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HERALD AND NKWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OKWiON
SATURDAY, MARCH 20. 1052
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
III. in Ml mil l II I.W.I, I I 1 1 ip II llt I HHl
FORM YOUR OPINION i
50PIC: "Why don't mort people reflliter and vote,
end what tan w do about It?" ,
QUESTIONS POSED
1. Do the people who do not vott generally reallia their
roiponiibllltlAi and privilege! In that direction?
Y.i ( ) No ( , )
2. 1$ "polling Indifference" purely a lack of education
at to whera poll and raglitration tpoft are locatad?
Ye. ( ) No )
3. Should organiiations luch at Register and Vote, Inc.,
put out more effort to accomplish Its job?
y.i ( ) No i ) .;
4. Ar. lom. p.opl. "fed up" with voting b.cauia thty
don't fe.l on. vol. mor. or l.n do.i any good any
way? Y.i ( ) - No ( )
5. It there an organized political "voting machine", in
Klamath County? ,
Y.i ( ' ) No ( ) '
6. Should political partial participate) In getting p.opl.
out to vote?
Y.i ( ) No ( )
7. If voting rulei and r.gulatiom war. chang.d so .lec
tion day wai a holiday would mor. p.ool. vot. b
caut. of the conveni.nc. In voting time?
Y.i ( ) No ( )
8. Why don't mor. people r.glit.r and vot., and what
can w. do about it?
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By BILL JKNKINS
You think the cost of national
defense Is too high?
If you don't you're on the out
side locking in, for most people
are convinced that our steadily
mountain bill for preparedness
militarily will prove the final straw
in bankrupting the country.
And yet perhaps Uiere are a few
extenuating circumstances.
Secretary of Defense Lovett ves-
tefday made the statement that (if
there is no upsurge of hostilities distance of course. Troops will
in Korea) this country for the next b involved. The government has
year will spend about a hundred ,a9pted.,a cagy principle of never
and sixty seven million ($167,000.- lf? pu. c ,vhat sn-
000) dollars per day for military whRl "!e resul.ls ,wuere.r mvihing
defense jelse. Its events like this, cloaked
The average man cannot compre- in secrecy, that make the taxnay
hend that much money. It s be- " wonder if his defense dollar is
ond his grasp. Even your tax ' bemR sPenl r'snt-
form didn't add up to that much. I
although it might have seemed like ! The FCC has postponed until
it at the time. j May a hearing intended to
But $176 million per day figures
out at Just slightly over a dollar
a day for every man, woman and
child in the United States today.
With a dollar being worth less
than four bits now that isn't such
an awful lot of money. And it's
probably a lot less than it would
cost you to defend yourself and
your home all by your lonesome.
Sure, Granpappy and his gran
pappy and so on back to the time
of Km Arthur didn't have to
spend that much money as a na
tionbut they had their expenses,
tco.
When this country was a tiny
Kttle collection of county-sized
Mates huddling on the shores of the
Atlantic there wasn t any national
bill for defense. Great, great, great
grandfather pushed off into the set
ting sun and took his defense along
with him in the form of a long
llfle, a pouch of balls and a horn
of powder. Which probably cost
him just as much proportionately
as our tanks and planes and can
nons cost us now.
The hardy souls who settled the
west not so long ago didn't have
any huge national defense bill to
pungle up, either. But they had to
buy guns and shells and hire men
to fire 'cm, and they had to build
virtual forts in which to live to de
fend themselves against everything
from' Indians to bandits and land
thieves.
If you've checked the price of
high caliber shells lately vou know 1
WILMINGTON, N. C. m Any ,
excuse for throwing a party is a
good one.
But they have a particularly fine
excuse for an annual community
wide party here to honor a flower.
The flower is the azalea. It is as
symbolic to the people of historic
Cape Fear as the Magnolia is to
the deeper south.
"The azalea is Robert E. Lee
with petals," said cne old resident,
summing up the feeling tarbeels
have for these bushes which turn
the countryside into a rainbow of
bloom.
Right now old Wilmington, where
Lord Cornwallis once had his head-
Cain Fights
Oil Land Move
WASHINGTON (Al Sen. Cain
(R.-Wash), continuing his fight
against the government's claim
to submerged tidelands. told the
Senate Friday there is growing
concern that "an extension of the
doctrine of paramount power can
reach out and grab every resource
in the land."
