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face rovn THE KETTS AND THE HER ALP. KIAMATH FALTJ. ORFf!OM 1941 THE KLAMATH NEWS KLAMATH NEWS PUBUSHINQ CO, PRANK JENKINS MALCOLM CPLEY Published every morning Newa Publishing Company at Esplanade and Pin streets, Kl am- ata Falls. Oregon Represented WEST-HOLUDAV CO. Inc. San Seattle, Los Angelea, St. Louts, B C Copies of The Newa and Information about the Klamath for the asking at any of these Entered as second class matter rails, Oregon, November 13, 1932, under act of March 3, 1878 Mem her Audit Bureau Circulation SCB9CIPTI0Jt RATI Official Pa Mr af tf of Elaauta r&Ua u4 Klaaaatk Oorr. SMrraraS as narrlar. pm emaUi vanvarea oy nmtr, per rev . IMInml by aIL ptt rrr. KlaauUk Uaa, Modoa aaa SUktjoa CoaaU IMtrrrMt a Mail. Mentha (Mlrnra kj , S aU- . SabtcripUoM Pab! a Adraaoa California Reorganization Plan OREGON'S recent experience with legislative reappor tionment proposals demonstrated how difficult it is to alter the status quo of state government. For years, in- tenia committees have been proposals for various other have met the same negative gestion for legislative reapportionment. Efforts to alter the methods of conducting the larly received. The need for various changes is generally recognized, but it's almost impossible to get action on the details. Viewed with some misgivings, therefore, are the pros pects for a drastic "streamlining" of California's state government, just outlined in a 50,000 word report that follows a five-year study by an exceptionally able non partisan committee. What happens to the California plan .will be worth watching. Here are a few of the things it does: Transfers relief to the counties; creates an elective auditor general representing the people; consolidates tax collections in a new department of revenue: creates a department of public safety; abolishes the department of penology, with most functions transferring to the department of institutions; abolishes the mo tor vehicle department; puts all publicly supported higher edu cation under the state board of regents; spreads duties of depart ment of public works among other departments; and includes many other suggestions. This comprehensive proposal to eliminate California's rather typical hodge-podge of bureaus and departments is hailed by serious students of government as promising "astonishing" savings to taxpayers. That very fact may spell its doom, for it probably means a stubborn fight by those who would be forced back from the public trough if the reorganization were effected. In California, as elsewhere, state officials in power will fight to keep from losing either jobs or authority, re gardless of how logical the move is from the standpoint of the state as a whole. There are the usual petty jeal ousies between departments, and too often legislators themselves have particular interest in some department and object to changing its scope. California's state government costs more than half a billion dollars every two years. That's a lot of money, and there has been some public clamor for economy through consideration and separation of vast overlapping bureaus and departments. Whether the clamor has created suffi cient sentiment to bear down on those whose selfish in terests are served by retaining the present situation will be watched with interest, but not a great deal of hope, from this side of the border. One commentator opines that while it's a safe bet the 1941 legislature will adjourn without enacting many of the proposed changes, the con structive suggestions "may start a trend toward a sim plified and more logical state government." Matter of Policy THE public should be informed that a degree of "volun tary" censorship has been established by the press in the United States. Certain military and naval develop ments and movements involving forces of the United States or of Britain have been listed by those in authority as not proper for reporting in the public press on the grounds that they would give information to those unfriendly to the United States. While censorship is always distasteful, to press and public, circumstances can develop that make it necessary, to a limited degree. The news agencies with which this newspaper is affiliated, and our own policy, are committed to cooperation with our government along the line sug gested above. We believe our readers favor our follow ing such a policy. Gems of Thought BOOKS Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instruc tors, that they are ready to re peat their lesson as often as we please. Chambers. The Bible is the learned man's masterpiece, the ignorant man's dictionary, the wise man's direc tory, Mary Baker Eddy. The colleges, while they pro vide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair la so much need ed. Emerson. Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and char acter will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. Pax ton Hood. The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that. James McCosh. No book can so good as to be profitably when negligently read. Seneca. BANK CALL WASHINGTON, April 7 JPh Tha conptroller of the currency today issued a call for a state ment of the condition of all na tional banks at the close of busi ness Friday, April 4. Publishers Editor . Managing Editor except Monday by The Klamath nationally by Francisco. New York. Detroit Portland, Chicago, Vancouver, Herald together with complete Falls market may be obtained offices. at the post office at Klamath Telephone SI 24 meeting and making various changes, and most of them treatment given every sug legislature have been simi Brooding Prisoner Mails Money for License for Dog TACOMA, April 7 (fP) A re cently arrived prisoner at Mc Neil Island penitentiary sat in his cell and brooded over the possible fate of his dog, left be hind when he "went over the hill." He sent a letter to Holmes Eastwood, Tacoma commissioner of public safety, enclosing money for a dog license, and asked police to be merciful if they picked up his pet. Commissioner Eastwood re plied by the next mall the dog had been located living with neighbors, and seemed to be happy wearing his shiny new license. n-gran-nrsrv NOW! TWO COMPLETE SHOWS DAILY WIJtiiifrt:THI)liIWOlfriiiilU MATIN! I DOOR! OP1N KVININQ OOORt OPIN . 11 iM IH News Behin mwmmi By IulMallon j& WASHINGTON. April 7 The 1 i r ti It raised over defense strikes con cerned tha Allis-Chalmers slug ging bee and he was not alone in that. Personal relations of halt a dozen members of his of ficial family have been strained by the overlapping muddles each has created in individual efforts to handle the strike. Personal hoots and boos have been heard inside and a hatpin has been wielded. In a telegram Labor Secre tary Perkins confessed pointed ly to Senator Byrd she was un aware of the bold efforts of Messrs. Knudsen and Knox to reopen the Allis-Chalmers plant. She indicated ner lanor De partment was getting ready to certify the case to the labor mediation board when the Knudsen-Knox letter broke In the public prints. Miss Perkins was not the only high official left out on the Knudsen-Knox effort. In the dark with her were Mr. Roosevelt's labor co ordinator Sidney Hlllman and apparently FDR himself. This flash of darkness was really only the sequel to Mr. Hillman'i fall down the same cellar stairs six weeks ago. A settlement then was effected. In conferences here February 15 both labor and management agreed to a formula worked out by John R. Steelman's la bor conciliation service w 1 1 n Father Haas, the well-known labor conciliator, and two men from Hillman's division. Basic paint was that it would pro vide an umpire. But in telling of the agreement later Mr. Hill man opined it would not mean a closed shop for the union. That started the fight all over again. Conflicting official fingers in this pie from the start include Miss Perkins, Steelman, Hill man, Knudsen, Knox, War Sec retary Stlmson, Governor Hell of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin employment relations board and now the labor mediation board. This, it appears, Is what made Mr. Roosevelt mad. The way congress and other interested parties have backed .ZD SUNDAY Matinee Ivenlnf CMMrM . tie ChlleVen . , , lie OmwiI , . lie General . . , !M Logee . e e tie Loiea , ... Me SHOW STARTS Itll PEATURI JiM SHOW STARTS fill PSATURS 7. It's Here off to let Mr. Roosevelt per sonally work out the defense strikers threat to American safety reflects a curious inside siuation. Mr. Roosevctlt and his aide, Miss Perkins, are personally re sponsible for having started the CIO movement. They backed it in more than one way. Hard ly an Informed