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Newspaper Page TextC'JP. D0CUBSSX3 D. Weather Klamath Falla, Tulalaka and lakavlawi Oaiiarally lair through Prloav. Lowa t high) 91 M 41 wllh ipottv light Irtut in Lamar Klamal latin. Hight Friday U 10 73. High vattertfay at Lew this morning 44 High yaar ago 7$ Low yaar ago M Weather AOmCULTlKAl "OmCAST . Haying and (laid work outlook It fair to good with briat thowort potsibta uit Friday, Spotty light Irott m I ha Lowar Klamath Satin tonight, light Inch toil Itmptraturt it dtgrttt. V t Prtcip. last 34 hours M SIiko Jan. 1 .)4 Sama porlod yaar ago a. Price Tea Cent -2 Paes KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1963 Telephone TU 8111 No. 7580 , Texans Fight Floodwaters Kennedy Pleads For Tax Cue Bill; w ' T WHAT'S THE USE A. L his hand as he quit the battle th e area, was caused by Soviets Suggest Summit Disarmament Meeting UNITED NATIONS, N Y. (UPD Russia today proposed a sum mit conference of 18 countries in Moscow next year to work out a "general and complete disarma ment treaty and discuss relaxa tion of international tension. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. in a policy speech to the In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS In a radio and TV address in Washington yesterday evening, President Kennedy appealed to the congress and to the nation for an $11 billion tax cut. The theory of his proposal is that if our taxes are cut we will all go out and spend for THINGS WE WANT the money we would otherwise have had to spend for TAXES. This added spending, he argued, will CREATE PROSPERITY. The prosperity thus created, he con tended, will provide tax income sufficient to enable us to reduce and eventually PAY OFF our present debt. He added: "We are pledged to a course of! true fiscal responsibility, leadingi to a balanced budget in a b a 1-1 anced full employment economy. "We are not talking politics. We are talking about more jobs and fewer recessions. We are talking about the future of our country, about its strength and growth and stability." Having thus outlined his the ory, he then took a long step in the direction of appeasing the critics of his proposal to pay off debt by cutting taxes. He promised that if the tax cut is enacted into law by the congress "no wasteful, inefficient activity will be tolerated to sup plement any economy boosting1 tax reduction." He added: "We are pledged to a course of true fiscal responsibility, leading to a balanced budget in a bat anced, full-employment economy. "i favor tax reduction IN STEAD OF DEFICIT FEDERAL SPENDING as a means of boost ing our economy." Question: What does President Kennedy mean by UNNECESSARY gov ornment activity? Let's do some supposing. Supposing that come next fall Ihe situation might not look too favorable for the return of his administration to power. Suppose things weren't working out quite as planned. Suppose the poll-takers were reporting that the Republican candidate was showing a lot of strength and that something was needed to pro vide a little more PUSH FOR VOTES. Suppose that some BOONDOG GLING might be needed to im prove tlie situation. In that event, there would he a lot of pressure to RESUME the boondoggling procedures that have so often been successful in th years of the paL Does he mean that in such ait eent his answer would be a flat NO? Does he mean that boondoggling is OUT for good and lf and that never again will it bt resorted to no matter what th political situation might be? Does he mean that in the future, so far as he Is concerned. ECON OMY Is the watchword and 1 t the chips fall where they may? It will be intcresing tatch. Sangaau carries his moD and of keeping the water out of heavy rains that followed Hurricane Cindy. UPI Telephoto General Assembly, also called for a U.S.-Russian agreement not to send nuclear weapons into space. He proposed that the 18 coun tries invited to participate in the current Geneva arms talks- France declined the invitation- convene in a new conference next year at a convenient site to be decided. He said Russia would welcome "the heads of governments or state" of the conference members in Moscow for such a conference. In a speech reflecting the "Mos cow spirit" which followed last month's signing of the partial nu clear test ban treaty, Gromyko used the polemics for which he is noted only to lash out at West Germany. He declared that Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's Bonn govern ment "inevitably" would throw a monkey wrench into plans for re laxation of international tension Gromyko called for "leading statesmen of the highest level" In participate in the new 18-national disarmament conference during the first quarter or first half of next year. , 'The Soviet government be lieves that this conference should discuss both the question of gen eral and complete disarmament and separate measures to achieve the further alleviation of interna tional tensions." Gromyko said. .such a conference could be convened at any place convenient lor its participants. "For its purpose, the Soviet government would be prepared to receive for the purpose of