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Newspaper Page Textmm rin JV fa ml Scores Injured As Blast Rocks Midtovn Hotel DALLAS, Juno 21 (II Eight persons ere known dead, scores are Injured, and rescue work continued here two hours after an explosion nt the UOO room Haker hotel rocked mlcllown Dallas shortly befora noon tocluy. Firemen, police and soldiers are probing the hamblci of the lower basement for posslblo victims. Firemen, wearing gas masks because of the ammonia fumes, were bumpered bv pools of beer and food which made tho floori sllpprry. Tho explosion occurred Juat under tho hotcra coffee ihoi) and kitchen. In Tw-mikh i Day's Sews tm By FRANK JENKINS BACK In 1807, J. Allen Smith, then at the University of Washington, mild In hit book The riplrlt of American Gov ernment": "The American con .million la a achvme of govern ment . . . planned and net up to perpetuate the accndency ol the property-holding class, lea vened with democratic Idem." If he wore writing now, he might chango his definition to something like this: "The con stitution la a scheme of govern ment that varlea widely accord ing to the Ideas of those con milling a majority of the su prcmo court." Certainly, If he valued his reputation for accuracy, he would hardly say that the con stitution, as at present Inter preted, is a scheme of govern ment dratgucd to perpetuate the ascendency of tho property holding class. yiMES change and it Is A well that they do. Any schemo of government whose wheels become set In ruts from which they can not climb out Is doomed to failure. T)Y and large, our constitution has stood the test of time In a remarkable manner. It Is all the more remarkable when we consider the fact that more or less ALL new laws arc mo tivated by selfish Interest. That is a broud statement. Hut those who arc familiar with vie congress ol the. United Slates and tha legislatures of the individual states will not challenge It too hotly. New lawa originate In a sur prisingly large number of in stances because groupa of peo ple want spovial consideration at the hands of the law OR want to change a law that gives some other group special con sideration. Without the urge of some such Interest, a' very largo pro portion of the bills that are enacted into law by congress and tho stale legislatures would never be initiated. IT Is probable that we shall A never change this situation materially. It is Improbable that ANY domocracy will ever chango It materially. Human nature Is human nature, and tlie desire to get a law or a ruling that will liolp you and your kind is Tooted very deep ly In It. But it Is a pity that for a WHILE at least wo can't de clare a moratorium on special Interest laws and legislate ex clusively for tho greatest good of the greatest number, regard less of group or class distinc tions and desires. JUST offhand, of course, Unit sounds like idealistic torn- myrot something like tho statement that the principle of . the Golden Rule if generally followed, would PAY OUT In a big way. , But It Is substantially true, nevertheless. What Is good for ALL of us Is pretty apt to bo good In the long run for ANY of us. . THERE ' another peculiarity about lawmaking. Wo like to legislate against things that It.onilnu.s aa rata I, I'tlamii 4) Trade Unions Denied Part In Council Deliberations NEW YORK, Juno 21 (IP) Tho United Nations economic and social council today voted down a strong Russian attempt to give the World Federation of Trades Unions a voice In the council deliberations. Tho vblo was 12 lo 8. Voting with Russia were tho Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Peru. France abstained from voting. Tho council action means that Hie WFTU, which Includes the CIO In the United States, will have the right only to consult with the council on a basis equal with tho American Federation of Labor and similar specific or ganizations, Tho council defeated 10 to 7 a move by France to make eon , sullatlon by tho WFTU and aim- - Unr organizations with tho coun cil much easier than provided in a proposal mado by tho coun cil's committee on arrangements for consultntlon with non-governmental organizations. floor buckled, dumping the debris Into tho basement At least 3H ambulances rush' ed to the I3.0UU.UUU linker, one of the southwest' swankiest hotels. Downtown streets were block ed off as thousands of curious Jammed the area, Impeding res cue work. Dallus hotels were crowded by the Injured, many believed to be latully hurt, Nearby army anu navy in stallations rushed ambulances and doctors to aid the city doc tors and nurses. K. F. linker, general manager of the hotel, said