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m)TK JEVUVS Editor MALCOLM KPLKT Manaxtng Editor ftiMrd m Mcofld etaM onativr l tti vonotnea of KlimatB All. Or., os Augiut 30, leoA. untMr Ml of oongrau, March a, law UUMCRtPTlUN RATE. earriw mnnth 11 oo By mail months 4.N By mail month i -year M M I 7e rr una ouay By DeWITT MacKENZIE Associated Press Fortign Affair Analyst GENERAL GEORGE C. KENNEY, chief of ' the strategic air command at Andrews field, Md., tells us that in a future war our United States would be the first target and would be reached by a trans-polar assault which might "result in a casualty list of 25,000,000 men, women and children in the first 24 hours." The general thus bluntly advised the women's1 patriotic conference on defense yesterday in Washington. He asserted that, above all, the enemy would strive for a quick knockout, the attack coming over the shortest air routes from the European-Asiatic land mass, across the north polar basin. Apropos of this, it's less than four months ago that the Pacusan Dreamboat the giant B-29 of the U. S. army air forces flew non stop from Honolulu over the Arctic to Cairo. General Carl Spaati, AAF commander, stated that this proved "the feasibility of flight across the polar wastes." Aircraft Arrack KENNEY said the attack would be made "by both piloted and pilotless aircraft, by radio controlled missiles, by rockets all loaded with atomic bombs, super-explosives, super in cendiaries, bacterial weapons or whatever means of mass destruction happens to be in vogue at the time." Just to make sure that he got his idea home, the general added that "four atomic bombs of the old Hiroshima-Nagasaki type, properly placed, would knock New York City out of commission." That's strong mustard, and obviously is so Intended by General lienney. He nas aenrjcr ately emphasized one of the gravest dangers of the day the development of another global conflict which would bring into play not only the atomic bomb but many other fearsome agents of death which have been created' since the close of World War II. His purpose natural ly is to spur the minds of men to devise ways of averting such catastrophe. There are two ways of meeting this menace. One is to prepare mighty defenses to try to ward off attack. The other is to push through measures for control of the atomic bomb and for universal disarmament. Pending disarma ment preparedness must be the watch-word. Paramount Problems THAT is why these are among the paramount international problems of this new year. All roads of thought among peace-minded folk, in whatever country hey may live, lead toward a solution of disarmament. And of course the atomic bomb and the control of atomic energy are foremost, for he who holds this greatest secret of the ages must inevitably be an object of suspicion and fear. Kent Cooper, executive director of the As sociated Press, in a recent radio interview with station WJR of Detroit, put the atomic problem -like this: "No real advances can be made, no real security can be achieved, unless the atomic issue is settled on an international basis." Certainly we can expect no general dis- armament while the atomic question is hanging fire. A , J by the same token the rehabilitation of Europe cannot be achieved, because of the economic and political problems are interlocked with those of security. That's one thing which makes the framing of the all-important German peace treaty so difficult. Indeed, it will be surprising if it's possible to secure a satisfactory adjustment of the German and Austrian issues until a far better understanding has been reached in the matter of the atomic bomb and the general proposition of disarmament. These strategically situated countries loom large in the security calculations of both eastern and western Europe. How can the United Nations create peace for the enemy countries until they have achieved peace among themselves? News Behind The News By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Unions and man agement agreed a few days back the trend of this nation is toward socialism a rather startling agreement although no notice was paid to it. Perhaps one reason this cheer less foreboding drew bare public mention was that AFL's Bill Green did not send around a copy of his speech to the publicists as usually he does. What he said was: toryism is driving unions to the left; the threatened unions reform legislation is being pressed as a strategem of the tories to destroy the unions. Pointing to the rise of the unions socialist government in England, Green asked: "Oo you doubt that the same thing could happen here? Is it incon ceivable that union workers might be driven to the same course under similar