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Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
What about the big "summit"
meeting in the U.N. Security Coun
cil that Russia turned down?
Let's not worry too much about
It. It would have turned out to be
just another big propaganda show
and there's already too much
propaganda in the world.
And too little common sense.
What's wrong with the world
Including us?
I wouldn't know, but here's a
faint:
At a convention in Buffalo the
other day, a sociologist told his
hearers that American youth's no
tions about romantic love lead to
come pretty foggy choices in mat
rimonial prospects. In his talk, he
cited a survey made among mar
riageable 20-year-old women in 12
cities on their ideal husband pro'
totypes. These were their preferences:
Perry Como, William Holden and
Bock Hudson as top three. Presi
dent Eisenhower and Tab Hunter
tied for fourth place. Tony Curtis
and Elvis Presley tied for fifth
and Marlon Brando, Jeff Chanc
ler, James Dean, Senator William
F. Kennedy, Jerry Lewis and Vice
President Nixon shared sixth
place.
Let's talk about the stock mar
ket.
It's more realistic.
In particular, let's talk about
what happened when the Federal
Reserve Board hiked the margin
requirement from 50 per cent to
70 per cent. (As a result of the
hike, prices on the New York
Stock Exchange faltered yesterday.
but swung upward again this
morning.)
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) The
sketchy story that Teamsters
Business Agent Frank Kierdorf
gave after he stumbled into a
hosmtal. burned almost trom neaa
to foot, began falling apart today.
At the same time, police had a
warrant for the arrest of Kier-
dorf's uncle, Herman Kierdorf, ei
ther a vengeance-bent hunter or
Business Agents
Story Crumbling
the fear-shaken prey of an anony
mous telephone threat.
Herman, a former Teamsters
business agent, disappeared alter
swearing he would get even with
the people who his nephew said
set him afire and lelt him, pain-
wracked and nearly naked, on a
hospital lawn.
While the 56-year-old Frank
clung to a thin strand of life in
police-guarded hospital room,
Prosecutor Frederick Ziem said:
"The man had prior medication
before he ever came to the hos
pital. Furthermore, there is no
evidence to back up his statement
that ne rouea m tne grass to put
out the flames.
Ziem based his conclusions on
the. word of a pathologist. Dr.
Richard E. Olsen, who said he
found traces of a salve on Kier-
dorf's neck and face that was not
administered at the hospital
The new loopholes in Frank s
story only piled higher the multi-
tude of unanswered questions.
Why did he leave home Sunday
night with two strangers? He said
they told mm it was union busi
ness, but he later admitted he was
wearing only a robe over trous
ers and an undershirt,
Who are John and Roger? He
has mentioned both in delirious
mumbling but refused to talk
about them later.
What was he loading into the
black Packard in which he was
taken from his home? A neighbor
told police she saw him put what
First
What's it ail about?
What does this "margin" busi
ness mean?
Why was It done?
In more generally understand
able language, "raising the mar
gin" means requiring a larger
DOWN PAYMENT on purchased
stocks. In this case, it meant rais
ing the down payment from 50
per cent of the purchase price to
70 per cent.
The purpose was to CHECK
SPECULATION.
Let's now take a sharp look at
speculation.
Americans are natural specula
tors. If you see a vacant lot that
seems to have possibilities of be
coming more valuable you buy it
(if you can raise the money) and
hold it for a rise in price. If you
are a business man (and if it
looks like prices will go up) you
Increase your inventory that is,
you buy more than you need at
the moment in the hope that prices
will rise and you will make
speculative profit.
If you need a shirt and it looks
like me price of shirts will go up
you buy TWO shirts. And so on.
Americans are born speculators.
They always have been. As long
as they stay AMERICANS they
always will be.
Is that bad?
It all depends.
If you become so obsessed with
the idea of buying low and selling
(Continued on Page 4-A)
Farm Forces
Set To Push
Revised Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) Disor
ganized House farm forces rallied
for an effort to ram a compromise
farm bill through the House to
day.
