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Theft Of Petitions Recalls Era Of Oregon Campus War By A. ROBERT SMITH ; Mil Tribune Washington Correspondent I Washington (Special) - The audaciorjs theft of petitions to t put a gumbling measure on ' the Washington state ballot next year is reminiscent of the i time someone swiped the peti- tions in Oregon's monumental war of the campuses 30 years ago. It occurred In a high spirit s ed moment when tbe Univer sity of Oregon and Oregon State were engaged in what some believed was a life and death struggle for academic ;' supremacy, s The full Btory of this con- ' flict was told with relish by the late William M. Tugman, long-time crusading editor of I the Eugene Register-Guard, and an acknowledged parti san on behalf of the Univer sity in the campus struggles. Before his death two years ago, Tugman set down his vi vid recolleclion of the politi cal in-fighting, intrigue, even blackmail, that made this af fair so underscored with pas sionate action. Part of the story Is re counted in "The Tiger in the Senate," the biography of Son. Wayne Morse, written by this correspondent, because Morse was a chief participant in the battle. He was then dean of the law school at the University. As Tugman recalled it, the trouble began because for about 25 years Oregon State Duncan, Senators Visit Site Of Dunes Seashore Portland -(UPD- Five mem bers of the Senate Public Lands subcommittee and Rep, Robert Duncan (D-Ore.) visit ed the site of the proposed Oregon Dunes National Sea shore Saturday. Chairman Alan Bible (D Nev.) led the group. He said the trip was for field inspec tion and no bearings would be held at this time. Accompanying Bible were Sens. Ernest Gruening (D Alaska), Quentln Burdick (D- N. D.), Len Jordan (R-Idaho) Unemployment Benefits Denied To Mill Workers Sacramento, Calif. - (UPD -The state department of em ployment bas denied unem ployment benefits to" 2,100 northern California lumber and sawmill workers on the basis they are Involved In a valid labor dispute. The department ruled Fri day that the dispute between ' the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union and the Inter national Woodworkers against the "big six" lumber firms was valid according to a prece dent set in 1949 by the State Supreme Court. Tho Supreme Court dec! sion held that under certain conditions a strike against one or more members of a group of employers who are nego tiating together is a strike against all. members of the group. .- - , The department added that the unemployment Insurance code prevents payment to workers who have left their jobs because of a labor dis pute. The unions struck June 4 against U. S. Plywood at An derson, Calif., and St. Regis Paper Co. of Oregon. The oth er employers shut down. The unions had contended that because the employers voluntarily closed their plants, workers should receive unem ployment benefits. ' Reed Professor ' Alderson Dead at 49 Portland - (UPD William L. Alderson, 49, professor of lit erature at Reed College for the last 20 years, died Friday at his home of a heart at tack. He had previously taught at Texas A and M, Central Washington College of Edu cation, and the University of California, where he received his bachelor and masters degrees. and Milward Simpson (R- Wyo.). Bible said the visit was to permit the group to "make visual Inspection of the dunes and the various boundaries proposed." He said none of the five senators had teen the area beore. He said hearings in the Sen ate on the bill proposed by Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D Ore.) have been completed. Rep. Robert Duncan has in troduced a similar bill in the House. He said the Oregon delegation will definitely come to an agreement on the proposals. His bill would pro vide for a smaller area than the Neuberger bill. Josephine Jury Favors PP&L In Case Grants Pass - A Josephine county circuit court jury re turned a verdict 9 to 3 Friday in favor of Pacific Power and Light company which was be ing sued by the state forestry department as a result of a forest tire Duly 31, 19S9. California Oregon Power company, now a division of PP & L, was accused of being negligent In allowing a fire to start by contact of a power line with a tree and failure to fight It promptly after it started. The forestry department was suing the power company or $7,722 alleged as the cost of fighting the fire In the Wiliiocvllle area which burn ed 632 acres. The jury reached its verdict after three hours' delibera tion. Church Group Jake Ecumenical Step Denver - (UPD - The Fourth General Synod of the United Church of Christ took an ecumenical step Saturday toward possible merger of six major protcstant denominations. The action was taken In the form of a resolution pas sed by the general Synod au thorizing the United Church of Christ delegation to the Consultation of Church Union "to enter into the develop ment of a plan of union , , ." FERRYBOAT FOUND Rangoon, Burma -IUM- Bur mese authorities sought Satur day to refloat a ferryboat which sank in a storm with 214 persons aboard