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Weekend Roundup
PROBABLY most other American communities jtive s
much comparatively to their young people through
the schools as does this one, but certainly no one can accuse
us of shirking along this line. As youngsters go back to
classes in the next few days, we can have the satisfaction
of knowing that we have spared nothing in an effort to
make the educational system of Klamath Falls and the
Klamath basin equal to the best
One thing that has always impressed us about Klam
ath county is that we are not given here to having serious
school rows. This scribe has lived in some communities
where they had battles of this sort that were really dingers,
and they had unhappy effects that lasted for years.
There are occasional disagreements here as to policy
and personnel, and there is certain to be a little con
troversy if people take an interest in school affairs. But
there are none of those damaging free-for-alls where
hides are hung on fences, careers are ruined, lifetime
enmities created, and the educational process interrupted
while a lot of silly adults let themselves go. Thank
heavens for that!
Consider, for instance, the fact that in the last two
years there has been accomplished in Klamath Falls a
change in the school administration program that was
talked about for years as desirable but fearfully ap
proached because some of us thought it might cause
trouble.
It was long recognized that the administration of
Klamath Union high school and the city elementary dis
trict should be combined under one head. Despite all
the technical and personal problems involved, this has
now been done. For months, the boards of the two dis
tricts have been meeting together, and a coordinated
program developed under a single superintendent.
It was done with a minimum of difficulty, and in
dividuals who might, for personal reasons, have made
trouble, were found to be most cooperative and helpful.
Now, another long-talked-about development, a junior
high school, is about to be accomplished, likewise without
difficulty.
There are still some things to be done in the city and
suburban school systems to round. out a more satisfactory
set-up. Experiences of the past few-years indicate that
these, too, can be accomplished without serious difficulty.
Where does The Dalles-California highway touch Cali
fornia, and thus justify its name?
This highway used to extend to Malin, and enter Cali
fornia just south of that southern Klamath town. But
no one refers to the highway south of Klamath Falls,
running to Malin, as The Dalles-California highway any
more. This road is more important than ever before now,
with its connection with Tulelake, Alturas, Reno and
even Los Angeles, but it isn't The Dalles-California high
way. The Dalles-California highway north of Klamath
Falls is designated as U. S. 97. Logically, then, one
would suppose the Oregon section of No. 97 south of
Klamath Falls would be The Dalles-California highway.
But is it? It is universally referred to as the Weed
Klamath Falls highway.
So far as popular usage of names is concerned, there is
no The Dalles-California highway south of Klamath Falls.
And possibly, some day, all of No. 97 from Che
mult to Weed, California, plus the Willamette highway,
will be designated as 99E or Pacific highway east, with
No. 97 joining the Pacific highway at Chemult instead
of Weed.
Maybe the recent California primary election has left
ou confused, if you are an Oregonian, because of the
cross-filing down there.
In Oregon primaries, a candidate can file only on
the ballot of his own party. In California, you can file
as your own party candidate, and the candidate of as
many other parties as there are operating. Hence Earl
Warren, republican, not only ran for the republican
nomination, but also for the democratic. He got the
republican nomination, and made a strong race for the
democratic.
But you can't get the nomination of a party not your
own, even if you get the most votes there, unless you get
the nomination of your own party, also.
Omission of the auction sale deadened public interest
in the junior livestock show this year. It wasn't the event
of former years, but individual returns to the young grow
ers were quite satisfactory.
Incidentally, the first steer ever bought from a Klam
ath youngster in a show of this sort was purchased by
Carl Steinseifer, who has bought at least one steer every
junior livestock show since that first time, many years
ago. Bill Bailey of Merrill raised the steer Mr. Stein
seifer bought on that first occasion.
Klamath business men, like Carl Steinseifer, have
been generously buying this beef for years at high prices
from Klamath farm youngsters. They deserve a lot of
credit for helping put over an important farm youth
program. M. E.
Rev. Haynes Goes
North to Attend
Regional Meet
Rev. Eugene Haynes of the
Community Congregational
church left Wednesday morning
for tho North Western Regional
conference at Pacific university,
Forest Grove. There will be
representatives from the four
western states, Montana, Idaho,
Washington and Oregon, and it
is expected that it will be the
largest regional meeting since
1835.
