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9 Philippines Gateway for Lucrative Smuggling Work and Manila-IUPD-Dollars, dames in j . uc.i.g subnet! in and out of the Philippines ' uie aangerous but highly '""uve smuggling route. contraband, human and omerwise, has grown into mum-million dollar operation in this Asian chain of islands. With 14,700 miles of coast lines, twice the length of the united States', the Philippines authorities have more on their nands than the willing but undermanned navv can euarrt. Smugglers operated mainly ueween tne Philippines and Hong Kong, Indonesia or Singapore. British North Bor eo is the main avenue to Singapore and beyond &o rampant is smuggling that Manila's Mayor Arsenio . L,acson says the Philip pines has the "dubious dis tinction of being foremost among the many smuggling centers in Asia. ' Communism Visible The fine hand of commu nism is visible in the wide spread smuggling activities here. A Communist plan to aump cheap goods, manufac tured in the China Mainland, in the Philippines to sabo tage the local economy, has been charged by the Army Intelligence. The traffic of smuggled goods ia two ways. Luxury items - cigarettes, cameras, transistorized radios, TV sets, refrigerators, clothing, jew elry, perfumes-slip into the country in violation of import control regulations. On the other hand United Slates dollars are spirited abroad largely through clever manipulations of exporters. An American civilian em ployee at the U.S. Clark Field Air Force Base was recently charged with sending large quantities of U.S. dollars out of the country. The sex aspect of the shady enterprises consist of Chinese girls-plus some Europeans brought in from Hong Kong, Singapore and Bangkok. They are generally camouflaged as "actresses." The girls are employed, charged Mayor Lacson, "to wangle favors, concessions and special privileges from the right sources for members and allies of the syndicate." ' Firearms Abound Loose firearms abound in the southern Sulu Achipel- ago of the Philippines which is populated by Filipino Mus lims. Indonesian rebels are re ported to have access to these sources which are sometimes bartered for Indonesian co pra. The gun-running, aggrava ted by alleged straffing of Filipino Muslim traders by Indonesian planes, chilled Philippines - Indonesian rela tions last year but, at the same time, opened officials' eyes to the need for coopera tion in fighting smugglers re gardless of nationality. Presidential I n v e s tigator Marcelino C a 1 i n a w a n has charged before a Senate Com mittee that the government lost some $110 million in the shipments of copra alone. Calinawan blamed an un named eleven Chinese trad ers. Kumpits - small canoes equipped with outboard motors-provide smugglers with swift and easily maneuver able means of transportation. There are some 7,000 kumpits in Sulu alone. It is a madden ing problem for the Philip pine Navy. Packed under plastics and wax covers, the prohibited goods were dropped from kumpits in the sea off Manila where members of the smug gling syndicate picked them up for distribution to outlets in the city. Violations Reported That is the hard method. It has repeatedly been charg ed that an easier avenue is often taken by "professional travelers" to and from Hong mountains of "personal ef fects," often duty free. They sometimes enjoy the favor and partial protection of in fluential Filipino politicians. Sometimes customs officials look the other way. The Manila press has re ported two cases of violation of the diplomatic pouch. One such case concerned an al leged shipment of jewelry from the New Delhi embassy in the foreign office in Ma nila. The jewels, if they were actually shipped, did not make it to the proper address in Manila and a sensational scandal and investigation en sued. The smugglers also utilize a more subtle mode of opera tion. Disguised as a traveler, for instance, a smuggler goes to a Chinese moneylender and exchanges his pesos for "Chits" against which he will be paid Hong Kong dollars upon arrival in the British colony. He then ships goods he buys back to Manila. No currency exchange of the of ficial type is involved. The Philippines is waging an anli-smugRling drive. President Carlos P. Garcia has assigned a combined Army-Navy-Constabulnry task force to the Sulu, Mindanao and Palawan Islands area. In addition, agents of the National Bureau of Investiga tion and the Customs Commis sion have boon thrown into aid in guarding the so-called "Southern Back Door." The task force is under firm orders to track down the smugglers-and use guns, if persuasion fails. On the international level, Medford Tribune SECTION E MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. PAGES 1 to 8 the Philippines and Indone sia signed a diplomatic note providing for joint patrols in waters separating the two neighbors. To augment the underman ned Philippines Navy patrols, representations have been made with Great Britain for the formation of combined patrols working out of San dakan, capital of British North Borneo. PETS PRFFFR NEW VETS' NUGGETS OF NOURISHMENT Top quality . , . money-savina law n,;! ,pp,or,a, gu,de dogs for iht t,i,d-. ,. ,,.,. , J.,.,, .' -"-' j iur UCiailS! Smith Sees Rapid Expansion Along Oregon Coast Coquille - IUPB - Republican Senate candidate Elmo Smith predicted here Wednesday that rapid industrial expan gion would follow maximum development of port and high way facilities serving the Oregon coast. The Albany publisher and former governor of Oregon told a Coquille Rotary lunch eon that he called the coast "Oregon's greatest potential area for industrial growth." He urged full development of port facilities and a system of modern highways to link each harbor community with J inland areas of Oregon. And he declared: "As your U.S. Senator, I will work ag gressively for the achieve ment of this program." Projects Mentioned Smith mentioned the fol lowing coastal projects: South jetty at Coos Bay; Coos-Mil-Jicoma river; Coquille river; Charleston small boat harbor; Siuslaw river south jetty; Siuslaw small boat harbor; Umpqua river south jetty; Umpqua river navigation study; Port Orford harbor project; Tillamook bay and bar project; Yaquina bay and bar modification; Rogue river small harbor study; Chetco river harbor modification, and several Columbia river projects. Smith was to address the Coquille Lions club today. Oregon Will Need 90,000 Bean Pickers Portland- fflPD -Oregon will reed 90,000 bean picKers u save the $36 million 1960 vn c-rnn according to Don Merrill, secretary of the Northwest Canners and Freez ers Association. Favorable weather has brought on a bumper crop of beans and 500 additional pickers are needed in the Portland area immediately, Merrill said, and another 1000 will be needed by the week end. .', ' About 4000 pickers are al ready working in the Port land area bean fields and the canners association said about 15,000 will be needed here when the season reaches its peak about Aug. 15 to Sept. Portland growers must rely on local aay neip j Because of the good crop some children were reported making ?10 a day. JELL0 (reg 19c) family size-All flavors LOWEST FOOD PRICES IN TOWN! 11 rTl nT r3n rTl CTTtI r l r 1 1 -, a ' &s&?to& j nn r rr it n -- rt wis- vs: iiti. k a : . "i r- WsB m SLASHES , r 11 1 1 1 1 PRICES Rockbottom! Meat Dept. 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