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mi mm m 1 ffnfWf? 1"- graft attfr Jfetor & Telephone Mill PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1948 WEATHER NEWS -jr 17, 1846 Max. ' 43 Min 14 Precl Jit 24 hours .00 Sir' a'o .b data 8.38 N' V 8.84 Last year 4.67 fyg oraeaiti Fait Friday. jfVA? , .."7 .V Number 10721 InTfi lay's Rlews By FRANK JENKINS TODAY'S Jitter news: IUibhIii uppcurs to bo moving Into Iho Kuilles apparently to slay, us Kile tint already noiit In iron pi ACtUMi'AniKU ux TIIKIH FAMILIES. (Sending fiimlllcg ill with troops usually means a long, iwrlmps perm liiivnt, occnpallon.) (Thin Information comes from .Washington officials who ars in n position to know, but who can not bo Identified by numo, oh that -would put them on tho hot .pot.) . . , pOMING with a Jolt of sur- nrlm this news sounds bnd. But wo lonrn from the name dlxputch thnt mi agreement upon Hussion occupntlon of these Islands win reached nt tho POTS DAM CONFERENCE. Hence whiitcvor notion Ittimln la tukliiK Is QUITE IN ORDER merely carrying out the terms of a policy alrcndy agreed uHin by the bends of the governments of Itiin iilii, Drllntn and tho United iitiito. We Just weren't told about it at tho time. AFTER all, It iim't. surprising thnt Russia nhoulil domiind control of the Kuilles, which MAR Russia's Siberian port from access to tho Pacific. If a Imllar inland screen barred Seattle, Portland. San Francisco and Los Angeles from tho Pa cific ocean, WE would demand control of them, We'd FIGHT for it, if we had - ... IF we had been told about this agreement at Uio time of the Potsdam conference, we would have accepted it as a perfectly reasonable arrangement The reason we weren't told about It Is thnt tradltlonoUllplomacy Just doesn't operate that way. " B OTHK campaign now being A wnffrrf for INTERNATIONAL freedom of the press is intended to prevent Just such things as this secret Potsdam agreement on the Kurllcs. If reporters had been present at Potsdam, telling us all about it as it happened, it would have sccemd quite reason able to us as It really Is. -But, coming with a Jolt, as a DISCLOSED SECRET, It upsets us. ... THAT Is what honest news- papers mean when they talk about freedom of the press. Freedom of tho press Isn't just a racket for newspapers. It is a guarantee of the basic right of the people to know whnt Is going on BEFORE THEY ARE COM MITTED TO IT. THERE are still Jitters In the Chlnn news, where both factions (tho Chunking govern ment and the communists) arc accuning each other of bad faith In tho keeping of tho stop-shooting truce. As nearly as can be guessed from hints in tho news, wo have amiarcntly COMMITTED our. selves to a policy In China that involves the use or the threat of FORCE if necessary to bring about ccrtnln objectives. If we can rehabilitate and reconstruct China into a good customer, the policy will have been amply justified and we and the Chinese will benefit greatly. It is obvious that In carrying such a nollcy through to accom plishmcnt wo SIMPLY MUST have at 'our command the POWER to mako It work. Other wise It will fizzle Just os domestic law enforcement would fizzle without a police force to back it up. nUT again, following the tradi " tlonal methods of diplomacy, wo kept at least the details of the commitment secret. As a result, hundreds of thousands of American GI's NOT UNDERSTANDING the situation, not knowing whnt It was all nbout, feeling that their job was DONE, kept In Ignorance of their country's commitments have become restive almost to the point of Insubordlnntlon. Now that the harm has been done, there Is a lot of explaining. The harm could have been avoided by greater frankness nt the beginning by telling the people, Including those still In the armed forces, whnt our com mitments are and WHY wc shall continue to need a large military force. . COMPLETE Intcrnallonnl free dom of tho press, with re porters present nl all these con ' lorences and free to tell the pub lic all thnt wns going on, would liave avoided this situation by making it plain from the start what our obligations and our commitments are and WHY we must have tho power to carry them through. Situntlons such as these help to explain why complete Inter national freedom of the press is an important step in making wars less likely. Board Will Meet Today With Unions Fact-Finders Named By Secretary Of Labor WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 Ml Secretary of Labor Schwollcn bnch today appointed a fact finding board to Investigate the wage disputo in tho meat pack ing industry. Schwellenbach said the panel would meet later today with rep resentative of tho CIO and AFL unions and meat packing com panies who are Involved in the dispute. ' Tho new puncl Is headed by Edwin E. Wltto, former public member of tho national war la bor board. Other members arc Clark Kerr, chairman of the now defunct war labor board's meat packing commission, and Chief Jiustleo Raymond W. Starr of the Michigan supreme court. Schwellenbach will take part in tills afternoon's meeting. Kerr Is an impartial umpire In tho meat packing field and now is on tho University of California faculty. Judgo Starr Is from Grand