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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr. Ph. TU 4-4752 Senator Ileptics By FLOYD L. . WYNNE Another answer has been re ceived on the question of nepo tism. Senator Wayne Morse staled his views on nepotism, and since they are deserving of your considera tion, I'd like to pass along his letter verbatim. Son. Morse wrote: "In answer to your specific questions, I am pleased to advise that I have al ways opposed the practice of nepo tism. I haven't a member of my family on my payroll. I should add that Mrs. Morse donates on a voluntary basis, without pay. much of her time to the work of my office. In fact, she is in charge of handling my mailing list and also helps out with a good many of the other so-called tedious but important paper work activities of a senator's office. "I do not charge the govern ment for rental space of any of fice or any other space, either In Washington, D.C. or elsewhere. As you probably know, I main tain an Oregon office at 706 U.S. Courthouse, Portland, Oregon. This Oregon office space is provided through the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate pursuant to law. A copy of the appropriate extract from the United States Code authorizing the use of such olfice space is enclosed. "1 might add that the supply ing of office space for senators in their home states is a service that is made available to all sena tors without exception. I have maintained an Oregon office for several years and I have found that it has been of tremendous help in supplying to the people of Oregon the very best in the way of service from my office. "Although you have not request ed my general views on the sub ject of nepotism, I am supplying the following comments with the thought in mind that they may be of some help in giving you a more complete understanding of my views: The problem of nepo tism is a very serious one. In fact, it runs through many Amer ican government offices city, county, slate and federal. "Newspaper accounts of recent weeks have brought to the atten tion of the public a situation that has existed for many years, name ly, that a substantial number of congressmen and senators hire members of their Immediate fam ilies to assist them in their of fices. "Except for the accounts I have read in the newspapers, I have no way of knowing the extent to which some senators hire mem bers of their families and pay them out of Senate funds. In many instances, 1 am sure, the rela tives working on the payroll cam every cent they are paid. In some cases, this may not be true. How ever, the sad fact is that the mero presence of a relative's name on tho payroll of a Con gressional office may arouse sus picion. This suspicion is Intensi fied if the payroll remains secret, as in the Senate. 1 am opposed to this secrecy because I think in a Drmocracy, the public is en tilled to a lull disclosure of the public business. "I have tried for years to de velop some support in the Sen ale for a change of Senate rules that would require publication of benalc payrolls, but I find that few senators share my point o( view about this. In fact, in 1952 I olfered a resolution to require publication of tho names of sena tors' employes and (heir compen sation. "There , was no great interest expressed on the part of the press In this most worthwhile proposal. Perhaps the recent cases brought to light by Ihe press will produce more support for my proposal which I shall reintroduce in the Senate this year." A frank expression of views, and a viewpoint in which I'm cer tain we all heartily concur. To dale, I have had expressions from all of our Washington dele- gales with the exception of Mis. Edith Clrecn. All indicate that Ihev condemn the practice of nepotism and do not have relatives on their payroll. I'll publish some of the others tomorrow. I find myself In complete asree merit with Senator Morse that Ihe payroll records of any tax sup ported agency should be open to inspection by the public. There is no reason for secrecy. I also agree with Senator Morse that nepotism Is not entirely con fined to the frdcral scene, but can be brought right down to Ihe state, county and city level. The one exception appears to be .that the federal representatives are adequately compensated for their work in Washington, while the slate, county and city em ployes work on a strictly limited Entered u second clau matter at the port office at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August 20. 1906. under act of Congress. March 8. 