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fo)fo)( SASH fo) 15) U In Th Day's lews utAJUjjjL Lrinr.nr.f jt mnr t -rr- ir By MANIC JENKINS PHKSIDENT TRUMAN votoc tho Cuo bill this morning, and immediately afterwurd tlio home nf rrpreacntiitlvca lulJ by a margin of ilvu vote in munler tho two-thlrda majority noccasary to override hi veto. That avttlea It for tlio present. A Presidential veto aloiida uulesn overridden by 1JOT1I housea of congrca. IT la Jual an well. Tho controversial Cone bill was at beat only wm conceived In a mokenhlfl. It heut and minor, iirl haa heell onimsed III equa heat and aimer. II la extremely doubtful whether it woulil have helped In liundllnK the preavnl emergency situation. Our great nred la for wlac permanent leglalalion to handle llsbor conlrucU aa other business contract are hiindlvd, looklnu toward their H'rforinanre (once they are aureed upon and algncd) In a aatlifuctory innnner. UNTIL lubor conlracla can bo made dependable, there can be no atublllty In Industry. Willi out atublllty In Induatry, there can be no enduring prosperity. It will take more than make ahlft Icitlalatlon to brlnii thut about. -NE trouble with ua aa a pco pie la thut we are developing a ami oi w anu-vv a vinu coin plex. From aomewhere or other we have acquired the iiotuui that troublraoine alluntiona can oc aettled Immediately by merely PA.SSINU A LAW Nothing could ha more abaurd than thla Idea aa anyone with even a rcaaonablo perapvetiva of the Dost knowa. TIME la required for the euro of fundamental Ilia RAILROAD abuaca (arising out of tho poaaeaalon of too much power) which came to a head In tho closing decade of the laal century provide an excellent ex ample of till baalc fact. When theae abuaea began to bo unendurable, tho Interatate commerce act waa passed by con greaa. It didn't euro the railroad Ilia overnight. Yeara paaaed bo fore the new legislation became even reasonably effective. Poli tical campaign hud to be fought out over It. A whole new body of court dcclslona had to bo built up. All thla took time a LOT oi time. . In the end regulation of the , TOO-POWERFUL railroad be came an eaiabllahrd fact. The abuaea of power out of which th Interatate commerce act grew wero effectively atopped. Ilut it didn't happen In a day. THE atrlko rituatlon I ad- mill.dlv had. Wi. are go ing from criala to criala. Firat It waa the rail atrikc. Then It waa tho coal atrikc. Till week It la the ahlpplng atrike. What It will be next week or next month nobody knowa. Wo certainly can't go on that way forever. Ilut neither can be exorciae our trouble by waving wanda or muttering lncantatlona. It will tuko mure than that. In dustry-labor relations aren't Just a tempest In a teapot. Lcglsia Hon to handle them permanently and aatiafactorlly will huve to bo a fundumentnl aa woa the Interstate commerce act and the Sherman anti-trust law. The quicker wo get to work on that fundamental job tho better it will be. Such remedies as tho Caso bill aro mere quickies, which In tho long run do little good. i TF you read carefully the Pro.il ' dent' message vetoing the ' Caao bill, you will find it hard to escape the conclusion Hint ho 1 alncore that ho la trying to do the beat he knows how. not I merely playing piddling politics. it no la sincere, wo are max ing progress. Thcro has been far too liltlo sincerity In our re- cent approaches to our troubles. Baseball Scores AMERICAN BOSTON, June II (P) Bos ton ran its win streak to 12 by beating tho Cleveland Indiana 10-5 tndny, hammering nut 14 hits for 28 total bases, with Ted Williams, Rudy York and Pinky Hlgglns collecting homers for the Red Sox, whllo Lou Bon drcau and Pat Seerey made cir cuit drives for tho visitors. R. H. E. Cleveland 8 11 1 Boston 10 14 1 Envbrcc, Lemon (S), Johnson (6) and Lollar; C. Wagner, KUng or (5) and H. Wagner. Detroit 8 12 0 New York 3 9 4 Newhouscr and Tcbbetts; Bov ens, Wade (8) and Nlurhos. Chicago 18 0 Philadelphia 0 8 0 Smith and Trcsh; Christopher, Fagan (0), Harris (II) and OeSau tcls, Armstrong (0). Bank Rubbish Fire Draws Fire Engines A lot of smoko but very lit tle flame brought tho flro trucks out Just before noon to the U. V S. National bank building, 8th and Main, The fire was Just some papers being burned In o small heater in the basement, and tho damp er turned down caused tho smoko. Thoro was no damage. Herald PRICE riVE CENTS Barracks School Plan Off Fights Rage As Chinese Talk Peace NANKING, Juno II (It Chineso communist and govern ment leaders held their first di rect peace meeting In many weeks today, as truce-violating