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By FHANK JENKINS
i "TODAY'S Jitter now cornea
?. from London, where tho
;. United Nation organization
(UNO la taking Its first fullering
steps toward WOULD govern-
'"THE Irnnlnn delegation takes
wltnt tho dispatches describe
Its tho "first concrete steps to
Airing thu EXPLOSIVE Iranian
; lUwsInn Ih.iiiu before tho world
a accurlty council."
; John M. llliilitowcr, of the AP
i (a competent reporter), cubic
: from London thla morning thnt
"numerous UNO officials, Includ
i' ing those of the United Slutea
5 and Grout Britain, privately ex-
) preaaeu concern over tne iriiniun
f iiueatlon and auld that tho un
' tried and only partially com
pleted machinery of tho pence
' organization might be badly
atralnud In trylnu to copo with
aueh a dispute at tho very out-
act or lla existence.
(The meat of the Iranian Issue
ao far aa we aro oblo to judgu
from tho little that haa been told
to ua. Ilea in tho fact that bin
Russia la apparently sucking to
, take a bits out of little Iran'a
territory.)
fHIS la the point:
If the council s decision rocs
against RuiMla, ttussla might bo
ao angered as to upset the unity
cf the Big Three nations with'
out which UNO can't be success
ful.
If the decision goes against
Iran, tho faith of the amull nn
tlona In UNO's ability to protect
their interests against conflict
ing policies of tho great powers
might do inaKcn.
THE dilemma has a THIRD
1 horn:
If the council STALLS OFF
a decision too lon It will bo
likely to lose prestige at a timo
when II It la to worn lis prestige
should be GROWING through'
Vout tho world. "
So, you ace. It can be damned
t It docs and damned If it
domn't which la always an un-
pleasant spot to bo on,
'ALL this will serve to give you
an Idea of tho extreme del
icacy of the Job UNO is tackling
Hero at tho beginning of its
Great Experiment, It is literally
walking on eggs.
If Its decisions throughout arc
dominated by MEN OF GOOD
WILL, It can succeed.
If not
Well, that contingency 1 ul
most too tcrriblo to be consid'
crod.
. fHURCHlLL. one of the
world's clearest and -most
realistic thinkers, put it this wuy
; x the other day:
"As, to UNO's chances of suc
cess, y"u arc us good a judgo as
I am. As to tho NEED for such
an organization, WHAT ELSE
IS THERE IN THE WOULD TO
HOPE FOR?"
FOR tho past few days, a tiny
Rcnrlct thread has been run
ning through the fabric of the
news: It is an IMMENSELY
significant thread. You have
caught or you may have missed
Its significance.
Mayors of some of our most
Important cities have been re
V cclvlng from tho Los Alamos
, scientists samples of FUSED
A SAND from tho site of tho atom
f" bomb lest In Now Mexico. (The
sand was fused into glass by the
heat generated when tho sample
bomb was exploded.)
These bits of fused sand, the
scientists explain, arc being sent
to largo city mayors in order to
bring to tho public a realization
of tho dangers of atomic energy.
They are STILL RADIO
ACTIVE', ond a lettor accom
panying them warns that for
safety's sake no one should re
main close to them for more than
24 hours.
(The ntomlc explosion Hint
created these bits of fused sand
occurred LAST SUMMER.)
UNO's big job, beside which
Its other tasks pale Into in
significance. Is to prevent some
nation GOING ON THE LOOSE
and using ntomlc wnrfaro to con
quer tho world.
That Is why these sessions thnt
are getting tinder wny In London
arc so important and so delicate.
X.
Bus-Streetcar
Crash Hurts 20
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 18 (VP)
Five persons remnincd In n hos-
filtal today after a jammed Port
nnd Traction company bus
crashed Into a streetcar here in
juring 20.
The Mississippi bus veered
from Its lane into tho Brondwny
streetcar late yesterday, onlook
ers said. Tho bus driver, II. R.
Stanton, 43, was cited for violat
ing tho bnsic traffic rule.
Marine Post
Set To Close
On March 1
i
Specialized Medical
Activities Now
Completed
The marine corps has set
March 1 us a tentative date for
closing tho Murine Durracks as
an active marine post, it was
learned from an authoritative
sourco today.
