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COUP. u Vi-PAPER- SECTION SsI'fAND MCIMIEHTS DIV lit The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS As this is written, it appears probable that a new constitution will not be submitted to the peo ple of Oregon by the present legislature. Submission of the new consti tution to popular vote requires a two-thirds vote in both houses of the legislature. The house has given it the rponirpd maioritv but the Vote for Sllhmktinn in the senate vesterdav uac onlv 17 to 13, three votes short of the 20 required for a two-thirds ma jority in the 30-member senate. The Dresent session of the Ion. Islature is already the longest in nisiory, and it seems unlikely that it will be further prolonged in an effort to get the necessary two-thirds vote in both houses. Why the opposition to the proposed new constitution? This morning's dispatches from Salem report that disputes, cut ting across party lines, on the question of apportionment of leg islative representation and a "strong" governor system that the new constitution would have set up have accounted for most of the opposition. You may ask: What is a SJRONG governor system? Well, under Oregon's present system the governor shares ex ecutive authority with the secre tary of state and the state treas urer. Under the proposed new consti tution, the governor would be the sole executive officer. Those who oppose the "strong" governor sys tem think that would be putting too much authority into too few hands. What of the system of appor tionment of legislative representa tion proposed by the new con stitution? It would be based upon popu lation "one man, one vote," to use the phrase originated by Jus tice Douglas of the U.S. Su preme Court. Under this "one man, one vote" system, the Ore gon legislature would be dom inated by a relatively small num ber of heavily populated coun ties, located chiefly in the Wil lamette valley. You may say: Isn't it RIGHT that government should be dominated by PEOPLE rather than by area? It sounds logical. But wait a minute. Under our FEDERAL system. the House of Representatives of the U.S. congress is dominated by population. The U.S. Senate is dominated by AREA. Under our federal system, EACH STATE, regardless of its popula tion, has two U.S. senators. Historically, it has been the SENATE that has been heavily responsible for the growth and development of the West. With out the aid of the Senate, in which each state has two members, the West might never have achieved its present development. Reclamation of arid land might never have been possible without heavy AREA representation in the Senate. In Eastern Oregon and far Southern Oregon, we can't help wondering what will happen to us if we lose our AREA representa tion in the Oregon legislature. We have to remember, of course, that under its decision last fall the U.S. Supreme Court claims the power to determine "fair" appor-. lionment in the state legislatures. But. at any rale, it seems un wise for us of the more thinly populated areas of our stale to deliberately give away (he pro lection afforded by AREA rep resentation in our state s legisla tive body. So- We aren't too greatly worried by the prospect that a new con stitution for Oregon may be de layed. IWA Talks Recessed PORTLAND 'ITI '-Representative of the International Wood workers of America and six bz lumber companies met in contract ncsoLaiions Tuesday as the pos sibility of a lumber strike in the Pacific Northwest kximed larger. .Members of Lhe IWA and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers haie authorized strikes. Their contracts expire Junj I. Negotiations between Hie IWA and the companies St. Regis. International Paper, Weyerhaeus er. Itayonier, Crown Zellerbach and t S. Plywood were recessed until Friday morning following Tuesday's meeting. The LSW is scheduled lo meet with the companies next Monday. A union spokesman said a strike is likely if no agreement is reached. Representatives of the IWA and the Timber Operators Council, an other employer group, held con tract negotiations with a federal rrwwt atoc todav. The LSW represents about Jo.ono worlw and the IWA eooul M.ono Wen I her Klamatti FaMt, Tulelake end Lakevlew: Mostly fair threueh Thursday with da creeling chances lor thundershower ac tivity, lews toniiht ims. High Thursday naar M. Vanabla winds 1-1$ m.p.h. Hieh yattarday n Lew this nwrninff at Hioh yaar aee al Low yaar ago - 3a Praclp. pait 24 noun trace Sinct Jan. I s.oa Sama parted tait yaar l.oe p ope Rallies 'r'.M i ; ." 