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By mANK JENKINS
AT lili picas conference ycslor
diiy, President Truiimii an
nounced tlmt he is going to do
wlmt ho can lo dffful Repre
sentative Slaughter (Ueniocrut,
of Mlnmiurl) (or reiioiiiliittlloii.
Slaughter, the President ex
plained, him been iipiimt ubnut
everything Unit ha (Truman) hm
horn f nr unit so, ho think",
ouuht to ha got rltl of.
At the sumo lima, ha endorsed
cundlilute by the nnina at Ax
tell wlm Is nniiilnu ugulniit
Slaughter.
"THIS reaction It liitereNllng.
1 Slaughter goes on "o rudlo
Iniinedliilely, welcomes lliu Presi
dent's oppomtlon und ut'i l tlmt
ha in "mud of Ilia opportunity
to determine whether cuntllcliitva
lor legislative positions uro to
he picked ut tho whim of thu
executive brunch of thu govern
nieiit." Axtcll "expresses his uppreclu
tlon for the President's support,"
but os nearly us muy ba luded
from Ilia dispatches doesn't go
iff ilia deep end in his pro
fesslons of gruttliido.
Keudlng tho dispatches, ona
inspect thul ha would huva been
Just n liuiipy If he hud been per
milled In km nheiid running his
own show.
yllE political experts, of course,
will recall President Koose-
volt's attempted "purges" of
member of congress who hud
failed lo Jump when ha cruckod
the whip. In splta of Roosevelt's
Ureal populurily, these nttempts
were uniformly unsuccessful. .
The slluiillun In Missouri Is
lightly different. Missouri is
Trumun'n home slule. Viewed
teehnleiilly, he Is thcrcforo not
strictly "buttliiK In."
It will bo remembered, how
ever, Hint Mr. ItiHiscvelt, In his
"purue" period, win never ublo
to defeat even Representative
Hum Klsh, from his own sliilo of
New York.
'yllK principle Involved la
-1 rulher Importunt. It is this:
Shu II ONt oruncli of our gov
ernment be iiermlllcd to nom
inate Ilia OTiiKK brunches?
I JNDEH lha constitution, our
g o v ti r n m ii t bus tlireo
brunches Ilia legliilutlve (congress-),
tiie executive (lliu Presi
dent) and tho Judicial (the
courts.) Them three brunches
of government were planned by
the founding father to be
EQUAL und to act as cliecks Slid
buluncci uHin each other.
In tho best yeurs of our history
tlia yeurs in which Ilia United
Stales of America wus growing
up from a weak llltla nutlon to
a great and powerful country
universally respected because of
its uniquely successful concept of
KflKKDOM OK THE INDIVID
UAL, these checks und balances
WORKED.
The Ideal of the founding
fathers prevailed, and NO ONE
brunch of government wus able
to assert domlnnneo over tho
other branches.
t
TV7E arc now witnessing a
" STRUGGLE FOR POWER
among ALL TllRfci; ot tnc
bruueucs 01 our icucrui govern
ment. Tho President strives to make
congress subservient lo Ins will.
Congress resists, and seeks to
assert Us power ovor the Presi
dent. In recent yeurs, tnc
supremo court bus sought to as
set t its power OVEH uuTU ot
lha others.
Especially over congress.
TTHE founding fathers prob
nbly tho ublcst set of men
who ever guided the destinies of
a new tuition were intlmntely
familiar with the ubtises through
out nil hlslory of TOO MUCH
POWER In one set of hands.
It wus to PREVENT too much
power from railing Into one set
of bunds In America that they
devised this set of checks and
bill uncos.
Their Wlsdnm wna frrnnt nnA
their purposes were pure. To
the wisdom of their acts and tho
purity of their motives wo owo
this American wny of life which
IConUnuvd on Paaa t, Cat. 1)
Talmadge Governor Again
But Not People's Choice
ATLANTA. Ju v 19 Ml
Rod-gnlluscd Gene Tulmadgo of
the unruly forelocks und the
acid phrase Is to be governor of
Georgia again a fourth time
but not by popular choice.
