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PAUL HOFFMAN, . boas o( our
Marshall plan to gal Western
Europe tack onto IU feet, warned
the government and the peoples of
Western Europe tlM other day to
HHOW RKHULTS early next year In
urumotliii free trade by knocking
down national barrlera and erasing
couplet money controls.
Uooda In Uie big Wealern Euro
pean market, he eaya. mint move
freely acruaa the many national
buundarlea like trade between Uie
4S atalea of Uie U. B. Failure to
achieve economic unity, he addi.
meana "disaster for nallona and
poverty for penplea."
J1K conclude! :
t -It may be hard to get inure aid
tf,'ia from the U. B. cungreM unleaa
Uie' Manliall plan couiilrlee ahow
more williigiirta to Join In a eingle
economic unit."
I rrg put It Una way;
If we of Orrgon had to crua an
International fronuer every lime
we went to California, or Nevada, or
Idaho, or Washington all of whoa
bordera touch oura wouldti'l
make much buaineaa progreu.
When you croaa ail International
frontier, all your poaaeMlona have
to be overhauled and checked for
tariff dullea. iAIm for pistole or
bombs you might be carrying to
knock oil Uie ruler of Uie country
you are entering.) What happened
even In Uie nurnt unrestrained dava
of Uie Callfurnia "bug" atatlo i
lan't a caution to what happrna when
you rroaa a European International
boundary.
That un l all.
Every time you croaa an Inter
national frontier you tackle a new
kind of money. Even learning to
buy Uilnge with the new money la
quite a chore. When to that you
add a atrange language, you're apt.
to be up a tree without knowing
Jutt how to get down.
e
UERE on the Pacific Coejt to
apeak of only of ONE geograph
ical area of our country trade,
travel, vultation all of the thlnga
for which people move around
move almmt aa freely aa the air.
The people of one elate buy the
producta of other elates with a
minimum of trouble and red tape
They viait back and forth without
hindrance.
The mult la TRADE AND COM
MERCE on an uninhibited acale.
WHAT Hoffman la telling Wealern
Europe la that until It gala to
atiiig business In aomewhat the
.Vay we do It la going to be a prob
lem child and Uie umt may come
when we'll get tired of aolvlng lie
problem and PUTTING UP THE
CAHH for the eoluilona.
The advice he la giving Uiaae
countrlea la good advice.
Vishinsky
Says let's
Be Friends'
WASHINGTON', Nov. 8
(AI) Soviet KortMRii Mill
iliter gayi Itumiia and the
United State ought to lie
better friendg.
The honor jfuent at a glit-
icnnif Miviei emiiHuiy re.
ception laxt niiflit. VUhiiiAky
talked informally with news
men on this general theme
but put hla specific observations
"on uie record."
Hla general line: The common
feeling of RUMlan-Anierican friend
ahlp haa fallen asleep but aome day
It will awaken and confound the
enemlea of freedom.
rrlrndlr
Smiling amiably. Vuhliuky ahook
handa with more than a thouaand
diplumau, congreiuimen, newnmen
and other gurala. They Jammed the
embassy fur Uie annual celebration
of the anniversary of the 1917 revo
lution which awept the bolshrvlau
Into power In Russia.
Vulmuky came from Uie United
Natlona general assembly session at
New York for Uie occasion. He had
a private 14-minute talk with Bee
retary of Slate Achraon In the aft
ernoon, ahortly before Acheaon left
by plane for Uie Big Three Weatern
foreign minister' meetlne at Perls.
4B- I KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY.
raice FIVE CENT
NOVKMRI.R (, 14
Telephone gill Ne. 2IU
LA Man Held
's
Death
In Child'
Kidnap
LOfl ANGELES, Nov. I The
aherlff'i office today detained a Loa
Angelea man for questioning In the
IMS kidnaping and alaylng of tx-year-old
Rnchelle Olukkotrr.
Lt. Vic England aald the man la
Nlchnlaa Meyers, 40. and added Uiat
he will be booked later today on
suspicion of kidnaping and sus
plrlon of murder. It would be the
firm aurh booking in the history
of the case.
England declined to announce any
ether drtalla In tha caae.
The little girl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Oluakoler. a baker.
Waa taken from near her home Feb
ruary 19, 1044. Almost two years
later, on November (, 1947. her skele
ton waa found In a ravine In ad
Joining Orange county.
The child's parents Identified the
body from a signet ring and bits of
ruothlng found nearby.
'! te kidnaping touched off one of
this area's biggest manhunts but no
traces were ever uncovered.
Early Yule
Mailing
Advised
Early mailing of Chrtatmaa park-1
ages and greeting carda la advised
by local poat office oil lets la as pre
eeaaon mailing gela underway
arroaa the country.
