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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1954)
o)fin mm fo) IfQ. rfn In The Dav's lews By FRANK JENKINS Fundamental lreedoms note: A temporary city fireman In Portland, got tired the other day and claims Indignantly that he lost his job because he attended a nudist convention. He says he got the sack live days after a photograph of him and other nudists appeared in a newspaper. He thinks it was dirty pool and be ought to have his job back. Whether or not he's a nudist, he says, has nothing to do with his ability to put out fires. Let's see. A famous supreme court justice once ruled that a policeman has a constitutional right to freedom of speech, freedom of opinion and freedom of religion but that he DOESN'T HAVE A CONSTITU TIONAL RIGHT TO A JOB AS POLICEMAN. That seems to cover the situa tion rather neatly. An American expert on the problems of old age a Dr. Helen Flanders Dunbar says in London this morning that it ISN'T so that leading a quiet life is the way to live a long time. . She asserts that exhaustive studies in the U.S. show that the highest percentage of persons who live to be 100 reside in those parts of our nation where the stress of living is supposed to be the great est. I'd like to believe her, because those who live strenuous lives are almost certain to ACCOMPLISH the most, but I've lived at least long enough to have learned that you can prove ANYTHING with statistics. Tragic note in the news: Sealed orders for putting the In dochina cease-fire into effect have already gone to French headquar ters in . Hanoi and presumably nave also gone to the Vietminh com mies. The truce is to become ef- fective next Monday evening at the Indochinese equivalent of 8 p.m. Eastern daylight time. Meanwhile- Communist troops struck this morning at an isolated French garrison 40 miles northwest of Hanoi. They were finally hurled back by the French defenders af ter a screaming charge that car- Tied them through two barbed wire defense lines. It was tough for the poor devils who died in the battle AFTER THE CEASE-FIRE HAD BEEN AGREED UPON BUT HADN'T XtT BEEN fUT INTO EWXUT, About the only comment that can be offered is that there is no justice in war. U.S. under-secretary of state Walter Bedell Smith back in Washington after attending the Geneva conference 6ays the Indo china settlement was the best possible under the circumstances. He denies that it was an Asian Munich. At Munich, he .says, hu man Tights were given away in time of peace. There was shooting war in In dochina, he adds. He's pretty much right. The French were fighting a war they couldn't afford to win and came to the reasonably sensible conclu sion that they COULD AFFORD Tfl TjCi&V. IT. That, I'd say, Is realistic logic. Besides It wipes up the French colonial imperialists in Asia which is all to the good from our stand point. II the French are through in Asia, we'll no longer have to incur the hatred that results from our support of them. As the first nation to throw off the yoke Qf colonial imperialism. 'we nave no business lignting on the side of colonial imperialists anywhere in the world. Living Cost Index Rises WASHINGTON tffi The govern ment reported Friday that rising grocery prices forced the cost of living up one-tenth of one per cent in June. The increase was small but it was the second rise in as many months and edged the index kept by the Bureau of Labor statutes close to the peak set last October. BLS announced the June index was 115.1 meaning the cost of liv ing was 115.1 per cent of the 1947 49 average. The record set last October was 115.4. The June level is one-half of one per cent higher than a year ago and 13.1 per cent above the June, 1950 start of the Korean War. Food prices rose four-ter-ths of one per cent in June, mainly be cause of higher prices for fresh fruits, some vegetables and coffee.. Egg, milk and meat prices re mained stable, as did most other consumer items. Food prices have increased for three straight months, rising a to tal of 1.5 per cent. Ewan clague, commissioner of labor statistics, said he looked for "continued strength" in prices for the next few months, adding It is possible the living cost index will reach or exceed slightly last October's peak. One feature of the government's June price report showed that rents failed to increase hi June for the first month since the end of World war II. , mm a. Price Five Cents 14 Pages KF Court US Military MenVaryOf Asian Pact WASHINGTON OT Military policymakers, especially those in the Army, are viewing with con cern any plan for a Southeast Asia alliance that would automatically