battles flumes anew In east-central China and an American waa wounded In a mysterious anti aircraft attack on a U. S. plane. Chnu En-Iul. communist nego tiator, conferred with Minister nf Communications Yul Ta-Wei following yesturduy'a conference between t'hou and U. S. Gen erul Murshull. Toduy'a meeting Indicated progress, although there wax no aiinoucement of re sults. Restoration of communi cations la one of the govern ments basic conditions for per manent peace. A communist spokesman charged tho government with launching heavy attacks agalat communist-held areaa north and weal of Nanking, "at the very moment the truce In Manchuria became effective." He asserted the 77th division of the 73rd army and tho 172nd division, seventh army, attacked Shukou n.,.1 f'ltitltril.,,, Hi 1lf..r ,mli, fl. .,,11... nirllunl r NnnkliiL, and were moving on northeast ward. A government apokeaman yes terday said communist forces violated tho truce with heavy attacks on Tchsion and other central-Shantung province rail cities and the government's cen tral news agency reported com munist aaaault on Manchurlan cities, American Woundad Cpl. P. Solva, engineer of a plainly-marked American trans port piano, suffered a minor leg wound when bullet from tho ground plercod the piano as It prepared to land June B at Changchun, Manchurlan capital. The capital 1 government-held, but there waa no Indication who had opened fire, or why anyone would flro on any piano In view of tho truce. Tlio transport, slightly dam aged, returned to Mukden to land. Nanking newspapers contin ued to apcculato over peace talka. Ta Kang Pno reported that Chou had brought from comnninial headquarters at Ye nan a demand tor revision of the original army merger bill to permit greater red representa tion in Manchuria. The sumo dispatch said the communists had boosted their demands for seats in the council of state from eight to 10, and were asking communist control of the ministries of education, social affairs and interior. Sheriffs Posse Has Medford Bid Capt. E. P. (Pat) Ivory has announced a drill and meeting of the Klamath County Sheriffs rosso tor tomorrow night at 7 at tho fairgrounds. Following tno arm tnc posse will consider an urgent invitation from Med- "ord to take part In the rodeo ai-u.-uiiii.-u meic lur next otuur- day, Juno ISth. Capital Stunned By Feud Of Supreme Court Judges WASHINGTON, June 11 (P) Tho unprecedented spectacle of ono supremo court justice publicly assailing another stunned official Washington to day. Tho bombshell which Justice Robert H. Jackson exploded in his blunt attack on Justice Hugo Black projected a long-smouldcr-ing Judicial feud out Into the open, and influential lawmakers thought this could be a good thing in tho long run. Specifically, they said pri vately congress may order a complete overhaul of court pro cedure in an effort to minimize "bickering" on and behind' the bench. At the moment, however, the capital buzzed with more imme diate speculation over whether Jackson and Black intended to continue on the high bench, dcsplto a virtual state of war between them. The situation was without parallel In modern court history, Jackson lashed out at Nuern berg last night at what he called Black's "bullying" tactics, He declared his colleague had threatened him with "war" un less Jackson "covered up facts" l i-v, 1; Alb.-W. w-.)...!.. ...-:... .- m.VJ Th Klamath County 8hriff Poss rclTd thundering applause from a packed grandstand whin it rod ajainst odds in th Portland Roa Fstlal show in Multnomah stadium last wk. Capt. E. P. "Pat" Ivory is riding th first hors in th abov picture. Photo by Bert Rohu Budget Seeks Police Raise In a tentatively okayed budget for the city of Klamath Falls for next fiscal yenr, city patrol men arc given a $30 a month pay raise. The budget was ap proved by the budget commit tee yesterday. The allocation for the police department Is being upped slightly less than $4000 for 1047. Tho department was down on' the city's books for $55,620 this year, and the new amount is S3U.220. v . Totul of the overall budget Is not yet available, andv the recommendations made by the budget committee yesterday will go before the city council for approval the second Monday In July. The 17 patrolmen on the police force, In a petition to the council 10 days ago, asked- that their base pay bo raised from the present $195 a month to $225. The street department salaries budget is also raised from $26. 