Attorney General Intensifies Efforts To Convict Hoffa
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Editor's Hole: Where the money come, bom,
nd what
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most ollht moniT decisions were mid. by the Ways ."
Sr.n. UmmW... Thi, l. ih. first in . ... el six articles
on th recently concluded state legislature.
' cTUlf and ANN H. PEARSON
Sa.em J- Fourteen member, of ?
unrkoH and then went nome wearing,
. of disinc?ion"-ii,,le gold pins in the shape of . meat
These were the 13 men and one woman on the powerful
WayYand Meatu .Committee, who had the job of deciding how
ways ana m"1"1" K iom.rS hienmum.
much the sute snou,a ..... "
" Trcov Satfiefd who e'renTarks started the exclusive
fad it meant the wmmittee was hacking away essential parts
of his $405 million spending program.
... .... DiAhUmi
w?lter-and to the legislature that supported most of their
decisions, it meant this:
B'laB!"r" done of striking a balance between what a
healthy Oregon needs and what her finacially-stramed tax.
WlK .3- "P with , get of $404 million
In taxpayers- money, on ihe surface, about $1 million less
dreamy counting considerable fund igufUng,
ih. to.id.tuK came up with a spending program about $5
million under the governor's.
Continued on pas SI
Tax Commission
Ponders Problems
Created by New Law
Salem (UPD Most Oregon
taxpayers are going to have
to dig deep in their. pockets
fn .vtra money early next
vear when they lrte-"their-
ions inrnm. tax returns'H
the new tax hike gowinto.ef-
lect. '
i Tax commission- legal and
oersonnel were
pondering the problem today.
They did not know, wmcn
s.u.ral nlans to adopt.
They were waiting to see if
the new tax Increase will be
trA hv the voters.
- Tax Commission Chief Le
li i-minsot Carlisle B. Rob-
i. uiri ihe new income tax
would not become law until
Sept. 2. This is 80 days after
adjournment of the legisia
; Legally the session ended
at 12:09 a.m. June t, i
i4")nH riav of the session, al
though legislative records
will show adjournment at
11-59 n.m. June 3, the 141st
day.
Probably Will Wait
Roberts said the commis
sion could make up tne new
lahles immediately, but prob-
ahlv could not have them
bal Counsel Carlisle B. Rob-
ning July 1.
"- He felt the commission
would decide to start the new
withholding rates at the be
ginning of the final quarter,
Oct. 1.
But we can't anticipate an
early change in collection
rates because the tax increase
mioht be referred," he said.
John J. Lobdell, director of
the accounting division, said
Hie commission could issue a
temporary withholding sched-
to cover the full year, but he
doubted it would be done,
I would sucss the commis
sion will adopt new tables ef
fective Oct. 1 to retleet tne
rhanees resulting irom the
new law." he said.
"Refunds this year nave
averaged $39 a return, so this
will take up some oi tne
slack. Others will Just have to
pay the difference at the end
of the year," Lobdell ex
plained, :
Medford
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1943
No. 5
Miss Carver Named i
Judge in Phoenix
Phoenix - Former Mayor-
Fave Carver has been sworn
in as judge of the Phoenix
municipal court, following the
resignation of Judge Wayne
Romans.
Romans letter of resigna
tion was read at the Phoenix
city council meeting Monday,
He will join tne rnoenix po
lice department, as a part
time officer until July 1, and
a full time patrolman after
that date.
Romans previously was a
member of the department
prior to his appointment as
ii.rtoe following the resigna
tion of Eddie Hcim several
months ago.
Miss Carver was mayor oi
Phoenix through the end of
last year.
TO HEAD CENTER
Portland -UTO- Dr. Samuel
Diack. a Fortiana pnysiciau,
n, .lected Dresident of the
Oregon Graduate Center for
Study and Research by the
trie to pick up extra money ' board's trustees luesoay.
