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pHKNCII Foreign Minister llldaull
(pronounced lle-du) come buck
(mm the meeting of western Euro
pean nation t which It wa do
:idcd to lake, western Clfinuiny Into
i he RiiU-nummmlnl lold mid tackle
the Jul) of selling the Idea to Franco.
Hit linn a buttle mi 111 hands,
I'm In dispatches thin morning my
'Uninmuulsl screamed at lilm from
(tie Irrt mid General tic Ctuillln'n
.amp uttered dlsopprovol from tho
rliihl."
The dispatch concludes:
" ACCEPTANCE Oiv France- WAH
EXPECTED BY THE WEEK-END.
HOWEVER."
UM1Y III! contradiction?
Well, you gel a pimple on your
Inrc. You roinpliiln. You don't like
pimple. You never have liked 'mil,
You cxprcs your opinion of pim
ple In no uncertain term.
Thru, unexpectedly
You discover Hint tile pimple
might oitow into a canckr.
You're scared. You quit itrumlilliin.
You IX) MOMKTIIINU. You do, a
matter of tad, whatever need to
be done to ward off Hie cancer.
The French rccognlw Hint coin
i".iunlm l earner Unit run kill
liberty in Europe. In the end, they'll
probably do whatever nan to be
done-oven If It Involve building
western Oermany up annul.
IN Palestine Uxlny, HiiMla muves to
' gel her toe Into the door. Her
deputy lorelun minister Cliomyko
lot veto fuiiiel announce calmly
that lie want to aend Russian
military observer to the Holy Land.
Military observer, history tell u.
are the advance guard of armies.
More recent hutory lell u that
alien Itussla get an army INTO
WHKltK HUE WANTS TO GET It s
practically Impossible to Induce her
to let her soldier out.
Manrliurla Is a food example.
rOH week, maytte uioullu, we've
' been talking naively about cnd
liii OUK military observer to Pal
estine. With our lenerally childish
attitude Inward foreign affalra, 11
ha apparently never occurred to u
SenateVotes
To Extend
Trade Pacts
WAKIIlMiTON. June I (41 The
senate finance eommlttee voted lo
ft today la eilend the foreign trade
agreement! act one year with leu
drastic revision than the houie ap
proved. The committee approved the bill
alter adopting, 7 to 6. a compro-
mlMi amendmenl proiKwd by Re
publican Ben atom Vandcnbcrg
i Mich I and Mllllkln (Colo.i.
Under Ihl amendment, the preal
denl would have lo notify congrraa
wllhlii 30 dar If he ignore recom-
thal It we aend military observer! : mriidalloni of the tarllf commission
lo Palestine Kusal w ill undoubtedly In making trade agreement.
ft
So r
Pushed
Truman Gets Pledge Of
Idaho's 12 Votes For
Convention; Tours State
llv KKNKHT B. VACCAIIO
HI S VAI.I.KV, Idaho, June 111
1'realdenl Truman got phyalral and
political llfta In Hun Valley before
departing today on an automobile
tour of Idaho apparently In a mood
for fence mending and "a fighting
campaign" for the White Houie.
The political lift came from a
promise by Hlnle Chairman Dun
CavaniiKh of Idaho'! 13 votca' 111
do likewiae.
Come now tlromyko Willi hi
bland aaaertlon that II we aeud men
in uniform into I'aleallne Ruwla
will do llkewue.
We're aurprlard
We're UIHTURHKI).
Tilt U a new development. What
i-te we gonna DO about It?
UTIIY thould we be turprlaed? Or
perturbed?
Any amart ellllh grade achool
boy ought to know from the begin
ning that It we aenl an army i mili
tary nbarrvrra, In uniform, are the
eed from which armlea growl Into
Palestine. Ruwla would do the aame.
Recent experience ha told u plain
ly thai whenever the Ruulan get
an army IN lt' a near Impoanlble
a anything can be to get It OUT.
THE trouble with our Palentlne lor
elgn policy I that nobody con
cerned with It ha been able to ee
any farther than the big Jewish
vote In the big and poltllcally Im
portant mate of New York coupler
with the fact that there are NO
Arab vote In till country.
Our PnleMlne foreign policy Una
been tailored with the ole Idea of
winning New York In November.
The fart that war can result
from BAD lorelun poHde eem
never to have occurred to u.
MAYBE that waa all right In our
childhood day a a nation. But
In THESE dangermi day playing
dometlc politic with foreign pollrv
I like happy children playing with
Jap mine washed up on the Pa
cific beache.
