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1 Utol&2) Ml In The' Dav's lews By FRANK JENKINS OP Man Syngman Hhee, coming way from a conference with Ike at the White House this morning: 'I see no possibility of unify ing Korea by PEACEFUL means." Well, neither do I. But I feel no urge to help Ol' Man Rhee unify Korea by WAR LIKE means. ' Ike, after the Rhee conference: "I know of no one in this coun try who is advocating resumption of the war in Korea." 'Nuff said. Progress note on the atom ic bill filibuster in the senate ("talk athon" is the name the Washington correspondents have applied to it): "Senator Morse took the floor about last midnight, and at noon today was still talking ... Morse already has set a new speaking endurance mark for the atomic debate ... He hasn't yet indi cated whether he'll try to beat his own record of 22 hours and 26 minutes which be established last spring." All In all, as an Oregonian who minks quite a lot ol ms state I'm sure I'd rather if Senator Morse just HAS to do something spectacular he'd go la for flag pole sitting. It's quieter and less disruptive of tne American scene. And I think If expertly handled It could be made to produce even more per sonal publicity for Senator Morse. The spectacle of . a United. States Senator sitting on a flagpole, high up in the air with his legs crossed in front of him like a Hindu snake charmer doing his act would be unique and if Sena tor Morse sat there SPEECHLESS ft would be stupendous. That would be one that nobody ever saw before. The big question this morning Is what are the British going to do about the plane-shooting Incident over in the South China Sea, off the coast of the island of Hainan. From the tone of the news so far, I'm afraid they'll wind up by thanking the red Chinese for not shooting down TWO British planes. Britain was once the greatest power in the world. All she had to do to straighten ANYTHING out ANYWHERE was to send her fleet on a cruise to - the trouble spot. But she got spread too thin all over the world, and look at her now. Moral: ' Let's be very careful about get- ting oursleves spread too thin in too many places. In closing this piece about world affairs, I feel compelled to add that I'm terribly sorry for Sir Winston Churchill. The bulk of bis life was lived in that period which we might call the Kipling period when Britain was great and fearless and ran the world with a firm hand. It must upset him frightfully to have to take insults from the red Chinks and all the other stooges of Russian communism and not be able to do anything about it. FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair through Wednesday. High Wednesday 85; low last night 48. High yesterday S3 Low last nirht 46 Precip last 24 hours . 0 Since last Oct. 1 14.4S Same period last year -....14.87 Normal for period ...12.39 CORRECTION The pump house at Veterans Memorial Park has been designed but is not constructed as was er roneously stated in Monday's Her ald and News. v v.-.' Z . -,. ' ! IT WAS A BIG NIGHT for h Democrats in Klamath Falls when Joseph K. Carton Jr., former mayor of Portland and candidate for governor, addrened a rally at the courthouse. Carton (center) it thown with Paul Buck, (left) Democratic County Central Committee chairman, and Henry G. Hansen, chairman of the Klama4h County Demoeratie Club-There wat an over flow crowd en hand to hear Carton speak in the tJrcni eoertroom. wt? ... n . , V -r-rr-. T-rr. ' !. I Price Five Cents 1 Paces - KLAMATH FALLS, ' JULY ' 1954 Telephone 8111 No. 2903 T : : : : : afV r 2 RheeGloomy Over Korea Unification VADHINOTON W) President Syngman Rhee of South Korea said after a conference with Pres ident Eisenhower Tuesday that he sees ''no possibility of unifying Korea by a peaceful means." Rhee made the statement to newsmen after the opening ses sion of talks with Elsenhower and other American officials on mil itary and economic problems con fronting partitioned Korea. A reporter asked Knee wnetner he and Eisenhower discussed the possibility of resuming the war in Korea. Without saying whether that subject was taken up, the South Korean leader replied: "We see no possibility of uni fying Korea by peaceful means," he said. ' I think you all agree on that." Rhee mentioned the recent Ge neva - conference on the far East and the conference at Panmunjom which led to the Korean armistice, and asked: "What have they accomplished? The only thing accomplished is to see the Communist cause grow stronger." Asked whether Eisenhower agreed with him that there can be no peaceful unification of Ko rea, Rhee smiled and said: . "I don't think I can answer that." Rhee described his talk with Elsenhower as "very interesting." He referred to it as "something like a family discussion," and add ed that neither he nor Eisenhower was trying "to fight for his own cause." Foreign Aid Vote Planned WASHINGTON tfl . Dramatic Far Eastern