congressional authority doubts that they want organization of Henry Ford and Little Steel. But now the deep er obligation has been imposed upon the president alone by congress to get defense goods out in time for Britain to de feat Hitler, and to defend our shores. The president, laborinu between these two contradic tory programs, has occasionally become involved in contradic tions, as manifest by the above recital of how his various agents have worked at odds amid more or less mystifying White House silence. He started it. Its up to him to stop it. PROBERS Well backed for the guiding job of general counsel of the new Vinson congressional com mittee to Investigate defense strikes is Edmund M. Toland, strong, efficient conductor of the Smith investigation of NLRB. His appointment would eliminate any suggestion that the committee might whitewash the labor situation. Energetic guide of tho senate Investigation of defense contracts will be Hugh Fulton, 32-year old SEC man who worked up the cases against Hopson and William Fox. ELECTION ' Republican victory In the St. Louis mayoralty was due to the interest of sincere business men, the old timers here say. A BING CROSBY Mary Carlisle - Beatrice LHlie fclBj Denne Utm Hoot Cmn utt Dim ta tnaaal CaM RMatM News, Cartoon Comedy as(Ha-Sl NOW PLAYING Biftg, the) Old DocAVi of Swing, hot o U TM rhythmic, comedy remedy thot ' great lor whot ollt you I 0m: young alert business group went first into the republican primary and defeated the" reg ular political machine. Carry ing Its candidate Into the elec tion, it defuated the democratic machine. a a a COPPER MINE Patience of Hitler with Yu goslavia was not entirely due to his surprise. Largest Euro pean producer of copper (the Bor mine) Is In Yugoslavia; Germany took over its control from the Frenfti after the fall of France. Hitler has no other place to get copper. NAME CHANGE The British "purchasing" commission is significantly but quietly changing its name to the British "supply" council of North America. Council will be expanded to Include two new divisions, a merchant shipping mission under Sir Arthur Sal ter, and a food supply mission under Hon. R. C. Howe (work ing closely with Agriculture Secretary Wickard). .The British now have the whole flth floor of tho Willard hotel, a Massachusetts avenue mansion and nearly 1000 em ployes. Volcanoes Are Beneficial Much of the earth's wealth has been given to it by volcanoes. Diamonds, gold, life-giving gas es, soil and water are brought to the surface through their chimneys. NOW PLAYING is 1 mJ and COMPANION FEATURE "SUICIDE LEGION" felling 1U Lattara ajrMlaS Mr NMNt Ml M Mr than aaa warn In If)!!, ntuat aa arrtllan festal, an ONB SIOS at tha aaaa antv, an ntuat aa liana Oantnawtiana tauan tat Ihaaa nriat, ara MrnUf walaama. FORESEES UNITED STATES INTERVENTION KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To tha Editor) Aj I unders'and it, tha United States will not send ita manpower over seas to fight In this war which Is now taking place over In Europe. I disagree very much about this. I think there will be plenty of Uncle Sam'i boys over there fighting In a very short time. The allies which now "only In clude Great Britain and a small country called Greece" are not as well off, as they were In the other so called World war, as Great Britain had five countries helping her, these were France, Italy, Serbia, Rumania, Belgium, Russia and the good old U.S.A. To my mind the United States will win this war for Great Britain, the rme as It did In the last world war, and to do so, will be compelled, to send manpower, besides the tools of war. I will give you some data, that makea me believe Great Britain ran not possibly win this war alone. It may seem strange that Rumania and Belgium alone lost very near as many men as the entire British empire. Great Britain nas always been lucky enough to have soma other country do her fighting and bleeding for her. Of the five allies of Great Britain, each con tributed dead sons to Great Brit ain as follows: Russia 4.000.000. France 1.700.000, Italy 730.000, Serbia 730,000. Rumania 400. 