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By MALCOLM EPLEY
HERB'S a message to Klamath Falls from
Agana, Guam, which we think is just
about the most pleasing New Year's greeting
we have seen:
Daar Edlton
As I walk thasa jungles I olt.n wond.r
about the town of Klamath Fall. I was on
of the sailors stationed in that town and I
miss it. along with alt th other boys who
are doing duty out in th Pacific with ma.
Aft.r leaving your "NTr Forgotten Town"
w war shipped to Shoemaker, California for
a week. During that week th boys pulled
a liberty in 'Frisco and Oakland and cam
back saying K. Falls was a town of all desires
and they would gW anything to be back.
As w rod and sailed all the boys wished,
spoke of Klamath Falls.
To you people of Klamath Falls, I assure
everyone enjoyed duty there and the ones
who did will never forget it. This universe
is hungry for praise, as stated by Long
fellow, and I'm going to give all I can to
Klamath FaUs.
BILL GULICK AEM 1e.
On a number of occasions we have printed
here statements from commissioned officers
voicing their appreciation of the spirit of
Klamath Falls after completing their duty here.
But this is a statement from an enlisted man
who did duty at the naval air station; it was
unsolicited, and the original copy, which we
have before us, conveys an impression of sin
cerity even exceeding that of the printed
version presented herewith.
Above Average
WE know, of course, that not all men who
were stationed here felt that way. Any
number of personal factors can enter into an
individual attitude toward a post and a town;
not everyone can have just the right exper
ience, meet the most congenial people, find the
most pleasant associations and entertainment.
Being the home town of a military installa
tion, and doing the proper job at it, is no cinch
for any community.
But the records indicate that Klamath fared
above average in this difficult role. Thos
who contributed, through organized and in
dividual effort, to the success of the com
munity's hospitality program, can take real
satisfaction from expressions such as that of
Mr. Gulick.
Tulelake Camp Folding
THE evacuee population of the Tulelake WRA
center is 6217 now. At one time, it was
Just under 20,000. The figures are mentioned
to Indicate progress toward folding up th
huge nearby installation as a WRA project,
with February 1 still the goal as a closing
date.
Those evacuees among the 6217 who are
definitely cleared to leave and have no family
connections or other technicalities to hold
them back, hav already obtained their train
schedules. . i
However,"" the rate'7 'of movement from- the
camp depends to a considerable extent on wftat
comes out of current hearings for some 3100
evacuees who have renounced U. S. citizen
ship but want to stay in the country. The
department of justice is now conducting those
hearings. If it permits some renunciants to
remain in the U. S., their departure from the
camp will add to the problem of closing up
the center. Those refused such permission pre
sumably will be removed to Japan.
It will take WRA some time to close out its
business, even after the evacuees are all gone.
Tulelake WRA damp is on its way out, but it
won't be completely out for several months.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 The 17.5 per cent
pay rise figure for General Motors was
worked out arithmetically by the Truman fact
finding board. It calculated what production
would be this year on a 40-hour week basis,
and then figured how much less pay the work
ers would get from this production without a
wage increase.
The standard it fixed for wage Increases
then was simply the original Truman proposi
tion of maintaining war time earnings not
fully making up for the heavy overtime pay
which would b lost in peacetime production,
but establishing a reasonable approximation of
those wage-returns for the 40-hour week.
In doing this it discarded the union proposi
tion for establishing wage rates by calculating
profits. It pointed out that wages in each auto
mobile manufacturing plant would vary under
such standard, because the profits of each
were different, and General Motors profits
were the highest.
The report also seemed to discard tha cost-of-living
theory for fixing wage rates, saying
war earnings went up higher than war costs
of living. This had been the basis of fixing
wage rates through government policy during
the war. It was the standard furnished by the
little steel formula. General Motors had of
fered in this case a 12 cents an hour increase
based on the cost of living. This theory of
government' policy is thus now definitely
abandoned.
Policy Makers
THE fact finders, who really proved to b
policy makers, concerned themselves with
profits of the company only to the extent of
establishing that the company could pay this
higher wage without an increase in price
although it was not very definite about this
and said the company might seek OPA ap
proval for a price increase, or at least was
not precluded by this report from doing so.
The report thought the company could pay be
cause it had increased the price of 1942 models
12 per cent over 1941, and had the largest
earnings in its history that last peacetime year,
but the report admitted materials costs had
increased 15 per cent and might increase more,
along with other costs of operation.
