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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1952)
iirgi tagfliiiiil Trad Strike Penliie Mapd HUNDREDS OF HOPPERS still Iml a few days old move Anility as she sits In a "hotbed" along the south edge I iiTUc . Ipfil fly FRANK JENKINS lu Washington Uil morning, Bernard M. Dnruch lold llio sen- to prejw redness subcommittee ml nn Open hearing! that MOItE THAN 30 BILLION 1XJI.LAHH IS If ICING WA8TKI) ON THE Dfc MINSK PROGRAM This waste al defense billions, lie aaui, resulted from lallurc lu put intii oiwralton Uio vt ayatein nl imUMIiiii conlrolit that congress ,.) (tor Uio JLorcan ouibrvtik 'lit added: 1 7 "These powers wore not used for month during which living eons soured, til savings were cheapened itnd tile real purchasing power ol every detenao dollar aa (lashed by one-llftl). "This needless Inflation already haa" cost us 12 billion dolhtra In higher coat ol deleiuie and la like ly lo exact another 10 billion dol lars In needleaa tribute over the next llacul year." mose are ruunii " " i " " are substantially true. Sot montna ancr war imi Korea, we dawdled while prices aoared. Then we applied celling that were ao lull ol holes that i o bodv had any res trouble getting mfoVh them. The ease will. wh.cT. ma ceilings could be penetrated .ion becaine ao apparent that the uZ spread Uiat anybody who didn't go out alter higher prices and wages waa sap. , . Tlw "result was a tragic period . . ...... U it., nilnrlx nl Allltlli- "ana Ijecan.e Ilxed upon the m.ik- llllf Ol a QUICK DUCfc l el H "' o fr mlnil. and our handa SljOULO have been wholly occupied Willi nrcimrallona lo defend ouraclvca ' . . ..,.rf.il anH hrutal againM a i -L enemy. Because ol dawdling, prol llecrlng and politics llyy"'B. " ala la now readier lor 1MME.OIA1I!. war than we are. On that point, Hnruch told the acnalora this morn ing "No decisive victory In the colli war la possible AS U)NO AS THK SOVIETS HOLD AS TERIUFYINU Ad KUOB IN MIUTAItY READ INESS OVER THE WEST A3 1HEV DO TODAY." Looking ahead, he urged con: grc.-ut lo trim out nil possible un nuccssary and poatponnbla ex- llfUtllllUI'f!. . Jit udcled: "When you live under the shadow of war, ntt we do loduv, all aclloMu must be valued In lormB oI.TIME." That reculls a atory told to me the oilier day by Major Oonoral Tom Ellen, adjutant general ol Oregon. He waa on the campus ol one ol our Oregon schools ol higher learning recently, he anld, at a time when high school seniors ol our stato were present for a look ace. A meeting was culled to dis cuss membership in the Oregon Nntlonul Guard with these young sters. Some WO or 600 of them were present on the campus, he lold me, but ONLY SIX showod up nt the meeting and - what all six wanted to know waa how to keep out ol military aervlcel "I can't believe," he Raid, "that this attitude In the fault of our young men themselves. Our boys In Korea hnve given a thoroughly good account of themselves. They have mot evory test they have been called upon to meet, All ac counts agree that they are as good aoldicra as tho world has seen. "I think It must be tho fault of I he piironts. In their qulto under standable yearning to keep thmr boys at homo as long as possible, they must be unconsciously In lluenolng them against the Idea of military service" Incidentally, Oenern'l Rllcn pointed out Hint If tills Is true parents are going against their (Continued on Fage 4.) Grasshopper War Declared, Basin's Barley Menaced tlr MAM'OI.M l l'I.KY JK. Karnt Kdltor TUl.K'l.AKK Untile lines are bouig (irnwu in this area lor an extensive, all-out attack on a overs Mourue of grasnhonoers haichinii out iiionn the margin of lie Klamath Hasin a top premium orewmg uuney Ilelds. A combined lorre of public agency men and larmera plun to oait is, ooo acres ol lurmiimds during the next lew weeks with poisoned bran. Application Is to be mule by hall a dozen airplanes. Sam Smith, axrlculturb.1 ol the UHUA's Division ol Oriisltu,)ter C'unlrol. Is directing preparation ol I he bull Willi the cooperation ol the (.'uliiornlii suite Dept. of Agricul ture, Bureau or Reclamation, f ish and Wlldlllo 8ervlce, Forest Ocrv- ice. bureau oi utno Management, National, Park Service, Siskiyou. Klaninlh and Modoc Counties and the Southern Pacific Railroad. COST The total onerallon Is to rest about 11.03 per acre, according to aiiuui, or an estimated s.'