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By FRANK JENKINS
ADDRESSING Iho 12tli annual
Northwest Institute of Inter,
iiutlonal Rrlatlniia In Portland
Iliiii work, Dr. Hun Simons as
orled thut wo American! havo
over-rated Russia's mobile armed
power and art under-rating her
Influence on world political
philosophy.
"The Russians couldn't make
war If they wanted to, no told
Ida hearer, "and I'm sure they
don't want to,"
"UUT," he added:
"Many Russluua now believe
that communism will bo safe
ONLY ir the outside world ac
cepts comimmirn."
Tn. SIMONS at leant quail
y' fie a an expert. Ho li
now dean of politic at the
' New York New School of Social
Research, and before the war
wa director of the Berlin
Academy of Political Science.)
t
TN his Portland addreiu, he com.
pared Russian thinking today
to that of Americana after World
War I.
"After the first world war," he
said, "Americana foil lulu the
belief that to make the world
aafe for democracy we must in
atall democracy for other world
people.
Now, ha added, Russians
(presumably of the governing
class) seem to be flirting with
the Idea that the way to make
the Russian aystem safe la to
Impose communism on tho rest
of the world.
You will recall that the same
general Idea haa been expressed
much more bluntly and WITH
OUT the statement that Russia
la In no position to go to war.
by Britain's laborilo foreign
minister, truest bevtn.
TVE shivered little at Bevln'i
" statement, for It appeared
to carry the Implication that
Russia propose to impose com
rmmlsm .on the rest of the
world by armed might,
Dr. Simons approaches the
Idea from another angle, sua
jesting that what la in the wind
ia the apread of communism
throughout the non-communist
world by Infiltration from Rus
sia.
That may be dangerous. Still,
If wa ADOPr communism vol
untarlly it wilt bo our own (u,
. nerai. An attempt to rorce n
r upon u l the point of a gun
li another matter.
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TIIS suggestion that the Rus-
1 1 alans couldn't make war If
they wanted to la Interesting
The same atatement haa been of'
fered by other Informed. peO'
nle. It could be true.
Man-power, which Russia haa
In abundance, la no longer the
dominant factor In war-making
Man-power must now be sup
plemented ty macmne-power
Russia's machine-power la ris
ing, but It can t yet hope to
equal the combined production
resources of Britain and Amer
ica. Russia mado a gnllnnt
fliiht. but there are few In
formed people In the world who
believe she could have won
against Germany without the
war machines provided for her
by the United States and Brit
ain,
TF we assume that Russia hns
so far been running a bluff.
we ahull have to admit that she
has nrofltcd heavily by It. She
has gathered In about all of
EuroDC oaat of the Elbe river,
and all of the Bnlkaits ' Save
Greece. So It stands, to reason
that she will continue, to bluff
as long as it pays off. ,
School Budget
Wins Approval
Returns from nearly all of
the county sub-disirtcii showed
today that tho sharply Increased
county school budget has been
overwnelmlniily approved.
The last count on increasing
the budget over the 6 per cent
statutory limitation was: Yea
157. No 7.
The vote on the specific
budget proposed was: Yes 191
No 4.
Tho budget is for a total of
$404,142.30, or $251,421.80 over
tho 0 per cent limitation. When
tho budget exceeds the 6 per
cent ceiling, a popular vote is
roquircd to authorize it,
All candidates for county
school board positions were
elected. They include Don Col
well, Keno road; Ed Gowon
Bonanza; Harry Wilson, Mnlln,
and ura ISlny, crescent,
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
R. H.
St. Louis 1 0 13
Boston 1 8 1
Dickson and Garglola, rice
(8); Wright, Wallace (8), single
ion mi una jvinsi.
Pittsburgh 3 fl
Brooklyn :..7 11
Cllnntnl finnlnrf fl
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hcatiser (7) and Lopez; Higbe
and Snndlock,
; Chicago at Philadelphia, two
games postponed, rain,
, AMERICAN
i R. H.
New York I 8
Chicago :. 3 9' 0
Chandler and Robinson; Die
trich and Treali. (First game).
Beta
PRICE riVE CENTS
U.N. Weighs
Soviet Plan
On A-Bombs
NEW YORK. June 20 (!')
Members of tho United Nations
atomic energy commission
weighed today a Russian plan
for a world convention to out
law atomic weapons which, if
adopted, would compel tho
United smiea to nestroy an ner
atom bombs within three
months.
