Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, April 29, 1948, Page 1, Image 1

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ily I HANK JKNKINH
pAl.ttHTINifi fi ItuUrr mm imtter.
A dlnpiiU'h (mm Jcttimlcm thl
niuintntf ): "i'tTtumc iirHiitf Urn
Uontjlnl Holy Lntut it re U earning
uuUiwiti(i HtTtMit t ho i-:nyitiuti
boiitrr, while noldifm, tfims ttmt v-hU-trA
move northwittft UtwtJ the
frtuillrr."
- Kit y pi l urn of Ot A rati nuiimi
bojdpiiitu I'diratlitr, i!rr tummuiti
caiiou mltiiMcr w.y big F-KypUan
limy form imve Urn will to Uir
fioittirr. Ht'ttrtit Abdul Huh of Jiuj
nay hi country rmy im irlt
JtittiUtul unit wilt muvr Ummah
Tnmi'Jmdtm toward f'aifitUttr.
KlttK Abdtiiluij of Tmna-Joiditu
thl iiiumtim that he pnnotutiiy
will cointtiuml Uir tumim of hit
country, Iraq, l-cbumm and Hyrlu tit
tfrlvi to pinriit fhr Jrw from
p.ttitbiUltinu a imw Mate lit Paii-Mtitr.
iVour mat be h( Ipftii in ttrtttiiu
the lay of tin- I.uHi fixrd m your
mind t
RS long a Uie fitflUMig it PaJfMme
WW on the oidrr of tturrriHa
.a- harking, thrir wa Imp thai
ttuittrthliiit could ite kUmr to hr.td off
hootniii war. Now that imirj arc
beginning to move ttt mHltaiy foi mo
tion, the how U dimmer.
f me had it better world, more
HKNH.H.K wottd. It would or mi
ay to handle miaUmi miHi
thl. A tro(iK. witvr, ftincrrr United
Nation could trj hi thr police
tep in when private feud thurn
up ftmuiia individual. Koon every
liiiui; mm Id OK again.
Intrad of bring strung, United
Nation is wruk to the point tt hrip
lfunc. WHO wrecked UN?
Thai qurjittuti t r!hui IirlpfMl
to u now nit tile old one about which
came first, the hen or the egg. UN U
Weak becaUM1 the United HUte and
RuMtft, thr only countrlm tn the
world MeMtng mittlary power
enough to handle lOtuatioiJ uih a
Palestine, can t wmk together.
Ukt we upset the Kuudaim and
atari thrm oft on a entity fear btngc?
Of did th ItUMtftiia upjwt u?
noe are qurtin Umt ran l ot
now be amweted mtelllseiHly. Theie
U too much trar and auaptclntt on
thith idr. When frar nd upirion
ri JtKe m the world mtrUljirnt co
ojeratlon betomrs nntKWJtible.
r you will lotik back ralmly over
the nearly three year that have
rlajwed stilt the shooUiiK war rnUeU
tn Kuru)K you wilt find H hard to
brheve thai we are at fault.
Never wit there such an outpour
ing of good will from one !eop!e to
Another a Umt whirh went from
American people tu Uie KuMtmi
people. W admired their grim
courage. We reected the bat He
they had put up against Nail
Urmia I ly.
We WANTMJ TO WOHX WITH
THKM. Wc felt that we could work
with thrm. Hut it didn't turn out
that way.
WHY?
Well, if It was merely a taw? of
the American IKO!lJC ettfiut along
with the ItUMian I'KUl'l.K. there
would probably be little trouble. Un
fortunately the KttMtftft Vk'.OVLK
have little lu say about 11.
In Huuift, too much power U
lotfited In Uw few Imnds.
Kver siiue the world ben, ttouble
ha followed when too much ptwrr
is held In too few hands too lung.
