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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1954)
In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS The great game of politics aa It la played: Adlai Stevenson charges in Wil mington (Delaware) that COP spokesmen have conducted what he calls a campaign ot slander, epithets and accusations of com munists in government. He singles out for especial attention Vice President Nixon, who is campaign ing across the country and is now in California headed for Oregon. Nixon. Adlai says, is "playing . a cynical numbers game designed to suggest that thousands of our public servants were disloyal." President Eisenhower is taking a last swing around the circle (to use an old political cliche) and . will include Kentucky in his itin erary, Ex-Vice-President Barkley, who is gunning for his old job ot sena tor against a wicked Republican who somehow sneaked, into the U. 6. senate from Kentucky when the Democrats weren't looking, icracks: "The President of the United States, of course, will always be welcome in our state, but he might just as well have gone out and played another game of golf. Ken- tuckians know now to vote. One might say to Adlai that a there was a time In our not too distant past when it really did look like "thousands of our pusnc ser vants were disloyal." i And , It might be added In those days Richard Nixon (now vice-president, then a sena tor) was working effectively to throw the disloyal ones out In stead of working to keep them in. In Justice to a kindly old gentle man. It should be said uiai jsx- Veep Barkley isn't as mean as his crack about "another game of golf" sounds. People who don't play golf (because they can't at- lord to belong to expensive clubs) are supposed to be bitterly Jealous of those who DO play goit. In politics, as it is played, one . just HAS to appeal to prejudices if one is to follow the accepted rules. Let's add this crack: If the loveable old ex-Veep gets back into the senate he 11 be safe for six years and can go back comfortably and happily to playing goit with ms cronies, Such is politics. An afterthought: Wouldn't it be wonderful K we could all form the habit of just voting for the best man, Tegard- , less, and let it go at tnat? In Moscow the other day, the wife of the No. 2 secretary in the U.8. embassy and the wife of the assistant naval attache went out on the town with a camera (cam eras are regarded as even more susDiclous than guns in Russia.) In the course of their wander ings, they took some pictures of Russian children at play. As a re sult, the Soviet foreign ministry brands the wife of the assistant secretary of our embassy as "per sonally unacceptable In Russia," which amounts to a request that she leave the country. They accuse her of "hooligan ism." Diplomacy, in these days, is be coming almost as badly screw- balled as politics. Do you reckon the world will ever get back to something ap proaching common sense? I can only say that it would be wonder ful If something like that should come to pass. NY Newspaper Strike Called NEW VoRK to Members of the Newspaper and Mall Deliver ers Union (ind) have voted over whelmingly to strike all but two major New York newspapers at 12-01 a. m. Monday unless wage and other demands are met. The vote for a strike was an nounced Wednesday night. A walkout would affect the Times, the News, the Mirror, the Post, the World-Telegram and Sim, the Journal-American, the Long Island Star Journal and the Long Island Dally Press. Not involved in the action are the New York Herald Tribune and the Brooklyn Eagle, which are conducting separate negotiations with the union. The union seeks a S20 Increase in current weekly pay of (92, ex tension of the working area from the present SO-mile radius around New York to 100 miles, and a re duction of the work week from 37 to 35 hours. Other demands include pension improvements, welfare and vaca tion changes, and Jurisdiction one newspaper vending machines. SHOOTING HOURS Oregon October 29 OPEN CLOSE 6:06 4:52 California October 29 OPEN CLOSE 6:02 5:07 WHAT'S COOK1N" in politics wet what William Lee Pryor, Fremont Junior High School student, wanted to know when he visited the office of Harry Boivin, Democratic candidate for state senator. The boy was sent by his teacher to find out what makes politicians click. Boivin is pictured outlining his campaign plans for the student. 