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.
.
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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.. .. ....