Quick Work In
Clean-Up Drive
HALT LAKE CITY. April 28 ilv
'Lund kr I jtut rn'l bcllfvn
Thux itkc n 73-ypr-oId widow,
Mr. Alinu Jnhiwnn. wbrn wnrkmrn
nwnrnird ovrr hfr twn-nlory house
itnd Kitve U nr cant nf tmi pstnt
ymrnlny In lx mliiulm mid 4S urc
owti. Tliry lo put on brown trlm-
Kiiwiily-two painter worked on
Hip Job iw pnrt of Hit Snlt Lake City
Junior chamber of commerce clean
up and pntntup campaign.
Tile piilnlem lined Ill's Rflllon of
pnlnt. Ohservern noled that half of
It covered the painters and the
round. The oilier half went on the
mine.
WEATHER
!. flill HI t Mill, 1
Mt.attt ft im tm9
Ntml ls.e, !..( rr .l.ii
!'aftsti rltfr hmwtt
MIICK rVK VKNTH
Two Rli
Oleo Battle
Moves On To
Senate Vote
..Ahlll.M.JtJ.N, April 2 mi
With filrimtargarine better than
two to one vtrtiiry over butter In the
liiiu.c. (lie battle n( tile bread (preadt
moved !nt ttie senate tfdajr
Opiiilmu dilterrd almrply on what
will hpien there.
The house ymterdny voted 280 to
I0S to repeal the fl'i-year-old federal
tnxea on olni. It rejected all dairy
bloc rllnru to couipromue. The
would have Uropjied the uxe but
reulred the packantng of oleo tn
trianitular or circular atlrka.
The expected nenate battle haed
up alxiut like tm:
I. hrimtor Tft llt-Ohlol. thatr
matl ( ttie republican policy com
mittee and presidential aspirant
la on the oleo side. II la eioected
to drlre hard for paaaase of the tax
repealer bill.
z. The senate airlcullure and
finance eommltteea may wase a
tug of war for jurisdiction over
the legislation. Dairy state mem
bers ftiurr they will have a bet
ter chance to battle up the bill in
the agriculture committee.
One Net-Hack
Oleo backers already have suffered
a preliminary rebuff In the senate.
A move to attach margarine tax
repealer to the income tax reduction
bill was beaten 43 to 38. However,
this was not accepted as a fair te.t
aa Chairman Mltlikm ilt-Colo.t of
the tinam-e committee argued then
that the two subjects should not be
mixed,
Mllltkln said today If the oleo hill
Is sent to his committee he will seek
prompt action.
Hut ricnator Thye (It-Mlnn.l,
member of the agriculture commit -tea,
nld reporters: "W will do our
utmost to deteat the bill He repre
sents one of the great dairy states.
Ho recent laaita ha brouitht so
much turmoil In house debate.
In their last ditch stand, hou
members from Uie dairy district
tnunht desperately to give oleo a
distinct marking. But triangular
oleo was beaten II to 83. Itound
oleo went down for the count, IK
to 1.
tiimtlariy, the house beat, 129 to
II. an effort by Hep. August H.
Andresen iK-Mlnn.) to bar the
sate of rotored oleo altogether.
Itcp. Katharine St. Oemge R
S.Y.i added a feminine touch.
Oleo should be "virgin white." she
said, adrimit: "If It's so perlect, why
does It need another color?"
On the house roll call, lis repub
licans Joined HO democrat and
two American laborites to put the
bill through. Opposing were 02 re
liublicans and 14 democrats.
-SRS, KLAif f-tv" ,K, OttKOO.V, TIf I.BSBAV, APRH, !, 194 Telephone Itt No. 13 f
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km lefense Force Eyed
C Of C Leader
Ship Steward
Row Settled
8KATTLE, April it 117 The Lib
erty ship Christopher Flanagan wa
exiK'fted to leave here today lor
New York as the result of the set
tlement of dispute over a dis
missed steward.
l'oie and Talbot, Inc., operator
of the freighter, said It would sail
as soon as it had some cooks. The
Murine Cooks and Stewards union
said cooks were being sent down to
the vessel.
