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By MALCOLM EPLEY
r PEAKING at a dinner meeting here last
J night, Hawthorne Daniel, noted correspond
ent, said that he had observed
of collective purpose on the
part of the American people.
He spoke from experiences
In travels in 41 states, follow
ing a long period ' abroad
which gave him a special
objectivity as he observed the
American scene on his return.
Mr. Daniel said that Amer
icans had usually had a rea
tonably sound collective pur
pose the settlement of the
ivpst. fnr instjinro. and tha
winning of the war. Such EPLEY
purpose tended to create a' national cohesion
that made for a happier, more constructive
country.
Just now, he said, he finds that everybody
pressure groups and individuals, presumably
are out to "get theirs," but there is no na
tional goal.
As we listened to this Interesting observa
tion, It occurred to us that the best collective
purpose we Americans can adopt right now is
to make our political system and our way of
life WORK work for our own happiness and
as a demonstration to the world of the success
of the democratic Idea.
Statesmen -
THAT can come, through the elevation to
places of leadership labor STATESMEN,
Industrial STATESMEN, and political STATES
MEN. '
Too much power has gotten into the hands
of men who do not come under that classifica
tion, nor has there been enough demand, from
the people, for statesmanship on the part of
labor leaders, industrial leaders, and political
leaders.
We have the country, the resources, the peo
ple, and the system. It is a grand opportunity
for real statesmen to do a job.
Americans, as our visiting speaker said, may
lack collective purpose, but they are ripe for
one.
News Behind The News
Br PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 The new Truman
Bowles economic control program has
not been thoroughly interpreted or understood.
The president spoke-of it as "a bulge" in his
wage-price line. Mr. Bowles, being a price
man himself, talks of it as a price-holding
policy, as if there was not much more to it..
Actually, the wording of the executive order
authorizing it, ventures far beyond these fields
into a complete government control, more
specific and extensive than wartime, based
upon the following proposition:
1 A general wago increase, above wartime
rates, with no figure mentioned.
2 Increase of prices only where necessary
to bring business profits up to pre-war level.
In simplest essence, then, the idea is to make
business pay higher than war wages and limit
profits to the lower, pre-luilation, pre-war
standard. Prices are to go wherever this
formula sends them.
To accomplish such proposed economic leger
demain (if it can be accomplished), the govern
ment proposes to lay hands on every economic
control establish priorities over materials, limit
profits through its wage policy and price lim
itations, and rather specifically fix wages.
While it has mentioned no precise figure for
the general wage increase in its announcements,
it has advocated boosts ranging from IS to 20
per cent, or 15 to 22 cents an hour in steel,
autos, etc. This is coming now on top of the
general IS per cent war increase of the little
steel formula, which actually went further
than 15 per cent in contrived concessions (re
classifications, portal-to-portal, vacations, etc.).
Thus wages have been officially decreed to be
up 30 per cent from pre-war, and the signed
steel contract with its new approximately 30
per cent wage increase runs for only one year.
At which time the union may seek the rest
of its demands for another increase.
Wage Policy To Grant Increases
THE Truman-Bowles decree authorizes con
tinued extension of the 15-20 per cent
wage increases for any of these following rea
sons which might apply in a particular case
consistency with "a general pattern," the local
market, gross inequities, disparities, cost-of-living,
etc., etc. In effect, the wage policy
is to grant Increases for any purposes except
ing inflation.
But on business profits, the executive order
Is strict and specific, while business may apply
for price increases in less than six months
(This point greatly stressed as favorable to
business in the announcements), business can
get an increase only to prevent operating at a
loss, or to bring its profits up I quote para
graph 2B "To earn an average rate of profit
equal as nearly as may be to the rate of the
return on net worth earned by the industry
in the peacetime basic period applicable to that
industry."
Revolutionary Formula
THIS is no simple wage-price formula or
policy. It is revolutionary. It proposes a
peacetime revolution in the capitalistic system
greater than effected for war purposes, al
though operating under continuance of the
presidents war powers acts. During the war,
the government acted only in generalities, using
ceilings and freezings in its controls and taxing
the profits of business whatever these were.'
