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Newspaper Page Textiin Ju TImv mm i kMA (nets. e m IMUT lly I HANK JUNKINK ' On tlto wuy buck from meet iiih ovtir n I hu California count I lip oilier diiv I stopped nt lllllo i ondslile tuntiiuriiiil for n bite to riil. It wan a om-ninll nilnblMi nielli, unit tin was chninclur. Mnkltltf conversation, I snld: "Who in yoii iiolnii to vole lor?" II know I should hnve nnld "whom," but II Mirmnd a trifle stilt mid loi Mini under thr eIrcUIII lttntlCCn. I Mo mi Id: "I gull voting veins iiko. I wnnl no purt ul the mess." I said: "Don't von Ihluk you imiy have been hlUrklnK? How are wo going to clrmi up llm mens If wo don't vote?" Ite ciuerled: "How long hnve you been vot ing?" I niii-wcn-d: "Much longer tlmn I'm willing to admit. Hut o fur nt I know I've never mlnsed n volo." I In uliot buck: "Hnve YOU donned un Hie mriui?" i You know, lor minute he hnd inn Mumped. It In true, according lii in v w.iv of thlnklim. Hint the mens Imn been uctllllg nllcklcr nnd stickler. Hut, looklim buck over the . .ri. I feel better iiboul It thiin l 1 HADN'T voted. Anvwuy. hnvlim votrd, 1 hnve llie Unlit to complnln. Hint's auinc IhinK. I One wuid more, 'llie III t lr rrstim runt wiin shining. Milek-iiiiil-M"i clean It Inlrlv sparkled. Hi owner m pink nnd lu rubbrd. hin white Imlr nenllv combed, hi white uhlrt nd while nnron snollciui. It wiii PrnticlH Uncon. one nl the world'n Kreut thlnkem, who ald buck In the 10th century: "Cleanness ol bndv wns ever dreinrd to proceed Irom n due rev erence to Clod," John Wenlev. one ol England great preachers nnd iierlmp" the Kientem ol our English hvmn writ em. snld three centurlrn Inter: "Cleanliness In Indeed next to god liness." The old gentleman In hl little rritniiriint. you ee. iimv hnve been Utile oil the Ileum In hl politi cal philosophy, but he has hln good polnu. Ilv the wnv: Did von evrr know nnvbodv who was WHOLLY Unci? Unit doien people hnve cnlled tliUi niornlnu at.kmr wlial to do about vollim lor Presidential elec tor!. I've answered, n trifle flip pantly: "Vole lor the six voud rnther see hnve the lob. II doesn't lunke much dllference " I houldn,l hnve nmwercd thnt wnv. We nhouldn't be fllupnnl about uy ol the trndlllonnl processes ol our government. Mnybe we'd better ro tnlo Dim elector business a lit tle more fully. Each slate choose one elector fur euch senator and ench repre nrutallve I Unit give Oregon six at Ilia present lime. I An the Found ttv Falhem planned It, it was the VT'i ol the electoral college to choose the President nnd the vice president, The method was for each elector to votei his choice. A list was then made of all person re ceiving votes, and the one getting the hlKhcsl number, providing It waa a malorllv of all the elector-!, was named president and the one getting the second highest became vice-president. The truth Is that the Founding Fnlhers didn't have too much con fidence In the mnases. Their Idea was to have the President and the vice-president chosen by whnt they regarded aa Intelligent, competent and thoughtful persons. In practice It never worked quite that wav. Washington was chosen President more less by acclama tion. In most Mates, ways were soon found to vote directly for elec tors and the people began to vole for elector candidates pledged to vole for certalln men for President and vice-president. Then political parlies were formed and people began to vole only for those electors who would promise to support onlv chosen par ty candidates. In Ihnt way, the peo ple took the election of President and vice-president Into their own hands. Since 18A8 the voters ol all the alates have chosen their electors bv ballot on national election dnv. This provides that Ilia party casting the highest number of votes In the stale shall receive tho ENTIRE electoral vote ol Hint state. Under this avstem, the six elec tors chosen In Oregon will cast Oregon's six votes In (he electoral college lor the partv candidates v-'io received the malorllv ol the Ocgon popular vote for President nnd vlce-pre-ildent at the national election In November. iljls. of course. Is CUSTOM not law. In 1048, one of Tonnessee's 12 