IM1
EH
Mfo)
In lh
Day's Hero,
My Fit ANH JKNKINH
N early nml admittedly sketchy
. estimate Indicates Unit nearly
' UU.(MK) wroii will have been dis
placed from tliclr lioitim mid upset
In tlirlr llvliiK programs by the Co
lumbia floods. Tho physical dam-
age, the estimate adds, limy run
high as IOO inlllliiii dollars.
' 'Mini is Hid bad part o( tlm news
' '11 in kihkI part li Unit lnu ill lllu, as
, i liir reported, la unexpectedly low.
Physical diinmge tun b replaced.
. tint Uie dead can't bo brought buck
Li life.
T1IKHK U another Intrmlliig phanc
of tlio story.
I'ruplo Imve worked Ilka beavois
along the dikes to hold back Uio
threatening wnicra. T here luu
bfi'ii no llintiulil of linura or over
time. UKT TIIK JOU IXJNK. Thin,
ha been Uie thought uppermost In
every inllul.
And to II Inu been AKl'KIl the
waters broke llirouuli and tlio duiu
mid has bran done. Whril Unit h.i
hniiiwiicd, cllorl Ima been ahllled to
Waving lives-slid, a mi alter
'thought, to saving such properly ita
inn be ved. Again there Ima been
no holdlnii buck. Everywhere thoae
m Hie Job Imve worked until they
dropped Iron) exlmuallon. Every
whrie there Ima been generous
raiKiiue to cnlla (or help lor thoae
who Imve sulfricd by the lury ul
Uie Hoods.
IN Uie pinches, we're wonderful.
I In EMEItOKNCIES. there la
Initially noihlnii we're uiiwilllini iu
tackle. At auch ttinea, we loriiel
narrow ntlliahncas and work el.
Ilclently mid loyally mid uiuclflahly
fur Uie coniinon good.
Wouldn't It be wonderful if we
could be Uml way ALL THE TIME';
UKItE U Uie odd part of It:
In iiorinul limes itlml la to any,
when lliluga are ruunlioj alonii mor 3
or Iru aa uauali we're all looklnii
mil lor Number One. We think we
HAVE to be cold and arlf-ceutercd.
We labor under the drhulon Urn:
only thua can we let ahead In the
world.
The truth la that If we followed
the principle of the Cloldru Kule
completely in normal ume b we d
In einemenctra. when dUaaier
atrlkea, we d all be belter off In doi
lara and centa.
That u one of Uie arm I truUu
of hie that aa yet Isn't lully enough
undcratood.
JtH thrive wurda are written. Count
" Folko Bernadott. of Bweden,
aetinii aa niedlnlor fur United Na
tions, la seeking an agreement be
tween Uie Jewa and Uie Arab a
to Uie exact hour for the ahoottn
to atop. (Both (Idea have agreed,
mure or leaa tentatively, to an
armlitlce of four weeks. Tlio unie
when Uie armlitlce la to begin It
the big question at Uie moment.)
A Palestine dispatch Una morning
saya: "llulrcila are ao Intenae and
the expressed understandings of Uie
truce cuiidltlona are ao different that
II la Impossible to torecaat wheUicr
real peace will actually come."
HA'IHKDS AUK BO INTENSE!
There you are.
That's largely what'a wrong with
Una lopiy-lurvy world.
DP Bill Goes
To House
WASHINGTON, June 3 iA'i The
highly deputed bill to let 900.000
homeless Europeans enter Uie
United States during the next two
years went to the house Kxlny with
the senate's 83 to 13 endorsement.
One republican. Henntor llawkes
IN J.l. and 12 southern democrat
cast the opposition votes last night
after nn 1 1 -hour continuous session.
Enrly house approval of a slmllnr
bill la Indicated since republican
lenders Imve placed a "must" tag on
displaced persons legislation for this
session.
The senate bill would permit
100.000 carefully selected Europeans
to come here In each of the next
10 years, starting In July. They
jaginiild be In addition to the regular
lmnilgriiUon quotas.
