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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 16, 1954)
In The- Day's Hews By FRANK JENKINS Do you want to know why it costs so much money to run gov ernments? I can tell you. It's because, in the very nature ol "things, running a government requires such FABULOUS amounts 01 what we call ted tape. I'll attempt to back up what I've said here by relating a recent per sonal experience. A lew weeks back I advanced a trilling amount of money lor travel expense in connection with a minor State of Oregon activity with which I have been associated for several years. No salary is involved in the job, but under certain circum stances travel expense is reimbur sable. So, in a tight-listed moment. I turned In an expense account and thought no more about it until a lew days ago when a notice came from the accounting department of the appropriate agency of the state wanting to know in general terms why the Sam Hill I hadn't sent in a receipt for the state's check so that the transaction could be but toned up and filed away. I couldn't recall having received such a check, so I scrawled a note on the form notification asking that the returned vouchers be checked to see if I had cashed the darned In due time, a letter arrived. It was a courteous letter to the effect that No, the check hadn't been cashed, so it must be assumed that it had been lost in the mails and that another one , must be made out to me. That's where the fun began. . Enclosed with the letter was the proper legal form required by the law of Oregon in such cases. The form was printed on pink paper. It was 21 inches long by eight inches wide and was covered with email printing and blank lines for lilling out. It was printed on both sides of the paper. It required Irom me an indem nity bond lor twice the amount ol the lost check so that in the event I cashed both checks and shoved the proceeds in my jeansnhe state could compel reimbursement. In addition to Uie Indemnity bond, I had to sign (before a no tary) an affidavit that I am a citi zen of the United States, that I live at such and such a place, and that I have lived there so many years. I had to list my real estate holdings and give an estimate of the fair value thereof, along with encumbrances. I must make also a statement of the fair value of personal property possessed by me and the amount owed tnereon, niat was lust a beginning. There was required also two sep arate affidavits 01 individual sure ty nnnnrilntr mv indemnity bond the drift of them being that if the two checks were- cashed and I failed to come through to the state these Individuals would come through lor me and make good the amount I had slickercd the tax- Davers out of. These affidavits from the good friends and true who had rallied 'around me in my hour 01 need naa to he sworn to before a notary Also each of them had to list a sworn total of his assets and his liabilities. Oh, yes. Each signature mine and that of my two sureties, had to be supported by the signatures of two witnesses. I'd hate to guess the numoer of man - hours con sumed In eetttng me a new check Irom the state in return for the cne that got lost. - all thi9 now wins It's perfectly simple. And per fectly logical. Ana unaouuieuij necessary. nr-ll nr.no nf crt HPHPO Mime weu, n " " 1 J, u investigating committee might be ,i..Mt.inc Ihrnuirh till records SHd might come upon the fact that TWO CHECKS nad oeen imsucu iu , nrl 4tiat nnlv rWW RPt Of HCrV" lces had been performed by me In return tnereior. So all this rigamarole had to be gone through with and a record of it stored away so that in the dist ant future it could be proved, if enmannn raicari flirt KaH flhnllt It. that the transaction was strictly on tne up ana up. Vrt caa it's like thi We Amer icans Insist on believing that our public servants are either actual crooks or potential crooks. From time to time, we fry them out in the pan of legislative lnvestiga-' tions (or accusations by challeng ing candidates) and get a whale of a kick out of the headlines that follow. So the honest ones who make up at least 98 per cent of the total have to protect themselves with voluminous records of EVERY transaction and these rec ords have to be stored away lor years and years and years so that if anybody EVER wants to stir up a scandal the records will be there to prove what happened. This political system of ours Is quite a system. United Fund Displays Shown. Window displays, educattonti and Interesting, have