This pnradox could come only
out of Georgia. And It's 'the
first tlmo it has ever happened
in a governor's raco In Georgia,
so far as anybody seems to
know,
. The simple but complicated
fact is thnt Talmadge won a
majority of county unit votes
In Wedncsdny's democratic pri
mary, open for the first tlmo to
negroes, who voted In large
numbers.
But the candidate backed by
Gov. Ellis Arnnll, 30-ycnr-old
James V. Ciirmlchncl got a
plurality of tho 7()0,0(IO-otld
votes cast In .the primary, the
actual election in Georgia.
Tho county unit system,
which was placed on the statute
books in 1017, is Intended to
give political dominance to
Park Meter
Failure May
Bring Tax
Petitions will bo circulated
among Qualified city voters In
tho neur futuro on Ilia question
of parking meters In an effort
lo get thu issue on tho Novem
ber ballot.
A now angle on the fund
raising potentialities of meters
was ruised toduy by a city
coiincllmun who suld that thu
city needs the money which
would bo brought In und that
un occuputlomil tax wus being
considered if purklng meters
ara not Instullad.
Ducking the petitions will bo
Ilia Klumuth Merchants assocla.
tlon, long opposed to tho In
stullution of the truffle devices
on the grounds thut tho people
don't wuut them. Other groups,
uotubly tho Suburban leugue,
are on record as ngulnst hav
ing meters In downtown Kluin
ath Falls.
Petitioner! Bought
Tho merchants plan to have
petitions drawn up und pluccd
In vu r ions business houses for
(nullified city voters to sign.
Henry Perkins, city attorney,
said today tlmt luw requires
such petitions tix curry the sig
natures of IS per cent of the
number of voters who cast a
bullot for muyor In tho last
mnynrnlty election to huve the
proposal put to a vote.
The parking meter problem
has been kicked around pro
and con for several months
here, und Councilman I'uul O.
Landry, today said the city
council wus slill giving serious
conslderutlon to Installing the
devices.
Tho altitude of the council
Is tlmt the meters will servo a
two-fold purpose, Klrst, they
will help solve tho business
area parking problem, which Is
getting to bo almost impossible,
and second, tliey will bring
some money In to the city
ICanllaa, ts rst f, Cai, si
'Air Day' Due
On August 1st
Klumuth Air Duy has been
selected as tlia official title for
the city's ilcbratiun on the ad
vent of United. Air Lines service
to Klamath Fulls on August 1.
The title of the show wns decided
at a meeting of tho aviation com
mittee at the chamber of com
merco yesterday,
Ray Byrnes lias been named
as general chairman of tho show,
and designated his committees as
follows: Publicity, Luwrencc Ber
tram, Lloyd Derby, E. G. New
bill and Hoy Prcmo; reception
and hospitality, Joe Hicks; cachet
committee, Dr. C. V. Rugh, Roy
Prcmo and Joe Hicks; facilities
committee. Cliff Hnguc, Law
rence Slater and Rny Roysc; pro
gram committee, Ray Roysc, Joe
Hicks, E. G. Ncwblll and Harold
Mcl'herson.
Master of ceremonies for the
occasion, on August 1, will bo
John Houston, who will be assist
ed In his duties by both W. T.
Melntyro, local station agent,
and Tom Blanchard, traveling
traffic representative of United.
Blunchnrd has been in Klnmath
Fulls for the past several days
helping In arrangements for tho
show.
Plans at present call for a
presentation to all through pas
sengers on the first two planes
Into the city of a small memento
of Klamath, possibly a potato
boxed and wrapped In a small
wooden box If they arc available.
If not, flowers will be presented
lo seat holders on tho first two
ships. ,
Plans have not yet been com-
Clctcd for tho show, but it will
o started at 9:43 on August 1,
and will Include tho arrival ot
the first two United planes at
10:0(1 and 10:10. The planes, one
north and one south; will be held
hero for about 13 or 20 minutes.
Final pluns for the event will
bo announced by Charles Stark,
manager of the chamber of com
merce. rural Georgia. Georgia has 130
counties, most of them small,
mm uiuy h lew large cities.
Talmadge, running on a plat
form calling for restoration of
the traditional "white" primary
of tho south that the U. S. su
premo court says must go, is
strong In the rural areas.
