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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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-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?
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Today
Br DeWITT MaoKENZIE
AP World Traveler
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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.
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J. F. Goeller and family left
today for San Francisco,
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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,
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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.
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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
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