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Farm Secretary
Peppered With
Hostile Questions
Honesty Needed,
Humphrey Asserts
Washington 'IP Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben
son, long the butt of congres
sional discontent with admin
istration farm policy, got a
rough going-over today when
. he presented President Eisen-
hower's new farm program to
the Senate Argiculture Com
mittee.
The mild-mannered secre
tary was accused at one point
of "false advertising."
"You would be a lot more
enlightening if your state
ment were just honest," Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey ID
Minn.) told the embattled sec
retary.
Republicans and Democrats
joined in peppering him with
hostile questioning. They in
terrupted him so frequently
that he was able to get
through only two pages of his
prepared statement in his first
hour at the witness table.
A Democrat. Sen. Spessard
Holland of Florida, finally
came to the secretary's de
fense.
Reading Interrupted
Holland complained to his
quizzing colleagues that their
procedure "violates all rules
of fair play." Holland said
Benson should be permitted
to read his 24-page statement
before he was questioned on
it.
At one point in the often
hot-tempered hearing. Sen.
John J. Williams (R-Del.) told
Benson "I left the hearing an
hour ago and jou were at the
end of page two in your testi
mony. Could you tell me
where you are now?"
Benson replied that he had
reached the end of page three.
There was a burst of laughter.
At that point, Benson began
reading again, but finished
only two sentences before
questions started flying again
Benson went before the
group to ask prompt approval
of the administration pro
gram for reducing farmer de
pendence on the federal gov
ernment through lower price
supports.
He said he must be given
"administrative discretion" to
reduce price supports on basic
' crops cotton, corn, wheat,
peanuts, rice, tobacco as well
as dairy products as low as ou
ner cent of parity.
'But before Benson reached
page three of his statement.
Chairman Allen J. Ellender
(D-La.) accused him of pre
senting a misleading picture
of the farm economy. Hum
nhrev followed with his
charge that "you would be a
lot more enlightening if your
statement were just honest."
"There's nothing false about
It at all." Benson countered,
v pursing his lips slightly.
Much of the sharp comment
was evoked by Benson's state
ment that the "realized loss
under programs primarily for
the support of farm prices and
incomes was $3,250,000,000
in the 1957 fiscal year, far
above the $1,900,000,000 cost
in 1956."
Argue Over Figures
Ellender contended that the
$3,250,000,000 figure includ
ed 14 items described as
"price support losses", but
actually involving other pro
grams including school
lunches and disaster relief.
He said actual losses suffered
by the Commodity Credit Cor
poration, the principal price
support agency, were by
Benson's own figures $1,
299,000,000 and the secretary
"should not try to inflate it."
Ellender, commenting that
he had made similar objec
tions before about Benson's
loss statistics, said the people
reading their papers will as
sume that the farmer got all
that money. Humphrey agreed
that money spent to "feed
children . . . feed troops"
should not be charged against
the farm program.
Cresdell Cabins,
Garage Destroyed
Crescent Lake, Ore. IP
Four cabins and a garage at
the old Cresdell lodge site on
Highway 58 midway between
here and Odell lake were
destroyed by fire sometime
Thursday. No one saw the fire
and cause was not known. j
Sim
on
'Or Maybe You'd Rather Put In A-New Floor"
Council Calls for
Bids on Sewer Work
The Medford city council
last night called for bids on
storm sewer laterals to con
nect with the recently com
pleted 10th st. storm sewer.
Bids will be opened at 11 a.
m., Jan. 31.
Estimated cost of the proj
ect is $13,250, and will be fi
nanced from bonds approved
by voters last November. The
work is part of the city's six-
year program to improve
storm sewer facilities. The city
will furnish pipe, and the con
tractor will install it.
Laterals are planned along
11th and 12th sts., and in an
alley between Grape and Fir
sts. from 12th st. to connect
with the present 10th st. storm
sewer. Catch basins m ine
area now drain into the sani
tary sewer system, and during
heavy rains water stands at
intersections in the area.
Contract Approved
A contract was approved
with Howland, Hayes and
Merryfield, engineering firm
of Corvallis to pfepare plans
and specifications for a sani
tary sewer system in the Ber
rydale area. The district was
annexed last year. The firm
Gas Leak Found,
Fixed Thursday
Crews of the California-Pacific
Utilities company early
yesterday afternoon found
and repaired an explosion
causing gas line leak at Canon
ave. and Eighth st., company
officials have announced.
