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NEW LEGION AUXILIARY OFFICERS art shown bov. Left to right: Mn. Foroit Erickton,
V Eitaed, vie preildentj Mn. McKinly Kn. Dund, treaiurer; Mn. Robert Kreeton, Dallas,
president; Mrs. W. E. Willcins, national commit! woman; and Mrs. Mai Whifcomb, Portland,
icrtry. Th naw ofllcars war installed today.
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Br FRANK JENKINS
Pointed;
Senator Dirksen, of Illinois, and
Senator BuUer, of Nebraska, high
brass supporters of Senator Toll In
the pre-conventlon campaign, have
come over Into Die Eisenhower
ramp end announce that they are
ready to go to work.
Don't pay too much attention io
the proloulonal In thin political
r.mpalsn-whlch la DIFFERENT.
You'll be better pleased with your
elf If you follow YOUR OWN
hunches.
The professionals have In he con
altent. They have to CONFORM.
The flrat rule of professional poll
tlca la that you'll gel farther by
ticking with your own crowd.
. Hio profeiulonala have to follow
that rule. You don't. Be yoursell
thta time and follow your Instincts.
By the wav, what la a "hunch?"
the dictionary dellnea It as "a
strong, Intuitive I m p r e a a I o n."
Many of our better psychologists
urge u to PAY ATTENTION to
our hunches which, they y. are
the mature Judgment of our tub
conscious mental processes.
Aa such, Uiey tell us, hunchea are
apt to be more dependable than
the reasoned conclusion of our
conscious minds.
Did vou -ever disregard hunch
and wish later that you hadn't?
I have often. In lact. advancing;
yeara are leading me to the con
clusion that practically every time
I reason myself out of a hunch
that l. when I o against In
stinct and aot on the reasoned
judgement of mv CONSCIOUS
mind I stet Into trouble.
More ' politics this time In the
tense of political trends:
In Virginia, the Richmond News
leader haa Just become Uie first
Richmond newspaper alnce IMS to
support a non-Democratic Presi
dential candidate. U has come out
for the Elsenhower-Nixon ticket.
Watch It.
Sooner or later, the South will
come back POLITICALLY Into the
Union, by which I mean It will vol
untarily reedopl the two-party pol
itical system. Patriotically, of
course, the South lonir ago came
back Into the United States. Two
wars prove that beyond all possi
bility of doubt.
As long aa the South stays Demo
cratlc THROUGH THICK AND
: THIN. It will remain the helpless
'. captive of the Northern wing of
the Democratic party. It Isn't going
to like that In lllese days when It
Is becoming the most rapidly grow
ing Industrial area In the nation.
"Dlxlecret" movement are help
. 'tss gestures of resentment. The
rav for the South to ASSERT IT
SELF Is to be able to go Repub-U-jan
when It doesn't like what
fie Democrat do.
Aiilng Albert Einstein, the math
' emstlcal wltard whose theory of
relstlvlty has more or less upset
all our previous theories about the
universe and what makes It tick,
was questioned the other day about
flying saucers, He answered;
"What they are I do not know.
And I am not curious to know."
I can't go quite thai far. I'm
acutely curious like everybody
else. But at least I'm not scared.
Whatever It Is, I'll tako It. .
I can't, of course, swallow ALL
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Reds Hint
Talks Break
MUNBAN, Korea Iffl The Com
munists Wednesday suggested a
possibly significant chango In tho
wording of the proposed Korean
armistice document now under
study by staff officers of both
sides.
It dealt With' a paragraph relat
ing to war prisoners. The issue ol
prisoner exchange has blocked a
truce for months.
The Reds propose changing the
lerm "captured personnel" to
"prisoner of war" in Paragraph
53, which would then read:
"Each side agrees to insure thnl
It shall not employ In acts of war
in the Korean conflict any prison
ers of war released from custody
Incident to the armistice."
