uiojaoy, January 2, ),f
PAGE FOUR
uppai n AND NEWS. KLAMATH I-alw. ' ,
.ii ii -fin-m-rr" MMa!
maaxa Malcolm tnx
M msller II the postolllce KUmslh
Member.
Member Audll
Bureau Circulation
Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPIEY
MOST readers were probably surprised at
the extent of the navy construction ex
penditures in this area, announced in the year
end edition Saturday.
The total of $11,693,000 represents cons ruc
tion, only, and does not include the millions
spent here for operation ot
the Klamath naval air station
and the Marine Barracks.
For a comparison, consider
the total assessed valuation of
Klamath Falls property
$9,715,860.21.
It may have also surprised
some readers that construc
tion expenditures at the air
station have exceeded those
at the Marine Barracks. It is
noteworthy, also, that the air
atatfnn fivilPAC rfft nnt Include
the hundreds of tnousands spent in runway con
struction prior to the establishment of an air
station here.
It is needless to say that the military instal
lations have brought a tremendous economic
stimulation here. As the construction is con
cluded, the money pumped into the community
through the installations will gradually stab
ilize at the cost of operations still a sizable
sum. Construction itself, however, promises to
be substantial in 1945.
We are cutting this column short today to
make room for catching up on Paul Mallon,
who this week begins an interesting and im
portant series of related articles on this page.
EPLEY
News Behind the News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (Part TV) An
underlying apprehension of what this
country is coming to, domestically and inter
nationally, is evident in the run of news the
past two months since election.
Lately, a presidential adviser Bernard Baruch
chose to defend capitalism as the best system in
the world in a talk to the Federation of Jewish
Philanthropies. In the political line, defeated
Representative Ham Fish, called for a third
party. These are wisps of evidence of a general
current of inner doubts and fears which need
more candid airing.
To start it, look first at politics. The figures
show 4,400,000 service men voted (round num
bers.) But there are more than ,11,000,000 per
sons in service. About a third of them voted,
but not half.
No one has estimated how many were not
eligible because of age. Yet certainly the' elec
tion was not of great interest to the army, navy
and marine corps. Restrictions did not stop
there.
In New York 600,000 ballots were sent out to
eligibles and of these only 422,698 were cast.
In short, one third of the New York servicemen
who obtained ballots did not vote.
Not Interested
FROM this must flow the natural conclusion
that a surprising percentage of the flower of
American manhood was not sufficiently inter
ested in either Roosevelt or Dewey to go to the
trouble of voting.
About 60 per cent of the service votes cast
went to Roosevelt, which would be 2,640,000.
So the votes of 2,640,000 soldiers controlled the
result among more than 11,000,000. The one
fourth comprising the tail, wagged the three
fourth of the dog.
Now this would not be of extraordinary im
portance were it not for the similar rise of ac
tive minorities domestically, showing what can
be done by organizing in elections. I am an
alyzing, not criticizing. I am deducing, not be
moaning. The CIO political action group is a minority
of a minority. It has much less dues paying
membership than the American Federation of
Labor and together their membership is a min
ority of the population of the country. But CIO
does not look at it that way. They genuinely
believe they represent the majority Influence of
the country, or should.
In a pamphlet they set forth that they are the
people of the country, representing five-sixths
of the population which is non-farming. They
suppose that one class was running the country
before, and they arc just taking the place of
that class in control before 1932, and no doubt
, they expect to run the coming country as a
democracy in their way.
But there are some differences since 1932. A
new idea of what freedom is, has been founded
within this group, indeed embraced by many
people outside the group. Basically it is that
freedom consists of aggressive marshaling of the
people under federal controls.
Government Tie-Ups
THEY really think of freedom as having the
federal government crack down on any dis
senters, or opposition, specifically (as relates to
CIO) using the government not only to improve
hours, wages etc. but to tie the employer up so
he may not resist their advances, and in fact
tying the whole government up so it cannot
counter their set course.
It is not a new idea of freedom, but it is far
from the old American concept of freedom of
the individual. It denies this wholly, first by
making him subject to complete union discipline,
politically and economically.
This is a European idea of freedom, the inter
pretation which Stalin has of freedom (freedom
from the influence of the ruling classes, is what
he calls it.)
Whether it is right or wrong, does not con
cern us now. It exists, and will be pursued
fervently, ardently, even possibly to the ex
clusion of primary instinctive human considers-
lieve it 85 a'ld d(!atl1, Thcy rc8,ly bc
Now to promote this "freedom," CIO-PAC is
exercising what it assumes to be Its democratic
right of political acuon.
of that. It went in secretly against certain
southern congressmen whom it considered ob
noxious to its purposes and cleaned them out.
