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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1963)
C0P. In The- Day's Sews Weather Klamath Falls, Tulelake and Lakevlew Partly cloudy with a few showers of rain or (now to night and Friday. Lows tonight 25-30; high Friday 48. Westerly winds 8-18 m.p.h. and gusty at times. Weal her Higd VHttnlay Lew Utt aight Hig year ? Low year a 90 Hta pa it u ytar Lew '4 years Precis, pa it 24 hours Since Jan. 1 Same parted la it year 24 44 tmn It 0I trace 2-l By FRANK JENKINS The news today? Here's a sample: Pedro Leon, a homesick Cuban set cut yestertliiy nom Las Pal- Price Ten Cents 34 Pages KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1J Telephone TU 4-8111 No. 7088 mas, in tlie Canary Islands, some SO miles off the coast of North Railroads, Unions ver Full Crew, Automata west Africa, to CROSS THE AT. IAXTIC I A BARREL, and U1U3 Cet back In his hnmolatwl Beside him in tlie barrel two bottles of water, two loaves Extra Brakeman Sought For Long Oregon Trains of bread and two pounds of corn meal. These were to be his nrn. visions for the voyage which, if ne naa completed it, would have followed verv rlnsolv th route pioneered by Christopher tolumbus nearly five centuries O.Or ORE.LIBRART MSiSPAPER SECTION CEN.REF.ANB COCUIEtTS PI. Battle 0 gajti-uj jm i"'u!' ' PSSSSSSESSS " ' fM-UM .ten.: gUPPORT j Iroject . & - "vs- "Tfr 1 '-i v- - I; I ft? sj ago. What happened? It was brief. He sailed two yards, and turned over twice in that distance. Two bystanders rescued him from the surf and two policemen took him to a first aid station. From there, two medical at. tendants took him to the local psychiatric hospital. Well, at least his project makes as much sense as the conlention of our modern politicians that the sure way to prosperity lies along the road of BIG SPEND ING. BIG DEFICITS AND BIG DEBTS. Question: Whence came the name Cana ry Islands? You'll be surprised. Tlie Canary Islands were known to the ancients, who named them Canada from the Latin word "canis." meaning dog because they found large, fierce dogs there. Canary birds w ithout which in a cage, no American home was complete only a few decades ago; get their name from the fact that they were first found on the Canary islands. Back to modern days: In Washington, President Ken nedy tells a group of business: men that if Congress cuts the budget instead of cutting taxes' and clamps a lid on the national debt there will be a DOWNTURN for the American economy as a whole. He added: "This is the lesson of history, and it must be learned." So He is proposing another DEFI CIT of about 12 billion dollars for the next fiscal year in or-! dcr to keep the economy from turning downward. A word on deficits: This deficit financing business is more or less a government monopoly. We private individu als can seldom get too deep into that kind of trouble. When we are tempted to do some deficit financing in a big way, we go to our banker, and he says NO!!! And that's that. When government falls for the temptation to do prolonged deficit financing, all it has to do is to reach into our pockets and take out tlie money with which to pay the interest on the increasing debt that follows def icit financing. What about the principal? Governments that fall into the deficit financing habit seldom ex pect to pay off tlie principal. They just pass it on down to the coming generations. Red Killings Spark Riot .MOSCOW UPI - A shouting mob of 1.000 Russians and Arab students hurled snowballs and ink bottles at the Iraqi embassy to day in protest against the execu tion of Communists in Iraq. "Shame to the killers," the demonstrators shouted. The demonstration started quiet, ly, w itlchanting, placard-waving and speeches, but an hour later it erupted into violence. The initial group of about 200 student demonstrators many of whom apparently came from Arab countries was joined by additional hundreds who jostled passersby and then loosed a rain of snowballs, pieces of ice a n d ink bottles on tlie embassy. At one point, a group made up mostly o( Arab students studying here forced its way to tlie em bassy door (or a moment before tlie police pushed them back. Tlie barrage of ink bottles smashed or cracked a number of embassy windows and left drip ping blobs of red. green and black ink running down the stone and brick walls. One bottle of green ink smashed against the embassy wall and splattered tlie demonstrators and a policeman. Arab agitators, lifted