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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON November 28, 11)41 SIDE GLANCES Rolling Back to Buna PAGE FOUR LEGISLATION nUXK JIMK1NS . A temporary eomblottloD of tha Evening Herald tod tha Klamath Newt. Puhlltttcd arary afternoon aterpl Suadiy It CtpltBtda lad Plot itrceU, Klimtth Ptlla. OrtfoB. by tha Btrtld PoblltWnt Co. and Uit KUmltli Ktt PttMUhtoi Company. Eolvrco1 H ateoad eltat roattar tt tht poaMfka of Kltmttb Ptllt. On-, oa aufuaft W, IPOs uadar act of conftrttt. March a. 11:8. Mrrnber of Tht Atodatd Prcet Tha AtiodltM Pratt It aiduilralr tatttlad to tha uta of rapublltatton of alt nawa dlmatchet eredltad to It or rot etbtralit errdltfd ta thlt ptpar, tod alto tha local aril publlihtd tbaralo. All rlbta of republication of tperttl dlipttchtt ara alto rtitraed. DtllTtrad by Ooa Mootli Three Moatht Oaa Tear MAIL RATES PAVABLB IN ADVANCE By Mall la Klamath, lata, Uodoo aid Sltityoo Oeuntl.t Ibrca Moetba tli MocUu Oaa Yaar fttpreaented NtUontlly bj Wett-Bollfdt Co lac Ban Frtodtco, Ke Tort. Detroit. Seattle, Chicago. Portland, lot Anielet. "'. vlmeonTer, bVC. Coplet of Tht Herald and Xe... tostther alth complete Jo lorn it too abont the Klamath Fallt market, may be obtained for the atttti at any of Uieaa oftleee. MEMBER AUDIT BCREAO OF CIRCCLATIOX Blizzard of Regulations THE extent to which the government red Upe artists have developed their skill with forms, questionnaires and regulations is not only irksome and burdensome to the general public, but it imposes a terrific problem on those people throughout the country who are carrying out the local end of the various government programs. Many of these people, like those on rationing boards, rriuo their BPrvire without remuneration. Others are at tempting to carry out the government program as small slarieri workers. Thev soon become lost in a mass of forms and instructions handed down to them from state, retrional and national headquarters. One person we know, who is engaged in this work, and a good many more could it . - n. j. . more man reacting me vast, regulations which arrive daily in tne mans. nememDer fnc it all la an imrmssibilitv. All of this develops into up the local machinery for , . i . trram enective. JX reauces fusion and inconvenience for In congress, there is talk tion of government forms. far removed from the noints ment program, who are figuring out things for other people to do. ( Pepping Up Civilian Defense C1 'IVILIAN defense is scheduled to come into promi nence in the period on anniversary of FearJ Harbor. Civilian defense demonstra tions and recruitment are scheduled for that time, and an effort is to be made to revive public interest in this tremendously important, urogram; s Klamath has a group of loyal, hard workers who are giving generously of time and energy to civilian defense work. The key men went to the recent chemical warfare school at the University of Washington and probably no community of our size has civilian defense leaders. Their problem is to pass public, and to maintain public interest so that the forces of civilian defense will be So long as nothing happens in the way of .attack on this country, it is almost impossible to keep the public alert to the need of an efficient That is why the Pearl Harbor anniversary has been selected for special .events. Meanwhile, several of the Klamath key men have prepared articles on civilian de- fense for this newspaper. They will appear from time to time before December 7. thoritative stories is urged How Censorship Works 11. PHOTOGRAPHS AND MAPS (Twelfth of a 8erles) It U requested In the voluntary censorship Code that photo graphs or map revealing military upon government authorization. As a result, newspapers and illustrations which could be published safely in normal times. Recently an English picture was circulated showing a bomb squad clearing away an unexploded German time bomb in a London street. Shortly afterward the Germans, having learned in this way how the job was being done, changed the firing mechanism on their bombs so that they were no longer so easy to deal with.' Newspapers sometimes are accused -of publishing too many photographs of planes, factories or other objects having military significance. In some cases these pictures could not possibly give information to the enemy because they disclose only those things well known before December 7. In other cases the pictures are of planes, for instance, of a type already captured by the enemy. Readers should bear in mind that photographs and maps ap pearing in newspapers are submitted beforehand, if they have any military significance, tor appropriate government approval. It Looks Like Jail Is Losing "Maybe we ought to close up," said Sheriff Lloyd Low Monday morning as he looked over the county jail registration and found the prisoner "load" to be the lowest in his memory. Only four prisoners are in the . hoosegow, and three of them are slated to go out within the next flay. Cecil Thomas Cash, who ad mitted forgery, is one of the pri soners. Cosh was sentenced to 15 years in prison by Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg Monday and will be taken to Sa lem Tuesday. Ulrich Theodore Poppy was arrested in connection with the Cash case. It was expected he would be released from the jail Monday afternoon. Thomas Jefferson Myhan, charged with hunting without a license, was expected to pay a fine and leave the jail Monday. That will leave only Gideon Herbert Mertz, charged with taking a car without the owner's permission, ,v "If the officers don't pick up somebody, we'll be down to one guest by morning," said Sheriff Low, and,, he added, disconso alaetflai Editor Carrier a Cltj l .n rs J.SO -ta 1.25 a. 00 states that all working hours oe spent in aoing noining . A-: i. : J -4-.... ..t.' mvA quauwues ui uuuuvuuin maddening detail that chokes making the government pro- r f j . . . emciency ana causes tuu- the public. of the need for simplifica There are too many people, of public contact of govern and around December 7, the a better-informed group of this Information, on to the kept filled with able workers. civilian defense program. Careful reading of these au upon every reader. information be published only magazines are omitting many the County Business lately, that there won't be any trusties to do janitor work around the courthouse. One reason the sheriffs guest list is so low is the war and its demand for men, and Sheriff Low has adopted a policy of en couraging misdemeanor prison ers, particularly repeaters, to join up and get into the service of their country instead of idling tneir time away in jail. A number of men, whose names have become familiar in the justice courts and on the jail records, are now serving Uncle Sam. Action Delayed On Nomination WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (VP) Chairman Van Nuys (D-Ind.) of the senate judiciary committee said today the committee had delayed action until next Mon day on the nomination of Louis E. Goodman of Sin Francisco to be U. S. district judge for the northern district of California. A giant bomber contains over 600 pounds of copper and Conner alloys. By RmjlMalloh YlASHINGTON. Nov. 33 ' BSwm 11-.-.-- 41.. ... ate filibuster may have appeared to some to be a great struggle over the voting rights of the ne gro minority, but op the floor, where the participating senators stood, it fell far short of that. Many senators recognized the maneuvering as politics, and lit tle els e. No more . than 60- odd senators were present the first s i x days, which means about 36 were not suffi- ciently interest ed to attend the spectacle. Even those Paul Mellon. who gave lip- service to Democratic Floor Leader Barkley's cause against the poll tax restrictions of eight southern states, knew in their hearts that probably not a single negro in those states would ever vote as a result of this bill, if it passed. They just supported Barkley without enthusiasm, mamly. be cause certain negro organiza tions in the north wanted the legislation, and, therefore, it was a wife thing for them politically to follow along. In the first place, everyone knows the southern states have other laws (the Texas primary law) and other restilctions (edu cational qualifications) which can be used to keep negroes away from the democratic pri maries more effectively than the $1 or J 1.50 poll tax. But even beyond those laws and restrictions, (which this bill did not propose to touch) the bill itself was a federal directive against a state tax levied by, state legislatures, and therefore of undetermined, if not doubtful constitutional validity. Senators could see, for this reason, that passage of the bill would just make another court case. Any state could rebel and sue. Thus the whole show was con siderably less vital to negro voting than the tumult ' and shouting may have led the cas ual news reader to believe, a a a NAMES CALLED This does not mean the south ern democratic filibusters were not bitter and angry. Typical ly, Senator McKeller .called Barkley a "skunk" and meant it. Others professed to see-the democratic party riding two horses going in opposite direc tions, with the obvious results of such a disaster unavoidable in the future. The southerners talked of get ting a new party and a new sen ate leader (one actually wanted to elect the Republican Leader McNary, on the ground that he represented true democratic principles more adequately than Berkley.) The southerners, preferred to believe the rumor that the only reason they were faced with this bill was because Mr. Roosevelt had promised CIO's Phil Murray to bring it forward, and thus aid the CIO drive to organize nearn workers. They rejected the similarly tin. connrmea rumor that Mr. Roose velt was dismayed at the spec tacle ana was getting his best po- ii near mecnamc. tne economic stabilizer, Jimmy Burnes, to stabilize the riot in the senate. UNITY WILL SUFFER But there will be no new Dartv ana no new leader. No r really believed Barklev wax rfn. ing anything but act ne on nr- aers. J; urtnermore, there were no important bills, not even a war bill, ready for senate consideration,- except one about sil ver coins. The