The Russian plan, offered as
subslltuto for an American
proposul under which the Unit
ed Stales bus conditionally of
fered to share her atomic se
crets and den troy the bombs,
would be put Into force by rati
fication of half the nations of
the world.
On vital points It was dratl
colly at variance with tho con
unions winch were laid clown
last Frlduy by U. S. Delegate
Bernard M. Baruch and which
must be met before the United
Slates would pool her atomic
"know-how" under a guarantee
of world control.
The Russian plan would for-
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Foley's Case
Goes To Jury
Two motions for dismissal hav.
Inn been denied by Judito David
R. Vandcnbvrg, tho trial of Mike
Foley went to the Jury In circuit
court early this afternoon. He
wa Indicted for negligent homi
cide In the death pf Johnny
Soldier following an automobile
accident on 8. Oth near the E
Main intersection last Novenv
ber 24.
Yesterday afternoon Foley's
attorneys U. S. Balemlne and
E. E. Drlscoll, aaked tho Judge to
dlsmUu'-tha case because, pf a.
flaw in -the Indictment.- The
document reads, they pointed
out, that the accidont and Foley's
driving was "... a proximate
cause" of Spichcr'a death and
should read ' 1 , . , the proximate
cause."
Judge Vandcnberg noted the
wording as did District Attorney
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.iiS-i Wa& t i ;
At th prssant time and in addition to all the business and Industrial construction are being erected by or for vaterani who can get priority on near Merrill Junction) (5) Small white frame building at 234S White,
building and remodeling going on in Klamath Falls, thtre are approxi- construction materials. This layout of 10 sample shots of houses under . with th foundation of another already laid next doori (8) One-story
mately 300 residences going up, employing virtually avary carpenter In construction was made during a random driva around town and into th ahlngl dwelling at Mitchell and Victory drlv (7) One story brick,
town, and many mor ar bring held in abtyance becaus of shortage of suburban area. (1) la a one-family concrete brick horn under construction low overhanging ava, being built Juat off Merrill highway near junction
materials and difficulty, of locating skilled labor. Th 300 figur was In th 5500 block on S. 6th) (2) Hous with basement garage being built (8) Hug rambling fram house on Merrill highway a mil south of
arrlvtd at by th chambir o): commerce In survey mad with contractors on th hill on Lakashor drlv (3) Prefabricated hous at Mitchell and junction) (9) Small shlngl dwelling on top of hill at 1833 Lakviw
. and suppliers of building miiUrlals, and th majority of th homta under Shasta way) (4) Ona-story whit fram, red slat roofed dwelling on S. tth - (10) (Jna-story fram hous going up at 2405 Wantland. -
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Argentinian ,4
Council Off rood
WASHINGTON. June 20 (IP)
Argentina today Joined the Inter
national food emergency coun
cil, lvuvlng only Russia among
21 invitea nutions run siaymg
aloof,
Announcement of Argentina's
ccei'tunce was mude by the ag
riculture department a scant
hour before the council con
vened for its first session, heart
ened by word from Herbert
Hoover thut Lutln America in
tends to help substantially to
stave off world famine.
Tho governments accepting
are Argentina, Australia, Bel
gium, Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba,
Denmark, France, Greece, India,
The Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Slum, Turkey, the
Union or South Africa, ureat
Britain, Canada and the United
Slate.
Hitler Murder
Plot Revealed
NUERNBERG, June 20 Mi
Albert Spcer.former German mu
nitions minister, declared to the
international military tribunal
today he was determined to kill
Adolf Hitler in his chancellery
bunker in Berlin In March last
year but was unable to slip can
isters of poison gas past tho
guards.
In an Impassive tone he re
lated that he realized the fueh
rer must die to snvo Germany
from complete ruin.
Speer said he learned of a
new special gas that had been
perfected in February, 1945, and
that he obtained some for tho
sole purpose of destroying Hit
ler. He said he warned Hitler a
year before Germany collapsed
that the country was too ex
hausted of materials "to con
tinue modern war."
The dark and balding witness,
on trial for his life with 21 other
ranking Germans, said he sent
j-Hltle a memorandum In June of
1844 reporting a "serious" short
age of coal and disclosing that
another month of American and
British bombing would destroy
the chemical Industry.
