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Seattle Confab To Ponder
World-Wide Minimum Pay
For Merchant Marine Men
WASHINGTON, Juno 3 ll')
Forty inttioim will Kuthcr at
Krntlla Juni! 6 to luckW' mi ex
H omely lick I lull economic prob
lem n world nilnlinuiu wugo
(or merchant scuiuon.
The conference In culled by
the InturnutloiiHl Labor Oinanl
.ullon (II.O), ono ( tin; few
pieces of I.t-uuue of Nullum ma
chinery atlll active unci which
now seems destined to become
mi nuency of the Unllud Nu
linns. The basis for discussion
will be u minimum wane of
$114.50 month for nblc seamen.
Tlio Seottlo drbiite will be
the first time un offlclul world
(lathering; has ever discussed
puylnil workmen In u alnule In
dually the atimn wuuua the
world over, T h c seamen's
nnlona of (he world have put
ao much pressure on their Hov
crnmenta thul ll.O rcprrsentu
Uvea hero any they think the
propoNul may win,
The Seattle meiHInu plans to
discuss aeverul phuaea of the
aeufurera' wwrklnil conditions
puy, houra, aoclal accurlty, food,
viientlona with pay and ao on.
It la aeheduled to Inat three
weeka. The United Stales la
aendlnu a deli'uullon of 41 head
ed by Secretary of Lubor
Sehwollenbnch. T h e United
Klnudnm la aendlnu 41) dele
gutea. Want International Agreement
The conference will conalder
a proposal to bind all the mem
ber ILO nullona to the world
wage no matter what nation
they null for and without re
gurd to race or color.
Thai meiina no worry to
American ahlpplng conipuniea In
the United States, Austrullu,
New Zealand or Cnnuda. They
all pay hluhcr mlnlmuma. The
Unlled Stnloa puya the hliihest,
$14!) a mouth for able acumen
and $127.50 slurtlng.
Previous to the current nrito
tlntlona only the Ncthcrlunda,
In all Kuiope, upprniicht-d the
proposed minimum. Dutch com-
fiuniea iwld $02.00 a month but
ive now settled for 18 potinda
sterling ($72) a month. So have
Sweden and France.
The United Kingdom wna pay
ing $.10,411, with $:ifl.2H for Chi
neae unci only $18.07 for In
dluua. Their pay to Chinese la
up now, India Itself paya one of
the world loweat rulea, $15.00
a month.
U. S. ahlpplng companlei
have nlwuya been at n disadvan
tage because of world age dif
ference!!. They puid higher
wngra, had In charge higher
rates and hence lost much busi
ness to other nntlona. So the
U. S. delegation to Seattle la
expected to battle for tho world
minimum proposal.
Largest Merchant Marin
Such a plan la doubly Impor
tant to tho U, S. since right now
It hua more merchant ships than
all the rest of the world to
gether. The administration li
determined to see that more
American goods travel In Amer
ican ships than since the dnyi
of the clippers.
Wugo discrepancies huvo been
a disadvantage to American
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acumen Us well. Low wugea In
other nutlona have ucted aa a
drug-on American unions when
ever they sought higher wugea.
American ahlpnora could plead
that higher cuata meun even leaa
business.
The United Kingdom, Norway
und Greece, to niiuie a few, de
pend more houvlly than the ua
on profit from ahlpplng to give
them the Income they need to
buy gooda rrom world murkcta.
If their coata go up, their lower-
coat ships would be leaa able
to take business away iroin
higher-cost lines.
Lubor economists point nut
the debate goes fur beyond sea
men's wellurc. If the acumen
win, what of a minimum wage
for the world a textile workera
mlnera, railroad men? What
would happen If sweatshop
products could no longer out
sell products from such nutlona
ua the U. S. with Ita high living
atandard?
The Seattle meeting will also
consider paid vacations of IB
duya for the higher ruuks and
12 duya for the crewa; retire
ment penalona for men at 53 to
AO yeura of ago and benefits
for their dependents if they die;
medical cure when they'ro III,
in any port, and 12 weeka' pay
during the Illness; living quar
ters of 2(1 aipiure feet per man
In ships of H0U tons and on up,
numeroua other propoaula.
6 States To Hold
Primary Elections
WASHINGTON, June 3 At
A big month of primary ballot
ing got under way today ua Iowa
rvpubllcuna chose between a se
cond term for Gov. Robert U.
Blue and a crack at the office by
(ieorge Olmsted, World War II
brigadier general.
Five more states hold primar
ies lomorro w Alabama, C a 1 1
fornlu. New Jersey, New Mexico
and South Dakota.
