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. COMING INTO TOWN this morning a car driven by John Bell of Dorris ran afoul of the
icy roiirt near Kennies Country Chi I) and skidded into the ditch. Neither Bell nor the
passenger, Mrs. Frank Lucas, also of Dorris, were hurt. Such occurranccs were more
than common last night and this morning as a coat of moisture froze over pavements
and a couplo of inches of Snow fell.
i lly FRANK JENKINS
I've Jual finished reading a stale
nirnl by an official vuy, very
high up In tlio brass. It Includes
throe biting word:
"Corruption hat penetrated Into
eur political life to Kucrf decree
that ome uae It ax a vulgar trade
which Uiev reward a a meaiu of
RetilriK rich without reirbrd lor do
cency "I'ower, therefore, 18 EXER
OIHKD IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF
Dlti'IitUHT."
No, you're wrong.
wasn't an American official
who said Ihnt.
It wn lliluly Pasha, EOYPT'B
suddenly new premier, who was
heaved Into office the other day a
few nunulea alter the former pre
mier had been headed out by KIiik
Karouk. j
But if Uiese wordn MAD been
spoken bv an American they would
have been accented by a fairly
large argmenl of our population as
TRUE. Corruption HAH penetrated
Into our political life to a degree
that shock and humiliates van
numhera of us.
And power IS being exercised In
an atmosphere of distrust. One of
tha thing woral wrong with us la
the fact that we are coming to
DISTRUST cur leadership. .
II we can't trust our leaders,
wbero are we headed lor?
I fear there can be only one
answer to that question.
It we don't trust our lenders and
If we lack the capacity to gel to
gether before It Is too late and
GET LEADERS WE CAN AND DO
TRUST we cun and MAY go the
toad that Egypt baa gone.
Egypt, as you know, was once
verv great and very rich. It had
tand still nasi tha richest soil on
earth the valley of Uie Nile. It
had (and atlll has) a strategic lo
cation at the crossroads of. the
commerce of tho Old World.
What Egypt haa LACKED
through there long centuries has
been leadership that the people
could and did trust. It Is this lack
which haa brought Egypt to 1U
present low estate.
The other dav FRANCE threw
out a premier her SEVEN
TEENTH since World War II.
i Under the European system, a
premier Is the approximate coun
terpart of our President.) In a na
tion that has had 11 premiers since
IMS, leadership must be distrusted.
There can be no other satisfactory
answer to such a state of affairs.
In sizing up the situation, 'Paul
Reynaud lashed out against depu
ties (members ol Prance's cham
ber of deputies, corresponding to
our house ot representaUves) "who
want to voto expenditures without
accepting the responsibility of rais
ing revenues to pay for them."
He was referring to the action
last week of the French chamber,
which approved a requested outlay
lor European defense requirements
and then VOTED DOWN a request
for a 15 per cent Increase In taxes
to meet the outlay.
Question :
How can you have confidence In
' "Briers who vote money and- then
tfefiiRe to accept the responsibility
of lrvvlng taxes to ' RAISE THE
MONEY?
Well ' V
For lo these many years WE
have been voting money and then
have been refusing to levy suffi
cient taxes to RAISE the money.
As a result, our national debt has
risen to approximately a quarter ot
a TRILLION dollars.
What Is that but poor leader
ship? Egypt was once ft great nation.
France wan once a great nation.
Both came to their present pass
through lack of leadership that the
people could and would trust,
It's high time for US lo get
leadership that the people can and
will trust. The lessons of history
can not be disregarded without ter
rible loss to the people.
TheftNets
Year In Jug
A one-year Jail term on plead
ing guilty to petit larceny was met
ed 43-year-old Francisco Montenez,
Great Northern section hand.
Montenez will be sent to the Mult
nomah County jail, at Rocky Butte,
according to Judge M. A. Carter,
because the county Jail does not
have facilities to hold a man for
one year.
Montenez was arrested Feb. 23,
by City Police after ho attempted
to sell tools stolen from John A,
Klrkpatrlck, 2177 Patterson St.
Rap sheets from Oregon and Cnl
ifornln, showed Montenez hat'tV
record of petty thefts- andi -i, '. i
misdemeanors ranging back to
1931. , '
Lake Draft Board Sets
Precedent Quits Over
Exemption
LAKEVIEW Ml Drafting ol
jowig men for military service
cuine temporarily to a hull In Lake
County Tuesday when the draft
board resigned In a body.
Carl Pendleton, chairman, said
the resignation were to protest
-elective service regulations which
permit nationals from certain for
eign countries to evade military
service. '
The matter came to a head re
cently when two Irish nationals.
resident of Lake County, reluaed
to be inducted under terms of a
current treaty between the U.B,
and Ireland.
