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Puerto Cleans Show "Little Interest In By HENRY RAYMONT United Press International Washington - (EPD - The achievement of statehood by Alaska and Hawaii has raised the question of whether Puer to Rico may soon follow suit and ask admission irito the Union as the 51st state. If a majority of its people ask for it, guesses here are that they will get it. But so far the majority doesn't seem the least bit interested. The 100 -mile -long Carib bean island, crowded by more than 2,300.000 people, will mark its seventh anniversary July 25 as a self-governing 4'free commonwealth" associ ated with the United States. Managed Own Affairs Under this system, Puerto Rico has managed its own af fairs under its own constitu tion, elected its governor and congress. However, it contin ues to be bound to the United States by common citizenship, foreign policy, defense and currency. Gov. Luis Munoz Marin re gards the commonwealth as the form best suited for Puer to Rico's economic and politr cal development in an atmos phere of democracy and not as a step to statehood or. in dependence. A majority of the people of the island appear to support him. They seem content with their unusual blend of - free dom and association. Strong Showing Hoped However, members of growing statehood movement, boosted by the example of Hawaii and Alaska, hope to make a strong showing in next year's election and seriously c h a 1 lenge Munoz s Popular Democratic Party. Its leader, Luis A. Ferre, one of the island's foremost industrialists, is confident that if a far-flung Pacific island could gain admission into the Union, nearby Puerto Rico z chances are good. But where statehood was the overwhelming wish of the people of Hawaii and of AlaskaFerre's party in 1956 still trailed Munzo by 172,838 votes to 433,010. Even so, this was double the Statehood Par ty's 1952 vote and for the first time pushed the Indepen dence Party into third place. The governor's main argu ment against statehood is eco nomic. The tax - exemptions and other fiscal advantages Puerto Rico would lose far outweigh any fore s e e a b 1 e gains, he contends. No Federal Taxes In its present status, Puerto Ricans pay no Federal taxes. I Thursday, Friday, Saturday trll Table Rock Rd. at 4 Corners WE GIVE SLICED RED SALMON POLISH SAUSAGE FRANKFURTERS Juicy Jumbo. SIDE BACON In the Piece : SLICED BACON ENDS . GROUND BEEF W Eat It Too WE GIVE SWEET CORN TOMATOES Good Big Slicers GREEN PEPPERS APRICOTS Can 'Em Now BANANAS No. 1 Golden Hands CARROTS Snoboy Quality WE GIVE SUPER SPECIALS WATERMELON Red Ripe CANTALOUPE SALMON Whole or Head Half WE GIVE This has made possible its famed "Operation Bootstrap," the tax exemption program that has attracted some 600 factories to Puerto Rico from the mainland as the common wealth seeks to build up its economy on its own. The industrialization pro jEt L Cff iT&-- J i tottitk.! ,IJ ' 'WflM,-. ' iff & ltitMl BF ' Jtx5 "af r4i LirlPm hmtiIC ' 't .$tl , liiijl&) .. . v , .' . , . j PRELUDE TO TROUBLE Youngsters happily drench themselves in cod water from a fire-hydrant on a New York street, as summer temperature rose to a blister ing 96 degrees. Things became less pheasant later in the day, when a mob of about 25 youths attacked and injured two firemen who were turning off the illegally opened fire-hydrants. Girl Tripped Up In Plea for Funds Empire, Calif.-(OPD-A teen age girl with a vivid imagina tion almost talked residents of this northern California community into sending her to Texas. The girl said Texas was her home, that she was 16 years old, that she'd been married recently in Tijuana, Mexico, but that her husband had abandoned her after taking her rings to pawn for food. Several sympathetic towns people raised $6 to send the girl back home, but a check by sheriffs deputies determ ined that she was actually 14, lived in Empire ' and had dreamed up the story so she could run away from home. Approximately 13 per cent of all the cacao produced in the world comes from sources' in Brazil. Midget Prices UAA llnl U1 We S&H GREEN S&H GREEN S&H GREEN S&H GREEN gram has effectively cut into the huge unemployment prob lem and turned the island away from a strictly agricul tural economy based mainly on sugar-cane growing and a smattering of coffee, tobacco and pineapple plantations. Financial benefits, estimat Beautiful Black-Eyed Susan Is Called a Weed Susan is a wild child of Nature, with flashing black eyes and golden hair. She grows like "Topsy".and scam pers across the landscape like a carefree youngster. "She" is the black-eyed su san,' commonly called a weed by those who would forego the pleasure of her company if they had their way. The farmer and the home garden er see no beauty in this wild child of the open fields. They term her a noxious weed. The black-eyed susan is un usual inasmuch as she is re versing the usual order of IQl 8a.m.