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1 '. ; : ."V".'- . :-' : ' 11 ": :..:i.V; . :- . V ' ' -i,' -' y'';:::HA';::y gfejfeii I r iter ; . . ! KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1K4 , . . " ' ' ' tA. ' ' B FRANK JENKINS ' Russia's deputy premier (a com Inuaist flamed Mikoyan) says In a speech In communist governed East Berlin this morning: "Signs of a new economic crisis tare evident In the United States." 1 The communists who are. as sembled to listen to his speech CHEER "WILDLY. ' j fear, sir, you're doing wish , ful thinking than which nothing Is mors dangerous. - I'll risk a guess that you've been MISINTERPRETING our finan cial news. You couldn't have over looked, I think, the significant fact that in the face of all this "recession" talk America's stock exchanges have been the scene in recent weeks of a quite remark able bull market. Yesterday, for example. And, after yesterday's upsurge, the mar ket moves into still higher ground this morning. . Your twisted communist mind, of course, will suggest to you that this is merely another wicked Wall Street machination designed to exploit and rob the LITTLE tropic. But it doesn't seem to be that way. The facts go to prove that It's the little people who are do ing the bulk of the buying. Ac cording to all the accounts, they aren't buying ON THE CUFF, for speculation. t Instead, they seem to be laying the cash on the line, paying for . their shares and carrying their I certificates of ownership in Amer ica's Industries home with them and tucking them away in the bureau drawer. ! That, If true, is a VERY, VERY HEALTHY sign. It Indicates con fidence on the part of America's .people in the future of America's industrial and economic system Being a communist, you couldn't be expected to understand sucn a situation. Nor could your com munist mind conceive mat in America great industrial corpora tions such as General Motors ac tually have more stockholders than workers. If you were told that in America a very consider able percentage of the stocks oi our great Industries are owned by the WORKERS in these industries, you just wouldn't believe it. You'd , say it is a capitalist lie. r Being a communist, your Idea i, of the way to run things is to keep all the gravy to the posses sion of a few big shots up at the top. , ... ; We don't do things that way, sir. We have a BETTER way. Ana, because our way is better than yours, we don't have much use for i communism. ' In fact, rather than suffer com- , muniam. to be forced upon us, we will choose unhesitatingly to dus i ; FIGHTING COMMUNISM. Admiral Lewis Strauss, ehalr- nan or the Atomic Energy rvmunlMlnn (he nronounces it STRAWS, not STHOWSS. in the German manner) says this morn ing that the 1952 H-bomb, moving pictures of which are being shown mi television and in the movie hnnscs under the title of Opera. tlon (Poison) Ivy, is a mere sissy beside the 1954 model. Ufa ar hoinir told bv COmtXV tent authorities that ALL OF NEW YORK (or any otner oj tne worm s great cities) could be destroyed by one oiast oi ub new wmu rt aim rinpen'r. nanic me. An H-bomb can't kill me any 4H,v ihnn sn A-bomb. And neith er an A-bomb nor an H-bomb can kill me any deader man one wen At-atA - hnllpt. from a .22 rifle. And I DON'T EXPECT TO LIVE IN NEW YORK. Rebel Attacks Slackened niunr Tnrlnp.hinn. (fl The French high command announced today the commumswea vicuiuuu . had slackened their human-wave t th Men Bien Fhu naouita ' ' fortress after losing close to 2,000 men in 34 nours oi iunouu The French Union defenders held i V.a nnHhtDHt TnrinnhinA grimly ia - " - , plain despite the onslaught of rebel ' forces in their second major bid to seize Dion Bien Phu at no mat ter what cost. . TnMMnu aivtlrncnlnn at neAd ouarters here said the Vietminh .... Mi.vinir tima out" while thev Tushed up more ammunition in preparation lor a possmic i- "L'-.n addition to the 1.350 Vietminh reported killed yesterday in nunu-uriu... . f.jS-- th. h.Tbed wire barri- " -.a , m.rtin of artillery cnaes hum " - - fire and record French aerial at tacks, the enemy nau gu.ciu r several hundred more bodies from ... . iHlalta enrltf todaV. uie