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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1946)
rem viwam mm In Th Day's km By FRANK JENKINS YV7E are alundlng today In tlio " ahadow of great calumlty n niillnn-wlile rullroud atrike, which puriilyzd production ot tho moment whim production la needed ax It never waa needed before in nut' history. Let us keep this fact cleur In our mltuli: The ncrlom slluiitlon wo nru fiicliiK lins been brought nbout by wrong thinking. So let's do otir bent In thetio disturbed duys to think strulght. STRAIGHT thlnklnit lends to thr conclusion that wo must keep the railroads running If we ciin. If Hint Involves heavy losses to the owners of the rouds (stock holders, bondholders: Investors uenerally) It will just have to be. If It Involves weakening o( the union (by government- backed strike-breaking, for ex- ample) that too will have to be The rlulits of ALL must be kept superior to the riijhtn of the FEW. In any other way lies anarchy. YOU and your neighbor can have a disagreement. So lonit as you keep it among your wives, your quarrel can go on. Hut if you net out In the middle ..r tt. Hlr..Mt t.,.,t K'VAtlV A FIGHT, thus Interrupllnil other people unit liuenijiiiig Willi llieir pursuit 01 a iiveiiutiou. me puucv will step 111 and tukc over. Ttinl nrleltil tint K....M art fully estubllsheil by experience lliroumi centuries 01 orgiinia society that we accept it un hesitatingly. If organized society, based up- on me principle 01 inc grcaicsi good to the Krcotest number, Is to survive, we must accept this principle in the case of GUOUl'S as well as Individuals. That la fundamental. THE road w have been travel- - Inn lately leads up to the edge of a cliff. At the bottom of this cliff lurks an on re that we call inflation. The shupc and the form of this ogre are not familiar to us, becuusa In happy America we have never met nun face to face or felt his crunching fa nils. But we have seen him crunch and rend other nations. We know what he DOES. The road to the edge of this cliff la reached by a series of tens. First wo raise wanes PRICES rise In consequence, and the wage rnl.se becomes useless, Then we have to raise waxes again. Or we start It the other way around. The result I the Hint either way. If the sequence Isn't checked somewhere ulonK the line, the result Is complete demoralize' tlon of everything. "THERE Is a curious fact about the trip over this rond we aro travcllnK. It goe slowly at first. Then more swiftly. It ends in a wild burin of speed whose momentum carries Its victims over the edge, into the laws of the ourc at tho bottom It Is relatively ensy to stop while we oro going slowly SOMEHOW, wo must manage to stop while It is Mill possible. That ia what we are, trying to do now, THERE la one hopeful sign in the sky this morning. Tho New York stock market sold off frncllons to two points or more at tho opening, but liquidation was light, and rc coverlca appeared bcioro noon That enn only mean that pco. pie STILL HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THIS COUNTRY ond are still willing to back their con fidenco with their money. They dimply rcfuso to believe t lint we aro going to go on ana destroy ourselves. SO let's close on this hopeful note. Truman On Radio WASHINGTON. May 24 (IP) President Truman will spaak to tht nation on the strike crisis tonight at 10 p.m. (EST) and to congress tomorrow at 4 p.m. ,1 3 tm PRICE riVE CENT! United May Open Line This Year A possibility that United Air Lino service will bo In operation through Klamath Folia late this year waa expressed today by Harvey Hancock, assistant to tho president of United Air Lines. The date will depend entirely upon construction of facilities, Huncock suld, and stated that erection of ground facilities, com munications and a passenger ter minal will be commenced us soon us possible. Klamath Falls will be serviced from the formal naval ulr station which will bo sufficient to meet the demand. Huncock culled The Herald and News from Los Angelea today to express his appreciation of the cooperation received from Klam ath Falls in obtaining action and expressed sincere pleasure In the result. "Wo have long hoped that Klamath Falls would be on tho main trunk," he said. City Pleased Klumuth residents yesterday and today expressed great satis faction over the entrance of United Air Lines Into this city. First application for air service to this point was made in 1039, when United applied to CAB for permission to serve Klamath Falls on a main line. This ap plication was turned down after approximately two years of con troversy. A new case came up in 1044, when United and West