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( By FRANK JENKINS
Today's helping of politics:
Although he doesn't acm.t it.
Adlai Stevenson (who is campaign
ing In California) seems to have
adopted new tactics. He says he
isn t conscious of any change. He
tells the newsmen: "You see the
old Adlai Stevenson."
But
.Last night, after a televised
speech in Los Angeles he devoted
an hour and a half to shaking
hands with 500 Demociats at
party rally.
This morning he HIKED four
blocks to a street rally in the
heart of LA'S garment district. On
the way, he reached up from the
. sidewalk to shake hands with
truck driver who was waiting at
a red light. Behind the truck dnv
er was a deliveryman. He had his
young son with him in his .truck.
- Adlai reached up and shook hands
with both of them and grinned
and said "Hello."
' At a sidewalk fruitstand, he
stopped and bought an apple and
took a big bite out of it for the
benefit of the photographers.
Arriving at the street rally, he
made a quickie talk to a crowd of
some .600 people and after that he
signed autographs as long as his
political escort would let him stay.
He wrote only his first, name
ADLAI. .
- Then he went across the street
to. a sandwich shop, a little coun
' ter-and-stool place. He had a
CORNED BEEP sandwich. After
ha finished his sandwich, he went
around behind the counter and'
leaned over it and shook hands
with every customer in the place.
. How come?
i Let's go back a few weeks Into
the past. There was a primary
election In New Hampshire, you
will remember. In this primary,
Kefauver RAN AWAY from Stev
enson. , There was another primary,
somewhat later, in Minnesota.
AGAIN Kefauver licked the socks
off of Stevenson.
In both primaries, Stevenson was
the favorite ot the PROFESSION
ALS. In Minnesota, he had the all-out
hacking of the Democratic organi
sation. Minnesota's Democratic
governor was all FOR him. and
couldn't see anybody else. Minne
sota's left-wing Democratic Sena
tor Hubert Humphrey was beating
the drum and leading the bally
hoo for Stevenson.
But Kefauver is a HANDSHAK
ER. He has the golden touch that
leads the people he shakes hands
with and passes the time of day
with to believe that he is ONE
OF THEM. That he understands
their problems.
; That he LIKES them. s
Notice, please, that Stevenson
wasn't long in catching on.
His change of tactics in Califor
nia indicates quite clearly that
after watching the results in New
; Hampshire and Minnesota he said
t t himself : 'lf that Is-: what the
people want, I LL GIVE IT TO
THEM."
I'd like to add that If he said
it to himself he said It just that
way. He didn't contract "that Is"
into "that's." He didn't say "to
em." He said TO THEM. He is
a cultured person who uses the
English language carefully and ac
curately, seldom if evar falling
Into the vernacular.
But he catches onto things
rather quickly.
Don't write him off YET.
Basin Paper's
Sale Reported
TULELAKE L. M. Lester,
publisher-owner of the Tulelake
Reporter for the last three and
one-half years, has announced that
negotiations are under way for
sale of the weekly publication to
owners of the Dunsmuir, Califor
nia News. Completion of the sale
contract is expected April 2 at
Dunsmuir when the new owners
will officially take over the plant
and operation.
Co-owners will be Chapman
Wentworth, Christian Nordhaugh
nd W. 8. Fleetwood.
: Idvh statement Issued by the
purchasers, it was stated that
Nordhaugh will act as publisher
of the Reporter. Previous to his
association with the News he was
with the advertising department
Of Macy's in San Francisco and
prior to that was on the advertis
ing staff of the New York Herald
tribune.
J. E. O'Brien of the News staff
Will serve as editor of the Re
porter. Shop superintendent will be
Darrel Anderson.
Lester, la announcing sale of
the paper, stated that he plans
to travel for at least three months
and later will work in the publica
tions field.
AF To Decide On
Willamette Base
SALEM i Trie Air Force
advised Gov. Elmo Smith Friday
that Jts installations board will
meet in Washington. D.C., next
Tuesday to try to decide where
to. build the proposed Willamette
Valley air base.