Specialized medical activities
for which the Klamath post was
created have been completed,
und continuation beyond March
1 will not bo required, accord
ing to instructions which have
gone out from murina corps
headquarters to the department
of tho mcmc.
Dlsbnndnvciit of tho post, dis
position of properly, and distri
bution of personnel will require
a considerable period beyond
the formal closing date, and It
will probably bo late in May or
in June beforo marlno personnel
have moved entirely off the in
stallation. Today's disclosures are the
first to Indicate Unit the marine
corps has finally decided it can
not muko further use of tho big
Klamath establishment, which
woi set up originally as a re
conditioning and training center
for marines who contracted trop
ical diseases in tho Pacific war
theater. Col. Charles T. Brooks
of the marine corps and Capt.
Lowell T. Coggcshull, USNR,
representing the navy bureau of
medicine and surgery, are tho
head men at the barracks. Capt.
Coggcshull helped determine
the mission of the post before its
establishment, and has been its
ranking medical officer through
out Its history. Tho post has won
national fame, In tho field of
tropical difteasfc. " - "';(
Facilities Studied '
There has been widespread
local discussion of tho possibil
ity of making the Murine Bar
racks a veterans' administration
facility, especially since the vet
erans bureau announced some
time ago It would establish a hos
pital at Klamath Falls. It Is
known that recently a represen
tative of tho administration
spent two days on tho post, study.
(CsnUnncd en t, Colvnin 1)
Iran Dispute
Eyed By UNO
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON, Jan. 18 (VP) Tho
Iranian delegation to tho United
Nations bencral assembly todav
took tho first concrete steps to
bring tho explosive Irnnlan-Rus-
sinn dispute bctoro tho world se
curity council as Soviet delc-
gotes maintained complete si
lence on the issue.
Andrei Gromyko, acting chief
of the Soviet delegation, making
the first major Russian speech
beforo the assembly, ignored the
Iranian question, wlilch was
causing serious concern among
United Nations leaders.
Shortly before Gromyko took
mo iioor oeyoa iiasscn Taqulza'
doh, chief of tho Iranian dcloga
Hon, conferred with tho cxocii.
live secretary of the assembly on
what Taauizudch called "toehni.
cal orrongemonts" for placing
iran s compininu uctorc the se
curity council.
Some of the Iranian loader's
associates had indicated earlier
tnat tho case might be filed to
day or tomorrow, but they snld
they were uncertnln over where
and how to file It. Presumably
this was the question taken up
with Secretary Gladwyn Jebb by
xuquizaacn.
SOUTHERN SEMAT' ,o FORM
FILIBUSTER ON . EPC BILL
Packer Tie-up Blocks Chicago Traffic.
tir " " I)
Striking meaf workara block traffic at entrance to Chicago
atock yards aa 33.000 workara there and 300.000 throughout the
nation atop work, despite urging of government officials to
postpone atrlke. Tha walkout, which threatens to ahut off most
of the natlon'a meat supply, ia largest single work stoppage ainca
prewar days. ,
Charges Hurled In Wake
Of Bitter Pickei Clash
Charges and counter - charges
were hurled today with almost
the same violence as tear gas
bombs yesterday in the woke
of a bitter battle at the U. S.
Motors plant, where police forc
ed a path through a picket line
for non-striking office workers.
The CIO United Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers
union Is on striko at the plant
one of five closed in southern
California, with 3000 workers
out for a 30 per cent pay in
crease, eight paid holidays and
other benefits.
Boos greeted reading of a
superior court restraining order,
enjoining the more than 500
pickets from interfering with
access to the plant.
As leaders urged the massed
lines to hold fast, a platoon of
police moved toward the main
gate. Fighting broke out quickly.
Steel helmets of pickets and
clubs of police battered skulls
and faces. Then the mask-protected
police resorted to gas
Dying Dag Waits
For Phone Call
DETROIT, Jan. 18 (IP)
Honey Girl, the dying 21-year-old
Boston Terrier, whose will
to live is accelerated by the
sound of her master's voice via
transcontinental telephone, was
reported sinning today. ,
Only another phone call from
Signalman 2c Harry E. Bennett
will keep her going in the opin
ion of the boy's mother, Mrs.