Stevenson,
Jacobs Vie
For Office
YHKKA, June 3-Oordoii Jacobs,
the Incumbent, and Jim Stevenson
of Mt. Hebron will face each other
III the general election tills fall In a
contest for first district supervisor
of Hlsklyou county.
final returns from this week's
primary election on the supervisor
race show: Jucobs HUB. Htevcusoii
U22 and (Jeorge Yost, Tulelake, 537.
Political observers saw In the re
sults the possibility that Jucobs
will Imve a fight to atiiy on the
supervisor board, on which he has
served many yrurs. If Tuleluke
people, who supported Yost In the
nice, vole strongly for the uther
iiiuilldnle from Eustern Hlsklyou
Stevenson In Uie general election,
II would probably force a chnuge on
the board from district No. L
For two or three years there has
been a move oil to bring about re
disricting of the county to give
Eastern Hlsklyou as welt as oilier
areas a better break In view of their
population and economic develop
ment since the lust districting set
up wus effected. This move has
fulled so far and politicians saw
the strong voting for Htevenson and
Yost as an Indication of determina
tion In Eastern Hlsklyou to win
representation from that area. Ja
cobs' home is In the western part of
the district.
The freeholders election showed
Eastern Hlsklyou men still at the
bottom of the heap In returns from
57 of the county's 75 precincts. The
freeholders will prepare a charter
government plan to be voted on
later by the people.
On tho basis of returns so far, the
following lead for the 15 freehold
ers' positions: Eugene V. Anderson,
William J. Evans. William A. liurr,
John I). Morgnn, Oeorge E. Luttrell,
Francis W. Martin. Donald V. Hank,
Robert B Reynolds. Frank M. Uug
fuu. L. D. Taylor. Harold Kane,
l,con M. Allen, Fnuik L. Weamer,
Carl F. Tuttle 8r., and John Maz
xllil. Others who appear out of the
running are Frank H. lirowue. V.
O. Kulstou, Charles W. Thompson.
Aaron 1. Van Itose. William H.
WelUtamp and C. E. Molschen
bacher. Hose and Weltknmp are
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I'KKT. F'VK CUNTK KLAMATH FALI.H, OKEOON, THL'ItHDA Y, JUNE 1, 1D4S Telephone 1 II No, 13M
Irailii Sets SpeaEonug IProgn
House Appropriations Unit
Recommends 25 Per Cent
Cut In Marshall Plan Fund
WASHINGTON, June 1 tA't A 25
pel rent cut In funds for the Mar
shall plan and other foreign aid
programs was urgrd today by the
house appropriations committee.
The committee sent to the house
floor fr prbatily ht debate tomor
row a 5,oxo,1IO.JJ global assistance
niessiire.
This Is a reduction of only t'jM.
000.000, or 7.6 per cent. In the
amount congress Itself authorized
and President Truinun asked.
Hut
eould be spent during 12 months.
Itul the committee said the cash It
la willing to put up must be stretch
ed out over 15 months.
The house committee said that
j since July 1, 1945, the United States
has provided foreign aid totaling
18.182,000.000, much of which "has
been wasted," and all of which has
I tended to deplete this country's re-
sources.
No one, It said, can estimate with
in a billion dollars the actual needs
Director
the efferl la a one-quarter i of the participating countries.
il. I. -1. ,i C 1 1 U . I u , 1. HAMAi
slush for this reason: The author
In tlon law provided that the money
Union Men Out
On Red Issue
CH1CAOO. June 3 o" Four
members of the International execu
tive board of Uie CIO Untied Farm
Equipment workers resigned today
when Uie board voted to comply
wiUi non-comniunlst phases of the
Taft-Hartley act.
Urant Oakea, president of the
union, said In a statement the
board's compliance decision. In re
aiionse to a rank and file referen
dum, was made "with reluctance and
repugnnnce."
The four members of the 13-man
board said they resigned rather
than comply with "an unconstitu
tional Invasion of civil liberties and
denial of the right of membership
freely to elect Uielr officers without
dictation from an employer - con
trolled congress."
