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M I) LTQ UIU fo) AMI? Mtt In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS a Aftermath ol S-D Day: Yesterd&v's Safe-Drivine- cam. jjaign across the country was trc-m the statistical standpoint Its effective than the one a year ago. All the figures, are not yet in (as this is written) but the 1955 traffic death toll IS at least 63 more than 25 per cent higher than on 6-D Day la 1954. But Almost half the states observed Safe Driving Day without ANY highway fatalities. And such ma- v jor cities as New York, Chicago and ueiroit Keph a- cican state. "A good example of the all-over problem of safe driving was pro vided yesterday by Defense Sec retary Wilson and Admiral Bad' ford, chairman of the joint chiefs of stall. . 'They drove from Washington to Gettysburg over snow-slicked high ways for a conference with Presi dent Eisenhower. The distance is 80 miles. They took two hours and :S minutes for the trip, which is an average of 35(i miles per hour. '.;;They narrowly missed a serious arwident when a car ahead of them skraded off the road. Another car, swerving to miss the skidder, also left the road and crashed into a fence. '.That Is to say; Safe driving is a TWO WAY STREET. . You must guard not only against your own driving errors but against the driving errors of others. The driver who skidded was going too fast for the condition of the road. jBy doing so. he ENDANGERED : EVERY OTHER DRIVER. : But you ale SAFER FROM '. OTHERS If your own driving Is above reproach. -,. ; Speaking yesterday in Rangoon, Burma, Soviet Premier Bulganin asserted that ALL NATIONS cinuuhu r-ijuutjris lnniAisnii.VESS " NOT TO BE THE FIRST TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. ! , It sounds good,, doesn't it? - -' But : A PLEDGE IS ONLY AS GOOD i AS THE MAN WHO MAKES IT. TTnfnrt.iiifltalv nnlvutu ran ' ka. ; A Basic tenet of the communist . doctrine is that the END justifies "a communist pledges himself never to be the first to use an atom bomb j on his enemy at the first favorable j vyyvi vuiiii.y, lie i reanruea among rnmmilnlclft. a a nDRlT MAM That makes it very difficult to JV wun communists. ,t v:- ., This fundamental , difiiculty In dealing with oommiimsts is a po tential source of great danger in this cold war period. Communist inconsistency and double dealing MAKE Us MAD. They put in our minds the thought that the only, way to deal with them is to DESTROY THEM BE FORE THEY CAN DESTROY US. That is called "preventive war." Preventive war could destroy the world ."Dealing with the communists dur ing this period Is going to call for .great patience and almost super human wisdom. . Crater Reports Heavy Snow . "A total snowfall of 104 Inches was reported for the month of November at Crater Lake Nation-a-1 Park. Average snowfall for No- vember is 63 inches. . "Eight Inches of new snow fell i during the 24-hour period ending i at II a.m. today. Snow fell until about 8:30 a.m. Twenty-three Inch es of snow fell during the previous 24 hours. There is a total of 63 inches on the ground compared With snow depth of 18 inches on this date last year, at Maximum temperature Thurs day was 25 degrees: minimum last night. 19; at 8 a.m. today tem perature was 20 degrees at the ranger headquarters. Highway 62 is open through the park with chains or abrasive snow tiajf advised. The road from An mJFTjprings to the rim was closed this morning but the rangers ex pected to reopen the v road about 2 p.m. today. The warming hut Mil be operating Saturday and Sunday if the road to the rim is open. The road will be open un less there is a heavy snowfall, according to the rangers. Skiing is poor. The snow needs a day or two to sink down and settle. Skies were overcast when the forenoon report was received today, i SHOOTING HOURS OREGON December 3 OPEN. CLOSE 6:41 4:35 CALIFORNIA California Season Closed Until Dec. 10th Kerala frioe Fira Cents 16 Pages 69 Persons Ctilled During Safety Bay By UNITED PRESS Safety experts expressed keen disappointment today because the ration apparently failed to heed the Safe Driving Day campaign. A United Press count listed 69 persons killed in traffic during the 24-hour period which ended at mid night last night. Two weeks ago, when a sample count was .taken on an ordinary Thursday, 69 persons were killed. Adm. H. B. Miller, director of the President's Commiitee for Traffic Safety, termed the results "disappointing." He said in a pre pared statement: . "Disappointing as the S-D Day toll, was, we must' not lose sight of the fact that 10 days still remain Of the 21-day period that