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A fo) in fo) ' Day's Jews By FRANK JENKINS IN statement Isaued In Waah liiuimi thla morning. Com merco Btcriliry Wallace "plrada" again letting duwn our guard against inflation, "lltiaineaa. ' ho iuv. "curl en- Joy unprecedented prosperity in II, n vcuri IumI ahead If we CUM void rocking tho economic limit right now." Ho adds: i weu 111 r ilpatrov iirlco and ri'llt con irol would bo to auk (or tlic mine kind uf boom and bul (hul began Just about thin lime after the initl war." THEN lio adda the stinger; "An long an bualneas co oprriilea with tho wliolo effort to lablllzo our economy, no snye, "ll cannot be accused of pro. flteerinit aa It waa after Iho laal war. but If price conlrola are ln-ned or destroyed the old I iliuiu... of urofitvcrlnif will be echoing around Hie country dur Inn the next few months.' Nnl tullv tllllt. If price controU are removed and. pricea bounce up even teinoorarlly. to be knocked Htiuin imrnlv hv rtaliiu tiroduC' tlou and coinpellllon lliure will he new wuvu uf wiiuo demanda followed by a now wave of atrlkea, and Iho combination uf tho two might eiinlly prove to be inoro of a ahock than uur already strained economy could aland. These arc hard facta that can't bo blinked. r) get a alant un whut boat rocking doea to ua, we don't have to reach out blindly into tho realm of puro theory. We have a hard and practical ex ample before our eyea. In the weeka Immediately fol lowing V-J Day, our economic future aeemed about aa ruy aa a pout-war futuro could be. Tho world waa bare of gooda. Here In America, untouched by bomb ii r bIic-IL, waa tho mightieat In dustrial plant tho world had ever aeen all ready to go to work making the thinga the world wanted and needed. Through the war yeara, we had achieved a pauably working balance between controlled costs and controlled pricea. Wo were ail act to go ahead and make thinga In a big way. Then the boat wna rocked. I ET'S glvo biwlncaa, for once, Ita due. It waan't busincaa thut did the rocking. It waa uolltlca. ' The well-oiled, experience- f tested machinery for controlling wage coata waa removed. What happened waa the only thing that could happen. Wa had a wave of labor disagreements un precedented in our history. The Impact of this wave upset tho balunce that had been achieved, and we have been floundering in the flood waters ever since. WHILE we have been flounder ing, business haa lost ita ex pected profits. Labor haa lost ill wagca during lung perioda of hut-down. Prices have crept up 10 that Wage Increases put into one pocket have been taken out of another pocket by increased pricea. Everybody has suffered. Nobody has gained. SO let's not do it again. Let's grit our teeth and go through with it until rising pro duction catches up with demand and full supply and competition begin to bring us tho PRICE DROPS that will bo the real aign of a balanced and ordered economy. Wallaco Isn't a dependable prophet, and what he says must always be taken with a grain of salt. But this time he is right. Taking off the remaining con trols now would lift the lid on a wholo vast new Pandora's box of trouble. Poland To Offer Scheme For Use Of NEW YORK. June 19 (VP) Dr. Oscar Langc, Polish delegate to tho United Nations atomic energy commission, will offer Polond's plan on atomic energy at an early date, it was reported authoritatively today. An Informant who would not permit use of his name said that Poland had a plan which the In- NEW YORK. June 19 lPl Soviet Russia proposed today that the United Nations atom ic energy commission seek an international agreement for bidding the production and use of atomic weapona, Ruaala alto proooaed that the commlaiion ttart work, after an agreement haa been obtained, on a ayatem of con trol for atomlo development for peaceful ute. formant regarded o somewhat "simple . ond startling." He would not hint ns to details of the Polish proposal, however. Meanwhile, the Polish delega tion marshalled Its forces for a new showdown on Franco Spain after Soviet Russia had vetoed a proposal to refer the Spanish Emblem to tho general assom ly. Lnnge, who brought the Span ish question to the attention of the security council last April by charging that Franco wns n threat to world peace, followed tip the Russlnn veto yesterday by seeking on Immediate vote on his original resolution calling Highway 97 Work Urged By Chamber Reconstruction of highway No. 97 from Algoma to Modoc Point haa been given no. 1 place on the Klamath chamber of commerce recommendations to the stuta highway commiaaion for Ita aecond poal-war program In thia area. Second position on tho pro posed program went to widen ing or replacing the South Sixth street vluduct, it woa