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' MANIC JENklNS MALCOLM SPLIT . Editor ; ' Manaflni Editor A connJlldalion of tha Cvenlnf Herald and Uu Klamath Newe. Publlahed avary eflernoon axcept Sunday at Eitple nede and PUia etreete, Klamath Fella, Oregon, by tha llarald Fubllehtnf Co. and tha Newa Publlahlng Company, Entered, u eecond elaaa matter at tha poetofftce of Klamath feUe, Ore., oa Ausuet ao, loa, undar act of oonsreee, March a, lT SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Outatda Klamath, Leke, Modoc, SUkiyou countlaa .year fT.OO lly carrlar mnnth 75c By mall 8 monthj 83.23 ftty carrier year 17.50 By mall yaar f.00 SUBICRIBERaU-ror eorraerlona on delivery eervtce dial 111, aak for circulation department After 7:00 p. m. call eJrculaUon manager, dial 4s or 7468. ' ' Member, Aaeoetated Praia Member Audit 1 Bureau Circulation riven of water, that bringeth forth his fruit In his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he docth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore, the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the right eous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish, e e e e Christmas spirit runs strong today. A local crippled messenger boy, whose bike was stolen, wasn't long without a wheel. A local business man offered him another, which he took. Meanwhile, another business man made a simi lar offer, and employes of a department store were eager to take up a collection to buy a bike for the lad. SIDE GLANCES Today's Roundup News Behind The News Br MALCOLM EPLEY COUNTY grand jurors gave local authorities a puzzler yesterday when they advised a policy with respect to gambling law enforce ment that takes into consid eration tha "character" and needs of Klamath county, in cluding its topography, indus try, and inhabitants. ' v We, too, are puzzled. As we Understand it, the authorities re sworn to uphold and en force the law, and the thing they have to take into con . sideration is what the .aw ays. - Grand juries cannot change the law or change the sworn EPLEY ' duties of public officials. If that's to be done, It's a job for the legislature or the people through direct legislative channels. : However one may feel personally about ' gambling, friendly or professional, that seems to us a clear statement of the situation as it confronts the authorities. e e e Legislative Efforts AS to legislation on gambling law changes, every so often some realistic fellow in the legislature proposes that something be done to capitalize for the public coffers upon the obvious determination of American people to take chances with their cash. Usually, such ideas emanate from a legisla tor from some place east of the mountains (which may . explain that topography business mentioned by the jury) but thus far, they haven't gotten anywhere in the august legisla tive halls. We are Quite certain that state-owned and operated slot machines would go a long way towards eliminating state and local taxes. The same gent who yowls like a stuck pig about paying taxes will fight to get up to a slot machine to lose the same amount of cash, or more. What slot machines posted on local streets could do for the struggling community fund would be nothing short of miraculous! a That Dice Game SPEAKING of gambling, several people have asked this department whether it believes , there was no foundation for the wild dice game story that went the rounds here until the marine who was. the alleged winner of thous-' and came out with a flat declaration there was notbing -to HL.TX:; - We only know what we have heard or seen. Nearly- all of Klamath's 16,497 inhabitants ' (1940 census) must have told the dice game story in varied versions. A lot of them told ' it to us, and we told it to a lot of people. But not one of the tellers we met up with saw the game, or really, knew anything about it. . On the other hand,- we saw the handwritten signed statement of the marine to the effect there was nothing to it. He came closest to being a Qualified witness, and his testimony " therefore is the basis of our opinion. Candidate Problem OVER , in - the first congressional district they're having quite a time getting can didates lined up to run for the position left vacant by the death of Jim Mott. Republicans got together committeemen from the 10 counties involved and. endorsed Walter Norblad, Astoria, with 12 votes. Democrats tried to hold a nominating convention for Bruce Spaulding, Salem, but couldn't get out the legal quorum of 20. Spaulding must now get 4000 signatures on a nominating petition. Norblad now must hold a nominating meet ing, and he has slated one at Astoria Dec. '26. 