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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1946)
ffl Ml 1 In Tho Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS PO S T M A S T E It GKNEKAL HANNKCiAN, addressing the Missouri chapter of tho Nlitloiiul Amnciiitlnn of Piwluiuster In St. I.nulu, rend H sermon on Influ tlon tlmt In at I runt Intereallng III lhee clliilrbfd day. toIJIIICE liifliitlun," lie told lii 1 hearer, "I the symptom of n mil Ion Unit luo) become uf fllctcd with 'glve-mc.' H l Hil dlcuiro that hu brought on our lnlmr trouble. And llm glvc-mu (morp often referred to u tho "gimme ') Ik an economic virus Unit fwdii upon lUclf." HK then proceed to dliigrum the pattern of Iho ghninc. "In Iho beginning, hh wo emerge Into tho post-war world, wit find that producer arc oper allnu at high rule of profit, as hown hy their Income stale i menu. They have coma out of 7 the wur Willi n hud cimu of give inc. "To iiiiilululn Ihut high rata of profit, thep rice of the ncecsHltic of life In act beyond tho working man reach. Ho can not puy those price and keep hi family housed and clothed und led. Ho needs higher Wllges. "The leader ol hi union then make deiuund for higher wage, hut they make their demand rxcclve. They, too, havu come down with a ease of glve-mc." Til Kit E will be disagreement with Hauuegiiii, of course, a to which Is the hen and which Is Iho egg and a to which comes first, the lieu or tho egg. Hut In general hi dlngnosl is accurate enough. II I a race to keep up with tho other fel low. TIE close hi dissertation on hiflutlou with a questionable statement. "Givc-mc," he tells hi Missouri postmasters, "never end." It IX)KS end. Alwuy. Either a Germany ended after tho lust wur, when It finally took a wheelburrow-load of murks to buy a postago stump, and as Franco ended a century earlier aftor the Mississippi Hubble eplsude, OK by the rise of production to the point where competition tukes over, Tho first Is fatal. Tho second 1 wholesome. 'yllE trouble I that when (be A cause of lack of production) demand fantastically exceeds demand fun IV (supply an n VENDS, govcr I " over (price c mid CUM PETITION vcrnmeut bus to take control, etc.) Government then become the Great Whilo Father the dis penser of all favor. Business goes hat in hand to government with pleas for higher price. Labor goes to government with pleas for higher wages. Government, lacking tho courage to act decisively to end tho inflationary cycle before it reaches the point of disaster, seeking to please both aide, grants higher price, which in turn call for higher wanes, which then call for STILL HIGH ER prices. And so on. Or it start by granting higher wages, which cull for higher prices, which then cull lor higher wanes. It work the sums cither way. It results In disaster, either way, unless the cycle Is STOP PED somewhere along the line. THIS writer (speaking from personal observation) doubt If anybody is hurt YET. Busi ness generally is showing good profits (a measured In paper dollar.) If there Is WIDE- SI'ltEAD want or poverty or actual deprivation anywhere in America (us yet) this writer hus failed to see It. HUT Thero IS widespread fear, bordering at times almost on panic, of WHAT WILL HAPPEN ' If wo go on as wo arc going. People are generally willing to admit that so fur they aren't so bad off, but they are afruld of whnt will happen next week or next month. We nre nil Jumpy. In o tlmo when everybody is jumpy, ANYTHING can hnnocn, history leaves tin no room for doubt on that point. Gen. Rilea Wed At Fort Lewis POHTLAND, June 7 (VP) The recent mnrrlnge at Fort Lewis. Wash., of Brig. Gen, Thomas E. Hllea, former 41st division as- distant commander, and Helen Coc of Portland, was disclosed today. Hllea, former commander of a Sidney, Australia, base, is Ore gun's adjutant general. Ills bride is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Jud.son Dana Webster, Portland. Baseball Scores NATIONAL HUE Brookyn 0 4 2 Chicago 2 6 1 llnl ten and Anderson; Passcau and MeCullough. AMERICAN R It 1) Cleveland B New York 0 11 Embree, V. Johnson (ID, Cen ter (11), Krukauskas (11) and Hayes; Hcvcns, Husso (ID, Gunv bert (0), Murphy (10) and Rob inson, (11 Innings) Hard Coal Walkout Settled NEW YOHK, Juno 7 (l'i The AFL United Mlno Worker to day announced settlement of their week-old strike against an thracite coal operator on the basis of an lHi cent an hour wage Increase and a health and welfare fund which operator estimate will cost between $50, 00(1.000 and Slid 000.000 year. Thomus J. Kennedy, UMW secretary treasurer, announced tho new contract ul a news con ference. He said the miner would be directed to return to work on Monday. Approximately 7.1,000 have been idle in the Pennsylvania hard conl pit. 1 The agreement a announced by Kennedy closely parallels tho contract the UMW signed in Washington with Ihe govern ment for 400,000 bituminous coal miners recently. Wag Boost Approved An 1I1J cents an hour wage boost and heulth and welfare fund were won by the union in the soft coal negotiations. The UMW, however, won a concession from hard coal oper ators in Ihe health and welfare fund which' it did not obtain from the government. Under the agreement the fund will be administered by three trustee two of whom will be named by UMW President