A decision Is expected by April
15, the governor said.
The state Board of Control Is
fntererted because one site, near
Weodburn, is near the proposed
new state mental hospital.
' Absentees
,i Conjitr Clerk Charles DeLap
announred Friday thai ahut-lns
who will be unable to go to tfte
V for the May 1 primary
lection can obtain gbaenlee
allot. Thia also appliea to per
na who reside 15 miles or
ere from an official polling
place. Absentee ballon can he
attained br wrltlnr la the Coun
ty Clerk. Klamath County Coort
keuse, Klamath Falls.
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A CUT FOR THE NEW WESTSIDE BY-PASS is being made by crews of F. L. Somen, Medford
and Klamath Falls general contractor, near Montelius Street in the north end of Klamath
Falls., The dirt which is excavated here is being hauled by Somen' trucks to make the fill
at the South Sixth Street viaduct, now under construction. The big new P&H diesel shovel,
with a 2'i yard bucket capacity, h being operated by A. L Mattson, 2238 Maih Street,
helper Van Egglestein is shown in the foreground. The dirt is being hauled by three it
yard bottom-dump semi-trucks like the one shown here, and four eight yard smaller dump
trucks, all operated by Somers who is doing the excavation work under a sub-contract with
Tom Lillebo, who has the over-all contract for the viaduct.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Adlai Stevenson, evidently
pleased with the reception he met
in cauiorma, says he likes his
chances of beating Sen. Estes Ke
fauver in that state's Democratic
presidential primary.
But Kelauver, while conceding
he is running behind Stevenson in
California, says he is gaining
ground.
The opposing candidates for top
place on the 195a Democratic na
tional ticket headed eastward Fri
day after whirling across Califor
nia on meet-the-voter missions.
The California primary will be
held June 5.
Arriving in San Francisco Thurs
day night, Stevenson told a news-,
man: "Yes, sir, I think I'll. win in
California:"
Later, he brought down the
house at a rally in that city's La
bor Temple when he shoved aside
prepared speech notes and told
some . 700 cheering supporters:
"You1 know why I'm here I'm
here for votes!" And they shouted
in reply: "You're going to get 'em
Adlai!"
Stevenson seemed to put new
snap into his campaigning during
two days In California. In Los An
geles, he tramped crowded
Told
In Fong Trial
PORTLAND W Stories of
threats against two prosecution
witnesses unfolded Thursday in
testimony at the second murder
trial of Wayne Fong, accused of
slaying a 16-year-old baby sitter.
Robert Brown Jr. testified for
the state that the defendant tola
him he wouid like to "have Jim
my Whitmore not testify" at the
trial and that "it would be worth
someone's while." ,
Whitmore, an acquaintance of
Fong's wife, Sherry, also testified
that Fong had threatened him.
Pio Reigo, one of the state's
chief witnesses against Fong, said
the defendant approached him
and asked for help in moving a
body in his car, and then warned
him the next day not to say any
thing about it.
In an earlier trial the Fongs
were convicted of first - degree
murder for the death of Diane
Hank, a Portland high school girl
who often cared for their children.
The verdict was set aside by a
circuit judge and new trials or
dered. Mrs. Fong was convicted of sec
ond-degree murder last Decem
ber, she has appealed to the Ore
gon supreme Court.
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Partl.il clearing Friday
night and Saturday. Highs 48-54
low Fridav night 26-32.
High yesterday 52
Low last night .. 30
Prerip. last 24 hours 0
Precip. since Oct. 1 11.91
Samr period last year .. 5.ni
Normal for period 9.42
Congressmen Begin Holiday
WASHINGTON i.fi Congress
was off on a 10-day Easter holiday
today.
It h?d little major legislation to
show for three months of sessions
this year aijd pleety to do when it
returns April 9.
Ahead are such ejotentially ex
plosive election-vear issues a?
farm, social security, inreien aid.
education, highway, housing and
possibly civil nehu and tax re
duction legislation.