Early yesterday morning at
least four storm sewer covers
on Eighth st. were blown off
and others were disturbed
after an explosion which city
officials said was caused from
an accumulation of domestic
gas in the recently completed
sewer line.
One window was reported
broken, but there were no in
juries.
Gas company otiicials said
a one-inch line at Eighth st.
and Canon ave. was broken
at a DiDe coupling. They said
apparently it was damaged
when the storm sewer was in
stalled and was not noticed at
th time.
The principal blast oc
curred about 3:20 a.m. yester
dav. and was followed by a
series of smaller explosions
when sewer covers were
blown off along the sewer
line.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Focgy In val
leys with some clearing
during afternoon hours
throiuh Saturday. Vari
able cloudiness above fos.
Low tonight 35. High Sat
urday 45.
Temp.
Highest Yesterdav 52
Lowest this Morning 40
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 04
Our Skies Tonight
Simrisl
7:38 a.m.
Siincpt ' 5:0fi -a.m.
Moonrise Saturday 6:25 "a.m.
New Moon Sunday
PROMINENT STARS
Albebaran, high in
south 8:58 p.m.
Regulus. tn the east 9:25 p.m.
Sirius. due south ... 11:08 p.m.
Arcturus. rises . .11:49 p.m.
Vega, low in north
east 3:11 a.m.
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si
also has a contract for a simi
lar project in the Grandview
Kenwood district.
The council also authorized
preparation of plans and speci
fications for a sanitary sewer
on Siskiyou blvd. between Mo
doc ave. and the next undedi
cated street east. Residents of
the area recently requested
the sewer, which will be
necessary when construction
of a proposed grade school on
Siskiyou blvd. is completed.
An agreement with South
ern Pacific was approved for
construction of sewer lines un
der railroad property at 10th
st. The Woodlawn sanitary
sewer project, recently com
pleted, was accepted.
Ordinance Adopted
An ordinance was adopted
segregating sewer assessments
in Southwest Medford. The as
sessment change was neces
sary because of a land owner
ship change in the area.
A public hearing on instal
lation of an eight-inch water
main, on Siskiyou blvd., east
of Modoc ave., will be held
Feb. 6. Property owners will
be assessed for a six-inch
main, and the rest of the cost
will be financed from the gen
eral fund. An eight-inch main
was deemed necessary for an
ticipated future use.
The council approved a re
quest to transfer a package
store license for the Beverage
Shop, 124 South Central ave.,
and an application to change
the type of license for the
Spot, 17 Souh Riverside ave.,
was referred to a committee
for more study.
Revenue from O&C
Land Is Estimated
President Eisenhower in his
budget message to Congress
Monday reported that an esti
mated $11,065,000 would be
distributed by the federal gov
ernment to counties in west
ern Oregon for revenue from
timber sales on O&C lands.
County Treasurer Karl
Janouch reported that Jack
son county receives 15.67 per
cent of the total O&C land
revenue each year. The ap
proximate amount to - be re
ceived by the county for the
fiscal year, based on the pres
ident's budget message, would
be $1,733,885, an increase of
$196,357, Janouch said.
Lumbermen's Group
Protests Rate Hike
"Washington HP) The West
Coast Lumbermen's Associa
tion, with headquarters in
Portland, today joined the list
of protestants against pro
posed two per cent increases
in railroad freight rates for
lumber scheduled to be effec
tive Feb. 1.
The Association asked the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to suspend the increase
and to substitute a two-cent
"hold-down" so that the in
crease would be in line with
the dollars-and-cents increase
affecting southern mills.
Portland (IP) Dewey Short,
assistant Army secretary, will
be here next Tuesday and
Wednesday to -inspect Portland-area
installations.
52nd Year
MEDFORD
18 Pages
Sen. Morse Sees
Ike's Message as
Farmer Squeeze
Greater Surplus
Seen as Result
Washington Wl Sen,
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said to
day "the farm message of the
Eisenhower administration re
flects a policy of destroying
the ability of the small farm
ers to continue on the land."
