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Second IU1 alt of rey Pro Rogue Valley Edition 58th Year Price 10 Cents MEDFORD Measure Allows Hatfield to Cut Tribune gram ; v,i i -ww i '"4,',': , jm- OCEAN VOLCANO A mushroom-like cloud of steam and smoke rises 6,000-7,000 feet over the area where an ocean-bottom volcano is erupting about four miles southwest of the Westman Isles off the southern Icelandic Proposed Closure To Salmon Fishing To Be Discussed , Proposal of the Oregon State Game Commission to close the Rogue River to Chinook salmon angling above the mouth of Elk Creek during the 1964 season will be the main subject Monday night, Nov. 18, at the regular meeting of the Jackson County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. at the American Red Cross building on Hawthorne Avenue here. Waltonians said that all per sons interested in the salmon issue are invited to the meeting. Regular chapter meetings are open to the public. The proposal would close the top salmon angling portion of the upper river the Casey Park area. It is included in the tentative regulations for 1964. Tentative regulations were for mulated after a Nov. 8 hearing. Final regulations are to be set following a hearing of the com mission in Portland on Friday, Nov. 22. C nsiderable reaction against the proposed closure has been voiced in this area. Waltonians will have a general discussion on the issue and probably will take some action by resolution. HEWScViBItlUS niMi prom JPv R0UNB THI 0l0M NO LONGER FORCE PORTLAND (VPD The John Birch Society no longer Is an Important force in national politics, national American Legion Commander Daniel Foley said Thursday night. Foley, of Wabasha, Minn., said the American Legion never has taken an official position on the society, but he feels founder Robert Welch "has completely discredited himself by his attacks on the loyally of former President Eisenhower and the late John Foster Dulles." POLICE HOLD UP BUS BERLIN (UPI) American military police today held up a Russian military automobile In retaliation for the holdup of two U.S. Army patrol cars in East Berlin Thursday. Military police stopped a bus carrying 23 Russians for 19 min utes and an automobile carrying four Russians for 20 minutes, American officials said. AMENDMENT URGED WASHINGTON (UPI) Exports of surplus American fish prod. nets will be spurred on the same under an amendment urged here and adopted by the Senate. The amendment includes fish on full parity with other foods In the Food For Peace program and should prove a boon to the nation's declining fishery Industry, according to Sen. Warren G. Magnuson, D-Wash. RECOMMENDS PROJECTS WASHINGTON (L'PD The House Appropriations Committee recommended today that H.I billion be spent this year on public works projects and activities of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The committee cut nearly WOO million from the amount re quested by President Kennedy earlier this year. I lcluded was SIAI.4 miliion chopped from the AEC budget reques!. bringing it down to $2.1 billion. 1 i -mm v coast. No damage was reported, but ships were warned away from the area because of the danger of tidal waves. (UPI Radiotelephoto) Irrigation Board to Consider Letter of Protest on A protest to last Tuesday's board of directors election in the Medford Irrigation District will be considered by the board when the vote is; canvassed next Monday, it was reported today. The protest, in the form of a letter from Allan. A. Smith, .a water-user of the district, was filed the afternoon of the elec tion. It declares that Wilton A. White, who was opposing in cumbent director and board California Couple Killed in Crash GRANTS PASS (UPI) - Wil liam Yount, 54, and his wife, Bertha, 44, formerly of Wheat land, Calif., were killed Thurs day -hen their pickup truck left a road in southern Jose phine County and plunged down a mountainside. Freeman Scott, Kerby, suf fered injuries. He told police that Mrs. Yount was driving the vehicle after he had picked them up when their truck became stranded at a placer gold mine they were working. basis as agricultural foodstuffs Thursday to the foreign aid bill Monday chairman Albert Hucners, was t h e "only ' legally qualified nominee," and asked that he be declared elected. (In the election, Hueners re ceived 113 votes, White 34.) Smith's letter stated that Hueners' nomination by peti tion had "an insufficient num ber of qualified voters." Although it did not state so specifically, it is presumed to refer to the law which limits eligible voters to those who own two, and in some cases, four acres ot land in the district. Two-Acre Rule Jack A. Hoffbuhr, secretary manager of the district, said mis morning tnat he is confi' dent the election was conduct ed legally. First, he pointed out tnat every prior election held within the district, including those for incumbent board members, was held under the "two-acre rule," and had never been protested. He also said there is a sub stantial question as to the con stitutionality of either