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4 B MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1960 Experts Divided on Shape of Business; Forecast Contradictory Theyll Do It Every rv-iKh- THIS IS 'wmwncirvrr I FOR A WfcfcK UITMCTt VOUUOWTORLOCIl SUMMER' BUT rI DON'T AND SIDESTEP' C'MQN - ' WANT YOU IT ALL. TO GET GOT- HURT, PAPA- 1. ..1 - .''I Did You Know About Zoo'i Freebooteri? , Passing easily in and out of the cages and pens in the great city zoological park is always a group of "freeboot ers" that expect and receive their livelihood from the bountiful spread the city prepares and serves for its animal prisoners. ; Hardly any of the human visitors to the place ever no tice the army of pilferers, but their' numbers are great and many varieties. Several spe cies of small birds (predom inantly sparrows), ' gophers, mice, chipmunks, rabbits and squirrels, all taking advan tage of the fact that the city provides ample and nourish ing food for its caged Inhabi tants, - These uninvited guests pass in and out of the various cages, helping themselves to the food served to. the con fined occupants; selecting, dis carding, and choosing' exactly that which .suits their- fancy at the time. , ; Good Selection ' If the availablo food tri one cage doesn't suit their fancy, they can walk or fly to an other cage, knowing full well that there the desired food can be found. With careless and calm un concern they steal a crumb from the very jaws of a tiger or a leopard. With sheer self assurance, or stupid reckless ness, they pilfer a morsel from under the very nose of a lion.' It looks rather ridiculous to see a tiny striped gopher,- even-- lbs MvAl , . .- lion Mm (V - TTv'R n "l w.vits ot ,om , et o Time I HOPE HE'S GOT) HIS HOSPITAL. vunDDv.X POUCY PAID UP- JUST A lHE WAS LAID UP cSn TMPuoii- FROM PLAYING i cuouu ISOFTBALL rHE GIVE A DROPKIGK YOU PKOMTHEOLI S FLVIN '.''j-sv.i''. 10.19 Small Worlds Around Us V By Lynn M. Watkins barely larger than a "hotdog" without the bun, boldly walk up to a huge jungle cat or fierce looking baboon and steal a morsel of food. The larger animal looks disgusted but never seems to take offense. Such, perhaps, is the policy in the society of animals. Timid Rabbit In a largo compound are several huge timber wolves; the bars of their cage are four inches apart. A normally timid rabbit hops alongside the pen, enters easily between the bars. Ho hops over the gray animals, then, hops back out through the bars; he leaves, not because he is in danger or afraid, but because there is nothing in the cage that he wants to eat. A tiny mouse, no lamer than a human thumb, scam pers In the hay with bland un concern, seeming to know that the big elephant will avoid picking him up with a trunk ful jf.hay. Contrary to the old (wives' tale the elephant is not In the least afraid of the ,mouse; both animals, so very aniercnt in size, are, however, much alike in tem perament, and both subscribe to the "live and let live" policy. And life goes merrily on, and the little "freebooters" filch and pillage to their heart's content; the feathered and four-footed plunderers are the guests at every meal, uninvited, unnoticed, but al ways present. (Released by The Register And Tribune Syndicate, I960) A. CLOTHES PROTECTOR -A.!T ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER " - IN -your h.o:mei By Jimmy Hatlo GOOD WORKOUT IS RIGHT.' HE NEVER LIFTS A PINKy AROUND HIS JOINT-ITS A WONUtK Hfc UONT PUT HIS WIFE IN AT TACKLEJ DON'T KKOWV AROUND END WITH THE GARBAGE.' OLD ULETS GOHIKET WEDGE' VXTCUm THE FORMER WATER Boy ACTING LIKE HE TAUGHT BED GRANGE HOW TO SCORE 7HANXANDA71POF TURK" 'MURRjp, f MomREAL.tAN. Some Books in Oregon Schools Under Criticism ' Salem -: (UPD - Certain text books in use in some Oregon high schools brought criticism by a- group of citizens at Tuesday's State Board of Ed ucation meeting. ' 1 About 20 i persons, mostly irate mothers from the Port land area; appeared before the board and cited sections in some books which they described as "trash," The criticism centered on a flth grade text called "Adven tures for Today," a volume on literature and a poem in It called "The Heart." The poem, by Lluls Untermeyer, has to do with a wicked temptress. A spokesman for the group, Kenneth Landgraver of Port land, criticized such books, and complained of others which include stories of such badmen as Billy The Kid and Jesse James. , , Motion Approved , He declared education has turned to teaching "group ology and life adjustment" in-, stead o "basic skills." The board listened to com plaints for about an . hour, then approved a motion call ing on the State Textbook Commission, composed of five teachers, to get together with the citizens for a