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.
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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.
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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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Musa Receives
Note From Vatican
The Dalles - (UPD - Senate
President Ben Musa (D-The
Dalles), has received a mes
sage from the Vatican which
expresses the gratitude of
Pope Paul VI for a resolution
passed by the 1963 Legisla
ture on the illness of the late
Pope John XXIII.
Sen. Musa said a cablegram
he received from the Vatican
over the name of Cardinal
Cicognana, reads:
"Sovereign Pontiff bids me
express 52nd Legislative As
sembly, State of Oregon, heart
felt gratitude, resolution sym
pathy, concern occasion illness
late Pope John XXIII."
Musa said the resolution
about Pope John was adopted
late in the session which
ended last month.
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