been set up in several downtown merchants' windows by agencies supported by the United Fund . Red Cross cam paign. Agencies represented include Camp Fire Girls, Girl Scouts, Red Cross. Bny Scouts, Salvation Army and YMCA. Merchant supporting this win dow project Include Mlller'a Depart ment Store, Leon's, Don's Mens and Boys Wear, Singer Sewing Ma chine Co., Pelican Candy Jar, U.S. National Bank. J. C. Penney Co., Whvtal's. the Evans building. Shoppers are urged to view these displays. vm i it rvyjy & IT'S NOT EVERY HUNTER on this opening day of duck hunting season who can have the game literally eating out of his hand, but for several months, these five (count 'em) Canadian honkers at Harry Monroe's Boat Docks on Front Street haven't missed the chow call for the domestic ducks. There's only one drawback, however. Although duck season opened at noon today and closes January 3, Monroe's honkers' haven is located in the city limits, ergo, no hunting! New York City's Commerce Tied Up By Truck Strike NEW YORK IB A truck strike, idling more than 23,000 drivers, hit New York City and a wide sur rounding area today and threatens to choke off the region's com merce. The AFL Teamsters Union called the strike of a general freight drivers at one minute after mid night to back up wage increase demands. Emergency mediation sessions failed to avert the sched uled walkout. Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York, who viewed the strike as "disastrous" for the city's trade, sought vainly for a last-minute de lay to permit further negotiations. Teamster leaders turned down his appeal, saying the strike had al ready been postponed twice for a total of 45 days, with no agree ment In sight. The strike affects all metropoli tan New York and Long Island, reaches deep into New Jersey and up to Poughkeepsie in New York state. New Jersey is affected as far south as Trenton. The truck strike is expected to have little Influence during the weekend business lull. It's main impact will come Monday or later. Freight blocked by the strike In cludes food for major chain stores, newsprint and exports and imports. Three Hunters Feared Lost DALLAS. Ore. Wl Three search parties went Into the Fanno Moun tain area west of here Saturday seeking three persons missing since Oct. 9 on a hunting trip. Norman H. Zieszler: his wife, Esther, and their 14-year-old son left their home at Newport a week ago. They "told relatives they nianned to be gone only one day and one night. They did not take camping equipment or extra ioou with them, the relatives said. An unidentified Aurora man who had been hunting in the area noticed the empty car and report ed the license number to the Polk County sheriff's office Friday. The office checked, found that the .car was Zleszler's and called Newport. Relatives then asked that a search b started. Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Fair, ariable high clouds through Sunday. High Sunday 14 low Saturday night 50. High yesterday 70 Low last nirht 51 lixon - WICHTMRTOH 11 The o-overn ment has tentatively agreed to con tract terms designed to Insure the Dixon-Yates power group a 9 per ctnt profit on its Investment, with no specified profit ceiling. If it builds a new plant near the Ten nessee Valley. This was revealed today by a study of the controversial and still-under-wraps ninth draft of the pro posed contract, which the Atomic Energy Commission has approved but not yet signed. Based upon present cost esti mates, the contract now calls for the AEC to pay $20,746,000 annual ly. Including federal and local taxes, for the 25-year life of the contract $177,000 a year more than previously reported to Presi dent Elsenhower and Congress. The AEC would absorb any ma jor increases in the cost of coal and labor, as well as taxes, and would be credited for decreases, the contract shows. The document now Is before the Senate-House Atomic Energy Com mittee which is scheduled to meet Nov. 4 to decide whether to give an immediate go-ahead for the project or hold it over until the next Congress. The administration has asked for quick committee approval. Oppo rents want consideration put off until the next session of Congress, as required under normal pro cedure for such contracts. The law requires a committee review of the contract before it goes into effect Without trucks to carry cargos from railroad and steamship term inals, shipping will eventually be jammed behind huge piles of un moved freight. Certain items handled bv truck drivers covered