They never knew exactly what hit them until
the votes were counted showing thcy had lost.
To av CIO just -got out the vote" is of course
merely a pretense made necessary by the new
law proposing to limit their direct political
aCThei'rSbigest job is promotion, propaganda
promotion in favor of their new idea of freedom,
as organized minority political action to control
the individual and through him the state. They
have got a great number of people to believe
this religiously.
These being the factors of the matter tar
more than half of the soldiers, possibly the most
thoughtful element, or the element least In-
.. j .... Aiiti..l nrnnnffflnrlB. not VOtinff fOr
cither Roosevelt or Dewey; the CIO organizing
the country- for political action behind a new
concept of freedom, involved in continuous pro
motion of that new theory; mustering political
power for it, believing themselves only right
eously opposing the National Association of
.r...f..i!.!.- .,ri ih United States chamber
of commerce influence certain questions of the
future naturally arise, naiurauy .- vv--
. : a J..v.
I will go on with the subject to a non-critical
conclusion tomorrow.
k ASHINGTON. Jan. 2 (Part V) I have
VV traced (column yesterday) the fact of near
ly two-thirds of the servicemen not voting for
... . i. riMc.u anrl contrasted it
with the highly organized political action of the
congress of individual organizHuum
tneory OI ireeoom as uvi..K 7- :
the individual through unions and federalized
power, in an effort to bring into the light for
plain discussion the apprehensions evident as to
r . ... . ... : JnmMl It, anil in.
where tnis country is gum,, uviv..w -
There was great fear of fascism in the country
before our war victory oecame visiuiy i
TT- : n ;ni4tnrehin iw riphtwina elements,
fascism 10 a uinni.i' j --o
conservatives. It was evolved by Mussolini and
perfected by Hitler as the only means of com
batting communism which was a dictatorship by
. I. . 1.f..,im alnmanl.
They had the same methods and ideals, be-
i rt ha IV.a ApnantTntinn of the in-
uevmg lieeuuiii iw u. o-"--
dividual to the service of the state, contrary to
the old democratic basic principle wnicn new
that freedom is individual liberty.
Neither represented the yearning of any great
body of the people. They were conceived at the
top and imposed on the people. They were
revolutions in which highly organized minorities
got control of the people, the bulk of whom are
not and cannot be expert in politics.
Adhere to System
THEY did not come from elections, yet they
adhere to the system of elections. Both
Hitler and Stalin held elections, generally win
ning them 100 to 1 because the people dared
not vote any other way, unless they wanted to
be killed or ruined. .To make their living, the
people had to vote the way in which the highly
organized minority at the top told them to vote.
Even so, no dictator has been able to maintain
. himself in office without' periodic purges to
murder and suppress the opposition. In any
kind of a political-system, opposition always
will arise..
Now no important segment of our people want
either fascism or communism. Yet there is a
very popular movement for the basic principle,
denying the democratic concept of individual
liberty as being a good thing, and interpreting
freedom just as the fascists and communists do.
Where we seem to be heading in' all this is
toward a new form of a capitalistic republic
controlled politically and economically by the
unions.
. But is it possible to have that? Can you have
capitalism and union control? Can you main
tain democracy under union control?
If you have the union wage class in economic
control, it would make all capitalism work
toward its ends higher and higher wages which
would force higher and higher prices with less
and less profits, incentive, private capital. It
could not last any more than a controlled capit
alism by business could last.
From the political side, unquestionably the
great bulk of the people who pay the prices and
the wages would not long stand for it. .
No Domination
ONCE you accept the basic new idea of free
dom as meaning federal control, you can
not have either capitalism or democracy domi
nated by any group or class. It could not work.
Only a strictly judicial type of government, dis
passionately maintaining the interests of the
whole, could make both ends meet economically.
But is it politically possible to have dispas
sionate government in this country of such
highly organized minorities?
I hope no one will think this analysis has a
political, critical or propaganda intent. I firm
ly believe no one can stop this current trend of
union political action, except the union leaders,
and I think they will unintentionally by ex
cessive zeal in their own behalf.
As to our future form of government, the
facts of Europe show surface forms do not mean
much. You can have elections, even a rcichstag
call yourself a republic (as Russia docs), and
still have dictatorship by the right or left. The
true difference between those ways . d ours
to date has been that we allowed political op
position. And Ihcy did not. This is the real
dividing line.