to t h e shoulders of their companions. houted encouragement to the mob in Arab. - i- 1 n T-- f r MfmUr'ui it r1 POTATO MEETING Potato specialists and members of the Oregon Potato Commis sion, meeting March 1 3 in the Winema Hotel, mulled the commission budget, legis lation on potatoes, marketing, acreage allotments and other subjects pertinent to the potato industry. All potato producing areas in Oregon were represented. Lett to right are E. C. Lemler, Merrill, Klamath County potato commissioner; A. E. Mercker, Washington, D.C., executive secretary of the National Potato Council; Don Palmer, Salem, administrator for the Oregon Potato Commission, and Norman Wiegand, chair man of the Oregon Potato Commission. Potato Commission Talks Crop Prospect, Price Potato crop prospects, prices, legislation, processing, acreage allotments, budgets, and other in formation vital to the industry at the local, state and national levels, were discussed Wednesday, March 13, during the quarterly meeting of the Oregon Potato Commission in the Winema Ho tel. Specialists here to meet with area commissioners of the Ore gon Potato Commission included A. E. Mercker, Washington, D.C., executive secretary of the National Potato Council; Don Palmer, Salem, administrator for School Boards Dampen Hopes On Gerrymander Some of the optimism that was generated Feb. 28 when the Joint School Boards Association voted, almost unanimously, to adopt the gerrymander plan in an attempt to solve county-wide school prob lems was dampened at Wednes day night's association meeting when Rollin A. Cantrall, chair man of School District 1, an Mounted that even though the ele mentary board voted for the ger rymander plan this didn't mean that the board members intend ed to go out and work for it. The announcement moved Mar garet Sheridan, KU board mem ber, to wonder, out loud, just how-many members of the asso ciation were w illing to go out and work for tlie plan and try to sell it to the voting public. Mrs. Sheri dan asked that the joint school board members be polled on this question. No polling of the bcrs was forthcoming, however. Mrs. Sheridan wondered why money should be spent on a study of the distribution of assets and finally on a general election if everyone w asn't for the plan. Her question was not answered. Cantrall told the group that the elementary board wouldn't work for the gerrymander plan any harder than the county school board would work for the plan for single school district county- wide. Cliff Robinson, county school su perintendent, said there is no point in going on unless all the boards and individual members are ready to go out and work for tlie plan. All the board members appar ently agree that it would take a good hard selling job to put the plan across to tlie voters, espe cially tlie voters in the area which has the boundary change. A ma jority of the voters in the area to be changed must vote for the plan in order for it to pass. Majorities must also come from the voters in the two districts involved. It would take real effort to sat isfactorily explain all the positive aspects of the plan to the voting public and if the public is not properly informed there's no sene in bringing the proposal to a vole. Robinson felt. Some of the members of the ele mentary board inferred that they the Oregon Potato Commission, per cent was in the Northwest, na and Norman Wiegand, chairman tional figures show, of the OPC. E. C. Lemler, Mcr- The early crop of .12 million rill, is the Klamath County rep-h"ndl'iweiR1' showed a 25 per rcscntativc on the Oregon board, knt decrease in production due to Mercker is making his annual tour to potato producing areas and will conclude his meetings in Bakcrsfield. Oregon in 19(i2 produced an av erage yield of 246 hundredweight of potatoes per acre. The 1!)