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By MALCOLM EPLEY
MEMORIAL DAY is not only a day for ten
der memories of our war dead, but it is
also a time for consideration of what is likely
. , to happen to the cause for
1 which they died.
j Unfortunately, those who
! i . I S die in a war are not on
f'rtS I nand whcn tne peace is made.
worm war x provcu, iu wui
pain, that military triumph is
not necessarily followed by the
triumph of the Ideals for
which men fought.
Memorial Day reminds us
that a period of great test lies
ahead, stretching beyond the
day of military victory. Our great responsibili
ty, to the men who fight for us and the men
who die for us, will come then. We need now
to generate all the power we can to win the
war; we will need then the vision and the com
mon sense to realize for- our country and all
people of the world the real fruits of victory.
This country will have tremendous power
on the day of peace-making. It will need sound
leadership backed by strong and informed pub
lic opinion to exercise that power properly.
.
Our Memorial
KLAMATH may well be proud of the memori
al it has erected on the courthouse lawn
honoring the dead in this war.
This temporary structure "serves well the
purpose; after the war, a permanent memorial
will be provided.
Sunday's ceremonies dedicating the memori
al were brief, simple, but impressive. Despite
unfavorable weather, a large audience was on
hand, testifying to the sentiment of our people
toward our war dead.
OPA Decisions Corning
IMPORTANT decisions concerning the future
of the district OPA offices her are expect
ed this week, when officials of th OPA from
San Francisco will come here.
There is considerable talk of a change In
the status of the office, which would probably
reduce the size of the staff. What happens
here, if anything, will probably reflect a gen
eral change in administrative machinery of the
OPA.
Merchants In the vicinity of the present lo
cal rationing office have indicated concern over
the possible removal of that office to the loca
tion of the district office at Main and Esplanade
streets. They are understood to be willing to
supply rent money, and the rationing board,
for the time being at least, has decided to con
tinue in the present quarters.
The whole thing will probably be ironed
out in a few days.
Case Delayed
LONG delay in disposing of the case growing
out of the indictment of Cnnntv riorlr '.
K. Short, charged with accepting unauthorized
payments, has apparently been due entirely to
the fact that Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelllng of
Linn county has not come here to handle the
case.
Judge Lewelllng was assigned to this case
by the supreme court. He at first indicated
he would come here early in the year. The
Folkes murder case then developed in his coun
ty, and it was understood he would wait until
that was concluded. We have not been in
formed of the reason for further delay.
The postponement of action on the case has
aroused some local comment, and it would seem
that the sooner the matter can be determined,
the better for all concerned.
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLOK
WASHINGTON, May 31 The stern and
complete secrecy with which Mr. Roose
velt has hooded the international food confer
ence nas inspired suspicion out
in the country that he has
some great international plan
which he desires to try out
and keep quiet for a time.
Around here, the commonly
accepted Inside story, however,
is that the conference is rela
tively unimportant, but that
Mr. Roosevelt chose the op
portunity to set a precedent
ntfnfnct fra nne, xmui-am nf
WALLU" ' later more important post-war
peace conferences.
It is related FDR was greatly pleased with
the secrecy of the Casablanca conference (which
was strictly a military conference; incidentally)
and that he would like to follow through on
that line.
There is a better reason than either of the
above. The conference is under the manage
ment of our agriculture department economists,
thinkers and planners.
In charge of the technicians for us is Paul
Appleby, the undersecretary of agriculture, an
old pal of Vice President Wallace in the little-pig-slaughtering
days, and a man who started
Mr. Wallace on his political career to the vice
presidency.
These planners of ours have worked on a
most astonishing series of new ideas. Most
people would call them fantastic, and even the
planners themselves would concede they are
fascinating and interesting.
o
Two Price System
FOR instance, they have an Idea for an Inter
national two-price system. Each nation
would have a domestic price, but sell in the
International market at a reduced subsidy
price.
This country, for Instance, would have
certain price for wheat within If hnrHorc t
government would buy this wheat at that price
and sell It to China for whatever it could get
10 improve tne diet of rice-eating Chinese.
The cost would be footed by the people
this country throueh thp trpasnrv "Rut
agriculture planners do not think it would cost
mucn money as they did some experimentation
along this line before the war.
A wholly new idea of their's is to get
a
The
of
the
France, for instance, to stop wheat production,
or curtail it, and turn to vegetables, buying
ner wheat from us. They would like to do this
with all of Europe, particularly Italy, where
Mussolini made strenuous unsuccessful efforts
to make Italy self-sufficient.
Presumably, we would have to give them
the wheat as they have nothing with which to
pay, but the idea of the planners that the price
which our people pay, would make the other
nations dependent on us and Britain for wheat
and other products, and thus lessen their likeli
hood of going to war.
