Herald and news., May 20, 1946, Page 1, Image 1

Marshall Flays Both Sides In Chinese War
In Thft
"M. "i
Day's Jews
By FRANK JENKINS
pXI'KltTS of 18 nations and
five world organization am
meeting In Washington thin wi'ck
Id size up tho worlil fund sltua
(Inn. Thin morning's dispatches
report Hint they expect short
Kei to continue (or at leant throe
or (our years.
yWO problems confront them
with enperlnl urgency. One
In how to husband the harvest of
11140 until Hint of 1047 cornel In.
The other la how to get maximum
production in 1047.
There In no clenr and sharp
anawer to No. 1. Wo'll ut have
to do the bent we can to mukc
the food (imply go around.
Aa to No. 2, the picture In
plulner. The way to net maxi
mum production of food (n of
everything ele) In 1047 l to grt
the world aituallnn hark nearer
to peace-time normal, with pro-
pie working and exchanging
their product and mukliiK a
decent profit out of the ex-
flange. , , ,
THIS thought la emphasized by
Herbert Hoover. In an ad
dress to the assembled food ex
perts, In which he snya:
It should be the ptirioe to
return to normal commerce the
food, fertilizer and farm supply
business of the world with all
possible seed."
He adds:
"Moreover, the world muni
quit charity as a basis of wide
apread fond distribution. I can
not too atrnnglv emphaalre Hint
charitable distribution la HUGE
LY wasteful and Inefficient."
IT I the old, nld question of
OTIIKR PEOPLE'S money.
We're never aa careful with It
aa we are of our own.
THE food situation throuKbotit
the world I bad. Hut It Is
this writer's hopeful thouilht that
It Isn't quite as bad aa It sceins.
Illnck markets, which are
flourlshliiK in ALL countries, our
own Included, upset the picture
badly because, belnti llleval and
aecrel, they do not enter Into tho
figures.
That Is to say. there la really
more food In the world than the
figures show.
CPEAKINO of world wide dls-
order, out of which tho bulk
of our pressing troubles is arls
log, General Marshall, who Is
America a peace envoy to China
sharply criticises both factions
there for their part in tno uni.
rtcxr civil war (which la relay.
Jug Cblna'i return to normal.)
a Both the communist and the
( J vernment forces, he snys, arc
'aging tremendnu propaganda
campaigns, which, he acids, are
inf lamina feelings and increas
ing the possibility of some hot
heads precipitating a general
conflagration."
He concludes:
"This reckless propaganda of
hate and suspicion seriously ag
gravates the present situation
and can lead to results which
will be disastrous to the people,
of China."
WHY this propaganda of hate
" end suspicion?
The answer la fairly easy to
arrive at. Factions In China are
struggling for power. The com
mon run of people, there as else
where, probably want peace and
orderly production more than
thev want anything else on earth.
All over the world, the
trouble! of common, ordinary
people are aggravated by the
struggles of ambitions (and often
unscrupulous) Individuals and
factions who ore seeking power
for themselves with little or no
regard for the welfare of tho
greater number of people.
It is a great pity.
THE result of these struggles
for power (as General
' Marshall points out In China) is
rtlie sowing of hate and suspicion.
t Hnte and suspicion HOLD
'BACK PROGRESS toward a
better world. If you will study
the subject carefully, you will
find that almost Invariably bet
ter conditions for tho general
run of people (more to cat, more
. to wear, fewer hours of pure
drudgery) arc promoted by co
operation and understanding
(('nllniita an ra Is. Calrnnn )
President Demands Toil
For Peace
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LIBERTY. Mo., Mny 20 (!')
rm dent Truman summoned
tho pcoplo of the United Stales
to "work for the peace of tho
world nncl the strengthening of
tholr own country."
"Somebody has to sit in tho
front row and do mo worn," no
told a William Jewell college
audience here today.
Without referring directly to
the railroad nnd coal labor
crisis, Mr. Truman asserted
workers are needed more than
leaders.