()2 crop of fall potatoes was the second largest on record with 192.600,000 hundredweight, 6 per cent smaller than the 1961 crop. The largest decrease of 8 might be more sympathetic to ward the plan after they had a better idea on how the division of assets would run. It is the county district that would be getting" some payments from llicj city after all equipment, buildings! etc., that are being exchanged are inventoried and appraised. The members asked the county board how much equalization on the assets they thought was fair. Robinson said this was a big problem and would take time to get the appraisals, but he added that the county would be very generous in this respect. Some of the elementary board members said that before they could even decide whether to agree on putting the plan before the public for a vote they would like to get a general idea of how the distribution of assets was mem-Uoing to work out. The association then agreed that a study of the assets would have to be the next step. Robinson and Ray Hunsaker. city school superintendent, agreed! to meet Thursday to outline a plan for such a study. The meeting was then adjourned by association chairman John Voth, but a date for the next meeting wasn't set since a study of the assets could take over two weeks. Rail Clerk Chairman Reviews Dispute Action W. L. Ilidgeway, Dunsmuir, di vision chairman of the Brother liood of Railway Clerks, reviewed actions in the rail dispute thus far, and claimed that in respon.se to a last-minute restraining order ob tained by the Southern Pacific Railroad, the Brotherhood hadblated cancelled a strike date against the Southern Pacific. "The Brotherhood originally is sued a strike call for 6 p.m. Feb. 26. follow ing a breakdown ol negotiations in which we had made clear our willingness to ac cept an agreement based on thej recommendations of the Presi dential Emergency Board." Ridge way said. "Late effort! by two high fed- Meeting the quick cleanup of the early crop which opened southern mar kets for sale of fall potatoes. Tlie fall crop moved rapidly into consumption, a good percentage into processing. Large quantities of instant pow dered potatoes and dried slices are being exported to Western Europe with some fresh exported to Europe from Maine and East ern Canada. Total per capita consumption for food in the U.S. is 114 pounds, 78 pounds of the fresh product and 36 pounds of processed. In 1961 Oregon furnished every man, woman and child in the U.S. with about 3 pounds of potatoes in comparison to one pound .sup plied in 1929. Idaho led that year with sup plying 22 pounds, followed by California with about 16 pounds and Maine with 13'i. Growers producing early crops in 1963, Mercker said, indicate intent to plant 161.000 acres com pared to 164,000 last year or a (Continued on Page 4-A) Eastern States Mop Up Floods By United Press International Residents of five stales today dug out from mud and debris left by rampaging flood waters. The deluge left at least 17 dead, caus ing millions of dollars of damage and forced more than 50,000 per sons from their homes. Twenty Kentucky counties and 11 West Virginia counties were declared major disaster areas. Health ollicials in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Vir ginia and Georgia made plans to inoculate flood victims against disease. The mercury dipped near zero across the northern plains today while fog covered the Ohio Val ley and North Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Burlington, Vt., picked up three ' inches of fresh snow Wednesday! away last Saturday, when a scri night. 'ous "snag" developed. eral officials. Assistant Secretary of Slate James I. Reynolds and National Mediation Board mem ber Francis A. O'Neill Jr., to set tle the dispute without a strike were not successful, Ridg ay I Negotiations with the Southern Pacific are continuing and are employes of the Brotherhood on being conducted by vice grand the Southern Pacific, but effort president, C. L. Lcs Dennis; vice to negotiate such a pact with the president. William C. McGovcrn; SP broke down on Feb. 2. They SP general chairman. James E. were soon resumed when NMB Weaver and Lester P. Schoene. member O'Neill Informally attorney for the Brotherhood. Stepped into the picture. Ridgeway explained. At O'Neill's request, the two McGovern said that tlie strike' sides shifted their meetings to call was made necessary by "in-j Chicago, meeting there with J. E. ability to negotiate with the mao-Wolfe, who beads the railroad SALEM il'PI '-Railroads were accused of waging a multi-million dollar campaign to picture all railroad workers as (eathcrbed ders at a public hearing on Ore gon's full crew law Wednesday night. nd union representatives charged the word "steam" in the present full crew law could pave the way for railroads to overthrow the present regulations if the legislature failed to correct the wording. The trainmen also countered by voicing support of their own bill which would require an additional brakeman on trains of more than 100 cars. More than 400 w itnesses were on hand to hear the trainmen's side of the full crew issue. The