Statistics JRev&il March
Was Poor Business Month
By SAM DAWSON
AP Business News Analyst
NEW YORK (AP)-Wintcr is
aiming a delayed blow our way
statistics. They rovpp unemploy
ment, work weeks, industrial pro
duction in general and steel and
autos in particular, retail trade
and housing starts. March was
less than kind to all.
The impact of the final winter
punch will be largely psychologi
cal. We aiready know that March
was bad in many ways and would
like to forget it. But the statistics
are coming out now and they
could bruise some of the newly
found business confidence if you
aren't careful.
If the government reports arc
discouraging, some corporate ac
countings of business so far this
year are a pleastnt antidote.
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graph earnings for the first quar
ter of 1960 were higher. Interna
tional Business Machines profits
for the quarter set a record. Dii
Font reported sales rose, although
earnings may have followed prices
lower.
The farmer's lot may be turn
ing brighter. The American Farm
Bureau Federation thinks so,
based on rising prices of some
farm products and better control
over production of some of them,
particularly livestock.
Goverrrnent officials say the to
tal dollar volume of all goods and
services in the nation in the first
three months of the year was
right around 500 billion dollars, a
gain of 40 billion over the final
three months of 1959.
The auto industry is taking
heart from a spurt in new car
sales in the final days of March,
coming on top of the registration
of more new autos in January and
February than in the firstvtwo
months of any previous year. But
these sales hav yet to turn auto
production upward again. A big
inventory in dealers' hands keeps
the auto makers operating at a
slower pace than the first of the
year.
Steel production this week is
slipping below 80 per cent of ca
pacity. Religious holidays account
for some of the slump. But that
doesn't hide the statistics: Steel
output sloughed off much sooner
than expected and the outlook for
the next few weeks is less bright
than expected only a short time
ago.
Now to look at those depressing
figures issuing from Washington.
The job picture in March wasn't
as bright as it could have been.
Employment dropped instead of
rising. Bad weather was partly
to blame in many parts ,of the
natibn it was no time to be work
ing out of doors. But the loss of
steam in the industrial recovery
I which had been built so high at
the start of the year probably con
I tributcd even more.
The, ranks of the jobless were
t swelled by 275,000 to climb above
1 the four-million mark once more,
j Good weather or bad, this sticki
I est of our economic problems is
i still to be cleaned up. ;
! Where layoffs weren't taking a'
i toll, in many cases the end of
i overtime pay and shorter work
tweeks were. The resultant loss
in take-home pay seems likely to
cast a shadow on the personal in
come statistics yet to be issued.
And these figures are always
translated into how much con
sumers have to spend on goods
and services.
The employment figures, and
the production reports on steel
and autos, also seem to forecast
another slight drop in total indus
trial output although it is expect
ed to stay close to the February
one.
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Atom Committee
Approves Budget
WASHINGTON (AP) The
Senate-House Atomic Energy
Committee refused by a 10-6 vote
Monday to approve the r-07 million
dollars asked by President Eisen
hower for a huge atom smasher at
Stanford University.
The full committee backed up
the action of a subcommittee last
Friday in granting only three mil
lion dollars for design studies on
the project.
The committee made no changes
in themhcoinmiltee version of the
$251,476,000 authorization bill for
the Atomic Energy Commission in
the year ahead.
The bill is not scheduled for
floor action until after the Easter
recess.
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Lettuce In Short Supply;
Traditional Easter Eggs
Plentiful And Reasonable
By LEROY INMf N
Business Newt Dept. Editor
Except for a shortage of lettuce
and some of the so-called luxury ta
ble items at this time of the year,
the Easter dinner table should pro
vide an abundance of fresh vege
tablcsand fruits this weekend.
Lettuce is the surprising item,
being very scarce and high priced
because of adverse weather condi
tions in the producing areas of the
Imperial Valley and Arizona. Let
tuce has been pro-rated to whole
salers, and it has been necessary
to place orders two weeks in ad
vance to even be considered, it is
reported here. Demand is ter
rific in the face of the short supply.
Salad lettuces, including red let
tuce, romaine and endive are tak
ing the play, being much the bet
ter consumer buy and very good
this week. Other salad items, such
as radishes, green onions and avo
cados are all plentiful.
