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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1954)
l1 In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Japan's pro-American premier Shigeru Yoshida, along with all his cabinet, resigns in the face of extreme pressure from both the right and the left (in political par lance, right means conservative, left means radical.) Apparently a middle of the road policy hasn't been popular In Ja pan. But . . . Yoshlda's probable successor, Ichiro Hatoyama, is expected to try an even more tricky middle of the road maneuver. He favors dip lomatic relations and Increased trade with Russia and red China within a framework of friendship with the West. He wants no change in Japan's close military ties with the United Stales. But he wants TRADE with communist Asia, which has always been Japan's big- customer. One would say offhand that he'll be good If he gets away with it. '4 How come all this? , Well, when Japan waded into Jwar at' Pearl Harbor) she went out all-or-nothing for Asia. As so often happens to a high-stakes gambler, she lost all. She lost the war and she LOST HER MARKETS. At first, It wasn't so bad. Under wise and able General MacArthur, we were a friendly conqueror. We WPA'd Japan in a big way in the early years of the occupation. Thanks to our aid, the occupation situation wasn't too rugged. Came then Korea. Japan lived high up on the hog on the war boom resulting from the supply and maintenance of our troops during the Korean war. While that lasted, everything was economical ly rosy in the land of the Mikado, But with the end of the Korean war there came the inevitable re turn to an economy of peace. The return to peace Is hurting, We .know something about that. It was reflected in the voting at our recent election. Everybody loves a boom. Nobody loves the return from boom to normal. The Japs don't like it any better than anybody else. Being human and having had democracy forced on them by the Americans they follow the demo cratic way and take it out on the government. They've Just takentheir discon tents out on old Yoshida, Besides . We must remember The Japs have suffered a calam ity which we being practically self-sufficient can not fully un derstand. Japan, like Britain, must LIVE BY TRADE. In their tiny and mountainous Islands less than 50 per cent larger in area than the state of Oregon and with a population of more than SEVENTY MILLIONS they can produce only a microscopic share of their needs. The rest they must get by im porting raw materials and export ing finished products. That Is to say, by trade. When they lost their natural markets in Asia, they lost every thing. If we're to keep the Japanese alive and KEEP THEIR FRIEND SHIP, it looks like we have three choices: 1. Let them TRADE WITH US which so far we have shown no disposition to do. 2. Let them trade with all of Asia they can, including red China, and hope they'll still keep their friendship with us. 3. Go on WPA'ing them. Mnvbe there's another choice: TURN 'EM LOOSE. Let 'em go on their own. In that event, they'll probably wind up in the bosom of commun ism which has TRADE to offer to them. Trade, to the Japanese, is life itself. New State Gun Laws Asked PORTLAND Wl The Oregon State Game Commission will ask the coming Legislature to make it illegal to carry a loaded rifle or shotgun in a vehicle on a public road. The commission, in reporting Wednesday on its legislative plans, pointed out that a number of ser ious accidents have resulted from loaded Runs in cars and said that many states have laws similar to the one it seeks. The commission also will propose that laws creating big game ref uges be repealed as not needed. The commission has allowed hunt ing on big game refuges for some time and even without refuges it has the authority to make area closures as needed. In an elfort to prevent introduc tion of unwanted fish through es capement from private ponds, a bill will be prepared requiring a permit for importation of live fish for private waters. Other proposals will call for tightening up issuance of special licenses to disabled veterans, pio neers and elderly indigents. The pioneer licenses in time would be discontinued through requiring that the applicant be bom not later than 183S. Eisenhover Believes Less Chance Of War By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON fit President Eisenhower said Wednesday he believes the fear of a global war is at a lower level now than at any time in the past few years. The President was asked at his news conference whether he be lieved the chances of peace ' are Drigmer than at any timo since he took of lice two years ago. Eisennower said he wanted to Vandenberg Replies To High Court Circuit Judge David R Vanden berg was served with a mandate Wednesday by the Oregon Su preme Court to show cause why he should not proceed with the trials of Florin M. (Curley) Coon. Klamath Falls barber, charged with murdering his wife, and An- drew Joseph Bushman, 64-year-old carpenter, held eight months in the county Jail after he was In dicted three times on a sex charge. The supreme court officially no tified Judge Vandenberg that Dis trict Attorney Frank Alderson had filed a motion disqualifying bim to try the two cases and Defense At torney George Proctor had filed writs of mandate contending the change of judge law is unconstitu tional. "My answer to the supreme court