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COSP U Of OREGON LISSAUX EU3SNS, ORE. In The- Day s lews By FRANK JENKINS 1 Senator Morse, who has run al ways before as a Republican, is campaigning for the U.S. senate this year as a Democrat. I think any fair-minded person will agree that anyone has a per fect right to change his party af filiation at any time he chooses. inaeea, i minx we can an agree that one SHOULD change his par ty whenever he finds himself completely out of sympathy with its beliefs and in full sympathy with the beliefs of another party. So I don't hold against Senator Morse the fact that he changed bis coat. But I do think we have a right to be curious about his REASONS for changing. The circumstances suggest that he quit the GOP in a fit of temper because he failed to get from it something he wanted. That is nardly what one would call moral or an ethical reason for a change of party allegiance. Back in 1946, when he still wore his Republican coat, Senator Morse said in a political address in Des Moines Iowa, as quoted in the Des Moines Register: "Liberalism is DEAD in the Democratic party, and that party has reverted to its tradition. AL role of placing political privi' lege and corrupt machine politics, a la the Missouri gang, above the general welfare of our people. i i 1, ... . i ,.,,. riseiltliur m D r e jiaa biwhjd dramatized himself as The Great Liberal. Being a great liberal and feeling that liberalism was DEAD in the Democratic party, how could he change his coat and go over to the Democratic side as a matter of PRINCIPLE? That, of course, was back in 148. But in February of 1952 he said in a letter to a North Bend publisher: "It is my opinion that the wel fare of our country demands that we bring to an end the na tionwide disunity among our peo ple which this (Democratic) ad ministration has developed. We just CANNOT run the risks which would be entailed in four more years of a Democratic adminis tration." In view of these vigorous ex pressions, extending over a consid erable period of time, of his dis trust of the Democrats, his change of political coats could hardly have been the result of a growing conviction on his part that the Democratic party is bet ter for the people of this country than the Republican party. As late as the spring of 19S2 he was so distrustful of Democrats that he felt "we just can't run the risks entailed tn four more years of a Democratic administration. - So It seems to me His change must have been due to a belief on his part (following whatever it was that upset him at the Republican convention in July of 1952) that it would be BETTER FOR SENATOR MORSE if he became a Demo crat than if he remained a Re publican. At the hearing on termination of the Klamath Indian reservation held here the other day by the senate interior and insular af fairs committee the management specialists told the committee members they had been advised by lumber experts that dumping this vast, tract of timber on the open market would have harmful economic effects not only on the Klamath Basin but on the entire state. That is true. But something else is equally true. It would have . Jurmful effects on the Klamath yjans. They are the owners of this timber. If, by throwing it on the market at forced sale, the price is forced down materially, . it is the Klamath Indians who will be the losers. They shouldn't have to be the losers. The Klamath Indian res ervation is their patrimony. It came down to them from their ancestors. It is all they have left of the country that belonged to their people for immemorial time. If anybody benefited from a forced sale of this timber, it would be those who acquired it cheap. Because of acquiring it at a low price, they would have an advantage over their less for tunate competitors. We don't want anything like that to happen. It would be another case of the white man robbing the Indian. ' I think this hearing contributed quite a little to the solution of the difficult and complicated prob lem of liquidating the Klamath reservation. Among other things, it brought out the fact that term ination of federal control of this 2,000-odd square miles of Oregon terrain tin t lust a matter of dot lars of settling up an estate and dusting off our hands and saying that's that Two thousand human beings are involved in these termination pro ceedings. The human side of the problem is far graver than the fi- nancial side. That fact needed to be brought out and I think it was brought out at Thursday's hear ing. GRAND PRIZE float in the Merrill Spud Festival parade Saturday morning was flower bedecked creation sponsored by the Ground Observer Corps. this Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and