oaivc"-u" The forces of Moscow-schooled ' ho Chi Minn were estimated to . number about 30.000 regulars -three divisions equipped, trained and advised by nelBhb0'ln China-and possibly another 10 000 guerrilla and regional JlgMf" r ... . (M. rmrM battle ; of the seven-year-old Indochina ' xH..r.rh claimed to have knocked out another division In the . . M.in, ,n,mfl assault oi March 13. from which the rebels pulled back alter m Tax Reduction Will Affect Entire Family Pocketbook WASHINGTON'- W Those excise i tax cuts Thursday will mean sa UI liio ltunuy wnu speaos mooey. - The relief for your pocketbook could range from $50 on a fur coat dime on Junior's cowboy movie ticket or a penny on a light DU1D. Almost all industries concerned hatve said they will . pass the tax cuts on directly to consumers in lower prices, although some movie theaters are expected to maintain present prices. On appliances. lor example, the tax of 10 per cent at the manufac turer's level is cut to B per cent. Just how much this will mean in your retail store depends on how markups were bandied after the appliance left the factory. If each succeeding handler simp ly took his gross cost including the tax and added a percentage to It. the tax would have pyramided by WASHINGTON UI .The Senate Investigations subcommit tee Thursday appointed Samuel P. Bears, a Boston lawyer, as special counsel for its investigation of the charges Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) 'and nigh Army officials have aimed at one another. - Sen. Mundt (R-SD). who will preside at the public and televised hearings, told a news conference he believed the' unanimous selec tion' had broken a log jam and would permit start of the inquiry within 10 days. Mundt said Sears will start work Monday "and I hope the hearings will start the following week." Mundt said the . selection was made by "another unanimous vote. all six member of the committee voting 'ay'" at a closed door ses- Just a lew moments earner, Sen, Kefauver (D-Tenn) had made an unsuccessful move to get the Sen ate Armed Services Committee to take over the investigation of the whole McCarthy-Army row. Kefauver made his motion at a closed-door session of the armed services group, but not enough senators to do business were pres ent. Sen. Hendrlckson (R-NJ), act ing chairman, made this point and Kefauver agreed to delay . until later In the afternoon or until Fri day forenoon when the committee has anotner scneauiea session. Kefauver said there had been "a great delay in getting" . the in quiry started by the Senate in vestigations subcommittee and that the "people are enuuea to have the facts and have the issues clarified." . EXPLOSION NEW DELHI, India 11 Thirty- one persons were killed ana a iniured In a shattering explosion Wednesday night on a crowded nassenrer train near Gorakphur, the central railway board reported Thursday. Counsel for McCarthy Fight Named bp . SSI PUTTING IN THE ROADWORK before th fight scheduled next Saturday at th Armory it Jimmit Byrne, heavyweight. Byrn is scheduled to fight Roger Smith is ten round bout. th rcOf, -alio "art iiow iw - merely . vugn without profit, the saving would be less than 6 per cent of the retail price. Lacking precise information, on lust how close most dealers come to either of those practices, tax specialists at the capltol estimated that for a stove, refrigerator, dish washer or clothes dryer selling for S330 the price should drop at least to $315. .. la silverware,1 the effect depends on what kind you're buying. Sterling silver flatware now is taxed at 20 per cent and will get a cut to 10 per cent under the bill. Plated sliver flatware Is not sub ject to the federal excise at all. Silver hollow ware, whether sterling or plated, is now subject to a 20 per cent levy and will be cut to 10 per cent Under the bill. This Includes such items as cream pitchers, vases, and dishes, more s no change lor radio or television still taxed at 10 per cent or on clothes washers, which are hot taxed at all. On many items furs. Jewelry, handbags, luggage, cosmetics, light bulbs,, cameras the tax drops from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. v FURS LOWER Thus