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minions' iiv - --
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must como sooner ui mi-
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mid bo cut off and trupped?
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kinnlng that their navy wo
adequate?
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led probubly not more thnn
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ll place to be short.
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were caught by mirprlso
the dlspntchca Insist thoy
L'n nMn hntnrn Ilnl tun ItnUA
definite report Hint Admiral
llsev's fleet on Hm wnv smith
km Formosa, was shndowed
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mrs mill linvA fnnnrtfil nnr
hence and our direction.
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red plniics. thus warned.
nrm out to meet us ond tic-
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iKCd the iilni.no Tf II, l,,l
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lacy would hnvo used them.
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PHICE riVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 16, 1945
Number 10364
Soviets Strike
On 75-Mile Front
LONDON, Jan. 10 Rus
sian troops In u gn-nl new of
feimlvo hnvo struck forward ill!
miles In a 75-inlle-wlilo brcak
tlirouuh between Warsaw and
tlio power drive salient already
thrust across southern Poland
to within 41) miles of German
Silesia mid within 21 of Kra
kow, Premier-Marshal Stalin
announced tonight.
The Gvnniin high command
said Schlossbcrg, 13 miles In
side East Primula to Ihu north,
had fallen to still another soviet
offensive.
The. newest push, Stalin sulci
In an order of the day, sprang
forward from Vistula river
bridgeheads at Warkn and
Pulawy Sunday. Tlio soviet col
umns jollied, capturing Wnrka,
2U miles soulli of Wursiiw, Gro
Jec, 15 miles farther northeast,
and more than 1300 other
places, including Jedlinska, sev
en miles north of the captured
bastion of Itadnm.
43 Generals
Forty-three soviet generals
led the drive, Stalin said. It is
under leadership of Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov, who com
miiuded Russian forces which
destroyed tlio German sixth
army at Stalingrad.
Raclom is within 43 miles of
Kielcc, on the northern shoul
der of the first great soviet win
ter offensive now beating into
Ihu outer salients of the nu.lj'
Krakow-Warsaw defense line.
Russian armies wcro rinping
gaping holes In nazl defenses
along 000 miles of front, and se
riously threatening one of the
main rear communication lines
of Warsaw.
Socond Phase
The new breakthrough was
the second phase of Stalin's
grand winter offensive.
Moscow still was silent oh
German declarations that red
armies were striking Into East
Prussia, had opened assaults at
two points north of Warsaw,
and wcro fighting forward again
in Slovakia.
Zhuk'ov's push opened two
days after Marshal Ivan Koncv
begun his brilliant drive from
tlio Unrnnow bridgehead 120
miles south of Warsaw on Jan
uary 12. -
Masses of artillery supported
the push, but the weather pre
vented large use of aviation.
The breakthrough outflanked
Warsaw from the south, and
filaccd the ruined Polish capital
n grave danger of encirclement.
Stalin ordered a salute of 20
salvos from 224 guns to mark
the victory.
SB-MIL Advance
This announcement followed
an earlier disclosure that the
red army's new offensive In Po
land had smashed forward 38
miles on a 75-milc-wide-salient
between Warsaw and the previ
ously designated drive In the
Krakow area.' '
The second order of the day,
calling for a salute of 20 salvos
from 224 guns, said the first
White Russian army with the
support of the air force, had
"captured by storm the town of
Radom, large Industrial center
of Poland, important center of
communications and powerful
strongpoint . in German - de
fenses." ' .
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jnn. 10 (II Prime
Minister Churchill endorsed to
day President Roosevelt's dec
laration that Iho objectives of
tho Atlantic Charier remain
valid, though not all could be
achieved Immediately.
Ho. titld ,llC newly reconvened
house of commons ho did not bc
llcvo tho allied slogan of uncon
ditional surrender hud great po
litical value for Hitler and ho In
sisted: "The war will be pro
longed until unconditional sur
render has been obtained,"
Scobie Praised
The work of Lt. Gen. Ronald
N. Scobie, Hrltlsh commander in
troubled Greece, drew praise
from the prime minister under
critical questioning- Churchill
said: "I think ho has done ad
mirably." The prlmo minister spoke ex
temporaneously. He plans a full
scale war statement Thursday.