consti tutes the S-D Day oampaign. ' It is our hope that the impact of S-D Day on the public will be reflected in the 21-day toll when the three-week period ends Dec. 11. The figure -represented a sharp drop from the 81 persons killed on the comparable Thursday last year, Dec 2. But it was well above the 91 persons killed in the first S-D Day on Dec. 15 la si, year. In addition, it- was feared that late fatality reports might push the final toll past the 69 mark killed In traffic accidents two weeks ago on Nov. 17. when no special effort Klamath Has Eight Mishaps There was a total of eight ac cidents in Klamath County, with one person injured, during Safe Driving Day. Thursday, Klamath Falls police agencies reported to day. Seven of the eight, accidents were minor smashups 'occurring at various places within the city llni its., , ; . Theei&hth -accident, which re sulted in the county's lone Jujury.'j occurred at about 10:20 a.m. on Highway 97 about 13 miles north of Klamath Palls. The injured per son was Mrs. Ines Stolper of Bur bank. California, who was taken to Klamath Valley Hospital with hip and leg injuries. The injuries occurred when a southbound auto driven by her hus band. Ray E. Stolper. Burbank In surance salesman, slipoed on some slush and rolled over the bank coming to a stop three feet from the southern Pacific- right of way. Observers indicated they believed that the fact that Mrs. Stolper was wearing a safety belt prob ably saved -her life. Stolper told police his vision was obscured by slush thrown onto his windshield by a passing truck. There was no serious property damage in the seven accidents within the city limits. Four of the accidents were collisions at inter sections, and three involved mov ing vehicles which hit parked cars. Two of the accidents resulted in citations being issued by city po nce. The state ponce issued no ci tation on the accident yesterday morning on Highway 97. STORES OPEN TONIGHT Klamath Falls stores will be open tonight for shopping. They will be open on Friday night. De cember 9, and again on Friday night, December 16. Beginning on Monday, December 19. the stores will be open every night until Christmas. Power Shortage Predicted TACOMA. Wash, im i- A forecast i !.- Ik. T-l 1,1 , ., . ... . ma iiic x-nwiiiv nuruiwesi will oe two million kilowatts, or about 16 per cent, short of Its need for electric power . In 10 years-was is sued here Friday by a committee of experts of the major utilities in the region. The estimate! was made by the Pacific Northwest Utilities Confer ence Committee and was based on reports from 17 public, private and ledcral producers of electric pow er. C. A. Erdalil of Tacoma. chair man of the committee, said he felt the estimate was "unusually con servative." The forecast aaid the power load would Increase S'j per cent per year. Jumping from an estimated load of 71, million kilo watts in 1956-67 to 12' 4 million kilowatts in 1966-67. Erdahl said the estimated output of 10 million kilowatts by 1967 will only hold good if 15 hydroelectric projects now under construction or projected are built according to schedule. "If there is any delay in any of. those projects our situation will be that much worse." Erdahl said. The report noted that federal ap propriations for power projects In the Northwest have been about 150 million dollars a year. But it aald the demand for power would re quire at least 250 to 300 million dollars of investment yearly In new construction of .dams during the decade. was made to cut dowu the death rate. . President Eisenhower's Commit tee on Traffic Safety had tried to demonstrate for the second year in a row that the nation's motor ists could make a dramatic cut it; traffic accidents if they wanted to. RESULTS DISHEARTENING Adm. H. B. Miller, the commit tee director, admitted the final results were disheartening. "The fact that the S-D Day toll has exceeded the one last year naturally is a disappointment to the thousands of people and scores of organizations who worked so bard to make this day a demon stration that team work on the highway could bring about a dras tic saving in human life," he said. California had the worst record with 10 traffic fatalities. There were eight In Ohio, six In Tennessee, four in both New York and Pennsylvania, and four each in Missouri, Michigan, and Washington, which usually posts a top safety record. i Twenty five states reported at least one traffic fatality in the 24 hours of S-D Day, and 23 others, plus the District of Columbia, had no deaths within that time. NIGHTTIME HAZARDS The hazards of nighttime driving coupled