rail roads were given 30 minutes to answer the charges. At the first hearing on the bill last week, the railroads pleaded for elimina tion of the full crew law. and the trainmen were restricted to a short rebuttal. Oregon law now requires a six man crew, including three brake- men, on main line trains. Six oth- states have similar laws. The railroads want the third brake- man eliminated. Sen. Edward Fatlcley, D-Eu- gene, told the Senate Commerce and Utilities Committee the rail roads "are faced w ith the burden of proof" that main line trains can operate safely without the third brakeman. "If in doubt, you must resolve the question in favor of salcty and the trainmen." James Cochrane. San Francis co, representing the trainmen. said today's longer, faster trains made the third brakeman more necessary than ever before. He said the full crew law was de signed for public protection. Southern Pacific engineer Eu gene Lynch, Eugene, said engine- men were interested in "safety efficiency and economy, and cut-i ting the crew would increase haz ards to the public and railroad employes." Me said adding a fourth brake- man on long trains "would bring the law up to date." Freight conductor Ray Schwartz said - the third brakeman was "vital to safety." JFK Prods Clerks To Resume Talks SAN FRANCISCO (UPD-Nego-i liators for Southern Pacific and the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, with prodding by Presi dent Kennedy, returned to the con ference table today in their effort to settle a lengthy dispute over automation. The President stepped Into the picture Wednesday, when the 11,-000-member union apparently was on the verge of issuing a 72-hour strike ultimatum. He asked both sides to submit their differences to arbitration "in the public in terest." Southern Pacific President D.J. Russell wired his acceptance of Kennedy's proposal immediately. But union negotiators met to dis cuss the proposal and were expect ed to give their answer today. Federal Mediator Frank O'Neill has been attempting to settle the differences since Feb. 6, when the union threatened to tie up SP op erations in seven Western states A settlement seemed only hours agement an acceptable agreement within the framework of tlie re port and the recommendations of t h e Presidential Emergency Board." That Emergency Board last Dec. 31 recommended a broad set of job security protections for Others appearing before the committee to stress the "safety" need of the third brakeman in cluded engineer George Abdel, Roseburg; Southern Pacific con ductor Jerry Rut ledge, Klamath Falls; and brakeman Marion S. Folder who said trainmen "face injury and death" on their jobs. He charged the railroads were waging a mulli - million dollar campaign to picture all railroad, workers as featlierbeddcrs." Attorney Alex Parks, counsel for the railroad brotherhoods, urged the present law be amended so it could not be overthrown by (he railroads. The present law refers to "steam railroad or rail way. Parks stressed that steam en gines were replaced by dlcsel 10 years ago, and said if the legis lature did not amend the present wording to read "any form of motive power" it would be inter preted as implied consent and al low the railroads to claim the law did not apply to the trains now being operated. Parks also submitted statistical data to show that railroad prolits were up. He said the railroads' claim of "poverty" was a "scare technique" used by the railroads. Randall B. Kcstcr, general soli citor for Union Pacific, discount ed the trainmen's testimony. "Safety is the only issue, and the trainmen have not shown that the third man is essential to safety-" Committee Chairman Sen. Al fred Corbctt, D-Portland, asked Kcster if the railroads would at tempt to overlhmw the present law because of the "steam def inition. Kcstcr replied the issue was a "red herring to divert attention from the third brakeman issue. He admitted the question might have to be decided by the courts '.William J. Moshofsky, repre senting Georgia Pacific Corp., said the third brakeman law should be repealed, and strongly opposed the union's proposal to add a fourth brakeman. Howard Morlisen, president of the Longview, Portland & North ern Railway, said Oregon s II short line railroads would face "intolerable expense" if the un ion's proposal was adopted. Kennedy, in telegrams to both sides Wednesday, pointed out that "tentative agreement has been reached on all but approximately five issues in your