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IIV FRANK JliNKINS
l'maldenl Truiiiuii blew 111 top
tho otlirr dny uvrr cutn of four
lo nix billion of dollars Unit hnve
been niiiiln (tentatively, at leant)
by tl 10 house of roi)ienciiliilivc In
lila (Irlciiio (unit rt'iiuesta,
Blinking his fist angrily, he
charged Unit "congress I engag
ing In thin I like rccinmn v wavo o
when IIipv mi homo they run muk
a hit u( stump specchon In try lo
del elected."
Holding up hln right nrin Willi
fist cli'iH'lii-il. h added: "There'll
only on thlim these congressmen
linili'i nliiiKl, mill Hint In thin (poli
ticking!." lis went on In miv Unit
anybody who thlnkii nlimhrji In the
delaine program lire true economy
nuulit lo have hln hend examined,
lie concluded:
"If I hnve to cnll a special tur
nip day aesslon of congress every
dny between now and the flmt dnv
of next Jiinuiirv, we lire going to
net lhi Uilng done and don rlKht."
Belnii thus bitten In the leu by
the President, member of the
house armed services committee
bit rluht bnck, assorting Uinl Uie
slashes In the military budget
merely eliminated Truman's waslo
and excesses.
I .n't Unit a pretty kettle of HkIi?
I wonder If a great nntlon, avium
intr world tendcmhlp In a rnali In
iniinklnd'a alfalrs, t-ould act any
filler.
What In the trull) of the matter?
I don't know, but I'm pretty cer
tain Unit It congress and the Prr.il.
dent went nlioul the, Job aerlounlv
and Booperntlvelv they could
squceito six lillllou dnllnrH out of
our fantastically swollen federal ex
penditure without anybody cvfT
mtiwlng It except posalhlv a ..-few
minor hiirenucriiti and bbmidog
Klern who might lone their Job a
a reull of the aqueetum.
I'll bet we'd even be MOKir KF
FICIENT II we rut out our drunk
en spending and wot down lo the
hard bmfui tack of petting a dol
lar' worth of result for everv dol
lar put out. Did you ever aeen an
efficient waslrcl?
T sometimes wonder about theve
big corporations. Are Ihev reallv
a mnnrt and Miper-clllcirnt an
they cliilm to be?
That crack U nromnted by an
AP dbmalch relaUni that In ISM
Charles E. WIIon, president of
(leneral Motor, earned, a total (In
bonuses and aalarvi of Jiwt.oOO A
company statement aavs the fed
eral Income lax on that amount
would M approximately M70.0O0.
Albert Bradley, rxecutlve vice
president and chairman of the fl
nnnce nolle committee, eanied
I4M.I0O. Harlow H. Curtl-e. execu
tive v!ce-nreidrnt In Charge of ren.
eral staff actives, got 1471.200.
Frederick O. Dnnner. vice-president
In charge of finance, received :1BI.-
Taxes of tliese others must nave
bitten relatively as deeply as In
the enso of President Wlleon.
The AP dispatch adds that under
Oenernl 'Motors bonus plan fH top
cxectittveir-.e.nd directors .eajned.a
aiai of iio.iMMia last year.
' Mind you. I'm not complaining
about the sire of the Salaries and
oonuiien going to Oenernl Motors'
lop brass. Management EARNS
ITS PAY the name as labor, and
It In an accented principle In busi
ness that Uio bigger the responsi
bility I he bigger the pay. Labor
recognises that principle, Just as
management does. Top union of
llclals tret big pay -and earn It by
.lie responsibility Ihey carry.
What I'm questioning Is the plain
horse sense of paying huge salaries
tnd bonuses to high-up corporation
xecutlves. who, after pungllng up
:o Uncle Bam, hnve only relaUvely
mall amounts left.
If that ten million dollars re
ceived by General Motors' 84 top
xeciillves and directors had been
distributed nut In dividends to OMs
453.000 sharholders. most of whom
are In relltlvely low Income tax
brackets, -the tax on It would have
been far less. If It had been cut
n halt, this upper echelon of CM
management would still hnve re
ceived nice pay checks, of which
a much larger share would have
seen take-home pnv, the share
holders would have benefited, nnd
'.he loin I tax would hnve been
mailer.
The answer, I suppose, Is that
CIM saved a lot of taxes by pav
ing those high snlerlrs nnd charg
ing them to expense. Hint Illus
trates the screwball nature of our
present economy.