time had been well rhnn for staging a contest which will certainly do no personal politi cal harm to northern democrat in their large negro-voting home communities, or. in fact, to the southern democrats in their white-voting home districts. Party unity and working har mony, however, will no doubt suffer. Scars left by this fight will be added to welts raised on tne same subject by other admin. istration acts, and no doubt will be reopened from time to time hereafter, until the democratic presidential nomination is made in 1844. WILLING As for the real issue of negro voting in the south, no solution appears imminent through any legislation. One of the eight states, Ten nessee, is about to repeal Its poll tax restriction. Around the sen ate, they say whether true or not that this is because the Crump machine in Memphla is getting tired of paying the $t or $1.50 for all the negroes it votes each election day, and that it is espousing repeal as an econ omy measure to cut campaign expenditures. In all the debate, It has be- Vim, "Couldn't the storm windows wait until tomorrow? Uncle Joe is our first-string quarterback I" come clear that southern states are willing to repeal, but do not want the federal government as suming their power to do so. a a a EDUCATORS LEAD A direct way in which Bark ley and the administration could have avoided this anti-states rights legislation, and the fight and filibuster, as well, would have been to pass a resolution "requesting" the state legisla- tures to repeal the poll tax. Such an expression of the sen tlment of congress would cer tainly have promoted repeal fast er than the pending assumption of federal power. Strangely, that peaceful method never oc curred to anyone. The whole spectacle adds fur ther weight to the suggestion that both white and negro lead ershlp of negro problems be ta ken out of the hands of politl cians and assumed by educators social and economic leaders, who can get something constructive accomplished perhaps even the dollar and the education for each negro to permit him to vote. From Other Editors CHALLENGE TO DeWITT (Los Angeles Times) The ruling of United States Judge Fee in Portland that Gen DeWitt, commander of the West ern Defense area, is without au thority over citizens in the ab sence of martial law is one that should be appealed swiftly to the united States supreme court. It would be a great pity if the reasonable and moderate regular tions of this sensible and effi cient commander were to be set aside on technical grounds. The necessities of the Japanese aitua- tion In the western states have been admirably served by Gen. DeWitt; but if Judge Fee is right, this region may have to go under martial law, since we need these regulations. However, Judge Fee appears to have gone somewhat afield from what was before him and ,to have transgressed the benefi cial rule that courts do not rule on more than is necessary to de cide the mam point at issue. A finding that Gen. DeWitt does have power over aliens and that the Japanese who appealed to Judge McFee from the alien cur few order had forfeited his citi zenship would have sufficed to dispose of the matter, and the re.t nf what .Ttirlo Voa cava Innle like what lawyers call "obiter dicta." Obiter dicta, while it may do persuasive, is not considered as establishlnb a positive prece- aent. Whether in his remarks on these possibly extraneous issues Judge Fee has considerably Droaaenea tne rule in the Milll gan case seems to be a question. The Milligan decision referred to trial before military commis sions, and there have been no trials before military commis sions nor any attempted in the Western Defense comminri. There seems, therefore. - aood ground for taking this case up to the highest court, and hoD that there Gen. DeWltt's pow ers, as he has been exercising them, will be affirmed, without any necessity for overruling the Milligan case. As a matter of strict law, Judge Fee may or may not be correct. The chances seem to be that he is not. There is always a sort of legal "no-man's-lsnd" when war forces the necessary intrusion of military rule into and alongside civil affairs, and ofttimej the particular questions have to be decided In tha light of military exigencies. The effect of Judge Fee's ruling, If it is sus tained, could be very unfortu nate. . Always read the want-ads. News of the Commandos In response to the many re quests for information regarding how our center is progressing, we are going to publish each week in this col umn happenings which occur In the Center that we feel will be of Interest to lljf'-r the public. Due to the fact . that ninny local girls do not know the requisites neces sary to be a Commando, we are listing the following: First and most essential is pa triotism. Second, clean moral character. Third, time and energy to de vote to the unit. Fourth, between the ages of 18-28. Fifth, willingness to carry out orders Issued by her superior of ficer. a . a a Each week we will picture one of the thirty Commandos ac quainting you with her rank and duties. This week, we are intro ducing our commanding officer, Captain