Laborltes Quostlon
Laborltcs and one communist
member of tho house, William
Gallagher, asked the questions
which drew out Churchill. The
house, In which Churchill's con
(Continued on Pago Two)
FDR Prepares
Service Message
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 10 7P)
President Roosevelt Is preparing
to send congress a special mes
sngo favoring national service
legislation,
As n preliminary, ho held a
Whlto House conference today
with service chiefs and legislat
ors concerned wllll tho subject.
It was not disclosed when the
message would go to the capltol.
In hbi recent message on the
state of the union, Mr. Roosevelt
como out emphatically for uni
versal service and said ho would
communicate with congress on It
later.
udiciary Committee Hits
Use of Directives by FDR
-"wiv ntlOKOVnir nr m n d.
la,e TlT"". to'lnyby the
million , ",l "H reunion-
te.fr11". tlio commit-
rotor,. , """ soiling "uenn
To f)nn..i m
"1 11"" Dill
lJne report um. n.i .. .....
In of , 1,,l 'i in s p
J to ocT."n.n' tl!ll0' ?.i.o.-
'esllant ni, i . BUcommiiteo
"1 1 or Z "' eonstltit-
xccut 'minority for
osovoli Lv. ,or(,cra President
si eninu j ,asucrt I nco 10
S3. XtnA tho White House In
1 (D-Nevi P1!?"11"1 McCar
(TO "ArtA Bcn1l" Mc-'(R-v7va)
Rnd ncvor-
L'ciEnnrt..LtiL.,
J excciiii.; 1 u . nl moro than
urners hnvo been
Issued by President Roosevelt
olone, "some of which have no
constitutional or statutory
basis."
Intent Misinterpreted
"The Intent of congress ns ex
pressed In legislation," It contin
ued, has upon various ocensions
"been misinterpreted In tho issu
ance of various executive orders
mid departmental regulations
and directives."
As a result, tho report ndded,
"our government Is becoming
moro and moro n government by
directive rather than a govern
ment of laws." Tho committee
snld public interest required
finding out "how much tho Unit
ed Slates is departing from con
stitutional government."
Transfers Powers
Tho cotnmilteo snld that while
congress fixed by law the func
tions of tho department of agri
culture, tho president, by execu
tive orders, transferred many of
its powers, duties and responsi
bilities to tho war food adminis
tration. ...
After citing this and other
cases as cvldonce of a clash be
tween tho executive orders and
the statutes, the committco said
tho clash "is continuing."
Third Ffeet Pilots Pound
Hong Kong, Amoy, Swatow
PoriSt Isle of Formosa
By LEIF ERICKSON
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor, Jan,
10 (I) Swinging north from the
Indo-Chlna coast where , thoy
sank or damaged 00 ships, U. S.
third fleet "pHots bombed Hong
kong, Swatow and Amoy along
330 miles of China's coast Sat
urday for tho first full-scale car
rier raid of tho war on these
ports vital to Japan's lifeline.
Adm. Chester W, Nimitz gave
no details In his communlquo
yesterday of tho bold China
coast blow, which took the Amcr-
Lorenzo Stallard
Dies in Action
Pvt. Lorenzo Stallard, 30,
whose wife, Marjorle, lives at
4702 S. 6th, was killed in action
in Belgium on December 20,
1044, according to word received
Sunday night from tho war de
partment, Stallard, familiarly known as
"Lcn," was the son of Mrs. Jo
Card of Tulolakc, and Chester
Stallard of Drcwsy, Ore., and the
stepson of Charles Card, co-owner
of the Tulolakc hotel at Tule
lake. With his mother and step
father, young Stallard lived for
many years at Merrill when the
Cards operated the Palm cafe.
