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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1952)
JAGESTX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OKKfiON THURSDAY, JUNK 10, 1052 FRANK JENKINS tklltor BILL JSNKINS Managing Editor Intend second etui matter at the post office of Klamath rails, Ore, ; on Auguit 30, 10O6, under act of Congress, March t, 187 MEMBERS' OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS rhe Associated Press la entitled exclusively to the uae for publication of ail the local oewi printed In thla newspaper as well as all AP news. : SUBSCRIPTION RATES MAIL ' BY CARRIER 1 month ,' t 1.S5 ; 1 month UJ S months M months i? lyear.-. " I year H6.tt "AUGHT InTho ROUNDS ' 1 ,. nr ""- The (rood citlscns of Klamath couniy this spring have voted in six elections some oi uiem nave and there's one more to (to this month. At the time of the primary elec tlon there were 18,129 registered Voters ellKible to cast their ballots. Let's take a look at what happened by wav of participation. In the primaries about 85 per cent of them did ko to the polls and vote. Thats pretty gooo. There, definitely. Is rule of the big majority. The other six elections that we're talking about are school elections. For purposes of participation, call it two elections. One of the two is on the school 'budget and the authorizing ol tax ation for same. The other is the matter of electing school board members to run the schools. ' Actually It amounts to six elec tions on two subjects, because there are three school districts in the county. A tax levy to run the schools Is the biggest piece of taxation that Joe Pungle gets a chance directly to vote "yes" or "no" on. How many Joe Fungles exercised this right? The total of all "yes" and "no" votes amounted to just about 7 per cent of the registered voters. Those voting for school board members, city and county (the KTJHS board election Is June 23), 6 DEB ADOJ50W , were even fewer. Total vote was less than 5 per cent. There are two things about this that should worry you. One is, that on important school matters there is practically no vote. The other is, that it's scarcely on the thrifty side to hold seven separate and distinct elections in the course of two months. The obvious answer Is to put all ballots before the voters in one election. Just as city residents voted both city and state ballots in the Drimarv election. Had that been done this spring you could assume that 85 per cent of the voters would have expressed themselves on school matters as well as the oth ers. Election costs would have been down materially. That's easilv said, of course, out not so easily done. The manner of conducting these various eiecuons is completely prescribed by law. Local officials have no other course than to follow the law to the letter. It follows then that this Is a mat ter which should be studied and acted upon by the state legislature. The only remote possibility of this happening is if enough people tell their state legislators, or tneir can didates for the legislature, that they think it ought to be done. Bo you re still in me anver a seat. Joe Pungle 11 you want to drive. They'll Do It Every Time mmJ 1 Htm By Jimmy Hatlo OllllS One hour latef, TOE CAR IS STIIX IM THE o i NIltT AND TRAFFIC S FOULED UP FOR 15 Ism ' m ' 1 dial f finyk NEW YORK ( The place where I work is full of desks but this stranger in the soiled white shirt naturally had to walk up to my desk. "I been up an night." he said belligerently. "You don't expect me to stay up all day. too, do you?" . "No indeed," J. murmured.' "Well, I'm going to stay until I Ret the rules clarified." he said. "Does a baseball fan have legal rights or doesn't he?" . "Of course, he does." "They can't' throw a fan out of the ball park just for hollering, can they?"' "Oh no. indeed." J - "That's what I told them after they threw me out of the park last " night." said the stranger. "I knew I waa right all along." ' And be walked out of the office, completely haooy. My visitor was obviously slightly screwball, and I fell to thinking: Why out of all the ears in sight he could bend with his tale of woe, did he pick on my ears?" The only answer i could iina was mat in me he instinctively recognized a kind red soul. ' Screwballs seem to love me. and I must confess I find them fascin ating, too. Looking back on 20 years of newspaper wont. I expect must have spent at least 15 of them listening to screwballs. Every newspaper office is visit ed by an almost daily parade of mildly daft crackpots, and the man assigned to the chore of hearing them Is sometimes known as "The Screwball Editor." More Power For Marines WASHINGTON W) A group named to iron out differences in Senate and House bills has agreed to strengthen the Marine Corps and give it a bigger voice in mili tary policy. But the joint Senate-House com mittee discarded House-approved provisions to make the Marine commandant a permanent mem ber of the Joint Chiefs of Staff JCS and to set a minimum strength of 220,000 enlisted men for the Marines. The compromise bill was worked out Wednesday. It now goes back to both House and Senate for final action. House Armed Service Committee officials said these were the main points of the agreement: . 