provocation? This sparingly-reported speech was made to the conference of mayors at which President Wilson of General Motors said, In a political economic analysis, which should be read by all students of the subject in full: "The attack on profits is really an attempt to substitute state socialism or communism for our free com petitive and capitalistic system." He claimed union leftists were forcing us toward a system imported from east of the Rhine or even from bnglnnd Installing the state as god and govern-mcnt. Here was considerable agreement as to the facts. They both say the unions are forcing us to the political and economic bankruptcy of the backward nations. Green excuses this by blam ing it on what he calls toryism (a word inv ported from England). Furthermore, .both seem agreed neither wants to go where we arc being pushed. B' Union Threat EHIND this, of course. Is Green's desire to threaten management with socialism so it will ease down in current dominant demands for union reform. Similarly management wants to threaten socialism to scare labor into a operative peace for production. But if they are talking in this way for propaganda purposes, both are also telling the truth. What neither Green nor Wilson reported was that socialism had decayed and been cor rupted by communism throughout the world in the past few months. The trend of socialism I would say is toward communism, or a more accurate way to put it is that the communists are using the socialists for their own revolu tionary advantage. This was not true, earlier in the post-war era. The socialists knew and hated the communists better than we demo crats. Since then the socialists have become mere dupes for the communists in France, delivering the national defense ministry of that nation to the communists in political exchange for the premiership to which the socialists had no right whatsoever because they were the single defeated party which lost ground and was assigned to a small minority by the people in the last election. In Britain, union socialism has taken the bankruptcy of that nation into a union receiver ship, which cannot even produce enough goods to sustain itself. Everyone knows about the coal shortage situation, but few realize the same condition applies to other British goods and services. Coal is the biggest natural product of Britain, used for export to acquire import food. Lately Britain has not been able to produce enough coal to keep itself warm and going in winter, but the government had to appeal to the miners to produce more and has only partly succeeded. Union socialism in Britain has paid the people's money for industries, piling more debt atop the war debt, and as it naturally must grant concessions to the unions in wages, hours and working conditions, it cannot operate to produce. This is natural because a union miner, given added pay, shorter hours and less work, can hardly be expected to break his back in an idealistic endeavor to keep the nation warm. Furthermore, in the midst of the union socialist party there has arisen a secret bloc favorable to the Moscow foreign policy or at least anti- ' American. Anyone with half an eye clear can see where England is going, down, down, down. Churchill once said socialism would have to become a dictatoriship like Moscow to force the union men to work, a campaign remark for which he received the counterpart of a tomato in the face. Mr. Wilson now says the same thing from his objective perch. As a matter of fact, anyone can see it. t Standard Lowered NOW Green seems to realize how bad social ism would be for American labor. The standard of living of the British union people is very low as compared with this country and it is even lower in France. Socialism would force our wage level down to the declining receipts which socialism provides. Business you know is not the stationary thing which social ism pretends. You can seize and maintain the profits of any concern only in story books. The profits are due to the energy of both labor and management, and socialism does not gen erate energy in either, because it does not carry a reward for effort a profit to worker or manager for energy expended. Socialism in stead tends to break down the volume of pro duction, as can be seen in England, and so there is less for the wage earner and manager to divide amone themselves. These things Green must not realize. But he has not yet come to the further inevitable realization that the way to beat socialism is to make capitalism work, to produce more in this goods-scarce era, to cut taxes, yes, to promote even profits so the wage earner can get more a course opposite ine one ne nas Deen ioi lowing. When he comes to that development from his current thinking, you will see a brighter picture in this country all around. SIDE GLANCES ,T enrr1S? w swim, ktiwihw. t. 7 j i "Your discipline would carry more weight. George, if yoti didn't make such silly faces when you try to scold the child!"