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Herald anfr!eUr
FRANK JENKINS ' BILL JENKINS
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Or., on August 20, 1906, under act of Congress, March 8, 1870
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By BILL JENKINS
With Tall approaching we find
ourselves in a welter of politics
and face an Indian Summer filled
with the same dreary old plati
tudes, busted promises and waver
ing pledges that we have seen and
heard come and go in the years
past.
Perhaps it is inept of us to speak
In this lighthearted manner of any
Institution so sacred to every
American, or perhaps the impulse
springs from our wide-eyed Inno
cense In matters political.
However It may be I think the
time has come when I can and
should, with all due deference to
the hallowed traditions surround
the panapoly of politics, speak out
and propose a voter's plaliorm. A
sort of bulwark against the ever
Increasing pressure of political as
pirants from Oregon's extensive
congressional districts and the
thirty six counties.
' Speaking as one voter I must
admit that It would be refreshing
were some candidate for office to
base his platform for state office
on timbers less rotted by time and
usage than the big four of more
Industries, more Jobs, more high
ways and more tourists.
I must also admit that when
faced with the Jaded and dogeared
tenets of better laws, less feather
bedding, more old age assistance
and better labor relations (I never
know here whether the candidate
Is speaking of better relations with
state or county employes, the la
borers In the present industries
within the state or with the mil
lions who will, presumably, pour
Into the state when he has attract
ed large Industry to our fair shores
from the gritty confines of the
East Coast.) I tend to start shred
ding bread at the banquet rather
than listening to the speaker. Or
switch off the radio If listening to
a political address.
Perhaps what we need is a com
plete revision of political thought
and public feeling. After all, most
of us are mature enough to rea
lize that a political promise made
prior to the election Is no more
binding than a casual Invitation to
dinner made while aboard a sum
mer cruise boat. Even those with
JAMES MARLOW
WASHINOTON 11 The Senate
fight, made by Democrats and a
couple of others on the Elsenhower
atomlo energy law, centered
mainly on tho question of public
Versus private power.
The Democrats' fight took two
directions; one involved the Ten
nessee Valley Authority (TVAI
and the other the Atomic Energy
Commission (AEC). The TVA sup
plies electric power to a wide area
of the Middle South and to an
AEC plant at Paducah, Ky. If It
had not been pumping some of its
Juice into Paducah, TVA would
have some of It in reserve for the
growing power needs of Its area.
To meet those needs. It asked
the administration that It be sl
owed to build another plant. The
administration didn't let it. And on
June 17 President Eisenhower
told the AEC not TVA to nego
tiate a contract with a private
utility group to build a 107-mllllon-dollar
steam plant at West Mem
phis, Ark., to supply TVA with
about 600,000 kilowatts of power.
This power would not be for
AEC use AEC would only be ac
ting as a government broker in
tho deal but for TVA. Tile admin
istration, dedicated to more free
enterprise, has spoken in favor of
more private development of pow
er. Hie private utility group In
this case Middle South Utilities,
Inc., and the Southern Company
is known as (ho Dixon-Yates group
after E. H. Dixon, president of the
former, and E. A. Yates, chair
man of the latter.
Democrats accu.sed the adminis
tration of trying to block lurlher
TVA development and of using the
AEC as an instrument for doing
it. Tliey argued it would cost the
government, over 20 years, 90 mil
lion dollars more for the privale
power than If TVA hud built Its
own plant.
And the Eisenhower iidminisl ra
tion "contemplated" paying all the
federal, state and lucul t;'X.s Inl
ine LHxon-xaics group on any
profits lrom supply tug power lo
the TVA. This was mentioned bv
Rowland Hughes, director of the
budget, who told AEC the Presi
dent wanted the negotiation car
ried out.
The Democrats weren't able to
block the administration from go
ing ahead with this deal but they
did get enough voles on an
amendment proposed by Sen. ciorc
(D-Tcnn) to keep tho federal gov
ernment from paying the prlvnie
utility group's federal taxes, If Ihe
deal goes through.
But the House passed a similar
bill without this provi.-lon. Now
the House and Senate must com
promise their differences on the
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See tomorrow night's paper because
'When Klamath Furniture has a SALE . . .
an iron conscience and an unbend
ing sense of moral obligation will
admit readily that to expect a can
didate to keep all his promises is
as futile as asking him to stack
water.
I submit that since both parties
are sending their candidates into
tho fray armed with the same wea
pons, I.e. the same promises, aims,
ideals, etc. they (the candidates)
forget the major Issues presently
confronting the state after the first
week of campaigning and from
there on out concentrate on sell
ing themselves to the people via
new ideas.
It would be much more diverting
to listen to an aspirant outline
plans for Increasing the number
of trout in Klamath Lake, or for
the suppression of beanies as head,
gear among the small fry.
