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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1956)
" " " "-- --r- -- - ..- -. - - FT llll n, . t , L x U 0? Lt3ilARt EUSSNE, ORE. cos? ' i In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS Election year news notes: Senator Walter George o( Geor gia says In Washington this morn ing that American foreign policy should be to "go as far away as we can in justice and honor from Any danger o( involvement In war." The correspondents c o m m e n that he thus took Indirect issue with the "brink of war" remarks attributed to GOP secretary of state Dulles In a recent article in a big Eastern magazine. Senator George is an able and patriotlo Democrat. He is chair' man of the senate foreign rela- tions committee one of the most important committees of the con gress. In foreign affairs matters, he has never hesitated to go along with the Republican administra tion when he felt that going along was the wise and statesmanlike thing to do. The moderate and temperate character of his statement this morning indicates rather clearly that he doesn't disagree very sharply with what Secretary Dulles 'Oad to say in- his Life magazine interview. If that is the case, why does he "take issue" at all with Sec retary Dulles? . Well, it's like this: Senator George is coming up again this year for reelection. He is nearlng his 80th year. He has served in the U.S. senate since 1922. He wants very much to be reelected. But This time he is facing hot com petition for the Democratic nomi nationwhich in Georgia amounts to election. His opponent is the son of the famous (or infamous, depending on how you look at it) Governor Talmadge of Georgia Senator George has the fight of his life on his hands. As a Demo crat in the Democratic state of Georgia, he can't seem to go along with a REPUBLICAN secretary oi state In the cabinet of a Republi can President. Young Talmadge would make too much political capital out of that. So Senator George, able and patriotic as he is, has to cut bait in this political campaign year. Let's turn now to a Republican Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana.- He calls In Washington this morning for the creation of an agency to GET RID of more than eight billion dollars worth of government-held farm surpluses by gtf W if necessary. In testimony prepared for a senate agriculture committee. Capehart says- congress must DO SOMETHING about what, he calls "the desperate plight of the Ameri can farmer." ' He's using the time-tried politi cal trick, you see, of making them feel sorry lor tnemseives. He ais- regards entirely the fairly logical fact that the flexible support poli cy, which Is a Republican policy, Is a SOUND cure for what ails American agriculture because Its effect will be to DISCOURAGE OVERPRODUCTION which is bulging the warehouses with sur pluses that hang like a dark thundercloud over the markets of the future. The flexible support policy, how ever, REQUIRES TIME. Senator Capehart needs, votes RIGHT NOW. He, too, comes up for reelection this year. So he calls for another shot in the arm. I suppose It's too much to expect, but I can't help going along with these words of Josiah Gilbert Hol land's stirring poem The Day's Demand, written about a century ago: , God. give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill. , . - ' Men who can stand before a demagogue ' And damn his treacherous flatter , les without winking: I Tall men. sun-crowned, who live v above the fog In public duty and in private thinking. Flood Debrir Covers Alturas ALTURAS Cleanup operation after the worst flood in the hlstor; of Alturas were progressing rapidl Tuesday, accordihg to Charle Lederer. Modoc County civil de fense director. Lederer said a meeting will b. held by the city council and count board of supervisors with state officials as soon as possible to map rehabilitation plans. Emergency crews were working Tuesday morning to clear awaj 1 debris in the streets In the south ern section of the town which were inundated when the north fork of the Pit River overflowed Its banks early Sunday morning. Lederer said he was unable to estimate the property damage. He added that many homes incurred damage from water and that most ! of the streets will require major repairs. One-way traffic was maintained 1 for several hours Tuesday morn ing on Highway 395, 25 miles north of Alturas towards Lakeview as a result of a landslide. Chief Deputy Sheriff Robert Hlldenbrandt said the highway was opened to two way traffic shortly before noon Tuesday. I jjtcill ami jfrtre I rriee Iftn Cent IS ragea Secretary Asks End To Debate WASHINGTON lifi Secretary of State Dulles said Tuesday the United States must take "a calcu lated risk for peace" when its vital Interests are challenged by a po tential aggressor. Commenting on his "brink of war" statement In Life magazine, Dulles said the article "tends to emphasize over-simplification and special emphasis." Dulles also told a news confer ence the article had given him too much credit. He said he regretted this but is gratified some people approve what he has done. The article, which stirred criti cism of Dulles both In this country and abroad, came under discussion for 23 minutes in the secretary's news conference. Dulles finally stopped the questioning by saying he thought the