After the President's farm
message was read to the Sen
ate inursaay, Morse com
mented, "the administration's
theory is to force small farm
ers, by an economic squeeze,
into a congested urban area
where they will join the ranks
of unemployed and unskilled
labor."
Big Business Philosophy
Morse accused the President
of "faithfully carrying out the
big business philosophy which
seeks to transform our fam
ily farms, traditionally the
backbone of American agri
culture, into 'factories in the
fields.' If the Eisenhower ad
ministration should be suc
cessful in transferring the
land from the small to the
factory - type operation by
driving the small farmer into
the city one inevitable result
would be an even greater pro
duction of surplus commod
ities." Increased Production Seen
Morse said "the adminis
tration farm message ' prom
ises to work diligently for
power price supports for the
farmer. This means lower
prices at the farm gate for the
unit of food or fiber sold. With
lower prices to get the same
cash income, it forces in
creased production."
Morse also accused the
President of attempting to
force the REA co-ops "to .swal
low the sugar coated strych
nine pill of private financing"
which he said would cause
them to "die by the scores as
a result of interest rate in
creases and skyrocketing over
head charges."
Camp Adair SAGE
Work Staled Soon
Washington OP) The Air
Force today advised Rep.
Walter Norblad (R-Ore.) that
it has released $1,826,000 for
construction of "support fa
cilities" at the SAGE installa
tion on the old Camp Adair
site near Corvallis, Ore.
Norblad said construction
should proceed during the
coming spring and summer
months and would include all
facilities normal to an active
military base. Due for con
struction would be dispen
saries, post exchanges, head
quarters barracks, mess halls,
gymnasiums, motor pool,
warehouse and service build
ings. The SAGE installation
would be part of thejiational
air defense and detection network.
Medford Youth on Burton
Antarctic Tells of Operation There
(Editor's note: Charles A.
Langston. a Navy store
keeper aboard lhe USS
Burton Island, is now in
the Antarctic, and in lhe
following article he dis
cusses the South Pole and
the purpose of the Navy's
visit. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Langston,
256 Beatty st.. Medford.)
By CHUCK LANGSTON
The- USS Burton Island
AGB-1, a Navy ice breaker,
is now weathering the west
erly gales that tear through
the Roaring Forties and
Screaming Fifties.
We are at the bottom of the
world, the Antarctic continent
which is perhaps 5,000,000
square miles in size, and on
this continent is a plateau
which rises to 10,000 feet and
in the middle of this barren
waste is the South Pole, just
a compass point, but it has
fascinated man since he first
thought about the shape of
the world he lived on.
The first men to venture
into the Antarctic seas were
whalers and sealers, such as
Captain James Weddell, after
whom the Weddell sea is
named. In 1840 the first expe
ditions were sent to explore
this vast continent, alter
MEDFORD,
imvoy
'Home -
Radar Outposts
To Detect SoYie.
Missiles OK'd
15-Mihute Warning
Would Be Provided
Washington (IP) The Unit
ed States plans to build three
secret overseas outposts
equipped with radar that
could pick up Russian 'mis
siles minutes after they left
the ground, it was disclosed
today.
The outposts could give the
Strategic Air Command at
least 15 minutes warning of
a Soviet missile attack and
enable SAC to launch a re
taliatory attack.
In Emergency Bill -
Authority to begin construc
tion of a $189 million ballis
tic ' missile detection system
was contained in an emergen
cy bill pas'sed by the House
Wednesday and now before
the Senate.
A few details on the top
secret project were revealed
with publication today of
heavily censored Air Force
testimony last Monday before
the House Armed Services
Committee.
Chairman Carl Vinson (D
Ga.), apparently referring to
previous closed door testi
mony, said three detection
centers would be built abroad
to "furnish the information
when a ballistic missile leaves
the ground from enemy ter
ritory." Support Merger , ; -'
In other defend develop
ments: Chairman D o n a I d W.
Douglas of the missile-building
Douglas Aircraft Co. call
ed for "more guts and less
gobblegook" in defense
planning, and said his com
pany is ready to build an
anti-missile missile whenever
it gets a go-ahead.
The Air Force Associa
tion recommended that Con
gress order a gradual merger
of the armed services into a
single military service. Its
president, Peter J. Schenk,
Santa Barbara, Calif., cau
tioned against any "drastic"
shake-up on grounds "this is
not the time to rock the
boat."
