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By MALCOLM EPLEY
TTHE aviation-minded public around here Is
getting jumpy over the delay and confusion
that dominate the post-war aviation picture in
this area.
Official situation with re
spect to the Klamath . muni
cipal airport (still a naval air
station) is clogged with red
tape and indecision, and the
start of commercial airlines
into the area is still before the
CAB in Washington with no
hint as to how soon action
mav be expected. .
Meanwhile flying weather
te imnrnuiflff KfllPS of DriVBte
planes are getting underway, EPLEY
and people who need commercial airline serv
ice in this area are impatient to see it started,
started. ...
There is a growing anxiety to begin realiza
tion of the excellent opportunities for aviation
activity and development in our region.
.
Airline Decision Pends
WE have received some information from
Mayor North of Lakeview, who wired
Francis Brown, chief CAB examiner, urging
more speed on the part of the CAB in action
on the west coast airline cases. Those cases
include the application of Nevada-Pacific to
serve Klamath, Lakeview, Alturas, etc., and
two major lines, as well as other feeder
lines, to bring commercial airline service into
long-neglected Klamath Falls.
Mr. Brown replied with the customary "be
assured that the board is doing everything
possible to expedite the decision." He pointed
out there are many applications involved in
the west coast cases, but added that the board
is now giving the thing "active consideration.
Until the board acts, we don't know what we
are going to get in the way of airline service.
Klamath wants:
1. Major airline service connecting it with
the big coast centers and the trans-continental
airlines.
2. Adequate feeder ' service connections,
especially with the major points in this region
such as Lakeview, Alturas, Susanville, Burns,
etc.
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The Airport Situation
THE situation with respect to the municipal
airport is badly confused. The field is
still in navy possession, but it is being used .
by civilian fliers under a loose arrangement
pending final decision on future jurisdiction of
the huge port. . '
. There is no management set-up for the
civilian aviation there. The private planes are
kept in the old city hangar, while the two
mighty navy hangars stand empty and idle.
Traffic rules are what the fliers make them,
and it is to their credit that they are maintain
ing order and safety under the difficult circum
stances which exist there, i
The city some time ago was. offered a re
vocable permit for civilian use of the field.
It objected to certain clauses in this permit.
With the assistance of Congressman Lowell
Stockman, these objectionable features have
been eliminated, but the city attitude, as ex
pressed by Mayor Ostendorf, still indicates
reluctance to make any municipal move on the
field until there is still further clarification o .
the whole situation. Thus, such matters as
charging hangar rent and for sale of gasoline
on the field, or any move toward municipal
management, are being held in abeyance.
' We are informed that the Klamath airport,
one of the best in the west, is not currently
designated as open for public use, and aviators
moving through this area do not know whether
they can land there or not. The local airport
Is not included in the weekly information for
airmen put out by the CAA.
Enterprise
THERE are encouraging evidences of enter
prise and planning by the aviation enthus
iasts of the community.
Several outfits are already in operation, and
training programs are being organized. Air
plane agencies are being established. The vla-tion-minded
people hero are ready to step right
out with a lot of activity as soon as the facility
situation is cleared up. 1
Indications are that the training opportunities
to be offered GI's under federal law will be
fully utilized here.
It all amounts to quite a problem which lies
in the lap of the city aviation commission. With
a new member, Marshall Cornett, replacing the
veteran Gus Krausc, the commission has sched
uled its next meeting for next Friday.
Klamath Falls is loitering on the edge of the
post-war aviation map. It would like to get
on it in a big way soon.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, March 13 Now let me
explain the latest Truman-Bowles wage
price policy issued Monday:
Bars to wage increases are to be removed
and patterns established with ifs, ands, and
buts. One of the ifs provides an 18 H cents
air hour increase if the local pattern permits,
but not necessarily. In case this provision does
not apply, the cost-of-living pattern- will be
come a but, although not automatically. The
cost-of-living pattern Is changed from and
here I quote the official explanation "An in
crease in straight-line hourly earnings in the
appropriate unit to the extent" that increases
had fallen short of a 33 per cent increase
since January 1, 1941. That is the old, old
pattern since February 14. It is to be changed
to I quote again "Increases in basic wages if
hourly wages of the appropriate unit have not
risen 33 per cent since January 1, 1941." This
is the different wage policy . as the official
handouts present it. Different, isn't it?
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Price Policy Explained
THE price policy is explained with equal sim
plicity. The new policy I quote again
"Will not mean a new higher level of prices."
