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Appropriation Asked By
Yets Administration For
New Hospital In Klamath
WASHINGTON, Jon. 22 (P) The veteran' administration
iskod congress today to opproprlato funds (or new general mccll
lal hospitals In Klmnath Falls mid Spokane. Each Institution
would liuve 20U beds and cost $3,002,347.
The admlnlstrnllon romicstcd a 10 per cont Increase in hos
pital beds and nearly $20,000 for alterations and service addi
tions to existing hospitals.
The house appropriations committee made the requests pub-
llc in reporting llio iiw in
dependent offices appropria-
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Congress Seen
In Agreement
On High Taxes
WASHINGTON, Jim. 22 (!)
oiiKress seemed Inclined today
!o support some extension or
price controls and to keep taxes
il a iukii level, uui mo remain'
tier ot President Trumun's do
mestic legislative program pro-
mked as much criticism us
urnlse,
Kepubllcuns sparked the crltl
eism. with Senator Bridges (It
N. II.) observing to reporters
that the president's 30, 000-word
recounting ot administration
ulms ought to be labeled "a mes
sage on the sorry state of the
union."
On the other hand Senator
Mead (D-N. Y.) commented that
the presidents economic pro.
posuls uro "sound and necessary."
Senator Morse (R-Orc.) gener
ally endorsed the goals set forth
by Mr. Trumiin, but ho said "his
fact-finding proppsal will not
solve labor disputes." Morse pro
posed instead voluntary settle
ments, adding: "1 think both In
dustry and labor should pructice
their prutlngs about freedom of
economic action by agreeing to
settle all major disputes oy vol
untary arbitration."
Not all comment, however, fol
lowed party lines.
Price Controls
Among 28 requests In his stale
of the union nicssago yesterday.
Mr, Truman asked for a full
year's extension of price con
trols. Tho reaction was mixed
on this score, but most legisla
tors who wcro asked about It
said they thought some curbs
must bo reiomeu to preveni run
away Inflation. ' " """ -Renntnr
Ball (R-Mlnn.) lug
jested that a "sane" progrom be
adopted under which price in
creases of possibly S per cent
would be allowed to make up
for somo of the wage raises that
have been granted.
"We'd better do that rather
than sit on the lid so tight that
we have a blowup, oau asserted.
Congrcsslonol fiscal experts
appeared pretty well agreed that
Mr. Truman's opposition would
prevent any substantial tax cu
this year.
Short Charges
'Buck Passing'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 (TP)
MoJ. Gen. Walter C. Short as
serted today the war department
had treated him unfairly and
had attempted to make him tho
"scapegoat" of. tne i-can jubiuui
disaster.
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Attired in a Drue uivniau sun,
RR.vmr.nld retired goncral
appeared before a senate-house
Inquiry commiuec 10 u
000-word defense of his decisions
and actions os tho 1041 comman
der of army forces in Hawaii. It
was his first public testimony
ilnce the Japanese struck the
mid-Pacific baso uec. v, iui.
Pnalmnster General Robert E
llaniiegiin, democratic national
phnirmnn. enn ferred briefly with
Committee Chairman Barkley
(D-Ky.) before Short begun his
testimony. Barkley told report
ers tho conference hud "nothing
to do with this hearing."
In his rjrenared statement,
Short contended that in four
years of official silence, his su
perior olf leers in wasningion
had "passed tho buck" to him un
til the congressional Inquiry
"forced the revelation of facts."
Lumber Mill OK's
15-Ceni Increase
BAKER, Ore., Jun. 22 (VP)
Last of the lumber mills In tho
Blue mountain area to reach a
wage agreement with employes
after a four month strike is the
Oregon Trail Lumber compnny
of Union which yesterdny after
noon signed a contract with its
00 employes.
Tho contract Is essentially the
same as contracts signed by
other plno mills in the Baker
urea and Includes a straight
across tho board 15 cents per
hour pay raise, according to D.
II. Beed, business agent for tho
BIuo Mountain Labor Council,
AFL.
