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H I' g o i lin k tills niiiriilnii, Prcsl
drill Trillium Belw Hid railroad
Inuiiln.) Hi? It trying l Jirnd lf
stoppage ul lull an vice In thr United
HUilm at (I o'clock loiiiurriiw morn
lull. elrrrcliiry ot the Army Koynll
liniiir Ornriul ICiliiiond II. Lravvy
in run 1 1 ic i uiiiln ur 1 1 if uriiiy. lrol
drill Truman tnyn: "1 cull upon
every null (md worker to co-operate
Willi llir giiviiriiinrnl by remaining
on duty."
TluimttJi J. lliuklim, of llir Broth
erhood of Locomotive Kitgiucors
says: "My union arc Hint strike
Itur Into rflrct ul 6 . ui. tomorrow."
TIIK grnerul run ill u. to whom
railroad service In probably mora
Imimrliiiit limn anything exrrpi gns
nllnr Ui run our rum und IrurkA Willi,
It lliilit unci nay noiliinu. We'll see
what we'll e.
STRIKES aie bad. Tlirie Is no get
tlnil around that. They are In
f oTInliitil war, and war of any kind
la costly.
Hull, tliry are our way ot Milling
labor - muitugciiiriil disagreements
tltul have gone too fur to.be actilNl
any oilier wuy. II over Hie long
pull, in a rlnsli of systems II aliould
turn oul Hint the ItusMan sytrm U
stronger tliuu ours and HUHHIA
TAKKS U8 OVKK. there will be no
mine all Ike trouble.
rllKKK will be no moie strike
trouble thru bemuse communism
doesn't lolerutp strikes. Under rom
lliuuliillc totalitarianism. AUTHOR
ITY AT TIIK TOP Irll Ulc people
1K)WN AT TIIK UO'ITOM what to
do and the people do It.
They do It OK Kl-Wi.
They have a choice, of course.
'Iliey cult obey, or they can face
the firing tuuad or go to concentra
tion cani.
tint. 111 the end, Uie order! of au
thority at the top prevail.
MAYIIK It will turn out thai the
rommunist ayntem u more ef
ficient. In thai event, we will be
taken over by communttm. This
writer, speaking one small Amer
ican, prrlera our way. It. under our
way. we have to have strikes, let
have them, gel them over a anon M
poudblr. wuh ai Utile III will pos
sible, and gel bark to work oon
a postlblr.
ANYTHING Is brtlrr than having
to lake orders from lite lop and be
lug able to do nothing about It ex
cept to ay humbly: "Yea. Mailer,
ao It shall be."
Units Hold
V-E Day Rites
Floral wrraUis on the memorial
hall al the court home marked
Klamath' observance of the third
annlvcrMry of V-K Day Saturday
afternoon. County veterans organ
ization placed wreath In memory
ot World War II dead in simple
ceremonies sponsored by the allied
veterans council.
A small crowd paid tribute to the
occasion as services oeiied with the
invocation by Krv. Godfrey
Mnithrws. Mantrr of ceremonies was
Mnrk Hmith.
Uniformed representatives of the
Vcterniis of Foreign Wars mid aux
iliary, the Amerlcnn legion and
atixllinr; the Disabled American
Veleruna and auxiliary, the Marine
Corp league and lu auxiliary, and
the Reserve Officers association
placed the wreaths.
An American lglon firing sqund
fired a snltile. nnd tais were pluyrd,
concluding the service.
Rail Wages As
Given By Union:
NEW YORK. Mny 10 iP Here
are the minimum wages recelvpd by
rallrnnd engineers, firemen and
switchmen who are scheduled to
strike tomorrow morning, as listed
In a union pamphlet:
. Engineers, $10 80 for an elght
rf'ur duy: firemen, IP 21: switch
'men, $10.02: -switch foremen, listed
as n Job Involving executive, respon
sibility. $10.54.
Union demands were listed In the
pnmphlrt as an Increase of 30 per
rent or a minimum of $:i a day for
an elght-hnur dny across the bonrd.
The railroads' counter offer Is 15
rents nit hour or $1.34 a duy, the
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AtKfVe, left, rlew of the Uillard hotel banquet room Saturday noon a Gorernor
llewey of New York addressed Klamath people In his presidential prefrrenre campaign.