in special contracts will continue to move, however. These include fuel, milk, meat fruits and vegetables, bakery goods, building supplies, and beer. The strike was called by 12 teamster locals whose members work for approximately 3,000 firms In New York and New Jer sey. Asked If the stoppage might spread to other parts of the coun try, the union's chief economist, David Kaplan, replied: "If there is a trucking strike in one area it is difficult to prevent it In others. The union seeks an hourly Increase of 20 cents in wages and 5 cents in pension and welfare benefits. The last employer offer was a package Increase of 10 cents an hour. Hourly wages ' now range from $1.77 for helpers to $2.21 for drivers of trailer trucks. A, special citizens' committee appointed by Mayor Wagner sought unsuccessfully to arrange a com promise, on a 17rcent increase th(s year and an 8-cent Increase next year. For a time there were reports that certain union groups favored accepting this proposal, but late top teamster negotiators declared they would not come down from their 25-cent demand. The union also turned down Wag ner's urgent appeal that the dis pute be turned over to an arbit rator. Employers, who had offered to arbitrate ever since bargaining broke down, said they would ac cept any arbitrator named by Wag ner. , Kaplan, speaking for union ne gotiators, said arbitration was re jected because we had scaled down our demans to a very min imum." The union said It would keep a firm and united front against any attempts to negotiate with indivi dual locals. "With that kind of a position the employers will know they can't expect any kind of a break and will acquiesce quicker," Kaplan said. , "While a spokesman for the employers maintained that the union's 25-cent demand was "eco nomically Impossible", the team sters announced that 434 firms had already signed agreements to pay this boost. The union said these companies employed 3,960 drivers. Industry spokesmen discounted the Importance of these signings and said they did not represent a major break in the industry stand. Yates Contract Approved but does not allow the Senate House group to veto it or change its terms. The disputed plan a center of the public-vs. -private power con troversycalls for the Dixon-Yates private power group to build a 107-mlllion-dollar steam plant at West Memphis, Ark., the plant would send' electricity through Tennessee Valley Authority public power lines to replace some TVA power used by AEC. The Dixon-Yates group, com posed of Middle South Utilities. Inc., and the Southern Co., would invest 5',i million dollars. The re maining amount would be bor rowed by Dixon-Yates from pri vate sources at about 3','2 per cent interest and this interest cost, the contract shows, would be paid by AEC as part of Dixon-Yates' charges Rep. W. Sterling Cole iR-NY), chairman of the Atomic Commit tee, indicated today the AEC soon may make the proposed contract public. The AEC approved it early this month but the terms have not been officially disclosed, despite repeated demands for their dis closure by critics of the plan. j Cole returned to Washington to day and reportedly contacted AEC officials about releasing the docu ment after being asked to do so by at least one member of the committee. Cole told a newsman "there is nothing to hide." "The admuutraUon preferred to Reds Level Charge At U.S. UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. Wl Russia accused the United States Friday night of aggression against Red China and called on the U.N. General Assembly to put a stop to it. The United States promptly branded the charge a lie. In a letter to Dr. Eelco N. Van Kief fens, assembly president, Russia's Andrei Vishlnsky held the United states responsible for coastal attacks on the Chinese mainland and ship seizures near Formosa, seat of the Chinese Na tionalist regime. He asked the As sembly to condemn the alleged American aggression. A quick replying statement Is sued by Chief U.S. Delegate Hen ry Cabot Lodge Jr. declared: "To say that the United States has engaged in any aggressive action in tne area of Formosa or any where else is a plain lie." Vishinsky sent his letter one day after the U.N. circulated complaint from Red Chinese Pre mier Chou En-Lai charging the United States with aggression and asking the assembly to call a halt to American aid to Chinese Na tionalists. The United States refused to ac cept delivery of the Chinese complaint,-which was circulated to U. N. members over American ob