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.
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Adult education classes
sponsored ( by the Medford
school system will start the
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sel, director of adult and vo
cational education, has an
nounced. Courses in arts, crafts,
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