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Cities League Meets Here; Many Problems Get Wide Discussion Last night's regional meeting of the League of Oregon Cities was the best attended so far in the series of 23 now being held throughout the state, according to league officers who are con ducting them. Representatives of Medford, Cave Junction, Grants Pass, Rogue River, Central Point, Gold Hill, Phoenix, Talent, Ash land, Jacksonville, Eagle Point and Jackson county attended, and discussed mutual problems of city administration. Bowes Speaker William Bowes, Portland city commissioner and president of the league, was principal speak er. He discussed the function of the league, which was founded In 1925, and pointed out that re cent committees appointed ' to serve cities better include those on legal education, municipal law and statute revision," legis lation planning,' legislative, and preparation of a model utility franchise. Zoning, particularly in fringe areas, is one of the most press ing problems now facing cities, he said, and urged a program of education to convince farmers of the fact that the present zon ing laws would not apply to them if placed in effect. The tremendous growth of Oregon's population, and the accompanying movement of po pulation from the cities to the fringe areas, has made the prob lem particularly pressing, he said. Six counties now have planning commissions, he added. Revenues Problem The problem of how to main tain adequate . municipal rev enues in the face of the consti tutional six per cent limitation upon budget increases is another one which must be solved, he said, and he urged that cities support a proposed constitution al amendment which will be voted on at the November elec tion which would permit voters of cities to place a new' tax base in effect. Bowes said tnat tax coordin ation and equalization is an other pressing matter, and point ed out that steps are being taken to put it into effect. ., Regional police schools and continued emphasis on traffic safety are doing much to guard the health and welfare of Ore gon residents, he said, but even more must be done. Praises "Home Rule" He also discussed some basic concepts of local government or "home rule" and said that "Our democracy has grown strong . because people in com munities have done much for themselves; have depended on themselves and have financed the things they want most. The further we get away from that policy and that principle, to The Grange Eagle Point Grange Eagle Point Grange is sponsor ing a square dance and pie so cial Saturday, March 15, at 8:30 p. m., in the Grange halL Each lady is asked to bring a pie, which will be sold to the high est bidder. All Grangers-1 and their friends are cordially in that degree are we , wrecking the principle of home rule." . Discussion following Bowes talk, was moderated by Herman Kehrli, executive secretary of the league and director of the Bureau of Municipal Research at the University of Oregon. . Discussion Woe Matters which interested the municipal representatives at tending included such diverse subjects as regulation of con tractors and sub-contractors, So cial Security protection for local government employees, sickness and accident insurance, and skk leave, county planning, gasoline storage and delivery problems of regulation, and others. Central Point Mayor Don E. Burelson suggested that smaller communities of the valley might save money and increase ' effi ciency in employing a consult ing engineer on a cooperative basis, to work for all of them and provide services which they cannot afford on an individual basis. j ' Mayor Diamond Flynn of Med ford, host mayor for the meet ing, welcomed the delegates. Two-thirds of all families in the United States own an automobile. f X) ' SHERIDAN STRANDED - Ac tress Ann Sheridan sits on her luggage in the New York Cen tral - Chicago station. She is stranded with eight other film people by the railroad strike. They'll finish their trip to a De troit film premiere by plane. Thursday. March 13. 1951 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Nationalization Provides Nor Changes for Iran People Tehran, . Iran 4U.R) Despite predictions tjf an early crackup of Iran's economy after the with drawal of the British and their oil royalties, : nine months of nationalization has brought al most no change in the standard of living of the average Iranian. The man in the street has been affected little by the loss of Anglo-Iranian oil company rev enues. Prices' of such basic com modities as tea, sugar, bread and cotton goods either have remain ed stationary or have risen not more than .five per cent over the last year. ' With the upper and middle classes, however, its a different matter. " Prices of luxury goods have skyrocketed because of heavy taxes and reduced im ports.: Some 90 per cent of the popu lation. .-however, . has not been affected by the government'! austerity policies. The govern ment ( has made efforts to find other jobs for labor thrown out of work by curtailment of the oil industry s operations. International trade on a cash basis is almost at a standstill be cause of the lack of foreign ex change, although foreign manu facturwl goods are still plentiful. The government is making every effort to avoid economic collapse. The first step was to cut imports from 40,000,000 to 25,000,000 annually. It has con cluded barter deals to help close the gap. 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St. Lome, lH'iunl A - . s J&e&Z I f , Iran used to buy some 28 per cent of its imports in the sterl ing area but after restrictions imposed by the British treasury, the amount was cut in half. Barter Deals Mad So far, barter deals have been completed with Russia, Ger many and France, among oth ers. Negotiations are under way with Italy, Hungary, Czechoslo vakia, Poland and Japan. Sugar deficits have been made up fairly successfully by barter with Russia and other countries. To help out the government's program, a national six per cent two-year loan has been floated. The total subscribed to date is 250,000,000 rials. Premier Mohammed Mossa degh's supporters say the gov ernment has written off the pos sibility of any income from oil, except for internal sales. The chief victim of the loss of oil revenues is the seven-year development plan, which has been suspended. The two princi- A new record average corn yield of 121.3 bushels an acre was set on one of the experi mental plots at the University of Illinois. pal projects which were aban doned are railways from Tehran to Azerbaijan and from Tehran to Khorasan. U. S. Aid Planned Another factor in halting the work was the British govern ment's requisitioning of steel rails before delivery. The proj ects may be revived with Amer ican aid. The Iranians will devote some $10 million of the $23 million total point-four aid to raising health and education standards. The remainder will go to im proving agriculture. This latter allocation may help revive other seven-year plan projects. Business circles in Tehran, however, are unimpressed with the government's efforts. "Trade is dead," one of them said. 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