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Newspaper Page Text0 Or OREGON LIBRART EUGENE, ORE. coa? la Th- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS What of France? The only answer I can think of M a shrug of the shoulders. For a thousand years nobody has been able to guess with pre cision what the French will do in ny given set of circumstances. What of the French economy?- 11 s a mess. Here in tie U.S.A., with the dollar worth in the rough general neighborhood oi 49 cents in terms of old-fashioned dollars, we think we have inflation. Listen: Back at the beginning of World War I, the French franc was worth 20 cents or five to the dollar. The present exchange value of the franc is about 400 TO THE DOL LAR. That is to say: When the French buy American products they first have to buy American dollars to pay for them with. When they buy an American .dollar they have to pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 francs for it. Roughly the same situation is faced when they have to buy English pounds or German marks. Still Their industry is booming. The French are buying things they never dreamed before of being able to buy. Automobiles, for ex ample. They are buying French built automobiles as fast as they come off the assembly lines. How come? How do they man age to get away with it? Well, the French economy can be best described as a REMIT TANCE MAN economy. Because Russia is our common enemy, and because France sits in a strategic spot in Western Europe (we dare rot let her be taken over by the communists) we and the British and the GERMANS (of all people!) have to bail her out every time she seems about to slide into bank ruptcy. That is what has been keeping her economy going high wide and handsome in spite of ruinous in flation. What will happen if we and the British and the Germans get tight fisted and refuse to bail her out any more? Again, a shrug of the shoulders is about the only possible answer. It's a fair guess that the French figure we and the British and the Germans CAN'T AFFORD TO QUIT BAILING HER OUT. They may be right. What of De Gaulle? What will he do? 1 think we've dealt with, enough prickly problems in this piece. Let's leave that for a later date. 4th Republic Doom Seen PARIS (AP) France's Fourth Republic seems to be threatened by the same foe that killed its three predecessors authoritar ian rule. The man who is feared as the executioner. Gen. Charles de Gaulle, is the one who established the Fourth Republic on Nov. 7, 1944, and became its first defend er. The First Republic was born Sept. 22, 1792, in the French revo lution. Napoleon Bonaparte ended it with a coup Nov. 7, 171)9,. and set up the first empire May 18, 1804. Three monarchies followed Bo naparte and the Second Republic was established Dec. 20, 1848. when Louis Napoleon was elected president. The second was the youngest to die. Louis Napoleon be came Emperor Napoleon III with a coup Dec. 2, 1351. The emperor was defeated in the Franco - Prussian War and the Third Republic was proclaimed Sept. 2, 1870. Another war with the Germans World War II ended that period of Republican govern ment. Marshal Henri-Philippe Pe tain established an authoritarian, collaborationist regime when France collapsed in June, 1940. --v" H-'' , , 1... dfl I M?"V in mSmri i'iiw jfi urn i'i-tT' i !'-" 'i 'i tT '' i itfj-inTir-"- LADY LIONS installed a new slate of officers for the coming year in a joint meeting with the Klamath Falls Lions Club Wednesday night at the Log Cabin. Shown here is the new slate, left to right, Mrs. V. E. Burris, Mrs. Truman Runyan, Mrs. Ray Ward, director; Mrs. Maury Clark, treasurer; Mrs. Jerry Thome, secretary; Mrs. Walter Franklin, vie president and Mrs. Estin Kiger, president. Not shown are Mrs. Ronald Brown end Mrs. al Shidler, both directors. Past president, Mrs. R. A. Miner officiated es Mrs. Mor. gin Johnson installed, assisted by Mrs. Gladys Adams and Mrs. Ann Mason. THE CHARMING FIRST entrant in the contest for junior queen of the Klamath Basin Celebration Rodeo is Linda Crawford, 1 4, shown here giving registration information to Jess House, at the House of Shoes. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Crawford, Linda is an eighth grade pupil in the elementary school at Dorris, where her family includ ing two younger brothers, Bobbie and Don moved last December from Macdoel. She is a member of the 4-H Club, and her entry is sponsored by the Dorris Riders. Measuring 5 feet 3 inches, with brown eyes and hair, Linda shows good promise of being a strong contender in the contest, which is decided on the basis of riding ability shown at the tryouts which will be held at the fairgrounds on June 22. She has no hesitation in describing riding which she has been doing for about eight years as her favorite hobby. Herman's Mens Store, 826 Main Street, is headquarters for registration in both the Senior and Junior Queen contests, which closes on June 1 5. UAW Says Unions Will Not Surrender To Autoists DETROIT (API-Walter P. Reu- ther declared Thursday that basic contract demands of his United Auto Workers Union "cannot be swept under the rug." And the UAW president said his union is not surrendering, despite ultimatums from the auto indus- Italy Demos Lose Margin ROME (API Italy's governing Christian Democrats