John L. Lewi and a third by the operators. The soft coal agreement pro vided for one trustee selected by the UMW, one by tho govern ment and a third selected by the first two. Also Included in the new con tract Is a provision for vacation pay of $100 Instead of the pres ent $73 for 10 days' time off. ' Peron Renews Red Relations BUENOS AIRES. June 7 (!') Russia and Argentina have re established diplomatic rclutions, severed In 1017 after the over throw of the czarl.it regime. Announcement of the termina tion of the 20-vcur-old dlnlo- mallc rift between the powers was made here by President Juan u. reran at his rtrsl press con ference since taking office last Tuesday. Simultaneously, the Moscow radio, heard In London, said tho two governments, "inspired by the high principles of collabora tion and understanding between peoples, declare they have de cided to establish from todny complete diplomatic, consular and trade relations." Crash Blamed On Rules Violation LA GRANDE, Ore.. June 7 (Pi G. J. Mulick. Union Pa cific northwest division superin tendent, said today the colli sion yesterday between the streamliner "City of Portland" and the "Idohoun" seemed "a direct result of a violation of operating rule." No equipment failure was In volved, he said. The Idahoan, running six minutes late, should have entered the siding 682.5 feet before tho point where the trains collided, he reported. Us speed was estimated at IS miles an hour. Although the streamliner was standing still with the brakes set, the impact pushed it back about 30 feet. Vinson And Snyder Seem Sure Of Senate Approval WASHINGTON. Juno 7 lP) President Truman's choice of Fred M. Vinson for chief Justice of the United States and of John W. Snyder for secretary of the treasury prompted predictions today of speedy senate approval. "There will bo no difficulty," Senator Johnson (D-Colo.) told reporters. Others echoed that forecast. The sume word went out for the advancement of John L, Sul livan from assistant to undersec retary of the navy, also an nounced by Mr. Truman In. a single breath at his news con ference late yesterday. Vinson's and Snyder's selec tions for two of the highest posts in the land came in for consid erable criticism, however, from republicans and from pro-labor, new deal democrats. But none Indicated a disposition to fight confirmation. All three nom inees must receive senate ap proval before they can take of fice. Privately, some new dealers said they would have preferred to see what they described as a 'more liberal" man nominated as chief Justice. They count Vin son as pretty much a "middlc-of-thc-roadcr" In political phil osophy, although some old line democrats look on him as in clined to the left of center. As for Snyder, tho new deal ers are openly at odds with him. They ascribe chiefly to his In fluence as reconversion director the firmer White Hotiso attitude toward organized labor in re cent weeks. T b0' PRICE riVE CENTS weal ujcjii Ship Owners Make Offer WASHINGTON, June 7 11') West coust ship owners agreed today to miiko un offer to three of the maritime unions threaten Ing an ull-coust shipping strike Jinie 13. This development coincided with: 1. A White House cabinet meeting at which the strike sit uation was considered. At torney General Tom Chirk uid Reconversion Director John W. Snyder termed tho outlook ' pretty bad." ., A tl ..I ....... 1... I,.. I A. CW1IU.II Ul "7 men of the big CIO Nulionul Maritime union. Its leaders from 4U ports assembled to talk strategy. The unions to which the west coast operator proposals will go are the cook ana stewurus, murine firemen, and engineers. A long discussion at the lubor department resulted in agree ment to lender ine oner oi noon PST. In addition, a meeting was ar ranged for the first time in more than a week between Harry Bridges, president of the CIO lnternatlonal Longshoremen and Warehousemen union and Krank P. Foisic, president of the Waterfront Employers associa tion of the Pacific. AFL Saamen Raturn As AFL seamen filtered back to their shins still talking of ex panding their sample tie-up into a full-dress walkuut, members of the NMU's nutionul council from 40 ports convened for a strike strategy session here. They possess a $1,000,000 strike chest, the support of six other unions allied in the com mittee for maritime unit (CMU) and the signs were ominous. And reminder of the bitter, sometimes violent rivalry be tween CIO and AFL lor control of the waterfronts surged up In the wake of 'AFL stop-work meetings in 30 cities yesterday. In New York member of the AFL Seafarers International union and it chief affiliate, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, voted to conduct a strike poll at once. They denounced the ClO-dominalcd CMU as "communist-dominated." In most cities the men re lumed to work, but in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seat tle, for instance, they decided to hold dally meetings and ac companying work stoppages un til employers open wage talks. Wrong Way Doug Runs For Senate LOS ANGELES. June 7 (P) On the election roster, he's list ed as plain Douglas Corrigan, occupation: aviation. But the one-time hero of a wrong-way transatlantic flight will be on the November Cali fornia ballot as the prohibition party's condldate for United States senator. Corrigan's