&,83&. Political Pot Boils in Texas lly The Associated Press Vnllng Unit ranged from calm In Connecticut to tumultuous In Texts tightened both the Repub lican and Democratic races lor presidential . nominating . votes Wednesday. Feuding Texans started out with two conventions Tuesday and wound up with four. Each put ui delegations to the national conventions In July at Chicago, where the question of whirl; to recognize must be de cided, Connecticut's Republican conven llon at Hartford named a 23-voto delecnllon and, In Florida, Demo. eralH In a primary elected a dele gation with 24 votes. GAP (i.osi:s The upshot: Gen. D. Elsenhower pulled within 22 voles of Ohio Sen. Tnlt In tho Republican pre-oon-vcntlon voto-gathorlng. Sen. Russell ol Georgia apparent ly Jumped ahead ol Mutual Secur ity Chlol W. Avorell Hirrrlman In the skirmishing for second place among Dcmocratlo contenders. Henco, tho Associated Press tab ulation of nation-wide delegate strength based on concessions, pledges, Instructions and avowed preferences now shows: Democratic: Sen. Kolouvcr ol Tcnnessco 122, Russell 80 Va, Harrl man 85 '.4. Nomination needs 616. - Florida Democrats divided their 24 convention votes apparently on the basis of 10 for Russell and five for Kefnuver. Primary returns pointed that way, but were coming In slowly and could chnngu the spread. WALKOUT y Texas Republicans met at a Mineral Wells convention to name a 88-vote delegation. Many Elsen hower backers were denied seats at Hie meeting, and they walked out and set up their own state gather ing. While tho Tatt-domlnalcd convcm lion picked a dolegntlon lined up 35 lor Talt and three for Elsen hower, the other meeting named Ha own delegation 83 for Elsen hower and Ilvo lor Tnlt. . . Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. ol Mnssnchucsctts, Eisenhower enm- gnlgn manager, complained: "po-, llllnnl tHflrffv " 1 across 10-year-old Barbara Mo of Tulc Lake farmlands. The cost is to be divided between the public agrnclcs Involved and the limners. Smith said, with the dinners paying about 40 per cent ol the cosla. Orglnally farmers were to pay 60 par cent of the cosu, but since the hoppers-were originating on publlo lands for the most part some, consideration was given. The hoppers of the "Clear Wing'' variety have been hutch ing out lor about 10 days, but have been under observation since eggs were luld lust year. As vet thev hnve remained lu the halchit.g beds nroiiud the edges ol the liclds, and in but a few cases have moved out into me bnrley. Tlie Insects are still but a traction ol an Inch in sine, and as vet have ueait no injury lo the crops. ENDANGERED However fimlth nAl,(H n.,t 500.000 worth ol brew bnrW "l' llireiiiened. and without control even Bremer oainuuo could he done. The uolson bran l In Ka nnnllH lal rales varying up lo or pcrhups i-Aii-i-uiuR iu puuuus to me acre, depending on the need. The poison used Is chlorJnne, and perhaps Alilrin. The bran will be scailered over llln flnldu frnm nn w0,inn ol 60 to 75 led. The opera lion being a big one, a large aircraft application company hns been signaled in the A. V. Pest Con trol company. Some hotbeds along the edge ol the Lava Bed havA nrnniinl grasshoppers at rates up to several uiuusnua per square yara. utner inlcstalioiu range tnrough the margins of the Cqpplck Buy, the Piinhandlc, Lower Klamath and Oklahoma areas. ' ,. AMOUNT Smith Bnld the bait would be applied at a rule ol 18.000 pound per day. weather Dcrmlttlng. A louil ol 125 tons ol bun Is 10 be distributed. Tho poison Is nunlied to the bran by spcclnl mixing iiiiieiiiues, inree oi wnicn were im ported hero Horn Walla Wnlla. Six tons oi bran per hour may be treated by each machine. Cooperating In the venture are Bob Harper, Stato Dept. of Agri culture; BUI Huse, Siskiyou Couilr ty; Lorlng White, Modoc County; J. D. Vcrtreos, Klamath County; E, L. Stephens and Luke Mc Auulty, Bureau of Reclamation: Tom Horn and Jean Branson, Fish and Wildlife Servlco; Don Fisher, Lava Beds Nntlonnl Monument and George Fischer, Modoo Na tional Forest. Armed Forces Limit Sought UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. Ifl The Western Big Three powers have agreed upon a proposal to set a celling of 1 i million men each i or mc armca inrccs or the soviet Union, the United Slates-and China provided that all three and tho United Nations concur, 1 This proposal Is scheduled to be prosentcd late Wednesday lo the U, N. Disarmament Commission. It is the West's answer to Russia's demand for a flat one-third reduc tion of all armed forces ol the big powers. The pnpor makes It clear that tho celling will not become effec tive until and unless It is agreed upon by the powers concerned and by tho United Nations. It also calls for strict safeguards to sco that no. ono violates the limits. Wj!