It would oermit cutting price
support levels on cotton, corn and
rice but allow planting ot more
cotton and make changes in pro
grams for the others.
The bill was scheduled for
showdown vote postponed from
Monday, when it came to the floor
under take-it-or-leave-it procedure
requiring a two-thirds vote for
passage.
If that fails the bill could be
broucht ud later under more lib
eral voting procedure, but House
lparfors have said that is unlikelv.
They urged passage of the bill so 'looked like pillows into the car.
a Senate-House comerence can
work out final terms.
Although the bill goes far in the
direction of lower price supports
demanded by Secretary of Agri
culture Benson, final action was
put over from Monday because of
administration Republican opposi
tion. They have been driving for a
vote on provisions of the Senate
passed iill, which Benson has en
dorsed. Also lined up against the House
bill were Midwestern dairy state
members disgruntled because no
milk chanees are provided, city
members suspicious of all farm
legislation, and diehard foes of
any reduction in government price
supports.
When today s vote was scnea-
uled. House Sneaker Sam Ray-
burn (D-Tex) declared that House
failure to pass the bill would mean
nn farm legislation this session.
The Senate bill wouia lower
price support floors to levels fa
vored bv Benson. It also would
abandon the old parity concept of
calculating support levels in ia
vor of a new method based on
average market prices.
Parity is a standard, nasea on
k
THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAQUE which awaits the winner
of the big, five-day double-elimination Pacific Northwest
Bab Ruth Regional which begins this afternoon at Gem
Stadium is displayed to a group of the coaches by Jack
Kemnitzer, tourney director. From left to right, Parria
Dolph, coach of the Oregon entry, Kemnitzer, Ron Jones,
Could they have contained explo
sive material that accidentally
seared him? Would that mean the
men with him were friends?
Was he burned either venge-
fully or accidentally because of
union business? At first Frank
said yes. then he said no.
Both f rank and his uncle Her
man are ex-convicts with Team
sters Union connections. Frank is
business agent for the 2,000-mem
ber Teamsters Local 332 in near
by Flint. Herman quit only last
week as business agent for De
troit Joint Teamsters Council 43
and as an aide to International
Teamsters President James R.
Hoffa.
Both were reluctant witnesses
before the Senate Rackets Com
mittee,
For the first 15 hours after
staggering through a hospital door
at l a. m. Monday, Frank even
refused to tell who he was.
Finally, at the urging of Her
man, he told a story of two men
he did not know tricking him out
of his house Sunday night, taking
him at gunpoint to a wooded area,
dousing him in a fluid, and set
ting him afire.
He said he rolled in the grass
Foreign Aid
1909-14 farm prices, designed tol" pui uui
p vb the farmer a lair once tor " j duiu
his commodities in relation to the
cost of things he must buy.
The House bill stuck witn tne
parity system, and rejected the
market price theory ot me senate
bill. But it also would provide for
a gradual reduction in price sup
ports and increased planting al
lowances for cotton, corn and rice
in line with Benson's policy of less
government in agriculture.
The House price support cuts,
however, do not go as deep as
those proposed by the Senate.
Then, at the urging of one of
the men who said he wanted to
avoid murder, they drove him to
a hospital and dumped him on the
lawn.
Herman, 68, told police that 15
minutes before he learned Frank
had been burned a strange voice
told him on the telephone: "You're
next."
Ziem let Herman leave the hos-
View Defeat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oppo
nents of increased foreign aid
spending all but conceded victory
today to Senate leaders fighting
to restore most of the funds cut
by the House from a foreign aid
money bill. '
Two opponents suffered a strong
setback yesterday when the Sen
ate Appropriations Committee ap
proved $3,518,092,500 in . foreign
aid spending after restoring 440
million of tho 597 million
chopped out by the House.
Sen. Henry Dworshak (R-Idaho)
said attempts will be- made to
knock out the increases when the
bill comes up for Senate debate
next week.