The vessel's sailing had been de
layed six days. The Christopher
Flanagan Is loaded with 5,800,000
Imurd feet of lumber for the At
lantic const.
Labor Unions In Atomic
Planis.Pose Big Problem
Ily MAX IHI.l.
WAKHINUTON, April 20 OPi Is
li sale to have labor unions In
atomic plants.
Con secrecy and security be nuiln
tiilued if unions are allowed to rep
resent the workers?
Government officials hope so.
Tl:ry say the CIO and AFL unions
al Oak Rltlitc, Teim., have caused
no breach of security.
Hut I ho government Is worried
about some other atomic centers.
II hnatt't yet permitted the official
rrcngntttnn of tmlons In atomic
nlnnt other Hum nt Onle Hltlge,
I. Is moving with extreme cuulton
Foi there mc llrkliah problems
alien (I,
For example, two unions whose
officers have not filed iioii-cimimu-nlsl
nntlis under the Tnft-Hnrtlcy
Inw arc active In the atomic in
dustry. These unions are:
1. The United Public Workers
ff'IOi, which Is ciinipnlKnlim for
tuemticrs nt I he Argonnc National
l.i.hornlory, Chlcnno. niierntcd by
Ilii University of Chicago.
2 The Hulled Klcctrlcnl Woikets
tC'IOi, which represents Hie pro
rtiictlon mid mnlntonnnce employes
wl the Peek street ntomlc power
laboratory, Bclienectady, N. Y., op
en.ted by Oenernl Electric,
Here Is how this union happens
to rcjircscnt thase employes: The
atomic laboratory Just "grew up"
Inside Ueiicrnl Electrics rcgutnr
plant at Schenectady. The employes
were already members of the Elcc
trlcal Workers, which hnve long
held a contract with General Elec
tric. The same contract covered
the Laboratory Workers.
In addition, organizers for the
CIO Electrical Workers have been
seen In recent months at Hanford,
Wnsh., where tleneml Electric has
taken nvm atomic operations.
Hut the most active group at Han
ford so far la the Pnsco-Kemiewtett
Metal Trades Council (AFL.
The 60,000 workers In the atomic
Industry are tn r peculiar position.
They work In plants owned by the
government, where the need for se
curity Is vital. But they are em
ployes of private companies.
Private employes are guaranteed
bv Inw the right to organizo and
bargain collectively through repre
sentatives of their own choosing,
fltit so far except for tho 20,400
workers at Oak Ridge atomic em
ployes are largely denied this legal
right.
A big reason Is (lint the U, S.
atomic energy commission says It
Isn't vet sure of the loyalty of ttl!
the union officers In the atomic
picture.
Big "Mothboli Fleet"
MaaW8,
1
At Moorage In Bremerton
wV-r yST'-Jfi mi MMI lljUir ,MJ:i MMM Tf:
4t jr if imh !! t
Inactive ships, drsrribrd by the nary official st the largest "mslhball fleet" of major nsaeii fn sny
navy yard. He at naval shipyard piers at Bremerton, Wash. Front to rear are the carriers Essex, Ticon
deroga, Vorktuwn, t.rstniton and Bunker Hill. At left background the battleship, cruisers end destroy
ers, and In extreme center, background, the carrier Bon Homme fUehard.
Hope Dims For
Early End To
Boeing Strike
SEATTLE. April 2 Pros
jiect of an early meeting to aeek
an end to the Boeing strike dimmed
today as the walkout of 15.000
Seattle employes went Into it
eighth day.
Conditions specified for such a
meeting Indicated a new deadlock
between management and union
hesds.
Tile company dcclliiei icsterdny
an Invitation from federal concilia
tors to meet with the Aeronautical
Mechanics union but mid It would
meet with the parent International
Association of Machinists aud i
An early meeting had been ex
pected between company heads and
a top-level committee of Uie ma
chinists. However, the committee
members said Boeing officials had
refused to meet with them f offi
cials of the AMU were present.