&m (SUUUIT Far Apart -3$ ExpMes, More Ships Tied Up In Vest Strike SAN FRANCISCO I The crip pling AFL Sailors Union ol the Pacific strike Wednesday tied up ut least 24 ships In harbors from Seattle to Los Angeles. Union members walked olf their Jobs Friday In a stop-work move ment pending contract negotia tions, then voted 3.610-68 Monday to strike. Harry Lundberg. SUP secre tary-treasurer, said his organiza tion Is well prepared for a long strike. He snld the SUP's treasury totaled $1,700,000. The shipowners, through presi dent J. Paul St. Sure, ol the Pa cini: Maritime Assiv. aald thev will not settle for anything less than a one-year, no-strike agree ment. HOT ISSIE v Chief point of dispute Is PMA's demand that the SUP agree to a one-year, no-strike contract. The union Is holding out for an agree ment which can be canceled on 00 cays' notice. PMA said it had agreed to the union's other chlel demands: A 5 per cent pay Increase and over time lor Saturday work al sea. In other West Coast waterfront developments: ilr.rry Bridges' International Longshoremen's and Warehouse men's- Union announced It had tentatively agreed upon a new con tract with the PMA calling for a 13-cenl hourly wage Inoreaso. bringing the basic wage scale to 12.10 an hour. The contract, wmcn states wage negotiations can be opened In June, 1953, but carries no cancellation clause, also calls for a 4-certt hourly contribution bv empjeves to a union wellare fund. Tin! PMA presently Is paying 3 cents an hour. BREAK THREAT Hugh Brvson. president of the Independent Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, Indicated his membership may not respect 8UP picket lines thrown up in front of all PMA ships on the West Coast. The MCS and the SUP have been engaged In a Jurisdictional dispute which recently caused the cancel in t len ol a Hawaii vovage of the swank passenger liner Lurllne from San Francisco. Six ships In the San Francisco area, ten in Seattle, two In Port land and six in Los Angeles were tied i:p as SUP pickets were estab lished. Othtrs were to be picketed as soon as they docked. Tankers and Atlantic Coast ves sels touching port In the West were among ships not affected by the, sir Ike. Police Chase, Arrest Driver Five traffic charges were placed against Edward C. Pryor, 24, of 14J0 Etna, after a race with City Police out of town on U. S. 87 shortly alter midnight. He pleaded guilty in Municipal Court to all chnrges and was fined a total ol $45, or 22 '4 days In Jntl. ' Officers reported they snw Prvor, driving a coupe, run through a traffic light at 9th and Main, and started the chase that led UP Main to Esplanade,- Es planade to Kit Carson Way, out Kls Carson Way to. the highway and up the highway to near the highway scales a couple-of miles oiit.- ' . " His passengers In the coupe were Negroes he said had' hired him to drive them to Kirk. . . Pryor was charged with viola tion of the basic rule, making an Improper elt-turn, running a red lighti having four persons In the front scat and driving .with ob scured vision.. Arnall Gets Price-Shock WASHINGTON (A Price Stabi liser Ellis Arnall found he didn't know much about the price of milk when his wife sept him shop ping. 'When I handed the man a dime, I found out the price .waa' about 28 cents," he told the House Banking Committee during a hear imr on price controls Tuesday. He suld he got the shock of Ms life. Arnall also confided to the con gressmen that his wile "complains all the time about prices." He quoted her as saying that she thought ho was going to Washing ton to do something about prices, but that "sinco vou've been there they've gone up week after week." KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, GERMANY ' 'f?iW j jov j iKANptNiofG gTfrrj SOVIET SQUEEZE PLAY Newsmap shows where Soviet forces sealed off the 110-mile highway into Berlin against Anglo-American military forces in a traffic squeeze resem bling the blockade of 1948-49. The Soviet guards did not interfere with the non-military Allied and German traffic traveling in both directions along the Autobahn across the Russian zone. Inset shows how Berlin is divided among the Big Four. , . . . .' Baruch Proposes Defense Shakeup, Sees Huge Waste By EDWIN B. HAAK1NSON WASHINGTON t Bernard M. Baruch told senators Wednes day that more than 20 billion do! lars Is being wasted oa the defense program. He urged a broad overhauling of the multi-billion dollar defense el fort with emphasis on faster pro duction of aircraft, tanks, guns. and other weapons of