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Newspaper Page TextPAGE SIX ' 1 ' ' rniKT .nrmrTNS -v . BILL JENKINS Entered U .econd da matter at th. pet office oI KUm.Ui r.llA. Or... on August 20. IMS under act . of " ' MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED ?EE8?. kltaB The AssoctatecUPres, li entitled exclusively to thai w or puM Iwtton ct all th. local new. printed In tbia newspaper a well aa all AP Mwa, 1 nuoth month. 1 year $11.00 By BILL JENKINS The flying saucer, are still with us. And will continue to be, I'm efrald, despite a lot of doubting 1 nomas' who are Inclined to scoff and Insist that what people are saying is hogwash and what they are seeing Is even worse. Nothing but spots before the eyes, high fly ing pelicans, Venus at an odd angle and all the other explanations for the curious phenomena, But I'll still continue to believe in 'em until someone proves other wise. And I'll have a little com pany in the person of one W. B. BUI" Trusty of 839 Klamath Ave nue. BUI', a conductor for the fcouLiern Pacific and spotted an ob vious and plain flying saucer on July 10th as his train was pulling in from the Crescent Lake run. Just south of Chelsea he spotted this . Baucer at about 9000 feet, and watched while It banked and turned Into the nun, where it disappeared from view. Bill Jtrotted across the , train and tried to spot it again but It had disappeared by then. N. H. Hansen, who I believe Uvea at 121 Mortimer, and Is also a conductor, 1 CAUGHT IN By DEB ADDISON . RETAIL MEMO: .- Predictions for record retail sales - in July received support last week when the Department of Commerce reported total retail sales were up six percent through May setting another record. - Hggest gainers were motor ve hicle dealers (new and used) up 2S percent. Oas station, were up 6; men's stores up 5: food, de partment stores, family . clothing stores, furniture and appliance stores up 4; eating and drinking places, the general merchandise - group, and drug and proprietory ' stores up 3. These figures are for the coun ' try as a whole, remember, but a clue as to what local business should be doing is seen in another Department of Commerce report. Personal Income was up 7 per . cent In the first five months of 195S. If retail sales were up 6 per rent and nersonal Income was up 1 percent nationally, then the same ratio, should hold good for the Klamath Basin, with radio and TV competing for the relaxation ear In much of the country, with (the entertainment free for the tuning (after you pay for the sets) Jt nugni ne a sur prise that sale of phonograph rec ords set a new high in 1952 and is going on from there this year. And, from the type of musical offerings on the air (radio, we rinn't know about TV). It should be more of a surprise that 40 per cent of all records soia are ior classical music. Just a few years ago, classical records took only 15 percent of the record business. (We'll pass this on as a tip to those stations which aro competing for the musical ear.) HOW MUCH IS a July '53 dollar worth? Without making any ref erences to the 1939 greenback, you can be sure or this: Today's dol lar will buy a lot more goods than it did Just one year ago, according to a Wall Street Journal roundup. The trend is not evident In the official cost-of-living fiisures but a - trip to the markets tells a differ ent tale from hambuigcrs to houses the WSJ said. On the food front, average price of chuck steak In New York City's retail markets is 45 cents a pound, down 28 cents from a year ago. Sirloin steak goes for 8 cents against $1.15 last year. The big puller-downer on the cost of eating la hefty production. It's production In other thlnES, too Averace used car prices are down 20 percent. Houses, and the things that go Into them, are lower. On production; Since the start of 1946, makers have turned out 27 million washing: machines. 23 mil lion vacuum cleaners. 88 million BILLBOARD THE DOCTOR SAYS By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. The thyroid Is a gland of inter nal secretion which lies in the front of the neck, sometimes ex tending down under the upper nor tlon of the breastbone. It does not have a duct or passageway to empty Its secretions and therefore its hormone is absorbed directly into the blood. When behaving normally, the thy roid produces Just the right amount of secretion for the needs of the body. Among other things. It helps to regulate the action of other In ternal glands and also to keep the heart beat regular. If the thyroid gland starts misbehaving It may produce either too much secretion or a secretion which Is abnormal. The result Is the development of a condition which is known as toxic goiter of which there are sev eral kinds. Other names ior this condition are Graves' disease and von Basedow's disease. Ordinarily. In a toxio goiter the thyroid becomes somewhat en larged. The other symptom, very but the most common