Arthur Stringer, a selective serv
ice legnl advisor mid Ireland was
PHILLIS MAHONEY
Mrs. Mahoney
Asks Office
Mrs. Phlllis Mahoney, widow of
the late Justice of the Peace J. A.
Mahoney, filed her candidacy Tues
day for County Clerk.
She la a Democrat and probably
will be unopposed In the primary
on that ticket.
The sole Republican candidate
for the-Job Is Charlie DeLap, In
cumbent. Mrs. Mahoney for many years
has been active In Democratic par
ty affairs locally, serving as pre
cinct commltteewoman' and party
secretary, one is making ner first
bid at an elective county office.
Mrs. Mahoney resides at 737 N.
9th.
Aid Rushed To
Quake Scene
TOKYO Ofl American occupa
tion forces and the Japanese gov
ernment r u n e a renei supplies
Wednesday to earthquake and tidal
waves victim In snowswept North
ern Japan.
Planes, trains and boats carried
blankets, medicine and food to
stricken areas of sparsely settled
eastern Hokkaido Island and the
more populous sections of north
eastern Honshu Island.
Thousands of homeless suffered
from bitter cold and driving snow
storms which followed Tuesday's
earthquake.
The official U.S. Army estimate
stood at 31 Japanese dead and 170
Injured.
Japanese police announced they
havo recovered 30 bodies. No Amer
icans were killed or Injured.
Kyodo News Agency reported the'
quake left a fishing village tub-
merged and pushed up a new 40
foot hill. Both were on Hokkaido.
northernmost Island of Japan.
A Kyodo reporter who flew over
Kirltappu reported most of the 1,691
villagers were marooned atop their
submerged homes. He said a res
cue boat was on its way to the
coastal town. -
Dm news agency said the new
hill appeared near the village of
Nilkappu.
Inhabitants said a lava-like sub
stance flowed from the hill . and
then hardened. Two years ago a
quake thrust un a similar hill in
the same area, ', ,
TOA8TM ASTERS MEET
Tb ' MnHnA Tmilma.ln. . n.lll
. -oiilght as usual at the Wll-
Hotel at 6:30. .
' In addition to the usual speakers
program there will be election of
officers for the coming term.
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Of Nationals
one of 10 nations having treaties
with the U.S. which exempt na
tionals from military service.
Stringer suld his attempts to get
board members to reconsider their
resignation were In vain.
Other members who resigned are
Jess Paha. Harry J. Anthony and
L. S. Passage.
WASHINGTON If) National
Selective Service officials said
Wednesday a Lakevlew. Ore..
draft board had set a precedent
oy it mass resignation over the
question of exempting foreign na
tionals. The Oregon board quit after two
Irish nationals refused to be draft
ed under term of a treaty of
friendship with Ireland.
Board members said they did
not want lo draft American boys
and let others have special prlvl
leges.
Officials here said they knew, of
no previous local board rcslgna
Hon for such a cause,
The official told a reporter that
actually nationals of 18 countries
Instead of 10 are exempted from
being drafted because of recip
rocal treaties or . International
agreement
Nationals of 10 of these nations
are covered by unconditional treat
ies.
The nation are; Argentina.
Costa Rica, China, Ireland, Italy,
Paraguay, Spain, Switzerland,
iniiuand and Yugoslavia.
Nationals of the other nine na
tloiw are subject to draft In time
oi war u tney are otherwise eiiRi
bit!. 4 .
The nations by such agreements
ara Ausupa, El saivaaor, Estonia
Oermany, Honduras, Hungary, Lat
via, Liberia and Norway.
New Murder
Trial OK'd
TACOMA. Wash. Of) Bill Smith
Jr. 20-year old Burungame, Call!..
carnop, was granted a new trial
Wednesday by Superior Court
Judge Bartlett Rummel.
Smith was convicted of first de
gree murder In January for the
1948 slaying of Noreen McNicholas
and the Jurv decreed that he hnnir
Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecu
tor unaries w. Bllllnghurst gave
oral notice of appeal on Judge
Rummel's ruling.
Judge Rummel said he was
granting; a new trail because he
believed "substantial Justice has
not been done."
The Judge said he based his de
cision on prosecutor John J, O'Con
nel's closing argument which con.
tabled statements the Judge said
were not Da sea on the evidence
and were prejudicial to the de
fendant.
"These statements outside the
record were calculated to ask the
Jury to find the defendant guilty
because he belongs to a particular
class of people," Judge Rummel
said. "There was no evidence to
this effect and If there had been
it would have been Jnadmlssable
in tne case.