On Thursday afternoon Rev.
Haynes will be a member of
the Ecclesiastical Council which
will examine George Halsted,
pastor of the Waverley Heights
-ungregauonai cnurcn in Port
land, who will be ordained
Thursday evening.
The conference nnenn t -
slon Friday afternoon, and will
ciose xnurstlay, September 3.
' TREES PLANTED
WASHINGTON. Ana. 2fl lot
Nearly 700,000 trees were
piamea oy uregon and Washing
ton farmer fnr faroel
poses in 1941, the U. S. Forest
Service has reported.
News
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W7ASHINGTON. Aug. 29 A
discouraging condition in
some confused comers of the
American public mind has been
presented to me, in reader re
action to my recent effort to
J!J5a clear some ex-
f -aT 'f ceptionally un
f .Sir m reasonable anti-
rvr thinking ov
the part of an
anonymous cor
respondent i n
Cincinnati.
In my mail-
si, ban I found a
IfUtlvociferous min
tMSority of people
Paul Mallon who apparently
want to do nothing in this war
except argue about whether it
is right, to argue about Mr.
Roosevelt, the new deal, the
British, the Jews. India. In fact
practically everything except
the question before the house,
namely:
"The war how to win it."
Apparently there are three
groups of dissenters in this
country, as represented in this
mail. The first need not bother
anyone. There were a few let
ters from exceptionally enthus
iastic pefsuiis, like the One who
threatened me not only with
death but promised, further per
sonally to assure L everlasting
life in hell.
There is a second group of
war dissenters who apparently
do not care much about winning
it, because they think it was
started by the Jews, or by
"Morgan, DuPont and John D,"
or by Mr. Roosevelt, or the
British, or practically anyone
except the Japs and Nazis.
It is not necessary to argue
with people who hold these
views. To clear them of their
confusion it should only be
necessary to point out that no
matter who started the war,
they themselves are in it, we
are all in it.
The fighting is not restricted
to those whom they accuse. If
they are right, completely right,
in all their wildest accusations,
the slightest sense of self-pres
ervation will tell them they had
better . strain every ounce of
energy they possess to win, or
they will live under the rule of
the despised Japs (who prom
ised to make peace in the
White House) and nazis.
' '
THIRD GROUP
The absence of this second
group from the war effort
might not make any important
difference in our conduct of the
war, if they were not strength
ened indirectly and perhaps un
intentionally by a third group
of citizens. This third group
is the one that worries me.
If I believe my mail,. they are
earnest Americans, seekers for
truth, who did not like either
Mr. Roosevelt's foreign policies
or domestic policies before
Pearl Harbor, whose minds are
filled with such recollections as
the" president's promise not to
send our boys to foreign soil.
a promise lie could not keep
In their disillusionment and
confusion, this group is failing
to contribute enthusiasm, work
dollars or even scrap metal to
mo cause.
These are the people who see
that the doctrine of the four
freedoms hus not been con
scientiously applied in the past
by many of our allies, Britain
as well as Russia. Some of
them see lax labor discipline
in our midst, inefficiency, tho
big debt, uncertain goals, and
they sink into despair. Thoy
are the disillusioned idealists.
NO ACTION
They think they are logical
and dealing in truths. Yes, but
only up to the point where they
must reach a conclusion us to
a hat tiit-jr iiilvnd to do auoui
their grievances. Their com-
plaints tire founded in somo
Justice, so they think only about
these complaints, but never do
they say what they think should
be done.
In all the hundreds of letters
reaching me, not a single cor
respondent in this thira group
suggested any covirse of action.
they daro not bring them-
selves to it.
They dare not face tho con
clusion implied by their argu
ment, because that would bring
mem 10 advocate surrender-
surrender of the country to the
Japs and Nazis.
They cannot meet tho ob
vious consequences of their own
position, and advocate peace;
because they know peace today
means surrender and national
misery for many generations to
come.
They must keep on mooing
about their grievances to an ex
tent where they, as a mass
group, are actually promoting
tne consequences of their posi
tion which they dare not face
defeat.