Joseph Rockwood. Bennett is In
Bremerton, Wash., awaiting
overseas duty.
"Harry was supnosed to coll
last night," Mrs. Rockwood said
today. "But ho must have been
on duty. We ro hoping he 11 call
tonight."
Receipt Of Box From Atom
Scientists Brings Chills
DALLAS, Jan. 18 (fP) When
the mayor of Dallas received a
small wooden box from the sci
entists who perfected the atomic
bomb, his office took no chances.
They called the chief of police.
The box arrived nt tho office
of Mayor Woodall Rodgcrs yes
terday afternoon. A notation on
the box read "deliver at 2:30
p. m 1-10-46."
"It's probably just an atomic
bomb souvenir, but I don't like
those instructions," snid Mrs.
Glenn McCnllon, tho city secre
tary's secretary. "I think the po
lice ought to open It."
She culled Mayor Rodgcrs for
permission to call Chief of Po
lice Carl Hamson, who
promptly took over from there.
Listening Intently, he decid
ed it wasn't a time bomb. Ho
started for the basement and
City Manager V, R. Smlthnm
said "it's nice to have known
you, Carl." .
In the basement garage Chief
iinnsson said u it s a bomb, it
trips from the lid. Gingerly he
pried open tho lid, Nothing hap
pened. Inside Hansson found a small
piece of the fused sand from the
site of the atomic bomb test In
New Mexico.
A letter from the Association
of Los Alamos Scientists ex
plained that similar specimens
have been sent to mayors of all
large cities in order to bring to
tho public a realization of the
dangers of atomic energy. '
The letter also warned that
for safety's sake no one should
remain close to the specimen
for more than 24 hours, as It
was still radioactive. It urged
display in a gloss case.
LOS ANGELES. jiiffWiWW
and some 75 clerical workers
entered the plant.
Of 23 persons arrested, three
were women. All were released
on $50 bond. Among them were
Phillip M. Connelly, former
state CIO president, now execu
tive secretary of the Los Ange
les CIO council; Carl Brant, in
ternational organizer for the
union; and Mrs. LoRue McCor
mick, former communist party
candidate for the state senate,
who said she was present as a
sympathizer. They were booked
on suspicion of rioting.
Two policemen were treated
at hospitals for injuries, one for
leem Dites on Ills arm. The un
ion said three pickets were
treated privately.
Meat Strike
Confab Fails
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (IP)
The government's ef fnr( tn ci.
jic me meat packing strike by
mc - i-uiiii-rence memon hrnirA
down today end the meat fact
finding board will open hear
ings in nicago Tuesday.
Chairman Edwin F. Wlttee
of the fact-finding board told
newsmen that "chances of set
tlement today are not too
bright," adding that disnutanta
were returning to Chicago im
mediately. Witte indicated that, other
than attempting to conciliate
the wage dispute, the govern
ment's direct participation in
we case was over , until fact
finding begins.
He said the three-day-old
strike of 263.000 meat Dockinc
workers was no nearer settle
ment that it had been lust
nignt.
Quake Causes
Troop Stampede
SYDNEY, Jon. 18 (P) Dis
patches from Lae, New Guinea,
today reported a violent earth
quake had shaken that area
last night, causing a stampede
at a movie oeing snown to
American Negro troops.
The camp of 300 "emptied
in a flash," the report said.
Bottles and crockery tumbled
from kitchen shelves, bats and
birds were shaken from the
swaying breadfruit trees, and
buildings shuddered.
Race Issue
Draws Fire
From South
Wordy Spiel Will Be
Reminiscent Of .
Huey Long
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18 (jJ
A group of southern senators
formally organized today to
block senate action on the FEPC
bill.
At a meeting in the office of
Senator Byrd (D-Va.), Senators
Overton (D-La.) and Russell (D-
Ga.) were chosen co-leaders of
the southern group, apparently
preparing for an extended fili-
Dusier.
After the session, Overton told
reporters:
"You can say that we propose
to iignt this bin with every wea
pon Tn our sheath."
Overton estimated that 15 sen
ators from southern states at
tended the conference.