But he noted that Sen. Lyndon
B. Johnson of Texas and Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland of California.
the Senate's Democratic and Re
publican leaders, teamed up to
get committee approval of the in
crease.
Dworshak called that "a diffi
cult combination to beat."
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga)
said he too would oppose the in
creases on the floor as he did in
the committee, but added "the
chances do not look too bright."
Even with the increase, the bill
falls 432 million dollars below
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity: Fair and continued warm
through Thursday. Highs M-95;
lows 55-60.
High yesterday 85
Low last night ..... 61
Preclp. last 24 hours . 0
Since Oct. 1 ...19.57
Same period last year .. 15.18
Normal for period 11.70
Fire Danger Today
HIGH
Fires start readily from match
or glowing cinderi, tend to spread
rapidly and tend ' to crown in
young growth.
Northern California Fair
through Thursday night except
scattered thunderstorms In the Si
erras and night and morning coast
al fog. Little change in tempera
tures. Winds along coast mostly
northwesterly, 8-18 miles per hour.
Bulletin
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) Aus
tralian wonder runner Herb El
liot clocked a fabulous 3:54.5 In
the mile Wednesday night during
a race that saw three other run
ners all belter John Landy'i listed
world mark of 3:58.
nital after he helped talk Frank sf,
: t . ii u; jdaicu, turn io72 iiuiiiuii icaa wan
Then he diiappeared.
All America Chiefs May Meet
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Secre-
tary of State Dulles said Wednes
day indirect aggression threatens
another world war "this time
with even more disastrous conse
quences." World events now show "disturb
ing symptoms such as preceded
and forecast World War 11" Dulles
said in a speech prepared for a
luncheon given for him by the
American Chamber of Commerce
in Brazil.
Dulles spoke to the American
business community just before
flying with Brazilian President
Juscelino Kubitschek to Brasilia,
the nation's capital - under - con
struction 600 miles northwest of
Rio. It was the secretary's last
stop on his 2H-day visit to Brazil.
He was to fly back to Washington
Wednesday night.
Dulles and Kubitschek were re
ported near agreement that a
summit conference of the presi
dents of the 21 American peoples
should be called to knit together
the strained ties between the
United States and its Latin neigh
bors.
The first gathering of American
presidents since July 1956 would
launch "Operation Pan Ameri
can." a drive to strengthen inter
American relations, informants
aid. The drive would include a
full-scale attack on economic un
derdevelopment in Latin America
Dulles at a press conference re-
Iterated the U.S. position that pri-
den of development and U.S. gov
ernment aid is limited.
The prospect of a summit meet
ing to be attended by President
Eisenhower caused some surprise.
Since Kubitschek began pushing
the idea in June, Washington had
taken the position that the foreign
ministers could accomplish more
than the heads of state, who would
Chief Seeks
Price Curbs
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Eisenhower said Wednesday
American business is going to
have to curb price increases or
consumers are going to rebel.
The President coupled this re
mark at a news conference with
an equally emphatic declaration
that labor, too, must use restraint
about wage increases
be bound by more formality and
protocol.
One source saia tne Laun-Amer-ican
ambassadors in Washington
would meet with U.S. officials,
probably in September, to discuss
a summit meeting, ii an n na
tions agreed the confab should be
held, the Organization of Ameri
can States would make the preparations.
The presidents are expected to
agree on broad policies ana gen
eral orinciules only. Then techni
cians and economists would be as
signed to draw up a program of
action to carry out the presidents
recommendations.
In conferences with Kubitschek
and Foreign Minister Francisco
Neerao de Luna since ne arrived
Monday, Dulles reviewed world af
fairs and inter-American relations
But the Brazilians apparently
got no promise of dollar help In
the two economic fields in which
they want it most coffee and
oil.
Dulles told his news conference
the United States will continue to
Congress itself approved in a pre
vious authorization bill.
Knowland told the committee
the President realized that he
couldn't anticipate any more, and
said the administration could live
with the amount voted.
