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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1946)
fo) fo) 4 A UUJ WIATHIX i v i oV 1 J cyvv aT MW all .WF ' aV ' : . m .atm . Br FRANK JENKINS DRESIDENT TRUMAN, In statement that It probably In. tended for Russian consumption, tolls the Chinese factions that the world expect them to get together, Ha adds that con- tlnutd eivll war In China la threat to world peace. THAT la the accepted thinking A ai to China. It haa been the accepted thinking (or at lean a century. Intelligent people are begin ning to auipect that It la WRON thinking. In China, th masses of the people live in a itate of grinding, noppiess poverty inai la com' plelely beyond tha understand ing of ua who live in fortunate America.. They have lived that way (or counties generation. They will probably continue to live that way until they arise In bloody revolution, overthrow the system that la responsible for their condition and build a better system in lla place. --e.ee . , THERE have been revolution ary wart of one aort or an other In China lonner man any. one now llvlnc can remember. Alwayi, ao far, theea revolution nave been put down and condi tion In China "ttablllied." Under theae "tabilizaUona,' the Chinee masses have gone on starving and dying in grinding, honeleu poverty. It la beginning to eeem reason able tnat in only way to get a new China la to WIPE OUT THE OLD CHINA and atart fresh es the French did In the late 1700'f. Trying to patch up the present Chine system la good deal like treating cancer with akin ointment. e . e e - ERIC JOHNSTON, former pre- (dent of th U. B. Chamber of Commerce and now president of the Motion Picture Assocla tion of America, aay In a epeech In hi home town of Spokane lait night that "lncreaaed racial tolerance in th Western dem ocracy could rob communlam of million of prospective con. verU." He la probably right. Our in. tolcranc of other people th Chinese, the Hindus, th Rus ism, for example help great ly to Increase the suspicion that is th greatest single oar reasonable -world co-operation. V rjEOPLE "all ivar ' world r need to travel. -JMrids, especially, need to travel. . In nur isolation, we let the Idea that other people have horns, cloven noon ana spixea urn. When we e them on their horn hearth, and talk -to them, w are amazed at how human and decent they are. . - (Incidentally, w need to atudy and learn - to apeak foreign language. So far. we . have been acornful of other peoples' tongue. Our high school and . college student who get a smat tering of foreign languages are basically ASHAMED of the ac complishment and would rather be caught naked in the street than heard speaking, or trying to speak, even haltingly, a few word in a foreign language.) e SENATOR TAFT this morning calls on business to keep f rices down and on labor to re rain from unreasonable wage demands. In that way, he says, we can avoid any poasibl eco nomic recession In 1947. -It is good advice. -. see SO far as business and industry INSIDE AMERICA are con cerned, we can go on for a long time boosting prices and boost ing wages. All that will ac- compllsh wilt be to cut th buy " In power of the dollar so that it .... takes more dollar to buy leas ' goods. -, But, if we continue on that crazy road, the time will com f' when our cost are ao high that w can't sell In world markets and our prices are so high that , everybody- In th world can UNDERSS&lr U in our HOME markets. v . Then the boom will end and '&. bust will begin , ' ,". ' ' - ' - , -XT you ever climbed a mountain thoughtfully, -you learned something , very much worth knowing. You learned that every time you found pleasant , down grade and followed it you . (Ceallase "re It. Cele Taft Calls On Labor To Keep Price Down ' WASHINOTON, Dec: II (AV Senator Taft (R-Ohio) today called on business to keep prices ' down and on labor , to refrain :; from "unreasonable" wage de mands to avoid any possible eco- ' nomlc recession in 1947, ; Taft, who head the. policy making republican steering com mittee of the senate, told a re porter he thinks President Tru man's economic; advisers should have placed more stress In their first annual report on the "tre- . mendous responsibility" of labor and management to keep prices and wages in line, , v - , ' I Mr, Truman, who made the rt. : port public at his news confer- , ence yesterday .said he doesn't agree with his advisers' augges t, tion that: there may be a 'rcflp" in business next year. : - -! ' The outlook for the country hv good and . will continut to b ; good, Jie chief executive told a How It Was Done ' - Hs -.