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Conservation
By C. D. LAWRENCE
and
R. L. ROBERTS
- Conservation of water, like con
servation of other renewable re
sources, means development and
utilization; because to not fully
develop and utilize available water
before it returns to the atmosphere
or the ocean is to waste it.
Water is necessary for all life.
For many uses it is convenient.
In much of its functioning it is
commonplace. But commonplace
uungs ouen are least appreciated
and understood.
In years of a plentiful supply of
The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
As this is written, U.S. Vice
President Nixon is holed up in
tty; American embassy in Cara
cas, capital ui Venezuela, me em
bassy is surrounded by a heavily
armed police guard.
Our vice-president and his wife
were driven to the sanctuary of
our embassy by howling mobs that
spat upon them and attacked their
car with stones and clubs, shat
tering the car's windows. It seems
likely that the Nixons would have
been physically injured if the
.mobs had not been beaten back by
Venezuelan police using tear gas.
In Washington, Senator Mans
field of Montana says: "These at
tacks on the Nixons (which have
persisted all the way from Lima
in Peru) constitute the most
shameful series of incidents our
county HAS EVER BEEN SUB
JECTED TO,"
American marines and para
troopers are ready at American
bases within two hours flight of
Caracas, under order? from Presi
dent Eisenhower to MOVE AT A
MOMENT'S NOTICE to protect
the Nixons if American protection
becomes necessary.
What led up to all this?
' What is il all about?
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
I think no one is in any doubt
as to the answer to these ques
tions.
COMMUNISM IS RESPONSI-
BLE.
Americans may not be too pop
ular in South America. In our pre.
occupation with the Old World, we
have been neglecting our neigh
bors of the New World. They
doubtless leel slighted. Perhaps
they are not to be blamed for
that.
But
No one in the United States, I'm
sure, believes that all this violence
would have come to pass if it
hadn't been incited by communist
agents.
That brings up the the Monroe
Doctrine. ,
It suggests this Question:
What prompted the Monroe Doc
trine? The Monroe Doctrine grew out
of conditions in Europe in the
early 1800 s. The three leading ab
solute monarchies of Europe then
were Russia. Austria and Prussia.
They had pledged themselves to
PUT AN END to the system of
representative government "in
whatever country it may exist in
Europe."
The United Slates feared that
these three powers (sometimes in
accurately called the "Holy Alli
ance"! might also TRY TO SUP
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE GOV
ERNMENT in the New World.
Hence the Monroe Doctrine
which pledged us to GO TO WAR
If any such attempt were made by
the European despotisms.
So much for the past.
Let's look now at the present.
(3'omniunism is a despotism.
:t is an Old World despotism.
ITS OBJECTIVE IS TO DE
STROY REPRESENTATIVE GOV
ERNMENT THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD and substitute for it the
despotism of communism,
SO
You see
We face Ihe same situation that
as faced by our forefathers.
Let's hope we have the courage
to meet it as boldly and as de
cisively as they did.
State Phone
Revenue Seen
WASHINGTON ( President
Eisenhower proposed Wednesday
that the federal government turn
over 150 million dollars in tele
phone taxes to state governments
so they can assume programs now
operated by Washington.
The proposal was a follow
through on Eisenhower's ofler to
give mors power and authority to
st.ite governments in certain
fields.
The While House made public
a letter to Speaker Sam Rayburn
ft-Tex) in which the President
said:
"On numerous occasions 1 have
warned gainst the dangers of
over-ceniralizing power and au
thority m the national govern
ment. Similarly I have made
clear my deep conviction that to
avoid these dangers state and lo
cal governments must be strength
ened.
Elisenhower said recommenda
tions designed to "improve the
balance in our system of divided
governmental responsibilities" will
be sent to Congress.
Enumerating, Eisenhower said
the federal government will:
Discontinue its grants for voca
tional education, a program now
costing 50 million dollars a year.
water men tend to be little con
cerned about the supply of the fu
ture. However, these men of great
er wisdom will be concerned for
experience has shown that assur
ance of ample water for the future
requires great effort to achieve
good plans and necessary works.
We who live in the Upper Klam
ath River Basin have enjoyed a rel
ative abundance of water. During
the drouth period of the early 1930s
our area needs for water were
much less than they are today. In
more recent times when our needs
have been greatest, nature has
provided more than the normal
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U.S. Troops Stand Ready
To Protect Vice President
WASHINGTON IM An emer-i
gency airlift of Army and Marine
troops into the Caribbean area
was completed Wednesday.
