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Today's Roundup
By MALCOLM EPLEY
SOUNDNESS of pay-as-we-go financing' pol
icies, adopted here rather generally a few
year ago Biid closely adhered to, was well
proved In yosieraay s survey
report allowing that public
bonded debt is no longer a
serious fiscal problem here.
Three of the major taxing
units city, county and KUHS
district now have sinking
funds sufficient to offset bond
ed debt and interest, and the
other two county unit ana
city elementary school dis
tricts are in good shape.
This shows we have come a
t 4i,AC;4..ai;An in
long way amic wic e,u..w
and 15 years ago, when debt fcri-ti
obligations looked almost insurmountable, and
meeting debt service requirements in hard years
Of depression was an almost unbearable burden.
With public indebtedness reduced to a com
paratively few thousand dollars, the Klamath
country may face the future with confidence.
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Policy
FOR several years, we've been paying for
public improvements and new projects by
special levies, rather than interest-bearing bond
issues. This financing method was advocated
by this newspaper, along with others, and our
public officials, supported by popular voting,
have followed it consistently.
Lest we be misleading, let us point out that
in some instances special levy financing dqes
involve borrowing. For instance, a levy may
be authorized for a certain city project, the levy
to be spread over maybe two, three or four
years. In order to have the money immediately
available, the levying unit may issue warrants
immediately, which are protested and which
drew interest until they are retired.
But this is all done on a short term basis,
as compared with the usual bond issue, and as
soon as the city collects the tax money, the
warrants are paid and the interest stops. Often,
it is possible to collect the money before the
expenses arise, saving any interest payments.
Furthermore, there is a substantial saving by
eliminating the legal and other costs involved
in inaugurating a bond issue, usually several
hundred dollars.
There is another advantage to the method
of current, or pre-financing of public improve
ments. Being of a short term nature, such
financing is usually reflective of current eco
. nomic conditions, and the obligations are met
while these conditions still prevail. On the
other hand, an optimistic public in good times
may authorize a heavy bond issue which has
to be paid for in part in later years by tax
payers struggling under an unpredicted depres
sion. Improvements Cost Money
WE should avoid any impression that cur
rent levy financing is easy or is getting
something for nothing. If we authorize such
a program amounting to $100,000, for instance,
we will find that amount on our tax bills. If
we obligate ourselves on a continuing levy,
for four years, we will be paying that levy for;
four years.
But such a method, for most improvement
financing, is sounder, more honest with future
generations, usually less expensive. It is good
business . for a municipal corporation, just as
it is for an individual, to pay bills currently,
rather than to put them off to another day
which may not be such a good day for paying
as it may seem from a distance.
News Behind The News
By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Fully accurate
warning that the Byrnes foreign policy
was being chased around has been conveyed
to you In this spot and I believe in no other.
See recent columns on foreign affairs, particular
ly on December 18, beginning: "Behind the
printed rumors that Mr. Byrnes might resign as
state secretary (In denied them officially) is the
feeling in some quite lofty quarters that his ac
complishments in New York left some large
vacant holes which are not invisible," etc.
The warning was that while Russia contrib
uted only 6 per cent of the cost of the UN
and you could not even find a UN budget
of detailed contributions and costs for the com
ing year, nevertheless she dominated the inter
national discussions, forcing consideration of
Spain, disarmament and the more prominent
matters of debate. This created a situation
which largely blunted the Byrnes peace fruition,
although he met with considerable measure of
success in finally concluding the five smallest
peace treaties (Truman said they were not en
tirely what was wanted), and getting UN or
ganized.
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Dead End
TO an extent more apparent rfn the inside
than to the public, his policy had reached
a dead end culminating in the withdrawal from
negotiations first of Senator Connally then Sen
ator Vandenberg and now the state secretary,
none of whom wish or intend to go to Moscow
to continue the years of nagging for a peace
treaty for Austria and Germany.
Now it was Mr. Byrnes himself who decided
to use a nine-months-old excuse of health at this
time (before the Moscow meeting) and resign.