commit American forces as does the North Atlantic Treaty Organ ization in Europe. This feeling has been strengh ened all the more by the outcome of the Geneva conference at which, in the opinion of qualified U, S. officers lnterviewd Friday, the Communists emerged with the up per hand in the truce' to end the fighting in Indochina. The military authorities, who spoke out after State Department asked not be quotea Dy name, officials revealed Thursday the United States, Britain and other nations have agreed to call a con ferenc bv SeDtember to write a collective security agreement for Southeast Asia. U. S. Military chiefs for several years, have favored a mutual de fense system in that part of the world. But that was while the French and the associated Indo Chinese states seemed not only to be holding their own against the rebels but also tq be moving to ward -the time when they could achieve a military victory. Pentagon informants said the newer view was touched on by Secretary of Defense Wilson this week when he said that military power alone "doesn't quite handle" situations in which na tionalistic feelings are mixed up with subversion, propaganda and the technique of boring from witn in. This was a description of how the Reds advanced' In Indochina. Some weeks ago the nation's top military advisers the Joint Chiefs of Staff were arguing among themselves about the ad visability of calling for direct American action to save the French. But that was before the fall of DIen Bien Phu to the Communists and the subsequent rapid crumbling of the French will to keep on fighting. The Army's chief of staff, Gen. Matthew Ridg way, was the strongest military voice against American interven tion then. Ridgeway's voice is not alone to day, however. One Pentagon of ficial summed up the growing mil itary opposition to a - Nato-style alliance in Southeast Asia this way: "It would be another Korea with a 90 per cent American con tribution in manpower and effort.' Portland United Fund Goal Set PORTLAND Wi This city's 1954 United Fund campaign goal is 12.769,055. The total, set Thursday, is near ly $7,000 less than recommended by a citizens' advisory committee. The drive will be held Oct. 4-21. VISIT - , BERLIN (fl Chou En-Lal ar rived in East Berlin by air Friday from Geneva for a visit to East Germany at the Invitation of the Communist government. 1 JOHN VAN DOREN, left, president ef Klamath' Falls Kiwanis Club', accepted a trophy for the club's float in the annual Fourth of July Klamath Basin Roundup parade, from Keith Moon, president of the Klamath Merchants Association, as Roy Benedict, Kiwanis director, registers approval. Presentation vas mad at the Thursday luncheon at the Willard.Hoiel, s FIREMEN FROM THE INDIAN SERVICE crews were kept "busy Thursday night mopping up spot tires that kept popping up outside the (ire trail in the first major forest fire ef the season in this area. The firs broke out along the railroad right-of-way about five miles north of Chilo quin. , Crews Fight Basin Fire Indian Service crews this morn ing were mopping up a forest fire that broke out along the Southern Pacific right-of-way about five miles north of Chiloquin Thursday afternoon. Several snot fires broke out af ter four cats and bulldozers had completely, surrounded the blazfr with a fire trail, according to In dian Service officials. Aided by lack of wind the fire was controlled within about three hours when dozers and firefighters were rushed to the scene by the Indian Service and Southern Pa cific. Fire officials on the reserva tion this morning estimated about 80 acres were burned over. A fresh crew of men went on shift at daylight today and it will probably take the entire day to complete mopping up operations. House Okays Indian Bill Approval by the House Interior Committee on the Klamath Indian termination bill previously passed by the Senate, was an nounced today in a telegram re ceived by the Herald and News from Representative Sam Coon, at Washington D.C. The House Committee added amendments which were agreed to by Boyd Jackson, Jesse Kirk and Wade Crawford, delegates, and members of the tribe, Coon stated. The bill is now ready for house floor action. The full House Interior Commit tee also approved and has ready for house floor action, the authori zation bill for a new grade school on the reservation at Chiloquin. 