besides en largement are a rapid heart rate, bulging eyes, trembling of the hands, nervousness and loss of weight. Bometimes these symp toms .lone are enough to make a diagnosis. Almost always, 'however, SUBSCRIPTION RATES' i.35 t month ! .mm month. ,.! $1.20 saw the same thing at the same lime. Who says there aren't any fly ing saucers I claim there have been too many eye witnesses of a trusted nature report In for the re ports not to be something. If that last sentence seems a little in volved just put It down to the fact that I believe strongly in em Big doings up at Port Klamath the other night when they held their street dance festival. Our corres pondent up thataway, Myrtle Wl mer, writes me that the affair was a huge success, that everyone had fun and that already they are look ing forward to next year and an- otner one. She also sent down a flock of negatives taken by a fella name of Jim Watson. As soon as we can get them printed up we'll print one or two along with Myr tle's story of the affair. That's the sort of thing there should be more 01. If we hadn't been strapped down in Klamath Falls waiting for an out-of-town guest to show up we'd have been right up there among em. .next year w. will, by gollyl THE ROUNDS radios, 28 million TV sets, 29 mil lion refrigerator, and I million lreezers. Checking: the Herald and News advertising pages for last week and the corresponding week a year ago brought out some sharp differences. Here are the meat prices tor one store, with this year's first and the '62 prices following: Swiss or round steak, 69 cents and 98 cents; rib roast, 55 and 85: ground beef, 39 and 69: fillet of sole. 59 and 69. Another .tore; sirloin .teak, 69 and . The moral Is to buy your beef and catch your own fish . . . and do It In the Klamath Basin, not New York. CONSUMER SAVINGS Is one of the first ejementa business peo ple talk about when they consider th nosslbllltle. oi mat - rainy day." one barometer of savings Is that deposits in the nation's saving bank, rose $117 million in May to set another record oi $23.4 nimon, Mlr-e hacklotrt . Another thing that business peo ple talk about Is Installment buy ing, installment ouyers are tne main pillars of the country's econo. my, according to S. Coleman, pres ident of the Gas Appliance Mfg's, Assoc., in the NY Herald Tribune. He criticised economists who claim that consumer debt has reached a dangerous level. Coleman holds that such conclusions are based on obsolete statistic, and obscure cir cumstances. "The ratio of consumer credit to dlsoosable income lnvariaoiy aa- Justs itself In the normal course of business; It Is lower now than It was In 1941 . . the annual savings ml a of 1951 was three times the 1949 total and nearly eight times the 1939 figure." Tnn Sloan the Portland Invest ment man not Don Sloan the Klam ath real estate man told Klwan lans and Rotarlans last week that 'm vrenlnir our economy souna, the U.S. Treasury Department, ir,- 104S has sold over (41 bil lion worth of savings bonds. This has been done with no salesmen and very largely as a result of the efforts of banks ana oanaers ana the advertising media ot me coun- In, In addition to plugging for the sale of U.S. savings bonds, he ni,,oi,i for the American wav nf rtnin business. "In Europe, if a manufactured article costs a dol lar it will be retailed at two dol lar.. Here, a dollar cost article will be sold at $1.10 and 10 times as many will be sold." Ten times as many will be sold because they're priced at $1.10 they can be priced at $1.10 Because throunh advertising, ten times a. many can be sold at $1.10. doctors wish to have a metabolism test taken which measures more ac curately the degree to which the thyroid is overactive. Tnts is done early In the morning before eating. It Is entirely painless, Toxic goiter should be discov ered as soon as possible before it has produced damage which may be difficult or slow to overcome. The most common form of treat ment has been surgery. This in volves an operation In which part of the thyroid tissue Is removed, leaving only enough to supply the normal needs of the body. Now some other methods besides surgery have begun to be used for toxic goiter. Drugs of the thlouracll family have been used with suc cess In some cases. RadloaoMve Iodine is also a uselul medical treatment. Not ail patients with tox io goiter can be successfully treat ed medically, however, and sur gery probably will continue to be used for at least aome patient, for a long time. In At Out S LEO'S CAMIRA SH0 It Mala Theyll Do It Every CASHTUS &Z UcfesmbkiH, MAC 1HIS SoOO CERTVnCMTB. jtiasy ORDER DPLCMU.B45S' irWAsrrAMrJE. RJKT AND DEED VMLDIPXlJeVER 10 HOUSE, FOR tJCNTrv F1GATICN' ScCaJwiY card-. DONTrCU .TRUST ME P Along Nature's Trail By Ken McLeod The man whose Job I do not enw Is our new Reclamation Commis sioner, Wilbur A. Dexhelmer who faces the monumental -task of mak ing over the bureau of reclama tion