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By MALCOLM EPLEY
A GREAT many of Klamath's young men are
home from the service and it is important
to all of us that they find pleasant diversion in
the old home community, along with good earn
ings in jobs or businesses.
Judcine from the interest being shown, it ap
pears that right now "pleasant diversion" means
baseballhardball ana sou
ball to a large number of
these young fellows. Today's
weather conditions will do
nothing to discourage the base
ball urge.'
And so, the community is
going through another one of
those hot arguments about
what to do to provide suitable
grounds where games may be
played by local Softball
Icacues. and where regional
hardball teams can compete EPLEY
for the entertainment of local spectator crowds
on the summer weekends.
The matter has been put up to city officials,
and after considerable discussion, a plan had
taken shape today.
Recommendation
THE city recreation committee formed a
recommendation to the council that up to
$1500 of recreation funds be authorized for ex
penditure in putting Recreation park field in
shape for baseball. To this recommendation,
1he committee appended a request that the bal
ances in wartime troop entertainment funds be
turned over for use in conditioning the base
ball field.
The committee's puroose in making this sug
gestion" is to hold to a minimum the amount of
money which is spent out of recreation reserves,
which were primarily saved for the purposes of
acquiring a site and getting a swimming pool
construction program started in Klamath.
Over a period of years, savings from the
recreation funds, plus some outright contribu
tions, were aimed at the swimming pool pro
gram. The funds thus put aside amount to
something over "515 000. If recreation money
goes for baseball, it presumably will have to
come from this reserve fund.
Recreation committeemen felt that the im
mediate need for baseball would justify an ex
penditure of a small nart of the reserve fund
for this purpose, but they feel morally bound
to retain as much as possible for swimming pool
purposes. Therefore, they ask that the old
troop entertainment money be used for the
baseball program, to reduce the outlay from
the recreation reserve.
Servicemen's Sentiment
A TROOP entertainment committee formed
early in the war, and headed by Lynn
Roycroft, has several hundred dollars left over.
This committee retained $1000 at the time the
military service committee took over the co
ordination of troop hosDiiality efforts in Klam
ath Falls. We understand that $200 or $300
of the $1000 fund has been spent, but that
something over $700. remains.
If servicemen's sentiment is as strong for
baseball as has been indicated the past few
days, we believe they would thoroughly approve
if the troop entertainment committee would
contribute the balance to the baseball program
this year.
There should be an understanding on the
part of the public on the problem confronting
the recreation committee in connection with
this matter. It has felt that there were certain
moral ties on the recreation reserve fund as a
swimming pool fund. In addition, there has
been authoritative opinion that the fund was
legally tied up, at least until July 1.
Despite these' difficulties, the committee has
decided to go ahead to the extent of $1500 if
necessary, and asks that troop entertainment
money also be put into the baseball pot this
year. If that is done, expenditures from the
reserves will be low, and the committee may
be expected to get busy on a swimming pool
program in the near future.
Barracks Pool
INCIDENTALLY, what a shame it was that
the Marine Barracks swimming pool was not
constructed in the downtown area, where it
could now perform a vital community service.
There was talk of that early in the career of
the Barracks, but the rules were evidently
against it. Now there is a big, empty pool on
the hill one of the best in the U. S. and
Klamath Falls is again faced with a strong
public demand for a municipal swimming pool.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, April 15 The Polish move
to induce UNO to Quarantine Spain is
simply a Russian manauver to embarrass the
United States and Britain because we similarly
pushed the Iran Question into UNO.
The Polish representative who presented the
issue is known as Stalin's man. Furthermore
the issue itself originated with the communist
party of France. From that party came the
recommendations which resulted in France mov
ing her troops up to the Spanish frontier and
closing her border.
In the beginning the United States and Brit
ain went along with the French agitation
against Franco. We joined in the publication
of a white paper and a manifesto, proclaiming
our opposition to Franco. But we soon dis
covered, to our dismay, that the white paper
and manifesto had thwarted its own purpose.
Instead of helping to get rid of the Spanish
government, it actually strengthened Franco's
hold on his people, who resented foreign in
fluence and intercference.
Suffered Same Experience
WE have more recently suffered the same
experience in South America. Just before
the Argentine elections our state department
(Spruille Braden) issued strong charges against
Colonel Peron, denouncing him for protecting
axis agents, and urging the Argentine people to
defeat him. He "won overwhelmingly. Our
interference defeated its purpose. That policy
of ours is now in complete rout. Within six
weeks after our blue book charges. We have
had to come around and appoint an ambassador
to Buenos Aires who will bear no political
antagonism and publicly take the position that
if the Peron government will carry out its
pledges under the act of Chapultepec, we will
implement that pact for mutual military assist
ance with Argentine. This announcement has
everywhere been interpreted as simply a face
saving device. The Braden big stick policy is
dead.
