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IfAGE 8 A HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Ore. Wednesday, Jan. 20, I960 FRANK JENKINS Editor BILL JENKINS Managing Editor FLOYD WYNNE City Editor MAURICE MILLER Circulation Mgr Ph. TU 4-4752 Entered as second class matter at the post ollice at Klamath Falls. Ore., on August 20. 1906, under act ol Congress. March 8. 1879 SERVICES: ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED PRESS AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Serving Southern Oregon And Northern California Subscription Rates CARRIER I MONTH $ 1.50 8 MONTHS $ 9.00 I YEAR $18.00 MAIL I MONTH f 1.50 8 MONTHS $ 8.50 I YEAR - 815.00 jjyw Symbol? H; By BILL JENKINS -For lo these many years now tncle Sam has been pictured graphically as a kindly, bearded Id gent in a stovepipe hat, a ijtandup collar and a cutaway coat. It is a trademark of the cartoon ists' art and takes its place in toe world alongside John Bull and Jbe dove of peace. VBut I think perhaps It is time )ve revamped our design some what and came up with something it little closer to the truth. i;I would suggest as our national Symbol of the great white father the substitution of a ravening wolf Jj-inning the poor taxpayer down Ivith one cruel paw while with the other he extracts the last few dol lars of the taxpayer's hoard from iis pockets and casts it to the wait jug foreign nations, who will be pictured squatting in a grinning Jemi-circle around the scene of battle. This, It seems to me, would be j truer representation of current conditions than the benign old gen tleman with the red, white and jjlue beaver. give the people adequate repre sentation at the Legislature. IN MY INSTANCES of contact ing Kerbow in Salem or talking with some of his colleagues, 1 find that he was highly regarded as a legislator. He worked dili gently at the job and must have incurred personal sacrifice in the performance of this service. 1 think his withdrawal is actu ally based partly on this point of monetary return and partly on luture ambitions. When asked if he would run again for public office, Kerbow an swered that he would, if the op portunity presented itself. It could be that Kerbow has his eye on another political office. '. While we are in this whimsical vein we might as well paraphrase Jl very poor pun. i It would seem that Russia's mot fo now reads "support world peace Or we'll kill you." A not unlikely prospect at that. For it seems that the world, despite the anguished denials of the do-gooders and the one-world-ers, is not geared for peace but for war. V. Like the man who is afraid of nigh places but can't resist the thrill of standing on the cliff edge and feeling the chills go up and tyjwn his spine. We enjoy, appar ently, the vicarious thrills we get Jout of worrying about the hydro Jen powered doomsday bell. CERTAINLY there are a lot of offices up for grabs, and candi dates must file prior to March 11 State Sen. Harry Boivin has indicated he will run for that post attain. He stands in line to be come president of the Senate at the next session. County posts include all three spots on the county court, as well as the assessor, county clerk, and sheriff. City posts include mayor and three councilman posts. This, in addition to the U.S. rep resentative post, currently held by Al Ullman. If someone Is looking for oppor tunity to fill a public office, it's knocking now. ;". Which brings me back to a point C'eilNHK By FLORENCE JENKINS On April 1, a crew of 256 cen sus takers will start collecting in formation for the 18th decennial census in the 18 counties of East ern Oregon. Homer E. Raincy of Bend will be supervisor of the district office which covers the counties of Ba ker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jef ferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, that X don't understand and wishlMorrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Un- he again urged the public espe cially business management and labor to do its part by recogniz ing the twin threats and avoiding price rises and wage increases that start the inflationary spiral whirling again. He stresses that this must be done by an informed public itself and not by any congressional at tempts to control prices and wages. Just how good are the times thus threatened is pointed up in the Department of Commerce 're port that personal income in 1!)59 rose by 21 billion dollars over the previous year to a record 380 bil lion dollars, despite the 116-day steel strike. And President Eisen hower's proposed fiscal budget assumes a similar rise this year. But inflation by hiking prices could make this new record in come Buy no more gooas ana services than last