FOUR HERALD AND NEWS
Friday. Novambir 2, 1845
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rilANK JENKINS MALCOLM EPLKY
Editor Managing Editor
temporary combination of tho Evening Herald and the
lamath Nawa. Published ovary afternoon except Sunday
at Esplanade and Pine streets. Klamath rails. Oregon, by lha
Herald Publishing Co. and the News Publishing Company. (
Ententtf as aecond clasa matter at the poatofflc of Klamath
rales, One., on August 30, 1900, under act of congreea.
March a, 1878
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; By MALCOLM EPLEY
A LOT of good work went into the effort
that brought a federal district court term
to Klamath Falls. .
It began years ago. A delaying factor was
that congressional action was
necessary, and we do not want
, this occasion to pass without
saying a word of warm ap
preciation t o Congressman
Lowell Stockman, who listened
to our story on the matter
three or four years ago and
began then to lay the ground
work. Senators Morse and
Cordon have helped a great
deal.
Giving real punch to the cf- .
fort recently was the work of EPLEY
the Klamath County Bar association committee,
including J. H. Carnahan. William Ganong and
Harold Merryman. When the lawyers put their
shoulders to the wheel, it began to turn. Ap
proval of the state bar group was obtained by
the local association.
As a preliminary step, Judge James Alger Fee
came to Klamath county and held a session
of federal court. This was a significant recogni
tion of the soundness of the argument for a
court term here... Circuit Judge David R. Van
denberg has cooperated in providing quarters
for holding the federal court in -the circuit
courtroom.
We'll round out the bouquet business with a
word for the chamber of commerce, which has
been In there pitching for a long time on this
matter.
e a
Forest Office Question
AS we have said on numerous occasions, the
number of federal relationships in the
Klamath basin area justifies several important
federal offices here. These' relationships existed
even before the vast extension of federal ac
tivity under the Roosevelt administration.
; For Instance, we still think the U. S.- forest
service should consider a sub-fegional office,
or some other set-up here, that , would more
adequately represent the-forest service in a
county which has major parts of three national
forests within its borders. A ranger's office
for just one of these forests is not enough..-
; i
Roadsign Mixup
A E'VE done a bit of complaining in this
( VV department about roadsigns hereabouts,
and now Halloween pranksters have really fixed
jlhings up.
i , Some one lifted several signs from highways
Jrt the eastern part of the county and installed
;them neatly in the southern Klamath basin.. -
Driving south toward Tulelake yesterday, we
rubbed our eyes when an apparently official
'sign informed us we were approach the Sprague
River junction. That was just north of the
.Tulelake-Malin junction.
In the town of Merrill, another official sign
bears the word "Dairy."
! Several signs from the Beatty-Bly-Dairy area
were noticed standing against the wall of the
jHenley school.
We haven't been in the eastern part of the
jcounty since the night the witches were at
work and do not know if the southend signs
were set up out there.
i Until the work of the pranksters is repaired,
here's another hazard to drunken driving.
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 Thirty-six hours
before Mr. Truman spoke, his speech
contained a flat program for a 20 per cent
1 general union wage increase.
As later delivered, the arguments upon which
the 20 per cent plan had been based were
presented in detail without the 20 per cent
figure.
The arguments contended the work-week for
unions had been reduced from 48 to 40 hours;
the reduction of eight being one-fifth or 20
per cent of 40. So the unions should get 20
per cent of their demands without any price
increases.
I understand industry served notice it would
rebel against such a program. Other reasonable
interests would have agreed such a political
settlement was impossible of fulfillment as well
as a surrender of the national economy to in
flation and the unions. (I will below outline
the justices of this position). Industry was
prepared to contend, furthermore, Mr. Truman
had no legal authority to impose such a pro
position. Resistance in the courts and other
wise was a prospect.
a e a
Proposition Hedged
SO the proposition was hedged in the final
presentation but how much no one yet
knows for sure. The common news interpreta
tion was that wage increases should be limited
to cases which would not cause a general price
increase (with exceptions). Labor, in some in
stances however, still thinks it means 20 per
cent. Thus, the matter may yet require con
siderable workine out.
