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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1953)
Washington Mirror uieapr They'll Do It Every Time .. By Jimmy Hatlo 4 ovyer Said to Protect U.S.Aluminum By A. ROBERT SMITH , Statesman Correspondent WASHINGTON -. The U. S. aluminum industry is beginning to raise its eyebrows and troop to Washington. D. C. about the prospect of foreign imports tak ing a bite out of America s boom ing aluminum market This nasnt Happened in so many years that the industry had all but forgotten to keep its guard up against competition from abroad for sales to Ameri can builders and manufacturers who are finding new uses' for aluminum every day. Most foreign producers and fabricators were prostrate when World War II ended, and in the immediate post-war period when they were regaining their foot ing, they had a heavy demand in their own countries to fulfill be- AVI V. 4VV1V1 11V. VI 11V WW markets. Britain even clamped an embargo on aluminum exports .until mid-1952. U.S. Market Attractive That overseas demand has now - been largely met but America, gobbling up aluminum for,here- nfnr famichofl civilian nrnlii. tion, still, looks like a healthy market to producers across the waters. : This marked appraisal was con firmed only last week by the Al uminum Association, which re ported that American producers have no worries about overpro duction. But simultaneously, the Association, wnicn memoes in membership Alcoa, Kaiser and Reynolds Metals plus semi-fab ricators who account for 85 per cent of domestic output, regist ered a strong protest at the Pent agon. ...... Protests Entered The protest was based on the following score: 1. The Defense Department has exempted aluminum from the pro tection of the Buy America act, a depression-enacted law which requires all government agencies to purchase whatever materials and products they need in the "domestic market unless prices are "unreasonable" compared with the price of foreicn pro ducts of the same quality. To day's interpretation holds that if the domestic product costs over 25 per cent more than the for- - eign product, that's unreasonable and the government is free to buy abroad." . 2. When the Defense Depart ment buys aluminum abroad, the price tag does not include the American tariff of 1.5 cents per pound on pig and three cents on semi-fabricated aluminum. Seeks Cat in Costs The Defense Department, oft called the world's most gigantic business with its annual budget now topping $45,000,000,000, is looking for means os. slashing the high cost of natural security. It foresees a possibility of buying less expensive aluminum from allied . nations that would also benefit by the transaction. - Britain is the most likely pros pect in Europe to step into the American marketplace and make a sale. She has already produced this vear in eieht months more aluminum semi-fabricated goods (sheets; rods, plates and bars) than in 1950, 1951 and 1952 com bined. And it is semi-fabricated . goods that the military establish ment is most likely to buy as the raw material for aircraft plants, Others Push Up Output Other nations France, Italy, West Germany, Austria, Japan are pushing up their output, but most with less success than the unuea rungaom. ureaiesi pro ducer in the UK is Canada which supplies both England and Amer ica with pig aluminum. However, many foreign coun tries cannot compete price-wise with America's own domestic in dustry. Japan, for example, would like very much to sell aluminum here,, but her price is over 30c perpound, compared with 21.5c for American-smelted ingots. Power Protects Industry This is a clear instance in which cheap hydroelectric power from the Columbia River, which has cut aluminum production costs here, is giving the Amer ican aluminum industry low price protection from foreign produc es, despite the customary dis parity in wage rates. The favorable price of alum- inum also helps account for wid er use of the metal today, replac ing other metals in construction and manufacturing. The Bureau of Mines reports that since World War II the price of aluminum has risen 31 per cent compared with zinc 54 per cent, steal 88 per cent, copper 105 per cent and lead 122 per cent. wi-yA i car H0RE WIS WEEK-. EM.CAMK3U PUT EACH ONE H A SEPARATE ENVELOPE OR SOKE - TUMAPASPI fiOT SOME DEPOSITS TOO- TVBS IS WORSE TUAKl STAWrsVk IM LINE. FORTHEKEXTWDRiltfS SERES-WWAT5UE GASHING? ALL THE FEDERAL. RACSU. 