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PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Br frank ji.np.ina
ASlllNUTON, D C Aa purl
w
of tlm uciu-rul "background-
Inn" prngruin, Reconversion Di
rector Chester Howies, who alts
nit the hottest mmt In Washing
Inn, hud been Invited to appi-nr
before this august body of edl
torn. Kale willing olherwlae. On the
I nlilht before, the home of rcpro-
! fPiitntlvrt, working until near
midnight, drnlt with the OI'A
' In nuit'h the miinnrr of a conk
ai-ramhllnu an run. So Mr.
Howies sent In aubstllute he
himself being fully occupied In
the cold, gray duwn of the morn
Inn after with tho task of try
ing to unscramble the egg.
THE atihatltuto was a runny,
rough-hewn young mini who
ought to ue lit tun atiiie depart
inrnt, for he handled tin-no lr
rltntcd editors (everybody who
acta even clone to OI'A seema
irritated) with lucl and diplo
macy,
)ln admitted Hint OPA Isn't
perfect. Whenever the witters
became t roulilivl. he poured up
on them the nil of a tolerant
and underatnndlim amile. lint at
every clung of tho Iron, purk
Hew,
If you wunt to aturt a fight
anywhere In America, hut men
tlon OI'A and you will be fully
arcommodnted. Thin session was
no exception to the common
rule. Tempers were on edue by
the time the discussion eiulecl.
TV7IIAT the house did to OPA,
" PLUS whul the senate may
be expected to do to whnt the
houao did, haa been the No. l
topic of conversation In Wash
inillon ever aince It hnppened.
It l reunoniibly fair deduc
tion that it waan't a put-up Job.
Thla writer, after In Ik Inn to a
lot of the principals (who nre a
little scared, now thai they have
actuully dod It, aa Ited Sjkel
ton taya) la of the opinion thnt
when the. member of the hnuae
- went into the session that after
i ' noon they had no thouKht of
definitely scrambling the OPA
egg. Die accumuinted annoy
ance and bad temper that OPA
haa atlrred up everywhere In
try I nil to do ita more or leaa
impoaalblo Job Juit bubbled and
bo led until they accumulated a
head of ateam that blew up the
teakettle
Ai a goncrator of heat, OPA la
at leaat a cloao accond to nuclear
fission
rON'T be too sure the senate
will put the plecea buck to-
ether. Into something closely
reacmblliiK OI'A before the
houao exotoaion.
Tho aenntora get mall from
their conatituenta. too and the
OPA mall thnt poura into Wash
Ington follow a pnttcrn. The
proponents of price control nre
voluble, but hnzy. They're like
the vii.it mnjnrlty of ua who are
imnltcrnbly FOR virtue In tho
abatrnct. Hut they are foggy on
rietnlla. They nre for lower prlcea
aa a principle, but let It go at
tint
Opponentl of OPA nre defi
nite nnd positive. They si'KUI
FY. The (Ilea of every member
or congress bulge with IN
STANCES of what has been
done to citizen and tnxpnyera
llltlo merchants who hnvo
been fined and humiliated be
cntiao aomo raw new clerk has
overcharged somebody a penny
on a enn of prune, etc. (One
' compluinnnt told hla senator ho
niny hnvo dono It, but he wnsn't
V entirely reaponslblo for detitil.i
t at tho moment, na he hnd Just
" Rot the newa thnt hla boy hnd
been killed In kurotic.)
The files of the aenntora are
full of letters of thla sort, Just
na nre the tiles or tho represents
tives, and the senators nre Just
as humnn lis anybody else.
They're likely to soften the
harshness of the house bill a
little, but they hnvo no love for
OPA nnd OPA-crs especially
the lnttcr,
TTHE cold solemn truth of the
matter la thnt in a produc
tive economy ns vnst nnd vnricd
as Amerlcn'a the mind of man
is simply INCAPABLE of mus
tering the nslronomic task of
fixing nrbitrnrily a fair nnd Just
fu'lco for' every ono of the mll
lons of items thnt nre Involved
in our productive system which
ebbs nnd "flows nnd shifts from
day to dny na demnnd nnd supply
rlao and fall and costs vnry.
