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Newspaper Page Text.0r 0RE.U33A3T MSHSt-APEH SECTION CEN.REF.AUD DOCUMENTS DIV. EUGENE, OREG. vvurt Fbanes State Oibai Lirater K fWM Weather Jtttmith PHs, TuUIkt and Uktview 7 ' ' throuqh Thursday with X'gnlly cooler ttmperalure. towt to "im 3S4i, hi9ht Thurtday about 10. Light weittrly winds btcoming HJ m.p h. High ytttirday n Low this morning 4, High ytar go u Low vtar ago tJ Prtcip. past 24 hours Sinct Jan. 1 Samo ntrtod last yiar i. In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS In New York the other dav, Spanish - speaking woman who holds U.S. citizenship through nirtii in Puerto Kico began a court suit against the New York state law requiring an ENGLISH lit eracy lest as a requirement to . vole. She is a citizen of the United States by birth. She has lived .New York since 1948. She says in ner suit that as a reader of Span ish language newspapers and pe riodicals her understanding of government and politics is at least equal to thai of the average New York adult. But because she can't pass an ENGLISH literacy test she can't1 vote. She asks the New York su preme court to direct the New Y'ork board of elections either to register her as a qualified voter or to provide a literacy test in SPANISH. Hmmmmmmmmmmm. Let's do some supposing. Mrs. Cardona alleges in her suit that as a leader of New York Spanish language ncwspacrs and period icals her understanding of gov ernment and politics is at least equal to that of the average New York adult. Let's suppose she lias read in Spanish in which, of course it is available the great literature o( the world. So let's compare her with a New Yorker who HEADS ENG LISH and so is able to keep up with all 4hc dirt and the scandal and the fluff 'that make up so much of our modern day-to-day reading especially in our modern megalopolises, such as New Y'ork. Question: Which is best equipped to vote? One fears that a brutally can did answer wouldn't be very flat tering to us as a nation. In Portland the other day, rules for the use of the Rogue River trail between Almeda Bridge and Marial, a distance of 28 miles, were announced. The decision was made by Bureau of Land Management Director Russell E. Getty after a hearing and a con ference of interested federal and state agency people. It restricts use of the trail for these 26 miles to hikers. Horses, other trail stock and MOTORIZED WHEELED EQUIP MENT, including motorcycles of all types, will be barred. One reason for barring horses is '.hat forage is rather scarce in that area, thus necessitating the car lying of grain for the saddle and pack animals. The reason, presumably, for the barring of "motorized wheeled equipment" is Uiat the region will be set apart as a wilderness area for the use of those who like to gel as far from civilization as possible. It must certainly he conceded that Uicse snorting, smelly "mo- (Continued on Page 4-A) WHAT A BALL The 21st "" ip)j.w.i. 1i'IU.Jt,ls 1 I - it r ored by the Klamath Fall Firemen's Beneficiary Association, will be held Aug. 31 at the National Guard Armory on Shasta Way. Pete Colley's Orchestra will pro vide the evening's music. Tickets, $1 each, are on sale now and when you're approached by smiling firemen like Robert Moon, left, and Harold E! Its, remember what fun you had last year and purchase a few extra for your neighbors too. Price Ten Cents 36 Pages End Of Lamb PORTLAND lUPD The Pacific Northwest's lengthy lumber strike was all but over today after negotiators for two striking unions and the Big Six employers' bar gaining association agreed night. The three-year agreement between representatives of the International Woodworkers of America 1WA and the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' LSW unions and the Big Six if ratified by union members would leave only an estimated 500 men on strike. At one time about 29.000 were idled. About 6,400 men havei hnpn nn strike qiuco l.ino 5 against two Big Six com panies, St. Regis and U.S. Plywood. The other four members shut down in re taliation but reopened last week. The proposed contract, which calls for a 30'2-cent hourly raise in wises and benefits during the next three years, w ill be voted on this week by IWA and LSW work ers. Results of the referendum balloting are expected to be an nounced Sunday afternoon. At the start of negotiations the LSW had asked for a 60-cent hour ly increase and the IWA a 40-ccnt hike, both spread over three years. Another Meeting Set The unions meet here Thursday afternoon with the 196-member Timber Operators Council employ-! ers' bargaining association. Some TOC members already have set tled new contracts. The contract negotiating session between the unions and the TOC was scheduled by federal media tors following the settlement be tween the 1WA-LSW representa tives and the Big Six officials at 7 p.m. They had met