I U OF OREGON LIBRARY EUGENS, ORE. tun!1 M n7 mam 4 - . . In The- Day's lews Br FRANK JENKINS Numerous additional arrests lu Argentina are announced this morning by the Argentine provls 1 o n a 1 military . government which reports that ten persons have Just been seized in what is called a new suDversive plot. At the same time, it announces that 125 persons described as "rumor mongers and trouble max ers" have been rounded up and confined In an out of the way place in southern Argentina. What's happening down there? It's hard to say. There Is too much censorship. When censoi ship comes into the picture the truth gets badlv blurred, wnai ever Is happening is taking quite a lot of time and involves a lot of struggle. We'll have to wait and see whether patriotism and love of country or ITCH FOR FOWEK lies at the root of the Argentine troubles. , Speaking ef censorship In Brazil, where a similaV mys tery play is being enacted, the newspapers have to send every page or every issue to me mili tary censors before printing it. So we have no clear idea of what is going on in Brazil. May be a real effort is being made to pot better government for the people of Brazil. Maybe it's another struggle for power. What's happening In our own country? It is announced in Washington this morning that a congressional investigation into GOVERNMENT SECRECY is to be continued by a committee headed by Congress man John Moss of California. Moss has asked the interior and welfare departments, the federal reserve system and the securities and exchange commission why they have been holding back non- clelense Information oy labelling it confidential. Two years ago. President Eisen hower issued an order limiting the use of the confidential classifica tion generally to defense informa tion. . , , ' Who Is " Congressman Moss? He represents the third congres sional district of California, com posed of Colusa, Glenn, Sacra mento, Sutter, Yolo and Yuba counties. He is a Democrat. The fact that he is a Democrat ''doesn't prejudice nw'agn-inst' him In any way. Some of the best men I know are Democrats. Some of the ablest men in our congress are Democrats. And I feel strongly that secrecy other than secrecy, relating to national defense must be driv en out of our government. But You must have noticed that dur ing Republican administrations most congressional investigations are headed by Democrats and dur ing Democratic administrations most of the investigating commit-. tees are headed by Republicans. Thanks to our fabulous com' muntcations system newspa pers, radio, television, etc. con- gressional investigations open up wonderful possibilities for the par ty OUT OP POWER to make It appear that the party IN POWER is composed of crooks and thim blerlggers. One can't help fearing that this situation provides temptations that will become too strong to be resisted. Here's one thing I'm sure Is happening- in our country: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN WASHINGTON IS GETTING TOO BIG FOR MERE MORTAL MEN TO HANDLE. How shall we cut it down to size? The only way I can think of is to BRING MORE GOVERNMENT BACK TO OUR STATE HOUSES. OUR COURT HOUSES AND OUR CITY HALLS. Dimes Drive Set Tuesday The March of Dimes drive for funds to aid the National Polio Foundation will be kicked off Tuesday. January 3. announced Jny Kroksh, campaign chairman, Friday. In announcing the beginnintr of the drive, Kroksh said "with the development of the Salk anti-polio vaccine one battle In the war against the dread disease has been won but the war against the crip pling virus still goes on. "The patients who were struck by polio before the use of the balk vaccine must be cared for. ' There are 68.000 polio victims re ceiving treatment from the founda tion. In addition to these patients. 30.000 persons were struck by the disease In 1955." Tom Perkins, permanent secre tary of the National Polio Founda tion for Klamath County, said that as of December 3. 1955 there were 416 polio cases In Oregon. 