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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1947)
rRANK JENKINS Editor MALCOLM EPI.IY Managing Editor i-.nt.red eeeond tleea matter it the poatoffleo J fill.. Or... on Auu.t 30. ltKW. under act of T March . 187S tofftee of Klamath consrata. ported, but the unnoticed and highly suggestive facta and dctaiia behind the Virginia law are substantially these: a Calamitous Strike VIRGINIA suffered a calamitous strike of elec tricitv employes from its privately owned public utilities last year. Governor Tuck had to call out the militia to meet living require ments for electrical energy Including everything from the icebox and stove in the average home Bv MALCOLM EPLEY i traffic and street lighting. He maintained 1 A LREADY the telephone strike has lasted public service which was swiftly resumed but lA longer "thBn seemed probable when it there was some legal doubt about the validity Started Monday morning. The damage and in- of his action, so the state legislature cal cd on convenience of tnis snuuiown, tuck 10 sponsor some ir8iuu not directly apparent to for- future attempts to birak down the livelihood tunate Dcople in ruamam ot me staie, Today's Roundup V 'with the Eencrarobjcctives. would support the tial to the public health, the safety nd welfare Ceedural obstacles to settlement if they could of the state." It declares public policy that lexpress themselves on that matter. : Falls, are, so great that they create proportionate pressures for settlement. Yet up to the , moment this is written, there has been no break. Strikes sometimes have pe culiar ramifications. The dif ficulty In this one seems to be largely a question of pro cedure, and one wonders If the individuals who are on strike and are in sympathy Tuck came forward forcefully and effectively. and out of his - efforts, grew the new law passed and put into effect last January 20. Before he could get the law through, another strike of electricity workers was threatened, so the' bill was rushed along In a special session he called of the state legislature. The bill is a simple, straightforward law. It says public utilities are such enterprises as "water, light, heat, gas, electricity or trans portation and anything else having to do with same, and the maintenance of these are essen- ...r ti, strike isn't continuing Hust because the employer refuses to grant -certain demands affecting the individual work er it is still under way because of lack of Agreement as to the method of agreement which sounds funny, but isn't. The union wants Settlement on a nationwide basis; the com panies want it separately negotiated for each fegional operating unit. The union wants arbitration of all issues; the companies are willing to submit pnly wages to arbitration. I Because of this, workers in big cities and little cities people who would stay at a switch board in the face of a fire, or go out on a damaged line in a flood stay off the job until jthe big shots in some faraway conference room feet together on how to get together, r a. . a iBriefs From The Pocket Filev A RTHUR SCHAUPP, Klamath Falls, has been j named on the executive and policy com Imittee of the republican state central commit tee .. . Most popular public speaker in Klam jath Falls is Phil Hitchcock, equipment company Executive . . . He's good, and press notices indicate he's a work horse at the business . . . iDonald K. Smith, 515 Uphanv street, believes consideration should be given to establishment bf a state park at Harpold dam on Lost river, Ja convenient location for picnics and outings tfor much of the population of the Klamath country . . . Those are significant figures which show that Klamath's bank debits for the first quarter of 1947 are up more than $9,000,000 over the corresponding period of a year ago j. . . Bank debits are indicative of business isctivity, taking the place of the clearing figures jwe used to use, and those figures released yes iterday show, there's life in the old town yet . . -JAh attempt is now being made to. get the.VA. (to make use of Camp White hospital, some thing which it previously refused to do . . . VA lhas completed acquisition of its site for a hos toital in Klamath, but there's no hint yet as to ,how soon construction activity will start thev shall be maintained. The penalties which seem to have had more influence on the phone union workers (at least these prevented the strike) provide fines of. $10 to $1000 and up to 12 months in jail for any person any individual, mind you violating the law. This means, of course, every member of the union, as well as the leaders.. Yet, the law allows any to strike if He chooses. The machinery for handling union dis putes in public utilities runs like this: Either management or unions, expressing a desire to change rates may serve notice with the governor, and then meet themselves- In conference within 60 days. Such negotiations are required to be "in good faith." If management arid unions do 1 not reach agreement, another conference must be called within ten days and the governor is designated the duty of trying then to mediate differences. .But if this fails and management calls a lock out or the unions call a strike, both are re quired to give five weeks' notice to the gov ernor. The governor then can take over the .utility by simply issuing an executive proclama tion. An employe can strike, if he wishes, but SIDE GLANCES -' core, mi oj no at evict, inc. t. at to. u. a. w. ore "She's a nice kid, but the trouble is she says she's going to be an opera singer and they all look like wrestlers!" The World Today By DeWITT MacKENZIE AP Foraign Affairs Analyst Henry A. Wallace, who cur rently is on a speech-making the governor is required to ask each