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1 I Water? , By OTTO ELLIS ' Evidencing tho Interest of South, era Oregon In the handling and management of lis water for bene ficial use, the hearing held here yesterday afternoon by the Oregon water Resources Interim Commit tee Jammed the ballroom of the Willard Hotel practically to its ca pacity. . The committee was created by the 1953 session of the Oregon Legisla ture. It la holding hearings all over the state, and will present its find ings to the 1955 Oregon legislative session. It la expected that these fas m Wm$& wkW&$d ! : : i . ... , By FRANK JENKINS V What shall we say of the grisly and horrible episode in the visi tors gallery of the house of repre sentatives in Washington yester day? I think we might as well leave ithat to Puerto Rico's Governor Munoz, who in an official telegram lo our government this morning calls the attack "savage and unbe lievable lunacy ... the Puerto Rlcan people condemn this fanati cal action." What lies back of it? If I had to make a guess, it would be this: The whole bloody, brutal busi ness was hatched up by the com munists. It makes perfect propa ganda for them. It points an ac cusing finger at an IMPERIALIST UNITED STATES playing the cruel game of imperialism as for centur ies it has been played in Asia, and Africa and the Near and' Middle East. ' f' '" It is perfect for communist pur posepart and parcel of the propa ganda strategy of which the germ warfare tale in Korea was a part. It paints the United States-, as a monster to be feared and-hated. For its effectiveness- it relies upon the theory that a lie- dra matically enough told and widely enough spread can never be caught up with by the truth. . That technique underlies all communist propaganda. Consider the tale of the woman leader of the trigger-pulling assas sins. She says: "The members of our group con sider themselves patriots not criminals. This shooting was in tended! It was intended to bring THE ATTENTION OF THE PEO PLE OF THE WORLD TO THE PLIGHT OF PUERTO RICO. "Puerto Rico is a country that is not freer" - Puerto Rico is approximately as free as Hawaii or Alaska. It has a governor who Is elected by the peo ple. It has a two-house legislature whose members are elected by the people. It has a delegate who rep resents Puerto Rico In the congress of the United States, but has no vote. Because of the low level of edu cation in the island, the governor has the power of veto over the legislature's acts. But that, in time, will be changed. In time Puerto Rico will become a part of the United States, Just as Hawaii and Alaska will. Since the American occupation (we took over Puerto Rico after' the Spanish war) a large percent age of the island's budget has been spent on education. There are free public grade and high schools. We're doing the best we can to bring the Puerto Rlcans up to citi zenship level as rapidly as we can. Puerto Rico has its problems. Its area is 3435 square miles a little less than 60 percent larger than the Klamath Indian reserva tion. Its population is approximate ly TWO MILLIONS or about 600 persons per square mile. In a purely agricultural island, that presents problems. In an effort ' to better themselves, nearly half a million Puerto Rlcans have moved to the United States, most of them being concentrated In New York and other large Eastern cities. . As this is written, the house gal lery assassins are said to be mem Tiers of the Nationalist party of Puerto Rico. This Nationalist party is VERY small. Including only a mi nor fraction of the Island's people of voting age. I'd guess that Its leaders hope for a coup that will put them In power In the island. It would be a reasonable guess that If such a thing should happen Puerto Rico would become a communist state. Tow Truck Drivt Finds Own Car SAN FRANCISCO Ml Harry H. Kampf, a tow-truck driver, cast an expert's glance at the smashed Cadillac and agreed with police: "Yep, it's a bad one, all right" Then he took another look at the wreck he was supposed to tow away. "Hey," he exclaimed, "that's my car." Sure enough, stolen and wrecked before he even missed it. KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Stilpptf Tadar 33 cart tUmt Par Lail Yar 0 cart TaUl Par Beaaaa 1M.J4 8037 con 1SM-M 8930 ears findings will result' In legislation setting up a long rouge program for more Intelligent use of Ore gon's all-important water resource. Lyle P. Watts, chairman of the committee and former regional di rector of the U.S. Forest Service In Portland, explained that the com mitteeman's Job at these hearings Is to listen and out of the Information obtained to shape up recommen dations to the state legislature for such a program. . In the testimony brought out at yesterday's hearing, their was gen eral agreement on these points: 1. Oregon's water belongs by na KLAMATH Price Five Cents 12 Pages . Tito Urges Red China ition BELGRADE. Yugoslavia Wl Yugoslav President Tito says he believes war is further away than it was two years ago and the na tions of the world should recog nise Communist China. He' also hopes and believes Yugo slavia's relations with Russia will imprWeV but says they haven't gone far beyond routine diplomatic exchanges.