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Newsprint Shortage Serious, Not Likely To Get Much Better By MARTIN PACKMAN Washington Supplies of the paper on which your newspaper is printed have been scarce, are scarce, and will continue scarce for an indefinite period. Pro duction of newsprint in both Canada and the United States is running at record levels, but consumption also is greater than ever before, and newspapers are having trouble getting all the ' paper they want at reasonable prices. Cranston Williams, general manager of the American News paper Publishers Association, has called the current market "the tightest we have ever had, when there has been no form of government restrictions or con trols." The Commerce Depart ment has predicted a substantial deficit for some years to come. And it stated last January: "At this point there is little knowl edge as to how the anticipated deficit after 1958 will be over come." Inventories Down Demand was so great last year that some 56,000 tons of news print had to be withdrawn from publishers' inventories. Toward the end of the year, newsprint manufacturers were receiving more orders than they could fill and had to cut deliveries from 5 to 13 Vz per cent. On top of that, major producers hiked their prices about $4 a ton. The New York delivered price now is $130 and gray-market prices ranging as high as $250 a ton have been reported. At $130 a ton, the cost of newsprint is more than double what it was at the end of the war. The United States now de pends on Canada for about 80 per cent of the newsprint used by its daily and weekly news papers. Most Canadian produc tion is concentrated in Quebec and Ontario. Thus, little Amer- lean pressure can be exerted on the biggest segment of the in 'dustry to hold prices at fair levels. High Cost Business Making newsprint is a high cost, long-term affair. A single mill may require investment of $30 million to $48 million and may take as long as two to five J years to get into production. The industry remembers the overproduction and ruinously low prices of the depression years; it is understandably re- luctant to expand its facilities. American newspapers, grow ing fatter every year, have been using more and more newsprint. Daily circulation has risen more than 17 million during the last 15 years. The amount of news print used to print advertising has zoomed some 150 per cent since 1941. To ameliorate the problem of persistent shortages, efforts are being made to expand the out put of American newsprint mills. Although there is no pros pect that the United States will become self-sufficient at any early date, greater production at home is obviously desirable. Plans recently announced call for the addition of anywhere from 600,000 to 800,000 tons of capacity to the U.S. total by the end of 1958. New Mills Two new mills will be built in the South, one at Mobile, Ala., the other at Pine Bluff, Ark. New machines will be put into existing mills at Calhoun, Tenn.; Coosa Pines, Ala.; Luf kin, Tex.; and Woodland, Me. Construction of other mills in Colorado and Florida is reported to be under consideration. Attempts are under way also to increase newsprint supplies by developing new raw material sources and processes. In recent years the use of hardwoods to make pulp has increased, and there are prospects that even larger quantities will be utilized in the future, thanks to the de velopment of the so-called chemi-groundwood process. The possibility of making newsprint from de-inked news papers has been revived by the development of a process which, though still in the experimental stage, is considered promising. On the other hand, the increased production of newsprint from bagassee (sugar cane residue) does not appear likely "for the near future," according to the Commerce Department. Floods, Tornadoes Plague Southland; Snow in Carolina By UNITED PRESS Spring and winter weather waged a cross-country battle to day, touching off floods, a torna do, and Southland snows. The battle line stretched from the Rockies to North Carolina. Texas was hardest hit with a tornado which ripped through Hovey Monday night and flash floods which boiled up follow ing five inches of rain. Ground Turned While A southeast New Mexico hail storm turned the ground white, while heavy snow was reported near Williamston, N.C. Thunder storms rumbled today from northern Texas eastward into Tennessee, North Carolina, arid Virginia. The Hovey tornado tore through the center of the small west Texas town. It ripped out all power and communications lines, but miraculously refrained from causing serious damage. A deputy from Pecos made a tour of the area and reported there were no injuries. Central Texas Drenched Downpours drenched central Texas, causing floods around a Crooked line in the area of Cole man, Brownwood, Commanche, Dublin, Valera and Stephenville. The rain-swollen Bosque river spilled into 100 Stephenville homes and rescue workers set out in boats to take residents from house-tops in Valera.' Most Coleman county roads were blocked and traffic was at a standstill. Temperatures contrasted wide ly on either side of the cold front. Barkley Ranked High As Teller of Stories spot with Eisenhower 3 col hed Washington U.R) Alben Barkley ranked close to Abra ham Lincoln as a master story teller and political wit. He used his homespun yarns and quips not only to entertain his friends, but also to win over and sometimes to wither his opposition. Some of his best: Perhaps his classic tale was one Barkley called "The true story of the ungrateful constitu ent." It involved a farmer for whom Barkley had done many favors in Washington. ylw rT pays to shop l pJk BIZ uoT finm mm- j (MSG 1 1 The World's Most Beautiful Floor Covering AND RAN Outwears Printed Linoleum 3 to 5 Timesl , Never Needs Waxing! Lies Flat Without Cementing! Stainless Beauty Wear Guaranteel U Sq.Yard Reg. SI. 89 Sq. Yd. WI GIVE S&H GREEN STAMPS During a crucial campaign, Barkley suddenly heard that the farmer -was going to vote against hmi. Amazed, he ap proached the farmer and recited all the