Cain read letters from govern
ors or attorneys general from Ore
gon, Maryland, Georgia, Utah, Lou
isiana, Pennsylvania, South Dako
ta, and New York which he said
regard the tideland claim as "un
warranted federal encroachment
on states' rights."
The senator also read into the
record a letter from Gov. Langlie
of Washington to Interior. Secre
tary Chapman denouncing the sec
retary's recent claim to submerged
lands off the Washington coast
as "seizure of slate domain and
Jurisdiction by edict."
?
Water Survey
To Be Made
HOOD RIVER m The first of
a series of meetings to survey Ore
gon irrigation water conditions was
scheduled to open here Saturday.
W. T. Frost, head of the snow sur
vey with headquarters at Medford,
will conduct the meeting. Satur
day's was to cover North Central
Oregon.
Other dates and places March
31, Redmond, Central Oregon; Ap
ril 1, Burns, John Day-Harney Ba
sin; April 2, Pendleton, Umatilhi
Walla Walla; April 3, Enterprise,
Northeastern Oregon; April 4, On
tario, Southeastern Oregon; April
6, Lakevlew, South Central Ore
gon; April 7, Grants Pass, Southern
Oregon.
An April 11 meeting In Portland
will sum up conditions In the Col
umbia Basin.
WURLITZER
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finiihes la choose
from.
LOUIS R. MANN
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120 No. 7th
that even personal defense be
comes an expensive thing.
I doubt If a dollar and a bit is
too hiRh a price W pay ... if
it is used in the right places at
the right time.
Speaking of defense there will be
a new series ot atomic blasts In
Nevada next month. A limited
number of spectators will be al
lowed io witness these events, from
; strengthen the bars keeping book-
les irom using commercial wire
services in the country to relay
racing Information.
It seems to me that Uncle Sam
is being mighty cautious about let
ting any American lay a bet on a
horse (unless he's at the track).
But is he being so cagy about let
ting the American peoole gamble
on a race toward war?
It's getting any more so you
can't pitch pennies at a crack
without feeling the heavy hand cf
the law on your shoulder, but we
can go ahead as a nation and take
the wildest, most reckless chances
in the world in the huge gamble
with Russia. We've already gam
bled away the lives of better than
16.000 men in Korea and knew we
were stepping into a cold deck
right from the start.
If the government, be it federal,
state or local, can take away your
right to hazard a few bucks on
this or that, they can take away
your right to mace a living, too.
Given the power to stop one thing,
what's to stoo "them" from deny
ing you a license to operate a bus
iness? Sure, gambling is sometimes
crooked and a few simple souls get
cheated out of the grocery money.
But there are a lew businesses and
business practices that are even
more dishonest and cheat even
more people out of the grocery
dough. See any attempt to stop
this?
T
quarters, George Washtogton
danced, and the father of Wood
row Wilson preached, Is flooded
with thousands of visitors who have
come to pay homage to a flower.
There are a lot of other side
attractions during the unique four
day festival.
They call out the Army, the
Navy and the Marines to march in
parades, they dance in the streets
at night, they fly in a Hollywood
actress and crown her oueen, they
hold folk music concerts and a $10.-
000 golf tournament.
But the real show is 1 .000.000 or
more azalea plan's Just reaching
peak beauty. That is what 100.000
nature lovers really come to see,
and it is a tremendous demonstra
tion of the pride Carolinians have
in meir land, a mvstic kinship
with the soil built up through near
ly 3uu years.
Nobody appreciates his home
earth more or brags about it less
than a Tarheel.
He will Dermit a stranger to ad
mire it, but he doesn't care. It is
enough for him that he himself
has it to enjoy, as his gtandpappy
am oeiore him.
The three great azalea meccas
around Wilmington are Greenfield
Lake, one of America's most love
ly municipal narks, and two show-
places Airlie Gardens and famous
old Orton Plantation.
All are orchestras of color now.
studded with hundreds of varieties
of azaleas, as if the ground had
erupted in nalettes of caint rich
red, pink, white, lavender, and or
ance. Dominating the 155 acres of Air-
lie Gardens is a 39-room mansion
built by Pembroke Jones, a 19th
century rice magnate and friend of
banker J. P. Morgan. It contains
a staircase from Sir Walter Ral
eigh's home in England.