Lumber Export
Figure Stays
About Same
WASHINGTON, June 3 Wi-Es-tlmated
exports of lumber during
the year tXKluning July 1 will leave
the United H lutes In about the same
position as now in the opinion of
W N. Sparhuwk. a forest service
official.
Bparhawk's testimony to a house
appropriations subcommittee on the
fmelgn aid appropriations bill was
made public today.
He said that prices and other re
strictions may curb building In tills
country.
Prndurtlo of lumber In Ihe 12
months Is epxected to total 38.000
000.000 board feet, he said, with
domestic demand estimated at 37,
jonotmooo board feet.
Fxooria to all countries, he said,
will be about I 400 ooo.oon board feet
or jo ner cent of the tolol. About
7HO.000.000 or more than half, will
go to countries receiving economic
cnoneratlon administration aid.
Bparhawk added that this coun
try will have a carryover of 8500.
CO0O00 board feet this vear and a
9,700.000,000 carryover June 30, 1R49
Pup Pays Way
In Soda Parlor
GLEN C1AHDNER, N. J.. June 3
('( Bumps, a year old fox terrier
with a penchant for Ice cream, pays
Ills own way in this community's
soda parlors,
Mrs. Ingrld Panngoa. the dog'j
mistress, became emburriissed when
Blimps would sit and beg for Ice
cream from a soda Jcrker. She
purchased a key chain with a com
device and fastened It to the pooch's
collar.
Now when Bumps gels that Ice
cream look, Mrs. Panagos puts a
nickel In the coin container, opens
the front door of her home and olf
goes Blimps to enjoy his favorite
repast,
'Atom Gold'
Trial Slated
Spokane. June 3 oP) 8cven per
sons accused of defrauding North
west Investors of more than $200,000
with an "atomic" method of gold
recovery, will stand trial starting
June 14.
Federal Judge Sam M. Driver set
the case for Yakima district court
but said he would transfer the trial
to Spokane If defendants submit
written consent within five days.
Attorney Thor P. Ulvested of
Scuttle, who represents flye of the
seven defendants, asked flint the
trial be postponed until full. He pre
sented affidavits from two Califor
nia physicians that one of his clients.
Bonewicx X. Dawson. 74, of Los An
gelesis 111 at this time.
A third affidavit from a govern
ment physician at Los Angeles said
Dawson's condition would permit
travel and appearance at the trial.
The seven persons aro charged
with use of the malls to defraud
and violation of the federal securi
ties act. They are accused of bilk
ing Investors of more than $200,000
In a mining promotion Involving re
covery of gold from black sand by
a secret "atomic" process.
'KUHS Faculty Cups Go To Mary Lou Case,
Ronnie Brown At Commencement Exercises
Klnmath Union high school's
coveted Faculty Cups to the out
standing senior glii and boy went to
Mary Loll Cuso and Ronnie Brown
at Inst night's commencement ex
ercises In Pelican Court.
Mnry Lou Is Ilia daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Ted Case and Ronnie Is
the son of Rev. and Mrs, Cecil C.
Brown. Both have been active In
student nffnlrs during their four
years of high school.
Tho class of 3.H students, wearing
I ho trnilltlonnl cap and gown, en
tered Pellcnn court to tho strains
of "Triumphal March" plnycd by
the school orchestra. Tho Invocation
by Rev, Brown followed and tho
salutatory by Camornn Stewart and
the valedictory by William South
well, fallowed.
Choir Hings
Tlio n cappella choir sang n group
nf songs and tho presentation of
scholarships nnd awnrds wns mndo
by Mrs. Warren a. Nngglo, faculty
adviser for the senior class,
linn Znrosluskl received tho Kl
inls cup for tho outstanding
JrJMH athlete, tho presentation
"dc by Ted Reeves, Ktwanls club
iJ.ld.rnl.
i DAR citizenship award Went
JJf.'ury Lou Cnse, and the DAR
making sward to Audrey
"'.
i
Lawrence. Eva Btirkhnltcr made tho
presentations.
The Klnmath County Junior
chamber of commnrco awnrd of
$100 to an outstanding senior went
to Ronnlo Brown, this scholarship
to be used In an Oregon school of
higher lcnrnlng. Fred Killers made
tho presentation.