I This recess is the first and prob
ably will be the last long holiday
for the legislators, most of whom
are anxiis to get home early in
the summer for political cam
paigning. Most of th legislating 5ce the
Session started Jan. 3 has taken
pljce in the House. The -Senate,
while in session longer has spent
1 much of its time on a limited
jmoer of suvects.
lt pent a month debating a bill!
i to mpt natural ws totueorsi
"from on9 COO rcqj otty'
. "... ' ... .. a:&SL
ees California Win
streets, shaking hands on all sides
and signing autographs.
However, he insisted at an air
port news conference there isn't
any "new Stevenson." He added
that "I don't believe I could change
if I wanted to."
Kefauver, who stumped Califor
nia ahead of Stevenson, spent
Thursday in search of support in
New Mexico.
Police Check
Slaying Story
CHICAGO (UP) Police checked
a mental patient's record today
in their attempt to capitalize on a
deaf mute's weird, story of the
slaying of three young boys.
Police Lt. Michael Spiotto, in
charge of the manhunt, said the
investigation of the mental patient
stemmed from deaf mute Herman
Rohlfes story that he witnessed
one of the murders.
Rohlfes has told through crude
sign language that he saw a beard
ed man fight and kill a naked boy
in a forest preserve on Oct, 18.
Th naked-bodies tit Robert Peter
son, 13. John Schuessler, 13. and
bis brother, Anton, 11, were found
in the forest preserve later that
day. 1
Spiotto would not elaborate on
why the review of the mental pa
tient's record was ordered or
whether Rohlfes will be taken to
the state mental institution at
Jacksonville to look at him.
The patient, who was reported
to be bearded, was arrested and
questioned about the triple slay
ing last December after he was
picked up onji charge of molest
ing boys.
Meanwhile, crime lab experts
continued the laborious task of sift
ing through, four bushel baskets
of dirt and a carton full of ashes
found in Robinson's Woods.
RohUes has told Interpreters
that he saw the killer build a fire
in the woods. He took police to the
woods Wednesday and pointed out
ashes on the rain-soaked ground.
KF Democrats
Plan Dinner
Plans for a candidates dinner.
sponsored by the Klamath County
Democratic Central Committee and
the Klamath County Democratic
Club. April 8 in the Veterans Me
morial Building were announced
Friday.
Dr. Robert A. Wood, chairman
of the program committee, said
all Democratic candidates for elec
tive offices in this county will be
guests of honor.
"It will be a big night for
Democrats," Dr. Wood declared.
"All party members are urged to
attend. Tickets for the dinner can
be obtained from candidates or
members of the Democratic Coun
ty Central Committee and the
Klamath County Democratic Club.
The dinner is scheduled for 6:30
p.m."
to have the measure vetoed by
President Elsenhower.
The Senate took the best part
of another month debating the
farm bill. It passed a measure
which a Senate-House committee
is - rewriting. There have bef
GOP predictions that it too will
draw a vej.
Tle House had acted last year
on both farm and natural gas
legislation.
Another week of the Senate's
time was consumed Lf discussion
of propose changes In the elec
toral college system, after which
the whole Issue was sr.it back to
committee for nojre study.
The louse. meanwhile, passed
six annual appropriation bills, one
of which has cleared the Senate,
and .vi aovirtment of miscellane
ous measures, some of which still
require Senate action.
The official congressional ealen
dara list only two "major bills"
as having cleared both the Senate
and the House tnis year. One
would extend existing corporate
Stevenson renewed his criticism
of Kefauver for charging "boss-
ism" against some of Stevenson's
supporters,
But In Albuquerque, Kefauver
said "I have not used the word
'bosses' myself." Then he reiter
ated what he has said in substance
before that some political leaders
in Minnesota and California got
together on early endorsement of
Stevenson with the apparent pur
pose, Kefauver said, "of freezing
me out."
