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n THE TRADING POST at the Camp Fire Girli summer camp at Lake of the Woods was a busy
' spot whan this picture was taken. The girls took over Camp Esther Applegate on July 10 and
will remain until July 31. After that time the Girl Scouts, co-owners and operators of the lake
tide camp, will take over. '
In The'
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Br FRANK JENKINS
President Elsenhower tells bis
news conference in Washington
this morning that the Indochina
truce has some undesirable tea'
tures but that he is glad an end
of the Sighting has been reached.
He adds:
The Indochina settlement may
get the tree world to look lacts in
the lace and determine wnai sac
rifices It would be willing to make
In the cause of preserving free
dom. Let's put It a little more blunt-
Iv than that.
When the pinch came in Indo
f china, our allies RAN OUT ON
' US AND LEFT US HOLDING
THE BAG. They said in effect
that they'd rather give all of Asia
to the communists than to risk .in
volvement in a shooting war to
STOP the communists.
Fortunately we found out in
time that our allies would rather
; risk losing their freedom than to
fight for it. So we were able to
!; pull 'back before getting involved
'! in another shooting war in Asia.
That IS something to be tnank
1 ful for.
( For the moment at least, let's
! get away .from, the mess that Is
: Asia and talk about pleasanter
things closer home.
S At Blossom Gulch, over In Coos
I county, they're building a fine
- new schoolhouse. It's so hand-
- some that it's causing the people
t to give a look at the name of
their community. As a result of
the look, this question is being
asked:
"Shall our children be com
pelled to say to all the world
that they go to school in a place
; called BLOSSOM GULCH?
Bill Tugman of the Eugene
Register-Guard was inclined at
first to disagree with them. His
' reaction was that Blossom Gulch
is a nice name, with pleasant con-
. notations. "To us, he said, mak
ing use of the editorial WE, "It
suggested a pleasant little canyon
with verdant slopes where the
children can run and play in the
blossoms and be close to nature.
But, he adds, he went on and
did a little researcn, wnicn ais-
closed that Blossom Gulch was
named for a pioneer logger named
Blossom who did bull-team log-
glng in the area back In the days
when loggers used Duns in tneir
business instead of , "cats."
That rather took the romance
out of it. s
I think this might be a . good
,time to relate again the story
(perhaps apocryphal) of Yonna
Valley, over here in the high coun
try. Its original name was Alkali
Flat, and in the rugged early
, days that appeared appropriate
enough. But with the passage of
time and the coming of new pop-
: lation it began to seem to the
residents of the area that Alkali
Flat didn't quite fit into their
aspirations for the future.
;- So they called a meeting to con
sider a new name. Many new
names were proposed, but none
seemed to fit the situation fully
until an aged Indian arose In the
'rear of the room and suggested
the name of Yonna Valley.
It was euphonious. It tripped
easily from the tongue. It
"sounded nice." So the meeting
voted without further delay to
adopt it as the new name for
Alkali Flat.
The vote was unanimous.
Just as the meeting was break
ing up, somebody asked the aged
Indian:
"What does Yonna mean In the
Indian tongue?"
He answered succlntly:
. "Him mean ALKALI." .
But the name Yonna Valley
stuck. It ; really is a beautiful
name, and everybody has been sat--lsfied
with it ever since. Maybe
'the folks over In Blossom Gulch in
Coos county might solve their prob
lem by finding out what the In
dians called the place.
"it BATTLES
f BOMBAY (J) Bombay authori
ties imposed a dusk-to-dawn cur
few Wednesday after pitched street
battles between police and rioting
students in which 125 persons were
. Injured. A policeman was reported
killed.
Union Officials Authorize
Northwest Pine Walkouts
PORTLAND, Ore. W) AFL
lumber and sawmill workers have
been authorized to strike pine op
erations in four Pacific Northwest
states, union officials announced.
Kenneth Davis, secretary of the
union's Northwest council, said
Tuesday that strikes could be ex
pected In the pine industry of Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana unless operators grant pay
increases.
The union, acting jointly with
the CIO Woodworkers, is seeking a
12 - cent hourly pay Increase.
Management generally has con
tended it could not afford addi
tional costs and has offered to re
new the old contract.
The two unions have been on
strike for the past month against
the Douglas fir industry of Oregon
and Washington.
Indochina Aid
Halted By U. S.