Col. Duncan 8. Somervllle, U.N.
command staff officer, said he hnd
asked the Reds for clarification.
During rooont secret truce talks,
MnJ. Oen, William K. Harrison,
senior U. N. armistice delegate,
told the Reds the term capturod
fiersonnel mount nil people, even
hose opposing repatriation. Wnr
prisoners, he added, were all those
persons who were to be repatrl
i ated
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Legion Seminar Shows
Faces of Communism
Ily MALCOLM F.l'I.F.Y JR.
A corps of men who know well
tho effects of Communism and how
It works 111 America presented sol
Id facts to Rome 200 persons at
tending the American Legion's sem
inar on Un-American Activities at
Uie high school last night.
Umlrr the direction of Capt. Wil
liam Browne, farmer chief of de
tectives for the Portland Police
Dept., and a member of the Le
gion's national aubverslve activi
ties commission, they presented
evidence and testimony which star
tled listeners who felt Communism
was something far removed from
Klamath Falls. . .
A 10-year-old boy whose nsme
was not uaed for reasons of his
own security explained how he
was first Introduced to the "dream
land" of Communist Russia and
Communism while In grade school.
He explained how he made him
self Informed on what to expect,
building up resistance to the Com
munist talk of Utopia.
"I watched others not as lucky
as I." he said, "who are com
pletely taken over by Communist
doctrine."
t'OOPKRATION
In complete cooperation with the
FBI the young man worked his
way up in the confidence of party
leaders until he became a leader
himself In a youth movement.
Former 1 Stale Sen. Al Canwell,
Washington Slate Legislature, de
fended his position aptly and logic
ally as the head of the famed Can
well committee on aubverslve ac
tivities. Explaining cases of fact
in which young people from good
homes were machined Into the
Communist party. Canwell told
how his committee was smeared
clear to Uie top by persons reached
by those whose toes he was be
ginning to step on.
As one of the speakers put It,
"It was clear Canwell was expos-
Legion Holds
Final Session
Oregon Legionnaires locked In
rousing but friendly battles today
over several resolutions. It was
Uie final session of the state con
vention here.
At press time today two reso
lutions of particular Interest here
had been passed. One called for
an end oi foreign agreements
whereby nationals of ' several na
tions are not required to serve In
the armed forces of nations in
which they are residing. The reso
lution was no doubt prompted by
an Incident In Lake County recently
In which two Irish nationals re
fused to be drafted Into U.S. serv
ice. Another resolution called for the
Bureau of Land Management to
hold homestead drawings on some
300 lease plots In the Tule area.
Today's closing session, sched
uled for a morning event, carried
over Into this afternoon with many
Items left on Uie program. It ap
peared Uie session would require
the entire day at best.
Bosldes the controversial resolu
tions, annual election of officers
was programmed.
Bulletins
NEW JUDGE
D, E. Van Vaclor, at present
Klamath County District Attor
ney, will become Judge of the
District Court Friday, succeed
Ing Judge M, A. Carter. The ap
pointment, rumored for several
days, Waa announced this after
noon by Gov. Douglas McKay.
No aucoesaor In the district at
torney's office was named lin
medlatley. ,
FOREST FIRES
With nine small llghlnlnr fires'
burning and more expected from
a threatening storm thla after
noon, the U. S. Forest Service
here was parachuting tire
fighters into remote mountain
areaa this afternoon. District
Ranger' Bob Cooper aald Jumpers
had been aent to a fire on Aspen
nutte and more Jumpers wore
under way to a blase In the sum
mit of the Cascades, south of
Crater Lake. He said he believed
all the fires burning early thla
afternoon could , be . controlled
wllh minimum losses.
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Ing too much In his University of
Washington investigations, and Uie
result of organised smesrs which
Commies put the heal on." As a
result of organlwyl smears which
followed. Canwell was not elected
to his legislative oflice again.