"That is true on the farms,"
lie continued. "That Is true In
the coal mines. That Is true on
the rnllroads. That Is true in
the Automobile factories. That
is truo In the mills and every
thing else that makes this coun
try great."
L "If wo aro to be a success In
r anything wo must work,", tho
president emphasized.
"Work, work, work," that is
what 1 snld to the nation on VJ
Bay.
"I wish tho country would
liiton to that admonition today."
Herald mm 3jgfrr$
PRICE riVC CENTS
Rail and Coal
Strike Talks
Busy Capital
WASHINGTON, May 20 !)
Top presidential advisers con
tinued separate conferences with
leaders of railroad brotherhoods
and curriers today with tho hope
of "bringing them together very
soon" In direct negotiations.
In making this announcement,
however, Ebcn Ayers, assistant
press secretary for President
Truman, said he did not think
Joint conferences designed to
reach a settlement prior to Thurs
day's strike dvadllno, could bo
resumed today.
Reconversion Director John
W. Snyder and John H. Steclmnn,
presidential labor adviser, aro
conferring with the disputants
individually.
No Mint Stlsur Yat
Snyder, Sleelman and Secre
tary of Labor Schwellcnbach arc
meeting today on the soft coul
dispute, Ayers said In reply tu
questions, "as far as I know they
are not talking about seizure."
Principals on both sides have
said privately they looked for
the government to take over the
mines by the middle of the week.
The truce under which most
of 400.UU0 striking United Mine
Workers are again digging coal
expires next weekend, while tho
nationwide strike of railroad
trainmen and engineers has been
postponed only until 4 p. m., local
standard tunc, on Thursday.
There was no Indication from
Ayers that tho railroads or tho
brotherhoods had agreed to any
compromises so far.
"Mr. Snyder and Mr. Sleelman
aro conferring along the lines of
yealerduy," he said, "with a view
to resuming negotiations. 'I hey
have liopva of bringing them to
OPA Hits Public
In Auto Boost
WASHINGTON. May 20 P)
Prices of new curs, a 1 r c t d y
boosted because of higher
wages, are going up again
this time an average ot 4 to s
per cent to offset costlier steel
and parts.
Disclosing this today, a high
OPA official told a reporter pri
vately that the hike probably
will go into effect within 10
days.
Under It, retail prices for
most cars were boosted from $1
to $00 in March and April to
compensate, for wage Increases
granted In the industry.
In any case, tho entire In.
crease will be passed on to the
public. OPA has said dealers'
nroflt margins will not bo
trimmed any more.
One of tho principal factors
behind the new increase is the
avcrago boost of 5 a ton for
steel which the government al
lowed last February when tho
Industry Increased wages lain
cents hourly to scttlo the steel
strike.
Tho other main reason for
the Imminent auto price in
crease is the higher cost of parts
to car makers.
Price ceilings on most new
auto rjurta were removed scv
eral months ago. OPA has stat
cd it expected some increase
and that It would have had to
authorize higher prices tf coll
ing had been maintained.
and Strength
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Tho president also declared
that tho United States will pur
sue the cause of peace with all
its might.
Speaking extern porniicoiisly
after he hiul received an honor
ary doctor of law degree from
William Jewell college, Mr. Tru
man told the commencement au
dience: "Tho United Nations will bo a
success, because it must.
"What we need now are peo
ple who are willing to work for
the things they arc for.
"Let me urge you to get on
the team," he declared, "in its
leadership for peace."
His statement was greeted by
applause from the nudlcnco in
tho small auditorium at tho
John Cnno chapel. His volca
was carried to those on tho out
side through loud speakers.
Tho president was presented
for the degree by Mnurlco
Winger, vice president of the
board of trustees. He introduced
him "as a man who for more than
half a century has lived across
Hie river within the shadow of
this college."
MGHWAY
KLAMATH
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Hon. .eader
The homastoad examining board mat today to review suoantiont made at a previous meeting
for recommendations for qualifying applicants for tha 86 homattaads in Tulelake area. The final
decision will ba mad from these recommendations by tha commissioner of tha U. S. bureau of
reclamation in Washington, D. C. Tha group pictured here Includes Robert Norris, E. Laton
Stephens, Nalson Read, Henrietta Thomas, secretary. Locker McLeod and F. E. McMurphy.