WASHINGTON Wl -r- All ship
ments of U. S. military' goods to
Indochina have been halted as a
result of the armistice agreement.
Sen, Slrksen (R-Ill) and Ma.
Gen. George Stewart, in charge of
military aid programs for the De
fense Department, told newsmen
Wednesday orders have gone out
to halt any cargoes ready for ship
ment and divert ships already at
sea.
Dlrksen said ships bearing mili
tary cargoes have been ordered to
put in at the nearest U. S. con
trolled or friendly port.
He added that no decision has
been made on shipments not strict
ly military in character, but he
understands Foreign Aid Director
Harold stassen Is now studying this
problem in the light of the armi
stice terms.
Since 1951 the United States has
appropriated about $2,300,000,000 to
help finance France and Viet Nam
fight the war against the Reds in
Indochina.
At the Pentagon, defense offi
cials said not all of the money
voted by Congress had actually
been spent before the cease-fire
agreement was signed at Geneva.
Making a quick check of the war
costs to this country, these offi
cials estimated about $1,800,000,000
to $2,000,000000 of materials have
been shipped to Indochina.
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REPORTING TO WORK at Attorney George Proctor's office
in the Melhase building is his secretary, Ooralyn Part on (left).
Her escort for the early morning trek was Jeane Hilton, who
lives at 536 Pine.
Other developments in the strike
Tuesday Included: '
1. The AFL union and the W. A.
Woodard Lumber Co., Cottage
Grove, Ore., reached an agree
ment returning 250- men to work.
Terms of the agreement could not
be learned immediately.
2. Violence was ' reported at
picket line at the Weyerhaeuser
plant at Springfield, Ore. A com
pany spokesman said Magnus Bol
ken, an" employe, suffered an eye
cut and a nose Injury as he tried
to cross a CIO picket line.
3. Harvey Nelson, president of
the CIO union's Columbia River
District Council, denied a report
by the Pacific Northwest Loggers
Assn. that reduced log inventories
now would cause winter mill shut
downs. Nelson said there will be
plenty of logs if the strike ends
oeiore winter.
4. An official of the AFL local
at Toledo, Ore., reported that
tentative agreement was reached
with the C. D. Johnson Lumber
Co., which employs 150 men.
Union members will vote on the
agreement Friday.
6. A hearing on arguments by
the M & M Wood Working Co.'s
netltion to Drevent AFL mill men
from picketing its three plywood
nlants in Oregon ana one in uaiu-
ornia ended. A decision on the case
is expeoted Thursday. . . ,
Basin Hit By
Light Frost
Temperatures dropped to below
freezing at several points in the
Klamath Basin early this morning
but most farmers expected no ser
ious damage to crops.
The coldest spot reported was in
Butte Valley where the district
ranger station at Mt. Hebron listed
a low of 27.
The field station at Tulelake re
ported a warm 35 but It was feared
that the temperatures in the Frog
Pond and Panhandle areas may
have been considerably cooler.
A thermometer in a spud field
on the Lea Porterfleld ranch near
Dairy dropped to 28 shortly after
4, a.m.
Many irrigating crews worked all
night in an effort to wet the ground
and keep the air moist in the Tule
lake and Butte Valley districts.
Airplanes were also out early keep
ing the air stirred up and conslde-
erable smudging was reported.
. Mm Fira Cento It races KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1954 Telephone 1111 No. 2888 ,
Knowland
Urges Atom
WASHINGTON-GIT i- Majority
Leader Knowland (Calif) called
Wednesday for an around-t h e
clock session, of the Senate, if
necessary, to complete action on
atomic legislation.
He punctuated his statement by
directing the sergeant-at-arms to
haul -in cots from nearby cloak
rooms and corridors for possible
use.
"We're not going 'to have one or
two votes. We're going to finish
this bill if we have to stay all
night to do it," Knowland said as
the Senate began its eighth day
of debate on the atomic bill.
Opponents of President Eisen
hower's directive to the Atomic
Energy Commission to hign a con
tract with a private utility group
to supply power in the Tennessee
Valley Authority area informally
agreed to a test vote on this key
issue . at a meeting late Tuesday
night.
But Sen. Gore (D-Tenn), quar
terback for this group, and Sen.
Morse (Ind-Oro insisted they
would prolong debate if they did
not win the first round.