As approved by the Appropria
tions Committee, the bill carries
580 million dollars for the econom
ic development fund created last
year to provide long-term, low-in
terest loans to underdeveloped
nations. The House voted 300 mil
lion for this fund.
than the working man whose in
come, he said, steadily lags be-
vate capital should carry the bur-1 hind rising cost of living.
sit in on price-stabilization talks
Eisenhower gave his views when; by the coffee nations. But he said
the U.S. government doesn t agree
with the producers who contend
the United States can stabilize
coffee prices
The secretary reportedly gave
a firm but diplomatic no to hints
that the U.S. government help fi
nance the operations of Petrobras,
Brazil's state oil monopoly which
so far tots been a dud.
asked if. in the light of recent
steel price increases, his adminis
tration has any plan to combat
inflation.
He did not answer the question
directly but said no one should be
more concerned about inflation
Wagon Race
Tops Rodeo
A four-team chuckwagon race is
the scheduled highlight of the Al-
turas rodeo slated for this Satur
day and Sunday according to officials.
The race, as wild and woolly as
they come, will feature four local
rigs and drivers and promises the
spectators their money's worth.
Another rough and tumble is
planned for both days in the
wild horse race.
The rodeo will be kicked off at
11 a.m. Saturday mornira? with
the traditional rodeo parade. The
show will get under way at
1 o'clock on both days.
A barbecue is scheduled . Satur
day evening staged by the Lions
Club, benefits to go to the swim
ming pool fund. A dance will be
held Saturday night on the elemen
tary school tennis courts.
In addition to the regular riding
roping events there will be five
horse races per day as well as
special events.
coach of tha Montana squad, John Paxton, assistant coach
of tha Klamath Falls host team, Don Plarski, manager of
Montana and Ray Kahut, manager of Oregon eye the
covated prize. Not shown are representativas of Wyoming,
British Columbia, Washington and Idaho, tha other entries
in the tournament.
Pacific Northwest Clubs
Vie For Regional Crown
Pension Bill
At Showdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
House faces a showdown today on
a bill to require public reporting
of employe welfare-pension funds.
A major battle was forecast over
efforts to exempt plans handled
by employers.
Rep. Albert H. Bosch (R-NV)
predicted success for his proposal
to exclude from the financial re
porting requirements management
run funds known as "level-of-ben-efit"
plans.
These are the programs set up
by an employer who guarantees
a definite amount of benefits to
the employe. Management, em
ployes or both pay the costs of
various such plans.
As the bill now stands it would
require administrators of all plans
to make available to the partici
pants a description of the plan and
an annual report of its financial
operations. Copies would be filed
wiui me secretary oi laDor.
the bill Is designed to cut down
abuses brought to light by the
Senate Rackets Committee.
Rep. Ludwig Teller (D-NY), the
bill's author, predicted It would
pass but told a reporter he was
not prepared to say whether the
Bosch amendment would be
adopted.
Ar L CIO President George
Mcany sent telegrams to House
members urging passage of the
bill and rejection of efforts to ex
empt some plans.
Bosch also sent letters to each
House member contendine his
proposal would not exempt plans
wnicn are sunject to anuse.
Bosch said the financial reoort-
Ing requirements for level-of-ben-
efit plans would get into confiden
tial information which - unions
Babe Ruth League teams from
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washing
ton; Wyoming and British CoIum-
hia, as well as a host team from
Klamath Falls, the American
League All-Stars, enter the first
round of play this afternoon at
Gem Stadium in a big five-day
tournament for the Pacific North
west Regional Championship. .
The teams, all champions from
their individual areas, are com
peting for the regional crown as
the stepping stone to entry in the
Babe Ruth World Series, which is
scheduled for Vancouver, British
Co.umbia, August 19-23.
The first game in the opening
round, scheduled for 4 p.m. today,
will see the state of Oregon Cham
pions. Atlas Sheet Metal of Port
land, meeting North Vancouver,
the top team from British Colum
bia.
The second contest, which will
start at 7 p.m. after the official
opening ceremonies at 6:30, pits
Kellogg, the Idaho titlists, against
Wyoming.