olt-and-on since 9:30 a.m. The aereement. similar to most of the lumber contracts approved previously in the region during tne Divided Twin Loses Fight LOS ANGELES UPI - One of the Siamese twin boys born to a 16-year-old Glendale. Calit.. mother last Saturday died early today from an infection of the blood stream. Daniel Bartlcy was separated from his brother, David, Sunday in a delicate three-hour operation at Children's Hospital. David, who has not shown symptoms of the infection which took his brother's life, was re ported still on the critical list but "holding his own." The infants were joined from the breastbone to the navel when tiiey were delivered to Rebecca Bartley at Glendale Hospital. Their combined weight was 14 pounds, 4 ounces. v ft- ! annual Firemen s Ball, ipon. 1 3 luinl ! KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. on a contract here Tuesday strike, calls tor a 10-eent hourly pay increase and a 2-cent hourly skill differential retroactive to .June 1, an additional 5 cents Dec. 1. 6 cents next June 1. 6 cents June 1 in 1965 and increased travel pay for certain woods em ployes next Jan. 1, averaging l's. cents an hour. The two sides also agreed to form a joint study committee to look into automation and other major problems. The Big Six dropped its demands for a change in overtime pay for working weekends. Hatfield Comments Gov. Mark Hatfield issued the following statement after the set tlement: "The division within the ranks of management in the lumber in dustry indicated the delicacy of issues involved and the various ways in which they are affected. All Oregonians arc relieved that our economy w ill be restored and that fire and infestation dangers will be lessened. "Rather than imposing itself, government instead participated through persuasion and counseled both sides to continue negotiations in good faith." If the Big Six (contract is rati fied by union members and it is expected to be the only major company left on strike would be the Manasha Plywood Co. at Coos Bay where about 400 men are idle. Also still affected are some boom operations. Four Had Reopened Some 14.000 men returned to work this month at four Big Six companies following the end of a lockout. The lockout came at Weyerhaeuser, Crown - Zeller bach, International Paper and Ravonier June 7 after the unions struck St. Regis and U.S. Ply wood. The unions also announced Tues day that its members had ratified contracts negotiated last week with four struck TOC firms; Wil lamette Valley Lumber Co., San- tiam Lumber Co., Edward Hincs Lumber Co. and Pope and Talbot Inc. Recodifying Near Finish An 18-month project to cata logue the city's ordinances that have been passed in the last 50 years is nearing completion. A Los Angeles firm, Michie Citv Publications, undertook the job about 18 months ago under a con tract to the city of about $3,000. Up to this time, all ol the gen eral ordinances passed by the city council have been numbered in ol der, with no thought to classifi cation. This job by Michie City clas sifies the ordinances into catego ries such as criminal, building, etc. It is expected that live final copies of the city code, bound into books, will arrive here about Sept. 1. Cleric Cites Discrimination In Oregon WASHINGTON IUPI' A clergy - man from Eugene Ore, told a "P P'an youth employment pro - Senate subcommittee Tuesday that i8' ms- . , , . , .. The topic of racial discrimina- discrimination against Negroes ex- (jon WM b ht Wlt whw Sub. ists on a very quiet basis in OTmmiUee chairman Joseph S. Oregon and even at the Unive, D Pa afke() whcher (h sity ot Oregon. juvenile dclinauencv rate was The statement was made by Dr. Wesley G. Nicholsen. pastor of the First Congregational Church in Eugene, before the Senate Em- ployment and Manpower subcom - m'llec- The cleigyman and Dr. Kenneth Polk. sitant prolessor of soci - ology at tlie university, appeared before Uie committee to urge ex tension ot a law under which com- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1963 er Strike Expected 3- 2- THIRD GENERATION The production of fine Hereford cattle is a family tradition in the Glen Buchannan family of Algoma. These two brothers, Robert, 10, left, and Neal Buchannan, 14, are grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. George Hagelstein who have raised Herefords at Algoma for many years. Robert, a first-year 4-H Club member, will show Mickey, a 1,000-pound steer, at the Junior Livestock Show at the Klamath County Fairgrounds Aug. 18, 19 and 20, and a registered Hereford heifer. Neil, a fifth-year 4-H member, will show Matt who will weigh in at 950 pounds. The boys are members of the 4-H North Klamath Beef Club. Both have eyes on that purple cham pionship ribbon. !ailroad WASHINGTON (UPII - The. touchy railroad work rules dis pute appeared today to have been dumped back in the lap of a re luctant Congress. Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz announced Tuesday night the collapse of collective bargain ing talks lie had been holding with union and rail negotiators. Both Senate and House Com merce committees, winch had been considering President Ken nedy's proposal that the work rules impasse be settled by Uie Interstate Commerce Com mission, suspended action pend ing outcome of Wirtz' attempt to get the parties to settle it them selves. Collapse of the talks indicated pressure would be back on Con gress to step into the situation Accuse Each Other Both the railroads and the group of five rail unions in volved accused each other of fail ing to bargain realistically. The situation sounded considerably like it did late last month when the railroads agreed to postpone for 30 days imposition of new work rules that would eliminate so-called "fcatherbedding" jobs and practices and touch off a strike. The moratorium on work rules changes ends Aug. 29. Hearings by the committees produced bitter union reaction to the administration proposal, w h i c h the railroads have en dorsed. It was this politically ex plosive reaction and subsequent comment from congressmen that more collective bargaining was in order that prompted Wirtz to or ganize the new talks more than a week ago. The unexpected breakdown of the talks came as the railroad firemen's union assembled 140 members of its policy - making committee here at the behest of Wirtz so they would be on hand to accept any agreement reached the talks. The group would tmunilies receive federal grants lo hioher among minority groups. Dr. Nicholsen, who said there was no diflerence in the tleiin- ouencv rate in I.anp Cnunlv. u2- j tesK) (hat discrimination w as The clergyman said he thought Mound throughout the country, the problem was "local" rather '('lark had expressed surprfce thatthan a difference between the ;it should exist in Oregon. Dr. .Nicholsen said a "lense Negroes should receive a less situation'- exists in Portland and friendly reception in Oregon than elsewhere in the slate. He ciledjin Washington. Telephone TU 4-8111 No. Talks Collapse have to decide at a meeting to day whether to slay around in hopes the new deadlock could be brokei or return Home. Appeals Tp Both Wirtz appealed to both sides to consider again changing their positions and said prospects of settlement depended entirely on one side or the other making a concession. But J. E, Wolfe, chief railroad negotiator, said flatly that "a ne gotiated agreement is hopeless." H. E. Gilbert, president of the firemen's union, said Wolfe was saying "no settlement on other than our (railroad) terms." If Wolfe's statement is final, AEC Chairman Assures Solons Of Pact Benefit WASHINGTON (UPII - The chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) assured sena tors today that the nuclear test ban treaty would permit U.S. anti-missile weapons development and should improve, rather than jeopardize, American security. Dr. Glenn T. Scaborg, testify ing in behalf of the pact to outlaw all but underground testing said this country "already has a number of nuclear warheads; eligible for use on anti-missile missiles. The Nobel Prize-winning physi cist, who discovered plutonium. said that if Russia broke the treaty the United States could re sume atmospheric "proof tests of nuclear weapons in "perhaps a month." Development tests would take three months to start and eflects tests would take from three to six months, he said. But Scaborg emphasized that this country might "not want In test that soon" because it has 18 Uean of experience and has I the case of a Negro electrician! 1 who worked for the Bonneville fr Administration. He said the Negro had previously worked in olvmpia, Wash., where he found everyone to be "very friendly" in M churche, 8nd ,1,. But since beinc transferred to Portland, Dr. Nicholson said, "the Negro had been most un happy" because he had found oeonle to he "verv unfriendly." tstates when asked by Clark why Wenllier AGICUt.TUAL FORECAST Mostly sunny th nut ftw days with slightly cooltr tampiraturos. Highs 10-1 u moittuK ictt. Haying aim itid warte outlook good, eight Inch sotl tarn paralurat tr dtgrtoi. Gilbert said, the five unions have no choice but to .prepare for a nationwide walkout the minute the -work rules are posted. Wolfe said the railroads had agreed in imposing the new work rules to protect those now work ing" and to accept the principle that jobs would be eliminatedi by attrition normal retirement or resignation but charged that the union would eliminate jobs at a rate lower than attrition. A union spokesman charged that the unions answered Wirtz' request for a fresh statement of its views during tlie talks but we didn't get anything back from the railroads." made "hundreds of tests." Appraising the overall military effect of the pact, Seaborg told