Strawberries, hoped for by local
markets for Easter, will be in very
short supply, because hot dry
winds damaged the crop around
Oxnard and some other places. But
the same hot weather has brought
on earlier than expected the Eresno
crop, making a limited supply
available. Otherwise there would be
none.
The traditional Easter egg will
be plentiful, reports indicate, at
prices reasonable enough to per
mit the egg-hungry to have their
fill. Housewives will be able to ob
tain plenty for the children's egg
dyeing and Easter egg hunts. The
price reportedly is holding steady.
Fresh salmon has been scarce,
products and seafoods available
during the Lenten season. There
has been little change in other
meat prices on the overall picture.
Fryers are holding steadv.
be available, at high cost, for
, Dates, considered a lenten item,
have been in very good supply,
meeting the demand adequately.
Plenty of fresh fruits and vegeta
bles are available also.
The asparagus picture is defin
itely clouded. That from California
cleaned up fast with hot weather.
The expected Washington supply is
non-existent for this weekend. Ore
gon asparagus should be showing
soon. What there is from California
is being prorated to wholesalers.
The old potato market continues
strong and the price high, as the
new crop comes on. There has been
no change in the price of old spuds,
indicating the supply is definitely
short, and suppliers are now dip
ping into what is called the "dry
pack," or unwashed potatoes to
meet demand. Unwashed potatoes
keep better and sprout less than
the washed spuds, but are harder
to grade as to quality and there
may be more of less-lhan-marginal
quality among them.
New white potatoes from the Ba
kcrsfield area are coming on quite
heavily. The market opened last
Thursday at $7 per hundred f.o.b,,
then dropped $2 a hundred two days
later as more producers started
hitting thi market. Reports are 12
to 14 producers are digging pota
toes, with more expected soon. The
price is still much higher than
that for old potatoes, but should
drop shortly. Florida reds will also
Easter.
Yams and sweet potatoes have
shot up m price tins past week be
cause of short supplies. Carrots
are excellent and plentiful. A few
local turnips, some Canadian ruta
bagas and the last of the upstate
parsnips are still available, but de
mand is next to nothing. Dry on
ions are rn the market at give away
prices. Because of over-ahunttant
supplies, cost of storage and sacks
now just about eat up all the profit
for producers. This is in strict con
trast with the short supply ana
high return to producers a year
ago at this time.
Local cauliflower is still tops on
the market, but has passed its peak
and will be winding up in another
couple of weeks. Unfortunately for
local growers, there has been quite
a bit of cauliflower grown around
Eugene, Portland and an abundant
supply from the San Francisco Bay
area, which has held the price
down. The crop, however, has mov
ed readily, and the quality has
been superior to any other on the
market, local wholesalers report.
The cabbage market is a bit
stronger this week, and the market
for broccoli also has firmed up.
Celery is about as cheap as it will
get and is excellent. Honda corn
is fine but high. Giant Stride peas
from BaKorsfield are very good
and will be featured in some local
supermarket promotions this week.
Artichokes, now at their peak,
offer the best buy of Hie spring
season for "choke" lovers. Zucchi
ni, summer and Danish squash, the
latter from Florida, are available.
Egg plant is small but good.
Mexico is contributing its share
to the consumer table in the form
of watermelons, cantaloupes, cu
cumbers and peppers. Hot house
cucumbers from Salem and pep
pers from Florida also are avail
able, but the Mexican crop is some
what superior. Tomatoes arc on the
short side and high priced.
Local rhubarb hit the market for
the first time this season and is
dropping in price rapidly as it is
taking the play away from hothouse
varieties. There is little change in
the apple picture. Pears and grapes
out of storage are cleaning up rapidly.
Naval oranges are through for
all practical purposes, only a few
remaining in the markets. New Val
encias are improving in quality
and should be sweetening fast. De
mand is fair. The lemon market re
mains unchanged. The same ap
plies to grapfruit from Coachilla
Valley, Ariz., in bag lots, Texas
pinks and Indian River, Fla. The
latter still are of the best quality
The banana supply tightened
somewhat, but the quality is excel
lent. Pineapples and coconuts are
available but the demand is limit
ed. Papayas from Hawaii are on
the market.
