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SPRIN9 THAWS AT CRATER LAKE expose the impressive rock formations which bound the;
lake. Clear blue water reflects the rugged bluff on Rim Drive and Wizard Island to the left. '
The scene is viewed from the lodge, looking acrois the lake. Warm sun is rapidly melting
the IS or so feet of snow which all but hid the lodge during the winter.
Builders
Dispute
Charges
Assn. of Home Builders today dis
puted charges that the govern-
"inent Is millions of dollars out of
pocket or that too high rents have
resulted from alleged widespread
abuses under the government's
loan-Insurance program.
The association's views were ex
pressed by its president, R. O.
Hughes, as the Senate Banking
Committee turned to hear what
Industry spokesmen have to say
about allegations that some apart
ment builders raked in huge and
"unconscionable" profits by ob
taining , oversized government
backed loans either through the
dishonesty or inefficiency of Fed
eral Housing, Administration
.tFHA) officials. .v: ..wv.
"The Impression that the gov
ernment bait lost millions ot dol-
lara and that tenants have been
charged excessive rents Ik, In my
-opinion, erroneous," Hughes said
in prepared testimony.
Yesterday, Commissioner
T. Coleman Andrews ot the In-
i ternai Revenue Service told the
Benate-House Committee on Reduc
tion of Nonessential Federal Ex
penditures that builders of 1,149
apartment projects under a now
defunct "middle Income" housing
: program piled up 65 million dollars
. in excessive profits by the inflated
; loan guarantee device. ; Andrews
said his agents so far have found
no evidence of tax fraud.
Injury Avoided
In Air Crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. Wl
Forty-nine persons escaped un
harmed Wednesday when a Trans
1 World Airline Constellation
slammed into the side of an Air
Force barracks building on land
In?. Tne Dig plane veered oil tne run
way on landing at 4:63 a.m. (PST)
District TWA Manager Robert
" Riordan said. He blamed failure
1 of the hydraulic system on the
lour-engined plane.
The 44 passengers and five crew
members were not injured. A hole
a foot in diameter was punched In
the right side of the plane. The
Air Force said the barracks build
ing sustained little damage. One
airman reportedly was asleep In
the barracks at the time.
Dulles Arrives In Paris
For Pre-Geneva Meeting
PARIS Wl U.S. Secretary of
State Dullos arrived here Wednes
day to attend the meeting of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion and to consult with Western
Allies on strategy for the Geneva
conference.
He was greeted at the airport
by French Foreign Minister Geor
ges Bldault who will be his guest
at a private dinner Wednesday
evening when they will review the
Indochlnese question and other
problems coming up at Geneva
Dulles (Old newsmen Friday's
NATO meeting is of "special sig
nificance for one of Its purposes
Is to take notice of the fact that
five years ago this month the
North Atlantic Treaty was signed.
That was an historic event.
"In the past five years," Dulles
Raid, "we have made Impressive
progress In translating the sym
bolic act of banding together In the
midst of. a common danger into
the reality of an effective com
mon defense, Of equal importance
is the habit of continuance 1 could
truthfully say dally consultation
In the council of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization."
Dulles said Friday's meeting
would be a continuation of that
process of consultation. In such
fashion, he added, the 14 member
aomtrlea would be able to perfect
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls
and vicinity: Fair through Thurs
day. High Thursday 8S Low Wed
nesday night 36.
High yesterday
Low last night
Precis, last 24 hours
Since Oct.l
Same period last year
Normal for period
S
37
00
12.5
11.85
10.01
Van Fleet
Named By Ike
WASHINGTON Wl President
Elsenhower has asked Gen. James
Van Fleet, former 8th Army com
mander in Korea and now retired
to Burvey the military assistance
program is in the Far East,
especially In Korea and Formosa.
This announcement was made
Wednesday by Secretary of De
fense Wilson at his weekly news
conference,
Wilson ' kid Van Fleet, Asst.
Secretary of Defense-W; J: Mc
Neil and a small staff of civilians
and military personnel will leave
Washington about May 1.
Students Plan
Pelicana Show
Members of Script and Mike
Society of Klamath Union High
School, are rehearsing for the an
nual Pelicana show to be pre
sented In Mills Auditorium, May 7.
The show has attracted talented
student performers from schools
throughout the basin. About 24
acts have been signed by Ann
Turne, in charge ot recruiting tal
ent. ,
The show Is being sponsored
this year by the Klamath Ex
change Club.