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NEW SLATE OF OFFICERS to p.resldo over Oregon De Molays the coming year gath
ered In a group Saturday night at the Armory. They are (1 to r): Bill Cox, Portland,
Deputy Master Councilor; State Master Councilor Vernon Thompson, Roseburg; State
junior Councilor Bud Parker, Newport, an d Marvin Nersctl), ; Klamath Falls, State
.Senior Councilor. . (Story on pagt 2) ,
Key Primaries
Set This Week
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SWITCHBOARDING at the
police st.'itioti when the 9
O'clock camera snapped
this morning was- Priscilla
Andrews, PBX operator at
the City Hall.
Annual Spring
Fair Thursday
Severn! hundred Klamath County
4-H'era are scheduled to participate
In taus week's annual Spring
Fair
ni me uouniy rnirgrounus
It marts Thursday, with doors
open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
First dny features Include demon-
st ni Hons on everything from elec-
trlcliy and heating to cooking,
clothing and forestry.
Friday's special feature Includes
a 4-11 movie at 0:43 p.m. and a
talent show st 7:30. On top for the
latter will be song, dance and
Itislrumenlal numbers all by
4-Hers.
The fair la open to the public.
Man Burned
By Gasoline
TULELAKE - limited gasoline.
llliuou ur uie uiiisiuc ui nil mi -
mobile seriously burned a Klamath
Palls resident In Tnlelake last night.
Ray Fbiher, 24 . 626 No. Bill, Is In
Klamath Valley Hospital wllh burns
on face, head, arms and chest. His
condition this morning was report
ed as fair.
Fisher. In attempting to start an
aiiiomooiie panca on Minn Biri-ci service stntlons In California. Ore
near the Bank of America lost Ron Washington. Nevada. Idaho
nigni, puurcti gasoline in me vr-
hide's carburetor from a half gal
lon can, nearly full. An unldentlllcri
companion stepped on the starter
nl Fisher's request and the gaso
line was thrown, evidently by the
force of uie Dackiirc, over rwner.
With his clothing on fire he ran
down the street before passcrsby
slopped him and rolled him In Uie
dust.
Emergency treatment wan given
at the office of Dr. I. Spomor.
Tulclake.
t. , v-'-irii m ' iti'.'-tJ r. i mm m
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Idaho Drmocrula pick a dozen
presidential - nominating delegates
Monday a a aort ol prelude to
Hlmllnr but bigger nciile doings
Tucuday In Pennsylvania nnd New
York.
The Idaho delegation to Uie na
tional convention In Chicago will
be chosen at a atate convention In
Lewbilnn. Ueaplle woolnit by cns.
Eaten Kefnuver of Tennessee and
Robert Kerr of Oklahoma, ' the
group la expected to be uiilnntruct
ed on now lo cant Its 12 volen next
July.
nit; fa( toiih
Many more delegate vote are
riding on tho outcome of Tucaduy'a
primaries In Pennsylvania and
New York. In Pcniuiylvuiiln. Re
publicans and IAcmocrals elect 60
large delegates each already have
district delegates each ten al
bugo diiegules each already have
been chosen. New York names 96
Republican and 04 Democratic
delegates.
Both parties In both ntaten will
send their diiegules to CIiIcuko
without Instruction.
New York Clov. 'lhomas Dewey's
backing of Dwlghl Elsenhower
seemed to assure tho ncnernl the
bulk of the OOP vote there, but
backorn ol Sen. Robert Tnft of
Ohio wero claiming 20 delegate.
W. Averell Jlnrrlinnn, the admlnls-
trntton'n foreign aid chief. Hecmed
to have the New York Dcmocrutlc
delegate volen cornered.
TWO NAMF.K
In Prmtnylvanla'a prenldentlal
preference primary Ulrre were
only two name on Uie ballot.
both Republicans Elsenhower
and former Oov. Harold Htanaen
of Minnesota. Tail bowed out, say
ing It wnn a waste of time and
money Inasmuch as results are not
binding on delegates.
Pennsylvania Democrat had no
presidential hopefuls on the ballot
ior wihmii iu rsifirno inguii Injuries. The Body was taken
However, backers ol Kefauveri.. ward's F,,.rol nm. .nrf .in
were looking for a number of
write-ins lor Uieir man.
Hookcro
THORNE. Eng. ( The Royal
Humane Society awarded Its hero
Ism medal Monday to a fisherman
who saved the Ufa of a three-year-
old boy by hooking onto his clothes
nd reeling him In.
Fisherman John Wood couldn't
swim, but last October, when lit
I tie Erroll Mnuntcnstle fell into the
water, Wood cant his hook with
I bullseye accuracy, snagged the
boy s clnuung and nonchalantly
i reeled him ashore.
