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Newspaper Page TextCOS? Ml 15) n LTQlJXi N U OF 0RE33M LtBr.A3t EUOSNE, QUE. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Farm problem slants: Republican Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota: "Farm prices . and farm income should get not one but four or five shots In the arm from the new administration farm program (which includes the "soil bunk ' idea.) Democratic Senator Olln Johns ton of South Carolina: "I doubt If the various administration farm proposals (including the "s o 1 bank") will work unless we return to SO per cent of parity supports. It Is a difference of opinion that makes horse races and this campaign year of 1956 is a hot political hoss race. As to Senator Mundt: It isn't shots in the arm that the American farmer needs it's getting rid of overproduction and getting back to a reasonably nor mal balance of supply and de- mind. There have been too many shots In the arm. As to Senator Johnston: High parity supports amount to SUBSIDIZING OVERPRODUC TION. That's what we've been do ing for years, and it's responsible lor most the mess American ag' riculture is in. Between now and next Novem- ber you'll hear a lot of bushwah about the . farm problem. If you are to keep the situation clear in your mind, you. must remember this: Not only is there a farm problem. There is a political prob lem. The farm problem Is to get ag riculture back to a sound and normally profitable basis which will take quite a lot of time. The political problem is to GET VOTES RIGHT NOW in 1956. . The solution of the farm problem is a job for STATESMEN. The quickie political Job calls only for politicians. In a talk to the Portland City Club yesterday Gene Marsh of Mc Minnville, who was chairman of Oregon's delegation to the White ' House conference on education, told his hearers that in his opinion this country should be very caa tious Indeed about entering into any program for federal aid to schools.- He told his hearers that he personally opposes the principle of federal aid, but concedes that In view of the heavy increase in the number of school children, with its accompanying problem of pro viding enough schools, the national government, might, havo to .step in with help for construction of schools in distressed areas. He said that almost all the conference delegates who favor federal aid want it without federal control. He himself thinks that federal aid, if granted, should be for only a lim ited time. But He added "I doubt if this can be done." I share bis doubt. Let's put it this way: Suppose you have a hamburger stand, but haven't money enough to equip in the way you think it ought to be equipped to handle a growing volume of business. Sup pose you go around to a better heeled friend and suggest that he dig into his more ample pocket and provide you with the cash you need for expansion. I think you'll find that as long as your friend has his money in the business he'll want quite a lit tle to say about the way It shall be run. It will be the same way with federal aid to the schools. As long as the federal government puts up the money it's going to have a lot to sny about the run ning of the schools. . It's easy to talk about federal aid for the schools for a limited time, but I'm pretty sure that once the federal camel gets its nose under the flap of the school tent it will STAY IN THE TENT. arm Program Storm Arises WASHINGTON iP Storm sig nals rose in the path of the admin istration's farm bill Saturday with Sen. Ellender (D-La) calling for three major changes. Ellender. chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee now in con trol of the proposals, came out for: 1. "Mandatory participation" by farmers in the vast soil bank pro posal to remove 45 million acres from cultivated farm land. 2. An upward shift in farm price supports for the best quality wheat, cotton and other basic crops. 3. A trial of the two-price system on rice, one of the six basic crops. The senator outlined his ideas in a speech recorded for radio use in his home state. They contrasted sharply with hroad outlines suggested by Presl dent Eisenhower and Secretary of Agriculture Benson during the past week. Sen. Mundt R-SD, also a farm committeeman, said the adminis tration proposals would give farm prices and income "not one. but four or five shot? In the arm." Mundt cited additional millions of dollars proposed for farmers through gas tax refunds, soli bank payments, government pork pur chases and additional funds for milk for school lunches. Fen. Olin D. Johnston D-SC. mother member of the Agriculture Committee, said the Republican proposals appeared to be a belated bid for farm votes in this election year. Dulles Statement Debate Predicted WASHINGTON W Several Dem ocratic senators today predicted "lots more debate ' on secretary of State Dulles' contention that his "brink ol war" policy had blocked Red China In the Korea, Indochl nese and Formosan crises, Dulles' approval of the state ments attributed to him