Thursday" held exactly half the seats in the new Senate as a result of an elec tion recount. Another recount to be completed in Lombardy, around industrial Milan, on June 6 might give the Christian Democrats one more seat for a majority of the 246 Sen ate places at stake in the nation wide voting Sunday and .Monday. Winning a majority in the Sen ate would have more prestige value than practical importance, however. Government policy is determined by the" Chamber of Deputies, in which the Christian Democrats won 273 out of 596 seats, 26 short of an absolute ma jority. When Parliament meets June 12 the Christian Democrats -are ex pected to form another govern ment with the aid of center parties which have helped them stay in power in recent years. Airline Firm To Receive Planes SEATTLE (AP) " The first of six. 40-passcnger Fairchild F27 Friendship passenger transports ordered by West Coast Airlines will be delivered June 22. the com pany announced Thursday. The airliner will be turned over at Fairchild's plant at Hagers town, Md. West Coast, which serves 44 ci ties in the Pacific Northwest, op erates now with a fleet of DC3s. rv try that it will operate without contracts it no new agreement is reached b midnight Thursday for General Motors or Sunday for Ford and Chrysler. The UAW president said he was not concerned by GM's decision that it will abandon the union shop and checkoff of dues if the union does not accept contract terms. Entering the GM talks for the first time in two months, Reuther said there were basic demands, in cluding pensions, layoff pay and nenents lor displaced workers "that we cannot sweep under the rug. GM's top negotiator, vice presi dent Louis G. Seaton. Joined Reu ther at the bargaining table for the first time since they opened the talks March 25. Asked about the possibility of a settlement by midnight. Seaton said, "I'm always an optimist. Seaton said that in event there is no settlement GM has already laid down its terms for keeping plants open. Reuther said the union hoped the company will reconsider and extend the contract on a tempo rary basis if there is no settle ment. He said GM had included in its plan of operations essential gains "our union has won." He referred to the company s decision to retain the same benefits and working conditions. At Ford, the UAW's chief ne gotiator, Ken Bannon, asked the company to bargain Friday, Satur day and sunday. There was no im mediate reply from Ford. Bannon said the UAW had not offered to lower pension demands on Ford, as it did on GM Wednes day, but added: "We are still pre pared to adjust our demands to achieve an honorable settlement. IT WORKED PLYMOUTH, England (UPIt- Roland Davey explained today that a little ingenuity solved his problem when he locked himself out of his car. Instead of break ing a window or forcing a lock. he simply borrowed 500 old oar keys from a local electrical firm and started to.work. Key number lit in perieciiy. KLAMATH Price Five Cent 14 Pages Employment Measure On Chiefs Desk WASHINGTON (AP) Only President Eisenhower's signature was needed today to authorize federal advances to the states for a temporary extension of unem ployment benefits. A bill to permit that action was passed 80-0 by the Senate last night after all attempts to broad en and strengthen it were defeat ed. The House passed it May 1. I he passage vote was unani mous despite sharp criticism from some senators that the bill was largely useless a position also taken by AFL-CIO spokesmen. ben. Paul H. Douglas (D-Ill) called it "the great runaround of 1958." Sen. Pat McNamara (D- Mich) said he feared it would prove a cruel hoax on the mil lions of unemployed. The bill authorizes the federal government to advance funds to the states to extend by as much as one half the number of weeks in which workers eligible for un employment insurance may draw benefits. In most participating states, this would amount to an addition al 13 weeks. The extended payments, at pre vailing state rates, are authorized by the bill for weeks of unem ployment beginning 15 days after enactment and prior to April 1 of next year. Insured workers whose benefit rights have been exhausted since June 30, 1957, or such later date as a state might elect, would be eligible for the additional pay ments. Participation in the program by each state would be optional a key feature written into the legis lation in the House by a coalition of Republicans and Southern Dem ocrats. Eisenhower originally asked that the extension be mandatory in all states, but the administra tion subsequently endorsed the bill as passed by the House to avoid further delay. On that plea the Senate rejected mandatory provisions by a 54-26 roll call vote. Earlier the Senate defeated an amendment by Sen. John F. Ken nedy (D-Mass) to require all states to provide benefits for anl additional 16 weeks. The vote was Solon In Plea For Aid Bill WASHINGTON (AP)-The Sen ate was cautioned today against putting President Eisenhower in a financial straitjacket at a time of Communist-fanned anti-Ameri can outbursts. Sen. H. Alexander Smith (R- NJ) cited evidence of anti-American feeling in Latin America, Lebanon and Algeria in a plea against further cuts in Eisen hower's $3,712,000,000 foreign aid program. "If the going gets tough, does that mean Americans give