G. Irving Hess, Oregon Trail
Lumber company general man
ager, said tho pinning mill is
expected to open February 1
and tho remainder of tho plant
will open March 1.
tlons bill.
Under Its proposed program
for the fiscal year beginning
next July 1, the veteruus' ad
ministration wants to build 30
new hospltuls in 20 suites and
construct additions to four oth
ers at a cost ot about $133,
800,000. These new facilities with
changes In the 11140 program
would add 13,422 permanent
beds for veterans in tho nation,
or a total of 1-12,000. The VA
estimates It then will have
about half as many permanent
beds as will bo needed whon
tho anticipated peak of veteran
hospitalization Is reached.
Tho agency believes this peak
will come In 1070.
In addition to the 30 new
hospitals and the other bed-increasing
projects Included In
its 1047 budget estimates, the
agency asked $10,744,500 for a
variety of Improvements In 71)
existing hospitals.
These requests wore all that
were okayed by the bureau of
the budget out of a total of
$100,140,721 In requests origin
ally made by the VA.
The veterans administration
expects ,70 now hospitals and ad
ditions authorized by congress
or under construction to bo com
pleted In 1047 the estimated
dates Include: Reno, Ncv., Sept.
16: Portland. Ore., Sept. 1; Hose-
burg, Ore., Oct. 1; Seuttlc, Sept.
10, Salt Lake City, Aug. 1.
The estimates were submitted
to a house appropriations sub
committee by Gen. Omar N.
Bradley, veterans administrator,
during hearings on tho 1947 in
dependent offices appropriation
bill.
Chinese Maul
U. S. Sailors
"SHANGHAI, Jan. 22 (P)
Several American sailors' were
beaten by demonstrating unem
ployed Chineso today during a
parade in protest against the
municipal government.
The sailors. In a navy truck
loaded with supplies, wcro trying
to get into a side street from the
bund. Some 10,000 to 20,000
Chinese were marching five
abreast with banners accusing
Shanghai authorities of failure
lo solve ' unemployment problems.
Witnesses said (he Chinese
swarmed over the truck, beating
several sailors and hurling pieces
of broken bottles at others, but
rejoined the parade after navy
shore patrolmen drew pistols.
None of the sailors was injured
seriously.
The demonstrators' banners
urged the municipal government
to open war-closed factories and
permit "freedom in organiza
tion of labor unions.
Oregon Rivers
Reported Rising
PORTLAND, Jan. 22 (VP) The
wuiameito river and its tnou
tarics were rising again today
under heavy rains, and the
weather bureau forecast the
Santiam river would pass flood
stage at Jefferson by tonight.
Only moderate rises, however,
were forecast In other areas.
The Suntinm was expected to ex
ceed flood stugo only slightly.
Tho weather bureau reported
2.53 inches of rain within tho
last 24 hours at Quartsvllle; 2.36
inches at Detroit; 2.61 at Falls
City.
Telephone Mill
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PREflOTATED STRIKES
Policy Of
British Hit
By Soviets
Reds Ask Withdrawal
Of English Troops
In Java, Greece
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON, Jan. 22 P) The
explosive problems of Greece
and Java were tossed Into the
lap of the United Nations or
ganization today by Soviet dele
gates, providing a full scale
test of the ability of the great
powers to cooperate with the
UNO.
Referring to the Soviet ac
tion, British Prime Minister At
tlce in answer to questions in
commons said today that the
British aimed only at "an ami
cable settlement" between the
Dutch government and Indones
ian nationalists in Java. He
m a d o no mention of Greece
which also has a British occu
pation force.
Soviet delegates earlier had
asked the security council -to
investigate and- take measures
against the maintenance of Brit
ish troops In Greece and Java.
Situation Improved
Declaring tho Java situation
appeared improved, Attlee ex
pressed the hope that conversa
tions between Dr. H. J. Van
Mook, acting governor general
of The Netherlands East Indies,
and Indonesian nationalists
would be resumed shortly. He
said if a "fuller statement"
were required It would have to
come from Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bcvin.
The prime minister spoke In
answer to questions from La
borite Tom Driberg and Con
servative Capt. L. D. Gammans.