Father Clarence Dut'bln. profes
sor of economics and political sci
ence at Portland University gave
the accepted answer to Commu
nismChristianity. Ood. he said. Is the foundation
of all true government. Father
Durum pointed out that under
Communism there is no freedom,
because Uie Communist doctrine
does not recognize Ood.
"They have substituted the wor
ship of Stalin," he said, "for the
worship of Ood."
He said under CoinKiunlsm there
was only one reality materialism.
Man is matter, an animal. Com
munism denies man his rights un-
aor Aimignty uoa tne rights guar
snteed In Uie American Constitu
tion aa "Ood-glven. '
John Leech, who was top Com'
munlst In Southern California dur
ing the 1030 s snd one of the or
ganizers of Uie party in the movie
Industry explained he Joined the
parly because of his economic sit
uation In the early 30's and Uie
sweet dreams and promises made
him. . none of which could be
(Ullllled. .
"Communism offers everyone
something,? . he said, "and gives
mem nouiing."
EDUCATION
All the speakers In the seminar
agreed (hat Uie protection against
uommunism infiltration into the
minds of the people is education.
This signalled for better accept
ance of Uie Investigative bodies of
the legislatures from the top
down which have been con
demned and smeared almost too
completely by Communist smear
campaigns.
"The legislative Investigations
Canwell explained, "have been go
ing on lor more than luo years in
our Federal government." Yet, he
said, the Communists ssv there
Is nothing more subversive than
the way his committee has investi
gated subversives,
"Tlie smear Is the only effec
tive danger left the Communists,"
Leech said, and warned Americans
must take warning and protest
It.
Canwell's committee was the or
igin of first public information on
Uie Alger Hiss case, Uie tormer
senator reported. Other cases
wnicn drew heavily on first inior
mation supplied by Uie Canwell
committee included the Harry
Bridges case, Ainerasia and uie
atomic spy mens.
Thanks
The thanks and gratitude of
the Klamath Falls Police De
partment Is extended to Uie Ore
gon Department. American Le
gion, for the orderly and well
mannered way the American Le
gion's convention here the past
five days was conducted.
Police Chief Orvllle Hamilton
said that his department had
absolutely no trouble from the
hundreds of Legionnaires visit
ing Klamath Falls, that the co
operation between Uie visitors
and police officers was excellent.
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LIGHTNING Monday night made an intriguing pattern for
Herald and News Photographer Don Kettler.
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Price Five Cent It Fr KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JULY M. IMS Telephone 1111 No. 2883
Defense To
Double Its
Steel Take
WASHINGTON P The Penta
gon expects defense production to
take double Its ormal share of the
nation's steel output during the
next six months.
An official handling military pro
duction problems said this wui
necessarily mean less steel, tem
porarily, for civilian use, and a
return in part to the system 01
wartime priorities for military pro
duction. He said the nation lost 20 million
tons of steel output during the
54 days of recent strike.
To meet urgent needs of some
plants, the official added, air ship
ments of raw materials may be
authorized.
In order to see that the military
gels first crack at available steel,
the Dclense Department has as
signed 30 special olflcers to stay
at the mills.
Meanwhile. Price Stabilizer Ellis
Arnall signed an order permitting
steel mills to put higher celling
firlces In effect on all steel de
Ivered on or after July 26. It was
Issued after a directive from Acting
Defense Moblllzer John K. steel'
man.
Price control officials said that
a price lncrea.se probably will be
given to aluminum producers and
fabricators. A decision Is expected
this week on Uie amount of the
Increase.
The big three producers. Alum
mum Company of America. Reyn
olds and Kaiser, have applied for
celling price increases oi 2 to J
cents a pound on raw aluminum
ana io io li ,3 percent on semi
fabricated and fabricated aluml'
num products. They have signed
contract calling lot higher wages
It a price increase is granted.
