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Migrant Workers Rea! Tragedy in Florida Cold Spell Miami (W The real tragedy of freezing weather in Florida is reflected in the dark and drawn faces of the migrant farm workers. There are around 80,000 of the wandering nomads of the bean and tomato fields and citrus groves who come to Florida each winter. A series of bad weather spells among the worst in the last 63 years for Florida destroyed many " crops. When there are no crops to be picked, the migrant farm worker, his wife and chil dren literally have nothing. No work. No pay. A nurse brought a week old infant into a Dade coun ty welfare department clinic explaining, '"It hasn't had any milk in four days. The moth er was feeding it somehow with a mixture of oatmeal and water." Scenes Repeated Such scenes were repeated a thousandfold through the Florida farm and citrus belts in the wake of the bad wea ther. First came a hard freeze Dec. 12-13, which ruined near ly 20 per cent of a record citrus crop, destroyed nearly all the winter vegetables ex cept those under cultivation south of Miami. Heavy rains arrived with the new year, flooding more crops. They were the finish ing blow to tomatoes, beans, potatoes and corn in the vast Everglades growing region around Lake Okeechobee. Another freeze came Jan. 8-9, adding to the woes of the citrus industry and cattle ranchers. State officials predicted re cently the loss of Florida crops will mean that 15,000 farm workers will be desti tute between Feb. 1 and Mar. 15, when work opens on the spring crops. Throughout the recent freezes and floods, Dade Ford Demotes Edsel Division As Sales Drop Detroit (IP) Ford Motor company has demoted its Ed sel division and promoted its foreign small car operations, another recognition of the de cline of the medium priced cars and rise of the small cars. Henry Ford II, president of the company, Wednesday cli maxed weeks of rumors and personnel shifts in the Edsel division by making it a part of the Lincoln-Mercury div ision. At the same time, Ford an nounced the company's im ported English cars will also e handled through the new division, which will have re sponsibility for all cars ex cept the Fords. "In the past year, changing competitive conditions have put new emphasis on the im portance of both the medium price and the imported car jjiarkets," Ford said. The "changing competitive conditions" have seen the medium-priced cars sink from a lush 60 per cent of the mar ket in 1954-55 to less than 30 per cent in the final quarter of 1957. Sales of foreign small car imports became the "1957 automotive story of the year" by climbing to about 200,000 with predictions of 350,000 sales in 1958. While this year's sales totaled only about 4 per cent of the market, the ; "Big Three" auto firms are all moving to get into the small car market. Edsel, with four series of models blanketing the med ium price field, had aimed at 200,000 sales in the first year. Its sales since its intro duction in September have totaled about 25.000. Henry Ford II said there would be no change in the individual merchandising, ad . vertising and dealer franchis ing of the Lincoln-Continental and Mercury and Edsel on an individual basis. county farmers managed to ! cave m ncf r IKoir nrrine nnrl thus the jobs of some 20,000 migratory laborers, mostly Puerto Ricans, Negroes and Texas Mexicans. But at hard-hit Immokalee, a tomato-potato growing cen ter in the Everglades, there are an estimated 1,000 work ers with nothing between them and starvation but the charity of local residents and government food surpluses now on the way. . CELEBRATING 45TH BIRTHDAY, Vice President Richard M. Nixon is congratulated by members of staff in Washington office. They all chipped in for cake. (International) VA Will Provide Account Sfaiemenfs An income tax service for Oregon veterans and others whose "direct" home loans are held by Veterans administra tion will be provided by the VA regional office in Port land, S. T. Brannock, officer in charge, Veterans adminis tration office, Medford, has announced. Brannock said the office will mail to each such bor rower a statement of his ac count, including interest and taxes paid during calendar year 1957, which he may use for income tax purposes if he Thursday, January 16, 1958 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE wishes to itemize his deduc tions. The statements will be mailed not later than Jan. 15, he said. Brannock emphasized that the statements will be sent only to those veterans whose mortgages are held by the VA under the direct GI loan program and to other borrowers who have pur chased properties acquired by the VA. He said the service will not include those whose VA guar anteed mortgages are held by private lenders or individuals. The latter must obtain what ever statements they need from the lenders or those cur rently holding the mortgages. Dollar Value of ildinq Declines Seattle The dollar value of building permits in the five Pacific Coast states in 1957 was the -lowest since 1954, ac cording to Pacific Architect and Builder, business maga zine, Seattle. The total for 1957 for Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Cali fornia was $2,334,567,124; for 1956, $2,563,972,674; 1955, $2,500,425,102; and 1954, $2, 227,227,495. Idaho is the only state show ing consistent gains while California, Oregon, Washing ton and Montana are below 1956 and 1955. Of the 116 key agencies re porting, 40 per cent showed a gain in 1957. Total for Oregon in 1957 was $116,91,827, a $23,023,278 drop from the 1956 total of $139,945,105. Use Tribune Want Ads HELP US! We Need Clothing, Sheet, Dishes, Furniture. 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