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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1954)
.,.''-' :. - - . . . - ' , . '-. : - - -" i '- -; . ; -, . !- " ft VI ?r?pM(g?: - Wloj A ffrl($r : if ill Bv FRANK JFNKImq I suppose you've been - following In at least a casual way the ruckus over admission of Hawaii and Alaska to the Union. It has been - quite a hassle, and It Isn't finished yet. : . The Republicans want Hawaii In, for Hawaii normally votes Repub lican. The Democrats want Alaska in, for Alaska has the habit of voting Democratic. With control - of both house and senate teeter ing on the fence In a balance so del- - Icato that a mere breath could ! throw It one way or the other, the political issue over their admis sion becomes so hot that It sizzles. The present thinking Is to PAIR them that is to say. to let 'em BOTH in or to keep 'em BOTH - out. The senate is scheduled to vote this afternoon on the pairing proposal, and the scuttlebutt as this Is written Is that the decision will be close., We might add a word here about this business of "pairing.!' In par liamentary procedure, it consists in cancelling off opposing votes. That Is to say. a couple of senators or a couple of representatives who are going to vote on opposite sides get together and agree to abstain ' from voting on . that particular Issue. It Is then announced that tbey are "paired." It is a useful device for more reasons than one. Suppose, . for example, you're a senator (or a congressman) and a measure Is coming up on which the people of your state or your district are sharply divided and you don't know which side the most votes are on. You bate like the mischief, therefore, to go out on the limb, and YEARN to pussyfoot. In that event, you hunt up some , colleague ' who is In a similarly delicate situation and the two of you agree to "pair" your votes. : There ere tricks in all trades and "pairing" is one of the minor tricks of the political trade (Fairing, of course, Isn't always . a sbenannlgan. There are many times :when a member of congress Just HAS to be away when the voting takes place but doesn't want to lose his vote. In that event, he . can make his vote count by t binding somebody in the other side of the fence who will "pair" with nun.) If a deadlock ensues, it may be - assumed that Hawaii and Alaska will Ob "paired1' for admission so ' that either both will get In - or neither, will get nv But, -up to the Jest ninuto, the Keaublloans: will v be hoiklg Oiy can sneik HawaU , in and leave Alaska' out and the Democrats win cherish the thought that maybe the converse can be brought about. At the moment, it looks like a ; toss-up,-, ; Thimblerigging, you say? Maybe so, but at least it has been going on in our country tor a long, Ions time. There was approxl. matelya century when the slavery , issue dominated the admission of new states to the union. The South wanted more pro-slavery ' states and the. North wanted more anti- slavery suites. . The Result was a Donnybrook fair every time a territory came uo for admission. Eventually the device of admitting them in pairs was adopted and states came in two-by-two or not at all Indiana and Mississippi, Maine and Missou ri, Florida and Iowa, And so on. The "pair" system at least made it possible for territories to be ad mitted as states whereas it might not otherwise have been possible. - This1 whole business of political finagling over the admission of a territory as a state (with the ac companying connotations of politi cal upsets in congress) has a lin ? gering odor of skulduggery. 1 But That isn't necessarily true. There Is the case of 'Nevada,1 which was admitted in 1864. There Is fair historical authority for the statement that Lincoln wanted Nevada- admitted because - Ne vada's vote was needed tor ratifi cation of the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery. Anyway, Ne vaoa got in and the 13th amend ment was added to our constitution. You never can tell. Sometimes the end justifies the means. . . U.S., Mexico Fight Disease WASHINGTON Wl The Agri culture Department said Thursday favorable progress has been re ported in cleaning up a serious outbreak of the dread foot-and-mouth , disease among cattle in Mexico1. A battle to eradicate the disease has been waged by a Joint U. S. Mexican commission since the out break was discovered last May, OKlclals said there has been no new outbreak since last Dec. i. Reports from the affected zones In the state of Vera Cms indicated that no known