into an organization of pub lic service instead of an organiza tion of self service. The eye. of a great many sceptical people will follow his actions closely as he works to bring back the public confidence that should be due this important department of our Fed eral Government but whose for mer leadership wantonly sacrificed In their pursuit of an ideological future. There Is no denying that the reclamation service hag tumbled greatly in public prestige since it departed from the ideals upon which the service was first found ed. The fact that the reclamation has grown large and powerful due largely to pork barrel politics and not to service for the public good appears to have been a factor that former leadership of the Bureau's policies accepted as public ac claim for their, program: how ever there have been a lot of en gineers within the service itself who have looked upon the rapid growth and expansion of visionary horizon, with much concern and dared not speak their mind lest the axe descend upon their person. The state of the bureauthax fal len so low that even the engineers joint council cnarged the bureau with Incompetence and the Hoov er commission made the charge mat the bureau would ".toon to deception In furtherance Of their efforts to take out claims on nro- Jects." Conservationists have sound ed warnings against the ambitious schemes of the bureau with mo notonous regularity. , We have been well awar Ihnl me bureau has been undergoing an overhauling ever' since the crash of the "Pair Deal." A lot of old line engineer, have been pulled up from the basement and dust ed off and placed in positions of command. Dexhelmer appears to have been one of these career men who have been rescued from ob scurity. Dexhelmer'. first statements have made some favorable Impres sions. He believes that his "big problem" Is developing "a nation al water policy that will benefit all the people." Dexhelmer stat ed. "If we can get such a deci sion out of Congress, it also would go a long way toward ending the conflict of Interests between the armv engineers and the bureau nf reclamaton." "Anv nrolect must be aeveiopea so that Its full potential reserves nra available for the troort oi ine malorltv of the people," Dexhelm er said, "both private and public Interests should be allowed to de velop in full anything there is need to develop. I would not like to see anything built that would destroy the ultimate use oi our ru.haimar m. has been em ployed by the bureau of reclama tion since ivm, euciv .. . .inf wiiH the armv corps oi engineers in World War II Since 1941, he has been assistant chief of the Denver reclamation office in charge ot conswucuui.. , ..u .,.r that the conser- vatlona of the nation will waUh Dexhelmcr's actions -with the keen est of interest and perhaps wltn the usual degree of suspicion as they no longer trust bureau state ments but will have to be shown r atatement: by sincer ity of action. After all Dexhelmer comes up from the ranks of an organization whose top flight of-flclals-the policy makers - have on, thir hest to obtain a firm grasp upon the natural resources of the West, so that they might Annmi tiia rRnurcea a. they saw fit and proper In the light of their Interpretation of the needs of the nation. A mod. headlona- rush into reaimented economy, whose end result call It whatever you may was National Socialism, apparent ly for the time being has been haltrri hv the change of adminis tration. The aincere planners and those not. so sincere who believed that the people were not competent to handle the prooiema concern ing their vital resources and hence must he reaimented into author!- ttr to prevent us from destroy ing ourselves by heedless acts have been taken from the driver's seat. But their voice, are still loud and plaintive. HOTELS OSBURN HOLLAND IU0INI, OKI. MIDrORD . Thoroughly Modern Mrs. J. E. Early and Joe Early Proprietor. HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Time t i TMETHOBUCX BJrUGOOH&eSSMAH TO VOUCH fCR HtW" AO THE OTHER (3U ooe&tr, EVEN t-WVE THE DEUCE will bounce ONE WILL. JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON W) The first, great. Immediate benefit to the United States from a Korean truce will be an end to the killing of Americans there so long as the truce lasts, which may be a long time. But when the long-range effect of a truce Is examined realistical ly, the outlook can be very gloomy In the long run the truce may cost the United States more than If the fighting had continued. . This is an outlook upon which the Eisenhower administration is fully Informed. Apparently Presi dent Elsenhower felt there were only two choices in Korea: 1. Keep on fighting, with the killing continuing Indefinitely, and in the end perhaps wage an all out offensive which might bring in Russia and .tart world war III. But even if continued fighting did not lead to a world war. it would be trading American lives for Chinese lives, and lives are something of which the Chinese Communist regime nas a greater and more expendable supply than the United States. 