such a conference the heads of govern ment or state of the members of the committee in Moscow." A Soviet delegation spokesman amplified Gromyko's proposal, saving: Of course, highest level means Khrushchev and Kennedy and other heads of state." Gromyko also retreated from Russia's previous insistence that nuclear weapons and their ve hicles of delivery be destroyed at the end of the second stage of gradual disarmament. The Soviet government stales its readiness to agree that limited contingents of intercontinental, anti-missile and anti-aircrail mis DSTEnds Ocfober 27 Daylight Savings Time will not end in Oregon until Sunday, Oct. 27. The date was set up by Senate Bill 308 in the last cession of the legislature. The last Sunday in October was set by law as the termination dale for Davlight Savings. II thus concurs with the dates for Day light Savings Time in both Wash ington and Calilorma. Labor Asks For Debate LONDON I UPD Labor party leader Harold Wilson demanded in a meeting with Prime Minister Harold Maemillan today that Par liament b: rc:i!!rf s h potentiallv explosive "Denning re port on Britain s sensational sex and security scandal. Both the prime minister and tlie leader of the Labor opposi tion agreed that the 50.ooo-ord report prepared by Lord Denning, one of the nation's most highly- respected Jurists, should he pub lished at soon as possible per haps as soon as next week. But Wilson alo proposed a two- day parliamentary debate on the report sometime around Oct. 14. polittcal aoursnt m-4. Dail on his shoulder and waves his home in Port Acres, Tex., v siles should remain at the dis posal of the U.S.S.R. and the United States in their own terri tories not only until the end of the second stage, but also until the end of the third stage until the completion of Ihe whole process of general and complete disarma ment." he said. "With the U.S.S.R. and the United States retaining a limited number of rockets, the problem of confidence in the process of dis armament will turn out to be solved even under the most mis trustful approach on the part of skeptics in the West. . ." he said. President Kennedy will address the assembly Friday. OTI Starts Fall Term Wednesday The 1963 fall term at Oregon! Technical Institute will begin next Wednesday with a general assembly for all new students and entrance tests. Further orientation, testing and registration will he held Thurs day, Friday, Saturday and Mon day and classes will begin Tues day. Oct. 1. The assembly Wednesday will begin at 7:45 a.m., according to President W. D. Purvine. College Entrance Examination B o a r dj tests and olhcr required tests are scheduled for the new students from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday. The presidents reception for all students and faculty mem bers will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom Thursday's schedule begins with an 8 a.rrt. assembly for al transfer students. There will be further testing and orientation Thursday. Friday, new students will regis ter and receive their class sched ules and an all-school dance will be held at the Student Union Fri day evening. Saturday, Sept. 28, there will be the all-school picnic on the parade grounds at 5 p.m., to be followed by the 8 o'clock football game at Modoc Field. The Oregon Tech Owls will play Weber College from Ogden, Utah Registration for sophomores and juniors is set for Monday, Sept :U), with classes beginning the next dav. Tougher To Halt NEW YORK I UPI i - U-S. maritime leaders today brand ed the administration's economic boycott of Communist Cuba a failure and demanded tougher measures to halt free world trade with the Soviet satellite. Ralph E. Casey, president of the American Merchant Marine Institute IAMMH and Joseph Cur ran, head of the National Mari time Union, joined in describing irrnt V s nrpure on Cuba as ineffectual to dale. Casey said tlie AMMI. repre senting the majority of American1 flag shipowners, wanted sanctions imposed against foreign govern ments as well as foreign shipown ers trading with Cuba. "After more than a year of half-way 'economic' measures lacainst Cuba), it is high time we arrested the steady buildup of 'Communist! economic power in Cuba," Ca;y said. i In Washington today, govern ment officials said French ships Levees PORT ARTHUR. Tex. (UPD-Mud-splattered volunteers weary from sandbagging a levee weak ened by dying Hurricane Cindy's torrential rains, began leaving for home and rest today. Civil de fense officials pdt out an emer gency call for more volunteers. Civil defense official Sawyer Wollston called it "an extreme emergency." Thousands have fled to high ground (o escape the flood waters. "We need more volunteers," he said. "The men there are burned out and leaving because they simply cannot work any more." Hovers Over Valley Cindy moved inland Tuesday and then hovered over the lower valley formed by the Sabine and Neches rivers soaking the area with as much as two feet of rain. Flood damage around Beaumont and Port Arthur has already been estimated as high as $5 million. The work force at the levee, holding back a flooded bayou from 800 homes in the Port Ar thur