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UPI Telephoto In The- Day's lews By FRANK JENKINS From Washington: Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces plans to close 26 domestic military bases in an economy move. He added that President Johnson had stressed to him that it is abso lutely necessary to reduce costs in part because of the need to pass tiio tax bill. The Washington dispatches add that all heads of depart ments and agencies have before them a Presidential directive to RE-EXAMINE personally their budgets for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 19B4, to de termine what FURTHER sav ings can be made. The presi dent's memorandum directed the department and agency heads to: 1. Undertake a personal re examination of the appropria tions, expenditures and employ ment figures contained in the most recent tentative allowanc es for the next fiscal year. 2. Identify these further re ductions in appropriations, ex penditures and personnel which can be achieved through tighter management and better utiliza tion of personnel. 3. Determine what program expansions can be postponed or curtailed along with other ap propriate steps o hold down spending at a time of "severe budgetary stringency." Hrnmmrrrmmmmmm. Maybe President Johnson 'JIEAXT IT when he said in his message to the congress that ECONOMY in government will be one of tlis prime objectives. Question: Was President Johnson's or der to all government agencies to take a last look at their spending plans and CUT BACK EVERY 'POSSIBLE PROGRAM received with enthusiasm? For an answer, let's turn to THIS dispatch from Washing ton: The President's order brought a BARRAGE OF PROTESTS from congress, including charg es of false economy. Reaction among many members of con gress from the 14 states hit by the cutback order was irate. Little more than an hour af ter Secretary McNamara said tlie 26 U.S. bases and seven others overseas will be closed or reduced, Senator Keating of New York introduced a bill to SLOW LP defense efforts to curtail activities. Obviously angry. Senator Keating, whose state would be hit hard by the closing or cur tailment orders announced by Secretary McNamara, said: It is incredible that anyone could analyze this as an econ omy move" Representative Samuel Strat ton. of New York, arose from his seat hi the House of Repre sentative and promised to TURN THE PENTAGON I P SIDE DOWN before accepting tlie proposed cutbacks. Quest ion: Do the members of the con gress really want the economy in government that so many of them have been talking about? Tlit answer, of course, is YES. But there's a catch to it. They want it m SOMEBODY ELSE S district. -s Mil rfT ' LBJ, Diplomats Get Acquainted' WASHINGTON 'UPI '-President Johnson invited the top ranking members of the Wash ington diplomatic corps to the White House today for a "get acquainted" session on U.S. foreign policy views. The White House said 112 am bassadors, ministers and charges d'affaires were ex pected to attend the meeting in the state dining room of the ex ecutive mansion. - Johnson was following a prec edent set by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tru man met with the chiefs of all diplomatic missions in the cap ital eight days after Roosevelt's death. Meeting Is Vita At that time, with World War II still in progress it was con sidered vital that the new Pres ident acquaint the diplomats with his views and assure them of the unbroken continuity of U.S. policy. In many ways, of ficials agreed, it was no less JAOT HELPER SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS Two Crashes Claim 8 Gl's In Viet Nam SAIGON. South Viet Nam (LTD Two U.S. Army aircraft a helicopter and a light plane crashed in unrelated incidents Thursday, apparently killing eight American servicemen, it was announced today. The heli copter was reported shot down by Communist ground fire. A U.S. military spokesman said a U S. Army H-37 helicop ter with tive American soldiers aboard crashed in the Mekong River Delta about 60 miles Shooting Hours OREGON December 14 Open Clow 6:55 a.m. 4:33 p.m. CALIFORNIA December 14 Open Close 6:57 a.m. 4:33 p.m. ' a v r. a" ? .7 X WVi'. vital today because of the many critical issues facing the Western Alliance in the cold war. Besides his session with the diplomats, Johnson was to hold another in his series of meet ings with Negro leaders. He had an appointment with Mrs. Rosa Gragg, president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and Dorothy Height, president of the Nation al Council of Negro Women. Johnson told a group repre senting 64 of the nation's big gest business firms Thursday that there had been promising progress toward abolishing ra cial discrimination in employ ment, but he added, "we still have a long way to go." Should Banish Bigotry The President said every ef fort should be made to banish bigotry and prejudice from the United States. He said that arti ficial barriers to Negroes and other minority groups should be entirely eliminated in hiring practices. The meeting was called by the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportuni ty, which Johnson headed while vice president. It was to ac quaint the 64 firms with the "Plans for Progress" system of pledges against job discrimina tion. Johnson also was to confer today with Kentucky Gov.