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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1952)
'lluild I lie Itasin wire ;Smrt tear D azure t i a a am 171 Stes R; II Dlilll S IS 1 uv,.i.i I 1 O i I i ti-ir GEORGE CONNEk ROSS RAGLAND REV. GORDON Ai0 m m VANCE HAWLEY Jay'site r FltANK JKNKINH An these words lire written, the hunrrino court linn Just ruled (bv a voir of tlx to three Uint Presi dent Truman'a ncliure of the nleel induitry won unconstltuUonal. The m Unity oplnlim asserts Uml: "The President's power lo Issue the mature order must Mem cither from an act of congress or from the ruiwlllutton Iticll .... "The founders of this nation en trusted the lew making power TO THK CONOKKHS ALONE. In both liood end bad limes." The opinion tnkrs note of the ar RUiiirnt that other President with out congressional authority have taken ponicmlon of private busi ness enterprises In order to nettle Inbor disputes and then adda thnt "even If linn be true rnnttrena hn not thereby lont Iti EXCLU81VE ron'ititutlonnl authority to make lawn iicceiwarv and proper la carry "Ml the power vetted by the con tlutlon 'In Die iiovomment of the filled Ptatea or any deparlmont or bfljeer thereof.' " J It concludea: "It would do no ood to recall the hltlorlcal evenU. the fenfn of power and the hope of freedom that lay behind their cholre. Such a teview would but confirm our hnldlnn that this selxure order can not etnnd." It la a historic decision. It nettle, otire and lor all, the rontentlon thnt the Proaldrnt hnn INlIEUENr'l nowrra not apelled out In the con atltutlon. Thl doctrine of Inherent powers imackt of the ancient doom a that the klni could do no wronu.. If the kins could do no wronu. It followed that he could not be. restrained by the parlia ment or the people. That made the king the DESPOT. It had been freely predicted that the court would dodne the lanue of the constitutional powers of the President. ' It didn't. It met the Issue squarely, holding thnt private property can not be seized without due process of law and that due process of law re quires action by congress and by congress ONLY. It seems to me that Is a chal lenge to congress to get busy as statesmen and patriots, rather than aa politicians seeking re-election at any cost Including the oost of puwyfootlng and doing nothing that will mnke anybody mnd In an elec tion yeur. Congress can meet thnt challenge In two wnyn by standing pnt on the laws It has already panned or bv pHsnlng other and presumably better laws. I Mippose the division in the court will surprise you. irt$KC tlnjj Pri ' decision written by JUSTICE nnd concurred In by Jus- Prnnkftirter. Douglns, Clark. Jnc'knon nnd Burton, It wns dis sented lo by Chief Justice Vinton, who wns Joined In his dissent by Justice Reed nnd Justice Mlnton. JiikIIccs Blnck. Frnnkfurter, Dnimlns nnd Clnrk hnve been gen erally tngged ns New Dcnlors nnd Ihiix'loro Inclined to follow New Denl reasoning, which hns lenned toward the tl'eorv of nnra-ted power for tho chief executlvo, Yet, In the flnnl pinch, when tho time came to ACT finally nnd Irrevoca bly, they held to tho older and more conservative construction of the constitution. Chief Justice Vinton hns been al most universally looked upon as n mltldle-of-the-rond conservative, nn hns Justice Reed. Onlv Justice Mln ton, among the three dlsxentcrn, ncled as ho wfts generally ex pected to act. That1; I'd nv. It a hopeful sign. It encourages tho belief that you can't tag men Willi b lnbol nnd rxnect them to not Invariably ns the Inllcl malls for. In great emer gencies, GREAT men tend to for got Inhels nnd to, act ns statesmen nnd pntrlots, Meanwhile, events move swiftly. Within n matter of minutes niter the milking public of the supreme court's decision, President Murrity r .aI1h n nntlnmvldo strike. In Issuing his strlko call, lie asks the steel compnnles to ronumo col inniiv bargaining, but announces that bis Union still stands on tho tornlti or. uia wngo huiuiiikhmuh boartf; I . , What the stool nompnnios will do remains io be seen, ,' ft! F. 5... toi i-jJl "! 