04SCXS? mi' krrr u JL WE CASHES THE CHECKS R3R ALLTHE SCUMOES N HIS OUTFIT WHO ARE TOO UJY TO COME TO THE RANK-RS,AT TWO BITS PER EACH' X KNOW-HE KDNS THE LOAH-SHaRK AKD PUNCH-BOARD RACKETS N THE OFFICE, TOO: GET THE CRUMMy DUDS HE WEARS FOR THE SyMRATUy approach-he's 60TAFISHTAA. EJ6HT AROUND THE CORMER JUST i TODELMER PN- BALUAUCHtJES- 1 IP! TtllSlSTWEKlMD OF BAMK HOLDUP .YOU TX3NTR&AO .ABOUT- - THE HATir r- h S732 CMAOLST y C4VCMV.477 37, 00 Phone Operators Fashion Experts ' V ' NEW YORK (INS) Hotel tel ephone operators not only have to be skilled in making and re ceiving calls but also have to be "fashion experts." A survey taken by New York's Hotel Edison showed that the most popular question asked by guests of phone operators is: ; "What type of outfit does a person in this city wear on a day like this?" To facilitate their work, Irwin Kramer, hostelry owner, supplies them with continued weather re ports and fashion publications. 1 Statctmrm. Saltsv Ort Wd Nor. IS, IS53 CStc .' " '-, r- . .T . ,. .. . .. . ... . T. ' " mm Judge Ponders Stock-Selling Case Verdict ENERGY. NEW YORK (INS) It is es timated that by 1960 the United St2te will rely on oil and natural gas for about two-thirds of its energy. Nine-tenths of American wom en whoeach age 40 will live 20 years longer. Convict Back From Frisco Raymond H. Smith, 44, Oregon State Prison convict who talked himself back into his cell from a San Francisco telephone booth early Friday morning was back at the penitentiary Tuesday. ' Warden Clarence T. Gladden said Smith was returned by car from San Francisco by two prison guards. Gladden said charges of escape would be filed against Smith in Marion County Circuit Court. Smith, who escaped from the PORTLAND UP) A federal court case involving Salem men in a stock-selling enterprise now - under advisement - of , Judge McCulloch. ' . He closed a hearing on the case after the Securities and Exchange Commission requested an injunc tion to prevent, the men from selling securities by misleading statements and in some cases to return money to investors.-. Involved are three timber co operatives and the men who organized them, including: Edgar R. Erron, Independence; Glass JL Munkers, . Charles Williamson, Dwight Holdorf and Archie L. Bones, all of Salem'; and Thomas A. O'Connell, Seattle. The co-operatives are Beaver Plywood, National Blywood and General Timber. Attorneys representing the de fendants objected to the SEC request for an injunction, and also protested a proposed SEC nnaing tnat the men had con verted investors' money to their own use. The attorneys contend ed there was no evidence of this. Walter S. Lamkin. Salem, one of the attorney; for investors in Beaver Plywood, asked the judge to allow state courts to wind up the affairs of the co-operative. Earlier in the hearing some investors testified they had been led to believe the promoters would apply to a Spokane bank for a loan to build a $750,000 null at Independence; that they held Ik - Savings Bid J. 129 N. ComX CURRENT RATE ON SAVINGS Insured To $10,000.0C prison Sept. 28, was recaptured in San Francisco when he called a penitentiary guard at his Salem home and police traced the call. SAVE WHERE SAVINGS PAYS First Federal Savings large peeler-log tracts in Lincoln and Tillamook counties, and that they had available a patent for putting a special finish on ply wood panel.. All of these things turned out to be incorrect, they testified. Poor Circulation? Nerve Tension? A wonderful new mechanical Home Massage has been devel oped that brings relief from painful limb cramps, numb ness, cold feet and other cir culatory ailments. Also com forts aching joints and sore stiff muscles, acting as a body conditioner. Approved by Good Housekeeping Institute and Un derwriters Laboratories. 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