1955 will mart Oregon's third worst polio year. Funds are also needed for more research and for financial a:d to the rehabilitation centers over the country, the drive chair man said. , The special events of the month long drive with be handled by co-chairmen Marine S-Sgt, Harold Morts. U.S. Air Force T-Sgl. James Shrum and U.S. Navy CPO tarry Cuffel, Kroksh said. i Priee Fin Cento 16 races KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER M, 155 ' . Telephone gill . . No, 3365 . A I? Plans 220 Uiits More Homes Still Needed For Workers - By MAX WAUCHOPE The U.S. Air Force is planning to build 220 family housing units for Air Force personnel near the Klamath Falls jet Interceptor base, it was reported in a letter to the Klamath County Chamber of Com merce from Major Genera Lee B. Washbourne, assistant chief of staff, installations, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The letter was sent to R. Frank Tucker, chamber manager, in an swer to a letter sent by the cham ber's Housing Committee Decem ber 16 requesting an outline of the Air Force's plans for military hous ing in this area. When the project is built, It will be occupied by officers and air men of the upper grades. The air general said that with a need for 445 housing units, the remaining 225 USAF families will require housing within the Klamath Falls area. UNDER FHA RULES The housing units will be built under Title VIII of the Federal Housing Administrations rules, the. air general's letter states. This title the Capehart Amendment was designed to aid the building of military housing near bases of the various services. Under Title VIII a private build ing company is usually formed to build the units with the FHA pro viding the necessary funds. Upon completion of the project the Air Force assumes management and repays the FHA from the rentals. . Title., yill provides -thai- a -maximum of $13,500 can be spent on each unit, including the cost of the land. . The location of the project has not been announced, but it will be located somewhere near the jet base, the Air Force said. The USAF will announce time for bids and construction date sometime in the near future. Although this letter clarifies the Air Force's plans, it doesn't .solve the problem of providing housing for the remaining air personnel, said Ed Bell, chairman of the Housing Committee of the cham ber. MORE NEEDED Air Force officers Lt. Col. Rob ert H. Larson and Maj. Thomas Gerbing from the Klamath base concurred with Bell by stating that even with the building of the mili tary units the Air Force person nel will still need considerable (Continued on page 4) Jury Finds Forshaw Guilty YREKA (UP) A Superior Court jury found Albert E. For shaw. 54, Vancouver, B.C., horse breeder, guilty of manslaughter "without gross negligence" yester day in connection with the auto death of his employe, William G. Green. 29. also of Vancouver. Green was killed Sept. 21 near here while a passenger in For shaw's automobile, which collided with that of John R. Savage, 45, Montague. Forshaw was indicted by the Siskiyou County Grand Jury for involuntary manslaughter and was brought to trial in the court of Judge James M. Allen, The Jury voted its conviction after a brief deliberation. Judge Allen set Jan. 3 for a hearing of a new trial motion by the defense attorney, Joseph Cor riea of Yreka. Misdemeanor manslaughter car ries a maximum sentence of one year in the county jail. Ike Prepares Final Draft KEY WEST. Fla. I.fl Presi dent Eisenhower, dressed in cas ual sport clothes, worked Friday on a near-final draft of his Jan. 5 State of the Union message to Congress. The President was Joined by his message-writing aide, Kevin Mc Cann. who flew in from Washing ton Friday morning with a revised draft of the document outlining the administration's 1956 legislative program. White House aides said the State of the Union message would be near completion attar F r 1 d a y's work session. The message will be read in Congress by Senate and House clerks. The President plana to stay here until about Jan. I. y 1 Pi 1 X, f MRS. V. E. O'NEILL Library Board Member Quits Announcement that she is sub mitting her resignation as a mem ber of the cjty library board to the mayor and city council was made today by Mrs. ' Victor E. (Luclle) O'Neill. "The pressure of other duties has brought me to this decision,1 Mrs. O'Neill said today. A member of the city library board for 19 years, she has given generously of her time to the ac tual work of the Klamath Falls library, especially helping in the selection of books and aiding in personnel work. White House Retaliates KEY WEST. Fla. UTl The White House, hitting back at So viet criticism of President Elsen hower, said Friday the United States will continue to seek peace ful liberation