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i ilay's Jews JIW. ' lMiMMIi II v 1'IIANK JKNKINN JN Puli-slliio ttxliiy, everybody l 1 nun nr leu silting t lu 111 "ml wall lug for Muy 10 to niinti. Mny 16 la Mix Iniig-iiwullcd (Into mi which the llillli.il will mid pull nut, An llirsa words urn written, II U only lew hums sway, t TIIIC Jews niiiiiiuiiic Unit at one 1 mluula after midnight rrlilny they will pruiialni ii-wii.li alum. Wlii'll lliry ilu Hint, Fiilr-sUno will ixt pitrtli loiirtl Ulillrd Nullum or no IJniiril Nullum, The next innvn will be up lo tli Anili nullum. CKVKRAL of llir.ie Anil) nations " cimliilily Ktiyitl. Iniq mill Trans Joritiini hnvn armies camped on the ulralllin borders. The duiuiuiir t lilh moi nliiK Uil ue Hie Iruilrra of these Arnb furrra are u.ully worrlril. II they tackle llie embattled Jrwa anil take it llck liiK. tlirre will be upheavals at home anil maybe miieb.xly else will OE.T INTO I'OWKIt. )n Ihe other hand. II Ihey DONT aiiack. there will be wicked op- lCiciil at homo who will charge thul they are afruld to lluht. No body lovea a leader who la afraid lo light Holhrro niliihl be trouble on thai score! I'ollllis, you ee. la politic the world over. BUT lor Just one Ihlm. we could D all back and lei evema In Pairs line take their course. Our big worry U that It the fighting between Jews and Arnbs gel hoi Russia will move In on Ihe pretext that Ihe Unhung ouiihl lo be inpiird and nobody else irrmi to be willing lo atop It. Once IliiMia eta an army Into Palestine she will be very, very like ly to keep It there. That would be embarrassing to IM. Such U diplomacy BltOUT llie only ilium lhal stands " out clearly Irom lhl Palcsilne mesa It that our leadership there haa been poor. We have backed and filled. We have talked one way one day and anulhrr way the next day. We hnve marched boldly up iho hill and then have turned around and marched right down again. As remit of tint oil ag In on ag in pro. gram our prestige haa suffered greatly. Our Bdveuiurra In foreign policy so far haven't paid much In Ihe way of dlvldenda, Phone Strike 'Plans Made WA8IIINOTON. May 13 ii Plana for nationwide airlke of Icng dlatunre telephone cralnrt were aet up today by Ihe CIO Amer ican Telephone Worker union but thr date for a walkout wna left open. The union, headed by John J Mnrnn, hut been engaged In a wage dispute with Ihe American Tele phone and Telegraph company. The union repreaenla 23.000 long distance wnrkera In 43 atatea. Union and ATAT rrprrsentaUvca came here yesterday for conference with conciliator1 of the federal mediation service In an effort to reach an agreement. Mnrnn anld actions of Hie ATAiT and "failure to find some melhod of effecting a peaceful ettlement lenves ns Willi but one choice a nationwide strike." 'llie union want a 30 cent an licnr wage boost, a shorter work week and larger pensions. It says worker now average 1.21 an hour. Moran and his bargaining com nilltre planned to leave at once for Iloatnn to confer Willi CIO Presl tlcut Philip Murrny, attending Ihe Steel Worker- convention. $28.50 Bid By Keno Men Wins Timber A record Oregon and California alumpage price bid of (27.t0-l2H.90 liaa won 14 million feel of Ton deroaa and augar pine llinlirr for I'uiketl and Hrhrrrr, Keno lutubrr mrn, The offer was made In an auction of public land limber held In Port land yesterday, The Kenu men bid 27.50 per 1000 feel for Ponderoaa pine and 1211.50 for augur pine. The prices aet new records for O and C revested land limber. Logs lo Keno The limber lie In Western Kluin ulli unci Kuslcrn Jackson counties in Iho Jennie creek area, lagging will slurt there this summer and Die logs will be trucked lo Kenu tor sawing. I'urkrtt and bcherrr are currently ulilalnlng logs I rum Hwan lake and Ihe Klamath Indian reservation. The O A (' purchase la understood to Se about llirre-luurllis I'ondrrosa and Ihe total price was around IJI0.OO0. Modoc Lumber company of Klam ath falls also wu a successful bld drr for public lands timber In Ihe sale. This firm obtained 