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THE Hl-Y. TRI-HI-Y CARNIVAL will be held Saturday beginning at 7 p.m. in the YMCA build
ing, 722 Pine Street. The carnival it being sponsored by. the Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y clubs of Klamath
Union High School to raise funds to send delegates to the YMCA Youth in Government Pro
gram scheduled for April 26-27-28 in Salem. The. Y members shown here making ready for the
fun night are Susan O'Hair, chairman of the carnival; Larry Worden, center, president of McKy
Chapter of the Hi-Y, and Joe Linman, president of the Hi-Y, Tri-Hi-Y Council.
efense
WASHINGTON W The House
Appropriations Committee made
public today a stall report criti
cizing Defense Department pro
curement practices as "unrealist
ic' and as giving contractors "a
tremendous advantage."
Included In the 397-page docu
ment were formal replies from the
Defense Department, the Army,
the Navy and the Air Force, in
general, they defended the criti
cized practices on grounds the
hurryup or "crash" nature of the
contracts involved made normal
procedure impractical.
Rep. Whitten (D-Mlss), a com
mittee member, commented in the
report that there were indications
that "the government Is spending
billions needlessly to someone's
profit."
THE REPORT
The report, on which three
teams of committee probers have
been working since last April,
made no charges of corruption or
willful wrongdoing.
No specific time period was cov
ered by the survey, but much of
the material involved was ordered
or delivered during the Korean
War period. The report made no
distinction between Republican
and Democratic administrations.
The wartime period included parts
of both.
The . report i cited examples it
said showed "serious deficiencies
with respect' to policy guidance
. : . unconscionable" delyi" in
making formal contracts, "un.
Range lobby'
Charge Made
WASHINGTON (UP) The
commanding officer of the Naval
Auxiliary Air Station at Fallon,
Nev.. was criticised before a con
gressional committee today for
"lobbying" on a matter under
committee consideration.
The issue i3 a Navy request to
acquire about two million addi
tional acres of public lands in
Northwest Nevada for an aerial
gunnery range.
Rep. Clair Engle (D-Callf),
chairman of the House Interior
Committee, accused Capt. Walter
H. Newton Jr., commander of the
Fallon station, of lobbying with
merchants and civic groups, urg
ing them to wire members of Con
gress in favor of the Navy's plan.
"You told them to pour it on that
committee back there, didn't
you?" Engle said.
"I told the people in favor of
the range, and those not opposed
to it. to let their wishes be known
to their congressmen and this
committee," Newton said.
"If the Defense Department is
going to let its hirelings In Navy
stripes go out and lobby against
the elected representatives of the
people, there's going to be a lot
of fur flying around here," Engle
added.
Engle also said Newton accused
Sen. George W. Malone (R-Nev)
of "not knowing what he was
talking about."
Engle also accused Newton of
"threatening" Nevada merchants
that the $16 million Fallon project
would be closed if the Navy did
not get the land.
Newton said he told Nevadans
that the Navy's mission In Nevada
would be made more difficult with
out the additional land and that
without it there may be serious
consideration given to abandoning
it.
Dry Yeather
Reported
Bv THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
There were a few patches of
snow or rain but dry weather pre
vailed in most of the country Fri
day. A little wintry weather returned
o some northern Midwest areas
with snow falls in sections of North
Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
A narrow belt of snow extended
from North Dakota southeastward
into Western and Southern Wis
consin and into central and South
eastern Minnesota. Falls ranged
up to one inch.
The cold air mass which moved
southeastward across the lower
Great Lakes region and Penroyl
rama brought scattered snow flur
ries during the night.
Another wet belt was in Western
Oregon and Washington. Ram
measured from l to inch along
coastal areas and lower in inland
cities.
Procurement
realistic" delivery schedules, di
version of production funds into
research and development, inade
quate stock control, "flagrant de
ficiencies" in procurement and
contract operations and reports of
"political pressure" in contract
dealings.
Secretary of Defense Wilson re
plied:
NO EXCUSE
'I do not excuse these kinds of
things If they are' true. There is
some explanation of it, probably,
because people do not purposely
do such sloppy things. That is.
they sort of drift into it . . . all
I can tell you is that one way
and another we are trying to get
hold of the thing."