diseased animals remain. The Job now facing the commis sion is to supervise the disinfec tion of all premises. Thereafter disease-free animals will be placed on these premises to test whether the disinfection has been complete. Officials said It may be some time yet possibly a year before the V. 8. border is opened to the importation of cattle and other livestock from Mexico. The bor der was closed at the time of dis covery of the disease. HAPPY SMILES th!t morning war recorded by the 9 o'clock photographer on Margaret Moore, PBX operator, and Alyca Parker, Daik clerk at the Wlnema Hotel. Funds Needed For Opening O f New K. F. Swimming Pool Now that "Account 307' is der funct, . the city recreation depart ment is faced with the problem of finding $7,406.86 before the new Mu nicipal Swimming Pool is opened. Funds from the account were closed out, to the tune of ,110,600 In favor of the pool fund, shortly after Mayor Paul .Landry ' as sumed office. At a meeting of the Park Board Wednesday afternoon. Recreation Director Bob Bonney said that over $7,000 . additional funds were needed before the pool can be operated. :- -. Bonney pointed out' that money for equipment towels, staff uni forms, furniture, janitorial sup plies, etc. was not budgeted last year, but there would have "been adequate funds had not additions to the.swlmming poijro;ben necessary'-j; . - - r 2'-. The total contract. fof Itie pool, according to Bonders ngures, amounts to $173,481.12: paid to date. $146,201.85: balance to be paid, $27,297.27; cash on hand, $24,- 890.41; leaving a deficit or n.un.m. Estimated cost of equipment need ed is $5,000. . "Extras" at the. swimming pool Las Vegas Hit By High Winds LAS VEGAS, Nev. W-Wlnds up to 60 miles an hour last night ripped off parts of roofs, felled signs, knocked down power lines which caused four small fires, and whipped up dust clouds . which slowed tralflo to a crawl. Observers said it was the worst windstorm in 16 years at this des ert resort. ... - . . As the winds started to rise, flames swept the Atlas warehouse In midtown, destroying it and huge stores of used furniture and house hold appliances. The Fire Depart ment estimated the loss at $300. 000. The cause was undetermined. Part of the National Hotel roof was blown off last right. , NATO Chief Says U.S. Has Power To Avert Third War PHILADELPHIA tfl Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther, supreme Allied commander in. Europe, expressed confidence last night that there will be no third world war because he now feels "we have It in our power to make that decision." Gen. Gruenther told the final ses sion of the eighth annual Philadel phia Bulletin Forum that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization coun tries have attained what be termed "a substantial posture of strength" in Europe. He said it is sufficient to provide a-shield against "any hotheaded act." He said the United' states and Allied powers are not now In a position in Europe "to meet an all-out Russian attack if they should make a determined effort." But he added. "We do have a force in being now which is prob ably more than the Russians can handle with the forces that they have in occupied Europe.'"-1 . "The statement I made last year that I feel World War III- Is not going to take place." he said, "I reiterate again with even more confidence because I feel that we have it In our power to make that decision." . , - NATO forces in Europe at the present Include not only enough power to stop Russia's might in the satellite nations, he said, but U. S. air power is rapidly reaching maturity on an atomic basis. Within the next three years, he aald. "we will have the mtentlal of launching atomto . attack - by v. IS -en Included additional deck space, $904.60; an eight" inch skimmer line, $231;: drain at the old well, $239; extras casing, etc. at the well, $620.24; conduit to island, $265. ' - Bonney said that by figuring on the estimated returns from -the pool from its opening until the end of the fiscal year, the deficit could be met. The committee decided, however, to pay the bills from funds in the current budget, then ask the budget committee to al locate funds in the next fiscal year to make up the deficit. The com mittee Jelt that operation of the pool, equipment, etc., was a city responsibility, not a recreation de partment responsibility. When the pool opens, the expect- ed hundred of customers wilf.be hungry, and to alleviate this, tlie rearaatlon committee is entertain- ftiriMiHfKel