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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1954)
IS 9 raw mmm In The' Daft lews By FRANK JENKINS Another international conference appears to be In the offing. Highly placed diplomatic author ties in Washington say this morn ing that an announcement is ex pected shortly of a Southeast Asia DEFENSE conference to be attended by the United States, Britain and other "friendly" na tions. It is expected to begin late next month. II will probably be held somewhere in the Asian area. What would it do? ITS AIM WOULD BE TO PRE VENT FURTHER RED CON QUESTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. - How? When nobody Is willing to fight to PREVENT the spread of com munism And the reds know it S And when the reds themselves are willing and eager to fight to SPREAD COMMUNISM OVER THE WORLD Just how is a conference of na tions that aren't willing to fight going to prevent further Ted con quests in Southeast Asia? This is the only answer I can think of: I wouldn't know. This, however, Is worth remem bering: Attila and Genghis Khan weren t stopped by conferences. They, were stopped by hard, bloody fighting. This, I think, is a possibility to which we'd better be giving some serious thought: If we're going to have to fight communism ALONE, can we af ford to be spread thin all over the world? But let's get closer home. Klamath Falls and Klamath County are presently considering this problem: Shall we or shall we not hire a paid professional manager (at a reported salary of $7,000 a year) to run our United Fund? In community matters such as this, everyone should speak up f reelv and frankly. So I'll lead off. I think we'd better not. let's put it this way: The United Fund is a community enterprise. The money to support it is contributed voluntarily by people who could USE THE MONEY THEMSELVES but are willing to part with it to help com munity projects to wh'j-h hundreds of other people are contributing time and energy and leadership. I'm afraid that if we go on hiring professionals to carry on our com munity betterment projects the people who put up the money will get tired and quit giving. That could happen. Basin 'Cold Snap' Eases Butte Valley appeared to be the coolest spot in the Klamath Basin for the second night of the "cold snap." . , Temperatures were considerably higher than Tuesday night and no damage to crops was reported. The Mt. Hebron Ranger Station recorded a low of 29. Tulelake 40, and Foe Valley from 38 to 42. Weyerhaeuser Meetings Fail PORTLAND Wl First local plant negotiations between Weyer haeuser Timber Co. and the CIO International Woodworkers failed , at Longview, Wash., Wednesday to bring any change in the lumber strike, and the two sides moved to Raymond, Wash., Thursday for another local-plant talk. That was the only formal negoti ating session on schedule. It was arranged by Clyde Deal, federal mediator, after Weyerhaeuser told employes it would negotiate only on the local level. In the past, CIO employes have had company-wide negotiations. In the present talks, the regional union committee is acting for the local unions. Expectation of a ruling Thursday on M and M Woodworking Co.'s request for an injunction against AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work ers' picketing the firm's Oregon and California plywood plants, failed to develop. Judge James W. Crawford, who heard arguments here, said he had asked attorneys to cite additional authorities and his opinion likely won't be ready before Monday. George' Weyerhaeuser said at Springfield that he was going to seek an injunction against what he called Illegal picketing at the Weyerhaeuser plant there. He said it was prompted by "violence and threats of violence." A non-union employe In a semi-supervisory job was punched in the face Tuesday as he went through the picket line. Oregon Gov. Paul Patterson said at Coos Bay, where he attended the Oregon American Legion con vention, that he planned to talk with both sides to see if he could help in reaching a settlement in the strike which started June 31 on the union's demand for a 12 r cent hourly pay Increase and op erators' offer only to renew the existing contract. Price Five Cents 28 Fun HtMl . I ML VMM t. VJJT I- UJLLU if ( ' lII i H. E. HAUGER AND H.J. WIN DE H. E. Hauger Sells Buick Agency Started In 7923 Sale of the pioneer Hauger Buick automobile agency to Jim Winde, former Buick dealer at Newport, was announced today by H. E. Hauger. The successor firm will be known as Jim Winde Buick Company. "Herb" Hauger was the dean of Klamath automobile dealers. He secured the Buick franchise and opened the agency June 33, 1923 and has been Buick agent contin uously since. He came to Klamath first on Ike To Attend Dedication WASHINGTON M President Elsenhower Thursday accepted an invitation to attend the dedication of McNary Dam on the Columbia River Sept. 33. The White House announced the President, who expects to be va cationing in Denver at that time, will arrive at the dam between Walla Walla, Wash.: and Pendle ton, Ore.: about 10:30 a.m. (PST) on the day of the dedication. Tbe announcement said the Pres ident will speak at the ceremony. The subject was not disclosed. The President received an in vitation to take part in the dedica tion earlier this week from Sen. Cordon R.