! National Potato Letter- 7946 Seed Potato Crop Breaks All Records So Far Hoopsters Hurt In Auto Crash PORTLAND, Jan. 27 (A1) A member of the Woodburn high school basketball sauad was in jured and four others and their coach shaken and bruised here Saturday night when a street car struck the automobile in which they were riding. Police said Joseph Collins, 15, was not seriously hurt, but suf fered back and head injuries. The coach, Charles C. Burnett, 33, was cited for failure to stop at a traffic sign while entering a through street. OPERATION FRIGID ENDICOTT, N. Y., Jan. 27 (JP) Skating Enthusiast Joseph Sosensko, 39, thinks he proved skating keeps a man in top form by bicycling 35 miles on icy roads in two hours and 45 min utes. But Skier William Gerdcy. also 39, whom Sosensko out lasted in the test the two ar ranged to decide which sport was the better conditioner, still stands by skiing. Gerdey blames his bicycle's condition for bis failure. If you want to get into the field of electronics and don't know how to start, phone 3431, or call on the navy recruiting office. He can give you full de tails. City Delivery Seryice. Ph. 8417. RADIO PROGRAMS MONDAY EVE, KFLW 1450 ke. :M Jumpln' Jacks :ll Rom Town Newt World New Summ.rj :3f Musie or Msnbaltatl IMS Klamath Theatre Guide l:0t Memorable Moslo 1:18 Malcolm Epic)- 1:31) Sherlock Holme! ABC S:09 I.ura N" Abner ABC :IS Skip rarrell show ABC S:S0 Dado Martin Orch. ABC SilS : Ore. Talk II Orer ARC :1S Veteran! Adm. Pros. ABC :M Fantasy tn Melody ABC 1:O0 Slardml Melodlei 10:K0 Photoplay Awards ABC II tOO Nile Newi Summary 11:1)5 Sl(n 0(1 11:15 ll:.1 11 US JAN. 27 KFJI 1240 kc. Gabriel Heatter MBS Quia Show ' Aronnd Town' Dinner Danre Suns O' Guns Evening1 Concert Cisco Kid MBS Adven. Bicfaard Davis MBS , . , Voice of the Army livening Concert Glenn Hardy, News MBS , Mel Ventner! Plct. MBS ' Let's Dance Henry J. 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JAN. 28 3:00 :I5 :?5 0:30 0:45 1:00 7:15 7:30 7:43 3:00 3:15 3:30 , 0:00 0:15 0:30 0:15 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:0 11:15 11:45 Salon Concert Home Town News World News Summary Musio by Cugst Your Navy Recruiter The Three Suns Malcolm Epley Klamath Theatre Guide Musio of Manhattan Lum 'N' Abner ABC Stand By for Adventure Dark Venture ABC On tbo Net ABC Boston Symph. Orch. ABC Stardust Melodies Freddy Msrtln Orch. ABC Night News Summary Sign Off Gabriel 11, slier Quia Show Amer. Forum of Air MBS Dinner Dance Red Ryder MRS Playheusa of Favorites The Falcon MBS Glen Hardy, Newe MBS' Jamea Crowley MBS Let's Dance Voice of Army few Roundup Concert Music As You Like It" John Wolshan Orch. MBS Bob Mohrs Orch. Now! MBS MBS January 1 potato stocks have set a new high record t 150. 230.000 bushels. Beats the old record of January 1, 1944, by 12 per cent, January 1 a year ago by 25 per cent and the 10-year (1936-45) average by 42 per cent. Means we have for disposition after January 1. about 44 million bushels more than average, and about that many more than we are likely to need. Naturally, most of the stocks are in the 18 late surplus states, with the 12 other late and 7 in erniedkite having only 7.7 mil lion tmt of the total. States hav ing 5 million or more are Maine 49.5, New York 13.4, Pennsyi vania 7.6. Michigan 7.9, Minne sota 7.4, North Dakota 8.9, Ne braska 5.0. Idaho 18.5, Colorado 7.4 and Oregon 5.0. Looking just at the increase of 28.5 million over a year ago in the 18 late surplus states, 10 states show combined increases of about 33.6 million, while one shows no change and 7 declined by about 5.6 million (there is half a million not accounted for due to dropping fractions). Note that 28.1 million of the 33.6 are in the three eastern states of Maine, New York and Peunsyl. vania. By adding only Michigan the figure rises to 30.5. In other words, 4 states account for 81 Note also that: Idaho and North Dakota, source of most of the pressure on DOA to dump potatoes are down from last year by 2.1 and 1.4 million, respec tively. We swallow our pride and ad mit we were wrong on our 130 to 140 million bushel stocks es timate. Yet, humanly, we won der how wrong we were. Look at Maine, with 49. 