W. Albert Corbe't. an industrial
ist, brought the estate for a home
in 1947, but the gardens are onen
to the public. It cost more than
S25,ooo a year to keep them flow
ering.
Rising from the midst of a car
pet of riotous azaleas Is one of the
finest trees in the nation, a tower
ing wide spreading live oak draped
vitn epamsn moss.
It is a tree that looks like father
lime. Visitors come and stand un
der it in silence for a long time.
looking almost reverently un at Its
tremendous wrinkled arms. "It
makes you feel like you are in a
catherdral," one said.
A may who lives here says her
husband is in love with the old
oak, but she isn't Jealous of it at
all.
They say oaks like it grow for
300 years, live for 300 years, and
die for 300 years," she remarked.
Tin glad of it because I'd hate to
sec my husband outlive that tree.
"It would be the death of him."
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Oregon Farmers Forecast
Future For Agriculture
In State; Outlook Good
By MATT KRAMER increase the amount of livestock
CORVALLIS t Oregon farm feed,
leaders, hoping to hit the Jackpot Part of this would be through
they did 28 years ago. gave the development of more Irritated
state Saturday their recommend.!- pastures. But also outlined are
lions for the future. I ,vas to Increase ue of girss si-
Detailed reports by some 45D ;lage. of seed, pea fields and can
farmers and agricultural experts j "ery wastes for feed,
were laid before the state Agr.-1 There also were these recom
cultural Conference sponsored by i mcndntlons:
Oregon State College.
They listed the products they be
lieve hold promise for the future
and outlined the changes the state
will have to make to boost its
farm and forest production.
Once previously 28 years ago
Oregon State College sponsored
such a project and it proved t
winner. That conference recom
mended seed crops. What happen'
ed thereafter was spectacular. Ore'
gon now is the nation's leader in
production of grass seeds and win
ter cover crop. From an industry
that did less than a million dollars
in business that year, the sales
boomed to more than 30 million
dollars for Oregon farmers in 1950.
No one here this time could say
which of the many recommenda
tions might prove as spectacular.
But all were agreed on one thing-r
Water is the key to future Oregon
farm success.
Committee reports noted that the
now cultivates about 4 '.
million acres with scarcely any
more available for expansion. Any
increased production will have to
come from intensified cultivation,
from use of irrigation and fertili
zer. One important group, the Soil
and Water Resources Committee,
reported that fertilizer could boost
the state's production from 25 to
50 per cent.
Fertilizer, however, means more
water, both to increase plan?
growth and to keep the soil from
turning to wind-driven dust.
That in turn means more irriga
tion. Some already is on schedule.
The big Willamette Valley project,
for example, eventually will boost
the Valley's 120,000 Irrigated acres
to 750.000.
Over the state as many as 1.800,
000 acres can be Improved by irri
gation, the committee said, add
ing: "Most of the low-cost water
storage projects have already been
completed .... only the more costly
projects remain, nut oecausc oi :
increased demand for both land
and water, it is apparent that
higher costs are Justifiable botn
nr- and in the future.
The committee also said some
1, 300,000 acres could boost produc
tion by installing better drainage,
and another 300,000 acres of the
"t"''s most fertile land could come
into full production if floods enn
be Kept from them. Those are lands
along the Willamette River which
would be protected If the Valley
pr'ect is completed.
The committee noted too that the
critical problem of land erosion
will have to be solved In the Colum
bia River wheat counties. So too
will erosion In the hill section of
the Northern Willamette Vallev.
There it was recommended that
berries vegetables and nursery
crops be moved into the Valley
floor as soon as the Valley Project
provides flood protection.
Three of the 12 committees max-
Ing reports after a year's study of j
the problem recommended long
' range planning on water with state
laws drawn up to protect water
; rights of farmers cities industry
' and wildlife resources.
One committee suggested that
the state pass a ground water law
! to prevent the water table from
dronnlng too low.
Cities were advised to double
water storage capacity to take care
of another million in population 25
years from now. Farmers were
urged to build at least 3.000 on
farm storage dams In addition to
the large public projects that may
provide irrigation for a million
acres.