Meantime the word battle be
tween Gov. Allan shivers of Tex
as and Speaker of the House Ray
burn (D-Tex) waxed hotter. '
Replying to a blast from Ray
burn Thursday, Shivers said in
Austin that Rayburn "has always
insisted throughout his career on
being a Democrat first and an
American second."
A long-simmering feud within
the Texas Democratic Party broke
Into the open recently. It grows
in part out of Shivers' support of
President Elsenhower in the 'S2
campaign. Rayburn and Senate
Democratic leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas backed Steven
eon. - i --. v ' .
Commies
Recovery Bid
NEW YORK m The Commu
nist Party and The Dally Worker
have offered $2,890 in cash In a
bid to recover their property
mostly battered office equipment
seized by the government on In
come tax liens.
Donald R. Moysey, New York
district director of internal rev
enue, declined the proffered fuhds,
for the moment at least. He said
his Inventory of the seized prop
erty was not complete.
However, he invited and accept
ed a formal submission of the pro
posed financial arrangement by
attorneys for the party and its
newspaper, the lawyers said.
Moysey conferred Thursday with
John J. Abt, attorney for the Com
munist Party, and Harry Sacher,
attorney for The Dally Worker.
The lawyera offered to leave a de
posit of 12,860 with Moysey against
the value of the seized property.
Abt said he had 1350 which he
believed wouid cover the value of
the party's equipment in the pad
locked offices.
Sacher said he had 12.500 which
he estimated would cover the val
ue of the seized property of The
Daily Worker.
Sacher and Abt said the money
had been lent by individuals whom
they did not identify.
Eisrftjowesr Signs
Lake SchooJ Bill
WASHINGTON A bill to
require the secretary of the in
terior to sell 18 acres to school
district No. 24 of Lake County.
Ore., for use as a site for school
buildings has been signed by Pres
ident Eisenhower.
and excise tax rates antt the other
would exempt farm-use vehicles
from payment of fedcrxt gilfcokae
and oil taxes. Eisenhower as
yet acted on either, but is naii'
to sign both. He reoioe(J
them.
Other measures sent 0 Si.e-n-bower
during the year lne foe
Upper Colorado River Wstr tor
age Act, a bill to extead te retool
milk program, seversl ie:ures
providing federal loans and credit
to areas hit by disasters, a bill
continuing the federal Olio vac
cination program, and a bill revis
ing the formula for taxation of in
surance companies.
Tentatively billed as the first
major measure when Congress re
convenes la the controversial Arm
bill. The butc Issue here la
whether there shall be high rigid
price supports, for farm products,
as favored bv most Democrats.'
or flexible supports as advocated
' bv the administration. everal
I other Issues are likely to keep the
I farm light narinf.
A
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KLAMATH
rriee Five Cents II Par
Two Injured
In Tanker
Explosion
BAYTOWN, Tex. I A specta
cular explosion last night blasted
a gaping hole In an oil tanker
taking on kerosene at a dick.
Orange flames roared 300 feet
into the sky.
Two crewmen were sent to the
hospital. Most of the ship's 42-man
crew were on shore leave.
The explosion of the 10.000-ton
tanker Esso Patterson rocked this
oil and chemical city on the industry-lined
Houston ship canal.
It was felt In suburban Houston
25 miles away.
FLAMES EXTINGUISHED
The flames were extinguished In
an hour, but in the meantime
there was near panic here. Resi
dents vividly remembered the ship
explosion . In nearby Texas City
that killed at least 510 people In
1947.
The Esso Patterson was at a
dock of the huge Humble Refin
ery. The blast ripped hole 12
feet wide and 30 feet deep, extend
ing from the water line to the
deck, on the starboard side. Hum
ble officials declined to estimate
the loss but a crew member said
the damage to the tanker was
"heavy" with the ship's plates
torn and bent. -
The Injured crewmen were Chief
Mate Howard McCartney, 31,
Lowell, Mass.. and Seaman Jack
I. Mot.ro. 48, Brooklyn, N.Y.
JUMPED
Both jumped from the blazing
ship to the dock 30 feet below.