subject had been discussed enough. HARD-HITTING In some respects, Dulles ap peared to be backing away from the hard hitting pro-Dulles, tough war line taken by the Life article written by James Shepley. Dulles told- reporters that one sentence In a quotation attributed to. him was ambiguous. The ambiguous sentence, Dulles said, was in a quotation which be gan by saying that "you have to take chances for peace just as you must take chances in war." Dulles stood by that statement completely Tuesday but insisted there was nothing new In it. The Life quotation then went on to the effect that "of course we were brought to the verge of war.. The ability to get to the verge without getting Into war is the necessary ait." Dulles said the ambiguity could be c 1 e a r a d up If the word "brought'.' was. emphasized to in dicate that file UnMetf States was forced to the verge of conflict by outside action and not by. its own choice. -. He also said that he, himself, never would have expressed the Idea quite the way It was put he never would have used the phrase the necessary art." PREPARED STATEMENT Dulles said In a prepared state ment he thought the United States should adopt "every honorable course" to avoid war and should be "patient" and "conciliatory.' He then, however, reaffirmed his view that where "basic moral val ues and vital Interests" are con cerned "the surest way to avoid war is to let it be known In ad vance that we are prepared to de fend these principles If need be by life itself." But Dulles said the "policy of seeking to prevent war by prevent ing miscalculation by a potential aggressor . . , Is a national poli cy." He said it Is neither personal with him nor partisan with one political segment. TORN LIGAMENT NEW VoRK WV-A torn ligament in the left wrist is the doctor's diagnosis of Mrs. Clare Boo the Luce s injury when she slipped In the bathtub of her New York apartment yesterday morning. The U.S. ambassador to Italy thought for a time that the wrist might be broken. LT. COL. WILLIAM F. DAVIS, assistant comptroller, West ern Air Defense Force, Ham ilton Air Force Base, Califor nia, will be the featured speaker at the annual joint dinner meeting of the Klam ath County Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Cham bar of Commerce Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Willard Hotel. The annual Jaycees Distinguished Service Award to the outstanding young man of the county will be present ed at the meeting. KLAMATH 7 TWO BLOCKS OF DIMES events will be staged this year in Klamath Falls as part of the March of Dimes drive by the Exchange Club and the Klamath County Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Exchange Club will hold its fund drive on Saturday, January 21 and the Jay cees on Saturday, January 28. The events will be staged on one of the blocks of downtown Klamath Falls with all the proceeds going to the March of Dimes, announced Jay Kroksh, campaign chairman today. Wes Guderian, left, new president of the Exchange Club, and Ole Roemhildt, outgoing club president, got together recently to plan their strategy for the block-long fund raising fete of the anti-polio campaign. C of C Honors J. McDonald John McDonald, Fremont forest supervisor, was named Lake Oounl ty's senior- CttUen ot the Year a1 last night's annual meeting , of the Lake County Chamber of Com merce. Carter Fetsch, Lakeview busi nessman, took the plaque as junior citizen. Both men won the honor for their civic work in the area during the past year, ranging from United Fund and other charitable work to boys' work and allied civic Interests. . ' Art Mcpherson, sales manager for American Forests Products, was announced as the new presi dent of the chamber for the year 1956, with Trow Long serving as vice president and Phil Quisenber ry, as treasurer. Mitchell Tillotson, vice president ot the First National Bank, of Port land, ana a former resident oi botn Lake and Klamath counties, was the speaker of the evening, giving a brief address on current condi tions, the workings of the Federal Reserve Bank system and taking an advance look at things to come in the business and Industrial pic ture for southeastern Oregon. With the exception of agriculture, said Tillotson, business will prob ably equal or nearly equal the boom times of 1955. Agriculture may score some gains, but close scrutiny and appraisal of present and future plans to aid the farmer and stockman should be the order of the day. A capacity crowd of nearly 300 jammed the dinner, held in St. ?atrick's Parish Hall. Warning Given By Judge SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Convict author Caryl Chessman's habeas corpus hearing got down to serious justness In federal court today with a warning from Judge Louis E. Goodman that he would tolerate no further delays. Yesterday's opening session was :ut short when defense attorney leorge-T. Davis asked for time to ;tudy the numerous documents In roduced during the morning ession. Davis was ordered to continue, jut he explained that the defense's lrst major witness. Stanley Fraser tad not arrived from Los Angeles. Davis' request was opposed by )ep. Atty. Gen. William Bennett ho accused Davis of having a 'contrary attitude" and added: "After eight years, now Is the time to put up, or shut up." "We have no other witness at this time, except Mr. Fraser," Davis replied. Judge Goodman granted a re cess until today, but made It plain he would tolerate no further de lays. "We will proceed dally from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.." he said, "and If you do not have your wit nesses here I will submit the matter." Voices were raised during the opening session when Goodman admitted J. Miller Leavy. Chess man's original prosecutor, as a co counsel for the state. FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1354 Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Cloudy - with occasional snow Tuesday night and early Wed nesday, with paAlal clearing Wed nesday afternoon. Hlgha 33-38. Lows Tuesday night 25-30. , . . High yesterday ."Jt..,t,.