760 to $27,840 for the coming year, and the city engineer's assistants received a boost from Cnllna n ri 1, Caismn ) Western Union To Raise Rates WASHINGTON, June 11 (!P) Tho federal communlchtlons commission said today a 10 per cent increase in Western Union tvlegraph rotes, except for com mercial news department charges, will go into effect at midnight. The commission granted spe cial permission for tho company to waive the customory 30 days' notice. Authorization for the Increased rates was granted June 4. The increases apply to full rote, day letter, night letter, serial and press messages. Com mercial news department (CND) charges will go up 10 per cent on July 1. In the portal-to-portal mine pay caso In which Black's former law partner represented tho vic torious United Mine Workers. Charles G. Ross, presidential press secretary, declined at his dally news conference to com ment on the Jackson letter. In response to a question, Ross said Mr. Truman had not discussed thte matter with Chief Justice- Designate Fred W. Vinson. Jackson addressed his com plaint to the senate and house Judiciary committees, but mem bers said they would defer on- the-record comment until the cablegram had been received officially. Most members expressed doubt that the committee would even consider impeachment proceed ings, which under the constitu tion must originate in the house and bo tried by tho senate. But they said a recommenda tion for a full-dress review of court procedure is a distinct possibility. This, they added, could lead to new rules for the tribunal to follow, particularly with regnrd to disqualifying Justices from participating in decisions under certain clrcum stances. mm Ki-AMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. JUNE 11, 1948 Riding To A Full Grandstand Veto Message Highlights WASHINGTON, June 11 (JP) Highlights of President Tru man's veto message on the Case labor disputes bill: Adequate insurance against unemployment, health and med ical services for families of low and moderate income at costs they can afford, a fair minimum wage, and the continuance of tho price control and stabiliza tion laws in effective form . . . would . . . greatly aid in achiev ing industrial peace. - I have tried .' .". to approach this problem objectively, free from the emotional strains of the times, and free from every consideration except the wel- lare oi our nation and the world. President Roosevelt warned tlie congress that the strike-vote provisions of . . . the Smith Connally act would not lessen, but promote industrial strife. . . It is my belief that a similar Pact Reported On Azerbaijan TEHRAN, June 11 P) A foreign office spokesman said today the Azerbaijan problem had been settled on the basis of a seven-point program advanced some weeks ago by Premier Ah med Qnvani. The spokesman said a gov ernment commission headed by Prince Mozaffar Firouz, propa ganda minister, left by Soviet plane today for Tabriz to "work out final details for accepting the province back into the na tional government." The spokesman, who asked not to be identified, said the set tlement had been reached by a series of secret conversations and communications between commissions representing the Azerbaijan and the Tehran gov ernments. The spokesman's statement was supported by a foreign dip lomat, who said he was con vinced during conversations with Qavam that Azerbaijan would return under the seven point program. This diplomat added: "That program was cither drawn up by the Russian em bassy or approved by the Rus sian ambassador after drafting. In view of this, Qavam stuck to his guns in demanding a settle ment in line with the program. The Soviet representatives found themselves in the position of backing down on their own proposal or p u 1 1 1 n g pres sure on Pishevari, Pishevari was brought around." Jury Continues To Hold Session The grand Jury Is in the sec ond day of its session now, still hearing witnesses for various criminal matters, but is expect ed to finish off the criminal cases this afternoon and bring in its report tomorrow. The report will probably not be ready until late tomorrow afternoon, District Attorney Clnronco A. Humble, who is bringing the witnesses before the Jury, has a civil case in federal court at Medford tomorrow morning, (Telephone result would follow approval of mis oui. The question presented is whether it will help to stop itrixes ana work stoppages and prevent other practices which adversely affect our economy, I have reached the conclusion mat it will not. The fact that we are faced with an emergency which does justify the passage of temporary emergency legislation does not. In my 'opinion. Justify