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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Fcbruiiry 17, 1048 lltmbir if Ti Amociatu Pun tot AaaodaW frit U du iIt.It nlllUd to tha ui of t- niblloatlon ol all nana dlinatchea emMed to It or not ouienrlia nadltao' to tola papar, and alia Pit local oaira putIUhd thartln. Ail rlgbta of rapubllcattoa of apatlal alipatttiaa ro lw I aarrad. FRANK JENKINS Edllor A lmporry comhloiHon of the Smlnf Hratd lod the Klanutn News. publUntd ewy tltrrooon cierpt Pundsy at Eiplimdi and Plow stmU, Kltmtth Fallt. Oregon, by Ui Htrald Publishing Co, and the Klamath Atwa runiuauf uompany EntorH at woond elist nutter al the wtofft of Klamath Fall, Or., on August W, 1W4 uedar act of congress, March t, 1S7. Vm6r Atroir Bduav Or Cucdlatiok Represented Nationally by Wsst-Houidat Co., Ixc. Pin Frsnrtico. N Tork, S a ( tit, Ch Icarv, rorti an d. Loi Angeles. MALCOLM EPLEY Managing Editor Today's Roundup P Br MALCOLM EPLEY THE interesting discussion of wage In creases which has Been going on in our letters column, there has been no mention of the danger ol constant pres sure against tne wartime econ- A omic stabilization program we ''k have undertaken in this coun- "t trv 1 4 " ' j There is a need for all of l J us to understand what tills I r-.jrr? '- '-' '- ' - - program is iijieuucu iy uv, aim what forces are likely to pre- Ok - I 1 vent it from accomplishing its ,' i 1 valuable purpose, ifc LJA That purpose is to prevent EPLEY inflation. It would be un bridled inflation that would leave the pinched faces at' home Mr. Haddock, a union agent, mentions in his letter on this page today. It would be inflation that would so wreck the country's economic structure that boys coming home from the war would be denied the op portunity for a decent return to civilian life we talk so much about Elaborate machinery has been set up by our government to prevent the terrors of inflation from coming to this country. A basic feature of this program was the establishment of ceil ings on the prices which can be charged for a long list ot essential consumer articles, including nearly all the products that go into the cost of living. When these ceilings were established on over all prices, ceilings were not imposed on some of the elements that go into the cost of these products. Labor is a basic cost factor, as every body knows, but wages for labor were not placed under a ceiling, presumably on the assumption that wages could be stabilized by certain other government controls, such as the war labor board, and by labor and its organiza - tions in voluntary cooperation with the general program. This failure to establish ceilings on the ele ments that go Into cost has resulted in constant pressure against the OPA ceilings. We have seen It here in the case of milk, for instance, and in connection with potatoes. Farmers have complained bitterly that because of rising labor costs, the ceiling prices are unfair and will force them into heavy losses. And So the Spiral NOW, let's stay with these familiar articles, milk and potatoes, to see how this infla tionary spiral gets going. Wages, naturally, have a tendency to seek the highest levels. If high wages are offered in one Industry, either other Industries must meet them, or lose labor to the high wage industry. Unions representing the workers in one industry battle to get for them the higher wages offered In another. Hence, if wages go up in the mills or in the shipyards, the potato grower and the dairyman are faced with the necessity of raising wages in order to get labor to produce their vital food products. , . They raise the wages, and then they bring pressure against the OPA ceiling for higher prices which are only fair because of the higher labor costs. If they can make a showing and force their way through the OPA ceiling, the consumer has to pay more for milk and potatoes and that represents a rise In the cost of living. The cost of living is increased, and workers, in turn, press for higher wages to meet these Increased costs. If they succeed, the farmer and the dairyman are again on the spot, they again In turn at- tempt to break through the OPA ceiling in order to get returns to pay the higher wage costs. Worth Sacrifice AND so it goes. It will be seen that there is a distinct element of justice in each step. but the ultimate effect of that sort of thing, throughout the nation's economic structure, is the disaster that comes with inflation. Rigid controls break down, prices run wild, stable values are destroyed, and economic ruin is the inevitable result. When a nation faces the possibility of that sort of thing, avoiding it is