cm Air Lines applied for main line service to Klamath Fulls and four companies also applied to furnish feeder servlco. At the time of the applications tho Klamath County chamber of commerce furniahed a great deal of data to CAU allowing the need of air sorvlce to this point. From the beginning the chamber at no time took aides between the com panies, but concerned Itself only with the obtaining of main lino service. The next step was the exam iner's report which fuvorcd only feeder service to Klamath Falls. The matter of a final hearing in ICanllnaaa aa raf t, Calama 11 Rail Strike Sidelights NEW YORK, May 24 W) Tho New York Central railroad's 125th Btreet station was empty today except .for train an nouncers and porters who whlled away tho time shouting at each other: s ' All aboard." NEW YORK. May 24 W) There was one railroad operating In New York City today, but pas senger travel was barred. In a toy shop window a min iature electric train whizzed around a track, uninterrupted. A sign reads: "No rail strike here. Trains here run for hours." ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., May 24 (I') The roll strike blew a windfall Into tho laps of Chuck Lnverty and George C. Shnpldo, who shed marine uniforms last week and applied to the inter state commerce commission to operate a trucking concern. A hnlf hour after the rail strike started, they were notified from Denver that the ICC had granted an emergency permit. Their new truck started an hour nnd a hnlf Inter to pick up a 30,000 pound shipment between Denver and Albuquerque. - - . - " " "W.S - ,iV ''Sv.t'.v' . I vict if. Officers Investigate Scene Of Pistol IP ;- asm F Soviets Oust U. S. Writer BUCHAREST. Moy 24 P Reuben Markham, correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, has been ordered by the Soviet military command to leave Ro mania not later than 4 p. m. Sun- any. The United States member of the allied control commission, Brig. Gen. Courtland V. R. Schuyler, tried unsuccessfully to have the decision revoked or de layed. Markham apparently will not be permitted to work any where in tho Russian-controlled Balkans, an area upon which ht has long specialized. Red army and leftist Romanian publications asserted Markham had been hostile to the red army, meddled in Romanian politics and had declared in a political speech that war between tho United States and Russia was in evitable. He made this state ment in reply: "1 never mode any speech of any kind at any political meet ing anywhere in Romania. I've visited government meetings aa well as opposition meetings, in fact, repeatedly made my own requests to visit government meetings, "My report on the action of Russian soldiers was made after the most careful Investigation on the spot and was based largely on reports by local government authorities and conformed to reports from other American sources." Navy Extends Leave Passes PORTLAND. Mny 24 (!) The navy public relations office here said today that all naval person nel on leave were to report to the nearest navy station to obtain a leave extension. An automatic extension until five days after the end of the rail strike will be on, the office here said. Personnel now on duty may not go on leave except in emer gencies when private transporta tion Is available. Personnel like wise were ordered to use com mercial transportation only for trips of less than IS miles. t, k-t'Sfc ' 'ail " '.';:' ' i nss I v SAT AV-'JL .f. L . i m - - w mm m Mat i -: ill' ' .r , v .t.'urti -v.. j i.8. OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 14. 1S4S dies from WOUNDS .. ,. f .1..: tw: r . i r- w . - i w 'j W IB t v m r h J r. 1 .hi B uJtaaa La2 J it i H r Mrs. Goorqla Fisher, operator of Aralon rooms. ' 9th and Walnut, above, collapsed over tho hood of a car and sobbed whoa told of the knife and pistol battle at her rooming house yester day atternoon in which Glen Harris waa fatally stabbed and Tex Alnaworth waa ahot. Both men roomed at the house. In tho lower picture Police Chief Orville Hamilton and Sheriff Lloyd Low follow the trail of blood from the fight acene into the rooming house where Harria waa located. Wheels Silent No 19, the last passenger train into Klamath Falls, atanda on tho SP rails, grim reminder that thia ia a common eight today aa the country entered the aecond day of the nation-wide rail strike. Above. Joan Clark of Oakland, Calif., aita on her auitcaae, wait ing for a bua to take her home. She haa been on vacation in Jamestown, N. D. Right, The Herald and Newa photographer found tho same expression on scorea of faces in the day coachea. folks who were trying to figure out whether they should gat back home aa fast aa they could, or take a chance on the busses provided by the SP to continue on their way. (Telephone - Knife Duel ,), ' an - .M - .'