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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1955 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE GM Too Big, OM. But he said the subcommittee wants to try to find out how OM grew so big and to look into com plaints that GM has exerted un due pressure, on iu dealers and suppliers. Quuui said the legislation he has in' mind would be aimed at "lim iting and restricting oversized cor porations" and restoring "econom ic freedom in many fields that are now practically closed." In general, Quinn said such leg islation would define an oversized company as one with perhaps IOC million dollars or more in net worth. In certain high-capital in dustries, such as autos and (eel, a ;00 or 300 million dollar ceiling might be allowed, he an id. Quinn suggested the Imposition of steeper corporation Income lax rates on firms exceeding the maximum. Tax rates would be graded upwards as the size of these firms Increased. Quinn Tells I fit i ' '.v w.)Ji!S5' j " 1 m "'Ii - MABEL HAItSON, CHAIRMAN ex-officio, and Charles Woodhouse, chairman, supervisinq 24 , Klamath County schools who will participate in American Education Week, November 6 through November 12, inspect the special week's official, poster. The six-day affair, which, will culminatu with a gala "Klamath County Open House" in Klamath Union High School's Pelican Courf on November 9, received the official "green light" last week' when Mayor Paul Landry and .Jludge U. E. Reeder declared this week officially dedicated to the city and county schools. Theme for this year's week is "Schools Your Investment in America." Photo by Dwayne Prather Senators WASHINGTON tfi T. K. Quinn. bus.liCiksiiiau and author, told sen ators today "General Motors is en tirely too big." "It unwillingly threatens the very existence nl countless good companies and eventually our own free American Institutions." Quinn said in a statement prepared for tile Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee at the opening ses sion of a four week "study" ot GM, the world's largest manu facturing firm. Quinn proposed a "maximum free enterprise bill" designed to restrict the size of lare corpora tions ar.d possibly to persuade j them to break up. This.. said Quinn, la im: viny tu uctw vwui wmifc in: termed the "irlnntlsm issue." He said this is the "pressing, dread ful Issue" facing the country. Long a critic of lartss corpora tions, Quinn formerly was a vice president of the General Electric Corp. He now is head of two small firms. T. K. Quinn Co. and Moni tor Equipment Corp.. in New York. He hps written a number of books, including "rtiant Business; Threat to Democracy" and "I Quit Mon ster Business." Sen. O'Mahoncy (D-Wyo), pre siding over the hearings, has said they are not an investigation ol Educes tors Planning Fetes During U.S. Education Week Pageant committee members completed prcr -tramming plans to day for American Education Week, nnd released their entertainment tgenda for the special week's 'Klamath County Open House," dated for November 9, in Klam Ith Union High School's Pelican fcourt. The open hoose will be the high light of a full week, November 6 through November 12, dedicated h the cause of education in which 14 Klamath County schools will participate. , Merrill Hij;h School will offer a Undent act entitled "Potato Fes lival Drill." Bonanza will send 12 students in an act that will inter pret International Understanding Through th o United Nations. Four teen Malin elementary and second ry students, will be featured in a tzechosloviiiklan dance. Fairview School will present 'The Yelloiv Rose of Texas." Mu lical attraction of (lie affair will lee Pelican School's accordion band in acUon. Ferguson School Kill present a delineation of the life of Twj'la Ferguson. Altamont elementary and Junior high will feature a j Swiss dance by 12 par :nts. "Memories." enacting scenes 3f old Ke n o school days, will be Keno's offjftring. A Westcsrn ranch theme in song will be Hty School's contribution. Varied en1 ertainment will be given sy Mills School, and Klamath Un ion High School will present a se ries of dramatic skits. " A spetsial feature of the open house , celebration will be an vielinj? cd the "Freedom Shrine." i series of framed copies of his torical documents. The shrine will be presented to Klamath Union High School as a gift to the com munity by the Exchange Club of Klamath Falls. . American Education Week was founded by the American Legion In 1921, and has gained impetus through- the years. This year's spe-' cial week, nationwide in scope, is under the combined sponsorship of. the legion, the National Education Association, the Oregon Education Association, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the United States Office of Education. Mabel Hanson, currently presi dent of the Klamath County Chap ter of OEA, is chairman ex-officio for the six-day affair, Charles Woodhouse is chairman, . Driver Sentenced To Jail, Fined Joe Lee Payne, 30-year-old po tato grader, was sentenced to 10 days in the county jail and fined (150 Monday when he pleaded guilty to driving an automobile while his license was suspended. Payne, who pleaded guilty to the charge, told District' Judge D. E. Van Vactor, that his license was suspended after he was found guilty of driving while intoxicated by Police Judge Frank Blackmer. He was arrested on the latest charge by state police. CONVICTED NAHA. Okinawa l.fl A U.S Marine court martial Monday con victed Marine Pfc. Raymond E. 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