In thnt fuct lies OPA's basic
trouble.
Veteran Carrier
On Last Voyage
SAN FRANCISCO, Mny 1 (P)
Tho veteran nircrnfl carrier Snr
atoga sailed today for Honolulu
en route to the Bikini uloll atom
bomb tests.
Tho fumed "Snra" curried a
crew of only 000, compared to
Its wnrtlmo complement of 3200.
The ship, ono of the largest
vessels designated for the bomb
tests, was equipped with secret
Instruments to record effects of
the bombing.
Nip LefifSeeks Power
Soviet And
Byrnes Row
Over Italy
PARIS. Muy I (AP) Soviet
Foreign Minister Vynchealnv M.
Molotov and U. S. Secretary of
State James F. Byrne clashed
in the qtication of the future al
lied control of Duly toduy aa
tho furelgn ministers council
turned thumbs down on Aus
tria's plen fur return of the
southern Tyrol by Ituly.
A qualified conference source
said the Soviet minister sharply
opposed Byrnes' proposnl for a
single general commiaalon to
supcrvlso the currying out of
tho Italian treaty provisions on
the ground that It would be an
Infringement of Italian sov
ereignty. Molotov reversed the Soviet
policy followed at last Septem
ber's council meeting at which
the Russians voted with their
cnllengues to set up only mil
itary control commissions.
At thla morning's aesaion, over
which he presided, Molotov
came out in favor of no com
miaalon at all. The ministers
were dlacusaing the laat of 11
points of disagreement over the
Italian treaty.
Austrian Pita Rajactad
lit considering the Austrian
Italian border question, the den
utlea decided that the Austrian
request for return of the south
Tyrol, ceded to Italy after the
First World War, was a major
frontier rectification which the
council hnd decided against last
September. Tho question arose
at the meeting of the ministers
yesterday whether the request
was a major or minor border
chango and the matter was hand
ed over to the deputies.
Redding Stage
May Tap Burns
LA REVIEW. May 1 (Ti Ex
tension of the Rcdding-Alturns-Lnkcvlcw
stage line to the town
of Burns Is In prospect, Thomas
B. Riley, owner-operator of the
line, notified the Lake County
chamber of commerce toduy,
Riley said the firm had applied
lo the intcratutc commerce com
miaalon for the extension, and
asked that tho ICC hearing be
held here.
The new service would oper
ato daily directly from Redding
to Burns, via Alturas and Lake
view. It would connect with
Pacific Greyhound.
Hager Finally Gets Safety Signal
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After years of urging by local
safoty signal has Just been installed at the Hager crossing of the
O. C. and E. railroad, scene of many serious accidents. Here Joy
Biggi oi The Herald and Newi staff looki over the new signal.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. WEDWvO
Parking Meter Plan Gets
Chamber Directors' Okeh
After Spirited Discussion
Play As You Fly
LAS VEGAS. Nar., Mar
!') Flying roulatte that's
the lateit Idas for axpanding
gambling In Navada.
Duk Wll.y and Eddie Alias,
oparators of a Las Vagas night
club, announced they are nego
tiating for purchase of a four
angina transport plana to uta
aa a flying gambling casino
between Las Vagas and Rano.
"This will enable tourists,
harriad businessman and others
to enjoy gambling while trav
eling and thus save time in the
air." said Wiley.
Atom Defenses
Readied By U S
WASHINGTON. Muy I (PI
The armed forces were reported
well advanced in their plans to
day for putting some of the na
tion's key military plants and
headquarters underground event
ually as a precaution against
atomic or rocket attacks in a
possible future war.
A committee of the reorganized
army and navy munitions board
has been busy surveying under
ground aitea for several weeks
under tho general supervision of
a civilian industrialist, Richard
R. Deupree, of Cincinnati. The
work has included a study of the
possible usefulness of such cav
erns as Mammoth Cave, Ky., and
Carlsbad caverns, N. M. Beyond
that hint members of the group
are mum on what has been done
or may be undertaken.