Such experiences have brought our diplomats
to the inevitable conclusion that quarantining
would be even less effective and probably more
disastrous to our purposes. If we cut off food
and fuel from the Spanish people, we will be
punishing the people, not the government, and
by such a step may further strengthen the
standing of the government with its people.
But, beyond that, if we succeed in ousting
Franco by any means, it is apparent we may be
faced with a quasi-communist regime in Spain
(one sympathetic to the communist party of
France, for example) which would be even less
cooperative with American and British purposes
than is the cowed and Quiet Franco. In short,
we would hand another nation to Russia.
No Evidence
THERE is no evidence of any substantial rev
olutionary movement in Spain. The Span
ish republican government in exile has been
telling us for some years that Franco is un
popular and the exertion of outside pressure
would accomplish his downfall, but he never
falls, and there is no worthwhile objective in
formation to establish the claim of the government-in-exile.
,
The greater, obvious truth of the matter is
that Spain is a small nation of little conse
quence in world problems. She does not threat
en the peace of the world, any more than Ar
gentina is actually a threat to world peace.
There is therefore no valid excuse for UNO to
act in the matter, unless the government-in-exile
can trump up some atomic bomb threat.
The Polish move to get the council to act
was really a subtle needling of us, as is shown
In the manner of its presentation. You will
remember in the case of Iran, we took a strong
position for a policy of discussion by the secur
ity council. The Russians are pinning us to
that policy now on Spain. They knew we
could not or would not turn around and attempt
to stop discussion of any matter so soon after
our insistence upon open discussion of Iran,
even though the discussion this time may be
embarrassing to us. It was a rather clever trick,
but our authorities do not believe it will have
any serious consequences. They do not believe
UNO will act after discussion, or that anything
effective will be done to break down the Amer
ican and British foreign policies, which are in
complete accord on the Spanish situation. (The
British feeling even stronger than we do on
the subject.)
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following these rulet, are warmly welcomed.
NAME FOR ROAD
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., (To
the Editor) Our community is
making plans for a celebration
of the centennial of the opening
of a route into Oregon, through
Dur part of the state.
It might be well to clarify two
points, first, the extent of the
road, and second, its name.
The new road extended from
Ihe place where the exploring
party left the Oregon-California
Trail, near Ashland, and extend
ed to the big bend of the Hum
boldt river in Nevada, where it
joined the trail to California.
The Oregon-California Trail
was well-established many years
before our road party traversed
it. The Hudson's Bay trappers
used it; Ewing Young had
brought cattle from California to
the Willamette valley over it;
James Clyman and many others
knew and used it. Duflot de
Mofras, the French explorer,
published a map in Paris before
this time, showing the trail.
Lindsay Applegate, in his "Mem
oirs" said " . . .Here (near the
state line) our course diverged
from that of the other company,
they following the old California
trail, while our route was east
ward through an unexplored re
gion several hundred miles in ex
tent." In Nevada, the trail to Califor-
nia along the Humboldt river
had been traveled by Bidwell,
Chiles and many others. Again
Applegate said "... We felt that
immigrants would be able to
reach Oregon with far less
danger of being snowed in than
on the California route down the
Humboldt."
Thus it may be seen that it is
incorrect to speak of the new
road beginning in Polk county,
Ore., and ending at Fort Hall.
In truth, it must be said to cover
only that stretch between two
well-known trails.
Now the new road has been
given many names. Some have
spoken of it as the Applegate
Trail, some have called it the
South Road, and others have
spoken of it as the Southern Im
migrant Road. Recently the
writer spent two days at the
Oregon Historical society,
searching through early records
to find the official title. The
Oregon Spectator, the first news
paper on the coast, always spoke
of the Southern Route.
On December 16, 1847, the
Oregon provisional government
passed an act to improve the
Southern Route to Oregon. This
is the preamble: "Whereas, the
unfriendly disposition of the In
dians of the Columbia river will
make the travel of the usual
route down that stream unsafe
and perilous, and may subject
the immigrants the coming sea
son to great annoyance and
danger, and whereas the South
ern Route from the United
States to Oregon has the present
season proved a safe and easy
road for immigrants to this coun
try and admits of still further
improvement, therefore
Be it resolved by the house of
representatives of Oregon as fol
lows: That Levi Scott be and he
is hereby appointed a commis
sion to improve and open the
road, known as the Southern
Route leading from the United
States to Oregon. . ."
Since this was an official doc
ument of the Oregon govern
ment, I suggest that we adopt,
for our centennial celebration,
the name they gave to the road,
and call it the Southern Route.