electors successfully defied tho cus tom and voted for hln personal choice. But thnt sublect Is loo long nnd too complicated to be gone into here. The custom thnt hns prevailed since 1808 will prevail In Oregon In this nntlonnl election year, Murray Ready To Talk Peace PHILADELPHIA Ml Steelwork era Union Chief Philip Murray nnld Friday he Is willing to renew labor peace talks with tho steel Industry, but stressed he's still standing pat on his demands. Murray told reporters nt the un ion's big convention thnt It would be up to Industry to Initiate new negotiations, and that he was al ways rendy to accept a bid. Murray mndo It clear In hln remarks to tho convention that ho waa unwilling to retrcnt from tho eventual ao-cenln an hour "pack ago", plus union shop, recommen dations of the government's Wngo Htablllxnllnn Board (WSB). The Industry has balked at the WSB propoHiilN. A solution to the deadlocked st il dlsputo seemed as hopolcss an evnr.r Miifiay wan willing to talk over his mmtrnct demands, but he placed a lloor on any bargaining by In sisting on the full WSB'a terms. ii i ur u u u 1. 1 i w tU Wfc L-A PASSING IT ON A bronze plaque from the USS Maine hns liccii turned over to the local VKW post by Spanish American Veterans to insure the plaque's safekeeping. Above, Spanish American Vet Frank Simmons (right) pre sents the plaque to S. K. Ilenke, VKW commander. Work Slated On BPA Link Itonnevllle Power Admlnlftlrnllnn i i , ,1, 7 i, ,i He. r k LmLih" K, .'. Z w Ii ,2 r.',-. .M. Ln i' volt eletlricul irnnsmliuilon line. The section Is 8 4 miles long, lo. cnli-d nenr Dlnmnnd Lake Junction. Where llie clearing was hejd up by imnny mining claims wmrn ere lllcd on properly over which llie All other clearing Jobs between Klnmnth Fnlli and Ilediuond hnve been let and clearing work It Inr , advanced. 1 'Ihn tract lo be clenred contnlui I a considerable amount ol valuable ponderosa pine and also a quan tity ul lodgcpole, nnd Bonneville hopea to gel Hio rlght-ol-way work done tor approximately the vnluo of the timber. The contractor will have 176 days to complain the Job. , River Channel Contract Let A contract for construction of six Lost River' m'Tange.. Valiey" brcn awarded the McKlnnon Con, atructlon Company of Sandy, Ore., the Bureau of Reclamation an nounced today. The company's bid was 1214, 368.64. It was low among six bids lor the Job. McKlnnon has moved equipment to tho Job site and has started work. In addition lo Ihe channel work, there la required Hie construction of 2.7 miles of Irrigation lateral to serve 702 acres of land which will be taken Into Die Langell Valley Irrigation District and the construc tion of a turnout on the east side of Mnlono diversion dnm to serve approximately 1.870 acres of prl vnlo land on which the ranchcia will construct their own Irrigation works. The Lost River channel work will range In width from a 20-loot bot tom In the upper and .steeper reaches to 48 loot In the Hatter area near the Junction with Mil ler Creek. The main Item ol work for the McKlnnon company Is mov ing approximately three - quarters of a million yards of dirt. Three draglines and two bulldoxers have beer, moved in to do the work. The Job should be completed by the end of this year- 'Dead' Yoter Little Irked ' Pity poor Justin A. McDonald, 128 High he enn't vote on account of they've got him marked down aa dead. McDonnld, who regularly for years has cast his ballot (Repub lican) In Precinct 3, went to the polling place nt the Baldwin Hotel today to do his duty as a cltlr.cn. Bui b's nnnio wasn't on the poll book. So the election board workers told him It wns tough, go sec Counly Clerk Charlie DcLap about It. He went to the clerk's office nnd his name wasn't listed there, either, among the registered voters. Finally, Romcbody thought to look In the "deceased" Hie. (When a poison dies, Counly Clerk DcLnp pulls, his card out of the file nnd wrllen "deceased" across It.) Thcro It wna, nlnlii aa dny: J. A. McDonald, deceased. So he still couldn't vote. Almost without a doubt, the per son who pulled out J A. Mc Donald's oard nnd marked him dead got slightly balled up. He should have mnrked off A. J, Mc