up?" Smith asked in a speech prepared for the Senate. The authorization bill now un der debate in the Senate comes to 235 million dollars less than the amount requested by Eisenhower for the fiscal year beginning July 1. The cuts were made by the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee. Voting will start next Wednes day. As it stands, the bill provides that authority be given tne rresi dent to grant economic and finan cial aid to any Communist-con trolled country with the excep tions of the Soviet Union, itea China or Communist North Korea, if he decided it would fur ther the national interest by pro moting greater independence among the satellites. A battle was shaDing up over an amendment designed to strip the bill of this authority. In offering the amendment last night, Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland of California questioned the theory that U. b. aid to Communist satellites could woo them away from the Krem lin. Knowland told the Senate the nrnDosed aid would relieve Mos cow of providing an accepiaDie living standard in the satellite na tions and dim the hope for even tual-freedom of people behind the Iron and Bamboo curtains. Slow Down Says KF Mayor Slater Mavor Lawrence E. Slater has proclaimed the time between Me morial Day and Labor Day as a Slow Down and Live period. The mayor said the "Slow Down" program is being observed throughout the state of Oregon and the nation as well, in a con certed effort to cut the summer traffic death toll. The lives lost in wrecks here and elsewhere. Mayor Slater declared "are traceable in large number to the 'in a hurry' complex with which many drivers become af flicted. This frame of mind is appar cnt in dangerous offenses such as excessive speed, improper pass ing, following too closely and tail ure to yield the right of way,' he noted. Slater urged the police to crack down on drivers who imperil lives and property because of heed less haste." FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958 Telephone TU 4-8111 Weather FORECAST Klamath Falls and vicinity: Mostly clear through Fri day except a few scattered show en over mountains. Low Thurs day night 37-44; high Friday 70-77. High yesterday . ......... 67 Low last night 44 Precip. last 24 hours 0 Since Oct. 1 15.33 Same period last year 14.89 Normal tor period 11.40 Memorial Day Rites Slated Tomorrow's Memorial Day serv ices, sponsored by the Allied Veterans Council, will be held at the Memorial Shaft on the court house lawn, beginning at 11 a.m. Lloyd DeLap, council president, has announced that the program will open with the singing of the national anthem and an invocation by the Rev. E. J. Glover, of the Church of the Brethren. Floyd Wynne, city editor of the Herald and News, will deliver the me morial address, alter which in dividuals and organizations will present their wreaths. A salute to the dead will be fired by a squad from the 408th Fighter Group, Kingsley Field, after which the ceremony will close with Taps, a benediction by the Rev. Mr. Glover, and announcements. All city, county, state and fed eral government offices, all banks, and most local businesses will be closed tomorrow. Post office win dows will be closed, and there will be no mail delivery, however the doors to the post office will be open as on a Sunday. The Herald and News will be published tomorrow, but the news paper's business offices will close at noon and reopen Saturday morning. House To Act On Tax Bill WASHINGTON (AP) Chances that the Senate will break through the bipartisan wall against tax re ductions declined today. The House will act next week on a one-year extension of pres ent rates for corporation and ex cise levies asked by President Eisenhower and agreed to by Democratic congressional leaders Operating under parliamentary procedure barring amendments, the House is expected to pass the measure in the form approved yesterday by its Ways and Means Committee. This would shift to the Senate the issue of whether any taxes will be cut in efforts to spur lag-; ging sections of the economy. Anticipating pressure lor cuts, Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-Va) of the Senate Finance Committee began rallying hold-the-line forces. He was joined by several Re publicans, who said that although they would like to see some taxes decreased, they feared such action might lead to wholesale cutting efforts. As part of his campaign against any tax cuts now, Byrd made pub lic estimates indicating there may be a deficit of $11,100,000,000 in the fiscal year beginning July 1. He said experts of the Senate- House Committee on Internal Rev enue, which he heads, estimated this year's deficit at $3,900,000, 000. Telegrapher's Strike Looms WASHINGTON (AP) Negotia tors trying for a new Western Un ion wage contract were far apart today as a possible nationwide strike loomed close. Such a strike, at midnight Sat urday, would affect all Western Union Telegraph Co. operations except those in the New York area. There, Western Union Work ers are represented by a different union. E. L. Hageman. negotiating chairman for the Western Union Division of the Commercial Teleg raphers Union, said the union had cut its demands from an 18 per cent hourly raise to 16 cents. The roughly 30,000 workers involved now average $1.81 an hour, except