Buena C. Stone, 1503 Canby.
STATIC
Tonight Is a big one for
the mystery fans who tune to
KFLW, because they'll find two
big crime shows on the air. At
8:30 there's the "The Fat Man,"
taking our lumbering (240
pounds) private detective
through another of his carefully
thought out solutions to a crime
followed, of course, by a few
slices of pie and a little coffee.
Then at 9:00 comes one of the
rough boys, William Gargan,
carrying the stellar role in "I
Deal in Crime," one of the more
Inheritance Taxes
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AT j VOUR
In Memoriam to F. D. R.
He was a friend of man they say
This one who now has gone
away,
And though his way was hard
and long
He met it broadly with a song.
He was a soldier staunch and
true
Facing each day the world anew,
Helping his heart from rancour
free
He gave his all for liberty.
Oh friend of man who's gone j
awav.
It matters not what man may
say,
The creed you taught has come
to stay
And may it live, is what I pray.
That man should love his fellow
man And struggle on as best he can
To make the world a better place
For every man of every race.
The way is strange, and yet not
new,
Our Lord once died to make it
true,
But blinded by our greed today
We've lost the bright and shin
ing way.
Lord make our narrow minds to
see
This way of life to make us free
That when we cross life's final
span
We may be found, a friend to
man. Mrs. E. E. Robertson
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les of the underworld. What with
being slugged, si'"' thrown
off cliffs, and exposed to couitt
less beautiful blonde donUiMw of
gangland, he hus a very busy
time of It.
With Easter week in progress,
appropriate services have been
scheduled for the public. lm
ministerial association has set
up a schedule or M-ivices to he
held ut the Pelican thcali'i'
starting today anil currying
through the l!Mh. Today's speak
er was the Hcv. llortiaiiil Peter
son, speaking on "The Submis
sion to the Cross." Tuesdays
speaker will be the Ki'V. Kt-ilh
Fields, his subject being "II"'
Sacrifice on the Cross." Wed
nesday the Hev. Charles Sund
strom will speak on Ihe "Surety
of the Cross." Thursday's speak
er will be the Hev. Howard
Hutching, speaking on "The Suf
ficiency ot the Cross." These
meetings will be held from 12:20
to 12:50 daily, and the public
Is cordially invited to attend.
Friday will see a three-hour
service conducted at the theatre
from 9:50 to 12:50 at which
meeting seven men will speak,
using Christ's seven last words
on the Cross. Subjects and speak
ers will be: "father Forgive
Me," Major O. Rnswnld: "Today
Shalt Thou Be With Me." the
Hev C. O. Ross; "Heboid Thy
Molhrr," tlto Hev. Hugh M tehel--My
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' muts (or the oceasslon will
he Mr. Armstrong and Mrs.
Knight.
Curst speaker on Mac Haley's
The Managing Hditur'i Report
l.mlght al 4:111 will he Jllt?
David II Viin.lcnl.erg, who s
seeking rcelecliou as circuit
judge. Tomorrow will see the
district alloi-iicy, I'larence Mum
ble the other candidate for the
circuit Judge post appearing on
the program.
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wacons and oxen followed
roads'' with grades as steep us
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THE CIRCUIT JUDGE CAMPAIGN
Some of the members of the legal profession in Klamath
County have come out in a public advertisement in a recent issue
of this paper in support of Judge Vandenberg.
It is regrettable that this me
a candidate for a judicial office,
called collectively on the individ
natures. Such support is confus
only result in dissension among t
tween the members of the Bar
methods lead to fights, politico
versely on the community, such
from the Circuit Bench since the
cumbent.
This may explain why at lea
in Klamath County, many of wh
spected attorneys, refused to sinn
Vandenberg. Whatever their rea
mg the statement, we respect th
and courage in refraining from
litical campaign for a judicial of
We know many attorneys w
who, in the interest of working r
the Bar, have refrained from this
support for Humble.
ans has been taken in support of
Attorneys, partisans of the Judge,
ual attorneys to obtain their siq-
ing to the voting public and can
he members of the Bar and be
and the Bench. Such campaign
lly and otherwise, reflecting ad
as the fighting that has gone on
beginning of the term of the in-
st half of the members of the Bar
om are well known and highly re
the statement in support of Judge
sons may have been for not sign
em for their integrity, discretion
resorting to such means in a do-
fice.
ho are for Clarence Humble and
elations between the Bench and
form of public expression of their
This advertisement ,s inserted and paid for by the undersigned
in the interest of obtaining a peaceable and dignified judicial ad
ministration in the Circut Court in this community.
Kenneth McLeod, Jr.
ti. Adv. K. McLaorl It.
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