primary total in his home county was 1203 voles, out of nearly 750,000 cast for candidates of all parties in the senatorial race. Few republicans had anything criticul to say of the nominees themselves, but they were pa tiently disappointed that the president did not nominate a member of their party to the supreme court For years, it was more or less a tradition that the bench should be kept In "political balance." During President Roosevelt's tenure of office, however, the division came down to seven democrats and two republicans, With confirmation of Vinson, It will be eight democrats und one republican. Vinson was named to succeed the late Chief Justice Harlan F, Stone, repub lican. Vinson Is Mr. Truman's sec ond selection for the court, When Justice Owen J. Roberts retired lust year the president reached into republican ranks and tupped Senator Harold 11. Burton of Ulilo. The general republican utti tudo was reflected in the com mcnt of Senator Hiekcnlooper (R-Iowa) that he considered it an "ominous thing" that the presi dent "insists on almost enlirely constituting the supreme court . . , with Jurists who have been vigorous advocates of a special political philosophy." Although there was no Imme diate Indication that the rennh licans intended to make an issue of it. Senator White of Maine, their leader, did not close tho door to that possibility. He told reporters ho hud not consulted others and did not know wheth cr there would be a "storm." KLAMATH ; r Jf' . V ' J " i x.-lW-. 4 j i ... J. fctilB-flWIiilHII lflwaiT1lilffllllti7l'''i'" VHin W MMMII llMinilli1 The upper picture show loos in a twisted mas in th O. C. and E. this morning, after tak-chain brokn and loo view along the side of th bridge, showing th damage to thn Greece Passes Drastic Laws ATHENS, Greece, June 7 (IP) A drastic emergency decree es tablishing summary courts with out recourse and providing death sentences among the penalties, was invoked today as the royal ist government opened a drive to crush disorder in Greece. Police and military personnel throughout Macedonia were alerted officially to meet any possible subversive action by communist bands and Macedon ian autonomists. Six articles of the constitu tion relating to courts were sus pended. Police and troops were given wide authority. The de cree gave police the right to en ter premises at any hour with out a search warrant. The death penalty was stipulated for per sons using arms in action against (Continued on Fata 7, Comma 0) FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE Log, Pile-up Damages Steel Bridge at Altamont Problem Faces Klamath Youth PORTLAND, June 7 (P) Clarence James, 11, Portland, and George Hill, 12,. Klamath Falls, wrestled with a problem todoy. They are patients at the Shriners Hospital for . Crippled Children and yesterday Queen Lloyde I of the Rose Festival autographed the casts they wear. Today they wondered what to do to save the royal signature when the casts come off. The queen and her court were greeted at the hospital yester day by the children's own roy-alty--chosen for the occasion including Susan Hanson, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,. Paul Hanson of Salem, as crown bearer. , (Telephone steel bridge at Altamont on the on several cars piled up. Below, steal superstructure. Yac Captain Admits Theft WASHINGTON, June 7 ) The war department today an nounced the arrest and confes sion of a Wac captain who was seized with her colonel husband in the theft of $1,500,000 worth of jewelry from Kronberg cas- iie, Germany. Two other suspects, a major still on active duty and a for mer corporal, are under surveil ance, the department stated. Col. A. C. Miller of the pro vost marshall general's office told reporters the Wac captain and her husband were arrested by military authorities early Monday in the La Salle hotel, Chicago. This is the same hotel that was swept by fire less than 48 hours later with a loss of 59 lives. "We probably saved their (Continued Fare 7, Column ) WEATHER NEWS Jaae . IMS Mas. (Jaae U Mia. u rreoiallaMea lael 14 kasri M airoam year la date .IS.SS -1S.M Naraial I LIS Latl roar . ferecaH: rartlr eleadr. 8111) Number 10840 Indian Given Life Sentence Wlllard Williams, ' 30-year-old Klamath Indian from Beatty, was sentenced to spend the rest of his natural life in a federal penitentiary this morning by Judge James Alger Fee in fed eral court, tne second tune judge Fee' has sent Williams up for killing. He was convicted by a Jury in Portland a month ago of sec ond degree murder in the slay ing of Egbert Hugo Smith, young Klamath Indian, at the climax of a New Year's Day celebration at Beatty. Smith was stabbed in the throat with a pocketknife and died almost immediate ly. The killing took place on. the porch of Hazel Hecocta's house about 1:30 a. m. last January 1 and was the first Oregon killing of the new year. Williams was ar rested at the scene and told of ficials that Smith "had been picking on him." Back in 1934, when Willard Williams was only 19 years old, he was involved in the death by stab wounds of Charlie Co wan, a Modoc Indian, and after conviction on a manslaughter count he was sentenced by Judge Fee to seven years in a federal prison. After serving part of that time he was paroled, then shortly afterward violated the