Generally, Carmichacl with
tho backing of A r n a 1 1, who
sparked a new liberalism in the
south as governor of Georgia,
got the big city vote as well as
the negro vote, the latter esti
mated at about 100,000.
With returns complete In 151
of the stale's 150 counties, Tal
madge had 234 unit votes. Only
200 are needed for nomination.
Curmlehael hud 134 unit votes
and ex-Gov, E. D. nivcrs, who
run a poor third, had 18. Hoke
O'Kelley, the fourth candidate,
had none,
The vole was tho largest In
Georgia's history and the vote
given Carmichacl was tho larg
est over given any gubernatori
al candidate.
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Chacklngout "Chlckan Little," ona of tha parennial bast sailers among small try. ax thesa
two young mon on thsir lirst -visit to tha city library, rour-year-oid Donald, latt, and Honaid.
five, right, ara son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Grasdal of 4505 Shasta way. Helping tha boys is Mrs,
Addle May Nixon, children's librarian. Story on paga 6.
Yorden Strike
Ended Quickly
Lloyd Georg, mamber of tha
firm of Hanry Georga and Sons,
contractors on tha Tulana Farms
grain elavator job whara work
man alruck at midnight last
night advised Tha Harald and
Naws lata this afternoon that
"balow tha bait dealings" had
been forced on his outfit. Said
Gaorgai
"We ware forced to pay a 10
cent an hour lncreaia due to
tha walkout of most of tha craw
In tha middle of an Important
contract job, without sanction
of tha union. It is tha first tlmo
in 35 years of this firm's history
that such below the bait dealings
have baan forced upon us by lha
workman belonging to tha AFL,"
A short-lived strike on the
part of approximately 90 work
men employed on the Tulana
farms grain elevator at Wordcn
was settled at 11:30 this morn
ing. Unions Involved effected set
tlement with Henry George and
Sons, contractors on tho big
$400,000 job, and workmen
agreed to return to work for the
balance of the day shift and all
of the night shift at the old rate
of $1.15 an hour and beginning
Saturday morning, the rate will
be $1.25, it was learned.
The incident occurring on the
Wordcn elevators, under con-
(ConllnuaS an rasa 1, Cat. I)
Buyers Spurn
Butter Prices
Klamath . buyers are not too
sure that thoy want butter at
79 and 80 cents a pound and
as a result stores now have a
sufficient supply on hand. One
grocer said tlmt some custom
ers, advised of the price, bought
only a half pound of butter. Lo
cal creameries report that al
though butter Is being sold, they
believe that tho consumers are
not buying as. much as they
would if prices were lower.
Despite butter price jumps In
Portland, the price remained the
same here after the Increase of
several woeks ago. Sales In but
ter substitutes were about equal
with sales during the butter
shortage. Indicating people are
not really shifting from substi
tutes to butter.
KLAMATH
Chicken Little"
Raise In Realty Valuation
Can By-Pass
Bv HALE SCARBROUGH
The much-discussed Bancroft
act, a state law which controls
improvement districts mat arc
sold on bond issues, can be cir
cumvented to the great benefit
of the city of Klamath Falls by
the 25 per cent boost now be
ing made in all assessed property
valuation in the county.
This act forbids the city from
undertaking improvements such
as street paving adjacent to
property which has an assessed
valuation of less than the cost
of Improvement, unless the prop
erty owner pays the difference
in cash.
For example, the law stymies
street paving which would cost
$400 in front of a lot assessed
at $200 unless the owner of the
lot shells out the extra $200.
Mayor Ed Ostendorf said that
VAA Requests
MB 'Freezing'
SALEM, July 19 (if) The war
assets administration has asked
the navy to "freeze" all property,
equipment and supplies at the
Klamath Falls Marine Barracks
for possible transfer to the state
for educational purposes, Sen.
Guy Cordon telegraphed today
to Governor Earl Snell.
The state board of higher
education has been considering
the barracks as a site for a junior
college, while the state division
of vocational education said it
might want it for a vocational
school.