Knowland recessed the Senate
Tuesday night after he received
word of the understanding that a
vote would come sometime Wed
nesday on the big issule at con
troversy. Faced with a showdown, Gore
and other foes of the contract pro
posal combed Republican ranks for
support. Gore conceded his forces
needed that help.
President Eisenhower,' mean,
while. Indicated at his news con.
lerence Wednesday that he is
standing behind his plan for a new
steam generated electric power
plant in the TV A region,
Eisenhower said he is working
for the United States and not one
little area.
Tennant Log
Camp Closed
Long-Bell Lumber Company's
entire mill and woods operation
is shut down in Siskiyou County,
California, with the closing this
morning of the logging operation
at Tennant. It normally employes
about 200 men.
Pickets from Long-Bell's Weed
operation, which closed Tuesday
at 1 p.m. when employes refused
to cross a picket line formed by
strikers from Oregon Coast AFL
Lone-Bell plants, were at the Ten
nant plant before the 8 a.m. shift
arrived.
There are more than 1000 em
ployes In the two Long-Bell plants
and two logging operations, Long-
Bell normally operates at Tennant,
Weed and Etna. The latter oper
ation closed yesterday.
Tow pickets appeared before 8
a.m., California time, at the Dorris
Lumber and Moulding Company
at Dorris. Some 14 employes
crossed the picket line and two
machines are working today, ac
cording to Claude Olsen, manage
ment spokesman.
The two pickets were Identified
as former employes of the Dorris
Lumber and Moulding Company
plant at Sacramento. The Sacra
mento operation is working a full
crew behind picket lines. Of the
58 regular employes, more than
50 are working. The men who re
fused to cross the picket line have
been replaced.
The Dorris plant employs be
tween 60 and 65 men.
Eugene Metal
Strike Called
EUGENE Wl AFL sheet metal
workers In the Eugene-Springfield
area are on strike against 15 shops.
Pickets appeared Tuesday, . mark
ing breakdown of three months of
negotiations.
One of the Issues Is termination
date of the contract: The union
wants to continue July 1, which Is
In the midst of the construction
season, and employers seek Jan. 1,
in the relatively quiet building sea
son. C. H. Cooper, secretary of the
Contractors Assn., said a pay in
crease of 21 cents an hour, putting
the minimum at (2.89 had been
offered. Joe Willis, secretary of the
Building Trades Council, said the
hotter, while made, was later with-
drawn.
The two were in dispute over
whether 35 or 60 were on strike
Legislation
Indochina Peace
Considered Red
Victorv Bv U.S.
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By JOHN M. IlIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON Wl The nego
tiated end of the war. in Indochina
is generally regarded here as a
victory for the Communists and
a defeat for the free world.
It halts a direct billlon-dollar-a.
year drain of money and arms on
the United Slates.
But it also creates an urgent
need to shore up non-Communist
areas of Southeast Asia which will
almost certainly Impose new bur
dens on this country and Its allies
and absorb some or all of the Indo
china savings.
v U. 8. government officials have
been talking with French leaders
for several weeks about getting out
of Red areas all arms and equip
ment which French and native
anti-Communist force's have been
equipped wllh. It is understood the
French have given assurance this
will be done.
It was learned, meanwhile, that
Long Period
Of War Ended
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The end of the shooting in In6o
ohlna will mark one of the few
periods that vie world has been
free of full.-sle war since peo, S,
1934, when MussOlini s Italian
troops clashed with Ethiopian sol-
dlers on the irontier oi nispuiea
Somaliland.
By the time the Ethiopian fight
ing ended May 5. 1936, Hitler had
broken the Lcarno pact by sending
troops Into the demilitarized Rhine
land. The Spanish Civil war raged
from July 17, 1936 until March 28,
1939. Elsewhere in Europe, Nazi
troops already were on the march.
Germany declared war on Poland
Sept. 1, 1939 and World War II
was on.
Ho Cht Minn's Communist-led
Vletmlnh forces rose against the
French garrison at Hanoi Dec, 19,
1946, touching off the Indochina
War only 12 days before President
Truman officially proclaimed
peace with the Axis powers.
But there is still not full peace.
Mounting unrest in North Africa
has forced France to rush troop
reinforcements to Tunisia. Mau
Mau terrorists kill and are killed
in the British Crown colony of Ken
ya. Red-led guerrillas ngnt on
against the British in Malaya.