1.7WJ.OO0 Iret uf timber near lt(tnnriAM on public dullialu. Hie price totaled s.'O.IXI. The Umber lies In an aira In which Modoc it now operating, and the logs will be removed Hut sum- nirr lur nulling at the company plant on Lake Kwuuna In Klamath Falls. Indians Tour Oregon Farms OHKttllAM. May 13 Wi-Tno In dian college student are here in vestigating Oregon harvest sraott Jul. projects for members of ihe Nnva)o and llopl tribes of Ihe Southwest. Ttiey are Syndy Montova, Snia fr . N. M., and Wilbur E. Bmnh, Cherokee. N. C. Both are war vet eran and sociology student. Thrv will reimrt lo the Southwest tribe whether they could adnpl them selve to Oregon employment. Both' came here after. A, W. O'Connell, a Oreham berry grow er, asked Ihe government to tnves- i Urate moving Knvajoa to work In j the Pacific Northwest. Tile plight I of member of that tribe wu pub- uciitea last wnucr. The reservation area In Arliona, New Mexico and Ulah are over grared and the Indiana owners of small flock of sheep are unablo to provide their tanilllri with enough food. The two Indian plan to remain In Ihe area through the summer.' Truman Blasts Outlawing Reds J WASIIINOTON. May 13 (Pi sJPieBldrnt Trnmnii expressed oppo sition todny to oullnwing the com munist pnrly In this country. lie gave Mils view at a news con ference during . discussion of the MiiikIL bill to require communist lo register with Ihe government, Mr. Truman suld he was not forc raallng his action on Hint bill If It should reach htm, but Hint he thought Hint Uiero were nniple laws lo deal with persons who advocate overthrow of the government. lie nclclod that hn Illinium legisla tion nutliiwlng a political pnrly la contrary lo American principle. Four Wilted m it. i mm Mm "JiiRi mrt of will" In mar rlnxe Willi Mm. lUrhnm Joyce VmiRhn, 21 (nbuvrl of Lux An ItrlPM, who bo arcountpil for marry -Inf four of thrm without brnrflt of divorce. The 170-pound wonmn w-Mi nrrnlnnrft on n rlmme of hljr nn.y. Hnrlmm, who never BtKyed more than four monthi with miy of her poup)i, said, "I Juxt run'l seem to find a man who wears well." rn mw MmK urn jl Wis IfiElM ILULxl . v.-' . I'ltll'K K'VK CI'.NTH ,0 ' KLAMATH FALLM, OKKGO.N, Tilt KHDAY. MAV 13, 104 It 0 . . nnBr, oH n nBi n mmt&n im mmi Looms , ? " WEATHSR Ma. Mr It) K Mill. Prripiutln Isit t bsuri ... Hlram year lo lt l.aat r . 1.1 Narmal .... rer-Ait: Show art. Telephone BUI Klamath's Top Flight Band To Play At Festival ym it f. .itiaai i. 0? a) The Kills music aludenls who make up the big concert band, will appear at the famous Portland Rom festival, It was announced today. Here two girl member of the band are selling ticket to members of the faculty. The band trip I being financed by tlrkeU to the festival with the sale starting today. Left to right. Joe LaClair, supervisor of audio-visual education; ieraldine Lewis, Delores Kidder, band members, and Charlra McLIn, Kl'IIH general science instructor. Both LaClair and McLin are reaching tor their wallet. KUHS Band Accepts Bid To (Nations Vho Poy At Rose Festival icUDDv Defjs i high school s band , studlum. The Friday show will be raV Off ERP List Kl..liullt Union ha accented an Imitation to lake pari In the big Rose Festival at Port land, It wa announced today by Andrew Loney Jr., director of music duration In Uie city school?. The group, along with 11 out standing bands and marching or ganisation in the NorlhuoM, will put on a show lor llie Friday night, June 11, production In Multnomah Late Spring Hits Farmers PORTLAND. May 13 I! The late OrcKon spring la forcing revi sion of crop plan In the Willamette valley, federal agricultural depart ment reported today. Smaller planting of spring wheat, oals. flaxseed and flax fiber are planned because of the pro longed season, but barley and pos sibly corn acreage are expected to be Increased above earlier estimate. Oregon's strawberry acreage Is up 77 per cent from a year ago. but the harvest la now exacted at about 14 per cent above 1947. Fruit pollination ha been affect ed because of the damp season. Frost damage as yet haa not been generally serious In Oregon, how ever. Most promising result of the late season Is the Eastern Oregon whi ter wheat crop. Prospect Indicate a bumtier harvest of 22 314.000 bush els Till compares with 16.951,000 last year. European Backing Is Tense issue WASHINGTON, May 13 tJP The senate foreifn relations committee la split over how far this country should co In pledging: military balk ing for non-communist Europe. That la why the "working paper" resolution Chairman Vandenberf IK.