Senator Cordon said he re
ceived the following report to
day from tho office of real prop
erty disposal of the war assets
administration:
"This office has requested the
navy department to hold in place
at Klnmath Falls Marine Bar
racks all surplus personal prop
erty, equipment and supplies for
possible transfer of the instal
lation with the essential personal
property intact to the state of
Oregon for educational pur
poses." , Governor Snell, who has been
promoting the Idea that the bar
racks be used as a college for
veterans, asked that the bar
racks be frozen until October 1,
FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY If, l(4t
Bancroft Act
here in town there are at least
five or six paving projects that
are being held up because of
very low assessments on certain
pieces of property, when other
owners in the district are clamor -
ing for a paved street
Valuations here were cut down
during the depression, he said,
and never raised back up so that
I now the entire assessed value of
Klamath county is only about 36
per cent ot true value.
The 25 per cent overall boost
now being made by the tax
assessor is an attcnpt to bring
this county's assessed value into
parity with the rpst of the state.
By boosting the assessed valua
tions, the millage rate of taxation
will be lowered correspondingly,
and the amount of tax money
paid by the property owner will
be the same as under the old low
valuation.,
The change is designated not
to hurt anyone, but will be a big
help, particularly in Klamath
Falls, toward improving the city
by making it possible to comply
with the regulations of the Ban-,
croft law, and also have the ad
vantage of making the millage
rate of taxation look better on
the books to any business con
templating coming into the city.
Baseball Scores
NATIONAL
R H E
Boston 6 12 0
Chicago 16 1
Spahn and Odea; Wyse, Meers
(7), Fleming and McCullough.
AMERICAN
Chicago 2 4 0
Boston 9 16 2
Haynes, H a m n e r (8) and
Hayes; Zuber and H. Wagner.
Passing Motorist
Kills Zoo Bobcat
PORTLAND, July 19 (JP)
A character who still thinks
this is the wild west was be
ing hunted by annoyed zoo
officials today.
A bobcat escaped his pen
yesterday, fled up a tree.
While zoo personnel were
readying to get him down,
up drove a man In a Pack
ard, shot the . bobcat, and
roared oft with the body.
(Talephona till)
Program To Avoid
Third World War
Told By Connally
WASHINGTON. July 19 UP)
Chairman Connally (D-Tex.) of
the senate foreign relations com
mittee outlined today a seven
point program for United States
action to prevent tne untninx
able tragedy" of a third world
war.
In a report on the big four
foreign ministers conference at
Paris. Connally told tne senate
it would be "rank insanity" for
any of the great world powers
to desert at this time tne objec
tives of the United Nations.
None of the major nations
May Issued
Subpoena In
Arms Probe
WASHINGTON, July 19 OP)
The senate war investigating
committee issued a subpoena
today for the appearance of
Rep. May (D-Ky.) and Chairman
Mead CU-N.Y.) said it expects
him to testify Tuesday. May
told reporters he had "no com
ment" Mead and his colleagues
want to hear from May, in pub
lic, on his activities in con
nection with a midwest muni
tions combine, whose war prof
its the senate committee is in
vestigating. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.)
said the committee will take
"all steps the constitution will
allow" in getting May on the
stand.
, Mead said the committee had
given May ('ample opportunity"
to appear and was- resorting to
a subpoena "only because it is
absolutely necessary for us to
do so.
Mead read the constitutional
restriction on arrest of mem
bers of senate or house during
a session, except on treason,
felony or breach of peace
charges.
Then he said:
"The committee expects Con
gressman May to respect this
subpoena."
May had indicated last week
he might appear before the
committee voluntarily if it
would give him the right to
call or cross examine witnesses
or subpoena records. The com
mittee refused to accede to such
terms.
In issuing the subpoena for
May's appearance. Senator Fer
guson (R-Mich.) remarked it
should be made clear that the
committee is "going to take all
the steps the constitution al
lows" to bring the house mem-
1 ber before it.
Heat Company
Elects Board
The newly organized Consum
ers Heating company, recent pur
chasers of the Klamath Heating
company plant on Klamath ave
nue, elected directors this week
and announced that the plant
would be taken over for actual
operation on August 1.
Named to the board were G.
C. Lorenz, Merle West, Harry
Panning, Dick B. Miller and
Lloyd Lamb. Directors then met
and elected the following offi
ces: G. C. Lorenz, president;
Dick B. Miller, vice president; R.