Bernie Heidemann, in charge of the entire unit. To tier falls the duties of making pro motions, maintaining discipline and unity, tha ability to foresee and Judge the numerous patriotic services that are needed, and on her also rests the future progress of the unit. Captain Heidemann has one brother and many friends in the service. She feels that what the Commandos are doing is a very smell part compared to the sacri fices made by our brothers, fath ers, sweethearts and friends. It was this spirit that started the Commandos and will keep then? going. We take great pride in pre senting, the following letter re ceived by Captain Heidemann which we feel is a compliment to the community: "HEADQUARTERS 363D INFANTRY Camp White, Oregon Novembir 12, 1942 "Captain Bernie Heidemann Klamath Commando Unit, Klamath Falls, Oregon, "Dear Captaint "Please accept the gratitude and sincere appreciation of the officers and men. of this regi ment for your gracious hospi tality during their visit to Klamath Falls. The members of your unit reflected, most completely, the hospitable at titude of the people In your community. There was no man in our unit who warjted to return to Camp White yes terday and the 363d Infantry Is now composed entirely of men who with to visit Klam ath Falls, . I sincerely hope that other visits can be ar ranged, "Lest you forget the 363d Infantry, I am having a plaque of our coat of arm prepared which I hope you will hang in your club rooms. I am enclos ing herewith a pair of our reg imental insignia which I hope can be added to the uniform of whoever happens to be the captain of the Klamath Com mando Unit. "Sincerely yours,- C. S. PETTEE, Lt. Cot. 363d Infantry, Com- mending. W Commandos wish to re mind the public there are S00 recreation rooms to be furnished at Camp White. Anyone having surplus furnishings of any kind please call the Center, phone 8103, ON POLL TAX PUT ON SHELF WASHINGTON. Nov. 33 OP) The senate shelved today legis lation to ban the collection of poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal elections. The action followed defeat of a mo tion to end a filibuster limit on debate. Tha debute limitation proposal on (lie metisure to abolish poll taxes us a prerequisite to voting in federal elections was beaten on a voto of 37 "ayes"' to 41 "noes." Approval of two-thirds of those voting was necessary. Automatically Deed ' Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky, who had moved for adoption of the cloture rule lim iting each senator's discussion to one hour, had announced previ ously if the debate limitation proposal failed he would eek immediately to have the bill laid -aside for this congress. He said he also would opposo any effort by any other senate to obtain consideration of tho bill. The measure, already passed In different form by the house, would die automatically on the adjournment of the session Jan uary 2. Barkley had acknow. lodged it would be Impossible to obtain passage of the bill, which he supported, If filibustering tac tics engaged In by opponents could not be halted by limiting debate. Before the senate met oppon ents on the legislation said they expected the vote to discourage future congressional moves to outlaw the poll tsxrs. Telling The Editor Latttra armtte hart mutt net a mara than too wrortfa In lansth. muat ba writ tan liiiaiy an ONt alDI al tha paear omr, and muat bt tuitd. oantrltiutlena fsllawlnt Ihtta rulat, ara trml war. ooma. CHILDHOOD MEMORIES These winter nights they bring to mind Sweet thought. nt lonr? man' Of things wo had and things we aid With hearts so light and so, I now recall them to my mind With family gathered round, A bowl of mush full to the brim With cream such Joy we found As we met there at even time Our day we eatfh discuss We ate it all to the last drop And never made a muss. I know that mush waa better then Than any made these dsys, The flavor seemed so far in preme. But yet it's made the same old way, What say you could the reason Has lime so changed each thing Or do we miss those who gath ered round To eat that mush or do these eve- nines brine Our memories back to the long ago Our childhood aays and such Memories as a bowl of mush We cherish oh so much By EULALIE B. WOODWARD. 2010 Darrow Ave. Cake Lays Gop Victory to Growing Resentment in U. S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (F Ralph II. Cake, republican na tional committee man from Ore gon, said in an Interview here a "growing lack of confidence In the democratic party and dissat isfaction with the way In which the war is being conducted" were the cause of the republican victories In the last election. Cake said there was a growing feeling throughout the country against bureaucratic government from Washington, and the public resented bureaus telling them how to conduct their local af fairs. "The niihiic la wllllntf and any. ious to ao alonff with anv nrn. gram necessary to winning the war, taae saia. -11111 it wants to be certain It Is only called unon for thlnsa that ara nr-. sary and in the right way." We will seek out the enemy wherever we can find him, not