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H FRANK JKNKlNai
NTEIlhaTINO next ifur Uioat who
livt tliounhilul attention to euch
thlnsai come this morning Iiom up
el oiympia.
Washington's Oovernor lanallf
orders a ten per cent cut In rx-
rpendtturea lor every department un
der hu control. Hi Ukn Una fairly
drastic action llT Irarnlng that III
April, Mar and June o( Uiu yrar the
lata ol Washington eiient 14 mil
linii dollars mora Umil It look In.
II thai keeps up. It aald In an
nouncing hla rut-coats ordrr. the
etair'a general fund will b broke b)
January 1,
rlllf alluallon appeal to ba rvtn
worse than that. Actual liiium
Ini revenues, the governor eaya, arc
tailing lar short ol Irwialatlve eaii
main. Ha thinks the aula u reelly
operating on a tiO.uoo.ooO deficit.
iPraaumably for Utf bieiuuum.)
1118 statement calla for a little x
planauon. In murine out their budgete.
g'atr tand rillaa and ouuntiee and
NATIONS) follow a eyelem that dlf
far eharply from lit practical of
private biutnesa Inallluuona, Pn
tate business panpla flral aalimat
at reallallrally aa they can now
much money thry will ba abla to
take In. and ArTEH TI1AT thay
deride how much money lhay can
(ford to apand. a
Tliat la to aay, privata buatnaaa
people cut thalr carmrni eocordtng
to Uia amount of cioth they think
thry will ba abla la obtain.
Public bodiaa, having the power to
taa. do It exactly oppoeiie. Tney
first tot up the amount thry are
going to apand and then thry LEVY
A TAX TO HAIttE THAT AMOUNT
. OP MONEY.
I Oovernment, you are, having the
power to Lax tahlcst aaeena Uia
pnwar to reach Into Uia pvckcl of
all the) paopia and take whatever la
neadrdi flral cut the pattern for the
garment and then go out and levy oo
the panpla for the cloth Utat will oa
required.
JN the old daya, when practically
1 all governmental bodies EXCEPT
the frderal government relied chief
ly on the grneral property tax. that
worked out without much guess
work. The taxing authorities simply
levied ft tax rata of ao much upon
the aaaraaed value of tangible pro
rrty and the property owner then
punxled up OK KLrlE.
With the advent of the Income
tax. the situation changed. The In
come tax, aa Its name Implies, la a
tax on the Incomes of the peop.
Its quite a Job to estimate THIS
YEAH what the Incomea of all the
people will be NEXT YEAR. If this
year la a boom year, with money
flowing like water, Incomes will tend
to be high. If next yrar turns out
to be a "receaaion" year. Incomea
will be down.
Thia la the point:
If INCOMES AKK DOWN, tax re
ceipts will be down.
That la what seems In hsve hap
pened In Uia state of Washington.
Anticipated Income hasn't lived up
to the anticipations. Hruce the go
million dollar DEFICIT Oovernor
Langlle speaks about.
VOU and I know all about that.
All our Uvea we've been saying to
ouraelrea: "I need CADILLAC.
I'm entitled to II. NEXT YEAR
I m going to have me one."
When next yrar com -a, and we
have to cut our garment according
lo Uia cloth available to ua, we
ahrug our ihouldrra and either drive
the old car or buy one leu coaUy
than we had rosily anticipated. We
know that If we go too deeply In debt
we U be sunk.
When governments plan their next
year's budgets on ft Cadlllao basis,
they go through with It on that
beats. If their eatlmates of Income
turn out to bo too high, they bor
row the difference. (That Is, they
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Property Owners Jam Council Rooms
To Urge City Dads To End Rent Control
Klamath Falls property owners
Won the flrat round In the rent de
control battle laat night when they
Jammed the eounrll chambers and
rgrd the rlly dada to aurt proce
dure. Immediately foe a maae meet.
Ing af landlorda and tenants to dll
euaa the matter.
Under the law, 10 days notice
must be given before the meeting
la held. City Attorney Perkins waa
atithnrlred to take Immediate steps
In arranging the rent confab.
