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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1946)
Editor MALCOt.M 1.1'LKT Managing Xdttor ly carrier, month SI 00 By mall, months MM iynu.il ...month $1.00 By mat! ....year W.0O 0 EPLEY Today's Roundup By MALCOLM EPLEY A PROJECT which, we are sure, Mary McComb would heartily ap prove, has been started since her un fortunate death. What is proposed is that those who wish to pay a special tribute to the mem ory of this woman, who served compe te n 1 1 y as Klamath county librarian from 1934 until her death, should contribute to a memorial fund to purchase books for the library to go on a "Mary McComb shelf." The fund would be used to purchase books for the library which Miss Mc Comb would have liked to obtain, but for which money was lacking. This would make a most appropriate memorial, in keeping with the dignity and major interests of the woman whose memory is to be honored. Those who wish to give to the fund may send their contribution to Miss Waldron, in care of the county library. We are sure there will be a hearty re sponse to the suggestion, The sheriff says he is going to try to provide some specials on Christmas for residents of the county jail, but that doesn't alter the fact that the county Jail is a good place to stay out of on Christmas and any other day. The city jail, which the grand jury has again denounced, is even a better place to stay out of, if you follow us, It doesn't look as if we are going to have a white Christmas, but it cer tainly appears that the Klamath coun try is going to have Christmas weather that will justify plenty of conversa Advertising Br DELBERT ADDISON Harald and News Advertising Manager THIS paper will be published the next two weeks in a radical man ner . . . with ,;..st the one thought In mind of fulfilling an obligation to our subscribers. F ', ' . '"719. This obligation Is interpreted as "giv ing them the news." And that raises a question in this de partment of just what a subscriber does ex pect when he lays his subscription dollar on the line. Technically, the ad vertiser pays to get has message to the subscribers (and ADDISON therein pays the lion's share of the cost of publishing the paper.) Techni cally, then, the subscriber pays only to get the news. It's our thought that aft er reading tonight's issue, the sub scriber will not be quite satisfied . . . like after sitting down to a vegetable plate. WHAT THEY LIKE FOLLOWING a trucker's strike in New York when papers went sev eral days without advertising 1012 peo ple were asked, "Do you like the news papers without advertising?" The least enthusiastic group was "men over 45." Only 64 of them would be unhappy if advertising were left out of papers. But the lack of sup port in this group was more than made wp for by ''women from 25 to 45." They gave advertising in newspapers a vote of better than 91 per cent. (Put this beside the fact that women do 85 per cent of all retail buying.) Some of these women said: "I want to know what's for sale." "Papers look sick without advertise ments." "The ads cheer wp the paper." "Ads are more entertaining than the funnies." (We presume that this is a favorable comment.) This morning's mail brings a card from "A Subscriber." Unsigned com ments generally go in the waste bas ket, but let's read this one and then call it a day: "Mr. Editor How does one find the dbda number m your paper. The P per is getting worse all the time. No crossword, no nothing but aas. A Subscriber." Motion's Column By PAUL MALLON A ASHINGTON, Dec. 23 Numer- VV oils republican comments have leaned lightly, or not at all, on the prospect of labor legislation growing out of the prospective republican ma jority conference hero December 30. While the avenues of public discussion in press and radio have concerned themselves particularly about legisla tion to curb the unions, the official re publican sources have been notably quiet Programs of proposed action had been laid down by various groups, but the incoming senators who will do the job have not done much of the talking aloud. This is not due either to lack of in terest or evasion. Privately the best republican authorities concede that la bor legislation is the No. 1 item of business on the calendar. In general they naturally lake the position that correction of the situation which the country has gone through was the primary popular force which was be hind their election. The discussion, therefore, is likely to center upon methods but not meth ods beginning the same old arguments all over again, which led, for instance, last session to the veto of the Case bill. The genuine prospects are for going at least as far as the Case bill and fur ther. TWO PHASES THE people whose comment would matter most have indicated to me that the question may be broken up into two legislative packages. A repeal of the most popularly resented features of the Wagner act, might possibly come in me nrst package, these authorities say. There would not be much con troversy, for instance, about repeal of the provision preventing an employer from speaking to an employee on the subject of labor, or other phases of Uiat nature. But the election result demanded much further action to prevent catas trophes to national methods of com mon, everyday living in simple, com mon justice and fairness. On this there will be some new ideas. One idea I am citing this merely as an example, for it may or may not go through is to find