he could not estimate tho damage at this time. "All I can say is that an ex plosion of undetermined cause occurred In the basement," he said. A hotel official, who would not allow use of his name, said that it had been determined that no damage had been dona above the first floor. Ho said that a construction company had been Installing new ice boxes in the basement. The Uaker was built In 1925 at a cost of 5,UU0,00U. It Is 16 stories tall, and contains over OUU rooms. It has been remod eled three times, ouco In 1937 when it was air-cnndllioncd. Lo cated In midtown Dallas at Com merce and Akard, It Is facing the city s other largest hotel, the Adolphus. Approval Near For Draft Bill WASHINGTON, June 21 (IP) The slum-bang congressional struggle over peacetime drafting of teen-agers subsided near a cnmuromiso finish today with J B year olds oca nmr subject to a call ana yautns oi m ex empt. Only the usual house and ten- ate approval ol the hard-fought conlurcncc agreement, was ncea ed to assure a nine months ex tension of selective service be yond the end of this month. me compromise measure pro vides that effective October 1. 11)40 18 months of service will make a man eligible for dis charge, upon application. It also calls lor tho release of fathers now in tho service, upon application, after August 1, 1M46, and no more drafting of fathers. Along with the draft act ex tension, tho conferees also ap proved a pay increase plan fur all men and officers of all the armed forces. Like exemption of IB year olds, the pay hike represented a victory for the houso conferees who had Insisted upon a separate bill providing higher salaries In the armed forces. The aenato originally Incor porated pay Increases In Its draft extension measure. The Increases were limited to enlisted person nel with biggest lumps for army privates, corporals, and sergeants along with corresponding lowest grades of other services. This was aimed at attracting volun teers and thus reducing the need for drafted men, 94-Year-Old Queen Picked By Pioneers PORTLAND, June 21 (IP) Mrs. Mary . Myers, 04, Port land, oldest pioneer woman present, was crowned queen by the Oregon Pioneer associa tion at Its meeting yesterday. She was born at Tualatin a year after her parents crossed the plains to Oregon. Harry L. Rocs, 87, Portland, was mimed association presi dent. With Russia's fight for the WFTU lost, the council then adopted unanimously the com mittee report. Nikolai J, Feonnv, Russian dele gate, and Anatolo Baronovsky, (Jkranlan delegate, voted for the committee report but reserved their right to bring tho WFTU question up in the council when ever they thought It appropriate Feonnv objected to putting tho WFTU only in the rolo of an observer at tho council, as the committee report provided. Ho said It should be put in a position to coopcrato most close ly with the council since it In cludes 05,000,000 workers In the world. John O. Wlnant, U. S. dele gate, spoko ngalnst the Russian move, declaring If it wcro ac cepted tho council would give to a non-governmental group greater representation on the council than that of members of tho United Nations who did not havo scats on the council. : May Be President www M Vitlorlo Emanuela Orlando, haad oi the Italian national dem ocratic union party. Is reported as likely naw president of first Italian republic whose triumph over monarchy was confirmed by Italian supreme eouri. India Seethes With Disorder NEW DELHI. June 21 (IP) India's maior cities were In turmoil today with demonstra tions and strikes protesting the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru, con gress party leader. Bombay was virtually a dead city as 100,000 millworkcrs stayed home, the stock exchange and bullion markets closed, workers walked out of the royal mint, two railway shops closed. shopkeepers shuttered their win dows and students Doycottcd university lectures. All markets in Karachi. Cat cutis and Madras were closed and In Calcutta the transporta tion system was stopped by strike. Several persons were Injured during a demonstration in which police used tear gas at Madura, South India. Nehru was arrested yesterday by authorities of the princely state of Kashmir. He had defied a ban against his entering that northernmost portion of India to defend Sklckh Abdullah and others accused of sedition In connection with a recent abor tive "revolt" against the Hindu maharajah, jSlr Hart btngh. Military .oKicta' at Rawal plndl, near the Punjab-Kashmir frontier , saia incy were in formed Nehru was released but did not know where he was. A dispatch from Sprinagar, Kash mir capital, said the