Truman Claims 'H
Is IMIof Casididlai,r
e mMi 44
ily I.HNi'.l.T II, VACCAIIO
WiHIIINUTON President
Trillium convinced nil but tlio moat
Muliljinn Truiiinii die-hinds Mon
iliiy Unit tin In "driill-pinof" mid
Hunt thcin un a desperate, hunt for
u new Democratic standard bearer.
Muuy seemed Inclined to ko
nliiiiu with hln own apparent choice
ill Oov, Stevenson ol Illinois If
Hlevniu-oit will but ttfrer avowed
n i-hMriillnl candidate ulri-ndy In
Hln Held clnluird now support mid
brlglitalird primprcls.
The alwuya unpredictable, though
M'lduin drninulla 'I'rutiiiui outdid
hlnmelf Saturday nlKlit when near
the mid of n "given 'cm hell"
speech nuiilnnt thti Republicans lit
ii UOO-u-phile D-nincratlu rally, he
depnrlrd from hln prepared text to
any:
"I shall nut be a ciiiullilutn for
re-election, I have served my coun
ry long mid, I think, efficiently
and honestly.
"I shall not accept a ronnmlna-
L . H $K 35w tVL w
weraw ami icew
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
ii The
Ily HUNK JKNKINM
President Trinnun nayn he won't
be a candidate lor re-election and
will not accept a rcnomlnatlon.
Were you aurprlned?
If no. you shouldn't have been
What happened In New Hampshire
and Minnesota provicim me up-on.
llelore New Hampshire and Mtn
liOKOla. 11 looked like Truman wan
Uio while hope of the P'alr ixal
buroaiicralN. and the weiiare turn
ers, Every tlino he Mild sometliliiK
I hat neeinrd Ui Indicate he mliihl
not run ami n. these wormien nniv
ered In their tmoln. An noon as
thev could speak throuKh their
chatlerlnit teeth, they nnld to him:
"Hons, you cant DO THIS TO
W. If you don't run. WH ItE OUTI
"You ve hot 10 run.
Pin vourself In Triminn'n place
Personally, I've doubled that he
WANT to run amiln. But, within
ih. limn, of iKilliical necessity. In
u s kinillv man. In him. the herd
Insllncl la hluiily developed. Hl
UrsL rule of conduct In to stick by
your friends. He has proved that
over and over again.
Until recent werka, he hit been
I he whllo hope ol Ms crowa. u mm
ncimed a practical certainty that
II he failed to rim me Kcpuoncan
would win.
Bul-
Tliere came then New llampnh're
and alter New Hampshire came
Minnesota. Jn both, Truman ran
a bad second to KtUuver. That
ihamiod the picture. No - looker
.was he the lnd Kuenaabls man, in
'nlcad, It ben u n to look like be
jnluhl be a llabllliy.
Bo tlio pressure on him WENT
orr.
His announcemciu Saturday nlnht
that he will nol Dc a cnnaiuaie
inr reflection was dramatic but
when the whole picture Is taken
Into consideration, it Isn't lurprla-
ln.
So much for hla statement that
he will not be a candidate lor re
election. Whai of his assertion that
he will nol accept a renominationr
On that one I'm keeping my
fim.ora rrnnsed. These are hair-
iritincr times. What Uio picture
looks like today Is no nlKn of wnai
It may look like, tomorrow. Public
opinion, I think (perhaps I should
say FEAR), In ntlll In a mte of
Ilux. It hannt yet aolldlfled Into
the hard mctnt of declnlon. Its
present apparent -shape could be
clunmed by new developments
amonu other thlnns, by a mennc
' inn new development In the war
situation.
So don't write Truman off yet.
If you're wise, you won't write
him off until the Democratic con
vention la over and the dcleRntcs
have Roue home.
Thlniin mlRht happen between
now and then that would make
him the white hope again.
'' I'd like to add one more state
ment of personal conviction,
IP President Truman adheres to
the decision he announced on Sat
urday night, I hope he steps out of
the picture entirely and leaves the
Democratic convention free to
name its own choice with no pres
sure from him.
President Hoosevclt chose Tru
,tiian as hln successor. If President
tlrumnn chooses HIS successor and
if llrst hln party and then the peo
ple RATIFY his choice we will
have SET THE PATTERN OF A
DYNASTY.