dispute." "An agreement so close to set tlement should not be jeopardized by failure to resolve these open issues," the President said. He suggested a three-man panel composed of one SP representa tive, one union representative and a "neutral third purty," whom he offered to appoint if the disputing sides could not agree on a neutra, arbitrator. The major disagreement in the negotiations is what should be done w ith clerks displaced by ma chines. The union wants them re trained for other jobs within the company, but SP maintains that such a plan would retard techni cal advance and create unneces sary jobs. A strike by tlie union would idle 50,000 SP employes in Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Ari zona. New Mexico and Western Texas. National Railway Labor Confer ence. Tlie Chicago talks ended Feb. 21. As McGovcrn put il, "We had been led to believe (before going to Chicago) that areas of poten tial agreement had been reached on most matters under discus sion. "We found however, that (Southern Pacific) management . . . was injecting new controver sies in areas where we had be lieved solution to be near. "This action of management," McGovcrn staled, "removed any remaining doubt that any of the representatives of the Brother hood may theretofore have had as INDUSTRY SUPPORT Dr. Charles M. McGill, medical director for Weyerhaeuser Co., was principal speaker at the hospital fund kickoff campaign Wednesday night at Winema Hotel, Dr. McGill was one of several speakers who emphasized the need for adequate hospital facilities for the Klamath area. The campaign seeks a goal of $725,000 to be raised locally to assure the financial requirements of the proposed 1 4 I -bed hospital. Hospital Campaign Opens With $300,000 In Coffers Pledges and cash donations of more than $300,000 have been col- .ectcd toward a $725.0110 goal to build nntr lmcilii-,1 f-ioililU in Klamath Falls, it was announced L-..U. .., last night by Jim Stilwell. general chairman of the fund drive. Stilwell made the announcement at a community campaign kick olf dinner at the Winema Hotel Almost 300 persons attended the enthusiastic gathering. Slllwell's remarks culminated a program in which various speakers outlined the need for a new hospital facili ty, and summed up activities that will pave the way lor realization of the hospital objective Presiding at the dinner affair was Ross ltagland, president ol the Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital Association. Muster of ceremonies was George l.allison. The program was highlighted with a solo by Al.C. Jerry Strick land, who was accompanied at the piano by Marie Obenchain. A brief history of the develop ment of the project was outlined by Rev. Robert Groves. Ho also ferrcd to the role of the church in the project, pointing out that complete local autonomy in opera tion of the hospital will be empha sized. Dr. George Nicholson, president of the Klamath Medical Society, pointed to the active role mem bers of tlie medical profession had lent to the project. The medi cal profession has been hehin.l the hospital from the start, Nichol son emphasized. Doctors originat ed the study to determine the community's hospital needs some six years ago, and contributed heavily to funds required to make an expert analysis of the needs of the community by Stanford Re search. Doctors in Klamath Falls hav already pledged more than $41,000 toward the hospital. Dr. Nicholson said. In addition, doctors have been working with the architects and the hospital board to assure orderly and efficient dcvelopmen' of plans and equipment needs, he stated. Dr, Mark Kochevar will be chairman pro lorn of the hospital staff, Dr. Nicholson announced Doctors in the community have lieen accepted for staff privileges to the necessity for calling a strike in order to secure an acceptable agreement." The strike call involved about 11,000 members of the Brother hood on tlie Southern Pacific, in cluding some 9.000 on active stat us. Shutting down the SP would affect about 50,000 employes al together. "Tlie Brolhcrhood's job securi ty movement on the Southern Pacific dates back to Sept. 22, 1058, Since then, while stalling off an agreement, tlie carrier had continued a drastic program of job slaughter, even though its revenue was rising," McGovcrn claimed. in the new hospital on a tcmpor- ry "as", and they will organize their own stall in the near luture, IA M!..u..lnn ....u Al.. l t .... MlWlUlflUII OrtlU. IV IK Ul - lionized by tlie doctors and the hospital board is a Joint Confer ence Board composed of members of Ixith organizations. "Members of the medical pro fession are solidly behind this new hospital," Dr. Nicholson empha sized. , t . , Tlie new hospital Wjlll be a land- main indicating the progressive attitude of people in tlie Klamath area, A. M. Collier, chairman of the special gifts division, told the audience. The significance of the proposed facility is not lost on the youth of the area, Gail Brotherhood, KUll.