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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON Ym6r of Tm Amocutss Fuh Hit Aoritt ft oiHo. tittlr ontltM to tbo nio of r pibllntloo of oil 4lplchi crtdlud to It or not othnrli mitui la thu piptr, tod olio th lo0 ntwi published thtrrln. All rlM of Mpuhllcillon of poelil dlipotfhti ort alM ro. tmd. FRANK JENKINS A trmporiry eomblBitloo of th CtmIdc Herald in 4 th Klamath News. Publlihrtt tvtty afttroooa icpl BuricHj it Etplinad and Pint itrtcU, Klamath Falli, Or(on, bj t Harald PuMuhioc Co. and Ui Klamath Nawa Publf thing Company Enttred woond eUtt out tar at tha poitoftle of Klamatfa Falta, Or., on August to, 1W4 qdcJm act of eoagrwa, Marco I, urs. Vmbr 0 Audit Buuaq Or ClBCDLATIOir 1tapriiitd Nat loo ally by WuMIoLUDAT CO., IW( flan Franrtico, N Vork, Ra aUla. Chicc Portland, Lot Angclaa. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Today's Roundup News Behind ihe News By MALCOLM EPLEY IT IS good newi that there is an awakening of Interest, on the part of both men and women, In the local aurglcal dressing making program of the Red Cross, now far behind quota. , 1 v Sir.ce the situation was pre sented here yesterday, a score ' ?i or more members of the Elks 1 . . 1 I M VI s louge ana a numoei ui ; 1 Ht3Ni'CVf wanians have Indicated their ) Ui Intention of helping out In this 1 5 vital work. In addition, a num e ; v bcr 0f women, who have not EPLEY heretofore been working, have called the Red Cross head quarters to report they want to get busy. The development of interest among the men is particularly interesting, and needless to say it puts this scribe on the spot. He will be there Monday night when men will gather at Red Cross headquarters to go to work. Mrs. R. R. Macartney, who has charge of the surgical dressing work here, says there U no reason men cannot do as good a job of making dressings as women. Men are working in other communities on this project. Our old friend, E. B. Hall, took the leader ship in the Elks club on this enterprise. Bert hopes that there will develop a competitive spirit among members of different organiza tions, stimulating effort. . Too many of us buy our way along In this matter of patriotic endeavor. Rather than work, we give somebody a few dollars, or we buy war savings bonds with money we hope to get back with interest. Dollars do no good on the surgical dressing project. What is needed is hands. Thrillers Do Good THRILLING stories are seeping through at last about Klamath basin men in service in the combat areas the world over. They are discharging their obligations with honor. This week, for instance, we have the story of Lieutenant John Harding, who piloted a disabled Flying Fortress to a pancake landing and saved the crew. We have the story of Fire Controlman Robert Nunes, who was singled out as exemplary of the spirit of the fighting men of the heavy cruiser Fensacola, after an act of bravery during a fire on the ship. Stories like these jar the home folks out of their lethargy.- The public relations people in the army ought to get busy on more of them. Most of the war news is vague and general ized. What is needed is human interest news of individual exploits, news that you feel. That's the sort of thing that stirs the people here at home to do their part better. .0000 Hatchet-Burying IN THIS column yesterday, we suggested a reconciliation between tha offices of circuit judge and county clerk.' We pointed out that so long as there is bitter feeling' between them, the work of circuit court clerk, performed by the clerk's office, is the source of embarrass ment and trouble. The present situation is unsatisfactory and unpleasant, and we think the public is fed up on courthouse fights. . We happen to be very well acquainted with both principals in the present "strained rela tions." Friendship with both runs over a per iod of many years. What we say here is not intended as a personal crack at either of them, but is offered in an effort to bring about a settlement of differences and a clearing of the atmosphere which we believe would be wel comed by the public. ' Chet Writes COUNTY TREASURER CHET LANGSLET, who is in the air corps now,, is finding army life both amusing and arduous. For instance, Chet writes this column, that making a bed, while you are on it, is quite a trick. The barracks in which he lives at the basic training center at Fresno is pretty crowd ed, his story indicates. ' ' "Putting the men in physical condition seems to be the big job," writes Langslet. "What is more, it is being done. Obstacle courses, drill ing and competitive sports appear to be doing the job. . I thought I was in fair condition, but my tongue was out at the end of the first day. Now, after two weeks, I find myself half fresh after twice as hard a day." The warrior-treasurer concluded: "All In all, I like army life, although I feel sorry for some of these homesick kids. Catch some of the fish I won't this summerl" We'll try, Chet, if we can get the gas to get to the river to get the fish and get back again. Klamath Falls