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Klamath
"Has Memorial Day lost its sig
nificance?" This is the question
Judge Donald A. W. Piper posed
to the crowd in front of the
Mamath County Courthouse
Thursday during Memorial Day
sci-viecs at the Memorial Shaft
Judge riper answered no in
delivering the main address dur
ing the program attended by
Klamath Basin citizens, patriotic
and veterans groups late this
morning.
"Not if in consecrating this day
to glorify and honor our military
dead we can rekindle an active
vibrant patriotism in all our citi
zens. We must again become ac
tively aware that our freedom is a
sacred heritage," Judge Piper
emphasized.
Being latently patriotic, rising
up only in times of emergency
isn't enough, the judge inferred.
"What we need is some good old
fashioned active patriotism. Has
not the course of our country suf
In The-
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
Two questions lor today:
1. What is Memorial Day?
2. How did it get started?
Memorial Day is a patriotic
holiday a day to honor those
members of America's armed
forces who have given their
lives for their country. Original
ly, Memorial Day was set aside to
honor men who died in the War
between the States. Its official ob
servance now includes those who
died in the Spanish-American War,
in World Wars I and II, and in
the Korean War.
Unofficially, it is a day to be
devoted lovingly to the memory
of everyone's dear departed.
Its origin is an interesting story.
.Memorial Day originated when
Southern women scattered spring
flowers, lovingly and tearfully, on
the graves of soldiers who died
during Uie War between the!
States. They honored the Northern
dead as well as their own dead.
It was not until 1868 that Gen
eral John A. Logan, as command-
ef-ln-cliief of the Grand Army of
the Republic, named May 30 as
a special day lor honoring the
graves of the Union soldiers. The
G.A.H. had charge of Memorial
Day observance in the Northern
slates for many years. The Amer
ican Legion took over this duty
after World War I.
During the War between tlte
States, the Union enlisted 2.6fi7,
000 men who saw service in tlie
field. The Confederates enlisted a
total of about 1.400.000.
On the Union side, 110.000 men
were killed in action or died of
wounds, and 2jfl,000 died of dis
ease or starvation. Tlie Confed
erates lost about 75.000 killed or
fatallv wounded and about 90.000
from disease and starvation.
Wliich is to say:
Out of a Uital of approximately
4.000.000 men who saw service in
the field on both sides in tlie War
between the States, some 525,000
were killed in action or died ol
wniinds or disease or starvation
War was deadly business in
those das.
Out of the War between the'
States came two literary gems
of which the first and greatest
is Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
which has been read at thousands
of Memorial Day observances. On
(hilt November day at Gettysburg
in IW3. midway of the war. Lin
coln said, in part:
"We are met on a great battle
field of that war We have come
to dedicate a portion of that field
as a final resting place for those
who here gave their lives 4hat
lour' nation might live. It is
altogether filling and proper that
we should do this. But in a larger
sense we cannot dedicate, we can
not consecrate, we cannot hallow
this ground. The brave men. liv
ing and dead, who si nice led here,
have consecrated it far beyond
our power to arid or detract. The
world will hide note, nor long
remember, what we say here,
hut it can never forget what they
did here."
Deiaclcs later. Wait Mason, a
wnler of syndicated docccrel
verses in current slang, rose to
greatness with these four lines
that are so vividly descriptive of
Ihe Memorial Day observances of
that earlier time:
'The little green lenls
' Where Ihe soldiers sleep
' And li e sunbejms play and the
women wep
' Are entered with .'lowers 10-
!'"
I'm all aid that if Uic people of.
that day. when May M was still1
a LIvi.Mi .Mcm'Tiai. niiii'i
a modern Memorial Day. they
would think it sacnlesiou.
They might be right.
Falls Ceremonies
fered because the patriotism has
been a tittle too latent? The
dead of our wars would be ap
palled at the situation we're in
uow in Cuba," Judge Piper said.
"We seem to go to any lengths
to accept, at least in modern
limes, any national affront short
of forceful agression in order to
avoid disturbance of our peaceful
pursuits. The two world wars and
Korea were fought to make the
world sale for democracy. W
must stand up for democracy
now.
"The fact that Memorial Day
has seemed to have lost its sig
nificance, has become more and
more devoid of its religious and
patriotic overtones is a matter
of concern to present day reli
gious, business, government and
patriotic leaders," he said.
Memorial Day still lias its sig
nificance then, the judge indicat
ed. It gives us a chance to pause
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KUmith P1II1, TuUlalce and L.k.vlew
Motllv fair through Friday with tomt
lata aMarnoon and avenlng cloudinas..