messengers. He said the CTU is sticking to Its proposal for pen sion improvements and job classi- lication change. The company said it had of fered some pension improvements and job classification adjust ments, but these are not accepta ble to the union. Western Union has offered a 5-cent hourly wage boost effective June 1 and a simi lar increase next March 1 under a two-year contract. LOSES BUT PAYS COLUMBUS, Ohio (UPI) At torney Frank H. Ward thinks the cost of campaigning for a public office is ton high. Included in Ward's expenses filed with the Board of Elections was $2.25 for shoeleather; a $9 collect call Irom a voter who "regretted" he couldnt vote for him; 75 - cent parking fee for attending a com mittee meeting that refused to endorse him, and $4.50 for stamps to mail letter to committeemen to tell them, "how good I was." Ward was defeated in his bid foi the Republican nomination as i candidate fox. state represents live. T No. 6081 Senate Mulls State Status For Alaskans WASHINGTON (AP) The drive for Alaska statehood shift ed today to the Senate, where Southern Democrats appeared ready to fight it. Sources close to Senate Demo cratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas said they were confident tne Din which passed the House 208-166 yesterday would come to the Senate floor by mid-June. But Sen. James O. Eastland (D-Miss), an avowed opponent of statehood for Alaska of Hawaii, said that if an attempt is made to consider either bill in the Sen ate he will offer as an amend ment an equally controversial bill to limit review powers of the Supreme Court. Opponents of the hupreme Court measure have dicated they would talk at length against it. Sen. James E. Murray (D-Mont). Insular -Affairs Committee chair man, said he plans to go before the next meeting of the Democrat ic Policy Committee and insist that the Alaska bill be scheduled for floor action without further delay. "I think the sentiment for Alas ka's admission is just as strong in the Senate as in the House, he said. Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California expressed belief there are enough votes in the Senate to pass both an Alaska and a Hawaii bill. A supporter of both, Knowland said he would be willing to see the Senate take up a separate Alaska bill' if there were an ironclad agreement from Democratic lead ers that Hawaii also would be con sidered at this session. President Eisenhower told his news conference he respects the Republican party platform pledge to work for statehood for both Alaska and Hawaii. . The statement appeared to some tatehood supporters to- leave doubt as to the President's stand on enactment only of an Alaska bill. But Rep. John P. Saylor (R-Pa) told the House the Presi dent favors the Alaska bill in its present form. Jakarta Says 77 Rebs Slain JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The Indonesian army today claimed it has killed 77 rebels in mopping up operations around Gorontalo, in the North Celebes, Jakarta forces invaded the area two weeks ago in a drive to sub due the rebels, whose headquar ters now are at Menado, 135 miles northeast of Gorontalo. The rebels claimed last week they had killed "no less than 100 Jakarta regulars and 300 enemy equipped youths in fighting for the port city. (A rebel broadcast from Me nado heard in Manila said "fight ing in North and Central Celebes is going on with unabated fury. The broadcast made no claims of rebel gains but said government forces were suffering heavy losses of men and material.) Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Subandrio took exception to a Dutch protest in Washing ton against U. S. export of small arms for Indonesia s civil police The Dutch fear the arms may be used in Indonesia's campaign to take West New Guinea from the the Netherlands. Subrandrio said U. S.-Indoncslan relations have not been so satis factory "precisely because these relations have been greatly influ enccd by the interests of the Dutch in Indonesia." But he was convinced, the for eign minister added, that the Dutch factor would not be major consideration in future re lations between Jakarta and Washington. NEW OFFICERS of tha Klamath Falls Lions Club are shown just after installation ceremo nies had been completed. Left to right, G. B. Leach, installing officer and past president Walter I Bud I Franklin, outgoing president; Tom Abarnathy, director; Harlan Dxtf, new president; Charles Schuss, director; Chet Clark, treasurer; Everett Ball, first vit president; Eldred Putnam, second vice president; Jerry Thorne, secretary; loyal Ramay, director and Homer Richay, Ijon tamer. Not shown it Dr. Harold Catmull, tail twjjtvft Ceremonies took place at the Log Cabin Wednesday, May 28. ' President Coty Gives Assembly Final Ultimatum PARIS (AP) Gen. Charles de Gaulle arrived in Paris Thursday less than three hours after President Rene Coty announced he was being summoned, as the only man who can save France from civil war, to be premier. The general disappeared from public view shortly after reaching the capital from his village home 150 miles away but was expected to appear at the President's pal ace shortly, presumably to ar range formally the process of at tempting to form a government. The 76-year-old Coty, in an nouncing that De Gaulle was being called, told the