Thus the General Motors standard fixed by
the fact finders does not seem to have the gen
eral application of establishing a national policy
at least its 17.5 per cent figure could not
logically be applied to industry in general.
What it did lay down for general application
is the theory that wages should be adjusted
upward by a yardstick of reasonable approxi
mation of what the workers would lose from
war pay by going back to the 40-hour week, j
with less overtime pay.
So the new administration policy is anything
but simple, and will require many fact finding
boards and many months of detailed work in
order to apply its loose standard in each vary
ing case. Simultaneously, in steel, the second
Truman fact finding commission was working
out a price increase in order to justify a wage
increase for that industry on a different basis.
Other Increases
increases for bus operators were
VJ being worked out hy other fact finding
commissions, creating other justifications for
increases (the cross country bus drivers oper
ating at slower speeds worked longer hours and
got an increase for it during the war, but are
now to get an increase pay to make up for
what they would lose by doing their runs at
higher speeds in fewer hours of work; and
the maritime workers who got big bonuses for
facing submarine dangers in the war, are get
ting increases to make up for much of this
loss.)
By applying different reasons in each case,
the only thing standardized by government
policy is its desire to grant increases for loss of
high war pay for whatever reasons can be
found.
Indeed, the economic complexities these tac
tics require have gotten the government into
apparent contradictions all along while it op
poses price increases for fear of further infla
tion for General Motors, it authorizes one for
steel. Apparently Mr. Truman is hopeful only
of staving off general increase of prices, but
is not adverse to allowing increases specifically.
30-Day Cooling Period
NOW if this policy was backed by a 30-day
cooling period for major strikes (as Mr.
Truman wants in his legislation) it might lead
to stabilization of the labor situation in a few
months time, depending upon whether labor
and management accept the conclusions. It is
true strikes are being called for a great variety
of reasons, having nothing to do with wage
increases. But on the other hand, the cooling
bill, which will b enacted shortly, is likely
to go much further than Mr. Truman would
go, and greatly strengthen his hand for dealing
with the unions and management.
But the unions clearly are not getting much
out of their strike policy. Experts tell me the
unions could have gotten 17.5 per cent out of
General Motors without a strike. The bus
drivers went out on strike for many weeks only
to accept a fact finding commission, in the end,
and they could have gotten one anytime. The
steel workers cooled themselves and tried ne
gotiations, even after the strike call was voted.
The possibilities for an end of this postwar
strike campaign have thus become visible be
hind all these confusing events if the people
involved will accept them.
SIDE GLANCES
.
Oom. wa rr hm atovw.. watm acq u. . fat, err:
"By the way, I haven't heart! much about that big raise
lately you said you were going lo tell the boss off just
as soon as salaries were unfrozen I"
Chief Signalman Will Be
Recruiter For USCG Here
Roger Herendeen, chief signal
man for the United States coast
guard, arrived in Klamath Falls
Monday to establish a temporary
recruiting office for the coast
guard at Klaamth County cham-
oer or commerce.
Herendeen plans to be in
Klamath Falls each Friday and
Saturday during the remainder
of January and the month of
February, and all persons in
terested in ODtalning informa
tion concerning the coast guard
piusi-am are urged to visit the
new recruiting office. During
the rest of each week, Herendeen
will make regular visits to coast
guara omces in Medford and
iviarsntieia. j
Mrs. Herendeen, the former
Lela Marie Shelley, daughter of
,ana lvlrs- Everett Shelley,
1869 Manzanita, is visiting her
parents while her husband is
stationed here. They have a
young son, David, whom the
chief has' just met since his re
turn irom tne soutn Pacific.
During his four and one-half
years in the coast guard, Her
endeen has served on port se-
vumy, mine sweeping, trans
port, and recruiting duty, aboard
the coast guard cutter Ariadne,
the Arthur Middleton (APA 25),
the Admiral E. W. Eberle
(AP 123), and a navy mine
sweeper. He participated in the
Battle of Midway and in the
Battle for Manila. He has
served 13 months in the Aleu
tians. Throughout the war the only
recruiting office for Oregon has
been in Portland, and the Klam
ath Falls unit is being estab
lished to give all interested ter-
sons the opportunity to have a
personal interview with a coast
guard recruiter.
All persons whose applications
are accepted will be sent to Port
land for the physical examina
tion and the complete processing
u uieir enlistment papers.
Recruiter
From the Klamath News
January 19, 1936
A snow-laden cedar crashed
and killed Harvey Kinnan, a log
ger, on Hayden mountain today.
