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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1954)
a - i! 12 Statesman Salem, Oreaon, Monday January 4L 1954 I t ' ' S r i . ..... In Jet After: i ! Loss ttlot Dim ofCanonv ; i --I l I 1 ! - i rapid city, s. d. w a former North Dakota University football captain; who survived cap ture in Korea after his plane was hot down broueht a let! trainer into base safely Saturday after the plane s canopy Diew on ai ze, 000 feet j A fellow Air Force instructor bailed out andjmade a safe; para chute landing, j , Pilot instructors Vernon Huber, Man dan. N. D. former University ; of North Dakota football j captain. - and Damon Reeder. Glendaie. Ariz, were flying at an altitude of about five miles JO miles north of Ellsworth Air I Fprce Base here. Both, are lieutenants. j . Huber was in the front; seat. Reeder was in the rear i cockpit The canoijv srilit when an explo sive decompression occurred and tore the canopy completely ou Cabins of jet planes are sealed In to maintain about the same tmosDheric oressure as at ground level and air base officials said loss of the canopy subjected the two pilots to a "serious pressure change." f Officials said! the decompression makes the rear cockpit I "almost untenable." Reeder bailed out of the rear cockpit Huber hunched up behind a small windshield that was left and man- i?m1 to brine the Diane down safe ly at Ellsworth Air Force Base in spite of high wnds created by the speed of the plane Reeder is being treated at the base hospital for bruises and tne effects of lack of oxygen. Cross-Country Agriculture Study to End WASHINGTON W The House Asriculture Committee will wind up a 16.000-mile "grass roots" tour of the nation's farming areas this month with final hearings in the South and Southwest. The cross-country study will be followed by the drafting, of a new agriculture price support pro pram one of I the knottiest prob lems likely to; face this session of Congress. f ! Chairman Hope R-Kan) said Saturday the committee i will con duct final hearings at Enid, Okla., Jan. 12; Waco, Texas, (Jan. 13; and Memphis, Tenn.. Jan. 14. The final committee j hearings will be held against a backdrop of lowered farm income. The trend of farmj prices was general ly downwards over a period of many months although the latest report showed they increased 1.2 per cent in December. Many lawmakers appear to fa vor continued; high price supports for the "big! six" basic crops corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco, rice and peanuts. It is in the non-basic , crop area that Secretary of Agri culture Bensdn and Congress will have their hands, full, j This has been pointed up by the recent cattle j price situation and the towering butter surplus. U.S. Advised .'1 ; To Join Europe A-Pod 1 By ROWLAND EVANS JR. WASHINGTON Uf Sen. Hum nhrev (D-Mirin) Saturday proposed tp President Eisenhower that the United States join an j existing European organization, set up un der the united Nations, lor pow in tf atomic information. 1 Humphrey! said that in this way a start could be made towara arhitvin? the President's objective ef international action to foster peaceful uses of nuclear energy, without waiting for Russia to ac cept the plan. In a soeech to the U.N. Dec 8, Eisenhower called for an inter national pool of atomic materials to be used for peaceful purpose. ticipation in! such a plan is a nec cxsarv condition. i But Humphrey said 12 Euro pean nations have signed a con Yention under the United Nations Educational J Scientific- and Cul tural Organization (UNESCO) set- , ting up the European organization for nuclear Research, i t Humohrev. a member of the - Foreign Relations Committee, said in an interview the Atomic Ener gy Act would probably have to be amended before this country could take part in any organization set up to exchange atomic information en .an international level. Driver Has Last Wprd Wiilt Police DALLAS, (Texas UR Police of ficers E. L, Crenshaw and G. W. Jones were driving down Pearl Street, a one-way artery in Dallas, when they saw a motorist coining in the opposite direction. They flagged him town and be gan their lecture ok the .evils of driving the j wrong way on a one way street, etc. . j "But, said the motorist, "you are going the wrong way. Crenshaw and Jones were. Pearl Street, one-way south until recent ly was reversed to one-way norta curing a wboksala dnrraova trai- 1 Group -lit THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO- INC. Fan! it Hans, President; ,' BENSON ft HEDGES Joseph F. Cnllman Jr, President V ! if j I BRIGHT BELT WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATION F. 8. Royster, President , j . 1 - j , V i j BROWN ft WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION Timothy V. Hartnett, President . j BURLEY AUCTION WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATION Albert Clay, President A Frank to. Ci REGENT REPORTS on experiments with mice have given wide publicity to a thedry that cigarette smoking is in some way linked with lung cancer in human beings. Although conducted by doctors of professional standing, these experiments are not regarded as conclusive in the field of cancer research. However, we do not believe that any serious medical research, even though its results are inconclusive should be disregarded or lightly dismissed. At tht same time, we feel it is in the public interest to call attention to the fact that eminent doctors and research scientists have publicly questioned the claimed significance of these ex periments. b Distinguished authorities point Out: 1. That medical research of recent years indicates many, possible causes of lung cancer. 2. That there is no agreement among the authorities regard ing what the cause is. 3. That there is no proof that cigarette smoking is one of the causes. 4. That statistics purporting to link cigarette smoking with the disease could apply with equal force to any one of many other aspects of modern life. Indeed the validity of the statistics themselves is questioned by numerous scientists. i We accept an interest in people's health as a basic respon sibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business. I We believe the products we make are not injurious to health. We always have and always will cooperate closely with those whose task it is to safeguard the public health. TOBACCO' - S4Q0 . are INDUSTRY RESEARCH COMMITTEE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. NEW YORK 1,N. i : SPONSORS: BURLEY TOBACCO GROWERS COOPERATIVE , ASSOCIATION Jehn W. Jones, president 1 : ' t LARUS ft BROTHER COMPANY, INC. W. T. Reed. Jr.. President h i - i I P. LORILLARD COMPANY , Herbert A. Xentj Chairman MARYLAND TOBACCO GROWERS ASSOCIATION m m 1 a ' mm unci v liiiiMi axemen 1 i i moKers : For more than 300 years tobacco has given solace, relaxa tion, and enjoyment to mankind. At one time or another during those years critics have held it responsible for practically every disease of the human body. One by one these charges have been abandoned for -lack of evidence. I 1. ! . : ; Regardless of the record of the past, the fact that cigarette smoking today should even be suspected as a cause of a serious disease is a matter of deep concern to us. Many people have asked us what we are doing to meet the public's concern aroused by the recent reports. Here is th$ answer: ! i II We are pledging aid and Assistance to the research effort into all phases of tobacco useand health. This joint financial aid will of course be in addition to what is already being con tributed 1y individual companies. 2 For this purpose we are establishing a joint industry group consisting initially of the undersigned. This group will bt known as tobacco industry research committee. 3 In charge of the research activities of the Committee: will be a scientist of unimpeachable integrity and national repute. In addition there will be an Advisory Board of scientists disinter ested in the cigarette industry. A group of distinguished men from medicine, science, and education will be invited to serve on this Board. These scientists will advise the Committee on its research activities. , This statement is being issued because we believe the people are entitled to know where we stand on this matter and what we intend to do about it. . jmtermi Auigcr i Y. PHILIP MORRIS AND CO LTD, O. Parker MeComas, President if : i R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY E. A. Darr. President f ; j j " 1 STEPHANO BROTHERS, INC. j C S. Stephano, D'SLC, Director ef Research TOBACCO ASSOCIATES, INC (An Organisation f Flue-cured Tebace Growers) : J. B. Hutson, 5 President ; UNITED STATES TOBACCO COMPANY J J. W. PetenoB, President INC si fit revision last week. f v i: