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HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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Comparabla 1MI dopa: Carrier delimit In city.
13. Total city circulation, a, 700. Total trading aon
circulation. 4.063. Total for ChUoquln. 30t; for
Merrill. 176: for Malta. 373; for Dorru. 199: for
Lekevlew. 406; for Alturaa, 134; for Tulrlake, US.
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WORLDWIDE BIBLE READING TEXT TOB TO.
DAT I Baokaa In tha paaamr csuuabsr: Jaaaa lere
lets) Has ceeslag far Uia awn, Jeha M.
Our selection, Tha Bequest of Peace, John 14:37-
"peaea I leave with you. My peace I lira unto you:
not as tha world giveth. fire I unto you. Let not
your heart be troubled, neither let tt be afraid.
Ya hare heard bow I said unto you. I go away
and come again unto you. II ye loved me. ye would
rejoice, because I said. I go unto the rather: for my
rather la creator than L
And now I hire told you before it coma to pass,
that, when tt Is coma to pass, ya might believe.
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for tha
prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing In
Me.
But that tha world may know that I lore tha
rather; and as the rather gave me commandment,
area so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Dope from 1926
By DEB ADDISOS
ITS good for your soul, now and again, u clean
out your desk. Don! do It too often, or try to
keep tt up tha way tt Is after the annual cleaning.
or youH fret yourself into a
psychoeomatie Illness hka was
mentioned here yesterday. The
occasional cleaning will turn up
some unfinished business, that
should hare been taken care of
long since. That's bad. But you'll
turn up some Interesting things,
now long forgotten, too. That
makes tt worthwhile.
Delia McQrath. or Ireland and
Klamath rails, who Is a Herald
and News mainstay In the circu
lation department, held such a
housecleaning recently. She un
covered a little gem in, the form
of an auditors report of circula
tion of the Evening Herald for 1936. She remembers
this one. It was tha first visit of tha auditor after
aha went to work.
QERIODICALLY wa hit static spells when business
p and growth and up-and-coming things mark
time or shp back a little, hka the condition of this
year IM. Then the Doubting Thomases have their
day and tha faint hearts quiver. Soma say tha
town la going to the dogs.
The number of newspaper subscribers is a good
business condition Index. IMS circulation win aver
age out lust about even with IMS. High circulation
peak came In the last quarter of IM. It makes us
champ at tha bit a little, not to be chalking up
new game an the time.
And that brings us back to this UM auditor's
report. Take a look back 23 years and the small ups
and downs of present years seem Inconsequential
Indeed. Following are some of tha condUtoni shown
In tha U26 audit, -compared to a like audit for
IMS. 4Tbe IMS audit win be made after tha first
of the year J
I- fte)f-Cltjr population 1S30 TJ. S. Census,
7XO MM; Present estimate, 10.000. Popula
tion trading territory, 30.000. Total net paid circu
lation, Msg.
IMS City population IMS TJ. S. Census. 16.467
as assut estimate, 30.SSL Population trading terri
tory. 73J0O. Total net paid circulation. 13,436.
Further 1836 dopa: Carrier deliveries In city. 1318.
Total city circulation, 1733. Total suburban circula
tion. 686. Total for Chiloquin. 74: for Merrill, 00;
for Malta. 44; for Dorris, 36. There weren't enough
MACKENZIE
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ADDISON
World Today
By DEVYTTT MACKENZIE
WORLD peace has received another Jolt aa tha
result of tha Soviet cominform's call to com
munists In all countries to Join In a wholesale effort
to unseat rebellious Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
The cominform successor to the Comintern, or
general staff tor world revolu
tion hasnt disclosed details of
Its program. However, foreign
diplomatic quarters In New York
say they have received reports
thst an anti-Tito coup Is planned
for sometime between Christmas
and Easter.
This scheme Is said to call tor
a revolt In Yugoslavia. That
would be followed up by a call
from the leaders of the rebellion
for help from orthodox commu
nists In neighboring Hungary
and Romania.
The crossing of guerrilla troops from a foreign
country Into Yugoslavia obviously would create a
terribly explosive situation.
British Minister of Stats Hector McNeil gave the
cominform move a hot shot in the United Nations
assembly yesterday the first time, by the way. the
subject has been brought up In that body. He was
dianisslng the recent Soviet peace-speeches and re
marked that the cominform attack was "most re
markable' far a peace campaign, adding:
"It Is more like a war manifesto thsn a peace
manifesto.'