C. Dale, treasurer, and Martha
McCollum, secretary. It was
pointed out that the teasurer and
secretary do not have to be mem
bers of the board.
As the result of an agreement
between subscribers and Consum
ers Heating company board, an
advisory committee to work with
the directors was named. This
includes E. B. Hall, Paul O. Lan
dry, Harlan Bosworth Jr., W. D.
Miller, Nelson Reed, Joe Hicks,
Ed Ostendorf and G. C. Motley.
All named on the advisory com
mittee are users of plant facili
ties. At the present time the new
company expects to retain all of
the present employes of Klamath
Heating company.
New boiler tubes have been
ordered by the Consumers com
pany and when present boilers
are re-tubed they will be "prac
tically as good as new," It was
said today. The new company
starts off with the largest supply
of fuel the plant has had on hand
for the past number of years and
winter heat is assured users
throughout the city,
A specialist from a Portland
steam plant is expected here on
July 29 to spend two weeks
checking over lines and other
facilities, including distribution
of steam throughout the city, it
was announced.
WEATHER NEWS
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Number 1087S
wants war, the Texan said. Urg
ing this country to "pin its hope
and faith" in the United Nations,
Connally proposed:
1. That in international deal
ings "we stand firmly on those
principles of law and justice ex
pressed in the charter" and "ex
pect other nations to do the
same."
2. "We should unhesitatingly
make available to the security
council our full quota of troops,
planes and ships necessary for
the maintenance of world peace.
3. "We must maintain a strong
army, navy and air force so that
we may protect our land and our
people and fulfill our obligations
under the charter."
4. "We must put into treaty
form the inter-American machin
ery contemplated in the act of
Chapultepec. ...
5. "We should accept the com
pulsory jurisdiction of the inter
national court of justice over
those strictly legal disputes
which affect the United States
and any other state which has
accepted the compulsory juris
diction of the country.
6. "We should do our utmost
to secure at the earliest practi
cable time complete agreement
with respect to the control of
the atomic energy and other
weapons of mass destruction,
7. "We should lend our full
support to the economic, social
and humanitarian program of
the United Nations and thus help
establish those conditions in the
world which are essential for
enduring peace,
Connally told his colleagues
that while difficulties had been
encountered in reaching agree
ments among the foreign min
isters of the United States, Brit-
ain, Russia and France, "we shall
not despair."
Little Relief
Seen In Heat
' Slightly cooler, but still hot
tern' Tophet, was the weather
man's reply this afternoon when
he answered questions as to
thermometer readings at the
CAA office.
At 12 o'clock noon, the tem
perature had reached a straight
90 degrees, but the barometer
was falling. However, at 3 p. m.
it was 95.'
The rest of Oregon, outside
of the southern portion of the
state, was promised no relief
over tne weeKend and tne
weather bureau said folks will
swelter again under a beaming
sun as it did yesterday. Ther
mometers here registered 87 at
mid-afternoon Thursday, with a
humidity of 27 which forest men
did not consider dangerous.
Along the Oregon coast, which
has been the only cool spot in
the state the last 24 hours, Tilla
mook reported a 92-degree tem
perature at 11:30 a. m. today.
Medford, which recorded 100
yesterday, had 91 degrees at the
pre-noon reading Friday ' and
Roseburg reported 87, and Port
land. 86.
Nearby lakes and resorts were
expected to do a land office bus
iness over the weekend and
folks in the valley as well as
from here sought relief from
the heat.
"Prolonged relief from a
sweltering heat wave that has
sent some mid-western tempera
tures above the 100-deeree mark.
moved slowly across the plains
states Friday and the United
States weather bureau said it
would continue a steady pace
eastward, according to the na
tional report.
'Union Busting' Denied
In Dismissals By Army
WASHINGTON, July 19 (P)
The army denied "union bust
ing" charges today in the wake
of an announcement that it had
fired five civilian employes at
the Aberdeen, Md., proving
ground scene of many top
secret tests.
The war department" said the
five, who included physicists
and chemists, were discharged
"in the interest of national se
curity." It declined to go into
details.