'J SJftfc I If III Mill I PMPMPMMesMj FUND INCREASED James Stilwell, center, general chairman of the Intercommunity Hospital Fund Drive, ac cepted a check for $400 from Exchange Club President John Voth, right. Left is Wally Hitt, vice president of the club and program chairman. The presentation was made at a luncheon meeting of the club May 28 at the Winema Hotel. The present contributed and pledged fund total for the hospital is approximately $1,140,000. 64 Soldiers Flee Burning Airplane MANHATTAN, Kan. (UPIi -j "Don't panic," the first ser geant yelled just before the huge troop transport plane smaslied to the ground. Now, unfasten your safely belts and get out." The plane already was in flames as the 64 soldiers escaped safely from Lhe wreckage of a Standard Airways Constellation which crashed while landing Tuesday at Municipal Airport, according to some survivors. Only five of the 69 passengers and crew members were injured, none critically. Capt. David Brown, the pilot, said the craft lost power while he approached for a routine land ing. It crumbled to the ground Police Patrol Trouble Area By United Presi International Bcofcdup police units today guarded against further racial violence in Mississippi and Flor ida. At Birmingham. Ala., a federal judge was to decide today whether lhe federal government can sue for desegregation of public schools under its "impacted area" pro gram pertaining to military base environs. There were Negro demonstra tions Tuesday night in Raleigh and High Point, N.C. A federal judge ordered tiie enrollment of a second Negro at the University of Mississippi. And a group of ho tels at Knoxville, Tenn.. agreed to drop racial barriers. Negroes kicked off a planned series of demonstrations at Jack son. Miss.. Tuesday with a sit-in at a w bite lunch counter by a bi- racial group of nine persons. Three of the group were beaten by whites, others were manhan dled and all were doused with catsup and mustard. Early today, a firebomb was thrown into the carport of the house of Medgar Evers. state field secretary of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Colored People ' NAACP', who has been directing the Jackson integration campaign. Evers' wile and children were in the house but no one was hurt end there was little damage. A demonstration al Tallahassee. Fla . Tuesday night almost erupt ed into violence when 50 whites chased 250 Negroes past the Cap itol. Police broke up the gatiiering but made no arrests. 9tX Price Ten Cents 14 Pages short of the runway and burned for more than three hours. The soldiers, returning from maneuvers in California, said lhe plane was burning when Uiey jumped to the ground and fled lo safety. First Sgt. Charles L. Brigance shouted commands of "don't pan ic" alter another soldier yelled "We're crashing . . . we're crash ing." There was no other warning of the crash. The 69 moved quickly to safe ty aller the plane shuddered to a hall in mud. Witnesses said tiie right wing tore off the craft, then the other wing fell off. Fires started in the w ings and spread lo the fuselage. "I looked out both sides of the plane and all I could see was real ,orangc-colored flames," Pfc. John L. Sturino, Kenosha. Wis., said "When the plane came to a halt., we went out." Several soldiers said there were flames around them when they leaped to the ground. A spokes man for Standard in Los Anaeles said the men w ere out and "mill ing around" before the fire broke out. . '-''Vij i - VISITORS ATTEND OPEN HOUSE A model of the Minnesota Freeway at Portland and another depicting the North Klamath Falls Interchange were two of numerous exhibits on display to the public during an open house at the State Highway Department's local offices, 25S6 Altamont Drive, yesterday. The open house, which offered the public view of the engineer's office and maintenance shop of the Klamath Falls branch office, was held at part of National Highway Week, being observed nationally from May 26 through June I, In photo at left, Jack Ayrei, highway department engineer, discusses with Ernie Ragidtle, highway O u Weakly After Bad VATICAN CITY (UPI) Pope John XXIII rallied weakly today from exhaustion after a night of internal hemorrhaging and painful nausea. An early afternoon