with bad weather which bit much of the nation, produced a 'late rash of S-D Day accidents. Snowy weather' swept the Mid west and the accident rate nosed upward. The nation's two major cities, New York and Chicago, reported no traiiic. deaths. But there were plenty of accidents. In New York there were. 173 smashups and 80 persons injured, while Chicago, mired in snow and slush, reported 171 accidents and 45 injuries. Detroit, another snowbound city, had 231 accidents, and Houston, Tex.,- counted 103 Four . Western cities held their second annual "crumpled fender' contest to see which would get me ooooy prize ior ma. jnesi uai- flc accidents. Phoenix, Aria., won the dubious honor with 20,. while Austin, Tex., and Sacramento, Calif., both bad 1ft. The El Paso, Tex., total of 13 accidents was the lowest, but a man was killed in one of the smashups. State Betters Old Record Br THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oregon got through its second annual Safe Driving Day without a highway death. Reports to the motor vehicle department in the office of the secretary of state at Salem said there were reports of 81 accidents. 10 injuries and no deaths on Oregon highways Thursday. Last year on S-D Day, the same agency bad reports of 107 acci dents. 11 injuries and 1 death, it said Friday. There was belief that neither year's figures reflected the full number of accidents. The division suggested that failure of some areas to report may have held last year's figure down by a dozen or so. Several areas made no reports Thursday on this year's safety effort. TITO SAILS BELGRADE. Yugoslavia W President . Tito sailed Friday on the navy training ship Caleb' for his state visits to Ethiopia and Egypt. "We must get increased appro priations from the federal govern ment for dams or find other means of financing power producing proj ects." Erdahl said. "We need two million additional low-cost kilo watts. "Naturally, the Northwest ought to have power over and above merely meeting the anticipated load if the area is to grow and be In a position to attract big new Industrie." The 17 companies whose figure contributed " to the over-all survey include the Eugene Water it Elec tric Board, the cities, of Milton Freewater, McMlnnville. Centralis. Tacoma and Seattle City Light companies, the village of Bonnera Ferry, the Oraya Harbor. Cowlitz, Chelan, Okanogan and Pend Orelle County Public Utility Dis tricts. Portland General Electric Co., Puget Sound Power It Light Co., Pacific Power 81 Light Co.. Washington Water Power Co. and the Bonneville Administration. 4 DAYS I'nlll the next vlilt of the Red Crest Bleodmoblle at the armory. Girt a Chrlatmaa gift of a pint of blood, Klamath County's Quota It 408 pints thla visit December 8, 4 to 8 p.m. er December 7, 18 a.m. to 8 p.m. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY,. DECEMBER t, IKS f 1 1 I i'tV .&7 f i- X 'i , I PUNCHING tHE LAST TIME CARD Roy Grumble, finished 34 yeart of service this week with the U.S. Post Office Depart ment. Grumbles came to Klamath Falls in 1930 from the River side, California, Pest Office. He hat been the early shift mail dispatcher during most of his time here. He said he and Mrs. Grumbles will continue to make their home here at 1830 Mel rose Street. The veteran mai employe said he intends to purchase a small house trailer to tour the country in the summer, months. The Grumbles have a daughter, Mrs. Ray (Helen) Kitiel who also resides in Klamath Falls. California Lists Ten Dead Safe Paving Day SAN FRANCISCO. (UP) Califor nia might well have called it '.'un safe driving day." The state listed at least 10 persons dead In traffio accidents on Safe Driving Day between mid night and midnight yesterday. Los Angeles police reported 147 traffic accidents with 101 injur ies, well above a normal trallic day. ' This was last year's record: - S-D Day then was on Dec. 15, 1954, when California casualties to taled three. But this year's S-D Day was matched against Dec. 2, 1954, when the state listed nine fatalities, and against Nov. 17, 1955. when the state listed seven. HIGHWAYS SLICK Commissioner Bernard R. Cald well of the Highway Patrol said vesterdav he was honin? for 1(rk than nine casualties. But he added. "Being realistic about it. I can't see us coming up with zero." The state didn't disappoint him. A storm over much of the state presumably was to blame for some of the accidents. The storm leit highways flick from the Oregon border to' Southern California and blanketed mountain roads with snow and ice. fi I fj K - : yjr.) It r y J. H. ROGERS. Shady Pine, a-parking lot attendant for thr U.S. National Bank of Portland at Eighth and Pine streets, was sweeping off the sidewalk this morning when the 9 o'clock photographer ame by. ' IMVUam . -a UBWa 4 These were the people who lost their lives: . Donald L. Powell, 20, Riverside, killed when his motorcycle skidded off a highway. He was the state's first victim. Merdlch Muk'chlan. 