1 Students Seek Information Apathy among the voters, de cried loudly by politicians during the current campaign, is not re flected in the activities of Fremont Junior High School students. During the past week, eighth grade pupils have been scurrying about getting the low down on what office seekers have on their minds. One of Uiese inquisitive informa tion seekers. William' Lee Pryor, 181T Birch St., invaded the office of Attorney Harry Boivin, Demo cratic candidate for state sena tor Wednesday afternoon. With machine-gun rapidity, the boy fired questions at the senator ial aspirant. His queries ranged from "Why do you want to be a senator?" to "What can you do after you are elected?" After he answered all the stu dent's questions and sent him hap pily on his way. Boivin said he whs amazed at the boy's knowl edge of political issues. "Our schools are to be compli mented for initiating such activi ties," Boivin declared. "After all. these boys and girls in a few years, will be seeking and hold ing public office themselves. Judg ing from the boy who interviewed me. the country in a few years will have some very alert citi zens." Army Reduces Life Sentence SAN ANTONIO, Tex. to The life sentence given Cpl. Claude Batchelor, convicted of collabor ating with the enemy in Korea, Thursday was reduced to 20 years. The announcement was made by Lt. Gen. I. D. White, commanding general of the 4th Army. A review of Batchelors court martial has been made. The ver dict that he was guilty of collab orating with the enemy while he was a prisoner of war in Korea was upheld. The dishonorable dis charge and forfeiture of- air pay and allowances also was upheld. TIME OUT FROM SCHOOL and time in for gathering burnable scraps all day today were members of the Klamath Union. .High School K-Club. They were preparing for tonight's big bonfire rally to be held at the end of Kit Carson Way this evening at 7:30 as part of pro-game ceremonies before to morrow night's game with Grants Pass. Collectors shown on the truck include, back row, left to right, Tom Ferrell, Dave D'Olivo and Guy Munsell. Front row, left to right, Bob Kelly, John Shaw, Craig McCarty and Erwin Mullen. . -Quint r l-a.. dm Jl POTATO SHIPMENTS SEASONS 53-54 54-55 Daily Truck Ore. 7 5 Dally Rail Ore. 14 4 Daily Truck Calif. 4 1 Dally Rail Calif. 35 3 Dally Total ORE. 4 CALIF. 60 13 Monthly Total' 1141 367 Season's Total 1281 ' 481 Lumber Wage Talks Begin PORTLAND to The long awaited attempt to settle the lum ber dispute begins in Portland Thursday with labor 'unions pre senting their arguments for a wage Increase. The dispute led to an 83-day strike in the Pacific Northwest last summer, and ended only after the governors of Oregon and Wash ington induced both sides to go back to work while a seven-man. panel tries to -find a solution. - The panel will hear management arguments against a wage increase Nov. 4-5. Rebuttal arguments will come later. The panel is to make its report within 90 days. Two of the panel members were named by the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers and the CIO Woodworkers. They are Earl Hart ley, Seattle, of the AFL lumber union, and Chet Dusten, Portland, regional CIO director. Two otheis were named by man agement. They are Martin N. Deg gler, Hoqulam, and Loran L. Stew art, Cottage Grove, Ore. The other three were named by Govs. Paul Patterson of Oregon and Arthur B. Langlle of Wash ington. They are chairman Fred erick G. Hamley, Washington su preme court justice; Dwight E. Robinson, University of Washing ton professor: and Victor P. Mor ris, University of Oregon dean of business administration. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, rries Fin Cent IS rages Reservation Road Funds Requested A budget request has gone to the President's advisers lor an ap propriation of approximately $916, 000 to take care of the new con struction and road maintenance work on the Klamath Reservation during the next four fiscal years while the reservation is in the pro cess of termination. According to Washington sources this request, if granted, will com plete the reservation road improve ment program which was started several years ago under the lea dership of Senator Guy Cordon. Senator Cordon obtained a series of appropriations which resulted in the complete reconstruction and oiling of the Chlloquin - Sprague River road from Chlloquin to the town of Sprague River from which point the road was carried on to