Indeed he may have been instrumental in en
couraging President Truman to name General
Marshall as his successor, a unanimously ap
proved, excellent selection.
As far as reporters could see, Byrnes' health
was good, and much better than last spring.
He had just returned from a Bermuda vacation
with his friend. South Carolina's Senator May
bank, and may have been influenced by diplo
matic tactical reasons as much as others for
stepping out.
His policy, in addition to Russian obstacles,
is beginning to encounter two others. Pretend
ing otherwise cannot make it so.
a a a
Russia Isolationist
OUT of the disheartenment with Big Four
and UN accomplishments have come initial
popular stirrings toward a new American atti
tude. It cannot be called isolationism, but
rather self defense attention primarily to
American interests toward disregarding the dis
agreeable foreign situation as much as possible.
Of course, Russia is the only truly isolation
ist nation in the world today. You can see this
most easily in the air world. She has never
entered commercial air agreements, withdrew
from participation in the international treaties,
does not seek landing rights or air contacts. She
has no outside commercial aviation. About the
o Uy air contact commercially maintained in this
respect is a transfer at Helsingfors from Russian
to Swedish planes. The Swedish line into Hel
singfors is maintained by a private Swedish
concern, but the Russians, try to monopolize
even the seating on a foreign line with reser
vations and restrictions. This Russian attitude
is universally duplicated in politics and di
plomacy. Then, too. a British labor party rebel group
is functioning against American foreign policy
on the unrealistic ground that we are "im
perialistic" a case of a pot calling a com
paratively clean kettle black. But if this astig
mati zed group succeeds in its anti-Bevin policy
within the British government, it will succeed
only in accomplishing what it least wishes
a further withdrawal of America to its own con
tinental interests which naturally must follow
any weakening or disuse of UN or Anglo-Ameri-can
co-operation in world affairs.
. In this connection the British people are prao
tically sound asleep (although the churqh and
foreign office are not).
Is He Sick?
AT any rate these two developments have
broken the formerly complete unanimity
behind the Byrnes policy, tactics and accom
plishments. These considerations are at least at
tached to the resignation.
Some observers have tried to dig up an illness
for Byrnes, attributing to him hypertension and
ulcers, although they profess not to know. Per
sonally I am still inclined to accept the Byrnes
statement of a few months ago that he had been
unable to find a doctor who would advise him
to retire despite the fact that he has now given
out a letter saying a physician told him in April
(many months earlier) to go slow, an admoni
tion he now Interprets as meaning he should
retire nine months later.
SIDE GLANCES
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"Wait till the next time Pop tails me that one about how
ha walktd threa miles to school!"
Efforts Under Way Here
To improve Dairy Herds
Increasing sampling of dairy
products, including milk and
manufactured items, will be car
ried on this year by the state
department of agriculture as one
phase of its program to assist in
rebuilding the quality of Ore
gon's dairy products. Greater
supervision by the field repre
sentatives of licensed graders of
milk and cream operating in
dairy plants throughout this
area is also promised.
This is the report from C. R.
Jester of Klamath Falls, district
man serving Klamath, Josephine
and Jackson counties for the di
vision of foods and dairies and
weights and measures. Jester at
tended the division's semi-annual
conference in Salem last
week.
He reports that a large part of
the discussion was centered
around milk and milk problems,
and that division men are opti
mistic that more dairies will be
interested in meeting Grade A
milk production requirements as
a result of price trends now
discernible. For some time there
has been little difference in
prices paid for milk produced
for the bottle and can trade and
that for manufacturing pur
poses, but recent changes point
to a differential between grades
of milk that will encourage more
dairies to qualify for the grade A
label, department officials feel.
The local representative said
several factors were reported by
division leaders as responsible
for the policy of tightening up
on inspections and sampling re
lated to the milk industry.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
Warren Austin
Atomic Choice
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 UP
President Truman today formally
nominated former benator War
ren Austin of Vermont as United
States member of the United Na
tions commission on atomic energy.