hearing. One board member, Mrs. Robert Caldwell of Oregon City, pointed out that local districts choose their own textbooks from a multiple list of approved volume, and teachers can be authorized at the local level to delete cer tain sections from the curricu lum if they are offensive to a particular community. rx i 8KJ Clothes, linens f aT?rica of all 3dnd3 last longer when they are dried, the gentle ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER -way! An ELECTRIC CLOTHES DRYER is an Investment in. fatorio protection . . no mors clothes ripped toy winter winds, faded toy the sun, soiled toy dust or soot ... when, you dry clothes indoors the clean, easy electric way! With an eleotrio clothes dryer, you'll need, to touy fewer clothes and linens, too since you can wash, and dry your clothes so duiclcly - any time, day or night in any Kind or weather 1 aU Secretary of Treasury Sees Favorable Outlook Washington - (UPD - Rarely have the experts been so di vided and uncertain about the shape of business. They agree that the econ omy tailed off slightly in July, August and September, Some call it a recession, oth ers an adjustment or a lull. As to how business is do ing now and the prospects for the rest of the fall and winter, the forecasts are hedged, clouded and contradictory. The Eisenhower administra tion's view, as expressed by Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, is that the business world has been adapting it self to a sudden disappearance of inflation psychology. Anderson strongly believes the economic outlook "is fa vorable, both for the near fu ture and for many years ahead." It may be significant that in the speech in which he made that statement, he did not specifically forecast a rising business tide before the end of the year. Difficult To Judge Other economic observers do not fully subscribe to An derson's view of why business has failed to rise substantially since spring. For example, the Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York said "It Is difficult to judge" whether Anderson is right or whether the nation is sliding into a recession. '-. Some authorities go so far as to disagree with the Secre tary outright. This Is the view of Thompson & McKinnon, a Wall Street brokerage house: "We have a recession rather than an adjustment, but how deep it will be and how far it goes is still very much in question." ' Whether the country is in, or will be in a recession is partly a matter of statistics, partly a question of word meanings. Commerce department fig ures to be released in a few days almost certainly will show total output of goods and services declined in the third quarter. But the shrink age is likely to be only 2 or 3 billion dollars off the record $505 billion annual rate of April, May and June. Rolling Adjustment ".;' ' This slippage has been de scribed by Charles H. Kell stadt, chairman of Sears, Roe buck & Co., as a "rolling ad justment more severe than any since 1946" - but he feels there is no recession, since the setback was small. A contrary view was ex pressed by Leon Keyserling, chief economic adviser to Former President Truman. If total output turns down, he said, that is a recession. Keyserling added, in a state til if o I ment requested by the New York Times, that "adjust ment" lacked precise mean ing. "The economy is always going through adjustments," he said. Arthur F. Burns, former chief economic adviser to President Eisenhower, told the Times that "recession" also lacked "recognized scien tific meaning." It has come to mean, Burns said, a decline of over-all business activity which is "of moderate size, fairly widespread and lasts from about eight months to a year or a little longer." By that definition it would not be clear before late win ter or spring whether a re cession does exist. Another factor is industrial production, which declined in September for the second month in a row. In reporting this last week, the Federal Reserve Board said: Reductions in Output "The decline in September reflected reductions in output of materials and business equipment, owing partly to the effects of rail strikes. Out put of consumer goods changed little." Most economists probably would agree that if business is lower in the closing three months of the year than in July - August-September, that would mark a recession, if only a mild one. How business will do in the final three months is the question on which expert opin ion is most uncertain and di vided. Here are some samples: -Ralph Robey, National As sociation of M a n u facturers: "We will have a slight upward trend for the balance of the year, continuing to some time in 1961." -Martin Gainsbrugh, Na tional Industrial Conference board: "If this is to be called