If terribly. TERRIBLY danger
em. In the case ot grown men, It's
practically criminal.
Veto Allowed
A house provision, which the com
mittee threw out, would have al
lowed congres to veto tariff rale
approved by the president In dl
irgurdliig Urlfl commission recom
mendation. Approval of the Mlllikln-Vanden-berg
amendment waa on strict parly
line, with aeven republican for It
and six democrat agalnaU
Mllllkln declined lo aay how the
committee member lined up later
111 approving the bill 8 to 5.
Cnd Saturday
The present trade agreemenla act
la trheduled to expire Saturday. The
administration had asked a three
year extension without change. The
house republican majority slammed
through a bill extending (he act one
year with the eurba on the presi
dent' tariff-making power.
Before the committee session to
day, Senator Tail i R-Ohloi assailed
the Mllllkln Vandcubcnt proposal,
saying II would leave too much
power with the president.
The democrats said It would have
the effect of killing the reciprocal
trade program.
All Brass Rails
Are Not Bars
HOBOKEN, N. J., June 8 iVTi A
brn rail doesn't make a bar, Steve
floss learned yesterday. And the
lesson cost him $10.
A startled police sergeant watch
ed the 28-year-old Has amble Into
headquarters, plant his foot firmly
on the bras rail and order a gins
of wine.
The mistake resulted In his ar
rest on a chnine of Intoxication.
Police Judge Charles Defado de
creed the 110 fine.
Domestic Harmony At City
Council Shattered As Dads
Wrangle Over Time Switch
Mayor Kd Ostendnrf and city
eouncllmen were at odd again Mon
day night, aliattcrjiiff aeveral week
of domestic harmony In the city'
official family.
AnKiy word (lew over Ihe coun
cil' own decision approval ol day
llRhl aitvlim time nl nil Informal
emergency session last week.
Ilespllo the controversy and con
fusion, eouncllmen stressed that the
leneral nubile will remain on day
light saving time. The question, they
aid, waa only regarding the legal
time ol meeting lor Ihe city council.
Whllo the rest ol the city unci
most ot the county were on rinyllitht
I lino Monday, Mayor Ed Ostcndorl
Insisted thai the council stay on
standard time.
Three Present
Three eouncllmen were present at
li.lO daylight time lo conduct regu
lar city business, hut the absence
nl the mayor and Councilman Angti
Newlon prevented the meeting from
proceeding. Mnyor Oatcnrior! . ar
rived at "7:.10 tandard time, the
time lor our meeting."
Councilman Pnul O, l.i.mlry que
MduccI the legality of th nicotinic
anV'o a city ordlnnnco requires tho
council to mcot at 7:30 without npo
clfyliiK whether Paolflo standard or
dnyllnhl. siwlnn should bo followed.
A confused discussion on the legal
ity ol Monday' meeting and Ihe
previous meeting declaring daylight
time found most ol the audience
and, admittedly, the city dad, com
pletely at aea.
Mayor Objects
Mayor Ostcndorl declined thnt
eouncllmen had no business passing
daylight time al an Inlormal meet
ing. Tho meeting took place while
tho mayor was out ol town.
Councilman Paul O, Landry asked
angrily, "Mayor, who' giving order
here? The council 1 the legislative
body."
Asked lor a legal opinion on the
question, City Attorney Henry Per
kins said that there la room lor
controversy as to whether council
men should meet al 7:30 daylight
time or 7:30 standard time since the
ordlnnnco docs not state. HI sug
gestion waa to ndjourn the meeting
to meet ngnln next Monday at 7:30
daylight time to consider less Im
portant business, waiting until 7:30
standard time to tnko care nl Im
portant matters, At that lime, he
aald, cnuncllincn should approve it
ruling making the time ol meeting
7:30 dayllghl time until the com
munity I changed back to standard
time,
Alter more angry discussion, eoun
cllmen decided to at least momen
tarily follow the city attorney' ad
Tire and adjourned.
the democratic national convention.
The other was a ride 1200 feet
up this Tnlon I'aclfle railroad re
ort'a "Dollar mountain" In one
ol Ihe rhalr lifts used bv ski Jump
ers Irom all part ol the world.
Hold Conference
The president conferred for 25
minute with 25 Idaho democratic
politician In the tJuu Valley col
lage of W. Averell Harrlman, EC A
"roving ambassador'' and former
secretary of commerce.