year, leaving the' public on the old treadmill while trying to make ends meet. Speculation, by getting out of hand, could hasten another reces sion and knock holes in total per sona'l income and in the rosy eco nomic future' which President Ei senhower envisages in his con gressional messages. Whether either Congress or tile public will heed his advice re mains to be seen. Many in Congress seem to see little harm in inflation if it only creeps as in recent years and to regard it as a small price to pay for increased economic growth. Many Americans share this view, concentrating on ine gain in their incomes if they were that lucky even while grumbling about the rising cost of living. Inflation is a naughty word. But unless It gallops, few seem to pay much heed to what causes it unsound government fiscal pol icies and the wage-price spiral with its self-generating power Speculation also is a naughty word. But it usually is applied to the other fellow. someone would clarify (or me. 'Thft arms racfl which Klarteri n the fabulous fifties and Is likely to end in the sky-high sixties has to far concentrated on long range Weapons which travel at quite as ionishing speeds. But at the same time we are pouring out billions of dollars a Jrear in foreign aid on the theory that we need bases closer to any potential enemies. And somehow the two don't jibe as far as I'm concerned. If we have weapons that can reach any point of the earth in a matter of Seconds what do we need foreign bases for? ', And If one Is to believe what he hears about It at least a goodly portion of such aid funds go, in directly, toward financing ' anti American riots. Somebody once said that money won't buy happiness, health or friends. But the good old United fetatcs has been trying for years how to disprove that theory. At the expense of the taxpayer. And lo the great glee of the congress men who take junkets around the world to see how things arc going. 1 What happened to the days when If you wanted to take the Grand Tour you paid for it yourself? Did they disappear into the same Jimbo as the days when Ameri teans said "stick your nose in my affairs, buddy, and I'll knock pfou flat?" iivhliflriiwiil By FLOYD L. WYNNE 't The withdrawal of Johnny Ker Jjow from reelection as represen tative from Klamath County throws the election picture into a Void. ! Kerbow stated that he preferred io sit this one out and take an ac Jive part instead in the campaigns if Sen. Richard Neuberger and Sen. John Kennedy. C Is this the real reason for his withdrawal? r . . f' CANDIDATES for the Legisla ture are the most difficult to find. t. First, the SiW annual pay leaves a great deal to be desired, and liv JH2 expenses in Salem must be. met. : This means that a successful icsndidate must reach into his own Ipockel for such expenses, mort gage his future Legislature pay in Advance or accept what might be offered by lobbyists. r! None of these alternatives are desirable. : The fact remains that the state Of Oregon is creaking along on a '.system that was outmoded years ago as regards legislative pay. J- Legislative jobs must now, of necessity, fall to individuals who ire on retirement pay. in a busi ness for themselves that enables them to be away for more than three months at a time, or individ uals who are hacked by a group jpnwcrful enough to support them .at me Legislature. This does not, in my opinion, ion, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler. He will direct a force of 21 crew leaders and 256 census takers from his headquarters at 1101 Wall Street in Bend. Oregon's population is expected lo increase by some 32.1,700 during the next 10 years. During that pe riod, it is anticipated that the state will add 110,268 new households, an increase of 16.3 per cent This heavy growth in households will mean that unprecedented buy ing will be thrust upon Oregon's retailers by Win. The pace-setting population and household formation surges for the state underscore the fact that the area has great potentials in re sources and opportunities. A substantial percentage of growth of households will be from younger persons forming new households and from persons of retirement age continuing to main lain their own homes. Demands for goods and serv ices far beyond Oregon's present rate of production will be required by the new families making tip the state s higher population. The National Association of Man uf.icturcrs terms the 10-1970 pe riod as the "dynamic decade." longingly at the vast China main land. Before the war, some 20 per cent of Japan's exports went to China and 10 per cent of her im ports came from there. Japanese trade with Red China today is a comparative trickle, with the balance running against