Hamburger Rulings
Set Up By Department
Salem HP) The State Ag
riculture Department Thurs
day declared hamburger and
ground beef to be the same
thing and announced a regu
lation setting up standards of
identity for the product.
The order said "hamburger
or ground beef shall consist
of chopped fresh beef (with or
without the addition of beef
fat as such) and shall not con
tain more than 30 per cent
analysable beef fat."
CHARLES LANGSTON
Writes From Antarctic
which many great men have
followed.
Today the continent is di
vided between many coun
tries, all of which are send
ing expeditions each year to
their sections of this land.
The U.S. government's Opera
tion Deep Freeze III for the,
international geophysical yea
1957:59 includes many me
some of whom will be speni
OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1958
To
Fo -
is Seen flf
0reement Made
For Disarmament
Washington (IP! Budget
Director Percival F. Brund
age said today agreement
with Russia even on prelimi
nary steps toward disarma
ment could open the way for
a substantial tax cut.
But in the absence of such
an agreement, he said, exist
ing tax rates must be con
tinued. He added that "the fullest
cooperation of Congress in
cutting non-essentials will be
needed to foot bills for de
fense and domestic programs
without an increase in taxes.
Brundage and Treasury
Secretary Robert B. Anderson
appeared before the House
Ways and Means Committee
to appeal for a $5 billion in
crease in the statutory limit
on' the national debt.
They said the increase from
$275 to $280 billion is nec
essary to give the government
a little more elbow room in
Joe Dispenziere
Dies of Heart
Attack in Office
Joseph Anthony (Joe) Dis
penziore, 39, .of 1808 Strat
ford ave., for the past seven
years a resident of Medford
as regional officer for the
state board of parole and pro
bation, died unexpectedly, ap
parently from a heart attack
in his office in the Leverette
building yesterday afternoon.
Funeral services are tenta
tively set for Monday.
The body will lie in state
at Chapel Mortuary until
time for services. The family
has requested that those wish
ing may make a contribution
to the Heart Fund in care of
the local postmaster, or to the
Memorial Library fund of the
First- Presbyterian church.
Born in Newark
Mr. Dispenziere was born
in Newark, N.J., Feb. 24,
1918. He was a veteran of
World War II, serving with
the Army's military police.
For the past seven years he
has been with the Oregon
board of parole and proba
tion. He was married in Port
land Aug. 6, 1950, to Trudy
Churchill, who survives.
Other survivors include a
son, Andrew Joseph Dispen
ziere; his father, Thomas Dis
penziere, of East Orange,
N.J.; a brother, Anthony J.
Dispenziere, Nashville, Tenn.;
and a sister,' Mrs. Caye Ma
guire, Irvington, N.J.
Island in
ing as much as 15 months in
the ice without any contact
with the outside world other
than the planes bringing in
the mail.
The reasons for these expe
ditions are many, one being
long range weather observa
tions. Another of course be
ing the defense of our coun
try. This ice breaker, Burton
Island, is breaking passage
for the Pvt. John R. Towle,
a cargo ship bringing provi
sions down for the wintering
over personnel, and the USS
Nespelen, an oiler bringing
fuel down for the operation
of equipment which is to be
used for the building of run
ways and buildings.
After safely delivering her
men and the ships to Mc
Murdo Sound at the base of
Mt. Erebus the Burton Island
will start making her way
pome to Seattle via Sydney,
ustralia, and Wellington,
ew Zealand, arriving in Se
ttle about April 1.
There are quite a few Ore-
eonians taking part in this
expedition, another which is
from Medford. His. name is
Dewayn E. Keys,' fireman,
USN, also of the Burton
Island.
TRIBUNE
AAscov Galled
its fiscal maneuvering.
Short of Reserves
Anderson said the govern
ment since last summer has
had "little or no margin" to
meet "contingencies might de
velop in a world filled with
uncertainties."
On several occasions, he
said, the Treasury had a cash
balance sufficient only to pay
operating expenses for five
days.
Brundage, in his discussion
of taxes, ran through steps
ordered by the President to
hold down non-defense spend
ing where possible.
"We will need the fullest
cooperation and assistance of
the Congress if we are to do
what is required for our de
fense and domestic programs
without an ' increase in tax
rates," the budget director
said.