Emerging, Cavanagh lold report
er Ihey had assured the president
of Idaho' convention voles. He
added :
"We lold the president we are
100 per rent behind the Truman
doctrine, behind his foreign and
domestic policies and 100 per cent
behind the Truman administra
tion. "
County Treasurer T. E. McDon
ald of Idaho Kails, who travelled
32ft miles lo see Ihe president said
Mr. Truman assured him he would
make "a fighting campaign'' for a
term In his own right, when he
suggested the need lor such a
tight.
The gathering here was described
by Cavanach a "a good demo
cratic, meeting."
Speech Slated
The president will scak extem
poraneously In the Butte high
school stadium at about 7 p. m.
iPHTi tonight.
He scheduled an early departure
Irom Bun Valley tor a tour through
Halley, Bellevue. Crater ol the Moon
national monument. Arco. More
land and Blackfool Into Idaho Kalis
where he will reboard his ieclal
train about 11 a. m.
The special train Is due In Butte
at ft p. m. iPSTi and out at there
three hours later en route to Spo
kane. Wash.
A lop ranking While House aldek
aald democratic leader would be -
Invited to talk with the president
whenever possible.
This coincided with Cavanagh's
aasertlon:
"I've read In the papers about
some ot those disgruntled delegates
In Iowa and Nebraska who telt
he'd by-passed them. He certainly
didn't by-pass Idaho. He welcomed
u here. II they didn't see him.
It was their fault."
Enlistment
Of Aliens
Figure Cut
WASHINGTON, June 8 ll-Sen.
ator Lodge lt-Mas.) today cut to
23,000 Ihe number ol aliens he pro
poses the l ollrd State should en
list In It armed lorces.
Lodge Is trying to amend the two
year draft bill to permit recruiting
of antl-commuiilsl Poles. Czechs
and others who have fled Russia's
"Iron curtain." Each man so en
llsled would mean one American
who would not have to be drafted.
Lodge proposrs Ibat Ihry be used
In Alaska, the Far Ksst and the
Caribbean. They would not be face-lo-face
with Russians there.
As originally Introduced. Lodge's
amendmenl proposed enlistment of
&U.000 aliens. He cut the number lo
25.000 at the suggestion of Senator
Tydlngs iD-Md.i when it uppear
ed doubtful the senate would ac
cept the larger Ilgure.
The senate leadership was driving
to dispose ol the l,od-e amendment
and other proposed changes in the
draft revival measure. Tbey hoped
for final aetion tonight. The house
ha a similar draft bill it will take
up onee the senate acts.
Arguing lor his amendment, Lodge
told his colleagues:
No Success
"It has been said that perhaps
the Russian government would not
like It. Insofar as that argument is
concerned, it seems suoerfluous to
say that our efforts to please the i
Russians have not been crowned with ;
success."
Lod-e said he has been advised )
that the army department approves i
hi plan. He aid a "mlsundersfnd- I
il snllaur rge I, Cttlsmn II f
Au Revoir To Klamath Falls
rn. . . . '-I';
Frank Payer Jr. tipi his hat to the Klamath Falls xijen over the
I'nited Air Lines offices at the Klamath airport a he bids farewell at
the start of a Ions air flight to Enrope. Payer, accompanied by his wife
and mother, shown In the picture, took a plane here last night. They
will fly to the East Coast and then across the Atlantic, for a visit
with relatives in Csechoftiovakia. The Malin people plan to Join Mr.
and Mrs. A. Kalina and Mr. and Mrs. Emil Polivka, also of Malin, for
a reunion In Europe, before all return to their homes here late in the
GE Offers
Wage Boost
NEW YORK. June 8 (P. The
General Electric Co., today offered
an eight per cent wage Increase to
an estimated 125,000 workers In
OK plant throughout the country.
The company said the offer
would amount to an Increase of
"nine cent to over 15 cents an
hour."
It waa made to negotiators for
the United Electrical. Radio and
Machine Workers (CIO during
negotiation which have been under
way since March 3.
Union negotiators recessed until
mid-afternoon to consider the offer.
The union asked when the In
crease would be effective, and the
company replied "when accepted."
Last week the union proposed
that the company Increase wages
11 cent an hour, and mako the
Increase adjustable to the move
ment of the cost of living Index
of the U. S. department of labor.
An alternate union proposal asked
lor an Increase ol 13 cents an
hour, with no automatic adjustment.
