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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNEFIVE u TIwnd7, Ptcembt t, 1354 fir United Sesn States, World Looks To American Labor To Set Example Mrs. FDR Says Los Angeles (U.R) Sen Wayne Morse, the controversial Oregon Senator who bolted the Republican party to become an Independent, was scheduled to speak today at the national CIO convention. , Morse's speech was to follow another given by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late President, who told the conven tion yesterday the world looked to American labor to set an ex ample for the working man. Mrs. Roosevelt told the CIO's 16th annual convention the goals of labor were a shorter work week, improved wages and a guaranteed annual wage. Turning to Communism, she aaid: "Communism must be fought not only by greater military and economic power, but by the example we give of how we handle our problem at home." Danger of Communism She said the real danger of Communism is the "type of de velopment which enslaves the mind and body," and that it can only be fought with "a greater belief in democracy." The former' first lady said America needs to return to the attitudes which made the new deal and the fair deal possible. She said she frequently has been asked if she felt the coun try would be better off if it re turned to the days of the New Deal, which was, the brainchild of her late husband. Mrs. Roosevelt said that while it was not neccesary to return to the days of the New Deal, "it is necessary to return to the at titude of the New Deal." She was introduced to the convention by CIO President Walter P. Reuther, who describ ed her as "the finest lady of the world." Prior to Mrs. Roosevelt's speech, the convention unani mously approved a report from its committee on ethical proced ures recommending adoption of an administrative code to pre vent corruption in handling of welfare funds. Welfare Program Offered The committee offered the convention an eight-point pro gram designed to end any ab uses of welfare funds running into billions of dollars. "It would be nothing short of tragedy if the dishonesty of a few were to obscure the monu mental contribution of these health, welfare and security funds to the lives of people who work," declared Arthur J. Gold berg, director of the Standing Committee on Ethical Practices. Goldberg said it was up to the CIO to police the administration of these funds before such po licing was taken from the un ion's hands. He declared instanc es of abuse within the CIO were isolated and limited to a few local situations. Back Stairs: Fried Mush for Ike United Press White House Writer Washington U.R) Backstairs at the White House: Fried mush is President Eisen hower's favorite breakfast food. Mis mother used to make the best fried mush in all Abilene, Kans., and her son has never lost his taste for it. Unfortu nately, he has reached that point in adulthood where he has to watch his waistline and he can't plow into platters of mush and syrup as he once did. Mr. Eisenhower may not know it, but one of his illustri ous a n d departed predeces sors in the armed services thought there was not much to being president. Admiral George Dewey said in 1900, "I am convinced that the office of the president is not such a very difficult one to fill, his duties being mainly to exe cute the laws of Congress." There are time stoday when the President feels that some of the laws and regulations with which he has to work are about as up-to-date as what Admiral Dewey said at the start of the century. Mr. Eisenhower searches con stantly for archaic practices which were quite reasonable 50 years ago, but hopelessly old fashioned and burdensome to day. He has discovered that too often. paper work forced on a president is the result of 19th Century tradition rather than 20th Century practicality. Knowing this to be true and trying to do something about it has paid off to some extent for Mr. Eisenhower. Members of his staff say that as a result of re forms instituted under this ad ministration, the chief executive has to cope with considerably fewer routine documents than either . President Truman or Roosevelt. But the President, himself, feels that a chief executive still must spend too much time with legalistic trivia. What would the President like for Christmas? Almost anything that would be appropriate for nis house at Gettysburg. At least that's the word among his close friends. What about a tankful of live bass for his pond? A little bulky for Christmas wrapping, but nonetheless appropriate for the farm. Loch Lomand, the largest lake in Scotland, is only one to five miles wide, but about 23 miles long. 