Bureau Vetoes
Solon Request
WASHINGTON Wl The Justice
Department refused Wednesday to
give detailed Information on the
handling of government prosecu
tions to a Congressional committee
investigating Atty. oen. J. Howard
McOrath's conduct of his office.
A house Judiciary subcommittee,
headed by Rep. Chelf (D.-Ky.,) on
reoruary 22 wrote to McOrath
asking him to list, all oases re-
ferred to his department for action
during the past six years In which
action was aeciineo, tne oases were
returned to the originating depart-
ment, or are now pending in the
Justice Department.
The information was asked as
part of an Investigation of the way
Mcurain has run the Justice De
partment, Joseph C. Duggan. assistant at
torney general acting for McOrath,
replied that this blanket request
was entirely outside tne scope of
the resolution adopted bv the whule
nouse judiciary uommiuce author
izing the Investigation. ' '
Duggan said the resolution limit
ed the projected inquiry "to specif
ic allegations and complaints based
upon credible evidence, and not
mere suspicion and rumor."
Furthermore, Duggan said, the
project would Involve examination
of a half million cases which would
"Impose an intolerable burden upon
this department" and paralyze Its
current amies.
" In any event." his letter said.
'we could not comply with any
sucn request. '
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BULLETIN
' WILL FILE
SACRAMENTO, Calif. 11 Gov.
Warren announced Wednesday he
will enter the Oregon primary May
16 as a candidate tor the Republi
can pienldi.Ttlal nomination.
Warren (aid he will go Into the
Oregon election by his own dec
laration of candidacy.
Reds Admit
Holding US
Prisoners
By ROHP.RT B. TUCKMAN
MUNSAN. Korea Wl The Com
munists admitted Wednesday they
hold unreported prisoners and tried
to use tnem as a ciuo in Korean
truce negotiations. '
The Reds said they, would supply
the namea of these prisoners 'in
due time" but only after the Al
lies furnished data the Communists
have been demanding.
Rear Adm. R. E. Llbby reported
sharply that the U.N. Command
would furnish additional prisoner
data on, an exchange basis or not
at all. - . '
The. Red admission followed a
demand by Ltbby that the Commu
nist account for. 174 additional
prisoners. Most of these are Ameri
cans. Some are British.
This makes a total of 1.621 Uni
ted Nations soldiers and 50,000 Re
public of , Korea troops for which
the U.N, litis demanded an ac
counting. None of them was listed in the
orlglnnl .list of 11,600 prisoners of
war the Reds turned over Dec. 18.
North Korean Ma. Gen. Lee
Sang Cho referred Wednesday to
the 11.500, as "the main list of
POWs.who we -hold- in prison."
"As lor tne necessary supple
mentary data." he said, "they are
now being nut in order .and we
will hand it over to your side in
due time. You must give us first
the basic data . which you have
promised to give us.
He was referring to ,uwi JtO'
reans originally listed by the Al
lies a prisoners but since reclas
sified as South Korean civilians
or ROK troops.
Their names were not on the
original list of 132,000 the Allies
handed the Reflsr vr
Llbbv said the Allies were ready
to exchange complete Information
on prisoners, including troops cap
tured between tne time me original
lists were compiled and Feb. 28.
His demand for a report on 114
men was based on names taken
from Red broadcasts, letters to
lamilles. Communist periodicals,
and "other sources," presumaDly
secret agents.
The reauesl for names of 50.000
ROK. whom the .Reds say "do
not exist." was based on Commu
nist radio boasts of the number of
prisoners they had captured.
The Allies insist ine iteas inv
pressed most of them into the
North Korean Army.
Staff officers working; on truce
supervision met for only 14 min
utes. Each side said It had nothing new
to offer and there was no point in
Just talking. Their current stum
bling block Is Red Insistence that
PuskIh heln suoervise the truce
and Allied refusal to consider the
Soviet Union.
Both truce srouDs meet again
at 11 a.m. Thursday (6 p.m. PST
Wednesday .
FRED E. ROBINSON
Candidate For
Treasury Here
Fred E. ' Robinson, Republican
candidate . for state treasurer,
brought his campaign fight to
Klamath Falls yesterday.
Robinson, a successful Medford
and Portland business man, says
he Is running on the premise that
sound private business policies
should be applied to state business.
' our present state aamimsiravion
is doing a lot of good things." said
Robinson, "but I'm : afraid they're
trying to do too mucrt . . . 1
think we ought to' slow, down and
progress step by step as our fi
nances permit . . . Just as any
successful private business expands
to meet Its needs." He says "a
state budget within tne income of
the people la a vital must."