Harold Oibion, president of the
AMU local Kt, said last night that
"the IAM and local lit stand ready
to meet with the company any
time." He added, however, that
"when Uie meeting Is arranged we
wttl send representatives to the
conference whom we believe neces
sary to end the dispute."
President William M. Allen of
Boeing notified conciliators that
the comjMuiy would not meet with
AMU otltclals becsu.se, he contend
ed .the local union "Is no longer
collective bargaining Wtertcy under
the NLRA (national labor relations
sell." He declared tt had lost that
privilege because the strike "was In
violation of the contract." He also
asserted that "those on strike are
no longer employes oi mc iu
psny." Suspects In
Theft Held
After a wild chase, two youths
were arrested near Bend early today
as suspects In service station
burglary Rt Cliemult and two auto
thefts at Klamath, Falls.
Stnte police here Identified the
youths as Robert Dale Meyer. 18,
beer Island, Ore, and Donald Wes
ley Carter, 18.
Pat Chase, Chemult business mim.
heard breaking glass In service
station al about 11:30 p. m. When
Chase went to investigate, he saw
two men leap into car and take
off on US 87 north. He gave chase,
and said that he went as high as 90
miles n hour, but could not catch
up with the other mnchlne. He v
tip at Crescent and notified Stste
Officer William Hnzelwood there.
Haxehvood took tip the pursuit
nd stopjied the fugitives near Bend
at 4:80 a. m. They are in Jail there.
State officers said the pair related
a story of b series of stito thefts.
They were driving 184? Bttick car
reported stolen from Sacramento,
They said they also stole a Dodge
.car In Sacramento, but abandoned
it.
At Kinmnth Falls, according to
stnte officers, the youths stole a
lliitck car belonging to Frank Jen
kins, Herald and News publisher,
from Pino street, and abandoned it
jrtst north of town. They also stole
here tt Hudson belonging- to Walt
Biesslnger, 2105 Ohio street, from
Ninth and Pine, also abandoning It.
The car theft story was still some
what confused, and officers satd
third youth might hnve been In
volved, There was no immediate ex
ptnnntlnn an lo how two youths
could be driving so mnny rars nt.
once.
Truman Calls For Early
Confirmation Of LUienthal
H'ASIIIXtiTOK, April i Utienthst and his associates were
President Truman today catted for j confirmed to the commission but
early senate confirmation at his re- I spring,
appointments of Chairman David E. i Xo Politics
Ullenthat and other member of j nf pnsllltm uhtnlhul and
, 'imic nmT eommtsslon. ! hi four Jfllow. mtmtxrl ven p
,. , Jron "id attons to j pointed -without ar,r reference to
limit their new terms to one or two ) theiT poijtjcgi arUistions." He
years would restore the oatl of added jn , forms, aasanent;
uncertainty which surrounded the! , ,t .
development f this country!, Wn " recognise the need
ftmte enrrr? prof ram."
Weather Bad
Overstate
By The Associated Press
Below normal temperatures or
this tuns of year continued today
to plsgue the Pacific Northwest.
A widespread mixture of snow
and rain was reported east of the
Cascade mountains. The weather
burrau said there was snow t Watt
Walla, Wash., snd at Pendleton, La
Grande and Baker, Ore., and
throughout the Blue mountain ares.
Meacham, which is In the moun
tains east of Pendleton, had s tow
temperature of 2. Walls Walla had
33. La Grande 33, Baker 33, Spo
kane 4i, and Yaktms 49.
Spokane snd Coeur d'Alene and
Boise, Idaho, reported rain.
The Seattle weather bureau said
the early morning temperatures in
Eastern Washington are usually to
low or middle forties at this time
of vear.
Cloudv weather snd some fog was
reported on the western side of the
Cascades, Temperatures reported
Included Seattle 42: Olympia ft:
Portland 40: Eugene 44. Medford
4rt and Beiiingham 45.
The weather bureau said temtjer
stures have been averaging sev
eral decrees lower than st this time
j last year.