disclosed when tho program was con firmed today by the board of di rectors of tho chamber. The recommendations were drawn up at a meeting last night In the county court chambers with members of the court present to participate in tho dlacusalon. Other major priorities In the repiiiiiinendiitlons went to the proposed "freeway" from Es planude south through tho sub urban area and out to Henley, and to the development of the west side secondary highway on Ll mier Klamuth lake. The local group met with Ar thur Schoupp, state highway commissioner, ofter It waa learned tho highway commission will soon be formulating Its sec ond three-year program for work In the slate. First Program Underway The first three-year program Is now underway. Work al reaiiv unliiu on in this area In eludes the C'hemult Chllonuln section of U. S. highway No. 07, and tho South Sixth street widening. Other road Jobs that arc asaured aa a part of tho first program Include widening of the Klamath-Hatfield highway from tho Semon ranch south to the atate line; improvement of the lieuley-Mldland secondary and the Malln-Bonanza second arv. Another big Job believed aa- l.'eallee ri I. t eleiaa i Huge Parade To Mark 4th A huge Fourth of July parade, with both traditional and new features, took aha today In pluns worked out by E. P. Ivory, head of the parade committee for the Independence 'Day celebra tion and rodeo. Ivory Isaued an appeal to all communitlea of thla area, as well r in the parade? " Hesaid he hoped it will Include a con-! lennlal flavor in view of this year' celebration of the an niversary of the South Emigrant roil. Both a historical and modern note may show up In the automobile section, where It ia honed ancient and 1848 model cars will be Been In connection with the auto Industry's outn an nlversory. The parade chairman waa busy naming a large committee representative of the entire basin. The parade will probably he held at 10 a. m. July 4, and will set off the entire celebration. It Is expected to draw a record crowd to downtown streets. Baseball Scores NATIONAL R. II. E. Cincinnati 3 8 2 New York 4 3 2 . Blackwcll and Lamanno: An drews, Kialo (8) and Cooncr. Pittsburgh O- 7 5 Brooklyn 7 9 0 Roe, Hallctt (3), Albosta (7) and Camclll; Hattcn and Sand lock. Chicago at Philadelphia, two games postponed (threatening weather.) Atom Energy for a break with Franco Spain by all members of the United Nations. Chairman Dr. Francisco Cas tillo Nnjera of Mexico ruled, however, that the council nvas not prepared to discuss thai is sue at once and adjourned the meeting until Monday after noon. Barring unusual develop' ments there seemed small likeli hood that the Polish demand for council action against Spain would be adopted. In tho Interim the United Na tions atomic energy commission consisting of tho 11 nations which compromise tho security council, plus Canada meets at 11 a. m. PST, today to discuss tho United States proposals for establishment of an internation al authority to handle tho devel opmcnt of atomic energy and to outlaw tno atom Damn as an in strumcnt of warfare. Tho question of the veto power, as wielded by Russia yes- icrciay in tno security council debate on Franco Spain, prom (scd to play an Important part in tno nciiDcruunns ot the atom ic energy commission. In advancing the United States plan at tho first meeting of the commission last Friday. Representative Bernard M. Bar- tich made It nla n that there must be no veto power In any' part oi mo iramewnrK ne was proposing for the development and pcucciut uso or atomic energy. PRICE CENTS 6th Briton Missing In Palestine JERUSALEM. June 19 M'i Paleatlne police aaid lato toduy thut another Rritlah officer wua mlaalng, poaalbly bringing to alx tho number of Britons kidnaped in a wave of dlaordcr sweeping tho country. The officer, MuJ. II. B. Chad wick, failed to appear at a gen erul command meeting at the King David hotel late yesterday, the pollco announcement said. Previously, five British officers were kidnaped by an armca band from a club at Tel Aviv. Police aaid Chadwlck may be a hoalugo of the Irgun val Leumi, an outlawed resistance organization reported attempt ing to force a demand for com mutation of death sentences for two of their Jewish com rades. A large force of troops and police begun scouring several Jewish settlements along the Lebanese frontier today. Troops also started a systematic search of tho modern Jewish city of Tel Aviv at dawn, combing the Hatikvah and Shapiro quarters and the neighborhood of the Yarkon river for traces of the kidnaped officers. Release Sought The Tel Aviv municipal coun cil passed a resolution at an emergency meeting calling on the kidnapers to release the British captives Immediately. Mayor Israel Rokeach asserted he did not believe the officers were in the city. The British sixth airborne divlalon erected rood blocka at every alreet corner in Tel Aviv and established posts to cheek Identities every 200 or 300 yards. Residents of the Jewish settle ment near Acre resisted a mili tary search jnt the area yester day, blocking 'Kate to the town with an iron watertank and re leasing a hive of bees, an armed spokesman said. tillering the area after re- vinR 'blocks. ;e soldiers searched the town, detained scv oral persons for questioning and confiscated signaling apparatus. The border search. 