The wordiest filibuster since
Huey Long's time threatened
on Capitol Hill as the- senate
plunged into a knock-down.
drag-out fight on the dynamite
packed FEPC bill.
The advance billing had Capi
tol Hill harkine back to the '20s
-Lwhen Long, as senator from Lou-
uinua, net, un a x...uuatc: uiaia-
thon during which he discoursed,
on, 8 myriad of subjects, includ
ing the 'nJ5r$4$, pKiuthern "poj
" To talk Plants
A solid pTialanx of southern
senators, all pledged to talk plen
ty, lined up against the fair em
ployment practice bill which
would establish a ' permanent
committee to eliminate racial
and religious discrimination in
industrial and governmental em.
ployment.
"I'm gong to talk against it as
long as God gives me breath,"
Senator Eliender (D-La.) told a
reporter. -
Senator Eastland (D-Miss.)
promised that he and Senator
McClellan (D-Ark.) would offer
1000 amendments to the FEPC
legislation between them. East
land said he would talk "two
years" if necessary.
Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.). who
knows a filibuster when he is in
one, informed newsmen he in
tended to speak twice "30 days
at a time" against the measure
which has been endorsed repeat
edly by President Truman.
The unexpected motion which
called up the controversial bill
before the senate yesterday took
its southern opponents complete
ly by surprise. A hurried strat
egy session was ordered, but they
made no bones they would use
everything in the rule book in
their effort to block a vote.
Arriving In
United States
By Associated Praia "
Alvin W. Kleeman. SSgt.,
Weed,- arrived on - George
Mead due in New York Jan
uary 17.
Fills Vacancy
CD Access
YtrumntcsrD Pay
The position of 4-H agent has
bn filUd with the arrival of
Francis Skinner of Oklahoma,
a veteran of tha U. S. army
who served as captain in the
91st infantry division for 17
months in Italy. H. C. Seymour,
state 4-H club leader, intro
duced tha new agent in Klam
ath Falls. Skinner's wife, a for
mer resident of Eugene, is here
with him.
Logger Shot
Through Neck
CORVALLIS, Ore., Jan. 18
(P) Ernest Bowman, 45, Kelso
logger whose body was found
yesterday in Mary's river, was
shot through the back of the
neck and his spinal cord severed.
Dr. Joseph Beeman, state crim
inologist, said today.
Dr. Beeman said an autopsy
showed the man's abdomen had
been slit open so the body would
sink.
S. D. McClain, Portland, whom
Linn County Sheriff H. A.
Southard said confessed taking
Bowman for a fatal ride last
month, is held in the Linn coun
ty jail, along with Jack Mann,
on ourgiHry uiihikus.
Officials were trying to deter
mine where to file a charge in
the slaying. McClain and Mann's
stories differ. Southard said, as
to the county in which the shoot
ing; occurred.
General Orders
Agitators Freed
HONOLULU, Jan. 18 (P)
Three American soldiers who
had been confined to quarters
during an army investigation
of their remarks about demobil
ization were free today on or
ders of Lt. Gen. R'obert C.
Richardson Jr.
"The investigation deter
mined that while their enthusi
asm was somewhat misdirected,
it was not enough to warrant
punishment," the mid-Pacific
commander said.
Chicago Boys
Nabbed Here
A pair of 14-year-old Chicago
boys, who left their homes to
see the world the day of the
Suzanne Degnan kidnapping in
Chicago, are being held by ju
venile authorities here awaiting
transportation back home.
The youngsters took off from
Chicago for Florida but their
hitch-hiking carried them west
instead of south until they
reached Los Angeles last week.
At Los Angeles they ' were
picked, up by police, the first
time they had attracted official
attention ' in their -tour of. the
country, and questioned for
about an hour concerning the
Kldnap-murder of the Degnan
child.
That happened on January 9,
the same day the boys left Chi
cago. They satisfied the Cali
fornia police they had nothing
to do with the Chicago case and
were released.
The boys headed north then
and arrived in Klamath Falls
yesterday only to be picked up
by police here and turned over
to the juvenile office.