suburb of Port Acres, dropped from 500 men to 100. Wollston called for 500 more volunteers and for prope!ler-l driven "swamp buggies" lo carry sand bags. Some Worked 36 Hours Some of the men had worked 36 hours, stacking more than 20, 000 sandbags on ihe mile-and-a-half levee. Sheriff R. E. Culbertson said We're holding our own. The wa ter is not falling, but is still ris ing slowly and the potential is just as great as before." At one point during the night, the water was within six inches of the top of the sandbags, but the volunteers, working feverish ly, raised (he margin to 18' inches by dawn. . Civil defense officials said the water behind the levee was 7.4 feet deep. , If the levee wei'e to break, au thorities said, the water level in Port Acres' streets, already two to four eet, -would rise as much as six feet. Seek Disaster Aid Heavy equipment was used to; pile earth on one lane of state highway 365, which runs along another edge of the bayou hold ing the threatening waters. The Sabine and Neches rivers were unable to Handle an the runoff from the heavy rains Eight Jefferson County mayors asked the government to declare the county a disaster area, so it will be eligible for federal finan cial assistance. New Weapon Tried On Birds LEEUWARDEN, The Neth erlands 'UPD The Royal Dutch Air Force put into op eration Wednesday its newest weapon in the battle to keep Leeuwarden Airbase's run ways free of seagulls. An extended tape record ing, mixing the distress cries of four different types of sea gull, was played w henever the birds landed. "We are not over-optimistic," said a spokesman. "Seagulls are a hardy breed." Policy Demanded Shipments To Cuba have started trade with Cuba for the first time since Jan. 1, when the U.S. Maritime Administration started a "black list" of free world ships trading with Cuba. (The officials said the State De partment had taken up the mat ter wilh the French government, which said it has no control over tlie ships). 1 Curran called for stiff sanctions against all companies and all ships of those companies engaged in trade with Cuba. He said the NMU has long sought an exten sion of economic sanctions against Cuba. Casey called on free world ship owners in the International Cham ber of Shipping to voluntarily withdraw their tonnage from trade with Cuba. He said this would eliminate, overnight, 75 per rent of tonnage presently availa ble to Cuba, This in turn not only would seri ously handicap the Castro regime W)V Calls for Curb Measure Called Vital To Nation's Economy WASHINGTON (UPI I - Presi dent Kennedy has appealed to the nation to back his proposed $11 billion tax cut bill, a measure he claims will stimulate Ihe econ omy and erase the threat of a fulure recession. The President made his plea for the bill he described as "the most important domestic eco nomic measure to come before the Congress in 15 years" in a nationwide radio-television siwech Wednesday night. Shortly before his speech, in a four-line note to Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, D-Ark., chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee. Kennedy pledged to forego gov ernment pump-pruning outlays H Congress enacts the tax cut. He Republicans Claim JFK Ducked Issue WASHINGTON (UPD Repub-I lican leaders today accused Pres ident Kennedy of ducking the is-1 sue of heavy federal spending and pressed toward a major House showdown on harnessing! his proposed $11 billion tax cut Kennedy told the "American people V-'cjinesday night that1 "this nation needs a tax cut now," and pleaded for "your help, your voice" against partl-i san attempts to weaken or delay Ihe bill. In a nationwide radio-television address, the .President stressed the measure's promise of helping boost consumer pocket money, of fighting a recession, creating more jobs, opening up new mar kets, balancing the budget and ending the U.S. dollar drain over seas. At the same time, he pledgfi an ever-tignler rein on leoerai soendine and asserted that no wasteful, inefficient or unneces sary government activity will bo tolerated on the grounds that it helps employment." With that and a tax cut, he said, "prosperity will balance our budget." Republicans promptly com plained that these assurances were not specilic enougn. iney vowed an all-out battle on the House floor next week to side track the entire tax cut unless government spending is held to strict levels during the next two years. GOP National Chairman Wil liam E. Miller charged Kennedy with preaching "economic brink manship" and "credit-card gov ernment." He demanded equal lime for the GOP viewpoint on major radio and television net works. but increase tremendously the cost lo Russia of Soviet economic support of Cuba, Casey said. The present u.b. policy of deny ing U S government cargoes to only those foreign (lag shins en gaged in trade with Luna was blasted bv Casey as "too weak He said whenever any ship under any flag is known to he trading with Cuba, "all ships under that flag should be denied access to (U.S. governmenti cargo. Since Jan. I, a total of 175 free world ships has been "blacklist ed" by the U.S. for trade with Cuba. Only