and Klamath county schools have come through repeatedly with efficient, helpful service In connection with the rationing programs. They will do it again on fuel ration ing. By placing, their facilities and personnel at the service of the rationing program, the schools do a job that could not be otherwise arranged without great difficulty and effort. Salem Statesman, taking note of Senator Hoi man's assertions that Mr. Roosevelt is getting ready to run for a fourth term, says Rufus isn't giving us any news. It would be news, infers the Statesman, if somebody would announce that Roosevelt is not going to run for a fourth term. lt.,vgr .M MALLON By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 Mr. Byrnes did not tell the whole story of President Roosevelt s 48-hour work week decree. The radio-listening and headline-reading pub lic got from him the picture that the government was crack ing down on the unions at long last, increasing the work week to promote war produc tion and solve the manpower situation. The way he told it, this government is determined to prevent further wage increases beyond the "little steel" form ula, and is equally dead-set against price increases. Nine little words in Mr. Byrnes speech told a different story than the other 3000 he spoke. These words were that the 48-hour week was being ordered "without affecting the workers' existing right to overtime pay." Say the worker was getting $1 an hour on the old 48-hour week for a wage of $40. For the additional eight hours now, he will not receive $8 more, but $12. The union contracts all require at least time and a half overtime, and the additional eight hours are to be paid at that rate. This is a wage increase of 30 per cent on the weekly rate, and actually another eight per cent in crease on the hourly rate of the week as a whole. Instead of being an anti-inflationary strength- ening of the union wages ceiling therefore, the move inwardly provides another eight per cent Increase in the rate, and promotes inflation to that extent. SIDE GLANCES tOWt lU OV mX MUVXX, WC T. MO. U. O f AT. Qf. 1-lt "I brought my old bachelor friend Joe home for dinner, dcar-don'l worry now, he's a vegctariun!" Telling The Editor Litttrt prim Ml horo mat not b moro Uun lot word ki lonfth, mut M nit. tm Mflbly on ONI (IDS of tho oapor only, and must bo otrtod. SontHbutlom followlna IhoM rvloo, oro Morally wofc Taxpayer Will Foot Bill EVEN so this might look like only a typical Roosevelt move to thwart the Lewis-Murray campaign to break up the government "little steel" formula, and hold the union increases down to eight per cent while getting another day's work out of the men. By cloaking the new wage increase In the garb of a manpower and anti-inflation degree, Messrs. Roosevelt and Byrnes may have gained the tactical personal political advantage of thwarting the union drive with labor approval. Their coup might further appear to the radio 'listeners and headline readers as being as good as they say it is, because industry joined labor In its approval. The truth is the cost of the increased wages will not come from Industry, but from the tax payer,' whose approval is never sought. Most factory work now is being done for the gov ernment, and paid for, by the people in taxes. As the war production outlay is $100,000,- 000,000 a year, the cost of this wage increase may be several billions a year to the treasury of the United States. Labor costs go into calculating prices (most war contracts are on a cost plus basis anyway) so industry has little to lose. To whatever heights union wages are run up, the government will have to pay most of the bill in the price of tanks, machine gunsB; -JJ and weaDons of war. IV Naturally, however. Indus- i , vi . .u-jll ' of a wage increase over the Lewis -Murray proposals to boost the hourly rate direct-1 V'sf iy. I Vr Even so, you . may glance hastily at the proposition and JAMES BYRNES view it as fair enough in the Different Story face of rising costs of living. But from the standpoint of fairness, the most vital factors were omitted by Mr. Byrnes 0000 Fair Aspect Crumbles AHEN the unions got the 40-hour week W some years ago, they insisted it should not be accompanied by a decrease in pay. If they worked 48 hours before the new law, they wanted 48 hours pay for the 40 hours. So they received a pay increase, in effect, when the work week was cut, and now they are getting another wage increase when it is re stored. Also, the great bulk of the workers of the country are not in the unions, but pay taxes as clerks and white collar workers. Their taxes to the treasury will pay the increased union wages and their benefits are nil unless they have a contract calling for time and a half for overtime. If the government intends to extend its de cree to them and require the small business man to Increase his wage costs, the government will promote inflation further, and grind the vanishing small business man even further into the dust. The fairness aspect crumbles even more when you consider Mr. Byrnes words: "Some men can be drafted and