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V.Of ORt.UIBnART iimSPAPER SECTION COUP. r.s-M.REV.AlTUMEKTS DZV. E,0l Court n n Mil II mm sipres Weather Hlah vaitarday Low lait nlaltl High year ago Low year aao High put u yean Low pott 14 yaart Preclp. put 11 hour, Sinct Jan. I lama pariod tail ytar ST u 11 s u Mm i (111!) .01 Ml 4.M Herald mfa Weather Klamath Falls, Tulrlake and Lakevlew Mostly fair through Wednesday. Westerly winds 7-15 m.p.h. Cooler tonight, low about 23. High Wednesday near SO. Price Ten Cents 16 Pages KLAMATH FALLS, OKKGOX, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1963 Telephone TU Will No. 7074 In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From Washington this morning: President Kennedy said vester- day that he will support "what ever is necessary to get a three year tax cut of at least TEN BILLION DOLLARS. He added: "I would say the important thing is to get the (tax cut) bill this year. Whatever is necessary to get that bill, I would support." Do you reckon he'd stand for a SPE.NDLMG cut big enough to off set his proposed tax cut? What the President is driving at, of course, is a try-out of the the ory (proposed by his bright young men) that if your taxes are cut you can safely go ahead and spend all the money you've saved by the tax cut to buy the things you want. Thus (the theory goes) indus try will be so stimulated that it will hire more labor, pay higher wages, buy more raw materials, buy more new machinery, and so on. The end result of it all, the President obviously thinks, is that as a result of this new spending the government will take in more! tax money than it was taking in before and so can reach the point where it can pay off the national debt as well as providing all the things the people want at govern ment expense. It's a wonderful theory. course It MIGHT work. So many strange things are be ing made to come to pass in these amazing modern days that one hesitates to go flatly on record as being so hopelessly old-fashioned as to believe that people can't spend themselves rich. For example: There's the old crack to the ef fect that WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN. That has been true throughout all the thousands of years of which there is a record. But- Man can now climb into a space ship and sail out into the myste rious yonder where there is no force of gravity and where WHAT GOES UP WON'T NECESSARILY COME DOWN. If you were an as tronaut and were doing a little repair job in your space ship and momentarily had no use for your monkey-wrench, you wouldn't need to lay it down. You could just let go of it and it would FLOAT AROUND. So il may be All the laws of thrift are as hopelessly out of dale in these days as is the law of gravity OUT IN SPACE where there is no gravity. A suggestion. Mr. President: You are apparently convinced that the ancient laws of thrift are as out-dated as is the law of gravity out in a space ship. You have a very large personal income. W hy not make a demon stration of your apparent belief that the laws of thrift no longer apply? Why not. on your own ac count, start spending as reckless ly as you are proposing that the government of the United States should spend? If you should do that, and if (Continued on Page 4) Log Truckers Oppose Fee Raising Measure SALEM (UPI) - Plaid-shirted log truckers jammed into a hear ing room Monday to oppose a bill to raise the fees they pay for driving their trucks on Oregon's roads. They said higher fees would force many of them out of busi ncss. I can think of no time when the financial aspect of the logger Mechanic Loses Job For Lord ST. LOUIS (UPI) -Husky Jes- se Hemby, 34. turned his back on a good-paying mechanic s lob today for the Lord. The father of three was firjd Monday because he wanted Sun day free to worship and to teach man's Bible class. Hemby's paycheck last week was $191.25 for a six-day week. His company demanded that Hem by work a seventh day under a machinist union contract. There s no company, no man and no organization that has the right to own any man's body and soul." Hemby said after losing a job he had held since 1957. He had the support of his pastor, the Rev. M. Y. Bennett of the Pentecostal Church of God. "Hemby is faithful to the church." the Rev. Mr. Bennett said. "This is a Ihing he (Hemby has to work out for himself. Hem by ought to have the time for church." W. A. Rieffer, an executive of the Complete Auto Transit Co., a hauling company, handed Hemby his dismissal notice in a state ment which said, in part: "You have repeatedly failed to rctort (or work on Sundays as scheduled." Under the contract, the company pays $6.24 per hour on Sunday. A spokesman for the Internation al Association of Machinists said that "in a contract containing pre mium pay. (hey have to work it the employer has to have the work done." Hemby's family makes four 24- mile round trips to church during (he week. Hemby attends regular services Wednesday, the young peoples meeting Saturday night, and morning and night services Sunday. and the log trucker has looked so grave as now," said trucker Ray Oltord of Medford. "We are gradually going into the hole," said Lyla Smith, wife of a Eugene trucker. She said her husband had grossed $1,529 i n January, but had only $344 left for a family of five after paying trucking costs and existing fees. Nearly 400 truckers filled t h e Senate Highways Committee room and spilled