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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1954)
mm In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Up at Prineville the other day Al UUman. Demnrmti,- f-Anrfiri-,. for congress from this district of Oiegon, took a crack at the sale oi the' Bonneville Power Adminis tration's Redmond-Klamath Falls transmission line to Copco. The sale of this line to a private power company, he said, "even tually brought a 16 npl- ppnt in. crease in power rates and. cost the luamam rails area Its industrial future." Ullman Is running for congress against Sam Coon. In his Prine ville speech he holds Interior Sec- retary McKay and COON respon sible for Bonneville's failure to get a line oi its own to Klamath Falls. Somewhat earlier In the canv palgn Dick Neuberger, Democratic candidate for the U.S. senate from Oregon, took a shot at this same transaction. Speaking at Westport at a Democratic rally, he said: "Sale of the BPA's Retlmond Klamath transmission line to Call- fornia-Oregon Power company was a bargain basement deal. Interior Secretary McKay in a Portland in terview called It a sale directed by congress. That is not correct. McKay and SENATOR CORDON put the sale through." You will note that Mr. Ullman holds Coon responsible (along with Secretary McKay) for spiking the extension of Bonneville power to Klamath Falls. Mr. Neuberger holds Cordon responsible for It (along with Secretary McKay.) They're both wrong. Here is' what happened: The Bonneville Power Adminis tration was extremely anxious to build this transmission line. It wasn't interested in building just to Klamath Falls. What it wanted was a . tie-in with Shasta dam which would permit H to move gov-. ernment power up and down the Pacific Coast at will. Down here in the Klamath coun try practically everybody was FOR the idea. We wanted MORE POW ER. The more power that is avail able for our use, the better it w'lll be for us. We have large resources here that are awaiting develop ment and we need power to de velop them. We wanted the BPA line. But it was bitterly opposed by the State of Washington, which reasoned that the result of building such a line would be to EXPORT TO CAL IFORNIA Columbia river power that might otherwise bo used in the State of Washington. Somewhere along the line, while the Shasta tie-in was a hot Issue, I was talking to a representative of the Bonneville Power Adminis tration. I laughed and told him I knew how to get the Shasta tie-in his organization was so much in terested in. "How?" he asked. "Locate a big defense plant down here in the wilds of the Klamath country for dispersal reasons," I said to him. "Such a plant would have to be served with Bonneville power. Once you get Bonneville power to Klamath Falls to serve a big defense Industry, nothing can stop you from bringing Shasta pow er up to meet it." He looked thoughtful. "It might work," he said. But nothing caine of it. At any rate, the Bonneville Pow er Administration transmission line to Klamath Falls, as orginally planned, was killed. It was killed not by wicked conspirators in the GOP, but by New Deal Democrats in the State of Washington who feared that if the Shasta tie-in was built Bonneville power would be exported from Washington to South ern Oregon and California. They were powerful enough In Congress at that time to stop the appropriations for building the line. The later sale to Copco came after BPA had been stopped from build ing the line on its own. All the negotiations leading up to the sale were made under the Democratic administration. Olson Scales Weight Down SAN FRANCISCO Wl Carl (Bobol Olson, middleweight cham pion, scaled 160 pounds "on the nose" Friday in his second weigh in for Friday night s title fight with Rocky Castellani. When he first weighed In the California Boxing Commission of fices at 10 a.m., Olson hit 160 ? pounds. His aides hurried him to a steam bath to sweat off that extra half pound. Sixty minutes later he made the weight. When Olson couldn't qualify at the first weighing. Castellanl's manager. Al Naiman of Cleveland, immediately claimed the title but the boxing commission rejected that claim. Jack (Doc) Kcams. the chal lengers chief adviser, supported "Neman's claim. However. Tony Entenza, chair nan of the commission, said he was "overruling the claim with reluctance." Entenza then gave Olson two hours to get rid of the 8 ounces. The Middleweight title fight be tween Carl (Bobo) Olson and Rocky Castellani will be televised over channel 5 on KBES-TV from Med ford tonisht at 6:00 (PST). No local radio illation will be broad cawing the fight. Price Five Cents It Pcgei Six-Power EDC Conference Ending In Disagreement BRUSSELS, Belgium Wl A six-power discussion of Pierre Mendes-France's proposals -for drastic revision of the European Defense Community treaty neared Its windup in complete disagree ment Friday night. Entering a fourth session with the foreign ministers of West Ger many, Italy, Belgium, The Nether lands and Luxembourg, the French Premier appeared extremely dis couraged about the possibility of getting their approval of changes he deems necessary to get France's parliament to ratify the army pact. But he had not abandoned his projects. Dutch Foreign Minister J. W. Beyen said the meeting would be decisive. If no basis for agreement can be reached, the ministers may Korea Troop Moves Planned SEOUL Wl Two U.S. Infantry divisions the 25th and 2nd will be pulled out of Korea "in the immediate future," the Army an nounced today, but they will not be transferred as units. Two other American divisions scheduled to leave Korea before the end of the year have not yet been identified. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, 8th Army commander, said there will be "considerable shuffling" of men in the 2nd and 25th to give men with long service in Korea priority. Tne 25th Division, which came to the Far Eeast from Hawaii, re turns to Hawaii's Schofield Bar racks. The 2nd will be stationed in the United States. It formerly was based at Ft. Lewis, Wash. Remaining U.S. divisions now In Korea are the 3rd, 7th, 24th and 1st JMarines. A U.S. regimental combat team now stationed here is to be pulled out, and the number of support troops unquestionably will be cut. The 1st British Commonwealth Division Is expected to be sharply reduced. Previously announced plans call lor leaving two U.S. divisions plus one division of U.N. and U.S. troops to bolster South Korea's 20 divislon army. Doctor Gives Innocent Plea CLEVELAND W) Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard pleaded innocent at his arraignment Friday and his counsel in a surprise move made no request for bail. William J. Corrigan. head of the defendant's legal staff, previously said he would ask Common Pleas Judge Arthur H. Day to set bail or call a hearing. Corrigan made no mention of ihe matter at the arraignment. Queried by reporters, he snapped: "No comment. I'm not trying this case in the newspapers." Dressed nattily in a charcoal grey suit, Dr. Sheppard was ac companied by Corrigan and his counsel, Fred H. Garmone. us he stepped before the bench to enter a plea to the first degree murder indictment. After the indictment was read. Garmone said simply "Not guilty, your honor." Dr. sheppard, who showed no sign of emotion throughout the 20 minute proceedings, was returned immediately to his cell in county jail. The 30-year-old osteopath was indicted on first degree murder charges Tuesday in the hack slaying of his wife, Marilyn, last July 4. Corrigan had reported he would call a "number" of witnesses if the bail hearing was granted, but declined to say if he intended to put Dr. Sheppard on the stand. KFPA Area Free Of Forest Fires Despite considerable lightning in the eastern part of Klamath Coun ty Thursday afternoon no fires have been reported thus far, ac cording to KFPA officials today. Fairly heavy rains fell In higher elevations during the electrical storms. A dump ground fire near Olcne was quickly extinguished. This blare was believed caused by someone dumping hot ashes. No 1 damage resulted, KLAMATH decide to give up and go home. In lact West Germany's chancellor-foreign minister. Konrad Ade nauer, made arrangements t o leave for Bonn early Saturday, U.S. Ambassador Frederick M. Alger Jr. stopped, by the French embassy Friday afternoon for a half-hour chat with. Mendes-France at the latter's invitation. Alger said the French Premier gave him a fill in on the progress of the meeting, but nothing more. The ambassador said that he had been surprised at the invitation in view of Mendes-France's heavy work schedule. He added that he had thought perhaps France had some new suggestion for which it wanted U.S. backing, but nothing of this nature had been broached. The ministers discussed Friday afternoon a compromise offered formally by Belgian Foreign Min ister Paul-Henri Spank. Spaak pre sented his suggestion originally Thursday night, but it got a cool reception from Mendes-France. Friday morning he put his ideas in writing and submitted them again slightly modified. There seemed to be almost no hope of any acceptance. The Spaak proposals are based on the idea that France must first ratily the European army treaty in its present form and that the others will agree to talk about changes later. Mendes-F ranee flatly said he cannot get the French Parliament to approve the treaty in its present form. New Formosa Warning Told TOKYO l.n Communist China called again Friday for the "liber ation" of Formosa and declared "We shall not stop unlil this ob jective Is attained." A Peiping Radio broadcast said Formosa "must be liberated by the Chinese people and they will brook no U. S. occupation, no U.N. trusteeship, no neutralization." "The Chinese people both legal ly and morally are perfectly justi lied in wanting to liberate Taiwan (Formosa) and wipe out the trai torus Chiang, Kai Shek gang," said the broadcast, quoting an editorial In the official People's Daily. Red China's renewed call for the "liberation" of Formosa fol lowed by only a few days Presi dent Eisenhower's declaration that any Communist invasion would have to run over the U. S. 7th Bleet. The United States has guarded the Chinese Nationalist island from invasion since 1950 and only this week the U. S. Paciflo Com mander - in - chief, Adm. Felix Stump, said on Formosa that the 1th Fleet "would do whatever is militarily expedient" in the de fense of Formosa. Pearson May Ask Hearing Leon Pearson, 30-year-old Klam ath Reservation Indian, charged with first degree murder, la ex pected to demand a preliminary hearing when hc appears again Monday for arraignment before District Judge D. E. Vin Vactor. Pearson is accused of the gun slaying of Gene Ericlts, 29-year-old moulding plant employe. Ericks was fatally wounded Au gust 7 at the Pat Jackson ranch near Ohiloquin Junction. Arraignment of the alleged slayer was twice postponed be cause his attorney, George C. Reinmiller of Portland, was un able to appear in court. Reinmil ler also is representing Pearson in an arson case pending in the United States District Court at Portland. For the past three days. Rein miller has been in Klamath Falls and Chiloquin questioning witness es in the homicide case. He de clined to discuss the case. Police Chief Lewis Jones of Chiloquin who with state police, arrested Pearson two hours after the alleged murder said E ricks had a toy pistol in his possession ot the time of the shooting. Pearson is alleged to have taken a 30-30 rifle from an automobile and then apparently shooting Ericks In the stomach without provocation. Ericks was dead on arrival at Klamath Valley Hospital. Chief Jones says Pearson and another Klamath Indian are await ing trial for setting 16 fires on the reservation. Pearson was at liberty under $500 bail on the ar son charge. , FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY 'GUST 20, 19&4 I- V fepU Ik h?i El -a S 7 iUf WASHING THE WINDOWS this morning as the early morning photographer came by was Blackie Holgate, 614 Lincoln, working at Currin's For Drugs, Ninth and Main, Gasoline War Hits Portland PORTLAND Wl A price war at service stations has put gasoline at Its lowest prices were since July, 1951. Prices of 26 Va cents fop regular and 28 y cents a gallon for ethyl gasoline were noted at some sta tions. Many stations were selling name brand gasoline at 27.9 cents for regular, compared with the 31 ''2 cents that had been prevail ing for months. Some stations, however, were staying with the old prices. mmh m 1 1 1 in inn .i.n in QUEEN BEVERLY VINCENT, landing, and Pnncesiet Beth Tracy and Judy Laird will reign over the 35th annual Lakeview Roundup, which will be staged at Lakeviow on Labor Day week end, September 4, 5 and 6, The tint show was held in 1920, and president this year is Georqs Barrett, Lalceview rancher. The show is held in conjunction with the Laics County Fair, and the big wind-up feature on Monday night is the 15th annual Rotary Club auction of 4-H and FFA livestock. ... Strike Governors Propose Plan To Northwest Lumber Workers SAN FRANCISCO Wl The two month old lumber strike in North era California was over Friday, with the union's president calling the walkout "a draw." "We neither won nor lost the strike. It was a draw," said Joseph L. Hazard, president of the Cen tral California district council of AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work ers who voted Thursday with only one opposing vote to . return to work. No pay increase and only one paid additional holiday were granted. Arthur Mendelson, a company negotiator, said the agreement represents a "very, very minor cost increase." The union originally asked for a 12 i,j cents an hour pay increase. The lumber operators said an in crease in production costs was un justified this year. The agreement was expected to set a pattern between the union and numerous independent small operators. From 5.000 to 9,000 workers were expected back on the job Monday. By THE ASSOCIATF.D PRESS A proposal that striking Pacific Northwest lumber workers return to their jobs while a fact-finding committee works on issues of the prolonged dispute was under study by union and management Friday. The back-to-work plan, advanced Thursday at a union-management conference with Govs. Arthur B. Langlic of Washington and Paul L. Patterson of Oregon, coupled with an unconfirmed report of a Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. settle ment offer brightened hopes as the strike rolled into its 61st day. The Portland Oregonian and The Journal leported the Weyerhaeuser offer, ' Both1' newspapers said the company had offered striking AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers and CIO Woodworkers' Union a 2 '2-cents-an-hour increase. Union and company officials were silent on the report. Both promised a statement Friday, The proposal to appoint a fact finding committee was advanced by the two governors at a 5 la hour conference at Olympla. Lang lie said later representatives of both groups agreed to