1. The Marine commandant would sit with the Joint Chiefs as a "co-equal" on matters affecting the Marines, with the same voice and same right of appeal as other members. He now Is an adviser. The Senate bill proposed to give him a consultant status. 2. The maximum strength of the Marines would be 400,009 men, plus officers, and the proposed min imum would be eliminated because no other service has one. The cell, lng has been approved by both houses. 3. For the first time, the law would specify the organization o Iho Marines into three combat di visions and three air wings. These would not necessarily be main tained at full strength continuous ly. House conferees originally pro posed four divisions and four air wings. , Seattle Bakers Still On Strike SEATTLE Wl Striking Seattle bakery workers will meet Thurs day night to consider the new em ployer contract offer. . . , Frank Hoover, business represen tative of Local 9, Bakery It Con fectionery Workers Union (AFL), announced the meeting Wednes day, He declined to give terms of the offer. Bakers here and in Portland are In the 48th day of their walkout. Tacoma bakers accepted a new contract Tuesday night and voted to return to work Sunday. Spokane bakers ended their strike June 9. I always loved this Work my self, although it makes some re porters nervous, particularly if the visitor is carrying a small parcel that could turn out to be a home made bomb. My trouble with crackpots is that I usually end up on their side. If an addled inventor shows up with plans for a flying submarine. he has no trouble at all convincing me submarines should have wings. I remember the fellow who want ed to launch a crusade to get rasp berry flavored stamps. That seem ed so sensible to me that I sat down and helped him draft a letter to the postofflce. My favorite screwball, however. was a lady we came to know as "Rambling Mary." Every week she wrote a long rambling letter, tell ing of her fights with the landlord ana me neignoors. and the small children down the hall who teased ner. The letters, bearing nn return aaaress and signed only "Mary. came year after year, and I irot so x ie i mew me lonely old lady real well. When the letters iinaiiy ceased. I missed them for a long tune. It was like lnsin friend, and I never learned wheth er death had taken Mary or they just shut her away. I suppose the most interestinir scTcwDKu was uperative A-37, He was a distinguished looking young man laboring under the de lusion ne was an FBI agent in counter spy work. Every few nights be would slink up 10 my desk and whisper, Operative X-37 reporting." would give him a typewriter and he'd write a detailed account of me spies ne was shadowing, then sun oui mysteriously. One evenin? "Oneratlve X.st showed up with his aister. While ne was pounding out his report, she said: "My brother is harmless. T hnn ne isn i too annoying. Not at all." I told her "hut he only shows up at night. What aoes ne ao during the day?" "lie Keeps office hours" she said. "He's a psychiatrist." To the People of Klamath County. Klamath County ia a modern thriving area with an inspir ing record of growth and progress. This record did not Just happen it is the result of careful planning by serious minded ciliiens and businessmen. Retrospect has no place In aggressive, forward looking areas. It is necessary therefore to exercise constant vigilance and through cooperative. Intelligent planning to continuously devise ways and means to promote this county's economic, social and cultural Interests. With this thought in mind and to develop a long-range pro gram, the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce has embarked on a plan to develop a broad, practical, far-reaching area pro gram to make our county an even better place In which to live and work. In so doing, the Chamber will further the role it Is designed to play in community affairs. The Klamath County Chamber of Commerce Is a non partisan, non-sectarian, organisation comprised of business and professional men and women and other public spirited cltiiriu working together unselfishly to promote the business, civic, cultural and general progress of the entire county. Only an organization such as tbe Chamber ef Commerce can undertake and accomplish projects which have an economic bearing on the general progress of this area. To have an even more "far-reaching' effect this Chamber of Commerce needs: (1) A vital, comprehensive program of work; (I) Intelligent local surveys to obtain needed facta; (31 Proper publicity; (4) A well organized system of active committees; (51 A large and representative membership; (61 Adequate financial Income; (71 Competent leadership; (8) Maintenance of a trained, ade quate and efficient staff. Therefore, we call for the cooperation of the business and professional men and women, civic groups and all public spirited citizens. We respectfully invite and urge them to take an active part in this "Build the Basin" Program which will be faithfully reported to the public as it progresses during the weeks Just ahead. Klamath County b your home, as It Is ours. Let as. there fare, all work together for Klamath County to assure Its develop ment as a well balanced economic area. This ia a responsibility of every citizen who sincerely has the Interest of the communities ef this county at heart. Board of Directors KLAMATH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFL Approves Expansion SEASIDE WJ The Orecnn Fed eration of Labor, by resolution, approved the employment Wednes day of J. D. McDonald, president, to head an expansion program. The resolution authorized Secre tary James T. Marr to employ additional personnel at ifl.ooo year for the work, and Marr said he would name McDonald to the post. James L. McDevitt, national di rector of the AFL League for Foll- ucai education, nad high praise for Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon Republican. He told the federa tion's state convention that Morse Is "the most outstanding member of the United State Senate for the courage he has demonstrated in voting and standing for the com mon man and woman." But McDevitt, president of-the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, said Guy Cordon, Oregon's other Republican senator ahmiirl ha i. feated. Cordon, he said, "has not once voted right (as far as lnhnr Is concerned) even by mistake." rive high school winning exam inations on labor subjects. They are Micheal McCIoskey, St. Fran cis High School. b .wt Trlplett. Coos Bay: Kathleen Anne miKenny, Roseburg. and Mary Jane Robinson and Lois Rleve, both Portland. Referred to resolution asking price controls on fruits and vegetables and for res toration of rent controls in Port land. Salem and Eugene. Oh. . (p. $oAdan One of the most pressing prob lems of today is the preven tions of accidents. Thousands of deaths are caused each year by unnecessary and avoidable acci dents, and our hospitals offer con stant testimony to the other thou sands who are injured. There are many of us who might now be lying injured in a hospital who have escaped accidents as a result' of precautions taken In nu merous industries, safety measures on the highways and other steps. Much more remains to be done. One nroblem is to Identify those people who are particularly likely to be involved in accidents. In recent years such persons have been called "accident-prone. Tn the state of Connecticut, six-year study showed that about per cent oi drivers oi uwinw biles involved in trafile accidents are involved In more than one- third of all such accidents. Th Kami thintr applies in in dustry. For example, a large HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND IUOINI, ORI. MID'ORD Thoroughly Modern Jlr. and Mrs. J. E. EarUy and Joe Earley Paopttetor. Merchants Get Bonus Lists PORTLAND Wl A list of Ore gon veterans aDout to receive state bonus, ottered lor saie 10 merchants, was obtained irom an established mail list company. That was the report Wednesday L. C. Swafford. an Army re serve captain, whose offer of the list for sale brought a protest from the American Legion. Swafford said he got the list from the C. B. Rhoades Mail List Company, which has been selling various types or lists in fortiano for 40 years. The Rhoades com pany got the names from county courthouses. Swafford said. Letters were mailed to merchants offering the list for sale at 2 Vi cents a name In units of 1,000. The letters were signed by D. L. Swaf ford, who Is Bwafford's wife, Swafford. a mall clerk. Is a member of the Legion and was active in promoting the bonus. , Everyone Mum At Truce Talks MTJNSAN, Korea Wl Not a single official word was exchanged Thursday at Panmunjom in the second day of a three-day recess the United Nations command called in the stalled Korean truce negotiations. By nightfall the Communists had not even asked for a meeting of liaison officers. These officers met dally during an Allied-called recess last week. People DO TOO read small space ads - you are! trucking company has reduced its accident rate to one-fifth of Its previous record merely by discov ering those drivers who were ac cident prone and transferring them to other duties. All this may mean life or death to the rest of us because at any time we may get tangled up at a stop light with someone who Just cannot stay out of trouble. This was only too well shown in the tragic death of Margaret Mitchell, the author of "Gone With the Wind," who was hit by an au tomobile driven by a man who had a record of many, many traffio violations. Part of the answer to this cues tlon is to rule off the streets those likely to produce the most acci dents. Part of It is to Identify in- aiviouais in industries who are likely to cause accidents to them- selves or to others. Besides a record of violating the law iwnicn oners a good clue) there are other ways of picking out these dangerous persons. It has been pointed out, for ex ample, that the accident-prone in dividual is "decisive" or even "impulsive." He (or she) concen trates upon