on one front or two fronts, but on any front where nazis and Japs can be engaged In combat, Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson. , Regardless of which company fabricates them, no bombers or fighters are being built In the United States without the use of some of the parts made by auto motive companies. TRUCKS FOR RINT You Drive Move Yourself Save Si Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone 8304 1201 East Main K ' Sr PAPUA 5ECTI0N O'". I' if, Mll aM K Mllat v''f'S"' p-ll Kl12 . ; 1 . ''!M,oltf iriSiV Alrbortt, Mjl . ' iFSzk MARSHALL 'Sy (AUSTRALIA;-. Over the mountolni itnd through the junelo Austrsllnn troops hve puihtd the Japs back from near Tort Moresby to the Buna-Gona arta, laat enrmy foothold In Papua. Japa tcliad Buna In July, advanced to Kokoda that month; thrn on to lorlbalwa In Scplem. btr. Ausflea itarted drive bark late that month, retaking Kokoda Nov. 3. Allied bombers from Port Moresby hove supported the drive with bombing attacks on Buna and the Junglo trail linking it with Kokoda. American Skydragons Send D lain Clef 4 Ulj VUS aJllffa W WVIIVMI la, Climax to Fiery Weekend CHUNGKING, Nov. 23 l,f American Skydragoni of the China command sank a big Jap anese ship a transport or pos sibly en aircraft carrier at Haiphong, Trench Indo-Chlnn, yesterday to cap a series of de vastating allied weekend raids upon the Japanese from Burma In the south to the Yangtze basin In China. The ship of between 12,000 and 18,000 tons was destroyed in a devastating aisault upon the dock and warehouse area of the enemy-occupied port on the gulf of Tonkin, it was announced at headquarters of Brig. Gnn. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the China air task force. Observers said that the vessel probably was a transport but that It. poaslbly could have been a carrier. Immense fires were declared to have been left enveloping the Haiphong waterfront, over which supplies are believed flowing in land for a Japanese attack on Yunnan province, in southern China, from Indo-China. This raid provided explosive emphasis to the expanding allied air. strength which fell heavily upon the enemy In raids since Friday by American, Chinese nnd British pilots. Chinese bombing crews struck at Shasi, Yangtze river port in UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Nov. 23 fSpeclnl) Jim Burness, Klamath Falls, has been appointed air raid warden of Phi Gamma Delta, men's living or ganization, according to a recent announcement made by the cam pus defense council, , Duties of the house wardens include being responsible for all equipment such as shovels, wind boxes, buckets, clothes, and stir rup pump; seeing that the win dows of the blackout room are heavily covered and protected from flying glass, as well as be ing completely blacked out; and for taking charge of the equip ment closet. In addition all house wardens will be instructed In first aid and will In turn teach what they have learned to members of their respective houses. Dick Igl, also of Klamath Falls, has been appointed In I LOST 52 LBS IN FOUR MONTHS! WKAR till 14 AOAIM M M, O, O.WILLI, fT.WO HTH JM Plflur4j Him Yen hd tot u1r twiBrtf nti hit UIll KM taut, poUff, grhvy. butt. iiiiveaj, ret rmitt. no R?rcunnc. tnurq anger, kmo-mii ria-uro riQ mtb It SO B4YI, Oflnff AVDS on4r tba Jlr:tlo of Dr. C. E. Ta Iwir, firon to txfor IfoMfy PaMIr. at W17 mitli, iiaMh'i. potato!, naiti or nqttr. joo ilruplf rrjl fhm it,wn, It'a aifjr whan ynq enjo a Wrm aiaeh mael Ahavalnlalo Durrin'a (or Orus, Wiisanir Oni tKi. Idat f 1 Hal f a DmAIM Mr llupeh province, and 8hayng. on the Han river 36 miles to tha northeast, yesterday, the official central Chinese news agency re ported In a dispatch to Chung king from a secret airdrome. It was the first major operation of the Chinese air force since its raid upon Hankow military es tablishments November 2. The largest formation of Unit ed States bombers ever sent Into the air from an Indian bate joined RAT squadrons to loose many tons of explosives upon Rangoon, Mandalay and Toun goo, major rltlea of Japanese oc cupied Burma at the weekend. - Fiery awaths of deatructlot were cut through enemy target and all the raldera returned safely. The Increased scale of aerial operations over Burma was em phasized In British and Amer ican communiques Issued In New Delhi. The power of the blows recalled recent lalk of a counter Invasion to free the old supply routo to China. Bombers of the 10th U. S. air force started the aetina Fri day night, dropping tons of bombs on railroad yarda, repair shops and a big warehouse at Mandalay, There were no aerial challenges end anti-aircraft fire was described as weak and In effective. charge of women's group do fenre. Dick is a Junior in law at Oregon. Building a heavy bomber with Its 30,000 different parts, and several hundred thousand sep arate pieces takes 100,000 man hours. JLVAM COIIITniLS No fuss, no muss, no bother! Always the tame fine quolltyl Juit chill and serve) Monhtm A Martini -oO Proof 4V5 Quarts -$1.9? Pinra S1.45 Tha I. O. IYONS a rnuaiUV an ran;la, California to server I a j LVAIifl if