Bob Healy and Vane Calley,
club representatives are working
with Linda Williams, finance
chairman and Helen Henris, pub
licity chairman.
The Pelicana will be televised,
making it the first live show tele
cast in Klamath Falls. Those par
ticipating will be seen over a
closed circuit at Mills school.
Klamath radio and TV dealers
have signified that they will help
make the show a success by exhib
iting products.
Pelicana Telcrama is being di
rected by Jim Craig, under the
supervision of Charles Woodhouse.
As in the past, the show will be
free to the public. I
their understanding of each other's
problems.
"On this understanding," h e
said, "on a common purpose, the
future ot all of us depends."
Dulles made no mention of the
talks he planned to have in Paris
on the Geneva conference. '
An Informed American source
here said earlier the United States
would stand by its decision to op
pose an expected Russian move
to turn the Geneva meeting Into a
"Big Five" conference with Red
China even If such opposition
broke up the conference.
Before leaving Washington last
night, Dulles implied this would
be his stand. He reiterated Amer
ican participation at the Geneva
parley "docs not imply our dip
lomatic recognition of Red China."
The United Slates insists the Peip
ing regime Is an invited partici
pant, not a big-power instigator of
the meeting starting April 26.
The American secretary said he
was going to the Geneva confer
ence to seek an "honorable peace
in Indochina and a free, united
Korea."
A meeting of the Big Three
Western foreign ministers has
been arranged for Thursday even
ing, shortly after the arrival of
British Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden,
1
Commander
Urges Help
For Injured
HANOI HI Brig. Gen. Christ
ian de Castries sent out an urgent
appeal Wednesday for milk and
fruit juices to be dropped to the
growing ranks of wounded trapped
inside Vietminh-rlnged Dten Bien
ruu.
The heroic commander of the be-
leaguered fortress addressed his
appeal to the people French and
Vietnamese of Hanoi.
The French have been unable
since March 25 to get a plane In
to evacuate the hundreds of wound
ed inside the fortress because of
the constant pounding of the air
strip by mortar and artillery fire
from the Communist-led besleeers.
That was 12 days after the Viet-
minn launched their first all-out
assault by suicidal -waves of fa
natical troops to seize the north
west Indochina fortress.
- Waves of transport planes still
drop tne supplies guns, ammuni
tion, food and medical supplies
and reinforcements needed to
maintain the French Union forces
standing boldly against outnum
bering rebels.
The Vietmlnh ignored repeated
appeals by the French to stop fir
ing long enougn to permit evacua
tion of the wounded.
The French High Command In
Hanoi said in its morning com
munique that the fortress had gone
through another "quiet night"
Tuesday night.
Tills meant the Vietmlnh still had
not launched an expected new mass
attack in an effort to overcome by
sheer numbers the superior fire
power of the defenders and finally
wipe out the French Union fort
ress. . ARREST
BERLIN Wl The Information
Bureau West reported Wednesday
that Communist secret police ar
rested two Russian soldiers Mon
day on a charge of having contact
with anti-Soviet organizations In
West Berlin.
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ANDS OF SHEEP ON THEIR WAY to tummer pasture! ft
sure sign that winter it over, with all the inconveniences of
feeding.' At grass greens en tummar pastures, sheep are moved
rrioa Wtm Cms M rages
PRC Adopts Resolution
Rejecting Wage Demands
Commendation ot the negotiating
committees of Pine Industrial Re
lations Committee, Inc., for their
refusal to recommend, In whole or
in part, the granting of any union
demands which would result in cost
increases to employers was the su
ject matter of a resolution adopted
unanimously by FQtO members
Sec. Wilson
WASHINGTON HI Secretary
of Defense Wilson said Wednesday
he believes H. Struve Hensel is a
"competent, honest man" and
doesn't believe Hensel - master
minded Army charges against Sen,
McCarthy (R-Wis) as the senator
contends. ,
If he didn't believe In Hensel,
Viilson told a news conference,
Hensel would not have his present
post of assistant secretary of de
fense, , .
Speaking generally, Wilson said
the Army-MoCarthy row has "done
no good" to military morale or
helped to meet the problems con
fronting the nation. -
Personally, be said, he feels '.'in
these critical times men of good
will ought to get together to solve
these problems." , : ;
McCarthy brought Hensel's name
into the row Tuesday when he filed
a "bill of particulars" with the
Senate investigations subcommit
tee outlining the things he will
seek to prove in the televised pub
lic hearing set to open at 10:30
a.m. Thursday..