- ..T".;'"-m,.w)-2''' The pictures, taken at yesterday's homestead drawing at th armory, illustrate th preeedui followed in selecting th lucky M. Ho. 1 Olnay Rudd. right thrusts hi hand lntetb eonvntod pickle lar and draw out a number encased la gelatin capsuls. Mo. 2 A tnallat Is used in breaking the brittle capsule, in ' th eu-el. Na, 9 Ten Brook Williamson, reclamation official, checks the record Demon Runyon Is Still At Hems NEW YORK. Dec, , IS P Th ashes of Damon Runyon, fic tion chronicler of Broadway, wcr scattered over .the Times squar area .yssteraay from an airplan. r Runvon's on, Damon Jr.. said th columnist had left him writ ten instructions that the ashes be "scattered over ttie Island of Manhattan, the place that I have truly loved and tnat waa so good to me. - Cpt. Eddie Rlckenbacker tilt ed the urn as th plane-passed over. Time Squar. Stat Distributes . Highwoy Rtvtnuc ' The state department today distributed $1,200,000 in high, way revenues to Oregon coun ties, bringing to $2,000,000 the amount apportioned this year.-. 1 From -the apportionment Klamath county received $40,. 810 and Lak county, received $6083. v . Business, auestioner. If we can just get people to stay at work n aaa- ed that nobody wants any strike at all, that he didn't think any of the recent ones were neces sary. : The president said he will make specific: recommendations to . congress on legislation to Carry out the proposals of his advisers, who cautioned that-a more than ordinarily favorable outlook for lobs and production In the next few year ought not to lull government officials into a "drifting" policy. . : Aa memner of th annate ftouse committee charged, with acting on the president's .eco nomic recommendations before February 1, Taft said he Is in ac cord with the council's observa tion that any threatened setback Can be overcome by "courageous and sensible action" on th part of business and labor. PRICE flVE CENTS i toil a ssaajalBsstgJg i Pf oiie Drops Coyote Poison ' Klamath Indian1 reservation coyotes may think its manna from the skies, but they'll find out it's not quit that pleasant , . Tempting' chunks' of meat, loaded with lethal pellet xf poison, are being dropped from an airplane over the reservation this week. The enterprise is in charge of W. F. Albert of the fish and -wildlife service, as a new fea ture of predatory animal con trol ion the big reservation. ' Al Cumming pilots the In dian service plane used on fehe coyote-baiting project; Flying Sentd, Visits Orphsns PORTLAND,1 Dec. 18 The orphans at St. Mary's Home fir-Boys near'Huber have no doubts that Santa 'Claua flies through the skies with.) hi bundle of gifts. - Saint Nick arrived in tassled cap, red suit and flowing beard yesterday- to distribute gifts after his airplane aettled to a landing, on the school play ground.. "My aosh. it -is hlml" one youngster exclaimed as marbles, candy, balls and toys.- were Sulled from- a. heavy pouch, ithers asked about the weather at the North Pole. One toddler Queried about whether Santa was using reindeer anymore. Gifts came from - Jack R. Moore of . Western - Skyways. Santa doubles at other seasons as Chief Pilot Ernie Helms., Eleven Transports To Bt Sold Soon ' SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. IS (P) The maritime, commission today offered to sell 45 small auxiliary coastal transports now in west coast ports for $15,000 each on an "as is" basis. Eleven of the wooden vessels, which have an approximate gross ton. nag of 200, are in lay-up anchorag at" Stattl.