in a Life Magazine interview led Sen. Hum phrey (D-Minn) to demand last night that President Elsenhower say whether he approves of Dulles' position. Humphrey said in a statement the remarks were "indiscreet" and showed "callousness toward world opinion." He had told the Senate Tharsday that Dulles was playing "politics with foreign policy." DULLES CONFRONTED Dulles also was confronted with a suggestion from Sen. George (D Ga) that he back away from the administration's proposed long range foreign aid program or risk losing bipartisan support in Con gress. The secretary conferred sep arately yesterday with George, who Is chairman of the Senate For eign Relations Committee; Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R-NJ), an ad ministration supporter; and Sen. Knowland (R-Calif), Senate minor ity leader and like Smith a mem ber of the foreign relations group. None discussed with reporters in detail the scope of the conversa tions. George said, however, it would be "most untimely" for the secre tary to push in Congress the ad ministration request for approval of a 10-year program of foreign aid to supplant the present year-to- year plan. MORE CERTAIN 'We are far more certain to maintain bipartisanship If that is not done," George told reporters. Through a State Department spokesman Dulles approved yester day, as correct in substance, re marks on which Life Magazine quoted him this week. They in cluded a statement that the ad ministration had "walked to the brink" of war three times and averted it by- "strong actions." He credited It to a policy of deterrence," which he described s the "necessary art" of going to the verge without getting into war." . Humphrey said the article, taken literally, "in effect expounds a new basis for American foreign policy" and "comes precariously close to rejecting the traditional American conviction that we must never strike the first blow.'.' He said such statements "sap the vitality of our alliances and dull the edge of our foreign pol icy." British newspapers of varying shndes of political leaning have criticized Dulles sharply In the wake of the magazine article. Clerk Issues Vote Warning County Clerk Charles DeLap said Saturday that many persons in Klamath County who are registered in precincts in which they are now not living may be deprived of the right to vote at the next election. DeLap explained that a new law passed at the last session of the Legislature makes it mandatory from now on for voters to take an oath when they go to the polls that thay are living In the precinct in which they are registered. "There are scores of persons In Klamath County." he added, "who have changed their place of resi dence since last voting. If these persons do not re-register before April 18. they will not be able to cast ballots in the May primary election. ft a T i or- 'W H I in ' Ml I II mi ! Mill TIK-TOK DRIVE-IN operators Mr. and Mrs. Charles Broobhire, 2241 S. Sixth, were caught by the 9 o'clock photographer on his morning rounds this weekend. Humphrey told the Senate Thurs day that what Dulles said in the magazine piece was at odds with some of his testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee earlier in the week. If this continues, Humphrey said, he will ask that the committee mnke public Dulles' testimony be hind closed doors. But chairman George said that "if what the secretary of state tells our committee can't be treated in confidence, -we won't get very far." Humphrey said Dulles painted "too rosy" a picture of the world situation before the foreign rela tions committee and declared "the country is not being given the facts." Hungarians Commit AP Man To Jail VIENNA, Austria W Radio Budapest announced Saturday that Endre Marton, a correspondent of the Associated Press in communist-ruled Hungary, has been sen tenced to six years in prison on a charge of espionage. His wife, Ilona, who worked for the United Press there, was sen tenced to three years, the radio said. The Martons are Hungarian na tionals. Marton, 44, had been a part-time correspondent for the AP in Budapest from 1947 until he was arrested apparently last February. Mrs. Marton had writ ten for the UP about the same length of time. They were accused of spying for the U. S. Intelligence service. NO TRIAL DATE Radio Budapest said the Martons and three other Hungarians were sentenced by a Hungarian military court. No date of trial was men tioned. Of the' other defendants, Bcla Koposi was sentenced to life in prison, Arpad Ferenc to 15 years and Balasz Cornel to eight years. All were reported found guilty ol espionage. The broadcast said Kaposi ana Cornel were employed by the American legation in Budapest be- Marion dropped out of Bight 11 months ago. The last telephone contact with Mrs. Marton from Vi enna was June 19. Soon after that, reports circulated that she too had been arrested. Confirmation came in an an. nouncement by Hungary's Red government July 9. It said the two had been arrested on suspicion of "having carried out espionage for