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lb) A InTfie By FRANK JENKINS pr-HE Yamashlto. trill ends I quickly. Ones tho ovldonce ti In. a five-w-niieral nillitiiry commission con victs .ilm promptly of huving 'PjKaiiTTED a series of utroc lit , and hlKli crlmoi by Jap ilose forces under hi command" and sentences him to death by hanging. (Mo can niul probably will an imal first to MucArthur and then ) the U. S. supreme court.) arHE Yamushlta trial wss held , In tho Phlllpplnoi. Further wur crime trials will procood without loss o( timo In Japan, jynnmslilla was inoro or loss of nn underling. TIioihi to be tried ' In Jnpun will Include inch men es Former Premier Tojo, Prince Konoyo and Lord Keeper of the I'rlvy Seal KKlo. We're going after tho TOP PERS as well us tho underlings. , (UR Joseph B. Kecnan, who XJ will conduct tho war crim inal prosecutions In Japan, says loony: . -, "In tho pant a (war criminal) man lost only hit) prestige, an did the Kaiser In World War I, but now we must mako tho L&AD KKS endure personal punish ment. We havo gone to tho point whero another war threatens the very cxlstenco of civilization, and wo must act firmly." He is wholly right. If we ore over to have world police, we must mnko wars of conquest UN PROFITABLE. HURLEY'S clmrgos against tho state department are falling flat largoly, one guesses, be cause he lacks emotional stabll ltv. loses his temper under prod ding and so makes a poor wit ness. Sluto secretary uyrncs. who has a well established reputation as a smoothie, has madt Hurley look rather cheap and Ineffective. h This writer, however, hopes j that congress will dig deeply in- to our state department In a ' sincere effort to find out if we : rouldn't be doltn a better job of foreign relations. Our diplo matic service has never been up so tho general American Stand ard. Now (whether wo like It or iot) we are in world politics up to our necK. we can no longer ffford mediocre diplomats. .N tho subject of traditional d In omacv. this writer is a rebel who thinks It Is high time for enlightened and educated America to CAST OVERBOARD tho hoary mumbo-Jumbo of "foreign policy" ss It has been handed down to us through tho conturlcs. Secrecy and mystery are cs nnilnl mi r Li of the ritual of lra dltlonol diplomacy, which has long been conducted in mucn 01 the soma spirit and with much nt Ihn aiuna trnnnlnua as the Incantations of tho magicians and tho medicine men of savage tribes. Tho fundamental idea has been much the some that Is, to fool tho common ordinary public. . . It's about tlmo for America to east off these ancient concepts and Inltlato NEW ideas of for eign policy basing our relations with other nations and peoples upon simple frankness, sincerity and common, everyday Justice. ANYWHERE within gunshot of a foreign office, of course, this Is about as radical an Idea as could bo advanced, and any ono'promotlng it could bo shot for nigh treason, lose majeste and tho good of tho order If the striped pants and spatted pro fessionals had their way. But If American foreign policy is to command tho lasting sup ' port of tho lower echelons of tho population that do tho fight ing, tho suffering and the dying when foreign policy eventuates In war it Is going to be necessary ultimately to tell tho people s whot our foreign policy Is and V why In words thot can bo under stood by everybody. Klamath Indian Election Stands Klamath Indians in council session yesterday decided to let a recent tribal election stand. At the election, held on No vember 1, tribal delegates to Washington and enrollment committee members wore chos en. Subsequently, some ques tion arose about the election, and tho council was colled yes terday to decide whether It should he held over again. The suggestion was rejected. Boyd Jackson and Wado Crawford wcro elected delegates to Wash ington In the November 1 vote. Chairman Scldcn E. Kirk at yosterday's meeting declared out of order the matter of an ' alleged claim against Crawford. . PRICE FIVE CENTS Telephone Mill t FALLS. OHECON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1945 Number 10SS8 teada Scans Atlantic Fr -Six missing ramies : : : Last Chance Attempt To Save 27 Men Five Torpedo Bombers And One Search Plane Losf By E. V. W. JONES MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 7 (P) A vast sea and air armada was ordered out today to scon 100, 000 squaro miles of tho Atlantic in a "last chance" effort to rescue 27 men who disappeared with a formation of flvo tor pedo bombers and a missing search plane. Tho navy alono ordered 248 planes Into the air, while IB surface craft including the baby flattop USS Solomons numerous merchant ships and other scorchers made it prob ably tho biggest rcscuo effort of peacetime. The cluei seemed sufficiently definite to remove some of the mystery that cloaked tho disap pearance of the entire formation of bombors, carrying 14 men, and the big Martin rescue craft that Joined them In that At- (Ctlnsd