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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1962 me President's Plan for Malayan Union Said Slick Politics mcuma - ii.ni - ine sur prising proposal by Philippine President Diosdado Macapa gal to form a confederat.on among his country, Malaya, Singapore and the three Born eo territories is seen in some quarters here as little more than slick politics. " 'mediate aim of the move, these quarters said, i was to get President Macapa-1 Decisive Proof One, the proposal provided, as he stated himself, "decisive proof against the sophistry and deception of those who would accuse us of trying to sabotage the unity of Malay sia." Secondly, it gave Macapagal a face-saving device with re gard to the formal Philippine claim to British North Borneo. Malaya is prosperous as the world's largest producer of tin and rubber. It is a Moslem state and the Moslem religion plays a major part in the gov ernmental affairs. As a former British colony, Malaya still Is very much a part of the Brit ish Commonwealth. The Philippines, on the other hand, Is not nearly as solvent as Malaya. She is the only Christian country in Asia and has more than her share of internal problems de spite the efforts of Macapagal to wipe out corruption. As a former Spanish and American colony, this country has few ties with Malaya or any other Commonwealth area. Good Politics But with the British stand against the Philippine claim to North Borneo, Macapagal's proposal tor a confederation of Greater Malaya appears to be good politics. The claim. thanks to the Philippine press, has become an imposing domestic issue involving the new spirit of nationalism be ing bred in the Philippines under Macapagal. It was this internal clamor over the Borneo claim that many observers feel prompted Macapagal to go out on the imb last month and make an jfficial claim to North Bor neo. Malayan Premier Tengku Abdul Rahman called Macs 'gal's suggestion for con federation "an extremely ?ood idea," but cautioned "such a big project must take a lot of time. There must be problems galore." While not turning down the proposal, Rahman implied the formation of Malaysia came first and only then it might be time to talk about the con federation proposal. The net effect of this is to give Macapagal justification in not pushing his North Bor neo claim too hard at this time, while retaining smooth relations with neighboring Malaya. gal out of some hot water at home and abroad. When the 52-ycar-old Phil ippine President told his new conference about the Malay sia Confederation proposal, he succeeded in doing two things. rT'T'l?Vl.,WWiowpo ia.i MLUtOHU MAIL TR1BUNL. MEDFORD. OREGON ililipp an Ml OF SEARS GIGANTIC NATIONAL HOME APPLIANCE SALE! ADDED FEATURE TO SEARS' 3rd BIRTHDAY SALE IN MEDFORD. TREMENDOUS SAVINGS . . . OVER 2500 DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS. 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Crump, who has won 14 stays of execution for a 19S3 murder based his request on his "miracle of rehabilitation." He was scheduled to die In the electric chair Aug. 3. (UFI) Capitol Memo Political Oddity In Oregon Created By Steelhead Case By DOUGLAS GH1PP Salem - IUF1I - The steelhead trout case has spawned po litical oddity in Oregon. The oddity Is that the Dem ocratic nominee for governor Is obliged, by law, to defend in the courts the campaign man ager of the Republi can nominee for governor. It also raises the possibili ty, a rarity, tk-l Ik. Mn n,.,l nrlnn Ult l,u- vember ballot might "shrink" between now and the election from 10 measures to nine, Atty. Gen. Robert. Y. Thornton, as the attorney for all state officials, has served as Secretary of State Howell Appling Jr.'s counsel before. But the situation has never been so acute. Appling re cently was named to head the reelection campaign of Thorn ton's Republican opponent, Gov. Mark Hatfield. Sometimes, Thornton han dles such cases personally, and sometimes he does not. ml UP? VI This la one of the latter in stances. Thornton said today he has assigned the matter to Asst. Atty. Gen. John J. Tyncr Jr., a specialist In elec tion law, e A group of commercial fishermen filed the steelhead Shrine Group Will Sponsor Circus Rudy Brothers circus, spon sored by the Jackson county Shrine club, will appear In Medford Thursday and Friday, Aug. 9 and 10 at the Medford High school football stadium. The annual Shrine event is under the auspices of Hlllah Shrine temple. Proceeds are used to support various Shrine philanthropic works. Two performances will be given each day, at 2:15 and 8:1.1 p.m. Tickets may be ob tained from any Shriner, or may be purchased at the gate prior to show time. Featured in the circus this year will be Keller's Jungle Killers, a wild animal act. The act, trained by the late George J. Keller, had the longest sin gle run of any act to play at Disneyland. Aim to be pre sented Is the John and Carta Jordan wire walking act. The act Is making its first tour with the Rudy Btothera cir cus. Canned goods contributed to the Shrine Kans for Kids Karavan may be left at the gate on entry to the circus. The caravan will provide com mercially canned food for the Shrine Children's Hospital In Portland. suit against Appling Monday in Marlon County Circuit Court, seeking to strike from the fall ballot a measure they say could ruin them. The measure, backed by sportsmen, would officially designate steelhead a game fish in the state, and would sharply curtail each summer's steelhead catch on the Colum bia river. The commercial fishermen charge that 34,000 of the 54,- 000 signatures on the Initia tive petition are Invalid be cause they were obtained un der a faulty ballot title that the Oregon Supreme Court later rewrote. This, they contend, leaves only 20,000 valid signatures, and 42,429 are needed to put the measure on the ballot. The case is sure to go to the Oregon Supreme Court. If the high court agrees, the measure would have to come off the ballot. While rare, this Isn't un heard of. David O'Hara of Sa lem says It happened several times when he was state elec tions director from 1920 to 1957. The question is whether those who signed petitions bearing the old ballot title were hoodwinked. Thornton cites a 1930 case. State vs. Hnss. In whirh lh high court ruled that chang- ing me Dauot title had no bearing on validity of peti tions circulated under a head Ing altered later. This case Involved a referendum peti tion, rather than an initiative. An opinion by Thornton in 1953 referred to this and, on Thornton's advice, Appling ac cepted the 34,000 signatures on the steelhead petition that the commercial fishermen claim are Illegal, Injured Pilot in Critical Condition Portland tUPO A Yakima, Wash., man who survived the . crash of a small plane near White Salmon, Wash., Tues day remained In critical con. dltion today at a hospital here. The Injured man, Lester Shannon, was one of two men In an El Paso Natural Gas Co. plane which hit a power line, burst Into flames, and crashed Into the side of a mountain. Clarence R. Crail Jr., of Salt Lake City, the pilot, died In the crash. The men were patrolling a gas line which runs between Pasco, Wash., and Portland. The plane crash started a fire which was controlled after several hours by fire fighters and heavy equipment.