There are no ifs, ands, or buts about this. Upon
this Mr. Bowles is firm. His OPA, however,
simultaneously provided a but, if not a butt
or butte. At the very moment of the Bowles
announcement, it made public a general in
crease in the prices of men's and boys' clothing
in order to induce manufacturers to release
their stores to the public. Twenty-four hours
earlier OPA authorized what it called "sub
stantial rises in cotton textile prices" to spur
production of shirts and dresses. Just before
that, a general rise of 10 cents a barrel in the
price of oil had been authorized by the same
official agency under Mr. Bowles. Steel had
been sent up by the government $2 to $12 a
ton. Building material increases had been
directed by OPA on lumber specifically and an
announcement was issued bragging about the
tremendous increases, which, the government
said, no longer justified the weak production
of such materials. Too numerous for this terse
column were other additional price buts, butts
or buttes.
Now do you understand? If not I will put in
a nutshell, where it seems to be anyhow. The
recent wage increase formula is to be liberal
ized, tremendously, but not too much, greatly,
a little, maybe and maybe not, but the price
formula is not to be liberalized one Inch in the
struggle to hold the bulge against inflation:
that is, not for anything, and by this I mean not
anything so far except steel, building materials.
fuel, clothing, shirts, dresses, sugar, butter and
otner loods and other materials.
This is the way they tell it officially. Yet
they wonder why there is confusion.
Detect Ray Of Light
SERIOUSLY I do not think they are as con
fused as they say. I think I can detect a
ray of light behind the flimsy curtain of words,
namely this:
The government tried to Increase wages with
out increasing prices and found this could not
be done. Goods were backed up in some lines
because these could not be sold at a profit.
These were being kept in storage. Production
was discouraged in other lines because it could
not be attempted profitably. A readjustment
was necessary in order to get distribution as
well as production. This was further advisable
as a discouragement to black markets. Indeed
some black markets had become bigger than
the white. (For further explanation look back
upon my columns of the past two' weeks.)
From a political standpoint also the relaxa
tions were advisable in order to encourage
congress to renew presidential authority over
economics in the war powers -acts expiring
June 30.
This maneuver Is being covered by as confus
ing a curtain of "explanations" as ever emanat
ed from a government mimeograph machine,
and this is saying something as those machines
have seldom been geared for frankness.
SIDE GLANCES
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From the Klamath Ntwi
Mtirch 13. 193S
Elevation of wtiltir In Iho Tule
Itiku sump is 4U33.77 lent, a
hlither level Hum In any record
ed year to (lulu, it Is higher thnn
it was nt tha time of tliu lust
dlko break,
"Yeah, I henr so many nrttiuuentii and see so ninny
picket lines nnd people HMinf! over shorties. I'm
going to rc-cnlisl I want a little peace and security 1"
The World
Today
By DaWITT MacKENZIE
AP World Traveler
4 Officers, 8 Enlisied
Men At Naval Air Station
The entire .personnel list of
the Klamath naval air station
can now be published, in fact all
men on duty at the station could
be crowded into an 8x10 picture
wiin room to spare.
! Four officers and eight enlist
ed men now make up the navy's
crew manning the big installa
tion just outside Klamath Falls.
This is strong contrast to the full
complement during wartime
peaic activity.
' : Lt. Cmdr. S. A. Congdon is
commanding officer, Lt. Cmdr.
J. F. Fitzpatrick is public works
officer, Lt. W. H. Campbell is
station secretary and the fourth
officer is Chief Machinist J. L.
Brautigam.
! Enlisted men on duty are
James Heaton, cox; James Lan
man, CSK; Carl Livingston.
ACOM; Delmar Steele, MOMM
3c; Arnold Vance, S 1c; J.
TO NEGLECT SNIFFLES, SNEEZES OF
Vaughn, SK 2c; William
Walker, F 1c; E. A. Fansler,
CBM.
The station, which went on
dfsestablished status January 1,
1946, has not been changed, offi
cials said today.
During peaK activity at the
station, Klamath folks were ac
customed to the constant hum of
planes in the air. Planes which
drop down at the station now
are few but some have been com
ing in from Astoria, Seattle, Pas
co and Whidby Island, Wash.,
in the interest of materials still
at the station. There are a num
ber of civilians still employed on
the base, 28 working at various
duties and 22 employed as fire
crew to protect the property.
ine enlisted men. all of whom
live "ashore" which means in
town to the land lubber, were
chosen because their families are
located here. Three of the offi
cers reside in homoja huts at the
station and one, Lt. Campbell,
lives ashore.