Speer said the Ruhr was bomb
ed out so completely by the fall
of 1944 that it was unable to
transport coal from the pits.
Const -
OREGON, THURSDAY.
Arab Mufti
Gets Asylum
From Egypt
CAIRO, June 20 W Egypt's
foreign minister made it plain
toduy thut the Nile Kingdom will
grant asylum to HaJ Amin Al
rtussclnl, the mufti oi Jerusalem.
Tho mystery concerning tho
whereabouts of tho Arab fire
brand and antl-zlonlst loader
since his disappearance lrom
France some truce week ago
was solved last niiiht when King
Farouk's puluco announced thut
tho mufti had arrived in Egypt,
had called at the Royal palace,
and hus asked for a refuge.
llu J Amin, whom the British
accuse of broadcasting for Hitler
during the war, has been In exile
from Palestine since 1937 when
he was accused of fomenting a
long series of Arab outbreaks.
Lufti El said Pasha, foreign
minister, told reporters tne
"Egyptian constitution prevents
giving up political refugees to
any other country."
King Approves
A highly reliable informant
said King Farouk already had
advised tne British government
of his decision to grant sanctuary
to the mufti.
(Appearance of the mufti in
Egypt posed a delicate problem
for the British. A foreign office
spokesman in London said
Britain was uncertain whether
to ask the Egyptian government
to surrender him, observing that
the British desired at all times
to respect the right of asylum
granted by other .nations to
political refugees.)
The Egyptian press generally
gave the mufti a warm welcome.
Wheat Crop Figures
Show Some Increase. :
WASHINGTON, June 20
The agriculture department re
oorted todav a mid-June survey
a of production provpects In major
producing states indicated a
wheat crop of 1,033,139,000 bu
shels. This estimate compared with
a June 1 forecast of 1,025,509,
000 bushels and with last year's
record crop of 1,123,143,000 and
with a ten-year (1935-44) average
of 843,792,000. .
ruction of Much-Needed Housing is Booming
JUNE 20, 1946 (Telepl
(Telephone.
'Unloaded' Gun
Kills Youngster
BELLINGHAM, June 20 (P)
Because of a gun that supposed
ly was not loaded, 3-year-old
Sharon Nichols Is dead.
The youngster, playing with
three other girls in an upstairs
bedroom late yesterday while
her mother visited with friends
below, was instantly killed when
Jcant-tte Marines, 9, found a .38
calibre rifle in the closet, asked
'Who should I pretend to shoot?
and pulled the trigger. The gun
discharged in tne Nicnois gin s
face.
Sharon was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Nichols.
Rodeo To Open
Headquarters
With the big Fourth of July
rodeo Just two weeks away, the
Klamath Rodeo association and
Klamath citizens who are lend
ing a hand are pitching in to
get final details under way.
The fairgrounds is in the pro
cess of getting a face-lifting, un
der the direction of Fred Pope.
The arena has been plowed with
a caterpillar, and the weeds and
growth plowed under. Stands,
leachcrs, fences, chutes and ail
the paraphernalia necessary to
the show will undergo a com
plete check and repairs will be
made wherever necessary.
Nine brahma bulls and sev
eral head of steer roping stock
are already in the Infield, along
with several head of horses. The
stables at the grounds are filled
with good horses, and owners
are grooming them already for
the parade and show.
Headquarters for the rodeo
will open tomorrow at 10 a. m.
at the old Lombard garage, 424
South Sixth street, and those
participating , in the show may
register there at any time. A
phone number for the office will
be announced at a later date.
Future Shows Planned
The rodeo committee says that
rr this year shew is a success,
plans are under way for a fuller
cooperation with the fair board
for extensive enlargement of the
fairgrounds lor future shows.
This would apply to all civic af
fairs, such as Four-H clubs,
grange meetings and events, etc..
and not just to the rodeo. More
grandstand space is planned, and
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Big 4 Said
To Agree On
Colony Move
PARIS, June 20 (P) The
four foreign ministers virtually
agreed today to postpone action
on Italy's colonies for one year,
an American informant said.
The ministers expressed gen
eral acceptance of a proposal by
U. S. Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes, wnich had been of
fered at sessions of the minis
ters conference last month.
Under the plan, Italy would
renounce sovereignty over the
colonies which would be con
sidered under four-power con
trol pending a final decision
on the matter. If the United
States, Britain, Russia and
France still were divided on
the subject at the end of the
one-year period the matter
would be referred to the trustee
ship council of the United Na
tions.