World War II largely solved
the problem of this country'sNcw
York -Pittsburgh -Norfolk "vul
nerable triangle" where industry
was concentrated, this official
noted. Beginning with the con
struction before PcHrl Hnrbor of
the first string of TNT and
smokeless powder plants, the
munitions industry, including
aircraft plants, wns widely dis
persed nt war and navy depart
ment insistence.
A recognized remaining prob
lem is the snfegunrds of key mili
tary headquarters and such
plants as those making rockets
and atom bombs whose quick de
struction might be a solar plexus
blow.
groups, a modern automatle
MAY 1. 1B4
(TelaphoM
Parking meters for Klamath
Falls won the favor of the board
of directors of the chamber of
commerce today noon after a
spirited discussion.
The approved motion favors a
six months trial period for the
meters, with the understanding
that net pifCceds from parking
meter be svnt in the develop
ment of off-sti M.-t parking areas.
The chamber motion also pro
posed thnt any commissions on
the salo of the meters be credited
to the city, rather than to any in
dividual. Meanwhile, the local merch
ant association called a meeting
for 10 a. m. Friday at the cham
ber to consider the parking
meter iasue. The matter is com
ing to a head as a result of action
of the city traffic safety coun
cil, recommending to the city
council that it try meters for a
six-month period. The recom
mendation ha not reached the
common council for action.
Discussion at the chamber
meeting indicated directors'
opinion that parking meters are
only a partial volution to parking
problems, and that off-street
parking areaa should be pressed
as a constructive use of parking
meter revenues. Director C. A.
Dunn asserted that the revenue
feature is the chief value of park
ing meters. Others said that
parking meters tend to create
traffic movement and to do an
automatic policing Job that keeps
parking space open for rural and
other shoppers.
Meanwhile, a Herald and News
informal survey among business
men brought a variety or views
on the Dark In meter question.
Among those asked, approval ap
peared to outweigh disapproval
of a meter trial.
Several merchants were strong
for giving the meters a trial, and
some were emphatically favor
able to Immediate installation on
the grounds that meters had
worked advantageously in other
cities.
The fewer dissenting voices
were as emphatically against
having parking meters, using the
argument that meters do not
solve anything as traffic officers
still have to check on motorists
overstaying their time, increas
ing the need lor more oflicers.
The objectors stated that towns
already having meters were not
entirely satisfied witn tncm.
One merchant thought that
shoppers should not be charged
to park in their own town while
Datronizine their local stores.
Another merchant said if the
revenue from meters was bud
geted for certain civic improve
ments and funds were used
specifically for these purposes he
would be all for it. but he seemed
doubtful that this would work
out.
Morse Assails
OPA 'Gestapo'
WASHINGTON, May 1 VP)
Senntor Morse (R-Ore.) says the
primary fault with OPA is the
way in which it is being admin
istered, and not in the law itself.
He said he will vote for re
tention of price control and
agninst "crippling amendments"
attached by the house.
"It has always been my posi
tion that OPA must be continued
in order to check the profiteer
ing greed which will gnllop
roughshod over the people of
this country during tne recon
version period if the check-rein
is taken off the bridle," he said
in a statement.
"What we need in OPA Is a
houscclenning of its incompe
tents and gestapo-minded subor
dinates and a re-dedication on
the part of its officials to the
principles and inflation-control
objectives set forth in the orig
inal price control- act."
Senator Attacks
Property Disposal
WASHirCITON, May 1 (P)
Senator Byrd (D-Va.) asserted
today the government's handling
of surplus property disposal is
"a national scandal" and ordered
an investigation by the Joint con
gressional economy committee
which he heads.
Although it has been eight
months since t h e fighting
stopped, Byrd said in a state
ment, "effective machinery has
not yet been established to per
mit the citizens" to purchase war
surplus goods.
WEATHER NEWS
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Laborites
Threaten
Big Strike
TOKYO, May 1 (Organ
ized labor used its occupation
won freedom to voice a May
Day threat of a general strike
to support its demand for a
leftist government.