MRVSBRIEFS
m 1 I 1 AROUND THl OIQK
Attorney General
nfensifies Move
Against Holla
Jury Indicts
Eight for Fraud
Chicago - m - Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy has in
tensified his efforts to get
conviction of Teamster Pres
ident James R. Hoffa.
A federal grand jury In
Chicago indicted Hoffa and
seven other persons Tuesday
on charges alleging they
fraudulently obtained $20
million in loans from a Team
ster pension fund and used
more than $1 million of It for
themselves.
It was the seventh time
since Kennedy and Hoffa first
tangled while Kennedy was
chief counsel for the Senate
Rackets Committee that Hof
fa has had court actions filed
against him.
The action Tuesday came
after two years of investiga
tion by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Justice
Department. It came in the
form of a 28-count, 55-page
indictment.
As the indictment was
handed down, a 16-count mail
and wire fraud indictment
against Hoffa was dismissed
on motion of Kennedy's de
partment In Tampa, Fla.
U. S. Dist. Judge Josepn
P. Lieb dismissed the indict
ment involving Hoffa's con
nections with a Florida real
estate firm. Sun Valley Inc..
so the case could be coupled
with the Chicago prosecution
The Chicago indictment ac
cused Hoffa of deceiving fel
low trustees of the Central
States. Southeast and South
west Areas Pension Fund
headquartered In Chicago, to
nntmn loans for favored com
panies In six states. Most of
the companies are in me w
ami, Fla., area.
The Indictment cited loans
for financing of companies for
construction of hotels, motels,
shopping centers and other:
projects in Florida, Louisiana, :
Alabama, Missouri, New Jer-
sey and California. j
Pension tuna irusiees oncc
were told, the grand Jury
said, that 2 million tn loan;
funds was used to buna a
North Miami hospital where
as a "substantial portion" of
the money was diverted to
other uses.
The indictment said Hoifa
used "fraud, deceit, misrepre
sentation" to obtain approval
of the loans by the seven oth
er union and eight manage
ment representatives who
run the pension fund.
Others named in the in
dictment were:
Benjamin Dranow, 56, for
mer owner of the John W.
Deoartment Store,
Minneapolis, Minn., now in
for mail fraud and
income tax evasion; Abe T.
Weinblatt, 67, retired Miami
Beach, Fla., businessman and
fnrmer associate of Dranow;
S. George Burris, 85, New
Vnrk Citv accountant who
was a stockholder in Sun Val
ley Inc.; his sou Herbert G.
Burris. 41. New York City
attorney: Samuel Human, oa.
Miami Beach, a real esiaie
operator who refurbished two
hru ld Key wesi nmcis,
Calvin Kovens, 39, Miami
Beach builder who was con
victed of a housing loan fraua
last year; and Zaehary A.
Strate Jr., 43, New Orleans
builder and real estate man.
Lumber w
So
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rflWS FtOM
oTAi-rsa CTORM THROUGH TEHRAN
- utin.iininua rioters stormed thiouoh tha
-i T.hran today in an appartnt bid to toppla Mia
. n Shin Rata Mohammed Pshlevi'i troops
.mashed the insurgent rank, with tank, and machine Bu
fire.
today
SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT PLANE PLANNED
1 ,j c.in. CalalPtt-Pretident Kennedy
1 announced a goyernment deeUion to go ahead with deyelop
menu of a .'person commercial tr.n.port plan, capable
of traveling at more than twice the .peed of .ound.
Doctor's Office Is
Damaged by Patient
A Medford doctor's office
was damaged Tuesday after
noon when a patient became
violent and city police had
to be called.
According to police reports.
the 20-vear-old Jack&on coun
ty man knocked Patrolman
George L. Lucas to the floor
Two ether olficcrs, Sgt. Lar
ry Lusow and William Allen
and Dr. Laurel G. case final
ly subdued the man. how-
ever, officers said, it was nec
essary to restrain him while
Unions in Three
States Involved
n Pay Dispute
No Indication
Walkout To Spread
Portland - CUPS - An esti
mated 6,000 members of two
big lumber unions went on
strike today in Oregon, Wash-
ngton and California in dis
pute over wages.