Court Thumps
Oil Company
, WASHINOTON i Tho Su
preme Court Monday upheld 7-0
t a finding that the Richfield Oil
Corporation of Los Angeles violat
ed the anil-trust laws by requiring
2.985 western service stations to
buy only from Richfield.
t 'llif flnrilnrr hau Kmh ma.
8 D,,,rct jlldK(. Lcon R. Yank-.
wlch Ot LOS AllgC CS.
The high court's decision was
announced In an unsigned order
which noted that Justice Clark had
disqualified himself from the case
ond Justice Frankfurter had taken
no part because he was ill nl the
time 11 was argued
The Ulri-nl nffrrpmrnLs ftffr-tri
;lin( Arlsona
The Justice Department told the
Supreme Court the 2.965 stations
sold 7.5 ppr cent of all the gaso
line sold bv retailers In the six
suites and that In 1950 the Rich
field stntlons distributed some 43
million dollars of petroleum pro
ducts and accessories.
Richfield asked the high tribunal
to overturn Judge Yankwlch's de
cision on tho ground It extended
tho anti-trust laws "beyond their
language and purpose."
I
Prlca Che Cent'
J-e Weed
Ranch Hand
Victim Of
Car Crackup
TULELAKE A speeding automo
bile that Jumped an Irrigation ditch
and settled bock Into a small (low
of water brought death early Bun
day morning to a resident of Hay
ward. Dead Is Walter Paul Jackson,
2d. farm worker employed by H.T.
Osborne.
Jncknon, according to an eye wit
ness. Mm. Edna Boggs. traveling
behind the 1949 Ford sedan, was
traveling at a high rate ol speed.
His car narrowly missed the abut
ment of a concrete bridge across
a deep cunul. then left Uie right-
hand side of highway 139, Jumped
about 29 feet Into the bank and
rebounded, upside down In the
ditch. He was pinned Inside the
car.
The accident happened one mile
norm or hero- near we Crawford
and Wolfe warehouse.
Jerry Ternus of the city police
force was called to the scene by
Mrs. Bogvs. O. B. Pedersen. deputy
coroner Investigated the accident.
An aulonsy held here today re-
VfilH .lirVinh AA IrAtn tnultlnl
be hlnned to Oakland Calif Jor
funeral services,
Surviving are his widow, Dorothy,
a son. Walter Paul Jackson Jr.:
daughter I Inda all of Hayward
his father H. A. Jackson, Burk
Burnett, Texas: three brothers.
Ross Jackson. U.S. Navy, Russell
Jaclcson. Pan Leandro, Robert .lack
son. North Carolina; alro a sister.
Lcnora Hager, Red Bluff.
Crater Spp
Still.Heavy-
There's "Itlll plenty of snow st
Crater Lake, but tprlng air brought
out 829 persons over Uie weekend
Just Uie same, according to a re
port received here from Ranger
Richard Ward.
The crowd came In 214 automo
biles, and there were 14 skiers
among them.
Ronds are clear, Ward reported,
and Uie warming hut Is open every
day.
Snow depth at Park headquar
ters was 157 Inches when meas
ured this morning, according to Uie
ranger, but there are stIU 30-foot
snow drifts at me rim.
Big Explosion
Fired for Dam
THE DALLES Wl Another huge
blast was set off In the Columbia
River here Sunday to prepare the
river's bnl for construction of The
Dalles Dam.
The dynamite blast, the largest
so far, shot water more than 1.000
feet Into tho air.
Hundreds of spectators watched
from nearby cliffs.
Not far away about 400 Oregon
and Washington Indians held their
annual spring salmon and root
festival a thanksgiving ceremony.
The festivnl was one of the Inst
to be held since the dam will flood
the traditional Indian fishing
grounds at Celllo Falls.
EXPLOSION KILLS SIX
TOKYO 8lx Japanese were
killed nnd several injured Monday
In the cxpios'on of a IJreoraskrr
fnclory In Shlkoku, one of Japan':)
siiuhtorn Islands, Kyodo News
Agency reported.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Sunny and warm Monday, mastlv
clear Monday night. Partly cloudy
and cooler Tuesday with a few
brief showers. High Monday 65,
low Monday nlghl 35. High Tues
day 57.
High temperature yesterday .. SI
Low Inst night .. 32
Preclp yesterday 0
Since Oct. 1 1I.21
Normal for period 9.94
Same period last year 12.S6
W. A. Van Buskirk Dies
In New Mexico Hospital
William A. (Bill! Van Buskirk.
51, vice, president and service
manager at Bnlslgor Motor Com
pany, died Sunday morning at a
Tucumcnri, N, M., hospital as a
result oi a nenn attack suffered
earlier.
The body la to be brought here
for funeral services and burial
sometime tills week.
