HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
October 7. 1043
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MEMBER AUDIT BUREAO OP CIRCULATION
WASHINGTON, Oct, 7 The
president's new economic
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control set-up is largely the han
I 'in Frandieo, New Tort, Detroit (Wattle. CMeago, FVrtUfid, tea Anff!a, M. tool.
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r Dclltuid by Carrier la City
diwork of hit three close eco-
nomlo advisors, Henderson
(prices), Lubin (White House
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I Wall of Indifference
i At an Informal gathering this week at which politic
r was a principal topic of discussion ye, there has
: been one, and only one, such gathering here this year
. so far as we know State Senator Marshall Cornett made
the remark that an effort must be made, after all, to
awaken interest in nolitics in this community.
' An election is to be held November 3, which is less
than a, month away. It cannot be postponed because of
3 war or the weather. It is going to be held, in Oregon,
- a governor and a United States senator are to be elected.
along with an assortment of other state, district, county
and city officials. There are also an average number of
direct legislative proposals which will be on the Novem
ber 3 ballot
i ' Thus far the public's attitude toward all of this has
bordered on total indifference. If this continues, election
I day will come along with a vast majority of the people
. uninformed about the men and the issues, and when the
I balloting occurs, only a small minority will participate.
1 This is not a desirable condition, as Senator Cornett infers.
It is true that people are busy this year. It is true
their principal interest is on the war and how we are
f" going to win it But it will not be harmful either to the
war effort or to the public attitude toward the -war if
. people, generally Inform themselves about the decisions
; to be made on November 3 and participate in those
decisions.
: it is not suggested that anyone stay off the job a
; eouple of days to "bone up" on politics. The Voters'
pamphlet will be around soon, and conscientious voters
; can read it They can listen to what speeches are made
at meetings and over the radio. Organizations can sched
I ale discussions of men and issues at their regular meet-
ings. These are things that ought to be done in the short
period intervening between now and the general election.
: Airmail Improvement Objective
iON this page 58 40-years-ago item comment-
j ing on the problem of getting mail into this region
from the railroad. This problem was completely solved
, some years later, when the railroads brought their main
lines here.
But in one particular, Klamath's mall service is still
J unsatisfactory. That is in air mail. It will be finally
solved when airline service is brought to the Klamath
Falls airport. The whole southwestern Oregon and north-
eastern California country will suffer in airmail service
until this is done.
" ; Much .has been accomplished in preparing the airport
J for this'" service. It now has ample landing facilities,
I including runways and lights. Installation of radio beams
is now on schedule. Thus some of the most serious ob-
stacles have been removed. ' .
- War conditions affect this situation, of coarse, but they
j may neip eventually in bringing this service here. Every
i possible local aid should be given, including, as soon
as possible, the surfacing of the short stretch of high-
r-ay on the Summers lane extension to the airport.
w n it iiaiaic.T. .. aurora. ro-T
"I'm not bringing you this apple because I expect any
favors it's just one of my little experiments in psychology!"
Men Go Down FiQhiinq.But
Seattle Gets Goi Cabbies
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men went down fighting to the
1 Jrt, but It looks u though
Seattle will have women taxi
driven after all.
. But they won't bo wearing
slacks, at least not for the Yel
low Cab company, which plans
io put several women In the
drivers' seats within a few days.
The garb Will be alone- th cen.
eral lines of an airline steward-
i ess' outfit, with black cotton
stockings as an added distinc
tion.
' The sternest opposition to wo
I xhen drivers because of the
I "moral" issue was sounded by
? Pave Beck, West Coast Team
sters' union (AFL) leader, when
the problem first came up sev
eral months ago.
In conceding that tnere Just
weren't enough men drivers to
meet demands any more, B. I.
Bowen, secretary of the taxicab
arivers' union local, commented:
"We still .don't feel It's the
place for women. I've seen wo
men cabbies all over the coun
try. It's the worst thing I ever
heard of. I'm more and more
convinced that the moral issue
is ine important thing. Person
ally, I would prefer to see less
caos on the street rather than
tane on women drivers."
ine feminine cabbies will
work only on day shifts.
J r "JACKPOT"
f W YORK, JP) Sam
iPatts idea worked about S800
? nACtl, T! 4t 1 1
xncii Mm auinonues
? stepped in.
I ' Between Jobs, he receiver!
j home relief and unemployment
i Insurance and registered for so
cial security under his name
and his brother's.