In general the reports envision
greater development of seed crops
with emphasis on quality; more
vegetable crops in Western Ore
gon; more sheen in Western Ore
gon; and a widespread change in
the ranges of Eastern Oregon.
The ranies there would be for
the use of adult cattle only. Once
calves are weaned they would bo
(hipped to special feeding areas,
mostly In Western Oregon, where
Ingenious methods can be used to
Beef cattle The outlook Is
good, especially for increased meat
sales to California. Wild meadow
hr.y production can be increased
bv use of fertilizer but there is
little chance otherwise of increas
ing the public range. Development
of Irrigated pastures, and other
feed sources in Western Oregon
can bcost production. Greater use
locally of Umatilla County nea en
silage and Umapine hay crop, usu
ally exported, also can help.
Hogs Can more than double
in number If the feed problem can
be solved. Grain hes proved too
expensive. Substitute feeds arc
needed.
Sheen Lamb and wool mar
kets are encouraalng. The Live
stock Committee reported "sheen
production m Western Oreson of
fers one of the most attractive
opportunities in the livestock
field." More pasture Is expected
to develop for sheep in the western
part of the state with California
offering an increasing market.
Angora goats Little commer
cial value now but may become
important in. brush clearing in
Western Oregon. More than a mil
lion acres of Western Oregon have
grown beck to brush in recent
years, and these goats can restore
them to grazing.
Kaomts A wonder an mal in
its own right, producing meat at
low cost, Dut the market is uncer
tain and the future unpredictable.
It is most likely to remain a back
yard industry.
Dairy some increase is seen
with the trend continuing away
from butter and butterfat produc
tion. While milk will be the pro
duct. The West Coast can use more
than it has, but costs and prices
will determine whether there is ex
pansion. Poultry An increase is nrob-
able until supply meets local de
mand. The state consumed 25 per
cent more eggs than produced here
lasi year ana 20 per cent more
broilers. Some expansion also Is
possible In shipping hatching eggs
to California.
Turkeys Oregon is in good
position to continue to compete for
a sun expanding u. S. market.
Forage In addition to in
creased production on wild mea
Hn th Vvoorfl .n
dows, the state needs an increase
frnitl thA OiA Ofl florae nf nlfnlln
nrnrini-Pri In ioiB t. L,i inn win
pastures In Western Oregon and
greater development of grass and
pea field silage.
Hons Production can be in
creased by use of sprinkler Irriga
tion, but the market argues against
any acreage increase. Farming
families may find this a good,
small, part-time cash crop.
Sugar Beets Almost exclu
k rS ,i, 1"
rrni w&t t w or
Z&l.ZXt 'hC.,C, ?
exchange on whether foreign na
vhVnils n ihihr inriinn n
tions will take to it as a food, and
whether ways can be found to
make it important in industry and
stock raising. Soil erosion is seri
ous. Soil improvement is needed
along with more research on the
use of fertilizer, which promises to
be of great aid. Barley, most of
the malting variety, has come up
fast in recent years, but it is a
crop of considerable hazard.
Freight rates also work to the dis
advantage ol this crop. Corn Is of
importance only In a few localities
where a high yield can be obtained,
Oats will remain a standard al
though it Is not a cash crop. It is
planted almost entirely for on-farm
leedlng.
Seeds A continued Increase is
seen for all grasses, especially If
uregon can continue to outpoint
FOR YOUR LENTEN MENUS
COTTAGE
FRESH! MADE IN KLAMATH FALLS!
CHEESE
SK FOR THI CSATIH lAKf -COTTA0I
CMIUI item 100k
other areas on yield and quality.
More crop rututlon Is needed in
.'ionic sections, especially ior ladlno
clover. Hairy Vetch, common vetch
nnd red clover all are recommend
ed on proper soil.
. Fruits No expansion seen. The
advice from near experts is to be.iafe
conservative in planning, to go on
u financing bn.-Ls that anticipates
lenn yellrs. For apples, prunes,
cherries and peaches, the udvlec
is to keep acreago at Us present
level.
Vegetables A big Increase was
made In this field because of the
cunned and frozen packs. A con
tinued Increase Is expected os Irri
gation becomes available. The em
phasis again should be on quality.
More mechanization and larger
fields are expected.
