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Nl rrrirrnnTi re in ui IMA A III Tfc ''' OWWOW Bay's lews By FRANK JENKINS LET'S deul first toduy Willi tin GOOD news. Tlirro la Utile news Hint Is godcl In thin world nt the present moment. So MUCH Ihut Is bud. T1IK bent newi at tho moment thin In written In prediction by Senator Lealcr Mill, of Ala tma, deputy administration leader. Hint the cool atrlke will be aeltlrd within 48 hour "un h'M amncthlng very unforeseen ucciira." Ilu Myi he has Just talked with nurlli-a on both aldea and under stands Unit "all are In agreement on prlnclplrii for lettlt'inent. EVERY time we fettle a dla pule and GET or KEEP pro ductlon going, we come a little nearer to the normul, level headed, REASONABLE world we all want to live In. THE course of tho stock market la still on the Kood aide I'rirrl are till advunclng. In dU'iitlnu that buycra and sellers have not yet lout commence in the future of thlt country. INFLATION, of courne, enteri into whut tho (luck morKci la doing. When Inflallon la ruiv nlng Ilu dcstnu-llve course (in It 1 now) THINGS lire dully ex. cliungrfihle for MOKE PAPER IXiLLAHH. When liiat hanuena. fieople niiUinilly awup their dol um fur thing. Hut there Inn been no panic In the stork market an there would be If people Kenerally hud lout confidence In the country'! future. Thai la definitely a good algn. THE ncwa these duya la dls- llnclly INFLAMMATORY. Peoole are uimry. Not only that they are SCARED. When people are both angry and cared, ANYTHING can happen. HERE la a aoberlng thought that wo muni keep upper most in our minds: It la out of just such condl tlona ai we now have In America that communism, fnsclam and nazism havo arisen. Communism, fascism, nazism havo ALL proved to bo devlcea for getting (omeuony onto ine gravy train. They have NEVER got for all the people of any country aa much as tho Amer ican way gets (or Ilia avorago u( all of ua. "THERE ' much injustlca In America at Hie present hour. No fair-minded person will even attempt to deny that. Hut remember these TRUTHS There la no justice In war. There la no justice In Inflation, There la no Justice In nazism, or communism, or inscism. The only Justice is in NOR' MAL times, when people are working for good wages, when business men aro earning fair profits, when production Is at a high level and lumc cuiiuft KEEPS PRICES DOWN. VEEP this clenr In your mind 1V POLITICS IS ALL MIXED UP IN THIS DISTURBED AND DANGEROUS SITUATION. Every peanut politician In America Is lying awake nights trying to figure out a way to GET HIS out of the mess. THIS writer's personal dcflnl. lion of a peanut politician la anyone In public life who la willing to sell his country down the river at an hour of crisis in order to feather his own nest, TJEUE Is a good, old rule: 4 When you arc MAD. count ten before you apeak, f ollowlng thai ruio nns saved a lot or peo- pio irom a lot oi Dad trouble Lct'a follow It now. It will be good for ua all. French Ridicule Siamese Report PARIS, Mny 28 (II The French press agency distributed a Saigon dispatch toduy which said that reports of pretended activity or rrencn troops in si amese territory were "in the do. main of highest fantasy." Tho Siamese government re ported officially yesterday that the French had conducted three raids In three days across the Mekong river from French Indo china near Ml Chid, 325 miles northeast of Bnngkok. French government sources said the Mekong river area was territory ceded to Slam by the Vlchv government under Mar shal Petuln. France now Is de manding return of the area. Baseball Scores NATIONAL CHICAGO, May 28 Ml The St. Louis Cardinals scored eight runs in the fifth Inning and beat the Chicago Cubs, 12-2, today, Dick Slsler, son of the Immortal George, highlighted the big In. nlng with a grand slum home run off Bob Chlpman, starter Claude Pusseou s relief. Tho vic tory, sained before 18.801 per sons, squares the series at a game nplcco. , R H E St. Louis 1214 0 Chicago v.'. 2 5 3 Bcozley, Wllks. (2) and Gora glolo; Posscau, Chlpman (8), Adams (7), Erlckson (9) ond Mc- Cullougn, AMERICAN Philadelphia at Boston post poned, rain, : s ENTB -0- KT g in ntpmkW'' .