Ifontl,. P, Brockmivn to .operate '.t. concession stand on his property adjacent to the pool. Brockman has offered the city five per cent of his gross sales for- three years,' and has agreed to make his building conform to the city structure, with redwood siding. With City Council approval, the committee will advertise for bids for a concession stand adjacent to swimming pool property. BULLETIN Klamath Basin potato shippers were notified today that a reduc tion, in freight rates on potatoes into Los Angeles will become ef fective April 22. The reduction will amount to 5.85 cents per hundred, according to G. W. Morgan, district freight agent of the Southern Pacific. The new rate will be 2 cents per hun dred on 40,000 pound minimum weight shipments.. Following Independent action tak en by the Union Paclflo who will publish rates of 63 and 64 cents from central and southern Idaho and Northern Nevada points to Los Angeles, the freight traffic com mittee of other lines serving Cali fornia approved the reduction af fecting this area. , long - range and short range aircraft, by guided missiles, ana by artillery." Tlie biggest threat, ne added, is overconfldence an overconfldence which overlooks the fact that Rus sians military might is not stand ing still and that Russian alms have not changed. I think that the recent Berlin conference did a great- deal to show,", he said, "that the Russian attitude . has not changed, that their long-range objectives are the same, and that the only new look is that Mr. Molotov was a little more polite, kissed a few more babies, but ne said 'No' at exactly the same time he has always said it." Harold E. 8tassen, chief of the foreign Operations Administration, told the forum the United States has chosen the role of senior part ner in a. voluntary union of free peoples "with so military strings attached." Stassen said this new role Was first voiced in -President Eisenhow er's offer to share U. S. atomic knowledge "for peaceful use." . This country now, Stassen said, is engaged In a "declared total war, not upon anv human enemy, but upon the brute forces of pov erty and need." That program will be carried forward he said, by providing technical cooperation, economic de velopment and military support with any or all of the 58 nations with which we have reached an understanding. . ' fries Hh Ceata-M rages KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THURSDAY. MAJaCH 11. MM . Teteelieaa till . - . - No. JTB7 Sheriff BrittoPrns Of Crowded Ij Sheriff Murray Br' jfi expressed alarm dltions in the r which he sahs !. -ue unrest among " ' might lead to serious t. i . y The sheriff poll. out that al thouffh funds for eiuanrimr fall fa cilities were made available in 1945 WASHINGTON (ffl House Dem ocratic Leader Rayburn of Texas predicted flatly after a caucus of his party's House members Thurs day that Democrats will via- a showdown battle next week to in crease individual income tax ex emptions by $100 Rayburn, former House speak er, told reporters he didn't know of a single Democrat who would not support the move. Such action would slash income taxes by about $2,400,000,000 a year. House Speaker Martin (R-Mass) conceded that If Democrats re main solid on the issue, they prob ably can win in the House. - But Martin predicted some Dem ocrats will break ranks uid Join the Eisenhower administration which is staging a tooth-and-toe- naii zignt against tne proposition. He conceded some Republicans also will break from their leader ship on the Issue, but added: I am of the opinion there will be enough responsible members of the Democratic Party to more than offset what losses we Re publicans might have." Lines were drawn for the fight over Income taxes only one day aucr ine House passea 41 1 to 3 a bill slicing about 91$ million dol lar . a year 1 oft about V excise taxes. That. ' bin appeared likely to -get-Senate- approval when it comes-up, ttareiv tottM : ' Senate leaders, said they would take up the excise bill In time to enact It before April. 