93. Fowler, struck and killed while crossing a highway. VACAVH.LE COLLISION Edward R. Jameson. 69, Fair field, killed when his truck collided With another truck near Vacavillp. Alma Fuller. 38. San Mateo, died of injuries received in an accident on Bayshore Freeway near San Mateo. John Joseph Marshall. 49, Van Nuys. struck and killed by an auto in Beverly Hills. Iola Short. Escondido, killed In an auto accident in the Lagtma Mountains 70 -miles east of San Diego. "'" n"n, - !"?kU'ePJ "nlle "ossing a Los An- geles street. Jack H. Foster. 57, killed in a collision near Indlo. Patricia Ann Raven, killed In an accident near Modesto about 11:30 p.m. Raymond Cardona, 20, Los An geles, was killed late last night in a headon collision in Los An- 1 geles' industrial district. Telephone till No. M4t Board Rules On Use Of Basin River SALEM lifi Water users In the Medford and Talent areas won't get - additional water from the Klamath River Basin under the proposed Klamath River Ba sin Compact, -the California and Oregon Klamath River commis sions said Friday. The commissions made their statement at a hearing after Lee McAllister, Salem, area engineer for the U.S. Bureau of Reclama tion, said Medford and Talent users hope they can get some ad ditional Klamath water' in the fu ture. The commissions replied that the proposed compact forbids diver sion of water outside of the Basin, but that existing diversions would continue. , OPENED YESTERDAY The hearing, held to hear tes- timony by federal and state agen cies, opened Thursday and ended Friday. A similar hearing win be held In Sacramento next Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be 10 to 15 public hearings next year. The compact will be submitted to Congress and the California and Oregon legisla tures In 1957. ' The commissions were disap pointed because the Department of the Interior failed to send any witnesses. The department said it would prepare written comments in a few weeks. Hie only objection to the pro posed compact was voiced by Boyd Jackson, representing the Klam ath Indians. He fears that the compact doesn't' safeguard Indian rights. - Jackson asked that the tribe Be represented on the administrative agency that would operate the compact. The commissions an swered that the state of Oregon's representative on this agency could look after Indian rights, COMPLETE FltEEDOM The commissions, pointing out that the Kiamaths Will win their comolete freedom in - 1958. said (hey doubted whether Use Indians merited any special treatment. Oregon's' Fish and Game com missions said they are interested in safeguarding fish and wildlife. but that they would submit state ments later. . . - . Under terms of the' proposed compact, California and Oregon would Jointly, administer the land and water resources of the Basin. These include conservation and use of Klamath River water for all purposes, conservation of fish, wildlife and recreational resources, power production, and flood pre vention. Presiding at the hearing were Bert A. Phillips, Douglas City, California, and Nelson Reed, Klamath Falls. They are the chairmen of their respective state commissions. Jaycee Safety Number Picked The "Courteous Driver of the Day" $5 award offered Thursday to the owner of license number 4F-24R1 by the Klamath County Junior Chamber of Commerce as a part of their traffic safely campaign was not claimed by the owner at noon today. These awards are being made In Klamath Falls by -he Jaycees as a feature of their safely .campaign prior to the holiday season. A li cense numocr will be announced each dav Mimclhy Ihrouxh 8ntur ; day as a reward for good driving ; habits of Klamolh moiorlsls. Sc ; lection qualities the driver for the 'dally S5 award If he Identities hlm i telf by noon of Ihe following day. ; As the award for Thursday was I not claimed tne holder of license 1 number lK-8046 can claim Friday's I prize of $10 by calling 9297 by noon Saturday. j If the driver of today's number Is unidentified, Saturday's award will be f 15. Weather FO It EC AST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Occasional now flurries with brief clearing periods Friday niitht; steadier snow -Saturday. Wens 36: low Friday nlfhl 20. High yesierday 3-1 Low last nlflit .. 20 Preclp. last 24 hours 6.1 Prerlp. since Oct, 1 ... 5.M Kame period 1at year 1.34 Normal for period H . 2.S4 SHOPPING DAYS LEFT r-Htrp Fight TB l Buy Christmas Ssxilt.J Uniting Of Workers Follows CIO Election NEW YORK im The AFL and CIO merged Friday into a single federation of 16.000.000 members largest organised labor force in the free world. " The CIO voted overwhelming ap proval in Its final convention ses sion Friday. The AFL endorsed the merger unanimously in its con vention Thursday. The combined organization, to be known as the American Federa tion of Labor and Congress of In dustrial Organizations will meet here In convention Monday. The CIO stamp of endorsement came over heated objections from Michael J. Quill, president of the 90,000-member Transport Workers Union, composed largely of New York City bus and subway em ployes. ROyX'AI.L VOTE In a rollcall vote. Quill record ed his union as opposed to the merger. The only other dissenting votes came from Dominic Merolla, of the Wllkes-Barre, Pa., Industrial Council of the United 8teelworkers, and Frank England of the Spring field, 111., Industrial council. Quill argued that the merger would place the CIO under an AFL thumb. He charged also that the proposed constitution of the com bined organization lacked sufficient safeguards against racial discrim ination, racketeering and inter- union raiding. An array of other CIO leaders took Issue with Quill's stand. ME ANY TO LEAD George Meany, AFL president, will head the combined organiza tion, to be known officially as the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organiza tions (AFL-CIO). Walter P. Reuther, the CIO ores- ident, is expected to hold a major post in the new organization as nead or its Industrial union De partment. This department embraces the unions, such as those of the auto mobile and steel Industries. Both the industrial unions and the AFL unions, organized by crafts, such as carpenters and plumbers, will continue as before in the new setup, with their status described as equal. The combined AFL-CIO will go Into a single convention from Mon day through Friday next week In the 71st Regiment Armory President Eisenhower will ad dress the convention by telephone from his Gettysburg, Pa., farm Monday. . New York Gov. Averell Hafrl man.. a potential candidate tor the Democratic presidential nomina tion, and Secretary of Labor James P.i Mitchell will address It Tuesday. FOLSOAf TO SPEAK Marlon Folsom, secretary of health, education and welfare, will sneak Wednesday, and Adlal E. Stevenson, an announced candidate for the Democratic nomination. and American Legion Commander J. Addinglon Wagner. Thursday. Meany told the AFL convention yesterday there Is no question about the desirability of the merg er and that there was no need originally for a split In labor's raoks. He said that, without wish ing to criticize anyooay, ne oe- lleved the differences could have been worked out within the AFL framework. This merged organization can go forward to a better day," he said. "It can make a better and more vital contribution to the com munity as a whole and to the wel fare and security of our nation." Reuther. addressing Jhe CIO convention, said success of the new organization will be deter mined by its sense of social and moral dedication. DIHHENTING VOTE ' Peter Yablonskl, a Newark, N.J., painters union delegate, cast a lone dissenting vote on the merger proposal at Ihe AFL convention, but later awllched to an affirma tive vote. Two AFL union leaders com plained In a lively floor discussion about some aspects of the merger. One was Woodruff Randolph, president of the AFL International Typographical Union, who said tne AFL-CIO leadership would have loo much power over the organiz ing scope of various unions, A. Philip Randolph, president of the AFL sleeping car porters. Ike Confers With Defense GETTYSBURG, Pa. HjPl President Elsenhower today re Finned the weekly defense confer ences he held before his heart at tack. The Chief Executive made a mid morning appoUHment to see De lense Secretary Charles E. Wilson panted by Attorney General and Adm. Arthur W, Rartiord. Herbert Brownell, Jr., who briefed chairman of the Joint Chiefs ol ! Mr. Elsenhower on Justice Depart Staff. I mont matter. There was no announcement as COUNCIL MEETING . lo what they would discuss. Some ! The Prenldent'J conference . at talk was likely on the new mil llary budget, allhough a separate conference on that subject with Wilson and Uudget Director Row land R. Hughes Is on the Pres ident's schtdule for next Tuesday. Today's talks followed a top-level strategy