off the east coast town of Moulmcin last Tuesday. Eighty-five per sons were rescued, 48 bodies were recovered and It was feared 83 missing persons were trapped In the wreckage. had benefited from forceful leadership under its president, William Jasper Kerr, while the University languished un der less dynamic presidents. But in 1926 the University got a vigorous new president, Arnold Bennett Hall, and the Eugene campus set out to re dress the balance of power Kerr had gained in academic superiority at Corvallis. To this rivalry Kerr responded with a grand design for con solidating the two institutions at Corvallis. Businessmen Aroused This prospect greatly arous ed the business community well as the academic commun ity, at Eugene, where the loss of the University would have been a great economic blow to the town. Leading citizens in Corvallis supported Kerr consolidation scheme. When a delegation from Corvallis was dispatched to Eugene to discuss the matter, the Eugene citizens were af fronted by what they regarded as an ultimatum from their rivals. Tugman said his group told them where they could go. Instead, the Corvallis grou decided to go to the people, They launched a petition drive to put a proposition on the 1032 election ballot by which a majority of the voters could direct the consolidation of the two campuses at Corvallis, Some high-spirited Eugene zealots then pilfered the Cor vallis petitions in an attempt to sabotage the drive. But the Oregon State partisans were not to be disheartened by this foul blow. Tncy hustled out and collected a new batch of signatures and then drama tized their assaulted virtue by delivering the new petitions to the state capitol in an ar mored car. Whether anyone ever put the finger on the petition thieves is a detail overlooked in this account. In any event, the proposition went on the ballot. But eight weeks before the election, both Kerr and Hall tendered their resigna tions to -the State Board of Higher Education. The Board accepted them, and promptly named Kerr to a newly cre ated post, Chancellor of High er Education, with authority over both campuses. - Stunning Margin The Intrigue which lay be hind Kerr's maneuver Is an other absorbing i story ,j Sut when Kerr moved his office as chancellor to Eugene Tug man recalled that the editor of the Emerald, the University student dally, Richard Li Neu berger, wanted to organize a mob of students to . stone Kerr's windows. Tugman warned against this- and said the Important goal, was to defeat the. initi ative measure on the ballot. And win the election they did, by a stunning 6 to 1 margin. Dean Morse subsequently rose to statewide fame by lead ing a faculty revolt against Kerr and the chairman of the State Board of Higher. Educa tion in one of the most dra matic chapters in Oregon's academic-political history. ffi n BUSY GOVERNOR - California Gov. Edmund G. Brown is a busy man at present going over hundreds of bills passed by the state legislature. Every once in a while he has to stop and refer to various bills, grabbing from the middle of the pile while keeping the rest in order, as seen in the above photo taken Friday. State senate and assembly chambers are vacant at present, awaiting return of lawmakers for a spec ial session called by Brown starting Monday. (UPI) Attorneys End World Conference With Declaration Athens-(UPD-The first world conference on world peace through law ended Saturday by calling for the right of self- determination for all peoples Need For Accepting Drastic Changes Cited Mexico City - (UPI) - A Princeton university report released here Saturday said the United States government must accept the "necessity for drastic - and sometimes vio lent - revolutionary change in Latin America" in order to save the Alliance for Prog ress. The report, listed as "pol icy memorandum No. 27" is entlttled "Land Reform and the Alliance for Progress" and was written by Dr. Ed mundo Flores. an Internation ally known Mexican agricul tural economist. I THRIFT AUTO SUPPLY TO- Modford, HI H. Riverside GranU ,, JJ l.l. 4ih AUTO L UPPIY H im ii r MARK IV AUTO AIR CONDITIONINQ ; America's top sllin cus tom Installed unit. Fits your present car, 12 Month warranty. OPEN SUNDAYS Hams of 10,000 Ham 9 Die In Oregon Accidents During Holiday.Week End United Press International At least nine persons have died in Fourth of July holiday week end accidents in Oregon, four of them in traffic. Karen Welo, 23, La Grande, died Saturday of injuries suf fered in a two-vehicle colli sion early Friday near Athena. Driver of the second ve hicle involved, Raymond Dun lap, 44, Athena, and his wife, suffered non-serious Injuries. The accident involved two small trucks. Two persons drowned, two died in separate fire accidents and a vounc flirl died when she was dragged by a horseJ Madeline Cyd Maloney, 8, Pendleton, was dragged to death behind a frightened horse when she became caught in a rope Friday night. A Portland maintenance worker was killed Friday night when fire broke out in a Fred Meyer store in Port land. Raymond Sayers, 78. was burning