raw J5 1'rlre Five Cents 14 rc ITUc My FRANK JKNKINS From Los Angeles: "J. Puul Elliott, Los Angeles bourd ol education member, wan convicted yesterday of misconduct 111 oiiice. tenuity la removal Iroin older. "Elllolt had been charged with voUiih i-choul bus contract to n operator lor whom ne was legal nuiiel Hi li the FOURTH board member to be con. vlctnd on grand Jury occupation or indictment." -.Whnl's wrong? 'I think a lot of us can agree on thla dlannonlx: In BIO Lou Angeles and a lot of our other BIO cities and aome of our HICi stales, as well as In our VASTLY TOO BIO rederai gov rnimrni. ton ninnv neoule are oner' atlmt mi the cynical theory (hut PUBLIC OFFICE 18 A PRIVATE CINCH. 1 llnw can wo nut a slop to that? I think maybe there are two ways by which It could be stopped: m 1. By convincing the people that II they don't do a better, more honcM. more Intelligent lob of vot ing they can lose their iioerues. 1. By bringing government back closer to Uie people. As lo the first, let's remember this: In the United States of America, the peoplo are the source of gov rmment. A RIVER CAN'T RISE HIGHER THAN ITS 80URCE. That Is to uy: If the people are careless, or negligent, or TOLER ANT OF CORRUPTION, the gov ernment will become Inefficient and corrupt. As to tha second, I think most thoughtful people will agree that the farther government gets from the people the more Inefficient and corrupt It tends to become. Our big cities have got TOO big. Ihry are so vast and cumbersome and complex that their people can no longer take a genuine personal Interest In their city government. Most of them have become cor rupt, as we of the small places think of political corruption. What we can do about that, T don't know. We could pans a law. of rourxc. providing that cities can become only so lurge. But It would nly not do any good. It would be like the curfew Jaws In most of our i-IIIpr and towns. THey wertoaased r Ti- ,1 1 11 111 Day's Jews In the first place as a pious ges ture, auO then they were forgotten. Nobody pays any attention to them any more. It would be the aame way with law limiting the site ol cities. . Personally. I'm pretty sure that laws that are kept on the books BUT NOT ENFORCED tear down public vesprct lor law and thus tend to PROMOTE Inefficiency and corruption. The problem of the TOO BIO cltv Is one that we Just haven't even begun to solve yet. If the people, who hold the vote, and therefore are still the source of all political power In America, should become aroused and con cerned and determined to do some thing about It, we COULD check the growth of TOO BIO federal government. We could clip the wings of soar Inn federal power and by ao doing we could send back a lot of our governmental functions to the state houses and the court housea and the city halls, where It once re sided but from which R took flight as the welfare, state, baaed upon , a "continuing gentle rain of gov ernment checks." began to apread Mn our minds the poisonous Idea that If we only VOTE R OHT we dan live without work by the boun ty of the politicians. . t .JInw could : we do that? TnY GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OP MEN INTO CONORE88. If we get the right kind of men into congress, there Is practically nothing that we couldn t do. Con gress, given reasonable time, could bring government in th)s country back to the state houses, the court houses and the city halls. , : - v Prisoners On Way To Jail Two Klamath County Jail In mates were taken north today to stnrl serving sentences. Sheldon Abcrcromble, 19, Is slat ed for five years in the State Pri son on violation of probation on charge of entering a motor vehicle with Intent to steal, Francisco Montoncs, 43, sentence by District Court to one year on petit larceny conviction will serve his tlmeCiSt the Multnomah County Jail atTRocky Butte, Portland. Sheriff Murray (Red) Brltton ssld the Multnomah Jail has better facilities for handling prisoners with a one-year Jail term. New Mail Setup Revealed Here Three new mall dlspatohea have Improved mall service botween Klamath Falls and the Rogue Riv er Valley, .Postmaster Ghet Lang uid announced today. ' Thev are as follows: ' ' Mall closes 6:45 a.m.' dispatched via Ashland Star 'Rout,, arrives Mcdford 11:40 p.m. . Mull closes 1:30 p.m., dispatched Vila Train No. 9 ar.1 Dunjmulr, ar rrves Medford 8:40 a.rm j ' Mali closes 3:45 p.m.;, dispatched via Train No. 10 and ' Albany; ar rives Mcdford . 8:35 a.m;; .; :," " '"'.