Arabs Reject
Police Plan
LAKE SUCCESS, April 39 1,41
The Arabs today rejected s French
proposal for n international vol
unteer police force for Jerusalem.
The Jews agreed io the proposal
for a 1000-man elite force to safe
guard Jerusalem's holy places under
a proposed truce, but the Arab re
jection dashed hopes for Its estab
lishment. Jama! Husseini, vice-chairman of
the Arab higher committee for Pales
tine, told the United Nations trustee
ship council the Arabs "object to
foreign troops being sent to our
country." He said the term troops
also meant police.
Husseini added that the Arabs
would not resist the proposed police
force but would never agree to It,
Moshe Shertok, head of the Jew
ish agency's political department,
said the Jews definitely agree to set
ting up a UN force for Jerusalem.
The United States renewed its, ap
peal meanwhile for quirk UN ap
proval of the American plait for UK
trusteeship over Palestine,
This Fire Made
Fighters Hungry
SIOUX CITY, t April 29 tm
If the firemen who fought it stub
born blase t a freeser storage
plant here looked hungry, maybe
there's a reason.
The bin tn which the flames
caused damage yesterday contained
37,000 fresh hams, property of the
strikebound Armour mid company.
ment of ear atomic energy program.
f strongly arse thai these semina
tions be considered on the schedule
originally set by congress,
The tens of Lilienthaf snd other
teststisskm members will exslre
Angast 1, l.iHf rtthai was nomin
ated for a bcw flTe-year term.
The reappointments for the four
other members would be staggered
a follows: Sumaer T. Pike tot four
years. Lewis L. Straus for three.
William W. Waymack for two. and
Robert T. Bacher for one year.
The atomic energy control act
provides for appointments on such
a staggered basis.
There has been talk among re
publicans of an U-month term ex
tension for the commission mem
bers. Under this arrangement, if
r publican were elected to the pres
idency in November, he could decide
on longer-term appointments in
mid-194. '
Asked if he opposes a compromise
on shorter terms. Mr. Truman re
olied bnmtiv that he Is for carry
ing out the law as originally passed
by congress.
Bigger Army
Seen To Be
Var Threat
WASHINGTON. April 29 V-Xfe
hijh t&asma&d, working wlih
poitry fra&sera, thinks two siMilos
mm we enough for dtirmf ihat
more mijhi be Ti"l s bread s x
Tbe joint chlrf of Utt, It mm
Iwiied todajr, ssed math iJIpto
miilc yardaiick io help H measure
the size of the Feeof&mesded
time mitttxry ntJtblithment.
The joint chiefs organization Is
compel of the military heads of
the army, navy and air force, plus
Adm. William D. Leahy the chief of
staff to the president. They con
stitute an advisory group to Sec
retary of Defense Forces tat
oncil Group
The overall stliilary diplomatlt
policy is hapd by the satlsnai
ft-urity cesncii which iacld
Fresldmi Tramia, Secretary ef
tsUie Marshii, Ferresta! asd Use
ft The military plasnisf tha
Is deslfed t& be f er4 to the
diplomatic thinking fey the eosfH. i
Here Is what they vast for a
peacetime defensive force present
i manpower figares in parenthesise I
Aa army of S3?,&ft mes i$&M$
in the r titular estabiishment, 5St
90S (260 ,000 i Is the saUoaai raartL
The rtfiilar army woold be or
Casized inio It divisions, pins 5
batiaiions of anti-aircraft defers.
A cavy of 556,000 regulars 35St
000 220,900 as&&SSi organised re
serves. They would man about
combatant ships Including about IS
carriers end 32 air groups.
An air force of $,00$ men
aOfli, The ultimate bjeetire would
be tt Ifl-fTOP force at full ttrenjth
or s htUe orr fell strength.
This would be a peacetime force.