1-1. JL FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY. JULY l3r ... .JSoSShS Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Sunny through Saturday. Low Friday night 53; high Satur day 87. ' Low last night ......... ....50 High yesterday 78 Same period last year 14.87 Normal for period ................12.34 Chrysler Hit By Big Strike DETROIT lP All of Chrysler's Detroit automobile production was at a standstill today in the fifth day of a strike now idling 44,850 workers. Assembly lines went down com pletely yesterday with the layoff of 8,850 machinists, motor builders and maintenance ' employes in mounting idleness from Monday's strike of 10,700 Dodge main plant employes. . Only an approximate 31,000 hour ly employes, including defense workers, were still on, the job. All the affected employes are members of the CIO United Auto Workers. The Dodge main strikers walked out in protest of what they called a speed-up. Management de nied there was a speed-up. The only assembly plants left In operation were those in Evans ville, Ind., and Los Angeles. These two turn -out about 20 per cent of Chrysler's normal production of Chrysler, Dodge, DeSoto and Ply mouth cars. The Dodge main strike lacks the approval of the UAW internation al union. At the same time the in ternational has taken no action on a demand by the company that the strike be declared unauthor ized and a contract violation. A company spokesman said the strike may interfere with 1955 mod el changeover plans. Before the Dodge main strike began, the com pany announced plans to close down in August for model change-overs. "'ir'-i 23, 1954 Legion Corps Wins Award Klamath Falls American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps successful ly defended its title of state cham pions in competition Thursday . eve ning. The contest was in conjunction with the Oregon State Legion and Auxiliary convention being held at Coos Bay. In 'addition to-ttie group honor, three members of the drum corps were named first place winner Bob Fredrlckson, (director) bugle; Jerry Withers, snare drum; Shar on Swartzmiller, drum majorette. The local musicians also played for the 40 et 8 last Tuesday eve ning. Later this month they will lead the parade at the Rogue River Roundup in Medford July 31. COOS BAY W) The Oregon American Legion and its auxiliary Friday concluded convention busi ness sessions here. Both will elect officers Saturday. In a talk Thursday Dallas E. Nolsch, state commander, was crit ical of the United Nations and its UNESCO program. He charged that the "U. N. propaganda as sault in our school system is forc ing our children to seriously con sider the idea of a super-patriotic world government program." The XVs, an honor organization for women legionnaires. Installed Miss Elizabeth Sether of Eugene, a world War II woman marine, as president. , Man Killed By Falling Tree ALBANY. Ore. I A tree he was helping to fall toppled on Everett Gilmore, 44, Hillsboro, Thursday and killed him outright. Survivors include the widow and four children. He was cutting timber for the Ellason Lumber Co. of Forest Grove at a logging site on Blowout Creek, 17 miles east of Idanha and p.bout 60 miles east of Salem, when the accident occurred. Indochina Cease Fire Goes into Effect On Tuesday By JOHN RODERICK SAIGON, Indochli (Pi The French high command announced Friday night the Indochina cease fire will go Into elfect in North Viet Nam at 7 a.m. Tuesday, July 27 (4 pm m. PST Monday, July 26, and In other Vietnamese areas soon afterward. Sealed orders setting the hour for silencing of the guns in the north had already gone to the French headquarters in Hanoi, and presumably to the Communist-led Vietminh troops of Ho Chi Mlnh in and around the Red River Delta. The high command said ail of fensive action by French Union and Vietnamese army forces has been ordered halted throughout Indochina, They are to fight only defensive actions, and air opera tions have been reduced to bom bardments in support of French posts the Vietminh are still at tacking. The Vietminh struck heavily be fore dawn Friday at a French Union post in Vletri, 40 miles northwest of Hanoi, and harassed a score oi other garrisons in the Red River delta, but a French briefing officer said all the de Telephone 8111 No Action Taken On Legal Feud By LYLE DOWNING A four-way conference in Salem late Thursday on Klamath coun ty's court controversy was de scribed Friday by leaders of the legal profession here as a "futile gesture." Alter meeting for 80 minutes Governor Paul Patterson, Su preme Court Chief Justice Earl Latourette, Attorney General Rob ert Y. Thornton and State Bar President Glenn R. Jack issued joint statement in which they said they could do nothing to solve the dispute which has tied up circuit court trials In Klamath county. The trouble stems from a dis pute between Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg and District Attor ney Frank