S. P. President
Issues Appeal
An appeal to the employes of
tho Southern Pacific company
to rc-muin on their Jobs has been
issued by A. T. Merclcr, presi
dent of tho company.
The statement, which was Is
sued last Saturday when the
strike was called, asks coopera
tion of the workers to continuo
negotiations that tho railroads
may be returned to private own
ership at jtho . earliest j possible
moment.
"It is essential to the public
health and to the public welfare
generally that every possible
slep be taken by the government
to Insure to the fullest possibla
extent an uninterrupted trans
portation service.
"I call upon every employe
of the railroads to cooperate
with the government to this end
by remaining on duty. Our com
puny Jointly with all other rail
roads has informed the president
of its willingness to continuo
the negotiations in accordance
with his request, said Mercicr.
Train Muddle
Ties Up Yards
Saturday's short-lived railroad
strike threat left Klamath Falls
freight yards tied up with scv
eral trains standing in tho yards,
and delays on two passenger
trains. Train Number 19, Tha
Klamath,, pulled out of the stn
tion here approximately 40 mill
utes late, following a delay
while orakemcn and track help
were located.
Train 16. a Southern Pacific
passenger, left the Klamath sla
tion five hours late due to a de
lay at Gerber, prior to the
train reaching Klamath.
There was apparently some
confusion as to whether the rail.
road workers were to go on
strike or not, and offical word
that the strike had been post
poned was not received here un
til 7:30 Saturday night. Today's
trains are back on schedule, and
normal routine is being followed
for rail travel.
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Solons Forecast
Merger Bill Doom
WASHINGTON Mnv 3n ilP.
Chairman Walsh (D-R. I.) and
Vinson (D-Gn.) of the potent
sennte and house naval commit
tees wrote off the pending army
navy merger bill today as
doomed.
Congress, they said In a letter
to Secretary of the Navy For
restal, "will not approve any
plan culling for a single depart
ment ot common defense.
Hence they asked Forrestal
not to enter any compromise
with Secretary of War Patterson
based on such a step.
News Trucks
Out In Philly
PHILADELPHIA. Mnv 30 P
News-hungry Philadclphians, a
five-day-old strike of truck
drivers having halted deliveries
of the city a throe largest news
papers, today lined up by the
thousands to buy copies at the
plants.
Hundreds of others bought
papers from youngsters at black
market prices which wont as
high as 25 cents a copy. (Iff
lliroo-centa normally.) ,
FAL' nO 'GON, MONDAY.
KILLS MOTORIST
Qualifications Discussed By Group
Jap Farmers End
20-Year Drought
KYOTO, Japan, May 20 m
A 20-year ride on the water
wagon was ended last week by
310 Japanese farmers by a
sake party which really made
history in their village.
Intelligence officers heard of
the "large" evening and un
earthed the following yarn:
Twenty years ago the 310
farmers comprising the west
ern Honshu village of Kawai
danl couldn't produce 45,000
yen among them for the con
itruction of a new primary
achool. So ashamed were they
of their position they agreed
to abstain from sake, the na
tions leading liquor, for 20
years.
During the drought the farm
ers saved 1,500,000 yen, built
their school and used the rest
for village improvements. Last
week the time was up and the
20-year thirsts were slaked in
adequate fashion.
Portland Group
Here Tuesday
A large group of prominent
Portland businessmen will at
tend the annual meeting of the
Klamath County chamber ot
commerce Tuesday on a good
will visit. The meeting will be
held in the high school auditor
ium at 8 p. m., and there will
be no charge. The public is cor
dially invited to attend and
bring the family and get ac
quainted with the Portland resi
dents. About 35 people are expected
to attend from the northern city,
including top men in prominent
businesses. The Portland cham
ber of commerce arranged its
own annual meeting so as not to
interfere with this date, May 21.