While a change of administration front to
CIO economics apparently has been narrowly
averted, the judicious plane Mr. Truman finally
reached is oen to interpretations perhaps be
yond those yet apparent to the public.
The factors behind" the decision to eliminate
the 20 Der cent figure are these:
- There is no economic justification for a flat
20 Der cent boost. ; The unions contend their
take-home income should be kept at wartime
levels in order to maintain national purchasing
power. This is not necessary economically
or even advisable from an economic standpoint
for two reasons,
In the first place the spending program of
the Truman administration will run two or
three times higher than the highest spending
of the free spending Roosevelt budgets to slimu
late purchasing power as never before.
In the second place, there is already too much
purchasing power for the goods available, as
anyone can see from the way people are throw
ing money ' around.
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Purchasing Power Too Great .
THE purchasing power is too great for the
amount of goods available and will remain
so for the next 18 months or more the pro
jected time ;for the increase and probably
until goods become freely available. Thus, a
wage increase during the period covered by
this 20 per cent agreement, can only be recog
nized as a political appeasement of the unions.
The unions, of course, claim they will not
get their full wartime wage under this settle
ment, because they will lose overtime pay.
This is true, but from the economic standpoint,
the program means less production than war
time, much less, and therefore continuance
i of the shortage of goods in the face of already
excessive purchasing power.
The second proposition involved is that prices
shall not be increased. The wage cost of pro
duction cannot be increased by one-fifth without
an increase in price! The proposition is an in
congruity. The theory of the unionists is that business
has been making rich profits, and the 20 per
cent increase can come from that. Wartime
profits were based on many factors that no
longer exist. The manufacturers had fixed
contracts from a single customer, the govern
ment. They had the utmost mass human ef
fort, men doubling up on jobs, working 48
hours and more, which cut their costs.
The World
Today
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
(Substituting for MacKtnilo)
AP Foreign Affairs Analvit
Americans awoke today to aiv
other day of disturbing news
Just as they have for many days
past. Strikes and any number
of troubles great and small!
But the news they mlitht hnvo
had today was not to come, in
stead of awaiting word of per
haps 200,000 American boys
who might have been facing a
murderous, suicidal Japanese cle
fense of Kyushu island, tlious
ands were waiting on both east
and west coasts for veterans
homeward bound.
Today would have been a cru
cial day on Kyushu but for the
series of fortuitous circumstanc
es which knocked out Japan less
than three months ago.
Poised To Strike
Under the schedule fixed be
fore Hirohito hollered quits,
MacArthur and Nimitz would
have struck against the Japa
nose homeland night before lust.
Presumably they would have
been ashore today with most of
10 divisions. They would have
been the 25th, 33rd, 40th, 41st,
43rd, 1st cavalry, the America),
and the 2nd, 3rd and 5th ma
rines. Coining in behind them
would have been the 77th, 81st
and 98th after a feint toward the
inland sea around the strait be
tween Shikoku and Honshu.
MacArthur planned to secure
Kyushu for the winter, consoli-
date, and strike about March 1
directly at Tokyo across the
plains east of the city. The as
sault and immediate follow
through there would have In
volved 25 additional divisions,
and no telling how many more
in the following land campaign.
IB-Months campaign
Unofficial reports from the
general's headquarters before
the end of the war said prepara
tions would be made for an 18
months campaign in Japan. And
the effect of the subjugation of
the homeland on Japanese arm
les in China and Manchuria was
still a matter of speculation. It
was hoped that the beheading of
the empire would wither its
parts. Russia was expected to see
mat it aid. But none could be
sure. The British were loading
tneir boats to cut off the Japa
nese in Malaya and the south'
west "co-prosperity sphere"
wnen tne surrender came.
The Japanese have made it
plain what they intended to do.