Scattered ihoweri both davi. High today
77. low tonight 40-4S. High Friday H.
High yesterday 7a
Low Ihtt morning S3
High year ago ts
Low year ago
Precip. past Z4 hourt .ji
Since Jan. 1 s.31
Same period lail year 1.00
Pope John
Wage Boost
Offer Made
By Council
PORTLAND lUPU - The Tim
ber Operators Council said Wed
nesday it had offered the Inter
national Woodworkers of America
wage uicrea.se of 20 cents an
hour over a three-year period.
The lumber producers' manage
ment group and union officials
are involved in negotiations over
a new contract. The present con
tract expires Friday night and
workers have authorized a strike.
A spokesman for the TOC said
negotiations were recessed after
tlie offer was made, subject to
call bv federal mediators. Execu
tive Vice President Carl F.
Glos said he believed some prog
ress was made, despite failure to
reach an agreement yet.
Tlie union originally demanded
a wage increase of 40 cents an
hour.
Glos said loggers now receive
an average of SJ.9B hourly and
sawmill workers receive J3 22, in
cluding fringe benefits.
I'nion negotiators are scheduled
lo meet Friday with the "big six"
of tlie Norlhwest lumber indus
try.
I NATIONAL CEMETERY IN
SITKA, ALASKA, OPERATED
IY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
9S NATIONAL CEMETERIES IN f
CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. 1
12 ARE OPERATED BY THE
V DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY,
13 IY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
V, 1 NATIONAL CEMtTlltr IN "r
JV HONOLULU, HAWAII, OPERATED fj
V IY DEPAITMENT OF THE A P. MY yr
HALLOWED GROUND Ciliiens of th, SO stttes nd
Puerto Rico visit 98 national cemettriet his Memorial
Day to lay wreaths, meditate and otherwise honor the
memories of the loldierf who reit there. Most of the
cemeteries dflte from Civil War days, though subsequent
wars end military actions heve added to their number.
Moit famous national cemetery is et Arlington, Va.,
1 1 864 1 . Newest ere et Fort Logan, Colo., end Willamette,
Ore., both established in I9S0.
in these hurried times and dwell
upon the memory of those who
gave their lives and typify that
higher and truer Americanism
which should be active in all of
us.
Judge Piper's address climaxed
the ceremonies which opened with
a bugler calling the crowd to at
tention and the National Anthem
was sung by Curt Feidler with
Marie Obenchain at the organ
Emcee for the program was
sports announcer Wayne Scott.
KOT1-TV. He read a Memorial
Day poem.
Invocation was delivered by the
rtev, Eugene Van Beveren.
A firing squad from Kingsley
Field rendered a salute to the
honored dead and taps w ere
sounded by Fred Floetke and Da
vid Johansen.
Memorial wreaths were laid on
the shaft by service organizations
and individuals and the program
closed with a benediction.
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VATICAN CUT lUPU - Popei
John XXIII rallied further today
in his fight for life as internal
bleeding which has sapped his
strength finally stopped.
An official Vatican medical bul
letin issued at 1:40 p.m. 5 . 40
a.m. PDTi said thr 81-year-old
pontiff, confined to bed with an
abnormal stomach growth or tu-j
inor and other complic-al ions.
State Mulls
Red Course
SALEM l'PI - Tlie State
Board of Education will resume
consideration of a proposed leach
ers guide on Communism when
it meets here June 5.
The guide is planned for use in
teaching a course on Democracy
and Communism in Oregon
schools.
The board will elect a new
chairman and vice chairman to
take over in September.
Other items on the agenda in
elude:
Personnel changes.
A hearing on the leaching
certificate of willard McKinny
of Klamath Falls.
-Contracts wiih three school
districts for migrant summer
school programs.
Appointment of members to
the Slate Board of Textbook Com
missioners.
1 NATIONAL CEMETERY IN
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, OPERATED
IY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON lUPU - Presi
dent Kennedy laid a wreath at
the foot of the Tomb of the Un
known today, then paid a senti
mental visit to the graveside of
.lames Forrcstal, the nation's
first secretr.r;- cf defense-.
In brief Memorial Day ceremo
nies in crisp, sunny weather at
Arlington National Cemetery.
Kennedy placed a red, white and
blue flower wreath at the tomb,
which is inscribed with the words:
"Here rests in honored glory an
American soldier known but to
God."