An extensive promotion pro
gram for wooden boxes will be
launched immediately by the
lumber industry of the Klamath
basin.
The World
Today
By DeWITT MacKENZIE
AP World Traveler
MacKENZIE
MADRID, Jan. 15 This is a
crucial moment in the frequent
ly turbulent history of Spain,
for the signs are that the ques
tion of restoration of the mon
archy is coming to a head.
Now, that's no light matter,
since the coun
try is sharply
divided politi
cally, as the
world learned
from the
bloody Civil
war of 1936
39. Things are
quiet now, and
have been for
a considerable
time, but - so
has Vesuvius.
This offers
an ample explanation for the
mystery which surrounds the re
ported negotiations between Don
Juan, pretender to the throne,
and Generalissimo Franco. Ex
treme caution is necessary.
As I pointed out yesterday, a
fresh indication that the mon
archists and Franco are maneu
vering into position for a deci
sion lies in the official admission
that Don Juan and his wife are
to meet her parents for a visit to
neutral Portuguese soil. This
could be just a family affair, but
the consensus here is that Don
Juan's father-in-law, Don Carlos,
is 10 act as an intermediary be
tween the pretender and the gen
eralissimo.
Idea Strengthened
It stands out like a sore fhumh
that the Spanish Kovernment
should confirm this to the for
eign press representatives in
Madrid. This idea is strength
ened by the fact that the Span
ish ambassador to Lisbon. Nicho
las Franco, the generalissimo's
brother, also confirmed Don
Juan's visit at a press confer
ence in the Portuguese capital
last Saturday, as became known
today in Spain when newspapers
reported the statement. This is
the first time the subject has
been mentioned in the Spanish
press.
For my part and I have no
authoritative inspiration for the
observation it struck me as
being highly significant that the
question of this visit should be
dealt with officially at the mo
ment when America, Britain and
France are to meet at the request
of France to discuss allied rela
tions with SDain. Talk of Don
Juan's return to the throne
might ease the position of the
Spanish government, which
hasn t been happy in its associa
tions with Washfneton. London
and Paris for a long time.
raonarcny urged .
The 33-vear-olri Dretender sev.
eral times during World War II
Roger Herendeen, CS, V. S.
coast guard, will answer ques
tions regarding this branch of
th service every Friday and
Saturday at the Klamath Coun
ty chamber of commerce.
From the Klamath Republican
January 11, 1906
Formal dedication of the
Klamath county high school will
occur on January 20. President
P. L. Campbell of the University
of Oregon will be here for the
event.
H. F. Schallock will remodel
his business buiding at Bonanza
as soon as weather permits.
Slromberg-C a r 1 s o n Radios.
Derby's Music Co.
Stromberg-C a r 1 s o n Radios.
Derby's Music Co.
PILES,
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
NO PAIN NO HOSPITALIZATION
No Loaa of Time
Permaneot Remillal
DR. E. M. MARSHA
Chlropractlo Phyalclan
tt No. Hk Enquire Thaalr. BIS(.
Phono 70SS
YOU
KNOW
You Own
it!
real property Is some
thing you can't keep in a
safe, but you can keep a
Commonwealth Insured
Title in your safe then
you know you own your
real property.
Wilton Tlllo and Abilracl Co.
Klonmh Folia
urged the restoration of the mon
archy and the joining of Spain
with the allies. Foreign Minis
ter Alberto Martin A'rtujo is re
ported unofficially to have been
negotiating between Don Juan
and Franco.
Well-lntormed quarters In Ma
drid believe Don Juan takes the
position that he already is king
by right of succession. However,
he snid he would not return with
out a call. He advocates a con
stitutional monarchy with a free
press.
Sgt. McNee
Arrives Home
SSgt. Wesley McNee, who
served with military intelligence
in Japan with the occupation of
that country by United States
forces, returned to Klamnth
Falls Tuesday and is now at the
home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley McNee, 1923 Au
burn. Young McNee was in on the
arrest of Tojo, took an active
part in other history making ac
tivities of the military and was
able to return to the States, ar
riving in Los Angeles January 5.
McNee was given his honorable
discharge from the army at Fort
Lewis, Wash. His last post in
Japan was at Iblraji, 100 miles
north of Tokyo.
Slromberg-C a r 1 1 o n Radios.
