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.
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SHERIDAN STRANDED - Ac
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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
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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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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-
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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.
He added that because of un
certain conditions no one would
risk capital in trade, "and any
way, there's no money around."1
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