Housing Row
Looms AsTaft
Sponsors Bill
field.
Andy Loney Jr.. announced this
morning that all arrangements have
WASHINGTON. June S VP) A I been made U) put on a complete
GOP family spat on the eve ol the ) dress rehearsal, with a lew extras
parly national convention threat- thrown In, at 7:30 p. m. Wednesday,
ened today. Rep. Wolcolt (R-Mlch.) The hour Is early. Loney said, so
made ready to Introduce a substl- that the band members can get to
lute lor the senate-approved hous- j bed and be upin time to catch the
ing bill sponsored by Senator Talt, 6:30 a. m. bus lo poruana.
KUHS Band Slates Show At
Modoc Field On Wednesday
The many Klamath folks who. witness the rehearsal and a good
would like to attend the Rose Festl- crowd Is anticipated. Here Is the
val In Portland tills week and see program:
the Klamath Union high school The band will enter playing their
band In action, will be given the I marching tune. "Man ol the Hour."
opportunity to see the very same The show then opens with "The
show tomorrow night on Modoc March ot the Pioneers" bv Colby
and then swings into Its Victor Her-
a GOP presidential aspirant.
Wolcott, chairman of the house
banking committee, announced that
his committee would end its public
hearings on housing Uxlny, and act
on his bill later in the week. The
housing Issue then will be thrashed
out on the house Iloor beginning
Monday or Tuesday.
Republican Wolcott guarded most
ol the details ol his bill, pending
formal Introduction late today or
tomorrow, but he hinted strongly It
will not look much like the measure
sponsored by Republican Talt.
This held out the prospect that
congress may wind up its session
June 18, two days before the GOP
convention. In a wrangle between
senate and house republicans over
the housing issue. The battle may
touch off a hot platform - writing
fight ot Philadelphia.
The T-E-W bill (Senators Ellcn
der, Louisiana Democrat, and Wag
ner, New York Democrat, are co
sponsors with Tafti contemplates
construction of 1R.000.000 homes In
10 years, primarily by private enter
prise with government encouragement.
The public Is cordially invited to
More Rains
Pelt Klamath
Another "Ireshner" fell Irom the
sky overnight In the shape of .04
ol an Inch ol rain.
That was the record at Copco's
west side plant on Link river, be
tween 5 p. m. Monday and 8 a. m.
Tuesday. Skies were clear this
morning.
Copco olltclals reported the Up
per Klamath lake level at 4142.8
both Sunday and Monday. There
was heavy rainfall for a short time
In the area north ol the lake, but
It made no perceptible change in
the lake level, which is six Inches
under the allowable maximum.
All water going down Link river
Is moving through Copco's power
plants except a trickle at the dam.
There Is no spillage through the
gates.
Arabs Blast Path Into Jerusalem's Old City
3
f1 it
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( loud ol smoke and dust Mllow up around a group ol building In the Old City of Jerusalem, as an
Arab-aet demolition charge explode. The Arabs picked their way through gunfire to plant dynamite under
the wall and thereby blast a path .Into the Jewish-held elly. ,
bert program.
Wilber Elliott and Catherine
Blanas will sing the duet, "When
You're Away" from "The Only Girl";
Elliott then sings, "I'm Falling In
Love With Someone" Irom "Naughty
Marietta"; Gerald Fales' solo is
"Gypsy Love Song" from "The For
tune Teller," and Miss Blanas sings,
"Italian Street Song" from "Naughty
Marietta." The trio. Miss Blanas, El
liott and Fales, then sing the favor
ite, "Kiss Me Again" Irom "Made
moiselle Modiste."
The drum ensemble follows the
Victor Herbert program. Members
ot the ensemble are Ed McCracken,
Wallace teichty. Charles Norland,
David Coski and Leonard Wash.
Finale number Is, "March Fan
tastic." Fucik.
Those attending are asked to be
in the Modoc field grandstand before
the band enters.
Suit Filed In
Bus Wreck
Suit for $3500 was instituted in
circuit court here today in con
nection with a Baker county bus
accident involving Klamath men In
June, 1946.
Plaintiff is M. E. Holland, who
names as defendants Dale Mattoon
and Ernest Koschnlck, doing busi
ness as the Red Ball Stage lines.
Holland in his complaint alleges
that Mattoon was driving a bus In
which he was a passenger, on state
highway No. 7 in Baker county on
June 13, 1946. He charges that due
to allegedly fast and negligent operation-
ot the bus, It turned over,
and the plaintiff received fractured
ribs and a broken elbow.