Bulbs Foreign competition se
vere. Must concentrate on quality.
Mint Mint fields are shifting
from the lower Columbia where
yields are falling off. to the Willa
mette Valley and Malheur County.
This is expected with mint, which
usually must move after some
scars because of disease. The Mill
heur County product currently Is
uriced lower because of a "harsh"
taste.
Berries More red raspberries
can be planted tf on well-drained
soil. For other berries the outlook
is doubtful although thev mav hold
their own if quality and yield cai;"' .5,"e Negro M;r'" '""
bers. "O d Black Joe, "Nellie Vvas
be Increased.
Nuts The market is uncertain
for filberts. Walnut acreage
remain the same.
Hells Canyon
Opponents
Chance Set
WASHINGTON Ml Opponents
01 tnc controversial JTo million dol-
lar Hells Canyon dam on the Snake
Kiver at the Idaho-Oregon border
will have their innings next week
bclorc a House Interior subcom
mittee, which was In recess Satur
uay. The committee will cross-examine
government witnesses Monday
and then give three days for foes
of the proposed power dam to have
their way.
Supporters wound 'up three days
of testimony Friday, , with spokes
men for labor groups, rural elec
tric co-operatlvcs, other farm or
ganizations, phosphate fertilizer
supplies and chambers of com
merce urging the dam's construc
tion
Durlng Friday's session several
congressmen questioned whether
ihe Snake carried enough water
for a big government power dam
without jeopardizing irrigation In -
Proponents all testified they were
convinced the Hells Canyon dam
.nllM ,,- h.niii . .i,
Northwcst lhu1 8 series of dams
Northwest than a series of dams
Among those who appeared be
fore the subcommittee Friday were
Charles Buker, Walla Walla. Wash.,
president of the Inland Waterways
Assn.; Angus Mcuonaia, National
Farmers Union assistant legisla
tive secretary here; John GcorRC,
Lewlston, Idaho director of the
National Rural Electric Co-opera
tive Assn.; Frank Stewart. We-
inalcte' Wash- secretary of the
Columbia , R 1 v e r Development
League, "and Richard Schaefer,
Lewiston lumber dealer.
Oldest Pilot To
Try Out Jets
LOS ANGELES lift James W.
Montee. 89. won't let his age Inter
fere with his ambition to keep up
with aviation progress. So on April
Fool's Day he gets a ride in a
Jet fighter plane. .
Montee. the nation's oldest pi
lot, who owns his own light plnno,
has been granted permission to go
on a Jet flight and he's already
passed his physical examination.
Mal. Gen. Vernon Megec, com
mander of the Pacific Air Fleet
Marino Force, said the chief of
naval operations In Washington pjt
the final OK to Montee's April 1
ride in a jet plane. .
A
DANCE at DORRIS
10 TIL 2 SATURDAY NITE
Music By YERN EMLEY
and his HARMONY KINGS
DORRIS CITY HALL
Sponsored Ey Dorris Boys' Club
ci Inul a Creed'' In dome prominent
place . , ns a reminder to all
who desire to become a candidate
or those who should voir. I also
bellevo the creed should bn tnuuhl
In uur schools alung with the
pledge tu uur (lug . . , ii hd bn
so Impressed on uur children':!
minus they will nut forgot, their
duties ns lutuie cllksciis of this
ureal country.
Mm, t'nrrle A, linillsh
American Legion Auxiliary
"I believe hi the United States
of America ns a government of
the people, by Iho people, for the
people: whose lust powers are de
rived from tho consent of the bov
iM'iicd; n democracy In a repub
lic: a ovcielKH nation uf many
sovereign sliitrs: n perfect union,
one and ln.'eprable, established
(rom those principles of freedom,
enuallty, Justice ni I humanity lor
which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes.
"I therefore believe It inv duly
to my country to love It, to tun
uorl Hi Constitution, to obey its
laws, to respect Its flag and to
defend It against all enemies."
AM KM
KLAMATH FALLS As to the
letter ot Mr. Harold Thompson . . .
1 snv Amen! Are we American or
aren't we? Sometimes I wonder
when I rer.d of the horrible carry
ing on ot Ihe people thai happen
to be of a (illicit nt color than we
Suupoc those people of differ
ent color refused to answer the
cull to arms when our country
calls . . .