&P i PRICE FIVE CENTS COAL Sim Anti-Truman Labor Hints New Leader WASHINGTON. May 28 (!) The big unions, with political wrath for President Truman, dropped some oblique hints to day that they might switch to another standard bearer, with Henry A. Wallace anil Cluuilc Pepper heading the list of ac- ceptnhlea. Cupllol Hill politicians agreed the secretary of commerce and Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) aro the likeliest beneficiaries In any such shift of allegiance, but they wanted more concrete evidence that one might be In the making. Tho general opinion appeared to be that it la too early to tell whether the administrations handling of the atrike emergen cy has ended the 13-year-old la bor-democratic coalition. However, the way republicans appeurcd to be seizing on the sit uation provided democrats food for thought. Staassn and Tail Join right Lawmakers noted that both former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, and Senator Taft (R-Ohlo) were among the first to join with the unions in urging congress lo go slow in empower ing the president to draft work- era striking against the govern ment. Stassen, a possible con tender for GOP presidential nomination In 1048, labeled the proposal "totalitarian." While political speculation mounted, three of the nation's most powerful labor organiza tions kept ,up a heavy drumfire of criticism on the program Mr. Truman proposed Saturday for coping with strikes In vital In dustries during the reconversion period. CIO President Philip Murray was among the latest to blast at Mr. Trumans' proposal. In a telegram to all senators, Murray contended that "In a moment of wild hysteria an at tempt Is being made to stampede through congress legislation which has as its aole aim the de struction of the labor movement of this nation. Blast at Strike Program He lushed out not only at Mr, Truman's emergency strike-control program but also at the sen ate version of tho house-approved Case bill. Murray's broadside was con sidered as rough treatment aa tho CIO chief ever gave any administration-sponsored proposal but AFL President William Green was equally vehement, de nouncing the bill as advocating "slave labor under fascism." As the two big unions hit out at Mr. Truman's proposals, the CIO United Auto Workers wired Murray urging he take "immedi ate steps" for "Joint action by all organized labor" to defeat the program. The CIO-AFL attacks come in rapid follow-ups to the an nouncement of A. t. Whitney, the Trainmen Brotherhood chief, that his union stood ready to pour millions Into coming cam paigns noi only to dereol con gressmen voting for Mr. Tru man's emergency strike program but also to defeat Mr. Truman in 1048. The National Farmers union Joined In the fray to assail the emergency program as "nuked. open fascism," and called the sit uation "a shameful hour in American history." The national citizens political action committee also con demned the program as "totali tarian" and urged the senate to reject It. Army Says Nazis Gouged Out Eyes DACHAU, Germany, May 28 (IP) An American army report disclosed todaythut German SS troops gouged out the eyes of some wounded American soldiers as they lay on the Malmcdy field of massacre during the battle of the Ardennes bulge. The army Inspector general's report was rend at the trial of 74 German elite guards accused of slaying disarmed American prisoners. Pauley To View Northern Korea SEOUL, May 28 (IT) Edwin W. Pnuley, U, S. reparations commissioner, and his pnrty will leave Seoul on a sdccIoI train tomorrow night for an inspec tion trip of Russian-occupied northern Korea. They will Inspect former Japa nese industries, resources and equipment. With Pauley will be nine principals of his reparations commission, clerks, service per sonnel and guards. Striker's Son Rescued By Army Plane Deaperately UL Richard Rice. 13. Douglas. Ails., son of a trlking Southern Pacific fireman, waa ruahed to Santa Ana. Calif., hospital via army bomber ior an emergency brain opera tion, after SP'a Golden State limited atranded him in Tucson. Aria. Here he is aaatated irom the train by Army Nurse Lt. Mary Cakalske. Jackaon. Tenn.. and SSgt. John Cowiea. oi Mew York City, NEA telephoto. Army Sees Hope For Many Of 850,000 Menial Cases CHIC AGO. May 28 (IP) Ncu-, ropsvehintric disorders hove hos pitalized approximately 850,000 World War II soldlert up to the first of tills year some of them more than once but many will return to duty, tho American Psychiatric association was told today. Urlg. Gen. William C. Mcnnln gcr. the army's chief of psychi atry, related this In a paper pre pared for delivery before the association's 102nd meeting. He said also that 500,000 men were discharged from the army for "personality disturbances" of all types; and that approximately 1,875.000 men were rejected for military service for the same rea sons. Without giving specific figures White House Refutes Morse WASHINGTON, May 28 (IP) The White House said today President Truman did not learn of the settlement of the railroad strike Saturday until after he hud started his address to con gress. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross also told reporters that Mr. Truman was prepnrcd with "an alternative" Introduction to his speech for use in event of settle ment. These comments were in re sponse to queries at Ross' news conference about a statement by Senator Morse (R-Ore.) that the president knew of the settlement four hours before he went to Capitol Hill. Morse told the sen ate that Mr. Truman's announce ment of the settlement was "one of the cheapest exhibitions of ham acting I hnve ever seen." "The president didn't get word of the settlement until it was passed up to him by Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle around 4:11 p. m. (EST)," Ross said. The president knew, Ross add ed, thnt John R. Stcelman, presi dential adviser, was at the Stut ter hotel where negotiations had been held. Under questioning, Ross sold the president would hove made legislutivo proposals even had the. settlement been made cur lier. As to whether there would have been any change In his rec ommendations, Ross said he was not prepared to sny. - - Memorial Services For Men Lost At Sea , DEPOE BAY, May 28 (IP) Memorial services for men who have died at sea will be held here Thursdny by the fishing and pleasure croft fleet outside the harbor nt the whistling buoy. Wreaths and flowers will be dropped from the decks of 38 boats after a brief ceremony sponsored by the coast guard auxiliary, ALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. MAY f. 1948 aiWFii fi"nnrPiM SETTLEMENT he said that the army's wartime psychiatric program was well advanced. 60 per cent of combat psychiatric casualties were re turned to duty within a lew aays after treatment in forward areas. Majority Reported 'Improved' Hospitals further back salv aged an additional 30 per cent for non-combat duty in war areas, he said, adding that be tween 15 and 25 per cent of the most resistive cases sent back to this country were later returned to some kind of duty, with a large majority of the remainder being sent to their homes "very much improved." Asserting that psychoses the mast serious types of mental dis orders constituted only 7 per cent of all neuropsychiatry cases hospitalized, Mcnninger said the army observed an "unexpectedly high recovery rate for psychotic patients who so often become custodial patients in civilian hos pitals." During 1945, he said, seven of every 10 psychotic hospital ad missions were "able to be dis charged home." While he said that "psychiatry In the army did a reasonably creditable Job," Menninger de clared that it (psychiatry) failed in a sood manv wavs and some of these failures were because we In psychiatry failed to select and train new and better men." "We began this war," he said, "with no plan of treatment for combut troops, no unit to provide such, no plans for training, no psychiatrist in combat divisions. und not even effective leadership in headquarters." Buckaroo Days Celeb ration Cancelled In Protest Againsi Fee Assessments Klamath Buckaroo Days com mitteemen announced flatly to day they would produce no more Fourth of July celebra tions here until local political subdivisions "cooperate with us to the extent of making such a production economically sound." The committee made public a resolution adopted at a Mon day night meeting, repeating a previously published complaint against the decision of the coun ty fair board to demand 10 per cent of gross receipts of the fairgrounds, and against the city and county governments for re fusing to waive a carnival rent al fee of $1500. Recent action of the city council In reducing the fee for a circus from- $1500 to $250 drew the ire of the Buckaroo Dnys leaders. "The members of this com mittee who contribute their time and talents free of charge for the advertising and enter tainment of this community, the profits from which Inure to the citizenry of the community and county, feel that we aro not re rr-iUphoa Savants Study Cosmic Rays WILMINGTON. Ohio. May 28 (JP) A group of diatinguiahed acientlats left the army air iorce baae here at noon today in an army B-29 on the first of a scries of four flights designed to meas ure the intensity of cosmic rays at various altitudes and latitudes. The experimental flights are sponsored Jointly by the AAF, the National Geographic society and the Bartol Research Founda tion of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia. Flights will be made at alti tudes of 35,000, 25.000, 15,000 and 5000 feet and will constitute the first systematic and