the Klamath Falls-Lakeview High way by the Klamath County Court, the State Highway Department and the Bureau of Public Roads. Under the new proposal, which in January, funds for the comple tion of the - reservation roads sys tem will be disbursed directly to the Klamath County Court pur suant to contract instead of being disbursed directly by the Indian Bureau. This will make possible the transfer of Indian Bureau road equipment, to other reservations and for the orderly withdrawal of Indian . Bureau personnel which have heretofore been engaged in that work. This projected secondary Toad sy-tem is very essential to pro vide a svstem of timber and fire protection roads and for the pur pose of connecting the rancnes oi both Indians and whites with the main state and county roads in north Klamath County. The advocacy on the part of Senator Cordon for this reserva tion road program has been predi cated on the fact that the reserva tion has been tax-exempt for the last 100 years and therefore lt is not fair to expect Klamath Coun ty taxpayers to shoulder the en tire load and all monies hereto fore and hereafter spent on the betterment of the reservation roads system are of great value to the members of the Klamath tribe as well as to the white citizens of the county. German Chief Visits U. S. WASHINGTON 11 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of West Ger many gets down to the work of his 60-hour visit to Washington today. He has an early appointment with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Officials said the main topic would be general review of the state of Europe in the light of the new defense arrangements that would make Germany a sovereign and rearmed partner. After talking with Dulles, Ad enauer goes on to the White House for a talk, with President Elsen hower, afterwards his host at lunch. Dulles introduced Adenauer aft er his arrival yesterday at a brief airport appearance as "one of the truly great men of our times . . . The more I see of him, the more I admire his vision, courage and statesmanship." Adenauer in turn expressed Ger many's gratitude to Dulles "for his foresight, wisdom and stead fastness which were so much in evidence at the conferences where our fate was decided." The German Chancellor also thanked Elsenhower for "his un alllng confidence in us" and said Germany could not have over come "the terrible state of un certainty, anxiety and insecurity with which we lived so long, had we not had the generous support oi the American government and American public opinion." He said his whole people is unit ed "In the desire td live In con tinual, cordial friendship with the American people." United Fund-Red Cross Drive Goal $117,132 Toted Date S 35,239 Goal To Go $ 81,893 Decision Slated On U II man BAKER to The State Real Estate Board hearing produced a number of notable tplngs here Wednesday, but in the end there was no final decision on the Albert Ullman case. The board, after backing off from two of Its three points against Ullman, promised a decision in a few days on the third point in volved in a 1947 house sale In which Ullman's real estate linn figured. Ullman. Democratic candidate for Eastern Oregon congressman. Insisted the deal was fair, and that the whole thing was politically in spired in an attempt to "smear" him just before the election. Among the notable events: 1. Gov. Paul Patterson became possibly the first-Oregon governor to be subpenaed for a hearing. He sat through three hours of the hear ing without being called, then asked to be allowed to go about THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1854 Telephone 1111 Weather ' FORECAST Klamilh Falls and vicinity: Fair through Friday. High Friday 58; low Thursday night 20. High yesterday . St Low last night , 17 Preclp. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 11 2 Same period last year Normal for period . 1.44 E. A; Geary Explains Tax Changes A frank analysis ot measures to be presented to Uie .voters of Klam ath County at the November 3 election was made Thursday noon by E. A. Geary, Republican state representative, speaking be fore the soroptomlst Club luncheon at the Winema. Geary, who is seeking reelection E. A. GEARY on the November ballot, spoke from nonpartisan viewpoint and chose Bill No, 6 for closest scru tiny. - 1 - "I believe this measure Is the most important one on the ballot, he declared. "Bin no. a got uie nickname. 