Robinson Is operator of a men's
clothing store In Medford, a part
ner in tne weiacrs ouppiy, uom
pany, Portland, and owner ot ex
tensive real estate.
He Is 38 and a native of Grants
Pass.
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DORRIS' BOYS CLUB was opened last night, with all residents of that Butte Valley
community invited to. inspect the juvenile clubroom located in an old church basement
known locally as "hole in the ground." The club,- organized and sponsored mainly by
Police Chief Fenton Mahrt, was , outfitted at a cost of just $545, and the room contains
pool and billiard tables, games, radio, juke box, gym equipment and other games for the.
80-odd members. Merle Keneston is president. The lower photo is of Earl (Red) Ryan,
left,, engaging Skipper Sevits in a checker game, with Chief Mahrt looking on. Club
hours are from 3:30 to 9:45 p.m. daily, with grade school boys welcome during afternoons
House Kills UMT Bill For Remainder
Of Session At Least; Vote 236-162
Bv RUSSELL BRINES '
WASHINGTON Ifl Bitterly de
bated Universal Military Training
appeared Wednesday to be a dead
issue, for the next few months at
least.
The House Tuesday shelved an
administration bill to start UMT.
It voted 236-162 to send the meas
ure back to committee, climaxing
a dramatic and unusual session.
Rep. Vinson (D.-Ga.,), chairman
of the Armed Services Committee,
then killed off any immediate
chance for reconsideration.
He told newsmen his committee
would not bring up any more UMT
legislation during this session; -.
Sen. McFarland of Arizona, Dem
ocratic leader in the Senate, said
that in view of the House action
the Senate probably would not con
sider UMT before the end of the
82nd Congress.
3ut proponents Insisted that UMT
Was not permanently dead.
"We'll start all over again in the
83rd Congress, after the election,"
Vinson said.
Chairman Russell (D.-Ga.,) of the
US To Back
Malaya Fight
WASHINGTON. UP) Secretary
of State Acheson said Wednesday
the United States is solidly behind
Britain in its "determination to
defeat Communist terrorism In
Malaya."
Acheson did not, however, prom
ise that the U.S. would give any
large-scale . economic aid to Ma
laya to strengthen the British cam
paign against the Communists. -
British forces in the f ar eastern
land have been fighting native ter
rorists for a long time.
The guerrilla warfare 'has been
spearheaded by Chinese guerrillas
who claim they want to take over
the big rubber and tin Industries
In Mayala.
.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH S, 1952
Senate Armed Services' Committee,
another strong supporter, said in a
statement "it will be litUe short of
a national tragedy " lf the House
action "means the death of UMT
legislation."
Donald R. Wilson, national com
mander of the American Legion,
commented: "I can imagine a
large number of people are happy
tonight and most of them are with
in the confines of the Soviet Un
ion." Wilson Interpolated this observa
tion in a speech be read at the
MRS. GEORGE CLARK
(above) is chairman of the
Residential section in the
Klamath Red Cross funds
drive now under way. Mrs.
Clark's section, one of six
into which the drive is
split, has a quota of $2,500.
She has a crew of super
visors, captains and block
workers totaling 125. Early
collection reports are "opti
mistic," says Mrs. Clark but
she adds "I'm holding my .
breath.".
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Legion's national rehabilitation con
ference. He said the fight for UMT
is Dy no means over."
House members did not actually
vote on the merits of the bill to es
tablish compulsory six months
training for 18-year olds, plus 7V4
years in tne reserves.
Their vote merely postponed ao
tion by sending the measure back
to committee. .
The climactic roll caU cut across
party lines. The motion to recom
mit the bill was supported by 155
Kepuoucans. i Democrats: op
posed by 131 Democrats, 30 Re'
publicans and one independent.
A freshman Congressman, Rep.
Brownson (R.-Ind.,), was credited
with throwing a big monkey wrench
into an administration machine
which had survived preliminary
challenges In trying to push through
the bill.
Brownson suggested an alternate
plan of requiring military service
of all physically-fit high school
students while they complete their
last two years.
This would be augmented by two
summer encampments. Non-students
would be required to complete
equivalent training.
The House first tentatively ap
proved the Brownson proposal, 160
145, on a teller vote. Then it re
jected the program, 235-156, on a
roU call.
Bennett Files
For Mayor Post
PORTLAND Ml Commissioner
J. . Bennett Tuesday became the
fifth candidate for Mayor of Fort
land. Others who have filed Include
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee,
Insurance man Lew Wallace, rest
aurateur Maurice Wlllinger and
barber Arthur Llllle. Commissioner
Fred Peterson Is considering the
race.