a fur coat with a base price of $500 would sell now for (600, drop to $550 after the tax cut. . . On a bottle of perfume or a woman's handbag with a base price of 15; the tax would drop from $1 to 80 cents. The tax on dad's $1 bottle of after-shave lotion will be 10 cents Instead of 20 cents. On many other Items sporting goods, mechanical pencils - and pens, lighters the tax drops from is to 10 per cent. Thus a $10 fishing outfit will cost $11 instead of $11.50. You'll pay $140 for a ball point pen that used to cost $1.15. , Travel will be cheaper, too. A plane, bus or train ticket that used to cost $23 would cost $22, as the tax drops from 15 to 10 per cent, And It'll be much less expensive to call the folks in another -state. You'll pay only $11 for a long distance telephone call that used to run $12.50, as the tax drops from 25 per cent to 10 per cent. LOWER RATES - i A local telephone bill that used to be $0.90 a month would drop to $6.60, with the tax rate cut from 15 per- cent to 10 per cent. On movie or other admissions costing 50 cents or less, there will be no tax. You've been paying 20 per cent on all admissions, or 10 cents on a EO-cent ticket, for a total price of 60 cents. On admissions above 50 cents, the tax cut is from 20 per cent to 10 per cent. If this Is passed on to customers, a movie that used to cost 9X1 cents would cost only S3 cents. Or a professional ball game or stage show that used to cost $4.80 would drop to $4.40. You'll pay no tax on regular college sports events so a $4.80 football ticket could drop to $4. But if you go on the town after ward there'll still be a 20 per cent levy at the night club, and your private club dues of $100 a year will still come to $120 total. Horse and dog track tickets get the same treatment. 0 Pay Raises Urged For KF Firemen The Civil Service Commission has taken the first step toward ' possible raise in salaries for em ployes of the Klamath Falls Fire Department. In a special session of the com mission Wednesday afternoon, a resolution was passed recommend ing higher salaries, clothing allow ances for all fire fighters and changes in the vacation schedule. Salaries specified in the reso lution and present salaries follow: first assistant chief, $4,560, $4,200; second assistant chief, $4,500, $4,080; , two captains, each $4,200, $3,840; ' two inspectors, head in spector (fire marshal), $4,140, $3,840; second inspector, $4,030, $3,780. Two engineers, head engineer, $4,080, $3,840; second engineer, $4,020, $3,160; five drivers each $3,900. $3,720; hose and plug men maximum, $3,840, $3,660. The classification for regular fire fighters is to be set upon a graduated schedule: $3,600 for the first year; $3,660, second year; $3,720, third year; $3,780, fourth year. The commission recommends a clothing allowance of $10 per month for all except the fire marshal and second Inspector who would get $15 per month. psyable quarterly. Vacations would be annual, on a-basis of seven working days per year, accumulative to 30 days maximum, arranged to conform with the day-off shift of each em ploye. The Telatlve scale of salaries for firemen as compared with policemen's salaries is about $10 lower. Salaries for the Klamath Falls Fire Department are lower than salaries for fire departments of other Oregon clues with compar ative populations, according to statistics from the Oregon State Fire Fighters Association and the League of Oregon cities.' Assistant fire chief's salary in Albany Is $4,332; in CorvaUls, $4,800;: In. Klamath Falls,. $4,300. Captains' salaries are $4,092 ' in Albany; $4,471 In 'Astoria; $4,381 in Bend: $3,840 in Klamath Falls, Hosemen's maximum salary Is $3,732 In Albany; $3,888 in Astoria; $4,203 In Bend; $4,200 in CorvaUls; $3,660 in Klamath Falls. Flrn fighters In both Bend and Medford Just recently got raises, $30 per month In Medford: about $17.60 in Bend. The Civil Service resolution will be directed to City Council for con sideration at Monday night's meet ing, and to the budget committee. Clerk Holds Bail Money Countv Clerk - Charles ' DeLap has $2,600 he doesn't know what to do with and he isn't very happy about lt , The money was posted as bail by