McCarthy contended that con
cern that he -was about to expose
"misconduct" and "possibly law
violations" by Hensel led Army of
ficials to attempt to discredit him.
The Army officials chiefly 'in
volved : in the long row with the
senator are. Secretary Stevens and
Army Counselor John G. Adams.
Hensel retorted "barefaced Ilea"
to McCarthy's charges and chal
lenged the senator to repeat them
under circumstances permitting a
libel suit.
A reporter asked whether Wll
son "agreed" with McCarthy thM
Hensel was "guilty of possible law
.violations. '
Wilson chuckled, paused, then
answered ''no."
A reporter asked' Wilson
whether Hensel "masterminded"
preparation of the Army charges
against McCarthy as the senator
contends.
"Of course not," Wilson replied.
At another point, Wilson re
marked that the whole row "makes
me think of the political scraps
at a rather low level."
"If your opponent calls you a
liar don't deny it, accuse him of
being a horse thief."
He said the whole situation Is
one over which "I don't enthuse."
RIVER PROBLEM
Turn to pages 10 and 11 today
for a background story on le
threat to the water In the
Klamath Basin and the full
story of the river potential and
plans.
Backs Army
Aide Action
; KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
who met at the Winema Hotel Tues
day afternoon.
According to Chet Irving, secretary-manager
of Pmo, the resolu
tion further stated:
"(Resolved) That said commit
tees be advised that it is the sense
of this meeting that, on the basis
of all presently known facts and
forecasts for the year 1954, no such
demands should be granted by any
employer during the present year,
and
"That a copy of this resolution
be furnished by the - secretary to
each member of said committees
and to each member company of
Pine Industrial Relations Commit
tee, Inc., and that copies of this
resolution, be made available aen-
e rally throughout the Northwest
lumbering industry." -
The meeting had been called, Irv
ing Indicated, to take a look at the
labor union negotiations now taking
place throughout the West.
The IWA CIO has armed Its
Northwest Regional negotia
ting committee with a strike au
thority," he stated. "The union
committee, seeking a 13 Vi cents per
Dour wage Increase and other labor
cost increases, has set a deadline
of May 3 for a strike unless em
ployers make a favorable wage in
crease offer. The Lumber and Saw
mill Workers, AFL, have set a
wage Increase figure of 1214 cents
per hour.- They are talking of a
union wide strike throughout the
West."
PIRC has 142 member com
panies, according to Irving. They
are located In the Rogue River Val
ley and throughout tne pine pro
ducing areas of Oregon and Califor
nia. The companies employ In ex
cess of 17,000 workers. Negotia
ting sessions have been going on
with the IWA-CIO, and the North
ern California, Central Oregon, and
Willamette Valley district councils
of the AFL. In all negotiations, Irv
ing stated, employers have refused
to Increase wages or costs in view
of uncertain lumber industry eco
nomics. . '
"The employers,'; said' Irving
"are convinced that Increasing la
bor costs in the face of lower prices
and resulting lowered profit mar
gins, is not the' way to maintain
employment and market stabili
sation or lumber worker income,
Ashland Turns
Down Proposal
ASHLAND Wl Ashland's City
Council decided last night to reject
any negotiations aimed at raising
the price of electricity bougnt from
California-Oregon Power Co.
The city has a municipal system
but most nf the current Is bought
from copco. In January Copco won
rate increases in Oregon and then
asked the Ashland council to tear
up Its contract and write a new
one with higher rates.
Mayor Richard Nelll t-ald the
present contract has eight years
to run and a quarter of a million
dollars is Involved In the Increase
proposal.
The council directed that Copco
; advised that its request for a
new rate was turned down on
'moral as well ss legal ' grounds.
Nelll said the state public util
ities commissioner's office had ad
vised that the new rate authorized
did not supersede the Ashland
Copco contract,
from the home feed lots to graie. Crossing above the north
entrance to Klamath Falls with e band of 400 John 0. O'Con
nor thtep it John Prislane, herder
WEDNESDAY, AFRItj
1 u
3 I.. frf
HURRYING TO SCHOOL thii
young students ot the Riverside
Hobby Show
To Be Held
Entries received so far In the
30-30 Club-YMCA Hobby - Show
promise Interest and variety.