Vatican bulletin reported a "distinct improvement" in the Pope's condition at 10 a.m. (2 a.m. PDT), but informed sources emphasized that the outlook remained grave. Responsible Vatican sources indicated that the last 24 hours almost proved fatal for the 81-year-old pontiff who is suffering from a stomach tumor that may be cancerous. At 1:45 a.m. Prof. Pietro Mazzoni, one of the team of doctors in attendance, called for additional help and equipment. A few min utes later five cars sped through the Vatican gates, the sources said. ' The doctors worked through the night on the weakening patient. administering transfusions with out any apparent result. Only at 10 a.m. this morning did the pontiff rally from (lie depths of exhaustion, the sources said. At 2.30 p.m. 16:30 a.m. PDT the Vatican issued a communique which said: "At 10 a m. '2 a.m. PDTi to day, a distinct improvement was noted in the general condition of the august patient. . . ." The official announcement said the Pope spent "a night of quiet rest." This presumably referred to the hours immediately pieced ing the 10 a.m. medical observa tion and not to the activity re ported earlier in the night. The communique also described the routine that continued in the papal household despite the Pope's illness. "The day of the august patient, as already said." the communi que added, "is spent in serenity, Kennedy Reaches 46; In Excellent Health WASHINGTON 'UPII - Pres ident Kennedy is 46 years old to daybrimming with vigor and in excellent heallh except lor his persistent back ailment. A tiny red skin blemisn wnicn appears from time to time and is again in evidence on his lett check is the only outward sign of a phys ical problem for the Chief Execu tive. Rut this was dismissed by Press Secretary Pierre Salinger as in signilicant. Salinger's assessment: "The President is in excellent health and his back condition is improving." Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy ar ranged a family celebration of the President's birthday for this eve ning but Salinger declined to pro vide any details. The President was getting one gift today that was unrelated to his birthday the "Father of the KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. in prayer, in constant docility lo the Lord. "The Pope is engaging (in prayer) in an orderly way, with full mental presence and luciditv. "He never suffered i mental) ab sence or confusion, as perhaps er roneously reported by some, even in the acute moments of the crisis." II indicated that he at least was holding his own in the grim bat tle against the inroads of age and the ailment that medical reports indicate is cancer. Tile Pope listened to holy mass, olliciated in the study ad joining his room, and received Holy Communion." the communi- que said. "Then, collected in long prayer and with the, piety which is cus tomary with him, he started his day in the offering and elevation to God of his every moment and action. Earlier, Vatican sources said the Pope failed to respond to numerous blood transfusions dur ing a "very bad" night. These sources said the ailing. 81-year-old pontiff was "suffering acutely." The sources said a learn of doc tors " who attended the Pope throughout a night privately de scribed the night as very bad for the church leader. Year" award by the National Father's Day Committee. The presentation was to be made at the White House. Kennedy's chronic back disor der, stemming from a strain two years ago which aggravated an old injury, has kept him from the golf course and forced him to ake various precautions to avoid harmful twists and turns. But, partly as therapy for his back, Kennedy still conducts an active physical exercise program swimming twice a day in the heated W hite House pool, and per forming a half-hour's daily calis thenics prescribed by a medical specialist. The President. Salinger empha sized, has missed only two days Irom work because of illness one day as the result of a virus in June, 1961, and the other because of a cold in December, 1961. WEDNESDAY. MAY 29, 1963 1 "V-.. .IWvW.ii i,-'A-l. .4. j - V .. . - '. .