McCartney suffered a compound
fracture ot the left leg. Motro
complained of severe abdominal
pains.
Donald Ayers, 22. Hlllsadale, Va.
escaped uninjured by Jumping Into
the channel and Petty Officer
Samuel P, McRoberts. 60. reached
safety by . sliding-down a hawittr
line to the dock. r.
McRoberts aald he was drinking
coffee when the blast rocked the
tanker.
"I Just knew the whole thing
was going up so I ran outside and
grabbed a hawser line and slid
down lt to the dock," he said.
CAUSE UNDETERMINED
The cause of the blast was un
determined. A supertanker, the 20.000-ton
Esso Florence, had pulled In Im
mediately behind the Esso Patter
son. It and the 10.000-ton Esso
Linden, also tied up near the Pat
terson, were pulled by tugs out of
the danger area.
The Patterson had arrived from
its home port of Charleston, S C.,
yesterday and was to have de
parted today for Philadelphia.
The U.S. Coast Guard at Gal
veston sent two boats with f I re
fighting equipment, and fire de
partments from La Porte and
Highlands aided Baytown and
Humble firemen.
The Jarring blast put this city of
more than 30.000 on a disaster
alert. Some residents near the fire
started evacuating their homes
and civil defense officials geared
for a major disaster.
State Observes
Easter Rites
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Good Friday services were held
In churches throughout Oregon
Friday as the state began a three
day observance of the crucifixion
death and resurrection of Christ.
Initial services of the Easter
weekend began Thursday night
with the re-enactment in some
churches of the Last Supper, Ro
man Catholic churches held Mass
only in the evening on Holy Thurs
day for the first time In centuries.
Most Oregon cities will hold
Easter Sunrise services Sunday.
The University of Otegon and
Hie Eugeee Ministerial Assn. will
seoesor services at 6.30 a. m. in
McArther Court on the university
campos. Thomas Bennett, philos
epev erofesrer at Willamette Uni
versity, wei rpcadc.
TheesiMes are expected at Port
lane's largest outdoor Easter sun
rise service Laurelhurst Park.
Other fjitdoor services are schrd
ulee M Coeneil Crest. Mt. Tabor
Park ane several othnr locationi
In the city.
A i a. m. service on Ihe hint
school football field will be spon
sored in Gits Pass by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and tbe Greets Pass Ministerial
Assn.
The 80Oi Ministerial Assn.
will conduct 6 a. m. nmrise serv
ices at MiVJulloch Stadium at Wil
lamette Ureversity.
The sixth annual outdoor Easter
servle will be held n the Vet
erans hospital grounds In Rose-
burg.
The Springfield Ministerial
Ann wlK sponsor a S 30 a. m.
service at the Willamalane Mt'
mortal Building.
FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH
PIRC, Oregon Firms
Face Labor Cham
SAN FRANCISCO OH A Na
tional Labor Relations Board ex
aminer recommended Friday that
live Oregon lumber firms and the
Pine Industrial Relations Commit
tee. Inc., be found guilty on two
charges of unfair labor practices.
But Examiner Martin S- Ben
nett recommended that two other
charges be dismissed.
pie NLRB action grew out of a
strike that began in June, 1954,
against Brooks-Sc'anlon, Inc., Pon
derosa Mouldings, Inc., doing bus
iness as Ponderosa Lumber Sales;
Philip Dahl and Sam Johnson,
partners doing business as Tlte
Knot Pine Mill: Dahl and Harold
D. Barclay, partners doing busi
ness a the Harold Barclay Lop
glng Co., and Red Blanket Lum
ber Co., Inc. The firms are local-
Radio Station
Sale Sought
KFJI Broadcasters, Inc., own
ers of KWIN, Ashland, today con.
firmed a report released by the
Federal Communications Commis
sion Thursday that application has
been made for transfer of control
of ownership of the Ashland sta
tion to Douglas D. Kahle. opera
tor of KNTV, San Jose, California.