The strike was cauea
against the giant U.b. fiy
wood Corp. and the St. Regis
Timber Co. by the Internation
al Woodworkers of America
and the Lumber and Sawmill
Workers Union. Negotiations
broke down Tuesday after
noon.
Eicht operations of U.S.
Plywood and five of the St,
Regis firm were affected.
Members of "Dig Six'
These two firms are mem
bers of the so-called "Big
Six" which conducted nego
tiations with the unions sepa
rately from other lumber com
panies throughout the Doug
las fir region.
There as no immediate in
dication of when or if the
strike would spread and what
action the employer group
might take. Representatives
of the big six planned a meet
ing here this afternoon to dis
cuss the situation.
A spokesman for the unions
said negotiations were ter
minated with the two nrms
and "discontinued" against
the other four large com-
nanles-Weverhaeuser, Crown
Zellerbach, International Pa
per and Rayomer,
Talks also were discon
tinued with the Timber Op
erators Council, which repre
sents 196 separate operations
from Alaska to Northern
California. No strike against
the TOC or the four large
firms was planned at the
time, a spokesman said.
Contracts between tne em
ployers and the unions ex
pired last Saturday.
One company remainea m
nezotiations with the unions
Scott Paper Co. Talks were
scheduled for Thursday.
An LSW spokesman sam
talks would be carried on
with Georgia-Pacific Corp. at
some future time." The com
pany is not a member of the
big six.
Demand. Cut
The IWA said it had scaled
down its demands from a 40-
ccnt hourly increase over
three years to 35 cents. The
LSW had asked 60 cents per
hour over the three years.
Unions also sought pay lor,
travel time and benefits In
some job classifications.
Harvey Nelson of the IWA
said the employer group had
offered in wages, 8.5 cents
per hour for 1983, five ents
for 1964 and 2' per cent in
1965. About 79,000 workers
are in the two unions In the
West.
Nelson indicated this would
be a "selective" strike -mat
against those employers
which are able to withstand
strike.
The last genera! strike was
in 1954.
8,000 Involved
About 6,000 workers in
both unions were involved in
hp strike. The IWA was
striking U.S. Plywood opera
tions in Reedsport, fcugene.
Roseburg, Willamina and
Mapleton in Oregon and Seat
tle. Wash.: and St. Regis op
erations in Olympia and two
at Tacoma, Wash.
The LSW was striking U.S
Plywood at Lebanon, Ore.;
and Redding. Calif., and St
Regis at Morton and Seattle,
Wash.
HJ a left VWfTiifi!! ,e3: .
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Debris, Human
Remains Found
At Crash Scene
Anchorage, Alaska - tTi - out.." He said he oid not be
lts of wreckage and human
remains from the crash or!
tchtng tit a Northwest Ori
ent Airlines DC? In the Gulf
f Alaska were expected In
Ketchikan today aboard the
Coast Guard cutter Sacrell.
Preparations for an investi
gation of the third worst air
isasier involving predomi
nantly military personnel will
get under way at the Annette
stand Coast Guard Station,
o Conclutiont
Although the Coast Guard
said no conclusions could be
reached yet about what
caused the plane with 101
persons aboard to fall Into
he gulf Monday, s spokes
man said whatever happened
was fast.
It appears either the Im
pact was tremendoua or there
was an explosion," Lt, Cmdr.
Owen Siler, directing Coast
Guard operations at Ketchi
kan, said.
whatever happened hap-l I IIt1
...iT''rJ uve mm mxmm
minutes alter it made Ms po
sition report, ' he said.
Siler tatd the possibility
ot a bomb aboard the . air
cratt "coud sot be ruled
lieve any of the bodies touni
so lar were intact.
A Royal Canadian Air
Force plane first spotted the
floating debris about eight
hours after the BCT last ra
dio contact, Xo survivori
were found.