More Quakes
In California
' BAKERSFIELD. Calif. Ml An
atom bomb wouldn't scare the
residents of this busy farming
town much more than they were
Wednesday. Bakersflcld has been
through another earthquake, sev
eral. in fact.
Official county business Is be
ing conducted on vacant lots. The
courthouse has been Jolted so sev
erly that engineers fear It may
collapse.
Part of General Hospital has
been abandoned for the same rea
son.
Homes have burned, and hun
dreds of Jltterv residents camped
out after the last series of quakes
Tuesday. They feared their own
homes almost as much as if Uie
buildings were radiation-contaminated.
And an exodus, such as might
stem from any aiom-Diasiea area
has henun
At least 3,000 workers are needed
04 at once to repair IrrigaUon lines
damaged by the quakes. Other
thousands are needed to narvesi
a 50 million dollar cotton crop.
Imperiled by laok of Irrigation wa
ter. But workers and their families
are leaving. They've had it.
Four auakes - Tuesday provided
the spur. Those tremors were Uie
sharpest since July 31 quake took
tne lives oi 13 persons.
WINDOWS BROKEN
BRUSSELS. Belgium 11 Sold
lers and workers demonstrated
against Belgium's two-year con
scription period Wednesday. Re
ports said windows were broken in
A Brussels barrack, by protesting
soldiers while in Liege io.ihki
workers' went on a one-day strike.
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FORM OF A CHAMPION -is shown by Doralea Goodwin,
Portland, Legion drum and bugle corp majorette. She carried
off the star title in competition kr,wf.' 'i - -.--
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Swimming Pool Planners
Hear Expert Testimony
Members of the Swimming Pool
Committee, oharged with planning
for construction of a municipal
swimming pool here, had a ses
sion last night at City Hall with
Whitney Mattsson. representative
ol the Paddock Engineering Com
pany. Los Angeles and San Mateo.
The Paddock firm has built over
4.000 pools In the past 30 years,
Mattsson said, and he had defin
ite recommendations lor a.iamain
Falls.
H. sucrcested that this city build
a sort of wedge shape tank, meas
uring 40 feet wide at the deep
end, 60 feet wide at the shallow.
KFRrmWins
School Bid
TULELAKE Low bidder on the
proposed Newell Union Elementary
school building was Uie Duncan
Construction Company, Klamath
Falls, with a bid of 213.0O0 on the
single story building. Second low
bid was submitted by Plnniger and
Watkins, Klamath Falls, ana mira
In line was R. E. Meade ana com
pany. Grants Pass, witn rtu.iiv.
Six bids were submitted.
Bids were opened, read and tak
en under advisement last night by
directors of the Newell union Ele
mentary school board, Perry M.
Hawkins, Tionesta, clerk; Paul E.
Christy, Tulelake, chairman; Paul
Rogers, Earl rarsons auu uw
Fuller.
A representative of the slloca
tlon department of the state board
of education was present for Uie
meeting.
Plans drawn by Howard Perrm,
architect, call for a ,one story
building with, six niisterauy ugm-
ed classrooms, kindergarten, ad
ministrative offices, muiu-purpose
room, kitchen lavatories, si"ro
rooms, a Jonftor and boiler room.
The project will cover a ground
area Of approximately 14,550 square
feet.
Concrete foundotions, a copper
coated roof, veneer facing on ex
terior walls and acoustic tile In
all ceilings are called for in the
plans. Radiant heat provided by
an oil fired hot water boiler will
warm the building.
The building will be located on
school property at Newell, approx-
matciy nine mncs souui 01
lake on Highway 139.
Completion date is scheduled for
300 days after construction starts
which will put t about March 1st If
no serious delays develop.
The present emergency housing,
the old 'WRA school building and
an auxiliary buldlng moved to the
site, will again be used this year
to nccommodnte an expected en
rollment of 238 students.
Eight teachers will be on the
staff with Orait Lester retained
as principal, v
Three new 61-nassenger, school
buses have . arrived, to. oover the
union district .