the two or four acre limitations, al though they have never been tested in the courts. He pointed out that if the two-acre rule is thrown out, and elections con. ducted under the four-acre rule, it would mean that of 316 now eligible voters in Precinct No. 3 (where this week's election was held), 165 would be dis qualified, leaving only 151 voters eligible. He added that water users in the two other major irrigation districts of the county, the Rogue River Valley and Talent Districts, have a substantial in terest in the matter, since any ruling on voter eligibility in the Medford District would au tomatically affect the other two. Sufficient Signatures Finally, he stated that peti tions on file in the MID office supporting Hueners' nomination contain sufficient signatures of eligible voters, under either the two or four acre limitation, to satisfy legal requirements. Hoffbuhr stated that there has been considerable discon tent over the years from land owners in the district who own less than two acres, and who pay water assessments, yet who are not eligible to vote. Some attempts have been made to have the two-acre and four-acre limitations eliminated entirely, He said it is entirely possi ble that a court test of the elec tion would have this result. Legislative Counsel Committee Cuts Budget SALEM (UPI) The legisla tive Counsel Committee said to day it had slashed $19,089 from its budget. The committee is a branch of the legislature, and is exempt from the austerity cuts ordered by the governor. 24 PAGES Two Sections Higher Education Budget Adjusted By State Board SALEM (UPI) -The State Board of Higher Education ad justed its budget by $8 million Thursday, but its proposals to raise tuition fees and admission standards collided with a new Senate resolution. The board's cuts some of them tentative affected the state's system of universities, colleges, and medical, extension and research services at most i levels. There were two key parts of the board's plan: A general in crease in tuition charges next year; and higher admission standards for the fall, 1964, term only at the University of Funds Approved For Two Projects In Rogue Basin WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House Appropriations Commit tee today approved a Bureau of Reclamation request for S300.000 for advance planning for the Agate dam project of the Rogue River Basin. A Corps ot Engineer s Duag- et item for SIOO.OOO for the Lost Creek Reservoir was also approved by the group. The committee action came despite a cut of $22.2 million from President Kennedy's rec ommended budget for the Bu reau of Reclamation. The Rogue Basin appropria tion was designated for advance planning for the Agate Dam ana Reservoir ot tne laieni niv sion Corps of Engineer requests were also trimmed by tne Mouse committee. The group's pro posed spending was less tnan $819,316,000 recommended by President Kennedy but slightly more than the $792,807,500 ap. proved by Congress last year. The committee s economy knife also trimmed $1.4 million from the Bureau of Reclama tion's requested funds for in vestigating feasibility of future projects; $580,000 from opera tion and maintenance money for existing projects and M, 083,000 from the reclamation loan fund. Hatfield Pleads Boardman Action SALEM (UPI)-In a special message to the legislature to day Gov. Mark Hatfield plead ed for immediate passage of legislation confirming the state's purchase of land for the Boardman Space Age industrial park, and its subsequent lease to Boeing Co. At the same time the gover nor's office submitted a bill to the legislature which would confirm the transaction. In his special message, the governor noted "The park is al most an accomplished fact." He declared "This matter is of such importance that were this legislative body not now in session, I would tec) it my duty to call a special session for this single purpose." The special message advised "legislation has been prepared for vour consideration and ap proval which will give the state land board the necessary au thority and means to meet the State of Oregon's commitments under the Boeing lease and put the Boeing Company into pos session as an operating indus trial tenant, with resulting benefit to the economy of the entire State of Oregon. Without such legislation this project may fail. "The legislation which is pro posed for your consideration docs not contemplate any ex penditure of tax money and is not inconsistent with the pur pose for which this special ses sion has been called. I urge your immediate attention and favorable consideration of this important legislation." BULLETIN SALEM (UPI) -The Oregon Senate today passed 21) to I the $12 miliion one-shot with holding collections measure, It I one of two bills asked by Gov. Mark Hatfield to get the stale through Us fiscal crisis. MEDFORD, Oregon, Oregon State, and Port land State College. Under present figures and es timates, the effect of a $38 per term tuition increase would be to raise $3 million more outside state funds, making only $5 mil