CuMer Relieved
The Coast Guard ssiri tha
Sorrell and a 95-Joot patrol
craft remained at the crash
scene until tate Tuesday
night, when the Sorrell was
relieved by (he cutter Sweet
brier. It was estimated tha
Sorrell would take about 10
hours to reach Ketchikan.
One ol the passengers on
the plane was listed as Mary
Frances Dennis, 43, a eera
tary at McChord AFB new
Tacoma and a feraier resident
of Klamath Falls, Ore.
James Rowan Will
if amiiK Under MS
INSTALL NEW CUHBS-Conracfor' crews
are shown here this week inatolling new
curbs and gutters at Main st. and Riverside
ave. The worK is part of a project jointly
financed by the city of Medford and the
state highway department designed to im
prove draimtRe conditions in the central
business district. Total cost for the project,
which includes work on Main st. and Cen
tral and Riverside ave., is estimated at
$74,279. The city will pay .S3 per cent of
costs tor work on. Central ve, and Main
st., and the state the remaining 78 per cent.
The state will bear the entire cost of work
on Riverside sve. Work started about mid
April and Is expected Jo be completed late
in July, The state Is In charge at ail en
gineering and traffic control tor the project.
(Knackstedt photo)
Vessels CoWide
Oil San Francisco
Jma,Bw8,.sa et Vt.
and Mn. James P. Ro-wais, 62
MMinnota. st,., -wm spend th
rammer in GotUr.aen. 0r
many, as Me&lorci representa
tive m the American Field
Service branch cf Americans
Abroad.
Aboard Cutter Comanche - Bowan will Iivs. with Dr.
Crew members of a (and Mrs Wolf von Buttiar
Japanese . freighter took to j and ' ftml!y, which Includes
Hfeboils today after uiefrf fo deughteri and one son.
ship collided in dense tog with ! The Medford boy wjJJ le-v
U.S. refrigerator ship 351 Portland with other Amej-j.
miles ott San Francisco Jean; field Service students
Solden Gate. I from the WtM coast June it.
One crewman ot the Japs- J and will sail from New York
Resignation of Attorney for
Irrigation District Accepted
HEUBERGER ASKS SHIPPING LAW CHANGES
iu..u .-,iiwSan. Maurine B. Neuberger (D-Ore.1 call
ad Tuesday for change. In U.S. .hipping law. to help eyt
tefc . record flow of Canadian .oitwood lumber to U.S. j
Atlantic Coa! markets, on the ambulence stretcher
; 7. en route to Rogue Valley hos-
RUSSIA PLANS SPACEMAW luv,bm
Waraw-Tt-SoTiel plans to launch an unspecified num
ber of .peeemen thi. year alter a lO month break In man
ea .pace flights-were annourced Tue.day to an Ea-We.t
space meeting here.
fr tar b vn t v tit GRADUATES
- W..I Point, N.Yin-Colin P. K. IT HI. Poud bearer
of nam. mad. famou. during th. ..rly day of World War
II, gradualed from Ihe U.S. Military Academe today. His
father wa. a bomber pilot who was killed three days aflar
the J.p.n... attack on Pearl Harbor. Capt. Kelly order.d hi.
trjw to bail out and went down ilh the plan..
nital.
Officers said a sink in the
doctor's office was torn from
the wall, flooding the room
and window and fixtures
were broken.
The Medford Irrigation dis
trict board yesterday after
noon accepted the resignation
of Philip B. Lowry as their
attorney and tabled the pend
ing resignation of Secretary
Manager Jack Hoffbuhr.
Lowry stated in his letter
he had indicated his desire to
resign in January. However,
Board Chairman Albert Huen
ers then requested he eon
tinue, Lowry pointed out.
"t declined to act as legal
counsel for a full year and
reserved the riant to termi
nate our services as conditions
indicated," Lowry wrote. He
was unable to attend yester
day's board meeting due to
a trial.
