Noxon's Chances Oncrease;
Some CflaSm Phony iufly-HJp
Washington -OJPU-Vice Pres
ident Richard M. Nixon's po
litical stock zoomed today as a
result of his backstage role in
settling the steel dispute. But
some - Democrats - charged it
was a phony build-up.
Formidable Opponent
Many other Democrats con
ceded privately that Nixon's
dramatic efforts to bring
about a steel agreement made
him a more formidable op
ponent in the 1960 presiden
tial race.
The settlement also bright
ened the political future of
Labor Secretary - James P.
Mitchell, Nixon's partner in
the behind-the-scenes negoti
ations. Mitchell often has been
mentioned as a vice presi
dential running mate fori
Nixon. '
Chamber's
By President at Roundtable
The purpose of the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
merce is to promote, encour
age and build the economy
in this area, Gerald Latham,
new president of the chamber,
told the chamber roundtable
luncheon at the Jackson hotel
Monday.
Jackson county is growing
and it is predicted that in 20
years, Medford will have a
population of 50,000, Latham
said. For every seven persons
added to the county's popula
tion by natural birth there
are five immigrants. This is
compared to a state-wide av
erage of two immigrants to
every 10 natural births, which
means that Jackson county's
adult population is growing
faster than that in the rest
of the state
To meet this population
growth there must be a grow
ing and expanding economy
and it is this latter with which
the chamber is concerned, ac
cording to Latham. The cham
ber, he said, will attempt to
foster the economic growth
by encouraging outside indus
try to move into the area and
by facilitating and improving
the means of transportation
to and from this area to im
prove the ease of marketing
local products.
Explains Plans
Latham explained the
chamber's plans and projects
for the coming year. The
chamber has a budget this
year of $42,000 compared to
last year's budget of 327,000
and it will attempt to increase
its worth and services by that
much, he said.
The chamber is divided up
into seven main divisions of
study and under each of these
are committees dealing with
specific projects.
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Republicans from President
Eisenhower down h e a pe d
troversy. Mitchell declared,
"Without the vice-president
we would not have had a set
tlement." Worked as Team
Nixon and Mitchell worked
as a team in hammering out
the agreement in a series of
secret meetings with manage
ment and union leaders. Some
eight or 10 of the meetings
were held at Nixon's home
here.
White House Press Secre
tary James C. Hagerty said
Nixon initiated the delicate
backstage discussions last
July. Both sides approached
him as an intermediary when
he attended the All-Star base
ball game in Pittsburgh.
Rep. Roman C. Pucinski (D-
Program
The first main division is
the commercial division which
reflects the economy of the
area. Under this are commit
tees on retail sales, tourists,
recreation and convention, ag
riculture, forestry, and min
ing.
The study of retail sales in
Jackson county shows that
this area has exhibited an
outstanding performance in
presenting products of good
quality and value. "This is
shown by the fact" that al
though Jackson county has a
slightly lower per capita in
come in comparison to the
rest of the state, 51,491 to
$1,601, it nevertheless has a
higher per capita purchase of
retail trade goods. The lesser
amount of per capita income
can be explained, Latham
said, by the fact that this
area is lacking in industrial
productivity. The higher retail
sales reflects the quality of
goods available in the county.
Purpose of Committee
It will be the purpose of
the committee on retail sales
to promote a unified program
which will help merchants in
this area and business in
general.
Another committee deals
with tourists. Latham said
that Jackson county received
an income of $5Ji million
from tourists last year. This
sum can be broken down to
approximately $5.50 per tour
ist who stays slightly more
than three days. The commit
tee will seek to attract more
tourists, he added.
The recreation and conven
tion committee seeks to . at
tract more and larger con
ventions to the area, and to
provide delegates and tourists
with recreation facilities while
they are here. The chamber
praise on Nixon for ending
the eight-month-old steel con
Ill.) charged that the steel set
tlement was arranged to give
political advantage to Nixon,
who apparently will get the
GOP presidential nomination.
Political Camouflage
Rep. Ray J. Madden (D
Ind.) said, "Nixon personally
had as much to do with set
tling the strike as I had."
Madden, whose district in
cludes the steel center of
Gary, said any reports that
Nixon arranged the steel
agreement were "just politi
cal camouflage to build him
up" for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
Mitchell flatly denied that
campaign politics had any
thing to do with the agreement.
Outlined
served 19 conventions last
year and the area realized
an income of $275,000 from
these.
There are also committees
on agriculture and forestry.
Latham pointed out that the
latter industry represents the
greatest potential for expand
ing the area's economy.