-Alich.) haa drafted to advise President Truman on possible new moves within the United Nations failed to clear the committee on schedule yesterday. A senator familiar with the full battleground gave a reporter the de- j talis today on the understanding he would not be named. Regional Defense Vandenberg's resolution : A Stresses the Idea of regional defense treaties within the framework of the U. N. ch-irter: B calls for this country to '.uke the lead in try.nn to bring about voluntary discard of the big power veto on most issues short of the use of force; and C advises against attempt to revise the U. N. charter itself until all other efforts to strengthen the or ganization have failed. Vandenberjr has been the republi can leader In all of the major bi partisan moves In international af fairs for several years. Most of these have come from the senate foreign relations committee with unswerving ! 13 to approval. Inability to get jyuch backing for i ; ine uuesi move cau.sea yesteraay s BMIiClliaMT, IUC JlllUI llltllllr BM1U. MU- i ......... .1.. ' reached Some senators took the position that the sudden Ruts tan announce ment about an exchange of views 31 I l.st ll.lt I No. 1368 Mtorns PrlAnu If. 1c' in 'j f lr., i -! I ll , J Ml "i j CSV ' i tm : HAROLD E. STASSES I Courthouse Talk Slated In Evening Harold Htassen'i visit to Klamath Falls has been re-aeheduled for (hit coming Friday night. The republican presidential as pirant will make an outdoor appear snee and speech at the courthouse, trpa at 11:45 o'clock. The change In plan was an nounced today by Ernest McBeth of the Klamath Young Republican club, which I In charge of local ar rangements. Stassen had been previously scheduled to come to Klamath Falls on May 18, Just three days be fore the primary election In which he will match ballots with New York's Governor Thomas E. Dewey lor Oregon presidential preference. Move Up But Stassen has moved up his Oregon speaking schedule, and will be In Klamath four days sooner than originally slated. The Mlnnesotan will arrive at the Klamath Falls municipal airport at b:is p. m. Friday. He win come Immediately Into town, and at 6:4S p. m. will make an address from tht courthouse steps. About 7:30 or 7:45 p. m., he will to to the Wlnema hotel for dinner. and plans to remain In Klamath Falls for the nig-bt with his party. The next morning, gtasaen and his group will fly to Rogue River valley point. A large crowd Is expected to tea and hear Stassen In his courthouse steps appearance. About 4000 per. son were on hand when his op ponent. Governor Dewey, made a earn palm speech there Just last Sat urday, flavor one ol the finest productions of its kind ouuide of Uie Chicagoland Mu- j sic Kestivul, held annually ai Soldier ! Field. I Seventy students will participate I WASHINGTON, May 13 Pi The In both ihe Kndr.y show and In the j United States will shut off economic big Iloral parade. Tlw group lenves I ald w ,ny European natlotl which a... ..,.knl Una TkiiMev flit 11 a. turning Sunday June 13. ' ; auppUeM war machinery to Russta, ! between thU country and the Soviet The Klairuiih Couniv chamber ot EHP Director ' Paul Hoffman said " - " wming commerce Is sponsoring the trip and today. a portion of the needed amount will We W(U leU tncm .y must 5top be obtained locally by the sale of I u or we wo.t jumisj, aid. tickets. These tickets, costing 111 ti ,i. .h. .jm. each, can be exchnnged at the cham-i .. , , . ber of commerce for festival buttons f!.,!" '.."le .Le .a.P' and admittance to all festival