'He will have to have 250 at the meet ing, or he will be in the same spot Spaulding is in. Having seen the debacle that occurred when the , democratic leadership fell down, Norblad is probably taking no chances at get ting out enough people to make himself a legal candidate. Rev. D. J. Ferguson of Merrill former Pres byterian pastor at Astoria and an old friend of the Norblad family, will nominate Norblad at the meeting. An eloquent speaker, he should do a good job of it. a Today's Bible Reading From Psalm I BLESSED is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord: and, in his law doth he mediate day and night. ' And he shall be like a tree planted by the By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 Things are not what they seem' on labor legislation. The 'Truman fact-finding formula for strike settle ments has been thrown over by congress until after the holidays as the unions wanted, al though he insisted on getting it before Christ mas, The house beat (200 to 182) a bill to make unions stop political contributions and live up to contracts without strikes during con tracted periods. These developments have greatly cheered the union politicos and created a public impression that they are apt to continue in command of the legislative situation- This is simply not true. The house salved its conscience in an ex tremely minor manner by passing the Hobbs bill applying the anti-racketeering laws to unions as well as other people. This salve was thin because the house has passed the same bill several times in previous sessions. Always heretofore the measure has died in the senate, where the union politicians have less numerical strength than in the house, but are aided by the loose senate rules in preventing action on nearly anything they want, to block anyway. The Hobbs bill affects only one union, the teamsters, who have operated em bargoes on truck shipping. ..' Compensating Trick nUT there was a deep and compensating trick D about the defeat of the other bill the anti-politics and contract-breaking measure, Leaders for the measure committed a gross blunder in even pressing it to a vote. The house is swayed by historic courtesies which jealously protect the activities of its various committees. This bill happened to come out of the mili tary affairs committee, which had no real right to handle labor legislation in peacetime, and was pressed to a vote on the very day the labor committee was taking up the same ques tion in connection with the Truman fact-finding proposal. It was an affront to the labor com mittee. This point alone swayed or excused enough votes to furnish the 18-vote majority for defeat of the measure. The very same proposals which were de feated in that measure are confidentially ex pected by most house leaders to be adopted . in the Truman bill when it comes up in Janu ary. Canvasses show house members are more aroused on the question of union political activity than on the Truman anti-strike proposi tion. The strikes would not directly affect their re-election next' year. But CIO-PAC threatens to. - ' ; ' ' ;". ,. - a a -Congress Passed Law LAST year congress passed a law preventing unions from making political contributions to campaigns. But the justice department mis interpreted it the way Mr. Roosevelt desired at that time, and arranged legal escapes which permitted CIO-PAC to operate effectively in politics. For these reasons legislation to hinder CIO-PAC . further is considered to be almost certainly a part of the coming fact-finding bill. " The measure also is likely to include some restraint on strikes In violation of contracts. Other steps to establish 'union responsibility are possible. It may even include some restraints upon the organization of foremen, as the con gressmen are visibly aroused over the union ization of plant managers. It will certainly not go as far as the open shop, but may put legal restrains oh violence and coercion. A proposal for compulsory arbi tration on strikes in public utilities will be con sidered, but is not likely to be adopted be cause both management and labor are against it. It will also, of course, contain the fact-finding and cooling-off plan of Mr. Truman, imple mented perhaps stronger than he wished It Js not likely to include the broad basic suggestions that the unions sue and be sued, or be made subject to the anti-trust laws, or that union finances be submitted to 'income taxation (these recommendations have strong support, but not yet apparently a majority). These prospects can be rather definitely stated as far as the house is concerned. But what will happen later in the senate is not so certain. Issues can be forced to a vote in the house, as I said, but death by circumvention and delay is a peculiar and effective senate technique. You will have to wait until you see the final form of the house bill before any worth while guess can be made as to the final form of the coming labor legislation. The CIO's full employment bill, backed by Mr. Truman, has been watered down by the house to the point where it means nothing. The president can already do everything pro posed even in the original senate bill. Wf "What I like in a movie is romance you didn't have ttt l spoil the picture, muttering every five minutes how dif-' . fcrcnt it was from the book!" Telling The Editor Litter printed here muat not be aeere tnaa He wort, In Itnirth, muat be writ ten leiltirj en ONI IIDI el the Mper amy, and muat be eigne Centributlene relleerios theaa mice, are warmly wah BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE If you have a grey haired mother In the old home far away Sit down and write the letter You put off day by day. Don't wait 'til her tired steps Reach heaven's pearly gate But show her that you think of her . Before it is too late. If you've a tender message Or a loving word to say Don't wait 'til you forget it But whisper it today. Who knows what bitter mem ories Mav haunt vrm it vrtn wall? So make your loved ones happy -eiore it is too late. We live but in the present Tha fntiirA fa ,,nb-nn...n Tomorrow is a mystery ' ioaay is au our own. The chance that fortune leads to us - . Mav vanish vohllo v., .1 So spend your life's rich pleas ure Before it is too late. The tender word unspoken The lpttpre n t.i.ii f Danl The long