-Ore.) and other mem bers of the Washington and Ore gon congressional delegation, Oregon Republicans have been eager to have the President visit their state in the hope he will help Cordon's re election cam paign. Renewed Red Drive Eyed WASHINGTON Wl - Top U.S. officials believe the Kremlin will follow up the Indochina peace agreementiwilh a reinforced drive to break the Western powers' anti Communist alliance. They expect an early and vigo rous renewal of Soviet proposals made at Berlin early this year for an all-European defense treaty in which Russia would join. That plan was offered as an alternative to the European Defense Community treaty which the United States strongly urges as a means of per mitting West German rearmament with French approval. And there is considerable con cern here that the Indochina agree ment may throw European peoples off guard and thus make Soviet policies and propaganda aimed at a key point of the Western defense system more attractive. Washington would like to see Western unity tightened and strengthened In the wake of the Geneva settlement. In fact. Presi dent Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles give every evidence of regarding this as essential If the security of the non-Communist world Is to be held against relent less expansive pressure of the Communist world. Weather . FORECAST Klamath Fall and vicinity: Fair through Friday. High Friday 80; low Thursday night 60. Hlnh yesterday 86 Low last night ...43 Precip. last 24 hours . 0 Since Oct. 1 M Same period last year -Normal for period ,, .14.87 ..12.48 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, rrvp i February 12. 1909 to work on the Ellis and Albright "Seven Mile4 Ranch ' at Fort Klamath. After year there he moved to Portland and then returned here in 1916. At that time he represented Well. man Peck and company, wholesale grocery firm of San Francisco, covering an area from Red Bluff to Alturas to Ashland. He con tinued in this business until open ing the auto agency in 1923. The agency opened with the Star Car as well as Buick. He also has been the agent lor Olds- mobile.1 GMC truoks and was Pontlao-service agency during World War II. Hauger has been active in com munity affairs as well as automo tive. He has been an active mem ber of Realties Golf and Country Club; the Klamatli Falls Rotary Club since 1924; a member of the Elks Lodge for 37 years; a Ma son since 1915; and a charter mem ber of the Klamath Gun Club, "I have known Jim Winde for the past five years, and am happy to pass the Buick dealership into his hands. I recommend him to all the Buick owners ill the Basin. "I appreciate the fine business that Klamatn people nave given us over the years and have tried to fulfill my obligation to these cus tomers by turning the agency over to a man of Winde's caliber," Hauger said. Jim Winde has bandied Buick at Newport lor the past five years. He was born and raised in Ever ett, Washington, and was in tne auto business there prjor to mov ing to Newnort. He is a graduate of the Univer sity of Washington ana served wun the Navy overseas during World War II. Winde is a bachelor. "I have visited Klamath many times and am very enthusiastic about the country, I've enjoyed Klamath from a recreational hunt ing and fishing standpoint; I've enjoyed being a Buick dealer; now I'm looking forward to getting acquainted with the fine people of this Klamath country," Winde said. . . Three Killed In Explosion CRANBURY, N. J. I A ter rific explosion blew a building to bits at the Unexcelled Chemical Co. plant Thursday, killing at least three workers and injuring nine others. The firm, one of the state's largest fireworks manuiactuers, had been working on government munitions contracts exclusively in recent months, a spokesman said. It was the nation's third fatal blast In a similar installation with in a week. At least 13 persons were killed last Friday In explo sions in Chicago and Chestertown, Md. State Pollre Lt. William Saw yer, regional civilian defense co ordinator for central New Jersey, said the blast occurred in a build ing loaded with fuses that had been rejected by the U. S. Army. He said the three victims were in the structure preparing the faulty fuses for removal by, the Army next week. ' Benjamin Crowley, assistant to the President of Unexcelled, said the firm was operating under gov ernment contracts to make muni tions. He said 300 persons were at work at the time of the explo sion. Two of the victims were tenta tively Identified as: Joseph La mantis, 45, and John Lamantia, 40. There was no Immediate indica tion of what caused the blast. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1954 Western Nat Asian Allits WASHINGTON Wl The Urn. States, Britain and other friendi. nations have agreed to call an international conference late next month to write a defensive al liance designed to protect the non-Communist lands of Southeast Asia against Communist conquest. Highly placed diplomatic auth orities said an announcement of the .meeting Is expected shortly. The agreement was reached, these officials said, among Secre tary of state Dulles, Undersecre tary Walter Bedell Smith, British Foreign secretary Eden and oth ers at Geneva after it became certain that the fighting in Indo china would be ended by ne gotiated peace with the Commun ists. ' ' .. Some officials told a reporter Ike Reports U.S. Fiscal Year Deficit WASHINGTON W President Elsenhower announced Thursday the government "made a better showing than expected" In the fis cal year just ended by winding up $3,029,000,000 In the red on June 30. That was a deficit of a quarter of a billion dollars less than El senhower had predicted for the fiscal year 1954 in his January budget message. It was $6,893,000, 000 less than former President Truman forecast for the same year in his final budget. And it was $6,411,000,000 below the 89.449.000.000 by which the gov ernment overspent Its Income the year before. The presidential announcement, based on the Treasurery's state ment of the nation's finances on June 30, closing day of-the fiscal year, was handed to reporters- by Presidential Press Secretary James Hagerty. The 1 Hi per cent reduction from the deficit predicted in January when the fiscal year was half done was achieved, Eisenhower said, despite a sharp fall in the government's income under the predicted level. The government's receipts In the 12 months' ended June 30 ran 3 billion dollars lower than predict ed, tne president said, hut the ad ministration meanwhile whacked spending 3 Vt billion dollars below what had been forecast. That made the deficit a quarter of a billion dollars less than had been expected. The Treasury's year-end figures showed that fiscal 1954 tax re ceipts from Individual 1 n o o m e taxes were a billion dollars less than previously estimated and that cooperation tax receipts were down over 1 V, billion dollars. The hulk of the spending cut, about 2 r billion dollars of lt, was In national security outlays of all kinds, with direct military outlays absorbing the biggest cut. The reduction of the fiscal. 1954 deficit to nearly three billion do! lars, Eisenhower said, takes the administration "two-thirds of the way" toward balancing the bud get. He was referring to the nearly 10 billion dollars deficit predicted for the year when tbe Elsenhower administration took over. v . .err. .1 t .---.-. . . . m . CHECKING A LONG LIST of details which must b taken car of before members of the Oregon Gasoline Dealer Association Inc. arrive for their stata board meeting are officials of the local chapter, (from leftl F. O. (Red) Reynolds, vice president; Ray Reeves, president; Paul Coleman, secretary treasurer of the Klamath Falls chapter and second vice president of the state organization. The board meeting will be held Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25, with htaeJauarers a the Winema Hotel. , Telephone aiming inference e meeting probably will be held some place in the Asian area and that the level of . representation- foreign ministers of persons of lesser rank- is yet to be deter mined. The United States originally proposed that 10 nations make up the Southeast Asia treaty organi zation, iney were the United States, Britain, France. Australia. New Zealand, Thailand, The Phil ippines and the Indochinese states of Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. The British wanted to bring in as many additional Asian nations as possible, including India, Bur ma and Pakistan. The makeup of the projected meeting remains to be worked out. If Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam are permitted by the Indochina peace terms to agree to attend they will undoubtedly be Included. But even If it is finally decided they cannot attend, American of ficials said privately that the de fensive alliance can be written to protect them as well as countries like Thailand which would be members. Britain has been deeply con cerned to obtain India's coopera tion so far a3 possible and it Is understood that the London gov ernment is planning to consult with Indian Prime Minister Nehru as well as friendly governments of other Asian nations, in the hope of obtaining their sympathetic understanding and moral support if not their outright participation. In fact, the participation of Pa kistan has been considered prob able. Because of the British govern ment's "go slow" attitude arising out of Britain's solicitude for In dia, it had been generally ex pected in diplomatic quarters here until Thursday morning that no conterence could be beld for sev eral months at least. To fill ' the gap, the