Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1959)
'J MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Sunday. February 22, 1959 Neuberger Reviews Facts to Help' Understand Ike's Budget By SEN. RICHARD L. NEUBERGER Certain basic facts must be known in order to understand President Eisenhower's new $77 billion budget. One is that the President has tailored his administra tion's program for the nation to a rigid pattern based on what his advisors guess Fed eral revenues will total dur ing the period which starts July 1, 1S59, and ends on June 30, 1960. Thus, a mythical, "bal anced" budget is achieved on paper, a year and a half be fore it is possible to actually balance the books on income and outgo, or to determine how a wide variety of factors affect the nation's -economy and revenues. Expected Income This inflexible framework means that sums spent for various governmental serv ices and programs including national defense are pared to the level of expected in come for a one-year period, without full recognition that the government of the United States is a continuing and con tinuous operation. Is it realis-1 decline in the amount of total tic to appraise the needs and productivity devoted to public n il ' j t : 11-, ;il..Lntae resources oi a nauon with growing population and an ex panding economy on such a restricted basis? Also, the President claims that his budgetary ceiling can not be pierced without infla tion as a result. However, it is essential to remember that taxation and public spenling are merely the means by which total national produc tivity is divided between the public and private sectors of the economy. Today Federal taxes, ex penditures and debt are less, when compared with the value of the gross national product, than at the end of World War II. Quotes Figures In 1945, our gross national product was $213.6 billion and budget expenditures $98.4 bil lion or 46 per cent. In 1957, gross national product had risen to $440.3 billion and budget expenditures had de clined to $69.4 or 15 per cent, Obviously, the share of total national output going for pub lic purposes has declined. This I 'r '-" " V '. ':; ''"jrtjk,"' IN ACAPULCO President Eisenhower waves to crowd as he leaves Acapulco airport with Mexican President Lopez Mateos (right). Ike and President Mateos will hold discussions on some Latin American problems. Mexico is the greatest sil-l Area of Greenland is about ver producer in the world. ' 827,300 square miles. LOOK WHAT GAS g IS DOING flmtes the tap that never runs cold!) GAS! The Water It Brings You Is Heated By "23 Allowance for your old water healer On a new "Day & Night" JETGLAS Water Heater! Waterproof Rust proof Worry-Free gives you over 30 more hot water and guaran teed for 10 years. Reg. 99.50 Less Your $25 Allowance You Pay Only $7150 I 0 i 3s.: I MI W VISIT OUR DISPLAY FLOOR OR CALL ON YOUR GAS APPLIANCE DEALER CALIFORNIA-PACIFIC UTILITIES COMPANY Medford, Oregon Phone SP 2-5284 FOR THE TOPS IN ENTERTAINMENT WATCH "PLAYHOUSE 90" CBS-TV uses dramatically illustrates the increased inflationary im pact of factors other than gov ernment spending. It cannot be said that the 15 per cent "tail" is solely responsible for wagging the entire dog. This does not mean that balancing of income and out go is without advantages. Floating of government bonds to secure funds not covered by receipts, when accomp lished through commercial banking channels, creates po tential credit inflation. Interest and service charges involved in bond financing add to the cost of the project. These costs benefit directly only the lenders. One result of the administration's tight money policy has been to raise by 8 per cent, some $600 million, the amount in th,e Budget needed to pay bond interest in 19S0. Growing Aspects We live in a nation with both a growing population and a growing economy. This eases the necessity for new taxes. Given normal growth in our economy, the Federal budget could expand by S3 to $4 billion annually with no change in the tax rates and no increase in real weight on individuals. ' Increased govern mental revenues created by normal growth provide considerable scope or improvement of pub lic services and additional in vestment in programs for re source development In some cases the equaliz ing of income and outgo re quires new taxes or charges. Such proposals require politi cal courage on the part of elected officials and personal sacrifice by their constituents. But taxes are what we pay for progress and security in civilized society. The budget should be considered in this light as a means for weigh ing opportunity costs, the cost of giving up one thing so as to do something deemed of greater importance. In areas closely affecting the state of Oregon, the Presi dent's budget is woefully de ficient. Let me quote from the Washington Post, a newspaper which backed him in 1952 for the White House: The President would cut off Federal support of the general home-mortgage mar ket through the Federal Na tional Mortgage Association in the face of an increasingly tight market in home-building funds." Industry Reliant With