Austin's appointment went to
the senate as the White House
disclosed that Bernard Baruch,
who resigned last Saturday from
the UN atomic post had arranged
to confer with Mr. Truman this
afternoon (3:30 p.m. EST).
Austin also has been nomin
ated as United States representa
tive to tne united Nations and
its security council, a position
he has held under a recess ap
pointment.
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stances which can be extracted
from petroleum.
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The World
Today
By J. M. ROBERTS JR.
AP For.ign Affairs Analyst
American and British repre
sentations to Warsaw over the
Polish election set-up serve
merely to help keep the record
straight. It is too late now has
been too late ever since the
Moscow-dominated government
was established.
Regardless of what the rules
and regulations for voting might
be, the Poles have been given
some very concrete lessons in
how to vote. Thousands nave
been jailed on various excuses
stemming from tne lad tncy
have been too overt in support
of Vice Premier Mikolajczyk's
Polish peasant party. Others have
been "detained by authorities
who sought to convince them
they were "mistaken" in signing
nominating petitions.
We can only surmise what
"persuasive" methods have been
used, over and above the normal
threats of loss of jobs, etc. It
apparently worked well enough,
however, to give the government
an excuse for voiding opposition
tickets in 10 of the country's 52
districts after a sufficient number
had recognized their "mistake"
and withdrawn their signatures.
Militia at Polls
The government also has or
ganized a militia whose duty at
the polls will be similar to those
of the poll-watchers put out by
some political machines in the
United States. The Polish watch
ers, however, have some consid
erable advantages. They are
armed, militarily trained, and
openly represent the government.
In the face of all this with
which we have become familiar
through watching eastern Euro
pean elections since the war, the
Polish peasant party has decided
not to boycott the election, pre
ferring to make the best showing
possible. .
Whether a boycott, as some
feared, would have hastened the
trend toward civil war in Poland
is a question. But the atmos
phere among the 2,500,000 voters
in the 10 districts left without a
choice of tickets will be watched
closely. So will the reaction
among other millions who will
be frustrated at the polls January
19 by fear, technicalities and
actual overt acts.
What might happen if several
million peasants and the armed
underground decided to take
things into their own hands is
hard to contemplate, especially
if it resulted in Russian miltary
aid for the Warsaw satellites.
Run Claims
When the U. S. and Britain
protested a similar election sit
uation in Hungary some months
ago, Russia replied that we were
seeking to interfere in Hungar
ian internal affairs. Now the
Russians say the only irregulari
ties in Poland are committed by
"rightwing terrorists," call the
election set-up "perfectly demo
cratic," and so kiss off the sug
gestion that the big three keep
their agreement that Europe's
people shall live under govern
ments of their own free choice.
Just Received!
"Can't Bust 'Em"
WAIST
OVERALLS
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Heeded
STORE for MEN
Corner 3th and Main
To many Poles this choice
must seem restricted to:
A vole for a foreign-sponsored
government whoso continuation
could bring economic sanctions
by the western powers and a
resultant shortening of rations.
A vote for the Polish peasant
party, almost certainly to bo fol
lowed by penalties from Warsaw,
and quite possibly by a crack
over the head.
PLANE PAUSES
SHANGHAI, Jnn. 10 (At
Northweut Airlines' survey plane
arrived today from Seoul. -It is
scheduled to remain four or five
days before going to Manila on
its oriental survey flight.
Telling
The Editor
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WARNING
Mr. Illlbu so it seems 1
built himself a house of dreams
On un Island in a hike
But don't think, fur heaven's
llio wood man lliosu presents
took
Or inveigled them by hook or
crook
Thru some stock manipulation
Or insinuating conversation
Tluit the givers for a fact
Would get a Juicy war contract
Thut Idea Ullbcvwould have us
think
Is just a republican party slink
Bui fuels t h investigations
curry
Makes Bilbo's denial verbal dys-entary
So if the boys who make the
laws
Fool with the gent and too long
Piiuso
They may find at next election
Tho tide won't flow in their di
rection.