Should the United Biatea be at
tacked, the current thinking of the
high command U understood to be
along the Imt of a "mobiUzaUoa
day' force of these dimensions:
1. A jroasd army of 55 to 3
diriiions, bolb re$slar asd rat
Usnal f&ard Jaii? eq sipped ssd
trained ready to more overseas
immediately,
2. A savy of 964 eosasbatast
shlp&
i As air force of 11 to 12
group, sot ijsclttdlnf saval aTia-tioa.
This is Al fiattas nzw chamber
I of commerce presidenk
Hat tan Heads
Local Chamber
New president of the Kismstn
sssnt? chamber of esmmeree tt Al
Hattaa. local stationery store oper
ator. Hattaa wis chosea bj the cham
ber board yesterday after It was
reorganized for the sew year. He
succeeds Phil Hitchcock.
Fred Hoagiand as elected vice
president, and Boy Rakestraw treas
urer. Charles R. S'.aric was re-elected
secretary and manager,
Kattan. a forrr.tr Kstisnder. told
the board he vssld ds bis best for
Klamath."
Fight Tempo
Mounts As
Arabs Move
Bt m ax BOI
JERBSAIM, Ajrl! ! cffwsSe
Jetra zMmtd vletsrie idT sm
Hxitia rBiir sssse IS sUe down
the srher valley ftws iise
He a of tiMi.
itmhm mnm Is Haifa aaid that
dartng the sight Jew captured th
Arab ssrsjsjhnM ef Belms, 3ey
tows a seat 1$ miitx smith sf m
aea sued aa a say station by Arts
arTiOrj steallsf to from Trsrj
Jordas, irwiih rfpsrit ts jerauleai w-tr
teat the Jewhfc ttiti HrnJi
tsatti Ara'vt tn a fire-hoar tetttc
teday an Isefc a police ataiiss ne
Sxsaxafe Meb (he Ara&t bad se
Up sf the Sa of Galilee.
Fsti Oeeupied
Bows Sm river raltey ainxjst half.
ay ts Behaa, the aanse reports
ecuHaised. Rjanait also occapSed
Jfer Al Maiamt jsoHc post and Te$
eart pessce fortress, evacuated l!J
the Brit6A, near Oesfcer.
lb Jlih sma chafied that
Arafc iecisBsabea eomhif (rsm
Tram-Joriian jefated other ajTned
Arabs te Tterdar sttaefe k fflt
ewtah Ki'.vMit setUenumt of Gh.
ee, Bai there vac tw efikial eon
firTnaiion. Gesher Si fsst south of a Jordaa
fiver power vMlm ened txti $er
ated by the Jess. Orse Jew was re
Parted kffled and sane wessded SB
the attack srt the settlessest. "
3 Killed
Official forces said ywtrdaj
eaMkS Is Jaf& IrsMed 18 Jew -kUled
asd it Arab kaSed sd St
Weather Slows
TAC Opening
The elements cave conspired to
postpone the anticipated opening: of
the Klamath Basis. Tees-Age center,
whies. was to have bees tossorrow
night, until Saturday nlgfet. Slay S.
Cold weather, which prevented the
tile floor covering from settling
properly in the new center at 22S
N. Sth. has disappointed teen-agers
and their friends, bat only for s
wees.
The formal opening wffi be at 1:30
jp. m. May S. and Irost that hour.
ana the touowinz weei. M?'.nams
at 1 p. 0. Monday, 35ay 10. through
Friday. May 14. anof ctosmg ume
at 9:30 p. m., the young people of
ttie basin wtii be at home to their
parents and other patrons of the
center, to their new beadqoartera.
Regular activities o teen-age
members of the club will not begin
ami! May 17, so that Interested per
sons of the commanity may haye
ample opportunity is irfsis the sew
cesser.
Insane Negro
Kills Sheriff
ADAIRVILLE, Ky April 29 t.4
An Imane negro shot ts death Chief
of Police Ruitis Barrow, 66, with
the officer's own pissot today, then
for more than an hour stood off of
ficers before he finally was over
powered. The negro. llsSed as Ed Burkes.