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BE that as it may, Moscow's anxiety over Tltoism
Is understandable. It is a great threat against
orthodox communism, which provides that all Red
countries surrender their sovereignty to Moscow.
Tito, of course, while ascribing to Marxian commu
nism. Is a red-hot nationalist who refuses to sur
render Yugoslavia's sovereignty to anybody.
The cominform charges that the Yugoslav capital
of Belgrade has become the nerve center of a counter-revolutionary
movement against Red countries,
as weU as a center of American espionage and anti
communist propaganda. In ahort Russia claims that
Tito Is trying to destroy the Soviet conception and
substitute his new brand of nationalist communism
In the satellite countries. i
WHETHER the two-fisted marshal has any such
sweeping project tn mind remains to be seen.
He 'certainly Is bent on establishing his own brand
of communism In his own country.
And it is true thst Tito communism is trying to
raise its head In some of the satellite countries,
among them being Poland. Cxechoslovakia and
Hungary. Moscow hss reason to worry.
WHILE tha cominform hasn't Indicated how It
expects to un-borse Tito, there may be a hint
In the report by the Moscow newspaper Pravda that
there are substantial groups of antl-Titoist Yugo
slavs In all countries of Eastern Europe working
for his overthrow. Pravda also says these groups,
which are well financed, have cells In every village
and Institution in Yugoslavia. '
Meantime, responsible non-Yugoslav sources in
Belgrade state that Russia has Increased the num
ber of Soviet military men In neighboring Albania.
The number of Soviet troops In Albania Isn't known,
but informed sources make the guess thst tha total
may be between 13.000 and 15,000. Reports aay the
latest arrivals in Albania appear to Include officers
skilled in guerrilla warfare.
So the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe la divided
against itself In spots. Moscow la up against that
old cry of self-determination among subject nations.
It's Just a further Indication that the days of im
perialism are numbered.
H
EAVEN forbid that another world war should
grow out of this issue.
Notion Today
U.S. Income Totals Distort
Picture of Average Wealth
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 UP)
When you talk of Income, it always
comes down to a question like this:
What's a dollar worth? How much
win It buy? So, even though I'm
making more than last year, am I
really better off?
A few days ago the government
-through the federal reserve board
Issued a report on Income.
It said that in 1830 personal ln
eomeslnce it wss personal Income
It did not Include the profits of cor-1
porstions wss 73 billion.
But In September. 1949, personal
income was S311 billion, or almost
three times greater than In 1939.
Misleading
Did that mean that Americans
on the average in 1M9 were mak
ing three times what they made in
19397 No.
The $311 billion personal Income
for 1949 was a total figure. No av
erage was involved.
To begin with, things in 1949 were
different from 1939.
In 1939, with 454 million employ
ed, there were about 94 million un
employed. In 1949 about 60 million
people were employed, with unem
ployment running around 1V4 mil
Bo the increase In the number of
people employed alone would be
bound to Increase the total figure
on personal income, plus the fact,
and It's a very Important one, that
wages and sslsrles have climbed.
Warped Picture
But. since personal income was
6311 billion in 1M9 and only 73 bil
lion In 1939, were Americans gener
ally three times better off now than
In 19397 No.
Por one thing, higher taxes have
taken a big bite out of the higher
tn comes of Americans, In addition,
tha Increase in living costs has
chewed up the vslue of the Income.
Living costs In 1949 were 67 per
cent higher than in 1939.
Higher taxes and increased living
costs cut Into the income of every
body who has an income. The most
convenient example la that of the
factory worker, since the govern'
ment has a lot of figures on him
and not such detailed ones on other
people.
Take the average pay of a worker
in the manuiacturing industry. In
last It was 63366. In 1949, it was
vee.TS, or a3i.es more.
Was ha thus 131.66 better off. with
that much mora money to spend
than ha had tn 19397 No.
The higher 1949 taxes and living
costs reduced the total and tha val
tie of bis 1949 Income.
ror example: take that same av
erage pay of the worker in the man
ufacturing Industry.
In 1939 his pay was 623.66. After
deducting taxes this wss for a man
with no dependents he had 623.58.
In 1940 his psy was 655.73. After
deducting the higher 1949 taxes and
allowing for the higher living costs,
his pay was worth $2857 In terms
of 1939 dollars and buying power.