TtciaKyi Cleartaf, some eloodl aete la SMralag mat erealoe. High gai.iy M-U, Itw UalfBt ZS-1J. Peterson, Assistant Secretary Of Agriculture, Merrill Speaker MERRILL The growing belief that only the federal government can solve the increasing problems of agriculture, was denounced Fri day night by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, E. L. Peterson, who spoke to a banquet audience of more than 300 persons after he crowned Queen Peggy II at the 20th annual Klamath Basin Potato Festival at Merrill. There is no signal solution, no magic formula by which the prob lems of agriculture can be solved," the secretary said. While the greatest progress in agriculture, to a great extent, has been made through the knowledge gained in government - sponsored institutions, federal agencies' should only encourage and assist where problems cannot be solved by the people themselves. Although the problems of agri culture have been cast into the pol itical arena, he said, the farmer's solution lies not in rigid price sup ports and acreage allotments of basic commodities,, hut in the de velopment of new markets and the recapturing of markets lost, through providing quality prod ucts attractive to the consumer, ernment," he said, "for frankness, honesty and responsibility." The speaker was introduced by Dr. Frank E. Trotman of Merrill. During the coronation, 1955 Queen Lou Ann Kandra of Merrill, relinquished the royal insignia to this year's queen, Peggy Carson of Merrill, who with her court of prin cesses, Arlene Zeiders, Malin, Judy Sutherland, Merrill, Delia Smith, Henley and Shirley Young, Tulelake, was introduced. Junior attendants were Kay Thomp son and Paula Harris, Merrill. Members of a pioneer potato growing family, Haskins and Com pany, gathered in most of the top awards in potato exhibits. Arthur . M. Cherry, Klamath Falls took the first place cup in the Netted Gem commercial divi sion: Haskins and Company took first spots in the White Rose com- Rogue River Hearing Held MEDFORD im Representa- mercial. certified Netted Gem seed, certified White, Rose seed and U.S. No. 1 bakers. Larry Haskins, Bonanza, won the top award in the 4-H potato growers section and first in the high school class. The FFA sec tion top spot was won by Harry Wilson, Malin. The Tulelake Growers Associa tion topped all other community displays. Awards were presented by Rob ert Petrik, president of the Klam ath County Potato Growers Association. An nstimnlaj n-ntuA nt R A1V iu,. sons lined Merrill's Main Street ! iniured iilree Persons to view colorful floats, marching! units, children's entries, to see po-1 Utical candidates and commercial I units. i Grand prize for the best float went to the Ground Observer Corps which also took first in the division for organizations and lodges. Second place went to the Merrill Theta Rho, third to the Merrill Mariners. '.. The Merrill Lumber Company took first in the commercial sec tion, Kujac Dance Studio second, Winema Elevators third. The Mer- I KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1956 Price Ten Cents 12 Paces i Telephone TU 4-1111 No. 3614 Morse Defends Record At Fairgrounds Speech Here Senator Wayne L. Morse, Demo crat of Oregon, made a surprise switch in tactics in his campaign for reelection in Klamath Falls persons at a Democratic rally at the Klamath County Fairgrounds. In refuting charges by his Re publican opponent, Douglas Mc- Saturday night and went on the I Kay, that he established an odious defensive to defend himself against record for absenteeism in the what he termed a Republican Senate, Morse produced a photo- smear campaign." stat of a telegram which he said Morse spoke before some 400 ; he received from McKay. "McKay sent this telegram while he was governor of Oregon," Morse added. "In it he asked me if I would either vole to override the President's veto on the tide lands oil bill or refrain from vot ing. Morse also said that he had one of the best voting records on ma jor issues in the Senate. "The opposition is putting on a real hate program," lie continued. "You know McKay didn't even like me when I was a Republican. One thing I was able to do in Wash ington Ihough, was to slow down Storms Rip Texas Coast HOUSTON, Tex., tm -Two persons were reported drowned and dozens of fishermen were un accounted for Saturday night as a scries of squalls, accompanied by hail, swept the Houston and Gal veston Bay area. The Coast Guard said the death toll may be even higher and re- McKay s giveaway program. ported at least 24 private boats' Morse then challenged McKay to capsized or overdue in Galveston meet him any place at any time oay. ii sum ij persons were res- between now and election day to cued from the water or