will be very sin-pie," Judge Vandenberg said. "I have never Tefused to handle anv case that the district attorney has brought into my court. In the two case in question, Mr. Alderson, acting under an Oregon statute, filed mo tions barring me from those case. I am ready at anytime to take Jurisdiction In the Bushman and Coon cases, if the supreme court so orders. ACTION FAILS Attorney Proctor, who has been fighting for weeks to free Bush man from the county Jail, failed once in getting suoreme court ac tion on the case. On November 17. Proctor -filed an application for a writ of mandamus to force Judge Vandenberg to act in the Bush man case. The high tribunal re- rusea to issue the writ. A few days later when Judee Vandenberg appointed Proctor and Attorney U. S. Balentlne to de fend Coon against a second de gree murder charge. Proctor filed n new petition for a writ of man date in the Bushman case and a similar petition in the Coon case Proctor contends that the change of judge statute Is uncon tltutlonal because it deprives his clients of a speedy trial. When the Bushman case first came before the supreme court, Justice James T. Brand Issued an opinion in which he stated that Proctor's petition failed to set forth sufficient facts to support the lawyer's contention that Judge Vandenberg should be compelled to act in the case, DISMISSED The first indictment against Bushman was dismissed by Judge Vandenberg because it was de fective. The case was sent back to the grand jury. In the mean time. Judge Vandenberg was dis qualified in the case on a motion by District Attorney Alderson. When Bushman was arraigned on the second indictment before Circuit Judge Charles Foster of Lakeview, it was dismissed on a motion of the district attorney. At that time Bushman was represent ed by court-appointed Attorney J. C. O'Neill. Both O'Neill and Judge Foster were automatically elimi nated from the case when the sec ond indictment was dismissed. Attorney Proctor was appointed by Judge Vandenberg after the third indictment was returned. 7 - " - 'r$ ' lit V : "MMJ'1 ' f' " '-' 1 1 t-v-i.v-' -frit FOOTBALL HONORS came to two Klamath Union High School gridderi et lest night's 16th annual Liom Club football benquet held et the Willarej Hotel. Modeito "Mighty Mo"0imin ez, left, received the outstanding lineman trophy, end Seotty Hancock, right, the most in spirational player ewerd. Coach John McGinnis, center, who made the presentations, con gratulates both of the outstanding footballer following lest night's- dinner. differentiate, between peace and an armistice, but slates he be lieves - fear of a global war Is less now than at any time since he went abroad to head up NATO the North Atlantic Treaty organ lzatkm. That was in January of 1851. The old Indian Treaty Room where the President traditionally holds news conferences was jammed with more than 300 re porters anxious to question Elsen hower about Sen. McCarthy's charges of weakness against com munism. -, REFUSES REPLY Eisenhower refused to make l direct reply, recalling that he does not indulge In personal vi tuperation, but stands for positive things while always upholding the right of Congress to investigate legitimate affairs In the executive branch. Asked about the statement by Paul M. Butler, the new Demo cratic national chairman, that Els enhower lacks the "capacity to lead and unite the American peo ple," the President once again said he was not going; to reply to an lnaiviauai auacic airecuy. But he declared in a firm voice that he had heard such charges be fore and that too often politicians look Into a looking glass Instead of a window. SUBJECTS Covering many other subjects. the President had these things to say on other matters: Atoms for peace Wednesday is the first anniversary of his talk be fore the United Nations asking an "atoms for peace" international arrangement. Eisenhower said that at his re quest Secretary of State Dulles will give out later Wednesday record of the things done under that proposal. While they are be low expectations, the President added, they constitute a consider able accomplishment. Oregon Vote Certified PORTLAND 1H Sen.-Elect Richard L. Neuberger Tuesday was officially notified that he had been elected. His certificate from the governor and the secretary of state, presumably jvas the last of tno post-campaign events wnicn were climaxed Friday by a re count effort that failed. Commenting on a suggestion made last week by his defeated opponent. Sen. Guy Cordon, that Oregon election laws be changed to provide a recount when the con test is especially close, he said he, too, had lost a close election and could understand the feeling. But. he added, he thought the Legis lature should move slowly in changing laws which "were not attacked as long as Republicans were winning for 40 straight years." Tuesday, he said, "is 35 days after the election and some people still refuse to let the bitterness die." He said he expected criticism for mistakes, but "let's put the election quarrels behind us." v -( v , . ti,Jj-A' ..iH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1954 Pitt yO V run Telephone 8111 if I A 50-FOOT CHRISTMAS TREE vas raited Monday afternoon -en the courthouse lawn by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph line, crew. T,rettt.ti .-donated: each year.