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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963
No. 60
Barton Promise
To Promote Sales
Tax Bill Sought
Meeting Climaxes
Defeat for House
Salem - ilPU - The Oregon
Senate voted 22-8 today to
refer a 3 per cent salei tax
measure to the voters in
November of 1964. ''
The measure now frees to
the House for aclicrt.
Demonstrators,
Policemen Battle
In Philadelphia
, Florida Judge
Issues Injunction
Br United Press International
Negroes promised to step up
their antisegregation cam-
palgn in Jackson, Miss., today
despite the possibility of more
arrests.
There also were racial dem
onstrations in Florida, North
Carolina and Louisiana
Wednesday but the most vio
lent protest against discrimin
ation happened in the North
at Philadelphia.
Around 250 demonstrators,
protesting discrimination in
hiring practices, fought with
300 policemen at a school con
struction site in Philadelphia
andeight policemen and two
pickets, including a minister,
were hurt.
A Negro leader, Cecil B.
.Moore, said more than 4,000
pickets would be at the school
site Friday and -20,000- next
Monday. Moore said .there
would not be enough police
men in Philadelphia to face
all the pickets. . , . , .
Demonstrators Arrested
Police arrested 19 demon
strators at Jackspn Wednes
day during demonstrations in
the Mississippi capital. Large
crowds or white . persons
watched the activity, but po
lice kept theni from approach
ing the demonstrators.
Integration strategist Med
gar Evers told a rally of
about 600 Negroes Wednes
day night that fne demonstra
tions would continue in Jack
son until "we are recognized
as first class eitjzens.". ,
A 90-minute demonstration
in front of a segregated
.theater at Tallahassee, Fla.,
Wednesday' drew a" crowd of
about 900 persons, Whites and
Negroes. Police kept the
crowds orderly, however, and
a judge issued a temporary
injunction against further
demonstrations. Negroes were
to appear in court Wednesday
to show cause why the injunc
tion should not be made per
manent. More than 2,000 whites
gathered in downtown High
Point, N.C., Wednesday night
for an expected demonstration
that did not materialize.
About 250 police officers kept
the crowd under control.
Earlier, two white youths
were arrested for throwing
rocks and brickbats at 400
Negroes staging a "freedom
march."
Plans Abandoned
At Baton Rouge, La., Ne
groes abandoned plans for a
large demonstration after 50
hclmeted state troopers sur
rounded the Louisiana Capitol
and 300 others were reported
on standby alert. About 20
pickets appeared briefly in
front of the Baton Rouge
Municipal Building and later
at the Capitol but there were
no incidents.
The Birmingham, Ala., City
Council said Wednesday that
500 state troopers and other
officers on duty in the steel
city were still necessary be
cause of possible new racial
violence.
CASE CONSIDERED
Tillamook HIPP Circuit
Judge Every Combs took a
suit against the Tillamook
County Creamery association
by the Tillamook Cheese and
Dairy association under con
sideration Wednesday.
MEWSBRIEFS
rriMi ntoM k around thi oiom
LAOTIAN MINISTER DEMANDS MEETING i
Vientiane-Wli-Prime Minister Prince Eouvanna Phouma
demanded today that Laotian Communist leader Prince Soup
hanouvong meet with him en grounds of Souvanna's choosing.
He said that if Souphanourong fails to da so, the Com
munist Lao would be held "solely responsible" for the con
sequences of the failure of the current Laotian peace talks.
TREASURY ABLE TO PAY BILLS
Washington-JlPI-The Treasury Department was able to
eav its bills today following swift action by President Ken
nedy before the national debt
RAIL NEGOTIATORS SEEK TO AVERT STRIKE
Wathington-'tPI'-Negotiatort for the nation's railroads and
five railroad unions gave up their holiday today in an effort
to avert a nationwide rail strike.
CIVIL RIGHTS TIMETABLE SPEEDED
WashingtonlPI-The administration was reported today
lo have speeded up Its timetable lor presenting new civil
rights legislation to Congress because of mounting racial
tension,
DEMONSTRATION - The sit-in demonstra
tion, a silent weapon perfected by Southern
Negroes fighting for civil ' rights, moved
into the state capitol building at Sacramen
to, Calif., to protest the delay of action on a '
civil rights bill. Members of the Congress of
Braceros Bill Is
Defeated in House,
Congressman Notes
Washington, D. C. The
Braceros bill, debated by the
House of Representatives
Wednesday, was defeated by
vote of 178 to 158, Con
gressman KoDert, a. uuacau
reported yesterday afternoon.