Klght, Dewey and Mayor Kd Ostrndorf In eoncertible. Below, part of the big crowd
that heard Dewey speak from the courthouse steps Saturday noon. Arrow points to
the candidate.
Trove Expert Says Oregon
Tourist Trade May Triple
pnmphlrt snld,
. I
l.AKEVIKW, May 10-An Indica
tion Hint tourist Iruvel In OreKon
muy be three times thai of 1(147 was
given here Snturdny night by Mun
ley F. Koblsnu. director of the travel
and Information bureau for the Ore
gon highway drpurtment, In it talk
before mrmbers ot the Shasta-Cascade
Wonderland association.
The Indication was based on the
number ot Inquiries from -potential
tourists, made In response to high
way department's national tourist
advertising, thai have been answered
by his office. He snld Unit so far
this year, they have answered 110.
000 Inquiries, while In 1U47 they
answered 116,500. ,
Roblson snld further Hint In the
pnsl six weeks, these Inquiries huvo
Rvcruged 6000 per week. He com
pared these figures with the prnk
pre-wnr yenr. 1839. when the office
answered 76.000 Inquiries.
The tourist business nlrendy ranks
third with lumber mid agriculture
In Oregon Income, Roblson stated,
bill pointed out Hint Income from
tourists Is "new money." brought In
from far points nnd distributed here
Man-Made Lakes Seen Threat
To Prehistoric Culture Link
wherrus much ot the lumber and
agriculture income represents money
ulrcndy here but merely re-clrcu-lated.
The highly competitive nature of
the tourist industry was shown by
the speaker In a "paste-up" of the
tourist advertising that appeared In
the April, 1948 Issue of "Holiday"
ninmixlne. The naste-un. in which
! he hnd cut the tourist ads from
I Uie mngnzlne and stuck them to
gether In a long string, wns nearly
60 feet long. The ads represented
30 of the 48 stales, all bidding tor
the tourist dollar.
Normnn Robothnm ot Redding,
president of the Wonderland as
sociation, told the group at Sntur
dny'a luncheon that the Wonderland
must expand Its national advertising
program ill order to cumprte ef
fectively wiUi the other tourist pro
motion associations, and with Hie
46 stales Mint use tax dollars to at
tract tourists.
He pointed out Hint the tourist In
dustry in Cnllfoniln lends all the
others, In Income, and added Unit
nationally the tourist Income was
grenter thnn the other six top In
dustries, Including oil, steel, Irnus
Vnrtntlon, movies, agriculture, and
communications.
Ily Vi:ilN IIAll(il,AND
WA8IIINOOTON, Mny 10 I)
Mnn-mnde Inkrs threaten to blot out
Important links with America's pre
historic culture.
Dr. Frank H. II. Roberta Jr., of the
flinlthsonlnn Institution snld so lo
dny. He told the nntlonnl park serv
ice advisory board swift action must
be tnken to prevent the nation's
system of river bnsln developments
from destroying Important nrcheo
loglrnl sites.
The tlnent Is especially serious In
five mens, Including tho Pnrlflo
North wcsl, Robeiia snld. One
Iiiikkn Isluml In the Roanoke river
between Virginia nnd North Caro
linaIs the only known site In the
ensletn putt of tho Unllrd Slates
fit the folsom typo nt cull mo which
ludends an estimated 16,000 years
Into the pnst, , Thin Is the curliest
known form of mnn on Ilia North
American continent.
"Eighty per cent of the prehistoric
peoples lived In the river valleys
where land wns fertile and water
transportation was available, even
as people do today," Roberts snld In
his report.
"Now, ' wllh the large scnle con
struction of multiple-purpose dams
nnd reservoirs, the only wny we enn
save the remnlns of those ancient
vnlley settlement Is to carry on a
salvage program In advance of the
flooding of the lands,
"The altos constitute Uie library
of archeology. Their contents must
be saved."
Besides the Duggs Island site, Rob
ert listed the other proposed reser
voir sites whrro lesnrch work Is most
urgently needed, Including:
Vnrlnun Columbia river projects In
Washington nnd Oregon such as the
McNnry dam. Tho sites Include vll
Ingo pit containing volcanic, ash
which links the civilizations with
geologic periods ot 4000 years ago.