Darby's Music Co.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
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Court Upholds
ICC Demurrage
Rate Increase
A breath of hope cnnie to
Klumath potato shippers Into
yesterdny when the Klamath
basin rates burcuu received a
wire from Washington Inform
ing shippers that the interstate
commerce commission order in
croasinu deiuurrnuo rntea on
loaded refrigerator cars was
upheld by u federal district
court,
Th order was suspended re
cently when n question of the
legality of the lCC's action
arose. It whs tho court's deci
sion that tho ICC was not over
stepping Its authority.
The purpose of the penalty
demurrago rate was to put re
frigerator cars Into circulation
moro quickly because if ship
pers were forced to pay a high
er demurrage rule on reefer
cars while they were waiting
to ba unloaded the unloading
process would be done more
quickly and the ears put into
use by other shippers.
The court's only modification
on the ICC order was that De
cember 23, 24, 25, 21), and Janu
ary 1 and 6 be considered free
days.
Rata Stt '
The demurrage rule stands
at $11 for the first uuy. $22
for the second, and $44 for
each succeeding day.
Contacting the ICC on Janu
ary 10 the Klamath Potato
Growers association Inquired
about the fact that Idaho po
tato snippers are being sup
plied with 275 cars dally. The
association estimates that ap
proximately 1100 cars of De
cember crops cannot be moved
and stated In Its wire to the
ICC that there is serious need
for 50 additional cars dally In
January, February and March.
The reply from the ICC stat
ed that as conditions improve
the supply of reefers will be
increased.
Erlyn Wallace
Reported Alive
Erlyn Eugene Wallace Is not
dead. He is seriously in lured
but has a chance to recover.
That is the latest word con
cerning the fate of tho Surprise
Valley, Calif., youth who was
reported last week as killed
when an explosion occurred
aboard an LST boat off Okin
awa January 2.
His sister. Mrs. William Cog
burn of Lakcvlcw, received
three messages. Tho first said
Erlyn had been In lured, the
second reported him dead and
tne third corrected the death
report to stato ho was inlured
and might recover.
Young Wallace Is a graduate
of Surprise Valley high school
and is well known In Goose
lake and Surpriso valleys.
TuMdty, Jan. 18, 1MB
HERALD AND NEW TOTTH
BEEKS NOMINATION
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 15 (IP)
Charles T. McPhorson, 75, a re
tired Methodist minister, has an
nounced he will seek the demo
cratic party nomination for con
gress from the third (Multnomah
county) Oregon congressional
district In the May primary.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
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SPECIAL DELIVERIES
Phone 8417
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Willit M. Robinson
Oicor W. Andorton
At Iout gvutioe j
"I'm worried about that new Ford
that's on display at the Balslger
Motor Co. They say that it never
stops for gas."
Dance
Sat.
Jan. 19
Malm
Dancing 9 till 2
Music by
THE
Chicagoans
Surplus Materials, Equipment, Machinery,
Tools and Plant Facilities of
Calship's Great Shipyard
hots mrs to CArimy crakes
In order to release items essential to the speedy reconversion of all lines of
industry and business, Calship is immediately placing on sale all surplus ma
terials, equipment, tools and facilities used in its wartime construction of ships.
Everything in this huge, 14-way ship-
yard at Terminal Island is to be sold.
There are a total of nearly one half
million individual items, covering
18,000 classifications. Many of them
are difficult or impossible to buy.
WIDE CHOICE OP MATERIAL
In addition to metal working tools
and equipment of every category,
there are surplus materials consisting
of all types of shipbuilding items
such as turbines, gears, generators,'
etc.; steel plates and shapes, pipe,
pipe fittings, valves, and all other
types of ship materials in large quan
tities and all sizes. ,
QUANTITY BUYERS PREFERRED
To facilitate the handling of this tre
mendous stock of materials, sales
will be limited to those prepared to
make quantity purchases.
There will be no bidding. All prices
are fixed and f.o.b. Terminal Island.
No red tape stands between purchasa
and delivery. Material and equip
ment is being sold as is.
FOR DETAILS WRITE OR WIREt
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SURPLUS MATERIALS
Steel Plttes and Shapes
Pipa
Pipe Fittings
Valves and Flanges
Plumbing Fixtures
Heavy and Light Hardware
General Stores
All typei of Shipbuilding Materials' .
WELDINO MACHINES
METAL WORKING MACHINERY, HsoVf
METAL WORKING MACHINERY, Light
WOODWORKING MACHINERY
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
DURABLE TOOLS
TRAVELING SHOP CRANES
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
GANTRY CRANES '
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P. 0. Box 966, Wilmington, Calif .
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CALIFORNIA SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION