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SEVERAL erroneous statements have appeared
In Oregon newspaper! and elsewhere to
the effect that the Klamath Falls Marine Bar
racks has been declared sur
plus.. Our attention has just
been called to a comment of
that nature in a story in the.
Medford Mall Tribune on the
veterans hospital situation.
The Marine Barracks is a
going installation. There have
been no official announce
ments concerning any change
' In its operation, Tho men in
charge of the installation have
received no communications
that would Justify any state-, EPLEY
ment that it has been declared surplus.
: Some time ago a Washington dispatch ap
pearing in some papers carried a list of in
stallations which the navy 'might declare sur
plus, and this list included the Marine Barracks
and the Astoria naval air station. This dispatch
did not state the installations had been classed
as surplus. Inquiry in Washington brought a
statement from high navy authorities that the
list was only tentative, and was being revised
dally. It was brought out at that time that the
Astoria air station was -definitely to be continued,-
indicating the danger of jumping to
conclusions on the basis of the published list,
as was apparently done by the Mail Tribune.
From this corner, it appears that no decision
has been made as yet regarding the long-time
future of the Marine Barracks. Until that is
done,! talk about it is conjecture and should
be recognized in that category.
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Smaller Hospitals Programmed
THE Mall Tribune, in another paragraph in
'.its story, quoted a veterans' administration
statement to the effect that new hospitals would
be built "only near the country's largest cities
where the nation's top-ranking medical, surgical
and dental men were already grouped."
Here again the Mall Tribune drew an erron
eous conclusion. We have before us a copy of
a statement given out by Maj. Gen. J aul R.
Hawley, acting surgeon general of the veterans'
administration. We quote: ;
' "There is another misconception that should
be dispelled. This is that we plan to build
ONLY around medical centers. This is NOT -,
true. Our program includes a generous pro-
portion of smaller hospitals to be built in
-smaller communities to be - of greater con
venience to the veteran. We think, we can
staff these smaller- hospitals with full-time
doctors, because they will not require, the large
number of specialists of all- kinds that are
required for the larger hospitals. . Perhaps 80
per cent of all cases can be handled well in .
these smaller hospitals , . ." (The emphasis on
"only" and "not" is General Hawley's.)
That is plain enough. It shows why Klamuth
Foils was chosen as location for a veterans
hospital. . The planned development here fits
squarely Into the veterans' administration pro
gram as outlined by General Hawley.
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The other day the Eugene Register-Guard
quipped on Page One that if you're in need of
Vitamin D, you re wrong if you look lor it
in Oregon. The idea was that Eugene had
gono a whole month without a sunshiny day.
Now over on this side ,of the mountains we
grow very weary of the way Oregon is pub
licized as a wet and sloppy state. That's west
ern Oregon. East of the mountains there is
more winter sunshine and a lot more country
for the sun' to shine on.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 A few of the
bravest administration congressmen said
t God loves everyone and the British loan agree
' ment is a good one, immediately after it was
announced.
The suspicious or knowing congressmen
roundly denounced it.
But the bulk bucked and ran when they
saw newsmen coming to seek comment. These
detected a high aroma of unpopularity about
the whole affair wafted in the first puff of the
news from the state department. They did
not know much of its vast unfathomable rami
fications. What they knew, they did not like. And the
deeper they went into it, the less they liked it.
It was so bad few wanted to be connected
with it one way or another. 1
Indeed its sponsors, in the sacred halls of the
department, were not eager' to champion the
success of their negotiations in congress. They
rather made plain they would welcome a delay
at least until parliament has acted on the
Bretton Woods agreement, and would not press
for approval until after the Christmas holidays.
Modest Enthusiasm
IF Britain turns down Bretton Woods, our
sensationally modest official enthusiasm for
this thing, will be revised downward.
The first superficial examination of the pro
position by the congressmen was enough for
most.
We are to lend Britain far more than her
whole cancelled first World War debt. The
amount to be advanced is $3,750,000,000 while
the old war debt still owed is $2,331,000,000,
less than two thirds as much.
The only way we can raise this money is
by borrowing from our people. The Interest
charge to us is not less than 2H per cent. The
loan to the British carries only two per cent.
But we must pay our people interest from tne
date of the loan.
For the British, interest will not starf until
five years, at least so the publicity said. Actual
ly her interest payments will not start until
five years after December 31, 1946 more than
six years hence. .
The British permanent underchancellor of
exchequer. Sir Edmond Bridges, succeeded in
slipping the extra year In at the
lost moment.