The President then was driven
to an isolated area of the national
cemetery to visit the plain grave
side of Forrestal. Kennedv stood
silently before the simple slab
marker for several minutes, then
left by limousine for the return
trip to the While House.
Forrestal became the nation's
first defense chief in 1947. He
died in 1949 in a fall from his hos
Fas
otatinues
"showed a marked rally" from
his ailments.
Internal bleeding was stopped
for the moment and he was
strengthened with a scries of
blood transfusions.
In addition, the Pope's principal
physician said the pontiff "got oul
of bed lor several .ninutes
Wednesday.
An earlier morning bulletin Is-
sued at 9:45 a m. 11:45 a.m. PDTi
also reported optimistically on the
Pope's condition, that "Ihe Holy
Father sjient an excellent night
after a perfect rest.
Physician Leaves
About the time the second medi
cal bulletin of the day was is
sued, the Pope's oflicial physician
left by train for his northern
Italian home. As he left, he said
his patient "is a man who doesn't
listen at all to his doctors."
Dr. Antonio Gasbarrini. who is
the same age as his patient, lelt
a corps of younger men in charge
of the Pope.
The Vatican press office, main
taining an optimistic flow of re
ports since the aged Pope suf
fered his latest relapse 10 days
ago, released official communi
ques w hich Raid he had slept
through the night and that tlie in
ternal bleeding had ceased. The
future was uncertain, however,
for an aged man suffering from
a stomach tumor which could be
cancerous. Almost continuous
Administration Urges
Civil Right Speed-Up
WASHINGTON 'l:PI - The
administration was reported today
to have speeded up its timetable
lor presenting new civil rights
legislation to Congress because of
mounting racial trnion.
Reports circulated on C;
aiea on --p.t...
Hill that Attv
(ion. Jiobert Y .
Kennedv had advanced by six
days from June 12 lo June
his planned appearance before tlie
House Judiciary Committee in
support of President Kennedy's
vlil! - undisclosed legislative re
quests. However, neither the Justice De
partment nor Chairman Emanuel
Celler. D-N V.. ol the House com
mittee would conlirm that the at
torney general would testily soon
er than originally planned.
The President, rk-cply concerned
alniut racial unrest, was said to
he considering whether to ak
Congress for measures that would
bar segregation m any restaurant
or store selling goods shipped in
interstate commeicc
Ac-cording to congressional
sourcrs. the conlcmpla'.ed pi;in
would apply to all forms of public:
at rommudations theaters and h
tels as we'll as restaurants
gmssing more tfwr tl million a
year in business.
.Vlmuiistiation oiticials were
expected lo pend ihe ockend
working out draft of the pro
posed new legislation.
pital room at the Bethcsda iMd.l
Naval Hospital.
A 21-gun salute boomed across
the rolling hills of the cemetery
as Kennedy's limousine drove to
the top of the hill to the Tomb
ui tne Unknowns. Military honor
guards stood at rigid attention
and a lone bugler played taps as
Kenneoy performed the brief cer
emonial function in honor of the
nation's war dead.
His son. two-year-old John Jr..
accompanied the President on the
visit, holding tightly to the hand
ot a Secret Service agent. Mrs.
Kennedy and Caroline did not at
tend the ceremonies.
Kennedv and his (amilv left
shortly before noon by helicopter
to spend one day at Camp David.
Also accompanvmg the Presi
dent in other helicopters were
actor David Niven and his wife,
and Ben Bradlee, Washington bu
reau manager for Newsweek, and
Mrs. Bradlee.
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hemorrhages have weakened him
to exhaustion. He has an ancmicl
cundition and a prostate ailment !
May Be Dying
The most competent Vatican'
and church olficials admit pri
vately the Pope may be dying.
Ceremonial officials already
tian mee" ing to discuss the oom-
healed details of a funeral and
plans for tlie conclave of card!
nals to elect a new spiritual lead
cr of the world's half-billion Eto
nian Catholics.
The midday Vatican announce
ment on Ihe Pope s condition
said:
'Furtlier signs of the improve
ment, ascertained yesterday and
still increasing, have been re
corded at 6:30 am. during rou
tine checkups. The hemorrhagic
phenomena which in the last few
days had raised some preoccupa
lion has now stopped. The substi
tutive tlierapy had good results
thanks to the strong constitution
of the august patient and his gen-
era condition has shown a sensi
ble recovery."
Massive Transfusions
Tlie "substitutive therapy
meant massive blood transfusions
which have helped keep the Pope
alive.
