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lly I HANK JKNHINH
From Washington:
"Klnlml Irkmil. of Bonntor Tntl
hi ul Senator KHimver talked ul
llwm today mi VICTOIIY 1IOUNU
iiimlldiitcs In Che presidential noin
million races, but opposition cnuipa
sounded counter cliiiuu)."
TIichu POLITICAL FHIKNDH ul
nuiilliliitcn iiid thinking in li'ini" ul
(JKTTTNd Till1; HKINH OF 1'OW
Kit INTO Til Kill IIANDH.
We griuinroolcrs out In the slick
m'n thinking In terms of belter
and iikiiii I'flU lent government, no
, Mint nfter puylug uur tuxes we
limy have enough li'ii over lo puy
uur cost n( IIvIiik bills.
What they wnnt In i'OWEIl.
"hut WE wunl In more lu live
nn niter Uie cost ul government
linn been deducted.
If you'll keep Hint fiindiimriitiil
flisllncllon elcnr in yuur inliid, you
will be nolo to vote more Intelli
gently when the time comm.
More from Washington:
"llcpresenlnllve Priest, Dcino
crnl, from Tennessee, culled Ko
Inuvcr's vlclortrn In llio two prl
innrlcs (Wisconsin nnd Nebrnnkni
'prouf tlml Die runk nnd lllo uf
the Democrats nre going tu Insist
tlmt ho be nominated.' "
Thin In tlmo lor plain speaking.
80 here Oca.
I hue Senator Kefnuver Isn't
nominated by the Dcmocrnis UK
CAUHK UK IS A NEW UKALEH.
In was elected nn such llrst lo
the house, nnd litter to the senate
tie ui perfoclly Irnnk nnd hunent
nboul It. Ho ha knld frequently In
present cnmpalgn Ulnl he In
opiKwed to President Truinnn per
oonally but believea In whnl Tru
man believes in.
I ndmlre Senator Kelnuvor per
aonally, I concede his right to be
n New Denier, It that la the wny
his belief run. I respect his frnnk
ues and I It rani hla sincerity.
Hut I lenr hla politics) philos
ophy I hoe we turn away from
iho concept ol the welfare Mate
BEFORE IT 18 TOO LATE.
. One more from Washington:
"Senator Maybnilk, Democrat.
Irom Bouth Cnrollna, told n rcwri
er In Washington thl morning that
Senator Runeell, with the 8"H1
South newed up, has the Demo
cratic edgo."
Senator Mnybank, of course, like
I he other professional. Is tnlklug
for effect. I don't think Senator
I11M.HI, Solid South or no Solid
South ban Uie Democratic "edge."
I think the Incl that lie Is -Irom
.the Deep South precauaVa Uie pos
sibility of his nomination.
The Democratic pnrty In spill 1
moat sharply on North-South
lines as It was In the lUO's. IU
HIO problem lor the past decade
Iim been to walk the lence with
out netting pushed oil on either
side. Tlmt, as much as anything
else, explains Harry Truman. As n
border stater, from Missouri, he
could maybe hold the pnrty to
gether. Hint UilnkliiK could result
In Kefauver'n nomination on the
theory that he Is from Tennessee,
another border state. Or It might
nominate Vice President Dnrkley,
of Kentucky, also a border state.
Russell Is from the DEEP South.
Me Is a ntnles-rlRhtcr. The bnslc
concept ol the New Deal (or Uie
Fnir Denl, which Is Just n new
suit of clothes lor the same Idea)
Is MIO FEDERAL OOVF.HNMENT.
Tlie voting power lies In Uie
North. Hint, I'd say. lets Russell
out.
Continuing tills monologue on per
homil beliefs. I find I'm a states
Tighter too. Not In the Civil Wat
senso, but In the Jeffersonlnn
tense. Jelferson was ft states-right-er
because he feared big central
government. What has happened In
Die past J years proves the sound
ness nnd the RIOHTNESS ol Jeff
erson's fears.
What we need, perhaps more
thnn onythlng else If the American
sy of life Is to be preserved, Is
to bring the bulk of our govern
ment bnck to the stnte houses, the
court houses nnd the city halls.