The investigators said there
have been substantial Improve
ments in procurement practices
and policies in recent years but
Annexation
Plan Scored
PENDLETON W Ontario City
8upt. Herb Derrick told the Legis
lative Interim Committee on Local
Government Thursday night that
he was opposed to annexation of
suburban areas around cities.
This has been proposed as the
solution to such problems as sani
tation and police protection in
fringe areas around cities.
But Derrick said annexation just
moves the problem to another
fringe.
Dr. E. E. Berg, Umatilla Coun
ty health officer, complained that
state legislative action was put
ting more functions on local health
units without giving advice on
how money for these functions
should be raised.
Scott Edmonds, Umatilla county
sanitarian, said garbage disposal
conditions are bad in some areas
f)f his county particularly in the
Rletn and ukian sections.
Representatives from Umatilla
Wallowa, Grant. Harney. Baker
Malheur and Union counties were
invited to present their views at
the session here. .Most of the
speakers were from the Pendleton
area.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Partly cloudy Saturday
with a few showers in afternoon.
Highs 50-55: low Friday night 30-38.
Windy at times.
High yesterday 52
Low last night - 30
Preclp. last 24 hours 0
Preclp. since Oct. 1 17.87
Same period last year 4.42
Normal for period 9.16
Adlai Firm On 'Moderation'
CHICAGO (jpr Adlai E. Steven
son made it clear today he is go
ing to stick to his course of "mod
eration" even if it costs him the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. Stevenson, who took a shellack
ing at the hands of Sen. Estes
Kefauver (D-Tenn in Tuesday's
Minnesota primary, said In an in
terview he is not going to try to
"out promise" anybody in the con
tinuing contest for the nomination.
This was an obvious reference to
Kefauver's campaign pledge, par
ticularly for high farm price sup
ports.' "I intend to continue to express
myself on the Issues as I see
tliem," Stevenson said. "If I don't
think 100 per cent of parity Is
attainable, or even desirable, I'm
not going to say thai it is.
"If the people vote tirainst me,
then my communications have
failed or they don't like what I've
got. If I'm defeated, it will be my
own fault in not getting my ideas
through to the people because I
believe my views are sound."
FAILURE 8ET
Stevenson and his tides think
his failure to get his ideas across
to the Minnesota electorate con
tributed to Kefauver's surprise
victory. The Tennessee senator
carted off 26 of the state's 30 pres
idential nominating votes.
James Flnnegan, Stevenson's
campaign manager. Indicated
there will be some changes msde
in Stevenson's campaign tactics.
In Minnesota, the candidate was
whisked from platform to plat
form for formal speeches, ith
out !part time to shake msny
hands. Kefauver made handshak
Hit
"no useful purpose would be
served by documenting those re
sults in this report."
They complained that in all
three services, the greatest por
tion of high cost procurements are
accomplished through negotiated
contracts rather than through
competitive bidding.
They said that at North Ameri
can Aviation. Inc., which is 99 per
cent devoted to government busi
ness, the government paid for
most research and development
costs, but did not share1 in the
company's income from licenses
and royalty fees resulting lrom
nongovernmental business.
ONE PROGRAM
From one aircraft program
alone, they said. North American
received over five, million dollars
in royalties and license fees, main
ly from foreign manufacturers.
During one period, the report
said, the Ford. Motor Co. made a
profit of 29.6 per cent on airplane
engines before voluntarily cutting
its prices on the basis of cost ex
perience. The refunds cut the prof
its to 19 per cent for the initial
period, the report continued, while
on total engines delivered under
the contract over a three-year pe
riod the profit was 8 per cent.
The investigators said Curtiss
Wrlght Corp. was still scheduled
to deliver J65 engines W the Air
Force after last Dec. 1 although
Bulck .Division of General Motors
Corp. had been making tne Mme
engines at a lower cost.
River Group
Meets Monday
There will be meetings of the
drafting committees of the Oregon
Klamath River Commission at the
Willard Hotel Monday and Tuesday.
Nelson Reed, chairman, announced
today.