Democracy dies when genuine political op
position to the party in power dies, is murdered
or suppressed. This is the test of whether in
dividual liberty exists.
Call your state or movement by whatever
pretty name you think will bc enticing to the
great bulk of people who have insufficient time
from their daily living to keep up on the fine
points of political matters, and can bc made to
believe practically anything by highly organized
propaganda methods of interested experts. Your
state will have real freedom only as long as a
chance is held out to opposition to gain control
by peaceful means.
When that chance is closed, fascist or com
munist methods come into play naturally in,
deed cannot b avoided. These unwanted forces
will come into action in this country, only as
opposition dies, If elections become useless, I
or republican) cannot be beaten.
SIDE GLANCES
Bosworth Named
Lieutenant Colonel
Harlan P. Bosworth Jr., for
mer manager of the California
Oregon . Prima. ... .
been advanced from the rank of '
major to lieutenant colonel, ac-
H?.r,ii-giu0uw,?l;d rci'ved here
during the holiday season.
1,1 . frtl . I r
uwswui in is now in
Bruse s. Belgium, where he ha"
been since the liberation. Mrs
Bosworth and i-V.il,!,.-.. " ' .
in Medford, where hey S
spend the winter.
AT FIRST
JIUNOFA
C1MI !Y HT SfllviCt, INC. T. M- lt6. U. t. WAX. Qffx
lnil at the Diirlv Inst niulil
they had to restrain her from doing a tup dance on (he
pin no!"
LAND EXCHANGE
PROTESTED BY
LAKE
COUNTY
T
use
wo Preparationm-at-l
Lt. Graham Gilmer Jr.. of
Lynchburg, Va., has succeeded
Lt. Samuel D. Crothcrj as chap
lain at the Marine Barracks.
Chaplain Crothors left for sea
duty recently after serving here
since June.
The new post chaplain was
stationed aboard an escort car
rier in the Pacific for 19 months,
and came back to this country
only a short time ago. While in
the Pacific his vessel took part
in the Saipan and Guam inva
sions and the first Philippine
seas battle.
Gilmer was graduated from
Hampden - Sydney college in
1935 with an A. B. degree, fook
a year of graduate work in chem
istry at the University of Virgin
ia the next year, then attended
tjie Union Theological seminary
in Richmond, where he received
his B. D. degree.
He is married to the former
Mary Trigg Gannaway of Pulas
ki, Va., and the couple have two
children, Thomas Walker, 3, and
Graham III, 3.
Commissioned in the navy in
April, 1942. Lt. Gilmer was sta
tioned at Norfolk and at a Balti
more, Md., coast guard yard be
fore going to sea.
ERCIAL
CLASSES SLATED
Adult night classes in commer
cial subjects will start at Klam
ath Union high school, Wednes
day at 7 p. m., in room 103, it
was announced Tuesday.
Classes will be conducted bv
faculty members of the school
and will be held Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays. A small
fee is asked.
There will bc a refresher
course in shorthand, beginners
and advanced typewriting
classes, and classes in calcula
tors. Those interested in dicta
phone courses may find this class
available to eight.
District Forest
Ranger Retires
Ranger E. J. Rogers, who for
the past 10 years has been dis
trict ranger of the Silver Lake
district of the Fremont national
forest, will soon retire from the
forest service.
Ranger Rogers entered the
service as a horse wrangler and
packer on the Lewis and Clark
national forest of Montana in
1915. He transferred to Fort
Klamath as a district ranger in
the spring of 1921. Rogers later
took charge of ranger districts
at Butte Falls and Tiller, Ore.,
and at Dayton. Wash. The Rog
ors moved to Silver Lake in the
fall of 1934.
To Meet The American Le
gion and Legion auxiliary will
meet Tuesday, today, at 8 p. m.,
at the Legion hall. All Legion
naires and members of the aux
iliary arc urged to attend.
UOMEOO's
Are You Embarrassed By
HOT FLASHES?
If you, like so many women, between
the agin of 38 nnd 53 wilier from
hot flutiM, nervous trillion, Irri
tability, are a bit blue at, times all
due to the functional mlrlrlic age
period peculiar to women try Lyrtla
E. Plnkhnm's Vegetable Compound to
relievo such symptoms.
For a1mo.it a century thousands
upon thousands ot women rich and
Boor alike have reported remark'
able benefits. Many wlw women take
Plnkham's Compound reQiilarltt to
help build up resMancc against such
annoying rlistresi.
Lydla Plnkham's Compound Mp
nature. It nlfo has what Doctors call
ft stomachic tmlo effect. Follow label
directions. Worth trying!