THREE ACTRESSES in "Nine Girls," two-act play showing In Oregon Tech's Campus
Theater tonight at 8, get together before .curtain time to discuss their lines. Left to
ght, they are Francis Nixon, Rogue River; Phyllis Hoyez, Lakeview, and Amy Cornwall,
an Arizona girl who plays the lead. All are OTI students. Admission is 60 cents for
adults, 40 for students and 25 for children.
Herald anulfcUr$
Price Five tlerits 2H Psgrs
State Inspection Group Gr jTI
Clean Bill Of Health-r anges In
II v WAI.LAOl: MY KItH
Bustling, lust-growing young Ore
gon Tech hiin taken Home long
Mips toward solid uilulthnod In tho
past few days.
Htuilent protests mnile curly Inst
month have been found nrnutlcnlly
brseless but tho protest movement
limy nnve resulted In giving tho
school a big boost,
A special state sub-committee
has Investigated the protests and
reported thi-y appear lo have been
"deliberately caused by two or
Unco slu'lenu tor sumo purposo ol
Ihelr own."
The Investigators, In their writ
ten report to tho Slate Hoard of
Education, (aid uiey believed "Iso-
Hulld the Basin'
Nest Monday evenings
"!!ulld the Itasln" forum pre
sented by the Herald and
News and Its radio alatlon,
KH,W, Is to consider Ihe qurs
tlonl "What Is the . potential
value f Oregon Tech to the
Stale of Oregon?"
The program gee on the air
nt 1:3 p.m., Monday.
lnted facts nnd runfors were mngnl-
fled out of nil proportion lo their
importnnce" . . . Hint "most stu-
denla (questioned) had no gripe
and were well jollified."
ITie report also snld that "we
nre saUslled thnl the level of In
struction In high" nnd "further sat
isfied that school ndnilnlslratlon
has done nnd Is doing n good Job."
The Investigation was maue uy:
A. S. Teller, PorUnnd contractor;
Fred Hellbronner. veterans repre
sentative on the OTI Advisory Com
mittee; nnd Ed Brunchlleld, Mod
lord ntlorney who Is Advisory Com
mittee chairman. The Investigators
were accompanied on Uielr tour
by Mrs. Victor O'Neill. SUilo Dosrd
of Education member, nnd stale
Sen. Phil Hitchcock. Oscar Paul
son, state director of vocational
education, nnd Winston Purvlne.
Oil alreetar, 'were on hand for
questioning -otidXhu-llloiillon. -
rrooaoiy iiiuuenoca uy we in
vesllgnUon'a findings. Uie Slate
Board of Education Monday gave
blanket approval to n thick sheaf
of change bolstering the school.
BULLETINS
QUITS
WASHINGTON (AP)
President Truman Thurs
day announced tha resig
nation of Attorney General
McGrath, few hour after
McGrath fired Newbold
Morris from his job as the
administration's corruption
sleuth.
COLLAPSE
NEW YORK (AP) Steel
wage talks collapsed Thurs
day after union rejection of
an Industry wage proposal
and CIO leader Philip Mur
ray indicated ho may serve
a 96-hour strike notice on
the companies Thursday
night. i
''
KLAMATH FALLS, OltKGON,
Administration ro
Some Imnrovomenui. pnrllculurly
one giving Purvlne .in administra
tive assistant, npicured to have
stemmed directly Irom the student
protests. Thlu move takes n lot of
routine work olf Purvlne's shoul
ders nnd allows him more tlmo
lor supervision.
Amor.fr the severnl changes ap
proves by the State Hoard were:
1 1 Approved hiring of another
Medical Tech Instructor, Charles
A. Jncobl, Idaho Falls;
2) Approved addition of eight
Midwest Hit
By Floods;
Homes Lost
By The Associated Press
Hundreds of persons In river
communities In six Midwest and
Western states were mndo home
less Thursday by spring floods.
The most serious flood appeared
at Havre, Mont., where the Milk
River spilled over lis banks nnd
forced some 1.300 persons In Uio
city of 8.000 population to leave
ihelr homes. Martial law was de
clared In the northern part of Uie
city to protect homes and business
houses from looting. Damage al
ready has been estimated at more
Uian S300.000. Rapidly melting
snow In the nearby Bearpaw Moun
tains sent the Milk River to over
flowing. About 10 residential blocks were
flooded In Pierre, 8. D., as Um
Missouri Illver climbed a hall foot
nbove flood singe. Small sections
of nearby Fori Pierre aUro weie
Hooded by Uie Missouri and its
tributary. Bad River.