They told juvenile authorities
of their trip across the country
and of the police questioning in
Los Angeles, but maintained
that their fathers. Chicago oo-
licemen, had given them per
mission io leave nome.
. A check with their parents
showed that there had been no
permission given and that a
search was being made in the
mid-west for the boys.
Draff Lag Blamed
On Enlistments
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (JP)
Over protests, a special senate
committee ended its public
hearings on army demobiliza
tion' today after hearing Selec
tive Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey blame heavy enlist
ments for a lag in draft quotas.
Chairman Edwin C. Johnson
(D-Colo.) announced the ter
mination and promptly drew
from Senator Briggs (D-Mo.) a
complaint that "onlv one side
of the case has been presented."
Senators Revercomb (R-W.
Va.), third member of the
group, also protested that he
had received many letters from
soldiers and wanted the com
mittee to look them over.
Johnson replied that the
hearings already held should
provide congress and the pub
lic with all the facts necessary
to answer complaints of GI's
who want to get home or out
of the army.
Hike tftfer
By The Associated Presi
The CIO accepted today President Truman's proposal for
settling the threatened steel strike but the United States
Steel corporation rejected it.
A nationwide steel strike of 800,000 workers is scheduled
for 12:01 a. m., Monday.
. White House Press Secretary Charles C. Ross said the
president's proposal called for a wage increase of 18Vi cents
hourly within 1 cent of the union's revised offer but ZYx
cents above the industry's offer.
The president, Ross said, had no plans for seizing tri
industry and no further steps were under consideration for
averting the walkout.
The president's proposal would have made the suggested
wage boost retroactive to January 1. ..:..'
In a letter to the president, Benjamin Fairless, president
of U. S. Steel, said the "pro-
posai is almost equivalent to
granting in full the union's re
vised demand of a wage in
crease of 19 V4 cents an hour."
"In our opinion," he added,
there is no just basis from anv
point of view for a wage in
crease to our steel workers of
the large size you have proposed."
He said the company s in
creased offer of 15 cents, boost
ed from 12 Mi cents, represented
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18 (JP)
Headquarters of tha CIO
United S t e e 1 w oiktri an
nounced today instructions
bar been sent to all district
and local directors ordering
the strike call in the industry
"into full force and effect at
12:01 a. m Jan. 21."
;he limit" in the extent of
which union demands could be
met by his corporation.
president Truman made no
immediate comment.
The president submitted his
proposal last night to Fairless
and CIO President Philip Mur
ray after their direct negotia
tion had broken down.
Murray, who sent the union s
letter of acceptance, scheduled
a press conference for 3 p. m.
(EST) today.
Fairless took up the proposal
with top steel industry leaders
in New York. Murray sum
moned the strategy committee
of.CIO'a bie three the steel
workers, auto workers . ; and
electrical workers for a con
ference this morning. The union
head met earlier with the steel
workers' executive board.
No End Seen
The strike of 200,000 CIO
electrical workers, the second
largest walkout, showed no in
dications of immediate settle
ment. Albert J. Fitzgerald,
president of the. CIO United
Electrical Workers union, va.
Washington offered to submit
the wage dispute to a limited
arbitration. He specified that
the range for any arbitration
award must be between the 25
cents an hour -wage hike de
manded by the union and 19 H
cents.
Westinghouse Electric cor
poration, one of the three
struck firms, said it had not
been notified by the union of
a desire to arbitrate the wage
issue. The walkout, which
started Tuesday, also involves
General Electric and General
Motors, electrical division.
As there appeared no let
down in the industrial strife,
the house labor committee de
cided to complete action by
Tuesday on fact-finding or some
other type of labor legislation.
Oregon Not Hit
By Phone Tie-Up
PORTLAND, Jan. 18 (P)
Oregon will not join the Na
tional Federation of Telephone
Employes if it strikes in 30
days. President Edward T.
Healy of the Oregon union said
today.
He explained the Oregon
branch is autonomous, and a
contract with the company
lasting until June will not al
low a strike vote here. Picket
lines set up by any division of
Western . Electric employes,
however, will be observed,
Healy said.
Thirty-eight supply - men,
working in a warehouse here
are under Western Electric
' jurisdiction.