Harry Thurston, 60, Portland Boilermaker, who' was indicted on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor last Sep tember. When Thurston was supposed to appear for arraignment before Cir cuit Judge David R. Vandenberg his attornev Ben Ooddard. re ported the defend aht had myster iously . disappeared, subsequently a widespread search failed to re veal any trace of the missing man. Judge Vandenberg refused to al low a motion by the district at torney's omce to loncit tne nona when it developed that no condi tions had been-Diade for the ap pearance of the defendant. It was also reported to the court that Thurston was not Informed at the time of his release when he was to appear. In the meantime, , DeLap has been holding the money awaiting some further action. Attorney Ood dard reported his client Is still missing. Red Proposal Rejected LONDON Ut Britain rejected Thursday the Kremlin's claim that Red China will participate in . the Oeneva conlerence on an equal footing with Russia and the Western Big Three, A Foreign Office spokesman said the decision taken at Berlin called for Britain, the United States, France and Russia to act as the inviting powers for the foreign ministers parley on Korea and Indochina. The conference begins April 26. The spokesman specifically re- jected an assertion made Wednes day by the Soviet Foreign Min istry that the Oeneva 'conference would be a five-power 'conference including Red China as an equal member. - ? , ' "JAMAICAN RHUMBA" it a definite hit with th KUHS orchestra members and with muiie lovert the world over, but ther'$ on part . . '.! Hr, concert members, left to right, Don Wells, Tom Grigsby, Kay Jensen and Florence Lampropulos, check the score, debate a little, and guarantee Jamaican interpretation at its best on Arthur Benjamin's well-known compo sition. The piece will be included on th program for th KUHS Symphony Orchestra concert to be presented Friday evening at 8 p.m., in th high school auditorium. Walter P. Smith is concert director. Miss Ruth Lobaugh will be piano soloist and the Girls' 61 Club will sing several selections. Tickets for the concert, may be purchased at the door. .(Story on Page 4) -- .: - ' ' -" - Grain Acreage Increase Told PORTLAND Wl The state's acreage of oats apparently will in crease about 33 per cent, and bar ley about 70 per cent this year, bringing predictions Thursday of lower feed grain, prices in the next year. Farmers indicated these plant ing intentions in a recent survey. Oats growers learned that the government price-support loan on 1954 crop oats would range irom $49.38 to $53.13 a ton n tney can store the grain on the farm. There also will be loans for warehouse-stored oats, but farmers will have to repay charges of about $6.20 s ton. Announced farm storage rates by counties: ' Benton, Clackamas, Columbia, Coos, Carry, Hood River, Lincoln, Marion, Multnomah, Folk, Tilla mook, Washington and Yamhill, $53.13 a ton. - Clatsop, Douglas, Jackson, Jo sephine, Linn and Lane, $52.50 a ton. Crook, Deschutes, Oilllam, Jef ferson, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler, $51.88 a ton. Grant, Harney and Morrow, $S1.25 a ton. Umatilla, $50.63 a .ton. Union, $50. Baker, Malheur and Wallowa, $49.38. Lions Exhibit Unusual House One of the most remarkable of all exhibits, the world famous Log House, is now on display at 6th and Main. This exhibit Is being sponsored by the local Klamath Falls Lions Club for tne oeneiit of their Blind Aid Fund. It is a complete three room home built inside of a section of a giant red wood tree of the Sequoia semer- virens species. The home Is equipped with all modern facili ties, such as electric refrigerator, fluorescent lighting and many other conveniences. According to Keith Straughan and William Quldlci, owners and builders of this home, ' the tree from which this log. was cut was 1900 years old, 207 feet to tne top and it was 14 feet in diameter at the stump. After the tree was felled, this section was cut 65 feet from the base of the tree In order to have It small enough to transport on the highway. This section is 8 feet wide and 9 feet 6 Inches in height and 33 feet in length. 