They would have met us with
suicide boats, with a Kamikaze
for which planes and pilots were
being saved and with every man
who could stand in defense of his
homeland.
The news is not always heart
ening now. But no bobbing, face
down bodies of American boys
dot the surf of southern Kyushu,
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SEATTLE, Nov. 2 fT) Rus-
sin will make a spirited bid for
postwar steamship trade in tho
Atlantic and Pacific, u Soviet
purchasing commission represen
tative who predicted unprece
dented shipping between north
west ports and Russia said yes
terday, Tho spokesman, Pavel Revlio
rez said he had learned recently
his government wns considering
tho construction of fast passen
ger ships for service lo ports on
both sides of the United States.
"There will bo great demand
for American goods in Russia.
Many ships will bo needed to
carry thoso cargoes," he added.
Revlzorez snld also more than
100 Russian government repre
sentatives would arrive in Seat
tle today, homeward bound after
wartime service in this country.
They will board the Russian mo
torshlp Smolnv here and sail for
Vladivostok, he said.
The Russian commission's
Seattle office will close Satur
day, for transfer to Portland,
Rcvizorcz also announced.
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From the Evening Herald
Nov. 2, 1935
El Nido. a nearbv roadhouse.
was held up by a robber with n
machine gun last night. He got
?40.
Riff rrnvtrrle nm nmlwlt,, tl.m
Merrill potato festival today.
TIbIa 1 1 1 1 ! .
vj.ti.vj tilii-a uiv 91111 KUUUllg.
They are up to $1.25 here.
From the Klamath Republican
Oct. 26, 1905
AHlirAC la n rloonlntn culn nf
ashes as tho result of a terrible
fire. Twenty -seven buildings
burned nt nn Hmntorl lr,c r
$75,000.
Bond Purchase Good
For Vote For Queen
PORTLAND, Nov. 2 Ml
Each $18.75 war bond purchas
ed from Nov. 5 through mid
night Doc. 1 will bo good for a
vote for Oregon victory queen,
nfrirlnlie mild todnv.
Every girl whoso name Is
hacked with S.1III10 In bonds will
become a candidate, eligible
for a chance ot n screen curuor
EUGENE PUBLISHER
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 2 M')
New head of tho Boy Scouts of
America Regional Executive
committee, succeeding Reginald
II, Parsons of Sjeattle, Is Alton
F. Baker, Eugene Reglster-Ciuard
publisher.
Pnlciit hnlrte mimprniia Unv
Scout awards including tho sil
ver antelope for distinguished
service to boyhood. Ho has been
active In scouting since 1042.
Parsons is retiring from the
committee, which makes up
training programs and policies
for Oregon, Idaho, Washington,
Alaska and part of Montana.
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Fifteen six-horse teams arriv
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ath Falls merchants.
Wires are now strung for
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OFFICERS
Stale realtors concluded tholr
11th annual convention In Gear
hart last week choosing A, D.
Newman ot Portland as tho now
president.
New officers named were,
William Ci. Hardy, Siilomj It. C.
"Uiiguu" Dale, Klamath Fulls,
mid J. Kretl llraly, Albany, vlco
presidents; V. W. Doinlney, Port
land, treasurer; Lurry W. Iltmiu,
Portland, Nocretury; J, K, Estop,
Lebanon, director for one year
to replace, llraly; 11. C. Ouley,
Ashland; Edward C. Conic,
Grants Puss; E. M. Chllcoto,
Klamath Falls; Leo N. Chillis,
Bnlcinj John L. Orny and Harold. 4
Rogers of Portland, and Walter
j, union, jtodiuoiui, (iiioctoin (or
two years.
A. It, Kiiporsnn and Wenley
Sharpies iilsu attended (ho eon.
volition from Klamath Fulls.