To put it another way: In 1949
he had 64.99 more a week than he
had in 1939.
All this the information comes
from the government's bureau of la
bor statistics has dealt with the
average" weekly pay of a worker
In the manufacturing Industry.
Since it's an "average" figure. It
means some workers msde more a
week, some less, than the average
of 655.73.
Por example, and this Informs Uon
comes from the statistics bureau.
too:
The highest paid workers In the
manufacturing Industry are the ml
chanlcal workers on newspapers,
such as printers and so on.
In 8cd tern ber. 194. tney were av
eraging 68033 a week. In 1939 they
averaged 637.56.
Now take the last paid workers
in the manufacturing Industry. They
are the workshirt-makers.
In September, 1949, they averaged
63735 a week. In 1939 they averaged
611.03.
Farm Bureau
Head Raps
Brannan Plan
SPOKANE. Dec. 1 (IP A charge
that the Brannan farm program
would mean government control
and Is "clear away from the parity
concept," wss msde last night by
Ksipn ouiespie or Pullman, presi
dent of the Wsshlngton State Farm
bureau.
Speaking before a group of young
republicans, Olllespie described the
plsn as a "subsidy program" and
said Its disclosure "really shocked
the nation."
He charged that It was "hatched
up in tha Inner sanctums of the
agriculture building in Washington,
D. C, between government bureau
crats and the CIO."
HIGH
SCHOOL
News and
Comments
Flo Ann
Perking
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SIDE GLANCES
sosa we sv aa mil wa
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"I couldn't trout tha baby-titter, but very-thing must
be okay the police) and fir department haven t had
ny call!"
Mumbo Jumbo
Our Political System Sets
Up All Kinds of High Jinks
Awarding letters to the members
of all the various football teams
took up most of the time in today's
pep assembly emceed by Nick
Long. Boys deserving awards on the
freshmen. Wildcat, Junior Vsrslty
and Pelican teams were an given
them by their respective coaches.
However, the main purpose of the
assembly wss to give the basketball
team an enthusiastic sendof f for Its
first gsme of the season tomorrow
night. This year's tesm wss Intro
duced on the stage and Basketball
Coach Paul McCall made a short
talk to the student body. Dale Pey
ton furnished the entertainment
with solos on his accordion.
The sophomore class held tryouts
yesterdsy for a sophomore rslly
squad. Shannon Oldham was recent
ly elected yell -song leader and he
Is trying now to put a squad to
gether. The same class last year
had its own rally squad, although
they were freshmen then.
Tonight's "Klamath Sports Al
bum" with student announcer Bob
Scott at the microphone will consist
of a recap of the football season
snd beforehand facta about the bas
ketball team. Bob has also been try
ing to make a recording of the
KUH8 fight song to plsy over the
sir, since he realized It had never
been heard over the radio.
In tha Santa Claus Lane parade
tomorrow night, the high school
band will be marching and leading
the whole parade. Then at the end
of the parade run they win play
Christmas carols for various groups
to sing.
Behind the scenes workers for this
parade are the members of Robert
Banister's high school art classes.
Each member of the classes was
required to design a float suitable
for the parade and the grade school
principals selected the floats to rep
resent their schools from this group
of sketches.
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By FRANK TRIPP
People hsve become real critical
of each other's political philosophies
and pretty free and easy with
boasts or alibis. Once an idea
clicks, politicians take the ball, run
for the goal post and yeU, "look
what we've done for you."
Then folks who don't know yet
whether something nice or some
thing awful has hsppened to them
fsU in line like sheep and cneer
their heads off. They pour In the
votes and the politicians call Is "the
mandate of the people." Dissenters
hang back and grumble.
Right now the nation Is headed
for Utopia as soma see it: for
bankruptcy and ruin as viewed by
others. There should be no critic
who would not silence his tongue
If he could be sure that the course
leads to Utopia. Nor should there
be a Utopian who would care to
reach Utopia by the bankruptcy
route.
Por such a Utopia would be of
very brief duration thsn chaos.
poverty, ruin snd the end ot tne
United States of America. So let's
look at it aU as Americans, rather
thsn as partisans; let's take a look
at this mandate business.
Oar System
In our system of government by
majorities we elect representatives
under party emblems, then leave
their Judgment on such questions ss
whether Utopia or ruin lies ahead.