Meantime, Japanese police
and American forces searched
for the fanatic accused of hav
ing plotted to kill General Mac
Arthur at the height of today's
celebration by an estimated
400,000 Japanese in front of the
Imperial palace.
It was Japan's first May Day
celebration in 11 years and it
passed quietly without a single
reported act of violence.
Socialist Kanju Kato, in a la
bor committee conference with
Premier Shidehara, said a na
tionwide walkout might be
called if a single party cabinet
was formed by the rightist lib
erals. The liberal party won
139 diet seat in the recent elec
tion but failed to gain a ma
jority. "The people may rise against
it," Kato told the premier. 'This
might take the form of a gen
eral strike. In that case, who is
going to take the responsibility
you?"
Shidehara, who resigned his
cabinet nine days aso in an
election aftermath, agreed to
listen to the committee's de
mands some voiced angrily
but declined to comment.
The conference followed the
assembly which the American
provost marshal estimated at
tracted, 400,000 . Japanese. The
croVd. gartered just a block
irom MacArthur s headquarters,
waved red banners, sang, and
heard speeches demanding
rights for workers. Then it dis
persed in the rain to march
through various sections of the
capital while Kato'a group went
to comer with Shidehara.
Armed American soldiers cir
culated through the crowd,
looking for Hideo Tokayama,
accused by MacArthur's head
quarters of having plotted to
kill him with grenades and pis
tols at the height of today's
celcDrauon. An informant now
in American custody told Mac-
Arthur s aides of the plot.
Gl's Mobbed
By Japanese
TOKYO, May 1 JP) Two
American soldiers were beaten
Sunday night by a mob of Jap
anese, one of whom said he
would "not take anything from
any Gl's," the army newspaper
Stars and Stripes reported today.
Capt. Michael G. Frisch, chief
of the criminal investigation di
vision (CID) of the provost mar
shal's office, was quoted as say
ing tne two Americans privates
in the 608th engineer aviation
battalion were painfully but
not seriously hurt.
The two soldiers were walking
down a street in Kamata, be
tween Tokyo and Yokohama.
They were approached by four
Japanese, one of whom said he
had been through the Okinawa
campaign and did not propose to
"take anything from any Gl's."
Then he whistled and 75 to 100
Japanese swarmed around the
Americans, while 15 or 20 beat
them. Many of the group carried
wooden rifles and sticks.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN
R. H. E.
St. Louis 2 10 1
Philadelphia 3 6 1
Potter and Sears; Fowler,
r lores ana nosar.
Cleveland 3 4 1
New York 6 9 1
Reynolds, Klieman (5), Pod-
gajny (6), Black (8) and Hayes;
Ruffing and Dickey.
Detroit 14 3
Boston ...13 12 2
Benton, White (2), Gentry (7)
ana Teobets, Swift (7); Ferris and
H. Wagner.
NATIONAL
Brooklyn 5 15 1
Chicago 16 2
Gregg and Sandlock; Fleming,
Erlckson (4), Bithorn (4), Hany
zewskl (9) and McCullough,
Sciiefflng (8).
Philadelphia ZZIZ 8 11 1
Pittsburgh 0 5 0
Pearson- and Hemslev. Sem
Inick (7); Albosta, Gerheauser
W. uanr ibj and saikeid.
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Bonville, the giant St Bernard owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mor
gan Johnson of 900 Eldorado, uphappily faces the prospect of
being shut-in from today. May 1, until July 1.
Along with hundreds of other Klamath Falls pooches, Bon
ville will have to forego his canine habit of storing bones in the
tulip bed. While the pups observed the whole thing mournfully,
gardeners rejoiced at a chance for their new spring gardens to
grow.
A city ordinance provides that the dogs be tied or penned up
for 60 days each spring, and city police say that the ruling will
be strictly enforced. Police Chief Orville Hamilton says that dogs
found running loose will be taken to the city pound, where the
owners will have to pay a fine to retrieve their pets.
Shoppers Snatched
For Jury Duty .
PORTLAND, May 1 (IP)
Surprised Portland shoppers
were snatched from downtown
streets here yesterday as Fed
eral Judge James Alger Fee
sent U. S. marshals out looking
for jurors to keep his court
calendar on schedule.