8traughan -went Into the woods and selected this tree from the property of the Hammond Lumber Co., at Eureka, California. After the log was cut and transported to Eureka, by working around the clock for over four months they removed, over ,11,000 board feet of material with hand tools. This material could not be saved, but if it could have been, there would have been enough to build a five room home. It took a little over a year to complete this pro ject. This home, built by Straughan and Guldlol, Is no doubt the world's oldest home in exist ence, outdated only by the stone and clay of the ancient world be fore Christ. , This exhibit will be open for in spection from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. There is no admission charge to see tills exhibit, but donations will be ac cepted to help the Lions Club. In their work. This exhibit Is on- a national tour and has been seen by thous ands In various cities- and towns. Outspoken French Marshal Loses Top Military Post PARIS Wl France's government fired Marshal Alphonse Juln today from the nation's two top military strategy posts. It appeared likely ha also would lose his NATO. Job as commander of land, sea and air forces in central Europe. The Cabinet ordered the outspok en, 65-year-old marshal removed from his French military posts adviser to the government on de fense strategy and vice president of the National Superior Council for Armed Forces after he ignored Premier Joseph Lanlel's summons to explain his public criticism last weekend of the proposed European Defense community (KUC) The firing touched, off . furor, in France comparable to that In America following then President Truman's dismissal of Gen. Doug, las MacArthur. Opponents in Par liament of EDC led the critics of the French government action. Since the presidency of the Na tional Superior Council is held by Patterson Tour Slated Governor - Paul Patterson, In Klamath Falls Friday, on a flying visit, will make a swing around the southern part of the basin, fol lowing breakfast at the Willard Hotel with a group of faiends and supporters. He will be accom panied by Mrs. Patterson. The party will arrive at 10 a.m., at the office of M. A. Bowman, Merrill, and at 10:45 at the fire hall in Malln. Interested persons are Invited to greet him. : - He will return to the Willard for a Joint luncheon meeting of the Rotary and Klwanis Clubs at 12:00. Early Friday afternoon he will visit the OH campus, and with Mrs. Patterson will be present from 3-5 p.m. for an Informal gathering at the Balslger Motor Company show room. His Itinerary, outlined by the Paul Patterson for Governor Com mittee, will end with a political address following a 6:30 buffet din ner, at the Willard, to wmcn the public Is Invited. . Lx4!&!iM,u-:.. 1 HOUSE IUILT IN TREE fours th country for the benefit of tin of hug tree 1$ parked atthe eornr-of.Sixih and Main Dresldent of the Republic Rene coty, Jum actuauy was uie ran&ing French military man In questions of strategy. Paris newspapers agreed the French government, which had nominated Juln tor his NATO post, now had no choice except to ask the NATO Council and the Su preme Allied commander in Eu rope, U. 8. Gen, Alfred M. Gruen ther, to dismiss him. - i A spokesman at SHAPE, Gruen- ther's headquarters - near Paris, said SHAPE has nothing to say on Juin's discharge; In the French Benate, supporters of Gen. Charles, de Gaulle inter rupted debate on' the national de fense budget to- ptoses,- 4w -dts- Lanlel had asked Juln to come to his office last night to explain his speech to a reserve officers group last weekend in which he said that EDC was unwieldy and should be replaced by some other arrangement. After Juln had failed to show up, the Cabinet in an extraordinary session reprimanded him and dis missed him from his two posts for discourtesy and disobedience to the government. He- also had Ignored a 15-year-old law- requiring him to submit to the government In ad vance any speeches Jie planned to make. The action did not affect his rank of marshal, an irrevocable lifetime rank which he himself can not resign. Instead of meeting Lanlel, Juln went to a reserve officers' dinner in a Paris restaurant and repeated his criticism, of EDC. To prevent a conspiracy of si. lence against the country," he de clared, "I have forced, the issue, fully conscious of my responsibili ties. I believe a common-sense solu tion, middle - of - the - road solution can- be found for this problem." KLAMATH BASIN POTATO SHIPMENTS Shlppei jUm Day TiUy Lait Yar 45 con 40 cars Taul For, flean 9635 can . 