Long Buys Up
Apartments
Mr. and Mrs. . Nicholas E. Long
have purchased the Roosevelt apart
ments from Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ros
knmp, It wns announced today.
The apartment were built by
Roskamp In 1033, nnd are located
on LeRoy street In Hot Springs,
Long came to Klamath Falls from
Portland In 1839 and has operated
the Long's apparel shop since that
time. The family lived on Lake
shoro drive for the pnst eight year
nnd will now occupy the owner
apartment In the Roosevelt.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Rnsknmp have not
announced their future plans but
are leaving to spend some time with
their rintighter, Haj'bara, student nt
tho Unlvorsity of California.
The transnctlon was hnnrucd by
the Bnrnhlsel agency. The consider
ation wna not announced.
UMT-Draft
Bill Favored
WASHINGTON, Mny 10 il
Chalrmnn Gurney iR-S.D.I today
announced general acceptance by
the senate armed services commit
tee ot mail provisions of a bill to
combine a temporary draft and a
military training program.
Ourney told reporters he expect
the bill to be completed tomorrow.
The measure as it stands author
lies a two-year draft of men 19
through 36 and a year military
training for 18-year-olds.
It also requires registration of all
men 18 through 35 and of doctors
up to age 45.
Most veterans would be exempt
from the draft.
Ourney emphasized that all of
these provisions are subject to
change before the final committee
vote, but he said "there Is quite
complete agreement on the bill."
Ho added that the group has
"about three more things" to de
cide, including an amendment by
Senator Russell tD-Qa.l to require
Industrial plants to accept war pro
duction orders.
Gurney snld that, when the vote
has been taken, It wil lbe Intro
duced In the srnate a a committee
bill. It Is slated for early action.
The chalrmnn said the section
dealing with doctor will assure Uiat
no community will be "denuded" ot
physicians.
Short Haircuts
Postpone Trial
PITTSBURGH, May 10 (IP) The
Irlal of three men on chnrgea of
slaying a policeman was postponed
today because their hair Is too short.
A barber at Western penitentiary,
where the three are serving long
terms for burglary and larceny,
gave them the regulation convict
haircut when they were Admitted
10 day ago.
The district attorney's officii de
cided on the postponement until
their hair grow bnck. Prosecutor
felt that defense attorney might
object to having the 'three men In
court with their heads bnld-brlght.
The men are Edward Dlpofl, 33,
John Wilson, 38, nnd Henry Kmlec,
a. The state chnrge them with
killing Patrolman Joseph Chmel
ynskl. ,
Lost Couple
Found Safe
A ix-rrar-oi'd iflrl and her 59-
Lake Defeats
Bly 16-10
LAKEVIEW. May 10 Lakeview
defeated Bly, 18 to 10, in an Inter-
year-old hiking companion. miln j Rund., Dollarhiri. hit
: a home run In the eighth with two
on. winning the game for Lakeview.
Shortscore:
Lakeview 16 11 0
Bly 10 6 4
Johnson and Mercery; May and
Henson.
Chiloquin beat Sprague River, 18
13, In another league game at
Sprague River.
Shorucore:. v. '"-.,,
Chiloquin 18 14 4
Sprague River 13 6 3
Wilson, Jack and Murdock; Mont-
Anderson Out
As USDA Head
fur several hours last night on Hor-
hark mountain southwest of town,
were the object of a tour - hour
search which brought out a erew of
state police, members of the fami
ly and neighbors.
The child. Mona Dale C'henewith.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Chenrwlth of J)?8 Garden, and Otto
Llovd. 113 N. 10th. were found
aroond 10:31 l-st night following a
eanh which started shortly after
o'rlock.
Went Ahead
The two had gone to the Hogback gomery, E. Lukl and Cook,
area with Mona Dale's mother and i
Mr. and Mrs. John Sellars of Kla
math Falls. The little girl asked to
go on beyond the point where the
party had stopped, and hike to the
lookout on the fire road.
Floyd volunteered to accompany
Mona.
Mrs. ChenewlUi and the Sellars
waited for quite some time before
they became alarmed and sought
the help of state police. That was
around 9:30 p. m.