000, Belgium 280,000 and United States 70.000 which makes a total of 8.000,000 men. Now Great Britain proper lost only 800,000 men "Just Ihlnk of it if you please." This makes total loss of men to Great Britain and her allies of 8.800.000 men. Now then let's see about Germany and her allies of Austria Hun gary, Turkey, and Bulgaria which lost 4,300.000 men. Ger many 3.000.000. Turkey 300,000, Austria-Hungary 1,000.000, Bul garia 30,000, a total of 4.600.000 men. Now according to these figures of 8.800,000 for the allies and 4.330.000 for Germany, why the allies lost 4,248.000 more men than Germany very near two to one. I believe the slaugh ter has not started as yet and this war will not end tomorrow, nr one year from tomorrow. It took the powers to be to long to concoct this war for It to come to an end today or to morrow. I think the Honorable State Senator Mr. Rufus Holman of Oregon spoke the minds of mil lions of Americans when he mado that very short but force ful spee.-h in the senate last month, which Is the truth, and wich a person had to strain their eyes to find In most news papers of this state, besause In my mind Mr. Rufus Holman should be commended for speak ing true from the heart. It seems sometimes there Is one of these big shots who really speaks out before he gets the green sign. Well I suppose these wars are tilings not even a major propnei t can stop which may explain why Jeremiah sat on the ruins of Jerusalem and wept and also I remember reading about a j out roR ruN ...and youH km Plentf TOO!!! SEATS 25c SIDE GLANCES corn, mi Vf w ammt.no. t.m na u a. aT, all.- 4 'T ' "ili-member, children don't call her grandma or you'll spoil her day!" general who made the remark that war is , and also the local merchant who made the remark that the new taxes which Is to come, that he will have a hell of a time getting the money to pay for same. Thanking you. T. R. COLTON. Box 81, Klamath Falls. Washington IWA Hits Bridges Trial, Mediation Board CENTRALIA. April 7 (!) The fifth annual southwest Washington district convention of the International Woodwork ers of America closed here Sun day night with adoption of res olutions demanding a halt In at tempts to deport Harry Bridges, condemning the national labor mediation board and calling for resignation of one of tho union's international vice-presidents. The delegates voted two to one for the third resolution, de manding resignation of Worth Lowry, of Seaside, Ore., accus ed in the resolution text of hav ing drscnlx-d an IWA strike as "cold-blooded snlwUilr against national defense." The labor board resolution declared the board was a challenge to labor's rights to strike and picket. The feature of the first-day sessions of the convention Satur day was a Memorial service on the scone of the hanging of Wes ley Everest, In IB mob victim and l.W.W. leader. Dick Law. of Aberdeen, presiding at the ser vice, declared Kverest was "a victim of the desire for an right hour day, the right to organize and freedom from war." Dnktnr and O. M. Orton, International union president, also spoke at tho service. TODAY JrOF A FICTION WRITER W WHO GOT HIS OWN Z;'7,;A. f LOVE STORY MIXED Mr. TC f UP WITH A WILD TtvMF IWST THRILLER! . VIRGINIA GREY Vl i i Lu.J V Jl ALBERT DEKKER VM V" "Co,rm fl1" "" V yZLL? 2 I jti'KV ADDED Iv'vJIa 0ld Minstrel." mm0 VllaWh "Dog In Th Orehord" A KRMMING niw 1 Thare'i Muilc In Yoyr m ir tm dhiictm I Hair" Of "MIB IN AIMS Kl PDill TTDOIDi JJUMOMSeONTaOUSB, MOMS 0MBAT7pSTnSS E Unemployment Insurance pay ments fur the month lust past were less than hall those of March, 1040, while a comparison for the entire first quarter shows a drop of 287 per cent from last year. ' The monthly resume Just Is sued by Administrator Silas Colser shows benefits of $410,183 paid to the unemployed during March, bringing the total for tho year to $1,170 HI3. These fig ures compare with $803,917 and 81,641.683 last year. Judge Says Rings Belong To Wife PHILADELPHIA, April 7 Ml Judge George Ilowen Parry holds that a husband has no elnlm on his wife's engagement and wedding rings. Pnrry ordered Joseph Weln traub yesterday to return th- rings to his wife, Mrs. Jessie Weintraiib, who contended her husband took them without her consent when they separated last September. Weintraiib declared he gave the rings to his wife on the con dition that they would always be a part of his estate. "It is so unusual and so con trary to ordinary experience," Judge Parry said of Weintraub's claim, "that I unhesitatingly re jected It.". Sailors and landlubbers all aarse "Wltlend's Is the Ale for me."