Mrs. Noggle made the following
awards :
AAUW, Doris Ethrldgc, $75.
HPW Award
Business nnd Professional Wom
en's award, Rulhc Huston, $100.
Scholarships to Pacific university,
Dolores Moon; University of Oregon
Mothers, Lois Hlbbprt; Klamatli
Falls branch, Oregon Mothers, Kon
nld Woods; Mills trustee scholar
ship, Mary Lou Case: first nltornnto
In Aaron Frank scholarship compe
tition, Bill Southwell; University of
Oregon, tuition and feo scholar
ships, Bill Southwell, Cameron
Stewart, Ronald Woods, Donna Rao
Worden; OHC, Rutlic Huston;
SOCE, Mlko Colbert.
Torch pins wcro awarded the fol
lowing for scholarship, Howard
Borough, Betty Butler, Mary Lou
Case, Bruce Crawford, Alvlu Daniel,
John Eplcy, Doris KUuidgo, James
Griggs, Gerald Haddock, Rutho
Huston, Lcdcmn Ivle, Gilbert Joyce,
lillghlly more than tS.ooo.OOo.OOO
of the total asked had been bud
geted for use during the 1Z months
ending next April 3, or at the rate
of 1417,000.000 per month.
The committee trimmed that total
to $4,063,000,000 for 15 months, a
spending rate of $311,000,000 month
ly Informed of the committee's ac
tion. Economic Cooperation Ad
ministrator Hoffman promptly call
ed for the full $4,245,000,000 re
quested for his agency. The com
mittee pared the European recov
ery Hem to $4,000,000,000.
"The less money we have, the
less recovery we can expect to get,"
Hoffman told a news conference.
He said he "certainly hoped"
flrsl action by congreaa would pro-'
vide Ihe full sum. With the funds
alieady made available for EC A.
H at would supplv the $5,300,000,000
oilginal proposed for the Marshall !
plan.
In explaining the cuts and apread
ing out the spending period, the
committee said the programs con
templated 'will not permit Uie ex
penditure of more funds than has
been provided x x x on an Intelli
gent basis" before July 1. 1948.
Should an emergency arise before
then, It added, congress will be in
session again next January to take
action.
-:,f;TS.
$gfl
Mrs. Betty Orr Is the director of
this year's summer recreation pro
gram at Tulelake. This Is the proj
ect's second year, and last year's
director was Rev. Francis Cham
bers. Recreation activities are pro
vided for small youngsters to teen
agers. The program gets under way
next Monday, sponsored by the
Tulelake city council, the Red
Cross and the community as a
I whole.
Reds Release
US Official
BERLIN, Juno 3 VP) The Rus
sians today released Dr. Harry L.
Franklin. American military govern
ment official whom they held for
about 16 hours.
Franklin asserted the Russians
seised him "enUrely without Justi
fication'' while he was on a business
errand In the center of town. He
was kept overnight in one of the
Ru.viaiu' local police headquarters
and questioned by the Russians.
Franklin was arrested by a Soviet
patrol as he left a photographer's
shop.
He Is deputy chief of the civil
administration and political affairs
branch for AMO In Berlin.
Col. Frank L. Hovley. director of
U. S. military government for Ber
lin, described the Russian action in
holding Franklin overnight as high
handed and said he would make a
formal protest. Numerous Oerman
communists have been arrested In
the American sector for circulating
petitions banned in the U. S.
rone for a communist-promoted
plebiscite on Oerman unification.
Some Americans expressed the be
lief Franklin's arrest might have
been In retaliation.
Roy Larson. Mnrlan Mclntyre, Don
na McVcy, Stuart Oliver, Tom Orr,
Bill Southwell, Cameron Stewart,
Edith WlKscnbach, Ronald Woods,
Donna Worden, Don Zaroslnskl.