of captive European peoples "until success Is achieved." The reiteration of the. American goal was set forth In a statement by James C. Hagerty, White House press secretary, after it had been approved by the President and Secretary of State Dulles. The statement was In reply to criticism Thursday by Nikita S. Khrushchev, Russia's Communist Party boss, accusing Eisenhower and Dulles of "crude interference" in Eastern European affairs through Christmas broadcasts to those areas. Khrushchev also accused the President of having violated the spirit of the summit meeting held at Geneva last July. In his statement, Hagerty in ef fect denied that. "The peaceful liberation of the captive peoples," Hagerty said, "has been, is, and until success Is achieved will continue to be a ma jor goal of United States foreign policy." K7i BILL DEWITT. laft. clerk, 135 North First Street, and Rsy Young, 810 Uphsm Street, chief clerk, were snapped by the 9 o'clock photographer this morning in the Great Northern offii California Death Toll Rolls To 63 SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Call fomians rolled up their sleeves in chilly winter weather today to begin the monumental job of re claiming their , homes, lands and possessions from desolation. The toll of dead from the Christ mas week storms and floods rose to 63 in California and t3 in Oregon for a total of 74. Damage esti mates passed the 150 million dollar mark. As the flood waters began re ceding in most areas, they left a thick layer of slime over every thing they once covered. Residents of 43 Northern California counties haa to wash it off everything they owned. Many refugees returned to their homes to find that muddy water had covered their stoves, applian ces, furniture and clothing. Others found their businesses washed away, their merchandise destroyed Still others lost cattle, crops and larm buildings. SURVEYS MADE It was the job of the Red Cross. Small Business Administration and other federal state and local agencies to help the flood victims get back on their feet again. Near ly everybody was taking surveys today to get an idea of the Jpb ahead. Meanwhile, scattered showers fell throughout the state, but the rainfall was light and not enough to cause further flooding. A cold snap' brought more, snow to the sierra Nevada, Slowing the moun tain runoff. ... '. .' ' Although7 ihe floba wateYs were receding In most areas, there were still some danger spots, especially along the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. x DANGER AREAS They Included the delta region. Verona along the Sacramento, Nl- colaus on tile Feather River; the river junction area south of Stock ton where the Stanilaus Joins the San Joaquin; the Tulare Lake Basin, where flood waters from the Tule and Kaweah menaced crops and covered 12 square miles; and Alviso near the southeastern shore of San Francisco Bay. In a move to help homeowners, the Federal Housing Authority an nounced that flood victims unable temporarily to meet payments on FHA insured mortgages will be given more time for repayment. To help those whose homes were washed away in the floods obtain new homes in the disaster area, Ihe FHA will Insure mortgages for terms of up to 30 years, instead of 25. Down payment requirements will be eased. ' JUSTICE REIGNS READING, Pa. Mv-Peace and justice reign In the Ross house hold. Mrs. Arthur Ross was sworn in yesterday as a justice ot the peace, a position also held by her husband. V J Iff mm " 7. ?0&?2fe!s V.J LAWRENCE Cattleman of Weather . FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with few snow flurries through Saturday. High Saturday 30-35 low Friday night 20-25. High yesterday ................!J Low last night 10 Precip. last 24 hours - 0 Preolp. since Oct. 1 , 10. B Same period last year 1.93 Normal for period . ...... .4. 