TUESDAY, JUNK in, 10!4
IIKIULD AND NEWS. KLAMATH KAIXS. OREGON
PACK NINE
Deceased Governor Of New
Jersey Charged With Fraud
TflKNTON, N, J. W Gov. I
Robert B. Meyner mid lie will mi
liuunca today dolallrd charges of
mUcontlucl Bttnlnnt the Into ex
Oov. I la rolcl U. Ilolfmiiii, v.'lioM'
ilauKblor dlicluticil Ulut lit fin
bnrtlDd WOO.OIW III bunk funds In
finance hi slormy polltlciil career
.nil pay oil t blackmailer.
Meyner lull) a now :unliMrmr.
yesterday llnlliunn wrote u letter
May I to hi" riauiilitor, Mrs. Aln
Leonard ol Madlauii, lu say h cm
nettled Ilia S300.000 to liny ex
penses during hla lour oura In
Contra from 1M7 to I0JI and lor
hla aucceantul 1U34 guocinalurliil
campaign.
Mra, Leonard, In u leltor lu Mev
nrr last nlitlil, pledged Hint Hie
HoKman family would repay every
vent ol tlx money. Her mothar
)u.it Monday was voted n tll.(IUU-u-year
jienslun by lire Male Lealala
turn, The bill awalla Meynor'a
Miiyner signature.
Hodman, allablo alter dlnuar
speaker and prenldenl of the (un
loving Clrcua 8alnta and Sinners,
uaa auaimided March III by Mey-
ner aa director ot New Jersey's
Division of Employment and Se
curity, a UJ.tOO-a-year pout he had
held aince he left Uie governor
alilp In 1341.
Al Ilia time of the auauenslon.
Meyner aald he had evidence ol
'wtdeapread Irregularlllea" In tile
purchase of division supplies and
equipment,
An authoritative source aald Uie
charges eg situ. I Hodman Include
I relerenoe to Uie S3O0.0OO and
recommendations (or the illamls
al of aeveral persons. Including
one In another department.
Ally. Oen. Orover C. Illrliman
Jr. who directed au lnvesllKallon
t ' account ol the South Amboy
Trurt Co., of which Hodman had
been prealdenl.
Hoffman, a nepubllcau. died ol
. h.an attack June 4 In New York
.1 the aae of M. and the next
Chamber Group
Plans Tour
nhtKi-vatlon of range, farirf pas
ture end grass seed plantings Is
the purpose of the second annual
"grassland tour" which will take
member of the Portland Cham,
ber of Commerce on a four day
visit through esttil southern and
central Oregon countlea beginning
eunday, June JO. according to Wei
ter A. Holt, chairman ot Iho Port
land Chamber Agricultural com
mittee, and general manager of
the Pacific International Llveetock
Exposition.
Arrangementa for the tour have
been made through the cooperation
i the county extension agent In
Linn. Lane. Douglas, Josephine
Jackaon, Klamath, Dcschulea and
Crook countlea.
Luncheon ' and dinner meeting
are alto planned enroule. with
luncheon In Eugene. Grant Paaa.
Xlamath Fall and Prlnevllle.
On Tuesday. June 21, the tour will
Include morning atop to Inspect
Nomad alfalfa planting near Keno.
the Tulena rarms Irrigated pas
tures near Worden and the Olen
Dehllnter ranch near Keno, with
a Joint luncheon In Klamath Fall
with the Lion' Club. Afternoon
atop are planned at the deary
Brother Ranch and at Ira Orem'a
and the Meache Ranch near Klam
ath Fall and will continue on to
Bend for a dinner meeting with the
Chamber at 7: JO In the Pilot Butte
Inn.
di'V Mid, Leonard demanded that
Meyntir clear her lather's nuino
Immediately, In her letter to My-
tier luit nlulil, Mrs, Leonard npol
ojl.ec to the Duinomulu novum-
nor because "(or almost two weekn
.von have appeared In a crucially
umair position."
In an ullldavll rcroimllng the
Idler written to her by hsr lullier,
Mm. Leonard quoted htm aa say
Intr a "certain wealthy elder can
didate who In now decea ied" prom-
r.ed li mee'. hi, runrrHMQiiHl
enmnalgn coMs but did nol, lend
In? Hie wav lo the embezzlement
which "got deeper and deeper.'
Hoffman al-o waa quoted lu Uie af
fidavit a saying anollier unnamed
Vine official blackmailed him ol
(110.000 after learning of the em
be;..nmeni. Tli slain olllclul also
Is dead. Uie affidavit said.
Mr. Leonard lold a rr'xii'te r 'ie
has a good Idea who the "elder
riindldale" Is, but would not idrii-
Illy him ucratiMi she didn't want
10 bring "grief" to 111" family.
The blackmailing official, she
mild. "Id tell you If I knew."
Rlchman aald hla office has beimn
fui Investigation to determine the
Identity of the two men.
The affidavit lold of Hodman's
making commitment "which 1
'temporarily' covered by drawing
from inactive accounts at Uie
bulh Ambov Trust Company.
"What with Uie high com of
Washington living, Uie mainten
ance of two homes, and what I can
only .lalK-l a Die expensive naivete
of a newcome congressman, things
Instead of bettering, got worse."
At the news conference yenter
day. Harry Oreen of Little Silver.
Hodman's attorney, said he had
seen the charges brought against
Urn former governor. Oreen said
the charges were shown to him the
day Hodman died and ihst a tenta
tive agreement had been reached
to have Die late governor submit
aleller of resignation rather than
face a hearing on the charges.