Redheaded Firebug Says
He 'Liked To See Flames'
PORTLAND, Jan. 18 (fP)
A 17-year-old redhead, whom
deputy sheriffs and the FBI
said confessed setting $200,000
of fires because he "liked to see
flames" matching his hair, was
in federal hands today.
The youth, Vincent Wesley
Hunt, later repudiated the con
fession to newspaper reporters.
"I told them I set some fires,"
he said, "but honest, I never
did."
FBI agents, talking to him
after the interview, said, how
ever, that he reiterated his for
mer confession.
U. S. District Attorney Hsnry
L. . Hess said he would study
the confessions today and de
termine what action to take.
FBI Head Howard I. Bobbitt
and four deputy sheriffs said
the bov admitted yesterday set
ting the most costly of 12- in
cendiary blazes wnicn nave
broken out during five weeks
in the Vanport City housing
project where he lives.
They quoted him as saying
he set others, too, which he
couldn't recall, "because I have
a noor memory."
The U. S. district attorney
said the boy, who never attend
ed high school, would be han
dled , as a juvenile. He came
here with his parents from Sib
ley, la., two years ago.
16 Persons
Perish In
Plane Crash
CHESHIRE- Conn.. Jan. 1ft tm
A big transport plane reported
io ue carrying is passengers and
a three-man crew crashed in
flames here today, carrying all
aboard to their death.
The army flight service at
Boston identified the plane as
Flight 18-B of the Eastern Air
lines, en route from LaGuardla
field, N. Y.p to Boston.
Representatives of the Eastern
Airlines at New York told the
New Haven Register that radio
contact had been lost with one of
its New York to Boston trans
ports at about the time the acci
dent was reported here. The
plane, the officials said, carried
13 passengers and three crew
men. Ship Seen . .
- The big ship, first seen with
flames and smoke spouting from
its engines, broke in two as it
came to earth not far from the
Cheshire state reformatory and
about 15 miles from New Haven.
Eastern Airlines said In New
York members of the crew of
Flight 16-B included Capt. RE.
Kuser, pilot; R. S. Knight, and
Flight Attendant Willard Basset,
- The passenger list was not im
mediately available,, the airlines
said.. . -. t .
Eastern Airlines said the plane
left Miami, Fla at 1:43 a. m.,
(EST) stopped at Charleston,
S. C, Washington and New York
and -was on its way to Boston at
the time of the crash. '
Probe Will Not
Hear Churchill
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 ()
A republican proposal to call
Winston Churchill as a witness
was rejected, .6 to 2, today by
congressional Pearl Harbor in
vestigators in a swiftly-paced ses
sion that brought these other de
velopments: - - -
1. An assertion by Admiral
Husband E. Kimmel that conten
tions he had been appointed
commander in chief of the fleet
in 1941 because he was a "friend
of President Roosevelt- and a
Kentucky democrat" were "mis
representations and lies."
- 2. Testimony by Kimmel that
President Roosevelt had sided
with him at a June, 1941, White
House conference against any
further transfer of warships
from the Pacific to the Atlantic
fleets.
3. Kimmel's refusal to draw
any conclusion when Rep. Clark
(D-N. C.) asked him if 'liigh of
ficials here in Washington on
down "to the army lieutenant
who disregarded a radar warn
ing of Japanese planes approach
ing Pearl Harbor hadn't "muffed
the situation and let the Japs out
smart them." t
Wild Airplane
Scares Gotham '
NEW YORK, Jan. 18
The coast guard said this after
noon that a pilotlcss radio-operated
plane that flew wild over
the New York metropolitan area
at 85 miles an hour after getting:
out of control, was ''presumed
to have crashed," probably at
sea.-- -' " ' '' . ''
At 3:40 o'clock (EST) the coast
guard said no report had been
received that the - plane had
crashed, adding that "the fuel
should have been gone an hour
ago." The plane went out of con
trol about 12:20 p. m. and start
ed its wild flight.
The coast guard, in alerting;
authorities, said the plane last
was seen out of control off Caps
May, at the southern end of New
Jersey, and was headed toward
Long Island and might crash In
that area. '
The coast guard said the
plane had enough fuel to last
until shortly after 3 o'clock
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