jections. Diplomatic sources said since the United States does not recognize the Peiping regime it does not need accept communica tions from it. The U.N. Security Council con sidered similar aggression charg es preferred by Red China in 1950, but turned down a Peiping request that it condemn the Uni ted States. Rescue Party Finds Hunter VANCOUVER, Wash. Wi A 59-year-old deer hunter missing since Thursday was found safe Saturday morning In the Yacolt Burn area northeast of here. Sheriff Clarence McKay received a radio report that three members of a search party found Burnie Lee Fry and that he was in good con dition. The report said Fry was located six miles from where he and a companion, Robert Pearson, 58, also of Ridgefield, parted Thurs day morning. Names of the three who found Fry were given as B. Pierco and G. Todhunter, both of Vancouver, and Jess Lovelace of LaCenter, Wash. Tnere were no other details. wait until the committee acted on it," be said. "But as one member of the committee. I see no reason" why it cannot be published. He said this should be done by the commission, rather than the congressional group. A copy of the complex proposed contract made available to the Associated Press showed that: 1. Basic yearly cliargcs to be paid Dixon-Yates by the AEC would Include $495,000 Identified as 9 per cent of the companies' con templated 6Vj million dollar in vestment. Any earnings above the $495,000 would be placed In a special fund Irom which Dixon-Yates could withdraw to make up the differ ence in any year when earnlngsJ fell below that figure. When the iund exceeded $500,000. the com pany and the AEC would split the excess. (Whether Dixon - Yates might actually earn more Ulan 9 lier cent is a separate question, informants said, oependir.g on eco nomic factors and on the ruling? of federal and state regulatory commissions.! ' 2. Dixon Yates In authorized to sell power generated beyond AEC needs and to tie in other utility lines to the proposed plant. The contract specifically calls for a tie in with the Arkansas Power and Light Co., a subsidiary of Middle South Utilities. 3. The AEO would pay replace ment costs the first five years at the annual rite of $524,000, includ Price Five Cents 16 Pace Hurricane Hazel Death Toll Rises By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A mounting toll of destruction, with at least 77 persons dead and millions of dollars worth of pro perty in ruius, marked the path of Hurricane Hazel as the storm whirled into Northern Canada Saturday. Turbulent weather still boiled over parts of the eastern United States, and In Pennsylvania, swol len rivers rose to flood stage., driving thousands from their homes. Uncounted numbers in other regions were left homeless. As the hurricane hurled its wan ing strength against Canada, beat en and battered communities across eight states and the Dis trict of Columbia fought to restore life to normal. Many still were without power, and communications were disrupt ed. Hundreds of homes and other structures were destroyed or dam aged. More than 300 national guards men patrolled the stricken beach towns of South Carolina where the wind first struck, leaving a trail of wreckage and fleeing refugees. Rising waters still threatened parts of the Industrial city 01 Pittsburgh, where the big Alle gheny and Monongahela rivers converge to form tne unio. a crest was expected in late after noon that would flood parts of the city, already hurt by the winds. Dozens of other Pennsylvania cities reeled from effects of wind and rising floods. The eastern part of Butler, a town of 24,000. was under five to eight feet of water. Rowboata were used to rescue marooned families. WORKERS AID Civil defense workers, firemen and police, wearing hip boots, haloed 150 families from their homes In flooded Derry, Just north of Pittsburgh. Termed one of the worst conti nental storms of the century, the hurricane whipped itself into fury at sea 11 days ago, then buzz sawed across. the island of Haiti last Tuesday, killing more than 100. It smashed Into the U.S. main land In South Carolina early Fri day, then ripped across North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and into Pennsylvania. It spread its devastation in lesser, degree across New York and New Eng land, then charged on Canada, wreaking- tiew havoo thore Satur day. -, ' . Not counting the missing, known fatalities by states are: New York 13; Virginia 7; Penn sylvania 11: North Carolina 15; Maryland 6: New Jersey 6: Dela ware 4; wasningion, u.u., .