By the new no-lhlrd-tcrm amend
ment to our constitution wo have
put a flop to the ambitions of ONK
MAN who might seek to become
PRKSIDUNT-FOR-LIFE. But If we
permit citch retiring President to
name, his successor, we shall have
Inaugurated the dyna.itlc system
which la another historic device
for RETAINING POWER TOO
LONG IN ONE SET OF HANDS.
That I don't want my grand
children to sec, for I am sure It
would mean the beginning of tlio
vim oi meir liberties.
Steel Talks
Called Off
NEW YOK Ml The atecl In
dustry and the CIO United Steel
workers Monday postponed Indef
initely their wage talks.
The union has threatened n na
tionwide strike April 8 unless It
gets the 17 'a cont an hour wage
boost recently recommended by the
Wago Stabilization Board.
Tho union was to have met with
six mBjor stool producers here
Mondny for tho first tlmo since the
Wgn handed down Its controversial
fiiWlngn In tho bitter dispute.
An Industry spokesman said the
indefinite. postponement was asked
by John Stevens, vice president of
U.S. Steel, a bellweaUicr of the
steel Industry.
'
Iflli;:
lion, I do not feel Unit It Ik my
duly to spend another our yours
In the While House ..."
'Hie morn than G.IMMI diners pack
ed Into the National Ouard Armory
hud upplaudrd frequently but not
too cnlliunluutlcully during hlK
speech.
However, when he came to hln
diuinitllc announcement there
arose cries of "no, no."
Mont of the audience, not all of
Iliem pro-Trumiin, appeared stun
ned, even shocked.
When newsmen Bfkrd If any
development could In Inn him In
rovcrso hln decision, the President
Haiti, "none whiilcver."
Ily the lime he appeared at a
Democratic reception Wmday alter
noon at the Mayllower Hotel, sumo
of hln frlendn were Mill tulkliiK
of a draft, Mora practical politic
ian wero huntluif a new "band
WIIKOn." 'I tie pemonal enthunliiHiii for
Truiuiin welled Into somcUilng blu
J Jk k
MONDAY, MAKC1I 31, 11)52
CHARLES WILSON
Nebraska Vote
Cast Today
OMAHA ID Nebrnskn'n lire.
Idcntlal ponularltv contest became
a last-mlnutc scramble Monday for
voles and no one ould predict the
outcome with any real assurance.
If any large shift of sentiment
wan developing In cither Republi
can or uemocrauc ranks it went
undetected by those keeping a close
tab on the bitterly-contested pri
mary races.
The two bis questions which the
voting may answer are these:
1. Will Sen. Taft of Ohio check the
surge of sentiment for Ocn. Elsen
hower and regain some of the pres
tige he lost In the New Hampshire
and Minnesota elections?
a. Will Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma
topple Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee
and gel his own presidential band
wngon rolling?
The voters held the answern to
both questions and were being bom
barded with telephone calls,
xpecches, radio and television ap
pealn and advertisements.
me Kcpuuncnn comesi was dom
inated by write-In driven on behnlf
of Tail and Elsenhower whose
mi men are not on the ballot.
nils fluht has overshadowed the
cfforls of supporters of Hurold
Slnssen, the' only mr.lor OOP can
didate whose name Is on the bal
lot.
On the Democratic side, the de
cision by President Truman not to
run agnln reduced the Kerr-Kefau-ver
battle to a more clear-cut test
of their popularity.
Nine Rescued
From Ice Floe
BARROW. Alaska Wl Nine
stranded men were snatched from
the Arctic Ice puck and landed
here safely by their Navv rescue
pinne Sunday night.
inc plane rescued the seven
Navv men and two clvlllnn scien
tists from their four-day Isolation
and brought them to a safe land
ing at tills northernmost tin of
aiiisku ai o.m p.m. u:3o a.m.
EST). .
Tho pickup from the Ice, where
the men had been strandol by a
takeoff accident of their own plane
last Thuursday was made onlv
about 600 miles from the Nortii
Pole.
The men reported tho urealcst
danger oi tne daring operation
co mo In the landing on the Ice
puck.
The crewmen of the downed "fly
ing laboratory," an R4D, had
cleared a 2,500-foot long runway
on tho Ice. The P2V rescuo plnne
came within 10 feet of an cIrIU
foot high ridge of ice at the end
of the runway before It could be
slipped. The plane normnllv re.
quires a 4.500-foot runway.
mcniDcis oi tne rescued party
wore In good health and good spir
its. They said they never suffered
any anxieties during their dnys
of Isolation.