'Six for. Six," because lt nronoses to amend the Oregon Con stitution by limiting to 0 mills the maximum lew ot state property tax and eliminating the 6 per cenl lax limitation so far as lt applies to state property tax," Geary ex plained. "As a matter of fact, the present A per cent limitation is no limi tation In fact, as in recent years the state property tax levies have approached $48 million annually. These levies have not been collect ed from property, since income tax collections have been more lhan adequate to offset them. Le gally, they could be collected, and under the present law Klamath County's share would be more than $2 million If they were col lected. With our state income tax go ing down, thereby decreasing state income, our state surplus la gone and the tax question is going to be the most important single issue faced by Oregon legislators in the next session. The 1953 State Legislature re moved the basic school fund from Its former property tax status and Instead made the fund part of Ore gon's general fund obligations. The purpose of Bill No. 6 Is to reserve for use of the schools, cities and counties, all of the prop erty tax except the 6 mills. At the present tl,me, 65 per cent of our property taxes go to uie scnoois. If all property tax money except fl mills were to go to schools, cities and counties, It would go a long way toward taking care of Klam ath County's school needs. You are all aware of the Increased costs of schools because of the fast - grow ing school population. Under the 8 mill limitation If this measure passes Klamath County's share, if the full 6 mills were levied, would be (575,000. "The only source of revenue of a school, city or county is proper ty taxes. The state has other re sources, such as Income tax, liq uor tax, tc. Hence lt Is Important that counties retain this use of property tax without being en croached upon the state." Mrs. Alice Lamm, president of the club, introduced the guest speaker. . his own business. By agreement of both sides, he was excused. 2. Rep. Sam Coon, whose con gressional seat Ullman aeeks, also showed up under subpena, but in the end it was agreed tnat no testi mony or depositions would be taken from him, Patterson or Sen. Guy Cordon, who had been sub penaed but who had made arrange ments not to be here. , 3. Al Crose, chairman of the State Real Estate Board until he resigned a few months ago, said he bad reviewed Uie case in 1952, had decided no one had been hurt. and had dismissed lt. 4. Ragnor Johnson, who succeed ed Crose as chairman, said he was dropping accusations that Ullman's firm had made misrepresentations to the home buyer or bad violated the stale real estate code, Johnson said he was not dropping e charge there was -an indication of bad faith or Incompetency. No. J954 United Fund Awards Won By KF Firms By PATI O'CONNOR Continued optimism is expressed by United Fund Red Cross cam paign officials for the success of this year's' drive. Roy Murphy, public relations chairman, aaid the determination of county residents to make a suc cess of every undertaking, which made the first United Fund - Red Cross campaign a success, will un doubtedly continue through this drive. , He emphasized that the com munity pride expressed by the successful campaign last year. formed a foundation for repeated succes. Indications of cooperation among local firms are shown in the list of awards of oscars and certifi cates made to aeven group rep resentatives at the noon report meeting Thursday. Recipients in cluded Klamath Ice and storage. Great Northern' superintendent's office, maintenance of ways de partment and freight office; Coca Cola, Falrhaven School and the county school district office. Oscars are awarded firms for outstanding support; certificates will be made to firms with loo per cent employe participation. County communities are organ ised and Into their campaigns, ac cording to John Heyden, county campaign cnairman. Contacts may be made with the following: Bly, Mrs. Dave Campbell and Mrs. William Hatzi; sprague Riv er, Ivey Clark; Beatty, Leo Flan- nlgan; Chlloquin, Walt Zimmer man, Joe Mercer and Bill Lorenz; Fort Klamath, Myrtle Wlmer. Algoma, Marie Hagelstein; Agency Lake, Walt Zimmerman; Modoo Point, Mrs. William Helm; K 1 a m a in Agency, Wait Zim merman; Malin, Jerry Rajnus; Bonanza, Mrs. rat Wakefield. Lorella and Langell Valley, Mrs, Les Leavltt; Yonna Valley, Dairy and HUdebrand, Fred Rueck; Fine