Last year the Marine Bar
racks was in full operation and
the annual meeting was cele
brated with a crab feed in the
barracks' mess hall, attended by
over 600 people.
Dutch Soldiers
Work On Docks
AMSTERDAM, May 20
One thousand Dutch soldiers be
gan unloading strike-bound ships
in Amsterdam port today after
an appeal by Prime Minister
Willem Schermerhorn brought
only 100 volunteers from the
ranks of 2500 Idle dockers.
At Rotterdam volunteers un
loaded ships while 500 military
police with 50 armored cars pa-
troled the dock area.
Work stoppages began a few
weeks ago as sympathy walkouts
in support of sailors demanding
increased woges and recognition
of a communist-affiliated union.
Byrnes To Talk
On Radio At 6
WASHINGTON. May 20 m
Secretary of State Byrnes act 6
p. m. tonight, PST, for his radio
report to the nation on the Paris
foreign ministers' conference.
The cabinet oniccr, wno re
turned by air only Soturday.
will sneak over the ABC and
NBC networks.
MAY 20. 1848
(Telephone Sill)
Tarkington
Dead At 76
INDIANAPOLIS, May 20 UP)
Booth Tarkington, 76, whose nov
els found a place on the world's
bookshelves, died last night in
the Indianapolis home in which
he had done much of his writing.
His death took another of the
small group of writers and art
ists who brought Indiana its
golden age of letters shortly
after the turn of the century.
.One of his boyhood friends was
the Moosier poet, James Whit
comb Riley.
Tarkington's literary output
was prodigious, and the quality
was equal to the quantity. Two
of his novels brought him the
Pulitzer prize for literature
"The Magnificent Ambersons" in
1919 and "Alice Adams," three
years later.
His first successful novel, pub
lished when he was 30, was "The
Gentleman from Indiana," and
Tarkington himself often was re
ferred to by this title in later
years.
Tarkington preferred to be re
membered for his mature novels,
but it was the talcs of boyhood
which won him the greatest audi
ence. He wrote "Severteen,"
"Willie Baxter, Jr.," and "Little
Orvie," and created his most re
membered character, Pcnrod, in
the novel of that name.
Lewis Leaves
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Hat cocked on tha back of his head. John L. Lewis, Unittd
Mint Workers' president, (right) walks through Lafayatta park
n rout to his office after a 10-mlnute confaranca with President
Truman at tha Whit House (background). Caiay Adams, (left)
UMW official and an unidentified uniformed man (center), ac
company Lewis. AP wirophoto.
WEATHER NEWS
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Second Man
In Vehicle
Badly Hurt
The plunge of a pick-up truck
from Greensprings highway
near Pinehurst late Saturday
night brought death to Irvin
Charles Willard, 29, ot 230 Rog
ers street.
Injured in the crash was his
companion, Robert Stott, 160
Lewis street.
The car left the highway,
went 22 feet down an embank
ment, and then traveled on over
rough ground to hit a tree.
After the impact, the machine
caught on fire, and set a small
blaze in the woods.
Willard, who sustained a
broken neck and broken left
shoulder, was thrown clear be
fore the fire.
Stott, unconscious, was also
found some distance from the
blazing machine by - a passing
motorist who summoned aid
and put out the fire.
The accident occurred In
Jackson county, not far from
the Klamath county line. Jack
son county state police investi
gated. The body of Willard was
moved to Ashland and Stott
was taken there for medical
treatment.
Stott's condition was reported
extremely serious by Jackson
state police in a radio message
to Klamath state officers. He
has not regained consciousness
at the Community hospital at
Ashland.
Officers do not know whether
Stott or Willard was driving,
but the car belonged to Stott.
It was apparently going east,
and failed to make the second
turn east of Jenny creek.