In the final and feature game
of the first day s play at 9 p.m.
the American League All-Stars, the
Klamath Falls host team, will tan
gle with Kalispell, the champions
from Montana.
Concurrent with the tournament
in Klamath Falls, like tourneys
are being held in Amherst, Massa
chusetts; Albany, New York; Mid
dlesboro, Kentucky; East Point,
Georgia; Joplin, Missouri; Tulsa,
Oklahoma and Wmslow, Arizona
All divisions of Babe Ruth play
are pointing toward the World Se
ries in Canada.
Klamath Falls, in Its third year
as a member of the national Babe
Ruth League program, was chos
en as the site for the 1958 Regional
meet after having finished fourth
in state competition during its first
year, first, the second year, and
second this year. The Klamath
County All-Stars were beaten by
the Oregon team. Atlas Sheet Met
al in the state tournament at Fort-
land last weekend.
The official opening ceremonies
Drior to tonight's first game will
include a welcome ny councilman
James Barnes, presentation of the
winner of the. "Miss Baba Ruth
of 1958" contest winner, by Judge
Charlie Mack, the introduction of
all the players entered in the tour
nament and flag ceremony featur
ing a Color Guard made up of
members of the Army, Navy and
Marines.
Jack Kemnitzer. of the Klamath
Falls Park and Recreation Depart
ment, is Regional Tournament di
rector under tho supervision of
John Laxson of Portland, Babe
Ruth Regional director, and Floyd
Markham, also of Portland, the
Oregon State head. Neither of the
latter two will be able to attend
the opening of the meet. Other offi
cials here for the tournament in
clude, Les Tinseth. Montana state
director, Joe Tucker, Idaho. R. H.
Dutcher, the Wyoming director,
G. S. Hockley, from British Colum
bia and George Wyse, tho Wash
ington representative.
The Klamath Falls Babe Ruthl
League is headed by James Stil-
well, president, Dick Gallagher,
vice president and Barbara Galla
ghcr, -secretary-treasurer.
Admission prices for the tourna-l
ment are $3 for general admis
sion season tickets, which entitle
the holder to see all the games
and $1 for individual session gen
oral admission. Box seats are $1.50
and reserved scats are $1.25.
U.S. Laws Ban
Firemen From
Dousing Flame
SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP)
The box car standing in the
nearby railroad yards was lab
eled "Fireworks." It was smok
ing. But firemen couldn't break in
because it was a government ship
ment.
They waited 10 minutes before a
special agent showed up to open
the car yesterday. They doused a
small blaze In one wall of the car,
then took a closer look at its car
go.
The car contained about eight
dozen 500-pound bombs, several
bargaining efforts.
boxes of detonators, some small
might use against management inarms ammunition and some nitro
glycerin.
Aides Pleased
U.N. Assembly
s Hassle Site
WASHINGTON (AP)-Presldent
Eisenhower said Wednesday that
he will head the U.S. delegation
to the prospective emergency ses
sion of the United Nations Gen
eral Assembly on the Middle East
if he finds his personal presence
necessary or desirable.
There has been speculation on
the part of some officials here
that Soviet Premier Khrushchev-
having turned down a Security
Council summit session might
suddenly decide to attend the
General Assembly meeting which
he proposed in a letter to Eisen
hower Tuesday. Most informed
officials, however, think Khrush
chev actually has no intention of
coming.
Eisenhower told a news confer.
ence that he has no plan at the
moment to go to New York for
the General Assembly meeting. He
also said that he knows of no
general intention on the part of
other heads of government to go
there.
But he reminded reporters that
each of the 81 national delegations
can be headed by the head of a
government, and he said positively
that if he finds it necessary or
desirable, he will participate.
Officials were privately pleased
that the fight between the Soviet
Union and the Western powers will
come in the Assembly rather than
at a summit conference. Secretary
of State Dulles among others was
known to fear that a Mideast sum
mit meeting would very likely do
more harm than good.