5 million. Maine produced 77.7 million bushels, has shipped 20,000 cars, equal to about 21 million bush els farm weight basis, and put about 3 million bushel into by products. About 10 million more probably were wiped out by freezing. That would make 34 million bushels of disappear ance, leaving stocks of 43 mil lion on a farm weight basis. Yet the report shows 49.5 of mer chantable quality. Similar arith metic leads to a doubt about New York, where the upstate area had 18.8 million bushels of production, and m reported to have all but about one million bushels of the total frost-proof storage capacity. That would mean that about 12 million bush els, or nearly two-thirds of the entire crop, considerable of which is harvested in July and August, are still unsold. Look at Maine again. That figure of 49.5 million bushels m 85 per cent of total reported permanent storage capacity, and it just is not reasonable to suppose that, with a freeze in November that wiped out the temporary stor age, no more than 15 per cent of the permanent storage has been emptied. Anyway, it's a nice problem for an amateur statistician. Those who like to dabble in figures can watch dis appearance and dope out in June how accurate the report really is. What's The Next Move? If you're a borrower, you are safe and need not worry. DOA has convinced us that their ob ligations will be met. If you chose to stay outside the loan program, what DOA docs now may affect you considerably, but it will not be done for your benefit except by accident. uua tells us it is too soon after the stocks report to say just what will be done. Our slant on what should come next is about like this: Let's assume about 10 million bushels of water in the report. Assume further than we can use a stock of 110 million. That puts us 30 million over needs, with most of it in the northeast. Wo would recommend (a) Aggres sive dumping of low grades ami deteriorating stock; this already is being done, but how aggres sively remains to be seen: (b) concentration in eastern areas of all foreign business; (c) a real drive to pack to a 21 or even 21 inch minimum under current "fringe" dumping arrangements; and (d) immediate acceptance, for dumping if need be. of all past and current offerings in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Following this, there should be reappraisal of the situation a month hence, when the volume of export busi ness will be known more ac curately, and immediate under taking of whatever action seems needed at the time. Wo repeat, we do not know how DOA will move, but we do know that it will be under heavy pressure, and that the industry will serve Itself best by making sound proposals. Seed Potato Production BAE's January 13 report of certified seed production sum marizes: "On the largest acreage ever harvested, and with a rec ord yield per acre, the 1946 pro duction of certified seed potatoes exceeded the prcvioous record (1945) crop by 27 per cent . . ." Our dad used to say that enough's enough, but too much is a-plenty, and 42,436.905 bush els certainly is a-plenty. It amounts to two and a third times as much as the 10-year (1035-44) average, and is 95.000 bushels more than the combined production of certified and war approved seed in the previous record year, 1945. For most growers, the news should be good. One of the ob jectives of the industry should be to reduce production costs as a means of holding total income up in the face of declining con sumption. One of the most cle- mentary ways of cutting costs is to improve yields by uhe of the most productive and drsease- rree seed available. At the rate of 17 bushels per acre, which probably Is about the average rate of planting for the country, the certified seed crop would plant nearly 2.5 million acres. If that many acres should yield an average of 150 bushels per acre, far less than the 184 bush els of 1946 the crop wonuld amount to 375 million btxthols, which is all we need in 1947. Unfortunate thing is that much of this seed never will be planted, as it should be, due to growers' alibis not real rea sons. Some still say "Costs too much. Don't believe In certified seed. What was good enough for grandpappy is good enough for me." Whatever the reasoon, vast acres almost certainly will be planted with inferior, dis eased, or degenerated seed, and a large volume of certified seed stock will wind up in an already over-burdened table stock market. Guilds Ask Action In China Strife SHANGHAI. Jim. 27 M'l An pealing to the government and to China's communists for an immediate, unconditlnnnl halt to civil strife, 172 ti'iiclc guilds n ul associations Ismird a manifesto today declaring: "As we reflect upon tlio pres ent slutu of lU'l'uiis and noon what the future tuts In store fur us, v aro seized with n colli shudder." A group of business and prufctisloiiiit men 'issued a similar immlfesto. The fightjiiK is wrecking tho fieuplo's llveliiiuod and Impair ng China's International status, the trade guilds manifesto sulci, "unless