the three-committee group con sidering the treaty: "There are some risks but they are minor. In the balance, I think it is in favor of improving the security of this country if you approve the treaty." Politically, he said he believed that "the people of the United States want a treaty of this sort" and that they "regard it as a step along the road toward easing tensions and slowing the arms race." His endorsement followed simi lar strong support given the pact1 by two Kennedy administration cabinet officers. Secretary ol State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara. Scaborg said he hoped the U.S.. Britain and Russia "would seek ways of modifying tlie treaty in the future to make way for above-around iwacelul uses of nuclear energy. The two Oregonians testified as spokesmen for the Lane County Youth Study Board, which re ceived a $192,000 grant for an 18 month planning program to com bat juvenile delinquency They told the committee that in rural areas such as Lane County - there was less juvenile delin- quency than in urban areas but that it was Rrowmg at an alarm ing" rale. Dr. Polk told the com miltee Uiat delinquency in Lane County involved less serious ol fenses than in large urban areas The major problem, in Lane County, he said, was drinking among youth. SimplotDeVoe Plant Partly Burned CHILOQUIN Flames swept 'Lumber Company's sawmill here Tuesday night, halting mill opera tions for at least a week. Mill Superintendent Warren Lough this morning was awaiting arrival of an insurance adjuster before making an estimate of the damage, but he said about 20 to 50 per cent of the mill was de stroyed. Most of the damage was in the electrical system and in the base ment. Men from five fire departments battled flames for two and one half hours before bringing them under control. Night watchman Marion Stan- field discovered (lie fire about 10 US Proposes Halt To Atomic Weapons GENEVA (UPII - The Unitedj States today proposed immediate agreement with Russia to stop making fissionable material and to use large amounts of stock piled uranium for peaceful pur poses instead of nuclear bombs. U.S. negotiator Charles C. Stelle told the 17-nation disarma ment conference tliat agreement on the proposed measure would lie a logical follow-up to last week's Moscow treaty banning nuclear testing in the atmosphere, in outer space and under water. He said accord on such steps arc feasible now and are in the interest of all parties over more complicated issues such as a ban on underground nuclear tests." But Soviet disarmament nego tiator Scmyon K. Tsaiapkin told United Press International after- wards that he "cannot accept" tne American proposal. I cannot accept this because it is not a genuine disarmament' measure," Tsai apkin said. Pvnn ir nn i,i... Annnn i,ii,.,.,. I,..- mini.,,,, ., ,!,:! ,u would si, 11 he nl-ntv Mi .. Committee Okays Cut WASHINGTON (UPD -The House Ways It Means Committee voted 19 to 4 today to cut every body's income taxes starting Jan. 1. The lax rate reductions recom mended by President Kennedy would average 20 per cent and cost the Treasury $9.5 billion in revenue when fully effective on Jan. 1, 1965. The net tax relief would aver age less than 19 per cent. Sav ings for some taxpayers would be reduced by tax-tightening pro visions. This probably would hold the net revenue loss from indivi dual lax relief below $9 billion. Still facing the committee were showdown votes on the President's recommendations for reductions in corporation tax levies. Ken nedy's over-all lax program is de signed to provide net reductions of $106 billion for both indivi duals and corporations. In today's committee action on individual tax rates the closest vote came on a Republican move to make the second stage of the two-stage tax reduction contingent upon the size of the national debt on July 1. 14. This motion was defeated on a 13 to 12 vote. It was oflered by Rep. Howard H. Baker. R-Tenn., and supported by all of the other nine Republicans. Two Democrats jumped party traces to support tlie motion. ' ' ' ' 1 : . i f -trff "' " - nini'i mmw nil "i-ii iiiinnm 11B ASPHALT LAYER This asphalt slurry laying machine was specially built by eity crews for the job of refinishing city-owned runways at Kingsley Field. About 25 men are working on the project to repair two runways. (Sea story on Page 4.) o'clock Tuesday night in some motors. At that time, the fire was small. Stanfield turned in the alarm and Chiloquin Chief of Police Mac Smith and Officer Bob Ray were the first men on the scene. Chiloquin Fire Chief Roger Wright said that within a few minutes, by the time first units of his department were arriving, the fire had spread the full-length of the 100 - foot - long building under machinery and was starting on the roof beams. Wright said the fire was burn ing mostly flooring and other wooden parts of the