- : KLAMATH FALLS, China Policy Remains Ssiri VsWirTVi ' rtaA in - ka Member of the Chiang Kai-shek government were visibly satis fied tonight with President Tru man a restatement of Am ericas policy towards China, taking the view that it constituted a clean - bill of ' health . for the regime. - Informed ' source said " no formal reaction was to be ex nected. however. - Chinese top let.ders considered that 'Tru man's words were directed at critics . of hi year-old China policy rather than at this gov ernment. .Neutral observers, while not classify ins Truman'a statement s an-endorsement of the Chiang government believed that at least it indicated - no violent changes in the near future. : 14-Year-Old Boy v Held For Murder BOONEVILLE, Ky., Dec. 18 iPtA 'teenager so smttt that the jailer said extra bars had to placed on the boy's cell to keep him from slipping out was being held for grand jury action on a murder charge here today. Owsley County Judge J. M. King said he ordered Lester Little,- 14, held on the charge under $5000 bond in connection with the fatal - shooting of the boy's cousin, Price Little, 23. Sheriff Charles Mcintosh said the cousins and, four other boys were engaged in a shooting match, when the Littles became involved in an argument over a watch chain, - . ; ' Engineers Fish For Sunken Mines - ASTORIA," Or., Dec. 10 P) Army engineer were fishing in th s estuary of th Columbia river today. Their haul: two mine, six teen . more of the underwater charges,; which have become sanded and moved from their original locations, remain to be caugm. - - - -V - - OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER It. 1S4S Tension Grips Crowds At ; : Tuc. Homestead Drawing Even the folks who filed into the Klamaf.i Falls armory yes terday to work, ttie newspaper people, th radio announcers, technicians - and : spotters, th clerk and the typists, were touched by the electricity which charged the air as anxious Tula lake homestead applicants, tueir families and friends, waited for the first drawing of the tiny cap sule from the pickle Jar. - For the Oregonians, the Call fornians, and the boys from scat tered part of the nation who won Tule lake farms in the gov. ernment' first homestead land opening for World War 2 veter ans, it wa Santa Clau arriving a week early. And what Santa Claua. Parcels of land valued from $20,000 to $30,000 at the going price, literally tied - wifci the brlg-ht sed ribbon of a suc cessful future as evidenced by the prosperity of .the "older V J IK,- to identify th a umber with a veteran's name. No. 4 (Inset) And hr h th broad grin oa th fee of a mast whoa nan is announced Flmer Robert Meta, of Wellington. Ksaw on i tam fw from distance who war her for th actual drawing. Post Office To Remain Opsn ' Post office patrons were ad vised Thursday by Postmaster Bur E. Hawkins that the parcel poat end stamp windows would remain open Saturday until 6 p. m. as a special holiday service. Hawkins said the peak of mailing and reception of incom ing mail had not yet . been Burt E. Hawkins that the parcel post received Wednesday but word came from Portland . this morning that 800 sacks of pack age were en route here for de livery this morning. Hawkins observed that incoming mail peak should be reached Monday when both Monday and Sunday deliveries will be handled, and that outgoing mailing . should reach the season nigh oa Satur day, Gta3 Injured In Highway Crash Otis L. Thompson Jr., 24-year-old employe of the Northwest Chemurgy company at Hatfield, suffered . head injuries, early. Thursday morning when his car struck a truck on the highway near Merrtu. - r. A passing motorist took Thomp son to .the Klamath Falls police station and officers escorted him to Klamath Valley hospital where he was treated for a se verely cut upper lip, facial in juries and leg hurts. It is under stood that young Thompson at tempted to. miss a truck, but struck the vehicle and his face hit the windshield of his car. Thompson was alone at the time. Masked Man Gives Police Scare ; BALTIMORE, Dec. 18 W Two central district policemen spotted a masked man in a down town restaurant at 3 a. m., no ticed that the waitress usually ther at closing time was miss ing. '.-.'- .-.- ,tv ' They burst la with pistols drawn only to discover that the masked man waa an insect ex terminator. Fume from ; his pray had driven tha waitress mi in easement. boys" who drew land back in 13 and again in '38. - -These weren't the grizzled vet erans of the first World War. These . were kids hardly old enough to scrape a stubble off their chins. Kids who looked pink and scrubbed, their hair tousled in rumpled curls and ?U sporting a gold discharge button In the lapel of their jacket, the glitter of the emblem absolutely eclipsed by the grin on their faces. - Now that the shouting is over, and there was shouting yester day that made tie rafters in the armory resound, th work of the examining - board was again under way. All of the 80 appli cant will be reviewed once again, and in cases where it is deemed necessary, personal in terviews will be asked. . As soon as the examining board is cer- (Cealtaee ea race 14. Cclaam S RevottL.GO.7iS Inlfcnoi, HANOI. Indochina. Dec.