The Missouri also was overflow
ing in pnrls of. North Dakota, In
cluding portions of the Buford-
Trenton IrrlgsUon project I'eur
Wtlllston.
Floods nlso have lilt parts of
Minnesota, Wlscon&in nnd Iowa,
but no serious damnge was
reported.
Cooler wenther was reported
over most of the flooded area,
with below freezing In most of the
NorUiern Plains Slutes. It nlso was
cooler In pnrts of New England,
the Middle nnd South Atlantic
States nnd the Ohio Valley. Mild
wenUier continued nlong the Oulf
Const and In Texas nnd Oklahoma
westward lo the Pacific Coast.
Snow flurries fell over most ol
the Oreat Lakes region and In Uie
Upper Mississippi Valley early
lodny. Ralti nnd miow flurries were
reported In Uie northeastern stntes
with nnow in pnrts of Maine.
Showers nnd thunderstorms hit Uie
Central Plains Stntes nnd showem
were reported In Montana.
He Chose Right
Place To Hide
SAN ANTONIO Wl A San
Antonio housewife called police
Wednesdny to report that her hus
band had hit her over Uie head
with ft bottle.
Officers Henry Lnyton nnd An
tonio Montalbo Jr., hurried to Uie
home but Uie husband wns gone
whtn Uiey arrived. They searched
nnd searched nnd found him hid
ing In the dog house.
THURSDAY
1952
Build Utility
new subjects carrvlng 20 hours
credit;
3) Put OTI on the same school
calendar as the University and
other stale colleges:
4i Approved a policy change al
lowing students five credit hours of
electlves such as physical educa
tion. Journalism, bind, etc.
6) Approved establishment of an
Academic Council of lo members
lo set up new courses and certify
graduates;
6i Approved a Police Academy to
be operated for Oregon city police
forces under OTI supervision.
Severnl other technical changes
nppeared designed lo benefit both
students and Instructors.
The special Investigating commit
tee also met with a special stu
dent committee to discuss the stu
dent protests.
Principal among these student
protests were kicks about the lay
ing off of two Instructors (since
reinstated), a charge that the cost
of athletics was hurling the school's
scholastic .offerings and a beef
about the handling of student ac
tivity funds.
The students quickly learned that
the Instructors were laid off ac
cording to state directive which
limits Uie number of Instructors to
a specified student load; found that
no state funds were used for ath
letics and abolition of athletics
would not afford any additional
scholastic facilities; and learned
that student activity funds were
administered strictly according to
slate law.
The special student committee In
a written report to Ihe student
body said:
"Unfortunately, our campus fam
ily quarrel got out of hand nnd
gnve enemiei; of this school what
they believed to be live ammuni
tion In ncutile this institution.
"We warn them lo proceed cau
tiously lest they find Uiey are shoot
ing blanks.
"We- now huve' excellent rela
tions between the administration
and the students." - -
The committee fi'rther warned
the school's "enemies" that stu
dents would fight for the school's
future to the point of going direct
ly to the Str.tc Legislature.
The "enemies" rjferred to could
only mean Slate Federation of La
bor chiefs James Marr and Kelley
Loe. These two men have repeat
edly attacked the school holding
mat the rcaeraiion's apprentice
training program v.'as superior to
OTI Instruction.
Local labor organizations have
strongly endorsed OTI and fought
the Stnte Federation attempts to
discredit the school.
In nnv event, on today is evi
dently stronger than ever before.
White Spud
Lack Feared
WASHINCfOIf IT) Agriculture
Department officials said Thurs
day there may be a severe short
age of while potnloes this month
in many areas of the country.
Shortages hnve been showlnir un
In a number of urban markets in
the east and on the west coast,
and are likely to increase.
Consumers can expect little re
lief before early May. when this
year's early crops start moving to
market In volume from Florida,
Alabama and California, officials
said.
The tight supply situation largely
reflects the fact Uiat production
last year dropped slightly more
thnn 100,000,000 bushels below the
previous year's big crop of 530.-
000,000.
