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By MALCOLM EPLEY
1 1 1 HAVE been in every jail In the U. S. This
I is the worst hole in the west."
We hasten to point out that we're quoting,
and not offering personal testimony In the above
sentence. It was copied this
morning from the bull pen
wall at the city jail, where
prisoners have taken generous
advantage of the American
principle of freedom of ex
pression in denouncing the in
stitution in which they have
been incarcerated.
The author of the quoted
sentences above, who carefully
qualifies himself as an expert
witness before giving us the
truth, is in definite agreement EPLEY
with a dozen or more Klamath county grand
juries.
It is customary for our grand juries to go
through the city jail, holding their noses, and
then rush to pen and paper to describe the jail
as a "isgrace. Grand jury denunciations of the
city jail have been coming out regularly for
at least 14 years. In slightly more dignified
language, they tell the story that is related in
scrawls on the bull-pen wall.
that it will get a favorable vote, and that steps
will then proceed rapidly to close out the dis
graceful Jail in the city hall and furnish city
and county with a modern facility that will be
the envy of other communities.
I News Behind The News
Br PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, June 19 Those senators
back from Europe had for more to say
than they offered in interviews. Their private
reports on their quick-study of the western end
of the continent would make your ears curl.
Here are some of the things they did not .make
public:
De Gaulle is staving off an election In France
because he fears the communists will sweep
him and all democrats into the discard. The
impending election in the British Isles may do
much to determine how she will stand against
the sweeping surge, as defeat of Churchill
would mean appeasement of communist expan
sion. He, himself, is afraid of it. Yet Church
Ill and De Gaulle are fighting each other.
The French people are not as fully filled
with admiration of us as the cheering movie
newsreels sometimes suggest. They see Ameri
can soldiers not always as their liberators but
as highly paid strangers (etrangers) who travel
in jeeps while others walk, and who are well
led, while they are not.
On Friday Ballot
THIS all leads up to a memorandum today to
Klamath voters that they will have oppor
tunity, at Friday's election, to give their ap
proval to a far-reaching program that will end
once and for all the .disgraceful condition in
the present city jail. . ,
One measure oh Friday's special city ballot
provides for a levy of $36,000 to go toward the
city's part of a new city-county jail for Klamath.
The jail , will cost about $150,000. Of this
amount, the county is furnishing $100,000, and
the city $50,000. The city has about $15,000
from other funds for the purpose. The levy
will make up the rest of the contribution.
Because we have been for a city-county jail
plan for a decade or so, and have advocated
it frequently her;:, .we. would be shirking our
duty if we did not give it a hearty plug at
this time.' '
In connection with the financing, we point
out immediately that no bond issue is involved
that the whole project is to be financed
through current levies and funds on hand.
Klamath public bodies have simply gotten out
of the bond issue habit, and only in exceptional
cases should we approve that method of fin
ancing in the future. We've had our fingers
burned.
'
Economy
THE city-county jail'' offers "opportunity to
bring closer together two law enforcement
functions that should work in close coordina
tion. It eliminates some duplication, and will
give Klamath a modern, sensible, economical
jail set-up.
The committee in charge of plans for the
structure is composed of Dick Henzel, Nelson
Reed, Vera Moore, Police Chief Orville Hamil
ton and Sheriff Lloyd Low.
The plan is to construct the building with
wings for city and county, with a common
kitchen and other general facilities. The pro
posed site is on Klamath avenue and Third
street, diagonally across from the present county
jail, which, if the present scheme goes through,
can be used for a courthouse annex to relieve
the pressure for courthouse space. '
Administration will be up to the sheriff and
police chief. Under the plan, each department
can maintain its distinction, and in case of a
clash of personalities, the joint jail can con
tinue to operate efficiently. We believe, how
ever, that with closer physical arrangements,
there will be less chance for inter-departmental
clashes than when the two departments are
operated in widely separated locations. Inci
dentally, the present police chief and sheriff
get along famously, and we are sure they will
start off the joint enterprise in good form.
The Friday vote on the city's contribution to
the city-county jail is in a way a test of senti
ment toward the whole joint jail idea. We hope
Resent Yank Forces
THE French powers likewise resent the pres
ence of American forces in North Africa
because we tend to give the Arabs ideas of
liberty which the French do not consider health
ful for their colonists.