Donald, well-known Klnmnth Falls mnn, who died Inst Hummer. At any rate, for a dead man, J, A. McDonnld la plenty sore, , MARION COURTHOUSE . SALEM 11 Vlosko nnd Post, a Salem contracting firm, Thurs day submitted tho low bid of $1, 010,780 for building a new Marlon Counly courthouse. Wnslioul MANDAN N D 11 Rndlo Aniiiiuiiccr Juck lliirrln told his listeners he would do Hie Inundrv lor whoever Identified Hie nulhor ol the siutemrm, "so much to do wilh so little lime." Mr llimrw llnma nl,An-H i . n.. ",p miotailon was tlml of Cecil i 7he Congrcalonal budget blU J,,nn "nodc- 6ou,h Mr plonce,' cl. ared by voice vote and went to """ ",c """ "os provided tho Scnute with the dlsllnclion ol lor nnotlc., scholarships. iLung the lirst bill this venr on . Mm Hoppo then told Harris 'Which the House actually raised , something uboui herself. She niid Ihc allotments recommended by she was laundress lor Uir Mnninn the ADpropriallons Committee. stale training school and Its 300 inmates and employes. Police Have Busy Night Information concerning prowlers. Ioh blllfords. a stolen air com pressor and a transient being rolled In Ihe "hobo Jungles" outside Lown was roponed - to city Police l.st night. Herbert P. Flower, Alturas, told I oiiiccm ne iosi nis oinioid. con - Mining m In a local recreation hall Thuriday "."" Joe Kales. 4sS0 S 6th. reported an air compressor worth tsoo slolen from service station on Oreuon Av Jwm-a Chlldcrs. 404 N 5nd ki told Police he snw a nrowlrr in the aparlment building Etllwey a,' lhat acldrev. nhnin i-ir. .. -r. day. He said the man broke and ' An mlnatlon ol the amend ran away out a back door imcnt b newsmen disclosed Its ln A transient Irom Santa Barbara lcnl- whlcn McCormack vcrllled. Call!.. Ernest Loftls. told police II snvs that for purposes of fed two Negroes look away his billfold I icral txstlon members of Con and aultcase enrlv Thursday morn- have their Dlace ol residence ing In a secluded spot near ilir lln ,ne stale or dl5lrlct hv reore- rallroad trncks on the south end ol town. Loftls this morning lold police he found mosi of the be longliiRs near where ihey had been taken from him. Boys Knuckle Down Today Four local youngsters will have grimy knuckles and sore knees to night but Uicy'll also have tickets to the state marble tournament at PorUnnd Jnntr.ni Beach Park May 34. The wmner and runner-up In two divisions will be picked Irom the 20-30 Club's district marble tourna ment al Recreation Park. The mlg tournament opened this afternoon. 4:30 PDT. About 44 contestants Irom seven Klamath Falls grnde schools and lour suburban schools opened shoot ing In two divisions Class A lor boys and girls aged 6 to 12 and Clnss B boys nnd girls 13 to 16. One ol the lour will be In line lor the main event ol mnrbledom, the national tournament at Dur ham, N. C , the big prlrc In Uie Young Orcgonlan meet at Portland- New Strike Offer Made Another offer to sottlc the strike of CIO woodworkers nt Klamath Basin Pine Mills which Is "much nearer tho Weyerhaeuser settlement" (In the words ol the union) has been made to Klamath Basin Mills workers by Ivan Kes lerson, plnnt mnnngcr. The mill workers will have an official meeting nt tho plant lunch room Saturday at 4 p, in. to dis cuss the offer. Klnmnth Bnsln Pine Mills has been struck for three. weeks. About n week ago tho employes offered to go back to work If Kea- terson would agree word-for-word with the agreement reached wllh bv the union and Weyerhaeuser Timber Compnny, leaving the prob lem nl pay for the union's henlth nnd welfare demands up to local nnd further npgollontlon. Kcstcrson turned down that offer nnd In turn mndo one which has resulted In strike settlement at sev eral Northern California, plants. The union termed It unncccptnblo, nnd now Kcstcrson hns mndo a second offer, Hal aleger of the CIO said Sat urday's meeting would be nn offi cial one, although held on compnny property. tmmmmmtmmmtmmmmmmmmrtmmmmmtmmmt nil iiimmn misi aau iiiii turn i n inn n a f ina mi iiii i " H IS Page House OKs Favors For Lawmakers By WILLIAM F. ARBOOAST WASHINOTON OH In a com- Iplcte reversal ol previous demands lor bult-tlKhtenlng economy, the Hnute has voicd