lion in real cuts necessary. It also would discourage some students. The effect of temporarily rais ing freshman admission stand ards from a 2.0 average to a 2.25 average for the fall term at three institutions would be to defer some students to later terms, detour some students to other colleges in the system, and discourage some altogether. In essence, the board's plan avoids turning away from the state system next year any stu dents who are presently quali fied. But it makes it harder and more costly for some of them to get into the school of their choice next fall. As the board met the Senate Rules Committee voted to per mit introduction of a resolution that would direct the board to leave both admission standards and tuition fees where they are now. If both houses pass the reso lution, it would become a direc tive to the board. It would prob ably not be legally binding. But if the board defied it, the stage would be set for the legislature to strip n i g n e r education of some of its independence in 1965. the board meeting itself was scheduled suddenly in the wake of legislative prodding and threats. A band of legislators, who for some time have been seeking stricter controls over higher ed ucation, said they were strongly displeased over the board's plan to postpone Its DUdget-cutting de cisions until a f t e r the legisla ture adjourns. Secret Meeting Held Seven legislators talked with the board at a secret breakfast gathering prior to the board meeting. During their meeting, beard members stressed three points: Some of the approved cuts are subject to deeper review. The entire plan is subject to change if the state's fiscal picture changes. The program is an emeracn- cy one, similar "to problems we faced immediately after the war. Despite many board state ments that the quality of educa tion must be preserved, the ef fect of the plan probablv would also be to hurt quality, for ex ample, putting a heavier load on teachers. The plan to reduce enroll ments next fall, however, would also spread the student , load more evenly through the year, making for better use of teach ers and classrooms. In effect, the board approved these cuts for the 1963-6o bien nium: $6 million in 'he general college system. (01 this, how ever, half would be only a hook keeping cut, to be replaced with $3 miliion from higher tuition fees.) This eliminates 156 facul ty positions and 146 classified positions. $264,174 from teaching hos pitals and clinics. This will close a 12-bed isolation unit at the UO Medical School, curtail the out patient clinic, and perhaps close a 36-bed ward for six months. $80,590 from the crippled children's division. This will re duce the crippled children cared for by about 130. $175,000 from the State Tu berculosis Hospitals. $607,729 from federal coop erative extension. $795,862 from agricultural experiment stations. The overall plan would re duce faculty and classified em ployes of the system by 479. WEATHER roniX'AST: Clparliu tonight. Kodny (Saturday morning, he roin I hi sunny Saturday atlrr nnon. Continued coot. Low to night 25-30. High Saturday 40-13. Tfmp. Htghfsl Yesterday St Loweil Thli Morning 33 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today .17 Our Skies Tonight ftunurt lodav 4:5 p m. ftunrt" tomorrow 7:03 a.m. the Moon ti Invltlble tonight, being In conjunction with the Hun. 'w Moon) at I0:.M p.m. 1 hr Moon It life In Apogee and It t1 M n.li'ft from the i;jrth t-ntht. ! greatfkl dia- OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1963 BRAVES SECURITY GUARDS Blonde The resa Norton, 26, is introduced to AFL-CIO delegate by President Kennedy this morning after she braved security guards to shake Kennedy Says Income Tax Bill Would Insure No Recession NEW YORK (UPI)-President Kennedy today told the AFL CIO convention that passage of his income tax cut bill by the current session of Congress would insure the nation against a recession that may be in the offing for next year. He said prompt passage would mean "sailing by next April on the winds of the long est and strongest peacetime ex pansion in the nation s econom ic history. Kennedy indicated there would be a distinct danger to the nation s economy to post pone action on the tax bill until next year s congressional ses sion. "I think this Congress will not go home next summer without passing this bill," he .said. "I think we should stay there until we do." The Chief Executive said the nation did "not dare obtnin this tax cut too late in the game." Cites Year's Statistics He said he based his predic tion of a possible recession next year on statistics of the nation's periods of-peacetime expansion. These periods have lasted 32 months since World War II. "The present expansion is in its 33rd month," the President said. Kennedy was greeted enthusi astically by the nation's labor leaders. He told them he agreed with them that greater employment is the most important domestic issue facing the nation today. He said his tax cut proposal, designed to create $30 billion worth of jobs, the most impor tant