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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1949)
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1, IV47 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PACE ELEVEN NAM Warned Balancing Exports and Imports Vital to U.S. Economy NIW YORK, Deo. 7 l-The United Stales must balance Iti rx pnrt4 and Import! In Jig time or Iom tin oblectlvee gained through pending billion of dollars lor tur eld, the National Association ol Manufacturers waa Uld today. Curtis E. Calder. chairman of Eleetrlo Bond and Bhsre company, a public utility holding company, aid In a prepared aridreu that he believed the United Hialee will be forced to discontinue lane scale foreign aid after IBM. He aald It l obvlaiu "we rennot co.itlnue, Indefinitely, lo pour our national wealth and substance In unrequited export." . Orient And. he added, a workable solu tlon toward clilnc the foreign trade gsp must be found before the Eu ropean recovery program U terml naied. Unless the problem Is solved, he aid. the United Slates will be faced with Die disquieting alternative of continuing foreign aid or of losing mot of what It haa ventured III It post-war program. - The solution mint compatible with the role of the t'nlted Btatea a a creditor nation, he aald. U expsn lon of Imports. Calder apoke at the opening ses- .1 -. I. . uiU'. K. I V, inniitl Him. gress of American Industry. Mum Win The tame teuton hrtrd Paul a. Hoffman, economic, cooperation ad- minlitrator. tell the 3000 Industrial Ists and buslneasmcs that the Cold Wsr In Europe miw be won. The alternative? "At beet. he said In prepared peerh. " will have lo become a garrUnn iuu on a war footing, with the return of control!, allocations, rationing and all the rent of the war aet-up." The first of three dy of eon ferenrea at the Wsldorf-Astorla opened with discussion of America'! problrma In foreign trade. It tu parked by Calder. who hradi the NAM'S international rciauons com' m It tee. ' Calder luted three alternative In the effort to balance export and Irr.Doru eubelantlal reduction of exports: a material Increaae In for etgn Investments: a large acala ex- Dsnilan of Import. The eananalon of Import. Calder aald. appeared moat compatible with out world role a a creditor nation, but he added the foreign trade gap might be bridged ulti mately by a combination of the three. A substantial reduction In export, he aald. might create serious reper cussions In the domestic economy of the United Bute. Expaiulon of private lnana and In vestment abroad would be only a partial solution, he ald, becsuse the Investments would have to be serviced and additional dollars would be needed for this purpose. The Increase) of Import, he aald. f y w mm might adversely affect some ele ments of Industry and agriculture at home. Hut, he added, Importa are rec ognised aa a meant for drawing uHn the productivity of other lands and a necessity of assuring our na tional drfrnsr. Klerk piling Stockpiling, of strateiclc materials, Caldrr suggested, might be consid ered aa a national drfense measure and means of bolstering depleted mineral reserves. He said. too. there Is a growing concern over the future of our eco nomic system, which, he added. Is Increasingly burdened by heavy tax ation, Inflated cost and the Increas ing Interference of government In our economic affairs. Economic Cooperation Ailmlnls. trator Hoffman spoke of the cost of foreign aid approximately IIS.. ooo.ooo.ooo from start to finish. But Hoffman compared the coat with the 3!M to JSO billion dollars World War II c osi the United Nfates and asked that the I1S.0O0.- 000,000 be measured against the goal "the kind of peace under which free mrn ran live." ftlg Loes ' If we lose the Cold War, Hoffman said. It means huge deficits. Instead of Ihe 113.000.000,000 we now con template spending annually on de fenne. he said, our buderl for that purpose would be possibly doubled. Secretary of Defense Louis John son, speaking on the anniversary of Pearl Harbor, pledged a savings In the cost of operating hi depart ment, He said the llt.ooo.000.000 budget of IMt-M for his department will be reduced In IS0-S1 to 113.000.- 000.000. And, he added In prepared ad dress, the reduction will be made without any lessening In the nation's stale of preparedness. "Our defenses will be appreciably Improved." he said. "There will be more efficiency." He promised America -will be ready for "any future four-o'clock-In-the-momlng attack. Waller Chamblln Jr.. NAM vice president In charge of It Washing ton office, shifted from the theme of preparedness and foreign trade lo urge the nation's businessmen to get Into public affairs If they wished to save the private enterprise sys tem. "If you do not Interest yourself In matters of politic and legisla tion." he said In a prepared speech, "then the vast properties which you own will be managed and directed by those who neither understand nor care about them." He told the manufacturers the Southern democratl c-republlran leaders estimate a change of about 1 senators and 30 house members In next year's election will give President Truman control of con gress. And these groups contend, he add ed, this Is a slim margin between a free and controlled economy "In other word attainment by the Tru amanlte of the 'welfare slate' ". r.' . ' "-'V'' 1 t" v? r1 -' l l ", '"Li Aa ' i- r&terJl. Uav TV I X'y frtWur. .11 anise ) iiiirseaasaaaaasaaaaassasasaiajesea Aroused Villagers Solve Their Doctor's Problems BLOCK ISLAND, R. I , Dec. 1 UP) Aroused year - round residents of thla popular summer resort Island have made It possible for Dr. Loren go Orlando to auy on aa the only resident physician here. Dr. Orlando announced last week he would hava to leave the Island 12 mile off the mainland although ha didn't want to. He gave as