-'ft-"; ' (' - ' 'ti KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, Defense 'Funds Mike Williams Files For County Commissioner Post .(IT.. , , 1 1 I ... .. trl.milh . l.r. Mini 1 1 1 ti n Mike Williams, Fort Klamath rancher, filed for County Commis sioner on the Democratic ticket yestrday afternbon, and Jim Kb for, 31 10 White, filed his caivlldncy MIKE WILLIAMS for Coroner, also as a Democrat. Deadline Vr filing for May IS primaries Is 5 p. m. today, and several last-minute announcements for public olflce are expected be- Two Held For Spud Theft Two men sought by State Police and the Sheriffs office since Nov. 23, IBM, on larceny charges were apprehended Thursday at Phoenix, Aria. Sheriff Murray (Red) Brltton Identified the pair as Charles Poll ra. 34. and William Bert Wilder. 11. They were arrested on war rants from Klamath County charg ing larceny, not In a dwelling, by Sheriff Cal Bole ol Phoenix. ' - Sheriff Brltton aald the pair art Implicated in theft of 81 sacks of potatoes Nov. 3) from a Great Northern freight car at .Adams Point. Two other persons were also Im plicated In the theft. One of them, Kenneth Mack Anderson, 36. wss sentenced to two years tn the Oregon State Prison, Dee. 31. 1951. on pleading guilty to the charge. Raymond W. Dawley. 18. Mer rill, Is free under 82000 bond for grand Jury investigation on the charge after waiving preliminary hearing Nov. 39, 1951, in District Court. Slate Police said all four men were living In Merrill at the time of the alleged, theft. French Ships Blast Junks ' 8AIOON. Indochina W French Naval Commandos Friday attacked and destroyed 150 junks believed to be carrying supplies from Red Chi na to Communist-led .; Vletmlnh torces. t . The French - Commandos, . using 0.8. supplied assault craft, made the sururlso raid In Sonacau Bav on the coast of Annam, 350 miles northeast of Saigon, They also blew UP a big ammunition factory. Songcau Bay has long been one of the Vletmlnh strongholds In get ting supplies, from Red China to Vletmlnh troops in Central Annam. who were waiting the. unloading of the cargoes from the Junks, sur rendered to. the French and asked evacuation to the French Zone. The French command announced lis troops are continuing to moo uu Vletmlnh Infiltrations in the Red River Delta of Northern Indochina. They crushed Vletmlnh resist ance around Vlnh Yen, 35 miles northwest of Hanoi, after heavy artillery barrages and bombings. The French reported 45 Vletmlnh troops were killed, 13 wounded and tu. prisoners were , taken. Postal Receipts In Klamath Gain - Postal receipts for the year 1052 as of Feb. 29 were up five per cent .over the same period last yenr, Postmaster Ohet Langslet has reported. At the end of the first two months In 1961, postal receipts totaled $40, 371.46, Langslet said. Receipts for' the - same period this year were $42,316.13. ': The postmaster said this Feb ruary's receipts put the total over last year's. New Mail Drop Set Up At PO Postmaster Chet Langslet an nounced today a new mall drop has been set up at the downtown Klamath Falls postofflce, but Is seldom used. . The' new drop, he said. Is held open until the last minute, and is plainly 'marked "Air Mall." He, said air' mall dropped In "outgo ing" or other dropa must be picked up early for separation from other malls. If the plane Is late here, Langslet said the air mall drop would' be held opon. , , . ,., ; , FRIDAY,, MARCH 7, 15Z fore that time. Kalcr's candidacy for Coroner as sures a contest for that office on the Demo ballot In May, and prob' ably there won't be a contest for the office In November. Dr. George II. Adler, Incumbent, Is also a Democrat and Is seeking re-election. Un until noon today there was no Republican candidate. Jim Kuler. 35, operates Knicrs Ambulance service and said in an nouncing his lor bid for the Coroner job that since his work generally puts him on the scene of violent deaths very quickly, he believes he can handle 1110 work 01 uie (cor oner. 1 In Oregon Coroner docs not have to be a physician. Kuler Is experi enced In first aid work and for several years ha been a Deputy Sheriff. He also served for a time as member of the Klumath Falls City Council. Mike Wlllloms, well known in Klumath Cnuntv Democratic cir cles, apparently will be unopposed Ifor that party's nomination for .County Commissioner. There are two Republican candidates, Ed Go- wen, incumoent, ana iToy v. iuv, who filed Wcdnesduy. Williams Is present Msster of the Klamath Pomona Orange. The appearance of another Re publican In the already many-sided race for County