- ,r. St i ta;:- ff SEASON OPENS AT POOL KU student Frank Palmer takes a dive into the midst of his friends who seem to be enjoying a sneak preview of the Klamath Falls Municipal Pool opening which is officially set for I p.m. Thursday, Memorial Day. The boys were invited to the pool by Parks Director Gary Woodrinq to make sure the water was "just the right temperature" for the hordes of kids who will open one of the most popular seasons in the Basin Thursday. This is the only open season in the area that is expressly for people, not fish or fowl. New Move Talked For Constitution SALEM i UPI i The groups that want a new constitution for Ore gon may try to bypass a balky legislature. Disappointment and hope were expressed by the same peo ple Tuesday aller the Senate voted 17-13 for the measure, leav ing it three votes short of the two- i thirds it needed. It had passed the House earlier in a slightly revised fashion. Sen. Waller Pearson. D - Port land, who has worked on the docu ment since its first formal start, said its supporters now may try to get a new constitution via an initiative on the ballot. Mrs. Jacqueline Benjamin of tiie League of Women Voters bore this out. "If this legislature will do noth ing, we will consider either an initiative calling a convention, or. if possible, an initiative putting a constitution before the people," she said. The strongest friends of a new constitution have been tiie league, and the recently organized Citi zens' Committee for Constitutional Revision. There was a little talk of seek ing Senate reconsideration again. department aiphalt inspector at Bend, a model of the Klamath Fells interchange. The two-piece model (scale: one inch to 100 feetl was completed in about one month by Reed Merritt, Bob Ather, Richard De troit, with assistance from others on the local engineering staff. In the other photo, Draftsman Paul A. Cox, right, provides some statistics on the Minnesota Freeway to N. J. Rotenbaum, one of 130 vilitors who toured the local plant. The freeway, located about one and one-half miles from Portland, connect! Interstate S, the Baldock Expressway to Salem and the EanfieJd Freeway along the Columbia River Telephone Might M n .-.!' . But the document has twice been rejected by the Senate. A com promise on legislative apportion ment won some new supporters liter the first vote, but It still went down over provisions for a strong executive. Tuesday's defeat brought some comments dial the 196.1 legisla lute, already under no little criti cism, had passed by its one big hance to leave a record of posi tive achievement. Those who worked on it (luring the past two years. Iirsl on the revision commission, and then in legislative committees, insisted the work was not wasted. Their studies, and drafts of a new docu ment remain as a foundation for future efforts. Rep. John Dcllenback. Tt-Mcd- ford. chairman of the House Con stitutional Revision Committee. said if the matlcr is not taken up through the initiative, a future legislative session is likely to pro- eed with the work and probably end a new constitution to the voters. Former Gov. Robert Holmes, a member of the commission, noted the document came farther this session than most thought it would and added, "It takes time." ' "-i- f el '.-' I Hi 3 1 i" ije. - et-as-reWHe" TU 4-8111 No. 7154 rail SALEM (UPI) The compromise income tax package, 27-3, dashing hopes for early adjournment of the the dispute into its third Senate-House conference com mittee. The key Senate vote receipts income tax bill. The Senate still had to vote on a 4-ccnt per pack cigarette tax. A new tax conference be named later today. The first deadlock over million needed to finance a $405 million general fund budget for the next biennium lasted 10 days. The first conference committee deadlocked after four days, then second compromise group group reached agreement Monday. The only senators votingl for th.fi romnrnmlse inr-cm tax plan were Donald Hus band, R-Eugene, and Glen Stadler, D - Eugene, who were members of the sec ond conference committee, and Ward Cook, D-Portland. The way was cleared for Senate action when the House voted Tues day to approve both the income tax and 4-cent a package cigarette Lax measures. The income tax bill squeaked by 31-29. The cigarette tax sailed through 39-21. When balloting on the income lax measure ended, the vote stood at 31-29. Then Rep. Don McKinnis, D-Summerville, changed his vote to "no" in a move that could have defeated the bill. But Rep. Sidney Lcikcn. D - Roscburg switched his vole to "yes." and thus kept the revenue measure alive. House (Minority Leader F. F. Montgomery, R-Eugene, a mem ber of the committee which draft ed the