WOIA E. PIHKHAM'S W&
i:i:!.i'iiiilii!illiiiiiilliiiM
CITY BRIEFS
.
LAKE VIEW Coming shortly
after the filing of the KUmatn
county court's protest on the
proposed land exchange between
the Fremont and Drichutcs (or.
est services and the Slievlln
lllxon company, the Lake coun
ty court filed a similar protest
this week.
In the proposed exchange, In
volving approximately 38.000
seres, some timber lands In both
Lake and Klanuitli counties aru
(,-i..,i nr die 38.000 acres, ap
proximately 12.000 arcjn Lake;
couniv una .v.uvu 111 miuaui.
The Lako county court's pro
tests were based on the follow
ing ground and reasons:
1. That the contemplated ex
change materially effect tho tax
base of Lake county by this at
tempt to place title to these lands
in a tax free agency.
2. That no means nor agree
ment has been proposed to ef
fect the payment to protectant of
tha legally required payment of
35 per cent.
3. That the county court of
Lake county. Ore., hni never
consented to any such exchange
of lands. '
4. That applicant's retaining
the right to enter the proposed
exchange lands to harvest the
present timber crop until De
cember 31, 1940, toifelhcr with
the right to enter said lands to
remove said logs until June 30,
1050, Is an attempt by the re
gional forester to grant unto ap
plicant innirccuy a nuni own
timber within tho slate of Ore'
On Laava Evcreur Smnicy
McBridc, Bkr. 3c, USN, who
1 l....t I IK nrt...li(' art-
live duty In the South I Pacific, is Kon In. tax free statu,.
hnm. nn leave visiting his oar. n "lc Oregon
cuts, Mr. and Mrs. S. U. Mcurlde,
route one, Klamath Falls. Mc
Bridc will return to San Francis
co, where he Is stationed at pre
sent, on January 3.
To Sacramento Pat Living
ston, who spent the holidays
with friends and relatives In
Klamath Falls, left this weekend
for Sacramento where she is em
ployed. Visits RtlattTsi Mr. and Mrs.
C. A. Henderson and family have
returned from Reedsport, Ore.,
where they spent the Christmas
holidays with relatives.
Mct Cancelled There will
not bc a meeting of the Oregon
Women's Ambulance corps to
night, January 2, as previously
announced.
Soroptimist Members of Sor
optimist club will hold a lunctv
eon meeting Thursday at 12:30
p. m., at the Wi-Ne-Ma coffee
shop. This Is the first meeting
since ine nonaays.
To Stephen! Wanda Shaw,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Royal Shaw, will leave Wednes
day for Columbia, Mo., to resume
ner work at Stephens college,
Surgical Dressings The Shas
ta surgical dressing unit will
operate Thursday starting at 9
a. m. in the Shasta school. All
women of the community are
urged to attend.
ber Conservation commission
has never consented to such ex
change of lands.
6. That the United Slates now
owns and holds free a dispropor
tionate area of Lake county,
nlarinff n undue and tinlust tux
burden upon tho taxpayers of
this county.
7. That this proposed applica
tion Is a further step of the Unit
ed States entering Into privaU
business In competition with pri
vate timber growing interests,
and upon a tax free basis.
Enlist in Navv Wendllng S.
Kessler, Jnmes G. Grimes, James
M. Denlson and Wlllard E. An
derson, all of Klamath Falls, en
listed in the navy recently
through the Klamath recruiting
office and were sworn in at Port
land last week. All four boys
proceeded to the San Diego na
val training center for boot
training immediately after being
sworn In.
Today On The
Western Front
By The Aiioclatid PrM
Canadian lt. British and
Armlaii Artillery "
German cll propelled guns
forrled ucruss Mima "vcr
under cover ol darkness
north of Ciipclle In wolci'n
Holland. Gormun patrols rc-
'"'uTo. 9lh Arniyi No change
In floor river lino In Ger
many, Berlin uliilnuul piii't
of front between Llnnlili
and Duron was given up
without u tight.
U. 8. Ut Army! From Lin
nlch to Stavelol In llrlglmn.
little ground activity re
ported officially ycitcKiuyi
mlrols fulled to make ion.
ct with enemy m Hoclte.
fort vicinity.
U. 8. 3rd Arniyi Uromleiied
wedgo in neck of Gcmiuim'
Belgian bulge to 1 t mile,
widened corridor below Ua
togno to six miles, and at
last reports wu 13 miles
from lt Army on nuitlicrn
(lank. Brut off cnunteiiit
tack northwest and suulli
emt of UikIoki'C.