meeting on defense and foreign policy matlcra between Ihe Hre.iidenl and his National Security Council Thursday at near bv Camp David. Md. OFFICIALS PIIF.8KNT About lit administration olllcials. inrlunlng Wilson and Radford, at tended that meeting, which was hld nt the presidential retreat In Maryland's Catociln Mountains. Details of the council session vera top secret, but It presum ably d.'alt with such Issues as Rus sia t latest H-bomb explosion, mil- Ulsry spendme lor next year, and wanted the AFL-CIO to have more power to punish unions that prac ticed racial discrimination. A new shot was fired over a John L. Lewis letter asserting the CIO owes 11.665.000 to bis United Mine Workers (independent) In re payment of a loan. James B. Carey, CIO secretary- treasurer, told Lewis "the CIO owes - you no money" and denied Lewis charge that the CIO It being liquidated. James Owens, UMW secretary- treasurer, replied In a message to Carey: , . . . You aver that CIO la not being 'liquidated' and 'owes you no money.'- Who is swallowing whom in your amalgamation? Brazen denials cannot change the facts of life." ConantSays U.S. To Stay In Berlin BERLIN (UP) U.S. Ambassa dor James B. Conant said today the United States will stay in Berlin and hold the Russians re sponsible for their sector of the city despite East German defiance of occupation regulations. - Conant told a news conference In the divided olty that the United Slates will 'continue to hold the Soviets responsible for the proper treatment of U.8. nationals." He said he traveled to Berlin from the Embassy at Bonn yester day "to give visible proof of the continuing Interest of the United States government in the welfare of this brave and Important city." PROTESTS DELIVERED ' The ambassador aald hit pres ence In Berlin "further underlines" U.S. determination to remain in the city, a stand which was set forth In a stiff note Conant pre sented to Soviet Ambassador O. M. Puskln yesterday. The note, similar in tone to nolea presented by Britain and France, reaffirmed four power occupation of the entire city. It denied East German, claims to control of the city by virtue of their "sovereign ty" by Insisting that Russia still la responsible tor control of theJEsal em sector. Conant served notice today that the United Stales would not deal with the East Oermahs, ' RECALL AIRLIFT . The official Communist parly newspaper Neuos Deutschland, mouthpiece of the - Red - regime, said flatly In an editorial that Berlin no longer has four power' laws and East Germany Is- sov ereign. West Berllners. feared a repeti tion of the 1948 Communist, block ade of the city, designed to squeeze out the Western powers, which was broken only by a massive airlift of supplies. - ' The Neus Deuiscniana editorial was the first East German answer to Western demands that the So viets keep hands - off the status of Berlin. . 1 DELIVER NOTES The American. British end French ambassadors to Germany delivered similar notes to Soviet Ambassador to East Germany O. M. Pushkin warning the Soviets the West would oppose any Rus sian attempts to surrender four power control ot the city to the German Communists, American officials In Washing ton doub'ed that the Russians and East Germans will throw any out right physical challenge to the West, altliough all threatening pos sibilities are under constant study. SATURDAY CLOSING Under an order issued last week by the county court, Klamath j county Courthouse will be closed on Saturdays sinning tms weex. The court took the acilon after department heads stated there would- be no overtime or extra ! help employed in county oil ices 1 as a result of the Saturday closing. Nationalist China's threat lo block admission of 13 nations lo the United Nations. The council meeting broke up at 4:25 p.m. EST and the President left on the trip back to Gettysburg live minutes later. He was accoin- Camp David was his second meet ing there with the .National Secur ity Council In two weeks. As be fore, some council members flew up from Washington by helicopter. But others chose to go by auto. Secretary of 8tale John Foster Dulles was one of those who Hew but did not appear to be loo en thusiastic about helicopter travel. He said the trip was "all right" and "not as bad as last time'' whrn high winds made It trouble some for Ihe pilots. Mr, Elnenhower covered Ihe 44 mile trip to Camp David and oack to Gettysburg by auto, his rhaulletir never driving more than 50 miles, an hour. This was the President' way of observing "8ae Driving Day" which, he pro claimed Thursday in an effort te reductt traffic accidents. .