war. Baruch, Bi-year-oid unancier and ex-adviser to presidents, testified at the open hearing of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee. In a prepared statement, Baruch Joined forces with members of Congress who have been urging Robbers Hit Two Stations Two local service stations were burglarised last night or early this morning. Deputy Sherilf Dal Reed reported that the North Entrance Union sta tion on U. S. 97 above town was broken Into and a box containing about 750 worth of tools taken. The burglary occurred sometime after 11:45 p. m. The prowlers broke In thrqugh a window back of the grease rack and then went through a door to get Into the main part ol the station. They dragged the heavy tool . box out, spilling the top drawer of tools out on the ground. Evidently, Reed said, the prowl ers were anxious to get away In a hurry. They didn't stop to pick up the tools and spun the car wheels In Uie gravel getting out. - The other break-in occurred In town, at an Associated station, Ore gon at Biehn, but City Police said apparently nothing was taken, . V : y, Court Stops ' Business Try SALEM tm 'The Oregon Su preme Court ruled Wednesday that when a man sells his business and agrees, to stay out of that busi ness, he has to stay out of busi ness. i - . . . The case was appealed from Union County, where Harold John ston sold his meat packing busi ness to D. W. Eldrldge. Johnston then went back Into business, and F.ldririge sued him because John ston had violated his agreement not to engage in the business. The supreme court, reversing ircuit Judge R. J. Green, ordered Green to issue nn Injunction to prevent Johnston from engaging in the meat packing business in Union. Umatilla. Baker and Wal lowa Counties until Nov. 30, 1954. The . decision was written . by Justice Walter L. Tooze. WEDNESDAY, MAY ZS, 1952 greater air power, to match and outstrip Soviet Russia's. POT SHOTS Through a series of Questions, Baruch took pot shots at President Truman, uie state Department and others on diplomatic, defense and. domestic Issues - . Without mentioning Truman by name Baruch protested the White House decision to delay or sireicn- out the program for a 143-wlng Air Force. And he opposed bringing West ern Germany Into the North At lantic Treaty Organization until Western Europe is armed and aoie "to forestall any Soviet coup." "To slow the rearming of West ern Europe and at the same time begin negotiations over uermany is to put not one foot but both feet into a soviet trap,-- narucn saio. He also questioned the adminis tration decision to build un pro ductive capacity of aircraft, gun. ammunition and other defense plants rather than speed produc tion tne actual weapons. "No decisive victory In the cold war Is possible , as long as the Soviets hold as terrifying an 'edge in military readiness over the west as they do today," he said. BLAME Baruch said the waste of defense billions resulted from . failure to put Into operation the vast system of anli-tnllation controls that Con gress 'voted alter the Korean out break. "These powers were not used for - months during which living costs soared, all . savings were cheapened and the real purchas ing power of every defense dollar was slashed by one-fifth," he said, adding: . , "Thlo npprtlpss . Inflntlnn nlrnariv has cost us 12 billion dollars in higher costs of defense and is likely to exact anotner iu billion .dollars in needless, tribute over the next llscal year., , , (Baruch did not ex plain his use .ol ; the. word tribute.")- Looking ahead.. Baruch- urged Congress to trim out all possible unnecessary ana postnonaoie ex penditures." But, he added: . When you live under the sha dow of war,, as we do today, all actions must be valued in terms of. time." . . . .. , r - Woallier -k i. ' -. 1 '.i FORECAST Klamath rails and vicinity, and ' Northern California: t air ' through Thursday with oc casional .thiindershowern In the Cascades. High today 18. low' to night 4. High tomorrow 75, .. High temp yesterday . 85 Low last night ......:......-'. 