The pontiff has not eaten solid
food for 10 days. At first he was
being fed a liquid diet, but had
difficulty retaining it. Latest ad
vices said he now is being fed in
travenously.
Itobert Kennedy and a group of
his aides met at the White House
with presidential advisers Wed
nesday to work on the new legis-
lt;n anA l.,n Alhnr r.ivil riohl t
move, Th,ess,on followed Ihesel8
. ,
, . .. , .,
rrcsiaeni iscnncciy invuco,
about tin businessmen to merlj
with him Tuesday to discuss dif
ficulties facing Negroes in "ui
curing employment and equal ac
cess" to stores, theaters, hotels
and other public places. Some
southerners were invited but most
were northerners with business
interests in tlie South.
The President urged nine'
Democratic governors lo u-e their1 BEKMN iL'PI' Tlie t'nited
leadership to promote equal op.:si as walchmg the Berlin
portunily for all races in their air to'-' llKliiy l" determine
states. Attending Ihe White House whether the Ilussians have
meeting were the governors n'.
Delaware. Illinois, Indiana. Mm-
nrsota. New Jersev. Vermont.!
New Hampshire. Massachusetts:
and Tennessee. Kennedy exM-cts
to meet later wiih other gover
nors. The attorney general met
with 141 executives of retail
stores with southern outlets. The
administration's position was said'f approached Berlin,
lo have been that desegregation! Tne Russian let maneuvered
is bound to tome and Hist south- near tlie transport over Berlin un
ern busines-men cnuld take "tlie't'l Hie COT made Us final low
short straight load or tlie longjlcvcl landing appioach at Teml
crooked one" to it. ho( airfield.
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GRAVES DECORATED In a ceremony in honor of
MemoriAi Day at the National Cemetery at Arlington,
Va., Pfc. Michael G. Haynie, Roanoke, Va,, places a
small flaq at one of the qraves. More than 112,000
THURSDAY, MAY 30. mi
Ml
Forces Join
To Attempt
Bill Passage
SALEM lUPli Hoping their
cooperatlun isn't too late, labor
and management joined today in
urging the legislature to pass itsl
big workmen's compensation bill
The measure was discussed be
fore two Ways and Means sub
committees by William Moshof-
sky, spokesman for a group of I
employers, and James Marr of
the Oregon AFL-CIO.
The bill, known as a "three
ay" bill, has been subject to in
tensive pressures during a stormy
career in two sessions of the Ore
gon Legislature.
It is now considered nearer to
passage than ever belore u it
isn't cut off by pending adjourn
ment.
The Senate passed a different
version of the bill earlier this
session. The House Labor and In
dustries Committee rewrote it, al
most killed it several times, then
sent it out early this week.
House Speaker Clarence Barton
sent it to the Ways and Means
Committee, which is trying to de
cide whether to try to push it
through the rest of the legislative
process at this late date.
The measure would completely
overhaul Oregon's 50-year-old law
lor insuring the injured worker.
It would revamp the industrial ac
cident commission and revise
1l"'m' - hearing and appeals pro-
'cedures.
It would let employers insure one
of three ways. With tlie slate,
through self-insurance, or through
Pr'vale '''-""nc-C firm
For labor, it would raise licnc
its by shout 20 per renl.
,ll,ts hv about 20 ncr rent
' - '
Reds Buzz
Berlin Area
launched a lie v campaign lo
h.iiacs western fli,'!m.
'Ihe bcizin Wednesday of i
L S- Air Fnue C'(7 transpoit b'
a Soviet jet brought an Amen
i an protest and prompted fr-ars
the Russians muhl be up to their
old tricks.
Tlie j-t flew wnhin 2nc fed of
Ihe four-engine Stralolreighter as
4t . Wii.
Telephone
SALEM iL'PIi Agreement on
a compromise income tax pro
gram, subject to a promise by
House Speaker Clarence Barton
that he will promote a icason-l
able" sales tax bill, was reached
Wednesday night by tlie third set
of Senate-House tax conferees.
Tlie compromise hill is dc
signed to raise an additional VtG
million to finance a $403 million
leneral fund budget for next hi-
cnnium.
A dramatic facc-to-facc meeting
lietwecn Barton and Senate con
feree Robert Elfstrom, R-Salem,
climaxed a slinging defeat for lho
House-proposed net receipts and
cigarette taxes.
As tentative agreement was
leached on the new income tax
compromise, Elfstrom told Barton
I will hold up this report until
I get assurance that you will ap
point reasonable conferees for the
sales tax bill.