Rapids, Mich, Wltte, who has served at va rious times as a member of fed eral boards dealing with Indus trial relations, Is a professor of economics at tho University of Wisconsin. Yeird Murder Still Mystery BAD TOLEZ, Germany, Jan. 17 U. S. third army Intelli gence headquarters sold tonight that no American officers were Implicated in the mystery mur der of three American mllltury government officers at Passau. Col. E. M. Flckctt, Intelligence chief of the third army, said also that the murder weapon still was missing. A Hungarian girl employed In the office of one of tho victims has been questioned in an at tempt to shed light on a pos sible motlvo for the Killings, an unofficial source said, U. S. army Intelligence agents admitted officially for the first time that the three officers, found battered and burned to death In a house on tho Danube 11 days ago, had been slain. A spokesman for the intclll genco section of the third army made this statement, but the case otherwise remained classl. fled as "top secret." Two Above Zero At Sun Mountain Near zero temperatures were reported to the state highway de partment from patrols on Sun mountain of The Dalles-California highway and on Quartz mountain of the Lakcview stretch. Sun mountain advised 2 degrees above zero and Quartz. 4 above. It was 12 above on the brconsprings where tho patrol snid there wns quite n bit of fog. Minimum rending here, as re ported by CAA, was 14 above but the stato highway shops said their thermometer read 13. Fore cast for the next 24 hours was "fair." Crawford's Reach Fails To Block Medford Score 1 m Bill Crawford (6) oi the Pelicans and Bob Watson (4) of Medford ham in mid-air waitina tor the rebound of this shot looped in by Dorr ell Riggs of the Tornado, shown standing just behind Jerry Thome (11). The shot was good,, one of the many hit by Tornado marksmen during last night's 38-22 rout of the Pelicans on the KUHS maple. Also in the picture are Ray Craig (10) and John Linman (14). for Klamath, and Referee Joe LaClair. The game, played before a packed house at the gym, broke the Pelican win streak at eight straight and put damper on Klamath's hopes for state prep basketball laurels. Army Clamps Lid On Gaming HONOLULU, Jan. 17 (P) A story in the army newspaper Stnrs and Stripes that a small group of soldiers was "making a small fortune" at dice from homeward-bound GI's at the Oahu army personnel center has brought an official army ban on all forms of gambling there. Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richard son Jr., mid-Pacific army com mander, issued tho ban lato yes terday after Stars and Stripes reported "organized gambling goes on nightly. with thousands of dollars changing hands." "Now the men can't even play pinochle," said Col. William Saf farrnns, commandant of the cen ter. "I authorized controlled gam bling In order to give the men a decent place where they could meet," he told Interviewers. He asserted they formerly gambled in latrines, in barracks and in other places, and: "They are going to gamble re gardless of what anyone says and I provided a plape where they never had the slightest trouble. Everything was open and above board." Morse Secures Electrical Union Arbitration Offer WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (P) A senator who strayed from the subject of a committee hearing today obtained a union offer to arbitrate in the three-day-old strike of 200,000 elec trical workers. Senator Morse (R-Ore,), himself a former labor department arbitrator and former public member of the war labor board, seised the opportunity as the senate labor committee was hearing Albort J, Fitsgerald, president of the CIO United Electrical Workers union. Fitzgerald was testifying in opposi tion to the president's fact-finding bill. In reply to questions from Morse, the union chief said he Is willing for the electrical wage dispute to be arbitrated from scratch, and Without rogard to any settlements which may be mado in steel and other industries. The union seeks a $2 a day wage increase. There was no immediate reply to the arbitration pro posal from the throe companies General Electric Westing house and General Motors electrical division, which make most of the nation's electrical appliances. Court-Martial Ordered For Discharge Agitators; 3 Enlisted Men Confined HONOLULU, Jan. 17 (&) Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson Jr., today ordered court-martial for any soldier or officer in his mid Pacific command who continues agitation on the demobilization program. Three enlisted men were con fined to quarters pending inves tigation. Col, Wilson Gaddis, 'public re lations officer, said no charges have, been placed against the trio but their actions since Gen eral Eisenhower explained de mobilization policy Tuesday are under investigation. Gaddis named the three as Sgt. Joseph Nahem, Brooklyn; Sgt. David. Livingston, New York, and Cpl. Herbert Free man, whose home address was not immediately available. He said Nahem and Livingston had been principal leaders in rallies protesting the demobilization slowdown. A directive which Richardson sent to commanders in the mid Pacific theater stated: "It has come to my attention