continu ous researches at selected alti tudes throughout a 70 degree range of latitude. Officials Deny Molotov Vords WASHINGTON, May 28 (P) American officials today belit tled Foreign Minister Molotov's contention that a British-Amer ican bloc waged "an offensive against the Soviet Union" at Paris. Secretary of State Byrnes maintained silence lor the mo ment, but others declared pri vately that the United States delegation to the foreign min isters' conference never had act ed "on previous agreement" with Britain as Molotov contended in a full-page statement in Pravda yesterday. The White House withheld comment on Molotov'i contentions. In fact, they said the confer ence record shows freauent dif ferences between the Americans and British on Important issues. , , There was ho doubt in gov. ernmentand diplomatic circles here that the Molotov charges represented the official Kremlin answer to Byrnes' radio report on the Baris conference last week. Officials with years of exper ience in dealing with Russia said they did not believe the Molo tov statement necessarily consti tutes a bad omen lor resump tion of the foreign ministers' meeting in Paris June 15. They said Molotov had only reaffirmed Russia's Dosilion on several major issues in the usual blunt Soviet manner, and noted that it would be unusual for any of the four ministers to talk of concessions or compromise this far in advance. Medford Airfield Declared Surplus MEDFORD, May 28 (IP) The Medford army air base was de clared surplus today by the war assets administration. City officials said the army's release was conditioned only on the city making the runways and gasoline facilities available to transient army planes. Dionne Quintuplets 12 Years Old Today CALLANDER, Ont., May 28 MH-The Dionne ouintuolets ob served their 12 th birthday today in their new home, but the scores of birthday presents of other years were missing. They arose at 5:30 a. m., an hour earlier than usual, attend ed mass in their private chapel went to school for two hours and then were released for the day ceiving the cooperation we think is justified from local po litical subdivisions," said the resolution. Highest Renta Charged The resolution asserted that Klamath Buckaroo Days com mittee has paid higher annual rental than any other similar association in the United States. Rentals, construction and re pairs at the fairgrounds have cost $8000, the committee claimed, but the fair board has not increased the seating ca pacity In order that the com mittee might receive greater in come with which to meet rising costs. The fair board's request for 10 per cent of gross was de scribed in the resolution as a "tribute." The committee went on to re port that federal taxes amount to 20 per cent of ticket sales, and that the committee had planned to raise prize list money from 30 to 40 per cent this year. With all of these costs, lt said, the show simply could not break even. WEATHER NEWS Mar ta Mas, (Mar ill Mia. rraclplUlUa lait U kaara M Slraani aaar U Sala 1l.aa Naraial II.H Laat raat ILSI rnnuli fair aa waraiar. sin) Number 10832 LOUS Lewis Said Contented By HAROLD W. WARD WASHINGTON. May 28 UP) Settlement of the coal strike ap peared imminent tonight. An in formed official passed tne wora that the government and John L. Lewis have agreed on all major provisions of a new con tract. Pending final signature, the agreement was still subject to possible changes. But a qualified informant who may not be named said the new wage scale is expected to follow the pattern of an 18 cent increase in the basic hourly pay with overtime provisions which will net the miners $59.25 for a 45-hour week compared with their present $63.50 pay for a 54-hour week. One minor detail, however, was said to be holding up the final settlement. Lewis and Sec retary of the interior Krug re sumed their negotiations this afternoon, with the union chief appearing in good humor. Before they met for what seemed the final stage of nego tiations, Senator Hill of Alabama, the democratic whip, said he had talked with parties on both sides and understood they "are in agreement on principle for settlement." "I feel confident that unless something very unforeseen oc curs," he told a reporter shortly before noon, "the coal atrik will be settled and announcement of the. settlement made within the next 48 hours. Council Tables Meter Vote A recommendation from the city . planning commission that the matter of installing parking meters be placed on the ballot in the November election was greeted with little enthusiasm by the city council last night, but the city dads