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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
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IDLE IE
DECLARES HIS
AIWI ACHIEVED
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victory for good government has
been won.
"To state only one conse
quence, the planned appoint
ment of my successor in tins
great division of the department
of justice will not now be a
Tommv Corcoran henchman be
cause "both the chief executive
and the judiciary committees of
congress are amply warned.
"I could not have resigned
and abandoned this division with
its high integrity and splendid
personnel without making them
secure against this eventuality.
Sees FDR Position
rnnrorninn Mr. Roosevelt's ac
tion in dismissing him after he
hnri reiectcd Biddle's request
for resignation, Littell said in a
separate statement released after
his news conference:
"I can understand perfectly
thi president's action. As com
mander-in-chief in time of war
as president of the United States,
he cannot possibly go Into the
details of a matter like this. He
must stand on the administra
tive practice of supporting the
superior officer. 1 believe I have
served the president well."
Littell told the reporters:
"In leaving the government I
am profoundly grateful that I
have had an opportunity for
these years of service in time
of war.. My motives have been
very simple throughout. As 1
have told the Mead committee,
we are at war to preserve demo
cratic government. Our men are
not dying to preserve poor gov
ernment but to preserve good
government faithful to the pub
lie interest conducted for the
hpnrfit nf all the DeODle.
"As one too old to be at the
front, my humble offering at
the justico department, the
president said:
"When statements made by
Norman Littell first appeared in
the papers, I wrote to him that
it was primarily in executive
matter; and that I hoped for his
own career he would resign.
"Since then he has volun
teered a long statement, thus
substantiating what the attorney
general naa saia aooui nis in
subordination.
'This is inexcusable: and un
der these circumstances my only
alternative is to remove mm
from office, which I have done
today."
Attorney General Biddle si
multaneously issued a state
ment, reading in part:
"I have read Norman Littell's
statement filed with the Mead
committee before the committee
had determined whether or not
it should hold any investigation.
"I do not propose to discuss
Mr. Littell's reckless and un
founded statements, or to enter
into any controversy with him
in the public press."
PROBE ASKED
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30 (.
Representative Voorhls (D
Calif.), today introduced a reso
lution calling on the house ju
diciary committee to Investigate
circumstances surrounding the
president's dismissal of Assistant
Attorney General Norman M.
Littell.
"The reason given is 'insubor
dination' which is based upon
the issuance of Littell's state
ment giving his reasons for re
fusal to resign.
"However. Littell issued no
statement himself but on the
contrary the statement was re
quested by him by the senate
war investigating committee and
released by that committee.
"For these reasons I have to
day introduced a simple resolu
tion providing for an investiga
tion of all the circumstances
surrounding Mr. Littell's dis
missal. My resolution provides
for the investigation to be made
by the judiciary committee,
since it is clearly a matter that
belongs within the jurisdiction
of that committee."
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 30 P)
William Green, veteran prest
dent of the American Federation
this time has been to fight for 'of Labor, was elected unani-
cood aovernment at home in all
those matters which crossed my
desk
"What happens to me as an
individual is of no possible con
sequence; basic principles and
tbV'fntegrity of good govern
ment have been well served.
These principles must be a con-j
staht and enduring concern to!
every citizen but especially to ;
those of us charged with public j
duties If the republic is to en- j
dure. I have done my best."
ADD 36 ROOSEVELT ......awe !
Littell said Biddle had ap-:
pointed J. E. Williams, Littell's 1
general assistant, as acting head
nf Ihe InnriR division. T.itlpll rip.
scribed Williams as "one of the i
finest and ablest public servants I
I have ever known." . I
FDR Statement
Whether the president's inter
vention' in the department row
ends the affair entirely is prob-l
jematicai. mere remains some
talk of a senate investigation.
In a statement given out at!
mously to head the organization
for another term at the final
session of the AFL's annual con
vention here this afternoon,
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ine it. and then regaining the
western end of the small span.
Holds Firm
In the center of the western
front, the U. S. third army held
firm against a series of counter
attacks loosed from the Siegfried
line in the Saar, guarding loads
through the rich coal and steel
region to Karlsruhe, toblenr
and Frankfurt.
The Germans stiffened before
Cologne. 23 miles from nearest
American guns. The capture of
Lindern brought Dusseldorf
within 28 miles of American
lines, Slowlv and inexorably.
the team of the first and ninth I
armies was wedging in between
the flooded Roer river citadels
of Julieh and Duien. The ninth
pushed through Koslar to the
west bank of the flooded Roer
just across from the northwest
tip ot Julicn ihouu.) uurcn was
1.1 three-mile field gun range.
Frost was hardening t h e
ground for Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton Jr., whose third army
consolidated its wide gains and
moved up for a breakout of Lor
raine. On the southern flank,
intermittent rain and snow and
great grey patches of fog ham
pered operations on the Alsatian
plain before the Rhine.