E. M. Chllrote, realtor, was the
prime champion for lifting of rent
celllngi. He opened hb) arbumenta
by expressing the dcalre "to get out
from under eight yeara of dictator
ahlp" Imposed by the prolonged fix
ing of rents,
' "Krrry segment af aur economy
Reopens Arms Aid bearing
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Margaret MltrhrU
Authoress
Dies After
Car Accident
ATLANTA. Aag. II lPl Mar
garet Mllrhrll. the aether ef t-ane
With the ioe- died today. Nhe
waa atnark dawa by ft apeedntg
aartaeaeMIe aa reach tree etreel last
Tbwradae Wight.
Mlea MltrhrU died at 1I:J ft. as.
(EHTl 1st Henry (irady Meaaeetal
baaplUL Darters aald aha had ft
trartarrd akalU fraetarea af the
pelvla. and alher Injartea.
The qwlet author af the faawaua
etvtl war aavet, waa hit by a ear
aa aha and bee hanband. John R.
Ma rah, an advertising eseentlve
eraaard the atraet while walking to
ft ewevle rar her baaae.
retire ehargrd the drtree of the
ear. Hash D. (ravltl. Is, with aoa
pleaaaj af aaaaalaaahler. Ciravllt,
Uil driver, waa all duly at the
Maae and la hla private ear. Pallre
rerarda ahaw ha haa bad t t raffle
rteiaUaeai aeevlewaly against hlas.
The apeeding ear alamawrd her ta
the pavfUftt and dragged her It
feet.
Marsh, a areal-lnvalld aa the re
call af a heart attack, held his wife
la hla arena wnttl police and an am
bulance arrived. Mhe waa carried la
the City haapllai, and aperlallau
were called.
Million Job
Increase Seen
By Year's End
WASHINGTON. Aug. U (V-8ec-retary
of Labor Tobin forecast to
day an Increase of a million Jobs by
the end of the year and a correa
ponding drop III unemployment.
Tobin reported to President Tru
man that the employment sltuaUon
li Improving steadily.
He told reporters on leaving the
White House:
"It looks very much like there will
be a decided Increase In employment
during the next six montlu and that
by the end of the year payrolls will
be Increased by approximately 1.000,
000 persona.
This does not take In the possi
bility of major strike In coal or
steel, he said.
Tobin aald there would be ft sub
stantial Increase In employment and
a drop In unemployment figures be
ginning about the middle of Sep
tember. WRECK
PORTLAND, Aug. IS Vft A trac
tion comiwny bus and a two-ton
truck collided on S. W. Broadway at
Main street today and the truck
overturned but no one was Injured.
Patrolman T. R. Crecraft said the
bus failed to yield right-of-way.
waa oat from under price control
two year ago, except houalng awn
are," t'hllrote argued.
He aald he does not eiperl rente
In general to show pronounced
Jump. "There will be some booala
In rent," he added, "but anly where
It la necessary."
Mayor Robert A. Thompson stated
that the council had not taken any
action because It didn't realm there
waa "this much Interest," referring
n the crowd gathered.
Mayor Thompaon brought out
Uiat controls on rent could be lifted
In two ways. One would ba Ui
method chosen last night, that of
calling ft mass meeting, deciding In
favor of de-control, then handing It
In tha city council for Ita approval,
lo tha governor for hla final okay,
KLAMATH FALLH, OKKGON. Tl'fHDA
House Quits,
Federal Fund
Log-Jam Left
WASHINtiTOV. Am. If fT Th
bout adjoitrnrd today without rt
Ifif on an appropriation lojr Jam
UHnv up ftnanc af Ch military
aaUbllthmrnl and athrr frdrral
acnrlra,
A a mult, the agrnclrs affected
will bt? prnnllru, al IraAt another
day. Their authority to Incur obll
latioiu or apend moiwy ended laat
miditUtht. beaidet the drfrnae enUb
luhmeut the aitenclra witliout fundi
are the Intertur department, vet
erana admlnlAtratloti. and the eco
nomic cooperation admlnutratlon.
Tha rulea rommlru called an
aflernKMi aftaalon to art an a reaolu
Umn whkh would proTtdr rmerc
eney financing until refular appro
prlatlon bllli ara paaaed.
