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
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'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
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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
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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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mieht eventuate, declare that he of their classification or rat-
felt a sense of urgency in "watch- ris
ing these two great giants, Amer
ica and Russia, getting ready
for a death struggle." Well, sup
posing we agree with him and
decide to adopt a policy of
hands-off outside the United
States, what happens?
Had Expansion ...
Russia has made no bones of
its intention to spread the red
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