Alan Abner, general manager of
the W. D. Miller radio enterprises,
KFJI and KWIN, emphasized that
this formal action was a prelimi
nary request for the transaction.
Actual sale of the property can
not be accomplished until all the
FCO requirements have been met.
The present owners have operat
ed KWIN since it was put on the
air in April. 1953. The station la
a member of the Mutual Don Lee
Broadcasting SKstem and operates
on a J4-nour basis. -- -
Morse Stays
On Ballot
SALEM 11 Circuit Judge Val
D. Sloper turned down a second
effort Thursday to take the name
of Sen. Wayne Morse olf the Dem
ocratic primary election ballot.
woodrow Wilson Smith, Morse s
only opponent In the May 18 elec
tion, went to court with his charge
that Morse Is not really a Demo
crat. Judge Sloper rejected Smith's
first try last Friday, and also
turned down an amended petition
Thursday.
The judge said "It does not ap
pear . . . that tne name oi Wayne
L. Morse, candidate for nomina
tion to the U. 8. Semite, has been
Is about to be wrongfully
placed on the Democratic bnllot."
Sloper added that amiin s con
tention that Morse's Senate seat
should be declared vacant was a
matter which Smith improperly
introduced In his affidavit.
If
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CAROL AND tARIARA HEAiSHt 9f CeAWu twv; ell
decked out in their new Eeiter outfits, ?m An anrv: cj
the 9 o'clock photographer thft morning. TbV atftfaat
denti tt Klamath Union High School,
31, 1958
Telephone Sill
es
4T
ed at Bend, Redmond, Sisters,
Prospect and Eagle Point.
Locals 9-7 and 6-122 of the Inter
national Woodworkers of America
orougni cnarges against tne Pine
Industrial Relations Committee.
Inc., an employer group, in addi
tion to the individual employers.
PlltC MANAGER
C. L. Irving, manager of the
PIRC which has offices in Klam
ath Falls, claimed in a brief sub
mitted in the case that the organ
ization did not deal with labor or
ganizations, did not engage In
labor negotiations in 1954 and that
lt is not its function to negotiate
collective bargaining agreements
for Its members.
But Bennett said "this conten
tion will not withstand analysis
for a consideration of the evidence
discloses that PIRC, contrary to
its claim, has been and Is actively
Involved in the collective bargain
ing picture of its members in
very direct sense."
Bennett also rejected an em
ployer argument that the PIRC
was not authorized to act as an
agent. Bennett said that the PIRO
not only acted as agent with con
sent of the employers, but "the
fact is that the committee of em
ployers chosen by Irving wps the
creature of PIRC and had full au
thority to act for all the employ
ers in negotiations wllh the charg
ing parties, subject only to the
reserved right of the employer
respondents to reject any aettle-
ment reached." ,
FOUND GUILTY
The examiner found the PIRC
and the lumber firms guilty of un
fair labor practicca for refusing
to supply to the union informa
tion "pertinent to collective bar
gaining." Bennett held them
guilty also for Interfering with,
restraining and coercing employee
in the exercise ot the rights guar-
ariteed by. the NaUonul Labor Re-
laiions ACL,
But tile examiner found the
firms had not engaged in unfair
labor practices by failing to bar
gain in good faith concerning the
provisions of a contract. Neither,
he said, did Red Blanket, Tite
Knot, Ponderosa or Brooks-Scan-lon
discriminate against their
workers regarding tenure of em
ployment. He recommended these
charges be dismissed.
The strike ended in September,
1954. against all employers except
Red Blanket. The Red Blanket
strike ended in October of that
year.
Easter Program
Sinllnn KFMV will broRdcmit
Easter service beginning with
(lie Raster cantata, "The Seven
LRt Words of Thrift.,". Satur
day, March 31, 10:15 p.m. The
musical Interlude will continue
for one hour.
beginning at S a.m. on Easier
Sunday morning, thorn will he a
broadcast ot the Hollywood Howl
Hunriae aervloe and nlartlng at
6:30 a.m. the lunrlse service
being sponsored by the Klamath
Falls Luthcian churches will be
on the air.
lite
Com, Feed
Grains Still
Big Obstacle
WASHINGTON Ma A Senate
House group reached agreement
Friday on surplus food and other
assorted provisions of the omnibus
farm bill.