Barton replied "suppose I dis
cuss this with Senate President,
Ben Musa."
The Senate is slated to vole to
day on a 3 ier cent sales tax
(hat would be referred to the vo-.
lers at the November, 1!4, elec
tion. Half tlie SIR0 million a hiennium
sales tax revenue would be an
offset against property taxes, 25
per cent would go to offset in
come taxes, and the rest would:
go to the general fund.
Klfstrom wants a "liberal"
sales tax that would not apply
to items such as food. Barton op
poses a sales tax. Elfstrom fears
the House will amend the bill to
make it so rigid that voters would
i eject it.
Wednesday's series of spectac
ular events began when tlie Sen-
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WHERE THE FALLEN REST Thirty-nino per cent of American soldiers killed in
foreign battle remain oversees. lOtheri were returned by request of next of kin. I
The American Battle Monuments Commission It r a s p o n i i b I for construction and
maintenance of military cemeteries and memorials on foreign toil. There it a total
of 22 tuch permanent cemeteries, replacing the hundreds of temporary titet estab
lished during World War II. On map above, eight World War I cemeteries ara
named in white boet; 13 World War II cemeteries in black boxet. First it nam of
cemetery, tecond it location. Not indicated it the cemetery at Manila, Philippine
Islands, largest of ell.
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graves were decorated by members of the 1st Battle
Group, 3rd Infantry, who annually pay this tribute to the
nation's war dead. UPI Telephoto
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if
ale rejected a net receipts income.
tax compromise 27-3, and a 4-cent
a pack cigaretto tax 24-6.
Barton then named a third set
of House conferees. He reappoint-
ed Rep. Richard Eymann, D-
Marcola, and named Rep. W. O
Kelsay, D-Roseburg, to succeed
House Minority Leader F. F.
Montgomery who served on the
second conference try.
Musa renamed the Senate's
lirst set ol conferees. Bovd Ovcr
hulse, D-Madras, and Elfstrom.
lo succeed Sens. Glen Stadler, D
Eugene, and Donald Husband. R
Eugene, who served on tlie com
mittee which bowed to House de
mands for the net receipts and
cigarette tax proposals.
The first conference committee
was near agreement when It
broke up because of Uie resigna
tion of Rep. Victor Atiyeh. R-
Portland. Atiyeh, who pushed!
Gov. Mark Hatfield's net receipts
and cigarette tax measures!
through the House, said he could
not abandon the governor's pro
gram. At a 20 - minute conference
meeting Wednesday afternoon Ey
mann and Kelsay abandoned the
net receipts and cigarette lax
proposals. Eymann pointed out
that House Republicans had failed!
to support either program.
Eymann then agreed to accept
the program drafted by the first
team of conferees. He also agreed
to hold the one-shot speedup of
withholding lax collections as an
emergency measure to be used
only if needed.
Eymann also proposed to work
to get the Senate sales tax "into
conference and write a fair,
broad-based bill."
It was this feature that resulted
Weather
AGRICULTURAL FORECAST
Thirty ptr cent etitne of howit to
night and 9n Pr,ly nlgftt. Nlnity
per ctnl tumhina Friday. Htgh humidity
and modtnta daw tonight. Soil ttmpar
alura 5 dagratt. Outlook tor wtakand
littla changa.
Mi
in Elfstrom's demand for a "rea-
sonable' sales tax.
At the 40-minule long evening
sn Ovcrhulse said he would
accept the compromise, and Elf
strom said he would go along If
lie got Barton s assurance of
'reasonable" treatment of the
sales tax bill.
It was a spectacular victory for
Ihe Senate, as the only House
favored feature in the compro
mise is a tax credit in place of
tlie present 600 deduction.
Other features of tlie compro
mise include elimination of federal
deductions, a S per cent standard
deduction, unlimited medical ex
pense deduction over S per cent
of income, and fractional rates
ranging from 2 to 7!i per cent.
Also Included in Ihe package is
a revision of the state capital
gains law, and an increase in cor
porate excise taxes.
Navy Denies
Cuban Firing
WASHINGTON UPI) The
Navy today denied a Cuban
charge that a U.S. plane fired on
an island where Cuban and So
viet technicians were working.
But, It said there apparently was
gunfire from unidentified sources
in the vicinity.
A Havana communique claimed
a U.S. plane sprayed the island
of French Key with machine gun
bullets Sunday. The Navy said a
patrol plane was in that area at
the time but did not fly over the
island.
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