2. Agree to an armistice, an end to the slaughter for now anyway, and hope that somehow the results might turn out well, or at least better than the gloomy picture given In this story. This question nas been discussed inside me Elsenhower administra tion: , Do the Chinese really want peace now? Among those who have been to Korea and who also know the Chi nese and their problems, this is a viewpoint tnat nas been expressed: The Chinese do want a truce. The Chinese Communists already have obtained the most they could expect from their fighting In Korea at mis time: they have Increased their prestige in Asia and the world by stopping the United Nations forces. But the Chinese economy has been badly damaged by the ef forts Ine Communists had to make to light the war; they are depend ent upon Russia for 70 per cent of their supplies: their five-year plan for China, announced when they wok over five year, ago, has been SAM DAWSON NEW YORK IjB ' Financial clr- cles are wondering if the admin istration win find a way to saulrm out of asking Congress to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. If the debt rises above Its pres ent legal ceiling of 275 billion dol lars, bankers fear further Infla tionary pressure, and another road block In tne administrations an nounced purpose of stabilizing the purchasing power of your dollar. The debt nas lust taken another lump higher and is now within about 2 1'? ouuon dollars oi tre limit set by congress in June 1945. Its peak, as a result of World War n spending, was 278 nuuon col lars In February of that year. The U. S. Treasury in facing the unpleasant task of raising more money before the end of the year unless some way is found to cut soendlnff. ; . ' The Treasury aeticit is mourn ing steadily, so far this month, Treasurv receipts .have trailed Treasury ' spending by about 1 1-j hilllon dollars. Congress can do something about cutting spending in muite years, hut can't do much about slowing down spending for the rest ot this vear. That is because most gov ernment departments and agen- naa have lsrse sums from iett nvar annronriatlons. A total of .hont an hilllon dollars ot this mon ey appropriated by previous Con gresses is available. . Bankers point out that the Pres ident could older the various de partments to slow up on spending for the rest of tills year, until the Treasury car. get out bice on its feet next spring during the heavy tax season. Just how much sav- lng wouM, or could, be made this US Population: 159.473,000 WASHINGTON W The Census Bureau said Monday the nation's population was about 150,473,000 on June l. This estimate Indicated an increase ot a,73u,oun, or 1.7 per cent since the date of the last cen sus. April 1, 1950. People DO Read SPOT ADS -you are ! Bv firnniv Hatlo ' " ZWlUTWL. WU. AUXE TUAT BUS jy oiau'pcuKUMKai.ic WITNESSES BOORS SHE CjrVES, ej Bios. IMC. HIH (OFFERS TO 8M0W L HIS MTTOOMfi RE i ' TO PRCMs HE5 ONE AND DC 64Mt AAamhq tmecmeck cashers sweat rrouT BEFORE THEy GET THE D0U6M aMVNOHW,ALA. badly set back by the drain of the war. - - All those are good reason why they should now want ., truoe, but there are ottiers: benefits "the Chinese can visualize . for them selves a. a result of. a truce now. Undoubtedly one of the prices the Chinese will try to exact, and probably will obtain even though we united States rnay not like It, is an end to the embargo on trade with China; another Is a seat on me united Nations Security Coun cil. : The feeling in this country at the moment lsvln tense, particularly in Congress, against letting Comma nlK china have seat on that council where it can team up With nussia. nut me pressure on mis country, from its allies to let China into toe U. N. undoubtedly will also be intense. ' - Of all the countries which have played ball with this country in not trading with- China, coopera ting the best perhaps were Japan ana Canada. Japan'. M million people are starved for trade with cruna, which has raw material, that can be finished in Japanese lactone, and sold throughout Asia. iiuna want, trade. Even during a truce th Com munist, can, under truoe terms rebuild their shattered airfields for use at once if th. armistice breaks oown. And they can use the, tima taken up in talking to rebuild their military machine for use again in Korea or elsewhere in Asia if nec essary. But armed force by China may not be necessary, for l the Com munists get free world trade again, get In the United Nations, and build up their, military machine even larger, the countries of South east Asia, a far greater prize than n-orea, may lall easily, and natur ally into China', orbit. This is not a pretty prospect. But it is one that must be con sidered even before the peace talks begin. Doesn't the United States have some- plans, some trading