UNO officials privately
agreed that the charges against
Britain made by delegates rep
resenting the Soviet Union and
tho Ukraine, coupled with ear
lier charges made by Iran
against Russia, had ended the
honeymoon period of the UNO.
American delegates were
playing down talk of a crisis
in the world peace agency,- but
It was apparent the organiza
tion was confronted with some
ot the toughest problems it
could be asked to meet. Some
Americans said privately that
the United States apparently
was moving into a middle man
position between Russia and
Britain.
WEATHER
(January 22)
Max. (Jan. 21) 38. Mln 35
Precipitation last 24 hours 12
Stream year to data 8.41
Normal ....5.98 Last year ....4.84
Forecast: Intermittent showers.
Irate War Mothers Gripe
To Ike On Demobilization
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (A')
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower told
a group of lrato war mothers
who confronted him todny on
Capitol Hill thot if all fathers
were discharged from tho army
"there will be no army."
A score of men, representing
units of the Servicemen's Wives
and Children's association, met
tho chief of staff outside the of
fice of Chairman May (D-Ky.) as
ho arrived to explain demobili
zation policy to the house mili
tary committee.
They told him bluntly they
wanted to talk to him and fol
lowed him into May's small of
fice in tho house office building.
Backed into a corner against
a window, the five-star general
tried for a few minutes to an
swer assorted questions fired at
him simultaneously by almost all
of the women.
May finally. Insisted that one
of them do the talking and Mrs.
Dorothy Galomb, Wilkinsburg,
Pa., secretary of tho crouo. was
designated spokesman.
blie said flatly that mothers
whose husbands are In service
are dissatisfied witli demobiliza
tion procedure and claimed that
one out of every three marriages
is ending In divorce, with serv
ice families involved In most of
tjicm.
Declaring that mothers, while
trusting their husbands, look
with alarm at pictures of frater
nization of servicemen overseas,
she asked Eisenhower:
"How do you think we moth
ers feel? Marriage won't stand
this isolation."
Elsenhower, when he got a
chance to get in a few words,
told the women there are about
700,000 fathers in the army and
everything is being done to get
them out in an orderly manner
as rapidly as possible.
"If I drop them out today re
gardless of their eligibility for
release," ho said, "there will be
no army."
, Eisenhower said replacements
arc being obtained and trained
as rapidly as possible. He prom
ised the delegation he would
personally handle any formal
program they submitted.
Wilbur Is Sick
Judith Payne, Los Angeles, looks sadly at her puppy, Wilbur,
who has a cold and won't play. She adopted Wilbur (and changed
his name to Gladys) when the pup's photo was published as an
unwanted waif.
'Shasta Daylights' To Roll
Through Here By End Of '46
an
line,
Red, orange-and black stream
liners will be rolling through
Klamath Falls by the end of
1946, according to plans of the
Southern Pacific announced in
Portland yesterday and received
In more detail by local railroad
officials today.
Known as the "Shasta Day
lights," the new fast trains will
be postwar editions of the SP's
famous steam-powered Daylights
on the coast and valley runs be
tween San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
Diesel power will be used on
the de luxe Shasta Daylights,
which will make dally runs both
Combs To Hear
Crisler Will
An affidavit of prejudice
against Judge David R. Vanden
bcrg in the probate hearing- of
the Vera Crisler estate has been
filed by the estate's attorney,
J. H. Carnahan, and Judge
Charles H. Combs of Lakeview
has been assigned to conduct the
hearing.
The Crisler will was probated
In Sacramento, Calif., as she was
a resident of-that state at the
time of her death Here last No
vember. It was also' probated
here January 18 with Dola N.
Clemens of Klamath Falls as
ancillary administrator in Ore
gon.
Rollin P. Rodolph, San Fran
cisco and Klamath Falls account
ant, is executor of the estate,
which Is valued at about $80,000
with property both in California
and Oregon. ....
There has oeen no suit contest
ing the will filed in the Klamath
county clerk's office and the
nivihntn hearine will be a regular
session for creditor's claims and
other claims against the estate.