-Eleci Edward Breathitt, retiring Gov, Bert Combs and Undersecre tary of Commerce Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. to discuss the economic distress of eastern Kentucky, hard-hit by the shut down of numerous coal mines. southeast of Saigon. Four men were killed and one seriously injured. In tlie other incident, the spokesman said tlie wreckage of a U.S. "Otter" light trans port plane Villi four Americans and three Vietnamese aboard was found during the night 300 feet from the peak of a 7.000 foot mountain in the jungles 160 miles north of Saigon. There was no sign of survivors. If all eight deaths are finally confirmed, they will bring the toll of Americans killed in ac tion here to 126, w ith 80 of them this year. The spokesman said two of the five men aboard the giant twm-engined helicopter were still alive when rescue forces arrived at the scene. One died before he could be evacuated. The other was taken to Saigon for medical treatment. The military spokesman said tliere still was no explanation for the crash of the light trans port plane, which was on a rou tine (light from Ban Jfe Thut to the coastal city of Nha Trang. But there was some speculation that it hit Hie mountaintop because 9' bad weather. FBI Has LOS ANGELES il'PIl Hie FBI said today. "We're hopeful there will be a development soon" in the kidnap-ransom case of Frank Sinatra Jr. The announcement came shortly alter J. Edgar Hoover released serial numbers of $240,000 in ransom bills deliv ered to the abductors late Tues day night. The FBI director, who is personally supervising tlie case, flashed the numbers around the country and asked citizens to watch for them. The Los Angeles FBI agent. Tin Miners Make Offer On Hostages LA PAZ. Bolivia ' UPI '-Vice President Juan Lechin has of fered to resign and to release the four American and 17 other hostages held by his mine worker supporters if the gov ernment will release three jailed Communist agitators, it was reported today. The offer was reported alter Lechin showed up unexpectedly in La Paz today. He has been heading a rebellious group of tin miners at Caiavi, 150 miles from here, since they kidnaped their hostages a week ago today to force tlie government to re lease the jailed Reds. Rebellious miners meanwhile set up armed command posts around their Catavi stronghold to fend off the growing gov ernment threat of armed mili tary action against them. Four American and 17 other hostages being held by (he reb els to force the government to release three jailed Communist labor leaders meanwhile ended their first week of captivity. Unconfirmed reports said army troops flanking Catavi were holding two unidentified Ameri can newsmen returning to La Paz from the rebel stronghold. Mediation efforts to resolve the power clash between Presi dent Victor Paz Estenssoro, on one hand, and his vice presi dent, Juan Lechin, on the other moved ahead on two fronts. Nei ther gave much hope for success. 'v.'sv ' HAPPY REUNION Gordon James McDonald, 35, of Vancouver, B.C., is reunited with hit son, Bradley, 5, after the appeal court showed mercy and released McDonald from jail so he could be with the boy for Christmas. The child has leukemia and doc tors say he is not expected to live another year. UPI Telephoto Justice Gives Way To Mercy As Court Unites Dad With Leukemia-Stricken Son VANCOUVER. B.C. TIM' -The 5-year-old boy stood waiting patiently for his father, a crude ly wrapjx'd gift of cigars clutch ed in his hands. Bradley McDonald thought he was waiting al a railway sta tion. That's what his mother, Carol, 25. had told him. Actually, Bradley was nailing (or his father. Gordon, 33, at the gates of Oakalla prison in suburban Vancouver, McDon Ransom first to speak out in tlie mys tery shrouded case, was asked if his announcement meant a major break in the case. He said, "I can't say that. I can only say at this point that we are hopeful. That is all." At the same time, tlve FRI declined comment on reports it had taken motion pictures of the suspects with a long-range lens as the ransom furnished by the boy's famous father was being picked up. Sources close to the FBI said agents are "now more con vinced than ever" that the kid naping was genuine, despite some published reports to the contrary. Tlie list of serial numbers, which are not in sequence, runs 41 pages. iFBI Director J. Ed gar Hoover said the money in cluded 700 $100 bills. 700 $."0 bills, 400 S20 bills, 400 $10 bills and 300 $3 bills. With the exception of Ihe $.' bills, all the money is in federal reserve notes, Hoover said. The $5 bills included silver certifi cates. United Slates nolcs and federal reserve notes. Frank Sinatra Sr. was re ported by a close friend to have seen the pictures, taken with a telescopic lens and infra-red light, and recognized two of the suspects. ' The friend, a director of one of the San Francisco Bay area's largest liquor distri butorships, asked that his name not be used. He and a Bay Area Vote Near On Aid Biff .. WASHINGTON (UPI' A final Senate voic was expected to send the $3.6 billion foreign aid bill to the White House today ending one of the longest, stormiest congressional voyages in its history. The compromise measure, passed by the House Monday, authorizes another year of eco nomic, technical