School opens September 3. ,
and 100 feet long. That would give
a 6.000 square foot water area and
could be built for about 160,000.
be said.
Paddock's planning and price
figure includes Just the pool and
its equipment, not Uie bath house,
sun deck, and other outside re
finements.
The company specializes in a
certain type tank, submerged.
with a rounded bottom and con
structed of a pressure-forced ce
ment material called gunite. with
a sUicite finish which the com
pany says Is more Impervious than
most materials and never nas to
be painted.
His suggestion for Klamath Falls
is a pool with a maximum depth
of 10 feet, -with one-meter and
three-meter diving boards.
The wedge-shaped pool. Matts
son said, would give more shal
low water space than the conven
tional rectangular pool.
Mattsson was the second swim
ming Dool engineer the commit
tee has heard. The first was Wes
ley Bints of Lansing, Mich., whose
firm specializes In elevated tanks.
Klamath Falls voters okayed a
$150,000 tax levy last May 16 for
swimming pool construction, and
the hope Is that some construction
might be started this summer.
But progress has hardly been no
ticeable so far, although members
of the committee say they are
learning a good deal about swim
ming pools Uiey don't anow De
fore. 1 .
Mattsson's company Is prepared
to assist an architect In pool plan
ning, if the city decides to build
a Paddock-type pool, and then bid
on the Job along with other con
tractors. Construction of the bath
house and other features of tne
swimming pool park would be left
up to the architect ana gen
eral contractor.
Thermometer
Hits Record
' The weather here yesterday was
either pleasantly warm, too warm
or hot as blazes, depending on your
personal taste
In any event, the mercury
touched a hew high for the year
. . . 96, That was Uie reading on
the Herald and News' big record-
Ing thermometer downtown; at Uie
airport, the reading was 94.
Highest previous reading down
town tms year was ao on jury iv.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Cloudy with- occasional thunder
showers. Low tonight 55,' high to
morrow 85.
High yesterday M
Low last night 63
Preoln yesterday
Preoln sines Oct. 1 ...11.11
Same period last year ...14.14
Normal for period .. ...13.35
Air Force
Men Study
Sightings
By VERN HAUGLAND
AP Aviation Reporter
WASHINGTON Wl The Air
Force says it's still checking into
flying saucer reports, but it's cer
tain 01 one thing: The saucers
whatever Uiey are don't seem to
be a menace to the United States.
Most . of . the siahtinirs traced to
date have turned out to be natural
phenomena.
A flurry of reports that scores of
unidentified objects had been
spotted by radar in Uie Washington
area during the past 10 days led
Uie Air Force to call a special
news conference Tuesday to tell
what it knew or thought of
Uie saucers.
About one-fifth of the sighting
reports are "from credible obser
vers, of relatively incredible things
so we keep on being concerned
aoout tnem."
, Of Uie one-fifth for which there
is no explanation. Maj. Gen. John
A. Samford. Intelligence director.
said: :
NO PATTERN ...
"No pattern has ever been found
that reveals anything remotely like
a purpose or consistency that can
In any way be associated with any
menace to the United States."
Samford is one of the Air Force's
two top experts on saucers. The
other is Maj. Gen. Roger Ramey,
director of operations. Both attend
ed the news conference to answer
whatever questions newsmen
tossed their way.
samiord and Ramey announced
that since 1947 the Air Force has
analyzed about 2,000 reports 01
sightings of strange object la the
sltv.
; The bulk, of these, after -crosschecking,
have been reasonably
well identified as the product of
friendly aircraft, out and - o n t
hoaxes, or electrical or meteoro
logical phenomena.
ILLUSIONS
Other "saucers' are blamed on
optical Illusions. Northern Lights,
weather balloons, and reflection of
llgnts even automobile lights.
But every effort is being made
to identify Uie mysterious one-fifth.