Western governments and Far Eastern co operating countries bad agreed to Issue in a few days a declaration stating their intention to negotiate a pact, r ' f- Informants said that the doclar-t ation plan has now been replaced by the plan to can tne conterence much earlier than had previously been considered possible. Youth Concert To Be Held Some 30 youths from Boys Town of the West will present a con cert In Klamath Falls Saturday night under the sponsorship of Aerie 2090, FOE. Camp Columbia, as the town is called, is sponsored by all West Coast FOE aeries, and is de signed as a home for delinquent boys. The organization Is modeled along the lines of Boys Town, where care and training are given UVJTH 111 I1CCU. The first structure of the town, located at White Salmon, Wash ington, Is now under construction. All costs of the town are raised by donation. The site comprises some 80 acres of land. The show and concert, open to all Eagles and guests, will be held In the upper hall of the lodge. Anyone having a spare bedroom which they would donate for a boy's use Saturday night is urged to call the lodge at 6625. JO j 9 O'clock SfiJ TALKING OVER THE STORE'S SALE this morning were O. H. Kienitz and Gerald Brown, manager and assistant manager of J. J. Newberry Company, 825 Main St. Results Of Geneva Meeting Defended By PARIS (ffl Smiling and looking relaxed, Premier Pierre Mendes- France returned home from Ge neva today to present to the French Assembly the Indochina cease-fire he promised a month ago to win from the Communists. His DCS military plane touched down at Villa Coublay Airport and a few minutes later Mendes-France stepped out jauntily to greet about 150 persons, including members of his cabinet, his family and a corps of newsmen and photographers crowded about the ramp. The Premier lirst kissed his at- Death Claims: Oregon Editor PRINEVHjLE tn Death claimed Joe Thomison, 67, long-time Ore gon newspaperman, here Wednes day night as the Crook County Chamber of Commerce was pre paring a ' community recognition dinner for him. Thomison, who had been man ager of the chamber in recent years, began his newspaper career after his graduation from Stanford University in 1910 on the old Hood River Glacier. He became editor in 1912, holding the position until 1029. He was president of the Ore gon Newspaper Conference in 1926. He was associate editor of The Dalles Optimist from 1930 until 1941 and also published the Colum bia Valley Commerce, which work ed for construction of Bonneville Dam and improvement of Colum bia River navigation to The Dalles. Thomison worked during World War II as a publlo relations man for the Kaiser shipyards in Port land. He became editor of the Madras Pioneer in 1946 and moved here In 1948. Thomison entered a hospital here July 13 and sank rapidly. He had been in poor health for some time. Survivors Include the widow, Lucy, and five children by a pre vious marriage. r i.' 4 r r, 1 V LIHIITIIUI UT French Chief tractive wife, then moved on to greet other members of his family ana f inance Minister Edgar Faure acting Premier during his weeks of bargaining with the Communists In Geneva. Mendes-France made no state- ment before pushing" through the crowd to nis car and heading for a Cabinet meeting. The group about the plane had applauded politely as he stepped down but there was no other dem onstration. Leaving Geneva earlier today, Mendes-France said he bellnved the results of the conference were worm tne enorts we had made." "I have read," he said, "that yesterday was the first day of total peace in the world in many years. Addressing himself to "the men and women of the United States, whose love of peace is well known to my country," Mendes-France voiced the hope that "the world Is now entering a phase where the efforts of all governments will be more devoted every day to the re inforcement of this new and fragile peace and to the progress of man kind." Before he left Geneva Mendes - France heard the United Slates and Russia present last minute arguments for and against the International army plan to Tearm West Germany, First Russia's V. M. Molotov caught the French Premier's ear yesterday to remind him of Rus- 's objections to tne defense community Idea. The Soviet for eign minister apparently hoped the Reds' agreement to an Indochina peace at Geneva would persuade the French the Red bear now Is so docile German troops are not needed. But at dinner last night U. S. Undersecretary of State Walter Bedell Smith drew Mendes-France aside to remind him that the United States still feels the EDO the key to West Europe's ae- fense against Communist aggres sion. The French Premier also had a brief talk with British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden. Britain has joined the United States In urging that France give quick approval to the one-uniform army plan. KF Viaduct Surveyed Designs for the new viaduct over the South Sixth Street railroad tracks will get underway soon, Joe Toole, resident