from perches on buoys, dikes or jetties. A Coast Guard plane was or dered to drop flares over Galves ton Bay to help eight boats search ing 400 square miles of choppy walers for missing boats. Winds up to 75 miles also raked Port Arthur, 100 miles northeast of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico. A number of boats were over turned on nearby Lake Sabine and seven persons were rescued. No deaths were reported. The storms at Houston and Port Arthur followed an afternoon in which tornadoes and winds up to 110 miles per hour battered a wide section of south central Texas and enlarging upon tne price support i' "'TiJ ' Women's Club took first in service program ana tne reduction 01 acre ages on basic commodities, the secretary said that land under this plan that is taken out of produc tion is in many cases diverted to j,J heard detailed testimony from federal and local witnesses at a hearing on flood control and water resource development of the Rogue River Basin. Col. Paul Weiland. Medford, problem of overproduction !s,ale vlce President ot the lzaak throughout the entire agricultural i" wwgue. saia ne was op fieid. posed to construction of a high whii. h. i,.,;i ;, r .u dam on tne Rogue, favoring in .vY,.LVlLyr Li h 'T stead development of tributary e.?le.mlr "Ja"".S " 1 watersheds to provide irrigation materially increased in the past 35 years, increased production ca pacity has, he stated, due to mech anization, research and experimentation. water and other benefits. He said the building of smaller dams would ease the flooding. Weiland said a high dam below the mouth of the middle fork of He spoke briefly in support oflthp Rncriii. urnnlH harm fish runs stales rights on water resources, m the stream. saying that with water being the 1 More than a score of witnesses number 1 problem in the U.S. to- to.iifi,! , ik Hav.tnno harmo day, eternal vigilance must be ex-1 conducted by members of the ercised to maintain the present ' Sonato Inlorinr and Pnhlic Wnrl: system of allocation. In conclusion, he criticized the broad authority that has been granted by the federal government to secretaries of departments which render the individual help less to understand the laws by which he is governed. "There is no substitute in gov- committees. Sen. Neuberger ID Ore), member of both commit tees, presided in the absence of the chairmen, Sens. Murray (D Mont) of Interior and Chavez (D NMI of Public Works. Others present included Sens. Hruska R-Neb. Wofford (D SC) and Barrett (R-Wyo). clubs, second place went to the Merrill VFW. In the juvenile float division, first, Malin High School: second. Merrill Blue Birds: third, Merrill kindergarten. Comic section, first, 1909 Reo car, second KFJI. Children's vehicle division, first, Mike Ratliff: second, Gary Hodges: third, Ralph Northrup. The Ben Franklin store took first in window displays. Second went to Otis Thompson. More than 3,000 persons went through the lines to the free beef barbecue tables. Many later viewed the football game between Malin (21) and Chiloquin '0). The queen's ball drew a capac ity crowd Saturday night. Closing activities of the three day fete open at 1:30 p.m. Sunday with a jackpot rodeo at the Hill Brothers Ranch north of Merrill and participation in the hardtop races at the Klamath Speedway in Klamath Falls. Suez Confab Set Oct. 29 -A ! ' ' - . i. V debate the issues of the campaign. Morse also took credit with Sen ator Albert Gore of Tennessee for blocking what he said was an at tempt by the Eisenhower adminis tration to put the atomic energy program in the hands of the pri vate power companies. "In 1954," he declared, "Senator Knowland of California, came up with an atomic energy bill which had been steam-rollered through the House. At that time, the tax payers had spent 14 billion dollars on the atomic energy program. They were going to push it through the Senate but I was able to stop it by objecting when they called for a unanimous vote." On the subject of power, Morse said his program was the program of the late Senator Charles Mc Nary of Oregon. . "I believe that private utilities should be helped to build low dams," he said. "But they should not be allowed to build low dams at sites like Hells Canyon where CAIRO m An Egyptian gov- multiple purpose high dams could ernmeni omciai saia oaiurov be constructed. preuipiuar) ikim regHiuinR me; morse was introduced by Al uii HELEN PUCKETT, office clerk at the Cascade Laun dry, interrupted her work Saturday morning to greet the 9 o'clock photographer, C lost Suez Canal dispute will open in Geneva on Monday, Oct. 29. The official, who requested that he not be quoted by name, told Egyptian reporters this country probably would be represented