Although work does not com
pare to that demanded when the
hangars and runways were filled
with planes, the men on duty
find plenty to keep them busy
shipping stuff away from here,
crating and checking material at
nana and other jobs.
Male Enrollment
Shows Increase
SALEM, March 13 (P) Male
enrollment at Willamette uni
versity exceeds enrollment of
women for the first time since
1941, the university announced
today.
There were 319 men and 315
women enrolled for the snrine
semester today.
ine enrollment, which will be
completed this week, probably
win totai ou, mgnesi since ltiii.
Mackenzie
VIENNA, March 13 (JP)
Present day total war is
synonymous with obliteration in
the minds of most folks and
the destruc
tion wrought
in the late con
flict certainly
goes far to
wards substan
tiating that
idea, but it's
amazing to see
how life flows
on and cuts
new channels
for itself
amidst the
ruins of Eu
rope.
Mrs. Mack and I had that
impressed on us again during
our trip here from Switzerland
by tram, for the curious mix
ture of . people who fight for
places on the crowded Vienna
Express and the country
through which it passes gives
a cross section of this Austria
which is trying to reassert it
self. There were on the train
refugees returning with their
few belongings in Alpine packs
which they carried aboard on
their shoulders, and this I take
It tells of longing lor what once
was home and a hope that for
tune will deal kindly with the
motherland.
Along with them was an en
tirely different class which also
radiated not only hope but con
fidence and a determination to
get the best out of a bad situa
tion. They were the tanned
young men and women skiers
who seize every opportunity to
pursue their favorite sport in the
lyroi.
There were a few obvious
war profiteers who travel back
and forth making a profit out
of their country s suffering, and
tnere were nonest tradesmen
who still believe in Austria and
are taking a hand in her re
construction.
There were, of course, the
inevitable army officers, for at
ono time or another during the
24-hour journey you' will en-
counter British, American,
French and Russians.
These represent the forces of
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Furnaces,
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occupation, which for years
will maintain order while Aus
tria Is undergoing rehabilitation
and reform. There also were
numerous UNRKA workers of
various nationalities, represent
ing humanitarian efforts to help
the fallen country.
The trip Into the occupied
zones of Austria Is filled with
thrills and some anxiety. Not
only do civilian passengers have
to carry passports, which are
up to da to in every detail, but
both civilians and military have
to provide themselves with per
mits to pass through the Amer
ican, French and Russian con
trol zones.
Back on Business O. E.
Thompson, formerly associated
with the U. S. employment serv
ice here, Is in town on a two
day business trip. He is working
out of Salem for the claims de
partment of the unemployment
compensation commission of US
ES, covering all employment
offices east of the Cascades.
Claude McColloeh, democrat,
cunio nut today for (lomucrutic
iiiitluuul cummittucnum for Ore
lion.
From the Klamath Republican
March B, 1UUB
A dry kiln Is being erected at
the Arklty llro.s. mill. C. S nnd
11. S. Monro mo erecting a now
mill on thd south side of Lnko
Ewuuna. Rumor has it that the
Weyerhaeuser Tlmbei company
has been negotiating for the pur
chase of the Mouru mill. Locu
tion of a Weyorhiuuisor mill
close to this city is u part of tho
schemo of things for a grcutcr
Klamnth Falls.
Lost Billfold
Returned To Owner
A billfold containing $00 nnd
porsonnl pnpurs was found re
cently by O. C. Motley of Motley
Plumbing company mid returned
to tho owner, Mrs. Gladys L.
Bnslcr, 4023 W. lflllth street,
Lawndnlc. Cnllf. The billfold
was located on a vncnnt lot
whero Motley was unloading
hrotigh contact with Mrs.
septic tanks, he said
Through contact
Busier, it was lenrned thill the
money wa ncciimuliitcd by her
husband who whs killed on Okinawa.
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Wednesday, March 13, 1946
Langell Valley
Seeks Service
Lungnll valley residuals mol
him iiikih in uio community hull
nt Lornlln nnd niiinud n thrro
mint committee to rcproxout
1 1 win In ucttlnu bettor nutria .....i
luli'phiinn servlt'o for that grow
ing Ugl K'UllllIIH m i-.
Hog Thomas, Frank Drown nnd
Cecil Forclor wero chosen for
tho rnminitieo, inoy will attend
meetings of tho county court nnd
chamber of commerce, and pur
tictiliii'ty will prusent tho valley',,
aspirations for road sei-vlco at
tho meetings of the county
budget committee.
About 00 attended the meeting.
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