Assessor is was m at noon. He Is A. R. Dickson of Henley, .hn fnr about 3 vcars was chlel clerk and accountant for Ewauna Box Company, and prior to mat was a high school teaencr. The sole Republican candidate previously announced was Austin Haydcn, and the three Demo candi dates are Otis Melsker. incumbent; Tom H.is, employe unaer Meuner; and Gene Loomls, co - owner of Loomls Gloss Company. Douglas Still Won't Run . , SALEM I Supreme pourt Justice William O. Douglas asked Oregon Democrats Friday not to ud.iH their votes on htm In the state's Democratic presidential pri mary May 16. Douslas. whose name was filed Thursday against his wishes, sent a telegram Friday to secretary 01 State Earl T. Newbry, buying a 1100 page , In the state's voter's pamphlet. . This Is what Douglas will have printed in the pamphlet, which the state sends to every registered vot er: "As I have previously advised the secretary of state, my name has been entered In the Oregon pri mary aa a candidate for President against my expressed wishes. 'I am not a candidate, will not become a candidate, and will not sanction directly or Indirectly any movement to make me a candidate. "The Oregon voters should know this-so that they may not waste their votes. "I have a high regard for every call to public service but I be lieve my place In public life is on the court." Foresters Plan Alturas Meeting Shastii Cascade Chapter - of the American Society of Foresters is slated to meet next Friday at Mary s in Alturas, Chairman Bob Cooper announced today. Paul Keenc, Forest Experiment Station, Berkeley, will speak on bugs and beetles, emphasizing bee tle Infestations. About 6 foresters from through out the Klamath Basin arc espect- ed to attend. FISH COUNT PORTLAND liTT The upstream movement of fish past Bonneville Dam Thursday; Chinook 1, steel head 1. ' GRINNING BROADLY is R.' F. Beland, whose job is chief bellhop at the Win ema Hotel; He lives at 2234 Autumn. .,'. '..''.;' in Z( n Telephone (111 No. tin Asked Truman Sees Decline Of Red Empire WASHINGTON" IB President Truman forecast Friday the "ulti mate decay of the Soviet slave world," provided free nations build up their military strength. . But, he told Congress, the free world cannot rearm adequately without continued American help. Submitting to Congress the first Security program. President Tru mun made his third plea in 24 hours for the plan's approval. KADIO PLEA He told Congress, still talking about scaling down the program de spite his 7,500-word special mes sage to Congress. Thursday fol lowed by a direct radio-TV plea 10 tne nation mursaay. "The ultimate decision between free world and slave world lies In the balance. ... "For the nations of Western Eu rope, the year 1953 may well be Die critical time In the defense buildup, bringing the period be tween extreme vulnerability and effective preparedness." Friday's report went far beyond his message to Congress and the address to the nation In supporting arguments for the Mutual Security Program, the official name for the combined foreign military and eco nomic aid programs. ACCOMPLISHMENTS TOLD The President outlined the thlna-s already accomplished In the Joint rearmament drive touched off by the outbreak of the Korean war as well as Itemizing how new funds will be spent and what can be expected. But even administration sup porters conceded that the program faces a tough time In this election- year Congress. The President aald "neutralism." which he defined as "the ostrich like disposition to ignore the reality ol the Soviet threat," has steadily declined as confidence in the Ires world' defense- hu grown, . H -eaid (not.. one- nation has turned irom ' the path of coopera tion" and that this country's At lantic Allies In Europe, including Greece and Turkey, have increased their standing armies in the post two years by more than half a million men. The quality of the troops, he said, has also Increased. The President said the power of Communism in the Western Eu ropean countries has declined.