Holland was one of a party ot
Klamath Falls Elks going to Baker
to a state convention at the time.
His attorney In the damage suit is
Harry Bolvln.
Streetcars Off
Market Schedule
SAN FRANCISCO. June 8 (fli
For years, newcomers hove started
at the sight of tour streetcars run
ning on adjoining tracks In the mid
dle of Market street, the city's "main
stem." But no more.
The municipal railway today re
placed streetcars on the two outer
tracks with buses. It plans to rip
up the unused rails.
STRONG CURRENT
LONGVIEW, Wnsh., June 7 Mv
The Columbia river was rushing
past this port Monday at an est
mated rate of 8 to 9 miles per hour
the fastest current ever recorded
by Longvlew port officials. The rate
Is about lour times normal.
Rivers Fire
3rd Crest M
Defenders
PORTLAND, June 8 MV-Two more bodies were taken Irom th
water ol flood-destroyed Vanport yesterday.
They Increased to lour the number ol known dead In the Memorial
Day disaster and to 29 tbe toll throughout the Pacllic Northwest In
its three week ol flood.
The herltr office reported that the flrat body taken out today
wa that of an unidentified woman. The second had not yet arrived al
the morgue and no information wa Immediately available. The luiit two
bodies found last Friday were both children.
There waa (till no Information aa to the possible number of dead
at Vanport. The Red Crow, which last night Hated 74S as unaccounted
lor, today revised the total to 545. It said 170 person called to report
they were safe alter the list wa Issued. The Red Cross said many
Vanport resident still were expected to register for the lint time, mak
ing a further deep slaah in the number unaccounted lor.
While the search for the dead went on, the Columbia and Fraser
rivers fired their third flood crest downriver today. Weary sandbag
battalions defending battered American and Canadian dikes were rein
forced lor three more week rr( ft
siege.
Scorching weather throughout the
Facile Northwest sent tons ol wa
ter Irom fast-melting mountain
snow into the two rampaging river
systems. The Kootenay river, one
ol the many feeding the Columbia,
crashed through another dike in
Canada. Water poured over 8000
acres ot rich farm land near Cres
ton, B. C, 350 miles east ot Van
couver. Elsewhere in the vast, flood
ravaged region of Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana sod Brit
ish Columbia men and machines
held the weakening levee barely
held them.
Crest Indefinite
How long they could go on win
ning, no one knew. Nor did anyone
know what to expect from the
third crest. It had not built up
enough so forecasters could say if
it would top the first and second
crests ot the past week. It all de
pended on how long the sun blazed
down on the snowpack.
In both countries, more manpow
er and earthworking equipment waa
thrown into the battle that al
ready has cost 27 lives and per
haps S140.0O0.000 damage. Hundred
still are listed a missing in the
Vanport Memorial Day drowning
ol Vanport. war housing city of
18.700, on the Columbia in Oregon
near Portland.
Along the far-reaching flood
fronts ol the Columbia and Fraser,
the light is against two great cur
rentsriver and tide. In the Amer
ican and Canadian lowlands near
the Pacilic the two combined
against man.
Evacuation Urged
Authorities at New Westminster,
B. C advised 5004) residents of
suburban Queensborough on Lulu
island to evacuate nightly while
the swollen Fraser crashes into
high tides coming up Irom the sea.
New Westminster's Mayor W. M.
Mott appealed for 1000 workers
daily to meet the new crisis. "We
will be able to hold the liver back
if we get manpower," he said. "We
are fully equipped with machinery
and supplies but manpower is the
vital link in the battle."
It was the same on the lower
Columbia In the hard hit dike area
from Portland down the Oregon
and Washington shores 100 sites
to the ocean. U. S. army engineers
rushed more men and equipment
into the fight that has raged the
clock around for 20 days.
Thousands ol regular army and
navv men. national guardsmen and
civilian volunteers work Irantically
to make levees higher, plug small
breakthroughs and stop the seep
age. Danger Points:
Danger point are the Portland
and Clatskanie areas of Oregon,
the twin-city Longvlew-Kelso and
Cathlamet sectors on the Wash
ington side.
This Hen Lays
Numbers Ducats
DETROIT, June 9 OP) Charles
Overton's hen might have been lay
ing bets. Patrolman Ross Faustlno
told Recorder's Judge George Mur
phy yesterday, but it seemed more
likely someone had put that book ol
numbers tickets under her.