The troops were ordered into
the area by President Eisenhower
for possible use if Venezuela
should ask for assistance in pro
tecting X.x President Nixon's
party on his goodwill tour.
The Pentagon said 36 Air force
planes carrying Army paratroop-
Ike Explains
Troop Use
WASHINGTON UP ' President
Eisenhower said Wednesday he
deplores the use of federal troops
to carry out federal, court orders
in civil rights cases.
But the President told his news
conference the fundamental rights
of all Americans would be en
dangered by any successful defi
ance of a court order.
Eisenhower made these com
ments in response to questions
concerning his attitude toward
recent school integration develop
ments in Virginia and a statement
by Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida
in a magazine article that Collins
supports continued segregation in
that stale. I
Eisenhower was asked if he
intends to follow "the Little Rock
pattern" if he encounters further
defiance of court orders in school
and other integration matters. The
reporter was referring to his
action in sending troops into Little
Kock, Ark., to enforce a federal
court order for integration in Cen
tral High School there.
Eisenhower asked thtr reporter
what was meant by the Little
Rock pattern. When the reply was
the use of troops to enforce a court
order, the President said that's
the point.
Court Disbars
Portland Lawyer
SALEM VP George C. Rein
miller, Portland lawyer, was
ordered permanently disbarred by
t h e Oregon Supreme Court
Wednesday.
The court said Rcinmiller was
accused of 10 instances of mis
conduct including attempted fraud
on a trial court in connection with
a divorce case, excessive delays
in handling clients' affairs, and
misrepresenting to clients the
status of their cases.
He also was accused of wrongful
appropriation of $2,500 in trust
funds, applying this amount to
claimed attorney fees and ex-
Ipenses in connection with a suit
on behalf of a faction of the mem
bers of the Salem chapter of the
Disabled American Veterans and
its auxiliary.
f Waiter Vital
supply. This has been particularly
true during the last seven years,
including 1957-58.. During six of
these years precipitation has been
well above normal, 152 per cent,
and runoff hps been corresponding
ly great.
Even though common occurrence
of water in abundance during re
cent years might lead us to be
lieve we need not be concerned for
the future, significant steps have
been taken toward conservation of
our Basin's supply. Let's review
briefly some of such steps which
have been taken during the last
15 years:
ers and their equipment had
reached Ramey Air Force Base
in Puerto Rico by mid-morning.
Ihe Army said the first contin
gent headed out of Ft. Campbell,
Ky., two hours and 50 minutes
alter orders were received Tues
day. '
The Marine Corps said two Ma
rine companies had been landed
at Guanlanamo Bay, Cuba, by 6
a.m.. They traveled in 13 trans
port planes from Camp Lejeune,
J.C. The companies were identi
fied as units of the 6th Regiment
of the 2nd Marine Division.
An additional company of Ma
rines was flown by . helicopter
from Camp Lejcuhe, N.C., lo the
Cuba-bound aircralt earner Ta
rawa. The Air Force said the airlift
of 101st Airborne Division Army
troops and equipment was accom
plished with 27 Cl turboprop
transports and nine propeller
driven cargo planes.
UAW Returns
To Negotiate
DETROIT Cfi The United Aulo
Workers Union returns to the bar
gaining table with the automotive
big three today after getting a
resounding unanimous no to a
UAW proposal that contract dif
ferences be arbitrated.
It was the second setback m a
month for Walter Reuthcr's UAW.
The big three on April 28 rejected
his proposal lo extend the cur
rent contracts for three months.
The three-year contract with
General Motors expires May 29.
Simitar contracts with Chrysler
and Ford run out June I.
There was no immediate com
ment from UAW President Reu-
ther on the rejection of the arbi
tration proposal he put forth Sat
urday. GM took less than five hours to
turn thumbs down on Itcuther's
suggestion which it termed "
other publicity maneuver."
rord and Chrysler took a simi
lar stand yesterday. Ford said "it
uist docs not make sense" to sub
mit the complicated contract
questions to outside arbiters
Chrysler, in its statement, rapped
Ihe idea as "part of a long cam
paign to obtain exorbitant and in
flationary concessions" from auto
companies.
The UAW and GM and Chrysler
met in day-long h.irgaining ses
sions yesterday. Ford and the
UAW met for or.ly half a day
The UAW. whose members now
average $2.40 hourly, has put no
estima'e on the increases it seeks
from the auto firms in wases
pensions, cost of living allowances
and other benefits. GM has esti
mated the UAW package would
cost 7,1 cents hourly, while Ford
estimated 70 cents.