Enlisting January 25, 1044,
Stallard reported for training at
Camp Roberts, Calif., with the
US army infantry. He took his
basic training at Camp Roberts
and went overseas August 10,
1044. It Is thought that ho went
Into action November 29, and
was a part of tho first army that
entered Germany and was
caught in tho breakthrough of
Von Rundstcdt's army.
Last word received from Stal
lard was written December 17.
His wife is' the former Marjorio
Pierce and resides here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy
Pierce, 4702 S. 0th.
Prior to the enlistment,' Stal
lard was employed by Baker
brothers hero.
Killed In Action
Pvt. Lorenio Stallard
leans In behind the big Japanese
base of Formosa, bombed anew
at tho same time, vi- .?
Sink' 4 Ships
However, Nimitz disclosed
that the. venturesome third fleet
pilots sank 41 Japanese ships and
damaged 2 8--ln -wiping- out two
convoys off Indo-Chlna on
Thursday. His preliminary esti
mate of 25 ships sunk and 13
damaged had been reported Fri
day. ' ' . ; . .
Tho overall picture was that of
an audacious American carrier
force sweeping Ilko a huge paint
brush from Formosa, where
moro than 100 ships and 98
planes were destroyed or dam
aged January 8, down to Indo
Chlna for Uie Thursday strikes
and back to the China coast on
Saturday.
In the Indo-Chlna sweep the
American fliers destroyed 112
planes 77 were caught on the
ground, so great was the sur
prise and damaged about 50
others in their westernmost
penetration of Japan's inner de
fenses. Pound Facilities
They also heavily pounded
key facilities at Saigon and
Camranh bay, excellent Indo
Chlna ports In enemy hands.
OH refineries in the Saigon
area, vital fuel source for Japan,
were badly ; damaged. Fires
were started in the Saigon navy
yard. Oil storage facilities,
warehouses and buildings In the
Saigon area were set ablaze. A
largo dock at Camranh bay, one
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Condition of
Indian Unchanged
The condition of- Francis Sil
vers, 40-year-old Indian cowhand
who received multiple knife
wounds in an altercation in Chil
oquln Saturday night, was re
ported "unchanged ' at Hillside
hospital today.
Special Indian Officer John
Arkell said no arrests had been
made and that he was continuing
an investigation into the affair
which Involved Loretta Kirk,
Silvers' cx-wlfe, and four other
persons, Loretta, according to
Arkell, admitted Inflicting the
wounds on her former husband.
Hit Jap Ports
RUJSIA
MONGOLIA
' MANCHUKUO
Vladlirostol
Milken
Peiplna.
CMIklA 'Tientsin
JAPAN
Canton... tZ lcn'.
? PcKltkOcton
Japanese-held ports along the
China coast war pounded Sat
urday by an audacious Ameri
can carrier force. Hong Kong.
Swatow and Amoy were hit, as
well as the fortress island of
Formoca;' guarding the Japanese
homeland.
YANKS BATTLE JAP
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LUZON,
Jan; 10 P) Sixth army motor
ized columns are rolling down
a twisting provincial road with
in 98 miles 80 miles airliner ;
of Manila against no more op
position than an occasional
sniper, but other Yank forces
are in a foot-by-foot fight with
hill-entrenched Japanese Ort 'the
extreme northeast flank defend
ing the vital Manila north road.
(Toyko radio, which Is hinting
strongly that -the Philippines re
verses arc leading up lo me
ouster of Premier Kuniaki Kol
so, quoted an imperial head
quarters -communique as ac
knowledging that "the' enemy
is gradually closing, in on our
forces on the central plains of
Luzon"). -
In Tarlae Province
The deepest penetration to
ward Manila reported today car
ried Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
south-bound doughboys out of
Pangasinan, invaded one week
ago from Lingaycn gulf. Into
Tarlae province where they cap
tured the highway junction of
Camiling. That is an overall
gain of 30 miles. From Camiling
a ' lateral road runs 11 miles
east to Paniqui on the Manila
north road.
That strategic highway. No.