the American intelligence serv ice." EFFORTS FAIL Efforts of the Associated Press to learn the nature of the specific charges were unavailing. The Martons, who lived in a Budapest apartment, have two small daughters. The daughters, Kati and Julia, were reported liv ing with a pensioned Hungarian university professor in a suburb of Budanest. Marton was educated in England and has a doctorate degree in eco nomics from Budapest University. In New York, Frank J. Starzel, general manager of the Associated Press, said in a statement: "Endre Marton Is a distinguished Hungarian journalist. His activi ties on behalf of the Associated Press were those normal for a for eign correspondent except that his scope was sharply limited by the restrictions imposed In police states upon news sources and .re porters." ,! lfVt j- 4 P. ' ! ' -fW KLAMATH Fries Ten Cents 34 Faces km $ I , .taiwiBjS2M.--, . ' " , 1 w ' ' - - - - . . THE NEW STEEL ALERT HANGAR ii nearing completion at the Klamath Falls jet interceptor bate. The hangar, which ii outside the old boundary of the airport, faces toward one end of the main runway which is being rebuilt. The alert hangar, being built by Donald M. Drake Co., will hold four jet interceptor aircraft poised for instant takeoff. The stand-by crews "will rest and sleep in the .center portion of the building while awaiting, air alerts. When an alert is called the hangar doors are raised and the jets taxi out on a high speed t-axiway to the run way. In case of alerts the jets will be in the air in the matter of two or three minutes, Air Force officials stated. ' MOVING THE OLD WOODEN HANGAR at the Klamath Falls municipal airport was done last week by crews of Le Beck and Sons, Portland. A steel framework was built inside the building to support it during the stresses encountered in moving. It will be located on a site north of the steel municipal hangar on the airport flight line. The Le Beck firm is a sub-contractor for Schenk Construction Co., Portland, the original bid winner. Clerics Buried Amid Jungle QUITO. Ecuador (ffl The wid ows of the five U.S. Missionaries slain , by savage Auca Indians were flown over the scene Batur- day for a last look at the five crosses that mark their husbands graves In the Amazon jungle. Rescue parties Friday burled the five who had penetrated the wild country in hopes of converting the Aucas to cnristianuy. The missionaries were peter Fleming. Seattle. Wash.: Nathaniel Saint. Huntingdon Valley, Pa.; James Elliot. Portland. Ore.; Ed ward McCully. Milwaukee. Wis., and Roger Youderian, Lansing. Mich. The widows flew over the graves In the remote Curaray River val ley aboard a U.S. Air Force plane. Near the graves remained the mis sionaries' Diane, stripped by the Indians after their attack last Sun day. The plane also flew over a near by Auca village of round thatched huts on the opposite side of the river. There was no sign ot me. CaDl Gonzalo Rualcs. an airline pilot who had- participated in the rescue work, returned to Quito Saturday and said four of the mis sionaries had been slain by lances and the fifth killed with machetes. The condition of the bodies Indi cated all missionaries had been slain the same day. Ruales said the Indians had not profaned the bodies nor taken the personal effects of the missionar ies. The rescue team found watches, cameras and other per sonal belongings. There was a pos sibility that films In the cameras might prove graphic documents. Heirlooms Taken In Two Thefts MIAMI. Fla. I Benjamin Franklin's spectacles and one ol John Dlllinger s guns were report ed stolen yesterday. Detectives John Hammer ana B. J. Palmer sair the pistol, a 38 colt, was taken from the home of Frank Derris. The owner told officers he took the gun from pub lic enemy Dilllnger in a bar years ago, when he was a policeman. FALLS, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1958 Telephone lilt Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Continued rain through Sunday. High Sunday 38-43. High Saturday 38 Low Friday night . 9 Longer Trout Season Urged PORTLAND Ml The trout season will be almost a month longer In Oregon this year if the ptate Game Commission decides Saturday to follow the recommen dation of its biologists. They urged a 24-day Increase over last year with the dates for the general trout season to be April 2B-Oct. 31 Instead of the April 30-Oct. 9 of last year. They also urged a 36-day in-, crease for the high lakes in federal lands, the season to be May 36 Oct. 31. In a 45-mlnute. hearing Friday, one of the shortest on record, the biologists also recommended a two - week earlier opening for spring Chinook salmon angling In the Umpoua River with the season going 10 davs beyond the May 31 closure of last year. They also suggested that Fern Ridge Reservoir near Eugene be opened, to trout fishing the year ground. The same thing was urged for the Ochoco Reservoir, which Is to be cleaned out by fish poison In 1956 or 1957. Youth Aids Dad, Ends Up In Jail OWENSBORO. Ky. iJv-Forging a (45 check to