1 ' These are obviously variations of the old
Wallace theme of furnishing a quart of milk a
day. They apply not only to wheat, of course,
but to all staple commodities.
Their ideas lead them into fantastic social
ramifications. If Britain undertakes to supply
wheat to India, and raise the standard of living
and improve the diet there, it would have to
get some kind of agreement from India for
birth control, as obviously, it cannot continue
indefinitely to feed an ever increasing popula
tion on 'credit.
Don't Let 'Em Know
IF these matters were the subject of dally
discussions in the press, you can readily see
what might happen to the Hot Springs food
conference. As matters stand now under the
secrecy ban, the planners are able to discuss to
their heart's content.
Technically, they can make no commit
ments. None of the governments involved have
authorized their delegates to make definite
promises, but they have all sent surprisingly
important officials or technicians to the meet
ing. The British delegation, for instance, Is
headed by Richard Law, permanent under
secretary in the foreign office.
The conference seems Drimarllv AmfanmA
to organize a permanent international food
board which will consider and mannn nrn.
grams along the line of the above mentioned
ana more.
The decision for secrecy was the president's
own. The state department, which is in charge
ui press puDiicny at the conference, has re
peatedly tried to open it up.
Whatever Improvements have heen mad.
(first allowing the press in the grounds of the
U t T 1 . 1 . .. ........
nuvei uuu men later in me hotel Itself from 8
to 9 p. m.) was accomplished by State Secretary
nuu going to tne white House.
World's Fair
"Stone Man" Dies
BELPRE, O., May 31 (VP)
George W. White, 40, the "stone
man" of the 1939 New York
World's fair, died at the home
of a brother here yesterday.
White's body started ossifica
tion when he was ten years old
and his limbs were completely
hardened at the time of death,
physicians said.
RECIPE
KANSAS CITY (IP) A
friend told Mrs. Para Wer
dahl that she had a peachy new
Way to can asnaraaiis tins. "Put
'em in the oven, turn the heat
up to tto ana leave lor three
hours," she told Mrs. Werdahl.
Fortunately, Mrs. Werdahl
wbs out of the kitchen when the
blast came.' The' tips' blew up,
splattered walls and ceiling,
broke a kitchen window and
shook a neighbor's house.
Said Mrs.-Werdahl, still try
ing to tidy up, four hours later:
"It must be that three hours
are too long."
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beside him, Albert Sankus. decorated for heroism and dlschirted '
from (he Marines for disability from wounds, works at h U old ob
- n he Brewsler plane plant, Newsrk, N, J. "
SIDE GLANCES
! Tm floinc back to the city next fall nnd join the Marines
it'll be fun after playing tag with these ornery mules
an
1 summer 1"
Here's hoping we all have the
sort of luck with our Victory
gardens that will lot us throw
our openers away.
Several additional commltteos
have been- made for the furth
coming year's activities In tho
Klamath county chamber ot
commerce.
Here are the most recent ap
pointments: Education A. M. Collier, di
rector; R. H. Dunbar, chairman;
K. Q. Klahn, E. P. Livingston,
Lloyd Porter, Nelson Reed.
Industrial Development Don
Drury, director; Lee Smith,
chairman; W. L. Bruce, Ray
Byrnes, John Fowler, W. R,
Hlbbs, Arthur Rickbell, C. S.
Robertson, Louis Serruys, Oscar
Shive.
Finance J. W. Kerns, di
rector; Vern Moore, chairman;
N. B. Drew, Roy Rakostraw,
National Affairs and Legisla
tion William Ganong. director:
Orth Sisemore, chairman; John
B. Eblnger. R. C. Groesbeck,
Frank Jenkins, Marshall Comott,
ex-offlclo. Henry Semon, ex-o(-flclo,
U. E. Rceder, ex-offlclo.
Taxation A. M. Collier, di-
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Former Rose Queen
Dies in Portland 0
TORTLAND, May 31 (!')
Betty Jnna Harding, 20, quom
of the Portland rose foatlvol In
1941 and University of Oregon
student, died here yesterday of
the effects of a liver dlsorclor.
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WARS SHALL
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TODAY,
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1943
Q Said, yef proud, Uncle Samsym
bolic of United America thinks
upon this day of the soldier dead of
other wars. Upon this Memorial Day
the gallant fighting men of World War
II, who have so bravely and willingly
given their "last full measure of devo
tion" to a cause so near to our hearts,
are added to the parade of heroes ... .
Americans everywhere feel sadness for
the lives lost, but only pride when they
consider the justice of the cause ' for
which these soldiers died. Liberty is the
name of that cause ... In the past we
have recognized the basic truth of
Daniel Webster's words, "God grants
liberty only to those who love it and are
always ready to guard ancf defend it."
Today, in the greatest of all wars, we
are asked to defend that cause once
more. We will succeed, for what men
have done can still be done, and SHALL
BE DONE TODAY!
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