Reed said that during a recent
meeting between representatives of
the Oregon and California Klamath
River commissions with represen
tatives of various interested federal
agencies In Washington, D.C., cer
tain objections to the wording of
the proposed Interstate Klamath
River Compact were raised by the
federal agencies.
The purpose of the meetings
Monday and Tuesday, Reed con
tinued, is to attempt to rewrite
certain sections of the proposed In
terstate compact to meet objections
of the federal agencies.
As eventually t h e interstate
Klamath River Compact must be
approved by Congress to become
law, it is desirable to iron out as
many objections as possible before
the compact comes up for hearings
before the Congressional commit
tees, the chairman stated.
ing a cardinal point in his cam
pa 'en.
The two meet May 29 and June
5 in the Florida and Caliiorma
primaries with indications that
Stevenson must win both these
tests to remain a major contend
er for the nomination he won in
1952 without entering a primary.
Finnegan said a 10-day cam
paign in each of- the states may
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Lumbermen
End Meet
In Portland
PORTLAND l.n - The West
Coast Lumbermen's Assn., wind
ing up a two-day meeting, heard
an optimistic forecast for the lum
ber Industry Thursday night from
Gov. Elmo Smith.
Smith, addressing 250 delegates
at a banquet session, predicted
Oregon's lumber industry payrolls
would increase 25 per cent in the
next 10 years, with 25,000 addi
tional jobs. .
"Through a stable forest econ
omy, a pattern is emerging which
may well determine the industrial
future of the Northwest for the
next half century," Gov. Smith
said.
RAW MATERIAL
He said the region has the raw
material, the growth capacity and
the plant capacity for continued
high production of lumber and re
lated products. This new pattern
of industrial growth, Smith said,
began several years ago when the
industry began to discover new
uses for leftover and previously
wasted products.
Earlier, N. B. -Glustina of Eu
gene.' reelected president of the
association, praised the lumber-
men for changing old habits and
doing something about marketing
their new products ana publicizing
new methods.
Five other officers were re
elected along .with Glustina. They
are Nils Hult, Junction City, Ore
Robert M. Ingram, Aberdeen, -and
Jack Fairhurst, Euieka, Calif.,
all vice presidents: Harrla E
Smith, Portland, secretary; and
H. V. Simpson, Portland, execu
tive secretary.
NEW TREASURER
The new treasurer is Eliot Jen
kins, Springfield.
New directors at large are N
N Cheatham, Portltn .'William
Lulay, Scio, Ore., Al Felice, Coos
Bay, and A. A. Lausmann, Med-
ford.
Elected new district directors
wore F. R. Maw, Aberdeen,
Wash.; L. J. Roedel, Dee, Ore.:
G. P. Wilcox. Riddle, Ore.: R. T.
Moore Jr., Grants Pass, and T. K.
Oliver. Medford.
Directors representing special
industry1 groups are T. R. Miller,
Chehalls. Wash.,
and . W.
M.
Black, Seattle.
Eight Egyptians
Killed In Wreck
CAIRO, Egypt W. Rails weak
ened by the widening of a canal
gave way beneath a passenger ex
press train early today and eight
Egyptians were killed.
The wreck occurred 180 miles
south of Cairo, near Maghngha.
The train was bound from Cairo
to Aswan, Egypt's major winter
resort on the upper Nile 360 miles
south of the capital.
The Egyptian State Railways an
nounced the dead included Bishop
Anba Thomas, secretary of the
holy synod of Egypt's Coptic
Christian Church, and a Coptic
priest accompanying him:
Railway officials said a "small
number" of persons were injured
but as yet they were not certain
how many.
be expanded. Stevenson Is being
urged to become more folksy in
his speeches and to limit the sub-
Jects he discusses to those that
have primary Interest for the
states' voters.
Stevenson's msnagers and
friends don't think he will face
the same obstacles In Florida and
California he did in Minnesota.
They contend that there was a
tremendous cross-over of Repub
licans into the Democratic pri
mary in Minnesota that won't be
possible in either Florida or Cali
fornia. STRATEGIST
Mayor Richard J. Dsley 'of Chi
cago, one of Stevenson's strate-
gists, said he thinks there was
a ,r,a "rinnhl asatnat" vnta in
large "double against'
Minnesota.