7j JOE L.CLAIR Radio Forum On Defense Setup Here The Klamath Basin could con ceivably be subjected to a dli.as lerous emergency at any time, either natural or man made lire. flood, earuiquakf or atomic bomb. If disaster strikes, what can we do to protect ouraelves? Tonight's "Build the Bnsln" for um will mull over how the BnMn stands on Its own feet In fnce of drastic emergencies. A panel of ex perts has been assembltd to dis cuss the topic, and as ustinl the participation of the listening aud ience Is urged. FANKL On the pane Is Joe !. Clair director of the Klamath County Civilian Delcn.it program; Rev. Qordon Anhbee, Bonanta active In the R,1 Cross, heading plana and operations In the civilian defense plan and veteran "of the Home Guard and Air Raid Precaution service (ambulance service) during the Natl bliU of London In the early part of World War II; Oeorge Conner, head of the com munications dlvlMon of civilian defense; Vance P. Hnwley, Civil Aeronautics Administration airways communications station chief here; MaJ, Clifford L. Sanders, head of plana and training for the local battalion of the Oregon National Ounrd, and Ross Rnglnnd, chair man of the Tulelake civil defense program. QUESTION Topic for the forum Is "How can we best protect the Klamath Basin In event of an emergency?' Listeners may question the panel members merely by phoning Bill, the Herald and News, and placing their query with the switchboard. Three phones will be kept open to Insure ease In getting questions In. Weather FORECAST: Klamath Falls and vicinity and Northern California Fair with variable high cloudiness through Tuesday. High Tuesday 75. High yesterday .. Low last night .. Preclp last U hrs. Since Oct. 1 Normal for period Same period last yr. LYNN PROPST (above) 320 South Rogers Street, Klam ath Falls postal clerk, iss shown at his postoffice win-, dow this morning. - ::z:::::: IS ls.n . 11.27 :.,.14.84 "AW - mizr", J I r MAJ. CLIFF SANDERS BULLETINUsun Park IKE RKTf KING WASHINGTON I The Army aald Monday Gen. F.laenhower will retire Tuesday at his own request and will stop drswlng hla 1K.7UJ a year In military pay and allowances. Accidents Kill 8 in Oregon By The Associated Press Oregon Monday counted eight deaths in tho long Memorial Dny wctx cna. Three died In traffic Occidents, four drowned and one was the vic tim ol a heart attnek while fishing. Tntllio victims were: Jsmrs Mumhnll Hill. 36. Port land, killed Friday when his csr lilt nn overpass abutment near 1'ortlnnd. Cllllord C. Aldrlch, 24. stationed nt the Portland Air Bnse, killed Saturday when car In which he was a pasienger went out of con trol and crashed' near Portland. . Gtorito S. Perraull, about 35, of Oakland. Ore., killed Sunday 12 miles north of Roscburg when his car ran off Highway 99. His wife, Nnouil, suffered critical Injuries. Drowning victims were: James McCulloutth. 24, Portlsnd, drowned Friday while swimming In nn Irrigation ditch near Harper In Eastern Oregon. Rolnnri Campbell. 17. Sweet Home, drowned In the South Snn tlnm River 35 miles east of Lebn non Sunday, while fishing. Mclvln A. Green. 23. Portland, drowned Sundnv when a homemade boat overturned In the Columbia Slough. Gary Lnrson, son of Mr. nnd Mm. Elner F. Larson. Medford. missing nnd presumed drowned Sundnv In the Rogue River. The heart nttnek victim wns Rus sell Coder. 65. stricken while fish ing near The Dalles Snturdny. Rescuers Get Marooned Dog PORTLAND Wl An airdnle dog, marooned, lor two days on a nar row ledge of a Multnomah Falls cliff, wns rescued 8undny by Sher iff's Deputies and nn Oregontnn photographer. The dog fell over the cliff Friday while chasing a squirrel. Her owner. Phlllo Pohl, Portland, tave the dog up for dead and returned home. But employes nt the lodge below heard bnrks nnd whimpering Snt urdny nnd the dog wns spotted on n ledge t quarter of the way Jown from the top of the cliff. Runners couldn't got down to the ledge. 