3, which more and more will
figure in the Luzon campaign,
links Manila with the summer
capital of Baguio. Japanese
(Continued on Page. Two)
14 Die in Fire
In Chicago Hotel
CHICAGO, Jan. 16 () A
fast moving, spectacular fire
early today attacked the seven
story General Clark . hotel ' in
North Clark street, on the edge
of the loop, killing at least 14
persons and Injuring five others.
Hours after the conflagration
was discovered firemen con
tinued to search the ruins for
bodies of additional persons pos
sibly trapped in tho 40-ycar-old
stone and frame constructed
building.
Fire Commissioner Michael J.
Corrigan said 13 bodies were
found In the wrecked hostelry
while one woman was fatally in
jured when she missed a fire
man's net in a Jump from a third
floor window. Only one of the
14 victims, all of whom were
removed to tho Cook county
morgue, was Identified. He was
Joseph Feilen, about 61.
Tobacco Distributors Set
Up Plan for Smoke Rations
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 VP) Cig
arettes, which since last fall
tave been one of the nation's
artlmc hard-to-get' commodi
ties, will be available at the rate
of about 15 dally to civilians un
der a voluntary rationing system
planned by the National Associa
tion of Tobacco Distributors. The
association estimated the aver
age daily civilian consumption
last year was slightly more than
17 cigarettes.
The association, with a mem
bership of 2800 which controls
distribution of cigarettes to the
country's 1,250,000 retail out
lets, said last night that a card
system of issuing smokes will be
inaugurated within two weeks.
The plan, described as designed
to achieve orderly allotment,
would mark the first time an in
dustry attempted to ration s in
wartime a scarce commodity.
The association's action fol
lowed a stand taken by the of
fice of price administration that
it would not attempt to ration
cigarettes because or the uncer
tainty of determining tho num
ber of smokers. The NATD sys
tem did not meet with any im
mediate objection by the OPA.
Under the system, numbered
ration cards will be issued by re
tailers to consumers who will be
required to sign a declaration
that they have not obtained
cards elsewhere. The rationing
will not be attempted fit outlets
tor transient trade noteis. ran
road and bus stations or at
chain stores. About 13 per cent
of the available cigarettes are
sold at these places, tho nssocia
tlon estimated.
Pit Diversion Plan
Gets Study Here in
Advance of Hearing
Plans were shaped at a meeting last night for basin-wide
representation at a hearing to be held here February 21 by the
army engineers, in connection with a prospective engineers' report
on diversion of Klamath water to the Pit river watershed and
other reclamation matters.
. While no definite conclusions or other action came out of
the "exploratory" meeting, it was agreed that the proposed
engineer's report is such vital, basin-wide importance that much
preliminary work should be done before the hearing in gathering
facts that will help protect the basin's interest in any future de
velopments. , .
The chamber's land use committee one of five chamber
committees which sponsored the session is In charge of pre
paring information for' the chamber for the hearing. Represen
tations from granges, irrigation districts,' municipalities, wildlife
organisations, Tulelake Growers
and other farmer groups, and
BRITISH
ATTACKS
NEAR
I
SE
RIVE
Yanks Win Houffalize
To Reduce Bulge
To Shadow
state agencies are expected at
the hearing.
Richard Hcnzel is director in
charge of the land use commit
tee, and Frank Jenkins is chair
man. Other chamber commit
tees participating in the Monday
night meeting were the agricul
ture, power, community adver
tising and executive committees.
Representatives from Chiloquin,
the Tulelake Growers, irrigation
districts', Klamath . Sportsmen's
association, Izaak Walton league,
and others, were on hand for the
discussion. .
Talk Handicapped
The diccussion was handicap
ped by inability to study the ex
act text of the proposed engineer
office report, but frequent ref
erence was made to a similar
report of the same office in 1933.