Van Buskirk had been associated
with Elmer Bnlslger In the busi
ness here since September, 10'J3.
and was a so ' Interested In other
Balslger enterprises here, in Tule-'
lane ana Laxeview.
He and Mra.. Van. Buskirk, had
tl araaim mar inwrTi n i an -nrrin "rfr nr-r "-t-":--i,-iifrfVfi"itif .;,.,.,..-.--. ..-v- .... A
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
Christianity on Forum Tonight
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PASTOR HOLLOWAy
RONALD PHAIR-SP-
PTT Workers
Back on Jobs
By The Associated Press
Oregon Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph Co. workers, on strike
since last Tuesday, returned to
work Monday.
Picket lines were withdrawn ex
cept at the Western Electric ware
house In Portland as negotiations
continued in New York in an at
tempt to reach an agreement with
Uie Western Electric sales force.
In Washington, too, only Uie
Western Electric warehouse at
Seattle was picketed.
The Oregon telephone workers,
who charged a lockout and left
their Jobs, agreed at a meeting
with company representatives Sun
day to remove pickets and go back
to work.
A company spokesman said they
would be reassigned to regular
Jobs as quickly as possible and
that all should be back within 24
hours.
The workers, members of Uie
CIO ComniuincaUons Workers of
America, struck in protest when
the company announced it could
not guarantee regular employment
to those who did not report regu
larly. That would have meant going
through Uie picket line of Western
Electric employes, also members
of Uie CWA. The phone workers
charged lockout and Joined Uie
picketing.
An aoreement was reached with
Western Electric equipment in
stallers In New York Friday, but
attempts to reach a settlement
with the sales force is continuing.
Western Electric withdrew:- its
pickets from telephone exchanges
Saturday, but the Installers said
thev would not report bnck to
work until agreement Is reached
with the sales force. Telephone
pickets were removed Sunday.
A union spokesman said Monday
that If a Western Electric sales
force settlement Is not reached
quickly, resumption of telephone
exchange picketing "Is possible."
In Washington, the dispute In
volved only Western Electric em
ployes, although telephone com
pany employes respected Uielr
picket lines.
been on n business and vacation
trip back east and were driving a
new pickup truck nnd house trailer
home. He suffered a heart attack
nt Cleveland, O., mid then another
at Tucumcarl.
He wns In the Tucumcnri hospital
several days, and his two sons.
Rodney, 14, and Douglas, 13, and
b' brother, Jerry Van Buskirk of
Tulclnkc, had gone there to be
v,i i iniii.
The Van Busklrks lived here at
55 Eldorado. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. w. van Buskirk. reside
at '324. N.lUUi .
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PASTOR CASSIDY
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FRANK SEXTON
Firm Lowers
Price of Cars
DETROIT 1 The first sub
stantial price reduction to be an
nounced by any auto company In
many months became effective
Monday -with a 1100 to $168 cut
In Katscr-Frazer's Henry J line.
However, the reduction does not
indicate a trend in auto prices
generally, according to automotive
authorities. Increases, authorized
by
AY,
Ml
the Capehart Amendment to,TuesdaJ' wheUV:r " nave day"
the National Defense Act, have
been Uie rule and there Isn't likely
to be any definite price action by
other manufacturers until uncer
tainty about steel prices has been
removed.
Automotive circles interpret the
K-F action In reducing Henry J
model nrices as an effort to read-
Just Uie competiUve position be
tween this newest model in uie
Kaiser-Frazer line and the average
price of other somewhat larger
cars in the lower-priced field.
Rumor has had It that some K-F
dealers have been protesting that
their sales problems had been in
tensified by the fact the differen
tial between the Henry J models
and average Ford, Chevrolet and
Plymouth models was relatively
small.
In? "fecf
aLiiiiiiaawliinia ,i-TV- 'TiT'Jr a ' I
TOP ANGUSITES Charles T. Ryan, president of the Pacific Coast Aberdeen Angus
Breeder's Association from Anderson, Calif., discusses the sale underway today at the
Fairgrounds with Second Vice Pres. Edward Parson, Payette, Ida., and Mrs. Ryan. Mrs.
Ryan is president of the women's auxiliary to the association which meets whenever a
sale brings them together. t y Story on peg 10) , j
Telephone II II
No. 270
PASTOR GRAEF
Basin Church
Study Slated
"What is cnristiantty s rote in
; building the Basin?"
! Eive prominent churchmen are
' to lie on tonight's Build the Basin
radio forum to consider this ques
tion. The program goes on the ah
over KFLW at 8:30 p.m.