The fact that all five are offi
cers of Local 250 of the newly
formed CIO Public Workers of
America, it said, is "a coinci
dence and a reflection on the
union's discretion in permitting
them to serve."
Abram Flaxer, national presi
dent of the union, who was in
Washington attending a meet
ing, told a reporter the action
was "an obvious union busting
device."
Harry Spector, president of
Missourian
Fearful Of
PAC Control
KANSAS CITY. July 19 W
Democratic Representative Roger
Slaughter from Missouri's fifth
district today welcomed the op
position of President Truman to
his candidacy for renomlnation aa
a cnance lor what he called a
long overdue showdown on tha
....... vvw.av ut UOMWV SMI,
party."
Expressing the fear that tha
president "is a prisoner of tha
political action committee," tha
robust 40-year-old congressman
in a radio speech last night said
he was giad of the opportunity
"to determine whether candi
dates for legislative positions are
to be picked at the whim of tha
executive branch of the govern
ment." Slaughter, seeking a third
term, spoke a few hours after
Truman at a White House press
conference had endorsed noa
Axtell, one of Slaughter's pri
mary opponents.
The congressman said the pres
ident had cast the issues with,
his statement that "If Slaughter
is right, I am wrong."
"I accept that challenge," ha
added. "I accept the challenge)
with all its implications, includ
ing a fight to determine tha
future course of the democratic
party, for the president has made
the race in the Him district ot
Missouri a test case so far as tha
country is concerned."
Saas Communist Hand " r
In his radio talk over a local
station (WDAF), Slaughter
charged the CIO political action
committee, with which he
claimed the president "now is
working," takes its orders from
the communist party and is
"seeking to take over control
of the democratic party."
The president's endorsement
set off a political whirl in his
home county. It brought a state
ment not only from Slaughter
but from Axtell, Jerome Walsh,
third candidate in the race, and
James M. Pendergast, nephew
and heir to the once-powerful
democratic organization built by
the late T. J. Pendergast but
crippled by its loss of the city
Kali hor-A in a rpfnrm nrlmini-
-tration
-t.t th.t
V 1-4.11. T...Mnn n.ka1 klm tr
support Axtell he had already
decided to back the 37-year-old
World War II veteran before the
request had been made. Axtell
expressed his appreciation for
the presidential support while
Walsh annouced. he was staying;
in the race despite "the devils of
politics."
It is not the first time the Pen
dergast faction has clashed with
that of the late Joseph Shannon,
for years congressman from tha
fifth district. The Shannon
group, now headed by Joseph,
Shannon's son, Frank, is support
ing Slaughter who also has tha
backing of Mrs. James A. Reed,
widow of the late senator.
Marines Halt
Kidnap Search
TIENTSIN, July 19 (J5) Uni
ted States marines today called,
off their search for seven ma
rines held prisoner by a band
of Chinese to permit a truce
headquarters team to negotiate
for their release.
- The marine corps has been
scouring the country north of
Chinwangtao since the detach
ment was captured by a band
of 80 armed Chinese a week
ago.
The marines, members of a
unit guarding a bridge on the
Peiplng-Mukden railway, were'
taken prisoner in a nearby vil
lage where they had gone to
buy rice.
Nationalist sources asserted
the captors were communists,
but Maj. Gen. Keller E. Rockey,
China marine commander, has
refused to identify them. Rockey
likewise has declined to discuss
the search or information on
the safety of the captured men.
the Aberdeen local and one of
those dismissed, said: "This is
strictly a union matter."
Members of a UPWA delega
tion which tried vainly to pro- '
test to Secretary of War Patter-
son, said the union was carry
ing on an organization anve hi
Aberdeen and contended the dis
charge of the local's officers was
more than a coincidence.
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, di
rector of the war department's
bureau of public relations, an
nounced the action by Brig.
Gen. Alfred B. Quinton Jr.,
commander at the proving
grounds, where secret tests are
cai ried out on rockets and other
guided missiles as well as on
guns, tanks and vehicles.
Quinton acted under a law
which empowers the secretaries
of war and navy to remove "in
the interest of national defense"
any army or navy employes for
subversive activities. Specific
reasons for the discharges were
not announced.
A