immediate pleasures or satisfactions and Is apt to act upon the spur of the moment. The accident-prone person Is believed to have an instinct of re bellion and resentment and to demonstrate the "show-off" and "don't-glve-a-damm" type of psy chology. It would be better for all of us if these "accident-prone" persons could be picked out and prevented, or at least discouraged, from plac ing themselves, as well as the rest of us, in danger ol our lives. Another Koje Compound Closed KOJE ISLAND. Korea Ml Com pound 62, scene of Koje Island's bloodiest prisoner riot, was emp tied peacefully Thursday of some 7,000 pro - Communist North and South Korean civilian Internees. Their transfer to more manage able groups of 500 raised to 70,000 the number of Inmates re-located since operation breakup started 10 days ago. Koje holds 80,000 pris oners. OSC Students Get Degrees OREGON STATE COLLEGE. (Special i Iweiily-one students Irom Klamath county were among the 1176 seniors and graduate stu dents receiving degrees nl the 83rd annual commencement exercises at Oregon Stale Collets June 9. Thirty-four doctor's degrees, a record number, were granted tills year. Of the total of 1178 graduates, 9tH won bachelor degrees and 213 earned advanced degrees. Dr. A. L. Strand. OSC's presi dent, conferred the degrees. Candi dates represented 37 .states. 17 lur eign countries and possessions, and 34 of Oregon's 36 counties. Students from Kin math couniy and the degree they earned in cluded: Graduate school- Fred David Reiiiold.son. Klamath Falls, master of science In chem istry. For his advanced work he mlnored in education. He earned his bnchclor of science degree In 1960 at OSC. George Mike Tokos. Klamath Falls, master of science In forest products. He mlnored in organic chemistry and received his bache lor of science degree at Pacific University In 1950. School of agriculture Clarence Henry Bussman. Or- man rtariAn fltlHnW tllllnh WaldO i Stearns and Mclvln La Verne Suth erland all ot Klamatn rails; bachelor of science. Stearns was also commissioned second lieutenant in the United States air corps. Sutherland was an honor grad uate. To be eligible a student must have at least a .35 point grade average on the basis ot .an A equaling 4 polnta. f . . School of business and tech- inology Richard Marun ccca, rtmmatu Falls, and James Glllls Hannlgan, Chlloquln: bachelor of science. Beck also graduated with honors. School ol education Laura Lou Hill, Virginia Joyce Masten and Palmer Norseth. all of Klamath Falls, bachelor of science. School of engineering Aubrey Russell Avery, Wright Andrew Carleton, David A. Moca bee and Donald J. Zaroslnskl, all of Klamath Falls; bachelor of science. . Zaroslnskl also received a second lieutenant commission In the United States air corps. School of forestry Norman Ralph Smith. Klamath Falls, was one of 14 students to be .oorHH two decrees. Ha received a bachelor of science In both forest management and forest en gineering. School of home economics Betty Jeanne Chin, Carol Oeorge and Dorothy Rae Oysbcrs, all of Klamath Falls, bachelor of science School of science Charles Bruce Crawford and William Millard Mosby, both of Klamath Falls; bachelor of sclenc Mosby was commissioned second lieutenant In the artillery of the United States army. ll!"Hlf illllllMllllli Even his stoulest enemies con cede that President Truman Is u shrewd politician and a lough cam paigner. Aa has been widely Holed, he la already embarked on his 1M3 campaign for the Deinuvrala, and plainly Intends to keep hli early pace. Ills speech to Congress on seizure powers and the Talt- iinruey act ins right into llinl pro gram. It's old stuff that Mr. Truman faithfully avoids use of the Taft Hartley law wherever uavMbln be- rnuse of Us red-Hag rhanu-ter In the minds of labor olllclals. Tho current ateel situation lias been no exception: merely proved the rule. When the President addressed Congress, he explained why he dlcln I want lo use tho law: ho considered It would to more harm man good. He didn't say all he may have meant by that, or he could well have Included "harm lo the Democrats." What he really was dolus was to set a trap lor Ills opnoMUon, clilelly the Republicans and south ern Democrats. Though It Is his business to enforce the laws ol this country, ho tossed back lo Congress the nmlter of whether Taft-Hartley should be used In this Instance. He may easily have guessed that his opponents would brush aside his own alternative .irlsure to Insist on use ol (he law luuor hates. The Senate oromntlv obliged him by voting 49 to 30 to request htm lo use Taft-Hartley. What the 8cn ate did does not have the lorre ot law. But If the President should now choose to employ Talt-llarllry he may turn to union labor and -ny: "I dlrin t want lo use It, but the Senate forced my hand." The trap. In other words, was Mr. Truman's apparently success ful rffort to shift to Coimre.vi the blame for resorting to that act. It leaves him clean. In labor's eyes, and puis the onus upon Congress And since the Republicans voted 31 to 3 for uso of Taft-Hartley, they must bear the