Departmental Awards
Departmental awards to out
standing seniors: art, Lois Hlbbert;
commerce, Lcorma Ivle; dramatics,
LeRoy Overen; English, Rutho
Huston; foreign language, Donnn
Worden: home economics, Niidlnc
Yockey; Industrial nils, Alvln Dnn
lol; Journalism, Ronnie Brown;
malhemntlcs, Don Zaroslnskl;
music, Roy Larson; retail selling,
Pat Mifflin: science, Stuart Oliver )
and the Bnusch nnd Lomb mednl;
social studies, Minimi Mclntyre;
speech, Harold Haddock: trades nnd
Industry, Dwlghl Wenthersbee.
Superintendent Arnold Oralnpp
presented tho Fnculty Cups. Thoso
awards were by voto of tho fnculty
nnd kept secret until graduation
night.
The class was then presented by
Principal Stanley Woodruff and
Nelson Reed, chnirmnn of the board
of education, mndc the diploma
presentation.
Following tho recessional, a re
ception wns arranged by Pnrcnts
nnd Pntrons club membora wlUi
Junior mothers assisting.
Wheat Estimate
Tops Billion
CHICAGO. June 3 tPi A com
bined winter and spring wheat
crop of more than a billion bushels
was predicted today by C. M. Qnl
vln, local crop expert. If renlised,
It would be the sixth Ume In his
tory the country has produced a
billion bushel whent harvest.
Onlvln's combined winter and
spring estimate was for 1,114,018,000
bushels.
Twins Have High
Time This Time
CONNERSVILLE, Ind June 3 m
No one was surprised when Mrs.
WByne Murray gave birth to twin
boys here. Mrs. Murray is a twin
and her mother Is a twin. But, It
wns coincidence that ench of two
nurses enring for the babies Is a
twin.
Grade Students
Offer Flood Aid
The seventh grndc at Fre
mont school . hnd a picnic this
week.
When everything was paid
for, the munificent amount of
$1.37 wns left over.
By unanimous approval the
class emptied Its treasury and
earmarked the $1.27 for Van
port sufferers.
It was one of several dona
tions received today by the
Klnmath chapter, American Red
Cross.
Robinson Yins
Modoc Vote
ALTURAS. June 3 Paul Robin
son has nosed out Harvey Darst, Uie
incumbent. In Modoc county's sec
ond supervisorial district The count
from this week's primary shows:
Robinson 128. Darst 124.
House Okays
Fund Boost
For Navy
WASHINOTON, June 3 OPi A
$3,686,733,250 navy appropriation
bill for the new fiscal year begin
ning July 1, was passed today by
the house and sent to the senate.
Passage was by voice vote.
The measure boosts to $10,196,
672.250 Uie money voted by the
house for defense in a 24-hour
period. Yesterday it sent the sen
ate a $6,509,939,000 money bill for
Uie army and Uie air forces.
Congress previously had voted
approximately $3,200,000,000 for air
craft procurement.
Both the army and nary bills
were passed In Uie form recom
mended by Uie appropriations com
mittee, which bad cut budget esti
mates lor Uie armed services by
approximately $890,000,000.
The navy bill carries funds to
start work on a 65 ,000-ton super
aircraft carrier, to be Uie largest
In the world, and to boost naval
and marine corps uniformed per
sonnel to 552,000. The army plans
to have a peak strength of 1.250.
000 during Uie coming fiscal year.
Passage of the defense money
bills leaves Uie way clear (or house
debate tomorrow on a $6,043,710,228
bill financing Uie foreign-aid pro
gram until June 30, 1949.
Another close one is in the third observed.
Flood Area
Roads Better
OLYMPIA, June 3 ISV-The state
patrol today reported continued Im
provement In highway conditions
over Uie state except in Uie Van
couver area where little change was
district, where Laurence Smith is
short only eight votes from ellml
Dating Uie Incumbent, Oeorge Per
kins, Harry Orival and Oeorge
U. S. 410 was reopened today from
Pnmeroy to Clarkston, and Uie de
tour eliminated. The Paaco-Kenne-
wlck bridge, closed for several days,
Thompson. Nine absentee ballots to , giso was reopened to Yakima valley
be counted Monday may determine
Uie outcome of this race.