On the panel are: the Rev. Lloyd
Holloway, First Methodist Church;
the Rev. Richard E. Oraef, Zion
Lutheran Church: the Rev. Donald
Cassidy, CongregaUonal Church;
Ronald Phair. president of Uie
Klamath branch of the Church of
Latter Day Saints; and Frank Sex
ton, active In Sacred Heart Church
work.
There has been a growing oe-
mand for tonight's forum topic. It
Tl... Ium. nnlntul mil Ihnt nmvlmH
has been coin ted out that prei
forums .have considered th ..fac-
tors of politics,, economy, society
and educaUon in connection with
the Basin's future; this fifth fac
tor. Christianity, rounds out Uie
basic needs for future strength of
Uie Basin.
As usual, a special telephone
crew will man Uie Herald and
News switchboard to take quesUons
and comments from the audience.
Daylight Time
Decision Due
SALEM m Oregon will know
light saving Ume this summer,
Oov. Douglas McKay said Monaay.
The governor said he has almost
completed his investigation on
whether he should order the state's
clocks set ahead one hour next
Sunday.
He said the only thing that he
has yet to check is whether the
city of Tacoma, Wash., wUl have
davlight time.
The state law provides that Ore
gon can't have daylight Ume un
less the governor proclaims it for
the whole state. He can proclaim
it only if he finds the state's -economy
would be damaged by staying
on standard time.
Tlie governor regards the action
to be taken by Washington
cities on the time quesUon as im
portant. He said that Vancouver
and Longvlew, Wash., wiU go along
with Oregon.
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Guards Held
By Rioters
In Michigan
JACKSON, Mich. Wt Six mora
guards were seized as hostages by
mutineers at the state prison of
Southern Michigan Monday.
This brought to ten the number
of hostages held by the prisoners.
Four other guards had been In
the prisoners' custody since Sun
day night.
The method of seizure of the ad
ditional alx was not Immediately
made clear at the prison.
The first gunfire of the prison
riot meanwhile took place.
State police fired four shots when
rioters were said to have threat,
ened guards of a work oarty In
side, Uie grounds.
The police said the shots were
"warning shots" and were fired
over the heads of Uie convicts.
The gunshots came as rioting
prisoners still held control of a
large portion of Uie mammoth pri
son hi a continuation of an out
break that began Sunday night-
REINFORCEMENTS
The bulk of the Michigan state
j police force was rushed to the scene
to guard the neieaguered institu
tion and prevent any possible mas
escape attempts.
Half a dozen prison guards had
been Injured as the rioting spread
Into mid-morning.
The quartermaster building, con
taining clothing, was set ablaze.
State police used tear gas to
keep some of Uie rioters from
breaking Into other cell blocks.
Meantime, another group broke
Into the prison theater, seized mu
rical instruments and paraded in
Uie yard.
At 11 a.m. officials reported they
had secured control of about half
Uie prison.
Many prisoners bad been re
turned to cells.
Several hundred, however, still
were rioting.
They were breaking windows and
raiding.
8HOP FIRED ,
The butcher shoo also was set
afire. Some prisoners volunteered
to fight the blaze. They were
equipped with gas masks and band
extinguishers to do the Job.
Brooks said Uie question of "sup
pressing" Uie rioters would have to
tie considered afterwards.
The fire in Uie ouartermnster
building threatened the destruction
of a supply of prison guards' uni-
lorms.
State police and guards sought a
means of wheeling the prison's fire
truck into the yard to put out the
Southern Michigan prison is re
putedly the world's largest. It has
6,481 inmates. Of these 4.978 are
within the walls. The others are
trusties or work camp prisoners.
At the height of the rlotlnar of
ficials said that fully 1,600 prison
ers were involved. -
The original mutineers In cell
block 15 went In for publicity, de
manding a newspaper man's pres
ence and forcing a hostage.- with
knife 'at his throat, to pose for
pictures at a barred window..
NEW TROUBE ,
A night-long mutiny of some of
the prison's toughest criminals
tcuched off a series of new dis
turbances after daybreak.
The prison vicinity resembled an
armed camp.
State troopers encircled the walls
outside. Another 25 troopers, armed
with sub-machine guns and tear
gas, took stations on the prison
roof.
Bedlam held forth within the
walls.
At least two prison blocks, In
cluding a mental ward, and the
mess hall were reported In control
of Uie rioters at one time.
In wrecked Block 15, the isolated
block where Uie most dangerous
criminals are confined, the hos
tages were held prisoners.
Sunday night's riot which oc
curred about 7 o:clock in this
block had touched off the series of
disturbances. -
Another followed at breakfast in
the mess hall . Monday morning.
Still others took place. Finally,
prisoners swarmed into the big
prison yard, taking control there.
too.