forgotten messages xue weaim ot love un spent. ... For these same hearts are break ing For these same loved ones waif So show them that you care for mem Before it is too late. ALICE HAMILTON, 1601 Wilford avenue, Klamath Falls. THEATRE EAR-PHONES KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To the Editor) It seems to me something should be done to have the ear-phone section blocked off in the Esauire the tre. There is but one row In wnicn ear-phones can be used but it Is always filled with peo ple not using the phones. It it very embarrassing to have some one moved and with more veter ans returning with impaired hearing they will want to be able to hear the shows to enjoy them. The Esquire is the only theatre in town offering ear-phone serv ice, so why don't they block off their single car-phone row to be used for this service only? Ear-phone User. PamhIi, C V I T - whu I4W W JUH In. a J :... . ui- i : i fujicy a com plete Life Insurance program in - ...m..iya,B CIU aSUl Lee at 7777 for details. The World Today Br DeWITT MaoKENZIE AP World Traveler WWV.Ny,Ml.. ,J. MiJ forest service men said today. Skating and skiing promise to be popular there. There now are only 495 oper ating railroads in the United States compared with 1312 in 1911. From the Klamath Republican December 21, 1905 ' Adam Schortgen will build a feed barn for William Wilson at Merrill. a a J. F. Goeller and family left today for San Francisco, e a a From The Evening Herald December 21, 1935 Thai Wnmpn'i T.cbm, .1..u u.u.u, kmu iu- day announced it would distrib ute aou in prizes lor the best Christmas displays. . '. . a a .l?uns,muir hSk beat the Klam ath Pelicans, 19-18 in a basket ball game last night, . , a a a : ,.,.n0auds t0 Lake o' the Woods will be open, for the holidays, HOME APPLIANCE SERVICE 2000 So. 6th Formerly Klamath Refrigeration Service SERVICING: , Oil Heating Equipment AU Electrical Appliances PHONE 7038 or 8246 (nights) WARD ARNOLD Christmas Cards 5c to 1.00 Box Assortment 59c to 1.89 Christmas Wrapping Paper 10c For the FOTO FAN . . . GE Exposure Meters Tanks Trays Paper and Chemicals Albums Oil Coloring Sets Film Packs in Stock Super XX 520 (254x354) 518 (3Kx4tt) 523 (4x5) BUD'S 1031 Main Phone 3588 -eliidiYBj li pax dp Mi Friendly Helpfulness To Every Creed and Puna) Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Marguerite M. Word and Sent 923 High Phone 1334 LONDON, Dec. 211 have jusi una my llrst tirlvntn imi. vernation with the hcud of Brit ain's now labor (socialist) gov- uriiilli'm, i-riltlQ Minister Alllou ana I iiko him. Now of course this is a wholly un orthodox way o f beginning our article, but It's delib erate. Natur ally it doesn't matter a pot of small beuns w h t h r I like Mr. Att- MacKENZIE leo except for ono reason an interviewer's first and most im portant task is to alio up his Kcrsomtge. During the instant etwevn crossing the threshold and shaking of hands, the re porter must have determined the character of his man. It's partly training but mostly intuition. 1 like Attlce because ha looks honest. Retiring Man The prime minister received me in his office at number ten Downing street not the first time I've interviewed a premier there, by the woy, Thoro's the same rather Victorian setting of rich old mahogany and red plush, but the surroundings are blackened out by your interest in the quiet, almost retiring man who is Uie leader of England's leftist swing. Bald, bespectacled, the paleness of his face accen tuated by a black moustache, he looks like an intellectual and is one. Mr. Attlce responded thought fully but freely to blunt Ques tions. Because he lias made it a rule not to give interview!) for publication, I can't quote him (lore. However, it is permitted for mo to give my understand' ing of the government's attitude on some major issues. So I'm go ing to mention briefly a few points In which readers of this column nave expressed special interest. The labor party has come out categorically against any form of totalitarian government. But what about regimentation of the workers under the nationaliza tion ot industry such as is being inaugurated? Well, I believe Mr. Attlce his rrtdar. See. 21, 1145 HEHALD AHD WtW TOPI, said in effect on the floor of the house of commons that thorn will bo no regimentation tliut lit bor will be true to nlt'k and cIiuono Its Jobs without dictation by tho government. In fuct. should the government attempt io nicntto, the mule unions would block it. That is the attitude, of tho moderate socialist group headed oy nr, Atiiee, i anouiti no stiti lug only a nartlol truth, how' evor, if I didn't report that there nro a few Influential socialist loaders who are so much to the left thut they might welcome nn exnoriment in tola tur un uov eminent. Tliey uro a very small minority ana tho moderate nui Radio Programs KFJI Mutual-Don Lee 1240 kc. Friday Eve December 21, 1945 beetle,, . .. Nawa lite I. a a Itrewa III! Hey lUalaar- Orrh.alre Inn and La- lilSI.au. I'ra. villa Manner. r.lt Kalan ana. Sill rra.dum el US a all If ai Oppgrlunlly ttaaia . lit niaaa llarer. '1M '-'."' '"' ana Mine tM Wr.illlni lilt Klantata all. Match.. Ilarn. . Valce N.w. Mean. el Seerte a Saturday. December 22 lie a. ta. Wake- liilt Ilia rraal Up Tana. ill Market Oil r a r aa Hal. a.parla lallaa l ee nerelhr l.a- ,. L in e u r and 1it Pr.ak Mara. ,c, Mrl. I a f war, yr. Sunn !'. a.'!" OrVkealra 1W M a e 1 1 1 a a liSO Harry It a r- i... 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