Their ruined industries, shortages of mater
ials and unbelievably extreme decay in morals
are combining to break the stamina of the
nation and make it an easy prey for any oppos
ition to existing rule and the sole, present,
powerful opposition is the political absurdity
known as communism. (A sensational Incident
involving abuse of German women is told.)
Their heritage runs back into a great lova
of liberty as deep as our own, but they are
to a considerable extent a peasant people, and
therefore easily subject to harsh, disciplined
leadership of dictators. So far they have not
come to that yet, but there is resignation ar
parent among millions of them who do not
have enough to eat and not enough work.
They are in the mood for subjection by any
over-running political power.
In Italy, communism is much stronger than
dispatches have led us to suspect
Less Moral Decay
THE Belgians and Dutch seem to have much
more character, more stamina, are more in
sistent upon liberty and Christian principles.
They are trying harder to revive. Their people
show less moral decay.
Whether the people in Anglo-French-American
Germany can be made democratic is yet un
clear.. They are not only dejected but sullen
and all believe they face years of dire ex
istence as their penalty for making war. The
anti-fraternization policy of General Eisenhower
is likely to be changed to permit our soldiers
to mingle more with them.
Nothing valid or penetrating is known by us
of Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Austria, or
Czechoslovakia, except that Stalin is there set
ting up the kind of governments he wants, and
one other confirmed fact all anti-communist
opposition is being liquidated.
The Polish issue, which we discuss so ex
tensively, is a minor matter as compared with
this whole of middle and southeastern Europe,
which is already operating on a Russian axis.
Speaking From Facts'
SO when one of the senators said he feared
from his trip all Europe was sweeping
toward communism or state socialism, he was
speaking from the above-mentioned facts.
Many courses of probable action are being
discussed. Anglo-French relations certainly
need to be fixed at once. Rapproachment be
tween De Gaulle and Churchill is called for.
More intelligent and earnest. American leader
ship to back the people in Europe who like our
way of life (which was their historic way) is
needed.
A food conference of all the allied nations
also seems possible. We cannot do anything
important on this in the present crisis in our
own larder, but Canada, Australia, Latin Amer
ica and other nations have food. There is no
starvation in Europe yet, but there may be this
coming winter.' In fact, winter , is likely also
to be the critical political time. : .
If the inroads of despair can be held back
until this critical -coming period is passed, a
few of the senators have an idea the problem
of Europe may possibly be worked out. -
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told me bow lo bundle licr'l"
442nd Regiment Officers
Organize Replacement Plan
For Japanese American Gfs
By SID FEDER
LAKE GARDA, Italy (IP)
Officers of the U. S. 442nd in
fantry regiment have organized
their own replacement plan for
the Japanese-American soldiers
returning home after gallant
lighting with the regiment in
Italy and France.
Through arrangements by a
committee of three officers,
every Nisei soldier heading
home takes with him the names
of men already contacted in
America who will help him lo
cate in the place and in the In
dustry or profession he wants.
Along with that he will have
letters of reference from his
company, battalion and regi
mental commanders attesting to
his membership in one of the
most decorated outfits in the
army. ,
Originated Plan
The plan was originated by
Lt. William Wolf, Evanston,
111., who serves on the commit
tee along with Lt. Edward R.
Williams, Chicago, and Capt.
California (Cable) Ushiro, orig
inally a Californian whose ad
dress is the Heart Mountain
war relocation center in Wyo
ming. It was first planned to have
a Hawaiian officer on the com
mittee but the proposal was
given up when it was learned
the territory already has its
own replacement units working.
The system was arranged spe
cifically for soldier victims of
exclusion tactics on the Pacific
coast for fellows like T4
Sagie Nlshioka, .Hood River,
Ore.
Not From Mother
The other day Sagie received
a note from his mother, who is
in the Wyoming relocation
camp with his 16-year-old broth
er and a sister.
Her note began: "I suppose
you've heard your name has
been taken off the soldier rolls
at Hood River . . ."
(The Hood River post No. 22
of the American Legion restored
the names of 15 Nisei, including
Sagie Nishloka, to its honor roll
on last March 6 upon the order
of the Legion's national com
mander. Nishloka was born in
Hood River on February 10,
1920, and Inducted there on
February 1, 1942).