into the hallway where a loudspeaker was hastily set up. Before the committee is t h e governor s bill to revise weight- mile highway use fees for trucks, based on the weight of the truck and the distance traveled. At issue for the loggers was a section to repeal the optional flat fee of $95 a month they may pay instead. The loggers said the change in many cases would double their fees. The loggers' arguments included two major points: Much of their hauling is not even done on state supported roads, but on secondary roads and! forest "trails." Thus log truckers fail to benefit fully from the fees they pay, while damage to trucks is more costly. Furthermore, they noted, log trucks are banned from major highways Saturday afternoons, Sundays, holidays and much of the tourist season. The rates log truckers receive for hauling logs are set by "open competition," not regulated by a government agency, as are most other transportation charges. Thus log truckers lack protection t o accompany higher fees. In addi tion, log truckers cannot afford to pass along higher fees, since the timber industry already is strug gling to keep its nose above water. Coos County log trucker Hans Louring said the change would amount to an increase from $95 to $170 for a typical truck in an average month. Jim Faught of Roscburg, chief spokesman for the loggers i n previous sessions, said log trucks use main highways very little compared to freight trucks, buses and cars. He suggested raising auto license fees instead, and charging tolls to hit some of the tourist traffic. Darrell Davis of Medford said it would be "strange indeed" to raise slate charges when help for the lumber industry is being sought at the federal level. J Other Highlights Schools The state was urged to increase its share of school sup port money at a hearing before the House Education Committee. Dog Control Strong support for a Senate measure to toughen the state's dog control law was voiced before the Senate Agriculture Committee. No opposition was' voiced by more than 20 persons present. 1 1 fx LEOALSJItlKL SOUTHERN f " : J STRIKE CALLED Railway clerks called a strike against Southern Pacific Railroad for 6 p.m. PST today and last minute negotiations were being held. Above, William Mc Govern, vice president of Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, right, and James Weaver, SP unit chairman of tha union, show strike sign at press conference held Monday afternoon. - UPlTelephoto Solons Rap Defense Shift Funds Asked By Air Force WASHINGTON 'UPD - The Air Force has asked the Senate Armed Services Committee for more than $53 million to finance its operations in Nevada. Sen. Howard Cannon. D-Ncv. member of the committee and the Air Force Reserves, said the serv ices requested $33.67 million for operations and maintenance at Ncllis A KB at 1-as Vegas and 519.42 million fur such purposes at Stead AFB near Reno. Psychologist License Law Strongly Opposed SALEM I UPI i Opposition to a proposed psychologists licensing law was hurled at the Senate Health and Welfare Com mittee Monday by practicing psy chiatrists and representatives o f the State Medical Society. Five medical witnesses lambasted the proposed legislation for two hours. Committee Chair man L. W. Ncwbry, R-Ash-land, said a third hearing on the bill would be called when testi mony from proponents could be heard. Proponents who had planned to testify at Monday's hearing were left sitting as medical men argued against wording in the proposed law. and indicated they telt licens ing of psychologists would grant them respectability they do n o t now enjoy. Psychologists to not have a medical degree. Psychiatrists do have a medical degree. Standards Eyed Dr. H. A. Dickie, a Portland psychiatrist warned against "low ering standards." He said the State Medical So ciety wanted the bill amended so psychologists would work under the "proper supervision and con trol of a medical doctor. When asked by Sen. Ted Hal lock, D-Portland, "why doesn't the Oregon Medical Society trust psy chologists while 22 other states do?" Dickie answered "O r e R o n doctors try harder to adhere to the law." Hallnck. Newhry and Sen. Al (red Corbett. Reps C. R. Hoyt and Grace Peck and 21 other leg islators co-sponsored the bill. Dickie, under questioning by Newbry, admitted he opposed lire language, not the intent, of the proposed bill. Dr. A. B. Haugen, speaking lor the Portland Psychiatrists' Associ ation, said "anyone can call him self a psychologist, and in Ore gon we do have a few quacks who use this term." Words Exchanged Hallock asked if he felt the public would complain at having to pay for both a psychologist and a psychiatrist. "Extra protection always costs more, but I think it is worth it, Haugen replied. Under more questioning by Hal lock, Haugen said he did not feel psychologists knew "how to con trol themselves." Hallock interrupted: "I'm con stantly concerned at the attitude of medical men that other groups won't be ethical." Haugen replied. "It's not a mat ter of ethics, but of ignorance." Dr. Jon V. Straumfjord, Astoria a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, said the pro posed bill would license psy chologists to practice medicine." Hallock asked if he felt psycho! ogists were violating the law by administration of psycho-therapy Straumfjord said under cer tain circumstances." "Why don't you prosecute Hallock asked. "We don't witch hunt," the doctor