In case anyone would be Inter
estcd we have prepared a small
list of Items which we consider to
be potent and vital Issues which
should receive their due share of
attention. I suggest:
1. Legalizing small firecrackers
for the Fourth of July.
2. The establishment of a state
wide weather forecasting 'service
for the benefit of farmers, flyers,
vacationers and Monday-morning-
washwomen.
3. Requiring both the senate and
the house to put a baseball team
on the road prior to each session,
to play not less than 18 games,
receipts from the gate to be used
in the establishment of dog water
ing troughs on the streets of our
principal cities.
4. Placing all airports at least
10 miles from the city limits.
5. A 30 day deer season.
6. A state sponsored circus to
entertain at public events.
7. Fewer tourists.
8. The abolition of roadside ad
vertising signs along our scenic
highways.
0. Warming the waters of the
Pacific Ocean off all Oregon
beaches.
10. A sales tax.
And as I see It they wouldn't
have a bit more trouble making
these 10 suggestions into law than
they will In putting over the pres.
cnt platform as represented by the
two mnjor parties.
I slightly different Bills. So the ft.
nal law may not contain the Oorc
amendment. Both houses will have
to approve the compromise, what
ever It is, before it can become
law. If tho Gore amendment Is
dropped from the final draft, the
Democrats may start fighling all
over again.
The basic law on atomic energy
was passed In 1946. But there
have been changes since then
in foreign relations, technological
developments, and progress In re
alizing development of atomlo en
ergy for peaceful purposes is
closer than it seemed eight years
ago.
So the bill which the adminis
tration supported to revise the
1046 act would, among other
things, let this country share some
of lis atomic Information with its
allies. It can't do so now. And It
would let the President arrange
with other nations, even Russia,
for pooling atomic materials for
peaceful uses.
Those parts of the bill, In spile
of 5ome objections by the Demo
crats that they don't go far enough,
went through the Senate un
touched. The Democrats concen
trated most of their fire on anoth
er section which would open atom
ic development, until now a gov
enunent monopoly, to private in
dustry.
Democrats argued that a few
big companies, which have been
working lor the government In tile
atomic field, would have a head
shirt on any competition and could
in short order grab a monopoly.
The AEC would, of course, contin
ue its atomic work, particularly in
weniion oeveiepineni.
The Democrats did get enough
Republicans to ro along with them
to put into the Senate authority
lor the AEC and other govern
ment agencies 10 operate atomic
power plants. This Is specifically
forbidden in the bill passed by the
House. Since there must be n com
promise, the light may not be
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By DEB ADDISON
THERE HAVE been a couple of
Red Letter Days in the past
week's time, and they should be
so marked on the calendar . for
posterity. ,
No one knows better than a
newspaperman how often it is that
the headlines blare the story of
disaster, of bad news, of something
that makes you cringe or curse.
There have been a couple on this
sheet in the last few days that
went the other way played up
the constructive, and told ,of us
dealing out a little misery for a
change instead of being on the re
ceiving end. It made you feel
proud to live in Klamath and In
being an American.
Reference, of course, is to last
Friday's banner line which pro
claimed the "Weyerhaeuser Pact
Signed , and to Monday's which
said, "U. S. Planes Shoot Down
Reds."
After the long, sad story told
by the "strike" headlines recent
ly, it warms the cockles of your
heart to find that our Klamath
guys are men enough and smart
enough to keep the wheels turn
ing, and the payrolls going, and
the products rolling to market.
There are few Klamath people
who won't say "amen" to that
one.
In the fracas with the Reds, it
certainly quickens the pulse to
learn that our boys kept their
powder dry, lhat they weren't
the ic with dummy guns and
weren't asleep on the Job. When
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GUEST EDITORIAL
By WALT ICR CHAMBLIN JR.
Best private guesses at the Cap
ital are that Congress will be in
session until August 15. The House
program would permit adjourn
ment on July 31, as planned , . .
but the Senate Is bogged down . . .
not because of Knowland's leader-
hip . . . but the irrepressible de
sire of Senators to talk. There's
even a possibility of a special Sen
ate session (after the House has
gone homei to thresh out the pend
ing Flanders move to censure Mc
Carthy. No one will be quoted, but
number ot senators imnk mis
would provide entertainment far
exceeding the late P. T. Barnum's
Greatest Show on Earth .
Politics: Republicans are much
more hopeful over retoinlng con
trol of Congress than they were
six months ago. Reasons cited by
Republicans are ... (1) Business
Is better ... (2) The Public seems
pleased with Elsenhower's legisla
tive program . . . (3) Farmers
are not protesting as much as ex
pected over the Benson Flexible
Support Program . , . and (41
Candldites have back of them (for
(he first time since 1932) the sup
port of a President and his cabi
net.