-. by Weyerhaeuser 'Timber Company to the JOamath falls 20-30 Club which is providing a community Christmas tree for the fifth consecutive year. Co-chairmen of the club's Christmas project ere Lyle Steers end Welly Nordwall. r Gas Tax Boost Turned Down PORTLAND W) The Legisla ture's Interim Highway Committee probably will not recommend a 2- cent Increase in state gasoline taxes. State Rep, Ed Geary -of Klamath Falls,, its chairman, said Tuesday. , Gearv told the annual meeting of the Oregon Trucking Assn. here that the tax increase suggested by the State Highway Commis sion as a source of revenue for highway construction would be preinoture. He sold the Legislature should first determine how much its costs would be in the proposed 24 billion dollar federal highway construction program. A gasoline tax Increase of even more than two cents might come sometime in the future, Geary said. ' i Other legislators who addressed the second session of the truckers' three-day convention here were: Sen. John Hounsel, Hood River; Sen. Phil Brady, Portland; and Rep. Loran Stewart, Cottage Grove. mm i i- iX, i- - Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity; Occasional light snow through Thursday, I Men Thursday 44; low Wednesday night 28. December 7 weather Partly sunny, most of the day. A . light snow on the ground in the morn big disappeared early In the day. The temperature -lowered to 17 above in early morning of Decem ber 8, High yesterday ..35 Low last night . .. 17 Preclp. last 24 hours . .01 Slnre Oct. 1 1.62 Same period last year 5.10 Normal for period ...3.19 Cold Weather Covers Nation By THE ASSOCIATED rnESS Most of the nation shivered in freezing weather Wednesday a? the early December cold snap con tinued. The U.S. Weather Buicau in Chi cago said Wednesday morning was one of the coldest this season for the country. Tlie 32 degree line, extended from Southern Georgia, northwest ward through Northcin Alabama Into Northern Arkansas and west into California. The coastal sta tions on the West Coast and Gulf Coast were about the only points above freezing. It was a cold 12 above at Dan ville, Va.: 14 at Charleston, W. Va.; 19 at Greensboro, N.C., and 24 at Savannah, Ga. Temperatures of 20 degrees or lower were reported ovrr the Kast ern Ohio Valley southeastward in to central North and South Caro lina, the Western Great Lakes re gion and most of the Northern Rockies and' In the Great Basin. Colder Pacific and Canadian air pushed eastwaid over the Rockies i into the Western Plains, dropping temperatures as much as 20 de- j grees over the Grciit Basin. There was some warming over I parts of the eastern half of the j country, but readings were as I much as 10 degrees lower In the j Southeast. i One of the lowest re adings was West Yellowstone, Mont., with 4 above. CIl.MtOKS LONDON Vn Trial of John Clarence, 27-year-old British clerk charged with violating Britain's of- I ilcial secrets act, was set Wedncs- I day for Dec, 17. Clarence was ao I jcused last month of obtaining and ! recording ''Information calculated I to be directly or indirectly use jful to an enemy." He pleaded k jnoceni to all charges. -v't)': l).'1' .... "T) i-M No. 2D87 Farm Products Ban Imposed SALEM tfl The Oregon De partment of Agriculture ordered an immediate quarantine Tuesday against several Arizona. California and New Mexico counties to pre vent introduction of the krmpra beetle into Oregon, The beetle Is one of the most destructive pests of stored prod ucts. The quarantine applies to five counties in Arizona; two in New Mexico; and Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Riverside, Tulare and San Francisco counties in California. It applies to the following prod ucts snipped from those counties: All grains and grain products dried seeds and seed products of field and vegetable crops, dried milk, bags, dried blood, fish meal, meat scraps, and any other article which might be infested. KUHS Study Meet Slated Statistics compiled in the first evaluation study of Klamath Union High School students will be dis cussed at an open meeting at KUHS library at 4 p.m., Thursday. Invitations have gone out to a representative group of business men and women and Charles T. Carlson, principal of KUHS, em phasized today that the meeting Is open to anyone interested in the evaluation study of KUHS students and the community. Paul Angstead, assistant princi pal, will act as moderator at the meeting and explain some of the important facts about Klamath Ba sin families and their high school students as brought out In thi survey. SHOOTING HOURS Oregon December 9 OPEN CLOSE 6:54 4:17 California December 9 OPEN CLOSE 6:51 4:35 Ml wl n y President Declines Comment On Senator WASHINGTON Ifl President Eisenhower, dealing with questions about Sen. McCarthy's attack on hi in, declared emphatically Wednesday he has no intention of indulging in personal vituperation or quarrels. The President came up with a crbp no when asked for comment at his news 'conference on the McCarthy attack. And, in what he did say later. Elsenhower never did mention the Wisconsin Republican by name. In this, the President was stick ing to his repeatedly stated policy of refusing to talk about Mc Carthy as an individual. The first question put to Eisen hower, at the crowded news con ference, dealt with McCarthy's personal attack. ACCUSED McCarthy Tuesday accused the President of a "shrinking show of weakness" toward communism and of tolerance for Reds who torture imprisoned Americans. A reporter