replied. WASHINGTON (UPD-The ad ministration was under withering bombardment today by congres sional forces who believe a "dan gerous" shift is being made in defense strategy. Simply put, this is a shift which foretells the end of piloted nucle ar bombers in the nation's stra tegic retaliatory forces and com plete reliance on ballistic mis siles. To critics in Congress and the Pentagon, this is an all-tlie-eggs- in-one-baskct concept. To propo-' ncnls, it seems to be an inevita ble development even if the door1 is left ajar for some kind of fu ture strategic aircraft. Chairman Carl Vinson, D-Ga., of the House Armed Services Committee opened the heaviest! bombardment of the current con gressional session Monday in f statement urging expansion of the hotly controversial RS70 warplanc program. Vinson's committee voted, 31-5, to authorize $(3 million more than President Kennedy wants lor the plane in the new budget. But the issue is broader than any particular aircralt, encom passing the whole question of whether reliance on missiles alone will be safe. Vinson said he wanted no cut back on missiles, then went on: But the committee sees a growing tendency on the part of the Department of Defense to place more and more emphasis on missiles and less on manned systems. . This is a dangerous course Great Remedy For People Officials Plan Meet Right Up To Deadline SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) Federal mediators bar- gained against the clock today in final efforts to avert a strike by railway clerks against Southern Pacific, the West's largest railroad. The walkout Is scheduled for 6 p.m. PST. The strike would idle 50,000 SP employes in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mex ico and west Texas. Three weeks of negotiations came to a climax Mon day when the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks announced its decision to stop work tonight. The railroad immediate ly issued an embargo on freight. Chairman Frank O'Neill I of the Federal Mediation Service and Assistant Sec retary of Labor James J. Reynolds said they planned to meet with both sides up to the deadline. SAN FRANCISCO (UPD -The Southern Pacific Railroad today J obtained a court order postponing for at least 10 days a seven-state strike by the Brotherhood of Rail way clerks. The union had been scheduled to go1 on strike at 6 p.m. PST today in a long-simmering dispute and one which tlie committee in tends to do everything in its pow er to stop." The committee's power is very great indeed, and its concern is duplicated in the Senate Armed Services Committee, headed by Vinson's fellow Georgian, Sen. Richard B. Russell. But Defense Secretary Robert , McNamara shows no symp toms of wavering, and a head-on collision may be coming. One Board Bill Lands In House BREWTON, Ala. (UPD Put two tablespoons of sugar in a half cup of chopped onions. Mix thor oughly and gulp it down some how. It's a sure bet to ward off the flu, says Daniel S. Robertson, who hasn't worried about the flu dur ing his 84 years. The medical profession, how ever, is dubious, if not downright contemptuous, of the home reme dy. "The only thing it probably will ward off is people," said Dr. Ira Myers, slate health officer. "Even antibiotics won't touch influenza.' But Robertson is unshaken in his faith. "It's worth trying any how." he said, "and it doesn't; cost much." Ship Blast Toll Rises over automation that would have idled 50,000 employes of the West's biggest railroad. While a federal mediator held last-minute negotiations with both sides, the railroad went before San Mateo County Superior Judge James O'Keefe in suburban Red wood City asking for a temporary order restraining the union from calling the strike. Judge O'Keefe granted the or der and set March 8 as the date (or a hearing at which the union must show cause why the order should not be made permanent. A union attorney said he knew of no action which the union could take to skirt the court order. Attorney Harold Ropers filed the petition in Superior Court for Southern Pacific. The 11,000-member union and the railroad have been at odds for five years over the fate of clerks displaced by automation. Three earlier strike threats were avert ed by federal mediators. The strike deadline was an nounced by William McGovern, vice president of the brotherhood, and James Weaver, SP unit chair man of the union. SALEM (UPD-The governor's plan to wrap education and higher education into one department , headed by a single board landed in the House today, along with i long-promised Dill on green stamps. The education bill, mentioned inl Gov. Mark Hatfield's message tot the legislature, would create a . -" - "unfied" department of education, I IfAllfA Kill ' with one division of primary and lajlvvllaJW Will secondary education and another, division of higher education. I ' . ,. . Instead of separate boards as . ,,r.j nanu, r,ii in RfLLAND BATH, Holland (UPD at present, the department wouIdL, capj(a, to pr0. Sportsmen llo Protest Shrouded Planet Venus Lifeless, Says Mariner WASHINGTON I UPI I - Mal i-! ner 2's verdict is that lovely Ve nus is lifeless. That was the word today in ad vance of a news conference on what the 447-pound spacecraft dis covered when it flew past the brightest of the planets last Dec 14. The news conference was schci uled for 2 p.m., EST. Radio studies had indicated be fore Marine 2's historic flight that' the surface temperature of