1879. SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Servlag Snlbera Oregon And North California basis. This, however, still does not condone nepotism. Again It's pertinent to point out that there are justifiable cases of relatives of representatives being on the payroll, and cases where they certainly merit what com pensation they get. This, is not the type of thing that nepotism infers. Nepotism covers those cases where work done is relatively minor while sal ary Is higher than it would have been for anyone else doing the same job. In other words, padding of the payroll. Welfare By FLORENCE JENKINS When communities are small they usually do a good job of tak ing care of the unfortunate fami lies among their residents. It isn't charily, it is just helping out, when assistance comes from one's neighbors and friends. As communities grow and the labor pool enlarges, assistance is more frequently needed and so county units are voted state aid. It is, actually, the same kind of sharing because the state has only the taxpayers' money to spend, but it gets to be pretty impersonal. There is always a small per centage of the people who don't mind chiseling. "The state has lots of money," perhaps they say, "so I better get my share." And so fraud comes into the picture and, when funds arc short, as they are now, it takes more time and money to sift the in stances of chiseling from the ac tual cases of need. A few unscrupulous claimants for welfare assistance in Klamath County have bcerf' found in the past and undoubtedly, people be ing people, there will be more. These spurious claims, when granted, not only give aid where aid is not deserved, but deprive legitimate claimants of some ac tual necessities. Times are good in Klamath County. Witness the amounts of money contributed for practically every cause that comes along. During good times, it is w e 1 1 to scrutinize our procedures, take in ventory and see how we are do ing. Perhaps it is time to take a look at the county collective agen cy which asks for a "fair share," yet emphasizes the recreational aspect for youth rather than mak ing sure those youngsters have shoes. If we don't lake care of our own affairs, somebody else will come along and do it for us. Already the Ways and Means Committee is considering an Interim committee to investigate the welfare set-up for the whole state. Xnvy Leiuler.shii By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP)-The gray wastes of the Atlantic today cloak a silent, never-ending struggle for leadership in naval power. Adm. Jerauld tjerry) Wright, top sea dog for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, has a new worry reports that the Soviet Union Is .developing a submarine that can launch a guided missile with an atomic warhead. "They can convert a number of Iheir existing submarines to that purpose," he said grimly. "Tho delcnsc of North America from the threat of attack by guided- missilc submarines is occupying a good deal of our attention." This and a multitude of other problems In the day-to-day race for supremacy .at sea arc under constant study by HO NATO offi cers at Wright's headquarters at Norfolk, Va. He is proud of the fact it is the first and only Allied military headquarters ever estab lished on U.S. soil. The tall, -sparely built 60-year- SHORT RIBS W ICW.fiuWW 1 r TcN-NlNe -ei:-ct-sc:;n-l 1US (m COWM f SIX-FNfc'-rWR-TURtE- gyg old admiral wears two hats. As American naval commander in the Atlantic, he guards the east- tern approaches to North and South American continents from the North Polo to the South Pole. As NATO's Atlantic command er, his ships and men from eight Allied nations patrol millions of square miles between the West In dies and the North Pole, all the vital sea lines that link Europe and North America. 'It isn't an easy thing to bring naval forces of diffeient nations into a coordinated task force," he said, "but we feel we have done it. They get along well, and they work together as a team." Three-fourths of Russia's 450 submarines are concentrated in European waters," he pointed out. "There they are in position to try to sever Europe from America and extend the Iron Curtain to the very shoreline of the United States and Canada." "That is their goal, Our task is to prevent them." Wright, son of an Army lieuten ant general, at 19 was one of the youngest men ever to be gradu ated from the Naval Academy. He served as naval aide to Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoov er, played a hero's role in a num ber of daring naval combat mis sions during World War II. Strategy By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Editor Despite the honeyed words of the official communiques, there remain plenty of irritations and differences of opinions among the Western Allies on just how to deal with the Berlin question. Fortunately, on one significant detail there is agreement: The West must not be forced out of Berlin, nor can it afford to sacri fice any of its rights there as de fined under the Potsdam and sub sequent agreements reached among the Western powers and Russia. But after that, the divergencies are both wide and deep. British newspapers have ac cused West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of undermining Prime