Postmaster Burt E. Hawkins aaka
that all oulgouig packages be
mailed early thla year. He explained
that Uie Southern Pacific rallraod
haa taken off one of lis trains
and also Uie air lines have reduced
the number of flights out of Klam
ath Falls. Thus mall shipments are
double on the present departing
trains and flights.
This same condition Is present In
other cities and the earlier Christ
mas mall la sent, the more certain
that deliveries will be msde.
Hawklna aald Indications seemed
to be that the malls will be ex
tremely heavy this year. Some In
structions for mailing are to pre
pay postage fully on all letters and
packages. Stamps may be pur
chased In advance to ease walling
In crowded lines. Plain and com
plete addresses on carefully
wrapped and tightly tied packages
will Insure safe delivery. Strong,
durable containers are advised.
Site limits are 100 Inches on
length and girth combined and 70
pounds weight for either airmail or
fourth class. Christmas seals are
permitted on the outside of pack
ages and perishables should be
plainly marked.
The pent office advlaea that greet
ing carda should be sent first class
because they can be sealed and
any message can be sent. Also
fsster deliveries Is Insured tor first
class mall.
and Bruce Binkley.
COMMUNITY CHEST assignment kits were checked at a big meeting of the small business
declared it was merely a social call, envision or tne winemo notei or mia-onernoon vtonaay as workers gatnerea to receive ma
Trure : teriol in the 1949 campaign. Left to right, Jeon Parker of the Chest office, Don Phelps
I urn lor aoout tnree hours, the
Eaat-Weat Cold War went Into a
stale of suspension. Under a heroic
sise oil painting of Qcnrrallastmo
Stalin. Uie envoya of moat of the
American and Weatern European
nations which have rejected com
munism chatted briefly with Vishin
sky and with Soviet Ambassador
Alexander 8. Panyuahkln.
The ambassadors Included Brit
ain s Sir Oliver Franks. Henri Bon
net of France, and WUhelm Munthe
da Morgenatlema of Norway, dean
of the diplomatic corps.
The ranking American deplomal
Ic official was Jamea E. Webb,
under secretary of atate.
Record Shattering
Dividend Declared
By General Motors
Chest Drive
Catches Fire;
Good Reports
Elections
Test 'Fair
Deal' Today
By Tha Associated Press
President Truman'i "Fair
Deal" program came in for
a major public test today, at
the hands of an estimated
5,500,000 New Yorkers voU
ing on the election of a U. S.
senator. :
The bitter contest between
Senator John Foster Dulles,
republican, and former
democratic Governor Herbert H.
Lehman far overshadowed a num
ber of other contests and Issues In
scattered elections across the na
tion. The two men, both prominent
public figures, campaigned hard to
Christ Role Not
For Former
Nazi
OBERAMMEROAU. Germany,
Nor. g ii The little village
of Oberammergau turned down
a former nail today for the role
of Christ In next year's perform
ance of the world-famed Passion
Play;
The Judges. consclsUng of the
village council, a committee of
resident and Uie parish priest
rejected Alois Lang, 56-year-old
former nazl sympathizer, for the
part.
Instead they selected Anton
Preislnger, a 17-year-old Inn
keeper, to play Christ.
Lang, who played the role of
Christ In the last performance of
the Passion Play in 1934 said be
Joined the Nazi party to avoid
persecution and financial ruin
because a woman reported him
for a minor violation of regu
lations In the sale of a cup of
coffee.
The play, which attracts thou
sands of Christians, Is uie result
of an ancient pledge of the vil
lagers after the black plague
swept through Uie Alpine village
In 1833.
BLOODY BALLOTING
MANILA, Not. S p Presi
dent Elpldle Qulrine held a slight
lead ever two opponents In to
day's bloody election In tbe Phil
ippine. (ivnllre marked the election In
many areas. Twenty-two persons
were reported killed and 17
wounded by nightfall.
Disorders were widespread.
The 65 Ml Klamath County Com
munity Chest campaign Is definitely
"catching on fire."