worth sacrifice, for no one will be spared from its evils. Hence the necessity for controls, and hence the neces sity for support of those controls and restraint of the temptation to break them down. Stabilization, both of living costs and wages, is rjow the recognized objective of our govern ment. We need to keep that picture before us, for it is of vital national and individual in terest. The better we understand it, the more hope there is for maintaining the delicate ma chinery of stability. UNLESS something happens pretty soon, February war bond sales in Klamath coun ty are going to be dismally under the quota of $228,000. Andy Collier tells us that sales in the first two weeks of the month aggregated only $87,000. It was just a year ago this February that nearly everybody in Klamath county went to polling places and pledged war savings bond and stamp purchases. If everybody makes good ori that pledge in this anniversary month, we may make that quota. We'll have to get going. MALLON News Behind the News By PAUL MALLON AASHINGTON, Feb. 17 A wave of pur- V T poseful bragging about our generalship equipment and numerical superiority in North Africa developed in the sev eral days preceding the Ger man surprise attack last Sjin- aay morning. Generals ordinarily guard their plans with great secrecy before an attack, but this time, both British and American authorities sought publicity. The British general in North Africa even called in news paper men and radio corres- pondents last week, produced a map, and told them how he proposed to win He would skirt around the Mareth line, he said Observers figured General Alexander was either extremely confident or he was deliber ately trying to mislead the Germans and they hoped it was the latter. Our own General Eisenhower was boosted to the rank of full general and given a more generous pat on the back by President Roose velt in his Friday night speech to correspond- ents, than a general usually receives on the eve of a battle. General Eisenhower's eleva tion, prior to launching our advertised offen sive, was attributed here to two reasons. First, Mr. Roosevelt likes him and was proud of his organization work in the seizure of North African ports. Secondly, Gen. Eisenhower needed the four stars for technical reasons, if he was going to take over the whole show as supreme com mander in charge of the British land and naval forces as well as our army. Both Generals Alexander and Montgomery otherwise would have out-ranked him, as would the British Admiral Cunningham, in charge of naval op erations in the Mediterranean. Blow At Nazi Morale k JR. CHURCHILL and Mr. Roosevelt followed IVI this line of emphasizing what we were going to do to the nazis in speeches, Churchill saying Hitler had only 250,000 men and Roosevelt' promising to crush and drive them into the sea. This kind of a publicity approach f to the battle must have been designed to weaken German morale by public ity c o n f r o nting Hitler with the facts of his predic ament The Ger mans have gener ally followed that course (to wit, Hit ler's prediction of what he would do GEN. EISENHOWER to Stalingrad.) His Test Coming Unfortunately, this propaganda reached our own. people as well as the nazis, and led us to be mentally unprepared for the German thrust. You can look back through history and find that the generals who profess extreme public confidence before the battles frequently fail to see their hopes realized. Something about this type of propaganda forces the weaker enemy to unusual energy, and at the same time tends to promote self-overconfidence. The value of the technique is doubtful. In this war, however, leaders on both sides have adopted the practice of making military statements for political and diplomatic effect, and no doubt, Messrs. Churchill and Roosevelt have inspired to their course by their ex pectations of the effect their statements would have In Turkey, Finland and other nations where the political front is active. i Ulimil 'In;. SIDE GLANCES ; "Every lime we have company he shows off by asking! ;me if I want him lo help me do my arilhmclic again 1 no wonder people think I'm dumb!" Pelicans Take Honkers, 50-35; Set for Valley Meet The Pelicans won a rough fast game over Lakevlew Honkers Tuesday night at Lakeview, 50 35, and along with it the right to represent the old hoop district in a three way elimination meet which will be held in the valley soon. . ' Klamath trailed at the end of the first quarter, 11-7, but after three minutes of the second quar ter took the lead and held it throughout the remainder of the game. Three minutes before the end of the half, the Lakevlew coach replaced ' his first string with reserves, and the Pelicans jumped from a 23-19 lead to 30- 19 at the bell. Third quarter score was 44-23. High point man for the Pell cans was Welch with 12 counters, although all the team bunched closely in the number of points made. Verllng of Lake- view high pointed for the Honk ers with 12. . Summary: Pelicans (50) pos (35) LakavUw MIfflllJ mam rem lh tilci W vi M iiori I I From The Klamath Republican Feb. 19. 