events. All proceeds from Uie sale of I tickets will go to help finance t this trip. In the event the tickets Major Steel ?Firms Veto New Contracts Long Distance Question Asked SEATTLE. May 13 im-"U It a fnrt." the voice on the other end of the line asked Assistant Police Chief Phil Bntson yesterday, "thnt In 1P43 or 1944 a person could not drink beer In Washington while standing up?" "II. wns true then, and H's still a law," Bntson replied. With a polite "Ihnnk you," the man hung up. Dntson said the pre-pnld long dis tance call was made by n man who identified himself only as "a clttr.cn of Nashville, Tenn." No reason was given for Uie call, are turned in for buttons, the pur. chaser will pay the added federal Ux. High school band members are senilis tickets which may also be obtained at the chamber of com merce. Loney said todny that (1150 Is needed to finance the trip. This will handle all expenses In connection with the, northern jaunt. Other schools invited and from which acceptances have been re ceived, are Medlord. Eugene. The Dalles, LaOrnndc and Roseburg In Oregon, Victoria. B. C. Bremerton. Vancouver, Olympla, Puyallup and Camns, Wash. propriaUons committee to ask fur ther funds for Uie European recov ery program. Senator Cordon (R.-Ore.) asked Hoflmnn what he Intended to do to "control Uie transladon of our goods and money" into war machinery for Russia? "If It is true," said Hoffman, "that we are furnishing aid. and if a coun try Is shipping such commodities. to Russia), they have got to stop it ! or we won t furnish aid." I Hoffman gave Uie senators assur- ance, too. that ECA will ship abroad j only those goods "which can wisely and safely be spared." Check Passing Charge Filed LAKEVIEW. May 13 Edward William Jmnes, 36, a Summer Lake farm hand, Was arrested In a hotel here yesterday for Klamath county authorities on bad check charges. Sgt. Enrl Tichenor of the state police, Sheriff Hank Caslday of Lake county, sijd Deputy Sheriff Willis Pankey of Bly, made the ar rest, and also took into custody Lloyd Lee Hasklns and Steve E. Wlllse on vagrancy charges. They were with James at the local hotel. Officers said James Is accused of cashing several $50 checks In Klam ath Falls and Bly, Including one at Uio liquor agency ill Bly. They were rirnwn on the First National bank of Lnkeview, where officials snld Jnmcs had no account. Deputy Sheriff Pnnkey returned Jnmcs to Klnmnth county to face prosecution. UAW Raising $8 Million Kitty To Support Striking Chrysler Workers As Industry Girds For Long Strike 1IKTKOIT, May 13 r An 18,000,. 000 "kitty" being raised by the 1 10 United Aulo Worker for Ihrlr Chrysltrr Corp. striker today gave Ihe aulo Industry reason to fear a long walkout, The big corporation's 75,000 pro duction workers who walked off the Job yrsterdny morning to enforce union demands for 17 cents more per hour whrro set fur a long siege on Ihe picket lines. "The lrlke of Ihe Chrysler work ers Is solid," declared Knill Mnrey, .HIV sccrctnry-treasurer and acl Ing prrsidrnt who I directing the niilkniit. "They are set for the dur ation. The Chrysler workers will win." Home observers fsllmnled the 1 strike might last as long ns two monlhs. rickets Orderly Orderly picket lines were aet up at 12 Chrysler plant In Michigan, two In Indiana and one in Califor nia a short time after the strike deadline yesterday morning. The plant at New Castle, Ind., which was the only one operating yesterday, closed down this morn ing. Loral union officials arrived this morning from Detroit and gave the word lo strike. The delegates snld they hnri been delayed by high water In Michigan. Almost Immediately effects of the auto Industry's first major strike In two years began to spread. Itrlgg Manufacturing Co., which supplies Chrysler plants, laid off 11,000 work ers today and said the rest of Its work force of 13,000 would be sent home Monday. With the strike a day old, It was still uiireiinln whether It would be used as a test of Michigan's new la bor lnw, No Strike Vole The nonlne-Trlpp