-It remains a threat in France and Italy, although Its power has been "very substantially reduced'" In those countries during the past five years. Korean Reds Stage Riot TOKYO (VP) A thousand Communist-led Koreans paraded around the Japanese Parliament building Friday carrying placards opposing any Japanese treaty with South Korea. Hundreds ol police rushed to the scene. The Koreans demanded to see the Speaker ol tne House ana the President of the Senate. They streamed into the Parliament build ing shortly before noon. They carried placards reading: "Don't let Syngman Rhee sign treaties with Japan." Rhee is Pres ident of the Republic ol (South) Korea. They called it a puppet government. . The demonstrators, sympathetic to Communist North Korea,, want Parliament to intercede In . con ference being held between Japan and South Korea. After an hour and - a half, the demonstrators disbanded- peaceful ly. . - ; , Good Weekend Weather Seen PORTLAND W) The Weather Bureau reported Friday that this was expected to be a dandy week end, witn sunny sues ana mua afternoon temperatures over nearly all the state. . Southeastern Oregon will ." get some clouds, forecasters said, but no rain Is in prospect. Some of the early morning temperatures will be chilly, but afternoon highs will go to around 50 degrees east of the mountains and 68 in the west. Friday morning's 24-hour tem perature report had identical read ings of 54 high and 33 low . for juigcne, Hoseourg ana aaiem, . , Sldrts Are Being ; Worn Fuller Now CORAL GABLES, Fla. (41 J.H, Lawson, a chain store- supervisor, couldn't believe his eyes. When he hollered "drop It", at two women, . nere s wnat ne said fell out of their -skirts:, Ten steaks, two hams, two pack ages of sliced ham and four chick ens. . The women were charged Thurs day with shoplifting. . 1 ''' STOPPING RED SUPPLIES Navy pilots from the Air craft Carrier U.S.S. Antietam leave this train burning on ' the tracks in North Korea after a sudden strike. The Antietam is part of a fast carrier task force operating off the coast of Korea. Their sudden strikes are designed to disrupt the Communists' flow of war material. , Five Presidential Hats Tossed In Oregon Ring As Petition Deadline Nears SALEM I The number of Re publican candidates in- Oregon's May 16 presidential primary was boosted to five Friday as petitions were filed to enter Gov. Warren of California and Oregon's Sen. Morse. Both were filed by petitions cir culated by Mrs. Fred Gronnert. Portland, an active, supporter of Gen. MacArthur. The strategy of the MacArthur supporters in' en tering Warren and Morse is to di vide the vote among Mac Arthur's opponents. Warren is a willing candidate, having announced he would file his own candidacy some time Friday. But Morse bitterly denounced tne entry of his name, as he is a sup- Cigaret Sale Crackdown On Stricter enforcement 'of the sta tute Dertauunav to sale Of cigarets to minora under 18 years of age waa forecast today by city officials and the district attorney's office. Police .Chief Orvllle Hamilton said, recently he had numerous complaints of smoking by minors. Botn Hamilton ana Mayor Kooen Thompson agreed one of the main faults lay in Ignorance of mer chants of the law concerning sale to minors. The statute provides a maximum fine ot 1100 for the first offense; a maximum of $500 fine or 30 days in Jail lor the second offense and a mandatory jau term up ra ju days or the third offense. The city has no ordinance cov ering illegal sale of cigaret to minors or possession by minors. It Is covered in state laws. The district attorney's office Te- vealed persons having cigaret vend ing macrunes on ousiness premises are liable the same as merchants who sell illegally over the counter to minors.. The statute also provides a max imum of 5 fine for illegal posses sion of clgareta by minors under 18 years of age. Diary Hottest Thing In D.C. WASHINGTON Ifl The strange case of an American general's diary which fell into Communist hands engrossed Capitol Hill Fri day and may become the subject 01 a congressional inquiry. The Army announced Thursday that an anti-American book, circu lating behind the Iron curtain con tained stolen excerpts from a diary kept by Moj. Gen. Robert W. Grow while he was military attache in Moscow. In it the general expressed belief that war with Russia is im minent Chairman Vinson (D.-Ga.,V of the House Armed Services Com mittee said he had been Informed ol the incident.