us in the adoption of permanent legisla tion without the study that such permanent legislation needs. The railroad strike would not have been covered by this bill at all. And the coal, steel and automotive strikes were cer tainly not caused by an insuffi cient lapse of time between the unions' request for conferences and the calling of a strike. Each of these strikes would have had the full sanction of the (Case) bill. To me this (the creation of a federal mediation board) is the equivalent of creating a sep arate and duplicate department of labor, depriving the secre tary of labor of many of his principal responsibilities. . . . The whole subject (of wel fare funds) needs long and care ful study. Chetnik Tells Of Nazi Parley BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, June 11 UV) Gen. Draja Mihailovic admitted at the trial for his life today that he met the Germans in "the second half of November" of 1941 and declared that the meeting followed a German at tack against him "with five di visions." The Chetnik leader, on trial by Marshal Tito's Yugoslav regime for alleged treason and collaboration with the enemy, said at one time, he couldn't do anything with "many of the troops who recognized my com mand." He opened his defense with the statements that 'I don't feel guilty." Mihailovic, obviously tiring during a long series of questions about government charges of collaboration against individual Chetnik leaders, told the court: "I started with 26 men. There were masses of ormed men of ficers who had troops. I couldn't do anything with them. But 1 was glad they recognized me. When I went to Montenegro (where the court charges Chet nik commanders were collaborat ing with the Italian occupation forces) I didn't like the situation, but I couldn't change it." When the court tried to con fine him to the question of whether he organized the Chet niks, undeground guerrillas, Mihailovic insisted that he or ganized an army to fight the oc cupiers (Germans). "The name came from the people and not from me," he said. "Tho army grew out of nothing." With a quiet "yes," he ad mitted reaching an agreement with MaVshol Tito's partisans oarlv In 1QAI nt In attnulr ...h 1 other. WEATHER NEWS Jtia II M. ! I Mia. rrcluila ( J4 bar II'mm car I tHI It.U I1.M Normal Il.lt LM VI rreaali Haiti al- al Sill) . Nurnltr 10843 Uncertain Conditions Defer Move PORTLAND, June 11 UP) Plans for conversion of the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks into a state college were aban doned temporarily at least as tne state board of higher educa tion yesterday approved a bud get for the Vanport extension center and authorized improve ments at otner institutions. Use of the sprawling marine installation at Klamath Falls may be reconsidered later, the board said, if the state's perma nent schools are overtaxed and the facility is still available. Action on the related prob lems of handling the record in flux of veterans into the state's schools was taken after report of the finance committee. Chair-1 man Edgar Smith explained that I the Klamath Falls project was : highly promising when proposed i last February, but that delays i and uncertainties about the terms made it "difficult if not; impossible" to use the barracks for the coming academic year. Smith reported the govern-1 ment still has not given the; board definite information on terms and when the installation i would be available. Action Unanimous A formal resolution on the Klamath Falls issue, approved unanimously, read: "In view of the inability of the government to make the Klamath Falls barracks avail- ICanllnBt mu rif 1. Clama SI Mob Violence Rocks Naples ROME, June 11 UP) A huge monarchist ' demonstration in Naples flared tonight into large scale rioting in which police and troops turned rules and auto matic weapons on the crowd. In Rome a crowd of 100,000 bearing communist, anarchist and socialists banners among the republican tricolors marched on the Viminale palace where tne government was sitting and vented their discontent of the cabinet's delay in proclaiming an end to the monarchy. Althought the eight streets leading to the piazza Del Popolo were guarded by policemen arm ed with submachine guns, rifles and short black clubs, the re publican demonstration was marred by no incidents. The firing in Naples began when the monarchist crowd at tempted to storm communist headquarters next door to po lice headquarters. Naples police and troops in full war kit and nearly all arm ed with automatic weapons used four armored cars against the crowd, but the