66 . K.',""Mi 4 Flood Area Messages Told Messages delivered to the Red Cross office in Klamath Falls from the flooded areas of Oregon and California Indicate that no rel atives ,of Basin residents were among the fatalities listed, an nounced Mrs. Virginia Dixon, ex ecutive secretary of the Klamath County Chapter of the Red Cross, today, Mrs. Dixon said the messages, in reply to inquiries from Basin residents, have been coming through from the Western Union and amateur (ham) radio opera tors. The Red 'Cross set up 60 aid shelters in the two states and 42 of these arestill operating. Two of these are In Oregon and the re mainder in California with some 18 shelters In use In the Yuba City area. Walker Mlllner. Pacific Area manager of the Red Cross said "All government and private agen cies are coorierating splendidly in the flood area." The Red Cross official also lauded the work of the members of the armed serv ices who have been aiding In the flood relief. The Red 'Cross provided toys to children In the shelter on Christ mas Eve from the Junior Red Cross Children's Fund. A party for 100 children was given In Ssn Jose entirely in Spanish, Mrs. Dixon reported. The children of Klamath County contribute to this children's aid fund each year, the Red Cross official stated. Contributions to the flood aid fund are now coming Into the local Red Cross office. Otto 8mlth is the disaster chairman of the Red Cross for Klamath County. SHOOTING HOURS OREGON December 31 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:44 January 1 OPEN CLOSE 7:04 4:44 CALIFORNIA December 31 OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:44 January 1 OPEN CLOSE 7:06 4:45 1 V HORTON the Year Horton Named 'Man Of Year' PRINEVILLE Wl Lawrence J. Horton, Klamath Falls, who start ed with one heifer 41 years ago, Thursday night became Oregon Cattleman of the Year. He received the Herman Olivet trophy at the annual meeting of the Oregon cattlemen's Assn. Oli ver made the presentation. Ilqrtou traded, a, boitt to artlndlai for a heifer of mixed Hereford and Shorthorn blood and rented a farm to get his start In the cattle busi ness. Now -he has 1,000 head of registered Hereford cattle on 7,500 acres of deeded land. From sagebrush, swamp and steep slopes, he has built up 1,500 acres of irrigated pasture. His ranch also has 650 acres of alfalfa and hay land. Nominations for the award were made In each county with the field then narrowed to four finalists. The other three finalists were Ray Graffenberger, Prineville; John Flsk, Imnaha, and Cecil Snyder, Molalla. The Horton ranch is divided Into three properties, one in Poe Val ley, where the headquarters of the ranch are located, and the others In Yonna and Langell valleys. Snow Removal Warning Given Klamath Falls Chief of Police Orvllle Hamilton today warned ail Klamath Falls property owners, householders and business opera tors that they are required by law to clear off sidewalks In front or their property within 24 hours after a snowfall. Failure to comply, he said, Is a misdemeanor. He added that fresh snow was easier to shovel than snow which had been allowed to freeze. Hamilton said that If snow Is permitted to remain on walks longer than 24 hours and a pedes trian has an accident, the house holder or business would be liable for damages. Council Estimates 38,500 CHICAGO 11 The National Salety Council today estimated the 1955 traffic death toll at 38,500 the highest in 14 years. The estimate came as much of the nation took enierRency action to hold down the frightening toil over the next three days. Safety officials fear another record will be set. The council based Its estimate on a projection of reports of 34.690 Americans killed in traffic in the first 11 months of 'he year. A later survey, taken yesterday by The Associated Press from in complete stat police records, showed at least 35,165 traffic deaths. The safety Council figures that delayed reports, deaths through New Year's Eve and deaths later from Injuries suffered late this year will biing the over-all total for the year to 38.500. This would top last year's safety 'council figure of 36.000. It's 5,000 imore than the 33.417 U. 8. soldiers. sailors. Marines and airmen killed ! in the 37 months of the . Korean Wat : SINCE 1941 ! It would be the greatest yearlong toll since the record 39.969 in 1941. Last weekend termed "Black Christmas" by safety experts em phasised the mounting highway tolls and caused many stales to order stringent enforcement efforts for the New Year weekend. A new record for any holiday In history, (29 Americans, died (utrtght in Pact Runs 50 Years; Copco Denied Writ WASHINGTON (y"l Under secretary of the Interior Clarence A. Davis Friday announced ap proval of a 50 year contract with the California Oregon Power Com pany for continued operation -of Link River Dam In Oregon for Irrigation and power purposes. Davis said this action clears the way for Immediate construction by