53 Preclp yesterday ... once uci. i .t.H. ;..... ...id.ii Normal for period 11.11 same period last year ...n.s (Additional Weather en Pare 4.) V Telephone till No. 2831 issing Big Bomber Cracks Up in Texas FORT WORTH, Tex. Wl A giant B-36 bomber exploded and burst into flames at Carswell Air Force Base Wednesday and there were indications some of the crew men perished. Seven of the crew were reported missing. Public relations officers at the base said ten were taken to the base hospital for treatment. An airman at the field was asked if any of the crew were saved. . "They didn't have a chance," he replied. NO WARNING The big bomber reportedly came in for a normal landing and did not appear to be In any trouble. Shortly after the wheels hit the runway there were tnree snarp ex plosions followed by a tremendous blast, bark - blue smoke billowed skyward. . First renort oi me acciaem was telephoned by Martha Cole and Garth Jones of the Associated Press who were returning from the Republican convention at Mineral WelLs. The B-36 Is the Air Force's largest operational bomber. It car ries a crew oi lo or 10 men ana t;uu stav aloft for more than 40 hours. The bomber has ten engines, six piston and four jet. r- - fuel - . ' -; ' Its fuel capacity Is J2.000 gallons of gasoline, plus aooui .uuu aaai tlonal gallons of Jet fuel, carried in four separate lanis. Tho n-afi's mission In the Stra tegic Air Command is ability to deliver the atom bomb anywnei-e in the world. . v ' Reds Continue Attack Threat vrmiRAN. Korea 11 For the wnnri straight dav Communist truce negotiators weanesaay min ed that Red armies In Korea would march because of Allied handling of captured Reds The U. N. com mand delegation dismissed the threat as propaganda. North Korean Gen. Nam 11 re peated Red charges that captured Reds had been mistreated. Then he added: , "The Korean Peoples Army and thA Chinese Peonies Volunteers ab solutely shall not sit idle while then- fellow comoaiams are oewg wantonly murdered by your side." He said almost Identically, the same thing Tuesday. MaJ. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr., senior Allied delegate, told Nam II his statement "is indica tive of your obvious intentions not to use these conferences to arrive at an agreement, but merely to generate your propaganda." MR. AND MRS. CLYDE I. Oil and Burner Co. here, Camera this morningi u r 14 On Contract BULLETIN- PORTLAND Wi. The AFL Teamitera Union Wednes day postponed a strike that would have Idled big, over-the-road freight trucks in Oregon Saturday. A spokesman said this meant Oregon drivers would noi strike at midnight Friday, as scheduled earlier. i' PORTLAND IM ' Drivers of big over-the-road freight trucks on Oregon runs will strike Saturday looming, emolover and teamster union spokesmen reported Wednes day. iiivna ui sjiwucr truu&s wnicn make pick-ups and deliveries for the big trucks' terminals, are In cluded in the strike plans. J. M. Scudder, secretary of the Truck Operator League of Or gon. said the two. sides were far aptrt in working toward a new contract. A union ' spokesman agreed that was so. He said ne gotiations began in March and the contract expired May 1. ; POINTS - ' ; , '. ''it Issues are a pay Increase, holi day on Washington's birthday, and a 40-hour week for the In-city drivers. The increase asked would put over-the-road drivers at tie a day. up from 114.25. Portland city driver asked 114.76 a day. up from 112.80. and drivers In B9- (state cities asked $14.76 also, an Increase from 112.20. . An embargo has been placed on perishables handled by the big trucks. Be udder said. .-t - The trucks, operating between fixed terminals, handle all kinds of freight including a limited quan tity of perishable foods. . .. 1. I.fval cartage drivers are not involved. The only ones affected and there are some 2.SO0 in Ore gonare those employed by the 33 firms making up the operators' league and the added maepenaeni lirms which tie themselves to th teamster-operator contract. . In Klamath : f .;.-y1Vi::,. 'v'; Annarentlv four tracking; firms with offices here will be affected by the strike, including consolidated. Bend Portland, Pacific Motor Transoort and ' Oregon-Nevada- California Fast Freight. rin trucker manager here aald If nn settlement comes soon., hil yards would be cleared before the strike deadline Friday midnight. Spring Snow Shovels Used 'it nieh well may be' summer time-like outside, but there's still some snow to be contended with hereabouts, and not very far from town, eitner. Klamath Forest Protective As sociation foresters had to shovel their way through four-foot snow drifts in order to set up the Hog back Mountain lookout overlooking town. The lookout went into opera tion Monday, with Mike Beldraihe up. . .. . . jueanwntie. JU"rA lire scnooi was underway at the fire office': headquarters today, with some mock fire battles set for staging this afternoon. About 35 fire guards were being put through tne llre- tighung paces, including a sprink ling of visitors from other lira protective agencies of the basin. BROWN, owners of Western were caught by the Special 1