Peace terms In Korea remain to
be signed. Border hostilities be
tween Jews and Arabs in Pales
tine, off and on again since 1948,
have yet to be checked.
Reds To Free
Americans
GENEVA m The Chinese
Communists have agreed to re
lease six Americans held In Red
China following negotiations In Ge
neva, the U.S. delegation an
nounced Wednesday.
The United States announce
ment said:
"The Chinese Communist repre
sentatives have stated further that
the cases of other detained Amer
icans are still under review."
American officials here believe
the Chinese Reds are holding tn
prison or otherwise detaining about
24 additional Americans.
Those to be released were named
as Ernest Hotz, Reuben Lenzer,
Linus Lombard, John B. Maye,
Lawrence Mullin and Alfred Peter
Pattison.
Maye is the Rev. John B. Maye,
a Roman Catholic missionary
from Scranton, Pa. Roman Catho
lic headquarters In Hong King re
ported three weeks ago that he
had been held under house arrest
in Chang sh a for 10 months.
Lombard is also a Roman Cath
olic priest. He was last reported
waiting at Ichang for permission
to leave Red China.
Lombard's home address and the
home towns of the others were not
available.
American officials here notified
the Peiping regime that 15 Chinese
students now In the United States,
who have,been detained, have now
been told they are free to go.
AIR CRASH
FAIRPORD, England W A
V. S. Air oPrce Btratojet bomber
crashed) near hers Tuesday night,
killing one of its four crewmen
and Injuring the other three.
m
the American and Allied govern
menta are planning shortly to is
sue declarations of Intent to form
eventually a collective defense for
Southeast Asia and warning the
Communists not to undertake any
new aggression in that area. Such
action' has been discussed with
number of friendly governments
ana reports toaay were mai n naa
been substantially agreed upon.
DIVISION .
The United States .and Britain.
however, are still divided over the
timing of actual formation. Author
ities estimate it will be many
months beiore the projected de
fense system can be set up. The
United states would have nreferred
quicker action out Britain is an
lous to hold the cooperation of In
dia to the fullest extent possible
and consequently has been mov
ing cautiously.
American officials studying the
Indochina settlement signed today
said privately Its impact will reach
lar beyond Southeast Asia and
probably will be felt throughout
the whole range of relations be
tween the Communist and non-
communist blocs.
Here are some of the potential
results which may develop:
Red China Authorities here ex
pect that the French government
of Premier Pierre Mendes-France,
having succeeded in ending the
Indochina war, will soon Tecognlze
the Communist China regime as
Britain has done. This Is expected
to Increase pressure for eventually
seating Red China In the United
Nations over U. 8. opposition,
EDC VOTE
European Defense Community
Mendes-France has promised to
place the EDO Treaty before the
French Assembly for a vote prior
to adjournment next month. But
French opposition to German re
armament -under this proposed
pact remains strong. Also, It may
be considerably boosted by a feel
ing that the ending of the Indo
china fighting will lessen the dan
ger of Communist assault on Eu
rope. Russian diplomacy The Red3
are expected to play even more
loudly the role of crusaders for
peace, citing their willingness to
negotiate a settlement at deneva
as evidence of sincerity. This very
likely will make a big Impression
in Europe and even more in Asia.
In Washington's view the inao-
china settlement constitutes a Com
munist victory. One reason Is that
it adds a large, productive terri
tory and millions of people to the
Communist bloc.
Furthermore, the Reds have
gained a secure base from which
to conduct their classic combina
tion of Infiltration, political pres
sures and propaganda on the rest
of Indochina southern Viet Nam,
Laos and Cambodia.
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Will
USING FOSSILS AND CHARTS to illustrate, Elmo Stevemon, (far right) president of Southern
Oregon College, discussed the genesis of the Klamath Basin and adjacent territory at a lunch
eon meeting of the Fertilizer Conference. Shown with him at Jen-Ed's era (seated, from left).
Ray Pendleton, OSC, master of ceremonies; F. T. Tremblay, Seattle, chairman of the Soil Com
mittee of th Pacific Northwest Plant Food Association; (standing, same order) Al Halvor
son, Klamath Experimental Station, co-chairman of tha program committee with Ben McCollum,
Simplot Soil Builders, Inc., Pocttallo, Idaho.
Ike Still
Seeks Asia
Defense Pact
WASHINGTON Wl President
Elsenhower, commenting on the
Indochina cease-fire agreement.
said Wednesday he does not be
lieve the Communists want war at
this time.