What do vou suppose would hap
pen. I shudder to think. Gallantly,
thev answer the cull: they fight,
ihfv Hive their life, vet they coll i
live among us . . . Oh no! Their
skin is of a different color . .
Americans? I am ashamed.
Americans, let's be Americans.
Airs. Dan Sebrro
:m Reclamation
Rotary Hears
School Talks
Pupils from the country schools
entertained the Rotary Club Friday
noon at the WllUrd Hotel with n
musical and speech program.
The boys and girls glee club of
the Falrhavcn School eighth glade
Lady ' and "uoin' to tsnoui u
Over Ood's Heaven." They were
directed by their teacher. Mrs.
Georglanna Lledlke.
Karl Tlchenor ot Allamont
School and Mary Lou Kerr of Fair
haven spoke on soli conservation.
Conservation studies arc lied as
a part of art, English composition
and speech work It was explained
i)v Carol Howe, who was chairman
of the day. A dlilerent phase 01
conservation Is taken up in each
ol five school grades along with
the other studies, he said.
President Warren Beimel an
nounced tlint the Rotary Y Equip
ment Fund had reached SlllU.'ij.
This lund comes from voluntary
donations and "fines' from club
members, to purclme equipment
ior inc x nccrcuuun wiuu.
Twin Sisters
Vin Divorce
LOS ANGELES Wi Superior
Judge Benjamin J. Schelninan war,
almost hearing double as he grant
ed twin sisters divorces from Jo
seph S., and Ellis 11. George.
Shirley Bnd Glorya, 20. corrobor
ated each other's cruelty charge!
ugalnsl the George brothers.
"I could hear Joe. He was al-
I fW hollering t Shirley," said
tiory. ...,
' always hear Harry yelling
"12r)!1'; Bld ?hlriey
1.80" M husbands on Aug.
; 17. They had been married In a
' nitiiDic ceremony un inriaiiiiun
Eve, 1950.
Pleasant Weather
Seen For Nation
By The Associated Press
A fairly pleasant week-end an
pea red In prospect with generally
fair weather and mild tempera
tures over most of the country Sat
urday. It was on the chilly side again
early Saturday, In parts of the
M'd - West. The coldest tempera
tures were In tinner Michigan end
Northwestern Wisconsin dropping
to near zero In some areas.
I
CONTRACT
SALEM I Donald M. Drake
Co., Portland, Frldny was awarded
a contract to build a 108-foot vlp.
duct to carry Southern Piclllc
Railroad tracks over (he West
Portland-Hubbard Highway.
The State Highway Commission
awarded the contract on Drake's
'ow' bid of S44.960. Thirteen other
bids were higher.
SINUS INFECTIONS
DR. E. M. MARSHA
Saeremfalty TruUi
EtfllMlvt Method
tU N. 7th Fbont TM
Cltlraprsell Phritrl
AIIC'm
WASHINGTON I Before the
steel depute gels itiore fouled up,
or explodes, here's a run-down on
i how it got that way.
I Late Inst November Philip Mur
ray's CIO steelworken and the
j: steel Industry bcKiin tiillclnt abpul
;a pay Increase
The CIO w unled a boost of about
18 1 . cents all hour, plus other
benefits. The stcelworkers now
Bonanza Wins
Debate Crown
Hie county "B" debate title was
claimed by Bonanza High School
.tills werk. Uontinxii debaters lues-
day defeated a Mulln High School
'team In a debate on "Conscription
of All Americans During Time of
! War".
'flic win allows Bnnatira to enter
I two detainers In the Mute "B"
tournament to be held nest Fri
day and Saturday at Eugene. The
duo named for the Eugene trip
i was Murgy Brown and Elua Flu-hur-h.
i Teams debating Tuesday were:
Mulln (afllrinatlve) Phylisa John-
noil and Barbara llavlinii, inrgii.
live) Elizabeth Bunnel and Kath-
i leen Wilson: Bonanza lalllrmatlvrl
iMarv Jo Menchiun and Mnrgy
I Brown uiomtlvri Sandra Linus
and Elna Fltzhuuh.
The debate wns judged by
.Charles iChuckl Woodhousc, Klam
ath Unlrn High School speech do-
'partment.