congress leader was sun detained. Photographers Bring Censure Police, the chamber of com mcrce and local photographers have received a number of com plaints in recent weeks about traveling photography concerns which have allegedly been put ting out Inferior work for superior prices in and around Klamath Falls. Willis Wood of Evergreen studio said that he has had calls regarding work done by an out fit whicn represented itself as being connected with Evergreen studios, but is oefinttcly not connected with Evergreen stu dios here. Wood said that the work he had seen taken by this traveling concern was very poor, the tinted pictures were badly colored, and the prices were lar higher than charged by local studios. Chief of Police Orvllle Hamil ton said that the police had re ceived calls about the some sort of thing and had had some troubio with one traveling photo outfit recently, and said that they were breaking the city ordinance which forbids house-to-house soliciting. He warns people not to deal with any solicitors of this type, whether for pictures or omer sales, but to report any such soliciting to the ponce. The chamber ot commerce docs not operate a better business bureau to check on the reputa tion of these oiitllts but relays complaints to me police. The practice of traveling photographers coming Into a town and canvassing lor business Is known as picture kidnaping, Wood said, and was a bunco that hurts local photographers. Pageant Group Dunks Donuts Donut dunking was In style yesterday afternoon when Klam ath Falls businessmen paused for donuts and coffee at the chamber of commerce. The afternoon coffee hour combined business with pleasure and various ques tions concerning the centennial celebration were discussed The Mnhoncy sisters sang a song of Oregon, which was writ ten by their grandfather, that they are offering to the centen nial committee to be used in the pageant. Dancers of the Eve Benson school presented a number. They were accompanied by Keith Mc Gillivary on his accordion. Aor" PRICf rv3 'n Vej' 25-Year-Plan Proposed Fob Japan Wage Boost Raises Soft Coal Prices WASHINGTON, June 21 (IP) OPA today raised soft coal prices an average of 401 cents a ton to offset wage increases and other gains which John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers won in their strike. The Increases range from 10 cents to 1.47 a ton, depending upon the producing district and type of mine. They boosted re tail prices about 31 per cent, OPA estimated. Part of the increase was al lowed to offset losses suffered by the operators during the SB day strike. Most soft coal Is consumed by railroads and industrial firms. OPA said less than IS per cent of total production goes to householders for heating pur poses. nard i-oai next However, OPA expects to an nounce next week a price In crease averaging perhaps Si a ton for hard coal, used gener ally for home-heating. This also will offset anthracite miners' pay raises. The soft coal price order Is effective immediately, but in most cases the higher costs ap ply retroactively to all sales since May 13, when OPA au thorized seller-buyer agreements for later payment of any in creases granted. The new price schedule ap plies at present only while the bituminous mines are operated by the government,, which seized Ui pits during the strike which ended May 29. President Truman told his news conference yesterday he did not know when the govern ment will turn back the mines to their owners. Bituminous mine operators have delayed opening negoti ations with Lewis, UMW presi dent, until OPA granted price increases to compensate for wage hikes the government al lowed, U.S. May Cut Army In Reich BERLIN, June 21 (Pi Gen. Joseph T. McNarncy said to day a plan was in existence to reduce American occupation forces in Germany to 150,000 men but "It has not yet been determined if it will be imple mented. He told a news conference that German civilian rations would be raised from 1180 to 1225 cal ories a day on June 26 because the food situation had improved. He said 130.000 tons of food were expected from the United States this month for the American oc cupation zone. (In Washington, war depart ment officials said the present strength of American occupa tion iorces in uermany and Aus tria is approximately 300,000. (Estimates given congress in January by Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower, chief of staff, called for a net force of 307.000 In Eur ope July 1, aside front 28,000 in Italy.) The Solons Won't Another agg Is laid in Washington! Frasar Gardner, chairman of the expedltlna committee of the combined