- 18 (Delayed) () Hanoi's streets were deserted ' today ' and an atmosphere of tension wa notice able amid reports that Viet-Nam troop were concentrated around Hanoi airfield following street fighting yesterday, which broke out when the French removed Viet-Namese -erected barricades. Viet-Nam official circles ap peared anxious to prevent local clashes from developing into general' warfare, but there were indications that officials might be losing their authority over extremist sections of their fol lowers. . The French or Eurasians were reported kidnaped by the Viet Names in the last 48 hours and one French paratrooper was killed and another wounded this morning while searching for the body of a paratrooper kidnaped 'several days ago. . CrctcrLckeHas Silver Thaw Folks who can find time today or tomorrow to drive to Crater Lak national park are promised on of the rarest and most beau tiful sights which exist in tae park at anytime during the season.- i - ,V . . T. C. Parker,, assistant park superintendent spent Wednes day in the park and said the icicles and the heavy burden of enow on the big hemlock trees combine to create a-filigree of white and crystal which catches the brilliant sun shining yester day and early radio reports said the same condition existed to day,-;' --'- -,'. -: "If it stay bright and we don't have a storm," Parker said, "peopl who go up to the park will see a sight they'll long remember." ' It waa warm at the nark to day, the t emperature recorded at 41 dgra. Mm. (Dm. IS 4 Wl. meipMeUM lert M seats -...M Slnea sew M SU MM Laet seer 4.n NwaMl SIS rereaeeii Fertlr elnSf war as rosar. Sligku? Sill) 1MU Points Qui Policy ShKi LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y Dec 18 (P) Russia proposed today that an American proposal for a United Nations investigation of conditions on both sides of th Greek frontier be extended to include a study of conditions throughout all Greece. Soviet Delegate Andrei A. Gromyko proposed also that any Investigation of Greece's com plaints against Albania. Yugo slavia and Bulgaria be limited in the three neighboring countries to border areas alone. - . f Position Shifted The amendments advanced to the United Nations security council by Gromyko, indicated shift In the Russian position from three months sgo, when the Russians vetoed a similar Amer ican proposal for a border area investigation. Aa he did previously, Gromyko again raised the issue of th presence of British troops - in Greece, declaring that "inter vention not by a neighbor but by another power- waa a deep-rooted cause of the current strife in Greece. - ' Gromyko- told the council ft had sufficient information on the Greek situation to draw prelim inary conclusion without await ing any report from an investi gating cc4nmission. .. . ' ' - As the security council re sumed debate on Creeces com plaint that its neighbors were fomenting guerrw warfare to Greek frontier ' area;": Yugo slavia's representative declared that, the situate inside A x- . ems one amounting to civil war I li..-W l..v..i Wfs Dvindh In I :JW-l7cc:;CL d " The usual throngs of busy Christmas mailers were not in evidence at the Klamath Falls post office this morning, due, ac cording to Postmaster Burt X. Hawkins, to a usual mid-week lull. v ...;. :, Even at that there were quit a .few lined up before the big main window and the two auxil iary windows, and the floors be hind the windows were piled high with parcels bound for places both near and far. Quite a pile of parcels were seen bearing exotic Russian and Greek leva taring, in contrast to the con- vential Anglo-Saxon script. -While The Herald and News reporter was waiting a small, smartly dressed young woman came rushing up. to the end of the waiting line, a small child in one arm and a pile of pack ages perched precariously in the other. She glanced at the tables placed alongside the line for th accommodation of parcels while! waiting. First edging up to the table with the parcels she start ed to put them on the table, the pile began to away and she backed away from the table. Gf.I Cfcairman Most Go Up BOSTON. Dec. IB WV-Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of the Gen eral Motors corporation, assert