Oregon's key lumber industry heavily reliant on residential construction to provide a market for 75 per cent of its product, it can be seen how this omission in the President's budget strikes hard at our local payrolls. Lumber and housing are in separable twins. The budget furnished no construction funds for Green Peter Dam on the Santiam, which is ready to be erected. Money for these and other projects will have to be ap propriated by Congress over the President's objections or else we acquiesce in the ne glect of innumerable under takings essential to national welfare and development of Oregon'e economy. The position of the Admin istration on budget-making is not new to Oregonians. They will recall that we in Oregon have had to secure many proj ects without help from the President. In past years the President's budget likewise skipped funds for beginning vital and neces sary developments like John Day, Cougar and Hills Creek dams, deepening the bar at the mouth of the Columbia ri ver, dredging Gold Beach har bor, and other Oregon under takings. Refers lo 'Spenders' The President has repeated ly referred to his determina tion to thwart what he de scribes as Congressional "spenders." Apparently he re fers to elected representatives who support legislative objec tives different than his own. Doubtless this will launch much partisan political ma neuvering over the budget. But cold, hard statistics compiled by the impartial Congressional Quarterly re fute accusations that Demo crats are "reckless" in approv ing funds. Here are President Eisen hower's fiscal-year budget re quests ever since he entered office and the sums provided by Congress during his first six fiscal years in office, with budget requests and the amount voted by Congress in that order: 1954, $59.1 billion request ed, $53.9 billion voted; 1955, $65.6, $54.5; 1956, $62.4, 59.9; 1957, $65.9, $66.9; 1958, $71.8, $66.9; 1958, $73.9, $72.4; I960, $77.0, ??. Over the six-year period, Congress has appropriated S24.1 billion less than the President asked. The Medical Roundup IP. M a c K a Heredity Influencing Multiple Sclerosis One of the puzzling diseases of this world is multiple sclerosis. We doctors have no idea of the cause. Recent very careful studies have failed to re veal any virus. R. y and N. C. My- r i anthopoulos of the Univer- Dr Alvare sity of Illinois College of Medicine have studied a number of identical and non-identical twins, at least one of whom had the disease. If identical twins al ways have the disease togeth er, while non-identical twins rarely have it together, this strongly indicates a hereditary factor. The evidence obtained by Drs. Mackay and Myriantho- poulos now suggests that there is a hereditary influence. This is suggested also by the dis covery that multiple sclerosis is from 20 to 33 times more prevalent among relatives of persons with multiple sclero sis than it is in the general population. Recent studies by the Pub lic Health Service have shown that in the United States mul tiple sclerosis is more com monly found in the northwest, northeast, and Great Lakes regions than in any other parts of the country. No one knows why this is, or why multiple sclerosis occurs most often in a cool climate. The Live Vaccine For Polio Is Excellent As I have said several times in this column, a "live virus" polio vaccine has of late been tested extensively in Africa. It is given to children in the form of a pill. Now, I read in Science News Letter for Dec. 6, 1958, a statement of Dr. H. Koprowski, director of the Wistar Institute of Phila delphia who says that all tests of the new vaccine indicate that it is safe, and that it is more powerful than the Salk vaccine. It should have much more lasting effects than does the Salk vaccine because the Virus used is alive-but much weakened. It produces a real polio infection but only a very mild one. Already some 275,000 chil dren and adults have been immunized, and now 75,000 more children are being fed the vaccine. So far, among the protected children, not one case of infantile paralysis has been reported! Most of the work has been done in the Belgian Congo. This is won derful news. It suggests that, within the next few years, polio can be wiped off the face of the earth. Palliative Operations For Cancer Can Lengthen Life I recently read a report by Dr. H. E. Lockart-Mummery, of London, who reported the cases of 268 patients who had undergone palliative opera tions for cancer of the rec tum. A palliative operation is one in which the tumor can not be gotten out, or gotten out entirely. Perhaps an arti ficial anus is made up on the abdomen so that the pati ent will not die of intestinal obstruction. As Lockhart - Mummery said, "We were surprised to find that 24 of the patients Emerltm Consultant la Medicine, Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor of Medicine. Mayo Clinic lived more than five years after their operation." Others survived for an average of 20 months. As the doctor went on to say, often, if a patient with inoperable cancer is relieved of his pain, he will live on for from two to five years. Help for