There will be a collection ot mod-
els of antique cars, owned by
James Rogers, and valued at (360:
Indian relics, owned by Robert
Wilson, valued at $800.
Bid Jack will display copper
craft tooling: Eva Burknaiter.
collection' of bells worth-tier Mrs:
O. W. Anderson, a weaving exhibit
and loom, valued at sioo.
In addition there will be several
Stamp exhibits and art exhibits by
members of the Klamath Art As
sociation. .
Entry blanks and exhibits will
be accepted up to 4 p.m. Thurs
day. Entry fee Is 10 cents, and
entitles the entrant to an exhibi
tor's pass. Admission for adults
Is 25 cents; for students, 10 cents.
The classification list includes
the following;
Collections: natural history, phi
lately, collections of coins, war
relics, Indian relies, buttons,
match covers, post cards, mottos,
autographs, place cards and fav
ors, dolls, airplane pictures, rail
road pictures, ship pictures.
Fine arts: handicraft, photogra
phy, color transparencies,
motion pictures, 8 and 16 mm.
Practical Arts: Weaving, tex
tiles, paper, rope work, belts,
kites, ship models, aeronautics, In
dustrial craft, household arts,
manual training, archery, micro
railroads, garden section for do
mestic flowers, potted plants,
wllddowers, cactus and miscel
laneous. The show will be open Thursday
and Friday evenings from 7 to 10
p.m. and Saturday afternoon from
until 4 p.m.
21. UM Telephone Kill No. UZl
was this group of I
morning
School.
KLAMATH BAS1H
POTATO SHIPMEHTS ' I
fehlppei . ; ' Sum Day
25 con :! " ' 1ft corf
Totl tor iMni ; i .'.
10,401 eon 10.94 cart
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4-H Talent
Night Slated
Dr. Joe T. Rlker will emcee the
4-H Club third annual Talent Night,
to be. presented this Friday evening
in conjunction with the 4-H Club
Spring Fair April 23, Z3 and 24.
The show will be held at 7:30 p.m.
In the exhibit building at tne fair
grounds, and Is open to the public
at no charge.
.Talent from 4-H clubs all over
the county will be presented in
musical numbers,, readings, even
an Irish dance, ...
There will be no voting or award
of prizes,
Entries so far Include a piano
solo, Sharon Meyers; accordion
solo, Kathleen Radsplnner; ballet
solo, Kathryn Penning: vocal sextet,
Nancy Atterberry, Jean Howard,
Alice Turner, Betty Atterberry,
Harlyne Eaken and Buelah Eaken;
ccompanlst, Ida sonrakon.
Piano solo, Judy Esgate, humor
ous reading, "How to Build a Fire
place," Terry Beyer; piano solo,
Carmen Peebler, accordion solo,
Charles Dehllnger; piano solo, Cora
Enman; vocal solo, Vernon Lam
bert. Piano solo, Malice Brelthaupt;
accordion solo, Jim Hickman; voc
al duct, Jeanne Martin and Laura
Estrada; Irish dance, Breda
O'Keeffe, Sara and Diane West;
vocal duet, Grace Estrada and
Stephanie Bonotto.
Talent Night Committee mem
bers are Nancy Prultt, chairman;
Mrs. Charles Thurman, Dr. and
Mrs. Joe Rlker, Bryant Williams
and Mrs. William Tubach.
Accusations Hurled During
Dickenson Court Martial
WASHINGTON I An ex-prls-oner-of-war
said Wednesday Cpl,
Edward S. Dickenson pushed a
sick POW down some stairs after
the ailing man had asked Dicken
son for food. . . v
This Incident was described by
Staff Sgt. John A, Davis ot Ni
agara Falls, N.Y., who stared at
Dickenson with . unma&kcd hate
during his appearance In the wit
ness chair. It was the third day
ot Dickenson's court martial on
charges of collaborating with the
Chinese Communists while a POW
in Korea.
Davis said Dickenscn, 23, and
from Cracker's Neck, V.i., worked
at the sick compound as a cook
at the Red POW camp at Pyok
long along the Yalu River and "I
saw him trade off chow for tobac
co and candy."
At one point, Davis said he saw
a sick POW go up to Dickenson
"and ask for chow. Dickenson
said there was no more. I, per
sonally, saw some chow In the
chow pot."