summarized Mc Carthy's charges and then asked the President whether he cared to comment in view of what the newsman termed the personal na ture of the criticism. The reporter atao asked wheth er Elsenhower saw any danger to the Republican Party in the Mc Carthy attack. After a moment's hesitation, the President shot back briskly that the answer with respect to the first part of the question whether he cared to comment In view of the personal nature of the criticism- was no. QUARRELS Eisenhower then added forceful ly that he does not intend to in dulge in personal vituperation or quarrels. The President went on to say he always has upheld the right of Congress to conduct Investiga tions, and will continue to do so, As for the second pare of the opening question, whether Elsen hower saw any danger to the Re publican Party in the McCarthy attack, the President referred newsmen to Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the Republican Na tlonal Committee. He suggested Labor Move Voted Down LONDON Iff) The Churchill government had a green light from tlie House of Commons to day to push ahead with its planned domestic program for 1355. Commons last night defeated 293-269 an opposition Laborlte move to censure the government for "unwarranted complacency toward social Injustice" and "doc trinaire determination to abandon public enterprise and essential con trols." The Labor motion was presented as an amendment to the Queen's Speech from the Throne at the opening last week of tlie new Par liament. The speech outlined the government's program. Such an amendment Is the traditional op position method of expressing dis satisfaction with Cabinet plans. The Queen's speech committed the Churchill government to in crease social security benefits, in cluding old age pensions; to under take an expanded road construc tion program; and to improve thej eaucaiion system wiin particular emphasis on high technological training. 1 H r iv. 1 J ' - J X -- r'. SMILIN& for the early morn ing photographer this morn ing was Dorothy Cant-all, ' 2432 Orchard. Dorothy is a sophomore et Klamath Union High School. they ask Hall, what, In his opinion, the Impact will be on the party. By all signs, McCarthy decided deliberately on a break with the administration. It was no off-the-cuff remark, but a prepared-in-ad vance statement, when he lashed at the President Tuesday. Tlie nature of the attack prompt ly raised a. question in the minds of politicians as to whether it might split the Republican Party. FormerUSBR Engineer To Direct KID E. M. Hammond, president of the board of directors of the Klam ath Irrigation district, announced here today that the district has appointed L. E. Cramer to assume management of the district's af fairs. Salary was not revealed. Cramer is former acting con struction engineer for the United L. E. CRAMER 4 YvK m v -1 1 States Bureau of Reclamation at Friant, California Hammond stated that the engin eer,'" climaxing an' excellent- rec' ord of more than 20 yenrs of fed eral service, has already takers over his new assignment His fam ily, now living at Fresno, will move to Klamath Fells as soon as housing arrangements con be completed. . .... Cramer was the last of several engineering executives the gov. ernment assigned to California's San Joaquin Valley over the past two decades to handle the plan ning, builcilnir and placing into op eration of S100 million worth of Central Valley Project dams, ca nals and water - distribution sys tems. "The new general manager brings to Oregon a wealth of ex perience for the task he Is under taking," Hammond said "Prior to his Central Valley assignments, Cramer occupied administrative engineering posts on several other of the government's large water utilization, power and construction' project. Among these were Hoover Dam, AU-Amcrlcan Canal and Shasta Dam." Since its inception In 1917, the Klamath Irrigation District, serv ing the rich southern Oregon re Cion through a 320-mile system of water distribution laterals, plus pumping and hydro plants, has been under continuous govern- . ment management. Through a new ngreement recently voted on ny the water users, the district is as Burning its own engineering, oper ation and management responsi . blllties. Three Killed In Air Crash HEADINGLEY. Mnn. IP) A low-llylng Royal Canadian Air Itorce Mitchell bomber with llnmcs J belching from Us fuselage crashed 11110 SnOW-COVCrPU MUUiJl-: ll'-lll.- n. "1 half mile from here early Tuesday night, killing three of the six Can adian officers aboard. Two of the survivors walked away from the wreckage while the third was pulled from a rear tur ret set by two rescuers, I The dead were Flight Oltlcer ;J. W. Daly, 23, of Vancouver, pilot of the craft; F, O. A. O, Adams, 1 33, of OlasKOW, Scotland, co-pilot; land F. O. O. K. Hons, 33, former ly of Loreburn, Bask, Tlie Mitchell was returning from n, routine training flight, The air !iorce named a board of inquiry 'to investigate the cause of the crash. j Cordon Declines : Plans Comment ' WASHINGTON HI Ben. Ouy Cordon (R-Ore) Tuesday declined to comment on his plans for rec ommending ft candidate for a fed eral Judgeship in Oregon. The Judge would replace James Alger Fee who was appointed last spring to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco. Pres ident Elsenhower Is expected to nominate the person Cordon rrx ommends. The nomination must be approved by the Senate. 1