Campaign Chairman Chet Hama-
NEW YORK. Nov. 1 iV-One of the biggest cash dividends In ker baes this bold statement on
American history will go to General Motor stockholders on Decern- I thete facts:
ber 10. The first three big firms to turn
It totals more than U 90.000 000 M. With other psyments already 'in reports were far ahead of IMS
made thla year, lt will bruig the company a grand total of dividends production figures and one of the
for 1049 to more than one-third of a billion dollars. trio still Is Incomplete. . the resl-
Thia Is an all-time record for Oenrral Motors, and financial circles Identisl division held a "kick-oft"
said It probably is an all-Ume record, meeting yesterday mat suu nas
foe the United mi. campaign leaders gasping at its
Th. mrv amino, -.h J Oikimliude, . . four districts of the
whirh haB a rit vain. nf ntft TYm 1 "auKl sicuai uuuai aicrv
I
OC&E Strike
Parley's End
Seen Today
Parlrya aimed at reaching a
tlemenl between employes of
Oregon, California and Eastern rail
way and the road's management T,,u'-
atock closed here yesterday before
, the company announcement at
sooia'i a share. The year's divi
dend will be go per cent of the
par value and almost 12 per cent
I of yesterday's price.
Stork I'p
' General Motors opened today on
the Chicago atock exchange at
,171.75 a share, up tiiO. Later the
stock added still more to Its quoted
Chicago was the only stock
should com. to an end today. ; others closlnV for eUans
railway union source aald this J R,.cUon to the newt on the New
morning. York stock exchange will be delayed
The talks have been going on for UIU" tomorrow, since the exchange
several days at me Wlllard hotel I ciuseu woay ior uie general eiec-
set-
the
and what is expected to be the
final one was underway today.
Director
James M. Holoran of Washington.
D. C. a railway mediator. Is han
dling Uie meetings between officers
of Uie order of railway conductors
and I. E. Manlon, president of
OCA.-E. Manlon Is general mansger
of the Orrat Northern with offices
In Seattle, and ON currently oper
ates the 65-mtie OC&E.
The road's conductors and brake
men were on strike for over a
month recently, from the latter part
of 8rptrmbrr to early In October
when the employes went bark to
work to submit the strike Issues
to mediation.
O. W. Lange of the order of rail
may conductors snld he thought the
point of friction between the work
ers and the carrier would be sat
isfactorily settled today.
tlon.
lngs within the past several days.
First
Montgomery Ward and company
was the first firm in the commer
cial division to ring the campaign
bell. Chet Morris handled employe
solicitation and produced more than
three times as much from his fel
low workers In the store than ever
in history. He credited a payroll-de-d'xUon
plan for employes with the
amazing production record.
Estin Kiger. committee worker In
the public service division, went to
town with his own firm this year
and the result was that Superior
Troy Laundry more than doubled
last year's giving and went far over
100 per cent of Uie firm's quota.
Klamath Ice and Storage compa-
! fill out the unexpired term of former
j Senator Robert F. Wagner (D-NYi
I a "new deal" stalwart who resigned
: because of 111 health last July. Got.
Thomas E. Dewey appointed Dulles
to serve until the election.
Head liners
Wagner's term will expire In Jan
I uary. 1951. Ordinarily a race for
such a short term would excite
' little public Interest. But the sta
ture of the two candidates plus
their clear-cut definition of Issues
has projected the scrap into a pre
1 view of the 19S0 campaign where
;the control of congress will be at
ttak
There also will be Inevitable com
parisons with 194a. when republican
: Dewey carried New Jfork in. his
; losing presldaoUAtottunDalgn agaioat
Truman.
I Lehman, 71. embraced the "fair
deal" for his campaign and stumped
vigorously for Truman's program.
I 'Fair Deal' Hit
! Dulles. 10 years Lehman's Junior,
has hammered awav hotly at Tru
imsn's domestic policies.
Observers predicted that 5.500.000
I of the 6300.000 eligible voters would
go to the polls. The election for
I mayor In New York city, where a
NEW YORK, Nov. t OPi Cot.
Thomas E. Dewey, asked for his
forecast an the outcome ef the
New York state elecUon when he
arrived from Albany to vote to
day, replied:
"I never make any predictions
any more.
Signs Point
To Indian
Summer's End
8 now whitened Hogback and
8tukel mountain above Klamath
Falls during Uie night and towns
people shivered In a minimum of
39 degrees at 11 o'clock this atornlng.
. Minimum this morning waa 36 de
grees at a. m. bu Uie mercury
raised but slightly during the fol
lowing hours.
The barometer was falling slightly
before 12 o'clock noon and lt looked
like an end to a beautiful Indian
summer. Cloudy today and Wed-1
nesday with light rain tonight and -occasional
showers Wednesday, was
Uie weatherman's forecast.
Only sa Inches of ram fell within
the past 24 hours but it has been
such a long, dry season that the
small amount of moisture appeared
to Klamath folks to be much more
than lt was. Gardens were damp
ened and lawns wet down by Uie
late Monday afternoon ram.
Four inches of new anow fell on
Uie Willamette pasa according to the
Oregon atate . highway department
i but travel was going through witn-
out difficulty and packed snow spots
were w ell sanded -by highway crews
early this morning.