85 miles from Tel Aviv, was not immedi ately explained. All roads through the upper Galilee sec tion of Palestine in the north were blocked. Telephone lines were cut to prevent alarms being spread to other settle ments. OPA To Raise Canned Foods WASHINGTON, June 19 (IP) Housewives will pay more for part of the 1946 pack of canned fruits and vegetables put up by processors who have granted approved wage increases. Announcing this today, ui'A said it had scarcely any infor mation on the number and ex tent of such pay raises, and thus could not predict the general ef fect on prices that the higher costs will exert. The only clue OPA could of fer to price changes is based on an approved wage increase of 10 cents an hour recently granted by California canners. OPA said that as a result, retail prices for No. 2 cans of fancy mammoth asparagus spears produced in California will bo raised about one cent a can. In addition to offsetting wage increases, fruit packers will be permitted to raise their prices to compensate for a half-cent a pound hike in sugar costs which went into effect last February. Another sugar price increase of a fifth of a cent a pound is pend ing. OPA said, too, that if subsi dies arc eliminated on canned corn, peas, tomatoes and tomato products, retail prices will be raised by tho amount of the'sub sidy. Price control - bills ap proved by the house and senate fall for a slash in subsidies. On canned vcgctoblcs, OPA provided a pricing formula, ef fective June 24, which takes in to consideration approved wage increases. Individual firms will uso this for calculating ceilings on corn, peas, asparagus, toma toes, lima beans, blackeye peas, mushrooms, catsup, chill sauce, tomato purees, tomato Juice and tomato sauce. Visitors Flock To Crater Lake More than 1500 persons visited Crater Lake national park over the weekend for Its season's opening, Supt. E. P. Leavitt said today. Headquarters for the pork Is being transferred there for the summer, he snld, nnd workmen ore being recruited in anticipa tion of a heavy influx of tourists. tlVE avOa 1 i! a UULiUE I I 2i i J Monkey buiineta underway with the greateat of eaae) while three of the half doaen aimian Marine Barracks Monkeys Now Cavort At Moore Zoo The latest, but not the least, addition to the Moore park zoo section are six discharged veter ans, fresh out of the marine corps. For without wearing green, blue or khaki of a regu lation uniform, the six monkeys, donated to the park by the Ma rino Barracks at the time the barracka closed, have served good and useful time in the bio logical research division of the Senate Passes Klamath Funds WASHINGTON, June 19 (IP) The senate overrode republican objections and upheld today the increases which its appropria tions committee made in funds voted by the house for reclama tion projects in western states. The senate appropriations committee had hiked the house allowances by $21,832,648. Most of the projects are in states where there are torrid senatorial election contests but politics was not brought into the debate. - Bridges contended "materials arc scarce, labor is scarce, and this is a very poor time to go ahead with these projects." But Senator Hoyden (D-Ariz.) denied that is so. Havden is floor leader for the interior department ap propriation in which the funds are included - Both Havden and Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) argued that thousands of veterans want to settle on public lands and that the reclamation projects, pro viding irrigation for dry areas, would enable them to do so. Project aDoroDriations ap proved bv the senote included: Kings River, Calif., $200,000; Columbia basin project, Wash ington. $27,400,000; Deschutes, Ore., $1,716,837; Owyhee, Ore,, $125,000; Klamath, Oregon-California, $1,281,605: Yakima, Roza division, $2,597,180. Hoover Returns -From Food Trip WASHINGTON. June 19 (JP) Former President Hoover return ed today from an 11-nation, 15.000-mile. food survey of Latin America. Later In the week he expects to report to President Truman, for whom he made the tour. But right now, he told reporters, "I haven't any plans" beyond a news conference later in the day. He now has visited 38 coun tries ond traveled more than 50,000 miles. Oregon Swelters In Summer Heat PORTLAND, June 19 (IP) Temperatures, which moved in to tho summer levels through out Oregon yesterday, were ex pected to climb slightly higher In most ports of the state today, the weather bureau reported. Mcdford was the state's hot test city yesterday with 95 de grees. Other recordings: Pen dleton and Salem, 86, Eugene, Roscburg and Burns 85, Port land 83, Klamath Falls 82, Baker 77. Portland's temperature late this afternoon will be between 85 and 90, the weather bureau saict. KLAMATH FALL8, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 19. 