discuss the plan with their organizations and return for another meeting Mon day. Telephone 8111 AFL Lumber and Sawmill Work ers was the only union represent ed at the meeting but Patterson said he would report to the CIO and It was "conceivable" the un ion might be represented on the committee, if one is appointed. Lnnglle said the proposed study group would consist of two rep resentatives of labor, two of man agement and three to be appoint ed jointly by the two governors. Meanwhile, new rock-throwing incidents were reported in the two states. Notes attached to rocks and reading: "This is the last warn ing, scab. There Is a beating in store for you." were tossed through windows in the homes of two non-striking employes of the Exchange Lumber Co. at Spokane. Truck drivers OUle Orvie and Ross Stevens, both members of the AFL Teamsters Union, said the notes followed earlier telephone calls received by their wives threatening "trouble" If the men continued to work at the plant. At Lebanon, Ore., police said rocks were thrown at a caravan of cars carrying workers through a CIO Woodworkers picket line to the Santiam Lumber Co. Com pany officials SBid 30 men of a normal crew of 120 were going through the line to work at the plant, which reopened Monday without offering a pay increase. Two cars were damaged and a picket was Injured, reportedly when struck by one of the cars. At Forks, on Washington's Olym pic Peninsula, three men arrested after a rock broke a windshield on a logging company bus were fined $50 apiece, with half of it suspend ed. The three were part of on estimated 100 CIO union pickets Who massed on the Allen logging road 40 miles west of Port An gclcs. Wcallier FORECAST Klamath Falli and vicinity: Tartly cloudy and a lit tle warmer Saturday. High Satur day 75; low Friday night 40. Hllfh yesterday - 73 Low last night - -.45 I'recln last 24 hours 02 Since Oct. 1 ...1. 14.68 Same period lait year 14.87 Normal for period -....12.61 Early Passage Of Raises Predicted WASHINGTON ifl Senate House conference committee reached agreement Friday on a compromise social security bill extending coverage to more than 10 million additional persons, and raising benefits and the taxes to pay for them. The bill, last major piece of leg islation holding up adjournment of Congress, was to be rushed to the House floor for expected quick passage, then sent to the Senate for final congressional action. The conferees settled their ma jor difference by agreeing to put under compulsory coverage 3,600. 000 farm operators as asked by President Eisenhower. Tlie Senate and House versions of the bill were In general agree ment on new benefit scales and on raising the tax base from $3,600 to S4.200 of annual income. Their only major difference lay In Just which additional workers should be covered by .the legislation. VICTORY The compromise bill represents a substantial victory for the Pres ident, since it largely follows his views and embodies a big exten sion and liberalization of the 20-year-old social security program. On the other major point in con troversy, coverage of professional men, the conferees agreed to com pulsory coverage of three major categories accountants, archi tects and engineers. These total about 1,000,000 as compared with the 600,000 asked by the- Presi dent. The confereees eliminated cov erage for doctors, dentists, and all medically related groups as well as lawyers. The House originally had voted to put in all of the professional people except the 150,000 doctors. Tne Senate decided to exclude all of them. DEADLOCK The breaking of the deadlock on the social security bill was ex pected to bring the legislative ses sions ot the 83rd Congress to a close by nightfall. Leaders of both parties were predicting the con gressmen would be on their way home Friday night. In addition to the farm .opera tors, the bill extends coverage to about two million additional farm hands. This was a compromise: the Senate voted for 2,600,000 ad ditional as the President asked, the House for only about 1,300,000, U.S. Deficit Announced WASHINOTON Ifl The Treas ury announced Friday that the government went into the red by two billion dollars during July, the first month of the new fiscal year. Secretary of the Treasury Humphrey was reported to have told Congress during the recent de bate over increasing the national debt limit that he now expects the government to run a deficit of about four billion dollars for the entire fiscal year, 1955, which be gan July 1 and ends next June 30. President Elsenhower estimated In his budget message last Jan uary the government would over spend its Income In fiscal 1955 by approximately three billion dol lars. Subsequent tax cuts by Con gress have increased the prospec tive deficit. The one-month deficit of two bil lion dollars during July, announced Friday in the monthly summary of the government's budget fi-j nonces, occurred during the peri od of the year when tox collec tions are at low ebb. The deficit will continue to build up during the next five or six months, prob ably to around nine billion dol lars, and will then bo cut rapidly by the spring flood of tax re ceipts. The July deficit resulted from spending of $4,827,000,000 during the month against net receipts of 2,827,0O0,000. 