help get his father out of jail cost a teen-ager a two- year prison term yesterday. William Shirley Craig pleaded guilty In circuit court after ad mitting he forged the check Nov. 24. He said he spent $13 of the money for his father's fine. The lather had been Jailed on a drunkenness charge. The youth did not say what hap pened to the rest of the money, obtained from a grocer. No. 3374 Congress Set For Budget WASHINGTON Wl President Elsenhower is sending his annual budget to Congress Monday and he has said it will be a balanced one. He also has said he expects the current budget to be in balance by the end of the fiscal year, next June 30. On the basis of the President's State of the Union message and other official statements, It seemed certain the new budget to be de livered Monday will provide for: Spending of between 65 !i and 66 billion dollars in the next fiscal year starting July 1; and income of at least that much. The actual budget figures are secret until submitted to Congrtss. Eisenhower Is expected to re vise his estimates for the current year to predict a balanced budget by June 30 with spending at about 64 billion dollars, or some three quarters of a billion higher than previously forecast. The President expects a balance to be achieved this year and next, even while spending Is going up, because of higher revenues from the expanding economy. In his State of the Union mes sage Jan. 6 the President said: "I expect the budget to be in balance during the fiscal year end ing June 30, 1956. "I shall propose a balanced budget for the next fiscal year end ing June 30, 1057." In the same message he said he believed a tax cut "can be deemed justifiable only when it will not unbalance the budget." He pro posed making some payment on the national debt first. If a balanced budget is achieved this fiscal year It will be the first time since 1951 that the govern ment's outgo has not exceeded Its Income. The last time the budget was balanced two successive years was In 1947 and 1948. Secretary of Defense Wilson has said the military services will ask for a billion dollar Increase in de fense spending over the 34 i bil lion currently estimated for the present year. Eel, Mad Streams Threaten Humboldt SAN FRANCISCO W North e o a 8 t a 1 California, already drenched beyond the saturation point, was hit by a new series ot floods Saturday night as heavy rains continued to pelt down. The new flood area ranged from the San Mateo peninsula, south of San Francisco, north to the Ore gon line. The rains, which started Friday night and dumped 31, Inches of rain here in a- day, were expected to continue through Sunday night as far south as Paso Robles and Fresno. OUT OF BANKS Both the multi-forked Eel and the Mad Rivera were out of their banks at places agsin In Humboldt County, where Christmas week floods caused unprecedented dev astation. However, weather bureau men and disaster specialists who were alerted to move swiftly Into criti cal areas did not expect for the time at least that the new floods reach the severity of those which swept the region three weeks ago. Patterson Indicates i Senate Race COOS BAY. Ore. Wl Repub lican Gov. Paul Patterson indi cated Saturday he Is strongly con sidering contesting the reelection bid of Sen. Morse (D-Ore).' He said he will have his mind made up by Feb. 1. If enough people want him to, he said, he will not "shirk" the responsibility ot running for sena tor. PETITIONED Republican leaders have been urging Patterson to run against Morse since Patterson's smashing election victory In 1954, when "" ( SefvUtmu!!fr nnmUlvtl defense officials throughout SaWrdSv noncommUal until nCTtheim California were on a con- Pnllj.l-ann aririmaaeri .r. Infernal Republican group of non-polltlcal subjects, then-- surprised listeners at the end Ben. R. Chandler, Coos Bay banker, and chairman ol the Ore gon Highway Commlsslonv mked, "Got anything elne to. report, gov ernor?" .'V ''yes," Patterson replied, "you'll know two weeks from today." He went on to say he had been traveling around the state asking whether the people would rather that he carry out tno Job to which they elected him or take on a "new political job. He said his wire was wining to go along with any decision he might make. DECISION PLANNED He told a reporter later he did not want to be pinned down on the "two weeks" but that his decision would be ready by Feb. 1. Patterson, as president or the Oregon Senate, automatically be came governor when Douglas Mc Kay resigned to become Secretary of the Interior under President Elsenhower in 1062. He was overwhelmingly elected governor In 1954 over his Demo cratic opponent.. If Patterson runs he will oppose another big vote-getter in Morse. The senator easily won election as a Republican In 1944 and 1950. He left the GOP In 1952 to support Democratic presidential nominee Adlal Stevenson and has since changed his registration to Demo cratic. Tule Spuds To Aid Flood Area TULE LAKE The Tulclakc Po tato Growers Association members are making up a carload