Mentally Depressed At a recent conference in New Work, Dr. H. V. Agin, of Brooklyn, reported a grati fying response from the use of a new drug, as yet called only JB 516. Sixty per cent of the patients on whom it was tried were helped. The drug appeared to be difinitely better than amphetamine, to which it is related. Another drug that was said to have helped a considerable per centage of depressed patients is phenylhydrazine. I hope persons will not write me for these drugs, because they must be given by an expert, and the effect must be watch ed by him. New Help for Skin Diseases At a recent meeting of the American Academy of Derma tology and Syphilology, sev eral members reported excel lent results in the treatment of so - called skin - mycoses. These are diseases of the skin due to molds or fungi. The drug used was griesofulvin; it acted well in some of the cases in which a mold keeps growing on the edges of the finger-nails. The drug must be given by a skin specialist. Future Farmers of America Week Being Observed in County Dr. Alvarez new booklet on menopause and hysterectomy may be obtained by sending 25 cents and a large, stamped, self-addressed envelope with your request to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, The Register and Tribune Syndi cate, Box 957, Des Moines 4, Iowa. Dr. Alvarez regrets 'he cannot answer requests for information or attempt to diagnose by mail. (Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Bids Called for Stockpiling Rock Salem The State Highway commission will receive bids in Salem March 3 for furnish ing approximately 10,250 cu bic yards of crushed material in stockpiles for later use by the state, it was announced Friday. The material will be used in maintenance operations on the Antioch rd.-Trail section of the Sams Valley and Crater Lake highways, a distance of 13.13 miles. The work is scheduled for completion by early summer. Three Jackson county chap ters, consisting of approxi mately 180 members', will be marking national F u t u r e Farmers of America week from Feb. 21 to Feb. 28. Chapters of Eagle Point, Phoenix and Crater High schools participate in a pro gram which produces the farmers of tomorrow. The founders of this pro gram recognize that future farmers must have experience and training because today's successful farmer is both a scientist and a businessman. By training youths at an ear ly age, they become firmly established in a farming program. National FFA week 'is ob served each year during the week in which George Wash ington's birthday is celebrat ed. George Washington was one of the first to practice contour planting, crop rota tions and other soil conserv ing methods. Learn by Doing Through a variety of activ ities, Jackson county FFA members learn by doing and, through various leadership programs, prepare .to ' take their places in community af fairs. The Eagle Point chapter, for example, is developing a city park in Eagle Point. Chapter members have plant ed lawns, made tables and benches and have prepared parking spaces. The chapter also aids in promoting the sale of one of the important farm products in the county by maintaining milk dispensers in the saw mills and one in Eagle Point High school. All the chapters are par ticipating in the Oregon Cen tennial celebration by repair ing wagons for the Jackson county 4-H club covered wa gon trip to Corvallis this summer. PhoenixFFA chapter is the youngest of the three and started in the fall of 1956. Its main activities are wood-cutting and pine-cone picking. Freshmen vocational agri culture students and FFA chapter members are plant ing shrubbery around the ag riculture class room at the high school. One of its cur rent projects is making self feeders for a rancher in the area. Interim Group Study Of Indians Requested. Salem - (DPD - Appointment of an interim committee to study Indian problems in Oregon is provided in a Sen ate joint . resolution intro duced Friday by Sen. Harry Boisin and Rep. John Kerbo, Democrats from Klamath Falls. Composition of the commit tee would be two senators appointed by the president of the Senate and two House members named by the speak er, with the remaining five to be appointed by the governor. Of the five, three would be members of Oregon Indian tribes. A Tribute to . . . Washington's Birthday! The birthday of the man who carved out the future of the United States is celebrated through- out this land . . . and in many foreign countries. We refer to him affectionately as "The Father of Our Country," and indeed that is what he ' was. Now, as our nation is going through another period of rebirth and rededication to the princi ples of Freedom, it is well to give George Wash ington even added laurels. For the truths he uttered then are now. as vital to America's safety, well-being and progress as they were when our commonwealth was born. Let every American revere the name and the works of this truly great man! Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 Open today 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Week days:-8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. We Salute Our Town! Funds for the new Crater High school sports stadium is the aim of the Southern Ore gon Farm Festival days being planned and cosponsored by the Crater FFA chapter and the Central Point Junior Chamber of Commerce. If the stadium fund is not complet ed next year the money will be given to some other wor thy organization. Tentative plans call for a tractor dis play, several dances and con cession stands. A charity activity of Phoe nix chapter is donating boxes of food and clothing to needy families at Christmas time. Crater FFA chapter is the largest chapter" in the county, and the second largest in the state. It started with 40 mem bers in 1951, when the chap ter w a i founded. As the school grew so did the chap ter and now has about 100 members. The large chapter has a wide range of activities, in cluding a parent-son banquet, agricultural information for farmers, sponsors four tele vision shows a year, and a ra dio program each week. It owns and operates its tractor and maintains a chapter farm next to the high school as does Eagle Point. -Has 39 Members Eagle Point chapter was or ganized in 1955 and has 39 members. All the chapters have judg ing teams which enter lively contests at Jackson county i 4-H and FFA fair. National FFA organization started at Kansas City, Mo., in November, 1928, after many years of vocational ag riculture students' organiza tion in the state and local communities. The FFA has 377,922 active members in 8,993 local chapters located in farming areas throughout the 49 states, Hawaii and Pu erto Rico.. FFA members learn how to take part" in meetings, to speak in public and conduct various chapter .activities. Many FFA activities are de signed to stimulate the boys to do better work in vocation al agriculture. The advance ment through degrees is bas ed on achievement in farming. Area of the District of Co lumbia is about 69 - square miles. Buy At Builders Supply QUALITY BLOCKS Drain Tile Bricks, Flues. 727 ' W. McAndrewt Ph. SP 2-4107 Memory Gardens MEMORIAL SERVICE PLAN A Convenient Deposit and Low Monthly Payments Provides Provides Provides Provides Provides Provides Cash funds to cover Mortuary Expense. Choice of Beautiful Interment Estates Garden Mau soleum Crypt Indoor Mausoleum Crypt Cremation and Inurnment. All cemetery service charges. Bronze Memorialization of your choice. Full financial protection through CREDITORS INSUR ANCE underwritten by The Constitution Life Insur ance Co. No medical examination required. If death should occur during the term of the contract: 1. That Creditors Insurance will pay the entire bal ance owing. 2. That all payments made prior to death be returned to the survivor. l VI'- .iCI Seola. For your peace of mind ... Phone SP 3-7338 or write in quire at l MEMORY GARDENS MEMORIAL ' PARK 1395 Arnold Lant Complete information will be pro vided 'without cost or obligation. Send your TRUTH BROADCAST to 70 million captive Europeans over RDDO FREE E1U1ROPE! Rauio Free Europe has a simple charter. To broadcast the truth behind the Iron Curtain! Now you can help! Send your own Truth Broadcast to captive Europe! Write simply and honestly. Sincerity and originality are important Send in your Truth Broadcast today. Yom May Go To Eorope As A Truth Broadcaster. Six Truth Broadcasters will be flown to Europe to broadcast their truth messages personally. In addition, 200 Truth Broadcasters will be awarded powerful Hallicrafters short-wave radios! Support Radio Free Eorope. If your entry selected for broad cast over Radio Free Europe and you send a dollar with your Truth Broadcast, a member of your family may go to Europe with you ... or you will receive a Westinghouse portable radio along with your short-wave receiver. Every cent collected by Crusade for Freedom goes to the support of Radio Free Europe. S how oasy it if to antar! 1 . Complete the message in your own words, being as dear, appro priate, sincere and original as possible. (All messages will be judged on their merits only.) 2. Enter as often as you wish use this entry form or any plafn sheet of paper, but mail each entry individually. You must be a United States citizen to enter. 3. Mail your messages no later than March 31, 19J9, so that they will be received no later than April 10, 1959. The awards are listed above and duplicate awards will be made in the event of ties. Your message will become the property of Crusade for Fndom. (This program subject to all governmental regvfatioas.) HSITOUTtWI mnUSf mU TO: tnw far fr.dim, fc 1M, W.Hw W, 1.1 BAOIO FUEE Wll EUROPE CompM rh following sentenc tn 25 additional werdi or l" "Ai an America I support Radio FrM Europo bocaut . . To k BiaiUa For Award, tkw Fill la Compiotoly: STREET. .ZONE- STATE OTY m n t udo toiribarhn 6oUm m mot) t Hfp kmp ftodio Frtw H ItjftjfM m I know I do not need to contribute io order to be digrbk . for sekcuoB m a Tn Broadcaster. HtLP SHAM THE TRITH! HflP AM THt TRUTH! SEND A DOLLAR TO tADtO ff EUKOPE TODAY! Conducted by Crusode for Froedow MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE TVN6 AOVERTISEMCWT SPOMSOKD THC mvEesr or okmadc poa Ftggoci m