Minister Harold Macmillan who has taken a leading role in attempts to find a basis for hon orable negotiations between East and West. British newspapers have been equally caustic in their criticism of some American generals, in cluding Gen. Lauris B. Norslad, Allied commander in Europe. The criticism springs from Nor stad's firmly stated position that mere sliouid Be no reduction in the North Atlantic Treaty's defen sive powers and no agreement reached which would sacrifice its maneuverability. Among other Allies, including the French, there was general dis approval of Macmillan's trip to Moscow and his private talks with Russian Premier Nikita Khrush chev. Despite Macmillan's known rec ord of having opposed appease ment of Hitler prior to World War 11. there remains the suspicion that he would not be above some appeasement of Khrushchev now For example, one proposal would unify Berlin but would re tain four-power guarantees and would invite United Nations par ticipation to sec that the guaran tees were kept. Such a proposal would swan that the city admin istration either of West Berlin or East Berlin would have to be abolished. It may be ' considered certain that neither administration would thus invite political suicide. Another proposal would lead to the gradual wthdrawal of foreign troops in Central Europe, the area finally to include Western sections of Ihe Soviet Union. That idea is reminiscent of the By Frank O'Neal Subscription Rates CARRIER 1 MONTH , 1.50 6 MONTHS 00 1 YEAR W 00 MAIL 1 MONTH I 1.50 6 MONTHS 50 1 YEAR 15.00 Polish plan of more than a year ago for a neutralized missile and atom-free belt across Central Europe. Military men scoff at the idea of disengagement and point out that it would take modern mis siles only a matter of minutes to cross any neutralized belt which might be set up. - Further, they point out that mil itary maneuvering space in Europe is limited anyway and that any plan to pull Allied forces back from their present positions would give all the advantages to the Russians. Finally, there Is the question of East Germany itself. The ulti mate objective of the Russians is to gain international recognition for a permanently separate Last Germany. A first step is the Khrushchev plan to turn air and land controls over to the .East Germans, thereby forcing West ern recognition. Any sign of Western retreat here is met by the deepest suspi cion both by the Adenauer gov ernment and by the West Berlin administration of Mayor Willy Brandt. It has been obvious the United Slates approaches the forthcom ing foreign ministers and summit conferences both with suspicion and pessimism. There seems only one ray of hope. The questions of Australia and Trieste at one time also seemed insoluble but solutions were found. Wiard Park Klamath Falls (To the Editor) To the city manager or any oth ers who are interested in doing something in the way of develop ing better recreation for the older people as well as the youngsters in Klamath County. This takes in the city, too. Now don't you think it would be more cooperative if you would let up a little on such things, as at every one of your meetings, and over television, radio and the newspaper, a discussion is held of how the people in the suburban and the county use the city parks and the swimming pool those who go there who are able to pay and those with large families who go without paying. They also told us at the meetings that the people can take a bus to the city, pay bus fare and pay for the swim ming pool and other things that the city has. Can large families pay for these things? What do they come out from the city of Klamath Falls by the hundreds to Wiard Park where we try to welcome them and give them the best we have. It is very easy to sit at their meetings and tell what ought to be done for the younger genera tion. But it takes action. Believe me plenty of hard work. All we ask is a little consideration work and not talk. It is wonderful that the lodges, churches, schools and organiza tions are always welcome at Wiard Park. We invite you to come when you can and enjoy the park and the good people who come to see us. But quit harping about what the cily of Klamath Falls is doing for the suburban and county and get out and work and not just talk. Then we will build a better relationship and work together. Maybe we can do something for tne people that have from eight to 10 in a family the ones that need help moreothan anyone else. It makes me laugh when they talk about what they ought to do. But people are funny when it comes to the pick-and-shovel la bor. Thank you very much. I don'! know the cily manager, but he will know how we feel about some of the things that they arc saying. Two thousand people on Fath er's Day and they can tell you how to run a park as they sit in an olfice it can't be done. Yours us a good friend and neighbor. Harry L. Wiard lllOlK United Press