brunt of ro spoaslblllty. Depending on your viewpoint, this may all be cither shrewd cam paigning or playing politics with the nation's steel output. But there can be little qurstlun (tint 11 Is effective wllh workers, who are still one of the strongest element In the Democratic coalition thul has won the White House steadily since 1933. The Republicans may see no proltt to themselves in trying to ape Mr. Truman. They may hav no real hope of winning the bulk of the labor vote this fall. But all signs Indicate they will need some of It. And hence they are faced wllh the formidable task of devis ing a strategy to counter the Pres ident's course. If they cannot keep from falling Into Mr. Truman s traps, they at least should find some way to set a few of their own. As It stands, they are playing his game. WASHINGTON Ifl Anvone who ha I iillimed lien. MusAi'thiii's career for the past year innv be a Utile imntled by the rumpus over his making tho kevnole speech at Uio Republican national convention In Chicago. There is an Army rule that an officer like MacArihur, on active duly, cannot participate In "activ ity at political enn vein Inns, or on political committees, the making ol political speeches.." When Oen. MncArthur cnnif home to campaign, he went on the retired list., This left him free to run for the presidency or muke political speeches since the Army u lo covers only officers on active ftluiy. Last week Sen. Tuft gained con trol of the GOP nalloniil conven tion machinery through appoint ments made by the Republican national committer, which at the same lime nicked a Tuft supporter lor keynoter, Gen. MucAillnil. This at once raised a question which, to those who have watched MacArihur or listened t" him for the past veur. in U 111 seem muic academlo than real. It was this: Would the Army let MncArthur. an officer on ac tive duty, get up before the con vention and make a political speech, pcrhups plugging Tail fur the presidency? Tho President has kept hands oil. at least uubllclv. It would hardiv be bright politics If he nlnp ped MacArihur down again and In so doing not only created fresh svinpnthv lor him but voles for Jhe Republicans. The Pentagon showed nn eager ness to rebull him. either. Tuesday 11 disclosed how It could let Mac Arthur, au officer on active dutv. do what the rule book snvs an officer on active clulv can't do: Make political speeches The Pentagon snld that while MncArthur technically Is on active dutv, he Is renllv In a retired status like Elsenhower al though not (ornmllv, because ho has no coinmnnd and no present mllllurv responsibility. In the lluht of MnrArtliur'a Pre vious speeches, there's a question At til not answered: When Ls a speech a political speech? Only at a convention? Or is It political whenever It's made If II attacks a political partv In an election year and the speaker not only supports the opposition but might even be Its cnudidnte? Since his recall from Jnpan Mac Arthur has made right major speeches. The tone has been In creasingly critical of the Truman administration without mentioning Truman by name. MncArthur never left anv doubt whom he had In mind He haa blasted the Truman administration across the board, not only for lis foreign policy but for Us political practices. In the last of Ihe eight to tho Michigan Legislature, Mav 18 ho had such comments as these on the admiulstintlnn: "Fnlli'ilng leadership. , .fiscal Instability. . .political Insecurity. , , luurnl Jcopiiruy . . . Dnriow-luiiuled peltilanco , financial Irresponsi bility. , .reckless apendllirifl poli cies. . .deleallst altitude, deplor able Indecision , .through the long tenure of one group In nublio olfice. the disease of personal pow er bus become deeply rooted ." Now, while Ihe Truman adminis tration might consider that a very IHillllcnl speech. MncArthur took pains tn say he didn't, which wus like Inking out a Utile Insuranrn in case Ihe Truinitnlto tried to knock him down for Hint one. Ho assured Ihe Michigan Lcgla Inturc: "There Is no politics In me, nor none Intended In what I say. I plen nothing but American ism . .1 have been Impelled as patriotic duty of simple cltlten ship. , ," South Koreans Start Trials PUSAN. Korea 11 The R. public of Korea Thursday an-rf tlv Dlaced 14 men nn trial an a charaa oi conspiring Willi Herts to over throw the United Nations-sponsored i government. I Seven ol the defendants before , a nine - man civilian military I court uie nn I Ion a 1 assemlilvinen. i political opponents 0f President ibyiiKinan Khee. I Hardly had the closed trial begun when Ihe Manorial Assembly, meet ing but a few vnrds from Ihe drali courtroom, adopted a resolution H4-0 urging Ithee tu open tho hcar- ' lng In the public. Observers said there was lit l lo possibility the Irlnl would bo j opened lo any but 13 foreign ob servers invlled by the Korean Gov ernment. I Maj. Oen. Won Yong Dnk. martini Inw rnmuinndatil. said the trial was closed bec-ntuo nf security 'rensons and Ihe necessity of pro llecting families nnd friends of nomo tersnna involved. 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