The current report is understood
to be a modernization of the 1933
study, with revised estimates of
irrigable acreage, use of water,
area of drained lands and other
factors -which may differ from
conditions in. 1933. ' '
Major Interest is developing
in the possible diversion of
Klamath basin water to Pit river
to provide supplemental water
for California's central valleys
project. This is mentioned in
the 1933 report, which, however,
indicated that it did not at that
time appear feasible due to legal
obstacles and the question of
ample water supply. It is un
derstood the modern report, now
in the making, will include a pro
posal for a possible water stor
age project on Sprague river and
diversion of Williamson river
water to the Sprague.
Firm Stand Urged
Frequently mentioned at the
meeting was the necessity for
standing firm on a demand that
there shall always be reserved
ample water for irrigating every
acre of land in the Klamath ba
sin which now or may ever come
under irrigation. The older re
port of the engineers states that
irrigation in Klamath basin
should be given first considera
tion, and it is understood the cur
rent report 'recommends recogni
tion of prior rights to water for
agricultural lands within the ba
sin above Keno.
It was brought out by speak
ers that there is a danger that
once facilities are constructed for
diverting the water, and it is
used' in 'the Sacramento valley,
demands will be made for water
even though there may not be a
surplus in the Klamath basin.
" Effects Mentioned
Possible detrimental effects on
wildlife and Klamath river pow
(Continued on Page Two)
Chinese Contact
Enemy Patrols
MY1TKYINA, Jan. 16 ()
Chinese patrols driving west
ward from Yunnan province
have made their first contact
with patrols operating in the
north Burma border area in the
vicinity of Mengmao. It was the
first meeting of the Chinese arm
ies in Burma with troops from
China since Burma fell to the
Japanese two and a half years
ago.
The two forces seek to wipe
out the enemy garrison in the
Chinese border town of Want
ing, old Burma road terminal
and last remaining obstacle to
opening of the new India-China
overland supply line.
Chairman Wants
Chairman to Act
Something should be done,
and soon, to repair the fence
on Main from Center to Sec
ond street, and Councilman
Harvey Martin was most em
phatic in urging Mayor Ed
Ostendorf to get the chair
man of the street committee
on tho Job.
"Go to lt then, Harvey,"
the mayor came back.
"You're the chairman."
Appointments were In the
mall that day, the mayor
later explained. .. .
CRITICAL INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 W
The war manpower commission
today divided its list ot so es
sential activities into two gen
eral divisions, labeling one "crit
ical." The breakdown was is
sued as a guide to selective serv
ice in drafting men 26 through
29.
In line with the directive of
War Mobilization Director
Byrnes, registrants in work on
this top-priority list will be held
on their jobs as long as possible
to prevent disruption o.war production.
Those at work in activities
making up the balance of the
list will be the first caned to
meet the quota for some 200,000
men. of this age group by July
i. -- v. - :.- vt;"
AH jobs in seven general cate
gories were . designated, as critical.
These are: production of air
craft and parts;, production of
ships,' boats and parts; produc
tion of ordnance and accessories;
production of ammunition; pro
duction of metal shapes and
forgings for essential products;
production of machinery; and
production of essential rubber
products.
Except for scrap salvage, all
jobs in smelting, refining and
rolling of metals are listed as
critical. In the transportation
services, coal mining and petrol
eum classifications, most jobs
were rated as critical. '
199 Highway
Blocked by Slide
GRANTS PASS. Jan. 16 (PI
The Redwood highway is tem
porarily closed by a slide, re
ported to be the worst in years,
15 miles from Crescent City,
Calif., it was stated today by
Manager Dave Franklin, of the
Pierce Auto Freight, whose
Crescent City truck has been
tied up at the slide since late
yesterday.
Franklin said the ' slide oc
curred between 4 and 5 p. m.
(.Seid Pledge
Made to Greeks
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 Iff)
President Roosevelt has pledged
American aid in the rehabilita
tion of Greece "in collaboration
with our allies."
A state department announce
ment said the pledge was con
tained in a message to Prime
Minister Nicholas Plastiras of
Greece.
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 18 VP) Gen.
Eisenhower resumed his winter
offensive today when troops of
the British second army at
tacked near the Maas (Meuse)
river north of Sittard, even as
Americans captured Mouffalize
and reduced the Belgian bulge
to a thin shadow of itself.