International LOS ANGELES Former Presi dent Truman, parrying questions as to his candidate for the Demo cratic presidential nomination in lfl: "Before the lime comes around, you'll know who I'm for. I'm not one to hide my light under a bushel." JESSl'P. Md. C'.:arlcs M. Tippett, 28. on why he joined Ihe mass breakout from Patuxcnt In stitution lor Defective Delinquents from which 34. inmates escaped and 28 were recaptured: "I've been here three years doing an 18-month (burglary) sen tence. You just don't figure to get out. that's all, unless you escape." They'll Do It Every 4m6LEWORM C4N BE VERy CHARMING WHEN HE ASKS FOR FREE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE f So HE GETS THE FREE 4DVICE- BUT IT'S NOT WHAT HE W4NT5 TO HE4R-- OuOHATtSOfF 70 LT. CLEM IfttnXCKW.CMHElJ'A . ii tm -li UtJ I I Spring Election Battle Said Cloudy In Mkhig DETROIT (API Michigan's, spring election battle ran in doubt today. Republicans, seeking to stem three years of unbroken Demo cratic success in fights for state office, led in three of 12 partisan contests. Democrats led the nine others. But in a horse race for votes from the nation's first statewide election of the year the final out come remained clouded. Industrial Detroit, a Democrat ic stronghold, had a big vote. How much of it was due strictly to a 60-million-dollar school bond issue battle left a question. In the officially nonpartisan races for two State Supreme Court posts Democrat-endorsed George Edwards and John D. Voelker built steadily on overnight leads and appeared certain of reelec tion. Michigan's Supreme Court is elected on a nonpartisan basis. However, candidates are. given party endorsements. Edwards, onetime labor leader whose education includes study at Harvard, and Voelker, author of the best seller "Anatomy of a Murder" now being made into a movie, held strong leads over Republican-endorsed- William Bald win and Maurice Cole. With unofficial tabulations from 3.258 of the state's 5,182 precincts, the vote was: Edwards 309,973; Voelker 258,931; Baldwin 156,939; Cole 127, 225. Kenneth Cole, court candidate of the Prohibition party, polled 114,- 217. The total statewide vote looked OSBORN HOTEL EUGENE, ORE. Mrk J. R. Esrlr Jo Early Jr. Proprietor! Thoroughly Modern Come in and 4 Duor md 2 foxx Sedan, Hardtop. Cluici ot "6" or 239 Main St. t Time ffiSuTcOT A TICKET MR l, .ww. -. in.Bi IT TU 5NRfc rucvyvrr TUP WRONG C4R"I W4S ONiy uoiNy i wan t TUC DAnn j- a . J . . IN THIS INSTdNCE-THE OFRCED WAS OWLV rvW-. ... . S. 7-?" , is 7,r;'i'j-o: VOU - rSVrv-i-1 HINB A rwrWC III as if it might exceed the record spring election turnout of 1,124.000 in 1957. A possible record vote was on the way in Detroit, burdened by unemployment. Officials said the total Motor City vote might hit 600.000, com pared to the spring election record of 473,000 in 1957. Detroit approved a 7.5 mills tax for schools and also the 60-million-dollar bond issue for construction of new schools. Voters went to the polls under the specter of a state financial crisis of which both Democrats and Republicans made much in the campaign. Republicans accused the Demo cratic administration of Gov. G. Mennen Williams, now serving his sixth successive two-year term, of unwise fiscal policies. Democrats said the state's money problems were the Republicans' fault. The state faces a threatened general fund deficit of 110 million dollars by June 30. The Repub lican-controlled Legislature has yet to find a solution after more than three months of effort. The three leading Republicans were Frederick C. Matthaei. in dustrialist and sportsman, Univer sity of Michigan Board of Re gents; Frank Merriman. Decker- In Life . . . experience is the great teacher In Scotch . . .Teacher's is the great experience E:in,l. l-.!..i.a.i..l.:.vJS..l.i..i.Mii.jr-!.) 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State Board of Agri culture, governing body of Michi- an State University, and Ben u Burdick, Detroit Attorney,. Wayne State University Board of Gov ernors. Voters chose two regents and two members of the agriculture board and six for the new Wayne University board. Other contests were for state superintendent of public instruction and for one post on the State Board of Education. - SAVE - Oregon Food Plan WAY FOR MODERN LIVING End the spending of holi days and Sundays working in the kitchen. Sove approximately 1 week's food bill out of very 4. - Oregon Food Plan, INC. 401 So. 6th Ph. TU 2-4401 3. fit A Tnk it r A IW UABY MOTORS IN A BRAND NEW CAR. A Natives Aided By Air Drop SAN FRANCISCO (API - Th little missionary supply plane flew over the dense New Guinea jungls on a 45-minute flight into the high lands from Lae. It dropped two bags. "One bag contained rice, the other about 25 pounds worth of Australian shillings," said Miss Evelyn Muhlenhard, of the Amer ican Lutheran Mission. 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