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
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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