legislation re quires a strike vote. The HAW, contending It did not apply because several Chrysler plants are outside Michigan, look strike action without such a vote. Gov. Kim 8lglcr ordered llie Michigan labor mediation hoard to find nut "if the law Is constitution al," Philip Weiss, chairman of the board, asked Prosecutor James B. McNally of Wayne county (Detroit) to take notion. But McNally said he needed a formal complaint from the police department, and police commission er Harry S. Toy Insisted he could aet only If asked to do so by a private eltlien. Should the walkout stretch Into weeks, the UAW should be well set to lend financial assistance to Chrysler employes. Its executive board yesterday ap proved plans to assess a million aulo worker across Ihe country 50 cents a week In June and II weekly In July. Strikers stand to lose 180.000 day In wages as long as Uie dispute lasts, It has been estimated. Chrys ler will be out about 5,000 cars and trucks dally. Cattle Fattened On Grapefruit LAKE ALFRED. Fla.. May 13 (PI Oood-natured cattle can be fattened on a grapefruit diet. But, an expert warned in a talk before cattlemen last night, it won't work if the animals have a trace of wildness. Dr. W. O. Kirk, vice di rector of Florida's cattle experiment station, said undue , excitement seemed to disturb the wild ones. This keeps weight down. The cattle like Uie taste of grape ftult even more so if it's fermented a bit, he said. Dr. Kirk added that meat from grapefruit-fed cattle is as good ns western beef. to the Vandenberg proposal. Taft For Prexy Button Unique CHENEY. Wash.. May 13 lii A red. white and blue "Taft for Presi dent" button brightened the lapel of Dr. Edgar I. Stewart today as he faced his sociology class at Eastern Washington college. "I don't know where you can get one like It." he replied to student queries. The button advocated the election In 1908 of William Howard Taft. father of Senator and Presidential Candidate Robert A. Taft. Thye To Support Stassen In Oregon PORTLAND. May 13 P Senator Edward J. Thye. who inherited Minnesota's governorship in 1943 when Harold E. Stassen resigned, today joined the Oregon primary campaign battle. Thye flew here from Washington. D. C last night and today took the stump In support of Stassen in his republican presidential nomination contest with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. The senator spoke this morning at Vanport college and was booked for a Woodburn Rotary club luncheon at noon. Robert Elliott. Stassen's Oregon campaign manager, said Thye would speak at several communities in the middle valley Uiis afternoon but the schedule was being arranged locally and was not known here. BOSTON, May 13 uPi-CIO Presl- dent Philip Murray said today that the major steel companies have re-" fused to negotiate new contracts with the CIO Steelwarkers unless the union complies with the Taft Hartley act. Murray said the problem of whether or not to obey the non communist pledge In the law has made the union's situation "ex tremely grave." But he pleaded with Uie 3200 Steelworkers' dele gates to give their execuUve board "the power to make this enormous determination." Murray charged that there has been "raiding of extremely dis reputable nature by some CIO unions which have complied against those who have not complied. "The American Federation of Labor has taken advantage of every single opportunity to use the facili ties, of the national labor relations board to take away Uie rights of unions which have not complied." The CIO president said that U. S. Steel, Bethlehem. Republic. Inland. Allegheny and "Uie major basic steel companies have informed me that it Is not their Intention to renegotiate new agreements if the union has not complied." Jews Blast U.S. Plan LAKE SUCCESS, May 13 UP) The Jewish agency charged today the new U. 8. plan for a Palestine high commissioner Is an attempt to set aside Uie United Nations parti tion project. A Jewish agency spokesman said in a formal statement that the American proposal would Increase