1903 The proposed enterprise of the Merrill Mutual Cminl compuny has reached a point for ileflnlto action. At a meeting at Merrill steps were taken to get tint pro gram going. A survey by n civil engineer is soon to be mudo, A Sun Francisco firm pluns to instiill an Ico iniiimdicluriiiK plunt at this place. Considering the weather the pu.st few diiys, we will any (hero nro some things we need worse tliiin Ico factories, From The Klamath News Fob. 17, 1933 The Klumiith high school do bating team, represented by Walter Eschebeek and Dorothy Price, defeated Merrill lust night. Morrill's debaters were Mary Gnllarncnu and Helen none, nenry I'erklni was Judge. R. C. Groesbeck, Fred Fleet and George Walton officlntcd at a Boy Scout court of honor lust night. SENATE PUSSES WINE SALE BILL ON 20-10 VOTE Welch Cox Young Bocchi Foster Bcllottl Bigger Conroy 9 6 12 11 8 2 2 0 12 Verllng 6 Dollarhide 5 Armstrong 6 Price 4 Utley 2 Shlppen Oregon News Notes By The Associated Press Registration at the six state colleges show a decrease to 7000 students, 15 per cent fewer than In winter term last year In Portland, Ray Moore, 32, fell from an oil barge and was drowned in the Willamette river. . . . Parents of Lieut. Ed Defreitas, army, aviator and former Port land university fullback, learned in Portland that he was missing- in action in the South Pacific. . . Funeral services will be held in McMinnville Thursday for Thomas A. Grenfell, 82, Yam hill county commissioner, who died Monday. . . , U. S. Attorney Carl Donaugh told the Portland Kiwanis club, "the sooner we can legally load up our 127,000 Japs and send them back to Japan, the better off we'll be on the Pacific coast and in the country at large." 4 Ml DRIVERS After the Battle NLY two things, however, need to be kept in mind by Americans in connection with news from the North African front. One the battle is always won by the side which makes the last break through. Two the size of a general Is always measur ed by what is said of him after the battle, not before. The peculiar cross currents of this new kind of joint military-political-diplomatic warfare can easily lead to premature criticisms at home. (Such as demands for changing generals in the middle of a battle) or be blown up into un warranted public expectations of continuous suc cess. The facts of this North African situation, be yond which interpreters will hesitate to rush are simply these: Mr. Roosevelt says the equipment Is superb. Everyone knows the Germans are outnumbered. No doubts have ever crept into anyone's mind about the fighting quality of the American soldier. Wherever he has met the foe, in sea or air, Philippines, Guadalcanal, or in Africa, he has proved to be individually the superior of the enemy (note particularly the official figures claiming our airmen in North Africa were shooting down Germans at the rate of 3, 4 and 8 to one in conflicts 10 days back.) The only untested element in North Africa is the military leadership. This missing factor can be filled in only after the battle is over. Winsor Raps 48-Hour Work Week Order SEATTLE, Feb. 17 () The designation of Seattle as a criti cal manpower shortage area will have no salutory effect on the type of shortage encountered here, Maj. Gen. H. G. Winsor, district war manpower director, said yesterday. Rather, he said, it will lead to "idle machines and idle la bor." General Winsor said it is true that Seattle is a critical labor area in the sense that its overall war contract obligations exceed its available labor supply, "but you have to bear in mind the kind of labor we are short." "We need tool makers, elec tricians, mechanics, etc. Closing down plants where employes are trained in other skills isn't going to relieve the need for these." Federal Officers clamped down on four Klamath Falls taxicab drivers and charged the quartet with unlawfully selling and offering for sale alcoholic liquor. The four are emnloved by two local cab operators, and arrests were made by the offi cers to whom ' the sales were made. Joe Wilson Seed and Robert Edward Hillman were arrested Saturday, John.D. Johnson and Linn Harrison on the preceding Friday, according to Justice Joe Mahoney. All four were fined ?250, $6.20 costs apd their li quor licenses revoked. Johnson and Seed paid out, Hillman and Harrison are in the county Jail. Mahoney said $150 of the lines set were suspended. Also In Jail was Jake Renle, who paid a fine of $100 and $14.85 costs following his arrest on a liquor to Indian charge. Fifty day jail sentence was sus pended. State police made the arrest. 