- Asked if his com mittee would inquire Into the cir cumstances he replied: -i . "There . won't i be any inquiry about that this-week." . The imnllcation was that Vinson would await further information be fore deciding whether his commit tee 'should delve into : the ' matter. These Profs Are A Touchy Bunch BIRMINGHAM.. Eng. Wl Judge and turv insnected the noted math ematician,-Lancelot Hogben, in a witness box Thursday- and ' agreed he'i looks, drunk when he's cold Hogben's old s friend. . Thillp Cloake. a neurology professor at Birmingham University, also testi fied Hogben "was likely to be-mts-taken for. A drunken man when he was quite sober;" i - ' . ' So Magistrate Paul Sandlands dismissed a drunken driving charge growing from Hogben's arr rest after he backed his car into two other cars. Hogben, 86, is professor. of med-: leal statistics at Birmingham -University. He wrote "Mathematics for the Millions",1 a best-selling book explaining the' complexities of mathematics. ' :; ; . , . , t i V 7A '-rt A porter of Gen. Eisenhower. Besides Gen. MacArthur. who requested withdrawal of his nim. the other candidates will be Harold r,. wassen ana oen. Elsenhower. Friday was the ' last day of the filing 'period.-and there -was a. imh. sibilfty that Sen. Taft's name might be entered before the S p.m. dead line. - . . . The Taft' petitions were beinir circulated by Jack Travis. Hood Kiver publisher, who oDooses Taft. Taft did not wish to enter the Ore- gone primary. On the Democratic side. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who said he didn't want to be a candidate, was entered in the pri mary late Thursday. Tne- only other candidate is Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee, but peti tions tor - Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois were expected Friday. Oregon tnus is assured' its most exciting presidential primary in many years. At stake are the state's 18 Re publican and 12 Democratic votes at tne national ' conventions. The -' candidates for delegates must sign pledges to support who ever wins the presidential primar ies, except in the cases of the hand ful of candidates for delegates who filed by petition. ROSS RAGLAND Ragland Heads Tule Rotary ' TULELAKE Ross Ragland manager of the Tulelake Cold Stor age Co. is the hew president of the Rotary Club. He was elected dur ing the luncheon meeting Wednes day. Ragland has also served as crest- dent of the 'chamber of commerce and has been active in the Interest of the; annual Rotary sponsored Junior 'livestock show, establish ment ofs local fair district, a hospital. and other civic Improve ments, v ; , i .' ; Other newly elected officers in cludeDan Crawford Sr., vice pres ident: Doug Thomas, secretary; A. A. Rodenberger, treasurer. Newly elected members of the board are W. G. McClymonds, Dick McDou- gal, Al Porter and E-.Webb Statin ton. . The officers elect go to Berkelev in May to attend a conference in preparation for next years work. Charles K. Wiese was program chairman. . . No Bidders On Timber Tract t:There were no bidders Thursday on. a small block of timber of fered for sale by the Rogue River National ynrest. ; The stand, on about 8 acres of land, , lies northwest of Pelican Guard Station. It Is supposed to contain about 87,000 board feet of pine and 148,000 board feet of fir Plus -132,000 feet ot other species of timber. ... !... . Worker Mistakes Four Officers For returning Thugs -BULLETIN- new CANDIDATE Mariut Petarton, 3000 j PaHorson St., filed' this afternoon ' a$ a candidate for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket,' '' 8EATTLE W A country club dishwasher, mistaking four officers for returning safecrackers, shot and killed a deputy sheriff and wounded two others early Friday in a tragedy of confusion. Four safecrackers had tied the dishwasher,. Ralph Bishop, 63, and two watchmen nearly two hours Thieves Nab $100,000 From NASI OUONSET POINT. R. I. Ml Two masked men carrying short, stubby revolvers held up the Quon- set Point Naval Air Station Credit Union Friday and escaped with siuu,uuu m casn. Naval Station officers said the bandits fled in a green sedan, rac ing through the air station gate at 50 miles an hour. Three Marines were on duty at the gate. . Government funds were not in volved. Gerald Lynch of Apponaug, R. I., the Credit Union manager, and Thomas Smith, civilian guard, were about to carry the funds in can vas sacks from their parked cars at the rear of the building when the bandits drove up. - Lynch said the gunmen jumped out of their car, waved the guns at them and one of them said: NOT KIDDING "We're not kidding." Lynch said the two men grabbed the money sacks. Jumped into their green sedan and fled. One of the Marines at the gate Jumped into a car and gave chase out was unaoie to ovenaae tne fleeing bandits.' The bandit's car. later was louna aoanaonea ana ablaze about five miles from the air station. - .. : -v -- "The bandits' were wearing green navy fatigue clothes and Halloween masks.