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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.
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rcOf,
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"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.
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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 $2,600 he doesn't know what
to do with and he isn't very happy
about lt ,
The money was posted as bail
by Harry Thurston, 60, Portland
Boilermaker, who' was indicted on
a charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor last Sep
tember. When Thurston was supposed to
appear for arraignment before Cir
cuit Judge David R. Vandenberg
his attornev Ben Ooddard. re
ported the defend aht had myster
iously . disappeared, subsequently
a widespread search failed to re
veal any trace of the missing man.
Judge Vandenberg refused to al
low a motion by the district at
torney's omce to loncit tne nona
when it developed that no condi
tions had been-Diade for the ap
pearance of the defendant. It was
also reported to the court that
Thurston was not Informed at the
time of his release when he was
to appear.
In the meantime, , DeLap has
been holding the money awaiting
some further action. Attorney Ood
dard reported his client Is still
missing.
Red Proposal
Rejected
LONDON Ut Britain rejected
Thursday the Kremlin's claim
that Red China will participate
in . the Oeneva conlerence on an
equal footing with Russia and the
Western Big Three,
A Foreign Office spokesman said
the decision taken at Berlin called
for Britain, the United States,
France and Russia to act as the
inviting powers for the foreign
ministers parley on Korea and
Indochina. The conference begins
April 26.
The spokesman specifically re-
jected an assertion made Wednes
day by the Soviet Foreign Min
istry that the Oeneva 'conference
would be a five-power 'conference
including Red China as an equal
member.
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"JAMAICAN RHUMBA" it a definite hit with th KUHS orchestra members and with muiie
lovert the world over, but ther'$ 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
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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. .
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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."
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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.
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