-i student, said. In referring to the statistic that one out of every eight persons will require hospitahza tion in any year, she marked the situation as continuing, thereby dictating that the community's citizens would have to provide a lacihty, and subsequent genera tions would havo to maintain the facility and keep pace with the growing needs of hospitalization. Support of area citizens and out-1 'Pressure' Claim Levied By Blue Law SALEM (UPI) - Charges ofj economic and religious pressure were voiced Wednesday by oppo nents of a proposed Sunday clos ing law. It was tlie second public hear ing on the measure by tlie House Planning and Development Com mittee. The first hearing, held last week, was devoted to those who favor the proposal. Wednesday's spokesmen all op! posed the measure, and many said they would not object to tak ing the question to tlie voters. Supporters of the bill last week almost unanimously opposed a public vote. A movie, "One Day Criminal," was shown by the Seventh - day AdventisLs. It traced development of "blue laws " in the United Slates. Rabbi Emanuel Rose of Port land proposed an amendment to the bill which would allow a busi ness to close any day it chose, but the rabbi would not say he would support the measure even If his amendment were adopted. Lloyd K. Bigg, Northwest secre tary of the International Religious Liberty Association, Portland, said "the conscience is not subject to legislation," and called upon leg islators to take "a courageous po sition against all Sunday bills." "Business can take care of It self," he added. II. A. Peckman, spokesman for the Seventh-day Adventlsts, said the Sunday closing law was being disguised as a family day. The proposal was promoted by the "Savo a Day for the Family Committee" which denied the measure was an attempt to legis late morality. lying communities for tlie hos pital was expressed by William Ganger, Tulelake. Ganger accen tuated the desire of people in out lying communities for a facility that will properly meet the re quirements of tlie area. Support of Weyerhaeuser Co., and industry for the project was outlined by Dr.' Charles M. Mc Gill, medical director for Weyer haeuser! He said that industry rec ognizes that growing communities need help in providing for tlie. health, safely and welfare of em ployes who reside in those commu nities. Weyerhaeuser has taken the lead in assuring proper living con ditions for people in their em ploy, the speaker emphasized. Campaign cabinet members and division chairmen were introduced by Callison. Ragland expressed the apprecia tion of the board of directors and campaign leaders for the work of individuals and groups in assur ing the success of Die project. Benediction was offered by Rev. Quinn Hawley, pastor of First Congregational Church. Special guests Included a group of Red Cross Volunteens. Opposition Portland Sales Consultant P. P. Friedman said Sunday closing laws were being proposed by large chain stores locked in 4 competitive battle with discount houses. "Stores that are open on Sun; day succeed because they give the customers what they want," he said. '"This is an effort to reg ulate business." U.S. Denies Ship Gunning WASHINGTON (UPI) - The State Department says Russia's charge that U.S. Navy ships fired on a Russian trawler was "with out foundation." No "surface vessel" was within 12 miles of a U.S. destroyer en gaged in gunnery practice as the Russians said, and a State De partment spokesman added that the ship was firing ammunition with only a seven-mile maximum range. Spokesman Lincoln White said investigation of the alleged inci dent 70 miles cast of Norfolk on March 8 when tlie Russians said two missile cruisers and a de stroyer fired dummy rounds at the Soviet fishing boat revealed; The site of the alleged Incident is located within "an established and recognized U.S. Navy opera tions area." and on the day in question, "U.S. naval vessels, none of which were cruisers, were In the area."