- o: Massachusetts 10 Connecticut 1 and Canada 8. NEW STORM As the remnants of the mighty storm hacked through the north eastern states, it Joined with new storm centers in Canada, which fanned its slackening currents to new violence. Torrential rains flooded streams and isolated homes in Toronto's suburbs. There was heavy wind damage reported throughout the province of Ontario, as the blow headed toward the Hudson Bay. Although her outer winds mere ly "brushed" the New England area, Hazel's sprawling might still was making itself felt Saturday, with the coastal regions' girding against the threat of abnormally high tides. As a result of the storm-fomented driving rains, a Springfield, Mass., man was injured fatally when struck by an auto driver blinded by the downpour. Storm warnings still were be ing flown from Block Island (nff Rhode Island) to Eastport, Me. The big blow grazed the New York metropolitan area, but still managed to whip up wind gusts of more than 100 m.p.h. ing whatever, portion of that Is taxes. After that period AEC's re placement payments would drop to about $250,000 yearly. 4. As part of, one charge to it under the contract, the AEC would pay federal income taxes, now computed at $536,250 yearly, and would meet any future Increase In another charge, the AEC would lay all state and local taxes except such payroll levies as social security so that, the contract says, "the amounts received by the company . , . shall be net all such ta.xes." The general accounting office has ruled that the federal Income tax provision does not violate the ban Congress voted last summer against direct AEC payment of these taxes for Dixon-Yates. The congressional action was aimed at making Dixon-Yates include the taxes in figuring its cost. 5. An escalator clause provides for increases or decreases In AEC changes In the cost Of delivered coal, and for each four-cent change in average hourly wages above $1.97. 6. Dixon-Yates Is absolved of re sponsibility for failure to produce power through causes beyond Its control, but the AEC Is obligated to continue paying a base capac ity charge of $9,052,060. If, during the period of a major shutdown, he AEC wants more than 200.000 kilowatts of power. It must reim burse the company for the actual cost of obtaining it Irom outside sources. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, The storm was preceded and accompanied by a torrential rain which totaled a record 7.2 inches in 24 hours at suburban Mnlton, in Ontario, Canada. 6ntario deaths were due to con tact with fulling electric wires, motor vehicle accidents and drownings. Bridges and highways were blocked. A Canadian National Railways train ran off the tracks and over turned in a water-filled ditch near Southampton, 30 miles west of Owen Sound. Two crew members and a woman passenger were In jured. At Washington. WWV. the gov ernment's standard-setting radio station, was cut off the air for seven hours Friday. WWV normally broadcasts 24 hours .a day. Its signals giving the exact time, marking out radio frequencies and Indicating other standards to a high degree of pre cision are widely used in the communications field. Dock Strike Threatens Food Supply LONDON Wl Anxious Britons braced today for a return "to the homefront "austerity" of World War II as London's dock strike threatened food and fuel supplies. At the same time, a spreading wildcat bus strike knocked more than half the teeming capital's dou ble decker buses off the streets, bringing a weekend of traffic chaos. Faced with a grim warning from the government, millions of house wives prepared to stock up their larders. . A Ministry of Labor statement Issued after an emergency Cabinet meeting last night said the walkout 01 24,000 London dockers "Is hav ing a serious effect on the coun try's export trade. Is endangering food supplies and threatened to cause unemployment in other, In dustries.'' - ,--'.. - :-" - Britain lives By food Imported from abroad. A third of that food, and the trade that pays for it, Is channelled through the port of Lon don. Prime Minister Churchill, wrest ling with the gravest labor crisis since he returned to office three years ago, canceled his usual week end in the country to stay on hand in the capital. Neither strike showed any signs of a break. Nine more depots Joined In the bus strike overnight, bringing the total of men out to more than 20,000 and the number of busei Idle to 800. The busmen are de manding a minimum weekly wage of $28 against