Aetloai HUlIrd
But even If the rules committee
approvaa, the rvaolutlon cannot be
acted on until tomorrow. Ii tlll
would have to be pajieed by the
enate before the af enact could be
relieved financially.
Technically, aaid Chairman Can
non (D-Mo of the houae approprl
ailona committee, they can't spend
or commit a aintle penny let ally,
and aome govemment people 'are
getting frantic about It-''
llawever, tha drfrnae department
hawed tw nreaalng anilety. Aa
fflrtal aaid It baa aalhority mder
baric law ta ewnllnae eMtraetlng
far faad. fael. etc.; Ita eWtlian pay
roll nai maUy rwna 1Z daya behind
aeevtc ea eendered.
Something may be done about
the situation before the end of the
day.
It reaulu from the fact that con
grew, haa not yet finally paaaed the
annual appropriation bills for the
agenctea lnr red. and a temporary
financing Bieaaure for them expired
last midnight.
The bowse apsvroprlatians ewoi
slttee aowght bowse apprwraj yea
terday of anofher temporary aneaa
wre. bat the rwsb aveeedare rea aired
a I thirds vote and II didn't get
H, although It mastered a asaotity.
Cannon haa a feed the rulea com
mittee to grant clearance for the
emergency measure under procedure
requiring only a majority rote. The
rules committee turned him down
late yesterday bu. was expected to
change Its mind later.
Steel Boss Says
No To Pay Boost
NEW YORK. Aug. 1 Presi
dent Arthur B. Homer, president of
the Bethlehem Steel Corp.. told
prealdentlal fact-finding board to
day his company "cannot and will
not be a party" to ft fourth round
of wage Increases.
"This ta no time for further con
cessions," Homer declared. "The
facta do not Justify any more wage
Increases, and. In the national In
terest, the ruinous Inflationary
spiral of wages and prices must come
to an end."
The head of the nation' second
largest steel concern was the open
ing witness as the Industry organ
Ita fourth day of testimony before
the three-man board.
Carpentry Tools
Stolen From Mill
An auortment of carpentry tools
were atolen from tool houae at
the Elllngson planing mill construc
tion Job sometime over the week
end. Deputy Sheriff Marlon Barnes
aald today.
Tha tools Included kit of wood
bits, saw, hammer, wrecking bar.
expansion bit and hand drill and
wei valued at IAS by the owner.
J. 8. 8ehorn.
Deputy Barnes aald two men ap
parently were Involved In the theft
and they carried the tools away in
a car.
I
and Uten lo the housing expeditor
In Washington.
The other, and ane which Mayor
Thompson seemed to favor, would
call foe the area rent administrator
referring the matter directly to the
rent expeditor In Waahlngton, whe
would handle the problem directly
from hla office.
However, the audience waa not
In favor of pursuing the latter
courae, but urged the city "to stand
on Ita own feet," rather than wall
for govemment action.
Nick Long opined that rent con
trol was necessary once but now It
la " political football."
It was not specified where the
maaa meeting of landlorda and ten
ante will be held.
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Barrymore
Loses Tongue
Over Sister
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. It iPi
The president af the lolled
autre, tbr only living former
president, and a farmer prima
aalnletrr af f.Blland think Hhrl
Barrymere la pretty wonderful
but hee brother Lionel la aet las
pressed. Miss Barryawee. dletaff raler
ef America a reyal family af the
theater, waa 7g veara old yester
day. In honor af the aeeaaiaa. a
nationwide broadcast laat alghl
rarrled tributes from President
Traman, Herbert lleever. Mrs,
Meaner Rooarrelt. Winston
I'burrhlll and eearee of other
great personalities.
But at a luncheon yealrrday
Lionel Barrymore eeuld think ef
nothing more to say than:
"Well, KlheL I'm awfally
happy yea are with ae and I
wish yea many happy returns."
Hindis Head Lauis B. Maver,
wha gave the luncheon for Mine
Barrymore, aald: "Cieaa, that's a
herk af a apeern. Yea eaa aay
asare than that"
"I'm aarry replied Lionel,
"bat my writer has gone ta San
Fraactara."
Punchboard
Battle Rages
In Portland
PORTLAND. Aug. 1 Ft Port
lands punchboard battle may go
either to the courts or to the people.