earth's nearest planetary neighbor was I5 degrees Fahrenheit, higher than the melting point of lead. There was a chance, however. that the radio findings wer wrong. Two ot six instrument packages aboard Mariner 2 were given the specific job of finding out whether Venus might actually be cool enough and moist enough to support living things. Scientists have now spent more than two months studying the data from these special instruments Their conclusion: Venus is indeed loo hot and it also is too dry to be the abode of life as it is known on earth Mariner 2 was launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Aug. 27. After 109'i days of travel through interplanetary space, it passed within 21.600 miles of perpetually cloud-masked Venus. Police said today they feared the crewmen still missing in the collision of two tankers were killed when the ships exploded and burned with a fire that one rescuer said "scorched my eye balls." "We arc still trying to establish a final list of victims," a senior police ofllccr here said. "At this moment, we think Uie collision aimed seven lives. One body has been identified, and six other men arc missing and presumed dead." Four other seamen were hospi talized. All the dead and missing were from the 38-man crew of the 20,776-ton Panamanian tanker Miraflorcs, which was moving into Antwerp Harbor with a full load of crude oil when it collided with the 13,751-tnn British tanker, Abadcsa. All 40 Abadesa crew members were reported safe. Among the missing was the Miraflorcs' captain, Giacomo Gcr- aldo. His wife was rescued from the blazing ship. An explosion followed the colli sion, within minutes the icy wa lers of this narrow strait were a mass of flames. The channel from Antwerp Har bor to the North Sea was opened again today when tugs towed the smoking hulk of the Mirailorcs from the scene and grounded it on the banks. The Abadcsa re turned to Antwerp Monday night with fire damage. oe guinea oy a single lo-memoer (ejt g proposed SenaU) bin that . kT.u ,u j "" -" ""' would increase the license lees tor steer both the grade and high Lsidenti and non-residents of the school division and the college di- . d ,,, regu. Vision. ,. ,i, ,,i rj ,11, .,,. p. This idea has merit and should cordina to Bob Pyle, president of be explored." said Rep. Stafford Hansell, R-Hcrmiston, one of Its two House sponsors. Hansell, a member of the Ways and Means Committee, said a merger would promote economy, efficiency, and cooperation. He said the two separate boards now are "fighting over the same children" for more state dollars. "They need to plan educaUonal needs together," he said. He noted overlaps, particularly in the areas of community college and exten sion programs. Oregon educators opposed such a merger when ilauicia 1 1 r 1 1 mentioned it. The green stamp bill, which generated considerable emotion on the part of housewives two years ago, reappeared under sponsor ship of Rep. Eugene Hulctt, D- Eugene. It would require stamp companies to make their stamps available to any store that wants them. The House received a bill spon sored by 21 representatives and senators calling for creation of an Oregon power development com mission. It would be made up of three elected members and would be empowered to buy and sell elec tric energy and to purchase real and personal properly. the Klamath chapter of the coun cil. The organization was formed of sportsmen late last year to protest the state game commis sion's policy of conducting ant lerlcss deer and elk hunts. During a meeting of tlie council Tuesday, two sportsmen of Altur as were appointed to represent the group at an interim commit tee hearing to be held 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Capitol Building. Pyle said tlie council believes tliat House Bill 1178 "gives the game commission the right to designate the area in which a hunter would be allowed to hunt, as well as designate whether he may hunt for cow, bull or calf elk in the same area." The proposed law which would hike hunting and fishing license fees and tags from tl up la Senate Bill 1235. Dan Eastman, representing the game commission, appeared at tha council meeting to explain how additional money received from the Increase in license fees would be used. Eastman said the funds would be earmarked for ob taining "impoundments for new fish areas and developing addi tional winter range areas, among others." H . i J "9 a- '',r"i n i.ml't,-m r. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS Th annual Molin Chamber of Commerce creb feed and entertsinmtnf Monday night, Fab. 25, in the Broadway Hall wai attended by 4 SO chamber memberi and gueits. Tha event It alwayi ona of the bait attended in Klamath County and draws attendance from all parti of tha Klamath Basin. Left ii tha . , PWVbtW I t it iiii.i iiiiii A- Si Malin Hiqh School triple trio in colorful Czech coitumas who sang leverel numbers under direction of Mrs, Cleo Lowry, muiie instructor. Several of the girls are descend ants of first Malin colonists. Canter it overall picture of folks full of crab. At right are three of tha new officari elected by tha membarihip, Jim Conroy, left, who served at program chairman; Cy McColgin, 1963-1964 president, second from UH, and Charles Duncan, treasurer. Secretary Jack Storey, who hat completed 16 yean In that capacity, is not pictured. Second from tha right is Marion Kirkpatrlck, ratlrlng prctidant. Set story on Page 4-A.