-S ,.34 Low last n!gs 22 Preclp. last 24 hours ! .07 Precip. since Oct. 1 13.91 Same period last year 3.47 Normal, for period 5.83 Lost River Water Drops The water level at the Lost River Diversion Dam southwest of Olene began to drop at about the middle of the morning today, J. Pitts Elmore, Klamath Reclama tion Project manager, said today. He said that at 10 a.m.. It had dropped one tenth of a foot from the high level of last night, but that there is still "a lot of water" to be disposed of before conditions reach normal. Meanwhile, an 8:30 a.m. report today said that the water level at Harpold Dam at the head of Poe Valley had dropped 1.8 feet from the high at 1 a.m. Monday, wnen the flow reached an estimated 4,000 second feet. Earlier this morning, Elmore sa)d that the level at the Lost River Diversion Dam had not varied more than an Inch over night. A recession of the water level which had been predicted lor last night failed to materialize because of the large amount of water which was standing on the fields in Langell and Poe valleys. This water, he said, would have to drain before the water level downstream from Olene would drop appreciably. He said that there were no ma jor irrigation dams or canals which broke during the recent floods "to my knowledge." He added that none had been reported, and that the behavior ot the water flow at the various check points gave no evidence that there had been an unreported break. Meanwhile, the Klnmath Falls office of the State Highway De partment reported that the Mer-rill-Malln Highway, flooded at a point about one mile south of Hen ley, had dried up to the point where traffic was going through with no difficulty. Elmore said that water would continue to be sent down the main channel of the Lost River at the same rate as yesterday, or about 1.000 second feet. The water will be dumped at trie main sump and the southwest sump In the vicinity of Tulelake. Olympic Fund Drive To Open Klamath Basin residents will be asked to aid the United States Olympic fund drive through a campaign sponsored In this area by the Klamath Falls Junior Cham ber of Commerce. Dean De Witt, who heads the Jaycee committee, said Tuesday voluntary donations will be sought from business firms and various other organizations. Funds secured will be used to defray expenses of the 350-man American team which will go to Melbourne. Australia next fail. Ike Schedules 'Salute' Talk ' WASHINGTON Wl President. Elsenhower will address "Salute far Elsenhower1-'- -Republ fcan rallies being held here and throughout tne nation Friday evening. Announcing this Tuesday. James C. Hagerty. White House press sec retary, said Eisenhower mnv speak In person at the rally here, with his remarks carried to other ral lies by closed circuit or general broadcast. Or he may speak from Ihe White House. These details have not yet been decided. It will be the President's first participation In a publlo political affair since his September heart attack. Hagerty said he does not expect Eisenhower to disclose at that time whether he will seek reelection, .The President's remarks certain ly will be studied carefully by pol iticians, however, for any possible clue as to his intentions. Hagorty also announced the President will hold a news confer ence Thursday morning. It will be his first in Washington since last Aug. 4, about seven weeks before his heart attack. On the big second-term question, former President Hoover said at the White House Tuesday, Biter a conference with Eisenhower, he still believes the President should seek reelection. ' Hoover called on Elsenhower to discuss government reorganization recommendations made last year by a study commission which he headed. Serena Probe Calls Employe WASHINGTON Ifl A Bureau of Mines employe was called Tues day for further questioning by a House-Senate committee investi gating the controversial grant of 15 Southern Oreeon mining patents to Al Sarena Mines, Inc. The patents, once denied on a finding thnt the land had Insuf ficient minerals to Justify mining, were granted In 1954 alter the company appealed and new assays were made. Democrats contend that the grant was a "giveaway." that the Al Sarena firm received title to tim ber worth more than what it paid for the patents. Republicans argue that the hear ing Is an effort to "smear" the administration and develop a po litical campaign Issue. Committee . sources said the Mines Bureau employe. R. N. Ap pling Jr. of Spokane, would be questioned concerning possible telephone conversations he may have had with Clarence A. Davis, then Department of Interior solic itor, at or