rs , Clmn ,,, Green Charges Truman Failed By JACK BELL Associated Press Political . News Editor CHICAGO, Dec. 7 Gov. Dwight H. Green of Illinois charged before tho republican national committee today that tho Truman administration had "suffered the most humiliating defeat In history" by losing "every skirmish" on tho inter national diplomatic front. In a vigorous prepared address possibly presaging his candidacy for GOP presidential nomination in 1048, tho Illinois governor asserted that "wo havo been told that wo should not raise our voice against the rape of Java by tho British and Dutch for fear of offending somo voters." "Wo havo been told," he said, "wo must not even protest against tho shameful betrayal of Poland for fear of offending Russia's following over here. Tho republicans must make up their minds in tho first peace time meeting of tho national committee in four years, he de clared, whether they were going to fish or cut bait. "Wo must never condone tho suppression of liberty in Poland, In tho Baltic states, In tho Bal kans, or In any nation in EuroDe. Asia, or elsewhere," he declared, adding: "it must Do our vigorous nollcv to use the leveraec afford ed by the discussion of forgive ness of lend-lease, or of requests for new loans and every other peaceful means to speed the liberation of tho people of these nations." Northwest Products Dinner Bond Contest Prize ft. Klamath County chamber of compare officials today were awaiting word on the outcome of honrf..lllno contest amono fou- ndrthwest chambers Klamath, Astoria, walla Walla and Wenatchte. The chamber rprsntlr y the county buying the most E bonds in the. week of De cember 2 to 8 will hold a dinner a-.d can call on the other three chambers for supplies of their iirrl food, shown above. Balmr j. notatoes. seas, biscuits and apples are the basic menu. The picture shows D. F. Baker. Wall v Walla, war finance chairman, left,: and Alfred McVay, Wall Walla chamber manager, at tnei aeeung in waua waua ai wnicn me contest w imu8uim. Top Marine Corps Leader Opposes Merger O f Forces WASHINGTON, Dee. 7 (IP) Lt. Gon. Roy S. Gelger, one of the Iod marine cores leaders in the Pacific, protested today that the wur department proposal for a merger of the armed Tice Indicted By Grand Jury MEDFORD, Dec. 7 (P) Ralph Williams Tice, Klamath Indian, was indicted by the federal grand Jury today on a charge of mansiaugmer in ine aeam oi cu ffenn Mccum. Indian. . Tice, arraigned immediately, pleaded Innocent. His trial was set for December 11. Jesus George Jara, Klamath Falls, was indicted on a charge of selling liquor to Indians and sentenced to 13 months in a fed eral penitentiary after pleading guilty. Virail D. Jackson. 19. Klam ath Indian, pleaded guilty to stealing saddles and harnesses wtme a deserter irom ine army, The case was referred to the pro bation officer. . Robert Patrick Morgan was Indicted on two theft counts. Who'll Be Queen? Virginia Lee Bcnoist 5095 Agness Winters . 5015 Mario Dorlaque 4302 Betty Stolnman 2150 Too To Lead Parade Of Defendants In War Trial WEATHER Dec. 7, 1945 Max. (Dec. 6)......45 Mln 29 Precipitation last 24 hours 82 Stream year to date 4.15 Normal ...3,08 Last year.. ..3. 68 Forecast! Clear tonight and Saturday. Saturday Shooting Hours: Klamath-Tulelake Open 7illJ a. m. Close 4izb p. m. By MURLIN SPENCER TOKYO. Dec. 7 (P) Chief prosecutor josepn a. Keenan announced today that the first war crimes trials in japan ten tatively were scheduled for January with Warlord Hidekl Tojo and his Pearl Harbor cabi net leading tho parade of de fendants. "Tho accused will be pre sumed innocent until proved guilty," Keenan, General Mac Arthur's special stiff counsel, told a news conference. But he added that: "Japaneso war criminals must bo punished and humiliated so that they will go down in his tory as ordinary felons of the lowest type." He declined comment on the allied attitude toward Emperor Hlrohito. . Tho death penalty will be asked at tho trials, ho Indicated. Ho said ho found President Truman and General MacAr thur to be in accord on ques tions affecting trial procedure and on 'the requirement that trials be concluded as rapidly as possible. Like their German counter parts, Japanese war crimes sus- fiects will be tried in groups. An nternational court seems like ly, since other interested pow ers have been asked to nominate members.1 None has complied thus far, Keenan reported. On top of General MacAr- thur's order for the arrest of Marquis Kolchi Kldo, the arri val of Keenan in Japan brought full realization to the Nipponese that the allies mean business in rooting out aggressors. The or der against Kldo reached as close to tho throne as MacAr thur could get without arrest ing Emperor Hlrohito himself.