However, Board Directors
Gene Cameron and Hueners
had decided to ask the dis
trict's attorney to resign ear-
lirr and Hueners had ordered
the resignation be placed on
the agenda.
THORNTON'S OPINION
Salem - fl'Pt - A member of
the current legislature cannot
accept appointment as state
fire marshal, Atty, Gen. Rob
ert . Thornton said today.
Southern Pacific
Granted fare Hike
Salem - m - The Oregon
Public Utilities Commission
today authonred ijutncrn
Pacilic Railroad to increase
its intrastate passenger fare
10 per cent beginning June
18.
The Increase will net SP
$7,800 a year, the PUC stated
The fare increase, first re
auested last year when the
federal transporation tax was
removed, was twice suspend
ed by the PUC to allow time
foj investigation.
Question Asked
When Board Director Paul
Cuibertson asked Cameron
why he felt Lowry snouia
resign Cameron answered,
Because of you, raui. j nave
felt for some time, this year
rriimlarlv. that Phil was
- .
representing you as your at
torney more than he was the
district."
H. B. Murphy, watcr-user
and pear shipper, pointed out
the district s contract is with
the legal firm of Frohnmayer,
Lowry and Dcatherage.
Cuibertson declared that
Lowry "is the greatest hu
man asset this district has
ever had and the best water
attorney in the statcl"
Cuibertson noted Hon-
buhr's resignation was sub
mitted in January and made
a motion it be accepted. His
motion died for want of a
second, and the other two
riirtor approved a motion
made by Cameron that the;
resignation be tabled. Reasons
for the resignation were not
given by the directors.
Referring to Lowry's letter
of resignation, Cameron said
r -
it was "snide and critical of
the district's operation.
"We have one of the best
operated districts in the state,
and one of the best managers,"
Cameron said this morning.
"We're in better shape than
we've ever been In, and it Is
diip tn HoObuhr's work. I've
w,n nn the board for JO
and 1 know."
. . . . i .
Cameron protested uie iu
nnlnia In Lowrv I letter as
nnt bdoIvIiiB to the district,
and that they would -jusi
make trouble."
Lowrv's 10 points were:
1. All decisions pertinent
to the district should be op
cnlv arrived at in properly
convened public meetings
with advance special and in-
dividual commitments to be
unswervingly avoided.
2, No d i s b u r s ement ot
funds should be made except
nurauant to budget authoriza
tion or by the board's express
authorization.
On Comparable Bids
3. Ail capital asset Hems
and substantial purchase!
should be on a comparable
bid basis. The bid approved
should not be exceeded in dis
hiirarmrnt of public funds.
4. Meticulous care should
be taken that no director or
officer have direct or Indirect
interest in any contract en-
tired Into by the district.
S. D 1 s trict vehicle! and
equipment should be used
solely lor district purposes.
8. Administrative personnel
should refrain from attempt
ing to reverse decisions prev
iously made by the board,
?. District records should
be considered public and be
open to reasonable Inspection
of proper persona at reason
able hours.
8. Audit procedure should
be required, going beyond
formal mathematical account
ing so representative sample
disbursement arc actually
checked.
Should Be Discontinued
neae ship Kokoku Maru was
killed, but the 43 othon were
plucked irom bobbing life
boats by two Coast Guard cut
lers. Three ot the 43 were
Injured,
The second ship Involved in
Tuesday night's collision, the
Military Sea Transportation
Service vessel Asterlon, head-;
ed lor San Francisco Bay but i
developed an oi) leak and
stopped ott the Golden Cats, i
Two tugs put a line aboard I
the 6,23J-ton Kokoku Marul
and took her under tow. The 1
vessel had a gash 30 feet wide
and 45 feet high on il star
board aide.
The vessels collided at
10:0S p.m. pd, five mHes off
Point Reyes, 35 miles north
of San Francisco. The 7,771-
ton Asterlon was en routs to
San Francisco Irom the Far
East, The Japanese veaael left
San Francisco earlier Tuesday
lor Japan.