The patrolman reported he heard
the hen give a strange cackle, and
he found the tickets In her nest
along with an egg. Overton. 50, was
lined $40 on a charge of engaging
in an Illegal occupation.
Presidential
Train Slated
Here Friday
President Truman la expected to
be In Klamath Falls about 15 min
utes next Friday but may not be
aware that he Is making a stop in
our town.
The president's IS-car special
train Is due in at 11:50 p. m., day
light time (10:50 p. m. railroad time)
and will pull out at 12:05 a. m
daylight time.
Therefore, Harry Truman prob
ably will spend part of Friday, Jim
11. and Saturday, June 12, in Klam.
ath Falls. However, he is expected
to be asliwn In hh r-m ..
r " . avvus
after a hard day of talks and tray.
rang irom rortland.
Visited In 1944
President Tmnun h, ... c
-- KM
ator Truman of Missouri then waa
m Kjamatn Falls In 1944 when ho
was running for vice president on
the democratic ticket with the late
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
That was a daytime visit and he
met with newsmen and democratic
party leaders at tbe railroad depot.
Harvey Teale, Southern Paclfio
trainmaster, has the Truman train
schedule and is making arrange
ments lor the special train to ba
serviced during the 15-mlnule stop
over here.
The "Presidential Special" will
leave Portland at 1:45 p. m. Fri
day, stop 10 minutes at Salem, IS
minutes at Albany, 15 minutes at
Eugene. After leaving Klamath
Falls the train will stop at Duns
muir 10 minutes. Gerber 15 min
utes, Rosevllle 10 minutes, Sacra
mento 25 minutes and go on to
Berkeley.
Local democrats, especially party
leaders, would like to board the
train here to greet the president but
may not have that opportunity If
Truman has turned In for the night.
At any rate, some Truman boosters
are expected to wait at the SP
depot on the chance that the presi
dent might make an appearance.
Gals Don't Go
For New Look
LOS ANGELES, June 8 (JPh-It's
now official, gals; you don't like
long skirts for daytime wear.
A fashion expert, Klra Melis,
conducted a poll of 7000 women
here lor the KIwanis International
convention.
A mighty "boo" greeted Miss
Melis' question if long skirts were
popular. The women let it be
known they want no skirts less
than 13 Inches from the floor.
The upsweep hair-do was fav
ored by a wide margin.
And how about shoulder pads?
asked Miss Melis. The women want
'em, but like off shoulder dresses
lor alternoons.
The women Ilxed a top of $50 as
the price they would pay lor a
suit. The suit, they said, is their
favorite garment.
Lakeview Chamber Launches
Drive For Forest Road Fund
LAKEVIEW, June 8 A deter
mined drive to bring about a de
ficiency appropriation of $20,000,000
for forest highways belore congress
adjourns later this month was
launched at a meeting of the Lake
county chamber ot commerce mem
bership yesterday noon.
Jack Mayne, manager ot the
chamber and the Three Flags High
way association, is preparing a briet
on the whole subject, and It Is
understood Senator Wayne Morse
la ready to go belore the house sub
committee on detlclency appropri
ations to urge the forest highway
Item.
Klamath county chamber of com
merce and court, as well as the
Lake county court, are expected to
go along on the attempt to get the
detlclency appropriation through.
At the chamber session here, It
was stated that the agricultural de
partment bill carries an Item of
$5,300,000 tor forest highways, Ol
this, It was said, Oregon would get
only $700,000, and this would hardly
be enough to catch up on forest
highway projects which have been
deterred pending the appropriation
of funds authorized by the road act
ot 1944.
Mayne showed a letter from R. H,
Baldock, state highway engineer, In
dicating the need for more substan
tial forest appropriations. Among
these, Baldock listed the Willamette
highway and the LaVevlew high
way's Quartz mountain section.
With reference to the Willamette
highway, he said that unless more
than $1,000,000 Is spent on strength
ening the surface there, the road
will .be Impassable next spring.
If the deficiency appropriation Is
approved, Oregon will get $3,500,000
for forest highways and money will
be available starting July 1.
Manager Charles Stark of the
Klamath chamber of commerce said
today that a wire was sent last
week to Senator Morse supporting
the proposed deficiency Item, In ac
cordance with a standing policy ot
the chamber In favor of forest high
way appropriations. Further action
may be taken by chamber directors
Wednesday.