sent abroad at $50 a month." The congressional reaction to the move was hesitant and mild, but the above are some of the unstated factors which are being mulled over in the minds of congressional authorities. With Industry and labor apparently, for the move, and no one pressing the cause of the taxpayer (Mr. Byrnes says: "We must not shrink from high taxation during wartime"), the sub ject may be allowed to pass unappreciated in its subtler aspects. Mrs. Houdini, 69, Dies, Doubting Hope of Immortality LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 () Mrs. Beatrice Houdtnl, 69, has passed into the realm from which she waiter 10 years in vain for Spirit message from her hus band, the famous Harry Houdini. Death came last night aboard a train at Needles, Calif., a few hours after she left here for her New York home, said a message to U. L. Di Ghillni, a friend. Mrs. Houdini, in an interview February 4 from her bed in a rest home, disclosed that she had grown to doubt Immortality, and that she long ago gave up hope of communication after death. 8UBCHA8ER LAUNCHED PORTLAND, Feb. 12 OP) The Commercial Iron Works here launched another subchaser today, the 26th naval vessel built by the yard. DISCUSSES GREED QUESTION KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To the Editor) In reference to a letter by Mr. Hellbronner print ed in your newspaper February 8, I would like to offer the fol lowing remarks: Mr. Heilbronner, in addition to freedom from oppression by oth er countries, I believe our boys in service are fighting for eco nomic freedom. To be able to earn an amount of money that will comfortably defray the cost of living is an important part of the whole structure of liberty I believe the majority of the men in service are either from the working class or sons of the working class of people. And they are as interested as the ones left at home that the home-front battle for economic freedom be won. I don't believe it's a correct simile to compare the sufferings of Rickenbacker and the men fighting in this war with the de mands of a group of workers for a raise in pay. If it. were, I could draw a few comparisons to the disadvantage of some big business groups. Don t you be lieve that if these workers were at the front they would be fight ing our battles and enduring their suffering with the same fortitude our soldiers are now; and if the present day soldiers were left at home they would be fighting for their economic rights too? Both the soldier and the worker are fighting for the same freedom. Just as the worker will be free of foreign oppression when our soldiers win this war so our soldiers will come home to a country free from 'economic op pression if the boys at home win their fight for an equitable set tlement of living costs and wages. Greed has no place in winning this war on the economic front. That goes for big business as well as for the laborer. Believe me $56.10 is not an exorbitant amount for a man to earn who does an honest weeks work in an important job, especially a man with a family. It Is no longer a question of earning enough to preserve our standard of living. Our standard of living is now a matter of the limits of our countries resources and their fair distribution. In a short time, I believe, the greed for money will die a natural death for the duration. Every cent we earn other than is necessary to pay for our fair share of the available necessary products will be surrendered either voluntar ily or by force to finance the war. Even then fair division be tween labor and business of the profits is necessary. If either one or the other is sublimated now that condition will be car ried over to peacetime and ruin the foundation of economic lib erty. These demands for more wages are individual, I believe, and need to be treated as such with a full knowledge of what'is behind them. Some are fair, some per haps are not. If the employers always voluntarily did the fair thing these hampering demands would be reduced to an easily handled few. Big business fights for a profit on his invest ment and his ability to produce; the workers fight for a just recompense for their share in the production. An equitable di vision' must be maintained. If labor and business cannot forget their greed fairness must be forced upon them if we are to win the peace. Yours for victory, M. K. KIOUS 1640 Martin street. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To the Editor) I have read with interest your editorial in regard to the proposed creation of the office of clerk of the circuit court and believe you have made an exceedingly fair and unbiased summary of the situa tion. Since I was formerly in charge of the circuit court clerk ship, and since I was quite lit erally in the middle of some of the troubles you mention, may I suggest a thought that has oc curred to me In connection with this bill? Under our system of govern ment, we elect our public of ficials. Our circuit court is made up of one judge, . a dis trict attorney, the county clerk and the sheriff, each an integral part of the court and all elected by the people. Now because the judge in one court' in the state can't get along with the clerk, should we pacify some Hitlerian tendency and make a law allowing the judge to ap point the clerk? Is it not a fact that the pres ent circuit judge docs not get along very well with our dis trict attorney? It seems to me I have heard the judge doing considerable shouting in the courthouse and on the streets about alleged shortcomings of the district attorney. Now should we make another "Mun ich agreement" and pass a law allowing the judge to appoint a district attorney to his own lik ing? The former circuit judge had tempestuous trouble with near ly every official from the gov ernor down to a county commis sioner, and to be sure, with the writer and his principal, Mac K. Short, somewhere down the line. Did we then pass laws al lowing the judge to appoint the governor, the sheriff and the county judge, or did we wait until an election and remove the circuit judge? We waited and when the people voted, the circuit judge was overwhelming ly defeated and Mae K. Short, for one, was overwhelmingly re elected. I am confident that if the present difficulties of which you speak were likewise resolv ed into a vote by the people, the result would be the snmo. Since tho voters hnvu paused on Mne K. Short's quallfli'utlona so many times, why wouldn't It be jimt as fair to cliiiin up tha present troubles and imss a law authorizing her to appoint the circuit judge? We do not want a miniature dictatorship in Klnmath county, and wo have a good start when our safeguards and rights under our grand jury system are usurped by the circuit judge. The present circuit .judge, a short time ago, throntoncd to throw the foreman of one grand jury into jail because that fore man, as was his right and ours, wanted to convono and finish up the business before that body. The present circuit Judge Is now charged in court with Invading tho province of the grand jury and obtaining the In dlctmont of Mno K. Short tho same grand jury that recom mended that the legislators pass a law authorizing tho circuit judge to appoint tho circuit clerk. Now, you quolo the cir cuit judge as saying that ho didn't know anything ubout this bill until ho read It in the paper. This would bo laughable if It were not so serious. These threats to our form of govern ment, insignificant as they may seem, can become dangerous. Who would have thought, a few years back, that a nourotlc houso painter would throw the world into the present bloody conflict? When I went Into the office of clerk In 1033, the circuit court clerk's office had prev iously been separate and the cost of maintaining It was just TWICE what it has been since Mae K. Short combined it with the county clerk's office. If anyone cares to check the records, a saving of nearly $20, 000 by this combination will be found. Why, during these times, above all, because Judge Van denberg cannot got along with some of the other officials, im pqse on the taxpayers the costs of a new office, with Its attend ant overhead and deputies' sal aries. Our legislators should be introducing bills to eliminate of fices and boards and commis sions Instead of creating new ones. And as for the troubles be tween the present clerk and the circuit judge, may I ask If the present clerk ever had any trouble with the late Judge Duncan when he was in office? Did she ever havo any trouble with Judge Hay, who has tried more cases in tho local circuit court than our present circuit Judge has and In all probability ever will try? Has sho had any troublo with , tho number of other Judges continually coming here to try cases in which our local judge is disqualified by af fidavits of prejudice? Have there been any complaints from I the public, from our attorneys I who frequent the circuit court 1 clerk's office?' It seems queer that those public officials in the past who set out to "get" Mae K. Short have all, without exception, gone down the long road of political oblivion and she has been returned to office by such substantial majority of the voters. Can't we prevail upon our legislators to wait until the next election and let the voters de cide who is the troublemaker anrt rurnnv him nr hp frnm office, which, after all, Is their 1 right? Very truly yours, WALTER P. HANNON. rrom the Klamath Republican February 12, 1903 The way for people to go to Crater Inke lha coming summer is to got off the main railroad al Laird's, coino up the new rail road to Tokegama, and from there, via Klamath Falls, by wagon or part of lha way by water, to Crater lake. This will ninko the shortoM, most feasible and agreeable routo to tho lake. Before tho annual rush to tho lake begins, the now railroad will have been completed. In the faco of this Improved condi tion, It is not likely tourists will stop off at Ashlnnd or Medford and accept a drive of 100 miles or more, much as they would wish to accommodate those towns. From tha Klamath Ntwi February 12, 1933 1 Ludwig Engel, 68, retired capitalist, died of a heart attack in his office at 616 Mnln street today. 