Elsenhower said In a formal
statement at his news conference
the agreement "contains features
which we do not like but a great
deal depends on how they work in
practice."
He said the United States Is
working actively with other free
nations to organize rapidly a "col
lective defense in Southeast Asia
In order to prevent further direct
or indirect Communist aggression
in mat general area."
Although the President said he
didn't wish to discuss Indochina
beyond the formal statement, be
cause of the delicacy of the situa
tion, he did say later on that if
there la one good to come out of
the settlement It la this:
It may get the free world to look
facts in the face and determine
what sacrifices it would be willing
to maxe in tne cause of preserv
ing freedom.
The President told newsmen this
nation waa putting out a statement
at Geneva to the effect that it
would not use force to disturb the
Indochina settlement.
He said the statement ays "any
renewal of Communist aggression
would be viewed by us as a matter
of grave concern.
Asked whether he attached any
significance to the apparent faot
that for the first time in two dec
ades there Is no war going on
somewhere in the world, Elsen
hower said he never had felt the
Communist world wants war at
this time except in satellite ex
cursions. He Indicated, however, that he
expects the Reds to continue using
deceit and subversion as well as
secret, well-financed conspiracies
to gain its ends.
To a question or whether ne
thought there was "any element
of appeasement" in the cease-fire
tn Indochina, as suggested by
some Congress members, the chief
executive said he hesitated to use
such words as they mean different
things to different people.
He added the agreement was not
entirely satisfactory to us, that it
was not what we'd lute to nave,
but that If there is no better plan,
he Is not going to criticize what
lias been done.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair through Thursday:
llrlsk northerly winds. High Thurs
day 78: low Wednesday night 38.
Ilieh yesterday 83
Low lust night ....41
rreclp. last 24 hours b 0
Since laat Oct. 1 14.15
Hume period last year .......... M. 87
Normal for period 12.33
:n :
13 Million
Indochinese
Lost To Reds
BULLETIN
LONDON Wl Red China's
Premier Chou En-Lal and Soviet
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
declared Wednesday night the Ge
n e v a agreement on Indochina
points the way for a similar set
tlement in Korea.
GENEVA tn France and the
three associated states of Indochl
na signed armistice agreements
with the Communists Wednesday
that extend the Iron Curtain
around north Viet Mam, a land of,
13 million. The United States
warned It would view "with grave
concern" any revival of aggression
violating the agreements.
The warning was delivered by
U. S. Undersecretary of State
Walter Bedell Smith at the closing
session of the conference in the
Palace of Nations after other dele,
gates hod taken note of a final
declaration wrapping up the vari
ous paots to end the Ta-year-old
war. ,
It wag taken as clear notice to
the Asian Communists that the
United States Intends to proceed
with Its old plans for establish
ment of a security system In
Southeast Asia.
DECLARATION
Repeating a declaration made
three days ago that the United
'States would not Use force to dis
turb the agreements. Smith said
It would regard any fresh aggres
sion In the Indochina theater as
"seriously threatening peace and
security.-: He said the United
8tates would still seek United Na
tions supervision of elections to
be held in Viet Nam, though the
Communists have rejected such
supervision.
"The United Btates relteratel
Its traditional position that peo.
plea are entitled to determine their
own future and that It will not
join In an arrangement which would
hinder this,.". Smith 4old the coo- .
'lerence. .
u. s, Hope
He said the United States shared
the hope that the armistice agree
ments signed Wednesday would
permit the three associated states,
Cambodia, Laos and Viet Nam.
"to play their part In full Inde
pendence and sovereignty. In the
peaceful community of nations,
and will enable the peoples of that
area to determine their own fu
ture." Smith told the conference tha
United States was not prepared
to "Join in a declaration by the
conference such as la submitted."
The United States, he said, la re
solved to devote its efforts to the
strengthening of peace "in accor
dance with the principles and pur
poses of the United Nations."
AGREEMENTS
The final declaration of tha
conference was a three-page docu
ment, listing in 13 paragraphs tha
various agreements reached here
tor establishing peace.
concerning the partition line of
Viet Nam, roughly along the 17th
parallel, the final declaration said
the essential purpose of the Viet
namese agreement was "to settle
military questions with a view to
ending hostilities and the military
demarcation line should not be in
any way be Interpreted as consti
tuting a political or territorial
boundary,"