DOUBLE-CROSS
Whether thev rcnlNf, It
not, they are contributing to de
feat, both negatively, by doing
nothinff eonstrnrtivo nnH nf-
firmatively, by their influence
m tnougnt.
That kind of disillusioned nnrl
honest idealism is a Hmthl.
cross played upon our soldiers,
our army ana navy ana marine
corps even by some fathers,
mothers and brothers at hnva
in the service, who do not real
ize where their thinking is lead
ing them.
Thev are unfittinfflv unrtnr.
mining the safety of their own
iovea ones. Don I lorgct casual
ties are always greater on tho
losing side, and nionov must hn
raised by bonds to give our men
proper power ana protection.
Theirs is not idealism or truth
at all, but plain blind unthinki
ing political melancholia.! I do
not like to call groups bf people
names unless thev choose name.
for themselves, but these people
in this third group, will soon
classify themselves as the
"White Flaegeri' of this coun-
try, if they do not stop moping
about past events and pitch in
to win. By their own position,
thev are alreadv runnlni, nn
their own personal sign of sur
render.
The onlv wav out of n war
once vou are in it is to thrnu.
everything you have into it and
win u. au other considerations
must wait. Most of the country
knows this, but annarnntlv a
few still do not.
SIDE GLANCES
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ctfaa. mi a, wia BlavKt. iwc t. m. alo. u. a at. cap. 8-3
"1 had lo choose between a permanent and new slip
pers, so if I befiin sitting out tonight you'll know I've
danced through these thin soles I"
WAR -QUIZ.
1. This Army insignia is de
signed from the initials of an
American soldier-president's
nickname. Catch
on?
2. What's the
difference - b..-
t w e c n Buna
and Buna S, both currently in
the news?
3. Even an Irish ship wouldn't
want to fly Irish pennants.
Why not?
ANSWERS
TO WAR QUIZ
1. Insignia is of the "Old
Hickory" division, honoring An
drew Jackson. The O sur
rounding the H, and tho three
Tolling
The Editor
ABOUT POLITICS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore,
(To tho Editor) In regard to
"polities" I wish to uy thut
there is all kinds of politics, and
all kinds of "politicians" how
err it Is from political muve
menls that wo obtain our direct
function of representative
domocritcy, and out of those
movements has been evolved
our slatcmoiishlp which wo have
In have In order lo curry-on us
n free and self-governing people,
We have to have a free mid open
expression by the ballot, In or
der to ope in to under our form of i
(lovorniiiiint, and it must come
directly from the people, them
selves, by their will as expressed
ul the polls, as to Just who shall
represent us, and as to Just what
policy of govcrimittnt shall bu
pursued. Hence It necessarily
follows, that a people's govern
ment must come from the ueoulo
bv-thoir expression at tho polli,
otherwise all government will
drift Into tho hands of the pro
fe.ssloual politicians which are
so much deplored, by muny peo
ple, A democracy by representa
tion, con be no better that those
who miiko up tho body of the 1
great common citizenry, ami
everyone who doalrea to con.
tlmm our form of government,
mutt of necaislty glvo some
thought to Just how this gov
eriimont should ho run. Of
course we must submit to ma
jority nilti: that Is tho best that
can bo dono. But we need Unit
expression direct from thq pen.
plo, otherwise wo cannot know
what Is desired, Item's It ol
laws, that It Is mora than prlvl.
lego to votp; It Is nlso I duty,
unci a very high privilege as well
as a profound duty.
Yours respectfully,
Wm. K. B, CHASE.
Roman-numeral 10's (indicating '
SOth Division) are bluo on a 1
maroon background. !
2. Buna is a port in south-'
em New Guinea, opposito Port i
Moresby, where Jap Invasion j
troops recently landed. Bunti '
S Is a form of synthetic rubber. !
3. Irish pennants aro loose !
ends of rope hanging about a
ship rendering It the opposite '
oi snip'Snupo.
Ladies' Quartet to
Appear at Church
DORRIS The Pasadena
ladies' quartet under direction
of Field Manager E. D. Benson !
will present an evening of
music at the Dorris Church of
tho Nazurcne Friday, Septem
ber 4.
Thcro will be no chargo for
admission.
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