Dr. E. F. Auble. fourth district In
cumbent, dropped far behind, being
defeated by Charles Fltzpatrlck,
531, and John Cummings. 418. Auble
got only 123. There are 50 absentee
ballots to be counted In that dis
trict. Fltzpatrick and Cummings will
battle It out ill November.
700 File For
Land Opening
The new Tulelake homestead
opening Is creating as much interest
as Uie two previous land openings
In the NorUiern California area.
There are 700 names already on
flic at the U. S. bureau of reclama
tion, Al Harvey, in charge of Uie
homestead office snid. Application
forms will be sent to every name on
Uie list as soon as the go ahead
signal has been received from Wash
ington. The land proposed for publio
opening now Is in two units, one
in the area south of Mnlln and the
other Is the bnlance of Coppock bay
land not nlrendy taken up In home
steads. The area is to be divided Into
86 homestead sites according to
present plans. It encompasses rough
ly 81.000 acres.
Long Ride For
Stubborn Hens
BLOOM1NGTON. 111., June 3 (VP)
Three stubborn old hens went on a
130-mile Joyrlde yesterdny.
They roost regularly nt night on
the axles and the spare tire under
neath a truck owned by Howard
Johnson, farmer of Bowen, 111.
He got Into his truck before day
lie ht and drove to Bloomington,
nbout 130 miles.
When he arrived, he found the
three hens perched underneath, on
Uie spare tire.
highway traffic
Travel in Uie MeUiow river valley
was still hard hit. PSH No. 16 was
closed from Twisp to Wlnthrop with
a detour available. PSH No. 17 was
closed from Twisp to Gilbert and no
detour had been reported. .
In Uie adjoining Okanogan valley,
PSH No. 10 was closed between Az
well and Pateros with a detour avail
able, but the highway was restricted
to emergency travel between Pateros
and Omak. The secondary highway
between Grand Coulee and Omak,
however, was open. Main roads
north of Omak were reported open.
Pacific highway traffic continued
to be) routed over the Columbia river
toll bridge at Longview. Western
Washington traffic could reacn
Vancouver on this route by recro&j
ing jthe Columbia river at Cascade
Locks east of Portland. The road
train Vancouver to Woodland was
open.
Lords Uphold
Death Penalty
LONDON, June 3 (P) A proposal
to abolish the death penalty In Eng
land has hit a rock In the house
of lords, and legislative experts pre
dicted today Uie measure will
founder.
The lords, by a vote of 181 to 28,
balked last night at the proposal
already approved by Uie house of
commons which would eliminate
the death penalty for a test period
of five years for all crimes except
high treason and piracy.
In legislative corridors today the
opinion predominated that the
house of commons now will reverse
Itself and go along with the lords.
The lower house could enforce Its
will on U i lords, but it would take
time and most observers doubt that
it will do so.
The vote by the lords placed Home
Secretary Chuter Ede In an awk
ward spot. On the basis of the lower
house action In April he suspended
all hangings.
Month Of May Proves To Be
Mostly Cloudy In This Area
The month of Mny bonsted only seven days without clouds, nine
days which were pnvtly cloudy and 15 cloudy days. The weather was
termed "not too good" by the weatherman but folks In these parts
already knew about that.
Some hot weather occurred on the 24th and 25th with the ther
mometer rising to 80 degrees, the maximum for the month, on both
days. Minimum for Mny recorded on the 1st, wns 28 degrees. The mean
monthly temperature was 50 degrees, 2.9 degrees below normal.
There were 14 days when enough rnln fell to be measured. A total
of 1.28 Inches wns recorded, .27 Inches above the normal of 1.01. Oreotest
amount of rain, to fall In any 24-hour period fell on Mny 19, when .28
Inches was recorded.
The status of Uie various bureau of reclamation reservoirs on the
Klamath project Is shown In the following table:
Active Storage In Acre Ft. Increase In Acre
Reservoir 8-1-47 6-1-48 8-1-48 Ft. for May
Upper Klnmath , 347.020 423.700 476,730 52,940
Clear Lake 204.710 176,630 191.920 16.290
Oerber . 36,040 40,880 43,890 3,010
. Total 687,770 641,300 .... 112,540 71,240
Chief Leaves
Demo Heads
In The Lurch
WASHINGTON, June 1 'TV
President Truman, In a mood to
fight for a new term, called his
own signals today as be made ready
to take his ease to the people in 18
states.