stubborn demon strators blocked the wheels of the armored vehicles and stop ped them. It was with difficulty that re inforcements of troops, arriving in vehicles with sirens wailing. recaptured the armored cars. Army Will Return Jewels To Royal House Of Hesse WASHINGTON, June 11 lP)l Maj. Gen. Llovd Parks said to day that $1,500,000 in jewels recovered from a United States colonel and his Wac wife would be returned to the Geman house of Hesse. Parks,-director of the war de oartment's bureau of public re lation.1;, added at a news confer ence that the jewels would be held as evidence pending trial of the three officers held in con nection with their disappear ance. These are Col. J. W. Durant and his bride, CaDt. Kathleen Nash Durant and Major David S. Watson. Parks said it has not been decided whether to try them here or overseas. He said, however, that the jewels are considered as the pri vate property of the Hesse fam ily and as such would be return ed to it. Members of the family had buried the treasure in their palace at Krongberg, Germany, for safekeeping during the war. Durant is a iawyer by profes sion who in civilian life worked for the interior department here. He and his bride are being held In the Washington area and In this connection, Col. A. C. Miller of the provost marshal's office was asked whether they were free to see an attorney. House Upholds Truman Action By Close Vote WASHINGTON, June 11 (Tt The house upheld President Truman's veto of the hotly-argued Case labor bill today, by a margin of five in a 390-vote roll call. A big majority of the members 255 voted to override the president, as compared with 135 who voted to sustain him. But a two-thirds majority was needed to override and send the measure to the senate for action. Voting to make the bill law notwithstanding Mr, Truman' objections were 159 republicans and 96 democrats. Voting to sustain the president were 118 democrats, 19 republicans, one progressive and one American-laborite. Shouts of approval came from the democratic side when the result was announced. There were loud "boos," too, mostly from the republicans. Backers of the legislation have indicated they may attempt to tack the Case bill on as an amendment to emergency labor legislation requested by the president on May 25. The emer gency bill has been passed by senate and house in different forms. Raasons for Action Mr. Truman gave five reasons for disapproval, in a special message to congress. They were: 1. "Men cannot be forced in a peacetime democracy to work for a private employer under compulsion." 2. The bill would operate to promote, not lessen, industrial strife. 3. It also would have "failed completely" to have prevented or shortened "the strikes which WASHINGTON, June 11 (IP) Senator Morse (R-Ore.), for mer member of the labor board and a foe of the Case bill, applauded the president's action in vetoeing the bill to day. "The Case bill," he con tended, "would cause more rather than prevent 1 a b o r disputes. Many of its pro visions were a clear violation of civil and property rights guaranteed by the constitu tion." so seriously have damaged our economy these last few months." 4. "Strikes against private em ployers cannot be ended by legislative decree. ... . They must be considered in the light of inflationary pressure,- of problems of full employment, of economic security." . , 5. The bill "strike at symp toms and ignore underlying causes" of stoppage It ap proaches the problem "on a piecemeal basis." - Mor Production StiMted -Mr. Truman used 4500 words in his message to the house, analyzing the bill which con gress voted by big majorities. He stressed the . need of in creased production and said "strikes and lockouts are the greatest handicaps to attaining vital production." Major provisions of the Case bill included the creation of a federal mediation board, restric tions against any strike or lock out while the board sought solu tion of a labor dispute; a pro hibition on secondary boycotts; and provision for court suits aeainst employers or labor or ganizations violating collective bargaining contracts. The chief executive coupled his veio with a renewed plea for his own. emergency strike control plan, for a senate-house studv of. the whole field of labor relations and for enact ment of his long-stalemated do mestic legislation program. 