by the same delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Mahmoud Faw zi, which presented Egypt's case in recent U. N. Security Council debate. Diplomatic sources here and in the United Nations have predicted another round of secret talks was in the making between Egypt, France and Britain on six Suez principles adopted by the Secur ity Council as a basis of settle ment. These dealt with guarantees on freedom of navigation through the canal, insulating the waterway from political control of any na tions, tolls, and improvement of the waterway. The official made his disclosure soon alter India's foreign affairs expert, V. K. Krishna Menon, had a 90 minute meeting with Presi dent Carnal Abdcl Nasser of Egypt. man of Baker, Democratic candi date for Congress. Eldred Hansen, Klamath County Democratic Com mittee chairman, presided. Blfk yeeterday Lew last, algai SUBJECTS OF THE KLAMATH BASIN Potato Kingdom paid homage Friday night to their new sovereign, Queen Peggy II. followinq her coronation at the 20th annual banquet held Friday night in the elementary school where she was crowged by U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, E. L. Peterson. Junior attendants, Kay Thompson, left and Paula Harris, right admire the lovely qunpn. American Goes To Tribune CHICAGO Chicago's century-old big morning newspa per, the Tribune, announced Sat urday it has purchased the Chicago American, afternoon daily which since 1900 has been a cornerstone of the vast Hearst newspaper organization. The Tribune Co. said the Amer ican and its companion Sunday publication, the Chicago Sunday American, will continue to publish "as a separate organization." The purchase price was not dis closed but the Tribune said it had bought all the physical assets of the American plant except the real estate. Winds, Rain Hit Coastal Areas SEATTLE W - Winds which reached gust velocities as high as 81 miles an hour whipped across Tatoosh Island 125 miles northwest of here Friday night, bringing heavy rains to a large part of the Washington and Brit ish Columbia coastal areas. The winds did little damage, diminishing as they moved inland Seattle and other inland points recorded 20 to 30 mile an hour winds and intermittent rainfall. Tatoosh, at the northwest corner of continental United States, was soaked by 3.52 Inches of rain in 24 hours. British Columbia coastal regions reported winds up to 70 miles, doing minor damage and causing heavy rains. Labor Rackets Told In South BILOXf, Miss. (UP) Blinded labor columnist Victor Riesel told the Mississippi Manufacturers As sociation Friday that labor rack eteering is "creeping into the South." Riesel, blinded last April S by an acid - throwing assailant, told the group to clean up racketeer ing "you will have to say that you will not tolerate it." He said racketeers have merged into respectable communities and into the garment, trucking, water front, construction and engineering fields. This thing is not only in the North but it is everywhere. It is creeping into the South." Riesel said. "I don t understand why we tolerate it. Where are the law en forcement officers? Where are the prosecutors?" He said there has been crackdown because "there is fear that it might he misunder stood and somebody might be called anti labor." Queen's Float Highlights OT Homecoming Parade The eighth annual Oregon Tech prize of $15 was awarded lo the homecoming became history Sat-jl'hi Sig float. Third place was ad urday night at the close of the judged a tie between the floats of homecoming hall over w h I c h I the agricultural department and in- Queen Gail Hunter and her prin- dustrial processes, which split the cesses. Velva Smith of Tulelake $10. The four winners followed the and Sandra Fields of Malm, pre- queen's float in the parade around sided. the field at the half time. The three pretty girls were fea- Tom Gee, Winema Hotel mana lured in the queen's float in the ger, arranged a judges' stand on homecoming parade during Satur- top of the marquee of the hotel, day morning and announcement o(.ludges were Gee. OT1 alumni the selection of the queen by stu. i Charles and Pal Rolven. Bob Hen dent body vote was made during : ry and Florence Jenkins. the hall time of the UJI-MJLfc, By noon on Saturday, more than game. 30 out of town OTI alumni had Nineteen entries in the parade registered at headquarters at the made this year s event the largest ! V incma. Early arrivals included in the school's history. Top prize Mr. and Mrs. Carl l.asater of Spo of $25 went to the float produced ; k a n e, George Thompson and by the diesel technology class. It ! Wayne Roper of Los Angeles, Mr. depicted a yellow crescent moon and Mrs. Ken Glass of Coos Ray, shining on a