agreed to accept dan place on file for further ref erence the commission's sugges tion. No mention of a trial period was made in the actual recom mendation. In a copy of the minutes of the planning commission's last meeting it was stated that the group favored installing meters on a trial basis. The council seemed of the opinion that the discrepancy between the recom mendation appearing on the council peg and the minutes given to council members is that the planning commission offered the recommendation merely as a suggestion. Last night's mention of the meters was the first since sev eral weeks ago when the mat ter was tabled by the city council for further study. The original suggestion from the traffic safety council regarding installation of the meters brought on heated opposition from the Klamath Merchants association, the Team sters' union and the Suburban League. At that time, the coun cil decided there was no imme diate need for a decision, and felt that further study was neces sary. O. D, Matthews, president, and Marshall E. Cornett, com mittee member, said they had had no' further meetings with the county fair board since their previous declaration of in tention to give up the rodeo un less they obtained "more coop eration." "Our only contact with the fair board was a letter stating it wanted 10 per cent of the gross," said Matthews. .. . Percy Murray, fair board member, said previously that the fair board had been willing to make provisions for rain, snow or other disaster that might wash out all profits from the Fourth of July show. Mur ray could not be reached for a statement this afternoon. The Buckaroo committeemen Indicated, however, that they are still willing to sit down with representatives of the city, county, fair board, and anyone else, and try to work out a pro gram which would give the show "real community coopera tion and support." With Terms Passes (aata-tXr-'.-V V r 1 i t I i f !: I1 -' - fa A . 'mini a aa GEORGE W. OFF1ELD George Offield Dies In Merrill Death claimed another prom inent Klamath county pioneer with the passing of George Wash ington Offield of Merrill, 7B, for 60 years a resident of this area. Mr. Offield died at the family home early Monday evening fol lowing an illness of the past 18 months. Mayor for many years of Mer rill, and active in county affairs. Mr. Offield's death is mourned by residents of the nearby com munity. Born in Coos county, Ore., January 14, 1868, Mr. Of field was the son of John L, and Amanda Vance Offield who came to Oregon across the plains with an ox team in 1850. They first settled in Clackamas county. later moving to Coos county, and in 1886 they brought their family to Klamath county, locating in the vicinity of Bonanza in Lan gell valley. In his early years, Mr. Offield attended a private business col lege in Bonanza and also con tinued farming in that area until he was 29 years of age. In 1882 he homesteaded 160 acres in Langell valley, which he sold in Old timers remember Mr. Of field as one of the pioneer school teachers of this area. In 1897 he started teaching and was one of the nrst instructors in the old Pine Grove school. He taught for several years, his last term in Merrill. In 1900 he accepted a position as bookkeeper in a Merrill store and worked there for three and one-half years. It was at that period that the coun try began expanding and Mr. Offield opened a real estate busi ness and at the same time bought and sold cattle in Merrill. For (Caatlaaed aa raca 4, Calaaw 7) Spain Answers UN Accusers MADRID. May 28 (IP) The Spanish foreign ministry said today that Spain had a "perfect right" to investigate atomic en ergy and "cannot recognize the competence of the United Na tions in matters affecting Spain, The statement said the Spanish position was made clear in notes distributed to foreign missions here May 23. It continued: "Although the SDanish gov ernment, like all other countries. has a perfect right to provide itself with adequate means for national defense, including in vestigations of atomic energy. diplomatic missions accredited in Madrid have proof of the falsity oi statements that such investi gations are being made." Referring to Polish charges (before the security council), the statement said Spain could not recognize the competence of an international organization whose agreements it had not signed. It also argued the charges were not treated in accordance with proper United Nations procedure and attacked the presence on the subcommittee of "governments who are in open and public op position to Spain." The statement added that the note indicated "alleged Spanish military movements in the Pyr enees zone" were purely defen sive and "fully justified after the bloody aggression of October. 