15 Transfusions
Sagie Is not doing so well just
now. He's hud 15 blood transfu
sions and five operations In the
last few weeks. A Jerry mortar
shell did It to him when he and
the rest of the 442nd spear
headed the drive upon the LI
gurian coast in the lost push of
this campaign and actually out
ran their flanking support.
Sagie has been in the army
more than three years. Before
that for 10 years after his
father's death SaRic had been
the sole support of his mother,
sister and brother on their little
farm at Hood River.
The family was forced to
leave the farm when the west
coast families of Japanese ex
traction were relocated after
Pearl Harbor.
Now, Sagie doesn't know If
he ever will be strong enough
to return to the farm and work
it.
Even If he regains his
strength, the outlook is not too
bright for him. . .
A Hood River friend wrote
Sagie not long ago telling him
things were too tense and ad
vising him not to come back
Immediately,
WRA Teacher Dies
On Way To Work
NEWELL Grace Menane, 57,
a icacner at tne war relocation
center, died of a hemorrhage this
morning. Mrs. Menane col
lapsed on her way to the element
ary school where she had been
teaching since February 12. She
was taken to the hospital and
aica mere, wka omciais said.
Before coming to the reloca
tlon center, Mrs. Menane taught
in i,uRcne. She is survived by
a daughter. Mrs. George H. Scott
of Corvallis, and a son, Ernest
c menane or aan rranclsco.
Final arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made
Death is attributed to natural
causes.
CLARK RECEIVED
ROME. June IP UP Back
from a trip to the United States
uen. Mark w. Clark was re
ceived in private audience by
rope hub All today.
WASHINGTON, June 19 m
Corporations, eager to invest
their idle funds in U. S. securi
ties, already have put more than
three billion dollars in the 7th
War Loan drive.
Bonds were not issued to cor
porations in the drive until yes
terday. Ted Gamble, national
war finance director, said the
size of the early figure "indi
cates that corporation sales will
equal the good record shown to
date in sales to individuals."
Here sis the money standing
in the drive which ends June
30:
Total sales, $8,903,000,000,
which is 63.6 per cent of the
$14,000,000,000 quota. This fig
ure is divided as follows:
The corporations, $3,049,000,
D00 which is 43.5 per cent of the
(7,000,000,000 quota.
The individuals, $5,854,000 -000,
of which series E bond sales
made up $2,638,000,000. The
Individual sales are - 83.6 per
cent of the $7,000,000,000 quota
for individuals. E bond sales
are 66 per cent of the $4,000,-
uuu.uuu Dona quota.
Weyerhaeuser Worker
Given Probation
Albert M. Waldo, Weyerhaeu
ser employe, was given four
vpars1 nrnhnttnn fn tlia 1!et.Int
attorney's office here and told
iu muite restitution or a zorgea
check in the sum of $119.66 by
Circuit Court Judge David R.
Vandenberg in court yesterday
OllCl 11UUI1.
Waldo had pleaded guilty to
forging the endorsement on a
check and had waived prelimi
nary hearing and grand jury in
dictment. Waldo had been held
in the county jail in lieu of
$1000 cash ball.
OSC Summer School
Registration At 408
CORVALLIS, June 19 (IP)
First day registration at Oregon
State college summer session
was reported today as 408, com
pared with 370 last year.
About 100 more students are
expected before the lists close.
More men turned up this year
131 to last summer s 100.
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VOTE IN STATE
SALEM, June 10 (IP) A total
of 000,4311 persons will bo eli
gible to vote In Frlduy's special
election, compurcd with (102,013
at the genoral election lust No
vember, the stale department
said today in announcing final
registration figures.
It wus estimated, however,
that only 28 or 30 per cent of
the registrants would voto.
The totals Includo 283.734 re
publicans, 204,334 democrats,
2072 independents, 300 social
ists, 47U prohibitionists, and
8052 Independents uud miscel
laneous.
democrats lost 20,482, while thu
republicans lost 10,071.
mere will be only two mea
sures on the statewide ballot.
One would levy a o-mlll prop
erty tax for two years to raise
$10,000,000, but the tax would
not be levied, as sufficient In
come tax surpluses are on hand
to cancel It. Of this money,
$6,000,000 would bo used to
build new buildings for state In
stitutions, and $4,000,000 for
now buildings for state colleges
and the university.
Tho other measure would
levy a 2-cent cigarette tax to
raiso $2,000,000 a year for pub
lic schools.