Alderson. After the conference. Governor Patterson during a long distance telephone interview, told the Her ald and News that as far as he was concerned tne matter was closed. JOINT STATEMENT Here is the text of the Joint statement; "After a thorough discussion, of tne laws on tbe subject, it was concluded that there is no prac tical course available under the law in the circumstances other than the one now being followed: Namely, that in cases where I motion for a change of judge has been filed, the chief justice will continue to assign outside judges to go to Klamath county to handle these cases. "The chief justice will continue to assign judiws to substitute' for ath county. "Any change In the procedures presently prescribed by law is a matter for the consideration of the state legislature." It appeared Friday that Klamath county lawyers have the green light to secure as many as five changes of judges in a single case. Under the law, each side In the criminal action can file two applications for a change of judges and these changes .are mandatory for the supreme court. If each litigant exercised the change of Judge prerogative to the full ex tent a tilth judge would have to be named before the case could finally be tried. RECOMMENDS Attorney Jack told the Herald and News that he Is going to rec ommend the state bar petition the legislature to modify the change of judge law. A veteran Klamath Falls attor ney, who declined to have his name used, recalled that in the early 1920s, Klamath county was con fronted with a similar situation. He said at that time Judge E. L. Leavltt who was on the circuit bench became embroiled in a feud with a group of attorneys, A large number of change of judge appli cations were filed and many out side Jurists were sent during a period of several years. Neither Judge Vandenberg nor Alderson would comment on the results of the Salem conference, except Judge Vandenberg said the law should be followed. The Judge also added that he had enough civil cases before him to keep him busy for months. Before the Salem conference, It (Continued on page 4) fenses held. Red Guerrillas tore up and carted off 120 yards of rails on the Ha noi-Haiphong supply line eight miles east of Hanoi and blew locomotive off the tracks 10 miles farther east with planted explos ive charges. There was rebel action too against the French-Vltnamese post of Cheo Reo on the plateau of Central Viet Nam. Oen. Paul Ely, the French commander In chief, warned the three Vietminh battalions on the offensive there that "I will unlease the massive air support" unless their assaults are halted. The air force showered thousands of leaflets over the Vietminh posi tions with this warning Friday, The air force had cut Ita opera tions sharply. Only 11 bombing missions were flown by the French in the 24 hours ending at dawn, and all were In support of French Union posts llgmlng off attacks Vietnamese government build ings in Saogon flew flags at half staff to mourn the loss to the Com munists of the northern half of the country after 7 Yi years of fight ing and 2 '-i months of arguing at the Geneva conierence. Agreement Eases KF Strike Threat Hugh B. Campbell, manager of the Klamath Falls branch of Wey erhaeuser Timber Company, an nounced today that it had entered Into signed agreements with the unions representing all its opera ting and maintenance employes at Klamath Falls, continuing existing agreements, without change, until 1955. The settlement affects more than 1000 men. i The Klamath Falls branch oi Weyerhaeuser Timber Company has continued' to work without in terruption during the recent lum ber strike. This settlement assures uninterrupted operation Into 1985. Hal Gelger, business agent, local 6-12, TIO-IWA, verified the state ment from Campbell. At Portland, IWA headquarters reported It had heard Indirectly of the agreement but lacked de tails. A spokesman said Weyer haeuser thefe now pays 6 cents an hour more than the general level in the Industry. At Tacoma. Roy A. Dingman, director of the firm's industrial re lations, said the Klamath Falls asreement made no mention ot re adjustment but he said the 5-cent differential will be maintained. He said the agreement runs to next Anril 1. Also covered by a similar extension, he said, are mainten ance workers represented by the International Assn. of Machinists. At Springfield, George Weyer haeuser filed a complaint In sup port of a request for an injunction against "any unlawful violence and Intimidation" and against large numbers of pickets. His affidavit said he has naa numerous com plaints from supervisors not in volved in the strike being threat ened, of