: Officials said he'd get a Job
under his brother's name while
drawing relief checks under his
i own, then leave the Job and
apply for unemployment insur
ance under the brother's name
to protect his home relief stand'
me.
t. s tie pleaded guilty to charges
oi grand larceny and violation
of the New York state labor
law.
f ON THE FIRING LINE
f' ' THOMASTON, Conn., (VP)
The machine gun Morton, they
call 'em here.
i . Father Frank Morton, Sr.,
Works in a foundry making .50
calibre machine guns, mother
Morton works in another shop
where shejmakes dies for .60
calibre machine gun bullets and
son, Frank Morton, Jr., is a
sergeant in the army, in charge
of a squad handling .50 calibre
machine guns.
8NELL SUPPORT
SALEM, Oct. 7 (P) The
aaiem Trades and Labor Council
(AFL) voted last night to sup-
iuib can sneii, repuDllcan can'
didate for governor. Its parent
body, the State Federation of
Labor, had endorsed Snell's dem
ocratic opponent, Lew Wallace. -
METER MISER
DENVER, (IP) Maybe this
motorist is Just a little too en
thusiastic about the scran metal
drive.
Police are seekine a drlvr
who knocked a parking meter
over with his car. . He got out,
picked the meter up, and drove
away.
SALEM PLEDGES
SALEM. Oct. 7 slm'
united war chest drive was only
two days old today, but $35,662
of the $65,000 Quota alreariv hat
been pledged. I
A MILLION HOMES IN 194X
That 194X is for the first year
Of peace, after Berlin and Tokyo
are occupied by us. the people.
Your guess Is as good as any
body's as to what numeral 3 or
4 or 5 the "X" stands for. The
point for this column is that,
whatever the first peace year,
it will probably see a million
family dwellings, new homes,
built within the borders of the
USA.
There are two solid facts on
this prospect. First, all the plan
ning that is being done now for
the peace, by both government
and private business, has home
builduig as a No. 1 item of the
post- war years. Second, the
savings that the average Ameri
can family Is stocking up in
war bonds will put millions of
families in a position to make
down payments on home owner
ship when peace is won.
Normal home buildina as we
knew it before 1941 was the
bread and butter of the lumber
industry of Washington and Ore
gon. And lumber, in turn, is the
bread and butter of these two
states.
So, while we are vitally inter
ested, with all the other neoDle
of the United Nations, in the fu
ture of such idealistic principles
as the Four Freedoms, we of
Oregon and Washington have a
special practical concern with
the prospects of post-war home
Duiming.
THE SMALL HOME OF 194X
Charlie Hannan, a sawmill ed-
german, started me studying up
on this topic. He and his wife,
Cora, are saving harder than at
any time in the 10 years of their
marriage. They are putting by a
$50 war bond each month, and
their three kids accumulate
around $10 worth of war stamps
every four weeks or so. That last
amount is to build up an educa
tional fund. The war bonds are
pointed at peacetime ownership
of a modest modern home. The
time that Cora and Charlie once
spent on evening and week-end
driving they now use consider
ably on looking into what kind
Of home they may some day own.
They already own a lot and
house In a small mill town. The
house Is over 20 years old, and
Cora declares it has more incon
veniences than conveniences.
The bedrooms, for one thing, are
miserably small. The closets are
cubbyholes. Range, sink, cup
boards and breakfast nook are
all backwards In the kitchen.
The lighting and plumbing regu
larly go haywire.
'It would have seemed won'
derful to grandma," Cora says.
"but It doesn't to me, since we've
found out all that we may ex
pect to have in a home when the
war is over.
' What may the Hannana ex
pect, in a new home that will
cost from $25 to $40 in monthly
payments, after a down payment
of 3300 or more is made?
The best up-to-date answer is In
the September Issue of the Ar
chitectural Forum. That I where
I found the 194X Idea. The
whole issue Is on the theme of
"The New House, 194X." Thirty
three of the country's best ar
chitects have contributed plans,
The issue costs a dollar, but it's
really priceless.
FOR A BETTER AMERICA
The basic new items 'of the
194X home are centered In new
plastics, new metals, new equip
ment, and most of all new de
signs and construction methods
for homes. In the war, the For
um says, "the home building in
dustry is acquiring a vast reser
voir of experience In advanced
methods of construction which
will have an enormous effect on
post-war construction." That
means more home for the mon
ey. Airplane and other- war plants
fabricating in metals are all be
ing planned for post-war produc
tion that will focus on home
building and home supply. Pre
fabrication of war industry hous
ing has made giant progress.