some legislative means to put strikes on a local or state-wide basis. This newly developed theory of industry-wide strikes which paralyze an entire nation have put a good many men in a position to tie up the country. If strike action could be broken down to a state level, the unions might still well be able to obtain justice with out ruining the entire national econ omy. Now the trouble about this may come not from the unions, but from the employers. If they are forced to meet certain conditions in one state of sad disadvantage to their business, they perhaps will not welcome the ad vancement of such an opportunity for legislation. But there will be new ideas along this line and the matter is cer tainly being subjected to serious study, not from the standpoint of punishing the unions or inflicting damages upon tnem, but of protecting the nation. The idea of drafting miners to work, for instance, might hardly be considered feasible or acceptable. TAX REDUCTION OTHER matters of secondary but major importance include next a substantial tax reduction on personal incomes, no matter what you have heard to the contrary. Of course, an other round of strikes could prevent the government from obtaining the ex pected revenues and put the treasury in such a position that tax reductions would be impossible, but there is nevertheless talk that a tax reduction would inspire personal effort and be an incentive to encourage work and production. The republicans are also talking among themselves seriously about combing the federal bureaucrats and cutting them down to size, which will hardly be an unpopular idea of legislation except in Washington. Little prospect apparently exists of any "tampering with the tariff." The world has moved so far in advance in systems of finance and trade that tar iffs are a secondary question. Inci dentally, some republicans tell me that M was the Taft administration which originated the idea of reciprocal tariffs which the Roosevelt administration later took up. In any event, the coun try is not threatened at the moment by imports. Every nation in the world seems to want our goods but is in no position to sell us any. Therefore, there seems to be no emergency about that subject. So while the discussions have been conducted with large vacant spots the fact of which may have been in terpreted by some the prospect of action is od, serious and sensible. SIDE GLANCES ecu, iw rt Mk uMt. we. T. m 'a .. i ht, art. J "This It going to be a much nicer Christmas for Pop he won't have any cardboard train to put together!" Boyle's Column Bingo Proves To Be Good Come-On For Joints Br HAL BOYLE ACROSS THE RIVER FROM CINCINNATI. Dec. 23 T The little old lady in tho black hat sat alone at the tabic. She seemed out of place in this dimlit "night club" that would hove confused Immeas urably one of the picturesque gamblers who "cut the kyurds" on the old river steamers. For in those halcyon days cumblimt was strictly a man's diversion. But the new illegal tambling emporiums clustered n northern Kentucky have cozv attractions designed to take dol lars from every member of the family strong enough to work a slot machine lever. Women with walking children are welcome. Here money - nanny people from four states Ohio. Ken tucky, Indiana and Illinois gather to gamble or sin to their heart's desire. They have cre ated a multi-million dollar "easy money" market for shrewd mob sters from Detroit, Chicago and Kansas City hard-eyed men with silk voices and silk neck ties who have turned a state and local crime into a big busi ness operation. Country Clubs Their "night clubs" and "country clubs" serve good Scout Plans Final For Festivities Completing details of the Girl ScouIk' part in the Junior cham ber of commerce holiday pro gram, Mrs. L. A. Murphy, com missioner of the Girl Scout coun cil, and Mrs. W. L. Tcrwilligcr, music chairman, met with the chamber of commerce program committee last week. A section of the platform to be erected near the community Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn will be reserved for Girl Scouts, and those participating will be given mimeographed sheets of songs to be sung. Girl Scoutn are reminded of the change of time. Originally, the program was set for 7:15 tonight, Monday, but Scouts are to report at 7 p. m. PARENTS HOWL, BUT CHILDREN LOVE IT EUGENE. Dec. 23 UP) Their five children haven't comment ed, but Mr. and Mrs. William Halberg don't like it at all. The live Halberg children haven't been able to get to school this year. The Twin Oaks school, in which district they live, docsn t provide transporta tion; the Le Bleu school, which has a school bus, is too full to take the children: and there isn't any public transportation avail able. A petition is being circulated to include the area where the Hnlberts live into the Eugene district. high-priced meals, they have top floor shows and dance bands to entertain the guests, long well stocked bars, and batteries of nickel-to-flfly-ccut slot machines. And in a room off the bar dice gnme, roulette and black jack run wldo open. The chips go up to ten bucks. Tho husband of the little old ladv in the black hat was in this main "big money" room. But tho thoughtful management of this department store gumbllng den wasn't neglecting her. No, her turn was coming. She waited patiently In the dining room, smiling vaguely when the audience roared at the comedian's off-color jokes jokes she never understood. When the lights came up. how