The Atom Its control is in
doubt: The struggle over atomic
energy legislation constitutes one
of the most important battles tor
the principles of private enter
prise lhat has been waged in Con
gress for many years. The issue is
this: Shall the competitive enter
prise system be given lull play in
developing Ihe industrial use of
atomic energy ... or shall the
government - control advocate."
have their way and Impose rigid
regulation New legislation is re
quired as the nation and the world
speeds farther into the Atomic
Age. The legisltalon now In effect,
known as the McMahon Act, was
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the Commies made a pass at
them, they let them have it. Amen!
SOMETHING ELSE a little dif
ferent, also, in the news for a
change was a statement the other
day from the Interior Department.
The department, it said, is
looking into the recommendations
of the 5-man team appointed by
Secretary McKay to study the
workings of the Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The story said that the depart
ment is "giving consideration to
opening suitable strips within cer
tain refuge boundaries to con
trolled public shooting provided
that this will not materially re
duce the effectiveness as a water
fowl refuge."
If the refuge In the marsh north
of Pelican Bay is one of those
"certain" refuges, and if the con
sideration Is followed by action,
we'll give three rousing cheers.
As we've said before here,
there's Just one reason for spend
ing all the millions of dollars and
tleing up all the acres of land
for the birds. That's to provide
the recreation of duck and goose
hunting for people.
And by "people" let's think first
of the duck hunters right here at
home. The days of open hunting
marshes are gone; the amount of
public land open to such hunting
on the Oregon side of the line is
practically nil.
It's high time to be realistic
and open some of this refuge area
to the hunters as well as the
birds.
passed In 1946. If made atomic
energy a government monopoly.
Industry, at that lime, urged
that more freedom to obtain pat
ents be given inventors. Many be
lieve that the over-cautious atti
tude Incorporated In the McMahon
Act has retarded peacetime use of
atomic energy. "
This battle is still one of the
main Issues before Congress. The
Joint Committee on Atomic Ener
gy has recommended that the
Atomic Energy Commission be
given the power to require compul
sory licensing of patents for five
years. Under this procedure,
atomic energy patents would be
subject to use by any person, re
gardless of the wishes of the pat
ent holder, upon payment of roy
alty prescribed by the Commission.
Opponents contend thai compul
sory licensing constitutes seizure
of property and is contrary to the
fundamental basis of the Patent
System.
Contending that compulsory li
censing is "Un-American and dan
gerous,',' Rep. Cole (R.-N.Y.),
Chairman of the Joint Committee.
argued this way: "If It is logical
for 5 years, then why not 10 years
or 20 years, or even indefinitely?
If It is logical In the atomic ener
gy field, then why not in other
fields of economic endeavor such
as electronics, radio, automobile,
aircraft, or any other, if not all,
segments of our economy?"
Chairman Cole plans to try to
get the House to eliminate com
pulsory licensing. He Is supported
in his views by another committee
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By Jimmy Hatloj
Sam Dawson
NEW YORK 11 Bakers are eye
ing their cost sheets and shrinking
profits statements today and talk
ing of raising the price of bread
a cent a' loaf.
They made a similar hike just
a year ago, citing the same rea
sons: rising material costs, higher
wage scales, costlier distribution.
If they raise the price again they
will be doing so in the face of
a declining sale of bread per per
son in the country, and the compe
tition of the ready mix In the cake
and pastry fields.
But they claim that their costs
have risen again this year, more
than offsetting the price hike of
a year ago.
Housewives, recalling stories
about piles of surplus wheat, may
wonder why bakers say the price
of flour has gone up 10 per cent
over last year.
Bakers claim that the wheat in
government storage is not of the
quality they use In making bread
and cake. They soy that better
quality baking wheats are selling
far above the government's price
support levels.
They say the cost of the lard
they use is 60 per cent higher
this year than last, despite some
price slipping recently.
And wage and fringe benefit
hikes have increased payroll costs
about 5 per cent, they say.
One leading company totals up
the cost Increases in these three
items flour, shortening and labor
and says Its cost sheet now Is
$5,300,000 higher than a year ago.
The price Increase last year in
the price of bread brought in $2,
600,000 more to Its tills, the com
pany says. It cites the difference
as the reason it plans to raise its
bread price again before the sum
mer is over.
Statements on the general in
crease in costs and the drop in
profits this year have come In re
cent days from executives of Gen
eral Baking, Ward's. Continental
Baking and United Biscuit. -
General Baking's president,
Oeorge L. Morrison, says a price
hike in bread seems the only way
member. Rep. Va Zandt (R.-Pa.).
