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By JAMES L. 4JlLkLEJr
By United PyBt Internantl
New York (UPI) The
head of the nation' largest
railroad pointed out today
that Soviet Russia is building
upts railroad system at
time when America's railroad
industry is on the decline and
in a precarious position
James M. Symes, president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad
made this chilling statement
in an exclusive interview
with United PresP Interna
tional. In the event of a national
emergent this situation ob
viously would be of vital im
portance, he said.
'Really Going To Town'
Symes, a veteran of 42
years in the railroad industry
and recognized as one of the
country's most able transpor
tation executives, said Rus
sia is "really going to town"
in expanding its railroad net
work and the tonnage hand
led over it.
"For exampie," Symes de
clared, "Russift in' 1940 had
66,000 milcftof railroad but
by 1956 it Eed increased to
75,000 miJrtJ.
"On th0 othr .hand, the
United Stfctae in 140 had
234,000 mildS nfi in 1956 this
had fallen o j?V 20,000 miles
of railrogd.
"This contrast if illumin
ating and significant.
"If our rftilrocd industry is
in Oprecarious position, and
it is, it follows that the
country is, too because the
railroads Cd ft11 Absolute nec
essity to our future growing
economy id dfcfens protec
tion." Double Trcft yileage
(JherOdflfconcerting facts
brought out fcy Symes were:
Russjft doubled track
mileaj bftgeln 1945 and
T U.S- has 40,000 few
frejght og than ten yean
ap. Tn9 U.S. passenger fleet
hagshrun by 7,000 cars.
3 Russia has electrified 3,
632&lniHJ of lin since 1928,
q will glmcft tripl it to 8,388
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Seen in Precarious
by 1960. Average Russian car-
loadings per day have been
stepped up from 24,007 in
1928 to 169,400 in 1955.
"While we have been
shrinking our mileage, Rus
sia has been expanding
theirs," said Symes. "They
are not dumb.
"Take 1945. In that year
86 'per cent of the ton miles
(tonnage multiplied by miles
hauled) were hauled by the
railroads in Russia. And in
1955 it was 83V2 per cent.
. "In 1945 in the United
States it was 67 per cent of
ton miles by rail. In 1956 the
figure was only 49 per cent."
'Emphasizing the import
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Washington Chairman Francis E. Walter (D.-Pa.) of the
House Un-American Activities committee, accusing Cleve
land industrialist Cyrus Eaton of trying "to usurp the powers
of the State department" in his recent contacts with Russia:
"I can'i understand how any citizen has this right."
Cleveland, Ohio Cyrus Eaton, contending that his activi
ties toward world peace have been "in harmony" with Presi
dent Eisenhower's call for America citizens to make contacts
with people behind the Iron Curtain: , '
"Any man who loves his country ..would be concerned
yith the danger of nuclear war and would take steps to pre
vent it."
Moscow The Communist Party Central committee,
lumping Georgi Malenkov and Vyacheslav Molotov with ex
ecuted traitor Lavrenti Beria for having allegedly influenced
Stalin against famous Russian composers: ,
"As is well known, Molotov, Malenkov and Beria exer
cised extremely negative influence on Stalin in the decision
of these questions." '
Greencastle, Ind. British Prime Minister Harold Mac
millan, calling for interdependence among nations of the
world to fight Communism:
"Interdependence is already a reality. In the field of de
fense it is becoming more and more effective."
WashingtonRepublican National Chairman Meade Al
corn, criticizing Democratic leaders in Congress for what he
called their failure to back the president's anti-recession and
other legislative programs:
"In these times of national challenge, flexible and re
sponsive cooperation is vital in the Congress. The 35 per cent
support the President is getting from the Democrats this
year just isn't enough."
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ance of our railroads in the
national defense picture,
Symes pointed out that in
World War II the railroads
hauled 90 per centxf the mil
itary material and 97 per
cent of the military person
nel movements.
This remarkable achieve
ment, he said, resulted in an
enormous saving in manpow
er and war materials.
For the purpose of illustra
tion, Symes took as an ex
ample the moving of 100,000
tons of freight from New
York to San Francisco.
Cheaper by Rail
"If done by rail," said
Symes, "it can be done with
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832,000 gallons of fuel oil.
If it moves by highway it
takes four times that amount.
If it moves by waterway
through the Panama Canal
it takes five times that am
ount. And if it moves by
airfreight takes 25 times that
amount in gallons of oil.
"I'm sure that if we had
to call on the railroads to
move men and material in
World War II we'd have to
do k again in the event of a
similar national emergency.
"Moving such traffic by
railroads would mean a tre
mendous saving in manpow
er and in the transportation
of essential war material.
"For the railroads to move
that 100,000 tons of material
across the nation from New
York to San Francisco, it
would take 3,220 man days.
If moved by highway IZVz
times that amount. If moved
by water 3Vz times and if
moved by air IIV2 times as
long in man days.
"My contention is that the
two most essential things in
war time are manpower and
fuel. It seems to me this is
a situation which they (the
government) should do some
thing about so we could
handle the job expeditious
ly and economically in t h e
next war, if one comes."
Sums Up Problem
Symes said that never in
his 42-year association with
railroads has he - seen the
outlook for the American
railroad industry as alarm
ing as it is now.
A number of Eastern lines
have been operating at little
or no profit despite lay-offs
of personnel in efforts to ec
onomize. On the Pennsylvan
ia employment has been re
duced by more than 11,000.
The situation in the South
and West is not as bad al
though he says "the makings
of it are there." ,
The real railroad problem,
according to Symes, can be
stated in a dozen ways but
basically "the trouble begins
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81st Graduation
Set for U. of 0.