Dalo ciiina In second on tho quit
contest,
Service Personnel
Invited To Party
All servlco nrronnol m
cordially Invited to a party
given In their honor by the
young people of thu Iiiiiiiitiniiil
llapllsl church. Tim location Is
No, lllh and High, tlio time
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
Thorn will ha good food, fun
and fellowship,
Tim world'H lnrues.1 exDortnr
nt coffee la 13rii7.il.
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Telling
The Editor
Letters printed here must not be mors
than S00 worde In length, muet bo writ
ten legibly on 0N( IIOI at the paper
only, and muet be signed. Contributions
lolloorlng these rules, are warmly wet-
; TIPS TO POTENTIAL
? ENEMIES
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.
(To the Editor) Why in the
.name of heaven don't our poli
ticians go into the files of every
newspaper in the country and
send copies of the last 30 days
to all foreign countries, to save
them the trouble of having their
runderground agents pick them
iup? In that way, they will
know the easy way, just how,
when and where to use their
atomic bombs on us when they
get ready to wipe us out.
J Frank W. Hurd.
JJoute 3, Box 1032A.
I ON STRIKES
1' KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
ftne Editor): Please give me a
; little space to defend my article
on strikes In the Herald-News,
: October 24.
.' My shoulders are broad and I
can take the raps from both em
ployer and union. Operators of
-several big concerns have called
me down on my statements of
pronts. xney say I want the
union to take all the profits.
' Let's get down to cases: When
Henry Ford raised waees to
minimum of five dollars a day,
he was patted on the back for it.
Nevertheless, he was getting
very rich and was selling cars
for as low as $450. Everyone
coma aiiora a ear tnen,
i Scars, Roebuck slock Is
around $143. Is the company go
ing broke? Not on your lifel Yet
the company Is unionized. ,
, The American Telephone com
pany stock has soared to $185.
They must be making money, yet
they have not lowered rates or
raised wages. These same facts
can be said of many companies.
'. President Truman said, a
"mouthful" when he said wages
should be raised, that it would
produce Inflation. Harry Truman
knows the status of industry,
even if he is a democrat. He re
alizes that we already have some
Inflation, and are paying too
much for many things.
I am not upholding the union
in every way. I think a 15 per
cent, raise would have been
enough; 30 per cent is too much.
If the big lumber comoanies had
volunteered to raise 15 per cent
Deiore tne striKe, i aon t believe
mere would nave been a strike;
but as I quoted Mr. Donough,
head of a big steel industry.
"The big industries do not raise
wages unless forced to." The au
tomobile manufacturers will try
io raise tne price ol automobiles
if they give in to the union. Har
ry Truman can't stop it. . That
means more inflation, which
harms everybody.
As I said, arbitration is the
only remedy for strikes.
DR. W. P. TABER.
4060 Shasta Way.
CATTLE PUZZLE
PDTlTT.AMn Hiiu 9 ffli A
North Portland resident found
the thrpft heifprs nnrl door lrtct I
from a Vancouver, Wash., man's
nera.
Rut. frm nwnor Anrin fi.
Shagren, can't figure out how
the cattle crossed the Columbia
river.
&fi3 terelsitJoe Marsh
IvsftXJ
Atomtlummt
Keeping 'em Down on
the farm
Rode out to the Jenkins farm
the other day-and there was
young- Charlie Jenkins-two
months out of uniform driving
a tractor as pretty as could be
with his one good arm.
I expect yon find thai pretty
dun after piloting a bomber,' J
suggested.
Charlie gives me a wide, con
tented grin. "Dull?" he says.
"All the time I was over Ger
many I dreamt of this the smell
of hay, and the hot sun on my
back . . . and comln' home to
women's voices in the farm
house, and home cookin', and a
friendly glass of beer. No," he
says dreamily, "not dull!"
Prom where I sit, that's how
lots of retaining veterans moat
feeL Teaming for excitement?
No, Jhut mighty glad to be back
rlth the old familiar things, the
day's work, the rewards ot
home, companionship, and sim
ple pleasures like a friendly
glass of beer, No... not doll,
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