rea sons small fees, high rent and lack of equipment. Two hundred of the Island' MO resident met In Odd Fellows haJl Monday night. The town council was meeting In a library nearby. The citizen' meeting began warming up after about an hour's discussion. ' Shout of "Let's go get the town council members and bring them here" and "Where's the X-ray thst could have saved my husband life?" rang through the hall. A committee waa appointed to tell the council that "people from all section of the laland want you to coma over and answer soma ques tion." The council came and heard the resident say emphatically: "We do not want our doctor to leave." Finally the council voted to pur chase MoOO worth of equipment Im mediately for the donor's office. The Islandera Issued a call for a special town meeting within ten days to ease the burden of the 1 1300 annual rental the doctor paya for his home and office. As the folk filed out. Dr. Orlando shook hand with each of them In SEE US for Immediate delivery SOIL SULPHUR 992 pure Crawford & Wolfe Phone 4441 Tulelok., Calif. a choked vote ha aald: "I wanted to slay. I love Uil Island." Dr. Orlando cam nere from Hack eiuack, N. i, a year ago with hi wife and two sons. They mad the trip from the mainland tn a for meg landing craft which carried tbelf furniture. OLD Mntuchf Wkidty -A Blend J. ":J IMIfAIIMI ri ! I J iiarngf -1 ravatlff u.rtoor A GeDtlmo'8 UTiiskty from Kentncky arseael Ditrffless FiaeVaett Cesvrett KT 6& Craia IseaWSeMkt FACING TRAGIC DILEMMA Mr. Jock Aulf of Seattle, Woih., (above) holds her son, Dean, 2, ior whom a specialist has said the choice is blindness or deoth. Deon is bandaged for on eye already removed. The doctor says cancer has reached the other eye ond should be removed to save Dean's life. Annual Legion Conference Scheduled Here Saturday IORED Posing with the trophy at a Chicago dog show, DeMareo's Painted Arrow closes hit eyes and yawns. He was chosen the best American-bred male Boxer, but ob viously il used to little things like that. Comfortable Relief With DOBBS TRUSS aMess, efileat, SrretWese Teee DOBBS TRUSS work. plT and berAing' DOBBS TRUSS supports like your hsnd with a CMlented conceve ped, Na bulb to preed week muscles. Ne bothsr ome belle or strips. Wesheble, eenlteiy. camforteble. " Perfectly Atted by experts for single or dou tsle rupture. Get maximum relief . f-get DOBBS TRUSS, free ef . exnmerfon, ns oofijeiton, Comem, PAYLESS DRUG IM MAIN Yule Tragedy; Youngster In The Dog House CHESTER. Pa.. Dec. 7 tT ror weeks Daniel Clemens and his wife. Helen, bought Christmas present for their five children and hid them In a bedroom closet. Monday, one of the children, four-year-old Ronald, went scouting through the house trying to find what Santa Claua waa planning to bring him. Suddenly, the child ran from the house to his mother aa she waa hanging out some clothes In the bark yard. "Itre. mommy," screamed Ronald. Mrs. Clemens summoned firemen who extinguished a blase In the bedroom closet where the Christ maa present had been stored. The present, however, were a total loss. The mother told firemen sha be lieved Ronald started the fire ac- Klamath Post No. (. American Legion and auxiliary, will be hast groups to department offlcera and visiting Leglonalrrea Saturday tor the annual district conference at Memorial hall. Samuel M. Bowe of Oranu Pas, first veteran of World War II to serve aa state commander of the American Legion In Oregon, will head a group of tut officers in cluding Clyde Dickey, department vice commander: Tom Collins, de partment adjutant, a representative 'from the department service office and chairmen of committees. Convention tiludy Bowe said the conference would hear of policies and action result ing from the national convention In Philadelphia and the recent confer ence of commanders and adjutant at Indlanopolts. Mrs. Ssdle Oraham or corvains. state president of the auxiliary, will head a group at a separata corner rnc In the-aiiernoon. Assisting will be Mrs. Myrtle Krueger of The Dalles, vice president, and Mrs. Mae Whltcomb. department secretary. Both sessions will close with a dinner at Legion hall at 7 p. m. Bhort addresses will be given by both Commander Bowe and Presi dent Oraham. Pred Hellbronner la dlrtrlct com mander In charge of local arrange menu. Paul Stelnke. commander of the local post, has ltaued a cordial Invitation to all Legionnaire In the area to attend the confer ence. Other rxnt in the section In clude Merrill. Mslln. Lakevlew and Bly. ' SAMUEL -M. BOWE ' Stat Legion Commander ctdentally aa he lit a match to look Into the darkened closet. Her husband, who aald he ex pects to be furloughed from his job at a chemical firm next week, looked ruefully at the damage when he got home later. But no more ruefully than Ronald and the other children, Kay. 13. Daniel Jr, 11. Wayne. . and Bruce, 1. FOR RENT TRUCKS U-DRIVE VANS PICKUPS FLAT RACKS Bale by mile, hour or week OPEN SUNDAYS BEACON SERVICE STATION ttei f. Mala fa. IM OUimabilt it rocketing fancari to even greater public mcdaim! Now while you read this a beautiful new fleet of "Rocket' Engine car i being built bj Oldimobilc! Soon they'll be unveiled at Oldsmobilo abowrooms all across America there to be aeen and admired! Futnramio gamer, Futuramie action, Futuramic talue! 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Final touches put on the Futur amies for their introduction to an eager public. And each finished Oldsmobilo wiD represent superb deaign ultra-advanced engineering! So look for the new "Rocket" Engine Oldsmobilea. You'll are them soon at your nearby dealer' the finest Futtnamk aver! fPSBBBBBBfBBBBBJSBBSgafr(W , ejiWaB.M COMING SOON A 5 , it I W Mi : m W ; iif ;h ! i ff 4 III3- fi .' f ' j . .'s ;:- - it .'.1 ' . TO TOUR OLDSM OBIIE DICK B. MILLER CO. 7th ond Klamath Phone 4103