Tho building nrooosnl Is ex
pected, to win cosy approval,
slnco almost no opposition has
developed.
nut tne cignreite tax has
found little support, even nmona
school teachers and administra
tors. Some school groups hove
endorsed It, but only in a luke
warm manner.
AP WAR REPORTER
HOME FROM PACIFIC
PORTLAND. June 10 IPI
Fred E. Ilnmpaon, veteran As
sociated Press war correspon
dent, was back home here today
for tne first time since he lelt
for. the Pacific nearly two years
ago.
I he Portland newsman who
went through 10 amphibious
landings Indicated little nope for
a quick Japancso surrender.
'There's not oven any Indication
of it In Tokyo." ho told inter
viewers as ho landed at the air
port hero yesterday.
it we do get a formal sur
render, It's doubtful that out
flung garrisons will accept It.
I've seen orders to Jap troops
to disregard any surronder order
even If it's signed by the em
peror, because it may be forged.
rlampson. who lost 90 pounds
during 22 months of strenuous
war reporting, discounted recent
Japanese surrenders as an indica
tion of failing morale. u you
comb through them," he said,
you 11 find they re Korean sol
diers or Jap work troops. The
real Jap fighter never says die."
Northwest Urged To
Build Chinese Trade
PORTLAND. June 19 VP)
The northwest was urged today
by Arthur V. Davis, chairman of
the board of Aluminum company
of America, to begin building
trade with China.
Davis said England, Russia and
France are eager to capture post
war trade and opcrato industries
there but America can obtain a
place in China which no other
nation can.
"It is ud to us to take ad
vantage of our opportunities," he
told a meeting here yesterday.
Telling
The Editor
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"BALLOON" STORY
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Kdltor) I have beside mo
Saturday's lssuo of Tho Herald
and News In which thuro Is an
article about things that did not
happen hero containing a lung
list of "It Is not trues." I should
liko to add a few of my own
concerning tho newspaper which
landed on an old building beside
Link river.
It Is not true that a woman
mid her TWO daughters were
terrified' that thu "balloon"
would land on their houso us
WE could tell from the time wo
saw It coming down that It must
bo n paper, and wo also thought
that it would land In Lake
Ewiiuno. Wo weru merely
greatly Interested, having heard
ull thu rumors down town.
It Is not true that Sheriff
Lloyd Low "discovered" the pa
per, because when wo saw It
cotno clown, we watched to seo
where It landed and immediate
ly drove down and located It,
thinking wo were doing our
civic duly or soma fool tiling In
helping to clear up sumo of tho
rumors.
Immediately after this, about
half im hour before tho sheriff
arrived on tho scene, I called
Tho Herald and News to report
tho Incident (also thinking thut
It might Just possibly help to
clear tin some of tho rumors) but
wus told that what people down
town wero watching was tho
planet Venus and thut the move
ment could bo accounted for by
the movement of tho earth. If
this was true, tho earth must
have been pretty lively that duy,
Jumping up and down and back
and forth. Of course, I have no
doubt some people wero watch
ing tho planet Venus, but tho
people we saw and talked lo
weren't. It moved from over
Waggoner's to Drew's and buck
over I'enncy's.
When Sheriff Low arrived, we
explained what wo had seen,
pointed out to him whore wo
found it, told him what It was;
and ho drove down to look at It.
The Herald and News had tho
truo story when It first hap
pened, but I roulizo that tho
sheriff's second hand account
would carry moro weight than
an ordinary cltUon's first hand
a :ount.
DARLE HELFRICH, '
PO Box 815.
Editor's Note: The Herald and
News received numerous "bal
loon" reports last Friday, some
originating from paper flying
In tho olr, and others from peo
ple who had seen the planet
Vonus. The Incident recounted
above was reported to our offlco
directly and also to tho shorlff,
who related It to a reporter who
happened to be writing the
s'.ory. Our apologies to Miss
Hclfrlch for not Including her
version, which the particular
writer of tho story had not
heard.
INCREASE RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON, Juno IB UP)
An Increased price fon northwest
tuna hns been recommended by
the fish and wild life division
of tho Interior department, Sen.
Mitchell (D-Wosh.) said today.
Mitchell told a reporter he
hns urged the Increnso to encour
age development of tho Industry.
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