Now it is moving into specific management not
only of each wage and each price, but each
profit.
It is not a "hold the line" policy (which
worked out as a hold-the-sieve policy, in which
secret price and wage increases were effected
by gross deterioration in quality of goods and
services), or "a bulge" in that sieve. It is a
"nut cracker" program.
It proposes to crack the "nut" (income of
business) not alone between the loose Jaws of
wage increases and price ceilings, as during the
war, but by the insertion of a third, specific
sharp jaw a profit ceiling, not fixed realistical
ly on values of this current inflationary era,
but upon the pre-war value of the dollar in
purchasing power.
Can it be done? Could the program work?
With the above initial explanation of the depths
of the project, I will, attempt to ascertain the
answer to the final questions in a subsequent
column.
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Industrialization Of Far
East Stressed By Speaker
Americans might well lend a
hand in the industrialization of
the Far East for self-interest as
well as humanitarian reasons,
Hawthorne Daniel, noted corre
spondent and world traveler,
told members of the Knife and
Fork club here last night.
Daniel drew on history to
chow the salutary effects of liv
dustrialization, especially in
England, Germany and the Uni
ted States, and predicted that in
dustrializing the east will lift the
living standards of the Orient's
enormous populations, contrib
ute heavily to increased world
trade, bring a good return on
American investment, and break
down jealousies between the
east and the west.
The speaker was asked a ques
tion from the audience as to
whether the Oriental peoples, if
strengthened by industry, would
not eventually undertake to con
quer the world. He replied that
wiae divergence of living stand
ards among peoples of the world
inevitably leads to trouble. He
described pitiful conditions of
hundreds of millions in the On
ent, indicating that anything fun
damental that can be done to
. improve that situation would be
worth the chance for humanity's
saice.
Historical Sketch
Daniel began his historical
sketch with emphasis on the year
1671 as the beginning of Eng
land's industrial development
(invention of the steam engine)
and the year Cornwallis surren
dered at Yorktown to start the
great American demonstration of
a free democracy. Germany's in
dustrial greatness began with
the Franco-Prussian war, and by
1914, Germany was the No. 1
industrial nation' of the world.
War leadership, he said, meas
ured everything in terms of war,
and its industrial strength was
twice brought to collapse in dis
astrous struggles of arms. After
World War I, the United States
assumed world leadership, and
he indicated that a friendly hand
in the industrialization of the
Orient would be a demonstration
of American greatness.
Daniel supplemented his main
topic with certain impressions,
at home and abroad, gained
through his experience as a world
traveler. He gave personal obser
vations of noted military lead
ers, such as MacArthur and Ei
senhower, and told of his inter
view with rope f ius.
After a long period abroad, he
said, he returned to this coun
try a short time ago, and has
quickly covered 41 states on his
lecture tour.
Americans Lacking
He said he found that Amer
icans are sadly lacking in collec
tive purpose.
He concluded his address with
a declaration for decentraliza
tion of powers which he said
had been concentrated beyond
reason in Washington. He agreed
that Washington should have
more authority than in earlier
periods of U. S. history, but said
that centralization had gone too
far, and appealed to Americans
to take power back to the states,
to local communities, and into in
dividual responsibility.
JtranK Jenkins introduced the
speaker, who addressed an audi
ence of more than 200. Vice
President J. V. Owens presided
at the meeting.
Ladies Aid The Zion Luther
an Ladies Aid will meet Thurs
day at 2 p. m., in the church par
lors. Mrs. Chester Dreeszen will
be hostess. All members and
friends are invited to attend.
VFW Accepts
20 Members
Twenty hew members were
accepted by Pelican post No.
1383, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
when they were obligated at the
February 21 meeting. They were
Evan R. Petty, George M. Park
er, John Carothers, Folke V. Or
ling, William J. Selinsky, Earl
W. Green, John S. Feeback,
Christopher J. Murphy, Lewis E.