"Our analysis indicates that 150.
000 Republicans who were against
the administration's farm program
went into the Democratic pri
mary," Daley said. "Then they
voted against the man who took
the moderate approach snd in fa
vor of the man who promised
them 100 per cent of parity."
Daley said "I don't think the
nomination Is going to be decided
on the vote of one state."
Stevenson said he had received
a "great volume" of mall and
telegrams urging him to carry on
the fight for the nomination.
In a speech last night, Steven-
son charged that the Eisenhower
administration's record i one of
"leaderless drift" which Is beinf
camouflaged behind such a acreer
of protective publicity as this coun
try has never seen "
He apoke a' a Democratic rail
at Decatur, HI. -
California Support
Sure, Estes Says
LOS ANGELES l.fl Sen. Estes
Kefauver Hew in from San Fran
cisco Friday to campaign in South
ern California. More than 200 sup
porters gave him an enthusiastic
welcome.
"I feel my strength is growing
daily in California," the Tennes
see aspirant for the Democratic
presidential nomination said at the
airport. "California is very import
ant in my campaign plans."
He Climaxed a busy day In
Northern California with an ad
dress at Richmond Thursday night
predicting a farm revolt against
the Elsenhower administration.
The Tennessee senator said his
victory over Adlai Stevenson In
the Minnesota primary indicated
s farm revolt by "the tremendous
turnout" and by a larger vote for
Democrats than Republicans.
His speech climaxed a busy day
of campaigning In the San Fran
cisco Bay Area.
Kefauver and Stevenson meet
next in the Alaska primary April
24 and then the Florida primary
May 29 in their campaigns for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. Kefauver meets Stevenson again
in the June 5 California primary,
the last of the preferential vote
tests. Sixty-eight delegates are at
stake. The Tennessean will cam
paign in the southern half of the
state through Tuesday, starting to
day In Los Angeles.
Kefauver said that he still "had
a hard fight and struggle" ahead
in the California primary.
"If there is a certainty in poli
tics," Kefauver said, "it is that,
the Republicans cannot win with
out the states of the farm belt."
In his press conference assess
ment of the Minnesota vote, Ke
fauver named Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, North and South Dakota,
Iowa. Kansas and Montana as
kla.es the Democrats have a
"good chance" to carry in No
vember. He amended on Kansas
to say the prospect there was not
as clear as in the other states,
Analyzing the Minnesota result's
Klamath Indian
Post Argued
WASHINGTON tfi The nam
ing of William L. Phillips of Sa
lem, Ore., to a $l,000-a-month
property supervision Job with the
Klamath Indian tribe drew criti
cism Thursday from Sen. Keuber-
ger (D-ore.
Phillips has been appointed bv
Secretary of Interior McKay to
manage McKay's campaign for
the Republican nomination to the
U. S. Senate.
Neubciger said on the Senate
floor that McKay gave Phillips
the lob as "managing specialist"
supervising property of Vie Klam
ath Indians.
McKay said In Salem that Phil
lips was one of three men he had
recommended for the Job. The
three were screened by a commit
tee of Klamaths, he said, and
Phillips was chosen last May.
McKay said the Indian council
set the salary and the money
came from tribal funds. ,
Phillips resigned this tribal posi.
tion In a letter posted last Friday,
shortly after he was named to
manage McKay's campaign. Mc
Kay said he will accept the reslg.
nation.
Neuberger's accusation In the
Senate was quickly challenged by
w0 Republican senators. McCar-
thy of Wisconsin and Schoeppel of
Kansas. McCarthy said Neuberger
had made "a completely unwar
ranted attack ' on the secretary,
Railman Saves
Periled Girl
LOS ANGELES Ifi Reaching
out frpm the front of his moving
locomotive, an engineer scooped
up and tossed to safety a 2-year-
nM nirt tL'hn hirf rim ..nln IK.
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irnt7lnier prnnu Mvr. sn ..in
after trr- incident Thursday
"I that she had frozen
there, she nut her hands up to her
face and began to cry. I scram
bled down the step.i to the loot
board and reached out. We were
still moving pretty fast.