Britain can use this money
anyway she chooses. The pub
licity put stress upon her likll
hood of buying American pro
ducts. This is but one purpose
among many specified. The
others are so brood as to per
mit her to spend tho sums
through her treasury onywoy
she wishes.
Simultaneous announcement
was made by Mr. Attlee to pur
liument that, of course, he was
going ahead with tho socializa
tion of Britain, To buy coal
mines, utilities and other busi
nesses, he will issue bonds to
his people, but not delayed ac
tion bonds. No one con glvo me
offhand the cost, of British
socialization but it will be cer
tainly $3,750,000,000 added to
British exchequer obligations.
Use Of Our Money
THE use of our money to pro
tect the British financial pos
ition permits the socialist ex
periment. Otherwise that added
debt could not be carried, judg
ing from the official British
statements bf her financial
plight.
But on our loan, we get noth
ing for five years (what will
happen in this atomic age by
then?) while Britain can draw
the money as she wants It.:
This is, strangely enough the
best feature of the deal. It
gets worse from here on. The
lend lease deal is almost un
believable. Britain owes us
about $25,000,000,000 under
what Mr. Roosevelt deceptively
called "lend lease,"
Now it is officially said this
money and goods were neither
loaned nor leased. Mr, itoose
velt had a provision for repay
ment in kind, so we could at
least get some of our equipment
back for use or scrap. That is
forgotten in the current ar
rangement. Britain gets the title to every
thing we have given her for
what the agreement calls a pay
ment of $50,000,000 to $700,
000,000. This is not a "pay
ment." We merely add it on to
the loan which is to start be
coming a loan six years after
the money is paid. Actually
Britain pays nothing unless or
until she pays the new loan 56
years hence. In short we throw
away $25,000,000,000 of debt
for a new debt of $50,000,000
to $700,000,000," to begin in
six. years.
We Get Promises
WHAT do we get? We get
promises. Nothing definite
about anything. No time limit
or signed specific plan of im
mediate action. We get a hope
of negotiating the abandonment
of the various gypping arrange
ments by which Britain has
SIDE GLANCES
Tutidny, Dc. 11 1B45
The World
f Today
By Dswrrr mckenzie
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
LONDON, Deo.: 11 War has
brought England- a heavy - in
crease in divorces, most of which
.have been based on infidelity,
ana in aaaiuon
to those that
actually have
reached the
courts there
has been a
flood of matri
monial upsets
which have
been adjusted,
through ' the
kindly offices
- etlea;
: This seems MaeKENZIE
so contrary to the ultra-conserva-
... w.ia.isv.n V, lilt, u.liuu, Will
'. fllwnvn rintt Vipon nvoreA tn ranch
ing family linen' in public, that
' in searching for reasons ' one
naiurauv comes un against tne
question whether there has been
nmr Ahanaa In mnral atenlaiirla
Mrs. Mac and I have been
, delving Into this highly Impor
tant suoject in many places, in
cluding, the crowded tenement
district of South London, and
.have talked with three British
experts one military and two
civilian who are engaged in
handling thousands of so-called
"poor nerson's cases." that is.
the cases of folk who haven't
enough money to finance litiga
tion -wifhnnt nirl.
Slump in Conduct
This widely experienced trio
agrees that a slump in John
Bull's moral standards is not
among the reasons for the in
crease in divorce. There ob
viously has been a slump in con
duct, due to the extreme circum
stances created by the world con-
nict out the moral outlook is
held to remain about the same.
If this seems paradoxical, in
view of the fact that most of
the divorce cases are based on
adultery, it may be explained
by the fact that atomic age
society reveals what it used to
conceal. When I first came to
England during the last war,
England as . a whole regarded
divorce as a disgrace, quite apart
from the religious condemnation
of it. Then, too, there was the
code . which held that . Caesar's
wife must be above reproach,
but that Caesar himself could
raise a fair amount of devil with
out rebuke. - ., -
Separate Divorcg Laws
There was one divorce law
for men and another for women.
These were based on the theory
that the man was lord and
master of the family by divine
: right, , and that by the same
token he could do no wrong
through infidelity.
A husband could divorce his
wife for misconduct, but she
couldn't divorce him on that
ground. No fearl She had to
prove some other matrimonial
offense in addition to infidelity.
The law coolly held that it was
the husband's prerogative to
sow as many wild oats as he
wished. : But heaven help the
married woman who stubbed her
toe. .
Blaser Elected ;
Worshipful Master
LAKEVIEW ' Terrill H.