70,000 Idle
Affected By
New Pacts
'PITTSBURGH, Nor.
(AP) Repumlic Steel and
the CIO United Steelworker
todar signed a pension and
insurance agreement which
i ended a 39-day old strike of
45,000 union employes
; against the nation's third
I largest steel producer.
The agreement provides:
. Insurance R e p n b 1 1 c's
; present contributory insur
ance plan is continued but
' with Increased benefits. Employes
1 will continue to pay three and one
: half cents per hour and the com
' pany will pay two and one-half
; cents per hour.
i Pension The plan Is an exact ,
replica of the Bethlehem agreement.'
Setup
Employes reaching the age of
j who have 25 years' service will re
ceive a minimum pension of I10O
I a month Including social security.
. Emnlovea 65 ven nM with is a
years' service will receive propos-
uuuaiw pensions.
The agreement was signed by CIO
and Steelworkers' President Philip)
Murray and by E. J. Magee. actinf
director of Republic Industrial rela
tions.
W " LttS
MAKING PLANS FOR VISITING DAY at Folrhovtn, th. student council at Fairhaven has
been active this week, American Education week. From left to right the council is Frankie
Foganello, Ann Kimsey, Ted Turner, Laura Taylor, Ceraldine Loomis. Donna Lee Mahan.
orvin jpoiairvg, svtyrna Leitike ana uanna l Burke.
The San Francisco exchange still I nT itn AndT Collier sinking in the
was open, however, when word of
Uie announcement hit the tickers
yesterday. The price shot up Imme
diately $2.82', a share to 71.7i The
new dividend will be paid to $ocki
holders of record November 17, and
spurs, turned In well over 100 per
cent of the company goal and Klam
ath Ice employes were not Included
in the partial report.
Women Rally
Mrs. J. W. Pincicrr and Mrs.
Oregon
W"',.be i4 ?S V" 'r common j George H. Clark, co-chairmen of Uie
amen, rreierrea siorxnoioers will
get regular dividends.
Earnings Zoomed
The huge dividend comes from
record-breaking earnings recently
reported by Uie company. Sales for
the first nine months this year to
uted 14.158.000.000 (Bi. well over a
billion dollars more than the com
parable IMS figure of t3.43S.000.000
IB. The net profit for the first
nine months of this year was $502,
000,000 (Mi, compared to 327,
000.000 tor the same period last vear.
This year's total dividend will be
t351.664.OO0. .
State Jobless
Record High
At Post War
SALEM. Nov. S i Oregon now
has 45,100 men out of work, which
la the worst November total since
pre-war days.
The total Is 64 per cent more than
year ago. and state unemploy
ment compensation officials feared
this winter's total might eoual th
of last winter, when 1.000 were out i
of work.
Willamette Bad
Nine thousand men were mAMmA !
to Uie jobless rolls during October,
am' halt of them were In tha Wil
lamette valley area from Eugene to
Orrgon City. .
The unemployment commission
blames the Increasing unemploy
ment on slackening activity In lum
ber and logging, food harvesting
and processing, and construction.
Increasing unemployment waa re
ported from all of the cltlea except
Bend and Baker.
Biggest Increase
During October, the Marlon-Polk
county area had the biggest In
crease In Jobless, from 1500 to 3750.
The Eugene office waa almost as
bad. It reported 4060 out of work.
residential division of the appeal,
proved In no uncertain terms yes
terday that the women of Klamath
Falls are going to accept nothing
short of complete success in the
(65.541 community chest drive this
year. At least 200 women volunteer
members of the division Jammed
their way into the Wlnema hotel for
Uie kick-off session and uie women
Immediately began their door bell
ringing tactics.
County Chairman Breithaupt has
held four meetings with the various
dl'tricts Into which the county has
been divided this year. Randall
Pope and his Merrill cohorts. Ivan
Ottoman and the Matin workers.
Bill Lorens and Chiloquln cam
paigners, and Mrs. Jerry Sisemore
and Fort Klamath solicitors have
already held kick-off meetings and
Emtl Wells will meet with Poe val
ler volunteers at 7 o'clock this eve
ning at his residence.
Fine Spirit
Breithaupt says that he is meet
ing with a fine spirit throughout the
county and predicts that he and his
volunteer solicitors should have no
real trouble In securing Uie til. 500
county quota.
Judge J. A. Mahoney and the
members of his small business di
(ConUnued on Page 2i
Bang-
Shooting Hours
November I
Open: t:il a.m.
t'loaei 1:44 pja.
hot three-cornered race took place,
and Albany. Binghamton, Buffalo
Syracuse and Utica were expected
t" contribute to the surge of voters.