The witness said there was "a
little argument" and be saw Dick
enson push the man down three
stairs. "Tho man's legs were pa
ralised for a day," Davis said.
Ouy Emery, counsel for the de
Paratroops
remed lo
Indochina
PARIS tm The U.S. lit Mice
It ferrying French paratrooper to
Indocnlna for later dropping into
Dien Blen Fbu.
This was confirmed Wednesday
here and in Washington. Charles
Wilson, U.S. secretary of defense,
said the 8,500-mile operation "is
in line with present United States -policy
and in conformity with, our
existing military assistance- pro
gram." He added it was - under
taken at the request ot the French
government.
r The parachute -troour axe being
flown from France to Indochina
m C134 Cilobemaaters. The Douglas
planes belong to the Air Force
tactical command. They - will re
turn to home bases In the United
States, the Air Force said.
The troops are to be landed in
non-combat areas. Planes piloted
by French airmen or American
civilians will shuttle them to the
besieged fortress of Dien Bien Phu
in northwest Indochina. Rains were .
upsetting air operations there
Wednesday. ..
The troops number unspecified
but believed to number at least
1,000 were flown from, Paris big
Orly Airfield Saturday. At last
word, they bad not yet reached
Indochina.. '
It was learned that the U.S. Air
Force also will ferry French troops
though -American sources here
considered the France-to-lndochl.
na operation a "one-shot" affair.
.Tne departure point from North.
Africa meanwhile was kept secret.
French Army Secretary Pierre
de Chevlgne addressed the -7thj
Battalion of French commando par
atroops at Quimper Sunday and
told them they were leaving im
mediately for Indochina without
the month's leave usually granted
before overseas duty.
"You leave in exceptional cir
cumstances," Chevlgne told the
troops after a parade, "which have
forced ua to call on you for sac
rifices. 1 ,' ' i- S
To aid our comrades at Dien
Bien Phu we are putting Into the
battle all our forces." ,
, The United States already Is
supplying the French with fighters,
attack bombers and transport
planes tor their light against the
Vietmlnh. Some 200 American Air
Force ground personnel have Been
stationed in mooonina ,io neip
maintain these plane. - . : :
Twenty-live. o mora . American
UsVlMans lineef private contract al
so are piloting some or the trans
port planes carrying supplies to .
Dien Blen Phu, but no Americas
Air Foroe personnel have taken
part in the flying operations In
the combat zone. '
On Sunday 25 speedy VM. Navy
Corsair f lghter-b tmbiri were
transferred from the American
carrier Saipan to a French air
base on the Viet Nam coast to bol
ster, the battle against the Red
commanded rebels. Their Ameri
can pilots returned Immediately to
the carrier
Court Order i
Faces Firm
PORTLAND (ffl An order was
Issued Tuesday ' temporarily en
joining Welsfields Inc. and It re-
tall outlets In Portland, Roseburg,
Eugene and Klamath Falls from
advertising or selling Elgin watch
es below fair trade prices set by
the manufacturer. '
Circuit Judge Lowell Mundorff
also restrained Welsflelds from In
ducing other firms from breaching
lair trade contracts with Elgin.
The company asked for the In
junction on the ground that Wels
flelds violated the Oregon fair
trade act by conducting a sale ot
Elgin watches at a one-third re.
duction of the retail price fixed
In fair trade contracts with other
dealers.
Judge Mundorff set April It for
hearing to determine whether
the Injunction should be made per
manent.
fense, drew from Davis a conces
sion that he could not remember
clearly the Incidents of chow
trading.
Emery asked the short, stocky
sergeant: "Was It at this time
that you began to hate the ac
oused?" "Yes, sir," Davis said.
"And you still do?" ' .
"Yes, sir."
Dickenson kept his eye fixed in
tently on both Davis and Cpl. Rob
ert E. Vincent ot Ayre, Mass.,
who was the following witness.
Vincent related he had over
heard Dickenson In close discus
sion with a POW named Hlnkle
In which Dickenson said "I hope
that article wins first place."
Vincent said the article was
written for "'Towards Truth and
Peace.' a camp paper written by
the progressives under the super
vision of the Chinese."
The Chinese, Vincent said, of
fered prizes for the best articles
in the magazine and shortly after
ward, Vincent said, he saw Dick
enson with "Chinese currency In
his hands."
The article In question, Vincent
said was against "the American
capitalists" and accused Ameri
cana of using germ warfare fa Korea.
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