Duncan voted for the bin
wbietv.'w&ild, iiaye. extended
the authority for U. S. farmers
including Rogue valley fruit
growers, to import Mexican
labor through Dec. 31, 1965.
The authority to import the
braceros as the matter stands
will expire Dec. 31.
Duncan said he voted for
the bill because of the pe
culiar circumstances in his
U. S. Keeps Eye on
Berlin Air Lines
Berlin OIPli The United
States was watching the Ber
lin air lanes today to deter
mine whether the Russians
have launched a new cam
paign to harass western
flights.
The buzzing Wednesday of
a U. S. Air Force C97 trans
port by a Soviet jet brought
an American protest and
prompted fears the Russians
might be up to their o 1 d
tricks.
The jet flew within 200 iaA
of Hie four-engine Strato
freighter as it approached
Berlin.
The Russian jet maneuver
ed -near the transport over
Berlin until the C97 made
it final low-level landing ap
proach at Tempelhof airfield.
It is the first announced
Russian harassment of a West
ern Allied military aircraft
en route to Berlin since last
September when both military
and commercial flights were
jeopardized by reckless Rus-'
sian flying in the three 20-mile-wide
air corridors over
East Germany.
burst through its legal ceiling.
Racial Equality are shown around the sec
ond floor rotunda of the capitol building,
making use of pillows and sleeping bags
which were brought in by "sympathizers.
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own district, where the do
mestic labor is. hired before
the Mexicans are imported.
He also considered the fine
migratory labor which the
Medford area has obtained
.under this, program when
making his decision. .
"He had'Offered two amend
ments to the bill and he feels
now that the only hope of
salvaging the program is
through a new bill prepared
with the Duncan amendments
included His amendments
provide workmen's compensa
tion for American migratory
workers, which is at least as
good as that offered the Mexi
cans (the present requirement
is far below Oregon's, Duncan
said), and housing, or its
equivalent in value.
Duncan said he had been
subjected to some criticism
for offering amendments and
he gave two reasons for his
action.
First, he said, he believes
that jobs should be offered
migratory Americans on the
same basis as Mexicans. His
second reason was that he
anticipated difficulty in pass
age of the bill and felt that
the amendments would help.
He spoke for the bill before
the full House Wednesday and
did not anticipate the deleat
it was given. He did not, how
ever, expect it to pass yester
day. When Duncan was speaker
of the Oregon House of Rep
resentatives, legislation tor
protection of migratory work
ers was passed which has been
viewed as outstanding by
many critics. It included li
censing of crew leaders, sani
tary protections, safety regu
lations and a pilot educational
program.
In the Congress, Duncan is
a member of the subcommit
tee on agriculture, from which
the bill for extension of Mex
ican labor came - it was writ
ten by Rep. Morris K. Udall
(D-Ariz - and of the agricul
tural committee, where it was
cleared before coming before
the House.
Compensation Bill
Approval Urged
Salem -ilW- Hoping their
cooperation Isn't loo late,
labor and management joined
today in urging UV legislature
to pass its big workmen's com
pensation bill. i
TVin mnuviirn was HisrtlKsrd I
before two Ways and Means
subcommittees by William
Mnshnfsky, spokesman for a
group
of - employers, and
Marr of the Oregon
I James
AFL-CIO.
The bill, known as - "tl ree
way'' bill, has been subject to
intensive pressures during a
stormy career in two sessions
of the Oregon Legislature.
It is now considered nearer
to paysaae than ever before
if it isn't ru'. off by pending
1 adjournment.
Flag, Standard,
Equipment Pieces
Dedicated at Park
A flag and standard and
several pieces of playground
equipment, donated by Crater
Lake Post of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, were dedicated
this morning in ceremonies at
Jackson park.
The ceremony was part of
a variety, oXM,eaior4Bj Day
uvuics planned lor uus mud
by the Jackson county Allied
Veterans council. Arrange.
ments for the events were
made by E. D. Smith, adjutant
of the Medford VFW post.
In accepting the playground
apparatus and flagpole, Jack
son School Principal Bruce H.
Metzger said the schools are
interested in instilling in
youth a patriotism and love
of country which is "not an
emotional outburst" but
rather the 'sleady dedication
of a lifetime."
Delivers Invocation
The Rev. David Brown of
the First Presbyterian church
delivered the invocation.
Members of the Jackson
school Cub Scout pack raised
the American flag on the new
standard and then lowered it
to half-mast.
A number of VFW mem.
bers who had been instru
mental in making the dona
tion of the equipment to the
park were introduced.