Copco of a large hydroelectric de velopment on the Klamath River, some 30-mlles downstream from Link River Dam and immediately Army Teams Survey State Flood Ruin By THE ASSOCIATED PRES8 Army Engineer teams are sur veying flood damage in Oregon to help determine the amount of fed eral aid to be made avails Die un der a disaster area order of Presi dent Elsenhower. The engineers already have in dicated this was the worst winter flood disaster on record in Oregon. Col. Jackson Graham, Portland district engineer, said the Rogue and Coqullle floods were the worst on record, the Umpqua was Just short of the 1950 flood, and the Willamette flood was the worst In recent history, exceeding the 1943 and 1945 floods. Federal aid became available Thursday when President Elsen hower designated 10 Oregon coun ties as a major disaster area. He made the announcement in Key West, Fla., after earlier designat ing California and Nevada flooded counties as major disaster areas, FEDERAL AID The amount of federal aid will be determined after the surveys. The Small Business Administra tion said loans will be available to individuals and companies in the 10 Oregon counties of ' Marlon, Clackamas, Folk, Clatsop, Joseph ine, Jackson, Coos, Curry, Lane and Douglas. ' The Housing and Home Finance Agency said It would "expedite all possible urban renewal and plan- nlno aktnnr". in flnnrl.hlt com munltles;.A '"variety t fcfederal grants and loans are available to cities that may plan to reuuua damaged or blighted areas. The Agriculture Department also offered surplus food. Including feed for stranded livestock and poultry A telegram was sent by the White House staff to Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon telling him "such funds as may be necessary will be available "to supplement state and local efforts" at relief. The telegram, sent by Wilton B. Persons, presidential assistant, said Elsenhower "asked me to ex press his deep concern with the hardship and suffering caused the people, of your state by these floods." The Small Business Administra tion will open temporary offices early next week at Eugene, Orants Pass and Coos Bay to receive loan applications. Disaster loans at 3 per cent Interest are available for repair or rebuilding of dwellings with a repayment period up to 20 years. Business loans at the same Interest rate may run up to 10 years. . EXPLANATION The SB A explained the loans would have to be made nominally at 6 per cent because the New Eng land floods earlier exhausted funds, but they will be converted to 3 per cent when Congress makes more emergency money available next year, the SBA said. Although the damaging rains have ended, damage was not stopped. State highway engineers Thursday reported another major slide dumped 25.000 yards of muck onto highway 38 between Reeds port and Scottsburg. It will keep the highway closed several weeks, engineers said. Christmas accidents. AP bureaus across the country reported today that 34 others died in the following 2';. days of Injuries suffered over Chrlstmns. The safely council predicts 420 will die In the three-day New Year weekend. The greatest previous toll was 407 over the four-day 1952 53 holidny. The safety council list of lead ing cities, according to the num ber of deaths per 10,000 registered vehicles In the first 11 months of 1055 Included: 350.000 to 500.000 Indianapolis and Portland, Ore., 2.0 each; Kan sns City, Mo. 2 1. 10,000 to 25,000 Klamath Falls Ore., Klngsport, Tenn., and Mon roe, Mich., 0.0 each. CHICAGO Delayed reports and subsequent deaths from In juries suffered in Christmas holi day weekend traffic have pushed the toll of fatalities well above the record 609 counted Tuesday, The delayed reports raised to 629 the number of highway deaths which occurred during the actual holiday period. The 609 count taken at the close of the weekend broke the old Christmas holiday record by 63 deaths. In 1952 there were 556 fatal ities during the corresponding period. LIST OF STATES The following list shows the number of deaths each slate north of the California-Oregon border. The dam Is a feature of the Klamath Reclamation Project In Southern Oregon. It was construct ed by Copco and deeded to the government under a 1917 contract. under that contract the dam has been operated to improve the out put of Copco's power plants on the Klamath IRlver in Oregon and California subject at