8o Sunday morning sheriff's deputies nnd Kirk uroun, ur'-gon-Ian photographer, climbed 450 feet no the lace of the cliff. The llrst 350 feet thev climbed Dy jrope. me Inst 100 feet they had to dig Into the clllfslde. They loworcd the dog by rope to her master who wns wading below. Oregon News WomenWin OMAHA MV Three Orcfron newspaper women won nntlminl awards nt the nnnunl meeting of tho Nntlonnl Fcderntlon of Pross Women here Rnturday. The three, members of the Ore gon Press Women's Association, are: ' Marlon Lowry Fischer, of the S a 1 0 m Cnpltnl-Journnl, who re ceived first place for a womon's department In a dally newspaper. Elisabeth Snlwny Rynn, Oswcko, second plnco for mi edllprlnl which appeared In a dally newspnpor, tho Oregontnn. Mrs. Theresa H. Cox, second place for a news nlcturc taken by n woman and published in a .icws papcr the Prlnevlllo Central Oregontnn. Margaret Thompson Hill, pub lisher of tile Pnrkroso Enterprise, nnd president of the Oregon group, attended the meeting. OREOON (IKOWTIt PORTLAND IB Oregon's popu lntlon hns gained about 3,100 every month since the 1050 census nnd now stands at 1,500,000, the Stalo Board of Health estimates. i Price Five Cents U Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1952 Telephone Sill No. 2835 LmMksk Plane, B Bodies Fomm Peak Scene Of Disaster By WALLACE MYERS Mangled and charred bodies of eight servicemen were removed yesterday from the wreckage of an Air Force transport plane rhich had smashed head-on Into a Lax- I sen National Forest peak. High on snow-crusted Crescent Crater, an (.600-foot mountain, this reporter worked with an Air Force rescue team yesterday ns the book wns closed on one of the greatest serial searches in the nation's his tory. The story began Dec. 28. An Air Force C-47 took off that day on a (light from Spokane to Its home base. Travis Fetid, in the Snn Frnnclsco Bay area. Aboard were three crewmen and five passen gers. All were service men. The live passengers, ironically tnnuh. were "aerial niiennikers" . . evrv- : Ice lrion ' hitching a ride buck to their bane after Christmas leaves. The flight wag apparently tin eventual from Spokane to Klnmath Falls. At 4:07 p. m., that afternoon. the c-47 nude a routine radio check with the Civil Aeronautics station at Municipal Airport hers.. TU .1 ..... .11.. k, , I. . T radio report said the Dig snip was heading south at 10,000 feet and would check next at Whlttmore, Calif., at 5:17 p. m. There was no hint of trouble ... but alter mak ing thnt rndlo report here, the big ship and its eight men vanished. A few hours later, the aircraft was officially reported as overdue at Travis Field and uie Kiamain Air Search and Rescue Unit here immediately went to work. Tho following morning, nn Mr Force rescue team flew In here nnd established a search bnse. An other Air Force lenm from Hamil ton Field established a similar base following the C-47's disappearance, there were heavy snow squalls nnd visiDiutv was practically zero. When die weather did finally break enough to allow aerial searching, there were nn estimated loo plnnes flying search missions from fields tnrougnout me souinern uregon- Northern California area. Position of the shattered plane In dicates that It flew directly n.to tne mountains lace. The impact must have been terrific. The entire fuselage of the big ship was splin tered nnd pnnenked so thnt the tnll assembly rested agnlnst the plane's nose. The ship's nose went between two nugo rocks against wnicn me wings were crumpled. This reporter reached the wreck- Inge a little ahead of the Air Force party ycsierany. ai nrsfc glance, ll was hnrd to believe thnt even rem nants of eight bodies could be Jammed Into such smnll space. Persons over -a widely scattered men reported thnt they thought they had heard or seen the miss ing pfane the evening It dlsap- (Continued on Page 4.) Plunge Fatal To Mrs. Sloan Funeral services for Madge Sloan, pioneer Klnmnth Falls wom an who fell down a flight of stairs to her death Snturdny night, are to be conducted Wednesdny, 2 p. m, from O'Hnir's Memorial Chapel. Mrs. Sloan was 65 years old, a native of Jnckson County. Saturday night she and a group of friends were playing bridge nt the Elisabeth Rnmbsy home, 521 N. 5th, whem Mrs. Sloan had to leave the room. She opened a door lend ing to the cellar stairs and In the dark pitched headlong down the stairs, ' Hrr skull wns fractured. She lived only a few minutes after Uie lull. Mrs. Slonn wns the widow