1944." That was when Spanish maquls invaded Spanish terri tory from France but soon were driven out. i . i War Leaders Favor Armament Transfer WASHINGTON, May 28 0P) Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower urged congress today to author ize transfer of arms and war goods to other nations of the western hemisphere. Nimitz said that should there be another war, the transfer legislation would ermit "or ganization of the western repub lics as one hemispheric force." Angry River Waters Take Heavy Toll WTLLIAMSPORT, Pa., May 28 UP) Raging flood waters of the Susquehanna river swept through north-central Pen nay 1 vania and southern New Yorlc today, damaging millions of dol lars worth of oroDertv and caus ing at least fix reported deaths. The state flood emergency committee at Harrlaburg said two persons were reported killed and six others missing In the Tioga-Lycoming counties area bit by a cloudburst yesterday. The dead whose Identity was not established immediately. were reported killed near Rich. ards, a small hamlet near Wells boro, seat of Tioga county, where torrential rains changed streams flowing south to the Susquehanna into raging tor rents. Four other persons had been reported dead previously, two at Mill Hall, one at Garland and one at Harrisburg, ail in Penn sylvania. Worst Since 193S The most severe flood In the area since 1936, covered a fifth of the residential areas of this city of 45,000 persons and left the district virtually Isolated. , The American Red Cross was alerted for emergency aid to per sons made homeless by the flood ing waters, but in most places roads were impassable, flying was impossible and railroads were operating under sever handicaps. With highways to the north and west already cut and other roads due to be covered by the rapidly rising waters, persons re siding in low lying sections were moved to higher parts of the city with prospects of a third of the town being inundated or cut oil. Scores of smaller communities were isolated, thousands of dol lars worth of property lost and at least three persons died aa the heavy spring rains flooded areas in central and western Pennsylvania. Ohio and New York. Chinese Talti Peace Again NANKING. May 28 (IP) A delegation of the third party democratic league arrived today to open talks with government and communist leaders designed to bring peace In Manchuria. Meantime, the government's central news agency specified three "Tirinciples it termed pre requisites to negotiations and Chiang Kai-shek, in Mukden, was reported to have announced two conditions upon which he would resume truce talks. The agency's conditions were enumerated in an editorial cir culated by the ministry of in formation. It added that the government could not recognize "democratic" local governments established in Manchuria by the communists. The agency's editorial said it "warmly welcomed" resumption of peaceful negotiations and an nounced these three conditions: 1. Communist forces should evacuate the Harbin-Tsitsihar-Changchun railway and "launch no more attacks in the northeast (Manchuria)." - 2. Armed conflicts elsewhere should be mediated by execu tive (truce) headquarters field teams. 3. Communist troops should be reorganized according to the army nationalization plan. The latter two conditions were agreed upon in the later-violated January truce. Solons Vant Secrets Kept WASHINGTON, May 28 (IP) House appropriations committee members shouted an emphatia "no" today to suggestions that the public be told more about major new secret weapons. Referring particularly to ths reported development of biologi cal or germ warfare and "atomis poison gas" weapons, these mem bers disclosed privately at ths same time that they are consid ering boosting army funds for further scientific research. The suggestion that the publlo be given more information about the new weapons came from W. A. Higinbotham. chairman of the Federation of Atomic Scien tists, in a speech here last night. Higinbotham asserted there are "at least two major secret weapons in existence . . . poten tially as dangerous to mankind" as the atomic bomb and that scientists believe "the publlo has a right" to know more about them. "If it were simply a matter of letting the American people know about them, lt would be an easy thing," one appropriations committee member said. "But you can't make these secrets public to the American people without letting the whole world know about them." r i-.i. 0