Officers were rounded up and
dispatched to the scene where they,
too. searched for an hour.
The two were located as they
walked down a road, the child cold
and tired, her body In light summer
clothing protected from the cold and
wind by Lloyd's coat and shirt which
hr had put on the child during their
wandering.
Both were moved to state police
headquarter where Lloyd was ques
tioned. He said they "got lost," wan
dered around for a time and then
built a fire.
They finally started down a road
and met the search party.
Outside of being chilled in the 38
ticgree night air and footsore as well
as hungry. Mona Dale was litUe the
worse for her experience.
Brotherhoods
Undecided On
Strike Issue
WASIII.SCTO!i, May It fTi President Truman aelud the rallroada
today In a move to head off a atrike which he said would be "a nation
wide tragedy wllh world-wide repercussions."
He put the lines under the army.
But It was not certain that even this would stop the walkout railed
by three big railroad brotherhoods for 8 a.m. (local railroad time)
tomorrow. Their chiefs said they would hare to talk with atrike
committees.
The president signed a seizure order two minutes before 1 o'clock
IKDTi m an effort to bar a strike. The order place operation of tho
trains under direction of the U. H. army.
Mr. Truman appealed to all railroad workers to stay -on their jobs.
"I call upon every railroad worker to cooperate with the govern
ment by remaining on duty," the seizure statement said.
"I call upon the officers of the railroad labor organization to take
appropriate action to keep their member at work."
Mr. Truman's statement added:
"It Is essential to the public health and to the public welfare
generally that every possible step be taken by the government to assure
to the fullest possible extent continuous and uninterrupted transporta
tion service." '
"A strike on our railroads would
be a nationwiue trageay, wun woria
wide repercussions."
Week Of Talks
The seizure order was Issued after
a week-end of almost conUnuous
negotiations, directed by Presiden
tial Adviser John Steelman. failed
to bring a settlement of the dispute
between the three brotherhoods and
the railroads over wages and work
ing condition.
The heads of the three unions left
a White House conference just a
the president's execntive order was
being released. They would not say
whether their union members would
remain on the job under govern
ment seizure.
"We're going to take that up now
with our committees," President Al
vanley Johnston of the locomotive
engineers, David B. Robertson of the
firemen and enginemen. and A. J.
Glover of the switchmen's onion
said.
Confab Held
Rail Strike
Effects At
A Glance
By The Associated Preae
Here Is the rail strike situation at
a glance:
Washington President Truman
seizes nation's railroads at 9 a. m.
(PST), but Thomas J. Harkln. of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, says "my orders are that a
strike goes Into effect at six o'clock
tomorrow;" more conference be
tween conciliator and disputant
scheduled.
TT,. ,,nlnn l.H.r went ri.hC to , .01 oiieiKr TOiapon.-
MICK 1 1 IJ 1 . 1 iuf m wuwtiiw ntva.
their strike committees. They said
they would not promise they would
be able to notify Steelman at that
time of their decision about working
for the government.
Mr. Truman's order directed that,
for the time being, present wage
and working conditions in effect on
the railroads shall be maintained.
The president said these wage
conditions shall be continued until
further order from himself or from
the secretary of Uie army. Kenneth
Royall.
Recommendations
A presidential fact-finding board
has recommended a 15 cents an
' hour Increase as a settlement of the
wage dispute. Railroad management
accepted it. as did nearly a score of
other railroad onions. The en
gineers, switchmen and firemen re
fused to accept it. They ask a 30
prr cent increase.
These unions have about 190.000
of the I J00.0O0 -workers in the na
tion's rail system.
WASHINGTON. May 10 jPi
President Truman formally accept
ed the resignation of Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson today with an
endorsement of his candidacy for
the democratic nomination for Uie
senate from New Mexico.
"In consenting to your release at
this time." the president wrote. "I
do so in the hope that Uie period
immediately ahead is but the pre
liminary to your reentry to the halls
ot congress next time as a member
of the senate."
Anderson formerly was a mem
ber of the house of representatives.
There still was no word from the
White .House on Anderson's successor.
" Strike May Halt
Freedom Train
line equlpmenr sought; Mayor
O'Dwyer says city faces "one of
worst food gouges in history."