1 when the cuts would take effect. Rayburn said no votes were taken during the Democratlo cau cus but there was no expression of opposition to .the Democratic move. Democrats will fight to add the exemption - increase to an page general tax overhaul bill..' Hit By Cold Snap PRINEVILLE Wl Extreme cold for this time of year settled over Central Oregon Thursday with minlmums In the Redmond-Prlne-ville area at 14 to 16. degrees. The cold snap came Just as the lambing season' was well under way, but there were no reports of hardships' from the weather. There has been a fine increase thus far in the flocks. The . Weather Bureau said it would continue chilly, not only here but generally in the state. At Portland there was a little fine snow Thursday morning, a repetition of the day before. It did not stay, though, except in some sheltered hill areas. Democrats Plan Battle On Tax Bill ". ' X r KLAMATH COUNTY OIL' Information Committee members were elected at an annual meet ing held Thursday morning at th. Wineme Hotal. Seated, lift to right, ar. Jim Miller, chairman; Tiv.-srmrmen; naipn oiiyeu, puoiicuy cnairmin. atanamg it r. j, wnn I ney, vic.-chairmen, itions jitcrete action was ' ever tak- At present prisoners are crowd ed into inadequate cells, there are no facilities for segregation of Ju veniles and no separate quarters for women prlsonersi -:,- Britton says be fears a Jail break may occur at any time. In 19t2 when the Jail was over-crowded, two prisoners slugged a Jailer and escaped. Since then several at tempts have been made by prison ers to saw their way out of the JaU. . -. v .'.---: -NO EXERCISE ; : Another deplorable equation In volving prisoners - serving : long terms also , was revealed Wednes day. These prisoners are often held for as much as a year without ever leaving their cells. They get no ex ercise or sunlight. . i -S When questioned about Jail needs Sheriff Britton said an additional storey should be built on the coun ty ,'jau Immediately and that a walled-ln exercise area should be constructed on the roof of the Jail. The semi-annual report of the County Treasurer -shows that $246, 016.14 is now available for build' ing new Jail facilities. However, the County Court - at anytime can transfer this money back to the general fund. - . . BID8 REJECTED 1 In 1945 when It was first deter mined that Jail facilities were not adequate a Jail, commission was set up which included city and county officials." It was planned at that time to- build a city-county Jail. Land was purchased tor this purpose. In 1949 bids were called for and advertised, all bids were rejected. - ' - " At this Juncture, the city -with' drew its funds and the project waa aoanaoned. Tne city built a new JaU but nothing further was done by the county. T. L. McCall Filinci Told x SALEMW Tout Lawstra Mc Call, Portland radio oommentatoiv and former administrative assist ant to ex-oov. Douglas McKay, filed his candidacy Wednesday for representative In congress in the Third Congressional District. He will oppose Congressman Homer D. Angell in the. Republi can primary election. . The deadline for filing is 6 p. m. Friday, and 168 candidates had filed through Wednesday. At least 200 more are expected to enter the Republican and Demo crat races for state and legislative offices. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Clearing Thursday night with variable cloudiness through Friday. High Friday 42; low Thurs day night 20. , High yesterday '. ; ' S9 Low last night H Preclp last 24 hours .. : 19 Since Oct. 1 11.36 Same period last year . Normal for period .j. ,-.l.6 HIGHWAY CLEARING SALEM UH The Oregon High way Commission spent $14.11- a mile last year to remove garbage and refuse from the 7,328 miles of state highways, the commission announced Thursday. -It spent $103,400 for this house- cleaning Job. ; xi mm tU v.- Ml o RAY BIGGER, coronet solo lit, who will appear tonight at KUHS with th. concert band and the boys' glee club under the direction of La-. Mar Jensen, band leader, Don McKanzie, assistant director and leadar of the boys' voice group. Th. program will start promptly at 8 p.m. The 80 boy and girl band will pre sent; a. Versatile repertoire The tat. of tickets helps fi nance . expenses ' of KUHS music department. Statehood Bills To Be Debated WASHINGTON (A-Alaska finds out today whether its statehood hopes are to be coupled with those of . Hawaii. .- v.... ,., .;;.-;.( . i The 3nat acheduled a vote, on a Deraoorattve move to-tie-Alaska "tos-the- pending 'blli; passed by'TKe House last; year, . to admit .Hawaii to tne unpnvx: "(, Observers predicted the outcome would be close. The amendment, offered by Sen. Anderson (D-NM), is backed almost solidly by Demo crats. Republicans, with . few ex ceptions, r are expected to oppose it. - - ; Chairman Hugh Butler (R-Neb) of the Senate Interior Committee. yesterday called Anderson's move a "political trick" to defeat Ha waii statehood.