a recession, it will be the mild est and shortest-lived since the war." -AFL-CIO Economic Policy committee: "America is on the brink of another recession . . . Few lines of business activity show signs of added strength. Trends point, instead, to wards a weakening of sales, production and employment." -George Shea, financial edi tor. Wall Street Journal: "A recession has been under way for some time, and the real question is when it may end." Expansion Expected -Neil Jacoby, former ad viser to President Eisenhower: "The remainder of the year will bring expansion." t Without predicting it open ly, the administration in its revised revenue estimates for the federal budget has pointed to a snappy fourth - quarter upturn. The indicated rise is about $8 or $9 billion in total output. Few economists, even amon the optimists, expect business to show that much zip. The treasury has avoided a specific prediction. When the budget review was released, the treasury confined itself to saying total output would come within one per cent of the original 1960 forecast of VISIT A CALYORE. ELECTRICAL LEAGUE DEALER Bif Y Appliance Center Eads Transfer and Furniture Crosier Appliance Couey's Appliance Store Home Appliance Company Johnston Stores Hal "K" Appliances Leonard Electric Company Sears Roebuck & Company Trowbridge & Flynn Electric Company Montgomery Ward & Company $512 billion. Usually a more precise figure is offered. Budget Director Maurice H. Stans anticipated the fourth quarter would see "the norm al seasonal improvement in business conditions and it may well be better than that." There .is considerable doubt among some experts that the final three months of the year can generate more than a seasonable expansion. Past years indicate a normal au tumn spurt would be about 6.2 to 6.4 per cent. According to one commerce department expert who works with the figure two key measures of business are likely to be down: Capital in vest ment and inventories. However, some other econo mists say inventory accumu lation - which has fallen off steeply since the beginning of the. year, braking the econ omy - may begin to revive. Briefly, the statistical rec ord through September shapes up this way: -Gross national product (total output): Early in the year a sharp snapback from the steel strike, up slightly in the spring, down slightly in the summer. -Industrial production: Set a record in January, has held steady just below that level since. Has dropped two months in a row. Durables especially steel, down and soft goods up. -Individual incomes: Have risen steadily every month to new highs, but the monthly rise has been shrinking, was almost nil in September. -Unemployment: High for a non-recession year. Has aver aged more than 5 per cent, was 5.7 per cent in Septem ber. -Employment: Very high, with most months showing records in the number of job holders. -Corporate profits: Treas ury expects them to match 1959's record $47 billion. But some independent economists doubtful. Original forecast was $51 billion. -Construction: Likely t o slip a little below 1959 s rec ord of $56.1 billion, with home building down, high ways up. Retail sales: Have slipped some from record set last April. Medical Students Get Scholarships Portland - (UPD - Eight five- year medical students at the University of Oregon Med ical School have been award ed Dr. Laurence Selling Stu dent Research Scholarships, according to Dr. D. 1 W. E. Baird, dean. Students are Rolf R. Angel, Delbert M. Kole and Sam L. Meyer, all of Portland; Wes ley A. Cook and Frederick C. Hoesly, both of Milwaukie; Gunnar E. Christiansen, Eu gene; Kit G. Johnson', Klam ath Falls; and Myron E. Shirasu, Hawaii. ' The scholarships range from $700 to $1500.' OF SMITH & MEN By Jack Smith (c) I960 Tfmef-Mlrror Syndicate - It hasn't been in the papers yet, but a bright young pro fessor at the California Insti tute of Technology has in vented something which, He quietly claims, is absolutely useless. - ; This is heartening news, but no cause for. us to be smug. Some Russian scientist, work ing independently, is likely to emerge with just as spectac ular a breakthrough any day. Until that happens, how ever, it gives us an edge in the struggle to work our way backward to the halcyon aura of the. harpsichord and the genteel' pursuits . of the 18th century drawing room. It's a . question of getting back there before it's too late. This ,Caltech. fellow, it must be understood, is no fool, nor is he. being paid to idle his time away with romantic tink ering. This thing he has come up with was contrived in his spare time, while smoking a pipe, and is a by-product of his true purpose, which is to break through in the opposite direction. I have . seen-a photograph