The Old Man of tho Mountains
Library Gets Real
Estate Book Gift
The Klamath County library
has recently received from It. C.
(llogue) Dale a small collection
of valuable books on real estate
business. They arc:
"Real Estate Principles and
Practice," Ueuson; "Financing
Real Estate," Bingham: "Prin
ciples or Heal Estate Pructlce."
Fisher: "Principles of Real Es
tate Law," MeChasney; "Apprais
ing Manual," McMlchacl; "Long
and Short Term Lease Holds,"
MeMichael: "Selling Real Es
tatc," MeMichael; "How to Make
Money In Real Estate." Mc
Miehuel; "Real Estate Practice."
National Association of Real Es
tate boards real estate service;
"Principles of Real Estate Ap
praising," Zangerlo.
Tropical America's hurleauin
beetle uses its long front legs in
swinging through the trees, monkey-fashion.
STATIC
By KELLY ROBERTS
ABC
Time mnrchc on! A woman
In Texas Informed Mayor Ed
Ostendoif In a letter the other
day that she wus told that "there
lire good telephone commuiilca
tioiM on the planet Untrnu."
Swell, but we don't know any
body on Uranus.
a a a
ABC's Luin on' Abner serin
to bo having a publicity aunit'n
dreuni In their. "I.iinibuiger"
idea. Those letters they nit re-
reiving from eating Joints the
world over are the real McCoy.
A "Lumlmrger" In case you
haven't been listening to tho
story (KFLW 8 p. m. wwk-duys)
IK a concoction that l.uin iicel-
(letitully Invented from (Ig pre
serves and humburgur, A friend
of ours JiMt up from tho south
says that L. A. eateries are being
packed for tho thlnvs.
a a
A lady illumed In yesterday
afternoon to tell us that not all
tho big eggs are laid over the
mike, Her lien, It seems, had Just
laid un egg nine Inches In rlr-
cumferencv, tho long way. The
hen survived, Inn.
a a a
The rumor has popped up that
Elea-ior June Ilolcsla, the pretty
ex-Wave winner of a Tulelake
homestead, may bo going to
write a book about her tannine
experiences. Teiitutlve title,
lite bpud and I.
a a .
Fightii tonight over KFLW at
7 p. m. Tony Jnnlro and Tony
Pellnnc will meet In tho squared
First Aid
Course Slated
Mrs. Fredu K. Usllek, first aid
chairman for llio Kliiniiilh Coun
ty chnptvr of the. Amcrlcun Red
Cross, onnouiicrd today tha
scheduling of standard first
aid course for employes of the
Ewuuiiii llox company. Tha
standard course cuimisls of IB
hours of Instruction In enu-rgoii-cy
first aid, and special cm
phusls will be placed on indus
trial accidents and mifely pre
cautions. An advanced eouiso of
10 hours iiiuv follow If desired
by participants.
The first session will bo held
TlloxctllV .tuninirv 14 rr-'tn ,
at tho CIO hall, and Is open to
noy employe ui llio r.'wutino Uox
COIIIDUIIV. Mrs. UstlrU iiiitiiliu.
sized thut the course Is open to
uoin men anil women, und will
consist of Z-hniir meetings. Hub
sequent sessions will b held
Monday und Thursday evenings
ut 7:30, beginning Monday eve
ning, January 20.
Good Ski Snow
Falling At Crater
The weather report front
Crater Luke national park Fri
day stated that a light, dry
snow was fulling ut B:MII . ill.
One Inch of new snow covered
the ftfl Inches of pueked snow
on tha ground making it depth
of 87 Inches of snow at ill
park.
Whiiu rouils were reported lit
good condition this morning,
chnliig were advised for motor
ists as snow wus continuing to
fall. Perfect skiing conditions
are expected for the week-end,
temperature ut HJU a. m.
Friday was recorded at 211 de
grees, with minimum for the
past 24 hours at 2H degrees and
maximum at 40 degrees.
circle for te-i rounds, or less, of
fust and furious fisticuffs. Don
Dunpliy and Dill Corum will b
at the mike.
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