IMPROVING
EUGENE W -Heven.vrar.nlri
Donald Moore, of Crescent, miv
Calif., was fcellnir much bolter
Monday after a fast airplane ride
from his homo town to Eugene.
He was rushed here Friday after
noon by an ambulance plane for
specialized treatment of his rim-
lured liver at Eugene's Sacred
ncari nospnai.
'ill?
"SMS
land eniotlmuil and even
nth-ring when he slenued ui)
die 2,000 fellow party wor
wniio uio uaiirooin nicncsira
rd nan to the chief" and
In love with a wonderful uuv
He had a hard time gelling
iitiirled, no Insistent were the ap
plause and cheern,
Cries of "we want Truman" kept
InlcrruplliiK, but finally he urged
them to "net In there and pitch"
lor a November victory.
lie promised to work an eiitlius
lantlcally for the purly ticket "as
If I were on It."
Most of tlio world's prenn ban
nerllncd Truman's decision to ntcp
down, but It had not yet been pub
lished hi Moscow. It was safe to
say the Rtiniiliins will not grieve.
Truman and his foreign policy have
been targets almost dally of Soviet
press and radio.
London miners stressed th'
"shock and "confusion" they f
saw among Democrat.
&
Telephone Mill
No. 27 BO
Wilson Out
In Row On
Steel Issue
By STKItl.INO GftDKN
WASHINGTON ( Charles E.
Wilson has quit as the nation's mo
bilization chief.
He told President Truman h tin.
elded to resign because he doesn't
uciicvc in uio administration's nlun
lor settling the steel dispute
Wilsons resignation Is eflcctlve
Monday. Truman appointed John
R. Sleclman presidential assist
ant, as temporary director of mo
blllzutlon and Instructed hhn to do
what he can to reach a settlement
between the CIO's United Steel
workers and the steel Industry.
A strike is scheduled to begin
April 8.
The sudden resignation of Wil
son, who once headed the General
Electric Co., dimmed hopes of
averting the steel strike and 1 't
the future of controls over wages
and prices pretty much In doubt.
Steel Industry and union lcudi.rs
resume peace talks In New York
Monday anrl the industry fmmH it.
self with no assurance of a price
i onset tne government
recommended Increase of 17 'i
cents an hour.
Sen. Maybank (D.-S.C.l. broke
off hearings of his Senate Bank
ing Committee on the extension of
the Defense Production Act, which
expires June 30, "until the air has
cleared
Ilic future of controls. Mavhnnlc
said, should not be deliberated in
a -wave ot nysteria and confu
sion, charges and countercharges."
Some legislators have urged the
scrapping oi controls
Maybank praised Wilson, for
rr.cr president of Oeneral Electric
Company and cxecuuve vice chair
man ot tne war Production Boerd
in worio war ii, as a "great
mill-l icitll ,
Bonanza Hoop
Squad Honored
BONANZA Eight hundred en
thusiastic basketball fans rallied
last night around the Bonanza Ant
ler baskclball souad. winners of
the Klamath County class B Bas
ketball championship for the sec
ond consecutive year, at a banquet
In the high school gymnasium.
Tho Antlers went on to district
play at Eugene, but lost to Rogue
rtivrr.
Places wcro marked at the main
table lor members of the squads,
Merton Whipple, coach and Prin
cipal Clayton Sham, and Mrs.
Sharp.
A huge single-deck cake marked
for a basketball court with Indi
vidual figures of each plaver In
position centered the table. School
colors, red and white, were carried
out In carnations and other decora
tions. Parents and Patrons furnished the
baked ham and the remainder of
tho meal was politick brought by
those attending.
Following the dinner Coach Whip
pie was presented with a fishing
pole and reel by the Antler squad
and Whipple and Principal Sharp
were presented with pen and desk
sets by residents of the community.
Whipple commended the Bonan
za boosters for supporting the bovs
ill). 9 per cent In game attendance
In a brief talk.
A dance ended festivities, one of
the largest gatherings In the his
tory or Bonanza,
Members of the squad were Ir
vin Crume, Morris Chandler, Don
ald Hubblo, Vomon Haley, Mnrlln
Wilson, Wayne Dye, Julian Hood,
Ben Lover, Pat Given, Charles
Roberts and manager Howard
Koctje.