single step toward resolv ing the issue. The overflow audience of 5,500 delegates cheered, whistled and applauded Kennedy on several occasions during the speech even though he did not touch on the convention's major eco nomic demand a 35 - hour work week without loss ot pay as a hedge against further em ployment thorough automation. The administration believes shortening the work week is a half - measure that would in crease unemployment and force prices up because ot increased manufacturing costs. Kennedy assured the delegates, represent ing 13.5 million workers, that the chief beneficiaries of his tax cut would be "the two or three million who would get new jobs." The President drew loud laughter when he said he did "not believe selling the Tennes see Valley Authority is a pro gram to put people to work, a reference to Republican presi "Friendship Meeting' MOSCOW (UPI) - U.S. offi cials tonight boycotted a cere monial "friendship meeting" with a group of Russians, in cluding Mrs. Nikita Khrushchev, as American officials failed in another attempt to win release of Yale Prof. Frederick Barg hoorn. None of the American Em bassy staff members attended a well-publicized meeting a t "friendship house" near the Kremlin to mark the 30th anni versary Saturday of resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Soviet Union after the 1917 revolution. The reception in the former mansion of a pre-revolutlonary hands with the Chief Executive following his speech to the labor convention at the Ameri cana Hotel in New York. The delegate, at right, is unidentified. (UPI) dential hopeful Sen. Barry M. Goldwater's recent proposal. Kennedy praised the economic measures of the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration and said the planning of the 1930s made the prosperity of the fu ture possible. He said measures taken by the government now would de termine whether the 70s and 80s would be periods of pros perity. Kennedy said he came to the convention to ask labor s sup - Medford Planning Commission Denies Rexoning By unanimous vote last night, the Medford Planning Commis sion voted not to rezone sev eral parcels of property along Barnett Road and Ellendale Drive. The group also denied a re quest for a change of zone on property at the northwest cor ner of Siskiyou Boulevard and Highland Drive. The applicant, C. A. Parllcr, had sought the change as part of his plans to expand his market at tnat lo cation. Rogue Sought for Preservation WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Rogue River in Oregon from Grants Pass to- the Pacific Ocean was among 12 streams recommended Thursday for preservation in its natural state by the federal government. The selection was made by a joint Interior Agriculture De partment's team which studied 64 rivers or segments of rivers in 35 states. All of the streams were said to have outstanding recreational possibilities. They could become part of a natural system of free flowing rivers. Other rivers in the Northwest area named were the Skagit and its Sauk and Suiattlc tributaries in Washington, the Klamath in Northern California and the Three Forks of the Flathead in Montana. Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture, Stewart Udall and Orville Freeman, said a further study will be made to establish criteria for evaluating recrea tional potential of the rivers. millionaire began at 6 p.m. beneath crossed American and Soviet flags. This was little more than an hour after U.S. Embassy Con sular Chief Thomas Fain tele phoned the Soviet Foreign Min istry and repeated for the sev enth time strong American de mands for Barghoom's imme diate release or immediate ac cess by American officials to the 52-year-old scholar, who was accused of being a spy. Russian authorities, who have bc.n holding Barghoorn for 15 days, said there was nothing new to report in his behalf. The Soviets told an American Embassy official Thursday that No. 205 - port "for my program." He quipped that . he had been elected by a "landslide" . ma jority of 112,000 votes. "It is possible you had some thing to do with this," he told the delegates. "I hope the day will never come when the AFL CIO is satisfied with less than the best." Kennedy said that existing un employment was an intolerable waste that could be avoided by passage ot his income tax cut i 1 bill. Requests About a half dozen property owners on Barnett Road and Ellendale Drive appeared be fore the commission to oppose the measure, which would have changed the zoning from limit ed commercial to single and multiple family. Medford Lawyer Frank J. Van Dyke, representing three of the property owners, referred to an Oregon Supremo Court ruling in 1046 which held, In effect, that a commission had the power to rezone property "if a sub stantial change of conditions" warranted. Increased Traffic ' But Van Dyke pointed out that increased traffic along Barnett Road, together with re cent commercial developments, tended to argue against a change in zoning. Commissioner Bert Thierolf. in making a motion