30, had been adjudged insane and
was in custody of the officer, await
ing a bus to take him to an Institu
tion. The prisoner seized the of
ficer's gun, felled him and fired
shot after shot Into his body.
Then the man. waving the gun
menacingly, took up a position over
the officer's body and defied police
and sheriff's deputies.
The officers refrained immediately
from attempting to seise him lest he
start shooting lislo the crowd of sev
eral hundred which quickly gath
ered. Alter nearly an hour and a half,
the officers kept the mans attention
while another negro. Capers Crum
baugh, 45, slipped up behind Burkes,
flattened him and disarmed him.
Power Controls
Off In California
SAS FRANCISCO, April S9 tm
All remaining control on nse of
electric power in Northern and Cen.
ital California were wiped off the
books today by the state power con
servation director.
The action signaled the end of
the electric crisis created ,by rec
ord winter drought.
The action meant disbanding of
the 200 or more local conservation
committees In the 48 counties pro
claimed emergency areas. These
committees tmd been screening new
business applications since the state
ended the bulk of the emergency
controls on Aorll 12.
Heavy March and April rains and
increased power deliveries from
Southern California helped tad the
emergency.
Coal Pension
Pay Blocked
WASHINGTON, April 29 m
Esra Van Horn, operators' trustee
!os the coal miners welfare fund,
threw another block today against
payment of ilOO-a-monih pensions
for the fund.
He wrote the banks holding the
SM.006.t00 welfare fund that he
has refused to approve the pension
payments. He said he has legal
advice that his signature is reoulresi
on all checks withdrawing money
from the fund.
The letter went to the Kationsl
Savings and Trust company. Wash
ington, where $33,000,000 is de
posited, and to the Central National
Bank of Cleveland, which has tt,
000,01, Van Horn also has filed suit to
void the pension plan approved
bv John L, Lewis and Senator Styles
Bridges, other trustees of the fund.
He objects because the Lewis
Bridges plan would give pensions to
miners who worked tn mines not
contributing to the welfare fund.
The piss provides pensions for
miners aged 62 with SO years serv
ice in the coal sitae,
Lewis and Bridges last sight voted
in transfer S5.SSS.800 from the aen
esal account to a pension account.
Van Horn's letter was aimed So
slop the transfer, ,
Iraq Army
On The Move
Fit tees Jew ind iws Arabs wert
reported stafa to yarisas FiiB
etoske jtet last jsijrhi. Nearly
359 pmtmi, by ssefflelaf eeBirt,
fcsTe died hy -rieteses fas the Holy
Lasd to the last lire ssirths.
The ErttSsh army said it used
tanks yesterday Ss Jaffa after s
fcesy ssortar attack on Use Arab
elf? by the Jewish Irsron Ztai Le-tsssi
The artsy said tasks, mfastry
and gas earners were deployed tn
tlse are sf the Jaffa railway work
shops and law courts while Spit
fires with caanss attacked a bsiiM
iw ssed '? Irgun forces te nearby
Bat Yam. Aa army source ssM Ir
gun was forced back ttt Jaffa and:
British troops still were in pceition
today te the area Into which they
moved.
KesertheJessv the Jews, striking;
from all-Jewish Tel Art?, showed
detersninattea te go ahead. wB&
their attack .upon Jaffa, si predsm 1
toasBy Arao city. -
Police Probe
Theft Tale
AiTORAS, CaM, April Sh.-.
Sirs officers Sew to Jobs Day, Ore.,
today to attespt to unravel the web
of esnfssisg: stories told by trsre
ytaths arrested Sere after as tx
ebasge sf gunfire with police Tues
day memisg,
Pardsa . Alien. 32. and Walter
Bradford, 15, toM disaimiar steies
to District Attorney Lederer about.
mms, iTaas-orsan. pru st their actions before coming te Al-
iiP- Regent Abdul Bah of Iraq said
today ins country's army has started
moving from Baghdad toward Pal
estine and wilt pass through Trans
Jordan. "Plans are compete for res
cuing Palestine the regent said
after talking with King Abdullah of
Trans-Jordan
The Arab legion in Palestine sent
a message to Abdullah saying Jew
ish forces in Cesser, oa the west
side of the Jordan river south of the
sea of Galilee, have surrendered to
the legion and the village was occu
pied. "The Jews raised the white flag
is order to bring is wounded and
killed and afterwards capitulated,"
the legion message said.