of Al len Slonn. who died scvernl years nao, and resided at 17 Pine. She tnuttht muslo and some of her pu pils were to bo presented in a recltnl Wednesdny night. Sho had lived In Klamnth Falls for many years, attended the Uni versity of California and taught for some time nt Marysvllle, Calif; - Survivors Include a daughter, Rosemary Elllngson. Baker; a brother, Porcy Clapton, Berkeley, Calif., and several -nephews and nieces. DISASTER SCENE On the steep, snow-covered slope mountain rests the battered and blackened wreckage of in which eight servicemen died. Pests Overrun Barley Guards TULELAKE Grasshoppers counted at thousands to the square yard broke over the first lines of defense thrown around some 25.000 acres of premium brew barley southwest of here, nnd grasshopper control experts plnn to throw a half dozen mash-spreading planes into the battle today. The hoppers have been hatching along the south edge of the fields for Uie past two weeks, but late last week began moving into the sprouting fields. Where the hoppers hnve been, the barley isn't any more. As one T.ile- lake farmer said, "They are devas tating." The insects eat the Plants almost to the ground. IN HAND Grasshopper Control Specialist Sam Smith, In chnrge of the locnl control operation, said the situation Is still in hand though extreme measures must be taken to hold the scourge of hoppers bnck. He snld where ground rigs have been used to kill the pests millions of hoppers nave already died. The control project is being car ried on under the joint cooperation of several governmental agencies involved and farmers whose lands ore to be protected. Since many of the insects are hatching and migrating off government lands. tho farmers are putting up only about 40 per cent of the 525.000 requested to carry on the Job. The protect will cost about SI .03 per acre, Smith reported. He said several thousand dollnis worth of bnrlcy hnd been destroyed so far, but if measures are taken soon enough he said redrilling of the barley may be sufficient to re place the damage. PRISONERS Smith reported n labor shortage developed last week nt the mixing plant near Newell, and prisoners from the Federal Prison Camp nt Newell were assigned to nsslst L. P. Fox is superintendent of the camp wntch Is Doing revamped tor pos sible detention for subversives and possibly to house model prisoners from federal prisoners. E. R. Slmlnlskl ts captain at Uie camp. The entomologist snld thnt pres. ent mensures may set bnck the cyclic grasshopper populations by 10 years. Plans may Include n pro ject to clenr up hopper lnicstaiions quite a distance bnck from Uie fields. About 125 tons of poisoned brnn Is to be used In the bnttle agnlnst the migrating hoppers. As ninny ns tnree insects per square men imve been counted. At the rate f one hopper per square Inch there are 1296 grasshoppers to the square yard. KESSEI.R1NR GETS LEAVE BONN. Qermnny 0e The Brit Ish hnve given former German Field Mnrshnl Albert Kesselvlng a week off from his war crimes life sentence to visit a sick rela tive. The Jailers wouldn't say who or whera the relative was, i At Forte. Six Injured In Collision Only one serious highway acci dent marred the long Memorial Day weekend In the Klamath area. Six persons were injured In vary ing degrees Saturday afternoon in a head-on collision In Crater Lake Park a few miles above park head quarters. Four of them were brought to Klamnth Vnlley Hospital by Kaler's ambulance: Mrs. Grace Holmark. 63. Seattle. the most seriously hurt, fractured left knee, possible fractured left arm. Her husband. Leon Holmark. 69. head injuries. Norris McAtee, 80. Oakridge, bruises and head injuries. ' Mrs. Margaret McAtee, 31. pos sible nose break. Two of three McAtee children were shaken up nnd were given first aid treatment by park rangers. The two cars crashed on a curve. 