metal-rooled building and had not yet started on the machinery. "1 didn't think there was much ing a great amount of nuclear weapons. "We must use the atmosphere created by the Moscow agree ment to proceed with real dis armament measures. The disarmament conference resumed Monday after a recess that began before the United States, Britain and Russia signed the partial nuclear test ban treaty Aug. 5. Western negotia tors are hoping to achieve more agreements on side issues to create a further casing of East West tension. It is expected the next major effort on disarmament will await a meeting of the U.S., British1 and Soviet foreign ministers atl the United Nations General As sembly session opening in New1 York Sept. 17. Stelle made his new proposal in an attempt to take advantage of the "friendly atmosphere created by the signing of the nu clear treaty. las auai proposal is similar 10 one made by Washington last pru, out n contains a new otter . aesignea to increase cnances The original proposal suggested that besides slopping production of fissionable material, the Unit ed States and Russia should each transfer 50,000 kilograms of stock- piled uranium 235 to purposes other than .use for nuclear weapons. Today Stelle offered to meet any Soviet objections that the United States has more U 235 than Russia by increasing thei American transfer to 60,000 kilo grams and accepting a Soviet transfer of only 40,000 kilograms. Lion Likes Night Out NEW YORK (UPD - Law- rence Benedict, 55, Lancaster, Pa. was accused of not protccUng the public Tuesday night because he let George see the sights of mid town Manhattan. George is a full-grown African lion. George was "lounging" inside the screened bed of a pickup truck just east of Fifth Avenue 30th Street when a crowd gathered. A panicky citizen called police Officers arrived and accused Benedict of not adequately pro tccling the public from his beast, However, the charge was dis missed. Benedict, who owns a menagerie and automobile wash in Lancaster, planned Unlay to pick up George, who was "putj up" for the night by the Amen can Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. of a chance but what it would take the whole tiling," Wright said later. But three trucks from the Chil oquin department were pumping 600 gallons of water a minute into the building and by 12:30 a.m. today, the fire had been con trolled. Seventeen Chiloquin volunteers were aided by men from tlie Sub urban and the Oregon Technical Institute lire departments, t h e Forest Service and tlie Klamath Forest Protective Association. The men were supplied w ith cof- fee and sandw iches through the nigm oy tne f ire Belles. Lough said R would be a week or 10 days before tlie 14 men who work in Uie sawmill will be able to return to their jobs on a temporary basis. Meanwhile, however, other sec tions of the plant will be work ing. ; Tlie starting chain will operate until tlie dry lumber is shipped out. The rough pine mill Is owned by J. R. Simplot of Boise, Idaho, and started operations In Novem ber, 1955. Author Sees Success In Tax Referral SALEM (UPD-Albany publish er J. Francyl Howard predicted today he would get more than enough signatures to refer to voters the 1963 legislature's $60 million revenue package but he fears they may not be certified in time. Howard said "tilings are coming ntnntf lntc Violtnr T u-as TroceimiK- lic last week bul cverything has imnrnv j ,u. .-,,.,. .,. - nmn in. i ot ,aU from two men in Eugene today. One had gotten 260 signatures, another 175. A man in Portland said ha got 178 signatures in just a few min or utes. . Jack Thompson, elections super visor, said lie made a spot check of several county clerks Monday. and estimated between 1,000 and ,500 signatures already had been obtained. Howard, w ho said petitions were now out throughout the state, said he had no idea how many already had been signed. 23,158 Needed V He must collect 23,158 valid sig natures by Sept. 117 days from now to force a special election on the revenue package Oct. 15. Tlie legislature, fearful that Uie revenue bill would be referred, set aside Uie October date and $300,- 000 to finance a special election case the needed signatures were obtained. - Opening Set On OTI Bids Bids will be open today, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. for Phase II-B of the new OTI campus. Tlie bids will be open at Portland m the General Extension Building, Room 7, 1633 South West Park Avenue, and not on the OTI campus as previously announced. Dr. Winston Purvinc, OTI pres ident, and J. L. Churchill, dean of student personnel services, will be present at the bid opening. Phase II-B consists of a radio isotope laboratory, financed by slate lunds, and a residence hall, financed by restricted funds (all sources other than state). Archi tects arc Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Portland. '.