194S Monkey Business la ahown here aa Blondie. Red and Billy (flying through the air away a hot aummer day in their Moore park cage. They are donated to the too by the Marine Barracka. navy medical corps at the bar racks. One female and five males make up the sextet, and have been in ine park aooui tnree months. Windows, as well as a screen on the outside and bars inside, guard them from danger ot injury, and at the same tune kejtjfthe cage warm enough,. at auoul. a consistent' 10 ' degree temperature. "The monkeys will eat most any type of vegetables," said B. S. Stott, caretaker of the park. "We feed them bananas, carrots, wheat, and even dog friskies." The monkeys, a little tie uncooperative while having their pictures taken, spit and chattered until a broom, wield ed by the caretaker, immediate ly made them sit up and take notice. Other animals are planned for, said Stott, as soon as some new cages are built, which will probably be at least a year. Many of the larger, meat-eating animals had to be disposed of during the war years, because of the shortage of meat. These animals were fed mostly beef. French Select New President PARIS, June 19 (IP) Georges Bidault was elected president of r ranee s interim government by the constituent assembly today. Election tabulators said an of ficial tally showed he received 383 votes. The new president has been serving as foreign min ister. Bidault's election had been virtually assured when the so cialists pledged their 128 votes to htm. No oPDOSing votes were cast but the communists abstained. The 46-ycar-old former history professor and journalist thus be came France's third president in a year and a half. He is a leader of the popular republican movement party. which emerged from the June 2 elections as the nation's largest. with 166 of the assembly s 586 seats. He succeeded Felix Gouin, a socialist, who resigned after the election. Gouin had follow ed Gen. Charles De Gaulle in the office. The constituent assembly, meeting to elect a new president. heard Socialist Speaker Vincent Auriot give qualllied approval to Gen. Charles De Gaulle's ideas for the new constitution. While not mentioning De Gaulle's recent speech. Auriol urged the assembly to consider a two-chamber legislature, a strong president and a separ ation of the presidency, legis lature and judiciary. These views were sounded by De Gaulle. Heating Company Operating Again The Klamath Heating com pany resumed operation last night about 10 o'clock furnishing central heat for most of down town Klamath Falls after having been shut down since Monday for an Inspection. A state inspector spent two days going over the plant. Only one boiler Is now being fired be cause the other boiler is closed down for retublng. (Telephone State Workers Get Pay Raise SALEM. June 19 (JP) Several thousand state employes will re ceive an average pay increase immediately averaging $10 per month to take care of increased living costs. Budget ' Director George Aiken announced today. ' He said . the. raise would be given only to those employes who are not getting the salaries which the new civil service law prescribes for their positions. Aiken said the cost would be considerable and would cause several departments to have deficits, but the cost cannot be I determined until a check is made of each department. 1 The increases will be effective i as of June 21, he said. The in creases will not affect employes of state institutions, since those employes were given similar pay increases last week by the board of control. "The Increase," Aiken said, "does not bring the salaries and wages paid to' state employes to a parity with those prevailing in Washington or California, nor does it equal the scales prevail ing in many oi uregon s counties or cities in some categories, be cause funds are not available in existing budgets. . The rise aoes follow the policy laid down by the legis lature in the civil service law. The increase will result in deficits for several of the in stitutions, but the overall total appropriations for