-8:30 EVERY DAW reserve the right to limit STAMPS lb. 69c 3 . 1.00 3 I.I9 39c I9c 49c lb. Jb. Jb. STAMPS Dozen 49c 2 ib,. 29c -4 15c . L98 2 ib 27c 2 ba,. 79c STAMPS ib. 3c 10 for 99c 49c lb. STAMPS ed by Munoz as amounting to more than $150,000,000 a year, would be lost under statehood, he claims. Economic reasoning is also used to beat down the dwindl ing suporters of independence. "Without free access to 170, 000,000 United States con- Small Worlds Around Us By Lynn M. Watkins "weedy" plants by migrating in the opposite direction. In stead of coming from Europe, where so many of our trouble some weeds have originated, she is traveling1 toward the Old Country. Already she has come across the United States, and now grows plentifully just about everywhere east and south of the Rockies. A "weed" here, she is con sidered an attractive flower in Europe where gardeners are finding this simple daisy like flower an intriguing plant for Old World Gardens. With her ready adaptability Susan is settling down over there and doing very well, thank you.- Wild She Is We call Susan a wild flow er, and wild she is. Her na ture is to run over the hills and seek out new fields and strange terrains. She cannot be confined. Planted in a yard she watches her chance to es cape. She loves hot, dry and sandy places. Mother Nature equipped this plant with a covering of stiff hairs that act as insulators against the burn ing rays of the sun. Even the rough leaves and stems are protected. When less hardy flowers wilt and hang their heads dur ing a long, prolonged drought when the sun burns like a blow-torch, Susan will toss her golden head and stand erect and defiant. She neither asks, nor needs protection or shelter. She can withstand wind, hail, sun and storm. She faces even a hostile world unafraid. The American Indians knew Susan. Even the Seminoles of the Florida Everglades appre ciated this wild beauty of the wastelands. They even found a use for the roots and stems. They were made into medi cine that, the Indians claim, would cure fevers and head aches. Bunches of the black eyed susan flowers are often picked by small Seminole In dian children to bring a touch of beauty to their plain homes. In some sections of its range, the black-eyed susan is called ox-eye daisy or the coneflower. The farmer calls it a "tramp" and a weed. The child might describe Susan as "a baby sunflower." No matter what name you know her by she is still the same vivacious little scamp that tosses her gold and brown head in joyous abandon with every passing breeze. The black-eyed susan is more than a weed, more even than a wild flower. She is an inspira tion. -(Released by The Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1959) Buy At Builders Supply Phone Sr 3-4575 or SP 2-4107 PfhSfc. QUALITY UiLC BLOCKS II 1 H Drain Tile yfl Bricks, Flues CJ, W- MeAndrewt Seeking Admission sumers for Puerto Rico's su gar and manufactured goods, the island would go bank rupt," Munoz declares. Omitted by Communists That is a point deliberately omitted by Latin American Communists and extreme na tionalists who for years have waged a campaign focusing attention on the island as an example of what they label "Yankee colonialism." In their distorted picture of Puerto Rico they have also overlooked that: -It has been hailed by most Latin American leaders as having set an. example to the Western Hemisphere of hon est government and of effec tive ways to combat poverty; -Scores of technicians from Latin America, Asia and Africa arrive at its shores each month to study progres sive health, publfc housing, economic planning and liter acy programs; -Thanks to the annual music festival led by Spanish cellist Pablo Casals, which attracted the world's most celebrated concert artists. Puerto Rico is becoming one of the hemisphere's music cen ters. The Puerto Rican gov ernment pays for the festival. Munoz has been vigilant that political innovations and cultural development keep pace with the rapidly growing economy. Recently, he asked the United States Congress for, new legislation to clarify the law which created the novel commonwealth relation ship. The United States Constitu '. -V':' J ":-.