The legion declared hundreds of
Jews had bees kitted.
The message accused the Jews of
starting the battle by killing as
Arab legion sentry two sights ago
inside the Trans-Jordan territory.
Storm Warnings
Up Along Csssf
SAN FRANCISCO. Apr! 19 ijPs
The U. 8, weather bureau today is
sued small craft warnings, effective
at S a. m. tPST), from Monterey to
Cape Blanco. Ore.
The storm, of Eureka, will cause
southerly winds of 3S ts miles
per hour today and early tonight.
turas, where they met Floyd Board.
mas. IS, and became involved in
esstteht with police in whSdt
Boardman was wounded. All f&rec
were aBprehended and are heM se
open charges sending eempletios sS
the isvestattss.
District Attorney Lederer said th
youths told ese story of stealing s
car at John Day. another of getttet
a ride from Johs Day wish two
other yosths, and still a third story
about Wtcfc-siMng to New Pin
Creek, north of Alturas, Orse story
told sf killing the owner of car
they stele, bet officers could find
neither car nor body and now di
eenst thai report.
Sheriff Giyne Johnson went ts
John Da7 by plane to check with
the sheriff there.
County Judges To
Talk Road Setup
SALEM. April m Cwmt?
judges and commissioners of 33
counties met here Wednesday ttt
talk about road, welfare and tax
They yoted to ask the legislator
to reuuire, U local tax levying
bodies, such as cities and school
districts, share the burden ssf tts
Usee per gesi discount which is
given to persona who pay their prsp-
the bureau said. The winds witt shift erty tsses sa tits. This feardes
to southwest asd decrease during j sow Is assumed only by ts sous
the sight. I ties.
USAF Slates 'Air War1 In Northwest To Test
Defenses; Bad Weather Grounds Ships At Start
By The Associated Press
An "air war" was on tap
for the Pacific Northwest. The
"war," announced l Washington
D, C, last sight by the air force,
wilt be a fall-scale test ef Kortft
west defenses.
Three commands of the USAF
are to participate with B-2Ss stag
ing mock bombing attacks and
fighter squadrons intercepting the
attackers.
The maneuvers will last more
than a week.
The air fores announcement said
the test was to have gotten under
way last midnight. Bad weather
Wat believed ts have postponed the
first forays.
At the Spokane army air base,
Cot E. S. Briggs, base commander,
said large number ef military
aircraft were grounded By bad
weather.
He could not disclose, he said, the
destination or mission ef the piasea
but said it waa aa "tmsasatiy targe
number for the Spokane base.
Air force officials at MeChord,
field declined to comment on plans
for the maneuvers.
The air force announcement in
Washington said the attacking
force is made up of S-33s ef the
strategic ale command, fighter
planes ef the tactical air conimasd
and the atr defesse eommasd will
be defenders. The total somber of
planes was not disclosed.
Control center for the detest
operations will be at Arlington,
Wash., about miies Berth sf
Seattle. It will direct fighter pissc
through radar tracking tmitsw
A fighter stasdraa wiifi japport
teg until of the first ftgbter wing
has bees su lined ts the Spokane
base. Two squadrons at the Jftfc
tighter wing at the strategte lr
esmmasd and three suit of the
5nd tactical essteof greap Bars
been directed t deploy themselves
between Spokane mat SfeCbor
field.
Also ordered to participate, sir
force headquarter said, are ail
weather lighter plane of the SSUt
group asd the Bnd group and rm-dsr-etiuipped
tmita ef the Mtth
aircraft: essstrst and warms: group,