and military aid for friendly nations around the world. At the same time, appropria tions committees of both House and Senate moved toward ac tion on a follow-up money bill to provide the actual funds for the aid program within the au thorized ceiling. . in ald was leaving tlie British Co lumbia jail (arm Tuesday alter serving six months for the Ihett of $W!0 from his employers. An appeal court had reduced McDonald's prison term alter learning that the father had stolen the money to provide medical (are and toys for his son. Bradley has leukemia. He is not expected to live more than one year. It's difficult to tell a boy his Serial Numbers night club owner, who corrobor ated the story, said lliey wished to remain anonymous because of tlie delicate nature of the search and to protect the ones who gave them tlie information. Tlie FBI refused to comment either about Sinatra's identifica tion or the possibility Ally. Gen. Robert Kennedy had lett Wash ington. The agency has held steadfast to its policy of making no comment lo newsmen or lo cal police officers throughout the case. The policy increased specula tion that the FBI, playing a lone Yule Tree Permits Available People desiring to cut their own Christmas Uees this year may still do so llirough the Klamath Forest Protective As sociation and the Winema Na tional Forest, the two forestry groups reported today. Permits to cut Christmas trees on Weyerhaeuser land from Camp Four to Parker Mountain on the Klamath Falls - Ashland Highway arc available lo the public at 50 cents each daily and weekends at KFPA headquarters. Assist ant District Warden Paul Nich ols has announced. Permits will also be sold during weekends by a KFPA patrolman assigned to Camp Four. Nichols added. In the Klamath District of the national forest, similar per mits are on sale daily and .weekends at district headquar ters m Klamath Falls and week ends al the scaling station near the Rocky Point-Lake of the Woods Junction. Permits are $1 each and authorize the bear er to cut down one Christmas tree on one of two pre-sclectcd sites west of the junction and east of Lake of the Woods. Similar programs are in prog ress at the Chiloquin and Che mult Ranger Districts where permits are also being sold at $1 apiece. Persons desiring to take trees in those areas should contact the ranger of those re spective districts for information regarding the location of the Christmas tree cutting sites. father is in prison. So Mrs. Mc Donald told Bradley that his father had been away looking for work on Vancouver Island. Bradley looked up eagerly at the prison gates. The boy's eyes flashed wilh excitement when his father em erged (rom the prison gates. He ran over with the present ojitstrelched, leaped into his father's arms, gave him a hug and exclaimed happily: "111, Daddy!" hand, was preparing an airtight case that could be announced by the attorney general or Hoover as has been the pattern in re cent federal cases. i r f' - IT. 1 THREE PARTIES Glen Handlin is one of the folks who lives at the Klamath Nursinq eagorly to the Community Others Party sponsored by has been at the home since be the third year he has relatives in the West. A hard for him to write so other. He gets along "okay," he says but he would lik some smokes, fall Mall is paper picture taken ot him last year in his room. Gifts For Home Mounting Slowly By ItUTII KING There are only a few more days Jcft before the Christmas jwrty for tlvo 64 men and wom en at tltc Klamath Nursing Home (Dec. 20), and, frankly, we are a bit worried. Tlie small pile of gifts in the corner of the Herald and News office just won't go around. They won't fill Santa's pack this year unless more come in. Some of those who were re membered in past years are not there any more, but there are new faces, eager ones. It's surprising how easy it is to forget those who arc not in the hustle and busUc of the work-a-day-world anymore, and this does happen when last years are lived away from fam ily and friends. They need warm nightgowns, outing flannel, for tlie bedrid don i county appropriations do not cover all these necessities', bath powder, lotions, games, new or used, sod candies, dia betic candy, tobacco, cigarettes and Copcnlrogen for tliose har dy men who no longer live in Congressmen Protest Base Closing Orders WASHINGTON (UPH - The Defense Department order clos ing 33 military bases from New York to California brought a barrage of protests today (rom Congress, including charges of false economy. But Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara indicated Thurs day that tltc closing orders were part of a new economy cam paign that would gear savings lo spending. Until now, that has not al ways been the case. In the past because of a steady buildup in Polaris submarines and other delense programs, the Defense Department had to explain with each cost reduction why send ing was increasing. Nothing placated Congress, however. Sen. Kenneth B. Keat ing. R-N. Y., introduced a bill to block the base closings in economically depressed areas. Rep. Samuel S. Stratum, D-N.Y. promised to turn 111 Pentagon upside down before acceding the cutbacks. Mew York stands WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of State Dean Rusk flew to Paris today, bearing with him a special message