Witter, Harold D. French, Ralph
R. Duncan, Fay Morris, Orval J.
Smith, Cleo C. Epps, Julius J.
Zamzow, Grover A. Litton, Har
old H. Frazier, Charles E. Bo
hannon, Oren Carter and James
H. Pierce.
There will be a regular busi
ness meeting of VFW at Dance
land Thursday at 8 p. m. It was
announced that there would not
be initiation at this session. The
post has just received 300 in
signia and all members are asked
to be present that have not re
ceived the buttons.
WRA Employe Hurt
When Car Overturns
TULELAKE, Feb. 26 Melvin
Molde, 26, WRA employe, suf
fered a broken hip and collar
bone about 3 a. m. Sunday when
he lost control of a coupe and
rolled over on the highway near
the state line at Hatfield. He
was returning to the camp from
a aance at Merrill.
Three Tulelake boys, whose
names were not learned, report
ed the accident to Gerald Wil
son, California state highway pa-
iroiman, wno tooK the injured
man to the WRA project hospital
where he awaits removal to a
veterans' hospital. Molde was
recently discharged from the
army. The car was demolished.
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Permits OK'd
By Council
Building permits totaling
$14,150 were approved by the
city council last night. The
Eagle pool hall was given per
mission to remodel the former
location of the Army and Navy
store, 627 .Main, at a cost of
$5000. The permit was sought
by L. F. Hansen.
Other permits: Lucas Furnl
ture company, 195 E. Main,
flooring, $500; Wilbur M. Gher
kin for J. E. Patterson and Son,
addition to store at 1229 E.
Main, $3500; Herbert Cox, re
model garage at 9th and Com
mercial, $750; Cecil V. Crouse,
new roof at 912 Prospect, $100;
Francis Ellis, contractor, for Dr.
George Goehring, 1944 Huron,
addition to residence, $4000;
Burt E. Hawkins, new roof at
residence, 2135 Vine, $300.
Basin Men
Discharged
Among the many navy men re
turning to civilian life following
honorable discharges from tho
service are residents of the south
ern Oregon area.
From Klamath Falls are Ver
non A. Sattley, GM 3c; Arthur
H. Levasseur, S 1c, 58 Main;
Louis F. Corrigan, PhM 1c,
1120 Mon Claire; Clarence E.
Cornett, CM 3c, 2942 La Verne;
Carroll W. Chase, S 1c, 2521
Hope; Howard J. Wilkinson,
F 1c, 2334 Summers Lane; Ev-
erett J. Klinkham, Su(A) 3c,
3729 Homedale; and Doran C.
Rhoads, AMM 3c, 524 Grant.
Others from southern Oregon
are Eric Romtvedt, MMM 3c,
Bonanza; Jeremiah H. Berry,
RM 3c, Box 5; David L.- Harbi
son, ETM 2c, Box 561; Emil R.
Hartig, AMM 2c; George R.
Roper, CM 1c; Lakeview.
OPA Violation
Brings Refund
The Klamath Falls price panel
of OPA has secured checks pay
able to the treasurer of the Unit
ed States for the amounts of
$3.07 and $34 refunded to the
consumer by Steve Rose of Rose
Motor company, 4th and Klam
ath, for violation of UrA regula
tions 540, involving sales above
the ceiling price on used cars.
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March 2
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Dancing 10 till 2
Music by
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Jean Watson
To Sing Here
Jean Watson, lovely Canadian
contralto, will be presented lnj
the third of a scries of winter
concerts under the banner of the
Klamath Community Concert
association at the Pelican theatre
tomorrow night, Wednesday.
The concert is slated for 8
o'clock sharp and there are no
reserve seats. Tickets will not be
sold at the door and admission Is
by membership only.
Stolen Bay Horse
Found Near Malin
MERRILL, Feb. 26 The bay
horse, taken a week ago from
me locKcd oarn on tne w. e.