10,554 cars I93S-M , 1032-11 If' yft:F r jJ.tsasw'T"yr WASHINGTON U ' Secretary of Welfare- Hobby told- Congress Thursday President Eisenhower's proposal to Increase social security benefits, taxes and coverage . means a better life for all citizens - -now and for generations to come. Noting that the population over 65 is expected to double In the next half- century, Mrs. - Hobby urged prompt action to provide more protection for more people, to increase "the individual's sense of personal dignity and worth m a free society.- .. .- ; Bpecmcaiiy. she told the Knuui Ways and Means Committee, so cial security should be expanded -to almost universal coverage of ' the working force to prevent pov- erty among widows, orphans and the aged. ' . , 'So long as the system does hot cover substantially all of our work- ' tog population, there will continue to be many people who may have no source of income when they re tire, and children whose mothers 1 will, not be able to care for tbem -adequately if the father dieO she said. ' ; - ,. Mrs. Hobby was the leadoff wit ness .as the committee opened weeks of hearings on the Presi dent's program. - , . She stressed first the President's plea to extend coverage-to about 10Mi million doctors, lawyers and - ' other professional people, -farm op- orators and farm laborers, domes tic workers, and state and local government employes who are ex cluded now. ' , , v ' This is one of the few controver sial points, " Some members of these groups, are fighting being brought into the system of retire- ' ment and survivors' insurance Another controversy loomed over a drive by Democrats to pro vide monthly benellt payments to -disabled workers a feature-, left out of the Eisenhower program. Elsenhower made Bis recommen dations to Congress dan. 1 tor far-reaching changes to the social security system. , .. . , - t - The current hearings deal eely with old age retirement and sur- vlvors' benefits. Another part ,ot the President's program involving changes in direct xeoerai weuare . grants to states for the needy-4 will come up later.- ... ' For some six million retired workers or their eurvivoru already receiving benefits, Eisenhower pre. posed a minimum $ increase In monthly payments. The mmuwum for a single retired worker would, be boosted' from $2-- $: maximum from $86 to $98.50. The minimum for - a retired couple would be boosted from $37.50 to $45; the maximum from $127.50 to $147.76. - '. ' Maximum family benefits, aooly- lng mostly to survivors of an, in sured worker, would be increased from $168.75 to $190. -. For workers retiring In th fu ture, maximums would go up to $108.50 for a single worker . and $162.75 for a retired couple.. Workers and employers each now contribute 2 per cent of pay rolls up to $3,600 a year for each employe. Under, the Elsenhower proposal, they would contribute on payrolls up to $4,200 a year, j nils would amount to a 111 year tax boost for those making $4,200 or more. -- ? Tvi present law calls for a grad ual stepup in the tax rate to 3Vt per cent for employes, 4 per cent for self-employed persons in 1970 and thereafter, Elsenhower's pro posal would make these rates Vh per cent and 6'A per cent. Smell- Run Enters . Sandy River : PORTLAND in The smelt run entered the Sandy. River, east of here, shortly after dawn Thursday. The run annually brings a major traffic Jam in the area as hundreds of Portlanders line the banks of the stream with dlpnets and other con tainers seeking the small fish. Sheriff's Capt. Earl Stanley said it wasn't possible yet to say how big the run will be but the crowds were beginning to arrive. - Last year the Sandy's smelt run was one of the biggest on record. th Lions Cub blind fund. Sc Strath. V s ,foi.W-' I""'' ,. , ? ; . : ' I ! 1 1 'I I ! 3i 1 fighting. '
