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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1951)
Oregon Milk Laws Topic of Discussion At 7:30 p.m. in SU Oregon’s milk control laws will be the subject of the first of a ser ies of YMCA-sponsored discussion programs, to be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the Student Union. Speakers are Mrs. Charles Ford, chairman of the affiliated milk committee for Lane County, who will be a consumer's representative at the state legislature milk con trol hearings, and Fred Keses, manager of Darigold Dairy Pro ducts in Eugene. The question to be discussed is "What Should Be Done About Oregon Milk Control Laws.” The meeting is open to the public. In recent years a controversy has arisen over whether the Oregon laws are too inclusive or not. Hear ings on the subject have been scheduled by the State Legislature for Thursday. Many consumers feel that the laws should be modified so that milk prices could be controlled at production levels, and a store dif ferential in prices could be estab lished. Dairymen feel that the laws should be kept as they are in order to keep the industry's economy sound. The present laws are the result of emergency action taken in 1930 to bolster the position of the de pression-sick industry. Control was extended from the farm to the re tail outlet levels. The Milk Market ing Administration has the power to set the volume level of produc tion, place restrictions on distribu tion, control the price of milk, set a minimum for butter-fat content, and govern the size of milk con tainers for retail markets. This program begins a series of questions on current affairs that affect the University, the students, the community, and the state and nation. It is a continuation of a similar series conducted on campus last year. Creative Arts Group to Lay Plans for UO Literary Book Poets, writers, and artists on campus will soon receive an oppor tunity to have their works appear in a University publication, if the plans of a newly-organized student creative arts group are realized. This group, acting under the sponsorship of the Student Union Cultural Committee, will meet at 7 p.m. today in the Browsing Room of the Student Union to lay plans for the first issue of a proposed campus literary magazine, accord ing to Catherine Black, cultural committee chairman. Still Tentative Publication of the magazine, which will be somewhat on the order of the University of Wash ington’s Interim, is only tentative as yet, Miss Black emphasized, pending approval of the Student Publication Board. The boa^l heard a proposal for the magazine at last Thursday’s meeting, but has made no final decision. The first issue of the proposed publication would come out around Junior Weekend, Miss Black said, and would contain short prose, up to 3,000 words, poetry, and some j black-and-white art work. Students whose interests lie in : any of these phases of creative art who are unable to attend Tuesday's meeting, but who are interested in the magazine and would like to submit material, are urged by Miss Black to leave their manuscripts in the Browsing Room, where a special box has been set aside for them. The group also is looking for suggested names for the publica tion and for other creative arts projects and activities which could be undertaken, Miss Black added. Music Group Sets Recital A recital of chnmber music by music students will take place at 8 p.m. tonight at the School of Music Auditorium. A variety of in struments as well as composers will be featured by the 14 young musicians. The program will start with Byrds "Fantasia” with Sally Lichty and Sue Teter as first violins, Mary Lou Watts and Shir ley Foster as second violins, Larry Maves as first viola. Robert Groth as second viola, and Marjorie Carl son and Keith Cockburn as first and second cellos. "The Duo for Oboe and Clarinet” by Wallingford Rieger, including its Moderato, Andante affetuoso, and Theme, Four Variations and Coda, will feature Shirley Gay Dawley on the clarinet and Charles Humphreys on the oboe. Jean Philippe Rameau's "Pre mier Concert” with its La Couli- j cam, La Livri and Le Vezinet will be performed by W. C. Martin on j the piano, Robert Groth on the violin, and Keith Cockburn on the cello. , I I, EMERALD ADS BRING RESULTS Hey, men! Treat that House-Dance date to a corsage of distinction—• a creation by VAX DY K.E! And ^als, spruce up the* old sorority for Dad’s Day with Floral arrangements from ... VAN DYKE ('.AKDKNS look trim FOR DAD’S WEEKEND If you give a hoot • DO AWAY WITH THOSE DOG LICENSES, VIOLIN CASES, & RIB BONS. • LEO, LYNN, JACK & CHARLIE STUDENT UNION Barker Shop I’d Like to Know... You may have heard that a suit has been filed by the Antitrust Division in Washington to break up Standard of California as well as six other West Coast oil companies. Many people have writ ten us protesting this action, have asked per tinent questions. We be lieve these questions should be answered for everyone. We take this way of doing so. If you have a question, write: “I’d Like to Know” 225 Bush Street, San Francisco 20 “Would breaking up big oil companies affect national defense?” Mrs. Marie-Louise Auer, Pasadena housewife, writes: It seems to me like a bad time to be tampering with our industries, as the antitrust lawyers want to do. Or does it matter? Would breakingup big oil Jj, companies affect national defense?” ^ Here at Standard, one of the seven West ern oil companies under attack, we see clear public benefit in having big com panies in the business at all times. We believe we serve you well. But let’s con sider now just "bigness” and defense: y Today, military needs come first. Just recently, need for aviation gasolines jumped 275% in the West alone. Big oil companies supplied it. For hard jobs, the U. S. uses our bigness and integration. Today, our U. S. projects in clude atomic research and a synthetic rubber plant. Next: industry's demands. You know how industrial output keyed U.S. strength in World War II. It takes big companies to meet big needs. Our taxes also aid defense. As one big company, we paid over $95,000,000 last year, more than we would pay as several smaller companies. Company bigness also moans 6t#-scale research, improved products. Example: oils de veloped by Standard which tripled range of U.S. subs. Meanwhile, bigness and inte gration enable us to keep on supplying products .you need. Isn’t this what you want from your oil company? STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA r • plans ahead to serve you better (