Meyner, Oreen and Rlchman
told how Mra. Leonard visited
Oreen at his Little Silver home
Inal Wednesday and showed him
the letter from her father. She
later showed the letter to an of
ficer of the South Amboy bank,
and then destroyed It.
tireen aald It look seversl hours
Thursday to convince Mrs. Leon
ard the content. of the letter
should be made known lo Meyner.
When she consented, Oreen called
Uie governor and he began an Im
mediate Investigation.
Mrs. Leonard prepared the affi
davit, recalling essentials of the
letter. The affidavit was turned
over to Rlchman yesterday.
State Treasurer Archibald Alex
ander said his records showed II,
2U0.0OO In state funds ha been on
deposit in the South Amboy Trust
Co. lor many years. Ho said WOO.
000 of the funds la covered by
securities deposited In oUier banks.
Meyner and Banking and Insur
ance Commissioner Warren Oell
ney said depositor of Uie bank
would lose nothing because of the
Hoffman defalcation.
Railroad Days Slated
DUNfl.MUIR Tills little moun
tain town with the big lo
comotive Is bustling with
activity In preparation for Dunv
mulr'a Ninth Annual Railroad Day
Celebration,
Duaimulr's Railroad Day Is the
only celebration of this kind knowu
west of Chicago.
It Is unique In that 11 I. free
entertainment designed for all
uges.
Starting with the Kiddles parade
at 2:00 p.m., Friday, June lath,
and concluding with the sixth
Army Band concert on Sunday af
ternoon. June 20th, there will be
over thirty hours of free, whole
some entertainment.
The entire community of 8,000
citizen Is going all out to make
this year' celebration the best
ever.
Highlight of till year's enter
tainment will again feature the 115
piece bund and marching units ot
Uie Wclttonians of Oakland, Orien
tal Band of the Ben All Temple of
Sacramento, the Sixth Army Band
of the Presidio of San Francisco
and many other well known enter
talnersi of Northern California.
A special fan train to Aahlund
and return, on Saturday leaving
Dunsmulr at t:00 a.m., and return
ing at 6:00 p.m.,. In lime for the
evening festivities, street dancing
on Friday and Saturday night. Sat
urday afternoon and evening folk
dancing in the elementary school
A special feature of the celebro-
HAIRCUT8
TOKYO iv Barbers In Yamagu
chl, western Honshu, are selling
haircut on Uie Installment plan.
Customers can get as many hair
cut as needed throughout Uie year,
and pay the bill In monthly installment.
FRONT END
ALIGNMENT
SPECIAL
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BOB MEST
522 8. 6lh
Pbeoe glsl
Hon will be a big extravagant In
the local baseball park by tlx
Saturday, the Grand Parade will
be held at 12:00 noon on Sunday.
A TRIO OF DANCERS from fhe A and I club are shown here rehearsing for the June 20 folk
dance (eitival to be held al (ha armory from I fo 5 p.m. The festival, which it open to the
public at no charge for either tpaclatort or danceri, is iponsored by the A and I club. The
Minute club and the city recreation department. Thii it the first such dance meeting to be held
in Klamath Fails. From left to right, Shirley Mayhaw, Bill Clark and Alma Hodton.
Velde Probes Seattle Reds
SEATTLE lP House Red hunt
ers swung Into the aecond day of
a Seattle hearing Tuesday alter
a trio ol opening dav witnesses, In
cluding a atolc-knitiliig steelwork
er, invoked Fifth Amendment Im
munity, The afternoon session Monday
also was punctuated by a witness'
bitter denunciation ot Uie House
Un-American Activities Committee
and a aubsequent llureup over his
"Joe Must Go" button.
One of the balky trio, former
shipyard craftsman Carl Harvey
Jacklns, 38, Seattle, touched olf
the Filth Ainemdment pleas with
a atrlng of at least 25 Identical
repllea that Included the phrase
"I cannot bo forced lo bear wit
ness against myaell."
Among Uie questions he relused
lo answer on grounds of possible
self-incrimination was one asking
whether he ever had been a Red
spy. or had engaged In espionage
In Seattle.
The afternoon was replete with
tnroy harodh, ml, comfort end h9D'ta4
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Fumuhtd Sleeping and HoottkMOing
Cab-m wffh ad modem (oclliit.
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Bt IM -a Httald Nawa.
THE FINANCING
with a Real Estate Loan from
the U.S. National Bank
Plan the financing of your new home as carefully as you
choose the house itself. A U.S. National Bank real estate
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fc Na araaaymant penalties.
fc Na brokerage faas ar cammlsslan ehargas. .' ,
k Van may ehaasa yaur awn Insurant agent.
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KLAMAID FALLS BRANCH
, tlATIOIlAL OAtJK
shouting, bickering and angry
charges.
Will H. Parry, 31, Seattle, listed
recently as acting Northwest edi
tor of the Dally Peoples World,
cslled the committee hended by
Rep. Velde (R-III) "unconstitution
al" and an "Inquisitional proceed
ing." It was Parry's half-dollar slut
"Joe Musi Go" button that prom
pted committeeman Rep. Scherer
(R-Ohioi lo remark that "my opin
ion Is thst if people like you con
tinue to wear such bottons, Joe will
never go."
The alogan was one used In con
nection with the recent unsuccess
ful recall movement in Wisconsin
against Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
CONFERENCE
SEOUL. Gen. James A. Van
Fleet conlerred with U.N. economic
coordinator C. Tyler Wood today
as he wound up a second visit to
study South Korea's military need.
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