- services was based on the les sons learned in the first World War. "Surely some lessons must have been learned from the present war; surely some addi tional principles and ideas should be given recognition in any blueprint that would ele vate a single department to a national and all-embracing lev el," he told the senate military affairs committee. Gelger, a veteran of Guadal canal, Bougainville and Okina wa and now commander of the fleet marine force, appeared in opposition to the army plan to establish a single defense agen cy with ground, air and sea forces co-equal. In a prepared statement, he also opposed the establishment of a separate air force which he termed the "real meat" of the war department's merger plan. Development of atomic ener gy and electronics, he asserted, will make piloted bombardment planes unnecessary and may eventually make them obsolete. Has Klamath A New Suburb? MEDFORD, Dec. 7 ffl Med ford is still being considered as site for a -veterans' hospital, Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore.) has ad vised the Jackson County cham ber of commerce. He said a report from Wash ington that a 200-bed hospital at Klamath Falls had been ap proved meant tho Klamath Falls vicinity, not necessarily the city. Veterans administra tion spokesmen said Medford and other sites would be sur veyed before final decision is announced, Ellsworth reported. Estimated expenditure for the hospital is $2,800,000. Reef er Cars Needed In Basin Word has been received In Klamath Falls that Congressman Lowell Stockman has contacted the department of agriculture, the interstate commerce commis sion, and the Association of American Railroads with regard to the critical need for refrigera ator cars In this area. Stockman reported these grouns indicated they have been working on the matter for two or tnree weeKs nut mat cars are not available. The railroad refrieerator com mittee is meeting today to dis cuss the shortage, which, if not alleviated, will imperil potato shipments from- the Klamath basiu( - - - - - - Court Martial Takes Recess : WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (JPh- A navy general court-martial trying Capt Charles B. McVay III. took a four-day recess today when the judge advocate an nounced no additional prosecu tion witnesses were available to testify. The hearing dealing with the sinking of the cruiser Indianapo lis, which Mcvay commanded off the Philippines last July, will resume next ruesaay. The iudee advocate. CaDt. Thomas J. Ryan Jr.. told the court a score of witnesses were en route here and recommended the recess after reading a letter trom tne secretary oi the navy, authorizing the court to adjourn temporarily at any time while awaiting arrival of witnesses, The prosecution thus far has devoted four days to its presen tation of charges that McVay failed to order a zigzag course while traveling between Guam and Leyte, - and that he also failed to issue clearcut orders to abandon ship before the Indiana polis went down. A dozen of the 316 survivors of the sinking out of a comple ment of 1196 gave their ac counts yesterday of the two ex plosions which rocked the vessel ana tne sinking iu to id min utes later. Meetings Start On Strike Here Operator and AFL union ne gotiators went into session at the Pine Industrial Relations committee offices here today on the question of wage scales which are the basis of a pro tracted strike among AFJL-organ- ized mills. U. S. Conciliator Oli ver Goodwin sat in on the ses sions, which had produced no announced results by mid-after noon. AFL unionists had not Iden tified two Klamath basin dis trict council operators which they said had agreed to a $1.05 an hour minimum. It was not stated whether these operators were In pine' or fir, but Chet Irving, PIRC chief who repre sents operators, said he knew of no pine mills that had made the offer. The Klamath basin dis trict includes some fir plants in tne nogue valley country. Arriving In United States By Associated Press Delbert R. Dummlngs, T3, Klamath Falls, arrived on Le high Victory , due in New York December 7. . Ah ff ptimisinni Pervades 0et?irii? DETROIT. Dec. 7 (AP) An oir of ODtiml sm for aarlv lettlemenr of auto Industry won disputes continued to pervade Detroit today despite union rejection of another General Mo tors otter. The CIO United Automobile Workers again sent its top officials into conference with ' the corporation (2 p. m. EST), whose offer of a 13!4 cents an hour increase wos turned down yesterday at the first regular negotiating session since the vast CM strike was called November 21. H. W. Anderson, Ceneral Motors vice president, termed the proposal a "reinstatement" of the.pre-strike offer of approximately 10 per cent, which he said would boost wages of CM workers to 30 per cent above the January, 1941, level. However, Wolter r. Keutner, uaw vice president, estimated It would raise the average inw wjt ex. an nour Dy 11. n ; Hull Endorses U. S.