Petitions to recall Bennett from
his present post now are being cir
culated. , -
Conflict To
Be Confined
To Korea
By JOIIV M. 1IIGI1TOWKR
WASHINGTON Ml The Tru
man administration has decided
against any move to carry the Ko
rean war 10 unina even if the true
talks collapse.
Officials said that la the present
basic policy, but how it la applied
If and when a collapse occurs will
undoubtedly depend on what the
Communists do and what the
American people think about It.
In the highest levels of the De
fense and State Department It Is
recognized, officials privately con
cede, that popular indignation could
force the United States In some
circumstances to take action which '
would either contradict ot diverge
from It present policy.
A clear indication of the admin'
istration's attitude came Tuesday j
night in a speech sent by Assistant -Secretary
of State John M. Allison
to the Philadelphia Bulletin Forum
at Philadelphia.
It was delivered by his assistant.
U. Alexis Johnson, who returned
10 days ago from talks with Gen.
Matthew B. Rid R way ond other top
U.N. military men in Korea.
"It is our policy," Allison said,
"to confine the conflct to Korea.
We do not propose to widen the
scope of the war. That has been
our policy from the start. That
remains our policy. It is up i? the
Communists. If they want to widen
the conflict and engulf the world
in a terrible world war, then they
must be the ones to do it."
Truce talks at Panmunjom are
deadlocked now(J)ovsr several Is
sues.
Allison and his closest associates
as well as military leaders re
portedly still believe the odds are
at least even on the possibility of
agreement on a truce.
They have been considering for
many weeks, however, what the
United States should do ir. event
of a collapse of negotiations. It Is
known that consideration has been
given to carrying; the war directly,
against China. It is now apparent
that the decision has been reached
to avoid this if possible.
In reaching this decision tbe ad
vice of military leaders that a big
ger effort in the Far East would
mean a weakening of America's -home,
air and other forces has
been a decisive factor. ' '
Bandit Misses
A hold-up at knlfe-point in dark
ness of the E. Main underpass was
reporiea last nignt to City -Police
by Antone Moen, 202 E. Main St.
; Moen -said his- assailant slashed '
through a Jacket, shirt, suspenders .
and shirt pocket but missed i.
ting him- - -
Moen said he was walking
through the underpass about 8:30
when a man devrihrrf hnnt
30, wearing a sport Jacket and hat
accosted him and said, "this is
a hoidup."
Moen told officers he told the
robber he had no money, but the
man said, "I know you do," and
started slashing at him.
" ussauani ran, Moen
went to the Sunrino Tmm
called police.
Last Saturday night another
knifing fray resulted In Injury to
- ' i-iuuey, wyear-oia ex
boxer, employed as a Driftwood
Club bartender,
Maloney was released last night
from Klamath Valley Hospital and
a disorderly Conduct warrant 1.
standing against his alleged assail-
OJIl.
Milk Bottles
On Way Out
The old-fashlnnprl milt iwt. t-
on Its way out.
Extensive remodeling- was start
ed this week at the Klamath Tails
creamery to make room In the
market milk department for new
equipment to fill paper cartons.
vvnen me equipment Is in, that
creamery's milk will be delivered
in disposabe paper containers.
A large fabricating plant recent
ly was put up In Portland by the
American Can Company to produce
modern milk containers, and the
Klamath Falls Creamery will be
one of the first in Oregon to adopt
that company's containers from the
Portland plant.
Percy Murray, creamery mana
ger, said the remodeling a,;d In
stallation at the local plant, will
oe tne result oi several years ef
fort to distribute milk In modern
paper containers tn this commu
nity. Weather
FORECAST: Klamath Falls and
vicinity, snow this afternoon and
tonight. Snow flurries with occa
sional sunshine Thursday. Windy
tonight. High Thursday 32, low to
night 20. Northern California, rain
and snow In extreme north, spread
ing as far as Sacramento and San
Francisco Wednesday night. Not so
cold Wednesday night.
High Tuesday ...... II
Low last nl'ht ...... 1
Preclp Tuesday . M
Precip since Oct. 1 12.84
Nnrnut for nerinil S.S3
Period last year . ,...13.12
Chains Needed
On Most Roads
SALEM (it) Two to five Inches
of new snow made chains neces
sary Wednesday on Oregon's moun
tain passes, the Highway Commis
sion said.
The commission advised that
chains be carried In these areas:
Government Camp, Tlmberllne,
Warm Springs, Union Creek, San
tiam Pass, Willamette Pass, Bly,
Keno, Meacham and Seneca.
Other points reported bare pave
ment.
In Holdup Try