one what ( ference in London vesterday that he wishes to do. If he refuses to work for the he feared the Truman policy of guveruur nets me ngm to ODiain a j lending money for what Wallace News Behind The News J By PAUL MALLON IVAASHINGTON, April' 10 Only in two j V V states did law prevent a telephone strike i in Virginia and Indiana. The very day the enate labor committee made public a proposed omnibus union reform bill in a quite obvious tep to test public opinion as to how far the committee dared go later in drafting finally a long-delayed bill and the very same day the telephone workers' union in 42 states tied up public business and phone service in varying rdegrees that day the telephone workers in Virginia decided not to strike for fear of the' penalties of a new state law. These results, of course, were generally re- suitable substitute worker. . e a Proves Effective , THUS no one is required to work or his right to bargain collectively impaired. Yet rather effective machinery is provided to maintain the - superior rights of consumer against both man agement and labor. It is effective because it stopped the threatened second electricity strike and prevented Virginia telephone , users from. suffering the present loss and damage to their business and their peaceful living, which has been inflicted on 42 states. Virginians in the know attribute the law to the courage of one man. Tuck. Yet it is well known Tuck is a friend of Virginia's senator and leader, Byrd, and a brother of the senator was at least consulted. ' . One defect exists ;in the; aot. .The state 'is supposed to take 15 per cent profit during operation and this would amount to $1,000,000 a year, thus giving the unions virtually the right to force state ownership or at least to penalize the companies severely at will. There is no reason why the' state should get 15 per cent, and the amount will no doubt be cut to 5 or 10 at the next session of the legislature. Everyone has long recognized the right of the state to fix rates and regulate public utility management to provide fair and uninterrupted service. There is no logical or just reason why unions should be allowed rights which are su perior to those of the people the right to make consumers suffer damages. . All it took was courage to do something. And what was done, worked. Telling The Editor Letlere printed here aaort set be more than 600 words In length, mill be written leglblv od ONE SIDE of the paper only, and molt be alined Contrlbotioni following theae relet ere warmly weleomed. VI amitupittc rMr m- the Editor) The recent story, ipicture and caption, under the picture, regarding the wind storm damage to the walls of flhe Evans building calls to mind (again a very unfortunate neglect of duty by our Chamber of iCommerce. I refer, bf course, to our most peculiar, natural pheno menon, the fact that the sun rises in the south and sets in the north, in Klamath Falls. This; so far as I know, has never been given the proper publicity. I and many visitors are greatly ; confused. Even some of our lo cal citizens seem to De confused: at times, as evidenced by the discrepancy between the story, and caption mentioned. You may have noticed that the pic ture was obviously taken of the west I mean north end, and mention is also made of part of the east wall falling. Of course the south wall is intended, as can be discovered by the story. To add to our perplexities we have East Main street. To be con sistent this should be West Main street, since in going in a south erly direction on Main street we tutu ngni onto cast Alain. This nhennmpnnn an k firmed very handily these days by driving out South Sixth street about sunset and looking toward town. The sun may then be observed setting in the north. I hope that something may be uuue huuui mis. Respectfully, S. R. BROWN. f. !. Possibly the simplest way out of this might be for Taxi Thomas, with the con nivance of the city fathers, to change the designations of some of our streets, from North Sixth to wesi aixtn, etc. described as "the political pur pose of stopping Russian ex pansion" would establish during the coming three months a pat tern which might read to war. That's an interesting -appraisal of a tense situation, but the ism. Supposing Moscow did take over Greece' and Turkey, and with this vital strategic base was in position to extend Rus sian domination to the whole middle east and .to westorn Europe. Supposing this process continued ' until the western hemisphere was virtually Iso lated, with most of the rest of the world toeing the Russian line, either through desire or necessity. What then? Would this be more likely to insure peace? Would it guarantee the security of the United States? Would it strengthen the position of Amer ican democracy at home and safeguard its form of govern ment? Or would congressional committee on unAmerican activ ities still be voting to cite Eu gene Dennis, communist party secretary, for contempt after he failed to appear in response to a STATIC By KELLY ROBERTS Town Meeting tonight takes up the subject, "Do Wo Henlly Elect Our Own President?" The broadcast will nriginulo from tho department of tho Interim- audi torium in Washington. 1'ui'tlrl pattng will be Elmur Davis. ABC nowa analyst. Hoscoe Druinmoiid, Christian Science Monitor news man, Son. John Spurksinan of Alabama, and Senator George Aiken of Vermont. Geurgu V. Denny Jr., Town Hull moder ator, will preside over the dis cussion, Denny is due to leave for the Orient May first to confer with General MacArthur on a pro. gram to establish town meet lima throughout Japan. Pending tho war department's approval, Don nv will conduct one trims-Pa-cifie broadcast from Jnpmi with two speakers and an audience In Tokyo holding a forum with two 3t)eaklna anrl tt l,nrflnM I.. I...... Francisco. a e o Galen Drake drags back one Of the mnot fn.,..!,,.,,!.... from World War I tomorrow morning when he recalls the story of John Andrews who claimed to have invenlod a gaso line substitute. One day, during wnr, miunsi evcrv news- lltt At I.. II.. ........ 