Theae six states will select can
dldutea for aix governorships,
three U. S. senate seats, and 49
U. S. houso ineinlx-rshlps. Eight
additional states hold primaries
and party convontloni this
month,
Teen-Age Boy Held
In Killing Of Pal
VANCOUVER, B. C. June 3
(CI) A teen-age boy told police
today he hid the body of 14-year-old
Kenneth McDnugall un
der the porch of a house und
destroyed a sawed off rifle
which killed him for fear ho
might bo blamed for the shoot
ing. Police said they believed the
boy, hold ua a material witness,
may havo shot McDougull acci
dentally, though he has denied
It. McUougull'a body was found
under tho porch last Thursday.
CPA Announces
Lumber Output
WASHINGTON, June 3 ,A'
The civilian production adminis
tration Saturday announced un
Orcgon-Wuahlngton lumber pro
duction of 61)8,280.000 bourd
fuct In March. The total was
17 per cent above Februury but
15 per cent under March, 1 045.
The agency " warned that a
logging equipment shortage, In
tensified by atrlkea, lies ahead.
Governor's Return
Expected This Week
SALEM, June 3 (yi'l Gover
nor Eurl Sncll Is expected to re
turn Tuesday or Wecfncsdoy from
Oklahoma City, where he at
tended the national conference
of state governors. He is mak
ing the trip by automobile.
VITAL STATISTICS
KHPINORA - Horn 1 IlllUld. hoi
tllal, KlaniNlh rU. Or , Jun 1 to
Mr ani4 Mm T. , a. n t.nl..s '.flit, a
mercUl, a boy. Welihls k pound, 8
PANNING- Dnm at H II Hide hoaplt)
Klamath FalU, Or,, Jim I In Mr. and
Mr John Fanning, l?t N. Hlh, boy.
Woltftil: 0 poundi , 4 uuncai.
HREWBTKH- Dorn at Hill. Id hoa
Dltal. Klamath Fall. Ore . June 9. to
Mr. and Mn. Merlin Hrrwtter, 017
Kane, a boy. Weight: U pound, t ounce.
You may leant any ol 200 dlllarant
lnlereatlng skills or tradas-and pre
para yourself lor a aucceaelul, well
paid caraar ailhsr In the Army or
clill Ills -II you onllat now In tho
now Reoulat Army Ground Foress.
Orsr Ihrea-quartara oi a million
hats olnsd up already. MAKE IT
A MILLIONI All tho (acta itre at your
nsarest Army Camp or Post 01 U. 8.
Army Recruiting Station.
Zamperini Greets Bride-To-Be
W'fM
K2r Ml
Capt. Lou Zampsrlnl, former track atar who survived 47 days
on a Ilia rait In the Pacific altar hia bomber crashed and than,
linlahsd the wsr In a Japaneaa prlaon camp, greats his bride-to-be.
Miss Cynthia Applewhite, 20, upon hor arrival at Burbank, Calif.,
by air Irom Miami Beach, Fla. Thsy said they sxpactsd to bs
married In early fall. AP wirophoto.
Auto Phone Hook-Up
To Be Tried Soon
PORTLAND, Juno 3 (At
Service linking regular tele
phones will) curs, trucks und
buacs will bo tried experiment
ally In this area this year, I.
D. Wlnslow, district manuger of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company, reported today.
He said telephones, similar to
small two-way radio-operated
phones developed for military
use, would be Installed on the
auto Instrument panels. Bell and
light signals will be used to
call In operators and stations,
he said.
Vancouver Police
Nab Strike Taggers
VANCOUVER, B. ., June 3
(CP) Vancouver police today
begun arresting "taggers" who
appeared on city streets with
Un cans and placards, soliciting
money for the Internstionol
Woodworkers of America strike
fund.
Neurly 1000 "taggers" are re
ported to have been sent out by
the union, despite two refusals
by the city council lo grunt the
1WA permission to hold a tug
day.
Lake County 20-40
To Sponsor Rodeo
LAKEVIEW, June 3 The
20-40 Farmers' club of Luke
county will sponsor a rodeo at
the Lakevlew Hound-Up
grounds on Sunday, June 16.
Bucking, roping und other
events will be on tho program
and participants are Invited
from Lake and adjoining coun
ties. The average for more than
92,000.000 accounts in 13.481
commercial and mutual savings
banks protected by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. Is $552.
It was $308 before the war.
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Australia Ready
To Market Wool
MELBOURNE, June 3 if)
Australia la prepared to sell wool
in uny quantity lo any country
except former enemies that
can puy for It, secretary of the ;
Australian wool realization com
mission, H. P. Leigh, said today.
Commenting on reports cur
rent in Canberra that sales to
some countries including Russia
were limited, he said the only
limitation was the ability to pay.