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Wrap each cookie in cellophane and tie with bow. Makes 2Vi dozen Christmas ornament cookies. For WJs use Drifted Snow Flour Holidays ahead! Treat your family to the homemade goodness of your own pies, cakes, cookies, breads. With Drifted Snow Flour it's easy to turn out holiday bakings that are light, tender, taste wonderful! BAKE A GIFT FOR FRIENDS. Say "Merry" Christmas" with gifts you baked and wrapped yourself. It's the friendliest holiday custom of all. And it's so easy with Sperry Drifted Snow, the flour that's "home-perfected" for success with everything you bake. Martha Meade recipes in every sack. Also Queen Bess pattern silverware coupon. " perry drifted snow flour OIVIStON Or GENERAL MILLS "HOMC-PCKftCTID" gJNUCHED - MADE BY THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLOUR MILLERS New York U.R) The United States and Canada are in for an extremely good business year in 1955. That is the opinion of busi ness leaders in every, section of the country and in widely diver sified industries. ' There is virtually unanimous agreement that 1955 will be bet ter than 1954 and that the busi ness surge which began in the autumn will mount with steady but not spectacular momentum. Forecast From Leaders The forecast came from lead ers in farming and livestock, home construction, . steel, retail merchandising, banking, textile manufacturing, the stock mar ket, factory production, ship ping, mining, airlines and rail roads. Reasons for this economic renaissance included population growth, release of new prod ucts, improved conditions in Eu rope and" South America, more liberal credit terms, national de fense demands and the impetus furnished by such booming in dustries as housing. Electronics was singled out by the president of the National As sociation of Manufacturers as the industry with the brightest future. The West Coast, the Southwest and the Rocky Moun tains were the areas of greatest optimism. Textiles Cautious There are weak spots. The t e x ti 1 e . industry is cautious. Some farm products may find rough sledding. But the overall picture from the viewpoint of the businessman is very good. This is a summary of opin ions from eight sections of the country and .Montreal, Canada: Chicago Sylvester J. Meyers, president of the Chicago Board of Trade: The general outlook for Midwest farmers in 1955 ap pears to be quite favorable. With a few notabe exceptions such as eggs and poultry, farm prod uct prices reversed their down ward trend during the past year and in some cases are now high er than a year ago. Farm price levels are closely related to the general . level of the economy as a whole and since we appear to be headed into a period where business activity will be rela tively prosperous and stable, ag ricultural income should remain at a good level. a Steel Demand lo Continue Pittsburgh Ernest T. Weir, chairman of the National Steel Corp.: "I.expect the present strong demand for products of the steel industry, will continue during the final month; of. the year. I also anticipate that for the steel industry and business in general, 1955 will prove to be a somewhat better year than 1954. Denver Joseph Ross, presi dent of Daniels & Fisher depart ment stores: Optimistic over the present and future of the Rocky Mountain area economic situa tion. He foresees a tremendous long ; range future as require ments of industry and national defense demand more and more of the area's natural resources'. Dallas Fred Florence, presi dent of the Republic National Bank: Says 1954 will go down as one of the best' business' years in our history. There has been a definite slacking in many lines of business but the readjustment seems to be well TDehirid' us 'and we are no wlooking at another period of healthy growth in" the months ahead. Indications Move Upward' Detroit John S. Coleman, president of Burroughs' Corp.: There seems to be a general agreement that the economic re covery which began in the fall will continue. All important in dicators have been moving up wards. It seems certain that busi ness activity will be at a high level in 1955. New York Edmund W. Ta bell, partner in the stock 'ex change firm of Walston & Co.: Believes the stock' market has generated enough momentum to carry its advance into 195.5, to an all time high. He sees the Dow Jones industrial average getting into the 425 territory, a record high. Canadian Future Bright Montreal H. L. Roscoe, vice president of, Noranda Mines, Ltd.: Foresees a tremendous fu ture for Canada because of its natural resources and capital now being pumped in. - ' Los Angeles Terrell C. Drinkwater, president of West ern Airlines: Expects air traffic comDanv's recent survey showed in 1955 to surpass 1954. His J the general business outlook in the 12 Western states and tne provinces of Alberta, Canada, is optimistic and encouraging. San Francisco D. J. Russell, president of the Southern Pa cific Railroad: Population in the eight states served by Southern Pacific has grown 50 per cent since 1940 and he predicts an other 23 per cent' growth from 1950 to 1960. Mailman Declares Postcards Uninteresting Whitehall, Wis.