- ' Sen. Knowland of California, .the Senate Republican leader, has giv en assurances that the Alaska bill will be given Senate consideration soon, possibly this month, but Dem ocrats say that isn't enough. At his news conference yester day, President Eisenhower urged consideration of statehood for the two : territories , individually on their merits. - ; But Sen. Jackson (D-Wash) re iterated Democratic arguments that a single bill to provide admis sion for both territories offers the only hope that admission of Alaska will be brought to the floor of the House. An Alaska statehood bill, approved by the House Interior Committee last summer, rests in the Rules Committee there. VISITOR MANILA Wl Philippine Pres ident Ramon Magsaysay will board the U.8. aircraft carrier Wasp Fri day for day-long maneuvers in the South China sea. i . Unseating Of Senator Demanded WASHINGTON Wl The Re publican majority ot a Senate in vestigating committee recom mended Thursday that the seat held by Sen. Chaves (D.-NM) be declared vacant because of "Ir regularities" In the. 1952 election The report said the election, in which Chavez was opposed by Re- puoucan canaioate ratnee Hur ley, should be voided. . Sens. Barrett (R-Wyo.l and Pot ter ,R,-Mlch,. signed the report. The third member of the com mittee, Sen. . Hennings (D.-Mo was preparing a minority, dis senting report.. viv.; The Barrett-Potter recommenda tions culminate a one-year Inves tigation of fraud charges made by Hurley. .-- . '- The three-man group is a sub committee of 'the - Senate Rules headed by Sen. Jenner- R.-Ind.). Barrett and Potter gave, their re port to Jenner. - i- . Jenner told reporters the Rules Committee plans to act on It Tues day, : He said Sen. Hennings had ad vised he would oppose th. recom mendations of Republican mem bers In a minority report,' , - Jenner and Barrett said, a reso lution declaring there waa no legal senatorial election in New Mexico in 1952 will be-offered to the Sen ate If the Rules and Administra tion Committee adopts the sub committee report. - - They said they believed Senate approval of such a resolution by majority vote would have the immediate effect . of unseating Chavez, and the New Mexico Gov ernor would - appoint: a senator to serve until the next , regular elec tion. -', Gov. Edwin L.' Mechem of New Mexico is i a Republican and tre Bumauiy wotna appoint a Rapumt- ' ''tfuctt an aveht' would make-the Senate itne-up g Republicans . to 47 -' Democrats; Democrats now have a 48-47 edge,. Sen.. Morse (Ind.-Ore.) is the 96th senator. In a preliminary finding several' months ago, Barrett and Potter recommended invalidating a block of votes cast in the New Mexico election. That recommendation alone would put Hurley ahead in the counting. . .. , , .. New Report On R. Applegate In a story from" ' Hong Kong, Chinese sources, reported this week, that. American correspon dents Richard Applegate, Medford; Don Dixon and Captain Ben Eras ner, both ot New York, have been returned to Canton, Sources said information from China indicate the trio returned to Canton . recently from the north, presumably from either Shanghai or Pelplng. The three Americans "apparently are in good health," the sources aald. State Department officials cau tioned against placing too much credibility on the report, but ad mltted it was "Interesting." The three men were seized last March off Lap Sap Mel Island while on a trial run, ' between Hong: Kong and Macao, In Apple gate's 42-foot yacht. i Richard Applegate was born in Klamath Falls and is a member of a Southern Oregon pioneer family. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Llndsey Applegate, live In Medford. Schwable Jells Of Months Of Misery In WASHINGTON Wl Col. Frank H. Schwable took the stand In his own defense Thursday and told how subtle Communist torture constant cold, filth, no sleep and droning questions wrung from him a confession of "bug warfare" in Korea. "The slight' 45 year old Marine airman said he was testifying vol untarily before the Marine Court of Inquiry to clear up possible mis understandings of his previous statements. He was warned by the court that tie was suspected ot "aiding and comforting the enemy." The court, now In Its fourth Week, is sitting to determine whether formal charges should be brought against Schwable for mak ing the false confession while a captive. Schwable, speaking rapidly and sometimes using colorful language, said the misery of 14 months In a Red Chinese prison camp had robbed him of his powers of Judg ment and clear thinking. It was not until