He said inaulrle had been made
by many countries Including
China, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and
India, but few had practical
methods of payment.
Lakeview Auxiliary
Chooses Officers
LAKEVIEW, June 3 Mrs.
Floy Buglcy was elected presi
dent of the American Legion
auxiliary at the annual elec
tion. Other officers named
were Helen Moss, secretary;
Pauline Lukl, treasurer; Bea
trice Getty, first vice presi
dent: Clara Morris, second vice
president; Mary Lukl, sergeant
at arms; Marion Franklin, chap
lain, and Jean DcShazer, histor
ian. Installation will be held
June 10.
Shoes that are not to be worn
for a season should be repaired,
cleaned and polished, put on
shoe trees, wrapped in tissue pa
per and stored.
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TORMENTING GAS PAINS
BURNING EXCESS ACID
Trlxln t.blrt. in brlns r.lie( fatter til
murt trfwtlv.ty f3 contains no baRInf
(Mia 4i no lasatlvet Si not habit-form-Inf.
Why lotp al..p. loaa food anjoymtnt,
loie work when handy 49c trial tlx will
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Centennial
Meeting Set
A general meeting of all per
sons and groups represented
when the Klumath Centennial
association was organized, plus
others Interested In the historical
pageant to be presented this full,
has been culled by President
Geneva Duncan for Wedneaday
evening, 8 p. m., ut the chamber
of commerce office.
"Immediate decision is needed
on aeveral matters of such Im
portance thut we felt they should
be referred to all Interested per
sons," Mrs. Duncan stated this
morning. "These matters In
clude underwriting, the search
for talent, selection of technical
directors and similar subjects."
Effort is already being made U)
secure financial underwriting,
acrlDt material and talent. Chllo-
quln and Malin have active
groups working on these en
deavors, while several other
communities have Indicated their
interest and Intention to co
operate. Local cooperation has been
pledged by groups interested in
coaching groups of young people
and children in chorus work and
folk dances.
Mrs. Duncan pointed out that
any surplus funds derived from
activities of the Centennial as
sociation were required by the
yrouo's by-laws to be designated
for the benefit of the Klamath
County Museum.
Preliminary contacts have
been made with Horace Robin
son, head of the dramatics de
partment at the University of
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Oregon, whose pageant directing
work is well known throughout
the northwest. Pageants with
which he has been connected
have been dramatically and
financially successful. It is
hoped thut he can be secured to
direct the local pageant.
Operation of the pageant and
other association activities is in
the hands of an executive com
mittee consisting of E. H. Bal
slger, A. M. Collier, W. C. Dal
ton, Mrs. Geneva Duncan, Mrs.
Twyla Ferguson, Fred Fleet,
Mrs. K. A. Geary, Arnold ura
lapp, Mrs. Dick Henzol, John II.
Houston, Frank Jenkins, Vcrn
Moore, Hazel Morrison. Sam
Rltchey, Henry Semon, L Orth
Slsemore, Charles R. Stark and
Wlllard Ward.
Over Seven Million
Loaned To Veterans
PORTLAND, June 3 (A) Vet
erans' loans totaling $7,110,608
have been granted by the Ore-
?on veterans' administration of
Ice here, Albert E. Tate, Port
land VA official, reported.
He said applications have
averaged 800 a month and in
the past three months the num
ber has doubled each previous
month's total. He said 85 per
cent were for homes, businesses
were second, farms third.
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Holiday Auto
Toll Hits 164
By Tho Aaaoclatod Press
Although 164 persons were
killed in traffic accidents during
the four-day Memorial Day holi
day, the number fell short of
the national safety council's
forecast of 329.
A , total of 202 persons met
violent deaths In the four days
which ended last midnight, com
pared with 327 in the last four
day Memorial Day observance,
in 1944.
Drownings accounted for 74
fatalities. The remaining 54 lost
their lives by such various mis
haps as shootings, stabblngs,
fires and Diane crashes.
Pennsylvania's toll of 37 was
more than double any other
state. Parts of Pennsylvania
were washed by floods, creating
hazardous driving conditions,
and 19 deaths resulted from
traffic accidents. Eleven persons
drowned.
California had the next high'
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each.
Lakeview Operators
Buy
Coast Theatres
LAKEVIEW. Juno 3 Merlo.
Alger and Dennis Lane of Lake
view havo purchased two thea
tres on tho coast, which will be
operated as a partnership with.
Lone as manager, une of tho
theatres, The Chinook, Is locat
ed a. Gold Beach, where Lane
will have his headquarters, and
the other, the Colonial theatre,
is at Port Orford.
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