of po tatoes for the flood victims of Yuhn City. The Red Cross has arranged to have the shipment distributed equally among every needy family In the Yuba City flood area. All growers In the basin Inter ested in donating a sack or more of potatoes to this special project are requested to contact the Orowera Association office in Tulelake. The announcement was made by Cliff Jenkins, manager of the association. Timber Wolf Tackles Plane In Minnesota While Pair Buzzing Her; Causes Crash TOWER, Minn., (UP) Two young fliers said today a fighting female timber wolf they were try ing to frighten leaped up in the air yesterday and pulled their plane down on the Ice. Jack Burgess said the pugna cious wolf snapped her Jaws onto one of the light plane's skis and her 100-pnund weight caused It to crash. Neither Burgess nor his companion, Richard Lllya. w-as In jured but the wolf was killed. Burgess said he and Lilya were flying over Putnam Lake about six miles north of here when they, saw the female and her mate on the .snow-covered tee. They dropped down to "buiz" the wolves, he said thinking the animals would panic and run, . . Assistant civil defense director J. Ted Gamble at Eureka said that the Eel again was out of its banks hear Femdale in southern Hum boldt County and was washing again across the Waddington road, where the first fatality of the De cember floods was reported. Gamble sent out an emergency order for 10,000 sacks to make sandbags to plug a rift in the le vees along the Mad River north of Eureka. He said Blue Lake, a town of 850 about 13 miles northeast of Eureka, was threatened. In the northwest corner of the state, the Smith River reached flood stage of 30' i feet at the town of Smith River in Del Norte Coun ty. It was expected to crest at around 32 feet sometime during the night. KLAMATH RIVER The big Klamath River, which rises in Oregon and drains almost the entire tier of mountains in ex- . trcme northwest California, was rising steadily. In the San Francisco Bay area, flocdin&r creeks and slides caused damage In San Mateo and Marin County towns. Bollnas Village, SO . miles north of San Francisco on the Marin County coast, was hit by a series of landslides which -threatened homes clustered around the bay and cut State Highway 1 from Bo llnas to Stlnson Beach. On the peninsula, mudslides and flooded basements damaged homes and blocked streets in San Bruno, South San Francisco, Mlllbrae, Daly City and Hillsborough. A part oi tne city oi Mill vaney In southern Marin County was flooded and nearly 500 persons were driven from their homes in nearby Tamalpals Valley when wa ter rushed down off Mt. Tamal pals to cover the valley floor two to three feet. SLIDKS NEAR ALTURAS Slides also began cutting off transportation Into the northwest counties. U. S. Highway 799 which runs from Alturas to U, S. 101 near Eureka, was closed west of Weaverville. Mindful of the devastating De cember floods, which cost 62 lives. 500 million dollars and flooded a llll ...roe Armir In.r. "" l"uu o.oi. night.. Crater Skiing Probdblyfoot Four inches of heavy, wet snow which fell in Crater Lake National Park Friday night destroyed tne prospect for good skiing over the weekend. The snow turned to rain Saturday forenoon and the park rangers advised skiers to tel ephone ranger headquarters in the park Sunday morning if Sunday skiing in the park is planned. Temperature was 36 degrees at 8 a.m. Saturday. Snow depth was 105 inches and precipitation dur ing the previous 24 hours had been 75 of an Inch. Highway 62 was open through the park, but narrow in spots and chains were advised. The road from Annie Springs to the rim was open Saturday after noon and was expected to be open Sunday unless closed by snow Sat urday night. The rangers stated Saturday that the forecast indicat ed more snow. Deetz May Seek Office PORTLAND I.TI Elmer Deetz, the 61-year-old Canby dairyman who took a prominent role In re peal of the'Oregon milk marketing control law In 1954, intends to run for the Republican nomination for U.S. senator. fn announcing his candidacy Friday night, Deetz said he might withdraw If Gov. Paul Patterson should enter the race. But It's doubtful," the dairy man added. Deetz filed the Initiative petition that led to repeal of the milk law. He did this after the state had challenged his right to sell milk in gnllon lugs to customers who called for It at his farm. He was elected to the state House of Representatives at the recent Legislature. Instead, when the plane was four or five feet above the Ice the wolf snarled and leaped at the craft. It went another 60 feet be fore nosing over. Burgess and Lllya said they slaved in the wreckage for several minutes because the male wolf continued to menace them. They finally chased him away with an axe. Then they built fires to attract search planes and had to use them to dry out after they fell through thin ice near the shore. "We spent the next couple of hours ibelore they were rescued! drying out and watching for stray wolves," Burgess said.