Officers said it might have
been hours or days before the
accident- was discovered If it
had not been for the fire, which
attracted the attention of an
eastbound motorist. At first he
thought it was a campfire but
on a second look decided to
stop and investigate. The name
of the motorist was not ob
tained. Willard was an employe of
the Ewauna Box company, and
a native of Klamath Falls. Sur
vivors are his wife, Ethel, and
three children. Ward's has
charge of funeral arrangements,
BALL-BEARING WATCHES
LONDON, May 20 (JP) Mos
cow radio reported today a Rus
sian engineer had perfectea Dan
bearings that can be used to
replace jewels in watches. Diam
eter of the balls, so small that
50,000 can be placed in a match
box, was reported to be 1.5 milli.
meters.
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Propaganda
Spread Dims
Peace Hopes
NANKING, May 20 (P) General Marshall, American peaca
envoy to China, sharply criticized both communist and govern
ment factions today for their part in the Chinese civil war.
Saying he was deeply concerned over the "critical situation
In north China" and was endeavoring "by every means" to pre
vent the spread of general fighting from Manchuria southward,
Marshall censured both factions for their propaganda campaigns,
which he said "naturally inflame feelings and increase the possi
bility of some hotheads preclpi-
uiiing a general coniiagrallon.
The reckless propaganda of
hate and suspicion," Marshall
said, "seriously aggravates the
present situation and can lead
to results which' will be disas
trous to the people- of China.
The American general made
his extraordinary charges in a
press release shortly after the
capture of Szeplngkal by gov
ernment forces had been an
nounced at army headquarters
In Mukden and confirmed by
government sources at Peiping.
Truca Teams Imptdad
The American envoy said that
the operation of the Sino-com-munlst-American
truce teams
was made especially difficult by
the "spreading of propaganda
among officers and soldiers of
both sides and on the success
of these teams China largely
depends for her effort to at
least localize if not to suppress
the conflicts."
He commented that the
American members of the teams
were -oping with conditions
which involved the risk of their
lives in their determined efforts
for impartial betterment of the
situation.
Marshall himself is In daily
negotiation with representatives
of the factions, political parties
and others concerning the re
storation of peace in Manchuria.
The release was Marshall's
first official cognizance of the
violent campaign of words
which has attended the fighting
in Manchuria in recent weeks.
Both the government and the
communists have unleashed bit
ter propaganda assaults. The
government's Central Daily
News at Nanking has been spe
cially critical of communist in
tentions and linked Marshall
with the proposal that Chang
chun,, communist-held Manchu
rian capital, be returned to the
nationalists as a condition for
further conversations toward
ending the Manchurian conflict.
Jap Mobs Hit
By
MacArthur
TOKYO, May 20 (IP) A
heavily conservative cabinet
was named for Japan tonight
after General MacArthur de
manded that "disorderly minor
ities" cease "mass violence and
the physical process of intimi
dation" or he would see that
they did.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Joji
Hayashi announced selection by
Premier-Designate Shigeru Yo
shida of 15 men six liberals,
five nonpartisans and four pro
gressives. Complete approval by
supreme headquarters, however,
was reported doubtful.
Yosruda nimself would retain
four posts, prime minister, for
eign minister, first and second
minister of demobilization.
Labor organizations, commu
nists and other leftist groups
criticized Yoshida's plan for a
conservative cabinet, called for
popular front government
and demanded more food.
Yoshida decided to continue
his attempts to form a cabinet
after General MacArthur's de
mand for cessation of "mass
violence." The statement, al
though not identifying the "dis
orderly minorities," was inter
preted by officers close to Mac-
Artnur as applying to those
demonstrating publicly against
Yoshida.
Newly wed With D.T.'s Wins
New S. P. Damage Suit Trial
WASHINGTON. May 20 m
A newlywed who said he fell
from a train window while suf
fering "delerium tremens" won
a supreme court order today
granting him a new trial in his
suit for $250,000 damages.
The suit, filed against the
Southern Pacific railroad by Gil-
oert . Then, contended the
line's employes had been told
in advance of nis condition and
should have guarded him. A
jury denied him damages.
Justice Murphy delivered the
court's 5-2 opinion which said
the trial court should have
granted Thiel's motion to dis
miss the jury panel. Justice
Frankfurter wrote a dissent In
which Justice Reed joined.