ed flatly today tnat wages could not be raised without increasing nrices. He told the Boston chamber of conunrce further "the idea that a wage increase 1 justified soundly by sn increase in living costs is an economic absurdity.'' "Such a policy Sloan said in a prepared speech, "can only result and, as a matter of fact, is resulting in an unending spiral of increasing wages: and prices..' f .. "The only sound attack Is more and more production with increased efficiency, hence lower prices through the competition of an expanding volume of good ana services." Calling 1046 a year of "great economic confusion," Sloan said in appraising the business trend for 1947 the main question was "whether production will be per- "At the moment," he added, "I am of the belief that something like the 1848 (strike) pattern Is likely to prevail although I hope In modified form." Sloan outlined a 10-polnt pro gram for revision of the Wagner act including: - Give employers right to talk freely to employes. , Prohibit collectlve-barfam'' on an Industry bMli a a "i opollatle pracuee." ----- Ca,km rA.f iliavJ LtaUew J WASHINGTON, Dee. 19 Senator Theodore G. Bilbo D Ml.) angrily testified today that n "did not get a damn cent" of $28,000 handed to him in a hotel room by war eon tractor. Bilbo flared up for th first time at the senate war invest! gating committee hearing wHen Senator Ferguson (H-Iw i.) pressed him for details about tne $25,000. After Bilbo denounced his ex-cretary as a "Judas Is-' cariot" . "You want to know how much Bilbo got" Bilbo said, slapping the table. "That's the purpose of this investigation. I did not -get a damn cent" - Th outbreak came as Bilbo was midway in reading a 42 pag prepared statement deny ing aU complaint raised against him in connection with war con tractors. . ; Fvr Checks . . The senator said he was give . four checks amounting to $26 000 by F. T. Newton, Mississippi ' contractor who shared in nu merous big war jobs. . Ferguson broke in with re pested questions about why -J",. Newton had given the $25,0v0 -to Bilbo. Bilbo said that he was trying -to re-elect Wall Doxey, present senate aergeant-st-arms, as sen ator and the Doxey backers were badly in need of funds. ; When Ferguson wanted to know every detail about what was said, who got the checks, where the money wa put bilbo . sat back 1st bis chair with dis- , gust. ;v , ' "Senator, you are a reason able man," Bilbo told Ferguson. "Do yon suppose any man can. sH down and cite a casual con eersatioB mors than four year Old?.:-T-Ot..'..:';-:WCj---. -'- - , 'Td think you urould i emeus: .. ber any .time you gut $25,000," Ferguson shot back..- " "I probably would if the $25. 000 was for me," Bilbo replied quickly. "It was for Wail Dov er's campaifrra,-.--;-i Bilbo said he had not selected 9t narjMts ( woo were t L tood Um pottwul -cp' me -t to tHse f-mr-s and suppots :Wm4 aa hm IS, taw s Next she edged up to th tabU with the baby and started to set it down, th thought of parOnj' from its toother seemed to un- ' nerve the tike and it began as long and plaintive screech. Hur riedly the mother picked up the baby and cffibwrassedly looked around her. The young fellow standing in front came to th rescue. Taking the packages, he placed them oa the tab!, then taking the baby be held it while the young mother took a breath. C. M. Carlile, newsdealer m the post office lobby, stated that there didn't . seem to him to be as much of a rush as in previous years. Before, be said, the lobby would be thronged with peopie for weeks before Christmas, but this year the crowd hadn't seem ed to have- started coming a early and didn't seem quite large. Asked whether he thour ut ' it might be because people were bringing down more parcels at a time and not making as many trips a before, he replied, "luy be that's it, anyway, it just doesn't seem as bjy. . cy f. If Pay l.:. Grant court review of all de cisions of administrative agencies.--. ..." Make strikes illegal during the term of contract. -. Give foremen recognition "by law." as a component part of management : . Outlaw the closed shop. Slosn charged that labor to day had become a monopoly, as sertlng: "Years ago, business in sons instances was moving toward monopolistic practices, both in form and in policy. Something was done about it Today, labor has become a monopoly and something is now going to be -done about it." lLJ 1 oats wt I