later, he declared, that he realized It was wrong for him to sign a false confession to help ing plan germ warfare in Korea. His voice rising and falling ex Monoply; ; Charged By Kefauver WASHINGTON UB The gown ment "soon will be at the mercy ' of General Motors" on any new contracts for Army tanks,, Sen. Kefauver (D-Tenn) 'said Thursday. He made the prediction In a Sen ate Armed Services Committee hearing as that group reopened a t study of the award of a 204 mil lion dollar contract to the big auto firm's Fisher v Body Division .as . . the only builder of Army medium tanks. u." I. Kefauver also contended that the concentration of buying may soon result In a violation of the anti trust laws, i ' '-. :. V -Previously four plants had part . of the tank work, i As the committee resumed work on the Inquiry, the Army gave out new figures that apparently mulU plied by about 20 its previous esti mate of the coat of a check for faulty assembly in some 6,460 Gen eral Motors-built tanks already its Army or National Guard bands. . A week ago the Pentagon said transmission faults due to loose screws had been found in a few ' of the tanks of the 1st Armored Division at Ft. Hood, Tex., and as a result the assemblies In all the machines delivered so far will be taken apart for a check and cor rection. . - '. :.'' "'; '' A spokesman that Uma aattv mated the cost at $60,000. ! Thursday, however, -aa '- Army spokesman aald that cost astlmat. covered only toe machmea at Ft, Hood about 120 . ; ... . The total number of iu&t in government hands la about 20 timea that figure. If the Ft Hood unit : cost rate applied generally the ex- . pense would run around $1,200,000. Oeneral Motors got the exclusive contract tor medium tanks by un- : aer-Didding Chrysler corp. enry. ler has a oew gcvernment-btull plant at Newark, Del.,, which la to be, mothballed, v ' ' ' - Army officials previously testia fled that some 18 million dollara would be saved by giving Oeneral Motors the exclusive oontractt Undersecretary of the Army Frank H. Higgles denied that Army had narrowed its tank pro ductkm base. It merely reduced "an. action' portion thereof," he said; i .',: ;,. . The committee held - a beartns; on the tank contract Jan. 2a. . At .the January hearing,- Beerea tarv ot the Army John Slesak de fenoea award or taa exemstve con - tract to .General Motor FsOmt . Body Division, sayloj; It waa 11 million dollaral below iba next bid, by-Chrysler -Corp. , - ,,,r. : , FHAftiysDebt To Treasury WASHINGTON W-The Federal Housing Administration, which in the past 20 years has insured thai mortgages of millions of noma . buyers, Thursday paid off the last ' of its debt to the U.S. Treasury. FHA Commissioner Guy T. O. Hollyday handed over a check for 18 Vi million dollars to Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey 'in Humphrey's office, " 'i- ' Hollyday said this completed re payment of 68 millions ad vanced by the Treasury to FHA as operating capital and to estab lish Insurance funds. Hollyday said FHA also paid the treasury $20.- . 400,000 on its debt at an Interest rate of 2 y4 per cent. 1 Since the early 1940's, FHA hae earned enough to cover its entire operating expenses in addition to debt and interest payments to the treasury. All of its future earnings above operating expenses will be profit to the government.- KLAMATH BASIM POTATO SHIPMENTS ShlppaS Sam Day.. Ttdar .'.' .'V."! . 'at! Taar;, 62 eors , , , 74 eor .' Tatal far Saaaoa . IISS-M ' 8716 cor t3t-5S ' 9523 eon Prison Camp citedly, his body leaning forward across the table, Schwable plead ed with the court of three Marin, generals and one admiral to un derstand the torments he suffered. They were not physical torture "like breaking an arm," he said, but more subtle and far more ef fectives ' - - ; Schwable testified that upon his return to the United States lata In September of last year he did not know about what he de scribed as the "harsh attitude" that his superiors might tak. gainst him. Schwable stated that he bad not made excuses to the commandant In an Oct. 1 statement and that "I won't make excuses now." President Elsenhower, a s k . d about the Schwable case at his news conference Wednesday, aald we should be careful to be under standing in Judging such cases. " Elsenhower also said he had read It is practically impossible for anyone to ' endure the type of brainwashing to which some of our men were subjected as cap tives. i ' Tha court of Inquiry is due U finish its hearing next Week. . . i ,i 4 it, lis