THE LAW
A PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE
I
COLLEGE OF LAW, WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY
Effective performance of the
judicial function involves certain
apparent conflicts with the princi
ple of free speech. Obviously, there
is no right of free speech in a
courtroom during a trial. A spec
tator who attempted to make a
speech wculd be interfcrring with
the conduct of the trial. Even the
participants in the trial jurors,
counsel, defendants may speak
only in conformity with the rules
and traditions of the court. To
make his control over the proceed
ings effective, the presiding judge
has the power to hold persons in
conlempt of court, and punish
by fine or imprisonment anyone in
the courtroom who interferes with
the conduct of a trial.
The case of Fisher v. Pace (1949)
involved an episode in a Texas
court. A lawyer who refused to
subside on ordess from the judge
and was fined $25 on the spol,
then $50 as he kept on talking and
finally $100 and three days in jail
as he ignored the judge's warning
not to "mess with mc." This sum
mary procedure by the trial judge
was upheld by the U S. Supreme
Court.
THE CELEBRATED CASE of
Sacher V. U. S. (1952) involved
the contempt of court sentences
passed on the lawyers for the de
fendants in the prosecution of elev
en Communist Party leaders who
were convicted for engaging in ac
tivities designed to overthrow the
United States government. The
trial lasted nine months and was
one of the most hectic criminal
Will
LEMON CHIFFON ICE CREAM
trials in American court annais.
Five defense attorneys carried on
a running battle with Judge Me
dina, who became convinced that
the lawyers were deliberately in
sulting him throughout the nine
month's trial. On numerous oc
casions Medina warned counsel
that their conduct was contemptu
ous, but in order not to delay the
trial or deprive defendants of coun
sel, he did not cite them for con
tempt until after the jury had
brought in its verdict and been
discharged. Then Medina asked
the lawyers to stand up, read them
a portion of the lengthy conlempt
certificate he had prepared, found
them all guilty of contempt, and
sentenced them to prison.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld
Medina's procedure, pointing out
tnat: "there may he no misun
derstanding, we make clear that
this Court, if its aid be needed
will unhesitatingly protect counsel
ill fearless, vigorous and effeclivc
performance of every duty per
taining to the office of the advo
cate on behalf of any person
whatsoever. But it will not equate
contempt with courage of instills
witn independence, it will also pro
tect the processes- of orderly trial,
which is the supreme object of the
lawyer's calling."
The Willamette College of Law
prepares this column to present
general principles of law. It is not
to be taken as legal advice. Slight
changes in the facts may change
the outcome of a case.
Chemist Threatens To Kill Partner
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)-An!
ngry chemist threatened to kill
his former partner and tjion Like
his own life with a cyanide cap
sule, police reporteit!
Police said they shot the chem
ist Monday to free his former
partner, whom the dead man had
threatened for several hours. But
an autopsy today indicated the
chemist may have died of cya
nide poisoning. A detailed analy
sis was ordered to determine the
cause of death.
Police said they shot Arthur M.
Christy, 4ti, in the groin. An autop
sy surgeon said death was not
caused by the shot.
Police said Christy lured Ray
Price, his partner with whom ho
Thur., April 14, 1960 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. 11
had had a falling out, into his car
and drove around for hours. Chris
ty told Price he had a cyanide
capsule in his mouth and that "as
soon as.l feel the effects of the
cyanide I'm going to kill you."
They ultimately returned to
Price's office, where i-iiic jnsn
aged to alert an employe.
When three policemen, called
by the employe, told Christy to
take his hand from his pocket, he
swiftly fired a shot at Price.
Christy was shot dead immediate
ly. Price was uninjured.
He told officers they had fallen
out over a process which Christy
had developed and which proved
a failure.
The Crossword Puzzle For Today
Carillon Given U. S.
Rings For First Time
WASHINGTON (AP) The
inscription on the carillon tower
says simply: From the people of
the Netherlands to the people of
the United States.
Therein lies the story of the
Netherlands people and their
queen who gathered their guilders
in voluntary contributions to huild
a carillon in gratitude for Amer
ican Bid during and after World
War II.
The bells of the carillon rang
out across the Potomac River
here for the first tome from
their new tower.
The formal dedication won't he
until May 5, the day when the
Netherlands people will celebrate
the liberation of their country 15
years ago from the Germans. At
that time the Netherlands will
transfer the tower formally to
Secretary of the Interior Fred A.
Seaton.
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