The virtual agreement on the
colonial question swept aside
one of the most important prob
lems blocking progress on Eu
ropean peace settlements.
Earlier a British informant
said the foreign ministers had
agreed that British and Ameri
can troops in Italy and Russian
troops in Bulgaria should be
evacuated within 90 days after
peace treaties with those two
countries go into effect.
Delegation Asks
No Airline Delay
PORTLAND, June 20 (Special)
Klamath Falls and Bend delega
tions met with Portland chamber
of commerce directors today and
urged that no action be taken
that may delay : the start of
United Air Lines service; to those
cities.., ... ,.. .... .-.
The visitors asked that either
the Portland group drop its pro
posed support of- Western Air
lines in re-opening the west coast
airline cases, or proceed through
a new application. Marshall Cor
nett. Phil Hitchcock and John
Houston flew to Portland to be
present today.
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18-Year Olds
Excused From
Military Duty
WASHINGTON, June 20 (AP) A compromise plan for draft
Ing 19-year-olds and exempting those of 18 under legislation ex
tending selective service was agreed to today by a senate-house
conference committee.
The agreement, a victory for house conferees, was reported by
Senator Bridges (R-NH), who stepped outside the closed door con
ference before it was completed.
Bridges said the agreement to allow drafting of 19-year-olds
was "without any restrictions," but he did not elaborate.
With this decided, the conference group was expected to make
quick work of other senate-
house differences.
One senate conferee, who de
parted early and asked that his
name not be used, said the
terms "liar," "reprehensible"
and "lobbying" had been hurled
back and forth by the house
conferees.
This senator said house mem
bers opposed to drafting 18-year-olds
had sharply criti
cized the action of Senator Gur
ney (R-SD) in using war de
partment radio facilities to con
tact Rep. Walter G. Andrews
(R-NY) and obtain a change in
his Droxy.
Thomas told reporters that
the senate compromise offer to
draft 18-year-olds only as a last
resort had been rejected 3 to
3 by the house conferees with
Andrews proxy not voiea.
He said he would ask the
senate representatives later to
day to vote on the house offer
to take 19-year-olds and exempt
those of 18.
The vote from Andrews, wno
is en route to the Bikini A-bomb
test, had been expected to end
the existing impasse in the con
ference group.
Canadian Red
Given 6 Years
MONTREAL, June 20 m
Fred Rose, communist member
of parliament, was sentenced to
day to six years' imprisonment
for sending information illegal
ly fo Russia during the war.
Rose told the court, before the
judge pronounced sentence, that
he had never done anything
against the interest of his coun
try. Sentencing of the 38-year-old
defendant endeoT onV-phase of
the dramatic Canadian espion
age case that began last March
when he was arrested in his
Ottawa apartment. He still faces
charges under the official se
cret sact and is scheduled to ap
pear for trial on them next Sep
tember although this case may
be delayed by an appeal from
today's sentence.
Indian Plan
Meets Delay
In New Snag
NEW DELHI, June 20 W)
The powerful congress party de
layed indefinitely today ' a de
cision on the British independ
ence plan for an Interim Indian
government because Its president-designate,
Jawaharlal Neh
ru, had been arrested in Kash
mir state.
' Maulana Azad, retiring presi
dent of the party, said its work
ing committee had adjourned
sine die because of the arrest
and "when we meet again de
pends upon Pandit Nehru's re
turn." - The domlnantly Hindu con
gress party is the largest in In
dia and without its adherence,
the independence plan hardly
could be made workable. An
air of the deepest gloom was ap
parent in congress circles, which
only yesterday radiated confi
dence that a favorable decision
might be possible by the end of
the week.
; A Kashmir government state
ment said Nehru "is at liberty to
return to British India when
ever he wishes to do so" even
though he had been arrested.
Nehru was reported to have,
been wounded slightly on the
cheek yesterday when he at
tempted to enter his native state
of Kashmir in defiance of a dis
trict magistrate's order. He
was arrested today at Domel,
120 miles from the Kashmir
state capital of Shinagar. Dewan
Chamanlal, central legislator
who was with Nehru at the
frontier yesterday, also was
wounded slightly in the cheelc
when he and the congress lead
er attempted to push past armed
sentries.