Another committee deals
with mining and is mainly
concerned with the use of
sand and gravel in the coun
ty, although there are some
prospects for other mining in
this area which are being
studied, according to Latham.
Second Division
The second division is the
public relations division,
which sponsors such activities
as the roundtable and the
greeters who welcome new
businesses and help them to
integrate into the community,
and publicizes the chamber
through television, radio and
the press. : .
A third division is the busi
ness progress division which
endeavors to attract new in
dustries through the new in
dustries committee. Any new
industry of size demands to
know facts about a prospec
tive community in which it
may establish a plant, Latham
said. They want to know
everything from the commu
nity s political atmosphere to
its labor-management rela
tions, and it is these facts
about Jackson county and
Medford that the committee
tries to provide.
Other committees are the
statistics and research com
mittee, the miscellaneous en
terprise committee, which as
sists the service businesses,
and the visitation of local
businesses committee which
seeks to make one . business
man aware of what is going
on in a neighboring or com
petitive business.
Public Affairs
Another division is the pub
lic affairs division. Under this
comes a committee on gov
ernment operations through
which the chamber seeks to
acquaint itself and make itself
felt in taxation policies and
other government programs.
Under the same committee
will come the businessmen's
course in, "action in practical
politics", which will start next
Tuesday night at the Medford
High school auditorium and
will deal with industry in
politics, political parties, cam
paigns, precincts, businessmen
in politics, and other related
political subjects. Latham
pointed out that the course
is part of a National Cham
ber of Commerce, program
which seeks to acquaint busi
nessmen with politics and
government in which they
have an interest.
Also under the public af
fairs division is the education
committee which is responsi
ble for the chamber's program
in the schools and is working
on the possibility of estab
lishing a Junior Achievement
organization in Medford.
Water Resources Group
Another committee is the
water resources committee
which looks to the develop
ment of water in Jackson
county. Water resources are
the county's greatest natural
asset along with lumber, La
tham said. The committee
makes itself aware of what
the government is doing to
wards developing the water
resources in this area and is
taking an active part in the
Rogue Basin water resources
development study being un
dertaken by the government.
There are also finance,
transportation, and member
ship divisions in the cham
ber. Under the membership
division is the award commit
tee which gives achievement
awards to persons doing some
thing constructive in our com
munity in the way of business,
Latham said.
Ken Baker, chairman of the
chamber roundtable, encour
aged each of the approximate
ly 35 persons attending the
luncheon to bring a friend
next Monday, as the round
table is embarking on a pro
gram to solicit greater attend
ance at the meetings.
GLORY ROLE OVER Margarethe Bertel- Roses in Pasadena, Calif. Now she is just
son, left, can be forgiven a small amount of one of the students who returned from
daydreaming in her philosophy class at Christmas vacation. But she still has those
Pasadena City College. Last Friday she was memories that linger on.
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Industrials Break
Into High Ground
New York -(UPD-The indus
trial stock average broke into
new high ground again during
the first hour of trading to
day. Support gathered from the
opening with buyers center
ing their attention on stocks
included in the averages. The
industrials moved over the
680-mark, topping the previ
ous peak of 679.36 reached
on the last day of 1959.
However, in Wall Street,
the only high that counts is
the one that comes at the
close.
Steels dropped most of their
opening gains during the first
hour. Youngstown was off a
point, and U.S. Steel and Re
public lost fractions. Bethle
hem was unchanged after a
firm opening.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York - (LTD - Dow
Jones final slock averages:
30 industrials 679.06, off
0.30; 20 railroads 157.18, up
3.13; 15 utilities 87.61; off
Ohio Governor
Vows Delegates
To Back Kennedy
Columbus, Ohio tUPD Ohio
today became the first big
state to back the presidential
candidacy of Sen. John F.
Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Democratic Gov. Michael V.
DiSalle warmly endorsed Ken
nedy. The governor said he
would campaign in the Ohio
primary, pledged to lead the
56-vote Buckeye delegation,
the fourth largest, to the
Democratic national conven
tion behind the Kennedy can
didacy. Others Invited - ;
; The governor invited other
Democrats to compete in the
May 3 primary, but none was
expected to take him up on it.
DiSalle, like Kennedy, a
Catholic, said a DiSalle-Ken-nedy
ticket was "a political
impossibility for obvious rea
sons." He said he would not ac
cept a Washington job If Ken
nedy becomes President.
The former federal price ad
ministrator said he doubted
that religion would play an
important role in the selection
of a candidate or in the elec
tion. But he conceded, "It
can't help Kennedy."
Expected in Primary
The senator, who conferred
with DiSalle a number of
times and made several speak
ing tours of the state in 1959,
was expected to enter the
Ohio primary even if DiSalle
chose to compete against him
as a favorite son.