. . "" m 1, M ftp La - wVt - Passengers Wait 1 u ... M WEATHER NEWS Mar (4 Mis. IHr til l Mia. rrialallallaa laat M a-art aiiaaaa ar iala 1.IS Nral ImM Latl raar . faraaaatl Psrllf glaair. ahawara. 8111) Number 10B29 Second Man In Critical Condition Glen Harris, 38, died at 10:50 last night in Klamath Valley hosDital of stab wounds which city police said he received in a pistol and pocketknife duel with John "Tex Ainsworth, 46, in a woodshed back of the Avalon rooms at Sth and Walnut yes terday afternoon. Ainsworth, hit five times in the stomach and chest by .22 calibre Distol slues, is in a critical condition at the hospital. He was barely conscious this afternoon. An investigation of the phys ical facts of the case is still be ing made by city police and the sheriff's office to determine who was the aggressor in the case. There were no eye witnesses to the actual fight. Mrs. Rose Lapham, waitress, who occupies a cabin adjoining the shed where the alleged quar rel took place, told officers the two men were arguing in her room and went outside into the shed, slamming her door. She did not see what followed, she said, but heard five shots fired. 'Target Shooting" In Harris" statement, made to police before he died, he said that he had the gun with him yesterday afternoon and was go ing out in the country to do some target shooting. He went out to the cabin and shed and met Ainsworth who told him, Harris said, to keep away from Mrs. CaatlBa mm Paga S. Calomrn ) Lewis Defers Coal Meeting WASHINGTON, May 24 UP) John L. Lewis today deferred a meeting of his 250-man policy committee, empowered to call off the soft coal strike, "until further clarification" of the min ers' status under the Smith-Con-nally labor disputes act. A notice to this effect was posted at United Mine Workers headquarters as the government renewed attempts to avert a new walkout at the end of a strike truce tomorrow. The union policy committee unanimously authorized the truce and would have to ratify any new contract or, presum ably, any further extension of the truce. The Smith-Connally act pro hibits any person from inciting a strike or conspiring to strike in a government-seized mine. Lewis' notice at union quar ters said: "Notice to members, policy committee, UMWA: "Government seizure of mines invokes the punitive provisions of the infamous Smith-Connally slave statute. "This imperils legally the lib erty of individual members of the union. Until furthe clari fication, there will be no meet ing of the national policy com mittee. Lewis." Secretary of Interior Krug fed eral boss of the government seized mines, met coal operators early in the morning, presum ably to present the contract terms the government proposed to John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers. Even if the government suc ceeds in obtaining a settlement before a miners' strike truce expires tomorrow, the rail walk out offered a second threat to put the industry down for the count. IIII..-I ,,.ii ,i i .I,,,,. i Food Shortages And Industrial Standstill Loom By Th Aasodated Preae The greatest railroad strike in history struck paralyzing blow today at the nation's transportation, its industry and it food aupply. The effects were almost Instantaneous. The post office department declared a mall embargo limiting service to local deliveries and to first class and air mall out o2 town items. A weight limitation of 16 ounces was placed on first class (letter) mail and air mall. Senator Byrd (D-Va.) said after a White Houae call that President Truman was considering an appeal to a Joint session. or congress lor additional author- ity to prevent further nationwide strikes. Livestock receipts dropped off as much as 60 per cent at a dozen leading markets. Although most receipts are delivered by truck, the packers said, farmers held back their offerings because of a probable drop in prices due to the lack of shipping facilities out of the packing plants. Motor Industry Hard Hit Sources in the motorcar indus try predicted the entire output of automobiles and trucks would be halted if the rail strike con tinues over the weekend. Most manufacturers were confronted with a critical shortage of parts and materials. The major cities faced the prospects of food shortages with in days and industries, large and small, were threatened with shutdowns or sharp curtailment of production. A few smaller mines quit operations and a shutdown of virtually all mining appeared imminent because of a shortage of cars. Most major cities were virtu