1. Basin Survey At the request
of local organizations, a compre
hensive study ol the Mamam wver
Basin was begun in 1946 by the
Bureau of Reclamation. After mak
ing an inventory of the water sup
plies, agricultural lands, wildlile,
power, and other resources, a re
port was prepared in 1H54. In this
long-range review of the Basin po
tentialities i comprehensive plan
for the conservation and use of
these resources was presented. Lo
cal, state and federal agencies col
laborated in this work. The task of
perfecting a Basin-wide plan of
development is not yet complete
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1858
-Weather;
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity; Fair Wednesday night.
but variable high cloudiness Thurs
day. Low Wednesday night 36-44;
high Thursday 68-74.
High yesterday 57
Low last night 311
Precip. fast 24 hours 0
Since Oct. 1 ....14.78
Same period last year 13.32
Normal for period . .10.91
Cattlemen Seek
Sales Taxation
ONTARIO, Ore. i.li - The Ore
gon Cattlemen's Assn., holding its
annual meeting here, called Tues
day for the next Legislature to
pass a sales tux.
Ihe money from this should be
used to reduce income and prop
erty taxes, the resolution said.
Other resolutions urged stricter
enforcement of hunting regula
tions. Delegates called for the state
to revoke the hunting license of
anyone convicted of deliberately
destroying or injuring livestock.
I hey also called for a law to
ban carrying a loaced gun in an
automobile. They want hunting
licenses to be lilted from three
years to life for careless use of
firearms and from one to two
ears for trespassing. Ci
Flying Loggers Believed
Unique Among Air Groups
By PATf O'CONNOR
Believed unique among air-conscious
organizations is the Flying
Loggers Club, a group of II log
ging company employes in Klam
ath Falls who bought a plane and
look to the skies for a new kind of
relaxation.
The Flying (Biggcrs. who get
their encouragimnl from their
boss, Ned Putnam, himself an air
addict, formed their flying club
last September, filed articles of
incorporation, purchased a plane
and were airborne.
The PT-19, once a military train
er, now wings its way to points
up and down the Pacific North
west, as loggers incorporated take
tneir turns attending organized fly
ins, visiting friends or just plain
sightseeing.
Heading the group as president is
Del Woster, who started Hying in
l!i32, gave it up for a time, then
renewed his cnorls under the in
fluence of Putnam and Wrnfd his
pilot's license late in 1S54. Il was
he and Putnam who first bought
the plane that now carries the sign
of the Flying Loggers.
Sharing Woster and Putnam's
enthusiasm for flying was Noble
' Tiny i Mcrryfield. vice president
of the organization, an ardent avi
ation fen who flew at Ihis opportuni
ty to fly and is now working for
his pilot's license. The group al
ready has three licensed pilot
To darorrfh Dei
for it is up to the people living in
the Basin to determine how and
when most of the development is
to be done.
2. Plans for Extension of Klam
ath Project Detailed planning of
several possible additions to t h e
existing project are in progress by
the Bureau of Reclamation. There
is yet considerable expansion po
tential in this Federal Reclamation
Project.
Within the next few years, prob
able 10,000 acres of additional
pump lands scattered around the
present project area in Oregon will
be furnished a firm irrigation sup
Bomb Explodes Harmlessly
In Front Of U.S. Embassy
BEIRUT, Lebanon tfl The U. S.
Embassy sent a ship Wednes
day to pick up Americans in Tri
poli after getting reports the sit
uation is serious in that North
Lebanese port.
Anti-government violence mean
while moved into its fifth day in
Lebanon. A bomb exploded harm
lessly in front of the U.S. Embas
sy here.
U.S. Ambassador Robert Mc
Clintock told reporters there are
53 Americans in Tripoli. Most are
members of the Presbyterian Mis
sion. He said they are not being
ordered out but have been advised
to leave.
McClinlock emphasized the sit
uation is serious in Tripoli, where
a U.S. Information Agency office
was sacked Saturday at the out
set of demonstrations.
Lebanese authorities evacuated
Americans from the Bekaa Valley
in Eastern Lebanon as bombing
and shooting and strikes swept
the country. Lebanese armored
cars escorted eight Americans
and two Cypriot girls into Beirut
from the remote area.
Six Americans were connected
with the American University ag
ricultural school and two were
connected with a model farm of
Ihe U.S. Operation Mission ( Point
41.