that there are certain leaders of enlisted men in this command that are continuing agitation on the demobilization program de spite the announcement by Gen eral Eisenhower, chief of staff of the army. "It is directed that you take full and complete measures to instruct these leaders, both offi cers and enlisted men, and all under your command that fur ther agitation will not be toler ated. "Enlisted men have had an opportunity to present, their grievances which have been met by Elsenhower's announcement and no further mass meetings, agitations or like actions will be permitted. Commanding of ficers will be held responsible for enforcement of this directive and will court-martial offenders for disobedience of orders." Copies were sent to Generals Eisenhower and MacArthur. A . headquarters spokesman said the three confined to quar ters were restricted "pending investigation of remarks and ac tions" at a Tuesday night meet ing of demobilization protest committee members at the Hono lulu labor canteen. He said Eisenhower's speech to congress was assailed bitterly and plans tentatively were made for a mass meeting to signify dissatis faction. Committee To Act On Fact-Finding WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (P) The house labor committee agreed today to act before next Tuesday on legislation requested by President Truman for - fact finding boards to settle major industrial disputes.' The agreement was announc ed to the house by Acting Chair man Randolph (D-W.Va.) after the committee had refused by a 7 to 7 tie vote to approve a modified version of such legis lation. The modified proposal was of fered by Rep. Landis (R-Ind.), who told the committee "the heat is on" from voters through out the country for legislative action to help prevent strikes. Randolph told the house com mittee members that "it is our individual and collective respon sibility to act courageously on these problems." He added: "The committee will act eith er next Monday or Tuesday to vote up or down on the presi dent's fact-finding plan or a sub stitute or enlargement of lt." Arriving In United States By Associated Presi Francis T. Flocchini, MSgt., Klamath Falls, arrived on President Johnson due in San Francisco January 15. , Boy Drowns In Lost River , MERRILL Edward Lee Tay lor, 15, eighth grade student at the Merrill school, fell through the thin ice of Lost river back of the Dan Barry ranch late yes terday afternoon and was drowned. . His body was recov ered about 4:30 this morning. The boy had been sent to the river, about a mile east of Mer rill, by his mother, Mrs. Vera G. Taylor, to look for an older brother, Bill, who had not re- (Contlnned on Pag. S, Column 1) . . Trumcflm To Meet1 Fails By HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON, Jon. 17 (AP) President Truman gov the two principals in the threatened steel strike their last chance today to work out an agreement together before he proposes a way to end the deadlock. The president gave CIO President Philip Murray and Benjamin Fairless, U. S. Steel head, until this afternoon to settle their wage dispute. Should they fail, he said, he will step Tn with "a proposal in the public interest." w,LMr-.Truman urged ,he two men' lust before they left the White House last night after a day of fruitless talks, to sleep over it and pray over it and do their utmost to get together and come back again at 2 o'clock tomorrow after noon. Both said they would. Presidential Press Secretary Charles C. Ross described the leave-taking. This sharp focusing of the spotlight on the crucial Whit xsuov ujcbiug leuuca wi aiverc top attention from new admin istration enorts nere to lind a solution ior the meat packing strike, already hitting the na tion's meat markets. Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach invit ed management and labor rep resentatives to an afternoon meeting Jn his office. Own Secret The steel proposal Mr. Tru man has in mind is his own se cret, but there was some specu lation it might involve his per sonal judgment on what would be a reasonable adjustment of the rival wage stands. Ross told reporters this morn ing that 'the fact-finding board members named by the presi dent to inquire into the steel WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (P) Steel wage negotiations be tween CIO President Murray and Benjamin F. Fairless. president of U. S. Steel cor. poration, collansed today at the White House. President Truman promptly offered a compromise proposal which Murray and Fairless took under advisement for decision br tomorrow noon. The president called the two into his office at 4 p. m (EST), Press Secretary Charles G. Rot told reoorters, and Mqrrai- nd Fair lets .reported they .were "still In disagreement"- wage dispute would call on Mr. Truman this afternoon to dis cuss the whole situation. The board has held- no hear ings but it was at its request that wage discussions were first resumed in New York 10 days ago. After - the breakdown of negotiations in New York, the president requested Fairless and Murray to come here for renewed discussions. No Report The secretary said the board was not bringing in a report but that doubtless the members had