Flat, Mrs, Lester Porterfleld; Mer rill, Lions Club, Harvey Denham and Harold Hendrtckson, . , Henley, Mrs. Fred Beymer; Poe Valley, Mrs. Wilbur Relllng; Olene ana pme orovc, Mrs. Boy uooa ing; Midland, Mrs, w. Johnson; Keno and Worden, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Puckett; SteWBrt Lenox, Mrs. Wlllard Johnson, Mrs. Elmer An derson and Mrs. Roy Cook. Weyerhaeuser, Mrs. B. M. Anile, Keno highway, Mrs. Paul Hess; Gilchrist, Oren Sample; Chemult, Virginia Taylor and Mrs. Hope Brader; Crescent, Oren Sample; Crescent Lake, Mrs. Al Decla. Mrs. John Hall and Mra. Tim Delaney. FH A Finance Case Slated WASHINGTON to The govern. ment Thursday announced it, will seek to recover nearly 3 'h million dollars of alleged "windfall" prof- Its from builders of the huge Parkchester- apartment develop ment in New Orleans. Calling the case "one of the most shocking of the pre-1950 windfall scandals," Commissioner Norman P. Mason of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) asked, the Justice Department to begin legal proceedings. Mason's press release announce ment did not specify what these legal proceedings might be. Paul Kapelow, president of the Parkchester Development Co., has dented the government's 3 i3-mil- llon-dollar "windfall" claim. He has testified his excess of FHA- Insured loan over actual construc tion costs known as "windfall" when the builder pockets the dif ferencewas 11,746,000. Mason said the case is the seventh in which the government seeks to recover profits resulting from FHA-lnsured mortgage loans larger than actual construction costs. He said the government wants to "remove the inlustlcea to tenants whose rente are based jupon Inflated mortgage loans, Realty Deal Johnson refused, on eight differ ent occasions, defense motions to dismiss the charge. . Ferrln Woll, a state policeman In 1947 but now a field inspector for the State Agriculture De partment, testified he bought the house in 1947 for 17,760, financing lt through a $5,100 FHA commit ment, -a tl,350 Veterans Adminis tration commitment, and a person al note for $1,150. Johnson said this appeared to be a violation of an FHA regulation against multiple notes. He also said that at least one record of the transaction reported the purchase price $8,800 instead of $7,750. Ullman said he was unable to explain that record, but noted that at least one other paper correctly recorded the price as $7,750. He also said his firm was unaware of any technical violation of an FHA regulation, and that there never. was any Intent or attempt to de ceive anyone. emingwaJins '54 Nobel Prize STOCKHOLM, Sweden Ifl American novelist Ernest Heming way Thursday won the 1864 Nobel Prize lor literature. t The 56-year-old writer, whose hard-boiled style and violence packed tales set a pattern for 20th century prose the world around, will receive a gold medal and a check for 181.546 Swedish crowns (about S35.000).. The citation said the award was made to "Ernest Hemingway for bis powerful mastery, which has created a new style in modern literature, as recently demonstrat ed again in "The Old Man and the Sea.' " The literary prize and the an nual awards in medicine, chem istry and physics will be present ed by Sweden's King Gustaf Adolf VI at a traditional ceremony here Dec. 10. Winners of the physics and chemistry prizes still are to be named. Announcement already has been made that the Nobel Peace Prize will be withheld this year. Hemingway is the sixth Amer ican-born author to win, the liter- arv Dnze. The awards were set ud by the will of Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. Hemingway, whose adventurous life matches the exploits of many of his heroes, was picked for the honor by the Swedish Royal Acad emy of Literature, He almost won the prize last year but was nosed out by per haps the greatest phrasemaker of his time Su' Winston Churchill, who writes, orates, paints and runs the British government. A source close to the academy said its members decided that since Hemingway was slated to receive the award eventually "We might as well give it to him now, before he kills himself" in some exploit. Earlier this year, when lt was feared that Hemingway had been killed In a plane crash in Africa, many newsppers criticized the academy for not giving him the prize. . The author or such classics as A Farewell to Arms," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and "The Old Man and