five of those ships have been reintated in U.S. good graces by withdrawing from such trade. The I5 ships represent ing nearly l.S-million tons of ship ping made 271 trips to Cuba in the first nine months of 1963. British and Greek flag ships have been the most consistent of fenders despite American pro tests, with S3 British and 52 Greek vessel blacklisted tine Jan. 1. agreed that the two roads of pump-priming and tax reduction cannot be traveled at once. But as far as Republican con gressional leaders were con cerned his pledge and his en treaties fell on deaf ears. Press For Showdown They accused him of ducking tlie issue of heavy federal spend ing and pressed for a - major showdow n on a House GOP move to harness the tax cut. Republi can National Chairman William E. Miller also sought equal time from tlie networks to reply to Kennedy's speech. The President voiced particular concern about Ihe GOP move to sidetrack the bill unless his ad ministration attains specific econ omy goals for the next two fiscal years. "Let us not be petty or parti san on matters such as this," he said. "We are not talking politics we are talking about more jobs and fewer recessions. 'The nation needs a tax cut now not a tax cut 'if not a lax cut 'when' not a tax cut in tlie future nor a tax cut for tlie few," he said. "This nation needs a tax cut now that will benefit every family, every business and every part of the nation. Pledges Economies At the same time Kennedy de clared he would not tolerate any wasteful or inefficient federal ac tivities. He said his adminislra tion was pledged to a balanced budget within a balanced econ omy, Replying to critics lie said had accused the administration of waste, the President said there wns greater waste in having four million persons unemployed. The government, he said, is attempt ing to rid itself of any wasle that exists. r Highlights Of Speech WASHINGTON UPI - Here are the highlights oi n-esiacm Kennedy's speech Wednesday night on the proposed $11 billion tax cut: Jobs: "A tax cut means more jobs for American workers. More after-tax money means more buy ing power for consumers and in vestors and this means more production and the jobs our na tion needs." Recession: "A tax cut means new protection against another tragic recession. 1 do not soy a ecession is inevitable without a tax cut or impossible with one. . . We need a Ihx cut to keep this present drive from running out of gas." Markets: "A tax cut means new markets for American busi ness. American citizens will siend an overwhelming percent age of the extra after - tax dol lars left in their pockets, and this spending will broaden the mar kets of businessmen. The multi plied effect will create a new market right here at home near ly equal to the gross national product of Canada and Australia combined. Budget: A tax cut means higlter family incomes, higher business profits and a balanced federal budget. Prosperity will balance out budget. . . By lower ing tax rates and increasing jobs and incomes, we can expand tax revenues and bring our budget into balance; and to assist fur ther in this effort, we have pledged an ever tighter rein on federal expenditures, limiting our outlays In only those activities which are fully essential to the nalioi,. Spending will he con trolled and our deficit will be re duced." Dollar Drain! A tax rut means new strength around the world for Ihe American dollar and freedom. A lax cut can help us balance our International ac counts and end the outflow of gold by helping make the Ameri can economy mora modern, effi cient and productive by enabling our goods U compete more suc cessfully with those at the most efficient foreign factories and by makinit investment in America more attractive than Investment abroad." A A fi " I -av II I J 13 OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY, SUNDAY Firemen are busy polishing their trucks for th open house Saturday and Sunday at the new fire substation, Mitchell and Shasta Way. The station will be open to the public I to 5 p.m. those days with refreshments for' adults and children. The substation was opened in March. Here, Fire Chief Gino Ghel ler lleftl directs Capt. Ralph Edwards (right) and fireman Art Bragg in polishing one; of the trucks for the open house. Pact Loses Another Vote, Ratification Still Assured WASHINGTON (UPD Presl dent Kennedy's nuclear test ban treaty lost a vote the administra tion thought ft had today when. Sen. Frank J. Lausche, D-Ohio, shifted and announced he would, vole against the pact. Ratification by the Senate still was assured, however. m.. uilu, vnltA fnf llm I Ulliuail, nilv TU.U l 111. I 1 ! .1. O 1- f J agreement in uie ovnmu ruicigu Relations Committee, likened the treaty to the 'Munich pact of 1938 and said he docs "not believe It I is in the interest of peace" and U.S. security. His announcement brought Ihe total of declared opposition votes lo 'H and trimmed the sure on probable favorable voles to 82. But treaty backers were still assured that when the President goes before the voters of 11 states next week, he will nave overwhelming ratification on thci pact as an accomplished