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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
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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.
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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."
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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."
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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. ,
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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
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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. - -