the Sea" was chosen over e, strong 'Slate of candidates. Among uie otner contenders were Iceland's Haldor La xne s a, Greece's Nlko Kasantzakls and France's Albert Camus. Hemingway was the fourth American to win one of the No bel awards this year. The 1964 prize for medicine and physiology was given Oct, 21 to three U. B. scientists for discovering new weapons in the light against polio. They are Dr. John F. Enders of the Harvard Medical School, Dr. Thomas H. Weller of the Har vard School of Publlo Health, and their former associate, Dr. Fred erick, J. Robblns, now. at Western Reserve 'Medical 'School In .Cleve land. ......... Previous American literary prize winners Included Sinclair Lewis In 1930, Eugene O'Neill In Irving Joseph Death Learned Word was received here this morning of the death of Irving Joseph, 63, Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, following a heart attack at the family residence, 2651 44th Avenue, San Francisco. Joseph, associated with his fa ther-in-law, the late K. Sugarman, In the men's clothing business, lived here for 20 ycara before moving to the Bay Area. He is survived by his widow, Faye Sugarman Joseph, who was with him when he died; a daugh ter. Ruby (Mrs. HJalmer Sween ey): three grandchildren; and a brother, Barney Joseph, Los An geles. Burial services are tentatively set for Friday, October 29, at Mt. Zlon Memorial. lsfcH ,., hi Ml hi J) u , , , . 4 ".1 NEW MODELS COMING UP will mean more work for these two Baliiqer Motor Company employes. Mrs, Grace Kintgen, left, end. Mrs. Kathleen Pitcher, were checking ever the records this morning when the 9 o'clock photographer eatne in. S, Pearl Buck In 1938 and WUV liam Faulkner in 1949. St. Louis- born poet T. S. Eliot, now Brit ish citizen, was given the award in-1948. Hemingway, tall and husky, la a man ot action as well as a writer ot action stories. He is an expert big game nunter and deep see, fisherman. A veteran of World War I, he covered the Spanish Civil War and World War U as a correspondent. A native of Oak Park, 111., he has lived In Spain, France and other European countries. He spends most of his time now on his estate near Havana, Sandburg Backed To Win Nobel SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA. Cuba M Ernest Hemingway said Thursday he was "proud and happy" to have won the 1954 No bel Prize for literature but he thought Carl Sandburg, biographer of Abraham Lincoln, should have won it. Hemingway told a news confer ence "I am very proud and happy to receive the Nobel Prize for lit erature." He added: "If I had been on the board I would have voted for Carl Sandburg. He is a very dedi cated writer." . He said be would have voted for Sandburg especially for his six volume life of Lincoln. Hemingway met newsmen at hla home here on a hill overlooking Havana. . Hemingway was cited by the Nobel committee for mastery la creating a new style in modern literature aa demonstrated 1 n "The Old Man and the Sea." The noted author said he has locked up In a , Havana bank av four-part novel of which "The Old Man and the Sea" was to have been the epilogue. He said he published "The Old Man and the Sea" first because I was broke." He described the new novel as actually four. They are complet ed, he added, "but I have to go over them. You have to keep work ing on them until they are ea right as they can be." At the moment, he Is working, on a short story to be Included In a collection. The "short story" has reached 30,000 words, he added with a smile, "and It Is Just getting ic ing good." ., , . . - "Most . novels - etalt na short - stories and . you can't stop," he observed. Because of the injuries he suf fered in Africa, he said, he will not go to Stockholm to receive the award In person Dec. 10. "My dootor told me I would be crazy to so. I'm coming along ao good." He said he planned to use about 18,000 of the $36,000 prize money "to get out of debt." The rest I will use as intelligently as I can.' Nation's Wool Production May Go Lower In '55 WASHINGTON to The Agri culture Department predicted Thursday production of domestlo wool next year will be smaller than this year despite a recent boost of 16 per cent in the gov ernment price guarantee. The reason, the department said. Is the fact that more sheep and lambs are being slaughtered this year than are being raised. This year's production of shorn wool has been estimated at 22V million pounds, grease basis. 1 I 1 i