Withdrawal of government price
support hnve been described as
the major factor In this reduction
In the crops.
Officials said that an abnormal
ly lnrge quantity of Maine pota
toes hnve been moving to the West
Const because production there last
year wns'not large enough for that
region's needs.
The crop In Idaho, a major west
ern oroducer, was low In quality,
resulting in quite a portion of the
crop being thrown out as culls.
Steak Dinner
Fatal For Diner
SPOKANE (!Fi A man who told
a waitress ho was using his last
$10 to buy a stenk dinner choked
to death on a plcco of the meat
Wednesday night,' Undersheriff
Cnrl Fnwcett reported.
He Identified the man as Milton
M. Tuck, 45. A waitress In the
restaurant snld . Tuck ordered
steaks for himself nnd n friend.
commenting as he paid $5 for Uie
ainnrrs, mat lie wns Using his last
$10 bill. .
Tuck apparently became 111 while
eating and went outside, Fawcett
smu. wepiiiy onerius wno answered
a call for help were unable to re
vive nun. .
An autopsy showed lie had
choked on n piece of meat.
KILLED
CLEVELAND, Tenn. Ml Pitch.
or Art Houtteman' seven-months-old
daughter. Chervl. was killed
and, his wife nnd mother Injured
Thursday morning In nn auto ac
cident near here.
tfC t"--' 1 0' .
1 CTIIW..
LAUNCHED A city tractor, being used to construct a small boat ramp on Lakeshore
Drive, got ahead of itself yesterday with the result shown above. Operator H. Lipe
is at the controls. The tractor was rescued from the lake late yesterday.
Pipeline
For Gas To
Be Started
SPOKANE W The Pncificl
Northwest Pipeline Corporation is
mnking immediate plans to build a
uo million dollar nioeline to bring
natural gas from Texas to the Pa
cific Northwest, Chairman Ray
Pish told the Chronicle Thursday.
risn. coniactea oy teiepnone in
Houston, told Uie newspaper the
300 billion feet of gas authorized ,
for export from Northern Alber- i
ta by a conservation board Wednes
day la not enough to make a line
from there" "economical!!:, itaaii
Die." i- . a;- i
He said he has a "verbal com-!
mllment" from N. Henry Gellert,
president of the SeatUe Gas Cc ,
that the firm would buy Texas gas.
He said he would try to get a
simllnr commitment from the Port
land Gas Co.
Fish nnd associates recently
bought the Spokane Gas Co.
Fish snid Pacific Northwest Pipe
line will nsk Uie Federnl Power
Commission for a permit to build
a 26-lnch line from Northern Tex
ns to the northwest states.
It would be 1.4C0 miles long and
have a capacity of 200 million cu
bic feet of gas a day.
"Two thirds of the gas required
nlrendy has been arranged lor,"
he told the Chronicle.
"We hope to start construction
this year nnd deliver gas to the
Northwest In the fall of 1953."
The conservation board recom
mended that West Const Transmis
sion Co. be given a permit to ex
port 300 billion feet from the Peace
River area in NorUiern Alberta.
Fish said he was "amnzed" the
bonrd failed to nuthorize export
from Southern Alberta.
Fish, chairman of the board of
Northwest Pipeline, said enrlier
that his firm's purchase of Uie
million dollar Spokane Gas Com
pany was part of a plan to bring
gas to the Northwest states from
Uie Southwe.it.
This was Inter amended nnd Fish
proposed to pipe gas to Eastern
Canada through an existing pipe
line In exchange for Alberln gas
for the Northwest.
Morris Takes
Firing Calmly
WASHINGTON W "Man doesiPfta' suffering from burns on the
not live by bread alone," Newbold
Morris told newsmen Thursday
when asked for comment on his
firing as the administration's cor
ruption sleuth.
He Was let go by Attorney Gen
eral J. Howard McGrath nfter n
dispute between them.
When Morris emerged from his
office he wns asked by waiting
reporters If he had been In touch
with the While House.
"I hnven't reached the White
House," he replied.
"Have you tried to?"
"I have absolutely noUiing to say
now."
"Is McGrath coiner to be fired.
too?"
"I enn't answer that."