To the latest suggestion that he
withdraw from the race, Mr, Tru
man replied with a sharp declara
Uon he waa wnot brought Dp to run
from a fight."
The president left democratic
party chieftains on Uie sidelines in
ordering up his special train for a
strenuous speaking tour which may
hold the answer to his political
future.
Son PollUeal
The White House labelled the
cross-country swing "non-political"
but disclosed plans for five major
addresses and a score or more off-
the-cuff rear platform talks expect
ed to furnish ammunition for th;
1948 campaign.
The iUnerary of Mr. Truman's
swing through the West will be
changed slighUy to permit him to
visit flood damage areas in the
A or ui west, mute House officials
said today.
The president's train will leave
Washington at 10:05 p. m. tonight
for Chicago. En route he will make
brief platform talks tomorrow at
Fort Wayne and at Gary, Ind.
He will deliver a prepared address
in Chicago at 8 p. m. (PST) at the
Swedish-American Centennial cele
bration. The Presidential Special will torn
eastward again from Los Angeles
the night of June 14.
tetter Written '
It waa in a letter to a fellow
Miasonrfan. that Mr. Truman pro
vided the elue to his determinauon
to batUe party rebels, most at them
southerners incensed over his civil
right program.
Mr. Truman left national com
mittee officials off Uie passenger
list for his western trip to add
emphasis to Uie official description
of it as non-political.
However, the president held a
long conference yesterday with Sen
ator J. Howard McGrath of Rhode
Island, democratic national chair
man, and other party leaders from
Capitol Hill.
Besides Uie Chicago talk tomorrow
night, Mr. Truman will deliver pre
pared speeches at Omaha on Sat
urday, at Seattle June 10, Berkeley,
Calif., June 12 and Los Angeles
June 14.
Meanwhile, the move to add
southerners to the party's official
leadership continued.
Joe L. Blvthe, newly appointed
national treasurer from North Caro
lina, today named Acey Can-away
ot Orlando, Fia as director ol
finance.
Dikes Built
To Protect
Farmlands
By WILLIAM PHIPPg
PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 lfi
The Columbia river system spawned
new flood in Its headwaters to
day. Hundreds of miles downstream,
winds whipping In from the Pa
cific flicked the crest of the old one,
over the tops of weakened dikes.
Warning of the new flood crashed
like a body punch Into tired resi
dents of Oregon. Washington, Mon.
tana and British Columbia who -have
been battling two weeks
against the river's worst rampage.
Trail Flooded
On the Canadian upper reaches,
where the new rlBe was under way,
the swollen Columbia edged farther
Into the business heart of Uie smel
tri city of Trail. Water began sterl
ing into basements of business
buildings and some residences.
All along the river's torturtras
1000-mile course to the sea flood
battered cities and farm commu
nities rallied to face the second
round all except those which hay
not yet won the first one.
The original crest was causlnc
the most trouble in the heavily bar.
ricaded area around Clatskanle on
the Oregon shore and Skamokawa
across Uie river In Washington.', It
was here on the last 40 miles of
its run Into the Pacific that wlnd-
lsshed waters rolled over the dikes
when the Incoming tide waa highest.
Water Higher
The ronover was only one Inch
deep at the worst spot on the Ore
gon side and it lapped over only
when the winds came. Army engi
neers said the water was running
three-tenths of a foot higher than
yesterday when the critical stag
arrived in this srea.
The dikes still held. Thousands
of regular army troops, national
guardsmen and civilian volunteers
worked steadily to keep building up
the earthworks, stop the leakage
and the crumbling.
It ' was touch and go. Workers
strained to build up the earthwork
protecting the fertile lowland.
Their fight was against property
damage only. The people went '
evacuated days ago.