points, which it will Insist upon oeiore me Chinese get concessions? If so, they haven't been revealed yet. -jL. way, bankers don't knw. ... - The treasury is in Its present fix because l. Spending coutinues at a great ra'e in spite of congres sional economy drives; 2, Tax re ceipts fell below expecUUi.n. Wherever men know and appreciate fine whiskey, they call for "cheerful" Old Sunny Brook, famous since 1891. This growing demand has made it the "World'a, largest selling Kentucky whiskey." iin For First Time in Years, Soviets Thiaking About Average Russian EDITORS NOTE: For 11 years Eddy Ollinor ot Selma, Ala., wa AP correspondent in Moscow. He married a Russian dancer In 1943, at a Urn. of wartime amity, and found out lata In the 40. that the Soviet government would not al low her to leava that country with their two children. Only recently wu this nil. relaxed, and OUmore was able to bring his family out. While they are en rout, to the Uni ted States. OUmore Is writing a writs ot .tori, about Russia and hi. experiences there. This is' the tint of four article, to appear this week. ': PARIS OtV-For the first time in years the Kremlin stems to be showing aome concern tor Ivan lvanovich, the average Russian. - It's too early to say if this is because the party and the govern ment sincerely want to do some thing for the people: or because they are afraid of the people, or for both reasons. But things are happening. And if Oeorgl Malenkov and the others can hold the galloping Russian troika in the road, and resist go ing for one another's throats, tiiuigs are going to continue to nap- pen ... I mean things that win make life far easier for the Rus sian people. . ;- Maienkov Is pledged to raise the standard of living. The Russian people have heard that one before, but this time the party and the government are behaving as if it matters somewhat how the people feel about things. Take the recent cltywlde panic In Moscow. I do not believe this story has been reported to the out side world, for the censor was very active with his big red pen cil when I left Moscow. Toward the last day. of June the rumor got out in Moscow that the money was going to be changed. again. we heard it everywhere we went and it' got so serious the foreign embassies sent people out to look around. Moscow had had one . devaluation since the war. Czechoslovakia had just had one It was at the half year, a logical time. Siskiyou 4-H Revue Held MACDOEL The Siskiyou county 4-H Dress Revue was held at Yreka, Calif., Wednesday, in the high school building with a goon representation from .11 over the county. . Awards' won by trie Butte Valley Club were: First Phase J ante Craddock, second place, blue ribbon; Novella Kolden, fourth place, green rib bon. Second phase Marguerltte Chal rez, first, blue ribbon; Susan Abell, first, blue ribbon and a medal for best In second phase In county; Barbara Abell, first blue ribbon; Olenda Johnson third, white rib bon. Third phase Twyla Johnson, third, white ribbon; Loretta Purdy, third, white ribbon. Fifth phase Shirley Dixon, first, blue ribbon. The Danish system of Judging was used with Mrs. Ed Mathews and Mrs. Al Frotsman acting as judges. Others attending from here were Mrs. Wilfred Dixon, Mrs. C. A. Abell. Mrs. Francis Purdey, Mrs. Jess Craddock, Faye Wells; Jua- nlta May and Mrs. Clarence Oross, Slothing and food leader who, along with the other leaders and Mrs. Dow, were presented with corsages by Sedge Nelson In ap preciation of me work tney are doing. Hazel Ross Buckner,' All Star 1953, was mistress of ceremonies, with program as follows: 12:30 Registration, Jean Silva, Geraldine Johnson. A favorite from coast to coast devaluation, or reform a. uiey caUod it. happen before in Moscow. Th. symptoms were the same. The people knew about sev eral days m aavancc. I did some mw - v. a and tne DU&ca - Seet car. had no metal money. During the last money was nu people were clinging to ". u..tt armiments took place ou the subway. .The conductor - mantled metal money, - --v-, paper rubl or Maybe mat was ine commission stor?s s,. pawn shops) were packed and buy PJ Crisk All sorts of things were going. The food shops were m anere seemed to be a run on everything, and everwtoe the Z US deviation hurt Ivan ...r...,,i, r,ioh, Never a banker t. hrart. he kept . his precious rubles at home. When the govern ment devalued, Ivan got 1 ruble lor 10, a poor batting average In any league. ' t iir.ri t two banks. Long lines of depositors before the savings account windows. At the last de valuation, the folks who had their ...ki.. m the hank cot the new ... .i i new ruble for 1 old invito -. - - . mble. . ' . . tnvr., indication was that de valuation lay ahead. Yet It didn't read right. It was inconsistent with everything me juaicnau. ernment was doing. rtoitniiiatinn would be highly un popular with the people, for the people don't like governments to monkey, with their money unless it Is to give them more of it. It was a panic, all right, and finally the Ministry of Finance had to come out with a communique In all papers denying all Idea of devaluation, or a change in the monev. , That ,wa. a rare step. Under 1:08 Flag Salute and 4-H Pledge Joan SUva. 1:06 Welcome, Mrs. Evanglyn Dow. l:10-Slnglng, Hazel Buckner; Ac companist, Josephine Tschlrky. 