vatarani' houaina committee, left an office window ne returned, ne lound a mother problem with a few twigs, three band and a bright blue egg, all ; KLAMATH Vinson Approved As Chief Justice WASHINGTON, June 21 (At The senate has confirmed the nomination of Fred M. Vinson to be chief Justice of the dissension ridden supreme court. He succeeds the late Harlan F. Stone. Confirmation was by voice late yesterday, with no objection. Senator Moore (R-Okla), who had said he planned lo speak up about the nomination, was not on the floor at the time. Trieste Issue Next At Paris PARIS. June 21 (IP) The big four foreign ministers, after suc cessfully hurdling a major ob stacle by virtually reaching a compromise on Italian colonies, turned today to the controver sial Trieste problem key to the Italian peace treaty. Along with Trieste, they must decide the entire Italian-Yugoslav frontier question and the matter of the Dodecanese is lands. All four of the ministers agree In principle that the is lands should go to Greece, but Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov has indicated in the past that his country is not yet rcaay to discuss nnai terms. The question of Trieste, how ever, promises to be the most controversial. Russia has Insist ed that the Important Adriatic port be ceded to Yugoslavia, and Britain, France and the United States have maintained that it must remain Italian. All four of the . conferees concede that Trieste is ethnically Italian. The compromise yesterday, when the ministers expressed general approval of a U. S. pro posal to delay decision on the colonies for a year and to refer tne matter to the united Na tions if the four powers could not agree by that time, gave rise lo a new atmosphere ol opti mism. Conference circles were visibly brightened by what a British source described as the "con ciliatory" manner of yesterday's formal and informal sessions. Under the compromise, Italy would renounce sovereignty of her colonies, which would be under four-power control pend ing either agreement by the big four or reference to the United Nations. Jury Verdict Frees Foley A circuit court Jury deliberat ed only 10 minutes yesterday afternoon before finding Mike Foley not guilty of negligent homicide in the auto accident death of Johnny Spicher last November 24. The case had gone to the jury about 3 p. m. yesterday with only routine instructions from Judge David R. Vandenberg after two defense motions for dismissal had been denied. Members of the trial jury were Mike Zupan, Sam I. Ritchie, Leo N. Huls. Don Kenyon. G. C. Motley, Lawrence Bertram, Ed H. Owens, John B. Lemire, John S. Ashley, Harold Addington, Paul Otterbein and Ivan Otto man. . Like This, But open over the weekend. When pigeon solving htr own housing paper clioi. hairolns. a rubber atop of the Congressional Record. . NEA telephoto FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 21. 1848 (Telapl Big Cities Back Plea On Airline Portland, Seattle and San Francisco support had been lined up today behind Klam ath's insistence that nothing be done to jeopardize the start of trunk line air service into this community in mid-July. I A whirlwind civic effort paid I oft when the Portland and Seat-! tie chambers of commerce and me odn riancisco puduc utn-1 itiea commission announced they wuum picas xur Huuiuoiuii irunit line service on the coast only if it could be done without delay ing the start of United Airlines service into Klamath Falls, Bend and ine. Danes as scheduled for about July 16. The metropolitan groups have indicated their desire to have Western Airlines given authority to operate a trunK line in com petiton with United up and down the coast. Klamath be came concerned over the possi bility that such an effort might re-open the CAB cases which were recently settled with United given the right to stop here and at Bend and The Dalles. Portland chamber of com merce directors heard the Klam ath story yesterday and an nounced the Portland organiza tion will support an airline re hearing only if it will not en danger the already granted United Airlines service. A tele gram to that effect was sent to the CAB. . ,. . . ..Seattle Bespond . v Manager Charles Stark of the Klamath chamber today receiv ed a similar notice of policy from Floyd Hagie, executive vice president of the Seattle chamber of commerce. This was quickly followed by a telephone assurance of similar nature from the San Fran cisco public utilities commission, which had become interested in the Western-United competitive situation. All of the groups reported a fuller understanding of Klam ath's position in the case as a result of tne local enori. ine local chamber has made it clear it does not object to the compe tition, but wants nothing done to DostDone United service here. r r .. . . . T T : i .1 ." iaiesi reports aie uuura ia going ahead with plans to Degin service July its. Meanwhile, the Jackson coun tv chamber of commerce at Med' lord has come forward with a helping hand for the Klamath Droiect. William ' H. Fluhrer. president of the Jackson cham ber, endorsed ruamatn s posi tion in a letter to the Portland chamber, urging that there be no delay in the United service to Klamath Falls, and that in addition.