Senate Okays
Gl Pay Boost
WASHINGTON Ml The Scnale
Monday voted extra "combat Dav"
of $45 a month for all men and
officers who fight In Korea.
ii was proposed by Sen. Moodv
(D.-Mlch.) as a "rider" to a bill
to grant a "cost-of-living" pay In
crease to the 3.600.000 persons In
Ihc armed services. The Senate
approved It by an unrecorded
slnndlng vole.
It would provide the bonus pay
to Infantrymen, marines, sailors
and their ofllcers who have been
tinder- ac.tllnl pnpmv flrn onri afa
not eligible for other hazard or
uoiius pay,
Onlv last Friday, the Senate r.
Jcctcd on a standing vote a simi
lar move by Sen. Long (D.-La.) for
combat pay of $50 a month,
Retroactive, the "combat pay"
would go to survivors of casual
ties, to all men who have been
wounded or hospitalized in Korea
and to those who come under ene
my fire at least six days a month
In the future.
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" "i iri ir I ' fflirlraaaiiallft'iiii is'ir'ril ffii'isiiij''
HARRY S.
Wisconsin Primary Takes
On New Importance After
Truman Drops Prexy Race
By I.I.MAN MOI.V
MILWAUKEE 111 The Wiscon
sin primary, a pivotal election in
my presidential year, took on add
ed Importance Monday as a result
President Truman's decision not
" fct rc-cieciion in novemocr.
Voters go to the polls Tuesdny.
At stake arc 30 Republican dele
gates and 28 Democratic delegate
voles in the presidential nominat
ing conventions next July.
But more Important, observers
feel, are the probable effects on
the prospects of the three prlncl
Dul Republican candidates battling
here, as well as the outlook for
Sen. Kefauver .of Tennessee, the
major Democratic .candidate.
Sen. Talt of Ohio. Gov. Warren
of California, and ex-Governor of
Minnesota Stassen are competing
Killing Sparks
Crime Cleanup
SAN FRANCISCO Wl A teen
age gang killing In front of San
Francisco's City Hall touched oil n
sweeping police round-up Monday
of Juvenile gangsters.
iwo young men were killed and
three wounded In the burst of gun
play In Civic Center early Sunday
morning. One of the wounded may
die.
Robert A. Ranson, 19, was Jailed
as the gunman. Homicide Inspector
Al Welder said Ranson admitted
shooting down five members of the
Olll...A- ...I,U n .At -nil
'""i -it,jiiwic Knlis wim n -. lull- I
ber automatic he carried In a' J"?me Fox who heads the oth
shoulder holsler. 1 f r Truman slate here, appealed
The shooting was the culmination ,,.p, y members to cast their bal-
of a long feud between the Fillmore
and Portola gangs. But It was trie
lirst time a gun had been fired In
their gang tights. Previously Ncl
der said they fought with chains,
belts, knives, clubs, feet and lists.
None of the five shot was armed.
Norman Bothelo, 20, and Andrew
Ullbarrl. 19, were killed. James
Erickson, 21. shot In the abdomen,
was in a critical condition. James
Bennett, 21, and Thomas Hinmun,
20, suffered flesh wounds.
Bomb-Filled
Plane Crashes
TOKYO. Tuesday April 'in A
superfortress with a full bomb load
crashed and burned In a violent
ram storm Monday night and nine
of the crew of 11 are missing, the
Air Force said Tuesday.
Japanese reporters at the crash
scene 30 miles west of Tokyo sold
some of the nine may be in the
blazing wreckage. Two members of
the crew who parachuted were
picked up.
The Air Force said there was a
chance the missing men might
have bailed out and have landed
in the rain at widely-scattered
points.
Kyodo News Agency also said an
unidentified plane, believed to be
a B-26 two-engine bomber, "disin
tegrated" in the air Sunday off
the southeast coast of Hokkaido,
northernmost Japanese island.
It said fishing craft had recov
ered bits of bodies but no living
survivors. The B-26 normally car
ries a crew of five.
The Ill-fated supcrfort was head
ed for Korea. Cause of the mvh
was not learned.
Bom men who parachuted were
Injured, one seriously Kvodo News
Agency said.
The bombardier Jettisoned 32
bombs before the plane hit the
ground and all landed tvtthrmt
ploding, the news agency added.
Snow Plasters. -
Crater Lake Park
A foot of snnw fell at r.aiA.