Possible Tax Cut
"If we can reach some sat
isfactory agreement with the
Soviet Union containing even
early steps toward disarma
ment which are accompanied
by inspection to assure com
pliance, then we can consider
tax reductions and savings
that would be indeed worth
while." It appeared that the admin
istration, adopting a more
flexible economic policy, has
added tax reductions to its
arsenal of possible weapons
to be used to avoid a serious
recession.
Laborers, Area
Contractors Work
To Agreement
Negotiations' are under way
between the Laborer's union
local 1400 here and the Con
tractors' Association of South
ern Oregon, according to
Fred Morlan of the Industry
Council of Southern Oregon.
The laborer's local is seek
ing 20 cents an hour increase
for 1958, plus 15 cents an
hour increase for 1959 and 15
cents an hour more in 1960,
plus a travel time increase,
Morlan said.
Contract negotiations are
expected to be settled with
in the next 10 days, Morlan
predicted.
Reach Agreement
Carpenters' local 2067 here
reached an agreement with
the association on Jan. 7. The
contract is effective as of Jan.
1. According to the contract
journeymen receive a basic
wage scale of $3 per hour and
a cost of living increase of 10
cents per hour making the
total scale $3.10 per hour,
Morlan and officials of the
carpenters local said. The
basic wage scale is covered
by a one-year agreement and
all other conditions are cov
ered by a two-year agree
ment. Among other condi
tions is pay for travel time.
On the same date, Jan.-7,
an agreement was made with
the Plasterers' and Cement
Workers local 134 here ef
fective Jan. 1. Members 'of
this local were granted an
increase of 10 cents per hour
making the total scale $3.10
per hour for cement workers.
The agreement is in force
for a two-year period, Morlan
said.
This agreement also in
cludes medical coverage ef
fective July 1 for employees
and families at a cost of 10
cents per working hour to the
employer, Morlan explained.
The agreements apply to
Jackson county only, Morlan
said.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York Iff) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 in
dustrials 444.12. off 1.11; 20
railroads 107.10. up 2.97; IS
utilities 71.38. up 0.02. and
65 stocks 151.41, up' 0.59.
Sales today were about 2,
200,000 shares compared
with 3,950,000 shares Thursday.
Price 10 Cents
No. 230
Ambassador To
Discuss Possible
Summit Parley
Space for Peace
Proposal in Works,
Washington OP) Llewel
lyn E. Thompson Jr., U. S.
ambassador to Moscow, is be
ing called home for "consulta
tions" soon on a possible new
summit conference with
Russia.
Thompson, who knows the
Russians well, will confer
with Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and may meet
with President Eisenhower.
Officials disclosed that the
U. S. is now working on de
tailed proposals which, if
Russia agreed, would put out
er space under international
control for peace. So far, they
said, the Russians have dodged
repeated American efforts to
work jointly on the project.
Thompson is expected to
leave Moscow about Jan. 23.
Diplomats said there are no
plans for him to confer with
top Soviet officials before
coming home.
But on his return to Mos
cow in early February, he
would be expected to take up
the summit issue through reg
ular diplomatic channels. Pre
sumably he would suggest a
foreign ministers meeting to
do preparatory work that Ei
senhower and Dulles have
said would be essential to a
new summit parley.
It was understood here that
Thompson is not entirely
pessimistic about the possibil
ity of getting some limited
agreements with Russia on
disarmament and other sub
jects. His reports to the State De
partment are understood to
follow the line that some
agreement may ' be possible
this year since the Russians
are expected to turn their at
tention more and more to in
dustrial and agricultural
problems.
Treasurer Gets
Four State Checks
Four checks totaling $137,
650.41 were received this
week by County Treasurer
Karl Janouch from the Ore
gon department of state.
Largest of the checks was
for $129,959.49, the county's
share of motor vehicle regis
tration, motor fuel tax, motor
carrier fees, and fines of mo
tor vehicle laws. The amount
received by the county de
pends on motor vehicle regis
tration in the county. The
amount, according to Treas
urer Janouch, will go into the
county general road fund.
Smallest check received
was for $9.56 for moneys re
ceived from amusement de
vice tax accounts. This money
is added to the county relief
fund and is considerably low
er than the $2,059.06 received
for the same quarter in 1956.