- (U.R) Henry J. Aleckson, retiring after 28 years as a mailman, has con fessed what some people have suspected that mailmen some times read postcards. "Most of them aren't interest ing," Aleckson said. Sen. Watkins Scoffs At Third Party Talk After McCarthy Break Washington (U.R) Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah), scoffed today at the possibility any Republicans, except perhaps the "lunatic fringe" would form fi new political party around Sen. Joseph McCarthy. He made that comment to re porters after reading Wednes day's news conference remarks by President Eisenhower about McCarthy's break this week with the administration. Mr. Eisenhower termed . the GOP a party of "progressive moderation" and said if any per sons want to form a new party it is their own business. Direct Reply Refused He refused to be drawn into any direct reply to McCarthy who accused the President Tues day of a "shrinking show of weakness" toward Communism at home and in Asia. Although the Wisconsin Re publican said he wants to work within the GOP "at the pres ent time," he immediately be came a center of speculation as the possible leader of a third party. "I can't see any genuine Re publican leaving the party be cause of this (GOP dispute over McCarthy)" said Watkins. "Some of the lunatic fringe might leave Congress Expected To Again Reject UMT Proposal Washington (U.R) Chairman Dewey Short of the House Armed Services Committee pre dicted today that the new Con gress again will reject Universal Military Training. However, the Missouri Repub lican hinted he has relaxed somewhat his own long-standing opposition to UMT, and that he might vote for it -under some conditions. Short led a success ful house fight, against UMT in 1952. Faces Long, Hard Fight Other ' House and ' Senate sources- agreed the administra tion's new and "mftdified" UMT plan faces, at best, a long hard fight. There was at least a possi bility it would not get serious consideration. A general outline of the new plan was announced last week. Assistant Defense Secretary Car ter Burgess was due on Capitol Hill this afternoon to get in the administration's first licks for the. program with congressional leaders. Continuation of Draft ' . The plan calls for continuation of the draft, with about 20,000 men to be called each month for twa years military service, and for initiation of a new training plan under which 100,000 young men yearly will get six months training plus extended duty in the active reserves. ; ;, The key to the' plan's prospects in Congress appeared to lie in the method of selecting' the 100, 000 men to be called for training only. This has not been disclosed officially. Earlier suggestions that the choice be made by lot tery ran into a stonewall of con gressional objections. Ruse Used To Flee Jail in South Dakota Miller, S. D. (U.R) William McManus slipped out of the county jail with a bar. of coap. . He asked guards for the soap and when the sheriff's mother-in-law brought it to him he pushed past her and ran out. FULL . HOUSE Norwalk, Conn. (U.R) John Yunches, 17, was charged with reckless driving after police re ported he had 18 passengers. The officers said that in addi tion to those inside, several were on the running boards and hood, one on a spare tire and two on the roof. ...... BEWARE Of UUTATI0MS LOOK fOR THt HAPPY UTTLE DOG twpf TOPS W QUALITY! LOIV ICJ PRICE but thev never reallv belonged to the party in the first place. "They just establish " them selves wherever they think they can get the most attention." Monroney Comments From a Democrat, Sen. A. S. (Mike) Monroney of Oklahoma came this comment: "If Senator McCarthy .chooses to form a third party and the votes are ever counted, it will be surprising to find how few but how noisy this McCarthy fringe of the Republican party really is." Watkins headed the special Senate committee which recom mended McCarthy's censure. That case ended last week when the- Senate voted 67 to 22 to con demn McCarthy on two counts for his conduct toward Senate committees. . only 'Mo buys the perfect GIFT. . . 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