A plaque at the base of the
flag standard bore an inscrip
tion which noted the pole had
been donated by the VFW
". . . in memory of their com
rades who served in various
wars so these children might
grow in a free country."-
Among the pieces of play
ground equipment dedicated
was "Snavely," the free-form
play structure designed by
former Ashland Sculptor
Charles Forrester. Finishing
details on Snavely were com
pleted last week by Mrs. Belty
Allen, 48 Windsor ave., Med
ford, in cooperation with the
Medford park and recreation
department.
Education Bills
Making Progress
Salem - HOT - Four major
education bills advanced
Wednesday in the legislature.
A measure appropriating
8141 million for local school
districts and $5 8 million for
special programs passed the
I Senate and went to the
House.
The House passed three
1 bills and sent them to the
Senate.
One provides S8.4 million
for the Department of Educa
tion, including commu n i t y
colleges and vocational re
habilitation. One authorizes the issuance
of an additional $9 5 million
in higher education revenue
bonds for pay-for-themselves
buildings, part of an overall
building program of S44 mil
lion for 11)63 85.
The third measure author
izes the construction of a self
liquidating parking facility at
i Portland State college.
Salem-lUPli-Agreemeiit on a
compromise income tax pro
gram, subject to a promise
by House Speaker Clarence
Barton that he will promote a
"reasonable" sales tax bill,
was reached Wednesday
night by the third set of Sen-ate-HouBe
tax conferees.
The compromise bill Is de
signed to raise an additional
$48 million to finance a $405
million general fund budget
for next biennium.
A dramatic face to face
meeting between Barton and
Senate conferee Robert Elf
strom (R-Salem) climaxed a
stinging defeat for the House-
proposed net receipts and
cigarette taxes.
Wants Assurance
As tentative agreement was
reached on the new income
tax compromise, Elfstrom told
Barton "I will hold up this
report until I get assurance
that you will appoint reason
able conferees for the sales
tax bill."
Barton replied "Suppose I
discuss this with Senate Pres
ident Ben Musa"
The Senate is slated to vote
today on a 3 per cent sales
tax that would be referred
to the voters at the Novem
ber, 1964, election.
Half the $180 million a
biennium sales tax revenue
would be an offset against
property taxes, 25 per cent
would go to offset income
taxes, and the rest would go
to the general fund.
Elfstrom wants a "liberal"
sales tax that would not ap
ply to items such as food.
Barton opposes a sales tax.
Elfstrom fears the House will
amend the bill to make it so
rigid that voters would reject
It.
Wednesday's series of spec-
taculaivveyentt , began., when
the Senate rejected a net re
ceipts income tax compro
mise 27-3, and a 4-ccnt a pack
cigarette tax 24-6.
Third Committee
Barton then named a third
set of House conferees. He
reappointed Rep. Richard
E y m a n n (D-Marcola) and
named Rep. W. O. Kelsay (D
Roseburg) to succeed House
Minority Leader F. F. Mont
gomery who served on the
second conference try.
Musa renamed the Senate's
first set of conferees, Boyd
Overhulse (D- Madras) and
Elfstrom, to succeed Sens.
Glen Stadler (D-Eugene) and
Donald Husband (R-Eugene),
who served on the committee
which bowed to House de
mands for the net receipts
and cigarette tax proposals.
At a 20-minute conference
Wednesday afternoon Eymann
and Kelsay abandoned the net
receipts and cigarette tax pro
posals. Eymann pointed out
that House Republicans had
failed to support either pro
gram. Draft Accepted
Eymann then agreed to ac
cept the program drafted by
the first team of conferees. He
also agreed to hold the one
shot speedup of withholding
tax collections as an emer
gency measure to be used only
if needed.
Eymann also proposed to
work to get the Senate sales
tax "Into conference and
write a fair, broad-based bill."
It was this feature that re
sulted in Elfstrom's demand
for a "reasonable" sales tax.
At the 40-minute long eve
ning session Overhulse said he
would accept the compromise,
and Elfstrom said he would go
along if he got Barton's as
surance of "reasonable" treat
ment of the sales tax bill.
Victory for Senate
It was a spectacular victory
for the Senate, as the only
House-favored feature in the
compromise is a tax credit in
place of the present $600 de
duction. Other features of the com
promise include elimination
of federal deductions, a 5 per
cent standard deduction, un
limited medical expense de
duction over 5 per cent of in
come, and fractional rates
ranging from 2 to Tl per
cent.
Also included In the pack
age is a revision of the stale
capital gains law, and an in
crease in corporate excise
taxes.
POPE SENDS THANKS
Washliigton-'UPl-Popc John
XXIII tent a message today
thanking President Kennedy
for his expressions of sympa
thy over the pontiff s critical
illness. , 1
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DEAD HONORED - In a ceremony in honor ot Memorial
Day at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Pfc.