all times to prior demands for irrigation on the Klamath project. Davis said the new contract con tinues the same arrangement but ' also defines more precisely a much broader area which may be irrigated with water released from behind the dam. "The contract will Insure opera tion ot the dam at all times for Irrigation and domestic use on existing and future federal recla mation projects in the area." Dav is said. COTRACT The contract, he said, was okayed by the Klamath River commissions of Oregon and Cali fornia and by representatives of water user groups in the area. Davis said the contract continues provisions of the existing agree ment under which the company will provide power for pumping of w rlgatlon and drainage water on the existing and any future reclama tion projects in the area at rates substantially lower than those In general effect throughout the com pany's service area. copco on January as, lwt was granted a conditioned license by the Federal Power commission for its proposed development, Big Bend No. 2, estimated to cost 9 mil lion dollars. The commission stipulated that the license was conditioned upon willingness of the Interior secre tary to extend the existing Link River Dam contract, SAN FRANCISCO () A state official says California Is ready to go to trial on Its charges that human life and fish resources are endangered by the way an Oregon Power firm operates two dams on the Klamath River. Dept. Atty. Gen. Ralph . Scott made the statement Thursday aft er the state supreme court denied a petition by the California Ore gon Power Company of Medford, that would prohibit the Siskiyou County Superior Court from hear- , lpg the' case.. , : .;:.. vi .-. The power eornpanT-wmtehdell' that the state court had no juris- diction and that Jurisdiction rest ed with the federal power commls- - ' slon. CHARGES ' California charges that the pow er company's two Copco dams, upstream from the confluence of the Klamath and Shasta rivers, are shut down when electric power is not needed. This results, the suit charges in drying up the riv er for 75 miles downstream and the destruction of 2 million salm on and steelheadetrout and oth er fish each year. In addition, - the suit asserts that when th e plants are returned to operation a wave- of water pours downstream, menacing pub lic safety and health. The suit charges that 18 persons have been drowned in such surges during the last eight years. In denying the power company's petition, the supreme court said there was no question of federal supremacy and that the state had not asked the company to cense ODeratlng its dams but only "That they be operated as to not create the danger to the public and the destruction of fish." The Siskiyou court, the high court added, "Certainly has Jur isdiction over nuisances and meas-. ures necessary to deal with them." 19T1I CHILD WHITESBURG, Ky. !jn Uncle Eli Lucas. 91. announced the birth of his 19th child yesterdaj with the hope "there will be many more children to bless our home." Thirteen children were by his first wife, who died several years ago, and six by his second wife, whose age was not learned. Fatalities counted as of midnight Monday; the revised number of deaths dur ing the actual holiday period in cluding delayed reports and correc tions; the number of subsequent deaths up to noon yesterday from Injuries received in holiday traf fic; and the new aggregate state total: Alabama 7 11 1 12; Arizona 5 4 0 4; Arknnsas 9 9 0 9; California 47 47 2 49; Colorado 8 7 18: Connecticut 10 10 0 10; Delaware 4 4 0 4; Florida 20 22 0 22; Georgia 21 21 0 21; Idaho 2 2 0 2: Illinois 40 40 6 45; Indiana 16 16 0 16; Iowa 8 8 19; Kansas 10 10 1 11; Kentucky 8 8 2 10: Louisiana 8 8 19; Maine 110 1; Maryland 2 10 0 10; Massachusetts 16 16 0 16; Michi gan 40 40 5 45; Minnesota 7 7 0 7: Mississippi 10 10 2 12; Missouri 17 17 1 18: Montana 0 0 0 0; Nebraska 3 3 0 3; Nevada 3 3 0 3; New Jersey 15 15 1 16: New York 27 27 2 29; New Hampshire 0 0 0 0: New Mexi co 3 3 0 3; North Carolina 13 13 0 13- North Dakota 1 1 0 1: Ohio 40 40 1 41; Oklahoma 13 13 2 15; Oregon 7 7 0 7: Pennsylvania 35 35 0 35; Rhode Maud 0 0 0 0; South Caro lina 12 21 1 32; South Dakota 0 0 0 0; Tennessee 7 7 18; Texas S3 53 1 64; Utah 3 3 0 3; . Vermont 2 3 0 2: Virginia 20 20 0 20; Washington 5 5 0 5; West Vir ginia 7 7 0 7; Wisconsin 22 22 t 23; Wyoming 2113; uisirici 01 r lumbia 0 0 11. 1 'S