- if possible. Klamath be given service by any other air line coming tnrougn mis tern torv. Bend and Klamath delegations appeared in Portland yesterday in connection with the matter, and the favorable 'Portland chamber board action resulted. ICC Sanctions Freight Raise WASHINGTON, June 21 (IP) The interstate commerce com mission today authorized a six per cent railroad freight rate increase, effective juiy l, witn exceptions for certain basic com' modities. A three per cent increase was authorized for products of agri' culture, livestock and its prod ucts and low-grade products ot mines, such as sand, gravel, broK en rock and slag. Passenger fares remain unaf fected. The commissicm estimated that the increases will bring the rail roads about $390,000,000 in in creased gross revenue on an aft nual basis. Bulletin WASHINGTON. June 21 (Pi In a surprise move, the senate today passed the labor opposed anti-racketeering bill" and sent it to President Truman, The same provisions were in. eluded as part of the Casa Labor Disputes bill which President Truman vetoed. The measure, originally passed by the house under sponsorship of Rep. Hobbs (D-Ala.), would amend a 1935 anti-racketeering act so that penalties of up to $10,000 and 20 years in prison could result from interference with Inter state commerce. (Telephone William S. Hart Is Critically III LOS ANGELES, June 21 (IP) William S. Hart, 78, veteran cow boy actor, was reported in a critical condition today at Cal ifornia Lutheran hospital where he has been under treatment for several days. Dr. H. D. Van Fleet said he was running a high fever and occasionally was in a coma. Fraulein Killer Jailed For Life NUERNBERG, June 21 (IP) Blonde triKa Hreha, ZU-year-old German girl, was sentenced to- day to life imprisonment for murdering Sgt. Robert E. Flan- lgan of Peoria, 111. A military court convicted the pretty killer just nine days after the American soldier was shot to death in his aDartment here German doctors testified the girl at one time might have snown signs of pregnancy but not now. The decision of the five-man tribunal of the American mili tary government came after less than 10 minutes' deliberation. The trial took two days. The girl, a native of Sudeten Ger many, broke into tears as the court pronounced sentence and continued to cry as she was led away. .. The prosecution called the Krebs girl a "wilful murderer," wime ur. r rieaencx - Bergold, her attorney, told the court Flanigan led her to believe he was being divorced and trifled with her affections. He said she naa Decn a member of the Hitler youth but w.asjiot ja fanatic The little courtroom was filled with German girls who heard the sentence stolidly without any kind of demonstration. When she was arrMtp Inp killing Flanigan here nine days ago. she asserted she was going to have a child, that Flanigan had spurned her love and laugh ed at her, and that she was up set by seeing another German girl leave his apartment as she arrived. The doctors said Frilra ...... treated for venereal disease but uiai rianigan s record showed he had not been infected. Elks Will Buy Lakeside Site Purchase of 408.4 feet of Do. per Klamath lake frontage in the Shippington area for devel opment of a lake boat haco and moorage was authorized by uie mamam fails tiKs lodge at a meeting last night. The property will be bought from the California Oreson Power company, and will be used by the Elks for the benefit of the local troop of Sea Scouts, as wen as members of the lodge here and their families. It is planned to construct a fill and seawall along the prop erty, mere win De a Doat dock with moorage facilities for many boats. The property lies just north of the dredger moored in the Shippington district. The local lodge has sponsored a Sea Scout troop for more than 15 years, and now plans to establish a permanent base for this youth organization. Juvenile Gunfire Rattles Uncontrolled Rattle of gunfire and the tinkle of breaking glass is again plaguing city police and juve nile officials as