36 DIE IN EAST AS By The Associated Press Two days of extremely cold weather on the Atlantic sea board have caused at least 36 deaths, damaged crops In many sections from Maine to Florida. and brought serious shortages of fuel oil and gas. The fuel shortage was of par amount importance today, how ever, with dangerously low In ventories reported throughout the middle Atlantic and New England states. - i The Consolidated Edison com pany and the Brooklyn Union Gas company, which serves most of the metropolitan area of New York City, revealed they had only fuel oil supplies suffi cient for the manufacture of gas for four days. Buy it tarougn the want-ads. Houston Urges Public Support for Commando Week This is Commando week In Klamath Falls and Mayor John H. Houston has asked support of the citizens in this worthy cause. Open house will be ob. served at Commando unit head quarters on Main street Satur day from 1 p. m. to 10 p. m. Tickets are now on sale for the Commando dance, proceeds to be used to bring returned wounded service men to this city irom the base hospitals In San Francisco. The dance, scheduled for Saturday night at the armory, will also feature an excellent floor show. The pub lic Is invited. LEGAL NOTir:F; ,,","--ir-i-nirinmirviiiairi-uaii-iriAf Aaju NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby fflven that the undersigned has been ap pointed Administrator M tha Estate of Edgar L. Green, de ceased, by the Circuit Court of Klamath Countv. Ominn. anrf any ncrson or nersom havlne any claim or claims against said estate are nereby notified to present the same to the sad Ad ministrator -with nrnnpr vntirh. ers duly sworn to and acknowl edged, at tho office of Wm. F. B. Chase, 203, Odd Fellows Billlrilne. Klamnth Falli. Or.. gon, my place of business for tnis estate, witnin six months of the date of this notice. LEROY R. GREEN, Administrator of the Estate of Edgar L. Green. nereaneH. Dated February 3. 1943 F. 3-10-17-24; M. 3. No. 183 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is hereby -given that the undersigned has been ap pointed Administrator of the Estate of Louis D. App, Deceased, ey the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Klamath County, and has qualified. All persons having claims against said Estate are notified to present the same to me with proper vouchers at the office of Wm. Kuykendall, Pine Tree Building, Klamath Falls, Oregon, within six months from February 17, 1943. L. B. HOPKINS, ' Administrator. F 17-24; M 3-10 No, 189 WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 W) The office ot price administra tion authorized today soma local adjustments for its new milk price regulations. Regional administrators were authorized to raise prices paid to farmers for fluid milk In those localities "where a producer price can be increased without the necessity of increasing cither wholesale or retail prices be cause the distributor's margin is adequate to absorb tho incrcaso in production prices." Slmlliar adjustments were authorized in milk murkctlng areas whose prices may be suf ficiently below the prices of a neighboring area so as to cuuse farmers to ship milk out of their own area. Fathers' and Sons' Night to Be Held At Elks Lodge Fathers' and Sons' night will be observed Thursday et the Elks lodge and all members and their sons aro urged to bo pres ent. During the brief business session to be held at 8 p. m., "Chuck" Scavcy will entertain the boys. Later there will be en tertainment -and a film shown through the courtesy of Stan dard Oil company. Vernon Moore Is chairtrmn of Fathers' and Sons' night and announced refreshments will be served following the program. By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. SALE M. Feb. 17 (!) The seunlo pu.iscd 20 to 10 toduy a bill to restrict tho snle of wines cimtiiliilnK more thnn 14 per cent nlcoho) by volume to stula liquor stores. Tho bill now goes to tho house, which killed a similar bill lust session, Tho bill, by Senator W. E. Burke, Sherwood, Is directed pri marily BKiiinst fortified wines, or those lo which alcohol has been added to natural wines, Wines now may bo sold by pri vate stores. Rot Out Burke suid the bill, by making thu.io wines less easily obtnln ublo, would docrcuso drunken driving and prevent so mnny persons from