9. Oral agreements between
the manager and third parties
should be entirely discon
tinued. Such arrangements
have led to frequent claims
and disputes as to respective
positions ot (he parties.
10. The secretary-manager
should be specltically Instruct
ed that consultations with
directors outside boBid meet
ings should Include all di
rectors. "The sole purpose of the Ir
rigation district Is deemed as
Its capacity to drllvrr water
to Irrigable land. It should
nnt be an arena for disposing i
of personal animosities,"
Lowry concluded, "The board
should encourage wider par
ticipation by the water-users
within the district an they will
be fully informed first hand
of water problems."
Calkins Accepts
School District Job
Grants Pass Thomas W.
Calkins, supervisor of secon
dary schools with the slate
department of education, his
been named superintendent ol
the Josephine county school
district, effective July 1.
He will fill the vacancy cre
ated by the death of Elmer
Fleming last April, wetley
M. Peters, district curriculum
director, ha been acting su
perintendent since that lime.
Calkins was selected from
33 applicants. Before taking
hii post with the state, he was
City on the Seven Sea Jurwt
38, ; arriving in BottmrOam
July S,
To Arrive is Medfard
Arriving ta Medford In
August to spend the 196344
school year here will be Maria
I. Castro rom Costa Jttoa,
who will Jive with Dr. and
Mrs. Bairn . Bibbs and ism.
ily; and Bart de Beer, from
The Netherlands, who will
live with Mr. and Mn, Otto
J. Frohnmayer.
The students are beins nxm.
sored here by the Rotery club
of Medford and Crater Liens
club. The ATS program wa
begun here In 1938 when th
Rotary club sponsored a s'.a-
dent from Denmark, who ISv
ea with the H. D. Chrbtensea
family.
Countries represented dur
ing the last leven years by
foreign studems here and by
Medford students abroad in
clude Denmark, Sweden, Nor
way, trtrwsny, Switzerland,
Italy, Portugal, Malaya, Costa
Rica, and Holland.
Sirs. Robert Sleeter is presi
dent of the local AFS ccny
mlttee. Other committee mem
bers Include Mrs. Say
Menrke, Mrs. William Barker,
Dr. Earl Johnson, Kenneth
Cool', Miss Joe Kirtley, flow
an, Steve Blackhurst, DeVtr
Taylor, Mrs. Earl Lawson,
Joe Naumes, and Mrs. Christ
essen.
Dellenback Accepfi
Church Nomination
Portland flOT State Rep.
John Dellenback (R-Medford)
accepted nomination Tuesday
as moderator of the Synod ol
superintendent of schools at I Oregon of the United Fresby
Ontario. 1 terian Church in the (LS-A.
WEATHER
FOR F. CAST? OMral rfci.
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Hundreds of Thousands Pay Respects
To Pooe John in St. Peter's Basilica
.
T
Vatican City - Kf - Hun
dreds ol thousands of persons
filed through St. Peters Ba
silica today to pay a final
tribute to Pope John XXIII,
Within eight hours after
the great doors ot the mas
sive church had been flung
.int-n. an estimated 230,000
mourners had moved past the
red draped catfalque where
the late pontiff i body lay In
atate.
Even as the crowd paid 1U
last respects, the church ma
chinery lor eliooaing a new
pope began Its operation. The
Vatican announced that the
College of Cardinals is.ilS
meet June 19 to begin selec
tion of successor to John
XXIH, Many of ihe 83 car
dinal were In Rome, and
other! were on their way
fm all over the) world.
Simultaneously, the Vati
can newspaper Osservuore
Romano published excerpts
uyio
irom the late Pope ajary
in which he frequently ex
pressed hi complete submis
sion to the will of God and
commented on Ms fcopes tor
the Ecumenical Coell
which he called to bring the.
church into step with mod
ern times anil to work lor
union ol ill Christianity. The
council was suspended auto
matically with hi death Mon
day, and It will be up to his
successor to decide 'hether
So reconvene it.