Industry also objected to Anti-
Trust Law provisions recommend
ed by the Joint Committee. This
resulted In a modification ap
proved by the Senate which elimi
nated much of the basis for com
plaint. As modified by the Senate,
the Attorney-General shall notify
Ihe Atomic Energy Commission
within 90 days if he thinks that a
proposed license might conflict
with Anti-Trust Laws. This would
be done only in significant cases.
The bill recommended by the
Joint Committee also provides that
a patent can be anticipated by
prior secret knowledge or use. This
is contrary to the established pat
ent laws of the United States. If
this provision remains in the bill,
no Inventor can know whether his
invention Is patentable or. in case
he does obtain a patent, whether
such patent is valid.
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The symposium on "Population
Growth and the Demand for Food"
appearing in the current issue of
the "California Monthly" contains
an article by Chester O. McCorkle
Jr. (Assistant Professor, Agricul
tural Economics, Davis), which
contains much food for thought for
the people of the Klamath Basin
since McCorkle takes a look at the
prospects of "Field Crops in 1975."
McCorkle starts his article on a
group of predictions:
"A rise In U.S. population to
above 200 millions.
"A California population above
20 millions.
"A 58 per cent Increase in con
sumption of fresh vegetables.
"A 74 per cent 'Increase in con
sumption of processed vegetables.
"A 104 per cent Increase in con
sumption of citrus fruits.
"A 47 per cent increase in con
sumption of other fruits.
"A 60 per cent increase In meat
consumption."
McCorkle then goes on to point
out that theses changes will affect
field crops and this In turn brings
up a host of questions as to what
crops will be the most affected,
surpluses, acreage production and
so on. Analyzing how population
growth will affect the future of
field crops is essentially evaluating
the competition for land use by
various interests (both within agri
culture and without), is the basis
of McCorkle's point of view. He
states: "The bargaining position of
each field crop will be determined
largely by future relative consum
er demands, but will also be af
fected by the Intricate relation
ships between Individual field
crops to other agricultural , pro
ducts, and the possible effects of
future technological changes in
production, processing, and conver
sion to new products."
McCorkle then goes on to point
out if the predictions he started
with were true then the consump
tion of fruits and vegetables will
become strong contenders for Irri
gated California valley lands where
the soils and climate is favorable.
The competition from fruits and
vegetables would displace field
out.
Millers, on the other hand, re
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ing up their buying of bakery
flours for some time, apparently
waiting for the spring wheat har
vest in hopes of further weakening
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crops in the area of competition.
He places such acreage shilts as
being dependent upon two factors,
the first is possible technological
yield increases for various crops:
the second, depends on the loss of
vegetable acreage to highways and
housing. One significant point is
largely a matter of technology be
cause if the rate of yield Increase
established over the past 25 years
should continue to 1975 there may
be no need lor additional acreage
to meet the demonds of the in
creased population. Technology
has been such an indefinite sub
ject that its future capabilities are
difficult to predict and the econ
omist appears inclined to the belief
that technology cannot maintain
the Same strides In production it
has made in the past.
McCorkle believes that the ma
jor impact on field crops acreage
and production in California will
come from the competition of veg
etables and fruits for high grade
agricultural lands where water Is
available. He points out there are
enough acres of good soils under
irrigation already to meet such an
encroachment; one million acres
now producing alfalfa, and a half
a million planted to other irrigated
field crops. These lands are point
ed to as being available to furnish
what additional acreage is needed
for producing vegetables and fruits
for fresh use and processing.
Such predictions, however, deal
only with the local needs of Cal
ifornia but since the state pro
vides a substantial proportion of
the fruits and vegetables consumed
in other states the economists be
lieve that the demand will continue
in equal proportion. If this occurs
then a quarter of a million acres
will be diverted from alfalfa and
irrigated grains to vegetables and
fruits. Then there Is the problem
of California increasing Its propor
tion of supplying the national de
mands for fruits and vegetables
which would require additional
shifts In the use of crop lands.
This competition for crop land
between field crops and fruits and
vegetables becomes an important
factor in the supply of meat and
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i dairy products. Increased demands
for meat and dairy products Indi
cate Increased demands for feed
grains, alfalfa, and Improved pas
tures. The experts do not believe
that these agricultural . products
will be in a position to hold their
own in the face of the rising de
mand for fruits and begetables,
therefore, they expect increases in
shipment of meat and manufac
tured dairy products and the di
version of California milk from
manufacturing to market mil
channels. .
Another point of Importance I
the factor of source and cost of
needed feed grains since over half
of California's present supplies is
being consumed by poultry. At tho
present level of technology an in
crease in 60 per cent of meat con
sumption will require an increase
in feed grains of more than 40 per
cent. There Is little doubt but that '
future population growth will make
decided changes in the crop land
pattern of agriculture even so
the future of agriculture ap
pears brighter.
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