Cars Pile Up
Nesr.Chemult
i
Eight persons were shaken lip
I and two cars badly damaged last
nlr;hl In a two-car aniushup on the
! Highway 97 curve Just south of
Chemult.
I A northbound car driven by
Thomas E. Spencer. Portland, a
University of Orexon student,
failed to make the curve and skid
ded Into a southbound vehicle
driven by William F. Vincent,
Happy Camp. Calif.
' Both cars ended In a .snowbank.
Passengers in the Spencer ear
were Thomas McGinnla and Put
Ryan. Portland, and Marsha Hodg
son. Ross. Calif.
Vincent's passengers were h)
wife and two children.
Atom Tests Slated
For Late April
WASHINGTON i.Tl Atomic tests
to be held In Nevada the fourth
week In April w.ll fie witnessed
by a limited number of new.imen
and Civil Defense officials.
Ihe Atomic Energy Commission
news services, newspapers, peri
odicals, radio, television, ncwsreels
and photo news services will be
allocated quotas."
The federal Civil Defense Admin
istration will Invite stale and ter
ritorial Civil Deleave officials, the
announcement said.
It added that tests will Include
"troop participation."
, r
"Durlina vour evitt at
like ieweli from Rlckyi"
T I
average Just under S3 an hour.
The steel Industry sulci It could
li'l giiind such a rlM uiilesa Ihe
government, which controls wanes
and prices, let It raise prices, too.
The talks broke down. The union
threatened to ktrlke Jun. 1, one
day after Us contract with Uio
iiinuslry ended.
President Truman could have de
Inyrd the strike 80 days by using
the Taft-Hartley Act through which
the government can get a court
order forbidding a alrlko for about
thul length of lime.
But the union would have been
free to strike at the end ol thus
Bo duyi If no settlement had been
reached In that time. Besides,
Truman has suld publicly ho doca-
n't like T-H.
I So he asked the union and indus
try to let the Wage binbllliatlon
Board IWSBi. which alu on wages,
jio consider the case. And, until the
board gave an opinion, Truman
asked tlie union not to itrlke. U
agreed.
The 18-man WSB tlx members
represent Industry, six labor and
hm the public begun hearing
both sides. It held a number uf
I sessions. And lad week, on March
i'JO, the labor and public members
iiiiade a recommendation:
It would give the union. In In
stallments, a pay boost ol around
17 j cents an hour, plus other
n.oncy benefits and a union shop.
In a union shop all eligible em
ployes must Join lo keep their Jobr.
j there Is depute on Just how
much the union would benefit un
'der the WSU recommendations.
One Industry spokesman saya the
total might come lo 41 'i cents an
'hour. But this much was certain:
i The WSB recommendation was
simply an opinion. It wasn't com
pulsory on the union or on Industry
to accept. The union said it would
! occcpr.
But the Industry aald It couldn't
grant Ihe Increase unleas the gov
ernment, through Its Office of
Price ' Stabilization iOPSi, let It
have a price Increase, figured to
i run around 113 a ton by Industry
! estimates. OPS officials had pre
viously said the Industry, out of
Its large profits, could afford a
wage Increase without rata I n t
prices.
The net result: The union and
Ihe Industry are back where they
started lust November, except that
Ihe union has the recommendation
of WSB to support Its demands,
lor whatever that Is worth.
The big question: Would the pay
boost recommended by WSB, 11 It
went Into elect, smah the gov
ernment's eflorts to a I a b 1 1 1 s e
wages? WSB Chairman Nathan
Fcinalnger says there's nothing un
stablllring about It. Defense Mobll
l.cr Charles Wilson says it's a
threat lo stabilization.
If Ihe union wins, other unions
probably will troop in. looking lor
more of the same. And if steel
prices go up very lar, other IndiLv
tries which depend on steel will
certainly want to raise their prices.
Ihe union wania action and a
raise. It's threatening to strike In
another week or so. Once again
the government has lo try to find
a solution. Wilson has been con
ferring with hla top aides,
In the end President Truman
may huve to step In again. If alt
his other efforts fall, he can al
ways ute the Taft-Hartley act
which can delay a strike 80 days
but can't stop it after that lime.
The govornmeui has no final power
to stop a steel strike.
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