developments were counted on bj administration lead ers Tuesday to help fend off new attempts in the House to cut an other half billion dollars from the foreign aid program. Already slashed 13 per cent, or $812,213,554, by the Appropriations Committee, the bill comes before the House for debate and probable passage late Tuesday. Since it was cleared by the Ap-i proprlations Committee Saturday, American planes shot down two Communist China planes that inter fered with a sea search for sur vivors of a British commercial plane downed by Communist planes by mistake, China said. "That undoubtedly will have a strong psychological effect," com mented Rep.:Vorys (R-Ohio), who was floor manager for the recent ly passed bill authorizing continu ance of the foreign aid program. That bill has not yet cleared the Senate. The bill pending in the House would provide the actual money for the fiscal year which started July 1. Several Democrats agreed with Vorys that the House might take a more cautious attitude toward new cuts as a result of the latest Inci dent. Close votes saved the bill from more severe cuts in the appropri ations committee, with Democrats almost solidly resisting further re ductions and Republicans generally support them. Chairman Taber (R N. J.) joined with committee Dem ocrats to beat down committee amendments aimed at further paring. m C I": 1'-. McCarthy Dismayed' By GOP Senators' Criticism WASHINGTON OH Sen. Mc Carthy (R-Wis) said Tuesday he uses "almost an ideal set of rules" to run his investigations, and he voiced "dismay" at the attitude of some of his Republican sen atorial critics. McCarthy's statements were in testimony prepared for a hearing before a Senate rules subcommit tee studying a variety of proposals for revision of the rules for Sen ate investigations. No action Is foreseen this year. i The inquiry got a boost from Two Pilots Report Jet Incidents HONG KONO 1M Two airline pilots reported their planes were buzzed by Jet fighters off Red-held Hainan Tslnd todav one by U.S. planes and the other by unidenti fied jets. Capt. Homib Misty, pilot of an Air India plane which arrived here from Bangkok, reported his craft was buzzed by two United States jets about 80 miles off Hainan at 3:30 p.m. And Capt. Jack R. Brugger of Paris, pilot of an Air France Con stellation, said four unidentified Jets buzzed his transport about 100 miles off Hainan. Brugger described the planes as "the shape and color" of Commu nist MIG jets. The incidents occurred in the general area where a British air liner was shot down by Chinese Red fighters Friday with a possible loss of 10 lives, including three Americans. - Misty said he "saw two more U.S., JeU about six miles away.1 He estimated his position as 100 miles north of Tourane on the In dochina coast. Misty described the planes as "of a black color." - The Air France transport; bound from Saigon to Tokyo with 20 per sons aboard, landed safely at Hong Kong's Kaltak Airfield at 1:19 p.m. , Brugger said the fighters were green in color but that he could see no markings. He said they were "definitely not" United States jets. Brugger. said his plane was two hours out of Saigon and flying at 17,000 feet when the four fighters appeared behind him. The t-r a n 8 p o r t continued to Tokyo. Later Capt. Max C. Weber of Great Barrington, Mass.. pilot of a Pan American World Airways transport which arrived here from Bangkok, reported he was "es corted" for a few minutes by four U.S. Navy Jet fighters. Water Project Bill Signed WASHINGTON tin President Elsenhower Tuesday signed legis lation authorizing construction of the Foster Creek irrigation division of Chief Joseph Dam on the Co lumbia River in Washington State. The irrigation project is one of several proposed in connection with the dam. It would irrigate about 6,000 acres in the Brewster- Brldgeport area. Construction cost is estimated at (4.798,000. The bill authorizes the secretary of the Interior to construct, oper ate and- maintain the Irrigation project. X I 1 but Is not based upon the recent 36-day hearings Into McCarthy's row witn Army oinciais. In a 3,500-word statement de fending himself and the Senate in vestigations subcommittee of which he is chairman, McCarthy said: ALLEGATIONS 'I do not believe that any of the allegations aimed at me or at our committee, calculated to prove that we are in effect demanding equal time In (sic) the White House, is grounded in reason." McCarthy's critics have con tended some of the senator's ac tions have Infringed the functions oi tne executive department. McCarthy continued: "On the other hand. I do believe that Washington is crowded with men and women who look upon Congress as a constitutional nuis ance. "I do believe that the exercise of those (Investigative) powers that are inherent in Congress is a plague to those who have a vested interest in concealing their im proper activities." PROUD McCarthy told the rules