Putnam. Woster and Robert Clark.
rhe members range in age from
24 to 53 proof that you're never
loo old to fly if you can pass the
physical!
In the eight months the club has
been in existence, members have
participated in fly-ins to the Nut
Tree near San Francisco and to
Bend, and individuals have cov
cred many more air miles "or
their own."
Monthly dues and charges for
air hours pay the cost of gasoline.
on, hangar rent and minor repairs
Instruction fees are up to the in
dividual. Members sign for the
plane in advance, and it's a case
of first come, fffJt scrv. Winter
weather brought lew requests from
novices, but the reservation book
is expected to fill fast as summer
and the club process.
Already the group is considering
purchase of another plane th
lime 'j lou'-placer lo replace the
crowded two-passcngor craft they
now own.
Mcrryfield probably best express
es the devotion of these airmen
of the forests. He had to lose 35
pounds to pass the physical and
Ihe nine weeks diet failed to daunt
his spirit. "I'd do it again if I
had to," he says. "Flying is good,
clean fun: it's interesting and it's
challenging. ... But if f had it
to do over. I'd start while 1 was
pretty young!"
ply by enlarging some of the pres
ent canals, constructing some
drains and adding a few new
pumping plants at a cost of about
one million dollars. This potential
development is known as the Klam
ath Project Extensions.
In Unite Valley and the adjoin
ing Oklahoma Area, there are
59,000 acres which would benefit
Horn construction of irrigation and
drainage facilities. Studies by the
Bureau have shown that this 17
million dollar project would be
worthwhile for the land owners
should they decide to develop the
full potential of those lands.
Telephone TU 4-8111
A university staff member, Don
Steele of Ncphi. Utah, said there
had been no attacks on . the uni
versity properly but "word got
around that all kinds of things
were happening in the vicinity
Steele was accompanied by his
wife Nancy, his t'jo-year-old son
Paul and his aunt, Ellen, . from
Salt Lake City.
The government of President
Camille Chamoun was reported
standing defiantly against the
shooting, burning mobs.
The disturbances that have
racked this liny eastern Mcditcr
ranean republic subsided again
into sporadic shooting during the
curfew last night. With the lifting
ol the curfew shooting increased
and mobs returned to the streets.
The death toll in rioting in Bei
rut since Monday reached an esti
mated 20 persons. It was expect
ed to go higher. At least 32 other
persons have been reported killed
since the trouble began Saturday
in the north Lebanese port of
Tripoli.
Rioters led by supporters of
President Nasser of the "nitoH
Arab Republic sik to overthrow
Chamoun and his govc.
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THERE ARE LOGS AND THERE ARE LOGS but one kind it ai familiar at another to
these men. They're all logging company employes, and they're all members of the Fly
ing Loggeri, an unusual group of aviation addicts in Klamath Falls. Atop the wing are
Jim Campbell, left, and Jess Williams, From left in front are Ned Putnam, company
boss; Del Woster, Flying Loggors president; Noble (Tiny) Merryfield, vie president;
Arlie Collier, Norman Hardin, Richard Salvage, and Robert Clark. Not pictured are
Elmo Howard and Richard Lash, secretary. Photo by Floyd's Studi
EClamatb lasim
Other project additions now un
der study would include the build
ing of a new storage reservoir at
the boundary damsite on Lost Riv
er where it crosses the Oregon-California
state line. This would per
mit the development of an im
proved wildlife habitat and recrea
tional area of some 20.000 acres at
Clear Lake, and w ould provide in
creased flood protection and im
proved irrigation for 17,000 acres
in the Tule Lake area, and in Lan
gcll Valley a full irrigation supply
for 3,000 acres and a supplemental
supply for 18,000 acres.
i. Klamath River Basin Compact
Causes Of Riots
Studied
WASHINGTON UP, The United
States sought evidence today of
Communist inspiration for the vio
lent rioting against Vice Presi
dent Nixon in Caracas, Venezuela.
But officials recognized other
causes, political mid economic, as
contributing to the explosion of
anti-U.S. hatred which has marred
Nixon's good will tour and left the
inter-American good neighbor pol
icy oaaiy Datiercd.
In terms of damage to U.S.
prestige, moreover, the impact of
the attack on Nixon appeared to
oc increased by outbreaks else
where in the world dangerous to
united states interests, borne of
ficials said that in this respect
yesterday was one of the worst
days they could recall.
Although the rioting around Nix
on's party drew major attention,
the most dangerous situation for
basic American interests appeared
10 do in P rance, which stands at
the heart of the North Atlantic
Alliance.