- He set forth his views at a din ner given in his honor last Thurs day by Belgrade's Foreign Press Assn. His remarks were released for publication Tuesday, with di rect quotation barred. The Yugoslav chief made these other points: 1. His administration plans to avoid participation in the North Atlantic Alliance and the proposed European Defense Community but has no objection to Its partners In the "little three" defense alliance Greece and Turkey, both already NATO members participating in a common European security or ganization. , I 2. The Berlin conference of the Bjg Four foreign ministers was a success, even- if no agreement was reached on Germany and Austria For one thing, the talks were held without a rupture In relations. Oregon Solons Near Shooting WASHINGTON Ufi Three Ore gon congressmen were in the House ' of Representatives cham ber. Monday when Puerto Rlcan fanatics wounded five legislators.. None of the three was wounded although Rep. Homer Angell re ported he was in the line of fire. "It was much too close to be com fortable," he said. Rep. Harris Ellsworth of Rose burg said he was walking down the center aisle when the shooting started. "I hit the floor. Then I got up to see what was going on. At first I thought it must be kids with popguns or firecrackers. But then I saw flames shooting out of guns and I knew it must be tho real thing." Rep. Walter Norblad of Stayton said he was in the rear of the House when the firing began, "When I realized what was hap pening, I ran 10 or 15 feet and ducked into a cloak room," he said. "Fortunately the firing was a little too high. Many of the bullets went over members' heads." a. Jit.j jr- V jTX,SaMn Recogn I MHJf MEMBERS OF THE STATE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE notei Monday were, seated: 11 to ri oeneral uurtu 1. oaecher, Roseburg; Lyle F. Watts, eheir. man, Portland and L. E. Coles, Prineville. Standing (I to r) Don Lane, executive secretary, Portland; J. W. Barney, Hillsfeoro and K. W. Sawyer, Portland. Not pictured, but present for the latter part of the meeting was J. D. Bennett, Ontario. tural right to tin state of Oregon. (It was conceded that there are doubts as to legal rights to much of Oregon's water which will have to be settled later by. court deci sions.) t 2. Oregon's water must be re tained and used within its natural watersheds. ' S. Oregon needs better and more modern legislation for the handling and control of its water resources. The general concensus of the dis cussion was that this can be best provided by creating state water resources board and expanding the state engineer's technical staff. FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1954 Telephone 8111 Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday with high of 50; low Tuesday night 20.' High yesterday 37 Low last night 19 Preclp last 24 hours Since Oct. 1 , ...... 10.61 Same period last year . 10.50 8.29 Normal for period Puerto Rico Sections In N.Y.Guarded NEW YORK W Heavy detec tive reinforcements have been as signed to Puerto Rlcan sections of New York City in the wake of Monday's shooting in Congress. Police acted to guard against any possible disorders and to help FBI agents working on the case. No disturbances were reported. The four persons arrested in Washington In the shooting of five congressmen are all from New York, and authorities figured the plot was hatched here. Friends and relatives of. the four prisoners were questioned by the FBI and New York police. Litera ture and stationery of the Puerto Rlcan Nationalist Party were sels. ed in the homes of two of the four. There were no arrests here. t The heaviest concentration of detectives, to reinforce normal po lice details, was at the East 104lh Street station in the heart of the main Manhattan Puerto Rlcan dis trict. Some 24 extra detectives were sent to this precinct. Other station houses got smaller, but still heavy, details of extra officers. Four patrolmen and a sergeant were ' assigned to guard Oracle Mansion, the official residence of Mayor Robert F. Wagner. It is usually watched by a single patrol man. City Hall also was given special guards, with the usual uniformed detail of two men boosted to five men and a sergeant. Five detec tives also were assigned there, and more ordered to be on hand Tues day. FBI agents declined to comment on their activities. A similar flurry of police and federal activity here in November, 1950, after an attempt on the life of former President Truman, re sulted in the arrest of 13 persons by the secret service. Some of these, alleged Puerto Rlcan Nationalists, later were ac cused as accomplices but were acquitted. One of those picked up here in 1950 was Rosa Collazo, wife of Os car Collazo, who is now serving a life term in the killing of a White House policeman during the at tempt on Truman's life. 44 4. In setting up a program for more Intelllgient use of Oregon's water resources, there must be in tegration and probably established priorities for the uses of Ore gon's water, such as municipal use, Irrigation, power, industry and rec reation. 