sub committee headed by Sen. Jenner (R-Ind) that he is proud of op posing Republican senators raised against former President Truman's executive order in 1948 denying congressional investigating groups access to loyalty-security informa tion from the executive agencies without White House approval. "And it is with dismay," he said, "that I see so many of the same men now disposed to con cede to the executive the perma nent right to withhold such vital information from congressional committees in fact, to interpret any demurrer against what they used to call the censorship code as a frontal attack on the execu tive branch of government." ORDERS . McCarthy did not specifically point to new White House orders. issued by President Eisenhower during the McCarthy-Army hear ings, which the senator had de nounced as resulting a "stacked deck" investigation s tacked against his side. This,' order forbade Atty. 'Den' Brownell and other administration officials from telling what had been said or done at a Justice Depart ment meeting last January con cerning McCarthy's Investigations of the Army. Former KF Resident Dies Word was received here Mon day of the death in Eugene Satur day of Lester L, Leavitt, 64, early Klamath Falls resident and a brother of Mrs. Howard Barnhisel. Mr. Leavitt was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Leavitt, pioneer residents of Ltnkvllle- and Klam ath Falls. He was born here June 28, 1890 at the family home which was located between 8econd and Center streets on Main. He at tended schools here and went on to Oregon State College. He left Klamath Falls some time ago, and for the past several years has made his home in Eugene, where he was in business. He is survived by his widow, Let ts; a son, Lester, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Barnhisel and Mrs. Frank Robinson of Moscow, Idaho; a brother, Arthur, of Medford and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted in Eugene today with interment in Eugene. Mrs. Barnhisel attended the rites. Joseph K. Carson Tells KF Audience Plans If Elected Focusing the international spot light on Oregon by -staging a world's fair would be one of the aims of Joseph K. Carson Jr., ex mayor of Portland if he is elected governor of Oregon. The Democratic gubernatorial aspirant told an overflow audience in the circuit courtroom Monday night that this state needs a chief executive who will do more than sit in his office in Salem and merely perform duties prescribed by the constitution. "For too long." he added, "Ore gon has been in the iron grip of an entrenched political system. We've got to do something to bring Oregon vividly to the attention of the rest of the world. If I am elected governor, I will bend every effort toward staging a world's fair in this state within the next few years. Not since 1905 has Ore gon done anything like that." Carson, who was presented by Paul Buck. Democratic County Central Committee chairman, also denounced the state s liquor law enforcement setup. He said that Oregon is plagued with an "army of liquor commission spies and snoopers." "Enforcement of liquor laws should be the responsibility of looal authorities," he said. Tb goves- VC Airline Strike Scheduled SEATTLE Wl A union official said Tuesday a system-wide strike against West Coast Airlines has been scheduled for 12:01 a.m. Aug. 22 by the AFL Air Line Agents' Assn. in a contract dispute. victor J. Herbert of Chicago. acting president of the association, came here in connection with the dispute and announced 150 agents would stay away from work but do not plan to picket West Coast of fices. Tlie association, affiliated with Ihe Air Line Pilots' Assn., recently conaucteo a strike vote. Herbert said the agents have been seeking a wage increase of about 6 per cent, and time and a half for work above eight hours a day. He said the company has of fered an increase of about 2 'A per cent. A company spokesman said wage demands of the agents were closer to 9 than 6 per cent. He saia tne company had offered in creases up to 4 "A per cent. . weroeri Munter. West Coast vice president, said the company hadn't been notified officially of the strike deadline and added "we hope the members of the associa tion will not make- the people we have been serving suffer because of differences with management .' west coast serves 44 cities in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Employes belonging to the agents association are station managers, agents and ticket and reservations clerks. Editors To Visit Klamath Three well known newspaper travel eanors will spend the day, Wednesday, August 4, in Klam ath County, as guests -of the Klam ath County Chamber of Com merce. The editors are Dorothy Pow ers of the Spokesman-Review and Chronicle, Spokane; Fred Taylor Kraft of the Long Beach Press Telegram, and Allyson Sanders, of the Houston (Texas) Chronicle. The editors' two-week tour of Oregon