U. 8. 7th Army: licnimns
threw In five imuulu yes
terday III region u( ri'cnch
Saar. Najls gained some
ground nrur Uaniutnln, five
utiles soullicaat of Bllclic. but
wcro held olnowhrre on 10
mill? front.
Franeh III Armyt No
change reported otllclally.
Klamath h
IVilli
Fran Iht; llln - 40
jliilj.o, " 0 ago,
Trom th Klamath nopubll,.
January , IB01 "f
Tho uumm! uiBKiuorade U
nt llouslun'a npi-ru linuan r'rliilif
night si-ui eil an outMumliM J I
,-lul .y U'llll 11... -
nrry C.uollur were awards
toti!
clul
llnr
pi i.'.o for the moil
masked as countryjakrs. Win,0
Hum cbiiio as u oiiiniiy y
drreml up, ami tiocllrr V i'1
blickWiHidt inulitvn. '
. js
Tho launch, Tulo, wl!i
brought hero by wugun frJo
Tuluhike yesterday, and w ?J
placed Into service on Klmi ,
river hy the Klamath
Nuvlgulloii compuiiy, fv
!j
From the Klamath HeiiU t
January 2. I3) 'e
Trniporaiure droppi-d to ij
degrees nbove uro here lodi.f
'.U
Kttuhllaltincnt nf a iliWv
mail relief camp Is being teji
sldcied here. "I
SI
YREKA Franklin Bradford
Sanies, 34. of Kcii'i, charted with
manslaughter in connection with
a fiitnl aiitnmnblla acciiirtii near
Dorrm, December 0. Will be ar
raigned In Mipeiiur court l
Yrcku, Monday, January 0.
Snmes U the alleged driver of
cur which struck unci killed Al
bert Howard Vniidrrhul. I.o
Aiigclr trm kdrlvrr, as the latter
was uttvmpllng to repair im-cli-nidi
trouble which hud slollrd
his truck a mile north of Dorrls.
Following a preliminary hear
ing In justice court at Dorrls, De
cember 16. the defendant was
bound over to superior court by
Justice of the Peace Lester
Chose.
Same", who Is free on $10110
ball, will enli-r his pica at his
arraignment, January 8,
Resumes Position Mrs. Don
Fisher, who has been absent
from her teaching position at
Fremont school for several
weeks due to a knee Injury, has
resumed her duties.
Tavern Employe
Found Dead in Bed
John W. Tulk, 34, tavern em
ploye, was found dead In his bed
at 11 p. m Monday, January 1,
when neighbors called at his resi
dence, 325 S. 11th.
Death was attributed to natur
al causes, according to the dep
uty county coroner. The body Is
at Whitlock's. Tulk is thought
to have relatives In Grants Pass.
At one time he worked at a local
bottling works.
WE WILL BE CLOSED
Until Jon. 8
IN ORDER TO GIVE
OUR EMPLOYEE?
A VACATION
lflihlnf
ttrh ind all af yn
kippx, priprm Nw TMI
Thank You
For Your Past Patronage
WATERS PLUMBING
and HEATING CO.
Clarified Ads Bring Results.
Paul O. Landry J
this question: C
y
'My employer li ce
ered by a slock broker'! )
bond. Recently he lent 1
messenger Out to make 'V
deposit and while Ihe met- '
longer was an route, h) I
was held up and robbed, r
le tho loss covered by the ,
above blanket bond or j
would such an Incident I
hero to be covered bf V
soma other form of laiur. d
ancar ;
For Information on lay J
Insurance problem, consult
THE LANDRY CO. tl
419 Main St. Ph. 56U
Th Courthouse Is Now .
One Block Down Th "
Street From Our Office.
Mother Hen
About Cold.
Should KTnhr
Friendly
Helpfulness
To Every
Creed and Purs
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite M. Ward
and Son
AMBULANCE
SERVICE
92S High Phone)
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Acts Promptly to Help Relieve
Congestion in Upper Breathing
Paeea es, Coughing Spume,
SoreThroat, Muscular Soreness.
Every young motlier here should know
about thi modern way of relieving
distress of children' colds, You Just
rub Vkks V.ipoRub on chest, throat
and back. (No Internal doting to up
set child' stomach.)
Right away V.ipoRub's wonderful
penetrating-silmuLiiuig action (pic
tured above) starts to work andbf I'
on working for hour to bring r jfj
relief. It Invite restful lcef.on
by morning moat of the mlstrytl
cold l gonel Remember tlili, Mods'
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