1 i nc vuuiiirv i-trru'CI storv relenervl hv i L. ....... .j- partment, that Andrew hud In- vcuicu a remurKiimc iimtiiiiiti for gasoline which would sell for Iwn rnnla r.j nnl1... I'l.. story, naturally, created a minor furor. Finally the newspapera arranged for a personal Inter, vlow with him. The time came, hundreds of reporters waited, and Andrews didn't appear. He MtAl.ll Nana, Klamath I. Ill, Ore. ' ' TMialDAT, Aerll II, Hit, Salt ar Looks Happy, Huh? Shown above la "Bob McCarl and the Yellow Peril." After worrying lor wetki about whothor he was going to get hla new car or not, continually getting crankier and crankier aa the aus panto mounttd, McCarl finally received dellrtry last Thuriday. The vehlcle'a a Plymouth with a bright ocherous-huad body and black top. Whan you lee It coming toward you, duck, It'a io bright it'll blind you. still hasn't, deaplte a long and tnurouglt search by the U. S. navy. o a e We hud been listening to one of our favorite after midnight programs' curly this morning and tno soft, dreamy melodies hud gently deposited us In the arms of Morpheus, when suddenly a horrendous crash resounded through the room, making ua think the Judgment day was fi lly here. Through the faint rcmaina of atupeflcatlon from being aroused ao quikly we could hear the dulcet tones of the radio announcer, "Friend.!, are you having a hard time getting to sleep, Are you rent lent at night? Do you awake fatigued, Irritated and nervous In the morning? You need Gumpflnkel'a Nrva Ionic for aleep. Gumpflnkel'a la a mild sedative, especially made fur Inducing sleep , . ." By the time he had finished, we really did need a nerve tonic. former vice president seems to i ' ,,"- h.. If Ithh. ..neoirl ' SUbpOCIia? x va, tilt-re s mure tu mc prui lem than Mr. Wallace set forth We need the answers to the above questions in order to fill in the gaps although there are a good many observers who RADIO PROGRAMS J KFLW 1450 kc, I jww d ports femeus" THURSDAY EVE., APRIL 10 KFJ1 1240 Ire. Gabriel Header MBS c.-tA World Newt Sanunarr" : Klamath Thuatre Glide 6:45 Amer. Town Heetlna ABC ll:oo ' -I5aw M " I 7:43 Haloalm Spier l:(HLum 'N AbnerABC j B:ift Stand B For Adven. t:S0 Muelo b Adlam ABC . :tr " :0ll Warld Security Work ABC :I5 " t:S0 attribution ABC 10:00 slarduit Melodlei llOiSCI Freddy Martin Orch. ABC l 1:00 Night Newt Summary 11:0,1 Sl Oil 111:80 .. . ; !: ' ll:te I Quit Shew Aroond Town '- Klamath Sport Album FamiK Theatre MBS Ked Kyder MBS Weird Circle'' Frank Froeba Plana' . Mlller't Erenins Claitlct Glenn Hardy, Newt MBS Jamet Crawley, Newt MBS VTretUIng Matcbea Moile At Ten Like It Ilenry Kins fOrch. MBS lark Barrewt Oreh. MBS ; t ltlUAI A. JVl. I :IS a . 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"Stardust Melodies" Contest 10:00 10:30 p. m., Mon. thru Sat. Just listen and be ready- with the right answer April 14th and 15th. $400.00 In Prises) KFLW My understanding of the Tru-1 man policy is that it s aimed at aggressive communism, that is, against the red ism being thrust down the throat of any helpless nation by strong-arm methods. The president, in asking congress for money ,to aid. Greece and Turkey, made it clear that his policy was "to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and . their national integrity against . Aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes." And the other day the state department asserted that the Greco-Turkish aid "is not directed against any legitimate interests of the Soviet Union." Counter Aggression So the Washington policy is to counter aggression. I never had heard any suggestion by respon sible people in the United States that it is Uncle Sam's business to crusade abroad against commu nism, that is, non-aggressive communism. America never has protested the adoption 'of com munism by the numerous states in the Soviet Union. Any country which wants com munism is welcome to it and the fact that the United States does not want commu nism, and will not have it at any price, doesn't alter this. The cases in which the United States and Britain have inter vened have been where the western, allies claimed that strong-arm tactics were being used. There have been several such instances, among them in Hungary, Romania, Poland, Greece and Turkey. The threat to the Turks is held to be more military than political at the moment. That's -the American attitude which Mr. Wallace thinks might think those questions answer themselves. . TulelakeSewer Move Pushed TULELAKE, April 10 City fathers are still hopeful of pre senting the proposal for instal lation of storm sewers, curbs and gutters with the ballot for the special election to be held May 27 at which time voters will bal lot on a charter form of govern ment for Siskiyou county. Ap proval of the bureau of reclama tion for dumping storm run off into reclamation ditches must be obtained before the proposition can be put to a vote. If approved, a general obli gation bond issue will finance the storm sewer installation and the cost of curbs will be ap portioned according to property ownership after organization in an improvement district. It is estimated that cost of the entire program will not exceed $140, 000. The council approved two building permits, one a pumice i tile structure. 50 by 100 feet to Ranee Stover and the second for an apartment on Siskiyou street to Mrs. Imogcne Fox. This build ing will be a 30 by 40 framo house. 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