Washington authorities were
deeply alarmed by the political
turmoil in Paris following the for
mation, of a rightist military re
gime in Algeria.
Gen. Jacques Massu headed an
11-man committee which set up
Air Strike
Peace Seen
LOS ANGELES Wl Tentative
agreements today promised peace
in five big areas of the nation's
aircraft industry.
Talks are continuing on two ma
jor contracts, and strikes are
underway at two factories.
Strikebound are Convair's Po
mona, Calif., plant,1 and Lock
heed's Marietta,. Ga., facility. ,
Continuing are talks between the
International Assn. of Machinists
and Lockheed missile plants in
Van Nuys, Palo Alto and Sunny
vale, Calif , and between the IAM
and Douglas on contracts for
plants at Santa Monica and El
Scgundo, Calif.
Latest agreement was reached
last night when IAM workers at
Convair's Fort Worth, Tex., plant
voted to accept a company offer.
A strike would have started at
midnight if they had rejected it.
Agreements were reached earli
er between the 1AM and the Unit
ed Auto Workers with Lockheed,
North American and Convair at
San Diego. Calif., and Douglas at
Long Beach, Calif., Tulsa, Okia.
and Charlolle, N.C.
The strike against Convair at
Pomona was called when IAM ne
gotiators bulked at seniority pro
visions in the company ofcr.
Olher union negotiators agreed
on Ihe Douglas offer, which was
about the same as that reached in
other settlements.
Basis for the tentative agree
ments is a 2 to 11-ccnt wage hike
which puts the 16-ccnt cost-of-liv
ing figure into the basic wuge
scale. The range for factory work
ers has been $1.79 lo $2.01.
The strike at the Lockheed plant
in Georgia developed over work-
ing conditions
union spokesmen
.'there said.
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As the administration of water
rights is primarily a function of
the states and since the Basin's
land and water involved both
states, it was important that Ore
gon and California should reach
formal agreement as to how the
water of the Klamath River Basin
would be reserved and apportioned
for development of the Basin's re
sources. A commission of local
citizens was established by the leg
islatures of each state and with
the assistance of an appointed rep
resentative of the United States,
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the regime and proposed that
rightist Gen. Charles da Gaulle be
made premier of France.
The French Assembly broke up
in disorder at the news but re
convened early today and voted
Pierre Pflimlin into office as head
of France's 25th postwar govern
ment. Adamant French military oppo
sition to any kind of compromise
solution for the Algerian crisis
brought worry here earlier this
year over the possibility of an ex
treme rightist swing in the French
government, or even a military
coup. Fears of some such develop
ment w'ere heightened by yester
day's Algiers-Paris drama.
Even before they were confront
ed with this situation. Secretary
of State Dulles and his principal
advisers were trying to figure out
what the United States could do to
bolster the pro-Western govern
ment in Lebanon where anli-gov-crnment
rioters burned the library
of the U.S. Information Service.
They reportedly were consider
ing an urgent request for an in
crease in military aid, partly to
strengthen Lebanon s internal sec
urity forces.
Radio propaganda of tne united
Arab Republic from Cairo and Da
mascus has been demanding the
Lebanese government's overthrow.
Authorities here said that Com
munist agitators unquestionably
were active in fanning the flames
of political excitement in Lebanon.
The U.A.R.. under Egypt Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser, is com
mitted to neutralism but has often
been accused of working hand in
glove with the Reds on Middle
East issues.
Big Reception
Set For Nixon
WASHINGTON W A great
welcoming demonstration for the
Nixons symbolizing this coun
try's unity against hostility or dis
courtesy abroad was building
up Wednesday in this capital,
shocked and astounded by Latin
American violence toward the
Vice President and his wife.
Partisanship was tossed aside.
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas told his col
leagues he would be at the air
port Thursday when the Nixons
return.
Indications were that President
Eisenhower would be there too.
And thousands upon thousands of
kther Americans.
Eisenhower didn't say yes and
he didn't say no when asked at
a news conference whether he was
going to the airport. He said he
was uncertain as to his schedule.
But the President said he would
favor letting government employ
es out of work for 45 minutes or
m hour in order to greet Nixon.
if a plan could be arranged.
Ihe idea of a demonstrative
welcome for the Nixons was
sparked by the Washington Eve
ning Star. In a front page editorial,
the newspaper proposed that the
capital "pay tribute to Mr. and
Mrs. Nixon for the admirable
manner in which they have han
dled themselves under the most
trying circumstances."
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