4-H Livestock Awards Listed The following list Includes awards to be made to Future Farmers of America and 4-H Club winners In the 1954 Junior Live stock Show and Sale to be held this weekend at the Klamath Coun ty Fairgrounds. The list was re lease by Francis Skinner, 4-H Club Agent and secretary ot the Rotary Club show committee. SPECIAL AWARDS Rotary Club revolving cup to Ihe best all-around livestock club. Fairboard Trip to state fair and Pacific International, livestock and dairy Judging teams. Women's Auxiliary Paciiic Coast Aberdeen Angus Association silver trophy,- top girl Angus showman. F. W. Bertram award trophy, best herd of five beeves. The American Hereford Associa tion offers to pay 20 per cent of the premiums of $5 or more paid on Hereford steers and heiiers win ning in the Individual classes. The American Shorthorn Breed ers' Association will add 20 per cent to cash premiums of $5 or more paid on Shorthorn steers and hellers. Klamath County Cowbclles (10 (Continued ea pare I) The increase will average about $6 a month for the 6 2 million persons now receiving social se curity payments. The 5 million re tired persons on the rolls will get at least 3. 'me increase will be made automatically. For the fu ture, benefits will be boosted by as much as $35 a month by the new formulae. Legislative Score Given By Ike Aides WASHINGTON Wl The Whito House compiled its own box score Friday on the record of Congress In relation to President Elsen hower's requests, and found it a "pretty good batting average." Wilton B. Persons and Oerald Morgan of the White House staff briefed newsmen with the aid of charts, and said out of 65 separate proposals the President "struck out" only 11 times. These 11 bills were either defeated or shelved. It was emphasized the President would press them at the next ses sion. Of the 54 measures listed as passed, 27 have been signed and 25' are awaiting signature. The White House put on this list two bills it said it assumed would pass Friday-Social security Expansion and some kind ot postal rate government pay Increase. RECORD Morgan put the administration record in baseball terms. He said: 'The Republican effort went to bat 65 times and struck out 11 times. That is a pretty good bat ting average." Persons said the record was achieved with "fine cooperation" by Senate and House Republican leader. He said the President oc casionally contacted these leaders by telephone, as well as having weekly conferences with them, but never put on any "pressure cam paign." "I never saw him take a keenef interest in anything since the In vasion of Normandy,' said Persons a retired major general who served under Eisenhower In World War II. IKE'S SPEECH Press Secretary James O, Ha gerty said the box score will form, the basis for the speech the Presi dent intends to deliver on the rec ord of Congress. This speech will be broadcast from Denver Mon day night if Congress quits in time. The President hopes to leave Saturday morning for a Col orado vacation. The 11 measures listed by the White House as having been shelved or defeated were: Customs valuation, defense facil ities security protection, voting for 18 year olds, parts of the foreign economic policy, Hawaiian state hood, health reinsurance, medical care for military dependents, Taft Hartley Act amendments, Upper Colorado project, wire tap evi dence measure and publlo health grant-in-aid formulae. Federal Pay Raise Voted WASHINGTON Wl The Senate Friday voted a 5 per cent pay raise for upward of two million federal workers. The bill was passed 69-4 after a losing fight by Sen. Knowland (R-Callf) to attach a hike in postal rates to help meet the cost of the pay boost. House action was anticipated quickly. Knowland's postal rate amend ment was beaten 55-16. Knowland, the Republican floor leader, told the Senate that Pres ident Elsenhower could be expect ed to veto the bill unless there was a postal rate increase to off set In part the cost of the pay rlsp. Knowland had been a breakfast guest of the President Friday morning. Some Democrats nevertheless hooted at the Idea the President might veto the pay raise. . Sen. Pastore (D-RI) told the Senate he had an exact opposite impression. Pastore, a member of the Post Office Committee, said Chairman Carlson (R-Kas) recently gave tho committee "assurance" that "In hi3 opinion this legislation (tho pay rise) would be acceptable to the President of the United States." The dispute over the politically touchy pay issue was one of the last remaining to be settled before Congress adjourns. Top Price Paid For Prize Ram Mrs, Mabel Llskey, operator of Ihe Lost River Ranch in Pon Val ley, paid the top price of 12,250 for a stud ram at the 35th annual ram sale in Ogdcn, Thursday, The ram was sold by M. W.