Michael G. Hayuic, Roanoke, Va., places a small flag at
Americans Honor
Dead; Highway
Toll Reaches 48
By United Press International
Americans honored t h e i r
dead with quiet trips to the
cemetery and patriotic speech
es on Memorial Day today and
took to the roads on the first
holiday of the vacation sea
son. -."Irh-donius-o. townt squares
in the land, In hundreds of
grassy cemeteries, from the
site of the Battle of Little Big
Hort t the aircraft carrier
Bennington, Americans recall
ed memories of war dead and
offered prayers for world
peace.
The holiday also maikcd
the end of school for thou
sands of youngsters and the
start of vacation time. Hun
dreds of thousands took ad
vantage of sunny weather and
warm temperatures to flock to
the beach, picnic grounds,
woods or any place convenient
to relax.
Toll Rises Slowly
The accident toll rose slow
ly during the first hours of
the holiday. The United Press
International count at H:H0
a.m. (pdt) showed 48 persons
killed in traffic since Iho holi
day began at 6 p.m. Wednes
day. The breakdown showed 48
dead in traffic, 3 by drowning,
miscellaneous deaths for a to
tal of 55.
The National Safety Coun
cil predicted that between 45(1
and 550 persons could die in
traffic accidents during the
102-hour holiday period from
8 o'clock Wednesday night un
til midnight Sunday.
An additional 20.000 lo 24,
000 could suffer disabling In
juries, the council said. Dur
ing a similar non - holiday
week end about 400 persons
would die and 18,000 suller
disabling injuries.
Twisters Dampen
Holiday in Texas
By United Press International ,
Twibters swept down on I
Texas today in what other-!
wise was a sunny and mild ,
Memorial Day for most of the
land.
The twisters hit near Burk-
burnctt and Brownficld, both
In the south plains of West
Texas, near Hopcvlllc in the
Lubbock Brea, and In the air
north of Amarillo.
There were no injuries re
ported, and must of the dam
age was to fences and shrubs.
Eighty mile an hour winds :
smashed store w I n d o w s.
downed trees and flattened a
revival tent in Amarillo. An
organ and other equipment .
in the tent received S4.5MI)'
damage,
An climated 5' 2 inches of
rain fill in Hockley county
in Texas' Panhandle. Hail
pounded Shallowater north
west of Lubbock Hail and
heavy rain also hit Alpint
In extreme southwest T'xas
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President Places
Wreath at Foot of
Tomb of Unknowns
Washington -lUPli- President
Kennedy laid a wreath at the
foot of the Tomb of the Un
knowns today, .then paid a
sentimental visit to the grave
side of James Forrestal, the
nation's first secretary of de
fense. , . .,-.(
.. . In b r ijE.t. jWwioriul,, Day
ceremonies in crisp, sunny
weather at Arlington Nation
al Cemetery, Kennedy placed
a red, while and blue flower
wreath at the tomb, which is
inscribed with the words:
"Here rests in honored glory
an American soldier known
but to God."
Stood Before Marker
The President then was
driven to an isolated area of
the national cemetery to visit
the plain graveside of For
restal. Kennedy stood silently
before the simple slab marker
for several minutes, then left
by limousine for the return
(rip to the White House.
Forrestal became the na
tion's first defense chief in
1047. He died in 11)41) In a fall
from his hospital room at the
Belhesda (Md.) Naval hos
pital. A 21-gun salute boomed
across the rolling hills of the
cemetery as Kennedy's limou
sine drove to the top of the
hill to the Tomb of the Un
knowns. Military honor
guards stood at rigid attcn-
Timber Operators
Offer Wage Boost
Portland -IUPII- The Timber
Operators Council said Wed
nesday it had offered the In
ternational Woodworkers of
America a wage increase of 20
ccnls an hour over a three
ycaro period,
The lumber producers man
agement group and union of
ficials are Involved in nego
tiations over a new contract.
The present contract expires
Friday night and workers
have authorized a strike.
A spokesman for the TOC
said negotiations were re
cessed after the offer was
made, subject to call by fed
eral mediators. Executive
Vice President Carl F. Gloj
said he believed some prog
ress was made, despite failure
to reach an agreement yet.
The union originally de
manded a wage increase of j
4(1 cents an hour.
Glos said loggeri now re-,
ceive an average of $:i.08i
! hourly and sawmill workers
i receive $3.22. Including fringe
bcnefils.
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one of the graves. Morc than 1 12,000 graves were decor
ated by members of the 1st Battle Group, 3rd Infantry,
who annually pay tribute to, the nation's war dead. (UPI) .
tion and a lone bugler played
taps as Kennedy performed
the brief ceremonial function
in honor of the nation's war
dead.
