourth St., according to Ver non Thorpe, Medford, public works director. The newly adopted 24 by 30-inch rectangular signs bear the legend, "Yield to Oncom ing Traffic." The words are lettered In black over a white background. Thorpe said the signs were placed on Fourth st. at Jack son St., and Riverside and Central aves. In response to complaints by motorists who have experienced some dif ficulty with regard to left turns in front of oncoming traffic. The signs give priority to through traffic over left turn traffic. The signs arc a new type developed by the Oregon state highway department and will be standgrd throughout the state, Thorpe said. 57th Year Price 10 Cents Tribune 1962 No. 52 Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Webster left the airport In a taxi on his way to Zelieno ple, Pa., to see his family. The story is on page 2A. (UPI) Salaries tion giving legislators expense I UP,t0 ?175 ' m0"thKc waVrneof 33 hTd Deiween sessions ana ou aur ing sessions, mis resolution expires at the first of next . I Cites Mlnnimum While Duncan is running for Congress and therefore won't be back In the Oregon house next year, he said $1,- 800 a year should be a mini mum, and expenses should continue, too. He said he feels that even $3,800 a year or six times the present pay;- wouldn't be too much." Senate President Harry Bol- vin (D-Klamath Falls) was out of state but Sen. Ben Muia (D-The Dalles) president pro tern, said $1,200 a year would be realistic. Musa also favors daily living allowance for lawmakers of $100 a month during the session, but not to exceed three months or so. Musa said Boiven feels about the same. Senate Republican Leader Anthony Yturra of Ontario said he favors boosting the $600 a year to $1,500 in the next session. WEATHER FORECAST: Fair tonight. In. creating cloudlneis early Tuei day. Chinee of gome light vein Tuesday afternoon. Low tonight 3S-3S. High Tueiday near SS. Temp. Hlgheit Yesterday 39 Lowell Thli Morning 35 Our Skies Tonight stimet today T:31 p.m. Sunrlie tomorrow 4:44 a.m. Moonrlse tonight 9:43 p.m. Lilt Quarter May 29 The planet, Saturn, The planet, Saturn, riling to night at 12:43 a.m., Ii now be ginning a ilow westward move mrnt among the itari that will continue until early In Uie Fall. Grows Like Magic Giant Rallies Held on Behalf Of Finance Plan Bill Said To Give 'Dangerous Power' New York-IUPD-The Ameri can Medical Association was set to slug back today at the Kennedy administration's Sun day punch on tile hot issue of medical care. President Kennedy and oth er top administration officials threw the punch Sunday at giant rallies across the nation in behalf of his olan to fi nance medical care for the aged through the Social Se curity program. Kennedy, in a speech to 22.. 000 persons in New York City's Madison Square Gar den and a nationwide televi sion audience, went over the head of the AMA to appeal directly to doctors to support his program - the King-Anderson bill. The AMA, bitter onDonent of the administration plan, announced it would reply to Kennedy at 4 p.m. (PST) on nationally televised pro gram. Issues Statement Dr. Leonard W. Larson. AMA president, said in a statement on Sundav nieht that giant rallies could not conceal that the administra. tlon measure "would force an immediate 17 per cent pay. roll tax increase on workers earning $5,200 or more and their employers. These taxes would be used to provide health care for millions of others financially able to take care of themselves." Larson said the administra. tion plan would give the fed eral government "daneprnu. power to control medical practice In hospitals. The quality of medical care would suffer." He said the medical profession is "for the Kerr- Mills law to help those who neea ,neip." lhe. Madison Square Gar- - throughout the country. Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson and several Kennedy Cabinet members spoke at the meet ings. Appeals lo Doctors The President asked nhv. ' sicians to write directly in him for information about the administration - backed bill rather than rely on the AMA for it. He said he could not recognize the bill as explain. ed by the AMA Journal. Kennedy rejected the idea that medical care financed through Society Security, taxes would sap the tradition al American quality of self reliance. He said that nothing could possibly destroy self-reliance more than the burden of mas sive medical bills being passed on from patients to other gen erations. "Nobody will be getting anything for nothing," Ken nedy said. "They will be pay ing for it." Kennedy said that a "busy organization" was lobbying against the bill. He cited a heavy volume of mail against the measure that has been re ceived by Congress and the White House. But Kennedy, often inter rupted by shouts and cheers of encouragement, said the people will support the bill, "one by one, thousand by thousand, million by million." PRESS CONFERENCE Washington -IUPD- President Kennedy will hold a news con ference Wednesday at noon (PST), the .White House an nounced today. 1