ally, isolated, depending on rail transportation for delivery of the bulk of their food supplies. As government labor special ists went into new negotiation conferences today with represen tatives of the carriers and Brotherhoods of Railroad Train men and Locomotive Engineers, the nation's railroads were almost at a complete standstill. Some lines managed to keep skeleton operations going but they amounted to hardly more than a dribble in the overall pic ture. Marines Called Marine corps headquarters In Washington announced all hon , orably discharged -marines and inactive reservists may volun teer" for duty in the transporta tion emergency. . The army took no similar action, immediately, and a war department spokes man said he had not been in formed that any such move was contemplated. The tieup of service on vir tually every railroad ensued quickly after 4 p. m. local stan dard time yesterday as 250,000 engineers and trainmen left their jobs in obedience to a strike call of last April 29. Made idle by the walkout were most of the 1,200,000 members of the 18 other rail brotherhoods not in cluded In the strike call. Yoters Pass School Funds Klamath Falls voters cast ap proval almost four-to-one in the special budget elections held in School Districts 1 and 2, and for the special serial levy which gives the go-ahead for a $100,000 auditorium at Mills school, when ballots were counted following Thursday's vote. Polling places were at Fremont and Klamath Union high schools. Following is the vote: Special budget election. School District 1, increase of tax levy for fiscal year exceeding 6 per cent limitation. Yes: 2 23. No: 51. Total 274. Vote on the budget. Yes: 232. No: 42. Total 274. Special levy for Mills audito rium. Yes: 231. No: 41. Total 188. District No. 2. Increase of tax levy for fiscal year exceeding 6 per cent limitation. Yes: 155. No: 33. Total 188. Vote on the budget. Yes: 156. No: 32. Total 188. Churchill Hits Egypt Decision LONDON. May 24 (Pi Win. ston Churchill told the house of commons today he feared tha British plan to withdraw from Egypt would seriously prejudice , "the hope of gaining the aid of America in the Palestine que tion." Churchill said If the govern ment continued to pursue it present course it would ruin our interests in the middle east, de stroy our communications in tha ' Indian and Pacific oceans and sever the lifeline of the British, empire. i Efforts to find other bases to substitute for Egypt, he declared, would bring complaints of im perialism and "Russia would re new and reinforce her demand for a base or bases in the eastern Mediterranean." The former prime minister said depending on the use of Pales tine "as a jumping off ground for reoccupation of the Sues canal ' zone in an emergency would leave ourselves without American aid and would leava us with the most profitless tasks -that can be imagined." As an alternative to the labor -government's plans to evacuat Egypt Churchill proposed: "Wa . should rest for the next five or -six years on the 1936 treaty ia the hope that the United Nation will grow up and become an or ganization which would put so many of these strategic danger . and nightmares back into tha limbo of a vanished past." At Modoc Point J. M. Fleishman today ana -nounced the opening of a pre fabricating plant at Modoa Point, to be known as the Klanv ath Prefabricating company. The plant, operating on tha site of the old Lamm Lumber -company, will prefabricat small houses as well as a num ber of other items. Present plans call for the plant to ba in production not later than June 15, and additional facili. ties will be added as equipment becomes available. Prefabrication of small house '. will be conducted in connection with the Timmerman Manufac hiring company, of Hibbing, ' Minn. Lumber used in tha houses will be partially pro. cessed at the Southwest Oregon . Lumber company's Modoc Point planing mill, adjoining the pre fab plant. Botchsk Superintendent Heinie A. Botchek will b general superintendent. He ha previously been associated with) the Oregon Woodworking com pany, Portland; Kinzua Pin -Mills, Kinzua, and Biles-Cole man Lumber company, Omak, Wash. C. W. Kempter, formerly gen eral sales manager for Shaw Lumber company, has joined the organization and will be in ' charge of distribution and pro curement of raw materials in -the Klamath Falls area. C. K, Rose of the Portland office of . Fleishman Lumber company, will be general sales manager, J. H. Moore, Redding Calif, will devote part of his time to securing lumber for the pre-fab plant. Fleishman said he plans ta purchase lumber on the local market for the new operation, frefab factory - 4