1:30 Introduction of 4-H Club leaders and judges. Sedge Nelson, I; 60 Posture Makes the Cril, Table Rock Club. :i 2:00 Junior Leader Confer ence, Shirley Eastllck, Barbara Miller, Oail Foster, Mary Louise Machado. - 2:20 All Star Conference, Hazel Ross Buckner. 2:25 Diamond Star National 4-H Club Camp, Patricia Tutt. 2:30 Dress Revenue, Commen tator, Shirley Kunz, - 3:00 Presentation of Ribbons, Mrs. Ed Mathews. 3:16 "Share the Fun Break fast." 4-H Club Film in Library. Committees were: decorations, Willow Creek and Table Rock Clubs; punch, Shirley Eastllck and Joan Silva: dress review modeling tips, Beveriy Foster. Leaders are Mrs. Louis SUva Big Springs; Mrs. Phayes Kays, Etna; Mrs. Kay Luce and Mrs, Patricia Tutt, Fort Jones; Mrs, Leslie Flock, Gazelle: Mrs. Harvey Origsby, Oranada; Mrs. Clarence Cross, Macdoel; Mrs. Esther Kir- by. Sawyer. Bar; Mrs. Clifford Ross and Mrs. H. L. Miller, Table Rock; Mrs. Burton Hoyle and Mrs, Earl Parker, Tulelake; Mrs. John Foster and Mrs. Keith Severn., Willow Creek. Shirley Kunz of Fort Jones, won the top honors in the county.- sir jCbrano 4 TUESDAY, JUL? 21. 1953 Joseph Stalin it would not have happened. The people would have been left to panic: mey aion t mat ter. But the Malenkov government assured them, Did It have to? Was It having to answer to a public opinion for the first time since Stalin got his steely grip on the nation? Or was It behaving a. any normal government, would under the circumstances of cltywlde panic? . You guess. I don't know. Then there was the day of stni. ' ln's funeral. The boys took no chances. Hundreds upon hundreds of trucks filled with soldiers moved Into the city in the early hours of the morning. They parked bumper to bumper at hundreds ot street intersections. To get throueh was possible only if an officer gave an order and a truck was pulled out of line. Then It rolled back Into barricade position. Out in the suburbs the govern ment was simply taking no chances. ' There had been some ugly scene., scuffles with the police, during the period Stalin lay In state. A lot of people were killed and Injured. Did Malenkov think that mavbe Beria and the political police might try to seize government? The polit ical police were out in numbers, but there were far more soldiers. Friends of mine told of seeing tanks in the suburbs. After Stalin's death in March. the first big holiday was May Day. always a big affair in Moscow and -the other cities of the Soviet Un- ; ion, but rather hard on a lot of ' people. For years it had been the custom to hold a military parade in Red Square. Then came a "demonstration of the people." It was about as spontaneous as bug ler's reveille. The people from fac tory, office, department, workshop and collective were told where and when to be present. A check wa. made to see they were there. This entailed standing ' In line from early morning, sometimes several miles from Red Square,' then marching often very slowlv through the streets to Red Square. Then It meant parading through Red Square and shouting greetings and waving to the lead- ers atop Lenin's Tomb. But mis year Stalin was Inside th tomb. The word got around that this was going to be a peo ple's May Day; that the spontane ous demonstration would be much smaller than In years past; that the party hacks and the factory, directors, and the foremen and superintendent., would do most of the standing In line and marching uiiuugn uie square. . And that was what. nnpimmA In happen. The "spontaneous demonstra tlon" got over hours earlier than those In previous years. The authorities opened the foot ball season that afternoon, instead of waiting until May 2 as In years gone by. There was dancing In the parks, boating on the Moskva River and a great deal of laughing and carrying on, I never saw such a relaxed at. mosphere in Moscow. The people actually seemed to be, enjoying themselves. Malenkov could make his gov ernment more liked If he would do something to cut down the gov ernment bite that comes once a year in the form of a "voluntary subscription" to government loans. The precinct heelers come around . to every apartment. They approach every adult and put him down for buying such and such amount in the government loan scheme. It 1$ naturally always oversub scribed. . ' This has led to a Russian story: The police found the body of a man in the Moskva River. They searched through the clothes. In a coat pocket they found a govern ment bond. "There were no other sign, of violence,' says the story. (Tomorrow; censored.) The Stalin funeral id- because it's.. .