starts Sunday, August 1, in Portland with dinner and an over-nignt stop planned at Tim berljne Lodge on the slopes of Mt. Hood. On Tuesday, the trio will have lunch at Vlda on the McKenzie and dinner at McKen zie River Bridge where they will spend the night. . Luncheon Wednesday noon at the lodge in Crater Lake National Park has been arranged. Special guests will include Fred T. John son, park superintendent, and one of the park's naturalists In addi tion to representatives of the chamber of commerce. They will come to Klamath Falls for dinner Wednesday eve ning after a tour of points of In terest in the vicinity. After spend ing the night here, the editors will leave for Ashland, Medford and other Rogue Valley points follow ing breakfast Thursday morning. As part of the chamber's pro gram of publicizing the beauties of Klamath County as vacatloniana a group of travel editors has been entertained each year for the last several years. Instead of dividing a two-week period with the state of Washington, this year the three editors will spend two full weeks in Oregon. nor can step in with state author ity, if local officials fall in their duty. The enforcement should be carried on without an army of spies and snoopers." In a quick rundown on his con ception of Oregon needs, Carson called for more industries, more Jobs, better payrolls and a state public works program. Carson also said Oregon was not progressing at a satisfactory pace because the political system now in power has perpetuated Itself for more than 40 years through lack of public concern. "A Vast army of politically-appointed boards and commissions," he continued, "are financing this machine. The Republicans in Ore gon admit they will raise a mini mum of $206,000 for this year's campaign." Carson also advocated revision of what he termed "antiquated tax laws," a full-time paid liquor commission and abolition of use less boards and commissions. After Carson's talk Sheriff Mur ray Britton acted as host -when refreshments were served. The program was arranged with the cooperation of Henry Hansen, pres ident of the Klamath County Demoeratie Club. ;. WdbdtSptcial COMPARING NOTES -on ihe construction of their new hornet in the 2500 block of Eldorado are Ted Wright (left! and Vern Bebout. Until the homes are completed, Wright is living at 1531 Avalon; Bebout hat a temporary home at 2505 Eldorado.' AEC Filibuster Roils On; Knowland Predicts Finish, WASHINGTON HI The great! Senate marathon argument on atomlo legislation rumbled on Tuesday but Republican Leader Knowland (Calif) professed opti mism it was drawing to an end. "I think we'll wind up the bill today," Knowland told a reporter. Sen. Hickenlooper (R-Iowa), floor manager for ' the measure, was less hopeful. I don't think we'll finish by midnight,, he said in a separate interview. Ho did not venture an opinion on how long the continuous session might run. Sen. Morse (IncVOre) ended at 12:22 p.m. (EDT) a speech he be- Plywood Mills Resume York - PORTLAND Wl The four big M and M plywood plants in Oregon and Northern California were back in operation Tuesday free of pick ets under a state court injunction The union's appeal to federal court will be heard Monday. Return of more than a thousand workers to the M and M plants was the chief development in the Northwest lumber strike which started June 21 in the demand of both AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers and CIO Woodworkers for a 12 '-cent hourly pay boost. Most employers have offered only to re new existing contracts. Eberly Thompson, executive vice president of M and M, said It would take only 24 hours for the firm's plants to be at normal ca pacity of between 4 Vi and 6 mil lion square feet a week. That is 10 per cent of the Douglas fir ply wood industry's output. He said he had no precise information on price, but added the last sales he had heard of were at $82 a thous and feet. Before the strike the price was around $76. He said he thought It would level off at around t80 since a high of $90 early in the strike brought too much resistance to be maintained. Only worker- owned co-operative plants have been operating. The M and M plants are at Portland, Lyons and Albany, Ore., and Eureka, Calif. They were not struck, but closed July 8 when AFL plywood workers refused to cross a picket line set up by other AFL members who had struck the M and M door plant here. STANDING ROOM ONLY wat available when Joseph K. Carton Jr., candidate for governor, appeared at a Democratic rally in Klamath County Courthouse. Pictured above it part of the crowd which overflowed the circuit court room. Carson blasted the State Liquor Commit-sion for maintaininaj "an army of pie nd inoopert" in Oregon, " gan at midnight. The 12 hours, 22 minutes speech brought bis total speaking time on the atomlo bill to 29 hours and IS minutes. HOARSE At the end, his voice was slightly hoarse but he was still