compromise, voted against its passage on the floor. In urging passage, Rep. Rich aid Eymann, D-Muicola. said the revised bill was drafted "in the spirit of compromise between the, House and Senate." He explained the compromise retained many of the House tea lures. "We can't have everything we want, we should uphold the tpirit of compromise," he said. Eight Democrats and 21 House Republicans opposed lhe income lax bill. The Democrats were Reps. Jake Bennett. Ray Doolcy. Beulah Hand, Norman Howard, Philip, Lang, Don McKinnis, Katherinc Musa and Juanila Orr. Republicans who voted no were Reps. Victor Atiyeh, Sidney Ba-i zctt, Russell Boncstccle, Edward llranchfield, Bob Chappcl, Mrs. K. G. Chuinard, John Dellenback, Memorial Rites Set By United Pres International Americans across the land made plans today to pay homage to their war dead and celebrate the start of the vacation season dur ing the long Memorial Day weekend. As motorists prepared to flock lo the highways, law enforcement officials throughout the nation called out full forces and ordered heavy crackdown on traffic violators. The National Safety Council predicted between 450 and 550 per sons could die In traffic accidents between 6 p m. today end mid night Sunday. Another 20,000 tn 24.000 persons could suffer injuries disabling tliem beyond the day of the ac cident, the council aaid. For many persons. Memorial Day w ill mean a trip to the ceme tery, located perhaps in a busy city or on a treeless, sunbaked prairie. lucre iney wui place i bouquets on the graves of loved ones. Many will gather for traditional Memorial Day speeches that ring with patriotism. Welfare Bill Given Okay SALEM (UPH-A IOVT million public welfare budget cleared the legislature Tuesday and went to the governor. 11 will cost the slate about Ul 9 million, the federal government about 149.8 million, and the coun ties $1.1 a million. It provide lor 128 additional caseworkers. Weather AORICULTUKI FORICAST Generally fair next several days except far scattered thundershowors In the vicin ity. Continued warm, light Inch soil temperature. M degrees. Senate today rejected the legislature and throwing came on the modified net committee was expected to a program to raise $60 was named. The second ; ucliua Bering, iwoen LiicKin- son, Ed Elder, George Flitcraft, William Gallagher, Merrill Hagan, Winton Hunt, Robert Jones, Ken Maher, Fred Meek. Montgomery, W. S. Ouderkiik, Joe Rogers and Robert Smith. . ; Eymann eliarged that Republi cans who voted against the bill . had abandoned Gov. Mark Hat field's revenue program. Montgomery urged adoption of the cigarette tax, and pointed out that $3 million would go to cities. JUDGE DONALD PIPER Judge Plans Address At Services Circuit Court Judge Donald A. W. Piper will deliver the main address, "Memorial Day-Nnw an Anachronism?" during Thurs day' Memorial Day ceremony at the Memorial Shalt in tront ot the Klamath County Courthouse at 11 a.m. Judge Piper served in tiie U.S. Army during Wnrld War II from 1940 to 1945. lie was a member of the Oregon comple ment of lhe 41st Division in Aus tralia and New Guinea and also served in the 97th Division in France, Belgium, Germany and Czechoslovakia. Master of ceremonies for the program will be local sports an nouncer Wayne Scott. Scott will tead a Memorial Day poem and also deliver a brief address. The program will begin with the bugler sounding attention and tiie National Anthem will be sung by Curt Feidler with Marie Oben chain at the organ. The Rev. Eugene Van Bever- en will read the invocation which will be followed hy the main ad dress. After tiie address groups an4 individuals will participate in the wreath presenting ceremony at the foot of the shaft and a firing squad from the 4flftth Fighter Group at Kingsley Field will fire salute to the dead. Taps will be sounded by Fred Floetke and Da vid J. Johansen. A local barbershop ensemble will also participate in the pro- gram. The ceremony will close with the benediction. Holiday Activity Memorial Day, Thursday, will he a holiday tor most business firms, city, county and federal fiffkes, banks, utilities, city and county schools, and post office employes. There will be no services at the downtown post office or Its branehe. A lew food stores, mostly In dependent, will remain open. The Herald ant) New will publish as usual. The business olflce will remain open antll noon. i 1 , J fa.mnf'-4 let,