Hammond ranch on the Merrill
highway, has been found on the
Jack West ranch near Malin. The
animal, which apparently had
been ridden for a lone distance.
wandered into the corrals there
Sunday.
A new saddle, taken at the
same time, has not been found.
State police and Hammond
tracked the animal from the
barn to the state line south of
Malin by means of prints left by
the rough shod four-year-old
horse.
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The World
Today
By DeWITT MicKENZIE
AP World Traveler
SI
MicKENZIE
NUEHNUEUG, Germany, Fob.
28 (1) Your correspondent him
run into llolclisniarshal Hor-
miinn Goering
here and is
mighty g'ad ,0
see him nun In.
Because this
1 1 m o ho Is
where he be
longs In tho
dock of the al
lied court on
the charge of
crimes against
Immunity.
Hitler's
crown prince
is looking fur better than I've
ever seen him, especially since
ho hits lost a huge amount of
the fut ho used to lug about
with him. He also seems re
markably cheerful and full of
bonus, if you will pardon the
expression, especially for one
who Is sitting on death's front
doorstep. Hu has lost llttlo if
any of tho self-confidence ond
ego ho possessed when I saw
him In- action at Munich In
1938, and later In Berlin, us he
and his chief were putting the
finishing touches on their con
spiracy against mankind,
Poneiioi Courage
Still it isn't surprising to see
Goering battling for life with
a grin and a fuir exhibition of
nonchalance. For to glvo the
devil his due, Hermann has
never been accused of lucking
physical courngo. lie won his
spurs in the first World wur,
you know, with his spectacular
showmanship and daring.
I was on the British.- front
when the famous Baron Richt
hofen, leader of the "Flying
Circus" was shot down in his
crimson plane. He was Ger
many's greatest aco and a lot
of folk wondered whut would
happen to the circus. They soon
found out. For another leader
came over in a crimson plane
and that was young Goering.
So Hitler's runnerup is mak
ing a fight of it in court. Of
course ho knows very well that
his chances of escaping death
are almost nil. However, he's
sticking to the old adage that
while there's life there's hope
and anyway, it pleases his
vanity to attract attention in a
courtroom crowded with the na
tionals of many countries.
Central Flgurt
He's the central figure in the
trial and how well ho realizes
it, as he scribbles notes for his
attorney, nods approval of ar
guments by tho defense or
shakes disapproval of somo
fioint by the prosecution. Goer
ng's penchant for -theatrical
has given n lot of folk the Idea
that he's just a buffoon, but
don't get that mistaken notion.
He's smart and his organizing
ability and driving force had
Tuesday. Fab. 26, 1946
much to do will) putting the
relch on such n powerful wur
footing Unit Hitler almost con
quered Europe.
But despite ull tho evil which
Goering has done, ho Isn't tho
oiio to bo most feared among
tho mizi chieftains on trial.
Thtit distinction falls to Frunz
von Papen, the crafty worker
behind tho scenes who built
Hitler up with the Ideu of don
blccrosslnii him unci becoming
fuehrer himself. Von Papon's
scheme failed, but ho remains
one of tho world's most danger
ous men. He, too, is fighting
vigorously for his life.
CIO Workers
Plan Boycott
EUGENE, Fob. 26 (I') A plan
of CIO workers to boycott ship,
menl of logs to the Sprlniifleid
Plywood corporation mill if the
AFL wins bargaining election
tomorrow at tho plant was an
nounced hero.
CIO Loggers' Business Agent
James McKay said the union
members supply 00 per cent of
the plant's logs and announced
the CIO did not Intend to allow
"working conditions bo under
mined by phony AFL contracts."
The statement cume after
Charles Smith, AFL organizer,
told the Eugene Building Trades
council the AFL locals should
unite to oppose CIO uctlvlty.
Tho CIO announcement said
Smith's statement Indicated tho
AFL "Is trying to place Into ef
fect the boycott against the CIO
that was started In 1937 and
tried ngaln In the 1945 lumber
strike."
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