accumulated a lot of infor mation on the situation. Ross said government seizure "has not entered into the dis cussions" through last night's talks. He also reported that, of course, Fairless and Murray could accept or reject the pres idential proposal. Fairless has offered to pay 15 cents more an hour but Murray is adamant on nothing less than 19V4 cents for his 800,000 ClO-steel workers who are due to strike next. Monday. TO SPEAK . WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 (&) General Eisenhower has sched uled a radio address to the na tion at 6 p. m., (PST) Friday, on demobilisation. Czech Asks UNO Control Of All Arms LONDON, Jan. 17 (jP) Unit ed Nations control of the en tire world armament Industry, including atomic bomb factories, was proposed to the UNO gen eral assembly today by Foreign Minister Jan G. Masaryk of Czechoslovakia. Jobs and problems piled up for the assembly as it began the second week of its existence with a sobering speech by For eign Minister Ernest Bevin of Great Britain. Bevin said Britain was al ready negotiating to place three of her five old mandates from, the League of Nations under the projected new United Na tions trusteeship system. Bel gian officials said they would announce similar intentions for their two mandates, Ruanda apd Urandi, in East Africa. . .. - Belgium Position Belgium's position is expect ed to be stated in a declaration to be read Friday or Saturday by M. F. Van Langehove. Ruan di and Urandi were assigned to Belgium from German East Af rica after first World war. Masaryk told . the assembly that, in order to safeguard hu manity against the "latest scien tific inventions," the world arms industry, "together with the latest devastating inventions, should be put under the control of the United Nations." Delegates applauded Masaryk loudly several times, especially when he said he hoped that "not one particle of uranium pro duced in Czechoslovakia will ever be used for wholesale de struction and annihilation." Uranium is a source of material for atomic energy and the atom ic bomb. At another point, Masaryk de plored anti-semitism. "After what has happened to the Jews," he said, "solution of their problem is undeniably the duty of all decent people. Nasrullah Entezam, Iranian delegate, said Iran's appeal for help in settling her dispute with Soviet Russia over political con ditions in northern Iran might be formally presented the 11 nation security council tomorrow. Gf( Condemned To Death For Slaying 2 Jap Civilians. Writes He Had No Knife WALLINGTON, N. J., Jan. 17 (fl) PFC Joseph E. Hicswa of Wallinton wrote to a girl friend from his stockade in Osaka, Ja pan, that he was "in a fight with a few Japs" but that he could not have murdered any because he did not have a knife. The 20-year-old youth was condemned to death by an army court-martial on conviction of killing two Japanese civilians November 24, the night before he was to have started process ing for his return home on re enlistment furlough. The death sentence has raised a storm of protests among civic and official bodies in New Jer sey and other states. The letter, disclosed today by Miss Sonia Andreyk of nearby Clifton, with whom he had been corresponding since he went into the army in June, 1943, was written December 15. evidently before the court-martial. The 18-year-old girl said she had received it on Christmas, but did not release it until now because she did not want to up set the family. The letter follows: "I am in the stockade. They think I murdered a couple of Japs. I had a fight with a few of them the night of the murder, so they got .the Impression that I murdered them. They were stabbed to death. That leaves me out right there, for I didn't have 1 any knife. When they told me I murdered the Jap, I got ex cited. "I didn't think I hit him that hard. They were still moaning and moving when I left them. I guess they, have to blame some- PFC JOSEPH E. HICSWA body, so I guess I'm the loser. They say that if they don't find a rope strong enough to hang the person, they 11 shoot him. I be lieve that is just a rumor. "Today, they had me on the rockpile from 7:30 this morning until 5 this afternoon. They get me up at 4:45 in the morning and we're busy until we go to bed, usually about 7 or 8. "Well, how are you. I hope you're fine. As for me, I'm a little sore. Boy, does it get cold here at night. We wake up in the morning and we just hate to get out of our sacks. Later, when the sun comes up, you can see the frost on the trectops on the mountainside. We had a lit tle snow already. "I was planning on being home for Christmas and surprising you. But I guess I'll have to wait for about 20 or 30 years. Well, so long for a while. Keep your chin up and fingers crossed. Love. (Signed) "Joe." . Sonia said she had received no mail after this letter. She said she was shocked when she read it, but now that the story has been in the newspopers and over the radio she thought it best to tell the family. An uncle of the youth, Adam ; Hicswa, released the letter to the girl. - Only this morning the parents had been re-reading recent let ters mailed after December 15 by their son, In which he made no mention of his plight,