Opponents of Mayor Dorothy Mc-
Cullough Lee's edict that boards
yield prises for aklll and not on
chance aatd today they were laylaj
piana. City llceua stamp pre
viously affixed ta punch boards ex
pired last mid mint except about 10
which had been placed on legal
boards. Moat punchboarda fall to
meet tha city s legality test.
A group know as Oregon Sales
8umulalori company sponsored ft
meeting last night at which one
proposal was made to start a recall
against the mayor. S. A. Srdlock.
vending machine company head and
spokesman for the group, said re
call was not the way to solve, the
problem,
"We want to ab.de by the law but
we think the courts should decide
whst the law Is." Srdlock said. He
was critical of Mayor Lee, saying
that "we were running thee same
boards all the Urn ah waa com
missioner and she never let out
peep. Now that she Is mayor she
acta Ilka king and takes a dom
ineering and conquering altitude."
He said the plan now la to ask
for a court ruling on what Is a legal
punchboard. or to draft an Initiative
designed to remove punchboarda
from the constitutional ban on lot
teries. Vacation Travel
In Oregon Gams
SALEM. Aug. 11 ( Vscstlon
lste and eight-seeing travelers are
getting around a little mora this
yrar than (sat.
The atat highway commission1
travel informauon department has
these figures to show:
Crater Lake National park reports
a 3 Der cent Inrrasia In lha nn,K
of visitors for the travel year going
ones to iaai uctooer 1. Last monui
the Increase was 10 per cent over
July, IMS, and laat June was up
H.7 per cent.
Oregon Caves re porta a 21 per
cent Increase laat month over the
same month a year ago.
Bonneville dam had a 13 per cent
Increase in July.
Traffic on the Astorla-Megler
ferry waa up 11 per cent last month
over July, IMS.
Leading In the number of out-of-state
licenses observed In Oregon
this year are California ju..Ki.,n,
and Illinois.
BULLETIN
SMKK.LIRS COVK, Calif.,'
Aug. 16 i Man went deeper Into
the aea today than aver before la
hiatory. and reported atrang
schools af flashing flab.
Marine F.xplorer (Ilia Barton
rea herd 4M0 feet below the Pa
elfic, then announced after eight
minutes that he waa coming back
up.
His original gaal waa C00 feet.
"It seems rather pointless lo go'
any farther without lights," ha
aaid. "I can't see yery much.
Everything I see seems to be about
tha same as I saw a little higher
ap."
Hla lights had gone out al 4100
fere, hut ho oanlail t al-. im.iI a
I bit farther In the bitter cold.
When he reached 4M0 feet he
waa 1300 feet deeper than he and
William Bee be. New York ost
arallat, had drsnended off Ber
muda In 1M.
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No, 154
George Asks
Action; May
Demand Cut
WASHINGTON. Aug. It (jHrm.
stars m creed themselves la a stermy
aesalaa today and ordered heartnga
reopened aa the admlnlatratiaa'a
SI.tM.eM.ee foreiga arm arograaa.
Chairman Connelly iD-Tex.) of
the combined senate foreign rela
tions and arms services committee
snnounced after a closed session
that the groups will hear a half
DKBATE
WASHINGTON. Aag. I
The baaae rale committee todav
sent the SI,4S..M arma-aid
bill te the betes floor for ane day
ef debate to morrow.
The commit lee approved pea
era are leaving the way open for
aav amendments from the floor.
lis ene-dav limiutloa dee not
meaa that the baaae will rote at
the ead af laonorrow a at sal in, bat
anly that getvorsl debate will ead
dozen witnesses. They will Include
Henry A. Wallace and Norman
Thomas, both former minority party
presidential candidates.
(.anally amid tha aadltaeaal Bear
ing, starting toaaarraw, will lake
a boat twa daya.
He aaid he eeobls Bow that the
seaate grP eaa vote thia week
aa the bin, which waa appraeed far
the fall amount yesterday by the
faresga affair easnmltte.
Closed Keaaion
Senators scheduled an afternoon
closed aesaion to talk over with Sec
retary of Defense Johnson a report
from Gen. Douglas MacAnhur cov
ering the strategic situation in the
Japan-Korea area.