of the professor holding the invention. It was taken from some distance and apparently with a cheap camera. Never theless, the thing can be seen clearly. : , . . , It is about the size of the fur muffs women carried be fore the first world war end ed the era of gentle elegance. It appears , to be made of marbles, concrete and glue. .,. The simplicity, of its make up, in fact, is one of its main virtues. It will be inexpensive to.. manufacture, although at present there are no facilities for mass produoing it. . The way it stands now, the Fifty-four impeccable with Columbia's new ft" "Sound That Takes You There" SjlAAOO purest audio, five carefully matched loudspeakers, a diamond stylus and a superb record change bring you "The Sound That Takes You There' This console also offers you the finest available AMFM'taner. Tha hand-crafted cabinet is available in Colonial or Traditional styling to complement the decor of your ham. From a purely practical point of view, this Columbia model rnrrmiti a remarkable value-you'd have to pay at least $150 more for anything near its equal. Enjoy a demonstration today. NEW DIMENSION IN PORTABLE STEREO 4 SPEEDS-4 SPEAKERS A value-packed portable frMp Columbia. In addition to four-speed, fully automatic operation, you get a pair of removable, side-mounted peaket enclosures, each with a six-inch and a four-inch loudspeaker. This model comes with a special jeweled cartridge that makes snap-in, snap-out replacement a breeze. Your choice of colon: gray case with silver metal trim, or saddle leather with golden trim. r 1 " ' i , H Swenrsi AvailaMa I 1 217 E. Main production of a single unit will require the weekday eve nings and Sunday afternoons of a bachelor of science for an entire spring semester. ' , . If the professor decides to make a public announcement of his invention- there doubt less will be scoffers. This is a busy, . suspicious world. . We have developed communications to the point that nobody can invent any thing useless without being chastized by some ill-qualified judge within the hour. Only 300 years ago Samuel Pepys, who had. his eye on every event of interest in the world, was able to dismiss an October day with a typically empty observation. "This' morning," he wrote in his journal, "it proved very rainy weather, so that I could not remove my goods to my house. I to my office and did business there and so home, it being then sunrise, but by the time that I got to my house it began to rain again, so that I could not carry my goods by cart as I would have done. After that to my Lord's home and so to bed,'.' ' ' Could this man, with all his burdens of rain and. cartage, sunrise and sunset, have gone to bed with equanimity after a day on which Khrushchev hammered on his desk with his shoe, two candidates for the Presidency of the United States clashed before 80 mil lion people over the destiny of two small islands off the China coast, Standard Oil of New Jersey held steady at 41, an American citizen was ex ecuted in Cuba, three, black mice" rode 700 miles' into space and the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series watts of 0-146 Medford Two Take NROTC -Training at OSC , i Corvallis - Two Medford '; youths are included among tha 44 students attending Oregon State college this fall under.: Naval Reserve Officer Train. ing Corps (NROTC) midship?; men training appointments. They are Matthew George : Rode. 2242 Buena Vista, and ;tiarry Robert Anderson, 1234N Corona ave., according - to"; Capt. R. W. Shafer, command"; er of ' the Naval program at OSC. . - -' Under the appointment thi students receive all tuition, fees for four years of college books, uniforms and $50 a' month during their cOlleg Work. - J. OSC is one of '53 college in the country ' offering thf ' Naval ROTC prograrri. Only: 2,000 students in the U.Sr were selected for appoinU ments out of a group of 30,t 000 who took a nationwide written test and underwent a" rigid physical examination. T During their four years of college -work, students comi plete the regular course o study in their selected major, fields along with one Naval science class each quarter. Oil graduation the students are commissioned either as en signs In the Navy or as sec-1 ond lieutenants in the Marine Corps. They must serve four years of active duty. Portland-flJPD-Funeral serv ices were to be held at 2 p.m.' today at St. Mark's Lutheran church here for George Bertrj retired sports editor of tha Oregon Journal, who died last Friday in Eugene at thf age of 67. . . from the New York Yankeet by breaking a 9-9 tie in the ninth inning? , ; '-; In such times it is comfort, ing to know that some of pur best men are working ort something useless. 7 W5 LAY-A-WAY NOW FOR CHRISTMAS