Date for the hearing will be
set later and published.
7.622.000 Now
Out On Strike
By The Associated Press
' The 1,622,000 workers idle
in strikes across the country
marks at least a 27 year and
perhaps an all time high rec
ords of the bureau of labor
statistics showed today.
A total of 4,160,348 persons
were idle in 3030 strikes in
the year 1919, the records
showed, but no information
was available on the total Idle
in strikes in any single week
of that year.
By contrast with the num
erous strikes in 1919, four
single work stoppages have
made 1,388,000 idle now.
These big strikes are in steel,
electrical appliances, meat and
against General Motors and
have made 1,316,000 CIO and
70,000 AFL members Idle. ,
San .-Franclsce
Portland .on the-. Klamath
iys--between
d ,P
Each of the new trains will
have 14 cars in addition to the
Diesel-electric power units, and
besides the coaches, will Include
baggage car, diner, kitchen car,
coffee shop, tavern car and observation-parlor
car. - Sleepers
will not be needed. "
The red, orange and black
color scheme is already in use
on the L.A.-S.F. Daylights. The
interior color schemes and ex
clusive fabrics,, while ' not yet
worked out in detail, will re
flect the colors and characteris
tics of the Oregon scene. The
dining car and coffee shop will
also be representative of Oregon
through the itemi to be carried
on the menus.
New-type windows are plan
ned to give passengers a wide
angle view, vertically as well as
horizontally.
The S.P. - is also planning
streamline Improvements for the
Cascades, which have been op
erated for many yean through
here. Three-car diner" lounge
units, similar to those now in
use on the San - Francisco-Los
Angeles Larks, will be installed
on the Cascade. The company
hopes that these units will be
delivered early in 1947. Stream
lined sleeping cars will be add
ed to the Cascades when they
can be delivered, by manufacturers.
FEPC Said Wedge
To Socialism
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (IP)
Senator Russell (D-Ga.) told the
senate today that the bill to
create a permanent fair employ
ment practice commission is, "an
entering wedge to complete state
socialism and communism.
Russell spoke on the merits of
the measure but the parliament
ary situation remained un
changed the debate technically
was upon a motion to amend the
journal of Thursday's proceed
ings. Southern opponents of the
bill adopted that tactic last week
as delaying device, and hold
that as long as that is under dis
cussion no gag rule can shut off
debate.
Chief Hamilton
Offers Stogies
Chief of Police Orville Ham
ilton is beaming at the world
and passing out good cigars
this week as a result of the ar
rival of a 694 -pound black
haired baby daughter at the
Klamath Valley hospital Sun
day night.
Young Miss Hamilton is ' at
yet unnamed as the chief and
Mrs. Hamilton had picked out
a name for a' son and were not
prepared for the contingency
which arose Sunday night.
The youngster is the Hamil
ton's first child.
CIO Leader
Yents Wrath
On Industry
Farm Equipment Men
Walk Off Jobs In
Ten Plants
Br The Associated Press
CIO President Philip Murray
in a radio speech last night, said
the steel strike in support of
wage increase demands was pre
cipitated by "an evil conspiracy
among American big business"
which has "set out to destroy
labor unions, to provoke strikes
and economic chaos and mulct
the American people through un
controlled profits and inflation.
There was no immediate reply
irom management.
In Washington, President Tru
man, whose proposal of an 18 i
cents an hour wage increase was
accepted by the CIO-USW and
rejected by u. Sj. bteel corpora
tion, said:
"We are having many troubles
now as a result of turmoil and
dissatisfaction with wages and
hours and conditions of work.
"But I am not a pessimist. I
think this country is too great
to allow personal disturbances
and interior turmoil to prevent
us from enjoying what I consider
to be tne greatest age in the his
tory ot tne world.
More Idle
Yesterday's idle because of
labor disputes jumped nearly
800,000, bringing the total num
ber of workers away from their
jobs to 1,622,000, the highest
since -. shortly after the end of
World War I. In addition to the
750,000 steelworkers, other
walkouts involved 30,000 CIO
United Farm Equipment Work
ers in 10 International Harvester
company plants and 5000 CIO
Metal Mines and Smelter Work
ers in Utah.