-Britain Monetary Pact By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 JP) Former Secretary of State Cor dell Hull today endorsed the Anglo-American loan and trade deal as a step in building world peace. in a statement issued tnrougn the state department, Hull de clared that the nation may be now confronted With its "final opportunity to make a peace that will last." He said that through the Amer ican government's policy to grant Britain a si,iuu,uuu,uuu loan and Britain's agreement to work for freer international trade, "our country is taking another long step forward to build a better world by profiting from the bit ter lessons of the past. Imperil Hopes Hull's statement was' issued as the administration marshaled its arguments behind the big credit offer to Britain, convinced that any major congressional change would imperil hopes for Anglo American trade cooperation.. The two governments clim axed three months of diplomatic talks yesterday by announcing a broad economic agreement tied to financial help from this coun try. t '.. That help under the agree ment would come from a $3,730, 000,000 cash loan and a $650, 000,000 settlement for postwar lend-lease and war surpluses. Both would be repaid at two per cent interest over a 50-year per iod beginning in 1951. Only the outright loa'n needs congressional approval, but every sign pointed to a bitter struggle. Harsh words were heard from a democrat as well as a republican in the house even before the credit agreement was officially announced. : ; Mother Defamed In Hammer Death ALTURAS, Dec. 7 District Attorney Charles Lederer said today that Mrs. Yoshio Fude tani of the Tulelake WRA cen ter is being detained for inves tigation on suspicion of murder in connection with the hammer death of her 3 Mi -year-old daugh ter, Violet, at the center Wed nesday. No formal charge has been filed, and the district attorney said he was withholding any such action in the hope of get ting a clear story of the tragedy from Mrs. Fudetani. She has been in a state of virtual col lapse since she was found in the apartment with the dead child and another small girl who had been hit on the head but ' only injured. Yesterday, Mrs. Fudetani was evidently un able to recognize her husband when he entered the room in the hospital where she is de tained. Questioning indicated the woman does not remember any thing after feeding her children Wednesday noon. Her husband ate at a mess hall and discov ered the tragedy on his return home. ; per cent and described It as a "better offer than the one made prior to the strike." Union officials, still demand ing 30 per cent above present levels and within the present price structure, said the com pany's refusal to discuss "ability to pay" provided the chief stumbling block as the wage parleys resumed. "They would not argue whether or not they are able to pay it (the 30 per cent)," UAW-CIO President R. J. Thomas declared. Picketing Obstacle A General Motors spokesman has listed the union's insistence on using "assumed ability to pay" as a basis for bargaining and its "illegal picketing meth ods as the principal obstacles to a settlement. The latter issue was waived after a secret meeting of com pany and union heads with CIO President Philip Murray at Pittsburgh Wednesday. Picket ing was not discussed at yester day's session, and there was no indication it would be brought up again. A citizens' committee of 14 meanwhile came to the union's support to the extent of saying use of wage-price-profits rela tlons in settling the dispute would not deprive management of its rights. The setting of actual prices "remains a managerial -function," the committee said, but "at a time when there is a threat of inflation the level of prices becomes a matter of le gitimate public concern." Klamath Lags in With just one more day to go in the Victory Loan drive, Klam ath county still must buy $190, 000 in bonds if it is to make its bond quota. The local bond drive commit tee wishes to remind Klamath people that. this county has al ways been high on the list of counties who have reached their bond goal, and that since this is the last drive they should not re lax on their bond buying.- The committee has planned a big send-off for the Klamath Victory queen when she leaves for Portland. The queen will be publically introduced Monday night at the Pelican theatre. Ruth Nelson of bond headquar ters, 1011 Main, has announced that people may call her office to check up on queen standings until 6 p.m. Saturday, but that no information will be given out after that time. Two more firms have joined in the Victory treasure hunt, now in progress. They are Karl's Shoe store and the Balsi ger Motor company. , . Boy Scouts Sell $7000 In Bonds An estimated $7000 in E bond sales in the Boy Scout house-to-house bond campaign was an nounced today by the Boy Scout office. The final results of the drive will be tabulated at a meeting of Scout leaders and junior lead ers at Fremont school, December 12. Dr. Byron Friedman, chair man of the campaign, requests that Scouts turn in their reports on bond sales immediately to the Boy Scout office so that an ac curate count may be made. Dewey Asked To Withhold Jap Code Data