5. If Oregon is to have enough water to go around over the years of the future, there must be stor age of seasonal run-off. Lyle F. Watts, chairman, J. W. Barney, city manager, HUlSDoro; Oeneral Curtis T. Beecher, retired Marine general, Roseburg; J. D. Bennett, feed and seed dealer, On- UMU No. m KEY WEST. Fla. tfl . Six Navy men died Tuesday in the flaming crash of two helicopters a mile from downtown Key West. The helicopters collided 100 feet off the ground seconds after taking off on a training exercise. Naw officials said they were Hying in formation as they turned to cross Fleming &ey bdoui. a mix from the seaplane base, one heli copter slid into the other. Both Plunged to the bleak coral key and burst Into flames. Each helicopter carried three men. a pilot, a co-pilot and crew man. Their names were withheld pending notification of next of kin. The six men were members of helicopter anti-submarine squad ron No.l, formed two years ago, and the Navy said this was the iirst patrol accident here. The planes were made by Si korsky and known as the H04S type. They are sometimes used by Marines to carry troops but were converted here for antl -submarine use.- '.'. The wreckage was a mass of flames by the time resoue workers reached the scene., ' Thai. Navy said-leach- helicopter carried about 200 gallons of high octane gasoline. - The last major plane accident in tnis area occurred April ao, 1951, when a Cuban DC-4 and a Navy plane collided, killing 43 persons. , Dulles Aide Resigns Post WASHINGTON m Special Am bassador Arthur H. Dean has re signed from his post as deputy to Secretary of State Dulles for the 20-nation Korean peace confer ence. The State Department disclosed this Tuesday by making public an exchange of letters with Acting Secretaiy Walter B. Smith who praised Dean's negotiations with the Communists in Korea as "a splendid chapter in American dip lomatic annals." Dean, former New York law partner of Dulles, gave as his rea son for resigning that his law work "would not permit me to continue actively on the conference work beyond March or at the outside, April 1954." The Korean peace parley with the Russians, Chinese and North Korean Communists Is scheduled to convene in Geneva April 26. meeting held at the Willard Helicopter Crash Kills Six Airmen 1 m Itarlo; L. K. Coles, manager Ochoco Irrigation District, Fruieviue; K.w. Sawyer, manager agriculture de-. partment Chamber of Commerce, Portland, and Don Lane, execu tive secretary of the Water Re sources Committee, Portland. Other up-state men attending were J. C. Moore, conservation spe cialist, OSO and C, J. Campbell of the State Gome Commission. Local men participating in the round table discussions were: H.J. (Bud) Chandler, manager of radio station KFLW, moderator; John Boyle, vice president and general manager California Oregon Power ''V I IJ ft S -.MM few-" ' 0 IK Ilk Mm BRINGING HOME THE BACON could be the fitla for this 1916 picture of C. U. Holliday, taken when he returned with a load of supplies after delivering a shipment of cheeie in Klamath Falls. Holliday operated a cheat factory and ran a dairy herd here in the 20'i and 30't that comprised better than 80 head. A small corner of the cheese factory can be seen in the background. , Photo from O. L. Holliday Shooting Victims Ail Soid Doing Vell Except Bentey WASHINGTON UT Congress added 30 guards t ' the,, capital and' resumed business" lis usual' Tuesday although still aghast at the incredible pistol attack by Puerto Rlcan fanatics on the House chamber. An air of grimness was height ened by news that Kep. Aivm M. Bentlev (R-Mich) most seriously wounded of five lawmakers hit by the spray of bullets from a gal leryremained in a critical condi tion. In an 11:15 a.m. bulletin, the 35- year-old lawmaker's physician still gave him only a 50-50 chance to re cover despite emergency surgery and four blood transfusions. Bent ley, hit In the liver and lung, was hi an oxygen tent. The other wounded lawmakers were all reported to be doing well. About 200 members were in their seats when the House convened at noon. They stood with bowed