"I was afraid to grab for her
because I might not get a good
hold, so when we reached her I
Just .cooped her off the tracks
: with mv hand.
Forty fe?t beyond, the freight
iraln halted. A woman came run-
nine and took the child. I
' Thanks," she said. "I'll take
her to her mother. We've been I
looking all over for her."
The fireman. W. B. Bramlett.
said he pulled the whistle cord
vhen he first saw the child on the I
tracks.
"She got off trie track." he aaid. .
'but her little dog got on It again ,
and she went after him. I gave the I
emergency everything I had." I
effects in his own party, Kefauver
yesterday told a San Francisco
press conference:
"I think there should be some
reconsideration given on the Dem
ocratic side."
He declared new offers of sup
port already had showed such re
consideration was under way by
Democrats who had been neutral
or backing others.
ESTES KEFAUVER
Air Base Job
Openings Told
Job openings In various classifi
cations under U.S. Civil Service
wlth( the U.S. Air Force at the
Klamath Falls Municipal Airport
have been announced by the Civil
Service Clerk at the Klamath Falls
Post Office.
The jobs Include fire fighters,
carpenters, electricians, painters,
plumber - steamfittcr, sheetmetal
worker, and trades helper.
For general information regard
ing veterans preference, citizen
ship, nature of appointments,
physical requirements; etc., see
Form 12X-100 "General Information
for applicants for Civil Service Ex
aminations" which is displayed on
the bulletin board at any post of
fice where this announcement Is
posted and Is available at the per
sonnel office of each federal agen
cy. The- forms to file Include Stan
dard Form 67 and 5001 -r be which
may be obtained from the Civil
Service clerk at the Klamath Falls
Post Office. After applications have
been filed with the clerk the ap
plicants will be notified by mail
of examination time and place.
Ike Firm On
Farm Policy
WASHINGTON Iff President
Eisenhower was reported officially
Friday to be Muriel in pat on his
decision that the Senate-approved
farm bill won't work.
Some of his Senate supporters,
however, appeared will In k to ac
cept a temporary defeat on the
price support IsMie in the hope of
ultimate victory in later battles on
the House and-Senate floor.
James C. Ha gen y, White House
press secretary, snid he knows of
"no chit nee at all" in tht Presi
dent's view, expressed at a news
conference last Wednesday, that
the bill passed by the Senate Is
"unworkable."
Hagerty denied a published re
port the President met Thursday
with Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son and now is wtllinR to accept
provisions of the Senate measure
aimed at higher price supports on
cotton and wheat, in order to get
some sort of hill passed.
Sen. Aiken U-Vt Indicated
meanwhile that administration
forces are reconciled to a tempo
rary licking on the price support
issue when Senate-House con
ference committee makes Its rec
ommendation on a compromise
bill.
Dimes Total .
Announced
The March of Dime drive
conducted In Klamath County
during January collected S12,
544.15, announced Jay Krokth,
chairman of the drive, today. .
"I would like to eipreas my
appreciation in all the workers,
both adults and teenagers, who
participated In the rampalrn.
Without their fine work the
drive could not have been a luc
re!," ha Hated.
New Moscow
Stalin Line
Spins Reds
NEW YORK Wt-Moscow's new
Stalin - deflation campaign has
dumped ' American Communists
smack into the middle of a big
utsy.
It caught them In flat-footed sur
prise.
There was speculation that It
also may have caused a .party
split foreshadowing a top-rank
purge, although party officials
themselves hastened to label such
talk "nonsense" and "preposter
ous." The Dally Worker, official par
ty publication, has devoted much
space to the situation including
pronouncements by party bigwigs
which outsiders regarded as con
flicting.
LETTERS
The Worker also has carried a
number of letters to the editor
giving a variety of views. One
even blistered the paper for hail
ing each new Moscow attitude
without a thought as to what had
been written In previous editor
ials.
Other New York newspapers
have made much of all this.
The Times viewed Daily Worker
articles by Editor Alan Max and
U. 8. Communist party Chairman
William Z. Foster as reflecting a
difference of opinion as to how
American Reds should react to
the Moscow development. The
Times saw this as an Indication
of a party split in this country.