No other large state Demo
cratic organization has an
nounced its support for any
candidate. Democrats in New
York, California, Illinois and
Pennsylvania all have said
they are awaiting developments.
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0.22, and 65 stocks 220.24,
up 0.72. Sales Monday were
about 3,990,000 shares com
pared with 3,810,000 shares
Thursday.
Monday's prices on selected
stocks:
Allied Chemical 1132
Alum Co. Am 1062
American Can .... . . 43 '.4
American Motors 83 3,
AT&T 80i
Anaconda Copper , 644
Armco Steel 75 ?s
Bendix Aviation . 73 V2
Bethlehem Steel 563a
Boeing Airi 31', '4
Caterpillar Corp 33 ','2
Chrysler Corp 69 Vt
Firestone . 139 'x
General Electric 965,8
General Foods 1033,i
General Motors 54 'i
Georgia Pacific 50's
Graham Paige 258
Greyhound 203,
Gulf Oil 35 Vx
Homestake Mining 42
Idaho Power 48 8
I. B. M 437
Int. Paper 134 T'a
Johns Manville 49
Katy 5i
Kaiser Ind 16 'a
Kennecott Copper .. 9o3
Lockheed Aircraft 318
Montana Power Co 22 ?i
Montgomery Ward 52 V2
Nat'l Biscuit - 55 Va
New York Central 30 i
Pac Gas & Elec 63 3A
Jenney. J. C. 121 'i
Penn ER 16 i
Radio Corporation ; '. 6838
Richfield Oil 77
Safeway 37 ;
Sears i 50 i
Shell Oil 85
Socony Mobil Oil - 415s
Southern Co. : 39 58
Southern Pacific 23 i
Standard California 49 'i
Standard Indiana - 43 3i
Standard N. J. .. 49
Sun Mines . 6-Ti
Texas Co 8638
Texas Gulf Sulfur 18 i
Tex Pac Land Trust 193,8
Transamerica - 285,8
Trans World Air 1858
Tri-Continental ;. 38 3i
Union Carbide , 147
Union Pacific 303J
United Aircraft : 39 3i
United Air Lines 37
U. S. Rubber 63
U. S. Steel 1013,i
Youngstown S & T 136
District Court
Cases Continued
Two district court cases
Monday were continued until
Wednesday.
Ronald Elmore D o d s o n,
Fairfield, Calif., appeared on
charges of receiving stolen
property. He is charged with
receiving a .38 caliber pistol
which was reported stolen
from the Robert Kennedy Fur
niture store, 1603 North Riv
erside ave. His case was con
tinued to 9:30 a.m. Wednes
day. George Franklin Rogers, 26,
of Central Point, appeared on
charges of burglary not in a
dwelling. He is charged with
breaking into Snyder's Shoe
Repair shop in Central Point
on Dec. 11. His case also was
continued.
LOW RESISTANCE
Clinton, Iowa-OJPD - Robert
Prodzinski, 29, was fined $100
Monday after he told the
judge he didn't know a truck
belonged to the dog pound
when he let some. dogs out
of it. He said he was taking a
walk, heard dogs whining and
couldn't resist freeing them.
PARACHUTES TO SAFETY
Elgin Air Force Base, Fla.-(DPD-Capt.
James E. Myers of
Grand Chain, 111., parachuted
to safety Monday when his
F-100 jet caught fire and
crashed near Crestview, Fla.
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Steel Industry
Plans To Hold
Line on Prices
Pittsburgh -(UPD- An assur
ance by "big steel' to hold
the line on prices for the pres
ent appeared today to shelter
the nation's economy from a
new inflationary spiral.
U.S. Steel Board Chairman
Roger M. Blough said his firm
planned "to continue the gen
eral level of its prices for the
immediate future."
Joseph P. Block, chairman
of Inland Steel Co., announc
ed in Chicago his firm "has
no present plans to change
its prices."
U.S. Steel is the industry's
traditional pace-setter in the
price pattern.
Abrupt settlement of the
longest steel dispute in his
tory Monday provides a half
million steelworkers total
hourly increases of 39 cents
in wages and other benefits
over a 2VS year period. '
It was estimated this boost
would add $600 million a year
to industry's labor costs in
the 30 -month period. But
Blough estimated the figure
at "well over a billion dol
lars." -
The industrialist added, "if
the development of competi
tive and all other factors af
fecting prices dictates a
change in our situation, we
will be necessarily required
to take whatever steps are
then indicated."