In Detroit, the wage demands
which precipitated the strike of
175,000 Workers in General
Motors plants two months ago
was oacK to 3U per cent in
creases. Modified Fact
Plan Approved
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 OP)
The house labor committee today
approved a modified version of
President Truman's proposal for
fact-finding boards to handle
major industrial disputes.
The 10 to 8 vote came after
the committee had rejected, 13
to 5, a motion to approve .with
out change the legislation asked
bf Mr. Truman.
The measure accepted by the
group was drafted by Rep.
Landis (R-Ind.) It would set up
the fact-finding boards but
would not give them the power
to subpoena witnesses, books and
records.
It also would eliminate a sec
tipn banning strikes for 30 days
while the boards deliberate.
Both the subpoena power and
the "cooling off period had been
urged by the president.
Like Actfora
ufiinlHIuge
Steel Tie-up
By Tha Associated Pros
The White House acknowledged today that government
seizure of the strike-bound meat industry was under consider
ation but emphasized no similar proposal was being studied
yet for the steel walkout.
Press Secretary Charles C. .Ross told a news conference
there might be some developments In the meat strike today, p.,
'It's impossible to say at this time what will be done," hr
added. 'The matter of seizure has been under consideration."
After emphasizing that his remarks did "not refer to
steel," Ross made public a letter in which President Truman'
instructed the steel fact-finding board to continue Its "study
of governmental data" and "remain available for further
consultation."
A government official who declined to be quoted, said
leaders of the striking CIO packinghouse workers were in
Washington to discuss government seizure with Secretary of
Labor Schwellenbach. It was understood government seizure
would not be ordered unless it was certain the step would
end the strike. The AFL Meat Packing Workers union In
volved in the strike has indicated it would work for the gov
ernment, the official said. -
In the third largest labor dispute, the week-old strike of
200,000 CIO electrical appli- .
of La- .
ance workers. Secretary
bor Schwellenbach appointed
two government mediators.
They are William H. Davis, for
mer chairman of the war labor
board, and Arthur S. Meyer,
chairman of the New York state
mediation board.
Session Held
The two went into session
with officials of the General
Electric and Westinghouse com
panies and the striking CIO
United Electrical Workers.
In Detroit, the Detroit News
said the Ford Motor company
would offer the CIO United
Auto-Workers another wage in
crease soon, probably parallel
ing President Truman's 18 V4
cent hourly - increase proposal
in the steel dispute. This was
denied later by Ford.
As the meat fact-finding
board assembled in Chicago for
public hearings today on the
strike of 263,000 AFL and CIO
packinghouse workers, there
were reports the administration
planned to offer some last min
ute new price increase to avoid
taking over the meat plants. '
v Strategy .Cpnfabi
Top government "officials
held a series of strace strategy
conferences yesterday as the na
tion's biggest strike, the walk
out of 750,000 CIO steel work
ers, closing nearly 1300 plants,
was getting underway. Further
meetings were planned today
and the settlement of the meat
strike reportedly . held . No. 1
priority.
While the meat fact-finding
panel Is being given every possi
ble chance to mediate the wage
dispute, sources close to the in
dustry said the government's
new price formula might in
v o 1 v e a government commit
ment to purchase about three
million pounds of meat at an
increase in price of 35 cents a
hundred pounds.
The price of meat to civilian
wholesalers, it was reported un
officially in Washington, also
would be hiked 25 cents a hun
dred pounds as against a previ
ous proposal of 12H cents a
hundred pounds, with whole
salers either to absorb the raise
or receive higher subsidies,
leaving no increase for con
sumers. Wage Demands
The striking CIO United
Packinghouse Workers are de
manding 17 W cents an hour
wage boost and the -AFL Meat
Cutters and Butcher Workers
are asking 20 cents an hour in
crease. The highest offer by
the packers, made by Swift and
company, i a 10-cent-an-hour
hike.