Board of Governors
Sets Meeting Here
Board of governors of the
Oregon state bar will meet here
Saturday.
The afternoon will be spent in
business meetings, presided over
by Frances E. Marsh, McMinn
ville, president of the board.
In the evening, the Klamath
Countv Bar association will be
host at a dinner at the Wl-Nc-Ma
hotel dining room.
John Ebinger is a member of
the board from this district.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued from Tags Ono)
LY nearer to Kwclyang, on the
Burma roud leading to Chung
king. The rising tempo or our air
wnr on JAPAN ITSELF is In-
! tended to divert Jap attention
FROM CHINA to smash .lap
wnr-mukiug power BEFORE the
Japs have time to get themselves
settled on the continent of Asia.
THERE is a faintly hopeful and
intensely interesting note in
the news from Burma. The
Chinese-American forces push
ing smith from Blinino report
SHARPLY decreasing Jap re
sistance. There are hints that
the little vellow men may even
bo preparing to ABANDON
Burma.
MAYBE. Before jumping to
any conclusions, let's wait and
see what happens.
If thev SHOULD get out of
Burma, it would be another ad
mission of having bitten off more
than they now can chew.
THE Japs continue their ef
forts to get reinforcements
ashore on Leyte their latest be
ins an attempt to bring in n
FULL NEW DIVISION.
Our planes blast the convoy.
sinking TEN transports and
three of the escorting destroyers,
drowning an estimated 4000 Jnp
troops,
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EKD OF IRON. STEEL
LEIMDLEASE ORDERED
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ll was learned, lt has been or
dered into effect January 1 in
order to smooth the way for re
conversion of British industry
to civilian production on an
"miiiinlil,, basis'' with reconver
sion in this country. The British!
are anxious to reconvert in orderj
to begin restoring their 71 per;
cent loss in exports.
The principle of "equitable"
reconversion was worked out for,
the first time in llieso confer-,
ences. headed by Lord Keynes, :
British ecuiiomist, and Harry
White. American treasury ex
pert. !
It is taken to nieun that the:
British may relux their war pro-;
ductiou controls and shift their!
production capacity where tney
can on a basis of equality with
the United States, mid that lend
lease arrangements from now to
the war's end will not deny
them that opportunity.
put an end to the period of un
easy waiting in tho mud ot thut
urea.
The Germans first launched
two counter thrusts with about
one Infantry balliillou. Both
were repulsed. Later they re
newed the nltaek with two bat
talions and covering force of
tanks, self-propelled guns and
mortars, as well as rocket
launchers.
Munitions Train
Demolished
CLOVIS, N. M., Nov. HO (Pj
All uinmuiiillon train of the
Santa Fe railway blew up at
2 p. in. loduy at Tolar, N. M.,
33 miles west of Clovls.
It. J. Untrelner, special agent
In charge of thu federal Inirt'iiu
lnvllgiu
I o, Tex iu ,, li J
W"0 wrecked 12'
SO far they ve lost zo trans.
nnrt. 17 escort vessels (chief-
Iv destrovers) and an estimated
21.000 men in their efforts to.
get reinforcements asnoro on Monte Grande
L.evte.
BUT they've LANDED more
than 35.000 men. In spite of the
losses we've inflicted on them.
They care little tor losses ui
men. rneir tncory ui -m
"There are plenty more wncic
these camo from."
Jap soldiers arc just CANNON
FODDER.
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In the area be-
low the Bolngiia-Kimlni high
way town of I'ostel San Pletro.
Farther west in the difficult
mountain country west nf the
Bolognii'Plstoia highway the
Germans recaptured Corona
and Monte Belvedere.
The battle for Corona and
Monte Belvedere was the most
violent of tho entire front and
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Dr. R. W. Clancy and Dr. F. W. t
Walter Kressc. Mcdford physi
cians convicted of supplying
narcotics to drug addicts, were
taken to McNeil Island federal
penitentiary today.
Both were sentenced to terms
of four years and nine months.
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Death of Eicher
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ber formally reprimanded Chief j
Prosecutor O. John Rogge for
"improper conduct" in granting
interviews to a newspaper and
a magazine.
.Masses of exhibits were en
tered in the trial record, ' but
only after bitter defense objec
tions. Quantities remained to be
entered, and many witnesses to
be heard before the government
would have been prepared to
rest its case.
Eicher, who would have been
66 years old December 16, was
named to the federal bench on
December 31, 1841, after serv
ing uucu jt'ais as d uiciiiuer uii
..MttiA i i - . I
mission.
He resigned his house seat in
December, 1938, near the end
of his fourth term, to take the
SEC post. He was a democrat.
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