pickets Jumping in front of cars or climbing on, and one man, Magnus Bolken, was hit in the face and hospitalized. Friday at Springfield there were four pickets at the main gate and one at the gate to the pulp divi sion. The latter is a separate op eration, not on strike. A Weyerhaeuser negotiating meeting with the IWA, with Medl- ator Clyde Deal aiding, got no where Thursday at Raymond and the company and union met again Friday at Chehalls to negotiate on the company's Mcvaie-Mcuonaia branch. There were no other Oregon Washington progress reports in the strike, but at Marysvllle, Calif., settlement of the strike at the Armln Bpeckert mill was announc ed by . the company and.Rn .AFL spokesman. They did not disclose Two Killed In Lake view Crash LAKEVIEW A little girl and her mother were killed and her father critically Injured Thursday afternoon about 4:30 p.m. near Valley Falls, about 21 miles north of Lakevlew when a rear tire blew out throwing the car out of control. The child, Tonl Clora, whose age was estimated between 7 and 10 years was killed outright. Her mother. Mrs. Mildred Candloglos, 35, died in the Lakeview Hospital at 8:95 p.m. Thursday. Her father, George, 61, driver of their car, a '52 Hudson, is In the Lakevlew Hos pital with broken back bones, frac tured ribs and arm and a disloca ted shoulder. X-rays had not been completed this morning to deter mine the extent ot his injuries, ac cording to hospital authorities. The family, whose nome is leua SE Ladd, Portland, were driving south when the acoldent occurred. No other car was Involved and the highway at that point is a straight road. P ' . h : I jL wiiMsl iiim inr imrin iiii'ii mri"i NEW OWNER of the Signal Station at 1406 Main Street it Art Robison, shown hers with hit wrecking ear. Robiion will pro vide towing service along with the Signal products, . - , , terms for the 150 workers who bad been getting 81.87 an hour and struck for a 13 &-cent raise. However, they said the agree ment was an interim one with final terms hinging on the industry-wide settlement. Another Marysvillo plant has been operating under an interim agreement giving a ft-cent hourly boost. Two smaller plants there remain struck. Miliworker Found Safe REDMOND HI A miliworker whose brief disappearance Thurs Missing day caused some concern, loungea peacefully at home Friday and two . pickets replaced the 40 or so who had been at Ponderosa Lumber Sales mill Thursday. The missing miliworker, Harry Sala, said he wasn't really missing at all when he failed to reach the plant alter starting lor It from his home. But because tempers have been getting short in the strike of IWA Woodworkers here, police were notified when Sala failed to Teach the plant. He had phoned to say he-would go to work, he was seen to leave home, then he vanished. The night before, he had been visited by a dozen striken who threatened blacklisting If he con tlnued going to work through the picket line. The plant has been operating with more than a half crew behind the picket line. Sala said this had happened: Ita left for the plant, decided to take a back road, and had a flat tire. His 'spare was flat, too. Thoroughly disgusted, he climbed Into the car and took a nap before going home. He said he Vas through trying to go past the picket line . if a fellow can't go to work like a free man, then I don't want to go," he said. So Friday, bo stayed home. . And Friday, instead oi in massing of pickets, many of them from Bend which with Prlnevule and Redmond has the same local, there were only two! Tim Sullivan of Klamath Falls, district president: of the IWA, and a companion. Down the road a waya three women stood with strike banner but there was no indication they were authorized pickets. In the course of the mass picketing, epithets were hurled and pickets took motion pictures of men who went past them to operate the plant, ' i Company employes here' say the the local men voted against the strike, but they were counted down by the Bend vote. This Is one ot the few locals In pine to 'strike when the strike started June 21 in fir, and consid erable dissentlon has been evident. A commiitee of citizens Thursday was on hand as a caravan of cars, moving bumper to bumper, took: the workers into the plant. The committee snowed up alter several who crossed picket lines reported receiving telephone threats. BLOCKADE SINGAPORE WI The J,76-ton Russian freighter Astrakhan, which has long been toying with the Idea of trying to run the Na tionalist Chinese naval gauntlet to the Red Chinese port of Dairen, slipped out of Singapore again Fri. day. This time sne cleared lor Vladivostok, in Soviet Siberia.