Jury venires ran out with
two jurors needed to complete
the last cast on the day's calen
dar. U. S. Marshal; Frank
Meyers and -Al Price were or
dered to get some jurors from
the street. Price reported one
trim brunette snubbed him and
flounced away when he in-,
quired "are you 21 years old"
Clark Fears
Monopolies
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May
1, UP) Attorney General Tom C.
Clark charged today that "many
of those who demand the re
moval of controls over the build
ing and related industries
ostensibly in the name of com
petition in fact ' desire private
monopoly to regulate that great
industry."
Clark namdd no names in
making his statement before the
34th annual convention of the
United States chamber of com
merce. The board of directors
of the chamber on Monday ap
proved for convention considera
tion a resolution, likewise in
general terms, expressing op
position to the federal housing
construction program and favor
ing removal of restraints on pri
vate construction.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated
action, the 53-man directorate of
the chamber sidetracked a pro
posal which would have placed
their organization on record for
outright repeal of tne wagner
labor relations act.
In a brief reference to labor
in connection with the anti-trust
laws, the attorney general said
"certain activities of labor
unions, having nothing to do
with the legitimate ends of or
ganized labor, constitute undesir
able restraints upon our econ
omy." Maritime Cooks
Vote For Strike
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1
&) CIO marine cooks and
stewards of four west coast
ports have- voted 93 per cent
in favor of a strike for more
pay and a 40-hour week, union
officials announced today.
Ballots have been counted in
San Francisco, Seattle, Port
land, and Wilmington, Calif.,
union officials said.
Votes have not been com
pleted in New York, New Or
leans, Baltimore and Honolulu.
Negotiations reached an im
passe last April 10.
Marine Barracks
Declared Surplus
WASHINGTON, May 1 (P)
The navy said today that the
Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
has been formally declared sur
plus, opening the way for the
Oregon state board of higher edu
cation to take it over.
The navy said no agency ex
cept the state was interested in
negotiating for the facility.
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Mix-Up In OPA
Hits Clothes
NEW YORK. May 1 UP)
Men's clothing manufacturers
halted deliveries on 75 to 80 per
cent ot all suits Demg produced,
industry spokesmen said today.
They said conflicting office of
price administration regulations
make it impossible for them to
ship the bulk of their production
without incurring heavy 'penal
ties. The Clothing Manufacturers
Association of the U. S. A., lead
ing trade organization in the
field, asserted that manufactur
ers "find themselves in a auan-
dry because an OPA maximum
average price regulation forbids
shipment of goods priced in ac
cordance with another OPA reg
ulation, and therefore shipments
have been stopped. Otherwise
manufacturers would incur pen
alties aue to tne contact caused
by the two regulations."
It was estimated in the indus
try that shipment of approxi
mately 325,000 men's suits, 80,
000 overcoats and topcoats, and
80,000 boys' garments will be
held up each week until such
time as the two orders are recon
ciled. Airport Program
OK'd By Congress
WASHINGTON, May 1 (IP)
A half-billion dollar federal aid
program for state and munici
pal airport construction went to
President Truman today for his
signature.
Congress completed action
when the senate voted 49 to 32
yesterday for a compromise bill
allowing cities and states to ap
ply to the federal government
for airport funds on a match
ing basis. The house approved
the measure April 2.
The bill authorizes the $500,
000,000 to be allocated over a
seven-year period starting next
July 1, with annual outlays lirti
ited to $100,000,000. Seventy
five per cent of the fund would
be apportioned among the states
under a formula taking into
consideration both area and
population of a state.
Daylight Saving Decision
Pends; Local
With farmers emphatically
opposed, but many city people
indicating they would like the
extra daylight hours in the eve
ning after work. Klamath peo
ple today awaited word from
Salem as to whether Oregon is
going to have daylight saving
time.
Governor Earl Snell of Ore
gon and Governor Mon C. Wall
gren of Washington were sched
uled to talk the matter over by
long distance late this after
noon, and from that conversa
tion is expected to come a deci
sion on daylight saving for the
northwest.
