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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
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MSiSPAPER SECTION
CEN.REF.ANB COCUIEtTS PI.
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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
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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."