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I Seasonal Peak Of Unemployment Seen This Month Fti Jan. Mf 1954 Th Nt-llif, Honour;, Or. !1 Ferguson's Chance For Seat On ICC Virtually Hopeless Despite Okay Of Patterson The seasonal peak of unemploy ment in Douglas County probably will be reached this month, in the estimate of George T. Foster, man ager of the itoseburg office of the Slate Employment Service. Foster said the number of un employed at the end of December increased slightly over the esti mated 2,000 persons out of work at the end of Nowmber. But the figure 'was about 30 per cent over the number at the end of Decem ber 1954. There probably will be but few job openings during the next CO days, Foster said. January usually is the month in which the unem ployment peak is reached. The return-to-work movement follows in a few weeks. The December floods caused much temporary idleness among the Douglas County labor force. Logging operations which normal ly work the y,ear around were closed because of bridge and road washouts. Other employment reductions followed Christmas in retail and wholesale trades. Claims for unemployment com pensation during the month near ly equaled the high levels estab lished in December 1952. Job opportunities in the next two months will be limited to "re hires," Foster said. Construction work has been hin dered some by the weather, but most of the projects already under way haven't been slowed down. A few new jobs are being delayed until the ground dries out. By A. ROBERT SMITH j j Nawf-Rtview Correspondent ! WASHINGTON Gov. 1'aul Pat-1 terson's recommendation of an Ore-" gun official for a seat on the Inter stale Commerce Commission here! , in the nation's capital has been quieily buried by the Eisenhower ; administration. The governor last month sent p President Eisenhower the name of Clifford W. Ferguson, whu is rail ; transportation director for the Ore i gon public utilities commission. , Patterson urged that Ferguson be Small Wheat Growers May Nor Get Relief j WASHINGTON I Farmers seeking relief from government J controls on wheat grown only for farm consumption may be in for ' a disappointment. Chairman Cooley (D-NC) of the ; House Agriculture Committee said I Thursday that he and every mem ber of nis committee in Doin parties opposed this legislation last year. And in spite of urging from President Eisenhower that this bill be made law, Cooley said: "1 don't think there's a chance on earth of the committee reversing itself." The measure parsed by the Sen ate would exempt from acreage limitations wheal grown solely for feed or seed. named to fill a vacancy on the ICC. ! A high official of the administra- lion told this reporter "there isn't . chance that Ferguson will get that position." I Patterson had pointed out to the! president that currently none of Ihe commissioners on the 11-man body are from Oregon, whereas Oregon had been represented for many years by the late Clyde Ait-j chison, who served until July 10,! 1952. But the administration official in a position to know about the ICC vacancy explained: "The West already has three men ' on the commission. It can hardly expect more than that." lie was referring to Owen Clarke Oakland Sorority Meet Highlights Culture, Art Members of Ihe Beta Ti Chap ter, Epsilon Sigma Aloha of Oak land met recently at the home of Mrs. l.yle Stuwe with Mrs. Mary Ann Perrault as co-hostess. The topic for the evening was "Culture and Fine Arts." Mrs. Stuwe gave a report on George Frederick Handel and how he wrote the "Messiah." A musical quiz was held with Mrs. William Adams winning the prize. Refreshments were served. of Yakima, Wash., John If. Win chell of Colorado, and Huwurd G. Freas of California. All three men are Republicans appointed by Pres ident Eisenhower to serve 7-year terms. Although there is no rule requir ing wide geographical spread of the membership of the ICC, it is observed in the president's selec tion of commissioners. In addittun to the three western ers now serving, there are two from the midwest Iowa and In diana; two from the south Tex as and Georgia: one border state Kentucky: and one easterner Connecticut. "The next commissioner will probably come from one of the big eastern manufacturing states, pos sibly Pennsylvania or New York." the administration source predict ed. Antagonism Created A second factor weighs heavily against Ferguson, it was explained, and that relates to his past service at the ICC from 1936 to 1942. : "Even if there were no western ers un the commission now," the ' official went on. "Ferguson wouldn't gel the job." He said the Oregon official is not Spoken of highly in all ICC quart I era- among Ihose officials of the ! agency who worked with him dur ing his term of service with the commission. He indicated this was a major factor in the fact that the j governor's recommendation is not being given any serious consider j ation. During the reeent freight car shortage, one high ICC official complained bitterly to this report er aooui wnai ne regarded as trie political cross-fire the ICC was caught in between Oregon state of ficials and the state's two senators. Ferguson then was serving as coun sel for the governor's emergency committee which was appointed to take action to alleviate the boxcar shortage this past summer and fall. ICC officials felt they were doing all in their power to disburse alt available cars equitably oyer the western rail systems, including the Southern Pacific, Since Ferguson wa cast is the role of spokesman for the governor' committee, lie had to deal with JCC officials and, this official made clear, he had not made any friend at the ICC in the process. omsni may have been, the result nas cieariy served to seraien Fer guson from the list of potential can didates for the $15,000-a-year va cancy on the JCC. Coos Representative Files For Senate Seat SAI.EM I State Rep. R. Chapman, Coos Bay Democrat, filed his candidacy thU week for senator from Coos and Curry counties. He wanta to succeed State Sen, George Ulett, Coquill Republican, who announced he won't run for ; re-election. C. E. Nichols. Portland Demo crat, filed for state representativ from Multnomah County, 3rd tub- district. 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