The British second army
struck above Aachen in the
Dutch appendix exactly a month
after Field Marshal Von Rund-
stedt had attacked in Belgium,
sure auacKs aimed at the Ruhr
and Saar arsenals.
Starts Well
British infantry and tanks
struck after a roiling artillery
barrage in the mists of dawn and
a forward officer said the "great
attack started well." Initial pro
gress was made against moder
ate opposition. RAF planes fly
ing support found the battle
area so hazy they were unable
to spot the foe or even see the
battle.
The British attack was cent
ered between Maestricht and
Maeseyck, 18 miles northwest
of Aachen and 40 miles west of
the great Rhineland arsenal of
Dusseldorf. It was the first al
lied seizure of the initiative
since the German breakthrough
in the Belgian Ardennes area
December 16.
South of the bulge, Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton's U. S. third
army also was making offensive
gestures before the Siegfried
line, capturing six German vil
lages this week in the Moselle
valley beyond Luxembourg.
Borg was the latest captured in
an advance of two miles from
Tettlingen.
Farther south, the U. S. 7th
army advanced a mile and a half
into the German bridgehead
across the Rhine north of Stras
bourg, crossing the -Zorn- river.
Shock troops also advanced into
woods northwest of Gambsheim,
nine miles above the Alsatian
capital.
Nazis Attack
In the Karlsruhe corner, the
Germans attacked repeatedly
(Continued on Page Two)
No Developments
Reported on :
Murder Case
No new developments in the
slaying of John Rathiel Ewing,
who died January 12 of bullet
wounds, had been . reported by
Klamath law enforcement offi
cers at a late hour Tuesday.
Ewing's wife, Mary, arrived
here Monday from Edgemont,
S. D., and final rites will be
held this week from Ward's.
Also here are two of Ewing's
brothers, R. E. and J. B. Ewing,
who reached Klamath Falls
Monday from their homes in
California.
Officers said they had ques
tioned a number of persons, but
none was able to aid them in
either establishing a motive for
the slaying or shed any light on
Ewing's movements just prior
to his death. .
Senator. Mafoney
Dies in Meriden
MERIDEN, Conn., Jan. 16 (P)
United States Senator Francis T.
Maloney (D). 50, ill since Janu
ary 1, -dled of a heart attack at
the Meriden hospital today.
Maloney, who was serving his
second term, died while in a
light sleep, Dr. Michael J. Con
roy, his personal physician, said
the senator suffered a coronary
thrombosis.
Semon Asks Use of Building
Funds for Other Purposes
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. i
SALEM, Jan. 16 Pj The
state board of control's program
to construct 53,000,000 worth of
buildings at state institutions in
the next two years was In doubt
today, with many legislators as
serting they would support a pro
posal by Rep. Henry Semon,
Klamath Falls, chairman of the
house ways and means commit
tee, that at least some of the
money be used, for other pur-Doses.
Semon said that the $3,000,-
uou couldn t be used lor con
struction in the next biennium
anyway, because the war won't
be . over. The legislature, ; he
said, will need the money for
other purposes, because there is
no money available beyond what
is contained in the governor's
budget, and requests for approp
riations other than those in the
budget will total several million
dollars.
. While tho deluee of bills ap
peared to be at hand, the ways
and means committee of both
houses appealed for early intro
duction of appropriation bills so
the committees can tackle tho
difficult job of budget-balancing.
A constitutional amendment
was being prepared to permit
the governor to specify what
legislation may be considered at
special legislative sessions, while
a bill would limit the number of
persons attending stale prison
executions to prison officials,
coroners' jury, press, clergy, and
peace officers.
The state federation of labor
gave the senate labor and indus
tries committee five bills to givo
Oregon a law similar to the na
tional labor relations act. They
would grant collective bargain
ing rights, give women pay equal
to pay for men. give public em
ployes bargaining rights, givo
public employes overtime pay. .