Lumber, in the outlook, is still
the No. 1 building material.
Candy Man Pleads
Not Guilty to
Shooting of Three
PORTLAND, Oct 7 OP) En-
nis E. Gabriel, 45, candy store
proprietor, pleaded not guilty In
circuit court yesterday to
charges of killing one person
ana wounding two others.
Gabriel was accused by Dis
trict Attorney James R. Bain of
firing a rifle at Mrs. Gabriel in
a fit of Jealousy last August in
his candy store. Bain said Ga
briel than killed Rollo W. Ellis.
47, "who walked Into the store,
and shot Policeman Ralph Gray.
Mrs. Gabriel and Gray recovered.
Temporary Insanity will b
pleaded by Gabriel, his attorney
said.
In the Initial stages of Its for
mation, both Nelson (the pro
duction) and McNutt (the
man-powerer) played some part
with the other three, but they
were left out at the end.
The program represents what
the president Intended to do in
the first place, before asking con
gress lor the farm price legis
lation. The formula was adopt
ed weeks ago, and, as announced
at the White House, October 3,1
is substantially the same as fore
cast in this column published
August 26, even as to the names
of the member of the board, ex
cepting Director Byrnes, Mor-
genthau and Jesse Jones.
The Initial announcements
merely constituted a legal as
sumption of blanket authority to
no just about anything with
no specific Indications as to
what the program' will do to
either existing wages or prices.
ine obviously puzzled agri
culture department fended off
Inquiries as to what the execu
tive order will do to farm prices.
by saying that further direc
tions would have to be received
from over-all economic con
troller Byrnes, or the White
House.
PLANNED IT THAT WAY
Absence of comment from
farm bloc senators botrayod
their puzzlement at Mr. Roose
velt leaving out any mention
of farm labor costs, while In
cluding consideration of farm
subsidies. This, they took a
further indication that the presi
dent Intended to go ahead as he
had originally planned, and
Farm Bloc Senator Bankhead
grunted mild disapproval.
rranKiy, they did not know
what it meant. One admlnlstra-
uon senator guessed the inclu- NEW YORK. Oct. 7 iip
ion oi suosiaies, ana tne exciu- Joseph Stalin once whimsically
Hon of farm labor, would leave "confirmed" his own death by
parity just about where it is. lust such a letter As he wrote to
Average congressional guess Henry C. Cassldv. chief of ho
was that farm pricea would ad- Associated Press bureau at Mos-
vanco at least a per cent or 10 cow, last weekend
per cent In a year, but this was Just six years ago, when there
aamiweaiy now puna ana con- were rumors that Stalin was
servative.. dead, was dvlni? or was coins- to
On the wage side, the field the United Stntos for ,rini.
ahead was Just as wide open operation, the Associated Press
lor justice Byrnes and the war Moscow correspondent then
laoor Doara. ine oraer couia Charles P. Nutter wrote asking
mn ioi or ji couia mean lit- him lor tho truth,
tie.
Previous Stalin Letter
Once 'Confirmed' Death
This answer came, signed In
blue pencil In Stalin's1 own hand:
"I know from the reports of
the foreign press that 1 long ago
abandoned this sinful world and
moved Into tho other world.
"As one cannot doubt such
foreign press dispatches unless
he wants to be expelled from the
list of civilized people, I reouest
you to believe them and don't
disturb me In the calm of the
other world.
"With respect.
"J. Stalin."
From tho lilei -y 40 year
, ogo and 10 years ago.,,,,.
. t . VI i Ml. I, 1 UlUIT I ah' .111 l1f.
hlv moan, that th. i,.. .K. -"" prouaoiy
hnirH ic nin ti... assume me same cnaractcr. No
follow its policy of applying the doubt ho WM 'elected for that
little steel wage formula, un-X"".!?":
der which wage advances will
be allowed on the basis of in
creased cost of living since Janu
ary 1, 1941. Most administra
tion people expect this.
A vast new vista of wage con
trols seem to be opened by the
president's assumption of author-
wil be probably
only a paper affair. He Honernl
ly runs most shows in which he
is Involved.
Mr. Roosevelt had to use his
unparalleled persuasive powers
to get Byrnes from the bench
for the Job. It may now be told
STRICTLY BUSINESS
by MeFeatter
ity to let the board rule against 'he President wanted Byrnes to
waeea increases, even oulalHe handle the war production board
the union field, and hv the nrel. Dore nelson took over, but
dent's limitation of salaries to w unable to get him to leave
2.1 nnn n.t. Hmr .. the bench for that post.