around the time Davis announced the department's deci sion to grant the patents. Sen. Scott tD-NC. chairman of the Sennte-House committee con ducting the Inquiry, accused the department last Thursday of de ciding to grant the patents "be fore the field reports ever reached Washington." Davis, now asaistant secretary of the department, said Scott's statement was "ridiculous" end: that It "just isn't so." 1 Telephone till ' No. 3376 Dulles Urges Foreign Aid Authority WASHINGTON W Secretary of State Dulles appealed to Congress Tuesday to provide authority to make long term foreign aid com mitments in order to compete suc cessfully with Russian aid offers, particularly In Asia. At a news conference, Dulles ex pressed confidence that Congress eventually will help the administra tion solve the long-term aid prob lem, once It understands, he said, the program the administration has' In mind. Dulles presented his own argu ments as Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. carried the same plea to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. INDICATIONS There had been some Indications over the weekend the plan for com mitments up to 10 years would be scrapped. A reporter asked Dulles whether the administration intends to drop Its fight for such long-range au thority. Dulles said it is vitally Important to make the world understand at this time that the United States will continue some foreign aid over a long period, rather than engage in what he called single-shot opera tions. . The Elsenhower administration Intends to ask Congress for the right to pledge up to 10 years of economic aid for specified projects. It wants to set aside a fund of one billion dollars for this, building up this sum with Installments of 100 million dollars annually. - Soviet aid offers, even though coupled with political purposes, are a great temptation to underdevel oped nations, Dulles .pointed out. ,' HELP NECESSARY In order to meet this problem, he said. It is necessary in -some way. to help tnese. nations: m -projects which will take years to com plete, rather than give short-term benefit aid such as food, budgetary help and the like. On other subjects, Dulles: 1. Noted Russia's newest five year plan continues to stress heavy industry while submerging any drive for more consumer goods such as was launched under for mer Premier Malenkov's regime two or three years ago. 2. Said a new conference on in ternational peacetime development of atomic energy will be held some time In February. Dulles said Rus sia agreed only last July to Join In the international undertaking. 3. Said Latin America will be very much considered In American aid plans, particularly by the Export-Import Bank. - RUMORS OF MARRIAGE CANNES, France, Wl fjources close to Prince Aly Khan said Tuesday a top Paris model known as Bettina will accompany him on tour of the Middle East, India and Africa scheduled late this month. The two have been con stant companions In recent weeks and there have been rumors of an impending marriage. r-"eaiato2Tpesw.'" r .-w. -rt ) J. E. JOHNSON, LEFT, AND Don Strupp, employes of the . Oregon State Highway Department, were caught by the 9 o'clock photographer this morning as they were repairing the blinker signals on the Sixth Street overpass. The two men, residents of Grants Pass, are en roving assignment status with the department. . . Federal Report Cites 'Cooperation Lath' By RICHARD C. S1ZEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent WA8HINOTON (UP) President Eisenhower submitted to Congress today a long range program to overcome the nation's - growing shortages and Insure a supply of 350 billion gallons a day by 1079. In a special message: to the House and Senate, Mr. Elsenhower forwarded a report on water re sources policy prepared by a Cab inet committee after a 30-month study. It sharply criticised "lack of cooperation and coordination" among federal agencies dealing with flood control, irrigation and other water problems. It also called i for local govern ments and private Industry to bear most of the costs of furnishing an adequate water supply. The report warned that the na tion is experiencing the first symp toms of a water shortage, which will grow steadily more acute un less far-sighted action is taken. It said the country is now using 200 billion gallons of water dally and will need an estimated 330 bil lion gallons dally by 1975. "The policies we adopt for the development of our water re sources," Mr. Eisenhower said, "will have a profound effect In the years to come upon our domes tic, agricultural and Industrial economy." CONSUMPTION The report said Americans now use an average of 146 gallons of water each day from publlo water supplies. This "tremendous need" is expected to rise, by 1875, to 175 gallons a day, reflecting the Increased use. of water In homes for such purposes as air condi tioning. On top of this household use, there is the "staggering" demand for water In Industry and agricul ture. For example, the report noted, It requires 85,000 gallons ot water to produce one ton ot steel. Counting such uses, dally consump tion amounts to 1200 gallons per person. Already, it aald. "snortages oi water for domestic and agricultural use are frequent. Industry is find ing it Increasingly difficult to lo cate adequate water supplies, Many streams are