Khrushchev himself could head
the Soviet delegation to the emer
gency Assembly session if he
chose. Some officials speculated
that he might do so, but most
thought he would not. They Inter
preted a letter he sent Eisenhower
yesterday as backing completely
away from the whole summit con
ference idea at this time.
His bewildering switch in pol
icy, the latest in a series of twists
and turns over the past three
weeks, had officials guessing.
Most said that he probably had
finally rejected Western proposals
for a summit meeting in the 11
nation U.N. Security Council on
the insistence of Communist
China. He conferred in Peiping
late last week with Mao Tze-tuna
and other Red Chinese leaders.
In a 10-page letter to Eisenhow
er, Khrushchev denounced the
Security Council as an instrument
of the United States, asserted that
Red China should be brought into
tho U.N. and told Elsenhower that
Khrushchev was instructing his
ambassador in New York to ask
at once for an extraordinary meet
ing of the General Assembly.
the President gave his reply in
a statement last night, saying that
the General Assembly is com
pletely acceptable" to him. Eisen
hower added that ho was Instruct
ing Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge to seek Security Council
action at once on a United States
resolution to put the immediate
Middle hast problems before the
General Assembly.
In New York, the Council was
called to meet Tomorrow after
noon. U.N. sources expressed con
fidence the Council would act dur
ing the day, which under U.N.
rules would clear the way for an
Assembly meeting starting Friday.
Reds Purge Talks
WASHINGTON (AP) Soviet
Premier Nikita Khrushchev, prin
cipal bellwether in an on-and-off
campaign since last December tor
summit conference, now ap
pears to have wrecked any chance
for an early hcads-of-government
meeting.
This is the view of Western dip
lomats in the wake of the Soviet
Premier's latest message to Pres
ident Eisenhower, calling instead
lor a special meeting of the U. N.
General Assembly.
Here is a summary of summit
negotiations that began anew aft
er U. S. troops landed in Lebanon
in mid-July.
July 18 Khrushchev accused
the United States and Britain of
aggression in the Middle East.
Pointing to danger ol a general
war, he called tor a five-power
summit meeting July 22 at Ge
neva or elsewhere.
July 22 Eisenhower, bowing to
British insistence, wrote hhru
shchev he would accept a sum
mit meeting within the U. N. Se
curity Council if it was generally
desired. French Premier de Gnulle
accepted the principle of a summit
meeting but said it should no out
side the United Nations.
July 23 Khrushchev expressed
willingness to attend a U. N. sum
mit Catherine if India and Arab
nations also were represented. He
suggested July 28 for a starting
date.
July 25 Eisenhower wrote back
that July 28 was too early and
that the ground rules, including
ime and place and other nations
to be invited, should he arranged
by the Security Council itself. He
also said the real issue for a sum
mit conference to discuss was the
threat to the independence of
small Mideast nations a refer
ence to Soviet efforts to over
throw pro-Western nations.
July 26 Britain's Prime Minis
ter Macmillan, in a note to Khru
shchev, backed Eisenhower's pro
posal. De Gaulle again celled for
a meeting outside the united Na
tions and away from New York,
July 28 Khrushchev accused
Eisenhower and Macmillan of
stalling and went back to his orig
inal proposal for a five-power con
ference in -Europe, perhaps at
Moscow.
Aug. 1 Eisenhower replied to
Khrushchev, proposing a meeting
of the heads of government of
the 11-mcmber Security Council to
begin about Aug. 12.
Aug. 3 Khrushchev, turning up
at a surprise conference in Pei
ping with Red China leader Mao
Ize-tung, issued a joint commu
nique with Mao demanding an im
mediate summit conference of the
big powers to discuss problems of
the Near East and Middle East.
Aug. 5 Khrushchev, in a new
letter to Eisenhower, rejected a
Security Council summit confer
ence and demanded instead an
emergency session of the 18-nation
U.N. Goneral Assembly. He said
he hoped a summit meeting would
not be delayed indefinitely but
made it clear he wants It outside
the U.N.