- -- . .-' . . -j,ll mli-i mm BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA tion envisioned only territor ies and states so that a whole new set of laws may be re quired to allow the common wealth to reach full political development. In convincing Congress in 1952 that it should accept the commonwealth idea, Munoz emphasizes that a fundamen tal trait of a dynamic democ racy was its capacity to evolve new ideas even though there were no precedents in the fundamental law of the coun- rMeal-on-WheeIsr For Aged Persons Syracuse, N. Y. (UPD A "meal - on - wheels" program may allow aged and chroni cally ill persons to remain in their . own rooms or apart ments rather than be commit ted to institutions. A grant of $12,000 from the Rosamond Gifford Charitable Corp. is financing a three year demonstration project under which aged persons who are able to manage . by themselves except for prepar ing food are served an ade quate diet. The food is packaged in disposable paper containers and delivered to the recipi ents before noon each day. Each package contains a hot lunch as well as a separate meal for supper. Salem (UPD Sen. Andrew Naterlin (D-Newport) has been elected chairman of the Legislative Interim Commit tee.on Natural Resources. Get value, lift, refreshment, tool . Be really refreshed ... always buy Coke ! GET SEVERAL CARTONS FOR YOUR PICNIC! as S 1st try. He contended that by establishing the common wealfh, the people of Puerto Rico and the United States entered into a compact that could be changed only with the consent of both parties. Nevertheless, when he testi fied recently in support of the new legislation to streamline the commonwealth arrange ment and, in his opinion, make it permanent, the gov ernor ran into an unexpected obstacle. Question Raised Sen. Henry Jackson (D Wash.), acting chairman of the Senate Interior and Insu lar Affairs Committee, raised the question of whether the legislation would be constitu tional. He referred it to the Work Contracts at Monument Awarded The award of two construc tion contracts for development work at Oregon Caves na tional monument have been announced by Superintendent Tom Williams. A $3,560 contract for the construction t)f approximately 4,000 feet of 2,400 volt elec tric line was signed with the Trowbridge Electric company, Williams said. A contract for $33,397 for construction of a residence, garage, water system, and sewer system, was signed with the Southern Oregon Con struction company, Grants Pass. These developments are the first of several improvements that are scheduled for the monument, Williams said. COMPANY BY THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY of MEDFORD State Justice Department for a rul ing before taking further ac tion. , Regardless of the outcome, the Statehood Party will un doubtedly use Jackson's ac tion in support of its conten tion that Puerto Rico must advance toward complete in tegration into the Union. Moreover, Ferre who will be a delegate to the Republi can national convention next year, may stir some of his in fluential friends to mention Puerto Rican statehood when they draft the GOP's 1960 election platform. 1 At Jackson County Federal, Savings deposted by July 10 Earn from July 1 OUR CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE IS 3 SAVE .... where you are Paid More to Save! E- IOAM 126 East Main 8 MAIL TRIBUNE, Mtdford. Or. A Thursday, July 2, 1959 School Construction Bids to be Opened Bids for the construction of an addition to the Phoenix elementary school will be opened at 8 p.m., July 13, ac cording to the office of the architect, Robert J. Keeney, Medford. The addition will enclose two classrooms and will be of frame construction. Plans can be obtained from Keeney's office, 210 Fluhrer building. Pearl Harbor naval base was leased by the U5. in 1887. MORE DAYS! Per Annum A&OC ATtON Medford tum-mouum