Lake National Park yesterday and
'ast night, and Chief Ranger Lou
iimiuvn, reporin tins morning
chains nre advised on Highway 62
which traverses the park.
The Annie Springs to the Rim
road was temporarily closed, lie
said.
Some 72 cars brnur-ht In 235 vlsl
tors over the weekend 14 of them
skiers. Snow depth this morning
was 196 Inches, HuMork reported,
with Uie skies overcast.
Civil Defense
Tests to Be Held
OLYMPIA Ifl . Civil defense
officials from Oregon, Irlnho, Mon
tana and tho Federal Civilian De
fense Administration met here
Monday to inspect some of the
state civil defense equipment and
observe the test "yellow alert"
scheduled for Monday evening.
TRUMAN
for the Republican delegates.
Taft said Sunday he did not "see
how President Truman's decision"
affc.'ts the Republican contest in
Wisconsin.
He also saw the possibility that
the Democrats might have to draft
Hie President as Ihelr candidate
"They are likely to find thai
any candidate who can be nomi
nated at all Is weaker than Truman
himself," Taft said.
Bui the Democratic race. In
which Kelauver has been contend
ing against two separate slates,
each claiming to represent the
President, may be sharply Influ
enced by Truman's announcement.
Wisconsin political observers,
throughout the campaign, have of-
I ig,, ApZ'"
sanas oi uc-mocrais in the state
may cross party lines Tuesday and
vote for Slasten or Warren in an
effort to defeat Sen. Taft. The la
bor vote, they said, may shift to
the GOP side.
One of Kefa'uver's campaign lieu
tenants recently said, "we are
more afraid of that than we are of
the other two slates."
Charles E. Broughton, leader of
one of the two Democratic groups
running as a "favorite son" said
in a statement Sunday; , i .
"President Truman, like Presl
dent Roosavelti in 1B40, has de
clared ne will nol be a candidate
for re-election; This does no't mean
7S"f lne aoor- I1ie convention
will draft him or nominate Gov.
oicveiisun oi Illinois, or some oth-
. ,f a administration Demo-
1.1 HI,
lots in the Democratic column.
u. , ?Rf Democrats will not
be fooled Into voting for the so
called liberal candidates In the
Republican race." Fox said in a
statement. "My delegates still con
tend that President Truman is our
candidate, but if he falls to recon
sider . . Fox delegates will be
free to select from the field."
Riots Flare
In Tangier
FrTneNhIER Furi0lls on"-
SonhehATiLr"tr.:?L,.1!!:?"?hthis
city Sunday. At least six persons
kf' HosPls treated is!
injured. Nine persons are so badly
hurt doctors fear Ihey will die.
The mobs, bursting from the na
tive quarter, stoned European
shops and cafes, smashed- and
burned automobiles, hmi. i.,
?.owsR.nd looled- rhe occasion was
the 40th anniversary of French rule
oyer the neighboring protectorate
oi French Morocco, where rising
... uouuimiiaiu ,:HS Deen mani
fest in recent months.
International police said there
cic oiuy mrec dead, but the hos
pltals counted six all Moslems.
The cltv was fiuicr Xf.n..
White-helmeted International po
licemen patrolled with tommyguns
at the ready. Shopkeepers and
-streetcleaners cleaned up the de
bris. The International Control
Commission which runs the city
decided It would not be necessary
to call for outside nelp in patrolling
Tangier, but agreed to reinforce
tne ponce on duty. In Sunday's
rioting, one of the worst disorders
ever seen here, the police were
hopelessly outnumbered.
Cable Tests
To Be Made
PORTLAND W Cnnlrnels for
n full-scale model of a 230 nnn.vnii
submarine cable to be laid in Puget
omnia nave oeen awarded to
Phelps Dodge Copper Products
Corp., New York Citv. the Bonne.
ville Power Administration said
Sunday.
Under the $18.91)1 contract, the
concern will furnish about 900 feet
of 10-Inch steel pipe and copper
cable to be used In installation
tests for tho submarine cable.
Bonneville engineers will start a
series of tests soon at the J. D,
Ross Substation at Vancouver,
Wash.
Expected to be completed In 1954
at a cost of six million dollars, the
4 3-mile long Pugot Sound cable
will connect the Bonneville Sno.
homlsh Substation with a new 230.-000-volt
substation to bo built at
Kitsap near Bremerton. It will
transmit Grand Coulee and Chief
Joseph- Dam power to the Olympic
peninsula, Bonneville said.