'The fact that we are faced with an emergency which does lustifv the passage of temporary legislation does not, in my opin ion, lustily us in tne adoption of permanent legislation with out the study that such perma nent legislation needs, ne de clared. Miller replied they are free to see anyone at any time. He add ed that they have asked not to see the press, "but they are read ing your stories." CaDt. Durant said today, through Miller, that the discov ery oi the Hesse royal family jewels in the castle was entirely accidental. She asked Miller to make it clear to reporters that she was "not snooping around" the cas tle last fall when the hoard was uncovered in the basement. Capt. Durant said a German electrician employed in the cas tle, Ludwig Weiss, pointed to the hiding place. Miller reported that customs had taken 106 unset diamonds from Col. Durant when he re turned to this country from Ger many. Miller said he disclosed this because of reports that there was this number of dia monds missing. Col. Miller said he would like to deny categorically reports a general might be involved in the case. He has reason to believe, Mil ler added, that all suspects have been found. Three are in cus tody, and a fourth, a corporal now discharged, can be taken into custody any tlm it is de sired, he said. Government Reproached By Bridges WASHINGTON, June 11 (P) Harry Bridges of the CIO Long shoremen testified today that in effect" the government has ordered ship operator "not to make any concessions" in the maritime labor case. 1 Appearing before a house la bor subcommittee, Bridges said the operators, who act as agents of the governments war ship ping administration which owns most of the merchant fleet, have "received no direct orders but it's the same thing." . A strike on all coasts is set for Friday, midnight, and Bridges said of the operators: "They say to us that 'we are representatives of the govern ment and our orders are to give you nothing.' "The union has put in numer ous proposals, receding from our original demands, in an ef fort to achieve a compromise. "To date, however, the atti tnde of the ship operators has not changed a bit." . Attitude of Rfual Bridges said the operator construe the attitude of govern ment shipping officials and the action of congress in refusing to include a shorter work week: and higher pay for seamen in the minimum wage bill as a mandate to stand by the present' 56-hour week for men at sea. Eastern ship operators report edly are offering a - maritime " strike-prevention proposal based on pay for time off ashore. This would be in place of the shorter work week demanded by their seagoing workers. - - This report, without details, came today from a person close to the operators' negotiating committee as federal concilia tors resumed a full-steam drive for agreement before the strike deadline at midnight Friday. - On the fringe of the case, a house labor subcommittee pre pared to meet this afternoon (2:30 p. m. EST) to quiz Harry Bridges and Joe Curran, the powerful CIO maritime leaders. ' At the labor department, '. a crew of nearly-exhausted concil iators worked to prevent a tie up by persuading labor and management to accept their plan for distributing extra cash to seamen to compensate for a 56-hour work week at sea. Gouin Resigns As President PARIS, June 11 (TP) Provi sional President Felix Gouin and his cabinet tendered their resignations today, as the new constituent assembly met for the first time, in a constitution al step to pave the way for for mation of a new government. Gouin, a socialist, said in a letter to Communist Deputy Marcel Cachin, 76, who because he was the oldest legislator, pre sided over the assembly's . first session: "The resigning government will assure, according to custom, the handling of current affairs." Gouin succeeded Gen. Charles de Gaulle in the presidency sev eral months ago after the gen eral resigned. Deputies of the centrist popu lar republican movement pro posed today to offer Foreign Minister - Georges Bidault for the presidency. The MRP be came the most numerous party in the constituent assembly in the recent election. The communists have not yet announced their strategy, on which the success or failure of attempts to form a three-party coalition government appeared to hinge. It was expected that the as sembly would vote Saturday on the presidency. Meanwhile it was announced that the referen dum of the new constitution which the assembly will draft would be held in September,, with parliamentary elections in October. WAGES INCREASED TACOMA, June 11 (P) Mem bers of the Retail Clerks union (AFL) have accepted a new con tract with department store owners providing for a $4 a week wage Increase, R. L. Clevenger, secretary-treasurer of the union said today.
