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5 v 'ill fH IKE FOLLOWERS TAGGED FOR SPEEDING Demo cratic Senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon points to a safe driving poster with President Eisenhower's picture and signature that reads, "Let's make every day Safe Driving Day!" after delivering speech on the Senate floor protesting the President's over-the-speed-limit rides to Gettysburg. Four cars carrying newsmen going with the President to his Gettysburg farm were stopped by Mary land police while following Ike's motorcade at an 80-mile-an-hour clip through a 55 mph. zone, Neuberger Finds Two Favorable Views of Oregon at Meeting By SENATS'R RICHARD L. NEUBER'G'E-R' Washington, D. C. (S.peeial) Just at the time when the good name of Oregon was beirag sadly mauled during the rackets in vestigation, I was i-avi-t-ed to ad dress the annual banquet of the American Campifi-g Association made up of sck.sl, u-tdooor and church groups vhi.oft span sor camp:. threugfe.a4 t-fe.e E-ati?.s- On the platfore I se-t telwe&a Dr. Theodore "Boeseelt AJeasi'gi- er, president tks as-sjsia-tiiss., and Dr. M. Grak.aa JSp-ttfewg, noted scientist vrho is direeter cf the famous Carnegie Kuseraa. Said Dr. Alexander: "la Feb ruary we held a regional jaee-tiEtg of the American Camping Ass ciation in Gearhart. 'S'e west surf-bathing despite the fact tfeat the season was winter. tVe strolled along the lovely beaches of smooth white sand. We ad mired the distant summits &t Saddle Mountain. What a g-ran-d state you have, Senator! We are fortunate to represent so woaefer ful a place!" Said Dr. Netting: "Our son, Tony, is a student at Reed Col lege 2,500 miles from home. He swears by Oregon. He thinks its scenery is magnificent. He has bacome a real Chamber-of-Com- merce-type booster!"- O&C Marketing Restrictions Abolished Following Hearing Under Secretary of the Interi or Hatfield Chilson yesterday announced the immediate abol ishment of marketing areas and restrictions on the sale of all "timber harvested from revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon road erant lands of western Oregon. The order was issued, Bureau of Land Management Director Edward Woozley said, after care ful consideration of statements received at public hearing in Portland March 1 concerning the advisability of continuing or dis continuing marketing area re strictions. Direct Benefit Woozley said that I tos eew cluded that abolishus; tl O&C marketing areas wowid directly and indirectly btrfsclii se de pendent communities 3n4 indus tries than would be in j used a-nd , that any possibl injury vUl fee minor. In his judgment, he saiI, ths action will promote the efficient administration of the land by (1) improving utilization of for est resources, (2) preventing arti ficial geographic discrimination between equally well-qualified bidders, (3) promoting conditions conducive to competition for re sources with the end that irices paid will naturally channel tim ber to the more efficient manu facturers, thus furthering tNe ef ficient coaversion of forest es sources, and (4) securing moe employment as the end reJt of better utilization. The director made it clear tkat elimination of .marketing areas would in no way effect sustain ed yield forest management on the 12 master units, which will be retained in their entirety. Master Units Both the master units arrd marketing areas were establish ed in 1947 following a series of public hearings. Master units are prescribed areas, comprising practically all. of the approxi mately two million acres of O&C lands, in which sustained yield forest management has been localized. Marketing areas were super-imposed over tts master units as a means of con fining the processing of timber to the marketing area where H was purchased. The O&C lands, administered by the bureau of land manag- Landing Gear Trouble Forces Airliner Down Milwaukee, Wis. U.R) A Northwest Orient airliner with 34 persons aboard made an emer gency landing at Gen. Mitchell field early today when the pilot detected landing gear trouble. The DC4, en route from Madi son, Wis., to Chicago set owa safetly at 1:19 a.m. today. Aa airline spokesman at the fieii said the pilot reported his iiwtn ments indicated something Tjsas wrong with the landing gear jt.wt after taking off from Madiso-a. The crew of four and 39 pas sengers boarded another ptawe immediately after landing ai continued the flight to Chicago. ment under provisions of the O&C sustained yield act of 1937, were so named for an 1866 fed eral grant to the Oregon and California . Railroad company. The lands reverted to the United States in 1916 when the com pany failed to comply with stipulations of the grant. Director Wcozley said that the bureaus investigation of the ad visability of lifting marketing area restrictions commenced more than four years ago. Consider Restrictions "As early as March 27, 1953, the bureau called for field studies of the effect of market ing area restrictions on estab lishment of new woodworking industries, and following issu ance of a June 30, 1953, report based