disorder and conflict In Palestine Instead of bringing peace. The plan was announced last night after President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall con ferred, in Washington on Palestine. ' The U. S. plan, brought forward, less than two days before the British' end their League of Nations man date rule over the Holy Land, calls for appointment of a high commis sioner, to represent Uie UN In Pales Une. . Li Faces Eviction In Iron Lung V t (fc V - Si k ! v a miii l TV -? iwiaatiaJaiaM IS Ill II I It'll is Edmond Z. Normandin, Infantile paralysis victim, and his wife, Blanche, are shown in their New Bedford, Ma., home from which they and their two children fare eviction. In a wheel chair, Normandin wears a portable Iron lung. He use switchboard, shown In photo, In operating a telephone secretarial service. NEA telephoto. Highway Meet At John Day Klamath will be represented at. meetings of the Three Flags associa tion at John Day and the US 97 as sociation at Bend this week-end. Charles Stark, manager ot the chamber of commerce, and Malcolm Epley. representing the roads and highways committee, will go to both sessions. The Bend meeting Is Fri day night, and the Three Flags meeting at John Day Is Saturday and Sunday. Lakeview will send a large delega tion to the Three Flags meeting as well as Alturas. .The Three Flags highway is US 395. HST To Keep Secret Files WASHINGTON, May 13 UP) President Truman today defied congress to get confidential infor mation from the White House or the cabinet. He told a news conference that congress has no right to confiden tial records of members of his cabinet He said he would veto any legis lation requiring such records, and that he did not believe the veto would be overridden. The courts have held repeatedly. he said, that the president and his cabinet cannot be forced to divulge confidential lniormauon. Congressional committee workers and officials In executive agencies appear likely to be the only per sons subject to Jail terms under a so-called "secrets" bill now pending. Single Bid Made On Branch PO Only one bid was submitted for the branch post office to be estab lished on S. 6th street between Homedale and Gary. The lone bid was from Carl Schneider, proprietor of Schneider's Variety store, 4801 S. 6th. Assistant Postmaster R. L. Grif fith said today that the bid Is being forwarded to Washington for con sideration. Awarding of the bid should be announced In about three weeks. Time set for opening bids was 3 p. m., Wednesday. Runaway Oilwell In Alberta Halts Production In Big Field EDMONTON, Alta.. May 13 (Al Fire and explosion hazards from a runaway oil well near Leduc, 16 miles south of here, have forced ex treme precautions and halted output of the entire field. The well. Atlantic Oil compnny's No. y, has gushed uncontrolled since March 8. Its flow of 10,000 barrels of oil dally Is greater than that ot the remainder of the field combined, and far in excess of capacity of piesent equipment to handle it. Earth for two miles around is sat urated, while an estimated 75.000. Ouo cubic feet of gas daily bubbles through thousands of punctures In the ground. Aircraft are forbidden to fly over ths area lest a spark from an engine touch oft a major disaster. Workers must leave smoking equipment be hind; sightseers are banned.' Valves of all 60 producing Weill In the field were shut off this morn. , lng as the Alberta government toot over the job of controlling the situ ation. Experts said the shutdown would last at least three weeks, with po tential loss ot $5,000,000. Frank M. McMahon of the Atlan tic oil company said In Calgary lasl night that reports of fire and ex plosion danger at the field wen "greatly exaggerated." "There Is a definite danger ol both fire and explosions In the Im mediate vicinity of our No. 3 well but this Is confined to sn ares a about 10 acres around No, 3, am well within the 40-acre site of ttv well," he said. The green-black liquid Is con tained by a 20-foot dyks encloslm more than 40 acres about the wall s