Klamath chamber of com
merce directors went on record
today against daylight saving
time, after hearing vigorous
statements with respect to the
opposition of farmers. Henry
Semon, director in charge of ag
riculture, said that farm people
feel that daylight saving time
is especially bad in harvest pe
riods, bringing an end to the
Navy Head
Sees End
Of Marines
WASHINGTON, May 1 (AP)
Secretary of the Navy Forreatal
declared today that "outright
abolishment of the marine corps
la a possibility under the pro
posed legislation to merge the
army and the navy."
While maintaining that the
navy la in favor of "practical
improvement in the coordina
tion of the armed services" ho
warned the senate naval com.
mittee against (1) concentration
of power in the hands of one
man, (2) the idea of "merge now
and organize later," and (3) cur.
tailing naval aviation and the
marine corps.
Forreatal declared that the)
current proposal to merge the
army and the navy into a single
department of defense is "based
on a major premise which is
raise.
Kavy Favors Coordinator
He told the senate naval Mm.
mittee that the navy is solidly
behind a program of "practical
Improvement in the coordination
of the armed services," but criti
cized sharply details of the pres
ent merger plan.
Pending legislation that the
committee is considering, ha
said, "fails to differentiate be
tween unified command in com
bat areas and the planning func
tion at the seat of the govern
ment which require deliberation
ana conference.
"Concerning! the neerf nf m.
ordinating research, logistics.
training ana intelligence func
tions of the army and navy, he
opposed what he called ' the
army proposal" as putting too
much power into the hands of
one man "a supreme chief of
staff' and because It would
"reduce our present departments
. . . to the status of agencies."
Forrestal suggested that a di
rector of common defense have
supervisory jurisdiction the)
"alter ego of the president"
making the decisions that the
president does not have time to
make. -
Wants Ho "Overlord"
"I would describe the duties
of this proposed executive and
his office as duties of a coordi
naUnft. and staff character as
opposed to the army's concept
of an overlord of all the serv
ices." He said British experience had
proved the danger of neglecting
naval aviation.
"We have grave fears for the
future of naval aviation if this
bill should pass in its present
form,'' he added. The sinking of
the British Prince of Wales and
the Repulse as well as the es
cape of the Scharnhorst, tha
Gneisenau, the Prinz Eugen,
through the English channel was
directly due to lack of a naval
air arm, he declared.
Forrestal objected to a pro
posed single department with
a secretary of common defense
and five assistants as "illogical
administratively" and said in
some cases "vacuums of authori
ty" would exist. . 'i
Dangerous Concentration '
"I have deep misgivings about
the danger of the concentration
of . . . huge authority in the
hands of one military man," he
said, adding:
"1 mistrust the principle ot
relying on a single genius to
make all the basic decisions. I
also know that it was a most
fortunate thing that the navy
was able to speak as an equal
partner in presenting the re
quirements of the Pacific war."
Forrestal emphasized that the
navy was in complete accord
with the desire of President Tru
man to set up an integrated
"military foreign relations in
dustrial economic organize
tion" which would keep the na
tion's military machine usable
and effective.
"I believe that legislation can
be drafted," Forrestal said,
"which will attain (this). 1 have
done everything within my pow
er and capacity to aid in the
preparation of such legislation,"
he told the committee, "and you
can be assured that those ef
forts will be continued."
Opinion Split
work day at the time when
threshing conditions are best.
He said: "If you want yout
crops harvested, don't change
to daylight saving."
H. P. Bosworth Jr., horn
from overseas service, said ha
experienced two-hour daylight
saving in England and it proved
most satisfactory.
It was finally voted by the)
directors to oppose daylight sav
ing in Oregon and to inform
Gov. Snell by wire.
Many local people, who work
in offices and mills, have voiced
their favor for daylight saving
because it gives them time for
gardening and other activities
in evening daylight hours.
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Jiu I. Franeli. T8, Mt. Shaila,
arrived on Oanaraf Haia dua In Seat
Ua April J8. . .
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Klamath Fall-, arrived on General
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