Italy, the Communist L'Unlta
headlined: "Truman withdraws to
open way lor generals. '
Japanese papers played the news
big but treated It editorially as
a "trial balloon." Mexican papers
put It high on page one.
. Former British Prime Minister
Clement Attlce declined comment,
but other European officials were
lean reticent.
Maurice Schuman. French for
eign affairs expert, applauded Tru
man's "wisdom for knowing when
to quit."
West German circles worried
about future U. 8. foreign policy.
Danish Foreign Minister Ole BJoern
expressed hone it would be the
same as that laid down by Truman.
Though his present term doesn't
expire until January, already spec
ulation was underway as to his
future.
A man of many Interests, the
President likely will range afar.
He may well lecture on politics
Cold
Weeks Says
Guilty To
Death Count
Lorenzo Buford Weeks 36-year-old
Klamath Indian from Beattv
! this morning In Circuit Court blmd-
ly admitted the butcher-knife "slay
ing Feb. 26 of a 38-year-old Mexi-
! can railroad worker in a cabin
! at 1204 Adams St. .
! Flanked by Attorneys E. E. Drls-
! coll and Cayton J. Burrell, Weeks
was barely audible as he pleaded
guilty to the charge of voluntary
I manslauKhter. In the slaying of
j Miguel Tenurlo Mauricio.
I The district attorney's office said
: the charge carries a one to IS
year prison sentence.
Weeks was arrested and held on
a second degree murder charge fol
lowing the slaying of Mauricio.
The charge was reduced to vol
untary manslaughter in a true bill
relumed by the Grand Jury Fri
day afternoon.
Judge David R. Vandenberg set
next Friday morning for passing
of sentence.
GUILTY PLEAS
Two other pleas of guilty were
entered in arraignments this morn
ing on Indictments returned by the
Grand Jury.
Robert B. Krai. 18. 2519 Eber
leln Ave., indicted for contributing
to delinquency of a minor a 15-year-old
girl pleaded guilty to
taking the Bonanza girl from her
parent's custody to a Wheeler
ranch.
He was originally held on chaipe
of .child stealing, and the grand
Jury returned a contributing mor
ality count.
Krai is to be sentenced Wednes
day morning. He is represented by
Attorney J. C. O'Neill.
Frank Leslie Snell, 44. Chiloquin,
pleaded guilty to a statutory rape
indictment Involving a lS-year-old
Indian girl at Chiloquin.
He Is held under $10,000 ball tnd
due for sentencing Friday after
noon. INDICTMENTS
In other arraignments on grand
Jury indictments:
Raymond William Dawley, 18,
Malin, was given three years pro
bation on charge of burglary, not
In a dwelling. He was accused In
the theft, with three others, Nov.
23 at Adams Point of 54 sacks of
potatoes from a Great Northern
freight car. Two of the other three
were given two-year probation sen
tences ano tne otner two years in
tne uregon state prison.
Ballard J. Wilson. 47. was given
till Wednesday to enter a plea to
an Indictment charging him with
forging a $15 check.
John J. Hawkins. 18. 3152 Lodi
St.. accused of entering a motor
vehicle with intent to steal therein,
will enter a plea to the charge
Friday.
He is charged in the theft of
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GALE OSBORNE
CHARLES DLAP
qSt' wli! kAi
""? " ' J jum 1
and citizenship, an he expressed
a desire to do In William Hlllman'a
new book, "Mr. President."
Ho may travel extensively
I abroad as an unofficial anYuassa-
idor of peace.
He had been In Europe only once,
as a soldier In the World War One
! until he went to Potsdam In 1040
jfor his "Big Three" conference.
The President, meanwhile, kept
silent on his choice of a successor.
Gov. Stevenson seemed more re
ceptive toward the nomination than
formerly.
As other political leaders began
trotting out "favorite sons" and
"dark horses," there were lew
who thought the President would
not take an active Interest in selec
tion of a new standard bearer.
He told the reception:
"I am Just as sure as that I am
standing here that the Democratic
convention in July will nominate
a winner.
"I will be In there Just the same
Halts
'.'' 9 BTxlbd: Shtaat .
f&nutSflM
WITH A DETERMINED
look on his face, Pappy
Seguin, 220 S. 4th, was
photographed strolling
down Main Street this
morning.