things he had done in the farmer's behalf over numerous years. "Yeah," the farmer sneered, "but what have you done for me lately?" ' When the wedding reception was over after his marriage to the present Mrs. Barkley in 1949, the bride ruefully ob served that she hated to leave and go out "and face that mess again" meaning a mob of well wishers. "That's no mess," Barkeley told her. "That's the American people." Barkely was fond of quoting a letter supposedly addressed to Dorothy Dix. "Dear Miss Dix," it said. "I am in -love with a beautiful girl of fine character and I want to marry her. But there are some things I am ashamed of. She knows about my sister who is a prostitute, my brother who is in the penitentiary and my uncle who is in an insane asylum. But she doesn't know about my two cousins who are Republicans. "Should I tell her?" When Barkeley was Senate majority leader, there was an oc casion when former President Truman forgot to keep in touch with him about legislative strat egy on a suddenly proposed change in the tax laws. , "I feel like a catcher in a night ball game," Barkley told a White House aide. "They not only fail to give me signals from the bench but sometimes they switch off the lights just as the pitcher throws the ball." Tax Assessor Has Reply at Fingertips Grand Rapids, Mich. U.PJ City Assessor Harold A. Linn is all set for complaining taxpay ers who say, "I'll bet the valua tion on ycur house is pretty low." t Lynn just opens a record book which shows the valuation on his own home has been raised from $5,100 to $6,900 during the past two years. "You're a darn fool to raise your own tax bill," one taxpayer told him. "It does cost me a lit tle money, but it answers ques tions like yours," Linn replied. Tuesday. Mar I 1958 MEDTORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FTVK Eisenhower, Truman Lead Nation in Mourning Death of Barkley Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower and former President Truman today led the nation in mourning the death of Sen. Alben W. Barkley. Mr. Eisenhower said In a statement issued shortly after he learned of Barkley's death that he was "shocked" by Bark ley's "sudden" passing. "As vice-president of the Uni ted States, a member of Con gress and senator from Ken tucky, Mr. Barkley had a long and distinguished record of pub lic service for the people of his state and country," the Presi dent said. "The nation is poorer by this tragic event. "Mrs. Eisenhower and I join with all other Americans in ex tending our heart-felt sympathy to his family." Personal Message The President also sent a per sonal message of condolence to Mrs. Barkley. At Huron, S.D., where he was scheduled to make a speech last night, Mr. Truman expressed his sadness. It was -'the Truman Barkley team that carried the Democrats through their finest hour in the surprise 1948 presi dential election victory. "I'm just as sorry as I can be to hear of Sen. . Barkley's pass ing," Mr. Truman said. "He was one of the finest men I ever knew. "He was a great congressman, a great senator and one of the greatest vice-presidents of this nation, and a citizen that the United States can always be proud of." Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, who insisted three years ago that only Barkley be known as "the Veep," joined other Re publicans and Democrats in laying aside all party differences to mourn the death of one of the best-liked men in the capital. Respected by All "Sen. Barkley was loved and respected by all those who were privileged to know him, regard less of their political affiliation," Nixon said. "He was, and will al ways remain, in the hearts of the American people, the one and only Veep." Former Vice-President John Nance Garner called him "one of the great statesmen of our generation.' Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, said Barkley's death "will be felt greatly by the country ... he was a fine man." . Adlai E. Stevenson, who won the 1952 Democratic nomination that Barkley had sought, said "no American of his time has been more respected and more beloved." Stevenson's statement was sent here from Oregon, where he is campaigning for the 1956 nomination. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) said Barkley's death will be "deeply felt in a very personal way by millions of Americans who saw 'in him a personifica tion of the best of the qualities we seek in our national leaders." Kefauver telephoned his state ment from Florida where he is campaigning for the 1956 Demo cratic nomination. 'Deep Personal Shock' Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex., who like the President is a heart at tack victim, called Barkley's Blind Youth Works Toward Ministry Alliance, O. U.R) Lyle De Puy, 21, totally blind for eight years, has begun his second se mester at Mount Union College here with a purpose. DePuy says he got his call to enter the ministry while serving as organist for a Texas church in 1952 during one of his annual jaunts that have' taken him for thousands of miles around the country as a hitch-hiker. "I had been playing there about three weeks when I real ized my call to serve Christian ity," -DePuy said. He left Texas at once for Cleveland to com plete his high school work so he could train for the ministry. ROMANCE WINS Tampa, Fla. U.R) The draft board here agreed to delay Heinz Bachmann's induction into the service for 22 days in order to let him marry his Ger man sweetheart, who was en route here by boat when Heinz was called. jj a PARKER WOODS 21 North Central 0 death "a deep personal shock." He said Barkley "carved out a place for himself in American history not only as a great leader but a man who occupied a warm spot in the hearts of his coun trymen." Speaker Sam Rayburn (D Tex.) said he and Barkley en tered Congress the same day in 1913 and served on the same committee 14 years before Bark ley went to the Senate. "He was a great legislator, fundamental statesman and a great American. With his friends and loved ones I shall miss him always," Rayburn said. 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