seriously pol luted." While too little water Is the problem in many areas, the re port noted, others are occasional ly devastated by too much. In the form of floods. LIMITING FACTOR "Lack of adequate planning threatens to Impose a water scar- city which can become a limiting factor on tne growtn oi some oi our cities, while at the same lime flood damage In many areas con tinues to be great.' The report endorsed a number of controversial Hoover Commiss ion nronosals. Including the ap pointment of a top-level "water co ordinator" who would represent the President In overseeing the work of all federal agencies con cerned with water. The committee which prepared the report was cppolnted by the President in May, 1954. Members Included Secretary ot Interior Douglas McKay, Secretary of De fense Charles E. Wilson and Sec retary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son. Mr. Eisenhower said he will sub mit legislation later to carry out recommendations In the report. The report said It would be a "practical Impossibility" for the federal government to assume the entire responsibility for develop ing water resources. GENERAL POLICY "As a general policy," It said, "the federal government should not build any. ..project or' part thereof, that can, under fair and reasonable terms, be built by non federal Interests, except those projects of primary national con cern, where non-federal interest are unable adequately to provide the need." The committee said "the great est single weakness" in the federal government's water resource activ ities Is "lack of cooperation and coordination of the federal agencies with each other and with the - states and local interests." To correct this situation the re port recommended appointing a 'water coordinator" and setting up three other new bodies to Insure teamwork. Sun Brings Relief In California SAN FRANCISCO (UP) A bright winter sunshine dried out Northern California today in the wake of weekend floods that still menaced Yuba City, created another disaster area and caused four deaths. The soggy Shanghai Bend levee Just south of Yuba City managed to contain the swirling waters of the Feather River. Army Engl- neers were hopeful It would con tinue to hold. LIKE JELLY Col. William F. Cassidy, chief of the South Pacific division of the Army Engineers, said the levee was "very soft and shakes like a bowl of Jelly at every step." ."But it's beginning to. dry In the sun and I have a definite feeling It will hold." However, Mayor Glenn Gauche warned residents of the low-lying area near the levee not to return to their homes until the danger la past. "Of course we are relieved that the levee did not break," he said, "But the Bltuatlon is still critical. We are worried about seepage through tne levee. The river reached S7.1 feet at the Shanghai Bend levee yesterday morning and then began dropping. . Upstream,' p p p o s 1 1 e Yuba City proper, the river crested at 08 3 at 6 a.m.- and . by nightfall it had dropped to 87 feet. AID EXTENDED ' President Eisenhower furrenrterl his disaster area proclamation for the Christmas week catastrophe to cover additional major damage from last weekend's floods. This would Include Marin County, north of San Francisco. Damage In that county was esti mated roughly at $500,000, of which $300,000 was caused In the Bollnas-Stlnson Beach area. Mud slides and undermining water wrecked or seriously damaged a dozen homes in the two commu nities. Slides and high water cut off the roads to both towns. Only emergency vehicles were allowed into the area. Four deaths were listed through out Northern California as a result of the latest floods and two men were missing. Elsewhere, streams that rose ominously Saturday and Sunday were receding under fair skies. Some flooding was reported In various areas, causing widespread out relatively minor damage In contrast to the Christmas week floods when the floods took 75 lives ami caused 175 million dollars worth of damage. The weatherman predicted con tinued fair skies for the next two days. Guard Drives For New Men "Operation Manpower," a drive for new guardsmen by Klamath Falls batteries D and B of the 732nd AAA Battalion of the Oregon National Guard, netted some 20 new recruits last Sunday, an nounced Capt. Forrest Alter, com mander of Battery D, today. Capt. Alter said that the drive for new guardsmen is continuing as the two batteries need a total of 02 new men, either new re cruits or veterans of any of the armed services. The new guardsmen are needed to man the 75mm "Skysweeper," an electronically controlled anti aircraft gun of the latest type, Capt. Alter explained He urged any Interested men may contact the National Guard offices at the Klamath Falls municipal airport. Supreme Justices Schedule Meeting SALEM im Chief Justice Harold J. Warner and members of the Supreme Court staff will meet at Roseburg Feb. 3 to explain new Supreme Court rules to county clerks, district Judges and law yers. It Is one of a series of regional meetings. They already have been held at The Dalles, Hillsboro and Corvallls. Meetings will be held later at Baker and Bend. Accompanying Jme chief justice are F. M. Scrcombe, clerk ef the Supreme Court, and - Jonel Hill, administrative assistant to the chief justice. Nw legislation on oriminal sta tistics also is to be explained at the meetings.