substantial tax ii'llcf fur itself and senators and I Congressmen, I The measure swept through the house Thursday as It passed the I last of the annual domestic budget funds to operate ConKress. un all previous budget bills ex- eept one linnnclng local river and harbor and Hood control projects. Hh- House had reduced allotments recommended bv Its Appropriations .Committee. Demands lor economy Dfi-nninnnlMl nil ihn t-iHi,sf l.n TOTAL The bill's total of $62,391,780 was SI. W0 more than Ihe committee had suggested, although about 10 million below Budget Bureau rec ommendations. The money finances Congress. Ihe Library of Congress, the Gov ernment Priming Office and re lated nrms of the legislative de partment. The M.SO0 Increase was for In sinuation of more tralflc signs and signals' on Capliol Hill. " But two oUiw amendments for tax relief and free office rental. could run the added cost of the bill into hundreds of thousands of ij.n' I . , .. -n,e tax amendment was olfered lb.v Democratic Leader McCormack ol Massachusetts and approved i without a show ol opposition or I discussion 1 Tl, Dl"'8 Democratic and Re I Publican managers announced wU . . H d the other members went along. cnt. SIDE STEP This menus thnt their expenses while on official business away from home are deductible as busi ness expenses for tax purposes. Since Congress normally stays In session almost 'the entire year, a member could deduct the cost of his housing, mcnls, tranporta lion, business entertainment, laun dry and many other things while In Washington. For most members this could mean a tax reduction of around 12.000 annually. Those with higher than average living standards might pav no taxes at all. Enemy Again Lashes Allies MUNSAN. Korea l For the ninth straight dny Red truce nego tu.tors blasted the Allies and again virtually dared them to formally break off Uie armistice talks. Vice Adm. C. Turner Joy. senior Allied delegate, spoke for only two minutes of the 30 minute session. He used his time to "reject final ly and formally' the Red prisoner exchange proposnl nnd suggest a recess until the Reds havo some thing new to offer. NorUi Korean Gen. Nam II re plied: "Unless you formally declare the termination of these armistice ne gotiations, you hnve no reason to oblect to the normal holding of conferences." Another session was scheduled at Panmunlom Snturday al 11 a.m. Joy told the Reds "we again re ject finally nnd formally" the Red proposal calling for exchange of 132,000 captured Reds for the 12. 000 Allied captives In Communist hands. Nam II was equally firm In re jecting the Allied voluntarily re patriation plnn. It would return only 70.000 pris oners to the Reds. The rest of the Red prisoners questioned refuse to return to Communist territory, the UN Command said. The prisoner Issue Is blocking an armistice. Nam II said a letter wrltton by Brig. Ocn. Charles F. Colson. for mer commander of tho Allies' Kole Island prison, "fins disclosed to the whole world the utter bankruptcy of your position." Colson wrote the note to obtain tho release of Brig; Ocn. Franols T. Dodd, who was aclscd by tho POWs, The letter, since repudiat ed bv he top Allied command, admitted guards had killed prison ers (In Red riots) and promised "humane treatment," TkiMislwes M&f funis KLAMATH FALLS, ORF.fiON, FIRST CANDIDATE for queen of this year's Klamath Basin Roundup is 17-year-old Carol Hamilton (center above). Carol signed her entry blank yesterday at the Town Shop, one of three sign-up points this year. Flanking Carol are (left) Roundup Secretary Beth Chase and Keith Moon, Town Shop operator. . . . . , . '. . . KUHS Senior Seeks Crown By WALLACE MYERS A Klamath Union High School senior, whose hobby time la di vided between riding and dancing, la the first entrant in the gala annual contest for queen of the Klamath Basin Roundup, July 2, 3 and 4. The fetching brunet who tossed her 10-gallon chapeau Into the queen trials ring yesterday after noon was Carol Hamilton, 17, daughter of Mrs. Dorothy Hamil ton, 1715 Siskiyou, and Elmer Hamilton, now lit Manila. There wns an unexpected thru! awaiting Carol at the Town Shop, where she signed her entry blank