In the New York citv contest
William CDwyer. the democratic
incumbent, had Uie backing of Pres
ident Truman. O'Dwyer predicted
victory but so did his two ma tor
opponents. Newbold Morris, the re
publican liberal fusion candidate.
and Rep. Vlto Marcantonio, Amer
ican labor party.
New Jersey, another state that
went republican In 1948. was Uie
arena for a statewide battle pre
dicted In advance to be close. The
fight was between republican Gov.
Alfred E. DriscoU and democratic
State Senator Elmer H. Wene for a
four-year term as the state's chief
execuUve.
The only other gubernatorial con
test has attracted little out-state
Interest. Virginia voters are regarded
as certain to name democratic State
Senator John S. BatUe over repub
lican Walte Johnson.
In California
On the Pacific coast, Cailfornians
In the 5th district (San Francisco)
have a three-way race. John F.
Shelley, democrat and president of
the California Federation of Labor
(aFL) has the advantage of the
heavy democratic registration.
He Is opposed by Attorney Floyd
J. Cosgrove. republican, and Charles
R. Garry, another democrat who
ran on Uie Wallace progressive
Ucket last year.
Czechs Free
U.S. Official
LONDON. Nov. g W Samuel
Meryn of the U. S. embassy, ac
cused of spying In Prague, has been
freed from prison and ordered out
of the country, the official Ciecho
slovak newt agency reported to
night.
Meryn was arrested October 21
by Czech security police.
I The Czech news agency Ceteka,
I In a broadcast from Prague, said
I Meryn had asked the president of
I the republic "to be released from
I prison by way of pardon."
'0'
Blasted;
OSC, Suspect
EUGENE. Nov S (V-The Ore
gon "O" has been partially blasted
from Its legendary place atop Skin
ner's butte, but lt will soon be
completely restored. Art Johnson.
University ef Oregon student body
president, said that plans have not
been formed as yet for restoration
of Uie concrete school letter, since
the damage was not extensive.
However, he promised that Uie
"New O" will be "better than
ever."
Police partols made a three-hour
starch of Uie northern portion of
the city early Sunday following a
5 a. m. explosion that awakened
residents throughout the city. A
section of the lower right corner of
the "O" had been demolished by
dynamite, leaving a gap about four
feet long in the 25-foot high letter.
The only clue that might Indicate
those responsible for Uie vandalism
was a new layer of wet paint on
portions of the "O." The paint, the
police reported. Is an orange color,
and so applied that it forms an
"OSC legend.
Agreement was reached in one
hour and lS-mlnute session In Mur
ray's office.
Another Signer
Earlier today the union signed an
agreement with the nation's No. 4
producer. Jones At La ug hi In Steel
corporation. That settlement, too.
was In line with the Bethlehem
Steel pact. It ended, the strike of
25X100 workers.
Vice President Thomas F. Patton
of Republic who is also the firm s
general counsel, said the RepubHe
agreement Is effective at S pm. EST
today.
Republic Steel, with a total ot
about 75.000 employes, said approx
lmately 2000 employes will be eli
gible for retirement on January L,
aitnougn retirement will not be
compulsory.
Third Agreement
The agreement, third to be signed
I among the country's largest steel
producers, makes provision for pen
sions above the lira a month min
imum. tf . , . .. , , :
Those payments are computed by
taking I per cent of an employe'
average annual earnings for the ten
years preceding retirement and mul
tiplying that by the number of
years of continuous service with tha
company.
Lewis Cancels
Coal Union
Policy Meet
CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (A?i John L.
Lewis abruptly called off today's
meeting with his United Mine
Workers policy committee without
explanation.
The union chief sent word to the
committee that he is "engaged" and
that he will not be able to meet
with Uie 200-man group until 10
am. tomorrow. A meeting had been
scheduled tor 3:30 pjn. today.
Speculation
Lewis did not say with what he
is engaged but there was specula
tion that he might be seeking sep
arate meetings with Individual em
ployers. His proposal that Gov. Adlai Stev
enson sponsor a conference of Illi
nois coal operators and the union
was rejected by the Illinois governor.
BULLETIN
SHOTTON SIGNED
BROOKLYN. Nov. t Oft Burt
(Barney) Shotton, who led Brook
lyn U a pennant but lost the
World 8 cries to the New York
Yankee laat season, waa reap
pointed Manager at the Dodger
today.
Meet1 the People
aaj t . k
ill? 1
COLD WEATHER this morning made people heat conscious
and Charles Shotwell is busy making winter installations ot
the heating plont.