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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
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