yesterday. Keltli Moon, operator of the shop, had quietly told Round up officials several days ago mat he planned to give the first queen trials entrant a special prize, no added to the many exciting events and guts scneduicd lor uaroi ana the other queen candidates, was a beautiful play suit she received from Moon. JUDGING Carol and the othar candidates for queen Uiis year will br Judged on horsemanship, poise and per sonality. Horsemanship counts 60 per cent and the other two quali fications a collective 40 per cent. The horsemanship trials will be at the Fairgrounds and the poise and personality grading will Be done during the Queen's Bail at Uie Armory. When the scores have been added and the' new queen decided last year's lovely Queen tviargy Brown Is to crown Uie new queen. Until the moment Queen Margy walks down Uie line oi candidates and sets the crown on the lucky head, identity of the win ner will be known only to Queen Mnrgy and the Judges. Seven girls go into Uie flnnls at the Queen's Ball. They will be survivors of the horsemanship trials held earlier. All seven of the girls are featured throughout the Roundup nnd the mnny prelimi nary events; there will be the queen and six princesses. ENTRANTS Several of last year's contestants are expected to enter again this vear. There are three sign-up spots: the Town Shop. Charlie Read's Saddlery and Drew's Man store. Carol Hamilton will ride her seven - year - old bay mare, "Ribbon" in the horsey events ot the Roundup. If Ribbon can match the attractiveness of her mistress, the two should be a prime contend er for this year's crown. ; Weather FOFKCASTi Klamath Falls and vlnlnllv mnA Northern California Sunny and warm Saturday. High Saturday IV. . Ilbrh veslerdnv 66 Low last night - Preclp last 24 hrs - 0 Since Oct. 1 W-13 Normal for period 10.78 Same period last yr 14.84 (Additional Weather en Pate I.) wl unai i n iii in -n mi FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1952 V Harrimaii Regains Demo Lead; Taft Favored By The Associated Press W. Averell Harriman moved back Into the lead in Uie race for Demo cratic presidential nominating delegate strength Friday on the bases of a new survey in rennsyj- vama. Harriman, a mutual security director, had been trailing Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee in the Associated Press naUonwide tabu lation of delegates. He had dropped to second place after leading Kefauver when he got the lion's share of his home-state New York's 96 votes. Pennsylvania's 70 - vote dele gation was completed in the April 22 primary. Results then showed Harriman got four votes to Kefau ver's 27. This, rjlus results elsewhere In the country, gave Kefauver 108 ia votes to 93 't for Harriman. The tally is based on concessions, pledges and leanings of delegates willing to state a preference. UNCOMMITTED However, a new survey of Pen nsylvania delegates showed it con sider themselves uncommitted. This group Includes 19 originally pledged to support the preferential primary winner, who turned out to be Kefauver. The new alignment 16 more uncommitcd than previously gives Hnrrimnn 2 ij votes and Kefauver seven votes, making their national rating rend: Harriman 92, Kefauver 88 !j. Convention nomin ation requires 616 votes. Kefauver, however, appeared a cinch to pick up all 12 of Oregon s chosen Friday in a primary. The Associated Press survey of Republican delegates showed thnt Taft was leading Eisenhower, 366 to 306. Republicans In North Dakota con vened at Bismarck Friday to nnme BULLETINS STUDIO BLAST BURBANK, Calif., () An xploiion ' recked the Warner Brothers- Studio Friday and fired a sound stage and a movie set into a flaming inferno. UTAH STORM SALT LAKE CITY '(P) A windstorm exploded with dynamite force over North ern Utah early Friday, over turning airplanes, uproot ing trees, blowing away roofs and disrupting power nd light service. . Telephone 8111 No. 2821 in an uninstructed 14-member dele gation. Most are expected to favor Taft with a few in favor of Elsen hower. Eisenhower has the edge in Missouri, however, where the state's 26 - man delegation was completed Thursday at Kirsville. Taft got two there for a