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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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." '
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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
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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.
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