trash in the in cinerator room when the flames broke out. A Tacoma man, Robert Trent, 41, drowned Friday at Beverly Beach near Newport. Lawrence Adams, 13, Port land, drowned in the South Santiam river Thursday. Three persons died In separate car accidents Wednesday night and Thursday. An Oregon City man died in a burning parked car. of the world under the United Nations' charter. The nearly 200 attorneys from about 100 nations ap proved a declaration which said the "fundamental prlnci pie of International rule of law is that of the right of self-, determination for the peoples of the world as defined by the United Nations' charter." The week-long session also created a special committee of international legal experts to "prepare a draft plan for an organization to direct and supervise ... a disarmament agreement." Conference Chairman Char les S. Rhyne, former Ameri can Bar association president, told the final meeting the con ference had launched the most ambitious program toward making international law stronger to safeguard world peace. . . ' i Tbe conference s goals are to modernize and expand ex isting international laws and institutions and to mobilize the world's estimated one mil lion attorneys to promote world peace. . . Russian Troops On Increase In Cuba, Says Missionary Kansas City, Mo. -IPD Rus-, Miss Kerrigan, formerly of sian tanks rove the streets Kansai Citv. Kan., and anoth- of Cuban cities - despite the I . m)ss,nnarv. Rubv Miller. sistance that Russians are leaving - an American mis sionary said here Saturday. Lucille Kerrigan, recently deported from Cuba, said U.S. government assurances bring only laughs to Cubans who hear them broadcast on Ml' ami radio stations. She said tanks and troops were in streets of even the smaller towns, such as Pinar del Rio where she lived while she worked as a missionary there. Page 2A Medford, iaWTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY. JULY 7, 1963 formerly of Ottawa, Kan., were deported from Cuba last Wednesday. They arrived in Kansas City last night. Miss Kerrigan said military posts that once were armed by Cubans are gradually being taken over by Russian troops. She said part of the reason was to allow the Cubans to work cropland. She said many of the farm ers have gone on a form of "sit-down" strike against the Fidel Castro regime to avoid supporting it. Bases Being Built Despite President Kenne dy's insistence that troops are leaving the island, Miss Ker rigan said military activity is increasing. She said big mili tary bases were being built in caves and that the forces are well armed. White City Sanitary Budget Passes, 17-2 The proposed 1963-64 budg et of $7,425 for the White City Sanitary district was ap proved by voters In Friday's election. There were 19 votes cast, 17 for the budget and two against the expenditure. A public hearing was held after election results were re ported to give people an op portunity to ask questions and make verbal protests if they desired. There was no oppo sition voiced. District directors explained that the proposed lagoon dis posal system cannot be built for at least six months be cause of a delay in acquisition of the necessary land. The land acquisition in volves a trade of properties with the stale game commis sion, for which congressional authorization is required. PLANS VISIT Copenhagen - (irp - French Premier Georges Pompidou will visit Denmark for a non official stay In September, the foreign ministry announc ed Saturday. Maryland Boy Survives Bad Fall Shady Cove - A seven-year-old boy from Tacoma Park, Maryland, who tumbled end over end down a 150 foot em bankment, landing on rocks below, survived with only fractures and bruises, accord ing to reports Saturday from Shady Cove. The accident occurred at the Rogue River bridge south of Prospect - Friday when Wayne Wuerstling darted over the cliff in pursuit of a ball. The boy was rescued 20 feet from the Rogue's turbu lent water by his father, Os car Wuerstling. He was taken to the Shady Cove clinic for examination and Dr. Howard Ferguson, (caring that he had skull injuries, brought him to Rogue Valley hospital in Med ford. He was treated and re leased. The family is remaining a few days in a trailer court at Shady Cove, Dr. Ferguson said, to make a further check of the child's condition before continuing on a tour. The boy suffered a fracture of an el bow, bruises, lacerations, and a slight concussion. "His guardian angel must have been protecting him," Dr. Ferguson said. "His sur vival after a fall down that cliff onto the rocks is truly miraculous." More Restrictions Seen In Poland Warsaw -NPIt- The Polish Communist party's central committee ended an impor tant meeting on ideology Sat urday night and indicated a tightening of the nation's rel atively liberal policies would take place. The Polish news agency Pap reported the three-day session concluded after Communist party chief Wladyslaw Gomul ka called for the establish ment of an "ideological com mission" to supervise "intel lectual activities." 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