Tjpriver, too. Uie struggle against
soft dikes went on around Portland
even as the gears of rehabilitation
finally meshed after the Memorial
Day disaster of Vanport.
Few Thought Lost
Top Red Cross executives her
said they believed "few. if any" of
the war housing project's 18.704)
presidents were lost when a dlk
cracked and Columbia waters wsak"
ed sway the city that had been
Oregon's second tar rest Known
dead so far, excluding Vanport,
total 23.
Federal and state agencies have
coordinated plans and their mas
sive reconstructive weight has turn
ed to the task of rehabilitation for
some 59000 persons and repairing
damage running into untotaled mil
lions oerhaps $100.000 000.
Snarled eommunieaUons and dis
rupted transnortatlon are slowhr be
ing restored. Refneees are being
sheltered and fed. Contributions t
clothing from the more fortunate
are oocr'nr In.
The time of greatest suffering for
over in the Portland are the
hardest hit Over for the moment
until the new crest mounting no
river plunge down through th
gorge.
How bad could the new one be?
Even veteran TJ. S. River Pore
caster F.lmer Fisher wouldn't make
a prediction.
Flood Weather
But if the new crest rises as high
IContiaac Past S, Cvlsma S
Red Cross Accepts Cash For
Flood Victim Relief; Legion
Asks Help For Vanport Yets
Money for the relief of flood vic
tims In the Vanport district and
other sections to the north, was be
ing accepted here today by the
Klamath county chapter, American
Red Cross.
Any amoun will be accepted ac
cording to Mrs. Frances Palmer,
executive secretary. The Klnmath
Lutheran church Ladles Aid with
a gift of $10. wns the first organiza
tion to respond to the call, Mr3.
Palmer said Wednesday morning.
Other donations Included a S75
check from' Mr. and Mrs. Thad
Hatten; $10, Mr. nnd Mrs. R. E.
Craney, Paisley; 15, Mrs. R. A.
Young; $1, Robert Hayes.
Inquiries Filed
At least a dozen welfare Inquiries
were filed by Uie Red Cross from
here at Uie request of anxious rela
tives. Only one has been returned,
Mrs. Palmer advised, but the others
are expected momentarily. The
Portland office is faced with such a
gigantic problem in Uie care and
rehabilitation of victims of that
area, that any replies will naturally
come in slowly.
Clothing Offered
Many offers of clothing have been
made to the Klamath chapter but
Mrs. Palmer said that the Portland
chapter has not answered her In
quiry as to whether or not used
clothing is needed there. It is un
derstood that sufficient new cloth
ing Is on hand In Portland to supply
the needs of the sufferers.
Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Reed of 1125
Walnut, on hearing of the Vanport
flood, left here Mondny for PorUand
to meet their son's family, Mr. and
Mrs, Lloyd Reed and three children,
Delvln, 8; Delayne, 6, and Darrell, 4.
Mrs. Lloyd Reed and the young
sters were already en route to Klam
ath Falls and the two cars passed
unknowingly between here and
PorUand. The elder Reeds Immedi
ately turned around and came back
to Klamath Falls where Mrs. Reed
and Uie children will remain until
suitable housing can be found up
north.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bates and
three young children, residents of
Lake street in Vanport which was
the first street hit by the flood,
arrived here to make their home
this week. They are with friends
until housing can be found. Mrs,
Bates was transferred to Klamath
Falls by Payless Drug company
with whom she worked In Port
land. Bates hopes to enter the vo
cational re-educatlonal program of
fered by the state.
Lynn Roycroft, commander of
Klamath Post No. 8, American
Legion, Wednesday morning received
a telegram from Jack Maris, state
department commander of the Le
gion, urging help. The telegram
stated:
"The recent disaster necessitates
urgent relief in the form of money
for distribution to stricken veterans.
Please send contributions to depart
ment headquarters. Maris."
Roycroft said that many people
do not realize that Vanport was
made up almost entirely of veterans
and their families. Posts through
out the West are aiding by send
ing cash contributions.
Contributions through the Amer
ican Legion here should be sent di
rectly to the American Legion, 703
Veterans Club building, PorUand 4,
Oregon.