Cost Increase Estimated
Steel magazine, the metal
working weekly, estimated
steelmaking costs would go
up $16 a ton over the period
of the new contract. It said
price increases likely would
come on a selective basis in
an attempt to prevent across
the board increases.
United Steelworkers Presi
dent David J. McDonald hail
ed the settlement as "non
inflationary" in an address
Monday night before a union
rally in Buffalo, N.Y. .
"It's good for the country
and everybody is happy," he
said.
Cattle Nutrition
School Planned '
Cattle nutrition will be dis
cussed at a meeting in the
breezeway auditorium on the
third floer of the Jackson
county courthouse Thursday,
Jan. 7, at 8 p.m., according to
Earle Jossy, county extension
agent.
: This will be a preliminary
meeting to discuss plans for a
three-day refresher course on
cattle feeding given by Ore
gon State college specialists in
animal husbandry.
There will be no charge for
the school, Jossy said. Any
one interested may attend
both the preliminary meeting
and the school.
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Albany, N.Y. -IUPB- Gov.;
Nelson A. Rockefeller, in the
role of a stand-by candidate
for the Republican presiden
tial nomination, indicated
Monday he might accept a
convention draft.
The New York governor, al
though certain that Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
has the GOP nomination sew
ed up at the present time, is
standing by in the event con
vention delegates have a
change of heart at Chicago.
Silent on Oregon Primary
, After indicating at his
news conference Monday that
he might accept a convention
draft if one were offered, he
declined to say whether he
would definitely withdraw
from the Oregon state pri
mary. He declined to reveal
whether he would issue a
"won't accept, won't run"
statement.
He declined to state wheth
er he would attend the GOP
convention as a favorite son
candidate.
When asked by a reporter
Portland Police
Seek To Solve
Rash of Thefts
Portland (UPD Portland
police intensified their efforts
today to solve a rash of bur
glaries that has broken out
in homes in the West Side
hills area.
Police said the same men
may have perpetrated the
thefts in which three couples
who surprised burglars in
their homes were robbed at
gunpoint.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas .A.
Motsyn were the latest to find
gunmen in their home. They
told police they returned
home late Sunday to find an
armed intruder in their liv
ing room. He told them he
hadn't taken anything, and
only wanted out.
Second Gunman
After he left by the front
door, Mrs. Motsyn discovered
a second gunman in her kitch
en while he was searching a
small safe. She told police he
threatened her with a revol
ver, then backed out the kitch
en door. An upstairs bedroom
had been ransacked, but ap
parently the only loot was
about $25 taken from Mrs.
Motsyn's purse. " - i
Last week, gunmen con
fronted two other couples in
their homes in the West Port
land hills. Several other bur
glaries have been reported in
the area.
Eugene Woman
Arrested in City
Mildred Joan Tarbell, Eu
gene, was arrested by city
police Saturday about li:zo
p.m. and confined to the city
jail on a charge of driving
under the influence of intox
icating beverages.
' Witnesses told police a car
operated by Mildred Tarbell
struck a parked car register
ed to Leo Vilarino, route 2,
box 428A, Medford, in a park
ing lot at "1909 North Pacific
highway at 11:20 p.m. and
drove away without stopping.
Her car was clocked up to
speeds of 85 miles per hour
by city police and reportedly
struck another parked car
while traveling on Court st.
A city police car succeeded
in stopping her car and after
what police report was a
slight struggle, they took her
to the city jail.
DECLINES CANDIDACY
Chicago-(UPD-Mayor Richard
J. Daley Monday night de
clined to become a candidate
for the Democratic nomina
tion for governor of Illinois
because "I feel I can't leave
unfinished the work I have
started in Chicago."
BE
whether he could be drafted
to help the GOP ticket, Rock
efeller said:
"There have been a lot of
drafts in this country."
Draft Not Aniicipated
There was no immediate
comment from Nixon. GOP
National Chairman Thurston
B. Morton said that although
"anything is possible in the
realm of politics," he did not
anticipate a Rockefeller draft.
But in Los Angeles a lead
er of the "Californians for
Rockefeller" organiza t i o n s
Monday night said he was en
couraged by the governor's
statement. -
Chairman Charles Lewsad
der said the-group would con
tinue to work toward Rocke
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der said he was "not anti-
Nixon, but pro-Rockefeller."
He said he did not feel Nixon
could be elected to the presi
dency and that Rockefeller
could.
Highly Unlikely
But California Republican
State Chairman George W.
Milias said, "I think a draft
would be highly unlikely with
Dick Nixon so far ahead.
However, there would be a
great deal of support to draft
Rockefeller for the vice presi
dency if he could be budged.
There never was much sup
port for Rockefeller in Cali
fornia, and I imagine there is
less now than ever."
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