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THE ELECTION . . . And You (The following space is made available on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Sundays during the election campaign to the two major political parties so that they may publish, without charge, material concerning the presidential elec tion race. Offerings are limited to 400 words, must have the approval of the county chairman of the party, and must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. the day before publication on week days, at 11 a.m. Saturdays for Sunday publication.) REPUBLICAN STATEMENT . "Rigidly fixing price supports at 907c of parity without regard to supply conditions and so encouraging surpluses that de press market prices is for the farmer mockery and deceit. It robs the farmer of a chance for full income parity.": President Eisenhower. Charlie Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau, big gest farm organization in the United States, and the majority of AFB's 1,632,000 families have voted consistently for less gov ernment rather than more. Shuman reminds us that unman ageable surpluses were relative ly unknown until government replaced the free market with politically administered prices. Herschel Newsom, master of the national Grange, oldest and second-largest farm organization says "We should have a system that encourages private trade rather than state trade." Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson says, "You can't solve economic problems with political tools" and further that, "The dead hand of surpluses, built up by unwise price policies of the past, is the main barrier today to farmers participating in our general prosperity. President Eisenhower's farm policy is set forth with pride and with the conviction of a man who believes that if the record is set forth plainly he can trust others to measure its merits. The pro gram includes: 1. A vigorous campaign to get rid of surpluses 2. Encouragement to farmers to produce for the market in stead of for government storage. 3. Recognition that it's better to build up our soil fertility bank than needlessly to exhaust this precious resource at tax payers' expense for unneeded food and fiber. 4. More research for new crops, and for development of new uses for old crops. 5. Fewer controls, with gov ernment cooperating, not dictat ing. 6. More efforts to help the family farmer help himself, on the theory that he can do more on his own than government can do for him. This is a sound program for the farmer, and a fair one for the taxpayer yet all the Democratic party has to offer the farmers of America is a return to the Rigid Support Program-the very pro gram that is responsible for the farmer's plight today. "Of the total decline of 33 points in farm prices since early 1931, 27 points were accounted for in the era of high, rigid price supports."-The New York Times. DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT The platform adopted by the Democratic National C o n v e n tion and endorsed by its can didiates for President and Vice President Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver contains many planks which are of vital in terest to the people of Ore gon. One of these planks de serves elaboration and discus sion, namely, the promise that, if elected, the Democrats will undertake "the resumption of rapid and orderly multipurpose river - basin development throughout the nation." Oregonians have a special in terest in that pledge because much of the state's present pros perity is based on the multipur pose development of the Co lumbia River's tremendous flow. Until 1933, the Pacific North west made relatively skimpy use of the Columbia's "watery gold" Its flow was allowed to run out to sea almost unharnessed. There was not a single big dam on the main stem and few dams on the major tributaries. Timber and agriculture were the main stays of the region's economy. As a result, when lumber prices fell the wood-based industries went into a decline, often a serious decline. Agriculture, as we well know, fluctuated up and down and provided for most farmers an uneasy and uncertain livelihood. With the coming of the Dem ocratic administration, multipur pose development of the Co lumbia was pushed hard. By 1938 Bonneville Dam was pro ducing electricity, and by 1941 the first generators at Grand Coulee the world's largest pow er project was on the line. Other federal projects followed Hungry Horse, McNary, The Dalles. These undertakings made a tremendous contribution to the prosperity of the region. For one thing, they provided enormous supplies of low-cost power. Fed eral projects now generate al most two-thirds of all the pow er produced in the Pacific North west. Low-cost electricity brought the elecrochemical industries, such as the Reynolds aluminum plant at Troutdale, the Harvey plant now under construction at The Dalles, and the Hanna nickel plant at Riddle. It is estimated that the aluminum industry alone is responsible for 85,000 jobs in the Pacific Northwest. Cheap federal electricity, fed into the Northwest Power Pool and used by practically every family in Oregon, enabled the farmers to get out of the ker osene age and into the electric age. It greatly reduced the Kefauver Predicts 'Giveaways' Will Lead To Victory En Route With Kefauver UPJ Sen. Estes Kefauver pre dicted today that an unprece dented administration "give away" of natural resources will help elect the Stevenson-Kefau-ver ticket in November. The Democratic vice presiden tial nominess said he and Adlai Stevenson, the party's presiden tial candidate, will win in "large part" because of public resent ment against the "cynical and callous attitude of the Eisenhow er administration towards its public trust." 