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lorMii ESappedl ffor IPairft nun JPreparomig pill Shiftiirag .Board of Control FaooisHs Q Salem U.R) Harry S. Dor Eman, director of the State De partment of Finance and Ad ministration, was criticized at the State Board of Control meet ing yesterday for taking part in preparing a bill to transfer con trol of betterment funds in the various state institutions from the Board of Control to his de partment without consulting members of the board. Gov. Paul L. Patterson said he first learned of the bill last Friday and said he was "very 0 much concerned." Dorman Apologizes r "I talked with Mr. Dorman s and he has apologized," the gov- ernor said. Dorman later told the United Press he was sorry he had been "off base" and the criticism at the Board of Con trol meeting was fully justified. - Secretary of State Earl T. Newbry said no person in his department would be permitted to present any legislation affect ing the department without his knowledge. : State Treasurer Sig. Unander called attention to the fact that the bill Senate" bill 190 on the face of it stated that it was "introduced by the Ways and Means committee at request of the Department of Finance and Administration" and said he was nnnospd to it in its nresent form. r sr Committee Objects Gov. Patterson told the board he had talked with Sen. Howard Belton (R.-Canby) chairman of tha Senate Ways and Means committee, and found that the committee objected to use of un budgeted funds in the better ment funds for capital outlays over and above the budgeted amounts for such projects. Dorman told the board he had the bill drafted at "the specific request of the ways and means committee." Unander suggested that cer tain limitations might be placed expenditures from institu- on tional betterment funds but said the Board of Control should continue to administer such funds. William Ryan, coordinator of state institutions, said use of betterment funds many times er institutions has "saved the state's bacon in emergencies." The money in betterment funds is derived from profits gained in operations of farms, laundries and other industries in the larger institutions and from sale of furniture and various articles by inmates in the small- Chains Slash Prices on Coffee Housewives Hope for Price War Chicago U.R) Chain stores across the nation cut coffee prices as much as 16 cents a pound today and housewives hoped a price war was brewing. The slashes dropped coffee prices to their lowest levels in two years in the big super markets. Coffee experts said more wholesale price cuts may be in the works. So far, the cheaper coffee was restricted to food chain brands. National coffee brands which are not processed by the chains had not yet announced whether their prices will go down. , $1.50 Last August Only last August, a tight Bra zilian coffee market sent prices zooming up to $1.50 a pound. There have been price drops since them, but the big break followed a Brazilian currency reform and heightened compe tition from Mexico and other South American countries. Prices began to skid in New York early this week and spread from coast to coast today as the big chains posted new price tags. The A & P Food Stores, the biggest chain in the nation, ordered a cut of 12 cents a pound, bringing the price down 40 cents from last August's peak and pegging them at the 1953 level. Under the new price sched ules, A&P coffee sold for from 79 to 89 cents a pound. The biggest chain, Safeway Stores, topped A&P's cut by dropping prices as much as 16 cents a pound. ' Price War Looms The National Tea chain sent its prices down as much as 14 cents. The Kroger chain order ed prices lowered 10 and 12 cents a pound, while 12 cents a pound was the average cut at the Jewel Tea Stores. Not all parts of the country were getting the same break from the coffee salesmen. The New York area appeared to be having the best luck and there were already signs of a price war. The Grand Union Company, with 300 markets in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Con necticut, Vermont, and Massa chusetts, started the price cut ting with a 10-cent drop Mon day. Other cuts through the na tion were 10 to 12 cents a pound at the Best Markets and Food Fair chains in Philadelphia, five to 10 cents at the Colonial Stores, Kroger and Big Apple Stores in Atlanta and 12 cents at the Big Bear Stores in Co lumbus, O. Portland U.R) Retail cof fee prices tumbled 5 to 8 cents CVJ Service Job Vacancies Announced Applications are being accept ed by the United States Civil Service commission for positions as highway engineer, highway bridge engineers and illustrator, it was announced today by Ches ter W. Silliman, local represent ative for the commission. The highway engineers and highway bridge engineer . posi tions pay $4,205 to $5,940 a year. Illustrators- qualified for gen eral illustrations work are need ed for positions paying $3,410 to $4,205 a year. Application -blanks and fur ther information may be ob tained from Silliman at his of fice in the Medford post office building. Wednesday, February 9, 1953 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE today on nationally advertised brands as a result of the de valuation of Brazilian currency. An official for one retail chain said the price cuts were in anticipation of a drop in the wholesale market. Most Port land stores . have been selling coffee below wholesale as loss leaders. The cuts brought coffee prices to between 85 and 88 cents a pound. Wholesale prices ior car load lots was 98 cents a pound. One . retail spokesman said more drastic price cuts were re ported elsewhere in the state. In Eugene, for example, where the commodity has been selling at a normal markup, prices dropped 18 cents a pound. WEATHER: By United Press Northern California: General ly fair but local fog and low clouds this morning. Dead line Sunday Classified is at noon Saturday : 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 previous iav Ruch School Bids Exceed Estimates Ruch Construction bids which have been higher than or iginal estimates have caused a bottleneck on work toward new school rooms here, it was re ported at a Parent-Teacher meeting last week. Voters of the Ruch school district last October approved a bond issue of $33,000 for con struction of a new classroom and' gymnasium at . the Ruch school. But out of bids by 10 contractors, the lowest basic bid was for $37,000. School board members stated that a possible solution to the problem may be a reorganization of the archi tect's plans to eliminate a base ment, stage, and heating plant in the gymnasium. The two lowest bidders, My ron Corcoran Construction com pany, Medford, and Hampton Piatt, Salem, will be asked to submit new bids, it was report yi 1st Choice Of Mlont For Fast Relief Of Muscular Aches Why Pay More? K 'specially for special people Valexvtileg It's fun to choose Valentines for everyone from our selection of Hallmark Valentines. There are lacy ones . . . sentimental ones . . . light hearted ones . . . ones for every age . . . every taste. Whicheve Hallmark Valentines you choose your menus wiu Know you "care enough to send the very best." 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