A reporter nsked. roferrlnir to
the White House, "do you still
think they're nice npoiile nvei
there?"
"Sure -J. evervbodv's nice." Mnr.
rls replied blandly.
Weather
FORIXASr Klamath Falls nnd
vicinity fnir thromrh Friday. High
rriany at, low tonight 28, North
ern California mostly fnir, becom
ing cioiitiy in extreme north, pos
sible light rains on coast.
High Wednesday SO
low last night Zl
Preclp Wednesday 06
Preclp since Oct. 1 .14.15
Normal for period 9.41
Period last year :. 12.58
(Continued on Face 4.)
Western Union Walkout
Cripples Communication,
Phone Strike
By The Associated Press
Lsbor trouble mounted Thursday
on me nation s ousmess ana indus
trial front.
A vital segment of the country's
communications was hit by a
nationwide strike of some 31.000
AFL Western Union telegraph
workers.
The work stoppage appeared
nearly loo per cent effective.
The scheduled strike Thursday
of 40.000 CIO telephone workers hi
KF DOWN
The Klamath Falls office
of Western Union was closed
today by the strike of mem.
-ber -f-the Commereiat Tele
graphers L'nlon. Nine employ
es are Involved. The strike
went into effect here at 9
o'clock last night.
Michigan, Ohio, and Northern Cali
fornia was postponed until Mondav.
Another 16.000 CIO telephone work
ers in 43 states also have called a
strike for Monday.
The government threatened seiz
ure of Uie steel industry with the
Tuesday strike deadline for 700,000
CIO steel workers only five days
away. The strike first was called
for Jan. 1 and has been postponed
four times at President Truman's
request.
Wages are the chief Issues in
nil the disputes which hnve re
sulted in the strike action.
The strike by the AFL Commer
cial Telegraphers Union nt 9:01
p.m. Pacific time Wednesday ap
peared nenrly 100 per cent effective
in Uie Western Union's 3,000 larger
unices, ine union Dosmonen iisitn ji, ,,.. h in,i.
walkout at San Antonio, Tex., for
a ?Tf;.i . , , . , , . ,
A federal mediator in Washing-
ton termed the union-management
fight a complete deadlock." but
new peace talks were scheduled.
About 11.000 nf Western Union's
42.000 employes are not involved
in the strike. They are supervisory
workers and most of the company's
Mother Burned
Saving Son
mrs. Kooert Stan ev. Blv. wns
seriously burned early this morn
ing ns she rescued her four-months-old
son from flames that complete
ly destroyed tne Stanley home. The
woman is In K aniath Vailev hos-
right forarm and about the face,
. Mrs. Stanley's husband was at
work on the nearby ranch of Mrs
Stnnlcy's foster father, Monty
Cline, when Uie fire broke out a
little after six this morning.
Bly volunteer firemen, nlded by
a Forest Service crew and work
ers from the Spangler lumber mill,
tackled the fire but it was too late
lo save the home.
The Stanley home Is near Bly
High School on the opposite side
of the road.
Truman Locks
Loyal Record
WASHINGTON Wl President
Truman Thursday ordered Secre
tary of State Acheson to turn down
a Senate Committee request for de
tailed information mid complete
files on the Stal5 Department's
loyalty-security cacs.
The President told Acheson In a
letter that granting the request
would be "clearly contrary" to the
public Interest and mean:
"The reputations of hundreds of
loyal government employes would
be pilloried and the entire Civil
Service would be severely demor-
nuzeo..
He nlso said thnt if all govern
ment agencies were to release such
information, 'the overall result
would be to wreck the federal em
ployes loyalty program."
The request for the flics came
from a Senale Appropriations subcommittee.
Draws Delay
I New York Cltv emnlnvpa whn h.
' lone to another union
Pickets were ordered on dutv at I
all maior offices i
ihe strike cut telegram service II. He had about 1,450 hours of
"to a dribble," said Adolph Brungs.l military flying time and had oper
union president. Supervisors at- ated n different Ivnes of nlanes.
icmpiea lo Keep on ices open ana
telegrams moving in some cities.
The company said Uie strike would
halt operations "for a temporary
period" in ail but "private wire
and telemeter service."
The CTU is demanding benefits
which would cost an estimated 50
cents an hour lor each worker.