Registration
Panel Tonight
The Important and pertlnant
problem of registration and voting
comes up on tonight's "Build the
Basin" forum over station KFLW,
and the KFLW-Herald and News
telephone switchboards will be
wide onen for Questions from th
listening audience.
The phone number Is 8111.
The tODic Is "Why Don't More
People Register and Vote, and
What Can We Do About it?" A
panel of six persons has been
selected to discuss the problem,
important at the Drasent time he-
cause of the increased interest in
the coming contests this election
year.
The panel includes:
Mrs. Kaihy McDonald, chairman
of the Young Demos; Chuck John
son, chairman of the Young Re
publicans: Mrs. John Yadon. League
of Women Voters; Gale Osborne,
chairman of Register and Vote
Inc., here: County Clerk Charles
DeLap and Mr. Hornblower Apathy
a mythical, spiritless character who
will present the non-voter's side
of the picture. He will be portrayed
on the program.
H. B. APATHY
MRS. JOHN YADON
B 1 fl
I
1
as If I were the nomine, benausa
I am that kind of democrat, I'm
not a fair day Democrat."
Stevenson was asked dlrectlv on
NBC's "Meet the Press" television
program: "Will you say that you
will not accept the Democrats
nomination?"
"I will not say that," Stevenson
replied. . ..
man's action was to spur the cam
paigmng oi sen. xetauver of Tern
nessee, the crime Investigator who
gvo me rresioeni a stunning de
feat In the New Hampshire pri
mary, and the hopes of 8en. Russell
of Georgia, candldnte of the anti
Truman forces In the south.
Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma, campaign-
mg ior aeiegaies ior iransier to
Truman, openly became a candi
date In his own right.
Floods
Most Roads
Open; Snow
Falls Told
By The Associated Press
Freezing weather brought a tem
porary end to the danger of floods
in Easter Oreson Mnnriav halting
the rapid snow melt in the moun-
The mercury fell below freezing
over a oiida a ... f u ......
- --- - " ic aiutc, in
cluding Western Oregon. The Wea-
.ci ouieau lorecast more frosty
weather for tomorrow. "
,'I5e, p'ate Hlghwey Department
at Salem said ait roads closed last
week by floods were open, except
the French Glen secondary and the
Rome-Princeton highways in Eas
tern Oregon.
MOVE BACK
Families at Rin. i.. -r ,
Oregon and at Prlnevllle in Cen-
'" "icKun. mrced to evacuate
their homes last week, were mov
Ing back and repairing damage.
The flooding Crooked River
forced 150 families from their
homes at Prlnevllle. Ten families
at a Rlirno m rfnl knj . . .
- - , - ihu w evacuate
when flood waters rolled down
Brown's Canyon. Twelve other
houses were surrounded by water.
Lowest temperature reported to
the Weather Bureau Monday was
wcgiccs ui avnu ana Lakeview.
La Grande and Baker had 29, Sa
lem 30. anrl Klamath Vail el
Pendleton and Portland reported
id.
SNOW FALL ' v-v'f-
Snow fell in sections of Western
Washington Sunday night as cold
air from Abxsjca, stJnt temperatures
to the freezing levol.
Snow was reported at Seattle
Everett, Port Angelea and many
other cities and towns west of the
Cnscnrlps At .Qtvtirnu ..nil. f c
attle, a combination 'of snow and
an puea up to a ueptn oi nan an
inch.
T n-r, lunnAHhwa. H-t..J. M ,
Kelso, 29 at Port Townsend and 32
at the Seattle-Tacoma Internation
al Airport. , . .
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Fair Mondy and Tuesday with high
cloudiness, few scattered snow
showers in the mountains. High
42 low 26.
High temperature yesterday 45
Low last night 23
Precip March 30 . T
Since Oct. 1 14.09
Normal for period :.. :.T.. 8.31
Same period last year ...... 12.58
(Additional Weather on Page 8.)
S25.000 FIRE LOSS
NEHALEM Wl Fire destroyed
a cafe and service station at Man-
zanita Junction on U. S. Highway
101 late Sunday with the loss esti
mated at $25,000. Nehalem and
Manzanita firemen kept the flames
from spreading to the nearby Ware
house of the Manzanita Lumber
Company.
CHUCK JOHNSON
i
kathy Mcdonald