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Vandals Active
In Malin Park
' Malin Park officials are on the
lookout for persons who have been
dealing in vandalism at the park
recenUy.
Malin Park Board Member Emil
Folivka said today that he had Uie
cooperation of Uie Klamath County
Sheriff s oitice and would "prose
cute offenders to the full extent of
the law."
Folivka said sprinkler pipes were
twisted around a tree Monday night
and a park bench thrown Into a
tree.
The park board member also
said that reckless and speeding
drivers will also be watched in the
future. Severe penalties will be as
sessed against drivers who violate
Uie ten-mile-an-hour limit or drive
over the park lawns.
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LEGION VISITORS Mr. and Mn. Leon M. Brown and their
daughter', Edith Gayle, art taking in the itata convention her.
Thy ara from SaTem. . .. s .
Taft Backers
Offer Aid To
Eisenhower
By The Associated Press
New voices were added to the
Republican harmony chorus
Wednesday as notes of discord
sounded among Democrat In the
South.
Two senators who backed the un
successful fight of Sen. Robert A.
Taft of Ohio to win the OOP presi
dential nomination were welcomed
into Uie camp of Oen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Uie party nominee.
They are Sen. Everett Dirksen of
Illinois and Sen. Hugh Butler of
neDrasta.
Dirksen, who touched off a dem
onstration at Uie Republican con
vention in a speech blasting Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
an Eisenhower strategist dis
closed through his office that he
will Ily to Denver Saturday to par
ticipate in a week-end series of
Eisenhower campaign strategy
conferences.
BUTLER
Butler called on Eisenhower
Tuesday and came out predicting
victory for the general In Nebraska
and expressing confidence that
Taft will take an active part in
the campaign to put Eisenhower
in the White House.
In Indiana. Uie pre - convention
State Committee for Eisenhower
decided to stay In existence, but
agree to cooperate with the pro
Taft regular Republican state or
ganizaUon. In Uie Democratic camp, rumb
lings of discontent were heard in
Virginia, South Carolina, Louisiana
and Mississippi. They appeared to
be directed more at the Demo
cratic platform's civil rights plank
man at tne party's nominees, gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Sen.
John J. Sparkman of Alabama.
in souin uaroiina, James r.
Byrnes said he would have voted
against the platform if he had
the chance. He said he will make
his views on Uie caididates known
when Uie state Democratic con
vention re-convenes Aug. 6 to de
cide upon a course of action.
VIRGINIA
In Virginia, the Richmond Mews
Leader became the first Richmond
newspaper to support a ' non-
pemocratio presidential candidate
since 1896. It came out for .tha
Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. But a po
litical source close to the Virginia,
stato Democratic central commit
tee predicted inai tne state con
vention would not be reconvened
to bolt the Democratic ticket A
decision is left up to state party
leaders.
In Mississippi, former Lt. Gov.'
Sam Lumpkin of Tupelo said Ei
senhower's name will be sug
gested for possible endorsement at
Uie Aug. 28 reopening of the state
Democratic convenUon. But Gov.
Hugh White has said he will sup
port the national Democratic tick
et. In Louisiana, Gov. Robert Ken
non said Uie state Democratic cen
tral committee will decide whether
to support tne mevenson-spars-man
ticket.
The candidates themselves were
busv men.
STEVENSON
In Springfield. Til.. Gov. Steven
son canceled two Illinois speaking
engagements this week to work on
correspondence and other business
piled up on his desk at the exe
cutive mansion. He and Vice Pres
ident Alben W. Barkley are still
scheduled to speak at tne Illinois
State Fair In Springfield Aug. M.
Eisenhower worked with nis
Denver headquarters staff on cam
paign plans and set a series of
high-level strategy conferences to
begin Friday. Among those sched
uled to attend the sessions are
Sen. Richard M. Nixon, the GOP
vice presidentiar nominee: Arthur
E. summerneid, cnairman 01 uie
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