It la politically expedient for of
fice seekers to line up behind move
ments as sponsored by political par
ties. Those who go tt alone rarely
get elected. One may suspect, even
be sure, that some men make their
choice Just to get into office and
stay there. An do not: some sin
cerely believe tn the things they
sponsor.
Whatever men's motives, man
date worship which makes votes the
master of the men to the exclusion
of better Individual Judgment rouses
grave fears In the minds of the
minority and deep doubt of govern
ment's sincerity.
So. as we stand at the cross
roads where part of the people see
Utopia ahead and the other part
sees ruin, the choice of roads is
left to men who came Into authority
as partisans. Too msny of them
strive only to represent and please
those who created the majority
which elected them.
Habitual
Both major parties mainly con
sist of long-time adherents to bssic
party principles which are apsrt
from current or transitory pro
grams. The bulk of the vote of
each party Is traditional and habi
tual. The balance of vote power,
when enjoyed by either party.
cornea from a floating, nonconflrm
lst element who shuffle from party
to party and are, or win become.
beneficiaries under the promises
which lure them.
Thus "mandates' come from this
group which creates a majority; be
cause, for federal offices, regular
party members adhere to their par
mean that regulsrs approve every
act of their party, yet they help
deliver the aU-powerful "mandate."
"Mandate" is a very convenient
word an alibi for the man or party
that la mainly concerned about stay
ing in office. Adherence to It
amounts to center ring performance
to win the favor of the shifters,
who will move, to the other end
of the tent any time there's free
lemonade down there.
Trust?
. How much can a "mandate' from
such a source be trusted? Ask the
next docen citizens you meet how
they like tha country's economic
outlook. If you run Into what I did
youll find that a majority of them
think that the signs at the cross
roads are humbugs; that both roads
lead to ruin and they don't want
to go to "Ruin," not even by the
rosy road.
Most of them will tell you thst
they'd like to rest by the roadside
a bit, throw some ballast over
board, catch their breath, balance
the budget and consider our course
In the light of what well learn.
Half of the democrats I polled
would vote for that, but not for
the republican party In order to ex
press It.
Referenduma
There's a referendum system to
which states and municipalities fre
quently resort. Mention of It In fed
eral connection will sound fantastic
to the one In six who fatten at
the public trough; but Washington
or Jefferson would have stripped the
question of confusing legsl verbage
and submitted tt to the people some
thing like this:
Shall the United States ot Ameri
ca stay free and strong: shall the
nation live within Its Income and
whittle down iu debt, in order that
the standard of living of Its people
msy continue to Improve and the
social benefits which they enjoy en
dure for their lifetime and Into the
lives of their children ?
Vote "Yes" or "No."
Busintss
SEALS APPEAL
8ALEM. Dec. 1 VPS Govern or
McKay, urging purchase of Christ
mas seals, said today that last year
356 persons died from the disease
in Oregon.
Price Dips
In Gasoline
Interesting
Bv RADIR WINlieT
(Par Ham Dawsenl
NEW YOK, Dec. I (SWThers
Is a liny dip In gasoline prices thst
wllll bear watching. The average
cost of fuel to the motorist Is slip
ping away from the highest peak
In 33 years.
The reuse Is the westher which
has been blowing hot and cold at
the wrong time. Carefully made cal
culations of petroleum experts have
been upset. In their efforts to do
something about It. they have
shaved prices on various types of
fuel
But In the midst ot it. filling sta
tion price wars have broken out
here and there around the country.
The motorist has the advantage of
this cut-throat competition. Such
price wars are a red Hag to the
big operators. They watch them
rarefully and note their extent and
duration.
Den't tie! reeled
You shouldn't get the Idea from
all this that you can drive Into your
comer gas station and- till 'er up
at a big saving today. Qasollne
prices are on a regional basis. Some
dealers have cut and some haven't.
And the price war areas are small.
Throughout the United States, the
averare price of regular gasoline
In tilling stations ot 50 representa
tive ciuea started out this month at
3013 rents a gallon. That Is with
out taxes. These average 6 64 cents
a gallon, a record..
In mid-summer the average price
was 30 41 cents a gallon In these
same cities. Thst's the highest price
on gas since the average for 1936
which was 3067 cents.
So this month's average Is only
a tooths of a cent lower thsn that
1 33-year high point.