But this vista movert forward Wnat we have here then, Is
or backward, like a sternnntlr-nn tt 8od man with unlimited
)IH ri.n.nriir, nnn n,h . power and only general dlrec-
fipfai an von ..mni.rf ... tlons as to what to do to keep
it throuah. wages and prices In check. What
The wage provision of the we wU1 et la soIely UP to nun-
executive order, for Instance,
directed adjustments to correct WHAT NO BOLTS?
II .T .11 1 i .it ,, I
a, . I . , .. " ,lnu"- EDDYVILLE, Ky., (P) Sid-
u, UDnaaras, - - gross in- ney Scott has lota of trouble
equ ties, or to aid in the ef- keeping his automobile going
iru 7 Z.Z ,. ,1 , wiese days, tie got into It the
They might as well have put other day, stopped on the starter
In or for any other purpose." Un,i (m honn.j u i,j
Under this, wages could be gen-
1.1 r jsrtr linn o i4 yum
"Of course It'sjust temporary until the company sets a new
erally raised to any height.
DOESN'T MEAN MUCH
The $25,000 restriction also
contained so many loopholes
mat u looxea like a Swiss chese
In; which the holes were larger
than the substance. Certainly
it will allow salaries up to $75,-
uuu or more before taxes, and
perhapa even larger salaries in
a great many instances.
Also, the order Implied that
me income tax returns can be
used to enforce this and other
wage provisions. The question
nere also is whether the ex
treme resort of opening tax re
turns to the war labor board is
to be pursued or not.
But do not get the Idea from
these mlscroscoplc observations
that the program Is considered
to be unwarranted or unwel
come. The choice of Supreme
Court Justice Byrnes, with an
acutely political mind, to an
swer all the above and other
questions, appears to be accent
ed everywhere with satisfaction.
Mr, Byrnes has never been at
the forefront of the reform ele
ment of the new deal in its
many talked-up programs to re
vice governmental system. HIa
legislative career In the senate
was devoted to acting as an effi
cient go-between with this group
and the southern farm bloc democrats.
and nothing happened. He called
garage and had it towed in.
It was discovered squirrels had
filled much of the car's Innards
with hickory nuts.
Oregon Getting
Fuel Supplies
For Winter Needs
PORTLAND, Oct. 7 (IP) Fuel
supplies are being shipped Into
Oregon now for winter needs,
Rep. Homer D. Angcll said yes
torday.
e said Assistant Fuel Co
ordinator Davics would not pro-
cuci wneiner the supplies would
bo adequate,, but had told him
he "is continuing to increase
stocks of oil In Oregon, and shin.
ments of coal are coming into
uregon now."
Courthouse Records
TUESDAY
Dneraaa
Mllfred A. Flynn versus Eve
lyn Flynn. Plaintiff awarded dl
vorco by default. E. E. Driscoll,
attorney for plaintiff.
Complaints Filod
Federal Land bank of Sno.
kano versus C. L. Jnnssnn, ct nl.
Suit in foreclosure to collect
$767.08 with Interest and attor
ney fees.- Henry E. Perkins and
E. C. Prestbye, attorneys for
plaintiff.
From tha Klamath Republican
October 9, 1902
People In the habit of receiv
ing mnll from tho oul.ilde world
and who are dependent uoon f
the slow schedule of the Ashland
Klnmath Foils mall route have a
wull-grouiulcd kick at the gov
ernment for the objectionable
service now rendered. Post
office patrons from Keno to
Lakovlcw want the line from
Agor ro-csliibllgjied. If only one
mall line to tho railroad may
he had, people generally would
prefer the one to Agpr.
From the Evunlna Herald
October 7, 193J
Four candidates for mayor,
Fred H. Cofcr, Grant Hess, O.
D. Matthews and Stanley Jones,
addressed the chamber of com
merce forum luncheon mooting
today.
a
Klnmath county is now a rep
resentative district by Itself,
with two representatives to the
state legislature to be elected.
TIME SAVER
COLUMBUS. O.. (n Chester
C. Cook, city transportation co
ordinator, estimates that If all
passengers had tho correct fare
ready when they boarded buses
and street cars hero operators
would save a total of 111 hours
tjnlly. In urging patrons to
"havo tho correct chnnuo renrfv"
ho estimated that operators
changed 15,000 $1 bills dally.
100 tens and 500 fives. Ho said
it takes 25 seconds for $1 bills.
it seconds lor larger notes.
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