against the change, noted that several of the property owners had pur- cnascd tne land on the basis of its limited commercial zone and that it would be unfair to them to change the zoning at this time. Parlier's request for a zone change to expand his market was opposed by Duane Hut chins, 3285 Brltt St., who pre scntcd a petition signed by sev. eral property owners in the vi cinity who wore against Ihe move, Acting Commission President Larry Horton said it was "dif. ficult" to support Parlier's re. quest "since there is no other commercial development" in the residential neighborhood. Parlicr today filed an appeal from the commission's decision with City Manager Robert Duff. The matter will go before the City Council at its meeting next week for tinal action. Boycotted the Russians would reply to U.S. inquiries about the Yale professor as soon as possible. President Kennedy said In Washington Thursduy that prompt release of the New York-born scholar was fssential to the continuation of the U.S. Soviet cultural exchange pro gram. Calling the professor's arrest "unwarranted and unjust," the President said it would be hopeless tn discuss broadening cultural exchanges with Barg hoorn in jail. U.S. Embassy officials this morning Informed Soviet cul tural officials that negotiations on a new cultural exchange Basic Support Follows Approval Of Tax Collections SALEM (UPI) -The House Thursday approved the second half of the emergency program asked by Gov. Mark Hatfield to deal with the fiscal crisis re sulting from the Oct. 15 refer endum. By a 34-23 vote the lower chamber approved a ineasuro allowing Hatfield to make cuts in basic school support. It followed by one dav Housn approval of a one-shot speedup of withholding tax collections to bring in an additional $12 mil- nun uus Diennium. Both measures await Senate action. Hatfield needs lenislative .in. proval of both so he can trim about $60 million from the $404 million general fund budget ap proved at the 1963 regular ses sion. House approval of the basic school bill came shortly after it rejected by a 38-19 vote a move to send the measure back to Ways and Means for further modification. The vote came at. 5:30 .p.m. after two days of haggling over whether the governor should he given a free hand to make the cut, or whether the legislature should set down rigid guides. The measure finally approved iiiuuueu watered down guide- lines. Back To Committee But the bill probablv will onrp. again end up in Ways and Means for Senate President uen iviusa said ho would send it there for review. Wednesday the nine Demn- crats on Ways and Means ap- hi uveu a measure witnout guide lines, over the solid opposition of the five Republicans on the committee. Shortly', before the bill was tn come' up for a vote in the House Thursday- afternoon, it was re called to Ways and Means. Mild guides were inserted, ard then the bill was sent bacs to the houses. The guides ssk Hatfield to make school cuts "proportion ate" to other cuts "if ho can." If additional money becomes available later, Hatfield is asked to restore some of it to the basic school fund. In effect, the bill aives Hat field a relatively free hand. ihe guides were intended to soothe a bloc which feels the legislature should make specific reductions in school support, and "not abdicate the legislature's authority" to the governor. As the Senate now has the two key measures which neces sitated the special session, the way is clear for adjournment early next week unless a hag gle developcs in the upper chambor. While the House is still work ing on sales and cigarette tax proposals, the Senate Democrals announced, after a caucus, that no revenue bills would be ap proved by the upper chamber during the special session. Both houses were to meet at p.m. today. Iraqi Government Ousted Early Today BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPD- The international leadership of the Baath Socialist party ousted Iraqi government early today and announced it has assumed control of the oil-rich country. A statement by the party's Supreme Council, composed chiefly of party leaders from Syria and Iraq, was the latest development in the split within the Baath's Iraqi leadership, which erupted in an abortive re volt in Baghdad Wednesday. Baath's "incrnational com mand council," headed by Syr ian Secretary General Michel Aflak, declared over Baghdad Radio it was "undertaking the responsibilities of the regional command government In Iraq" until new elections could be held, within four months. by U.S. agreement have been post poned. They were duo to start here Nov. 19. The Soviets acted surprised, American sources said, and said that the agreement hud no connection with the Barghoorn case. Earlier, American novelist John Steinbeck wound up a one month goodwill tour of the So viet Union under the cultural exchange program with a blast against the Soviet rrsime for its handling ot the Barghoorn case. "I am leaving with footings of protest against the arrest of Prof. Barghoorn. I foci very strongly about it." a