Main relnt
But It la lower. That's the Im
portant point. And right now the
big producers and distributors are
Inching their wholesale prices sull
lower by a few tenths ot a cent
along the Eastern seaboard and sec
tions of the South and Midwest.
Some have cut their prices at the
retail level. So far that has been
restrained. The wholesale cuts are
so new snd the general situation
la so uncertain that there hasn't
been a general move yet to pass
the savlnga along to the ultimate
consumer.
It all started back with the end
of gasoline rationing at tha close of
Doctor Soy
Treat Girl's Adolescence " '
In Matter-of-Fact Manner
By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D.
Writiea far N'EA Service
About one and a half million girls
In the United States reach the see
of 13 every yesr. Somewhere around
this as a the figure begins to change
and the menstrual periods start.
These changes are properly ac
cepted as a step towards maturity
by most girls and by their parents
It Is Important, however, thst be
fore they Uka place, girls ahould
know what lo expert and should
have an understanding of what the
changes mean. If this Is not the
case, an unexpected event may
cause some emotional distress.
A short time esrller. therefore,
girls should be Informed, preferably
by their mothers, of exsctly what
to expert and what It means. Tills
should bs done In a completely mat-ter-of-fact
way. A girl should be
told thst she Is only one of
more thsn a million of her age
who are having the same exper
ience each year. a
After adolescence begins and usu
ally for two or three years after
wards, girls are normally somewhat
more nervous and leas consistent
In their behavior than they were
before or will be later. They often
cry more easily, become unreason,
able In their actions with others and
the war. Motorists with their "A"
and "R" stickers sull on their
windshields burned up the road
and gas In a light-hearted release
from wartime restrictions.
Supply kept ahead ot demand un
til the summer of 1948. when a
lot of tanks went dry. rilling sta
tion operators dusted off their old
signs: "Sorry. No Osa. There wsa
talk of Imposing rationing again
But the petroleum Industry met the
challenge and produced the short
ages out of existence.
By the first part of thla year the
balance between production of gaso
line and fuel oil waa upset. In
making gas. too much fuel oil was
produced. The two are tied togeth
er. With an over-supply of home oil
early this yesr, the price hesded
down. Sellers started posting price
guarantees and went on Into the
summer season with attractive dis
counts for hot weather storate buy
ing. Thla tall prices rose and pro
ducers waited for cool and cold
weather to spur demand. But the
weather waa fickle. It stayed warm.
People didn't buy.
But In this bout with the weather,
gasoline stocks piled up as heating
oil was produced In anticipation of
winter furnace demand.
often fly off the handle at menu
bera of their family for no apparent
reason. The youngsters themselves
ought to be msde to realise this
snd lo control themselves ss much
as possible. It la not fair to othera
to behave unreasonsbly no matter
what the excuse.
Psrei.ts, however, should also un.
derstand that these things do hsp.
pen and they should not worry
slwul the seeming personality
rhsnie which often develops. When
unreasonable behavior on the part
of adolescent girls does break out,
parents are well advised to Ignore
Uie outburst aiuwether, take it
calmly and yet continue to be firm
about those things which really mat
ter.
The Deetae Answers
QUESTION: Please say some
thing about a ruptured spleen. Does
an enlarged spleen always rupture
ANHWr.lt: A ruptured spleen la
almost always sudden and comes
from an Injury. When poaalble, a
ruptured spleen la completely re.
moved by operation aa soon as p.
slble. An enlarged spleen rarely, if
ever, ruptures by Itself.
TELLING
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MERRILL, Ore (To The Edltori
D. P. Held sure expressed my vleas
on Mr. Jenkins' "Irsve It to papa."
1 am an old man, lived a good many
years and I havert seen papa give
anything to anyone yet. The huh
finance has It figured way ahead
how to keep a laboring man under
the thumb that Includes the farmrr
too. the taxea and withholding tax.
Then In another Issue of The Her.
aid and News. P-ank Jenkins tells
about the Pilgrims of Plymouth
Rock so he sutely knows who msde
the wealth of 'he United States. Not
the fried shirts sitting by the drk
with their feet on top. smoking a
cigar: It's Ihe poor laboring man,
I always wss a hard shell republt.
ran and never missed but two elec
tions in sll my life, but am no hsrd
shell any more. Come again D. P.
Reld.
Respectfully.
JOE KUCERO
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