heads the Rev. Bernard urasnamp, chaplain, prayed for the recovery of the victims, for strength and faith for their relatives, and for forgiveness for their assailants. Dr. Braskamp visited Bcnlley Tuesday morning and said the wounded congressman had asked that he pray for those who shot Twelve Criminal Cases Go To Grand Jury Next Monday Twelve criminal cases are slated for Investigation by Klam ath County Orand Jury when It goes into session Monday. Sheriff Murray Britton Tuesday began serving subpoenas on 47 Basin residents who are wanted to testify before the Jury. District Attorney Frank Alderson refused again Tuesday to state whether he will bring any evidence before the Jury on Klamath Falls vice conditions, other than what maybe presented in the case of Raymond J. Bodlnct, held In con nection with a parlor house holdup. Bodinet surrendered after his al leged partner in a stickup at Myrtle's Place on January 8 was fatally wounded by a police. Chief witness against Bodinet is Paula Benton, alleged operator of the par lor bouse. She has been charged with operating a bawdy house. Her case is pending in District Court. Other criminal cases scheduled for grand jury investigation in clude: Alfred Junior Corter, 39-year-old Negro, charged with the second de gree murder of Crus Unzueta, Mex ican section band. The railroad worker was shot to death In front of the Pastime Pool Hall on Christ mas Eve. Raymond Eugene Lovelace. 21. accused of a holdup at the Loggers' Club In Bly on January 20. The defendant was arrested alter he was alleged to have menaced Mar tin Cavln, proprietor of the club, with a knile. Cavin reported Love lace took SM from the cash regis ter. The suspect was arrested shortly after the alleged holdup by Deputy Sheriff Dale Smith who trailed him through heavy snow to a nearby lumber mill. Rodney Ray Slmpkins, It, Co., Medford; Sam Anderson, Tule lake rancher, representing the Klamath Water Protective Associa tion; Charles Henderson, county ag riculture agent; E. L. Stephens, pro ject manager USBB; Lewis Stan, ley, Klamath River Commission en gineer; George Stevenson, local rancher and member of the Klam ath River Commission and John Hobson, president of the Klamath Sportsmen's Association, Answers to questions put to panel members by Moderator Chandler disclosed that most of them fav ored a plan to use all run-off water needed within the watershed Itself t i him because "they did not know what they. weie domgiwy.. 'Trie four Puerto Rlcans held for the attack were described by po lice as showing no signs 01 re morse. r Two of them. In interviews with reporters Monday night, had de clared they were not sorry. Lollta Lebron, 34, who claimed the ringleader's role, summed up, I do wnat 1 must lor my coun try." She said the attack was intend ed to dramatize the demand by Puerto Rican nationalists for inde pendence for the Island. Also held are Andres F. Cor- dero, 29, and Irving Flores, 27. All the Puerto Rlcans are from New York City. U. S. Attorney Leo Rover an nounced the government will be gin presenting evidence against the four to a federal grand Jury Wednesday. They are charged with assault with intent to kill against each of the five congressmen If convicted, they could receive sentences of up to 75 years in prison. If Bentlev should die, the charge would be changed to murder which is punishable in the District of Co lumbia by death in the electric chair. charged with assault armed with a deadly weapon. He ts alleged to have threatened the life of George Bell, bartender at the Canteen. Bell told police Slmpkins pulled a knife on him when he refused to loan his accused assailant money on January 29. Rayford C. Martin, 35, and Ed ward Norman Corrigan, 36, are charged with burglary at the Lost River Tavern in Merrill last Sun day. It was reported that they stole three cases of beer and two car tons of cigarets from the establish ment. Eugene L Duront, 41, ts charged with forgery. He is alleged to have cashed a bogus 9 check at Jerry's Cafe in Klamath Falls. Arthur 8. Murphy, 28, is charged with desertion of his wife and elgnt children. He was arrested In Kelso, Washington and returned to Klam ath Falls. Ellis . Rex 'Sawyer, 28, Is accused of a sex offense Involv ing a Klamath Falls housewife. An alleged accomplice Is still sought by police. 