ever, men passed through the room selling bingo boards. Her eyes lighted up. She pulled a dollar from her small black purse and bought a board. This was what sho had been waiting for, the game the own ers thought up to pacify the wives. A tall pleasant-voiced young man climbed to the stage and began rotating a wire cage and calling out the numbered mark ers as they came out. Biiuro Prisa The faded cheeks of the little old lady crimsoned as she ear nestly covered the numbers on her board. Several (25 prizes were won by others. Near the close of number-calling for the $300 prize, she was close to win ning. She became excited. Her black hat slid to one side of her white hair. She had only one number to make, when someone yelled "Bingo!" The old lady sighed in dis appointment. But she had had a good time. She sipped a little water, got up and went out to collect her husband, her sweet ld face smiling with the mem ory of the money she had al most won. Armored In her last century innocence, she had no Idea that she and the scores of other wives In the room were nothing more but "come-on sirls" for tho management. "The house probably doesn't make a penny off the bingo," a Cincinnati friend told me, "but it keeps the ladles occupied while their husbands are betting their shirts off in the other room." Two Hurt In Highway Plunge HOOD RIVER, Dec. 23 UP) A driver and passenger were In a hospital here today with in juries received when their auto mobile plunged on the Colum bia River highway near Onconta tunnel but wedged between trees at the top of a steep slope. Police said Frank Reed, 2(1. Bonneville, suffered fractured ribs nnd Mrs. Lajuan Farmer, 21, Cascade Locks, head and bade injuries. The World Today Br DaWITT MacKENZlE AP foreign Affairs Analyst When one looks over the cur rent newspuper headlines it dors seem difficult to revoncllu them 11 1 tho idealism of On r.urth l'cuce. Good Will Toward Men" which the Chrkitimis svuson rep resents, and if your correspon dent were un iinrcgt'iicrated vronge ha probably would try to rub in that misanthropic thought. Strife, und rumors of strife en circle tho globe. There are halt a dozen -situations winch could develop into another world war If Hlven half a chance. Just gel out your maps und take u look. High-ranking Chinese govern ment and communist leaders In i'eiping ugree that all-out civil war Is Imminent. That easily could be, und with about a fifth of the world's population In an upheaval, the rent of the globe would be in terrible clanger. French troops are enuuged In f lei co battles with rein-Is In Indo-Chlna. The situation In In dia between tho rival Moslems and Hindus remains tense after much bloody communal conflict growing out of the search for a way of Implementing Urltuln's offer of Independence. Iran Revolt Tho Iranian (Persian) govern ment claims to have In hand the red revolt in Azerbaijan prov ince on the fxivlet Union border. But tlie situation remain tense and explosive. Palestine is aflame, and will remain so until the Jewish-Arab conflict Is ad justed. Greece chnrgrs that Moscow dominated Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria are plan ning to lake away Greece Mace donia by force, and Athens wel comes the decision of the United Nutlons security council to send a commission to Investigate. 1 hen. more dangerous than any of these other threats are tho great differences lying be tween Russia and the western al lies. There we hove Involved the Big Three upon whose shoulders rests the weight of world pence. hull, while recognizing the very real dangers, I don't bo lieve that black pessimism should be given tho right-of-way. In many respects we ore get ting echoes of the first World War. It would be foolish, of course, to over-simplify the situa tion by saying that history is merely reiieating itself. There are new and mighty elements which didn't follow the previous war. However, the point to note is that trial and tribulation were bound to follow the end of the late conflict,- Indeed, we are lucky that things are no worse. RumIi stumbling Block Our worst fears arise from the differences between Russia and the western democracies. Three months ago Premier Stalin de clared that he saw no real dan ger of a new war and expressed the belief that the Soviet Union and the western powers could live peaceably in the same world. This was In answer to a question by Alexander Werth, Moscow correspondent of the London Sunday Times. In seeming support of this the sis we have seen a decided sof tening of the Russian attitude In the United Nations negotiations. (Not overlooking that Soviet "ultimatum" to a U. S. naval ship to get out of Daircn harbor.) President Truman has voiced a similar view and so have other allied statesmen, Including Brit ish Foreign Minister Bevln. Founder Of Resort Town Passes NELSCOTT, Dee. M IIP) Charles P. Nelson, 72, one of the 1028 founders of this const resort town, died yesterday at his home here. Nelson had cooperated with Dr. W. R. Scott of Portland In planning the townsite and later was active in development of the Oregon coast highway and the Salmon river route. Six High Schools Move Notch Ahead PORTLAND, Dec. 23 P) Six additional Oregon high schools have moved Into the "A" school classification for the state basketball play this season, Greater enrollments nt Cen tral Point, Roedsport, Newport Wlllnmlnn, Sherwood -and Sac red Heart of Salem moved the schools into the abovn 150 stu dent class which rates "A" lank