Blaser was elected worshipful
master of the Lakeview lodge
No. 71, AF&AM at the annual
election of officers Friday night.
Blaser succeeds Phil R. Shulte
of Lakeview.
Other officers named were
Ralph Alexander, senior war
den; Henry Tuxhorn, junior
warden; Harry Angstad, treas
urer; Clyde Cogburn, secretary,
and Phil Shulte, building com
mitteeman. Prior to the meeting, Mrs.
Phil Shulte served a turkey
dinner to all the officers at her
home at 6:30. Blue lodge will
hold installation with Royal
Arch on December 22, with a
banquet for Masons and their
wives starting off the evening's
program.
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"Will Nel e'scnpe the clutches of the ntuniuc monster of
Killers' Gulch? Listen in tomorrow for more thrills,
horrors and suspeuse good night now, and plcnsant
drcnnist"
maintained her trnde empire
preferences, anli-ciollnr pools,
sterling, blocs, and cartels.
' They do not promise to aban
don all these, Immediately or
at any lime. They promise to
negotiate about abandoning
them, which, of course, means
nothing. Whether they do aban
don these practices or not is
left to future negotiation and
a world trade conference next
year. -
Note well Mr. Truman's care
ful words about the credit
"making it possible" for the
linited Kingdom to expnnd
multilateral trade; and Mr. Vin
son's claim that it opened "the
likllhood" of a less competitive
trade world.
We got "possibilities" and
Iiklihoods"; and they got the
$25,000,000,000 we have already
supplied plus $3,750,000,000
more at less interest than it
will cost our treasury to raise
the money for any purpose she
chooses.
Man Found With
Throat Slashed
JUNEAU, Alaska, Doc, 11 (P)
Polico and the federal bureau of
investigation uro trying to solvo
tho first murder committed hero
In several years, with the discov
ery today of the body of Clarence
Campbell, 35, beside the road
near tho fashionable Scuttle
tract residence.
Police said Campbell's throat
had been slashed four times,
there were cuts on his right tem
ple and he had been beaten on
the head and body. They found
no identification on tho body,
but friends identified tho man at
the morgue.
Campbell, believed from Seat
tle, had been employed us a car
penter by the Alaska Construc
tion company at lloonnh. He
was reported to have had a large
sum of money on his person,
with which he was going south
to spend Christmas with his relatives.
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From the Klamath Republican
Docombor 14, 1S05
Arrangements arc being nuide
for a big mnsquurntlo dunco at
Kouo Christmas night.
Flackus brothers of Dairy,
bridge builder, have arrived In
town and will repair the bridge
over Link river. ,
Ice harvest hus started on tho
tipiKtr lake. Tho Ice Is nix liu'hcs
thick and very clear. C. D. Wll
son and A. Ctislel are hauling
lco to town.
From tho Evening Horald
Docember 11, 1935
L. G. Uau'Sun has obtained a
light and water frunchlxa to
serve the town of Chcmult.
a
Charles Glasgow and Clint
Conklin, government hunters,
bugged 24 coyotes in November.
Klamath Realtors
Will Meet Wednesday
Klumath Falls Doord of Real
tors will meet for its regular
weekly lunuhaon Wednesday ut
tho Wlllurd.
Tom Wuttcrs, rcnllor, and
chairman of the highway com
mittee of thu chamber of com
merce, will discuss tho proposed
plan of the stale highway com
mission to establish one-way
streets In Klamath Falls In on en
deavor to better traffic condi
tions. At tlio Inst meeting, E. M. Clill
cote, local realtor, and. member
of the state realty board, dis
cussed tho Oregon real estate li
cense law. Dr, Lloyd J. Goblo
was a guest.
It was announced that a week
ly prize would be given to the
realtor huving tho best classified
advertisement.
The present officers of the
local board are R. C. (Bogue)
Dale, president: R. M. Chllcotc,
vice president, and Orpha Board,
secretary.
Stromhora-O-lion
Derby's Music Co.
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Argentine Autoists
Moke Perilous Trip
NEW YORK, Due. H (Pi Six
Arguntlno motoiiiiU rested hem
today alter muklng a perilous
four-month trip from liuonos
Aires,
Thu six men left ntionos Alms
for New York in llneo cars hint
July 11). 'i'-hoy lost tlma In
Jungles whore tho hluhway mul
ed, and hud to travel from Pan
ama to Guatemala by sua. Actual
driving time, tlioy said, was only
40 days, They said tho Pan.
Amorlen highway Is "still a myth
In many of Its spots."
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