Chicago Survey of nation show,
threatened mass unemployment,
crop losses, and inflated food price
if strike goes through tomorrow
morning.
Buffalo fiteel making and blast
furnace operations expected to halt
in Bethlehem Steel company's Lack
awanna plant if strike takes effect.
Cleveland Unions involved In the
dispute over wages and working;
rules are the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, Uie Brotherhood
of Locomotive Enginemen and Fire
men, and Uie Switchmen' Union of'
North America.
Boeing Strike
End Sought
WASHINGTON, May 10 iP The
government continued effort to
end the strike of 14.500 machinists
at the Booing Airplnne company
bomber plant, Scnttle. Wash., de
spite management refusal to attend
Washington meetings.
The conciliation service received
Its third turn-down from the com
pany today after Inviting the par
ties to talk over the strike with
mediators here. The company con
tends the Aeronautical Mechanics
union tlnd) violated a no-strike
provision in the contract.
Howard Colvln, associate director
of the conciliation service, sad "we're
going to continue to explore the
matter nnd try to tind some method
of setUement."
"We're not giving up hope," he
added.
Chamber To Hear
Walker Tonight
Senator Dean Walker of Inde
pendence will be the featured speak
er nt tonight's annual meeting of
the Klamath county chamber ot
commerce.
The dinner Is scheduled to start at
8:30 p. in. at the Wlllard hotel din
ing room. Ticket were still avail
able this afternoon at the chnmber.
Walker, former president of the
senate and long on the way and
means committee, will discus the
state's financial affnlrs.
Mothers Take
Over As Cops
MUSKEGON. Mich.. May 10 iVP)
Mother went on duty as a traffic
cop in this city today. The mothers
have been authorized to halt and
start traffic for the benefit ot
youngsters on the way to school. A
parent-teachers group Is cooperat
ing with police in the experiment
Youngster On
Night Prowl,
But Found OK
Little Harold Swisher, aged 3. was
away from home all Saturday night
NEW YORK, May 10 ly?l The T "isu wns ins P"
fate of the Freedom train In event i i"" a few ,'antlc hour Sund
luuiuuis. . t .
Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Hu-
rail workers quit
uncertain today.
their jobs was
However the American Heritage
foundation, which operates
train, said it Is confident the unions
will make an exception and permit
it to run.
Union officials could not be
reached immediately for comment.
The train was in Willmar, Minn.,
today for servicing. The train car
ries a permanent five-man super
visory crew, but while traveling it Is
operated by crewmen from Uie rail
road on which it is moving.
Falling Stones
Kill Pilgrims
ben Swisher, 1633 Austin, tucked the
the i Toun?ster in bed and retired them-
q-ite ready to go to sleep, so he slip
ped out of bed and took a walk.
At 10:45 p. m. he was found sit
ting on the doorstep of the Dr. Rich
ard Currin residence, 3043 Shasta
way. The night was chilly and the
boy was clad only in a diaper.
Dr. Currin took the boy to Hill
side hospital for examination and
keeping overnight, and reported Uie
incident to city police. No report of
a lost or strayed child came In all
night.
! About 6 a. m. Sunday the Swisher
: awoke to tind that Harold was not
I in bed. Getting more panicky by
NAPT Ttnlv Mnv 10
Marble blocks toppling from a truck ! the moment, they looked around all
fell on a group of sightseeing pil
grims near -here today, killing 13
and injuring four.
The sightseers were returning
ficm Pompel sanctuary when they
halted on the Calore river bridge
in Mirabella to admire the view.
the accustomed places where Uie boy
migh: have wandered, then about 9
q'clock. called police.
Deskman Jim Brown at the city
police station took the call and put
two and two together. The youngster
at Hillside was the missing child.
Shasta-Cascadians Hold Session at Lakeview
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View of the head table at Saturday night' Bh asta-Cascade Wonderland association banquet at Lake
view. Left to right! Mrs. Norman Kowbotham, Redding; President Kowbotham of the association) Arly
Cole, Portland advertising man; Manlry F, Robinson, director of the travel and Information bureau of
the (late highway department; Ray Ilarland, Lakeview, dinner chairman; Mrs. J. R. lleekman. Lake
view; County Judge lleekman of Lake county; Tom Stanley, manager, Wonderland association.