French Parliament he would resign if the National As sembly refuses to accept De Gaulle as premier. Coty s unprecedented message was received in the National As sembly with shouts of derision from the Communists and cheers from De Gaullists on the right. "We find ourselves on the brink of civil war," Coty said. "In the peril of the motherland and the Republic, I turn myself Navy Missile Still Missing CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. (AP) The Navy's latest Vanguard rocket still was lost Thursday, probably because a tiny electrical circuit failed to function a split second before the 20-inch satellite was set to enter orbit. Scientists continued their studies of telemetry data received, but sources close to the project indi cated the Navy may never learn what really happened. They do know that instead of pointing in the horizontal direction necessary to push the satellite into orbit. Vanguard streaked almost straight up for 2.000 miles or more last Tuesday night. . Most VaifSuard officials seemed to agree with the project director, Dr. John P. Hagcn, when he an nounced that the Vanguard prob ably plummeted earthward and burned up in the fiery atmosphere, It was reported that the 50-loot third stage rocket and its precious gold-plated satellite could be float ing somewhere in space. The latest Vanguard, first of a series of seven launched specific ally to orbit a 2U4-pound satellite lost contact with earth shortly alt er it blasted away on what ap peared to be a perfect takeoff. The rocket's signals were picked up at several stations, but scien tists knew something was amiss when a sustained beep was heard on instruments at the cape. That meant the rocket still was flying vertically instead of point ing toward the horizontal path which leads to an orbit. Nobel Prize Poet Jimenez Dead SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (API- Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jime nez, ,76, winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1050, died in a hospital here Thursday of pneu monia and heart failure. Dr. Juan Sabatcr said Jiminez had been in a scmistupor since Wednesday and that his exhausted heart finally slopped. With him at the time ol death was his only re! ntive in Puerto .Roco, nephew Francisco Hernandez Pinzon. Also present was Jaime Benitez, chan cellor of the University of Puerto Itico. Present plans arc to return the body to Spain for burial. Jimenez had lived in virtual iso lation since the death of his wife only three days after he was given the Nobel prize. Friends said the death of his wife, from cancer, crushed his spirit. A copy of the revised Klam ath Union High School budget Is being carried In today's edi tion on page 12. ( V ". i....it. Ll . i m Umm. Hi .t l-" - ' toward the most illustrious Frenchman." The Assembly recessed and oar. ties began feverish caucuses. First reports said the Socialists, who hold the balance of power, were holding firm in their opposition to De Gaulle. Outgoing Premier Pierre Pflim. lin told the caucus of his Popular nepuoncan rarty that members RENE COTY must support De Gaulle. Persona who attended the session quoted him as saying: I am convinced that In the present circumstances whosa aspects I know very well civil peace can only be preserved by the legal formation of a govern ment headed by Gen. De Gaulle. Coty told the assembly he could see no alternative to De Gaulle. De Gaulle waited at his country homo at C o 1 o m b e y-Les-Deux-Eglises 150 miles from Paris as the speech was read. Soon there after he got in his car and headed for Paris. The Ministry of Interior re- doublci) security measures in Paris, already an armed camp. Authorities feared clashes between Communists and rightists. Coty apologized to the National Assembly for having possibly ex ceeded his traditional role as pres ident, eut he said the Republic was weak and he saw no other course. He wanted to spare Franca the ordeal of Frenchmen fighting Frenchmen. Coty's message was unprece dented.. No one could recall' any French president ever taking such a strong stand on a political question. While chief of state, a French, president has little real power. ALGIERS (AP)-The insurgent regime in Algeria warned Thurs day it will react vigorously against any attempt to delay for mation of a new French govern ment headed by Gen. Charles da Gaulle. The civilian-military junta an nounced its firm decision as para troop transport planes roared low over the city. Other warplanci formed in De Gaulle's cross of Lorraine swept over the capital. The spokesman for the All-Alge ria Public Safety Committee sum moned newsmen into a special conference to read the warning. It was issued in the name of tha committee and Gen. Raoul Salan, the supreme military commander in Algeria. The tone of the declaration was one of impatience with the politi cal maneuvering in Paris. It would be inadmissible, tha junta said, "if the present politi cal system in Paris were to hold up De Gaulle s forming a republi can government of public safety." EMPLOYMENT INCREASES FRANKFURT, Germany tUPI) Employment in West Germany. including West Berlin and the Saarland, hit an all-time record of 20,700,000 in April, the Employ ment Bureau reported today. At the same time, unemployment was down to 684,000, the bureau said.