I No offer has been made bv the
I company. Wages now average jbe.-
t vwreir vi.wr -uiq-i ;oo ail nour.
I The walkout by the 40,000 CIO
I communications workers in Michi
gan, Ohio and Northern California
was postponed, union officials said,
to give federal mediators more
Ume to work out settlement terms
between the union and three Bel)
Telephone companies.
The telephone workers reportedly
are seeking wage demands approx
imately $16 a week and have re
portedly rejected company offers
of S3 to S5. Current wages average
between SI. 53 and $1.63 an hour.
The government's threat to seize
Uie steel industry was to get Uie
industry to agree on wage hikes of
17 cents an hour and other
benefits which were recommended
by the Wage Stabilization Board.
The steel lndustrv snirl thev wmilH
have to aet eovernment nermiMlnn 1
to raise prices in order to grant
the pay boost. But the government
is against hiking steel prices.
Some senators exnressed doubt
the government had legal authority
pany lawyers reportedly were pre-
paring to fight any government
Uoi,,.,. sinn
The company and union planned
. t0 resume their lone-delayed neirot-
iations in New York. However,
there was no indication of a break
from either side.
MRS. MARY CLARK (right), administrative assistant at
Oregon Tech, and Mrs. Donna Lasater, secretary to Director
Winston Purvine, huddle briefly before driving to a day
of heavy paper work on the mile-high campus this morning.
Cause Of
Accident
Not Known
Two men died this morning; as
ihe result nf the crash of light
plane nt a sheep camp near the
.Newell homestead nren.
They were Glendon (Glen) Smith,
manager nf Ihe Tulelake Growers
Association, and Marvin Christy, a
1947 homesteader,
Tho accident occnrrM Just be
fore 7 a.m. Smith nnd tiirlsty, fly.
a Taylorcraft plane they had bought
on'y few days ago, had taken
c from the Ncweli airport for a
pleasure ride.
Cause of the crash had not
been determined at noon today,
but witnesses said the men had
Just token off from the airport
nnd the engine seemed to be run
ning all right. The piano made a
bank ss if to turn back toward
the airport, and crashed.
Both Smith and Christy could
fly, but which was doing the pilot
ing also had not been determined.
rLANE BL'KNS -
The plane cnught fire nfter the
crash hut Johnny Singleton, own
er of the sheep camp grabbed
a fire extinguisher and put out
the blaze.
Both Smith and Christy were
trapped Inside and had to be cut
nut. Smith apparently died Instant
ly nnd Christy was brought to
Klamath Valley hospital here by
Tulelake ambulance. He died short
ly after 10 a.m. Ills back was
broken.
Christy's body was taken to
Ward's Funeral Home. He wan
30 years old and survivors Include
the widow, Dorothy, and two chil
dren. Tommy, nged 3, nnd Mary, '
5 months. The widow Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Thomas of Tulelake.
Smith's body was taken to the
Kerr Mortuary, Alturas. .
He had lived In the Newell area
about three years, staying nt the
.Tonn inmsnu place, omiin. aooni
35 years old a bachelor, nnd wan
a veteran pilot, flying 4n Africa,
Italy nnd France during World Wnr
McGrath Fires
Morris Today
WASHINGTON lP) Attorney
General J. Howard McGrath Thurs
day fired Newbold' Morris as the
administration's-corruption sleuth.
The attorney general made pub
lic a curt letter to the New York
Republican notifying him of the
immediate termination of his serv
ices. McGrath's letter started off with
"sir." Morris' name was at the
end.
The text:
"Sir: '
'Please be Informed that your
appointment as a special assistant
to the attorney general is hereby
terminated and your services u
an employee of the Department of
Justice shall cease at the close of
business today.
"You are hereby requested to de
liver ail' files, records and docu
ments in your offices to the Fed'
eral Bureau of Investigation.
- very truly yours
"J. Howard McGrath, .
"Attorney General.
"Honorable Newbold Morris.
"Special Assistant to the Attorney
General,
"Old Washington Post Building,
"Washington, D.C."
The order that Morris deliver his
records to the FBI led to Imme
diate speculation that FBI Direc
tor Hoover may be given the clean
up Job.
(See Additional Story Page 3.)
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