1 Claude Lee Thomas, 21, Is charged with burglary of a rail road car. Railroad detectives re ported he stole a case of tomato juice from a refrigerator car. They said he had just finished drinking a half gallon of the juice when he was arrested. Glenn Haskins 19, Is charged with burglary not In a dwell ing. He was arrested for breaking into the chief Theater in Chlloquln. Willie Eugene Beshears, 24, Is charged with larceny. Pcllce re ports state he stole parts from a rock crusher belonging to W. D. Miller Co. 3. W e 1 y ' Ambrose, 61, Is charged with passing bogus check. before releasing It for use down stream. In answer to another question: should the state be authorized to assist In technical and financial as sistance In the development of wa ter resources, most panel members felt this should be a federal pro ject rather than. a state financed program. On the local water situation sev eral panel members expressed the opinion that there was plenty of potential water in the Klamath Ba sin watershed, stating It would prob ably be necessary to build more storage facilities to furnish Irriga mm V AECAnnounces Pacific Tests WASHINGTON (fl Screened from the world by a tight cordon of Navy ships and an umbrella of warplanes, the U. S. Atomic Energy commission nas started its newest series of atomic explosives tests in the mld-Paclflc, Before these tests . are through. American scientists may touch off a hydrogen blast, perhaps bigger than the one that, ripped a mile wide hole, in the ocean bed 18 months ago. . ... Yesterday the AEG issued a scanty four-line announcement that "Joint Task Force Seven has det onated an atomic device at the AEC's Pacific proving ground . . ." Nothing was said of the results, nor was any other Information fur nished beyond the fact that this was the "first in a series of tests." There has been mounting evl- uciive uu innsiuiy uie j uitgtscsi. manmade blast of all time is in preparation. The A EC widened Its proving ground in the Marshalls, And it restricted the observers who would be on hand, barring' any from even the most friendly pow ers. It seemed unlikely that the big hydrogen blast had yet been det onated. The AEO announcement referred to an "atomic device." Generally, the term "thermonu clear" Is applied to a hydrogen reaction. t 1 MORNING COFFEE was the and Bill Blalcely this morning grapher at Naal's Fountain, 1 " -,' y .MtflJ tion water to farm leads still to be developed. 1 In answer to the question? most Oregon streams are overapproprt ated; what should be done to pro tect water supplies for future de velopment? Ken McLeod, local con servationist, presented a ' chart showing drought periods in this area, since 1900, and stated if allotments for water use were set up during; these drier periods there should be no over-appropriation of water.: All panel members felt that lit setting up a water use program, full consideration should be given to recreation and sport fishing. ' Cold Wave Blasts Down FromCanada By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Buffeting winds- w h 1 p p e d up snow In western New York Tues day while states In the Ohio River Valley dug out in the wake of a ; snow storm that took at least 76 . lives. - A wind of 50 mph., with gusts up to 65, whisked a snow storm into western New York. Up to 20 inches of snow is expected in some areas. A cold wave dropped tempera' turea in the northern Rockies and the northern and central plains areas. Low readings included 10 below at Glasgow, Mont., and 3 below in Choyenne, Wyo.,. and-. 3 below at WUllston, N. D. Many schools still were closed and highway travel was Impeded today after a . heavy snowstorm that piled a deep blanket ever nonnern Ohio ana eastern Ken tucky and eastern Tennessee. .' Eleven deaths were attributed to the storm in Cleveland, one In Toledo and one in Frlendsvflle, Tenn. ; . . The ' soggy, clinging snow snapped power and telephone' lines In the three-state area, disrupted air travel and snarled bus service. Huge drifts blockaded highways and hundreds of schools remained, closed. The storm center moved north ward into Canada and only snow flurries continued today. . ' Some snow accompanied the southward sweep of cold into Wy oming and Colorado but brought little prospect for relief in the southeastern - Colorado- -dust eB. Farmers said strong winds would nullify the effects of the preciplta tlon. Denver and Cody, Wyo., report ed 4 inches of snow but Lamar in the heart of the Colorado dust belt bad only a trace. The temperature dipped to -4 de grees in Glasgow, Mont., and sub zero readings were forecast In cold wave warnings for the Dako tas and Minnesota, Record Price Paid For Bull MADISON, Kan. 1 Two Tex- ans bought a half interest In an Aberdeen-Angus bull for $115,000 a record price for a bull of any breed. Bedford Wynne. Dallas, and Bui Byers, Tyler, Tex., bought the in terest In S-year-old Prince 105 of TT from the Simon Angus farm for breeding purposes. Urbln Simon and John Simon, operators of the farm, aald last night the previous record price was $105,000 paid by the Mccormick Farms of Illinois to Ralph Smith of ChUUcothe, Mo., for a half in terest in McLarry Domino uia a Hereford. . . . 1 order of the day for Herb Barry as seen by the 9 o'clock photo 1229 Main Street. !1 a - 1 1i II iS'S- m i' ( 1 . i