full of vigor as he lambasted tactics of the GOP leadership. Each side in the embattled struggle blamed the other for. the prolonged deadlock. Ben. Anderson (D-NM) a top strategist in the fight against the administration bin, said tactics used by Knowland had blasted chances for an early end to the marathon battle. - We'll be here to Thanksgiving now," Anderson told reporters. Knowland, advised of Ander son's remarks, said they would be "almost humorous, if times were not so serious." He suggested there was irony in "obstructionists" and those 'active In a filibuster'1 seek ing to "place the responsibility our the ktfUorshlp." ...... . " MARATHON It was Morse's third marathon talk stint of the atomic debate which began July 13, and he had already topped his two previous effort. The Oregon senator hit repeated ly at Knowland's tactics. Morse said that tabling motions to throttle debate had introduced a new issue into the struggle and cried: "If that's the way they want to play the game, rough and tough, we'll play it that wayt" He said the all-night session wouldn't be the last one if OOP leaders "continue with those tac tics." Of his own long speech, the Oregon senator said "There'll be another one and it won't be a short one either." Morse's voice rose and he spoke with more vigor 10 hours after he had started. Without mentioning Knowland by name, he said the Republican leadership had "picked a bad one" In using his pricing standards amendment to renew the strategy of voting to table without debate proposed changes in the legislation. BASEBALL SCORES NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 041 0106 1 Brooklyn 015 000 lOx 7 10 0 Hacker, Kllppstein (3), Tremel (7) and Cooper; Newcombe, Mll ltken (5), Loes (7) and Campa nula. mmmmmml - -i.,-.... n - V-7 Dulles Hits Chinese Air Incidents WASHINGTON tfl The United States has sent two strongly word ed protests to Communist China, denouncing fighter plane attacks on a British transport and Amer ican rescue planes. The State Department,' in an nouncing this Tuesday, said the British government has been asked to pass on the twin protests as an aftermath of the weekend plane clashes in the South China Sea. Press Officer Henry Suydam told a news conference the U. S. notes cover both the shooting down of a British airliner some 30 miles south of Hainan Friday and Red fighter attacks Monday against American carrier planes which were searching for possible survi. vors. Three Americans were killed and three wounded when the Brit ish transport crashed in the sea. NOTES DRAFTED . Suydam declined to make nublia the texts or to provide detailed information about the notes which were drafted and given to the British late Monday through the American embassy in London. Diplomatic sources reported. however, that the United States .' denounced the "brutality" of the Communist attacks. The department's announcement came about the same time that the Peiplng radio reported the Chinese Red regime had lodged a. grave protest - against the shoot ing down or two communist planes by U.S. Navy planes on Sundtv. The department declined com ment on the Chinese action. In London, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Parliament that Britain already has the American note for relay to the Red Chinese. REQUEST He said: "I have been requested to In struct our charge d'affaires in Peiplng to convey a protest to the Chinese government on behalf of the United States government both in respect of the six U.S. citnena killed and wounded in the British airliner and tho wanton interfer ence with search and rescue oper ations in the area of the incident." Eden also revealed that about an hour after the British airliner , was shot down on Friday the Red, Chinese sent a message warning , that any warplanes sent to search Would be fired on if they r "against all international custom And behavior" and aald Britain was making a further protest. Tokyo monitors reported that the Chinese Communist radio had an nounced the Peiplng government was lodging a "grave protest" over the shooting down of two Rod planes off Hainan Island Sunday by U.S. Navy aircraft, ' Local Bread Price Raised Rising labor costs and increased cost of materials were given here today in explanation of the two. cent raise in the price of bread, adopted yesterday by all whole salers in the county. Independent bakeries went along with the raise in most cases, their prices generally going up from 26 to 27 cents for a stan dard loaf. The standard commer cial loaf, a pound and a half, went from 26 6o 28 cents with whole salers. The move, statewide, follows by a matter of weeks a similar boost in California, although several points in that state report bread at a cent to a cent and a half half higher than current prices in Oregon. The price of most standard pas tries in bakeries remains vthe same. Sandwich bread went frf m 27 to 29 cents. . ..... iJp .T-nrM