'Giveaways' To Stop "Adlai Stevenson and I shall, come this January, bring the giveaways to a complete stop," the Tennesseean said. He made the statements in a speech pre pared for delivery at a five-county political rally in Roswell, N.M. Kefauver declared that the Eisenhower administration had forsaken conservation policies established by another Republi can president, Theodore Roose velt. The senator said the "public trust has been abandoned to pri vate profit" in the administra tion's policies on the public do main. Goes To New Mexico Kefauver winged his campaign into New Mexico after a stren uous day of speech making and handshaking in drought-stricken central Texas. Aides said he planned a major speech on atom ic energy later today at Los Alamos, N.M., site of an import ant atomic energy installation. In a formal speech at Waco, Tex., Monday night, Kefauver charged that the Eisenhower ad ministration has been too con cerned with "Wall Street" to hear the dictates of "main street." Painter Tumbles 165 Feet and Survives electric bills of store owners. The federal dams also im proved navigation on the Co lumbia, provided some flood control, and yes actually im proved the salmon runs. When the Republicans came into power in 1953 they stopped the Columbia River development program. Not a single new dam has been started on the main stem since 1951, and those begun in recent years Ice 'Harbor on the Snake. Hills Creek and Cougar were due to the valiant efforts of Democratic members of Congress from Oregon and Washington. If the Democrats win this elec tion, they will surely resume Columbia River development. The serious shortage of electri city which now threatens us will be avoided. More electrometal-' lurgical industries will come to the state. Inexpensive power for our homes, farms, and factories will be guaranteed and in abundance. Tbis is the stake which the people of Oregon have in a Dem ocratic victory. These Are JuBi Exclusives for Oct. Chosen by Their "COLLEGE BOARD" as the Most Outstanding of the Month 4 Cuffed torso sheath of crisp yarn-dyed acetate taffeta. Standaway collar with checked edge to match the sprightly bow. Black, Red, Kelly Green. Dots add dash to Coha ma's tapestry brocade torso. Dipped back is ac cented by a fly-away bow. Full skirt. Turquoisa, Cameo Pink, Debby Blue, Embassy Gold. A- $1295 PARKER WOODS' S1J95 Wednesday night at 8 p.m. is the time . . . it's the drawing for a new Teena Paige dress . . . come in and register ... you may be the lucky one. Vs '-'V 21 N. Central Cascade Locks (U.R) A paint er, working on the Bridge of the Gods .vhich links Oregon and Washington here, yesterday plunged from the top of the bridge to the ground 165 feet below and lived. William M. Taylor, Pasco, Wash., was painting at the top of the bridge when he lost his footing and plunged earthward. Some 8i) feet below he crash ed into a staging that had been rigged, broke through it and plummeted on toward the ground. He passed through the beams of the bridge unscathed, then v.as caught in a web of tele graph wires that paralleled the railroad tracks beiow. The wires bounced him off into a pile of rocks along the railroad right-of-way. He was taken to a Hood River hospital where examination re vealed a broken arm and leg. Doctors today reported his condition as satisfactory. Daily Weather Report FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: A few cloudi with a chance of light showers over the mountains, otherwise fair through Wednesday. Low . tonight 45. High Wednesday 75-78. Western Oregon: Cloudy with a few showers in the extreme north portion late Wednesday afternoon, otherwise ' fair tonight and Wednesday. Low to night 38-48. High Wednesdav 62-7? in . n.nh.rn in'erinr "TJI in .Anlh int... ior. 65 on coast. Northern California Partly cloudy tonight and early Wednesday and in creasing cloudiness late Wednesday. Little change in temoerature. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 62: aobve normal 2. Record high this date 94 in 1952. Tuesday. October 2, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVS Record low this date 31 In 1950. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none Total this month none, .05 inch be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. .64 inch. .06 inch below normal. HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 241. highest this a.m. 891. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings 68 48 Crater Lake 63 37 Grants Pass 84 Klamath Falls .. MEDFORD Portland . 83 69 39 46 FORTUNE TELLER BLOCK Garden Grove, Calif. 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