The World-Telegram and Sun,
In an article by Frederick Wolt-
man, declared that "some heads
are expected to roll." Particular
ly singled out was the head of
tne 7o-year-oia roster,
As for other party members,
Woltman added, they are "pre
paring for the big crawl" after
years of glorifyln! Stalin. Their
"hour of humiliation is at hand,"
he said.
KNUCKLE UNDER
"Most of the party's leaders. In
prison or out, will knuckle under,"
Woltman predicted, with "thou
sands of words of double-talk to
sell antl-Stalinlsm to the rank and
file which had been fed Stalin
Ism every morning for breakfast."
Max himself candidly acknow
ledged that he was "very much
Jolted'1 by the anti-Stalin policy,
but declared that talk of a Foster
ouster was "Just preposterous."
Milk Price Hike
Hearing Sought
PORTLAND W Immediate
negotiations for a milk price In
crease were sought Thursday by
directors ot tne jurcgon Milk Pro
ducers Assn. The dairymen,
meeting here, directed manager
Lester Adams to begin talks wtth
milk distributors In this area for
a boost In producer prices.
A committee of Portland area
dairymen proposed an increase of
J6 a hundredweight for 3.8 per
cent milk earlier this month. They
said the Increase was needed to
meet rising costs over the winter.
The 18 boost would raise retail
prices about a cent a quart.
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MODOC LUMBER COMPANY employe. Reece Bail.v, ttateeT.
end Harley Wardle were diicuttinq the dey'i work thil morn
ing when the 'clock photographer mapped them.
Big Three
Set May
Meet Date
LONDON (UP) Britain official
ly confirmed today that It hat
completed a stand-by plan for
military action In the Middle East
In case of war.
Official sources also said the
Big Three foreign ministers will
meet In Paris in May to mesh the
Mideast military plans of the
United States. Britain and France.
The formal British announce
ment through the Foreign Office
was the firmest notice yet given
by a Western power that an Arab
or Israeli act of aggression will
be met by Western force.
The announcement of Britain's
readiness to intervene was seen
here as a measure of the gravity
with which the Western Big Three
regard the danger of war In the
Middle East.
COMMITTED TO ACT
A Foreign Office spokesman
said flatly that Britain has a plan
-which could be put rapidly Into
action" In event of an emergency In
tne Mideast.
'We have worked out a plan
which could be put rapidly Into
action when It Is decided to do
so," the spokesman said.
"The Plato provides for how we
could use our resources If we were
to use them. It Is hoped that ac
tion, it necessary, could be taken
within the United Nations."
But the spokesman recalled that
the three-power declaration of 1050
commits the United States, Britain
and France to guard Arabs and
Israelis against aggression by each
other through action "within or
wllhout the United Nations."
STATE OF READINESS
Official sources disclosed that
the United States and Britain have
accepted France's Invitation to a
Big Three meeting In Paris on the
Mideast question in May. The del
egation will be headed by Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles, Brit
Ish Foreign Secretary Selwyn
Lloyd and French Foreign Minis
ter Christian Flneau.
This meeting will be held main- .
ly to draw up coordinated plans.
But now, Britain apparently leels
the danger of war Is great enough
to require Us warning of readiness
for military action.
The plan which Britain would
put "rapidly into action" Is under
stood to Include use of the crack
Bf'"h parachute brigade based on
?Prus p,rt pl i1?8 .Royal
The spokesman who disclosed
the plan declined to give any de
tails. But the plan Is believed
based on the idea of swift action
to keep any hostilities from
spreading.
Hitchcock
Tells Stand
BURNS IM Phil Hitchcock
again asserted Friday that the big
Issue of the Republicans senator
ial primary race is that the
"choice of a candidate should be
made by the Republican voters of
Oregon and by no one else."
Hitchcock obviously was refer
ring to the late entry of Secretary
of Interior1 McKay Into the race,
McKay's entry had the backing
of national GOP leaders, but it
caught state COP officials by sur
prise. McKay said Thursday, however,
that demands from Oregon Re
publicans convinced b 1 m he
should run.
Hitdhcock, one of four OOP can
didates for the nomination, insist
ed he would be the best candidate
to oppose Democratic Sen. Wayne
Morse.
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