SundayJune 15
Eugene (Special) - The
University will graduate its
eighty-first senior class dur
ing commencement exercises
here Sunday afternoon, June
15.
Nearly 1500 undergraduate
and graduate . students are
candidates for degrees this
year. Those who successfully
complete . the - requirements
will have them conferred at
the open-air service on Hay
ward field at 2:30 p.m. Presi
dent O. Meredith Wilson will
deliver the main address,
"Charge to the Graduates."
Sunday's Commencement
exercises will climax a gradu
ation weekend which opens
Friday, June 13 with the
Pauline Potter Homer memo
rial tea. Alumni day is Satur
day, June 14. At this time
the alumni luncheon, the se
nior breakfast, a special dedi
cation service of a gift to
the university, and the presi
dent's reception will be held.
Saturday evening will feature
reunion dinners.
Activities on Sunday start
with the commissioning exer
cises held by the university's
military department. The tra
ditional flower and fern pro
cession will be at 1 p.m., pre
ceding commencement.
Candidates who are ex
pected to receive degrees on
Sunday include 1109 for bac
calaureate degrees, 323 for
masters degrees, 24 for doctor
of philosophy degrees, 18 for
doctor of education degrees,
and 17 for professional law
degrees.
Pacific Power Declares
Quarterly Dividend
Portland (UPI) Pacific
Power and Light company de
clared a quarterly dividend
of 40 cents per share of com
mon stock and the regular
quarterly payments on the
outstanding share? of pre
ferred stock Friday, payable
July 10 to stockholders of
record June 30.
Payments on the preferred
shares will range from $1.13
per share to $1.54.
by government . federal,
state and local government
treating the railroad industry
as if it were still the wealthy
monopoly it was generations
ago."
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ROGUE RIVER
Rooster Crow Event Set
By MRS. MYRTLEWHIPPLE
Rogue River On June 21
the National Rooster Crow
ing contest will take place in
the Communtiy park, preced
ed by a parade at 10 a.m. The
contest "begins at 12 noon.
During the next 30 minutes
the judges count the crows
of each rooster. The record
stands at 109 crows in 30 min
utes. Rogue River Boosters
sponsors the annual event.
Mrs. Glen Wood of Red
way, Calif., who is family
historian . for the Jacob and
Sarah Neathamer descend
ants has been visiting in Jo
sephine and Jackson counties
making preparations for the
next family reunion which
will be the first Saturday in
August. While here Mrs.
Wood visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Magerle, and
other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith
left Friday morning for a
motor trip into Montana,
where they will visit Mr.
Smith's mother and sister,
and Mrs. Smith's brother and
other relatives. The Smiths
plan to be gone a month.
Mrs. Hattie Harris and
granddaughter, Maxine Har
ris, of Lewiston, Ida., arrived
Monday for a few ' week's
visit with Mrs. Harris' sisters,
Mrs. James Wiley and Mrs.
Jim Whipple and husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Whipple
received an invitation to at
tend the graduation of their
great grandson, Robert Juola,
a senior at Willamette High
school at Eugene.. Robert has
received a $900 tuition grant-in-aid
at California Institute
of Technology. He plans to
enter this fall and major in
mathematics. The graduation
will be held June 12.
Dr. Edward Chance attend
ed a national post-graduate
convention on clinical endo
crinology and treatment of
metabolc , disturbances. The
convention was held at Dal
las, Tex.
Mrs. Zorah Wiley returned
May 25 from a visit of several
weeks with her son, Clinton
Wiley arid family at McCloud,
Calif.
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley mo
tored up to bring her home,
returning the same day.
Mrs. Earl Young and Mrs.
Ed Lenderman both have re
Bros. .
turned to their homes from a
rest home in Medford. Mrs.
Lenderman is recove ring
from a major operation.
Mrs. Myrtle Breeding of
Brookings has been a visitor
in this community, where she
has two daughters, Mrs. Edna
Shultz and. Mrs. Morris Jones
and families.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Collins
are the new operators of the
Riverside cafe on Highway
99 north. The former Los An
geles couple purchased the
cafe and Wimer ranch from
Walt Mose and Jerry Walker.
Recent visitors at the Lloyd
Smith home were Mr. and
Mrs. William Smith of Long-
view, Wash. While here they
motored to Yreka, Calif.
Lt. and Mrs. David Ham
mett and son, Mark, of Dyess
Air Force base, Abilene, Tex.,
spent his furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orion
Hammett and . grandparents,
Morgan Denies Firm
Immediate Increase
Salem (UPI) Public
Utility Commissioner Howard
Morgan has denied West
Coast Telephone Company
immediate rate relief.
Edward Graham, West
Coast attorney, first asked
that proposed $825,000 in
creases be made effective im
mediately. Morgan denied
.this motion.
The company then moved
for "interim partial rate in
creases" pending conclusion
of further public hearings, but
this move was also denied.
Morgan had earlier suspen
ded the increases pending
hearings on the matter.
The hearing was limited to
company exhibits designed
to show that the rate increase
would be in the public inter
est. Opponents of the increase
will get a chance to protest
later. Morgan said.
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Mr. and Mrs. Carl Christen
son of Highway 99 south.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Seaman,
who have been visiting Mr.
Seaman's sister, Mrs. Carl
Magerle and husband, return
er Thursday to ' Tacoma,
Wash., to settle up their busi
ness there before returning
to Medford, where they have
purchased an apartment
house. The Seamans were for
mer Medford residents.
' John Harr filled the pulpit
at the Presbyterian church
last Sunday in the absence of
the Rev. Barnett, who was
called to preach the sermon
for the 70th anniversary of
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