fact. The Senate will vote finally on the treaty which bars all but un tlorground tests at 10:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, one hour Dclnrc Kennedy departs on his western conservation tour. Lausche told the Senate that It faces a situation "similar" lo1 that in 1938 when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain predicted "peace in our time" following the Munich conference Russia, Lausche said, will "only abide by its signature so long as it is suitable and an advantage lo it." Soviets Tag Red China With Blame MOSCOW (UPI) -The Soviet Union today put the blame squarely on Peking (or starling the border fighting last fall wilh India. The Communist party newspa per Pravda attacked Peking for trying lo Justify its action in in vading India and "blacken the policy" of other slates involved. Pravda said in an editorial that the Soviets believe tlie Sino - In dian conflict was "favorable only lo the forces of imperialism and reaction" wlut try to maintain tension in the world. 'We have to consider . . . that (here are not and never have been grounds for the breaking out of the frontier conflict between India and China, let alone for this conflict to reach Hie stage of armed clashes," it added. China's attack on India long has been a sore point in Mos cow's relations wilh Peking. The Soviets have given India millions In aid for many years in an el- fort lo win over Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. 'This treaty is not conducive the maintenance of peace, not the Interest of our country, Lausche said, "it will rise I plague us. . .the time may come when we may ask to be excused from it. He said the "embarrassment then would be "much greater' than to back away from the pact now. After Lausche's statement, Sen. Martial law Imposed In Indonesian Capital JAKARTA, Indonesia (UPD- Indoncsia imposed martial law on this capital Wednesday night as result of a day of rioting against the new British Common wealth nation of Malaysia that left the British Embassy a burned-out shell. Jakarta garrison commander Brig. Gen. Umar We Nahadiku- sumah told citizens to remain calm and cooperate with police and Iroops in restoring order aft er youthful rioters had spent the day smashing and burning Brit ish property. (In Singapore, the Royal Air Force announced it is sending live transport planes to Jakarta lo evacuate 230 British citizens, including women and children. Tlie first 50 Britons were expect ed here tonight.) British Ambassador Andrew Gilchrist, forced to watch the embassy building go up in flames, said Wednesday night he had received no reports of serious injury In Britons. Gas Leak Threatens Fire, Sends Families Fleeing ST. LOUIS, Mo. (UPD - Oil field experts today attempted to seal off a massive underground natural gas leak that sent fam ilies fleeing and threatened a huge fire. Workers tried to force a spe cial kind of mud called bintonite down Into two pipes through which gas began pouring Wed nesday with a strong, egg-like odor and a deafening, gcyscr-likc roar. W. C. (Monk) Griffin. Okla homa City. Okla., and Red Adair, Houston, Tex., known on oil fields the world over as specialists in sealing leaks, were called to tlie scene. Adair was held in Houston dur ing the night by bad weather, Only one family stayed In (lie toA. Willis Robertson. D-Va.. com- inlplalnlng that his position on the ' treaty has been misrepresented. restated his intention to voHm, against the treaty. Administration sources disclosed that they now expect to have the vote of Sen. Oiin D. Johnston, D-S.C, whose colleague. Dem ocrat Sen. J. Strom Thurmond, is lone of the treaty's most vigorous foes. The rioters who destroyed (hi embassy appeared to be led by members of the government-sponsored National Front, but the martial law order said there is evidence the trouble was tllfe work of "counter-revolutionary activities designed to divert the course of the national revolu tion." But T. G. Mead, manager of the Hong Kong-Shanghai Bank here, said he found flames shoot ing up around the bank's residen tial compound In suburban Jakar ta Wednesday night and lie feared for the safety of five Brit ons living there. Mead said milling crowds pre venVd his entering the compound and he had to seek refuge with the American ambassador, How ard P. Jones. The attack on the embassy was the second since Monday when Malaysia, made up of Malaya, Singapore and two British ter ritories on Borneo, came into being. area. It was that of a nursery man who was afraid the many workmen would trample his plants. The others were forced to stay with tricnds and relatives. At one point Wednesday the Lambert-St. Louis Airport control tower ordered planes to stay clear of the endangered area in north St. Louis County. A conlrol tower supervisor said an official of the Laclede Gas Co. recommended the detour of planes to eliminate "any clvnc of selling gas In tlie air on fire which would set the well off. : The natural gas was stored in the pores of rock formation, more than quarter of mile underground. The gas leaked out of a two-inch hole above tlie stor age facility under 600 pounds of pressure.