parole and was returned to serve out his sentence. In sentencing Wil liams today Judge Fee pointed out that tne Indian had been al most constantly in trouble and had been charged with seven dif ferent offenses in the year pre ceding the murder of Smith. Williams stood before a desk (Continued en Pais 7, Column S) Moslem Approval Believed Favorable Omen For India NEW DELHI, June 7 () The belief grew throughout India today that the Moslem league, by its acceptance of the British cabinet mission's plan for a Federated Union of India, had removed the most formi dable barrier to solving India's 150-year-long quest for indepen dence. Typical of the press com ments on last night's Moslem league council action in approv ing the cabinet proposals while reiterating the league's "un alterable" insistence for even tual establishment of a separate Moslem state of Pakistan ap peared to be that in the British owned new New Delhi States man this morning. Captioned "Moving Forward," the paper's leading editorial enumerated several recent events which it termed fresh advances toward a compromise settlement, and then said: "Now the greatest and most positive encouragement of all, the council ot tne Moslem league, the parliament of the Moslem league as Mr. (Mahomed Logs Smash Rail Bridge At Altamont A log train accident smashed the superstructure of a steel bridge near here thl morning, tying up the Oregon California and Eastern railroad for at least four or five days. The incident occurred at the Altamont steel bridge near Sum mers lane at about 5 a. m. Consisting mostly of flat loaded with logs for the Weyer haeuser Timber company mill, the 37-car train was moving to ward Klamath Falls as about 10 miles an hour. As it approached the bridge, "'ake chain on tho 16th car broke. This chain help u.i a e w.,.lii in turn held up the logs. A big log fell partially off. the front end of the log striking the steel girders on the side of the bridge. The rear end of this log then rammed the logs on the succeed ing car, and logs on several cars were tossed around like match sticks before the train was brought to a stop. A number of the cars were partially de-railed. Several logs fell off both sides as the cars were pulled through the bridge. Some of these logs broke the steel girders and fell into the government A canal under the span. The . bridge superstructure was badly wrecked. One girder disappeared entirely, apparently falling into the canal. None of the members of th six-man train crew was on the part of the train involved in the wreck, and no one was hurt. En gineer Ray Terrill stopped the train as soon as he felt the Jerk as the first long struck the bridge. Logs were pushed up so high that they hit the top of the bridge, 25 or 30 feet above the rails. A crew was called out to clean up the mess, but railroad of ficials said it would be several days before -operations could be resumed. - Lloyd Stitt, district agent of the Southern Pacific, said that it may be necessary to drive piling under the bridge and remove the wrecked super structure. The O. C. and E. operates twa trains a day to Bly in eastern Klamath county. The Weyer haeuser cars are picked up at Sycan, near Beatty, coming to that point' oh the "Weyerhaeuser line. Railroad officials said that the damage to the bridge and cars would run into thousands of dol lars. The bridge was first put together in 1898, somewhere in the Sacramento canyon, accord ing to railroaders. It was moved about 1934 to the Altamont crossing over the canal. The O. C. and E. is owned jointly by the Southern Pacific and Great Northern, and is cur rently operated by the Southern Pacific. OPAUpsMilk By Half Cent The OPA today raised milk prices half a cent a quart in Klamath Falls. Many sections of the country were affected by OPA milk raises announced in Washington. In most places, the price ad vanced a full cent. Here, the ha If -cent raise was attributed to the fact that some time ago milk prices were boosted a half-cent here. Today's increase brings the price up a cent over that of a few months ago. The present price here is 14 cents. The increase, effective immediately, will make it 14 Vi cents. Local dairymen said the boost "will help" but that feed prices have gone "out of sight and the dairy business hereabouts is in a "terrible mess." Increases in butter and cheese prices were predicted for next Monday. AH) Jinnah proudly calls it, has in a decisive manner agreed to accept the proposals." Jinnah. the league s president. was directed by the council last night to negotiate at once witn Viceroy Lord Wavell for Mos lem participation in the interim central government suggested in the British plan. Jinnah, silver-haired, militant founder of the league, provided a tipoff ten days ago to last night's vote when he told a group in Simla: "We must stop quarreling." He re-emphasized that point again Wednesday in his opening day address before the council and in the same speech he re minded the 400-plus delegates that "delay is not going to ben efit either the British or the Hindus." Jinnah's generally conciliatory attitude surprised many older heads both in an out of the league. These quickly recalled that only recently Jinnah wos promising civil war and blood shed in the event his cherished goal of Pakistan w a f not achieved. - -