on these studies a limited amendment of area marketing restrictions was proposed by the bureau in the fall of 1953," Woozley said. , ' "Before action was completed on the proposal the need of re considering the whole marketing area concept became apparent when Clatsop county submitted a petition to the secretary April 28, 1954, for either abolishment of marketing restrictions or in clusion of that county in the Columbia River Marketing area. Following a public hearing, the Columbia River .Marketing area was expanded to include Clat sop county." In April, 1956, a public hear ing was held on proposed lifting of marketing area restrictions as to purchase of salvage timber, and in July, 1956, an amended regulation to this effect was ap proved by the secretary. Independent Coir,sultafflt During the summer ef 195S, the bureau employed Professor Paul F. Graves, of New York State college of Syracuse, as an independent consultant to make a fact-finding survey and study of O&C marketing areas. Graves recommended that O&C market ing areas be abolished in their entirety. In November, 1956, the Unit ed States General Accounting Office recommended that study and effective action be taken to resolve the marketing area question and the congressional joint committee on federal tim ber, after hearings iji the area, recommended in July, 195S, that a complete review be made of marketing restrictions. So that all interested parties would have the opportunity to express their views on this sub ject the bureau of land manage ment held a hearing on March 1, 1957, at Portland. "The evidence brought out at that time convinced us that the benefits to be gained by abolish ing marketing area restrictions greatly outweigh any disadvan tages," Woozley said. And so I returned to Wasfefeg- t-on -from Pittsburgh, convinced tfea.t God Almighty had doiae handsomely by O-regsra, evera fcf some of the spate's huma-a fea habitants ra-ay rae.t aJways Mea sure up to fee Gosmi.e osteal background. Fed'er-al Scheol Aid Legi-s-lat-fen fr Federal as'fi tfe sfe.asfe is fea troufel-e ten&aoy fe,j t?Mas d:i's-tb)!tg- Feassnsc (1) teeasfetesswe ssgfre&ajffie.iji issue Fassjs fey ttee .Powe'M Jksste&Sk-ss-Kssi, aSid (3s) The w-eilgsemmi K!?.a ilea we R&Rmes ei t,esss- KiOFge tftie UaKed Stages. Tfee &s?ti.Fe tfees&e ef t-fee Cbasa- fe'&- positron i-s that schools ase ia.-t a Fed-eral ssatte-r but strictly a state aii leal responsibility Ytt CeeM Posey, executive secre tary of the Oregon Educatiea Aseaciatiea, has informed re that Chamber affiliates in Ore- sea have rendered oaly "infiisii- tesim-al" lielp in the effort of the OEA t incease s-tate school sup port foofa $8'0 per child to $129. Most educational exports clakn that state school aid should provide about SO per cent of the total cost. In Oregon how the state portion amounts to a bar-e 30 per cent. But Mr. Posey, him self a member of the FortlaEd Chamber of Commerce, reports that Chambers in our state are failiag to g.et behind the OEA program to boost state eoatrfea- tie&s to $120 a child. efc.assibe.T3 Give Support I cite this not ia criticise ec5 owr local UhamDers, wnica li- clud many public-spirited mem bers. Actually, it is my opinio that Chambers of Commerce im Or&gon are probably more favor able to education support tham raost business groups in our country, because of Oregon's pre vailing high standards of school ing. But how caia the influential Chamber of "Commerce of the United States fight Federal school aid on the premise that education is a state and local obligation, when its affiliates art the state level are not working hard for adequate school finaae in.g in that area? I can respect a sincere "state's righter" who believes Federal aid is wrong and that the states should undertake the task of properly supporting schools. But what of those people who coa demn Federal aid under the camouflage of "state's rights," and then will not lift a finger at the state echelon for adequate school support? Are they not hypocrites, who lack a sense of responsiblity concerning the wel fare of school children? Results Of Racket's Probe As I peruse the perturbintg testimony of the McClellan com mittee investigation, a pair of conclusions instantly come to mind. The great American labor movement now faces two pre eminent challenges: (1) to assure democracy and true majority rule in all local and international unions, and (2) to safeguard the funds of dues-payers from explei- tation, embezzlement and misaf- propriation. Unless trade unions achieve these objectives on their own, the peril of oppressive and possibly unwise legislation may be grave. Tuesday. April 2, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Hibbing, Minn., has the larg est open pit iron mine in the world. One-half of the pedestrian deaths in the U.S. occur from 6 p.m. to midnight. Americans consume about 140 million pounds of shrimp each year. 1 First National is Oregon's favorite place for savings! Quick, friendly service . . You'll enjoy every visit to a savings window ait First National. 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