total of five. Eisenhower has 17 sure and four probables. A pro - Kefauver move looked nt the Americans for Democratic action (ADA) convention opening in the nation's capital Friday.. FIGHT SHAPES If the Tennesseean's partisans force a floor fight to try go get ADA endorsement, a counter-move was expected on behalf of Harri man. However, Sen. Humphrey of Min nesota chairman of the self styled liberal, anti-communist or ganization and himself a "favorite son" candidate predicted the ADA will avoid taking anv stand in the Democratic nomination race. D. I 'i. 9 (fjrfock Spsurial V--' 9 ffdnck Special MR. AND MRS. Robert W. Poole, 2663 Radclif fe, . were caught waiting for the bus this morning headed for work. Observers Predict New Record PORTLAND, Ore- lift Oregon voters turned out early and in size able number under nerfect blua- sky weather Friday to mark their choice lor president. Voting in the primary was re ported running at 10 per cent of the 264.000 registration In Port land's Multnomah County In the first hour. The election provided the lirst western test of Oen. Eisenhower's popularity and a showdown on a dispute between two Republican factions for delegates to the na tional convention. Election officials predicted a rec ord 60 per cent turnout or bet ter than 430,000 of the 778,000 vol- ,ers. Sunny weather was forecast throughout the day. Polling hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. PDT and counting the extra long ballofwUl be a slow Job. Eisenhower, rates tops to carry off the Republican oreferenUal vote. As the lone campaigner on his party's ticket. Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee appeared certain to get uie tz Democratic delegates. UNPLEDGED Whether Eiienhower wins 10 or all 18 Republican delegates de pends on the vote for eight unpledg ed delegates widely accepted to fa vor Sen. Taft of Ohio. Taft did not enter the primary. All other delegates signed a state ment to support the high - Dollinu presidential candidate. V ' Some Taft followers sponsored an appeal for write-ins for the Ohio senator. They have been careful, how ever, not to make too much of It. tven so, the gesture vote looked like the closest challenge to Gov. Warren of California for second place. Of the other GOP entries: Ex Gov. Stassen of Minnesota waged onlv a brief campaign. Gen. Mac Arthur and Sen. Morse of Oregon both made It plain that they do not consider themselves as candi dates: In fact. Morse is running as an Eisenhower delegate - William R. Schneider. St. Louis attorney, doesn't figure at all- POPULARITT When the tallies start rolling In. they also, will show the relative popularity of Sen. Kefauver in the Far West's first primary as' against two prominent Democrats who refused to campaign. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and Gov. Stevenson of Illinois were entered against their wishes. The appearance of the eight un pledged GOPtilegate-o.rKlldates . provided the only clash of any con sequence in the active but other wise even-tempered campaign. Action Light At KF Polls At noon today a canvass of several polling places showed that a very light vote had been cast In the first three hours the polls were open.. However, normally the bulk ot voters turn out In the late after noon, after mills and businesses have closed. Sample votes up until noon were: Precinct S, 28 Democrats and 13 Republicans out of 219 registered; Precinct 6, 8 Democrats and 13 Republicans out of 270 total; Pre cinct 7 seven Democrats and 14 Republicans out of 303 total; North Altamont 11 Democrats and 15 Republicans out of - 379; South Altamont 22 Democrats and 21 Republicans out of 424 total; Canal 13 and 13 out of 496; East Home dale 13 Democrats and 19 Repub licans out of 200; North Homedale 18 Democrats and 14 Republicans out of 402; East Shasta 13 Demo crats and 17 Republicans out of 498; North Shasta 18 Democrats and 11 Republicans out of 304; South Shasta 25 Democrats and 2v Republicans out of 377; West Shasta nine Democrats and . 10 Republicans out of 233. Counting boards in precincts with douoie boards came on at 1 p.m., but no official figures may be announced until the polls close.