state high way engineer, said that survey crews, on the scene for several days, will complete their work at the viaduct the end of this week. The additional data will be sent the state highway department so that the modern, four lane bridge can be designed. Initial surveys have already been made, Toole said, and work this week has been concentrated on testing the bridge foundation and running lines for the new struc ture. , Construction is expected to start In the fiscal year beginning next July, Toole stated. Baschall Scores AMERICAN LEAGUE First game: Cleveland 300 002 0108 T 0 Boston 010 020 0003 T 4 Feller and Hegan; Sullivan, Heo. i M aad Wbfte. Debate On AEC Sought WASHINGTON Ifl -- Republican Leader Knowland (Calif) began taking soundings Thursday after noon on the possibility of limiting debate and breaking what he called "the full-fledged filibuster" In the Senate against the admin istration's atomic energy legisla tion. Critics of the bill had taken a whipping on one big Issue Pres ident Eisenhower's order for a new private power plant serving the TVA area and Knowland was confident of approval if he could get the measure to a final vote. The GOP leader told newsmen he had prepared a petition for cloture, as debate limitation is called, and already had "many more" than the 16 signatures re quired to present it to the Senate. For the petition to become ef fective, however, the move would have to get the support ot 84 sen ators. And in the past a sizeable group of Democrats always has bitterly opposed what they term "gag rule." Senate rules require ihat two calendar days must . elapse be tween the filing of a petition and a vote on it. Senate parliamen tarians have ruled that means 48 hours. This probably would prevent a cloture vote until sometime Satur day if the petition were filed -Thursday, The Senate had been In session since 10 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, and Knowland earlier had de clared grimly that he would hold it at Its work continuously until Sunday If necessary to get a vote. Most of the opponents of the bill declined to concede, despite tbe lengthy-debate, that there was a "filibuster." But Sen. Morse Ind-Ore who made a speech of six hours and 14 minutes against the bill, said he so considered it. "This is a filibuster,'' he said, "I never sail under false colors." Knowland recalled Morse's words in telling reporters ot his ' move toward possible debate lim itation. At 10 a.m. EDT) Thursday the 24-hour mark of the session- Morse was in the midst of a speech he had begun at 5:18 a.m. Fewer than half a dozen senators were In their seats and one ot the Sen ate's two women members, Ben.' Bowrlng (R-Neb), Was. In the pre siding officer's chair,. Court Dispute Meet Held SALEM tn Means of settling the dispute which has tied up Kla math County's circuit court were to be considered Thursday after noon by Oov, Paul L. Patterson, Chief Justice Earl C.' Latourette, Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton, and Glenn Jack, Oregon City, president of the State Bar. The Klamath County feud Is be tween Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg and Dlst. Atty. Frank P. Alderson. The conference first had been scheduled for Thursday morning, but was delayed until 2:30 p. m. United Fund Meeting Held Individual members and com pany executives representing hun dreds of employes expressed their views on the proposed employment of an executive secretary for the United Fund in a mass meeting at KUHS Wednesday evening. The constructive thinking evi denced In the meeting showed that Fund directors and members have at heart the best Interests of the joint fund through which they sup port some 23 charitable agencies. Several suggestions lor a suc cessful fund drive In '54 were made at the meeting, including the following: (1) That the problem be taken to the people through In plant meetings. (It was pointed out that this would be extremely difficult In many cases). (21 That a cross-section of opinion be relayed to the UF executive committee from small. Informal "conversational" meet ings: (3) That, if a decision Is made to hire an executive, the salary be paid from voluntary contribu tions specifically intended for salary. The consensus of opinion voiced was favorable to the proposed hir ing; unfavorable to the proposed salary. It is felt that an executive on a year around basis would provide complete organization In the coun ty, which comprises more than 3.800,000 acres. Both Anderson, former office secretary, pointed out that In last year's campaign, $104,000 were collected from 30. 000 people In the city and suburbs; $14,000 in the county from 15,000 people. Directors emphasized that year around organization in the county would evenly distribute contribu tions. Volunteers, they contend, do not have time to give consistent, full time attention to the prob lems. The findings from last night's meeting will be referred to the board of directors before action Im I I