The first effects of paralyz
ing steel strike began to be
felt as the country's biggest
work stoppage closed steel-making
and fabricating plants and
affected construction, railroads
and public utilities, but there
was no report of wage negotia
tions between the CIO United
Steelworkers and major steel
producers.
Fairless States Industry
Went 'More Than Halt Way'
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 m
Benjamin F. Fairless, president
of the United States Steel cor
poration, said today the industry
met the United Steel Workers
"more than half way" in wage
negotiations and that responsibil
ity for tho strike "rests with the
union."
"We did everything reason
ably within our power to avert
this disastrous steel strike," he
told reporters at the company's
office. "Our offer of a wage in
crease of 15 cents an hour met
75 per cent of the union's pro
posal." -
Fairless declared the 15 cents
increase would have cost his cor
poration $60,000,000 annually,
adding:
"This offer represents the big
gest wage Increase In the history
of the steel industry. The union
has answered this most substan
tial offer with a strike.
"This is not a fight in the sel
fish interest of the United States
Steel corporation. We feel
strongly the responsibility of
protecting the consumers the
thousands of fabricators and
processors of steel whose very
existence would be in jeopardy
should we grant the union s de
mand for such a large and un
warranted wage increase.
"The responsibility for this
strike rests with the union."
Fairless said there were no
new developments in the strike
situation and that he had re
ceived no word from any govern
mental agency regarding the na
tionwide walkout.
He said he might make a ra
dio address tomorrow night, "not
to answer Mr. Murray" but to
present his own version of the
controversy.
Gouin May
Be Named To
Head France
PARIS, Jan. 22 (ff) Felix
Gouin, socialist president of the
constituent assembly, said to
day he would accept a nomin
ation to be a candidate to suc
creed Gen. de Gaulle as presi
dent, possibly solving France's
governmental crisis. ,
His decision cleared the way
for a possible quick agreement
of the three major parties on
a new government, although
the socialists parliamentary
group just previously had elect
ed to back Vincent Auriol as
their candidate instead of Gouin.
The communists already had
proposed Gouin for the presi
dency after dropping their own
candidate, Maurice Thorez.
" Supported
Support by the popular re
publicans, third large party in
the assembly, for Gouin was
regarded as a foregone con
clusion for he previously had
been put forward by the com
munists as a candidate ."above
parties."
Agreement upon Gouin prev
iously had been blocked by the
assembly president's reluctance
to be a candidate.
The bespectacled 61-year-old
Gouin is the legal mind which
organized France's consultative
assembly at Algiers after the
liberation of North Africa. He
was one of the defense counsel
for Socialist Leon Blum when
the former premier was tried
by Vichy at Riom in 1942.
Farmers Urged
To Ship Cattle
PORTLAND, Ore , Jan. 22 W)
A possible meat shortage loomed
today, not because all packer
here are on strike, but because
some farmers think they are.
F. L. Ritter, secretary of the
Oregon meat council, and J. D.
McDonald, secretary of the AFL
Oregon Federation of Butchers,
urged Oregon, Idaho and Mont
tana stockmen to ship more cat- t
tie here.
Despite strong demand and
price advances, the North Port
land livestock market has been
receiving a fifth of the normal
cattle arrivals not enough for
the non-struck independent pack
ers' needs.
Lakeview Man '
Hurt In Wreck
H. L. Arms of Lakeview. en
route to Klamath Falls this
morning for dental surgery,
wound up at Hillside hospital
where physicians treated him for
facial lacerations as the result of
an automobile accident on Bly
mountain, 25 miles east of thif
city.
Arms suffered facial lacera
tions when he lost control of hit
car while crossing the snow
covered section of the highway.
He was brought here by passing
motorists.
Arriving In
United States
By Associated Press i
Warren H. Foster, TJ,
Kcno, arrived on Lincoln
Victory due In New York Jan
uary 20.
Fred P. McCIung, Sgt.,
Klamath Falls, arrived on
USS Freemont due in Seattle
January 20.
Walter L. Shores, TS,
Weed, arrived on Lincoln Vic
tory due in New York Janu
uary 20.