Johnson announced that Mac
Arthur has declined an Invitation
voted 19 to II by the senate group
last Friday, to return bom to test
ily on the arms plsn.
Administration acceptance had
been fareeaat earlier for some ef a
eerie af a men amenta offered by
Senators Vaadeaberg IR-Mirh.1 and
Dalle (B-N.Y.I ta the fereiga aram
program.
Connolly told reporters the move
to reopen hearings was Initiated by
Senator George iD-Os I, who has
been urging that tha proposed
$1 450 000 000 fund be cut In half.
Most of the witnesses le be heard
wUI be la eppoaitioa ta the aragraaa.
Ceaaally aaid.
The Texaa senator added that it
new appear that the seaate "has
sot a goad deal af time" ahead af It
before It eaa consider the arms ara
gnua biiaaaa af the pre af other
legiaUltsB.
On the other side of the capltol.
Speaker Rayburn predicted at a
newa conference, that the house
mould approve the bill in "sub
atantlally" the form voted by the
foreign affairs committee.
Nine Bodies
Recovered At
Crash Scene
OALWAY. Ireland. Aug. If i.P
The bodies of all nine persons who
lost their lives in an air accident at
sea yesterday have been recovered
and Identified.
The accident occurred when a
Ttaiuocean Airliner with 58 persons
aboard ran out of gas and bellied
Into the Atlantic off Ireland. Forty
nine persons were saved In ft dra
matic flare-lit air-sea rescue.
Meanwhile a full Investigation of
the crash went forward today with
American officials participating.
George Clark of New York arrived
at Shannon airport early today to
Investigate the disaster for the civil
aeronautics board.
Eight of the victims were among
17 Italian Immigrants en route to
Venezuela from Rome. The ninth
casualty. Radioman Herbert Asbel
of Brooklyn, N. Y., waa drowned
when the wreckage knocked him
from the fuselage Into the aea.
Bridges' To Quit
Lush Miners Job
CONCORD. N. H.. Aug. 1 i,)
U. S. Sen. Styles Bridges iR-N.H.I
aald today he will resign next
month hla -35.000 year trusteeship
of the United Mine Workers welfare
fund.
He said he wants to wait until
tha first yearly report on the fund
It completed, sometime next month,
before atepping out.
It was recently disclosed that
Bridges and Kara Van Horn, fund
trustee of the coal operators, had
been drawing a $35,000 a year al
lowance, while John L. Lewis, union
chief and third trustee, had not
been drawing from his allowance.
Bridges claims moat of tha allow
ance went for expenses of hiring
legal experts and accountants to
help handle the 1100,000,000 fund.
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SIGHTIN' OUT Project Engineer C. V. Eckhordf tokes o
sight through o theodolite o high-precision transit while
faking shots on triangulation points. Eckhardt is in charge
of a survey being conducted by the U. S. geological survey,
which is charting more than 1800 square miles of Modoc and
Siskiyou county land in California. The survey is finding con
trol points which are used in laying out aerial maps of the
areo. The protect is slated to
moves in.
Survey CrewsWorking On
Big Project Of Mapping !
Modoc, Siskiyou Area
By MALCOLM EPLET JR. ' the Geological Kerrey la 1XM and
Survey crewa from the regional lgSS. bat that first map waa aothing
office of the U. 8. Geological barrey asare than a reconnaissance ataa ta
la Sacra mm to are working In the coanpartaon ta today s ma pa. and at
Klamath basin Jast south af the
Stat line, compiling a topographle
surrey af eight aaaadrangte corns -aweed
af tzi square mile each af
Medee and Slakiyea county land.
The crews are"makin their field
headquarters In Klamath Palls
while they work on the Job. which
Is known a the Doma-Straw pro
ject. The land-scannintT la due to
go on through the summer and until
winter weather causes a let-up In
activities, c. V. Eckhardt la project
engineer. t
This snrrey Is' a preliminary
phase thst la aecesssry la mapping
the area from aerial photographs.
The map thus asade will not only
be aecarate In scale and paaitlonlng.
bat alsa la topography.
The contour Interval of the map Is
40 feet, and the scale of the field
map Is one inch to 4000 feet. The
published scale, however will be one
inch to one mile.