WASHINGTON.' Dee. 7 UP) Over the Drotests of General George C. Marshall, the Pearl Harbor investigating committee xoaay maae public correspond ence in which he asked Thomas . Dewey to withhold from the 1944 political campaign infor mation that the U. S. had cracked secret Japanese codes. Chairman Barkley (D-Ky.) said the committee had decided to accept the responsibility, not withstanding the feelings of -General Marshall' which Bark ley said were based on ground of military security. .Barkley spoke of possible em barrassment t o "one of our allied nations." One of two letters .released mentioned "embarrassment" in volving secret British source of information. Marshall's letters summed up the, effect on the war. that breaking the news of the cade- cracking might have and said: "I am presenting this matter to you in the hope that you will see your way clear to avoid the tragic results with which we are now threatened in the pres ent political campaign." Dewey Helped Marshall testified, after re lease of the letters, that Dewey offered to help quiet congres sional debate on the Pearl Har bor question once he knew that Uie -ability -to; crack the Jap-' , aoese code was involved. - Though Marshall was unwill ing to "embarrass" Dewey by accepting that offer, the debate did die-down, the general told the senate-house committee in vestigation. " Marshall unfolded In dra matic afternoon session that he had found that Dewey had learned , something about the code cracking ability that helped the TJ. S. fleet beat the Japanese at Coral Sea and Mid way. So, Marshall testified, he aiked Dewey in the letter sent the courier to keep such infor mation out of the campaign, it possible. Railroad Signals To Be Installed The way was' apparently cleared today for installation of warning signals at the Hager and . Altamont crossings on the Ore gon, California and Eastern railroad. State highway officials report ed the railroad had waived its right to a hearing on the Hager installation, and that an order from the public utilities commis sioner for the signal will evi dently not be opposed by the railroad. The highway commis sion and tne railroad will snare , the cost of this installation. It was learned, however, that there may be some delay in get ting a modern signal such as is planned for the Hager crossing. due to the fact these were not manufactured during the war. It may be a few months before the signal can be obtained. On Altamont drive, an old type swinging signal is planned. This signal is already available, and will be moved from a closed road near Cal-Ore tavern. The county and the railroad ' will share the cost of installation and ealy action is expected. Remember Pearl Harbor! By DON WHITEHEAD PEARL HARBOR, Dec. 7 (flj) Four years ago the wa tery chaotic graveyard of America's battle fleet today the home base of the mighti est sea power in the world. That is the story of Pearl Harbor on this fourth anni versary of the Japanese bid to sweep the United States from the Pacific. And sol diers, sailors, marines , and civilians joined today in sol emn tribute to those who died beneath the Japanese war lords' first blow. Four years ago Japan's sneak raiders knifed in from the sea and across Oahu is land's towering Koolau moun tains to smash the U. S. war ships lying at anchor in the peace of a balmy Sunday ' morning, and to spread death and destruction. , Out of that wreckage grew the power which drove the Japanese into defeat, and to- day the p e o p I of Hawaii gave thanks and honored those whose deaths have been avenged. - Virtually the only remind- , ers today of the disaster that struck December 7. 1941, were the rusting, barnacled sections of unsalvaged ships in the harbor, and the rows of crosses gleaming white against the green hillside ris ing above the placid . waters of the harbor. Navy men and Islanders went about their business as usual today, with only ' sim ple ceremonies to mark the historic date. In Honolulu, shirt-sleoved Christmas shop pers continued to crowd streets gay with colored lights, tinsel and pictures of fat Saint Nick. But none here could forget the day and its significance. Nor were those who died when war first exploded In -the . Pacific, ... forgotten. , Rs- quiom mass was scheduled lit 9:30 a. m. at Pearl Harbor's Bloch arena. Scores of serv icemen and . civilians also were , expected to gather in Halawa naval cemetery tor Jewish, Catholic and. Protes tant services, and to hear a commemorative speech by Rear Adm. E. W. Hanson, naval base commandant. . . The only strident voices raised on this fourth anniver sary of the Pearl Harbor at tack were the voices of peace -the voices of weary, lonely Q. I.'s and sailors, shoutingi . "Get us hornet Get us homel" ' And . the world's greatest navy, risen from 'disaster, is getting them home : home , from Oahu, from Tarawa, from Kwajalein, from the Marianas, from all the step ping stones to victory that once seemed so hopelessly .distant.. .. ....