from President Johnson to the NATO minis terial council meeting. Rusk will attend the meeting, which opens Mon day in the French capital, and confer with Allied lead ers on the next Western strategy move in the shaky cold war truce. He will be joined Saturday by Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara and Treasury Secre tary Douglas Dillon. Home who is looking forward Share Your Christmas With the Herald and News. He May 5, 1961, and this will looked for a gift. He has no sister lives in Illinois but it is they seldom hear from each his tavonte. He keeps news logging camps or have money in (heir pockets. Shirts are welcome, and many can use underwear. There are many items that will make them comfortable. And tlie fun of seeing them hold tight to their brightly wrapped gifts, distributed by Santa, who is Airs. .Madeline Brown, Ihe home superintend ent, should be seen by every man or woman who sends a gift to the home. Gifts may be brought to the Herald and News. Rats Provide Extra Audio VERONA, Italy (UPI) Pri amo Arcangcli Thursday fi nally discovered what caused those squeaking noises in his television set. Wlien ho opened the set to chock, five rats jumped out and one of llicm bit him in the neck. to lose seven installations. Itcp. Bob Wilson, R-Calif., said the decision to close the San Diego naval repair facility lacked logic in view of oUier "pump-priming" programs. Wil son said he has asked Assistant Navy Secretary Kenneth BcLieu to reconsider the closure on the basis of "economic horse sense." Under McNamara's order, a total of 33 bases would be shut down over a three and one-half year period. Twenty six of tlie bases were in the United States. The seven others were in three foreign countries, but were not identified until the governments concerned can be inlormed. In his news conference, Mc Namara said the closings will result in a "net loss" of 8.500 civilian Jobs. It was evident, however, that many other civil ian workers at the bases will have to make long distance moves in order to keep their government jobs. In these cases the government will pay (or tlie moving expenses. Rusk's plane took off hortly before 8 a.m. (EST) from nearby An drews Air Force Base, Md. Arrival In Paris is sched uled at 3:15 p.m. (EST) 15 p.m. (Paris time). De fense Secretary Robert S. McNamara leaves tonight for the meeting and will' be followed Saturday by Treasury Secretary C. Douglas Dillon. U.S. officials said (hey ex pected tlie NATO session, as ell as individual meetings Rusk will have with the other foreign ministers outside the formal conference, to be fo cused primarily on a political assessment on East-West rela tions. The United States is particu larly anxious to sound out its partners on the wisdom of try ing to reach 4ther tension-lowering agreements with the Rus sians following the limited nu clear test ban treaty. American officials said that so far they had found Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev's proposal for an East-West non- aggression pact unacceptable because it was tied to schemes such as an unverified and un verifiable reduction of military budgets. But the United States believes exploratory talks should continue. Another Rusk objective, al though obviously not listed on any apecific agenda, is to re assert U.S. leadership of tha Western alliance and emphasize that there will be no hiatus be cause of the change of Presi dents in the United States. Johnson's message to NATO, officials said, will reaffirm the deep U.S. commitment to the defense of the non-Communist world while expressing contin ued willingness to consider sin cere efforts to blunt some of the peril-points which threaten nuclear war. U.S. officials acknowledged that tliere could be little if any discussion of NATO military structure and strategy at the Parts meeting in view of French President Charles de Gaulle's stern refusal to coop crate in nuclear matters or con ventional military planning. These items, including the con troversial proposal for NATO nuclear naval fleet, will be left where they are in the hands of special committees trying to find some way out of the snarl. State Notes Teacher Emergency SALEM (UPD-The Board of Education today officially de clared tlie existence of an em ergency because of a short sup ply of teachers. It authorized issuance of emergency elemen tary teaching certificates for the 1964-65 school year. The board also announced emergency certificates would be eliminated after the 1964-65 school yeart although restricted certificates will be available to teachers whose training does not fully meet state requirements. Dr. Joy Cubser, assistant su perintendent, noted that the em ergency certificates were first issued during World War II. She said at one time 2,300 Oregon teachers held emergency certificates. She said 1.530 such certificates had been issued for the current school year. Cecil Posey, executive secre tary ot the Oregon Education Association, told tlie board "we should move fast to remove em ergency certification. It's time we take a definite stand. Let s ( adopt a plan to cut these people off, and set a target date and move toward it" In related action, the board modified regulations for issu ance ot emergency elementary certificates, and the regulations for one-year certiticatcs.