This region waa flrat mapped by
Ike's Name
Hinted For
Prexy Post
CONCORD. N. H.. Aug. If iPI
U. 8. 8en. Styles Bridges iR-N. H.I
believes General Dwtght D. Eisen
hower may be "changing his mind"
aiaj might accept the republican
nomination for the presidency In
1952.
Eisenhower, now president of Co
lumbia university, refused to be ft
GOP candidate in 14S after
"draft" movement gained consid
erable headway. A similar move
ment among some democrats failed
to budce the World War II hero
from his position of not seeking the
presidency.
Bridges told a group of editors
here last evening he thought Eisen
hower would have made " very
strong showing" If he waa a candi
date In the last national election.
Asked if he believed "Ike" might
change his mind relative to accept
ing a 1962 nomination. Bridges said
yes. He was then asked, "and on
your aide?" Again the answer was In
the affirmative.
Queried concerning the political
plans of Oov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, Bridges aald:
"Dewey La through. He may not
recognize It but people of the coun
try do."
Social Security
Expansion Ok'd
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 lPr-A
vast expansion of the nation s social
security program. In line with Presi
dent Truman's recommendations,
was approved formally by the house
ways and means committee today.
Tha vote was a topheavy 22 to 3.
Supporting the legislation were 15
democrat and seven republicans.
Opposing were three republicans.
House leaders Indicated they will
seek action on the bill before con
gress adjourns. But the senate
probably will not art until 1950. be
cause of tha legislative logjam
there. ,
carry on until winter weather
I aresent it Is eat ef print Of
serial photography waa an heard at I Bridges and hut union blocked for
at that these, and cMti-asted with I on full day. at least, the govern
the aresent asetheds, the aid are- ment's operation on Mataon Una
cedar aeeas erode and Inaccurate, j ships. They normally carry the bulk
In the 100 years of Its existence. f Hawaii-mainland commerce.
tho loMrtnont of Inlarinr nf which l Harbor Board Maaaarer Ben P.
the Geological Survey la part, has
kept well abreast of modern pro
gress In the field of mapping. .IMS
marks the one hundredth anniver
sary of the department. , '
A slogan for the anniversary has
been devised: "1849 A Centui of
Conservation lfttg."
The atility af the aups. which are
compiled by saaltiplex opera tors
the reaioaal office la
i Maine" the surrey data la coo trolling
the iav3t and placing af the aerial
photos, te anexcelled La that all
every field af business eaa .nd aai
ase for them.
Along Industrial lines, new fac
tories, power plants, construction
projects, railroads and Irrigation
projects demand topographic maps
for convenience and efficiency in
planning and layout.
The maps are extremely advan
tageous In highway construction, not
only in showing routes, but also the
nearest sources of construction ma
terials. Drainage and trrigalien Bscs in
thia area would be anending, aa the '
mspa would help La the planning f
eanala and ditches to convey water
from treama and reaerratra.
Geologists often us the maps in
the study, classification and record
ing of geological facts, and city and
park planners use them not only In !
the layouts of streets and sones. but i
also In sewage disposal and water
protection. j
An almost end lea list af aaes j
la the administrative field for the
maps Include railroad examination
for economic purpose, and the lay-
Ing of logging railroad routes and '
roads. Locations for lines af com-
munications. lookout point, and ;
many other set-up can be readily i
figured en the concise ansa. !
The maf t cn be obtained by the
nnhlii fne a nnminal feo he avrltine
to the director. U. S. Geological
Survey. Washington. 35, D. C.
Portland Tax Hearing Has
Little Effect On KF Case
There la only an outside chance
that Portland's court teat case of
that city's occupational tax ord
inance will affect Klamath Falls'
ordinance. It was learned today
from City Attorney Henry Perkins,
who sat in on the hearing In Port
land Monday,
One of the charge being aimed
at Portland ordinance In auit
against the city Is that the tax being
levied against occupations la In ex
cess of the 6 per cent constitutional
limitation, Perkins said.
If the court hearing, which Is ex
pected to last through Tuesday,
results In upholding of this charge.
It would affect only Portland's ord
inance. However, If the case goes to the
state supreme court, and that law
making body upholds the circuit
court decision, then every ordinance
In the state calling for money over
the per crnt limitation would auto
Territory
Slows Up On
Injunction
HONOLl'Lr, Aag. 1 (-HaiTT
Bridge shoved Hawaii's lOi-dsy
CIO dork strike Into a deeistva
phase today. The territorial govern
ment obtained an antl-plrketlng ba
Junetioa. He defied K personally.
The next step waa up to Walter
D. Ackerman Jr., Hawaii's attorney
general. His office ssld Bridges,
president of the CIO International
Longshoremen'a and Warehouse
men s union, might be arrested for
contempt. Ackerman aaid he would
determine today what to do.
Ackerman went lata etreall eaart
yeaterday to ebtain tha Injunction.
He acted ander aa emergraey taw
el the territorial IrgnJalare. lader
thia aet the government haa seised
Hawaii's struck stevedoring firms. It
plana ta operate the dorks, tied ap
since the ILWU strark May 1 fee a
IZ emu hike la the S1.M hearty
Basle longshore wsge.
Picket Line
The territory resorted to the In
junction aa It tried to unload the
Mataon Line freighter Hawaiian
Merchant at pier nine. ILWU pick
ets were on duty there. CIO ma
nne cooks and stewards and Inde
pendent marine firemen said they
would walk off the ship If govern
ment stevedores worked behind tha
picket line.
Judge Edward A. Tows granted
the tnjnacilaa. It restrains tha
ILWU from picketing pier Bine. It
aba restrains the ILWU, Its offi
cers and la -John Does" frees "la.
citing or directing anyone else ta
packet the pier and thus halt week
a the ship.
Taking picket post on pier nine.
Bridges moved swiftly toward tha'
ILWU a long-threatened test of tha -seizure
law's constitutionality.
Authorities served him with aa
injunction notice. He stuffed it In
his pocket. For half-hour ha
marched on the picket Una. Police
did not try to stop him.
On the march he told reporters:
Up la Caart
"This la the start aa thia law. 11a
going to tha sBpreasa eassrt, Thia
ta when It starts and that as whore
H win end. What thee islands sweat
ta a cool breese, legiaLstlvely apeak
I lug."
The ILWU has called the seizure
! law all along an attempt to break
I the strike.
ash ataaed a statement aaying tha
territory a plana had been dc laved.
Thai was dae. he said, ta objec
tions af the ship's crew ta working
behind the ILW U picket line and ta
"ansae delay la enforcement" ef the
hi June lion.
HVest Coast
Plane Slates
Klamath Trip
A DC-3 airliner of the West Coast
Airlines will fly Into Klamath Palls
next Thursday morning at 10:30,
and members of the Klamath
County chamber of commerce avia
tion committee will be given a trip
over Crater lake.
After the flight, a meeting will be
held with the West Coast officials
to discuss possible air service by
thst line through this area.
West Coast serve Medford and
northward at the present time, and
there Is possibility that the serv
ice may be extended to Klamath
Falls If proposals by the civil aero
nautics board for feeder line sub
stitution for mainline service are
carried through.
8outhwest Airways has also been -suggested
aa the air-carrier from
Klamath Falls. It serves from
Medford through to San Francisco.
FIRE CONTROLLED
McCALL. Idaho, Aug. IS iPv The
5000-acre fire In the Salmon river
section of the Payette national for
est was reported under control to
day. Tha rp. of lonn m-n m-hth K-
I tied the Salmon river blaze for mora
than week has been cut In half.
matically be ruled unconstitutional,
Perkins stated.
"The Portland circuit court will
probably wait for two or three weeks
to hand down a decision, Perkins
said.
He added that he thinks the cir
cuit court In Portland will rule la
favor of the city.
The Portland hearing Is ft test
case brought by two Individual
but backed by several organizations.
The Portland suit Involves 33 dif
ferent ordinances whereas Klamath
Falls has only one blanket ordinance
taxing occupations.
The 9 per cent limitation clause
ruling la the only point that would
directly affect this city's ordinance
and even then It would have to
come through state supreme court,
Perkins emphasised.
Individuals from several Oregon
cities sat In on the hearing. Tha
Eugene city attorney waa the only
municipal representative besides
Perklna.