Japan. In contrast, Japanese U. S. trade runs to approximately a billion dollars annually, about evenly divided between imports and exports. Counting U. S. mil itary and other expenditures, the dollar balance is on Japan's side. Nonetheless, the desire for trade with Red China lingers on, and eventually could become strong enough to oust Kishi from his job. In deciding what to do about Red China, Japan also must de cide what to do about the Na tionalist Chinese government on Formosa. Red China has made formal recognition a condition for re - establishing trade tics with Japan, Yet to recognize Peiping as the official Chinese government would mean to withdraw it from Taipei, a step Kishi is unwilling to take against another firm friend of the United States. Ambulance Siaiul Klamath Falls (To the Editor) Regarding the right of ambulances to use red light, siren and speed- as one who has had to employ this service three times in the past 10 months, I am all for the lights and siren. These are both recognized by everyone as emergency and every one will yield the right of way to them. That fact alone saves much time that would otherwise be lost. As to speed, when there is an emergency, I am for it if not an emergency, then hold it down. 0. H. Osborn Two Tbri'ni.s By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (API - Inflation and speculation are the chief threats to today's good times. If they are licked or held to a min imum, prosperity could go on wax ing for months to come. In his annual messages to Con gress, President Eisenhower has dwelled at length on i these two points. He urges Congress to do its part by taking measures to control in fl;.lion by wise monetary meas ures and abstain from a spcnuui;. spree that could encourage both inflation and speculation. In his recent news conference Pressing l'rbim By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign Editor With the signing of the U. S, Japanese security pact out of the way, Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi must come to grips with another pressing prob lem what to do about Red China. A large part of Japanese pleas ure in the new pact stems trom the fact that it makes Japan a full and equal partner of the Unit ed Stales, a sovereign status not enjoyed since World War II, But the hostile demonstration by extremist Japanese youths upon Kishi's departure for Washington and the loud voices of Japanese Socialists also illustrate that the new treaty is not universally popular. The hostile extremists youths follow the Communist Party line and therefore would oppose any close link with the United States. The Socialists, many of whom also are anti-United States, feel that the pact draws Japan away from its area of greatest interest, namely, Asia, and renders more difficult the establishment of Iriendly relations with Red China The pressure lor closer tics with Red China is both political and economic, and is not limited to the leftists. A senior adviser in Kishi's own Liberal-Democratic party, Kcnzo Matsumura. recently returned to Tokyo from an extended tour of Red China and warned the Pei ping regime will be "a mighty power within five or 1(1 years." "Why not face up to the real ity that Communist China today is an awakening nation?" he de manded. "It is not wise to ex clude her from international dealings." Japanese businessmen also look Th Almanac By United Press International Today is Wednesday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of the year, with 346 more days to follow in 1960. The moon is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Venus. On this date in history: In 1801, President John Adams appointed John Marshall of Vir ginia as Chief Justice of the Unit ed States. In lS.ifl, the clipper ship "How- qua set a nautical record by sail ing from New York City to Shang hai in 88 days. In 1882, French engineers began construction of the Panama Canal. In 1887, the Senate approved the leasing of. Pearl Harbor from the kingdom of Hawaii. In 10.16, King George V of Brit ain died, King Edward VIII now the Duke of Windsor succeed ed him. In 1J41. Franklin D. Roosevelt became the only man in American history to be sworn in as President tor a third time. In 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower wo.s inaugurated and became the first Republican President to take office in twenty years. A thought for today: . In his first inaugural address, President Eisenhower said: "In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy a burden as a prisoner's chains." SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal I I '. pJJ I I - s iiols United Press International ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Mrs.. Neal Rlackford, the