'The people were taken to park headquarters by rangers ana put in the ambulance. i ' - BIG DAY Lakevlew was Southern Oregon's fun capital Saturday as the city s new "Community Swimming Pool" (above) was dedicated. Prominent r persons and officials from throughout the state participated in the dedication. There was also exhibition swim ming and diving by a troupe from Portland's Multnomah Athletic Club and music by the Lakevlew High School band. of a Lassen National Forest an Air Force C-47 transport Mishap Takes Child's Eye Darlene Brown, 6-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brown, 2437 Orchard, lost her right eye as the result of a gunshot ac cident at Gerber Dam late Sunday afternoon. A bullet from a- .22-cal. rifle, fired by another child, struck Darlene near the right eye nnd penetrated behind the eye, coming out at the bridge of hr nose. r Her father said the gunshot was entirely accidental. He said the rifle was discharged by children playing in a car and that Darlene was standing six or eight feet away from the car on the ground. The little girl was put in a car and brought down to the Swan Lake junction where she was transferred to Kaler's ambulance and brought to Kiamath Valley Hospital. At the hospital today she was re ported out of danger, but the sight of her right eye is believed per manently lost. Union Calls New Strike Immediately WASHINGTON W The Su. preme Court ruled (-3 Monday that President Truman's seizure of the steel Industry was unconsti tutional. Within minutes CIO President Philip Murray called a nationwide strike of his 650,000 Steelworkers. in a historic decision striking down bard Truman's claim to vast lnnerent power under the ConsU tuion, the high court upheld the ruling of U. S. District Judge Dav id A. Pine that the President acted Illegally in seizing the steel mills April 8 to head off a strike. This meant the government must obey Pine's orders to turn the mills oacK to tneir owners. it also meant tne Truman ad ministration could not carry through its promise of wage In crease to the steel workers wmle the mills were under government ownership. Monday's high court decision was written by Justice Black. Chief Justice Vinson and Justices Reed ana Mm ton dissented. OPINION , Black said for the court ma lor- ity: "The President s power to Issue the seizure order must stem either from an act of Congress or irom me constitution itself. There is no statute that ex pressly authorizes the President to take possession of ororjertv as he did here. Nor Is there any act of Con gress to which our attention hut been directed from which such a power can fairly be implied." in nis aisseni, umei justice Vin son contested the view . that Uie President's ' only recourse in an emergency is to await "Uie final passage of legislation x z x to copo with threatened disaster." under this view," Vinson said, "the President Is left powerless at Uie very moment when the need for action may be most pressing and when no one. other than be. is immediately capable of action." . Repercussions of the high court's decision vera swift. Murray's strike "call came less than 45 minutes after the black" robed judges read their opinions. And even before Uie CIO bead acted. Uie steel workers we streaming out of the mills. iney pegan walking out or three Youngstown, Ohio, plants by 11:3 a. m. .'half an hour after the court began Monday's momentous session. Picket lines formed at the Gary, Ind., and South Chicago works of Uie U. S. Steel Company at the same time. A National Production Authroitv spokesman said KPA probably will reimpose ai once lis emoargo on steel shipments to consumer goods manmaciureis. On Uie floor of the U. 8. Senate. Sen. Hickenlooper (R.-Iowa) read a news Ucker report of th decision to nis colleagues. "Hooray!" exclaimed Sen. Tobey (R.-NH). On the point of Uie Constitution. Black said: "The order cannot properly be sustained as an exercise of Uie President's military power as com mander in chief of Uie armed forces, xxx "Nor can Uie seizure order be sustained because of the several constitutional provisions that grant executive power to Uie President." In issuing his strike call, Mur ray at the same time asked the steel companies to resume collec tive bargaining. .uut Murray also made clear mat the union still stands on the terms of Uie Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) recommendations of a 28 cent an hour "package" setus- ( Continued on Page 4,1 , . .... J