salaries and wages for all departments and institutions will not be ex ceeded." Radio May Break Snarl On Draft WASHINGTON. June 19 (JP) Rep. Walter" G. Andrews' dra matic vote radioed from a ship far out in the Pacific appeared today to have broken the senate house committee deadlock over the teen age draft. ihe New York reDublicans revised proxy declaring in fa vor of a conditional moratorium on the induction of 18 year olds was sent from the USS Pana mint, carrying Andrews and oth er observers to the Bikini atom bomb tests. The actual showdown on the issue is not scheduled until to morrow when the seven senate and six house conferees An drews is the seventh reassem ble for their third try at ad- Justing differences In separate cirnn extension Dins. Toe Mon-day-to-Thursday delay was set to allow the contact with Andrews aboard the Panamint. Snell Reappoints Vet Affairs Men SALEM, June 19 (AP Gov ernor Earl Snell today reap pointed Harry V. Reed and Carl Freilinger, both of Portland, to four-year terms oh the advisory committee to the state director of veterans' affairs. Reed represents the United Spanish War Veterans and Frei linger represents the public. Arriving In U. S. Br The Aiioclated Preii Rjr The Aiioclatrd Preat Robert J. Clauai, !., Klamath Palle, arrived on General Squler In New York June 18. WEATHER NEWS Jaee It, 114 Mea. (Jeae IS) ... aa His. Jt rratieiuiiaa uit 4 at Slraam rear la date ll. Nernal II.U Lail rear ll.at Feraeattl Clear tedar, teelfht, raandar. 1111) Number 10850 Big 4 Stall Over Italian Reparations PARIS. June 19 (IP) The Big Four foreign ministers, still deadlocked on the touchy prob lem of Italian reparations, moved on today to less difficult phases of the Italian peace treaty, with several minor economic clauses and the French-Italian border question on the agenda. As usual, the deputy foreign ministers were directed to meet before the session of their chiefs to finish their reports on the Bulgarian and Finnish treaties. The deputies' reports on the Italian and Romanian pacts al ready have been submitted. The pessimism which has en veloped the current session of the Britisn, t rench, Kussian and U. S. foreign ministers since they reconvened last Saturday deep ened today following yesterday's deadlock on reparations, which saw the same negotiators re peating virtually the same argu ments which led them into blind alleys a month ago. Eased Slightly The deadlock was eased only slightly by Russia's offer yester day to put the question of Yugo slav, Albanian and Greek repara tions claims which Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov sets at $200,000,000 up to a full, 21-nation European peace conference, which French sources said might convene about July 13. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said this Soviet offer "solved two-thirds of the repara tions problem,'.' a British inform ant declared, but diplomatic sources felt that the most dif ficult third Russia's own claim for $100,000,000 still awaited solution with no sign of com promise. - Molotov refused to submit Russia's reparations claim to the 21-nation conference, ex pressing belief that the foreign ministers should settle it. British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin proposed that all major powers abandon repara tions claims on Italy, to assist the new republican government of that nation, but Molotov re fused. Russia is the only one of the major powers seeking reparations from Italy. Truman Meets Munitions Men WASHINGTON. June 19 (JP) President Truman conferred to day with the army and navy mu nitions board on Industrial pre paredness in the event of an other emergency. Discussing the 15 minute con ference later, Chairman Richard R. Dupree told reporters that "industrial preparedness is very important for the assurance of a lasting peace." The board is charged with the responsibility for stockpiling materials and for keeping a con stantly modernized program for throwing the nation's industrial machinery into action for the government whenever necessary. In a statement following the meeting with the president, Du pree said Mr. Truman "seemed most interested in problems of preparedness and understood that certain things must be done if we are to keep our nation strong industrially." These things, he said, must be done "so that we may be equip ped to meet the difficulties and uncertainties of the future." Secretary Wallace Pleads i For 'Boom And Bust' Curbs WASHINGTON, June 19 (JP) Secretary of Commerce Wallace pleaded today against letting down "our guard against infla tion" as senate-house OPA con ferees met for their first session to chart the future of price con trol. Wallace said In a statement that business can enjoy unpre cedented