- Lynch said. - Lynch received the money a tew minutes earlier from the Naval dis bursing department to cash pay checks for civil service employes on the air station. CHECKS CASHED - The $100,000 was the proceeds of a check Lynch said the disburs ing officer cashed for him. The Credit Union is an organiza tion composed largely of civilian employes at the station.; Its assets are listed at ai.aoo.uou. The air station is located in the southern part of Rhode Island, on Narragansett Bay. . State police threw up road blocks throughout the area surrounding the air station and on all roads leading into and away from the station. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California: Partly sunny Friday, becoming clear Friday night and Saturday. High Friday 43. High Saturday 47. High temp yesterday Low last night Preclp Mar. Since Oct. 1 Normal for period . Last year same period ...12.45 f Additional Weather on Page 4 s-rt-. ..-ia--4u.t wa-WM4 -di'a 1R : .03 ..i12.9 8.41 e 1 I- v ' I ' i'' 1 n ; .(-. V .s,f f - ;n n INJURED BOY COMFORTED - An unidentified woman , comforts Robert Swindle, 4, who was seriously injured when struck by an automobile in Oakland, Calif,. The im- pact knocked off the youngster's favorite "grown-up" rub ber boots. At the hospital he was listed in fair condition. : The driver of the car was not cited. : -. ,? " - ' earlier .while they looted the tafe oi tne exclusive ingiewood Golf Club on an estimated 8,000 to $10,000. ' Sheriff's - Deputy Norman Bilk- worth, waa killed and two nthera inec wounnea as they responded to tha burglary call at 8:30 a.m. Sheriffs Detective Claude Do&l, 44, waa wounded seriously but Is expected to recover. Deputy William Ran decker, 36, , was not seriously wounded. The officer were, fellml with blasts from an automatic pistol as they entered the clubhouse north of Seattle cautiously after the safe cracking report, . .... . ROPES CUT' Bishop told officers he had freed himself earlier by working his way to a meatblock and: sawing the ropes from his arma and Ibm. h said he then had gone to hla room, got his automatic and two extra clips and hid in the attic for "more man an nour."- - .; Officers said the safecracker, an. parently finished their Job and left ' while Bishop was in hiding. In the meantime, the two watchmen,-Llovd Cannon Jr..- 18. and Cyrus- T. Dorsey, freed themselves, ran. to a nearoy nom and called the sheriff s office. . ,.. The- three, officers' were ahoi aa they entered the clubhouse with State. Patrolman James Tehar, . im safecrackers had! gamed en trance to the clubhouse about 3:30 m. by a ruse.' One of them knocked at the' door and reported a companion was trapped beneath an overturned car. , ; DOOB LOCKED Cannon and Dorsey. ausDlcioua. left the front door locked ad went out the kitchen door to talk to the man. The three others sprang out of the darkness with, drawn pistols. Both watchmen were tied. Then the dishwasher' was routed from . bed and tied with. them. Officers said Bishop worked himself free while the safecrackers still were at work. Bishop said he -was trying to tel ephone the club president when he was caught by sUprlse by the officers' entrance. He broke down and wept when he realized what had happened.' Ranriecker said he and the other officers announced they ' were of ficers as they walked into the club house. Tne oiswasner is paruy deaf and wears a hearing aid. The dazed man told Sheriff Har lan S. Callahan later: "I was crouched down behind the desk when I heard them coming In. I dtdnt know- who they were. I thought they-were the itlckup men. I guess. One looked like an officer, with you Know an O. JX olive drab Jacket."; ;. .' ' -. Three of the officers were In uni form. Only Dodd was in plain clothes. .-. - ',; CAB Ponders Air Line Case WASHINGTON (IP) The Issues of expanded Pacific Northwest air line service and by whom rested in the lap of the Civil Aeronautics Board Friday. - - . . . The board took under advisement Thursday night the complicated case Involving Empire, West Coast and United Air Lines. ., Hie case involves particularly the requests of residents for . In creased "feeder line" service in the rapidly growing Columbia Ba sin area of Washington State. Five Idaho and Washington members of Congress added their pleas for ex tended services. . ' Both Empire and West Coast are seeking the right to extend their services. United is opposing both extensions and has asked permis sion to fly in and out of Walla Walla without the present necessity of stopping at Pendleton. The. board, also will have before It later , the proposed merger, of Empire and West Coast. v