Accompanied by Son '
, His son, two-year-old John
Jr., accompanied the Presi
dent on the , yisit,. holding
tightly lo the hand'bf a Secret
Service agent. Mrs. Kennedy
and Caroline did not attend
the ceremonies.
Kennedy and his family
left shortly before, noon by
helicopter lo spend one day
at Camp David.
Asio accompanying the
Presidcnl In other helicopters
were actor David Nivcn and
his wife,- and Ben Bradlec,
Washington bureau manager
for Newsweek, and Mrs. Brad
lee. Ecuadoran Navy
Holding Tuna Boats
Quito, Ecuador UPD Twenty-one
American tuna boats
remained In custody of the
Ecuadnrean navy as alleged
poachers today despite a tele
phoned plea by Secretary of
Sate Dean Rusk for their
release.
The boals, out of San Diego,
Calif., were being herded lo
lhc Ecuadorean port of Sa
linas by two destroyers and
some gunboats.
Dcspilc Rusk's call lo For
eign Minister Benjamin Peral-
ta and a statement by Ecua
dor's Ambassador N e f t a 1 1
Ponce Mirandi in San Fran
cisco thai there had been an
agreement to free the boals,
the navy and foreign minis
tries Issued a joint communi
que late Wednesday stating
llieir "unbreakable resolution
to maintain national sover
eignly sacrod above all other
considerations" In lhc case.
The ministries said the 21
boats were operating Illegally
In Ecuador's territorial wa
ters. SEX BILL PASSES
Salem -1UPI1-Cenlral report
ing of sex offenses would be
required under a bill that
passed the Senate Wednesday.
It returned to the House for
concurrence In Senate amend
ments.
Pope Continues To Rally;
Internal Bleeding Halted
Vatican City - UPI) - Pope
John XXIII rallied further to
day In his fight for life as
internal bleeding which has
slipped his strength finally
stopped.
An official Vatican medical
bulletin Issued at 5 40 a.m.
Irxlt) said the 81-year-old pont
iff, confined to bed with an
abnormal stomach growth -or
tumor - and other compli
cations, "showed a marked
rally" from Ills ailments.
Internal bleeding was stop
ped for the moment and lie
was strengthened with a series
Trucker Killed
Portland Bridge
Portland -OIPli- One truck
driver , died and another was
badly injured Wednesday
night in a fiery collision be
tween two tank trucks at the
west approach to tho St.
John's Bridge.
' The ! crash set oft a five
j)lprnnjre Uut brought 23 fire
companies ftepiihj.Ho the
scene. A foam truck from
Portland Air Base and fire
boats joined in controlling the
blaze which burned trees" and
brush on. a hillside near the
bridge. . .
Killed in the crash was
Kenneth Donald Goodrich,
about 30, of Reedville. The
other driver, Clair D. Boyd,
26, Portland, was listed in
serious condition with burns
and a fractured ankle. . .
Boyd was driving a Shell
Oil Co. tanker loaded with
gasoline. Goodrich was driv
ing a Hercules Powder Co.
truck and trailer loaded with
a non-combustible substance
known as tall oil, used in the
manufacture of paper and
similar products.
Police said the trucks side-
swiped. Goodrich died in his
cab, but Boyd was thrown
some 50 feet by the impact
and pulled to safely by three
unidentified teen-age boys.
The fire closed St. Helens
rd. for several hours and
caused power outages In Llnn
lon and Northwest Portland.
Hearing Scheduled
For Fire District
A hearing for the 1903-64
budget for the Medford Rural
Fire Protection district will
be held Monday, June 3 at
7:80 p.m. at Oak Grove school,
according lo Chester Guches,
secreary of the district.
Purpose of the hearing is lo
offer an opportunity to resi
dents of the district to discuss
estimates included ' in Ihe
budget with t h e levying
board.
Members of the budget
committee included Clark
Thomas, Swain Jensen, M. M.
Huggins, L. M. Frlnk and
Charles Hoppe. Directors for
the- Fire Protection district
are Ashcr Neff, president;
Glenn Allen, Kenneth Hill
hurt, Max Prlcbe and Guches,
of blood transfusions.
In addition, the Tope's prin
cipal physician said tho pont
iff "got out of bed for several
minutes" Wednesday.
The most competent Vati
can and church officials admit
privately the pope may be
dying.
Ceremonial officials alread
were meeting to discuss
complicated details of
neral and plans fur
clave of cardinals to
new spiritual leader
world's half-billioiy
Catholics.