civil strife is Immedi ately halted there can bo no telling to what (earful propor tions tho present economic ends might develop in the near fu ture." 11 foresaw rural bankruptcy, coupled with starvation within cities. The manifesto urged an un conditional cvnse-fiic order, Im mediate pence talks, reorganiza tion of the government, control of armies by the state, and grunting of political rights to the people. Communists seemed bent up on causing internal economic collapse In order to achieve the downfall of the national govern ment, It tiaid, and the govern ment thus far hits not fulfilled "its pledges to the people" by granting them political rights. The other manifesto xvns Is sued by 80 business nnd profes sional men in Shanghai. Includ ing Wong llslno-lai, chairman ef the Chinese national chamber of commerce. I MKRAI.n Nr.tr 3. Klamath Fs'li, Ore. M ON HAT. Jan. ?, lit, ran reap STATIC By KELLY ROBERTS FUNNY BUSINESS Icon, mi ii nu1um.rc l.Vln u. 1 r on "The Jjutlar Was always spilling: soup down hit nock!" Grace Moore, fur a long time one of the brightest stars in the radio firmament, was killed Sunday morning in the crush of a., airliner. Muted now is the beautiful soprano voice which once thrilled llmusunds as La kmc, or Mimi, or Carmen, o Tho girl was about 14 or 15 years old, Just past being a kid and not quite a woman. She'd been sitting in a local down town restaurant eating dinner with her family and they were preparing to leave. Just In front of the cush register was one of those metal cans with a sill on top to shove your pennies in for the "March of Dimes" In fantile paralysis fund. The girl asked her father for a couple of dimes, shoved them in the can, and when her father had finished paying the check, she followed him out. We watched her leave, limping, with a steel brace on her left leg. The lady behind the register told us that tho girl'd been in twice before since the campaign had started ; and always stopped to drop a little change. o Even the local drinkcries are getting behind the polio fight. One wayside inn has already an nounced that its entire profit for next Friday will be donated I to the March, and It's rumored that more arc going to follow suit. I ... j After reading a "Telling the Editor" letter in The Herald and News the other day asking for Information concerning the names and locations of several Klamath county post offices which lire now defunct, a reader phoned to tell us about a post office that used to be located on the tlrccn Springs highway where I'inchursl is now. Tho name of tiie place wns Shake, and people were getting their mail there about 57 years ago, our Informant stated. If anyone knows how the place got Its name, or What happened to it, or any other lore concerning It, let us know. Would you? Overheard: Two fellows sit ting in a bur lust night talking over the war. Each cited sta tistics concerning the valor and bravery of the various branches of the service and their sub ordinate parts. The argument grew hotter and hotter as each began to bring In his personal theories and remembrances of particular engagements he had known. Finally an impasse was reached, an onlooker asked one of the guys which campaigns he'd fought in. Well, it seemed ho hadn't really fought In any, he'd been attached to a quarter master company at Fort Ord during the war. The other fellow it turned out, hadn't ven been in the service since he was dis charged In 1921, MORSE TO TALK rOKTLAND, Jan. 27 iTP) Senator Monee of Oregon will address the annual meeting of tho Pacific Coast Lumbermen's association here January 30-31 and is expected to discuss trends in labor legislation. The January 30 address will be broadcast over utate network. Wild Man CHAINS 8NAP He wore no clolhos and hid a m o n g the tombs up over the Sea of Call, lee. Day and night, ho went shrieking and cutting himself with sharp stones. Often men caught him and bound him with chains which he simpiwd link from link. So lived this man of (Jacliira, Indwelt and tormented as he was, by a foul demon numed Legion. SET FREE On a day. Jesus came that way uud with a word, Ho cast out tho demon. When the disciples reached tho place, they found the mint sit ting at Jesus' feet, clothed and In his right mind. As the Lord was about to pais on the man be -d to be taken along. Hut Jesus answers him "Go home and tell your people what great things God has done for you and had mercy on you," BIBLE. GO TELL IT What mercy has Cod shown you? Did Ho send Christ, Ills Son, to rile fur your sins? Have you made Christ Jesus your own Ixird and Saviour? Go tell IL Has He mado you a new man and sent you back to pity up that old grocery bill? 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