being sent to State hospital for nlculiol cures. Senator Frederick S, Lamport, Snleiu, suid "There is n powerful Cnlifornln wine lobby spending filthy lucre hero lo defeat this bill. I would like to prohibit the sulo of fortified wine, as it Is merely wine to which the poor est kind of alcohol has been lidded. It is plain rot gut. It should bo Inbeled 'poison'." Welfare Bill Tho hoiuio defeated, 47 to 12, a bill to abolish tho governor's power to appoint four members of euch county public welfare commission. Tho law provides that the three county court mem bers plus tho four appointees shall comprlso each county wel fare commission, but the bill, by Representative J. D. Perry, St. Helens, would have let tho county courts handle relief and pension matters by themselves. Perry charged that the exist ing system leads to inequalities in grnntlng of benefits, but Rep resentative A. Rennle, Corvallls, said the counties are satisfied with the existing system. Telling The Villi or Ltlttrf nrlnlad hua mini nni tt men Ihin lot wuiilt In Hindi, mini III writ. Itn iMiiily on ONB sius ol att impm only, and mtMt Ot HinffU. Oonlrlbullont following Ihm fUlN, off warmly wat-aonia. Fire Controlled At Peyton Company Plant Wednesday The city fire 'department was called out at 12:15 p. m. Wed nesday to the Peyton company plunt at 015 Market street. The oil storage plant was thought to be threatened but everything was under control when tho trucks arrived. Sparks from a chimney caused slight damago to the roof of the William Ganong residence, 434 North Sixth street, shortly after noon Tuesday. The place Is oc cupied by A. M. Frcderlckson. Bike Stolen Stanley Hen dricks, 318 North Second street, reported to city police the theft of his Roudmastar blcyclo from tho renr of Derby's music storo on North Soventh street lato Tuesday. WANTS HIGHER WAGES KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To tho K'dllor) In regard to a let ter by Mr. Hellbrnniier printed In tho lloruld and News on Feb ruary 8, I wish to remark: It li hard to seo how Mr. Hell bronunr or any other citizen can muka such uslnlno comparisons between war time wugeit and Iho remarks of Eilillo Itlckeu backer. A very large number of mem bers of AFI, unions aro fighting oversells and 1 presume some fuel dealers are represented In the armed forces. The fact that the fuel deulors who am In tho armed forces receive the mime pay as uuy oilier soldier fighting under Iho numo adverse condi tions and risking nil tho hazards of warfure Unit Eddie Itlcknn backer risked did not deter Mr. llellbrnnner from asking for and receiving a raise In the celling prlco of fuel, a short time ago. Is' it then ton much for Mr, llell bronner lo see that wages for the laboring class of people must of necessity go higher to keep pace with the Increased cost of FUEL, food, clothing and all the necessities of living. It seems that llellbrnnner did not feel Impelled to write n let ter to the editor when lumber rose in price. Of courso If tha wages of labor remained station ary as products ro.no in price, business could muko a much larger profit; but tho suffering caused by such a procedure would bo a comparable parallel to the ravages of Europe by Hit ler. Let's keep the sluve labor across the ocenn Mr. Hollbron nerl After all our boys are fighting for freedom. Let's see that they come homo to a free land, not to serfdom. Do you think Rlckenbacker or any other service man wants to come back and see the dices of their families pinched with hunger and cold, Just because they themselves en dured such hardships over there? Nol Our boys are fighting that we may aveld that very thing. Asking sufficient wages to provide decent euro for his fam ily is not too much for any man to ask. and It Implies no shame or lack of patriotism for him to do so. I do not think $56.10 per week such an excessive wage for the Lumber Workers to ask for, con sidering tho rise In the cost of living, tho size of the average , mans' family and last but not least the amount that lumber has advanced In price. They are only asking for a fair portion of the profits received by their em ployers. I do not think a think ing person could possibly con strue such action as being un patriotic or unfair to our boys in the service. It Is not a question of avarice or unsalable greed. It Is merely a fight to preserve on tho home front, things which our boys overseas aro fighting for. Respectfully yours, HUGH R. HADDOCK. UMARR VERSUS TONDELAYO tt ir- hi., ?m ; liT'tTr U'' fir w ! f& V3 I f-M'f'Ui l III. rt n ub' mm mm m, ml P"" -' I -ISLa- Cargo?' new pllclty? tha Esquire. 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