Thiel declared in his appeal
that at the time of the fall he
was "in a highly depressed men
tal state" over his week-old mar
riage in Reno.
Further, his appeal stated, he
was not in his normal mind be
cause of "excessive and contin
ued drinking."
in trial of the suit in U. S.
district court in San Francisco.
Thiel testified he had "delerium
tremens and hallucinations" as
he started on an all-night train
ride from Reno to San Fran
cisco, i
Iranian Army
Fights Rebels
TEHRAN, May 20 (JP) A
spokesman at the war ministry
said tonight that "some smaU
clashes have occurred" along tha
Azerbaijan border between Iran
ian government troops and Azer
baijan forces but declared they
were of "no real Importance."
Prince Firouz, Iranian director
of propaganda, evaded foreign
correspondents, but to Iranian re
porters he said "even the soul
of Iran cannot tell if the report!
are true."
The Tabriz radio said last
night that Iranian central gov
ernment forces attacked tha
"democratic garrison" at Sain
kaleh with mortars at 5 p. m.
Sunday. -.
(NBC in New York quoted
BBC as saying that the Tabriz
radio reported that casualties
had been inflicted on an un
specified number of central gov
ernment forces, and that 40 cen
tral government soldiers had
been taken prisoner.)
There were no reports of Rus
sian participation or direct assist
ance to Aberbaijan.
The reported outbreaks cam
on the eve of the deadline fixed
by the United Nations security
council for a report by the Iran
ian central government on
whether Russian troops had beeo
evacuated from Iran.
Franco Alleges
Red World Plot
EVTEDA, Spain, May 20 (P)
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
told a cheering crowd in this
former leftist stronghold yester
day that. Russia, after .shutting
down her churches, wag now re
opening them "in an imperialist
attempt to dominate the world."
Amid shouts of "Spain yes,
communism no," Franco spoka
for 40 minutes in the Central
square of this city in a Northern
Spain area, where socialist and
communist elements once pre
dominated. "I should like your cry 'Spain
yes, communism no' to reach
every corner of the world, so it
may know the feeling ot all
Spain," Franco said.
"It will," voices in the crowd
replied.
Franco : asserted that the
Soviet union had engaged in a
mockery of destroying private
property, religion and the army,
and then restoring them. The
Russians, he said, after abolish
ing military decorations, now
authorized them to be worn on
the sleeve, because there was no
room left on the chest.
The generalissimo declared
that when the French were
driven from Spain in the last
century, they left behind a,
heritage of decadence, masonery
and political parties. Spanish,
republicans who took refuge in
France after the Civil war. he
said "were sent to concentration
camps and installed there like
cattle," after which they were
taken "to work like animals on
farms."
Arriving In U. S.
Br Th Am eel ted Tf.
Donald H. Exkerl. PFC Klamath
Falls, arrived on Coata Rics Victory J
aua in new xorc, may xt.
His appeal related 'mm whllo
on the train, he belie". t he saw
a man leering at him tn be
lieved he saw a knbv ,t' it in
to a passenger lying .! i seat
and believing he wi..i anout to
be attacked, he sudii. ii y open
ed the train window nd pro
ceeded to get out."
In the fall both of 1 itml's Yi'et
were cut off at the n.l;let.. In
fection developed, rciiuivintj nnv
putation of both leg., ilu aljj
lost use of one arm.
Jury Make-Up Attacked i
Thiel's appeal asserted jini'it,
other things that seven ',.'1
prospective jurors "reprnenti- t
the employer viewpoint'1 vi't
three others had "busing; jf
friendly connections" wi'l' lis
Southern Pacific.
Justice Murphy said Oif.'. un
disputed evidence in Thiel's case
showed a failure "to abide by
the proper rules and principle
of jury selection."
"Both the clerk of the court
and the jury commissioner tes
tified that they deliberately and
intentionally excluded from the
jury lists all persons who work;
for a daily wage," Murphy said,
"This exclusion . . . cannot be
justified by federal or state
law."
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