the current mini mum of Just under $22.4. The dockmcn are demanding an end to the present system of com pulsory overtime. The employers have agreed to consider the de mand as soon as all men are back at work. About 4.500 tug and harge work ers are due to walk out tomorrow in support of the laborers on the docks. That would cut supplies of coal and fuel oil and pile up the capital's garbage, which normally is taken to sea by barge and dumped. Aid The United Fund Drive Give to help help to give. Support health, welfare and sharatter bulldinr agencies through your lin 1 1 ed Fund, Klamath County's second Unit ed Fund - Red Cross drive starts October 20, "IIM" "" "" is 1 mm 1 11 SHERIFF-CORONER E. R. (BUCK) SERVER of Modoc County surveys the scene el the ac cident in which Mrs. Ellenore Compton of Reno was killed. A second passenger, Clinton Corbin Hyner, of Reno, died while being taken to the Alturas Medical Center. Driver of the car, Norma Jean Kerr, also of Reno, is in Alturas hospital. The accident occurred about 4:25 p.m. Thursday evening on Highway 139, between Tulelaka and Canby. This b-ingi to nine the total number ef fatalities on this highway in Modoc County this year. Tha body of Mrs. Compton is shown in tha foreground. ' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1954 I'll. L , BEN GODDARD, 1636 Worden, explains to Mrs. John Both well, who lives at Oregon Tech., his plans on paper for get ting his limit of ducks when the Oregon duck season opens this afternoon, " Indian Land Sale Slated Under Department of interior su pervised land sale procedure, 1960 acres of allotted Indian land on the Klamath Reservation is now being offered for public sale stated W. W. Palmer, agency superintendent, this week. The acreage consists of 12 units of land for which sealed bid3 may be filed at the Agency office up until 2:00 p.m., Novem ber 8. when they will be opened The major part .of, the land offered is located in tne Beatty, Sprague River, and Sycan Marsh area. If bids are accepted on any unit of land conveyance of title will be bv paU-nt in fee ' or appropriate deed. The land oiierea is mainiy Indian heirship land and where the owners have not found satisfactory opportunities to sell to Indians In the past. . w The holding of public land sales may increase, stated Mr. Palmer, due to the plan affecting the Klam ath Reservation now whereby In dian land Is to become unrestrict ed. Under the recent Klamath bill, Public Law 587, all land Is sched uled to be removed from trust status by August 13, 1958. Details of the present land sale may be gotten from the Klamath Agency. SHOOTING HOURS Oregon October 17 OPEN 5:51 CLOSE 5:12 October 18 5:53 5:11 California October 17 OPEN CLOSE 5:50 5:23 October 18 5:50 5:23 (M-J ' .iimpii.i.wiiiM 1 No. 294 i'- ii ut ii'1n unriiiifm ijiriril ifril Air Official Speech Slated Roger Lewis, assistant secre tary of the Air Force, was sla ted to arrive at the Klamath Falls Airport shortly before noon Saturday. He was sched uled to deliver an address at 2 p.m. from, the courthouse steps. Mayor Paul Landry urged all citizens Interested In develop ment of the municipal airport as jet Interceptor base to attend. The city Is sponsoring a no host dinner in Lewis' honor Sat urday at 8:30 p.m. in the Wl- nema Hotel, , Death Asked For Murderer MEDFORD HI James Norman Jensen, 25, was convicted Friday of first degree murder in the hatch et slaying of Mrs. Fern Hile, and will be sentenced Tuesday to die in the state gas chamber. The circuit court jury, which deliberated less than two hours, did not recommend leniency and that makes the death sentence mandatory. Jensen, who was released from 8an Qucnlln prison only five days nciore tne April 24 a.aylne near here, pleaded Innocent by reason of Insanity. The state contended that robber? was the motive for the slaying and for the beating of Mrs. Hile's hus band, who recovered from his In Juries. Donald cnesley, IB, coos Bay, also charged with first degree murder In the case, still Is await ing trial. Dorothy Lowell Speech Planned Dorothy Lowell, Democratic can didate for shite representative, will outline her views on vital Oregon problems at a meeting at 8:30 p.m. in the Pelican School. All res idents of the Pelican Bay area are urged to attend. Members of the Lowell - for -Representative Club, sponsors of the meeting, have extended a spe- pial invitation to members of the Toastmistress Club to attend. Re freshments will be served. if " 1 hiiiijmii mAmOkiii.kin.ixJn Telephone 8111 (