youngsters in and near town fail to resist the urge to blast away with their new postwar .22s and air rifles. Juvenile Officer Gerald (Spec) Murray is gradually collecting a sizeable arsenal of guns con fiscated from boys caught firing them indiscriminately in popu lated areas, and a partial list of casualties caused recently by the firing includes a milk cow, a horse, one very slightly wounded boy, some pinked cars and many broken windows. The boy was hit In the shoul der by a spent .22 slug which did not penetrate the skin. The milk cow was knocked off by .22 fire in the Shasta way area and the horse also by .22s, near the airport. Yesterday a slug crashed through the window of a house on Division street, coming with in a foot of hitting a baby in the room, and police traced the firing to the hill near the water tower but were unable to eaten the youths responsible. WEATHER NEWS Jaaa tl. Itlt Mas. (Jaaa Stl SB Mia aa r-raalallatlaa u.l t knri Stream ytar to Sal Neriaal I I .St Lail xai ...II.W till) Number 10(52 U. S. Wants Four Powerj Arms Pact 1 WASHINGTON, June 21 (AP) The United States announced to day it has proposed to Russia, Britain and China the creation of a four-power control commis sion backed by military force, to keep Japan disarmed for af least 25 years. The commission would take over at the end of the present occupation which is being car. ried out largely by American troops under the command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. That action presumably would mark; the end of America's virtually single-handed domination of Jap anese affairs and begin a new period of control by all four, powers. The state department said Mac Arthur had been fully advised of the treaty provisions but wheth er he supported the proposal waa not made known immediately. Russia has not yet responded, department officials told report ers, but Britain and China have reacted favorably." One purpose of the treaties would be to end the present mass' occupations of both countries as quickly as possible and to sub stitute for the regular occupa tion armies smaller forces ol troops especially trained in dis armament control duties. The avowed purpose of the treaty is to insure that, follow ing the total disarmament and demilitarization of Japan by oc cupation forces, the country shall be kept in a state of disarma ment and demilitarization "as long as the peace and security of the world may requireN- Program Outlined To accomplish this, the follow ing principal steps are set forth: l. Japan s military organiza tion shall "remain completely disarmed, demobilized and dis banded and Japan shall be de prived all sorts of arms and ex plosives, including atomic en ergy materials. The Japanese shall also be deprived of all sorts of bases and factories for producing arms and shall be al lowed only civil police having small arms, and such explosives as are necessary for industrial users." 2. To enforce these objectives, the four powers would operate, through the control commission, an ' inspection system ' which would keep constant Japanese disarmament and demilitariza tion. 3. The Japanese themselves would have to accept this meth od of keeping themselves dls' armed. 4. In case of any violation by the Japanese, the four powers would move in "by common agreement" with the necessary forces to put the Japanese in their place again. -- 5. The treaty would come into force when it has been ratified by each of the four governments and could be renewed after 25 years for an additional 25-year period. Any changes to be made then would depend on how far the Japanese have advanced "In the reconstruction of their life on a democratic and peaceful basis." Through City Not all the damage has been done by guns. An eight-year-old boy was recently caught throwing rocks tnrougn win lows back of the First Federal Savings and .Loan building, and another was seen tossing rocks through windows at the Arcade hotel. , , Murray said that the parents of these boys are having to pay for the damage done and tne parents are responsible for allowing children to play with guns where people might get hurt. He Is confiscating the weap ons of boys found firing -them in populated areas and will con tinue to take them although that generally elicits a lusty yowl from parents who have just bought the guns. ' He now has eight .22 rifles, some equipped with telescopic sights. "These boys are not only creating an awful nuisance but are endangering life," Murray points out. "They don't realize that a .high-powered cartridge In a .22 rifle will carry mile, and until they do realize that, have no business with a gun.