But Sen. Ellender (D-La), chair
man of the conference committee,
said final agreement on the whole
bill probably could not be reached
until late next week.
- The live senators and five rep
resentatives hope to Join other
lawmakers In part of the Easter
recess by taking the weekend off
after an afternoon session Friday.
Congress quit Thursday until April
9 and cannot act before then on
any agreement.
"Our big hump (till Involves
corn and feed grains and provis
ions ior including them under
price supports and soli bank pay
ments," Ellender aald.
Over Ellender's protest, the eon.
ference group accepted a Senate
provision that would allow the gov
ernment to pay casts of processing
surplus food commodities that are
given away In this country- and
overseaa. . ,
COMPLAINTS . v .
Relief and charitable agencies:
have complained that food dona
tions often have been in such
forms as unmtlled grain which
they could not handle, i 1
"First we Just gave them these
surpluses." Ellender aald. "Next
we agreed to pay freight or trans
portation to ports. Then we agrea4
to package and mill 'It. Now we
must pay for processing.
"The next thing we'll be asked
to cook and serve lt."
Among1 agreement reached
yesterday was one that wheat
farmers have a choice in 197
between price supports at SO per
cent of parity and a Senate-approved
"domestic parity" pro
gram. Parity is a price deter
mined to be fair to farmer In
relation to their costs, ,
The "domestic parity" program
would promise commercial wheat
growera 100 per cent or full parity
on that part of their crop uaed tor
domestic, food. The remainder
would be sold or supported at
4r.vtu..tM- vnnv.'nw imnm
feed.
PROGRAM SELECTION
Ellender first told newsmen that
conferees agreed wheat farmer
could select between the two pro
grams each year, with a two
thirds vote of the growers required
to make one plan mandatory. He
said today, however, he was mil
taken in that.
"Now I find that If the domejtla
parity plan Is approved lt would
operate from then on unless re
vised by Congress," tin senator
explained. ...
Ellender said the' conferees
struck from the bill a Senate pro
vision that would have eliminated
penalties for farmers who use all
the wheat produced In their farms.
As a result, he said they could
grow all the wheat they wished,
without penalties, only If the do
mestic parity program goes into
operation.
Under both the present and the
proposed 90 per cent support plan,
a farmer's wheat plantings are
limited and he facea penalties l,f
he grows more.
KF Firm Plans
Liquidation
The liquidation of the Klamath
Falls branches of Woodbury Lor
enz Industrial Supply and Wood
bury Lorens Hardware was con
firmed Thursday afternoon by J.
C. Strong, manager of both local
branches. The liquidation will be
made by Adsco Industries, Inc.,
Buflalo, New York, which bough'
the plant last fall.
Announcement of the liquidation
was made Thursday noon to the 61
employes of the Klamath Falls
branch. Strong said the Medford
branch would continue in operation.
He said no additional details re
garding plans for the Klamath
Falls liquidation were available at
this time.
Adsco Inc. purchased Lorens Co.
Industrial supplies, wholesale hard
ware, plumbing supplies and steel
Jobbing distributors last October.
Operations have continued here un-'
der the direction ot J. F. 8nod
grass, assistant vice president of
Aosco Northwest, a subsidiary .
corporation, with offices In Port
land. Adsco assumed operations No
vember 28 and named Strong as
manager In Klamath Falls last
February.
Fremont Highway
Users Warned
BEND ii When you drive
the Fremont Highway to Lake
view, V prepared to get wet at
Diy Lake.
Because of the unusually wet
year, snow runoff now has filled
wllh water the depression known
aa Dry Lake. The pond in now an
eighth of a mile long and i&veral
nunnreo iei across, it is. abouto
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