prosperity in the years just ahead "if we can avoid rocking the economic boat right now." But he added that "to weaken or destroy price and rent control would be to ask for the same kind of boom and bust that be gan just about this time after the last war." The cabinet officer's state ment was issued without ex Dlanation. but its timing coincid ed with the Initial meeting of the Cauitol Hill conference com mittee named to compose differ ences in OPA extension bills that have drawn sharp criticism from stabilization officials. Wallace confined his state ment to the effects of inflation on business. "As long." he said, "as busi ness cooperates with the whole effort to stabilize our economy, , it cannot be accused o( profi Order To Bel Maintained InTsingtao TSINGTAO, June 19 (JPtThi V. S. marine commander in Talngtao declared today hi a forces would help Chinese au thorities "maintain peace and or der" in this vital Shantung port should the communists attack. The commander, Brig. Gent Walter T. Clement, declined to say at a press conference, how ever, whether the marines would defend the city Itself should the communists now reported on the move on all sides of Tslngtaca move against the port's de ienses. "We naturally are very much' Interested in maintaining Deace' and order for our own safety,", Clement added. i (The government's central; news agency reported in a broad cast heard by the Associated Press listening post in San Fran cisco that national troops had re captured Chengyang, only IB miles north of Tsingtao, from the communists who were reV treating northward.) . Ne Comment On Withdrawal The marine general also de clined to comment on report that the communists had asked the marines to withdraw from) Tsingtao, once a summer an chorage for parts of the British and U. S. Asiatic fleets. Clement said he did not wish to amplify his statement regard ing the maintenance of peace and order in the event of com munist attack but that it waa "apparent" what he meant. (Communist propagandists in Peiping asserted, meanwhile that the civil war in China would be over had not tho United States helped transport (Caallraaa aa rasa I. Calaa 1) . Louis Defends: Title Tonight ; The most talked-of and most highly publicized sporting event since before the war, according to most persons who fancy them selves, as experts in forecasting prize fights, should - be over sometime before 7 p. m. tonight, PST. At 6 p. m., Pacific time, Jo Louis, ' who has been heavy weighs boxing champion of the world for the past nine years, will step into a ring set up in the baseball infield of Yankee stadium, New York, to meet Billy Conn, foremost challenger for his title.; This will be the first time the heavyweight title, with all ita attendant glory and money, has been at stake since Louis knocked out Abe Simon in six rounds back in 1942, and will be the 22nd time Loui9 has de fended his championship. The fight is scheduled for IS three-minute rounds, and will be broadcast blow-by-blow over the American Broadcasting company and WliW in Klamath falls, be. ginning at 6 p. m. The ofUcial betting odds in New York ark three to one in favor of Louis and the expectation is that he will knock Conn out between the third and eighth rounds. Louis' private prediction is the third round. Louis weighed in at 207 this morning in a ceremony witnessed by several thousand fight fans at Madison Square Garden, and Conn 182. Louis is 32 years old and Conn four years younger. , BULLETIN VANCOUVER. June 19 (CP) The 37-day-old strike of 35.000 loggers and mill workers was ended today on the basis of Chief Justice Gordon Sloan's' recommendations for ls-centa-an-hour increase, 44-hour work week and voluntary ir revocable check-off. teering as it was after the last war. "But if price controls are weakened or destroyed, the old charges of profiteering will be echoing around the country again during the next few months. 1 know tnat tnis is a matter of deep concern to every forward-looking business leader. "During the war years, me vast majority of businessmen through unselfish and willing cooperation in the war effort achieved tremendous new pres tige. - "Only a small handful are willing to jeopardize that pres tige and the nation's economy by throwing price and rent con trols overboard now in an at tempt to reap quicker and even greater profits. ' Wallace said inflation Is ai damaging to business, and es pecially small business, as to other economic groups, adding: "With prices rising rapidly, millions of small businessmen . . . will come out second best in the wild scramble for raw materials and finished goods." The lesult, he asserted, would be to "encourage monopoly with prices out of the reach of the American people." ; 3 .