mother of twins, discussing a strike by matrons and . custodians that closed St. Louis schools for two days: "1 never saw so many happy little faces outside school yester day." WASHINGTON Mrs. Trudy Cooper, wife of one of the seven I'. S. astronauts, Air Force Capt. Gordon Cooper, stating that she would like lo accompany him on a space (light: "I'd rather he going with him than having someone else go." SAN JOSE, Costa Rica Capt. Manuel Rojo del Rio, Cuban para troop commander reported to have resigned his post and left Cuba, discussing Premier Fidel Castro in an interview with "La Nacion": "There is something diabolical in his eyes that frightens the bravest man. They reflect madness." HOLLYWOOD Veteran actor Walter Brrnnan, stating that he's always nervous before a scene is filmed but 'loses the jitters once the scene starts: "When the cameras are whirring I instinctively know where the camera is. They could knock me down a flight of stairs and I would come up with my face right in tht lens." They'll Do If Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo PuNKlNSTON, THE OFFICE PURCHAS ING AGErWT IS ONE TOUGH GUY TO DO BIZ WITH-'ASK ANY SALESMAN. ( 4ND GET OUT AND STAV) OUT UNTIL VOU VE SOT - SOMETHING WOKTH WHILE TO SHOW ME, NEXT." But at home base he's a chump FOR EVERV PEDDLEI? PITCHING ANY THING FROM KAZOOS TO KUMQUATS- 7 -.BOTH CONCAVE X 7. J III Mris ' " n vvwt i . Ill ,-tscai c.i-r onnc;. IT 1 I . . ,r- U cores-opens cansit TEuOF fj AGENT rw ca- A QUARTER PER EACH-yAj Wh7til gfcA-. , Ty-yjJwHllt03,OBt - 25 II vj Homemade Bomb Injures 4 Pupils KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) A homemade bomb, proudly carried to class by Randy Lynn Posler, 13, exploded Monday at Paseo High School, injuring Posler and three other students. The 3-inch metal cylinder, packed with gunpowder, toy pistol caps and BB shot, exploded when Posler, dropped it in a corridor. Two boys nearby suffered leg wounds and required hospital treatment. Posler and a girl suf fered minor leg wounds. Posler told police he brought the bomb to school to show it to juvenile authorities. DEMOCRATS AT WORK ATLANTA (UPI) Wealthy lawyer Henry Alexander twice re cently erected an 18-foot, $300 bill-1 board at the edge of his 51-acre estate. Both times the sign that urged southerners to vote Repub lican was sawed in half by van dals. The exasperated lawyer said today he preferred to keep quiet about any future plans for the billboard. Agency Plans Space Probes WASHINGTON (AP The civil ian space agency plans to launch four deep space probes and eight scientific satellites during the next fiscal year. The plans were set forth today in President Eisenhower's budget message to Congress. It said the spending program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administra tion will be nearly doubled next year, to a new level of 600 million dollars. To" finance this and long-range projects of future years, Eisen hower asked . new appropriations of 802 million. He proposed also a supplemental congressional reduc tion in the space program last year. The launching of four probes to ward the moon or the planets, along with the eight satellite ven tures, is not a great advance In numbers from the current pro gram. It is a rate NASA hopes to continue for the years ahead. But . the new satellites and probes will be more complex and will be designed to gather more advanced information. "The areas receiving primary emphasis in 1961 are the manned space flight program Project Mercury and the development of very high thrust boosters . . . under the Saturn and related projects," Eisenhower said. 21 IMS fnVR ( IS fo) M ;n '-(p ? ALU Lr l m u u l For Agriculture Financing This group headed the Klamath Production Credit Association during the past 12 months. Left to right seated: Wilbur Harnsberger, Lee Holliday, A. R. "Orb" Campbell, Don Krider, W. M. "Bill" Williams, J. Randall Pope and John V. Withers. Standing are Carl Nieberg, Vice President Federal Intermedials Credit bank, Spokane and M. A. "Murel" Long, K.P.C.A. president. ANNUAL MEETING SATURDAY, JANUARY 23 Klamath Auditorium - Main & Spring Sts. All stockholders are urged to attend this meeting! Saturday, January 23rd 11:00 A.M. Registration 11:30 A.M. Luncheon 1:00 P.M. Business Meeting PROGRESS REPORT As Of Dee. 31st NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 1934 104 1946 283 1959 572 VOLUME OF LOANS CLOSED: 19345450,902 194653,013,297 $ 195955,741,000 STOCK OWNED BY MEMBERS: 1934519,965 19465159,695 19595322,640 RESERVES TO PROTECT MEMBERS INVESTMENT: 19340 19465217,095 19595458,872 KLAMATH PRODUCTION CREDIT ASSOCIATION Entirely Owned by Farmers and Stockmen Of Klamath, Lake, Modoc and Siskiyou Counties