Also received were checks
from revenue collected on the
tax on alcoholic beverages.
The amount received, based
on county population, was in
two checks. One for $6,617.63
will go into the county relief
fund, and the other, for
$1,063.73, added to the gen
eral county fund. The smaller
check is the county's share of
expenditures for enforcing
liquor laws.
Commitfee Votes
Debt Limil Boost
Washington W) The
House Ways and Means Com
mittee voted 20 to 3 today to
increase temporarily the na
tional debt limit by S5 billion.
The legislation, requested
by the administration, would
boost the debt ceiling to $280
billion through June 30, 1959.
Approval came after Budg
ed Director Percival F. Brund
age told the committee a sub
stantial tax cut might be pos
sible if agreement could be
reached with Russia even on
preliminary steps toward disarmament.
Procedure Said
Damaging To
Public Welfare
Log Hauling Rates
Would Be Increased
Salem Gov. Robert D.
Holmes Thursday called for
a Congressional investigation
into what he termed "pos
sibly illegal" action of the
Interstate Commerce Com
mission in handling of new
railroad freight rate propos
als which would cost Oregon
shippers hunderds of thou
sands of dollars.
Procedures of the ICC,
barring adequate arguments
against the rate increases, and
the resignation of ICC Chair
man Owen Clarke to take a
top position with the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad
were principal bases for
Holmes' actions.
"It is my opinion that the
Commission handling of the
present railroad freight rate
increase procedure, while
Clarke was chairman of the
Commission, .has been ex
tremely damaging to the pub
lice welfare including that of
the State of Oregon," Holmes
said.
Included In the rate pro
posals, which he said gave
the Oregon Public Utility
Commission only six days to
study and prepare opposition,
was a flat 10 per cent in
crease in log hauling rates,
discriminating against west
coast shippers.
Southern shippers, the only
other major lumber producing
section of the U.S., is exclud
ed from the increase, the gov
ernor pointed out.
"This is the grossest "kind
of discrimination," he said.
In addition. Holmes charg
ed, the proposed two per cent
increase on lumber and lum
ber products is discriminatory
against Oregon and other
western states. "This will give
southern lumber producers
added advantages and cost
Oregon lumber Industries
hundreds of thousands of
dollars."
The request for Investiga
tion, included in letters to
Oregon's Congressional dele
gation, said, "My principal
concern at the moment is
with the crude, arrogant .and
I believe unethical and very
possibly illegal behavior of
the ICC and its former chair
man (who had already an
nounced his resignation and
knew where he was going) in
setting so important a matter
for public hearing and dispo
sition on such short notice as
to deprive the shipping pub
lic of its rights.
"It is my opinion that in
addition to violation of ac
cepted ethical behavior by
the chairman, the commis
sion has by this procedure
violated the policy and spirit
of the Interstate Commerce
Act and the Administrative
Procedures Act," Holmes said.
Holmes said many letters
and telephone calls had been
received from shippers
throughout the state asking
what they must do to defend
their interests because they
had heard of the proceedings
only this week. "Uniformly
they told the same story and
that is that they do not even
have time to get together
data and people in their or
ganizations and prepare them
to make any showing in this
proceeding in defense of their
businesses and industries," the
governor added.
"It is a shocking travesty
of our U.S. ideals of fair
treatment for all when the
Oregon lumber industry, al
ready undercut by unsound
money policies of the admin
istration, is knifed from be
hind by another federal
agency."
Public answers are requir
ed by Jan, 20 in the ICC pro
cedure. Holmes said he had
been advised that no Pacific
Coast commission had receiv
ed the order on hearings prior
to Jan. 6 or -7. The order was
issued Dec. 27 while Clarke
was still chairman, the gov
ernor said.
The notice of hearing and
the exhibits of the railroads
were only sent out to public
service commissions and par
ties appearing in past hear
ings. Many of the selective
rate increases in this case will
affect business and industries
in this state which have not
been seriously affected before
and therefore have not been
parties to past proceedings,
and so were not notified, the
governor pointed out.
The procedures act under
which the rate increase pro
posal is being processed, calls
for a minimum of 30 days
notice unless an emergency is
involved. No such emergency
appears to exist, and the pro
cedures act makes it unlawful
to proceed otherwise, the gov
ernor said.