harvest cornfield Gary McClow of Corvallls and Wil complete with scarecrow. Second liam Harliss of Empire, Oregon, Lost Man Found Okay NORTH VANCOUVER, B, un Alex Patterson, six nights and six days on rain and snow-swept Mount Seymour was found alive, the Royal Can adian Air Force reported An air force search officer said Patterson was in fairly good con dition, The young Scots Immigrant had shivered alone in a cave on the 4,000-foot mountain since last Sun day when with two companions he became lost ccrjr hiking trip. ? Patterson ' ' only 1 light clothes, had itoiwl nor matches, and withstood the vorst week of early winter weather this year, Patterson, all but given up for dead after a night of sleet and snow, was found at the 2,500-foot level on the side of a cliff-face. A helicopter which had waited on the mountalntop during the day was unable to pick up Patterson because of the rough terrain. , One of the Ihree-man climbing party perished. Gordon McFar lane, 27, died while attempting to find his way down the mountain on the north shore of Vancouver harbor earlier this week. His body was brought to North Vancouver today. Coroner Dr. F. W. Dyer said an Inquest will be held next week to determine the cause of McFarlane's death. Robert Duncan, 23, who stum bled to safety Wednesday, said he saw McFarlane's body lying in a creek. Duncan said the face was badly gashed and it appeared his companion had fallen from a cliff. Bulganin Letter In Ike's Hands LONDON, tm - Soviet Pre- mier Bulganin has proposed to President Eisenhower an im mediate U.S.-Soviet agreement to ban. H-bomb tests, Moscow radio said Saturday. - Bulganin used an argument ad vanced by Democrat Adlai Stev enson in the U.S. presidential campaign that violation of such agreement is impossible be cause science now can detect atomic tests anywhere. "1 hope you will agree," Bul ganin said in a letter to Eisen hower "that should such agree ment be reached on this matter there will be no particular dif ficulty in supervising its execu tion since with the present state of science no atomic or hydro gen explosion can be carried out without it being recorded in oth er countries." President Eisenhower has taken the position there must be ade quate inspection safeguards be fore the United States enters into any atomic test agreement with the Soviet Union. , ' The proposal was In a letter Bulganin sent Eisenhower Wednesday. The letter said Bulganin had in mind "the question of atomic weapons and notably of the tests of these weapons." The letter, - which was handed to Secretary of State Dulles in Washington, said such a discus sion "is apt to take the form of polcmios in the United States to day as the election is going on." Bulganin added that "in. some instances, official pronouncements are giving evidence of manifest misrepresentation of the Soviet Union's policy on these matters." "This is, unfortunately, partic ularly true of the statements made by Mr. Dulles, who is not stop ping short of direct attacks on the Soviet Union and her peace striving foreign policy," the let ter said. Bulganin noted he and Eisen hower had exchanged views on the question of atomic tests at the summit meeting in Geneva and In subsequent correspondence. "But since we have failed so far to reach any agreement on the question of atomic weapons," he added. "It appeprs advisable lo try and weigh the available op portunities once more so as to take a step forward toward reaching agreement on the prohibition of atomic weapons." The Bulganin letter appeared certain to have political repercus sions in the United States. The whole question of whether nuclear tests should be prohibited has become one of the top Issues of the presidential campaign. Democratic nominee Adlai Stev enson has argued that the United States should take the initiative in halting the tests. Eisenhower has firmly rejected the proposal. -BULLETIN- Robert Franklin Glllean, 19, farm laborer, who shot himself in the head while playing "Rus sian roulette" near Newell, California, died Saturday night In Klamnlh Valley Hospital. (Story on Page 4.) SHOOTING HOURS OREGON October 22 OPEN CLOSE 5:57 5:15 CALIFORNIA October 22 OPEN CLOSE 5:52 5:17 "1 ;1 Vl-NH JrJ! ' t ' ' - " l 1 ? I1TWWRT. jtaTV - ' I ' l ' " :: Li OTI HOMECOMING QUEEN GAIL and her princesses were featured in (he eighth annual OTI Homecoming parade through the business section of Klamath Falls on Saturday morn ing. At the half time of Saturday'! football game, announcement was made of the selec tion and the queen and her court introduc ad. Shown on the float are. from ft, Princess Sandra Fields of Malin. Princess Velva Smith of Tulelake and ?utn e''' Hunter of, Klamath Falls, Ajj three are OTI freshmen. - - -I