0 0 0 Lucille McAnlnch was elected to represent Klamath Union high school in tho contest for snow princess of the Fort Klamath wlnlor carnival. 0 0 Ice broke from in adjoining roof and foil through the sky light of the Mi'Mnrr meal mar ket, 433 Main slroot, yesterday afternoon. TAX MIX-UP ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12 (Pi federal Income lax blank being distributed here after a long riu lay were printed In other cities, the rost-Dlspatoh said today, al though a St. Louis printer ship ped 10,000,000 forma to Ihe weit coast several weeks ago. For soma lime to come the war Is obviously a war of ag gressive attrition. That attrition is Just as vital on the horn front as on the military front. And our powers of attrition and combat are Increasing more rap idly than the axis', llorbort Hoover. Income Tax Returns Expertly Prepared Reasonable charges. Wo have all forms. Bring last year's returns. Appointments evenings and Sun days. Suite 4325 Moln Across From Courthouse, Phone 6076. Evenings phone 0670 or 4130. W. B. Bowne, P. F. McLaren. Oregon News Notes INTEREST REDUCTIONS Interest on Indebtedness, with certain exceptions, Is an allow able deduction In arriving at net income for federal Income tax purposes. Deductible interest In cludes both interest incurred in connection with one's business or profession, and Interest on personal indebtedness. Interest on business indebtedness should be shown either In Schedule B to arrive at the net amount of rents and royalties entered as Item H to arrive at the net profit (or loss) shown In item 9 of the return Form 1040, but interest on personal Indebtedness should be shown under item 13 of de ductions. Interest shown In Item 13 must also be supported by an explanation (in Schedule C) of the deduction. Interest on personal Indebt edness may include Interest on a mortgage on one s home, In terest on the purchase price of household goods purchased on the Installment plan, as well as Interest on personal loans, in terest paid on a judgment or on unpaid taxes is also deductible. It is not necessary that the in debtedness be secured by a lien or mortgage for the Interest to be deductible, but there must be a legal obligation on the tax payer to pay the interest. In entering Interest reductions, several distinctions and qualifi cations must be kept in mind. In the case of a mortgage loan on one's home, the contract fre quently calls for a monthly pay ment covering both Interest and amortization of the loan. As a portion of the payment repre sents payment of principal, and each payment made reduces the amount representing Interest on the next installment and In creases the amount representing repayment of principal, it Is necessary to make a separation of the two amounts In totalling the Interest paid during the year. In FHA loans the monthly pay ment includes not only Interest and amortization, but an amount for loan Insurance, accrued taxes, and fire Insurance. Or dinarily the institution holding the mortgage will supply the mortgagee with a statement of the Interest paid during tho year Tenant-stockholders of co operative apartments may also include as interest deduction the proportion of interest paid or incursed by the apartment cor poration on its outstanding in debtedness contracted for the purpose of acquisition, construc tion, alteration, rehabilitation, or maintenance of the apartment building, or In the acquisition of land on which it is located. Likewise in the case of per sonal loans and installment pur chases, a portion of the payments frequently represents "In, tr ance" and "finance charges."; As only the amounts represent ing interest are deductible, it is advisable to obtain a state ment from the store or finance company as to the amount of the payments which rcprcsentn Interest. Where the contract of purchase provides only for pay ment by a series of payments, with no mention of interest, no Interest would bo lediictible. Frequently Interest Is In the form of discount, that Is, the amount of the interest is deduct ed from the? proceeds of the loan to the borrower at tho .time of making the loan. Such discount would be an allowable interest deduction at tho time the loan Is paid (or, in the case of a tax payer on the accrual basis, as the interest accrues). M oe's February Vz and 1 2 Off Sale If i 1 40 LADIES' DRESSES 9 00 10 and mere reductions en remainder of late winter slocks. Mostly wool crepes In this lot. VALS. TO J22.50 Women's Ski Togs - i Off Jackets and Pants only. S.95 to 10.9S values ONI LOT Sweaters and Blouses Limited Stock. 1 - -k wTT Hurryl Batli-o-Foam Reg. 11.00 Slse. tt OFF AT . ONE LOT LADIES BELTS 11.00 and tl.SO Values. Each 2 50' LADY LILLIAN Manicure Sets Rg. 89c. While they last M OFF AT Ladies' Hats Remaining stock of winter models. More than H off at choice 29 00 Cretonnes and Drapes Off Odd lot of one of a kind While they last Children's Coats Winter styles in slses 7 to 12. r r f Values to $12.95 ff Ladies' House Frocks About 100 in this lot. Values H m m to 15.95. Cholc i Jff U I aM M Wt WOMAN'S SICLE inA
